71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 3158
 
                         Senate Bill 653
 
Sponsored by Senator MESSERLE, Representative KRIEGER (at the
  request of Oregon Forest Industries Council)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Requires State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land
Surveying to accept graduation from Oregon State University civil
engineering or forest engineering program four or more years in
length as meeting minimum education requirement for taking
fundamentals in engineering examination or fundamentals in land
surveying examination.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to professional examinations; creating new provisions;
  and amending ORS 672.099.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + In adopting rules pursuant to ORS 672.097 (2)
and 672.099 (2), the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and
Land Surveying shall approve graduation in a civil engineering or
forest engineering curriculum of four years or more from Oregon
State University as education equivalent to that required under
ORS 672.097 (1) or 672.099 (1). Notwithstanding ORS 672.255, if a
person meets the educational requirements established under this
section, the board may not prescribe additional educational
qualifications for examination of the person unless the
qualifications are also required of persons who meet the
educational requirements established in ORS 672.097 (1) or
672.099 (1). + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 672.099 is amended to read:
  672.099. (1) As minimum evidence of qualification for the
fundamentals examination in land surveying, an applicant shall
provide evidence of graduation in an approved land surveying
curriculum of four years or more from a school or college
approved by the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land
Surveying.
  (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this
section, the board shall adopt rules to consider an applicant's
work experience,  { + education + } or other relevant factors, in
lieu of a degree in land surveying as qualification for the
fundamentals in land surveying examination.
  (3) The fundamentals in land surveying examination shall be
prescribed by the board and shall be devoted to basic land
surveying subjects. The examination shall be written, or written
and oral.
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