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1 AN ACT concerning land surveyors.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act
5 of 1989 is amended by changing Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12,
6 15, 20, 25, 29, and 49 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 330/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 3251)
8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
9 Sec. 1. Declaration of public policy. The practice of
10 land surveying in the State of Illinois is hereby declared to
11 affect the public health, safety, and welfare and to be
12 subject to regulation and control in the public interest. It
13 is further declared that the determination and physical
14 protraction of land boundaries, together with the attendant
15 preparation of legal descriptions and plats, which bear
16 witness for posterity and become part of the public record to
17 chronicle the acts and wishes of landowners throughout this
18 State is a matter of public interest and concern. Therefore,
19 it is in the public interest that the practice of land
20 surveying, as defined in this Act, merit and receive the
21 confidence of the public, and that only qualified persons be
22 authorized to practice land surveying in the State of
23 Illinois. This Act shall be liberally construed to best
24 carry out this purpose.
25 (Source: P.A. 86-987.)
26 (225 ILCS 330/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 3253)
27 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
28 Sec. 3. Exceptions. This Act does not prohibit:(a) any
29 person licensed in this State under any other Act from
30 engaging in the practice for which that person is licensed.;
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1 (b) An individual, firm, or corporation engaged in any
2 line of business other than the practice of land surveying
3 from employing a licensed land surveyor to perform land
4 surveying services directly incidental to the business of
5 that individual, firm, or corporation.
6 (Source: P.A. 86-987.)
7 (225 ILCS 330/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 3254)
8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
9 Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10 (a) "Department" means the Department of Professional
11 Regulation.
12 (b) "Director" means the Director of Professional
13 Regulation.
14 (c) "Board" means the Land Surveyors Licensing Board.
15 (d) "Direct supervision and control" means the personal
16 review by a Licensed Professional Land Surveyor of each
17 survey, including, but not limited to, procurement, research,
18 field work, calculations, preparation of legal descriptions
19 and plats. The personal review shall be of such a nature as
20 to assure the client that the Professional Land Surveyor or
21 the firm for which the Professional Land Surveyor is employed
22 is the provider of the surveying services.
23 (e) "Responsible charge" means an individual responsible
24 for the various components of the land survey operations
25 subject to the overall supervision and control of the
26 Professional Land Surveyor.
27 (f) "Design professional" means a land surveyor,
28 architect, structural engineer, or professional engineer
29 licensedpracticing in conformance with this Act, the
30 Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, the Structural
31 Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or the Professional
32 Engineering Practice Act of 1989.
33 (g) "Professional Land Surveyor" means any person
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1 licensed under the laws of the State of Illinois to practice
2 land surveying, as defined by this Act or its rules.
3 (h) "Land Surveyor-in-Training" means any person
4 licensed under the laws of the State of Illinois who has
5 qualified for, taken, and passed an examination in the
6 fundamental land surveyor-in-training subjects as provided by
7 this Act or its rules.
8 (i) "Land surveying experience" means those activities
9 enumerated in Section 5 of this Act, which, when exercised in
10 combination, to the satisfaction of the Board, is proof of an
11 applicant's broad range of training in and exposure to the
12 prevailing practice of land surveying.
13 (Source: P.A. 91-91, eff. 1-1-00; 91-132, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
14 eff. 6-28-01.)
15 (225 ILCS 330/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 3255)
16 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
17 Sec. 5. Practice of land surveying defined. Any one or
18 combination of the following practices constitutes the
19 practice of land surveying:
20 (a) Surveying, preparation of boundary descriptions and
21 measuring the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the
22 lengths and directions of the boundary lines, or the contour
23 of the surface for their determination and description for
24 conveying or for recording, or for Establishing or
25 reestablishing, locating, defining, and making or monumenting
26 land boundaries or lines and the platting of lands and
27 subdivisions;
28 (b) EstablishingSurveying and measuring the area or
29 volume of any portion of the earth's surface, subsurface, or
30 surveying and measuring an area of the airspace with respect
31 to boundary lines, determining the configuration or contours
32 of any portion of the earth's surface, subsurface, or
33 airspace or the location of fixed objects thereonover the
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1 earth's surface, to determine the location of property
2 rights;
3 (c) Preparing descriptions for the determination of
4 title rights to any portion or volume of the earth's surface,
5 subsurface, or airspace involving the lengths and direction
6 of boundary lines, areas, parts of platted parcels or the
7 contours of the earth's surface, subsurface, or airspace
8 Preparing, and attesting to the accuracy of, a map or plat
9 showing the land boundaries or lines and the marks and
10 monuments of the boundaries, or of a map or plat showing the
11 boundaries of subsurface or air rights;
12 (d) Executing and issuing certificates, endorsements,
13 reports, or plats which portray the relationship between
14 existing physical objects or structures and one or more
15 corners or boundaries of any tract or lot of land or
16 boundaries of a portion of the surface, subsurface, or
17 airspace;
18 (d)(e) Labeling, designating, naming, or otherwise
19 identifying legal lines, property lines or land title lines
20 of the United States Rectangular System or any subdivision
21 thereof on any photograph, photographic composite, or mosaic
22 or photogrammetric map of any portion of the earth's surface
23 for the purpose of recording the same in the Office of
24 Recorder or Registrar of Titles in any county;
25 (f) Determining the position for any monument or
26 reference point which marks a property line, boundary, or
27 corner, or to set, reset, or replace any the monument or
28 reference point on any property;
29 (g) Acting in direct supervision and control of land
30 surveying activities or conducting as a manager in any place
31 of business which solicits, performs, or practices land
32 surveying;
33 (e)(h) Any act or combination of acts thatwhich would
34 be viewed as offering professional land surveying services
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1 including:
2 (1) setting monuments which have the appearance of
3 or for the express purpose of marking land boundaries,
4 either directly or as an accessory; or
5 (2) providing any sketch, map, plat, report,
6 monument record, or other document which indicates land
7 boundaries and monuments, or accessory monuments thereto,
8 except that if the sketch, map, plat, report, monument
9 record, or other document is a copy of an original
10 prepared by a Professional Land Surveyor, and if proper
11 reference to that fact be made on that document;
12 (f) Determining the position for any monument or
13 reference point that marks a title line, boundary, or corner,
14 or to set, reset, or replace any monument or reference point
15 on any property;
16 (g) Creating, preparing, or modifying electronic or
17 computerized data, including land information systems, and
18 geographic information systems, relative to the performance
19 of activities in items (a) through (f) of this Section.
20 (h) Establishing any control network or adjusting of
21 cadastral data as it pertains to (a) through (g) of this
22 Section;
23 (i) Preparing and attesting to the accuracy of a map or
24 plat showing the land boundaries or lines and marks and
25 monuments of the boundaries or of a map or plat showing the
26 boundaries of surface, subsurface, or air rights;
27 (j) Executing and issuing certificates, endorsements,
28 reports, or plats that portray the relationship between
29 existing physical objects or structures and one or more
30 corners or boundaries of any portion of the earths surface,
31 subsurface, or airspace;
32 (k) Acting in direct supervision and control of land
33 surveying activities or conducting as a manager in any place
34 of business that solicits, performs, or practices land
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1 surveying;
2 (l)(i) Offering or soliciting to perform any of the
3 services set forth in this Section.
4 (Source: P.A. 86-987.)
5 (225 ILCS 330/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 3256)
6 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
7 Sec. 6. Powers and duties of the Department.
8 (a) The Department shall exercise the powers and duties
9 prescribed by The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act for
10 the administration of licensing Acts. The Department shall
11 also exercise, subject to the provisions of this Act, the
12 following powers and duties:
13 (1) Conduct or authorize examinations to ascertain
14 the fitness and qualifications of applicants for
15 licensure and issue licenses to those who are found to be
16 fit and qualified.
17 (2) Prescribe rules for a method of examination.
18 (3) Conduct hearings on proceedings to revoke,
19 suspend, or refuse to issue, renew, or restore a license,
20 or other disciplinary actions.
21 (4) Promulgate rules and regulations required for
22 the administration of this Act.
23 (5) License corporations and partnerships for the
24 practice of professional surveying and issue a license to
25 those who qualify.
26 (6) Prescribe, adopt, and amend rules as to what
27 shall constitute a surveying or related science
28 curriculum, determine if a specific surveying curriculum
29 is in compliance with the rules, and terminate the
30 approval of a specific surveying curriculum for
31 non-compliance with such rules.
32 (7) Maintain membership in the National Council of
33 Engineering Examiners or a similar organization and
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1 participate in activities of the Council or organization
2 by designating individuals for the various
3 classifications of membership and appoint delegates for
4 attendance at zone and national meetings of the Council
5 or organization.
6 (8) Obtain written recommendations from the Board
7 regarding qualification of individuals for licensing,
8 definition of curriculum content and approval of
9 surveying curriculums, standards of professional conduct
10 and disciplinary actions, promulgate and amend the rules
11 affecting these matters, and consult with the Board on
12 other matters affecting administration of the Act.
13 (a-5) The Department may promulgate rules for a Code of
14 Ethics and Standards of Practice to be followed by persons
15 licensed under this Act. The Department shall consider the
16 recommendations of the Board in establishing the Code of
17 Ethics and Standards of Practice.
18 (b) The Department shall consult with the Board in
19 promulgating rules. Notice of proposed rulemaking shall be
20 transmitted to the Board and the Department shall review the
21 Board's response and recommendations.
22 (c) The Department shall review the Board's
23 recommendation of the applicants' qualifications. The
24 Director shall notify the Board in writing with an
25 explanation of any deviation from the Board's recommendation.
26 After review of the Director's written explanation of his or
27 her reasons for deviation, the Board shall have the
28 opportunity to comment upon the Director's decision.
29 Whenever the Director is not satisfied that substantial
30 justice has been done in the revocation or suspension of a
31 license, or other disciplinary action the Director may order
32 re-hearing by the same or other boards.
33 None of the functions, powers or duties enumerated in
34 this Section shall be exercised by the Department except upon
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1 the action and report in writing of the Board.
2 (Source: P.A. 91-132, eff. 1-1-00.)
3 (225 ILCS 330/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 3259)
4 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
5 Sec. 9. Deviation from Board recommendations. On
6 matters concerning qualification of individuals for
7 licensing, definition of curriculum content and approval of
8 surveying curriculums, standards of professional conduct and
9 disciplinary actions, and the promulgation and amendment of
10 the rules affecting these matters, the Director shall notify
11 the Board in writing with an explanation of any deviation
12 from the Board's written recommendation or response. The
13 Board shall have the opportunity to comment upon the
14 Director's decision after review of the Director's written
15 explanation of his reasons for deviation. On matters
16 concerning disciplinary actions and the promulgation and
17 amendment of the rules affecting these matters, the Director
18 shall notify the Board in writing with an explanation of any
19 deviation from the Board's written recommendations. When
20 such disciplinary recommendations by the Board are based upon
21 technical expertise and experience intrinsic to the land
22 surveying profession, the Director shall approve such
23 recommendations with no further action.
24 (Source: P.A. 86-987.)
25 (225 ILCS 330/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 3262)
26 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
27 Sec. 12. Qualifications for licensing.
28 (a) A person is qualified to receive a license as a
29 Professional Land Surveyor and the Department shall issue a
30 license to a person:
31 (1) who has applied in writing in the required form
32 and substance to the Department;
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1 (2) (blank);
2 (3) who is of good moral character;
3 (4) who has been issued a license as a Land
4 Surveyor-in-Training;
5 (5) who, subsequent to passing an examination for
6 licensure as a Surveyor-In-Training, has at least 4 years
7 of responsible charge experience verified by a
8 professional land surveyor in direct supervision and
9 control of his or her activitieshas at least 4 years of
10 responsible charge experience, subsequent to passage of
11 an examination for licensure as a Land
12 Surveyor-in-Training, verified by a Professional Land
13 Surveyor in responsible charge of land surveying
14 operations under the direct supervision and control of a
15 Professional Land Surveyor; and
16 (6) who has passed an examination authorized by the
17 Department to determine his or her fitness to receive a
18 license as a Professional Land Surveyor.
19 (b) A person is qualified to receive a license as a Land
20 Surveyor-in-Training and the Department shall issue a license
21 to a person:
22 (1) who has applied in writing in the required form
23 and substance to the Department;
24 (2) (blank);
25 (3) who is of good moral character;
26 (4) who has the required education as set forth in
27 this Act; and
28 (5) who has passed an examination authorized by the
29 Department to determine his or her fitness to receive a
30 license as a Land Surveyor-in-Training in accordance with
31 this Act.
32 In determining moral character under this Section, the
33 Department may take into consideration whether the applicant
34 has engaged in conduct or actions that would constitute
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1 grounds for discipline under this Act.
2 (Source: P.A. 91-132, eff. 1-1-00.)
3 (225 ILCS 330/15) (from Ch. 111, par. 3265)
4 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
5 Sec. 15. Seal. Every Professional Land Surveyor shall
6 have a reproducible seal or facsimile, which may be computer
7 generated, the impression of which shall contain the name of
8 the land surveyor, his or her place of business, the license
9 number, of the Professional Land Surveyor, and the words
10 "Professional Land Surveyor, State of Illinois". Signatures
11 generated by computer or rubber stamp shall not be permitted.
12 A Professional Land Surveyor shall seal all documents
13 prepared by or under the direct supervision and control of
14 the Professional Land Surveyor. Any seal authorized or
15 approved by the Department under the Illinois Land Surveyors
16 Act shall serve the same purpose as the seal provided for by
17 this Act. Signatures generated by computer shall not be
18 permitted. The licensee's written signature and date of
19 signing along with the date of license expiration shall be
20 placed adjacent to the seal.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-132, eff. 1-1-00.)
22 (225 ILCS 330/20) (from Ch. 111, par. 3270)
23 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
24 Sec. 20. Endorsement. Upon payment of the required fee,
25 an applicant who is a Professional Land Surveyor, registered,
26 licensed, or otherwise legally recognized as a Land Surveyor
27 under the laws of another state or territory of the United
28 States may be granted a license as an Illinois Professional
29 Land Surveyor by the Department with approval of the Board
30 upon the following conditions:
31 (a) That the applicant meets the requirements for
32 licensing in this State, and that the requirements for
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1 licensing or other legal recognition of Land Surveyors in the
2 particular state or territory were, at the date of issuance
3 of the license or certificate, equivalent to the requirements
4 then in effect in the State of Illinois; and
5 (b) That the applicant passes a jurisdictional
6 examination to determine the applicant's knowledge of the
7 surveying tasks unique to the State of Illinois and the laws
8 pertaining thereto.
9 (Source: P.A. 90-602, eff. 6-26-98; 91-132, eff. 1-1-00.)
10 (225 ILCS 330/25) (from Ch. 111, par. 3275)
11 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
12 Sec. 25. Professional design firm licensing
13 registration.
14 (a) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the formation,
15 under the provisions of the Professional Service Corporation
16 Act, of a corporation to offer the practice of professional
17 land surveying.
18 Any business, including a Professional Service
19 Corporation, that includes within its stated purposes or
20 practices, or holds itself out as available to practice,
21 professional land surveying shall be licensedregistered with
22 the Department pursuant to the provisions set forth in this
23 Section.
24 Any sole proprietorship not owned and operated by an
25 Illinois licensed design professional licensed under this Act
26 shall be prohibited from offering professional land surveyor
27 services to the public. Any sole proprietorship owned and
28 operated by a professional land surveyor with an active
29 license issued under this Act and conducting or transacting
30 such business under an assumed name in accordance with the
31 provisions of the Assumed Business Name Act shall comply with
32 the registration requirements of a professional design firm.
33 Any sole proprietorship owned and operated by a Professional
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1 Land Surveyor with an active license issued under this Act
2 and conducting or transacting such business under the real
3 name of the sole proprietor is exempt from the registration
4 requirements of a professional design firm. "Illinois
5 licensed design professional" means a person who holds an
6 active license as a professional engineer under the
7 Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, as an
8 architect under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of
9 1989, as a structural engineer under the Structural
10 Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or as a Professional Land
11 Surveyor under this Act.
12 (b) Any professional design firm seeking to be licensed
13 registered pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall
14 not be licensedregistered unless one or more managing agents
15 in charge of land surveyor activities in this State are
16 designated by the professional design firm. Each managing
17 agent must at all times maintain a valid, active license to
18 practice professional land surveying in Illinois.
19 No individual whose license to practice professional land
20 surveying in this State is currently in a suspended or
21 revoked state shall act as a managing agent for a
22 professional design firm.
23 (c) Any business seeking to be licensedregistered under
24 this Section shall make application on a form provided by the
25 Department and shall provide such information as requested by
26 the Department, which shall include, but not be limited to:
27 (1) the name and license number of the person
28 designated as the managing agent in responsible charge of
29 the practice of professional land surveying in Illinois.
30 In the case of a corporation, the corporation shall also
31 submit a certified copy of the resolution by the board of
32 directors designating the managing agent. In the case of
33 a limited liability company, the company shall submit a
34 certified copy of either its articles of organization or
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1 operating agreement designating the managing agent;
2 (2) the names and license numbers of the directors,
3 in the case of a corporation, the members, in the case of
4 a limited liability company, or general partners, in the
5 case of a partnership;
6 (3) a list of all office locations at which the
7 professional design firm provides professional land
8 surveying services to the public; and
9 (4) a list of all assumed names of the business.
10 Nothing in this Section shall be construed to exempt a
11 professional design firm, sole proprietorship, or
12 professional service corporation from compliance with the
13 requirements of the Assumed Business Name Act.
14 It is the responsibility of the professional design firm
15 to provide the Department notice, in writing, of any changes
16 in the information requested on the application.
17 (d) The Department shall issue to each business a
18 certificate of registration to practice professional land
19 surveying or offer the services of its licensees in this
20 State upon submittal of a proper application for registration
21 and payment of fees. The expiration date and renewal period
22 for each licenseregistration and renewal procedures shall be
23 established by rule.
24 (e) In the event a managing agent is terminated or
25 terminates his or her status as managing agent of the
26 professional design firm, the managing agent and a
27 professional design firm shall notify the Department of this
28 fact in writing, by certified mail, within 10 business days
29 of such termination. Thereafter, the professional design
30 firm, if it has so informed the Department, shall have 30
31 days in which to notify the Department of the name and
32 licensure number of a newly designated managing agent. If a
33 corporation, the corporation shall also submit a certified
34 copy of a resolution by the board of directors designating
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1 the new managing agent. If a limited liability company, the
2 company shall also submit a certified copy of either its
3 articles of organization or operating agreement designating
4 the new managing agent. The Department may, upon good cause
5 shown, extend the original 30 day period.
6 If the professional design firm has not notified the
7 Department in writing, by certified mail within the specified
8 time, the licenseregistration shall be terminated without
9 prior hearing. Notification of termination shall be sent by
10 certified mail to the last known address of the business. If
11 the professional design firm continues to operate and offer
12 professional land surveyor services after the termination,
13 the Department may seek prosecution under Sections 27, 43,
14 and 46 of this Act for the unlicensed practice of
15 professional land surveying.
16 No professional design firm shall be relieved of
17 responsibility for the conduct or acts of its agent,
18 employees, members, managers, or officers by reason of its
19 compliance with this Section, nor shall any individual
20 practicing professional land surveying be relieved of the
21 responsibility for professional services performed by reason
22 of the individual's employment or relationship with a
23 professional design firm licensedregistered under this
24 Section.
25 (g) Disciplinary action against a professional design
26 firm licensedregistered under this Section shall be
27 administered in the same manner and on the same grounds as
28 disciplinary action against a licensed professional land
29 surveyor. All disciplinary action taken or pending against a
30 corporation or partnership before the effective date of this
31 amendatory Act of 1999 shall be continued or remain in effect
32 without the Department filing separate actions.
33 (h) Any professional services corporation, sole
34 proprietorship, or professional design firm offering land
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1 surveying services must have a resident land surveyor
2 overseeing the land surveying practices in each location in
3 which land surveying services are provided.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-132, eff. 1-1-00.)
5 (225 ILCS 330/29) (from Ch. 111, par. 3279)
6 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
7 Sec. 29. Investigations; notice and hearing. A license
8 or registration issued under the provisions of this Act may
9 be revoked, suspended, not renewed or restored, or otherwise
10 disciplined, or applications for license or registration may
11 be refused, in the manner set forth in this Act. The
12 Department may, upon its own action, and shall, upon the
13 verified complaint in writing of any person setting forth
14 facts which, if proven, would constitute grounds for
15 discipline, investigate the actions of any person or other
16 entity holding, applying for or claiming to hold a license,
17 or practicing or offering to practice land surveying. Before
18 the initiation of an investigation, the matter shall be
19 reviewed by a subcommittee of the Board according to
20 procedures established by rule for the Complaint Committee.
21 The Department shall, before refusing to issue, renew or
22 restore, suspending or revoking any license or registration,
23 or imposing any other disciplinary action, at least 30 days
24 prior to the date set for the hearing, notify the person
25 accused in writing of any charges made and shall direct the
26 person or entity to file a written answer to the Board under
27 oath within 20 days after the service of the notice and
28 inform the person or entity that if the person or entity
29 fails to file an answer default will be taken and that the
30 license or certificate may be suspended, revoked, placed on
31 probationary status, or other disciplinary action may be
32 taken, including limiting the scope, nature or extent of
33 practice, as the Director may deem proper. The Department
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1 shall afford the accused person or entity an opportunity to
2 be heard in person or by counsel in reference to the charges
3 changes. This written notice may be served by personal
4 delivery to the accused person or entity or certified mail to
5 the last address specified by the accused person or entity in
6 the last notification to the Department. In case the person
7 or entity fails to file an answer after receiving notice, his
8 or her license or certificate may, in the discretion of the
9 Department, be suspended, revoked, or placed on probationary
10 status, or the Department may take whatever disciplinary
11 action deemed proper, including limiting the scope, nature,
12 or extent of the person's practice or the imposition of a
13 fine, without a hearing, if the act or acts charged
14 constitute sufficient grounds for such action under this Act.
15 At the time and place fixed in the notice, the Board shall
16 hear the charges and the accused person or entity shall be
17 accorded ample opportunity to present any statements,
18 testimony, evidence and argument as may be relevant to the
19 charges or their defense. The Board may continue the hearing
20 from time to time.
21 The Board may from time to time and in co-operation with
22 the Department's legal advisors employ individual land
23 surveyors possessing the same minimum qualifications as
24 required for Board candidates to assist with its
25 investigative duties.
26 Persons who assist the Department as consultants or
27 expert witnesses in the investigation or prosecution of
28 alleged violations of the Act, licensure matters, restoration
29 proceedings, or criminal prosecutions, are not liable for
30 damages in any civil action or proceeding as a result of
31 their assistance, except upon proof of actual malice. The
32 Attorney General shall defend these persons in any such
33 action or proceeding.
34 (Source: P.A. 87-1031; 88-428.)
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1 (225 ILCS 330/49) (from Ch. 111, par. 3299)
2 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
3 Sec. 49. The provisions of this Act, insofar as they are
4 the same or substantially the same as those of any prior law
5 concerning the licensure of land surveyors, shall be
6 construed as a continuation of such prior law and not as a
7 new enactment.
8 Any existing injunction or temporary restraining order
9 validly obtained under The Illinois Land Surveyors Act which
10 prohibits the unlicensedunregistered practice of land
11 surveying or prohibits or requires any other conduct in
12 connection with the practice of land surveying, or any
13 disciplinary action begun under The Illinois Land Surveyors
14 Act are not invalidated by the enactment of this Act and
15 shall continue to have full force and effect on and after the
16 effective date of this Act. All certificates of registration
17 and enrollments in effect on December 31, 1989 issued
18 pursuant to The Illinois Land Surveyors Act are reinstated
19 under this Act for the balance of the term for which last
20 issued. All rules and regulations in effect on December 31,
21 1989 and promulgated pursuant to The Illinois Land Surveyors
22 Act shall remain in full force and effect on and after the
23 effective date of this Act without being promulgated again by
24 the Department, except to the extent any such rule or
25 regulation is inconsistent with any provision of this Act.
26 (Source: P.A. 86-987.)
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