Bill Text: WV HB4238 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to qualifications of members of the board of Professional Surveyors
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-02-01 - To Government Organization [HB4238 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2016-HB4238-Comm_Sub.html
WEST virginia legislature
2016 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
House Bill 4238
By DELEGATES HOWELL, ARVON, BLAIR, R. PHILLIPS., HILL, HARTMAN, STANSBURY, MCGEEHAN, R. SMITH, HAMRICK AND MORGAN
[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization, January 25, 2016]
A BILL to amend and reenact §30-13A-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the West Virginia Board of Professional Surveyors; changing requirements for membership on the board; staggering terms; providing for continued service of qualifying board members; providing for the disqualification of certain members who become licensees; and providing that citizen member appointments represent different congressional districts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §30-13A-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 13A. LAND SURVEYORS.
§30-13A-4. Board of Professional Surveyors.
(a) The AWest Virginia Board of Professional Surveyors@ is continued. Any member of the board except the
endorsed underground surveyor member, in office on July 1, 2010 2016
may continue to serve until his or her successor has been appointed and
qualified.
(b) Prior to July 1, 2010,
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint
one licensed professional surveyor with at least ten years of experience in
land surveying to replace the endorsed underground surveyor.
(c) (b) Commencing July 1, 2010, 2016
the board shall consist of the following five members with staggered terms:
(1) Three Two
licensed professional surveyors with at least ten years of experience in land
surveying each from a separate congressional district.
(2) One person who has a
license in another field of practice other than surveying and also who has a
surveyor license by examination and has practiced surveying for at least ten
years; must be a retired, inactive, or emeritus member under the
provisions of this article, and may not be licensed to practice under the
provisions of this article; and
(3) One citizen member
who is Two citizen members who are not regulated under the
provisions of this article and does do not perform any services
related to the practice of surveying under the provisions of this article.
(c) Members of the board as of the effective date of this section may continue to serve their term without regarding to the status of their license until a successor is appointed by the Governor.
(d) Each licensed member of the board, at the time of his or her appointment, must have held a license in this state for a period of not less than three years immediately preceding the appointment.
(e) Each member must be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and must be a resident of this state during the appointment term.
(f) The term of each board member is four years.
(g) No member may serve more than two consecutive full terms and any member having served two full terms may not be appointed for one year after completion of his or her second full term. A member shall continue to serve until his or her successor has been appointed and qualified.
(h) The Governor may remove any member from the board for neglect of duty, incompetency or official misconduct.
(i) A licensed member of the board immediately and automatically forfeits membership to the board if his or her license to practice is suspended or revoked.
(j) Any member who is
unlicensed or who holds a retired, inactive, or emeritus license immediately
and automatically forfeits his or her membership on the board if he or she
obtains an active license that would permit him or her to practice under the
provisions of this article, or obtains a similar license from another
jurisdiction.
(j) (k) A member of the board immediately and
automatically forfeits membership to the board if he or she is convicted of a
felony under the laws of any jurisdiction or becomes a nonresident of this
state.
(k) (l) The board shall designate one of its
members as chairperson and one member as secretary-treasurer.
(l) (m) Each member of the board is entitled to
receive compensation and expense reimbursement in accordance with section
eleven, article one of this chapter.
(m) (n) A majority of the members of the board
shall constitute a quorum.
(n) (o) The board shall hold at least one annual
meeting. Other meetings shall be held at the call of the chairperson, or upon
the written request of two members, at such time and place as designated in the
call or request.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to amend the qualifications for members of the Board of Surveyors, and by adding one retired, inactive, or emeritus member; and two citizen members and to provide for their removal upon obtaining an active license.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
