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HB 846 - State Construction Industry Licensing Bd; redefine cert terms

Byrd, Roger C (170th)

Status Summary	HC:	Ind	SC:	SLGO	FR:	03/02/99	LA:	03/16/00	S - Favorably Reported (CS )

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Code Section 43-14-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, so as to change certain definitions; and for other purposes.

HB 846                                            LC 27 1179S 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, 
  1- 2  relating to professions and businesses, so as to change the 
  1- 3  definition of "utility systems" for which a license or 
  1- 4  certificate issued by the State Construction Industry 
  1- 5  Licensing Board is required for certain work thereon; to 
  1- 6  provide that registered professional engineers who 
  1- 7  demonstrate competency in soils classification and the 
  1- 8  suitability of sites for on-site sewage management systems 
  1- 9  may perform certain investigations and evaluations; to 
  1-10  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1-11       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-12                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-13  Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating 
  1-14  to professions and businesses, is amended in Code Section 
  1-15  43-14-2, relating to definitions regarding the State 
  1-16  Construction Industry Licensing Board, by striking in its 
  1-17  entirety paragraph (17) and inserting in lieu thereof a new 
  1-18  paragraph (17) to read as follows: 
 
  1-19      "(17) 'Utility system' means any system at least five 
  1-20      feet underground, when installed or accessed by 
  1-21      trenching, open cut, cut and cover, or other similar 
  1-22      construction methods which install or access the system 
  1-23      from the ground surface, including, but not limited to, 
  1-24      gas distribution systems, electrical distribution 
  1-25      systems, communication systems, water supply systems, 
  1-26      sanitary sewerage and drainage systems, reservoirs and 
  1-27      filtration plants, water and waste-water treatment 
  1-28      plants, leachate collection and treatment systems 
  1-29      associated with landfills, and pump stations, when the 
  1-30      system distributes or collects a service, product, or 
  1-31      commodity for which a fee or price is paid for said 
  1-32      service, product, or commodity or for the disposal of 
  1-33      said service, product, or commodity." 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2- 2  Said title is further amended in Code Section 43-15-18, 
  2- 3  relating to the effect of a certificate of registration as 
  2- 4  professional engineer or land surveyor, by adding at the end 
  2- 5  thereof a new subsection (c) to read as follows: 
 
  2- 6    "(c) A professional engineer may perform investigations 
  2- 7    and evaluations of the suitability of a site for an 
  2- 8    on-site sewage management system, provided that the 
  2- 9    professional engineer demonstrates competency by the 
  2-10    successful completion of at least six quarter hours, or 
  2-11    the semester equivalent, of college level courses or eight 
  2-12    hours of continuing education, which courses or continuing 
  2-13    education relate specifically to soils classification and 
  2-14    the suitability of sites for on-site sewage management 
  2-15    systems.  As used in this subsection, the term 'on-site 
  2-16    sewage management system' shall have the same meaning as 
  2-17    provided in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Code 
  2-18    Section 31-2-7." 
 
  2-19                           SECTION 3. 
 
  2-20  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-21  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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