HB 1457

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the practice of surveying and mapping;
3	requiring the Department of Business and Professional
4	Regulation to reinstate and reissue certain licenses to
5	practice surveying and mapping if specified circumstances
6	and qualifications are met by the applicant; requiring
7	that an application be submitted to the Board of
8	Professional Surveyors and Mappers as prescribed by rule;
9	providing for an application fee; providing for expiration
10	of the act; providing an effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1.  (1)  The Department of Business and
15	Professional Regulation shall reinstate and reissue the license
16	by July 1, 2005, of each individual whose license to practice
17	surveying and mapping under chapter 472, Florida Statutes, has
18	become null if all of the following circumstances and
19	qualifications are met:
20	(a)  The individual's license was scheduled to be renewed
21	during the biennium period beginning in 2001.
22	(b)  The license of the individual was in good standing at
23	the time of the beginning of the renewal cycle.
24	(c)  The individual properly petitioned the department for
25	relief relating to the circumstances under which the license
26	became null.
27	(d)  During the period that the license was null, the
28	individual did not commit a felony, violate a practice act, or
29	engage in unlicensed activity for which a penalty is imposed.
30	(2)  The individual must submit an application to the Board
31	of Professional Surveyors and Mappers for reinstatement in a
32	manner prescribed by rules of the board and pay the appropriate
33	application fee in an amount equal to the fee currently imposed
34	for initial licensure.
35	(3)  This act expires July 1, 2005.
36	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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