Bill Text: IN HB1139 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Architect license renewal.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-10 - First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions [HB1139 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1139-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 25-4-1.
Synopsis: Architect license renewal. Requires that notification must
be mailed to an architect who fails to renew the architect's certificate
of registration. Creates a one year registration renewal program for
architects who fail to renew their registration and subsequently meet
certain requirements. Establishes the renewal program fund to allow
the professional licensing agency to administer the renewal program
and notification requirements.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and
Pensions.
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(b) An architect registered or licensed in Indiana who has failed to renew the architect's certificate of registration for a period of not more than five (5) years may have the certificate of registration reinstated by meeting the requirements of IC 25-1-8-6(c) or section 33 of this chapter.
(c) An architect registered in Indiana who has failed to renew the architect's certificate of registration for more than five (5) years may have the certificate of registration reinstated by satisfying the requirements for reinstatement under IC 25-1-8-6(d) or section 33 of this chapter.
(d) If any registered architect desires to retire from the practice of
architecture in Indiana, the architect may submit to the board the
architect's verified statement of intention to withdraw from practice.
The statement shall be entered upon the records of the board. During
the period of the architect's retirement, the architect is not liable for any
renewal or restoration fees.
(e) If any retired architect desires to return to the practice of
architecture in Indiana, the retired architect must meet the following
requirements:
(1) If the certificate of registration has been expired for not more
than five (5) years, the retired architect must:
(A) file with the board a verified statement indicating the
architect's desire to return to the practice of architecture; and
(B) pay a renewal fee equal to the fee set by the board to renew
an unexpired registration under this chapter.
(2) If the certificate of registration has been expired for more than
five (5) years, the retired architect must:
(A) file with the board a verified statement indicating the
architect's desire to return to the practice of architecture;
(B) pay a renewal fee equal to the fee set by the board to renew
an unexpired registration under this chapter; and
(C) complete remediation and additional training established
by the board based on the length of time the certificate of
registration has been expired.
(f) If an architect:
(1) fails to renew the architect's certificate of registration; and
(2) is not retired from the practice of architecture;
the board shall notify the architect of the renewal requirement by
certified or registered mail not more than sixty (60) days after the
date established by the licensing agency under IC 25-1-6-4 for
renewal of the architect's certificate of registration.
(b) Notwithstanding IC 25-1-8-6, the agency shall create a certificate of registration renewal program for persons who are required to have a certificate of registration under this chapter and do not renew their certificates of registration for one (1) or more periods during the period beginning January 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2013. The license renewal program begins July 1, 2013, and ends June 30, 2014.
(c) To be eligible for the program, a person must:
(1) have held a valid certificate of registration under this chapter on January 1, 2005;
(2) have met the renewal requirements for being issued a renewal of the certificate of registration, except for submitting a renewal form and paying the renewal fee; and
(3) provide a sworn statement that the person has not committed any act during the time the person's certificate of registration was expired that would constitute a violation of IC 25-1-11.
(d) When renewing a certificate of registration under this section, the person seeking renewal shall pay:
(1) all unpaid certificate of registration renewal fees;
(2) the current certificate of registration renewal fee; and
(3) an additional late fee equal to the fees collected under subdivision (1);
to be deposited in the renewal program fund created by section 34 of this chapter.
(e) The agency shall amend the renewal records of a person who has successfully completed the requirements under this section to reflect that the person's certificate of registration is properly renewed during each period in which the person's certificate of registration was expired.
(f) This section expires December 31, 2014.
(b) The fund consists of fees collected under section 33(d) of this chapter.
(c) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund. The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public money may be invested.
(d) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
