Bill Text: IL SB2736 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989, and the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Provides that certain examinations under the Acts be defined by rule rather than 8-hour written examinations. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2736 Detail]

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB2736 Introduced 1/28/2014, by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 325/10 from Ch. 111, par. 5210
225 ILCS 325/11 from Ch. 111, par. 5211
225 ILCS 330/11 from Ch. 111, par. 3261
225 ILCS 340/11 from Ch. 111, par. 6611
Amends the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989, and the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Provides that certain examinations under the Acts be defined by rule rather than 8-hour written examinations. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Professional Engineering Practice Act of
1989 is amended by changing Sections 10 and 11 as follows:
(225 ILCS 325/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 5210)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
Sec. 10. Minimum standards for licensure as professional
engineer. To qualify for licensure as a professional engineer
each applicant shall be:
(a) A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of
at least 4 years who submits acceptable evidence to the
Board of an additional 4 years or more of experience in
engineering work of a grade and character which indicate
that the individual may be competent to practice
professional engineering, and who has passed an a nominal
8-hour written examination in the fundamentals of
engineering as defined by rule , and an a nominal 8-hour
written examination in the principles and practice of
engineering as defined by rule. Upon submitting an
application with proof of passing both examinations, the
applicant, if otherwise qualified, shall be granted a
license to practice professional engineering in this

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State; or
(b) A graduate of a non-approved engineering
curriculum or a related science curriculum of at least 4
years and which meets the requirements as set forth by rule
by submitting an application to the Department for its
review and approval, who submits acceptable evidence to the
Board of an additional 8 years or more of experience in
engineering work of a grade and character which indicate
that the individual may be competent to practice
professional engineering, and who has passed an a nominal
8-hour written examination in the fundamentals of
engineering as defined by rule and an a nominal 8-hour
written examination in the principles and practice of
engineering as defined by rule. Upon submitting the
application with proof of passing both examinations, the
applicant, if otherwise qualified, shall be granted a
license to practice professional engineering in this
State; or
(c) An Illinois engineer intern, by application and
payment of the required fee, may then take an the nominal
8-hour written examination in the principles and practice
of engineering as defined by rule. If the applicant passes
that examination and submits evidence to the Board that
meets the experience qualification of subsection (a) or (b)
of this Section, the applicant, if otherwise qualified,
shall be granted a license to practice professional

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engineering in this State.
When considering an applicant's qualifications for
licensure under this Act, the Department may take into
consideration whether an applicant has engaged in conduct or
actions that would constitute a violation of the Standards of
Professional Conduct for this Act as provided for by
administrative rules.
(Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09; 96-850, eff. 6-1-10;
97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
(225 ILCS 325/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 5211)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
Sec. 11. Minimum standards for examination for enrollment
as engineer intern. Each of the following is considered a
minimum standard that an applicant must satisfy to qualify for
enrollment as an engineer intern.
(a) A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of at
least 4 years, who has passed an a nominal 8-hour written
examination in the fundamentals of engineering as defined by
rule, shall be enrolled as an engineer intern, if the applicant
is otherwise qualified; or
(b) An applicant in the last year of an approved
engineering curriculum who passes an a nominal 8-hour written
examination in the fundamentals of engineering as defined by
rule and furnishes proof that the applicant graduated within a
12 month period following the examination shall be enrolled as

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an engineer intern, if the applicant is otherwise qualified; or
(c) A graduate of a non-approved engineering curriculum or
a related science curriculum of at least 4 years and which
meets the requirements as set forth by rule by submitting an
application to the Department for its review and approval, who
submits acceptable evidence to the Board of an additional 4
years or more of progressive experience in engineering work,
and who has passed an a nominal 8-hour written examination in
the fundamentals of engineering as defined by rule shall be
enrolled as an engineer intern, if the applicant is otherwise
qualified.
(Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09; 96-850, eff. 6-1-10.)
Section 10. The Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of
1989 is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
(225 ILCS 330/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 3261)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
Sec. 11. Examination; Failure or refusal to take. The
Department shall authorize examinations, as recommended and
approved by the Board, for licensure as Land
Surveyors-in-Training and Professional Land Surveyors at such
times and places as it may determine.
The examination of an applicant for licensure as a Land
Surveyor-in-Training or a Professional Land Surveyor may
include examinations written tests as defined by rule. The

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substance and form of the examination shall be as recommended
and approved by the Board. Each applicant shall be examined as
to his knowledge of the statutes of the United States of
America and the State of Illinois relating to the practice of
land surveying and mathematics as applied to land surveying.
All applicants for licensing as a Professional Land
Surveyor shall be required to pass, as a portion of the
examination, a jurisdictional examination to determine the
applicant's knowledge of the surveying tasks unique to the
State of Illinois, and the laws relating thereto.
Applicants for any examination shall be required to pay,
either to the Department or the designated testing service, a
fee covering the cost of providing the examination. Failure to
appear for the examination on the scheduled date, at the time
and place specified, after the applicant's application for
examination has been received and acknowledged by the
Department or the designated testing service, shall result in
the forfeiture of the examination fee. If an applicant
neglects, fails, or refuses to take an examination for
registration under this Act within 3 years after filing his
application, the application fee shall be forfeited to the
Department and the application denied. However, the applicant
may thereafter make a new application for examination,
accompanied by the required fee.
(Source: P.A. 86-987.)

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Section 15. The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989
is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
(225 ILCS 340/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 6611)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
Sec. 11. A person is qualified for enrollment as a
structural engineer intern or licensure as a structural
engineer if that person has applied in writing in form and
substance satisfactory to the Department and:
(a) The applicant is of good moral character. In
determining moral character under this Section, the Department
may take into consideration whether the applicant has engaged
in conduct or actions that would constitute grounds for
discipline under this Act.
(a-5) The applicant, if a structural engineer intern
applicant, has met the minimum standards for enrollment as a
structural engineer intern, which are as follows:
(1) is a graduate of an approved structural engineering
curriculum of at least 4 years meeting the requirements as
set forth by rule and passes a nominal 8-hour written
examination as defined by rule in the fundamentals of
engineering; or
(2) is a graduate of a related science curriculum of at
least 4 years meeting the requirements as set forth by rule
and passes a nominal 8-hour written examination as defined
by rule in the fundamentals of engineering.

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(b) The applicant, if a structural engineer applicant, has
met the minimum standards for licensure as a structural
engineer, which are as follows:
(1) is a graduate of an approved structural engineering
curriculum of at least 4 years meeting the requirements as
set forth by rule and submits evidence acceptable to the
Department of an additional 4 years or more of experience
in structural engineering work of a grade and character
which indicates that the individual may be competent to
practice structural engineering as set forth by rule; or
(2) is a graduate of an approved related science
curriculum of at least 4 years meeting the requirements as
set forth by rule who submits evidence acceptable to the
Department of an additional 8 years or more of progressive
experience in structural engineering work of a grade and
character which indicates that the individual may be
competent to practice structural engineering as set forth
by rule.
(c) The applicant, if a structural engineer applicant, has
passed an examination authorized by the Department as
determined by rule to determine his or her fitness to receive a
license as a structural engineer.
(Source: P.A. 96-610, eff. 8-24-09.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.