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ACT No. 36
Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 272
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREENE
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 37:711.20(A) and to enact R.S. 37:711.13(D) and 711.20(C),2
relative to the Louisiana Professional Geoscience Practice Act; to provide for license3
application fees; to provide for license renewal fees; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 37:711.20(A) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.7
37:711.13(D) and 711.20(C) are hereby enacted to read as follows:8
§711.13. Application for licensure or certification; fees9
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D.(1) An application fee for professional geoscientists or geoscientists-in-11
training shall be established at the discretion of the board but shall not exceed two12
hundred dollars and shall not be increased by the board by more than thirty dollars13
in any three-year period.14
(2) The application fee shall accompany the application. If the board denies15
the issuance of a license or certification to any applicant, the application fee shall be16
retained by the board. An unsuccessful applicant shall pay the prescribed fee for17
each subsequent application.18
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§711.20. Expiration and renewals; fees20
A. Licensure and certification shall expire at a time specified by the board21
and shall become invalid after that date unless renewed. It shall be the duty of the22
executive secretary of the board to notify by letter to his last known address each23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 272
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licensee and certificate holder of the date of the expiration of the license or1
certificate and the requirements for its renewal. The notice shall be mailed at least2
one month in advance of the expiration of such license or certificate. Renewal of3
licensure as a professional geoscientist or geoscientist-in-training may be effected4
at any time during the two months prior to expiration by the payment of a fee not to5
exceed one hundred fifty dollars per year at the discretion of the board. The board6
shall not increase the renewal fee by more than twenty dollars in any one-year7
period.8
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C. A maximum fee for late renewal shall be established by the board, but10
shall not exceed three times the normal renewal fee.11
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: