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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 263
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARMODY
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board to
suspend charging fees from professional engineers and professional land surveyors
who have been classified as retired.
WHEREAS, professional engineers and professional land surveyors have been held
in high esteem for their long and storied history of professionalism; and
WHEREAS, professional engineers and professional land surveyors must meet
demanding educational requirements, obtain sufficient work experience, pass a series of
examinations, and have recommendations submitted by other professionals before a license
is issued; and
WHEREAS, after obtaining a license to perform work as a professional engineer or
professional land surveyor, these professionals must continue to adhere to the high
professional standards to maintain their status as an active professional as well as complete
fifteen hours of continuing professional development; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board was
created by the state of Louisiana to have oversight over professional engineers and
professional land surveyors in order to help ensure that these professionals maintain their
high level of superior work and professionalism; and
WHEREAS, the board is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the laws passed
by the legislature; and
WHEREAS, in order for the board to maintain its efficiency by which it oversees
professional engineers and professional land surveyors, certain licensing fees are charged;
and
WHEREAS, fees are charged for the application process for a license, renewal of a
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WHEREAS, the board, by rule or regulation, may establish classifications of
licensure, including but not limited to active, expired, inactive, and retired classifications;
and
WHEREAS, currently, the board is charging fees from professional engineers and
professional land surveyors who have been classified as retired; and
WHEREAS, if a professional engineer or professional land surveyor fails to pay the
required fee, his licensure status changes from retired to expired; and
WHEREAS, a majority of professional engineers and professional land surveyors
classified as retired are living on a fixed income; and
WHEREAS, in these tough economic times, many Louisianians, not just retired
professionals, are struggling with their finances; and
WHEREAS, many retired professional engineers and professional land surveyors
have committed a lifetime to their profession; and
WHEREAS, it would seem customary for the board to allow a professional engineer
or professional land surveyor to retire without requiring the continuing payment of licensing
fees.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board to
suspend charging fees from professional engineers and professional land surveyors who have
been classified as retired.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE