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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 5 and adding new sections designated sections 1 through 6, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:
“Section 1. Chapter 625 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. On or before February 1 of each year, the Board shall submit a report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for distribution to each member of the Senate Standing Committee on Commerce and Labor and the Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Labor.
2. Each report submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must include the following information for the previous calendar year:
(a) The number of persons who relied upon the provisions of this chapter relating to education to qualify for the issuance of a license, the results of each examination taken by each of those persons and a statement indicating whether the Board issued a license to each of those persons;
(b) A description of the facts and circumstances under which the Board exercised its discretion regarding whether to allow an applicant for a license to take the examination for that license or to issue a license to the applicant; and
(c) The number and types of complaints, if any, the Board received regarding the procedure for applying for a license and the procedure for issuance of a license.
Sec. 2. NRS 625.100 is hereby amended to read as follows:
625.100 1. The Governor shall appoint seven persons, [six] four of whom must be engaged in the practice or teaching of professional engineering in any of its disciplines except military engineering, [and one] two of whom must be engaged in the practice or teaching of land surveying [.] and one of whom must be a member of the general public. The members must be citizens of the United States and residents of this state, and constitute the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
2. All appointments made for members who are engaged in the practice or teaching of professional engineering or land surveying must be made from the current roster of professional engineers and professional land surveyors as issued by the Board and on file in the office of the Secretary of State. Insofar as practicable, membership on the Board of those members must be distributed proportionately among the recognized disciplines of the profession. [One of the members who is a professional land surveyor must not be licensed as a professional engineer.] The members who are professional land surveyors must not be professional engineers.
3. Within 30 days after his appointment, [a] each member shall take and subscribe to the oath of office as prescribed by the laws of Nevada and shall file the oath with the Secretary of State.
Sec. 3. NRS 625.154 is hereby amended to read as follows:
625.154 1. The Board shall hold examinations of applicants for licenses at least once each year in localities determined by the number of applications received.
2. The examinations must be written and administered in English.
3. The Board shall not prohibit an applicant for a license from taking a regularly scheduled examination for that license solely because the Board failed to review the applicant’s application before the examination. If the Board prohibits an applicant for a license from taking the examination in violation of this subsection, the Board shall hold or cause to be held an examination for the applicant within 30 days after the violation occurs.
Sec. 4. NRS 625.383 is hereby amended to read as follows:
625.383 1. Each professional engineer and professional land surveyor shall obtain a stamp of the design authorized by the Board, bearing his name and the number of his license and the legend “Professional Engineer” followed by the discipline for which he is qualified or the legend “Professional Land Surveyor,” respectively.
2. To facilitate the obtaining of a stamp by a professional engineer or professional land surveyor pursuant to subsection 1, the Board shall, upon request, provide its authorized design to any retailer or manufacturer of stamps. A professional engineer or professional land surveyor may obtain his stamp from any retailer or manufacturer of stamps.
3. A professional land surveyor shall not use the legend “Professional Engineer.”
Sec. 5. 1. The term of each member of the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors expires on the effective date of this act.
2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this act, the Governor shall appoint to the Board:
(a) Three members who are engaged in the practice or teaching of professional engineering, except military engineering, to serve for terms of 3 years;
(b) One member who is engaged in the practice or teaching of professional engineering, except military engineering, to serve for a term of 2 years;
(c) One member who is engaged in the practice or teaching of land surveying to serve for a term of 2 years;
(d) One member who is engaged in the practice or teaching of land surveying to serve for a term of 1 year; and
(e) One member who is a member of the general public to serve for a term of 1 year.
Sec. 6. 1. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
2. Section 1 of this act expires by limitation on December 1, 2014.”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to professions; requiring the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to submit annual reports regarding certain activities of the Board to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau; revising the membership of the Board; requiring the Board to hold an examination for an applicant for a license under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to provide its authorized design for a stamp to a retailer or manufacturer under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows: