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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2435

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Nutley, Vekich and Walker

 

 

Read first time 1/12/90 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to continuing education for land surveyors; and amending RCW 18.43.080.

 

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

 

        Sec. 1.  Section 4, chapter 260, Laws of 1981 as amended by section 43, chapter 7, Laws of 1985 and RCW 18.43.080 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Certificates of registration, and certificates of authorization and renewals thereof shall expire on the last day of the month of December following their issuance or renewal and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed.  It shall be the duty of the administrator of the division of professional licensing to notify every person, firm or corporation registered under this chapter, of the date of the expiration of ((his)) the certificate and the amount of the renewal fee that shall be required for its renewal for one year.  Such notice shall be mailed at least thirty days before the end of December of each year.  Renewal may be effected during the month of December by the payment of a fee determined by the director as provided in RCW 43.24.086, and by complying with the continuing education requirements of subsection (2) of this section, if applicable.  In case any professional engineer and/or land surveyor registered under this chapter shall fail to pay the renewal fee hereinabove provided for, within ninety days from the date when the same shall become due, the renewal fee shall be the current fee plus an amount equal to one year's fee.

          (2) The board may adopt rules establishing mandatory continuing education requirements for the renewal of professional land surveyor certificates.