CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1487Introduced by Senator RubioFebruary 18, 2022 An act to amend Section 6704 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1487, as introduced, Rubio. Professional Engineers Act: titles.Existing law, the Professional Engineers Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of professional engineers by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a person from practicing civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering unless that person is appropriately licensed or exempted from licensure pursuant to the act.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6704 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:6704. (a) In order to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, no person shall a person shall not practice civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering unless appropriately licensed or specifically exempted from licensure under this chapter, and only chapter. Only persons licensed under this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the titles consulting engineer, professional engineer, or registered engineer, or any combination of those titles or abbreviations thereof, and according to licensure with the board the engineering branch titles specified in Section 6732, or the authority titles specified in Sections 6736 and 6736.1, or the title engineer-in-training.(b) The provisions of this This section shall not prevent the use of the title consulting engineer by a person who has qualified for and maintained exemption for using that title under the provisions of pursuant to Section 6732.1, or by a person licensed as a photogrammetric surveyor.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1487Introduced by Senator RubioFebruary 18, 2022 An act to amend Section 6704 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1487, as introduced, Rubio. Professional Engineers Act: titles.Existing law, the Professional Engineers Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of professional engineers by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a person from practicing civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering unless that person is appropriately licensed or exempted from licensure pursuant to the act.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1487
Introduced by Senator RubioFebruary 18, 2022
Introduced by Senator Rubio
February 18, 2022
An act to amend Section 6704 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1487, as introduced, Rubio. Professional Engineers Act: titles.
Existing law, the Professional Engineers Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of professional engineers by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a person from practicing civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering unless that person is appropriately licensed or exempted from licensure pursuant to the act.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Existing law, the Professional Engineers Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of professional engineers by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a person from practicing civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering unless that person is appropriately licensed or exempted from licensure pursuant to the act.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6704 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:6704. (a) In order to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, no person shall a person shall not practice civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering unless appropriately licensed or specifically exempted from licensure under this chapter, and only chapter. Only persons licensed under this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the titles consulting engineer, professional engineer, or registered engineer, or any combination of those titles or abbreviations thereof, and according to licensure with the board the engineering branch titles specified in Section 6732, or the authority titles specified in Sections 6736 and 6736.1, or the title engineer-in-training.(b) The provisions of this This section shall not prevent the use of the title consulting engineer by a person who has qualified for and maintained exemption for using that title under the provisions of pursuant to Section 6732.1, or by a person licensed as a photogrammetric surveyor.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 6704 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:6704. (a) In order to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, no person shall a person shall not practice civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering unless appropriately licensed or specifically exempted from licensure under this chapter, and only chapter. Only persons licensed under this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the titles consulting engineer, professional engineer, or registered engineer, or any combination of those titles or abbreviations thereof, and according to licensure with the board the engineering branch titles specified in Section 6732, or the authority titles specified in Sections 6736 and 6736.1, or the title engineer-in-training.(b) The provisions of this This section shall not prevent the use of the title consulting engineer by a person who has qualified for and maintained exemption for using that title under the provisions of pursuant to Section 6732.1, or by a person licensed as a photogrammetric surveyor.
SECTION 1. Section 6704 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
6704. (a) In order to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, no person shall a person shall not practice civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering unless appropriately licensed or specifically exempted from licensure under this chapter, and only chapter. Only persons licensed under this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the titles consulting engineer, professional engineer, or registered engineer, or any combination of those titles or abbreviations thereof, and according to licensure with the board the engineering branch titles specified in Section 6732, or the authority titles specified in Sections 6736 and 6736.1, or the title engineer-in-training.(b) The provisions of this This section shall not prevent the use of the title consulting engineer by a person who has qualified for and maintained exemption for using that title under the provisions of pursuant to Section 6732.1, or by a person licensed as a photogrammetric surveyor.
6704. (a) In order to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, no person shall a person shall not practice civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering unless appropriately licensed or specifically exempted from licensure under this chapter, and only chapter. Only persons licensed under this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the titles consulting engineer, professional engineer, or registered engineer, or any combination of those titles or abbreviations thereof, and according to licensure with the board the engineering branch titles specified in Section 6732, or the authority titles specified in Sections 6736 and 6736.1, or the title engineer-in-training.(b) The provisions of this This section shall not prevent the use of the title consulting engineer by a person who has qualified for and maintained exemption for using that title under the provisions of pursuant to Section 6732.1, or by a person licensed as a photogrammetric surveyor.
6704. (a) In order to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, no person shall a person shall not practice civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering unless appropriately licensed or specifically exempted from licensure under this chapter, and only chapter. Only persons licensed under this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the titles consulting engineer, professional engineer, or registered engineer, or any combination of those titles or abbreviations thereof, and according to licensure with the board the engineering branch titles specified in Section 6732, or the authority titles specified in Sections 6736 and 6736.1, or the title engineer-in-training.(b) The provisions of this This section shall not prevent the use of the title consulting engineer by a person who has qualified for and maintained exemption for using that title under the provisions of pursuant to Section 6732.1, or by a person licensed as a photogrammetric surveyor.
6704. (a) In order to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, no person shall a person shall not practice civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering unless appropriately licensed or specifically exempted from licensure under this chapter, and only chapter. Only persons licensed under this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the titles consulting engineer, professional engineer, or registered engineer, or any combination of those titles or abbreviations thereof, and according to licensure with the board the engineering branch titles specified in Section 6732, or the authority titles specified in Sections 6736 and 6736.1, or the title engineer-in-training.
(b) The provisions of this This section shall not prevent the use of the title consulting engineer by a person who has qualified for and maintained exemption for using that title under the provisions of pursuant to Section 6732.1, or by a person licensed as a photogrammetric surveyor.