Chapter 33
Oregon Laws 2011
AN ACT
SB 157
Relating to
the composition of the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land
Surveying; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 672.240.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 672.240 is amended to
read:
672.240. (1) The State Board of
Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying shall operate as a
semi-independent state agency subject to ORS 182.456 to 182.472 for the purpose
of carrying out ORS 672.002 to 672.325. The board shall consist of 11 members
appointed by the Governor as follows:
(a) Two members shall be members of
the general public.
(b) Two members shall be registered
professional land surveyors.
(c) [Six] Five members shall be registered professional engineers.
(d) One member shall be registered
both as a professional engineer and as a professional land surveyor. However,
if a qualified individual is not available, the Governor may appoint either a
registered professional engineer or a registered professional land surveyor.
(e) One member shall be a
registered photogrammetrist. However, if a qualified individual is not
available, the Governor may appoint either a registered professional engineer
or a registered professional land surveyor.
(2) The Governor shall appoint members
to the board so that there is at least one member of the board from each
congressional district in this state.
(3) Each engineer, [and] land surveyor or photogrammetrist
member of the board shall have been:
(a) A resident of this state for at
least three years immediately preceding appointment; and
(b) Practicing as a registered
professional engineer, [or as a]
registered professional land surveyor or registered photogrammetrist for
at least five years since the date of the individual’s initial registration.
(4) The board shall elect biennially
from among its members a president and vice president for the ensuing biennial
term.
SECTION 2. The amendments to ORS
672.240 by section 1 of this 2011 Act do not reduce or terminate the term of
service of any registered professional engineer serving on the State Board of
Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying immediately prior to the effective
date of this 2011 Act. Except for the position described in ORS 672.240 (1)(d),
the Governor shall appoint a person described in ORS 672.240 (1)(e) to the
first available position on the board that immediately prior to the effective
date of this 2011 Act was held by a registered professional engineer.
Notwithstanding ORS 672.240 (3)(b), the person serving the initial term of
appointment as a photogrammetrist member of the board may have less than five
years of experience as a registered photogrammetrist.
Approved by
the Governor May 16, 2011
Filed in the
office of Secretary of State May 17, 2011
Effective date
January 1, 2012
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