BILL REQ. #:  H-0622.2 

Read first time 01/12/2007.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

     AN ACT Relating to land surveyors; amending RCW 18.43.020; and adding a new section to chapter 18.43 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 18.43.020 and 1995 c 356 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) ((Engineer: The term "engineer" as used in this chapter shall mean a professional engineer as hereinafter defined.
     (2) Professional engineer: The term "professional engineer" within the meaning and intent of this chapter, shall mean a person who, by reason of his or her special knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to practice engineering as hereinafter defined, as attested by his or her legal registration as a professional engineer.
     (3) Engineer-in-training: The term "engineer-in-training" as used in this chapter means a candidate who has: (a) Satisfied the experience requirements in RCW 18.43.040 for registration; (b) successfully passed the examination in the fundamental engineering subjects; and (c) is enrolled by the board as an engineer-in-training.
     (4) Engineering: The term "engineering" as used in this chapter shall mean the "practice of engineering" as hereinafter defined.
     (5) Practice of engineering: The term "practice of engineering" within the meaning and intent of this chapter shall mean any professional service or creative work requiring engineering education, training, and experience and the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to such professional services or creative work as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design and supervision of construction for the purpose of assuring compliance with specifications and design, in connection with any public or private utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, works, or projects.
     A person shall be construed to practice or offer to practice engineering, within the meaning and intent of this chapter, who practices any branch of the profession of engineering; or who, by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other way represents himself or herself to be a professional engineer, or through the use of some other title implies that he or she is a professional engineer; or who holds himself or herself out as able to perform, or who does perform, any engineering service or work or any other professional service designated by the practitioner or recognized by educational authorities as engineering.
     The practice of engineering shall not include the work ordinarily performed by persons who operate or maintain machinery or equipment.
     (6) Land surveyor: The term "land surveyor" as used in this chapter shall mean a professional land surveyor.
     (7) Professional land surveyor: The term "professional land surveyor" as used in this chapter means a person who, by reason of his or her special knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences and principles and practices of land surveying, which is acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to practice land surveying and as attested to by his or her legal registration as a professional land surveyor.
     (8) Land-surveyor-in-training: The term "land-surveyor-in-training" as used in this chapter means a candidate who: (a) Has satisfied the experience requirements in RCW 18.43.040 for registration; (b) successfully passes the examination in the fundamental land surveying subjects; and (c) is enrolled by the board as a land-surveyor-in-training.
     (9) Practice of land surveying: The term "practice of land surveying" within the meaning and intent of this chapter, shall mean assuming responsible charge of the surveying of land for the establishment of corners, lines, boundaries, and monuments, the laying out and subdivision of land, the defining and locating of corners, lines, boundaries and monuments of land after they have been established, the survey of land areas for the purpose of determining the topography thereof, the making of topographical delineations and the preparing of maps and accurate records thereof, when the proper performance of such services requires technical knowledge and skill.
     (10) Board: The term)) "Board" ((as used in this chapter shall)) means the state board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors, provided for by this chapter.
     (2) "Engineer" means a professional engineer as defined in this section.
     (3) "Engineering" means the "practice of engineering" as defined in this section.
     (4) "Engineer-in-training" means a candidate who: (a) Satisfies the experience requirements in RCW 18.43.040 for registration; (b) successfully passes the examination in the fundamental engineering subjects; and (c) is enrolled by the board as an engineer-in-training.
     (5) "Land surveyor" means a professional land surveyor.
     (6) "Land surveyor-in-training" means a candidate who: (a) Satisfies the experience requirements in RCW 18.43.040 for registration; (b) successfully passes the examination in the fundamental land surveying subjects; and (c) is enrolled by the board as a land surveyor-in-training.
     (7)(a) "Practice of engineering" means any professional service or creative work requiring engineering education, training, and experience and the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to such professional services or creative work as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, and supervision of construction for the purpose of ensuring compliance with specifications and design, in connection with any public or private utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, works, or projects.
     (b) A person shall be construed to practice or offer to practice engineering, within the meaning and intent of this chapter, who practices any branch of the profession of engineering; or who, by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other way represents himself or herself to be a professional engineer, or through the use of some other title implies that he or she is a professional engineer; or who holds himself or herself out as able to perform, or who does perform, any engineering service or work or any other professional service designated by the practitioner or recognized by educational authorities as engineering.
     (c) The practice of engineering shall not include the work ordinarily performed by persons who operate or maintain machinery or equipment.
     (8) "Practice of land surveying" means assuming responsible charge of and providing, or offering to provide, professional services involving acts of consultation; investigations; testimony evaluation; planning; preparation of descriptions and reports; mapping; assembling and interpreting gathered measurements; and information related to one or more of the following:
     (a) Determining the size, shape, and/or contour of the earth's surface, any point on the earth, or the position of fixed objects thereon by means of measuring;
     (b) Determining the position of any boundary or nonboundary survey control monument or reference point thereof, and the setting, resetting, or replacing of any monument or reference point;
     (c) Locating, relocating, laying out, or retracing any property line, right-of-way, or easement;
     (d) Locating, relocating, establishing, or laying out any primary horizontal or vertical control for construction alignment, or any survey for determining final as-constructed locations;
     (e) Making any survey for the subdivision of any real property;
     (f) Locating, relocating, laying out, or retracing any lines that restrict the use of real property;
     (g) Creating or modifying the descriptions of the limits of real property interests. This subsection (8)(g) is not meant to prevent the transcription of descriptions of existing parcels or interests, nor the creation or modification of such descriptions by a state agency. The creation or modification by a state agency of a description of existing parcels or interests must comply with standards established under RCW 58.24.040; and
     (h) Creating, preparing, or modifying documents, maps, electronic data, or computerized data used in the performance of the activities in (a) through (g) of this subsection.
     (9) "Professional engineer" means a person who, by reason of his or her special knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to practice engineering as defined in this section, as attested to by his or her legal registration as a professional engineer.
     (10) "Professional land surveyor" means a person who, by reason of his or her special knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences and principles and practices of land surveying, which is acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to practice land surveying and as attested to by his or her legal registration as a professional land surveyor.
     (11) "Responsible charge" means the practice of land surveying performed by the licensee or under the licensee's direct supervision.
     (12) "State agency" means any department, agency, commission, bureau, office, or any other entity or authority of the state government.
     (13) "Survey" means to determine and delineate the form, extent, and position of objects and legal boundaries, such as a tract of land, by taking linear and angular measurements of the earth's surface, and by applying the principles of geometry and trigonometry.
     (14) "Surveying" means the practice of land surveying as defined in this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 18.43 RCW to read as follows:
     If professional land surveying judgment is required in the review, approval, or examination by a state agency of survey data, documents prepared by a person authorized to practice land surveying, or services performed by a person authorized to practice land surveying, the review, approval, or examination must be done by, or under the direct supervision of, another person authorized to practice land surveying or as otherwise authorized by state law.