THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1448
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating to The state board of professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 464-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§464-6 Board of professional engineers, etc., members; appointment; tenure; qualifications. (a) There shall be a state board of professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects [hereinafter called "the board"].

(b) The board shall consist of [fourteen] sixteen members, including at least four professional engineers, three professional architects, two professional surveyors, two professional landscape architects, and three public members; provided that of the professional members, one shall have at least five years of experience as an employee of a government agency. Each county shall be represented by at least one member who is a resident of the county. Each member shall hold over after the expiration of the member's term until the member's successor is duly appointed and qualified.

Each member shall have been a resident of the State for at least three years. A member representing the profession shall have been engaged in the practice of the member's profession for at least five years immediately preceding the date of the member's appointment. Any member of the board who incurs expenses in connection with the preparation and grading of examination papers shall be reimbursed for those expenses with the approval of the department[.] of commerce and consumer affairs.

(c) For purposes of this section,

"Board" means the state board of professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects.

"Government agency" means any department, division, board, commission, public corporation, or other agency or instrumentality of the State or of any of its political subdivisions."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

State Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects; Member; Composition; Qualification

Description:

Increases the number of members composing the State Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects from fourteen to sixteen members, and requires one member to have at least five years of experience as an employee of a government agency.

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