The rule was posted for public comment on the economic impact of the proposed rule, including how this proposed rule may affect businesses, local government units, and individuals, for a period of 14 days. No comments were received.
Fiscal Estimate and Economic Impact Analysis:
The Fiscal Estimate and Economic Impact Analysis are attached.
Effect on small business:
These proposed rules do not have a negative economic impact on small businesses, as defined in s. 227.114 (1), Stats. The Department’s Regulatory Review Coordinator may be contacted by email at Eric.Esser@wisconsin.gov, or by calling (608) 267-2435. Agency contact person:
Katie Paff, Administrative Rules Coordinator, Department of Safety and Professional Services, Division of Policy Development, 1400 East Washington Avenue, Room 151, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708; telephone 608-261-4472; email at Kathleen.Paff@wisconsin.gov. Place where comments are to be submitted and deadline for submission:
Comments may be submitted to Katie Paff, Administrative Rules Coordinator, Department of Safety and Professional Services, Division of Policy Development, 1400 East Washington Avenue, Room 151, P.O. Box 8366, Madison, WI 53708-8935, or by email to Kathleen.Paff@wisconsin.gov. Comments must be received on or before the public hearing on July 30, 2015 to be included in the record of rule-making proceedings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TEXT OF RULE
Section 1. A-E 1.02 (1) is amended to read:
A-E 1.02 (1) “Board” or “joint board” means the examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and professional land surveyors.
Section 2. A-E 2.01 is amended to read:
A-E 2.01 Purpose. The purpose of rules in this chapter is to specify general requirements and procedures which apply to persons credentialed by any section of the board. Requirements specific to architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers or professional land surveyors are specified in chs. A-E 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. Rules of professional conduct for all registrants or permit holders are specified in ch. A-E 8. Section 3. A-E 2.02 (1), (4), and (6) are amended to read:
A-E 2.02 (1) Each architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, designer and professional land surveyor shall obtain a seal that complies with board specifications for registration seals. The overall diameter may not be less than 15⁄8 inches nor more than 2 inches. Each seal shall include the registrant's name, registration or permit number and city.
(4) Each sheet of plans, drawings, documents, specifications and reports for architectural, landscape architectural, professional engineering, design or professional land surveying practice shall be signed, sealed and dated by the registrant or permit holder who prepared, or directed and controlled preparation of, the written material, except as specified in sub. (5).
(6) Any addition, deletion or other revision to each sheet of plans, drawings, documents, specifications and reports for architectural, landscape architectural, professional engineering, design or professional land surveying practice which affects public health and safety or any state or local code requirements may not be made unless signed, sealed and dated by the registrant or permit holder who made or directed and controlled the making of the revision.
Section 4. A-E 2.03 (1) (a) and (b) and (2) (d) are amended to read:
A-E 2.03 (1) (a) "Firm" means any sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation located in Wisconsin which provides or offers to provide architectural, landscape architectural, professional engineering, design or professional land surveying services to the public.
(b) "Resident" means a currently-registered architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, designer or professional land surveyor who spends the majority of his or her working schedule in one firm location and who is in charge of and responsible for the type of services offered or provided from that location.
(2) (d) A resident professional land surveyor in each separate business location which provides or offers to provide professional land surveying services.
Section 5. Chapter A-E 6 (title) is amended to read: PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR LICENSURE
Section 6. A-E 6.01 (intro) is amended to read:
A-E 6.01 Authority and purpose. The rules in this chapter are adopted under authority in ss. 15.08 (5) (b), 227.11, 443.01 (4) 443.01 (6s) and 443.06, Stats. The purpose of rules in this chapter is to interpret basic education, experience and examination requirements for registration licensure as a professional land surveyor as specified in s. 443.06, Stats. Section 7. A-E 6.02 (title) is amended to read:
A-E 6.02 Application for registration licensure.
Section 8. A-E 6.03 is amended to read:
A-E 6.03 Land surveying experience. (1) To qualify as "practice in professional land surveying work of a satisfactory character which indicates that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of such work" under s. 443.06, Stats., the experience of an applicant shall be in areas of professional land surveying practice designated under pars. (a) and (b), or other areas which, in the opinion of the board, provide the applicant with knowledge of practice of land surveying at least equivalent to that which is generally acquired by experience in the areas listed. An applicant need not have experience in all areas listed below. However, all applicants shall have experience in the areas listed in par. (a) 1. and 2. Academic coursework which provides the applicant with knowledge and skills in some areas of practice listed in pars. (a) and (b) may be claimed as equivalent to experience. Section 9. A-E 6.04 (title), (1) (intro.), (a), and (b), and (2) (a) and (b) are amended to read:
A-E 6.04 Educational requirements for professional land surveyors. (1) To meet the educational requirements of s. 443.06 (2) (a) and s. 443.06 (bm), Stats., an applicant for registration as a professional land surveyor shall have satisfactorily completed at least 60 semester credits in a civil engineering or land surveying curriculum including no less than 12 semester credits in professional land surveying which shall be in the following categories of study: (a) No less than 8 of the 12 credits may be in courses concentrating on the legal principles of professional land surveying and the technical aspects of professional land surveying. These courses shall include areas of study such as research of public and private records, principles of evidence and the interpretation of written documents used in boundary determination, the study of the legal elements of professional land surveying including those involving resurveys, boundary disputes, defective descriptions, riparian rights and adverse possession, the study of the professional and judicial functions of a professional land surveyor, the study of surveying methods for measuring distance and angular values, note keeping, computation and writing descriptions and the study of the Wisconsin Statutes and local ordinances relating to the preparation of subdivision maps and plats.
(b) No more than 4 credits may be in courses related to professional land surveying such as "engineering surveying," "municipal surveying," "route surveying," "highway surveying," "topographic surveying," "geodetic surveying," "photogrammetry," "cartography," "construction surveying," "air photo interpretation," "artillery surveying," "geographic information systems," "land information systems" and remote sensing systems."
(2) To meet the educational requirements of s. 443.06 (2) (am), Stats., an applicant for registration as a professional land surveyor shall have done either of the following: (a) Received a bachelor's degree in a course of study in professional land surveying of not less than 4 years duration from a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency approved by the state where the college or university is located.
(b) Received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering of not less than 4 years duration from a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency approved by the state where the college or university is located. The curriculum shall include no less than 16 of 24 semester credits in courses concentrating on the legal principles of professional land surveying and the technical aspects of professional land surveying. These courses shall include areas of study such as research of public and private records, principles of evidence and the interpretation of written documents used in boundary determination, the study of the legal elements of professional land surveying including those involving resurveys, boundary disputes, defective descriptions, riparian rights and adverse possession, the study of the professional and judicial functions of a professional land surveyor, the study of surveying methods for measuring distance and angular values, note keeping, computation and writing descriptions and the study of the Wisconsin statutes and local ordinances relating to the preparation of subdivision maps and plats, other land divisions and real property creation. The applicant may be allowed to receive up to 8 credits in certain other courses relating to surveying. These courses may include "engineering surveying," "municipal surveying," "route surveying," "highway surveying," "topographic surveying," "geodetic surveying," "photogrammetry," "cartography," "construction surveying," "air photo interpretation," "artillery surveying," "geographic information systems," "land information systems" and "remote sensing systems."
Section 10. A-E 6.05 (1) and (2) (b) are amended to read:
A-E 6.05 (1) Land surveyor examination required. Applicants for registration licensure as a professional land surveyor shall take and pass an examination. The examination parts are the national fundamentals of surveying examination, the national principles and practice of surveying examination and the state jurisdictional examination, which is relative to Wisconsin specific practice. Each of the 3 required examinations is scored separately.
(2) (b) The national principles and practice examination and the state jurisdictional examination require an ability to apply principles and judgment to problems involving the U.S. system of public land surveys, Wisconsin plane coordinate surveys, the relocation of lost and obliterated corners, the legal essentials of resurveys, disputed boundaries, defective deed descriptions, riparian rights, adverse possession, the Wisconsin statutes relating to land surveying including the preparation and filing of plats, the writing and interpreting of land descriptions, the technical essentials of professional land surveying and subdivision of lands including practical problems requiring a knowledge of the basic theory and fundamental concepts of field astronomy, geometry of curves, topography and photogrammetry.
Section 11. A-E 6.05 (10) is amended to read:
A-E 6.05 (10) Cheating. Any applicant for registration licensure who receives aid or cheats in any other manner in connection with the examination shall be barred from completing the examination or shall not be given a passing grade, or both.
Section 12. A-E 6.06 (intro.) is amended to read:
A-E 6.06 Application contents. An application for registration licensure shall include all of the following:
