HB 1417

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CHAMBER ACTION

1	The Business Regulation Committee recommends the following:
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3	Council/Committee Substitute
4	Remove the entire bill and insert:
5	A bill to be entitled
6	An act relating to land surveying and mapping; amending s.
7	472.013, F.S.; revising requirements to be entitled to
8	take the licensure examination to practice in this state
9	as a surveyor and mapper; amending s. 472.015, F.S.;
10	authorizing certain photogrammetrists to qualify for a
11	license by endorsement; amending s. 472.021, F.S.;
12	revising liability of partnerships and other business
13	entities rendering professional surveying and mapping
14	services; amending s. 472.005, F.S.; providing a
15	definition of "photogrammetrist"; amending s. 472.007,
16	F.S.; conforming a provision to the definition of
17	photogrammetrist; providing an effective date.
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19	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21	Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 472.013, Florida
22	Statutes, is amended to read:
23	472.013  Examinations, prerequisites.--
24	(2)  An applicant shall be entitled to take the licensure
25	examination to practice in this state as a surveyor and mapper
26	if the applicant is of good moral character and has satisfied
27	one of the following requirements:
28	(a)  The applicant received a degree in surveying and
29	mapping of 4 years or more is a graduate of an approved course
30	of study in a surveying and mapping degree program from a
31	college or university recognized by the board and has a specific
32	experience record of 4 or more years as a subordinate to a
33	professional surveyor and mapper in the active practice of
34	surveying and mapping, which experience is of a nature
35	indicating that the applicant was in responsible charge of the
36	accuracy and correctness of the surveying and mapping work
37	performed. The completed surveying and mapping degree of 4 years
38	or more course of study in a surveying and mapping degree
39	program must have included not fewer than 32 semester hours of
40	study, or its academic equivalent, in the science of surveying
41	and mapping or in board-approved surveying-and-mapping-related
42	courses. Work experience acquired as a part of the education
43	requirement shall not be construed as experience in responsible
44	charge.
45	(b)  The applicant is a graduate of a 4-year course of
46	study, other than in surveying and mapping, at an accredited
47	college or university and has a specific experience record of 6
48	or more years as a subordinate to a registered surveyor and
49	mapper in the active practice of surveying and mapping, 5 years
50	of which shall be of a nature indicating that the applicant was
51	in responsible charge of the accuracy and correctness of the
52	surveying and mapping work performed. The course of study in
53	disciplines other than surveying and mapping must have included
54	not fewer than 32 semester hours of study or its academic
55	equivalent. The applicant must have completed a minimum of, 25
56	semester hours from a college or university approved by the
57	board of which shall be in surveying and mapping subjects or in
58	any combination of courses in civil engineering, surveying,
59	mapping, mathematics, photogrammetry, forestry, or land law and
60	the physical sciences. Any of the required 25 semester hours of
61	study completed not as a part of the 4-year course of study
62	shall be approved at the discretion of the board. Work
63	experience acquired as a part of the education requirement shall
64	not be construed as experience in responsible charge.
65	Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
66	472.015, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
67	472.015  Licensure.--
68	(3)(a)  The board shall certify as qualified for a license
69	by endorsement an applicant who:
70	1.  Holds a valid license to practice surveying and mapping
71	issued prior to July 1, 1999, by another state or territory of
72	the United States; has passed a national, regional, state, or
73	territorial licensing examination that is substantially
74	equivalent to the examination required by s. 472.013; and has a
75	specific experience record of at least 8 years as a subordinate
76	to a registered surveyor and mapper in the active practice of
77	surveying and mapping, 6 years of which must be of a nature
78	indicating that the applicant was in responsible charge of the
79	accuracy and correctness of the surveying and mapping work
80	performed; or
81	2.  Holds a valid license to practice surveying and mapping
82	issued by another state or territory of the United States if the
83	criteria for issuance of the license were substantially the same
84	as the licensure criteria that existed in Florida at the time
85	the license was issued; or.
86	3.  Is a practicing photogrammetrist who holds the
87	Certified Photogrammetrist designation of the American Society
88	for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and held such designation
89	on or before July 1, 2005; is a graduate of a 4-year course of
90	study at an accredited college or university; and has a specific
91	experience record of 6 or more years as a subordinate to a
92	Certified Photogrammetrist of the American Society for
93	Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in the active practice of
94	surveying and mapping, 5 years of which shall be of a nature
95	indicating that the applicant was in responsible charge of the
96	accuracy and correctness of the surveying and mapping work
97	performed. The course of study must have included not fewer than
98	32 semester hours of study or its academic equivalent. The
99	applicant must have completed a minimum of 25 semester hours
100	from a college or university approved by the board in surveying
101	and mapping subjects or in any combination of courses in civil
102	engineering, surveying, mapping, mathematics, photogrammetry,
103	forestry, or land law and the physical sciences. Any of the
104	required 25 semester hours of study completed not as a part of
105	the 4-year course of study shall be approved at the discretion
106	of the board. Work experience acquired as a part of the
107	education requirement shall not be construed as experience in
108	responsible charge. The applicant must have applied to the
109	department for licensure on or before July 1, 2007.
110	Section 3.  Subsection (3) of section 472.021, Florida
111	Statutes, is amended to read:
112	472.021  Certification of partnerships and corporations.--
113	(3)  The fact that any registered surveyor and mapper
114	practices through a corporation or partnership shall not relieve
115	the registrant from personal liability for negligence,
116	misconduct, or wrongful acts committed by him or her.
117	Partnerships and all partners shall be jointly and severally
118	liable for the negligence, misconduct, or wrongful acts
119	committed by their agents, employees, or partners while acting
120	in a professional capacity. Any officer, agent, or employee of a
121	business organization other than a partnership shall be
122	personally liable and accountable only for negligent acts,
123	wrongful acts, or misconduct committed by him or her or
124	committed by any person under his or her direct supervision and
125	control while rendering professional services on behalf of the
126	business organization. The personal liability of a shareholder
127	or owner of a business organization, in his or her capacity as
128	shareholder or owner, shall be no greater than that of a
129	shareholder-employee of a corporation incorporated under chapter
130	607. The business organization shall be liable up to the full
131	value of its property for any negligent acts, wrongful acts, or
132	misconduct committed by any of its officers, agents, or
133	employees while they are engaged on its behalf in the rendering
134	of professional services. Corporations and stockholders who are
135	surveyors and mappers, or partnerships, and all partners, shall
136	be jointly and severally liable for the negligence, misconduct,
137	or wrongful acts committed by their agents, employees, officers,
138	or partners while acting in a professional capacity.
139	Section 4.  Subsection (8) of section 472.005, Florida
140	Statutes, is amended to read:
141	472.005  Definitions.--As used in ss. 472.001-472.037:
142	(8)  "Photogrammetrist" "Photogrammetric mapper" means any
143	person who engages in the practice of surveying and mapping
144	using aerial or terrestrial photography or other sources of
145	images.
146	Section 5.  Section 472.007, Florida Statutes, is amended
147	to read:
148	472.007  Board of Professional Surveyors and
149	Mappers.--There is created in the Department of Business and
150	Professional Regulation the Board of Professional Surveyors and
151	Mappers. The board shall consist of nine members, six of whom
152	shall be registered surveyors and mappers primarily engaged in
153	the practice of surveying and mapping, one of whom shall be a
154	registered surveyor and mapper with the designation of
155	photogrammetrist photogrammetric mapper, and two of whom shall
156	be laypersons who are not and have never been surveyors and
157	mappers or members of any closely related profession or
158	occupation. Members shall be appointed for 4-year terms.
159	Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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