Bill Text: IA HF522 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring licensure rather than registration of architects practicing in this state. (Formerly HSB 152.)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-06 - Withdrawn. H.J. 918. [HF522 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF522-Introduced.html

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House File 522 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 152)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring licensure rather than registration of
  2    architects practicing in this state.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 100C.10, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
  1  2 2017, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    e.  One professional engineer or architect licensed or
  1  4 registered in the state.
  1  5    Sec. 2.  Section 499B.6, Code 2017, is amended to read as
  1  6 follows:
  1  7    499B.6  Copy of the floor plans to be filed.
  1  8    There shall be attached to the declaration, at the time
  1  9 it is filed, a full and an exact copy of the plans of the
  1 10 building, which copy shall be entered of record along with the
  1 11 declaration. The plans shall show graphically all particulars
  1 12 of the building including but not limited to the dimensions,
  1 13 area, and location of common elements affording access to each
  1 14 apartment. Other common elements, both limited and general,
  1 15 shall be shown graphically insofar as possible and shall be
  1 16 certified to by an engineer, architect, or land surveyor, who
  1 17 is registered or licensed to practice that profession in this
  1 18 state.
  1 19    Sec. 3.  Section 544A.16, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
  1 20 following new subsection:
  1 21    NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  "License" means the license issued to
  1 22 an architect by the board.
  1 23    Sec. 4.  Section 544A.16, subsection 12, Code 2017, is
  1 24 amended by striking the subsection.
  1 25    Sec. 5.  Section 544A.17, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
  1 26 to read as follows:
  1 27    2.  Persons acting under the instruction, control or
  1 28 supervision of, and those executing the plans of, a registered
  1 29  licensed architect or a professional engineer licensed
  1 30 under chapter 542B, provided that such unregistered or
  1 31  unlicensed persons shall not be placed in responsible charge of
  1 32 architectural or professional engineering work.
  1 33    Sec. 6.  NEW SECTION.  544A.30  Registered architects.
  1 34    Any person who is registered as an architect pursuant to
  1 35 this chapter on July 1, 2017, shall be deemed to be licensed to
  2  1 practice as an architect.
  2  2    Sec. 7.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVES
  2  3    1.  Sections 544A.1, 544A.3, 544A.9, 544A.10, 544A.18,
  2  4 and 544B.12, Code 2017, are amended by striking the word
  2  5 "registered" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "licensed".
  2  6    2.  Sections 26.3, subsection 2; 35A.10, subsection 2;
  2  7 103.22, subsection 1; 103A.19, subsection 3; 105.11, subsection
  2  8 1; 218.58, subsection 2; 358.16, subsection 2, paragraph "c";
  2  9 384.103, subsection 2, paragraph "a"; 441.31, subsection
  2 10 1; 544A.15, subsection 1 and subsection 3, paragraph "a",
  2 11 unnumbered paragraph 1, and subsection 3, paragraph "a",
  2 12 subparagraphs (2) and (5), and subsection 3, paragraph "d";
  2 13 544A.25, subsection 2, paragraph "d"; 544A.28, subsection
  2 14 3; 544B.20, subsections 2 and 3; and 669.2, subsection 4,
  2 15 paragraph "c", Code 2017, are amended by striking the word
  2 16 "registered" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "licensed".
  2 17    3.  Sections 544A.1, 544A.3, 544A.5, and 544A.9, Code 2017,
  2 18 are amended by striking the words "certificate of registration"
  2 19 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "license".
  2 20    4.  Sections 544A.8, subsection 1; 544A.11, subsection 1;
  2 21 544A.15, subsection 3, paragraph "a", subparagraphs (3), (4),
  2 22 and (6); and 544A.16, subsection 10, Code 2017, are amended by
  2 23 striking the words "certificate of registration" and inserting
  2 24 in lieu thereof the word "license".
  2 25    5.  Section 544A.9, Code 2017, is amended by striking the
  2 26 word "certificate" and inserting in lieu thereof the word
  2 27 "license".
  2 28    6.  Sections 544A.11, subsection 1; and 544A.13, subsections
  2 29 2 and 3, Code 2017, are amended by striking the word
  2 30 "certificate" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "license".
  2 31    7.  Section 544A.10, Code 2017, is amended by striking the
  2 32 word "certificate's" and inserting in lieu thereof the word
  2 33 "license's".
  2 34    8.  Sections 544A.3 and 544A.10, Code 2017, are amended by
  2 35 striking the words "certificates of registration" and inserting
  3  1 in lieu thereof the word "licenses".
  3  2    9.  Section 544A.8, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended by
  3  3 striking the word "certification" and inserting in lieu thereof
  3  4 the word "licensure".
  3  5    10.  Section 544A.5, Code 2017, is amended by striking the
  3  6 word "registration" and inserting in lieu thereof the word
  3  7 "licensure".
  3  8    11.  Sections 544A.8, subsections 3 and 4; 544A.15,
  3  9 subsection 1; and 544A.25, subsection 1 and subsection 2,
  3 10 paragraphs "b" and "d", Code 2017, are amended by striking the
  3 11 word "registration" and inserting in lieu thereof the word
  3 12 "licensure".
  3 13    12.  Section 544A.16, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended by
  3 14 striking the word "registration" and inserting in lieu thereof
  3 15 the word "license".
  3 16    13.  Section 544A.25, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended by
  3 17 striking the word "register" and inserting in lieu thereof the
  3 18 word "license".
  3 19    14.  Section 544A.15, subsection 3, paragraph "a",
  3 20 subparagraph (7), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
  3 21 word "unregistered" and inserting in lieu thereof the word
  3 22 "unlicensed".
  3 23                           EXPLANATION
  3 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  3 25 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  3 26    Currently, Code chapter 544A requires the architectural
  3 27 examining board established within the professional licensing
  3 28 and regulation bureau of the banking division of the department
  3 29 of commerce to regulate the practice of architecture in Iowa.
  3 30 Pursuant to that regulation, a person cannot engage in the
  3 31 practice of architecture in the state unless the person is
  3 32 issued a certificate of registration from the architectural
  3 33 examining board.
  3 34    This bill replaces all terms in Code chapter 544A relating
  3 35 to registration with licensure. Architects must obtain a
  4  1 license from the architectural examining board to engage in the
  4  2 practice of architecture in the state instead of a certificate
  4  3 of registration on or after July 1, 2017.
  4  4    The bill provides that any person who is registered as an
  4  5 architect pursuant to Code chapter 544A on July 1, 2017, is
  4  6 deemed to be licensed to practice as an architect.
  4  7    The bill also makes conforming changes to other Code
  4  8 sections which refer to registration as an architect.
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