70th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--1999 Regular Session


                            Enrolled

                        Senate Bill 1117

Sponsored by Senator STARR (at the request of Oregon Building
  Industry Association)


                     CHAPTER ................


                             AN ACT


Relating to engineering regulation; amending ORS 672.060.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1. ORS 672.060 is amended to read:
  672.060. ORS 672.002 to 672.325 do not apply to:
  (1) Any registered architect practicing architecture.
  (2) Any registered sanitarian or registered sanitarian trainee
working under the supervision of a registered sanitarian
practicing environmental sanitation, or any registered waste
water sanitarian or registered waste water sanitarian trainee
working under the supervision of a registered waste water
sanitarian practicing waste water sanitation.
  (3) Any person working as an employee or a subordinate of a
registered professional engineer if:
  (a) The work of the person does not include final engineering
designs or decisions;
  (b) The work of the person is done under the supervision and
control of and is verified by a registered professional engineer;
and
  (c) The person does not purport to be an engineer or registered
professional engineer by any verbal claim, sign, advertisement,
letterhead, card or title.
  (4) Any person practicing land surveying under the supervision
of a registered professional land surveyor or registered
professional engineer. The exemption in this subsection does not
allow an engineer to supervise any land surveying activity the
engineer could not personally perform under ORS 672.025.
  (5) An individual, firm, partnership or corporation practicing
engineering or land surveying:
  (a) On property owned or leased by the individual, firm,
partnership or corporation, or on property in which the
individual, firm, partnership or corporation has an interest,
estate or possessory right; and
  (b) Which affects exclusively the property or interests of the
individual, firm, partnership or corporation, unless the safety
or health of the public, including employees and visitors, is
involved.
  (6) The performance of engineering work by any person, firm or
corporation, or by full-time employees of any of them, provided:
  (a) The work is in connection with or incidental to the
operations of such persons, firms or corporations; and
  (b) The engineering work is not offered directly to the public.


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  (7) A person executing engineering work designed by a
professional engineer or supervising the construction of such
work as a foreman or superintendent.
  (8) A landowner performing land surveying within the boundaries
of the landowner's land or the landowner's regular employee
performing land surveying services as part of the employee's
official duties within the boundaries of the land of the
employer.
  (9) An individual, firm, partnership or corporation offering to
practice engineering or land surveying if:
  (a) The individual, firm, partnership or corporation holds a
certificate of registration to engage in the practice of
professional engineering or land surveying issued by the proper
authority of any other state, a territory or possession of the
United States, or a foreign country; and
  (b) The offer includes a written statement that the offeror is
not registered to practice engineering or land surveying in the
State of Oregon, but will comply with ORS 672.002 to 672.325 by
having a person holding a valid certificate of registration in
this state in responsible charge of the work prior to performing
any engineering or land surveying work within this state.
   { +  (10) A person making plans or specifications for, or
supervising the erection, enlargement or alteration of, a
building, or any appurtenance thereto, if the building is to be
used for a single family residential dwelling or farm building or
is a structure used in connection with or auxiliary to a single
family residential dwelling or farm building, including but not
limited to a three-car garage, barn, shed or shelter used for the
housing of domestic animals or livestock. Nothing in ORS 672.002
to 672.325 shall prevent any person from making plans or
specifications for, or supervising the erection, enlargement or
alteration of, any building, or any appurtenance thereto, where
the building has a ground area of 4,000 square feet or less and
is not more than 20 feet in height from the top surface of lowest
flooring to the highest interior overhead finish of the
structure. + }
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Passed by Senate May 19, 1999


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                                              Secretary of Senate

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                                              President of Senate

Passed by House June 28, 1999


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                                                 Speaker of House









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Received by Governor:

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Approved:

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                                                         Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

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                                               Secretary of State









































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