Public Act 098-0713
 
HB3963 EnrolledLRB098 15522 ZMM 50552 b



    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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)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 
    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 
    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 
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 
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.)

 
    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.

    (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.