Rep. Robert Rita

Filed: 4/8/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3963

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3963 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Professional Engineering Practice Act of
51989 is amended by changing Sections 10 and 11 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 325/10)  (from Ch. 111, par. 5210)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
8    Sec. 10. Minimum standards for licensure as professional
9engineer. To qualify for licensure as a professional engineer
10each applicant shall be:
11        (a) A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of
12    at least 4 years who submits acceptable evidence to the
13    Board of an additional 4 years or more of experience in
14    engineering work of a grade and character which indicate
15    that the individual may be competent to practice
16    professional engineering, and who has passed an a nominal

 

 

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1    8-hour written examination in the fundamentals of
2    engineering as defined by rule , and an a nominal 8-hour
3    written examination in the principles and practice of
4    engineering as defined by rule. Upon submitting an
5    application with proof of passing both examinations, the
6    applicant, if otherwise qualified, shall be granted a
7    license to practice professional engineering in this
8    State; or
9        (b) A graduate of a non-approved engineering
10    curriculum or a related science curriculum of at least 4
11    years and which meets the requirements as set forth by rule
12    by submitting an application to the Department for its
13    review and approval, who submits acceptable evidence to the
14    Board of an additional 8 years or more of experience in
15    engineering work of a grade and character which indicate
16    that the individual may be competent to practice
17    professional engineering, and who has passed an a nominal
18    8-hour written examination in the fundamentals of
19    engineering as defined by rule and an a nominal 8-hour
20    written examination in the principles and practice of
21    engineering as defined by rule. Upon submitting the
22    application with proof of passing both examinations, the
23    applicant, if otherwise qualified, shall be granted a
24    license to practice professional engineering in this
25    State; or
26        (c) An Illinois engineer intern, by application and

 

 

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1    payment of the required fee, may then take an the nominal
2    8-hour written examination in the principles and practice
3    of engineering as defined by rule. If the applicant passes
4    that examination and submits evidence to the Board that
5    meets the experience qualification of subsection (a) or (b)
6    of this Section, the applicant, if otherwise qualified,
7    shall be granted a license to practice professional
8    engineering in this State.
9    When considering an applicant's qualifications for
10licensure under this Act, the Department may take into
11consideration whether an applicant has engaged in conduct or
12actions that would constitute a violation of the Standards of
13Professional Conduct for this Act as provided for by
14administrative rules.
15(Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09; 96-850, eff. 6-1-10;
1697-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
17    (225 ILCS 325/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 5211)
18    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
19    Sec. 11. Minimum standards for examination for enrollment
20as engineer intern. Each of the following is considered a
21minimum standard that an applicant must satisfy to qualify for
22enrollment as an engineer intern.
23    (a) A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of at
24least 4 years, who has passed an a nominal 8-hour written
25examination in the fundamentals of engineering as defined by

 

 

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1rule, shall be enrolled as an engineer intern, if the applicant
2is otherwise qualified; or
3    (b) An applicant in the last year of an approved
4engineering curriculum who passes an a nominal 8-hour written
5examination in the fundamentals of engineering as defined by
6rule and furnishes proof that the applicant graduated within a
712 month period following the examination shall be enrolled as
8an engineer intern, if the applicant is otherwise qualified; or
9    (c) A graduate of a non-approved engineering curriculum or
10a related science curriculum of at least 4 years and which
11meets the requirements as set forth by rule by submitting an
12application to the Department for its review and approval, who
13submits acceptable evidence to the Board of an additional 4
14years or more of progressive experience in engineering work,
15and who has passed an a nominal 8-hour written examination in
16the fundamentals of engineering as defined by rule shall be
17enrolled as an engineer intern, if the applicant is otherwise
18qualified.
19(Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09; 96-850, eff. 6-1-10.)
 
20    Section 10. The Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of
211989 is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
 
22    (225 ILCS 330/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 3261)
23    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
24    Sec. 11. Examination; Failure or refusal to take. The

 

 

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1Department shall authorize examinations, as recommended and
2approved by the Board, for licensure as Land
3Surveyors-in-Training and Professional Land Surveyors at such
4times and places as it may determine.
5    The examination of an applicant for licensure as a Land
6Surveyor-in-Training or a Professional Land Surveyor may
7include examinations written tests as defined by rule. The
8substance and form of the examination shall be as recommended
9and approved by the Board. Each applicant shall be examined as
10to his knowledge of the statutes of the United States of
11America and the State of Illinois relating to the practice of
12land surveying and mathematics as applied to land surveying.
13    All applicants for licensing as a Professional Land
14Surveyor shall be required to pass, as a portion of the
15examination, a jurisdictional examination to determine the
16applicant's knowledge of the surveying tasks unique to the
17State of Illinois, and the laws relating thereto.
18    Applicants for any examination shall be required to pay,
19either to the Department or the designated testing service, a
20fee covering the cost of providing the examination. Failure to
21appear for the examination on the scheduled date, at the time
22and place specified, after the applicant's application for
23examination has been received and acknowledged by the
24Department or the designated testing service, shall result in
25the forfeiture of the examination fee. If an applicant
26neglects, fails, or refuses to take an examination for

 

 

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1registration under this Act within 3 years after filing his
2application, the application fee shall be forfeited to the
3Department and the application denied. However, the applicant
4may thereafter make a new application for examination,
5accompanied by the required fee.
6(Source: P.A. 86-987.)
 
7    Section 15. The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989
8is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
 
9    (225 ILCS 340/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6611)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
11    Sec. 11. A person is qualified for enrollment as a
12structural engineer intern or licensure as a structural
13engineer if that person has applied in writing in form and
14substance satisfactory to the Department and:
15    (a) The applicant is of good moral character. In
16determining moral character under this Section, the Department
17may take into consideration whether the applicant has engaged
18in conduct or actions that would constitute grounds for
19discipline under this Act.
20    (a-5) The applicant, if a structural engineer intern
21applicant, has met the minimum standards for enrollment as a
22structural engineer intern, which are as follows:
23        (1) is a graduate of an approved structural engineering
24    curriculum of at least 4 years meeting the requirements as

 

 

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1    set forth by rule and passes a nominal 8-hour written
2    examination as defined by rule in the fundamentals of
3    engineering; or
4        (2) is a graduate of a related science curriculum of at
5    least 4 years meeting the requirements as set forth by rule
6    and passes a nominal 8-hour written examination as defined
7    by rule in the fundamentals of engineering.
8    (b) The applicant, if a structural engineer applicant, has
9met the minimum standards for licensure as a structural
10engineer, which are as follows:
11        (1) is a graduate of an approved structural engineering
12    curriculum of at least 4 years meeting the requirements as
13    set forth by rule and submits evidence acceptable to the
14    Department of an additional 4 years or more of experience
15    in structural engineering work of a grade and character
16    which indicates that the individual may be competent to
17    practice structural engineering as set forth by rule; or
18        (2) is a graduate of an approved related science
19    curriculum of at least 4 years meeting the requirements as
20    set forth by rule who submits evidence acceptable to the
21    Department of an additional 8 years or more of progressive
22    experience in structural engineering work of a grade and
23    character which indicates that the individual may be
24    competent to practice structural engineering as set forth
25    by rule.
26    (c) The applicant, if a structural engineer applicant, has

 

 

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1passed an examination authorized by the Department as
2determined by rule to determine his or her fitness to receive a
3license as a structural engineer.
4(Source: P.A. 96-610, eff. 8-24-09.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.".