HOUSE BILL No. 4837


     September 21, 1999, Introduced by Rep. Scranton and referred to the Committee on
Regulatory Reform.


        A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled

   "Occupational code,"

   by amending section 2014 (MCL 339.2014), as amended by 1992 PA

   103.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 2014.  A person is subject to the penalties set forth

 2    in article 6 who commits 1 of the following:

 3         (a) Uses the term "architect", "professional engineer",

 4    "land surveyor", "professional surveyor", or a similar term in

 5    connection with the person's name unless the person is licensed

 6    in the appropriate practice under this article.

 7         (b) Presenting or attempting to use as the person's own the

 8    license or seal of another.

 9         (c) Attempting to use an expired, suspended, or revoked

10    license.


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 1         (d) Using the words "architecture", "professional

 2    engineering", "land surveying", "professional surveying", or a

 3    similar term in a firm name without authorization by the appro-

 4    priate board.

 5         (e) Submitting to a public official of this state or a

 6    political subdivision of this state for approval, a permit or a

 7    plan for filing as a public record, a specification, a report, or

 8    a land survey which does not bear 1 or more seals of a licensee

 9    as required by this article.  This subdivision does not apply to

10    a public work costing less than $15,000.00, RENOVATIONS OR REMOD-

11    ELING OF AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, or a NEW residential

12    building containing not more than 3,500 square feet of calculated

13    floor area.































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