Institutional Affiliate of American Congress on Surveying - CLSA
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News from the Board <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Registrati<strong>on</strong><br />
by James N. Dowden,<br />
L.S.<br />
Significant acti<strong>on</strong>s and general<br />
discussi<strong>on</strong>s at the meeting <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> tlie<br />
Board <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Registrati<strong>on</strong> for Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Engineers, Wednesday,<br />
January 20, 1982. relative to the<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> SB 2 (1979).<br />
and related issues prompts this<br />
report.<br />
1, SB 602 (chartered engineers)<br />
was heard in Senate Finance Committee<br />
last M<strong>on</strong>day, but failed by<br />
6-4 vote. It therefore appears that<br />
SB 602 is dead unless a rehearing<br />
is granted. Only individuals testified—indicating<br />
lack <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> industry<br />
support.<br />
2. SB 965 (soils engineer authority).<br />
The Board had for c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
draft revisi<strong>on</strong>s suggested by<br />
the CaUfornia Legislative Council<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al Engineers<br />
(CLCPE). However, the Board had<br />
c<strong>on</strong>siderable difficulty in deciding<br />
whether to support the CLCPE's<br />
c<strong>on</strong>cept in view <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Board's<br />
<strong>on</strong>going program <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> regulati<strong>on</strong><br />
review. The CLCPE representative<br />
stated that a final draft <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
their proposal should be completed<br />
within a week.<br />
Of interest to Land Surveyors is<br />
the fact that, as SB 965 is presently<br />
worded, the chartered engineers<br />
does not include land surveyors,<br />
and establishes a separate licensing<br />
board for land surveyors within<br />
the Department <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> C<strong>on</strong>sumer<br />
Affairs.<br />
3. The Board had for c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong><br />
legislati<strong>on</strong> proposed by the<br />
California Council <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Civil Engineers<br />
and Land Surveyors which<br />
would:<br />
a. Provide that all pers<strong>on</strong>s registered<br />
as Civil Engineers after<br />
January 1, 1982, shall be authorized<br />
to practice all forms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> land<br />
surveying, except surveying<br />
which estabhshes or retraces any<br />
property or boundary line <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> any<br />
parcel <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> land, and;<br />
b. Provides that, up<strong>on</strong> applicati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
any pers<strong>on</strong> who became registered<br />
as a civil engineer prior te Slaking<br />
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