SB320,35 Section 35. 440.88 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320,36 Section 36. 440.972 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320,37 Section 37. 440.98 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320,38 Section 38. 441.06 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320,39 Section 39. 441.10 (8) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320,40 Section 40. 442.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320,,74 442.04 (1) The examining board shall grant a certificate as a certified public accountant to all persons who become entitled thereto under this section and s. 442.05. A certificate is permanent unless revoked and not subject to periodic renewal.

SB320,41 Section 41. 442.04 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320,,76 442.04 (5) (b) 4. Except as provided in s. 442.05 440.09, the person has successfully passed an examination in such subjects affecting accountancy and business as the examining board considers necessary. A person is not eligible to take the examination under this subdivision unless the person has completed at least 120 semester hours of education at an institution that include course work in accounting and business subjects, as determined by the examining board.

SB320,42 Section 42. 442.05 of the statutes is repealed.

SB320,43 Section 43. 443.01 (3r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320,,79 443.01 (3r) (a) Professional services performed by a registered architect or by a person who has in effect a permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d).

SB320,44 Section 44. 443.01 (3r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320,,81 443.01 (3r) (b) Professional services performed by a professional engineer or by a person who has in effect a permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d).

SB320,45 Section 45. 443.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320,,83 443.02 (2) No person may practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering in this state unless the person has been duly registered, is exempt under s. 443.14 or has in effect a permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d).

SB320,46 Section 46. 443.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320,,85 443.02 (3) Except as provided under s. 443.015 (1m) (c), no person may offer to practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering or use in connection with the person’s name or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is an architect, landscape architect, or professional engineer or advertise to furnish architectural, landscape architectural, or professional engineering services unless the person has been duly registered or has in effect a permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d).

SB320,47 Section 47. 443.06 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320,48 Section 48. 443.10 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB320,,88 443.10 (1) (title) Permits.

SB320,49 Section 49. 443.10 (1) (a), (b), (c) and (e) of the statutes are repealed.

SB320,50 Section 50. 443.10 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 443.10 (1).

SB320,51 Section 51. 443.18 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320,,92 443.18 (1) (a) Any person who practices or offers to practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering in this state, or who uses the term “architect,” “landscape architect,” or “professional engineer” as part of the person’s business name or title, except as provided in s. 443.08 (6), or in any way represents himself or herself as an architect, landscape architect, or a professional engineer unless the person is registered or exempted in accordance with this chapter, or unless the person is the holder of an unexpired permit issued under s. 443.10 (1) (d), or any person presenting or attempting to use as his or her own the certificate of registration of another, or any person who gives any false or forged evidence of any kind to the examining board or to any section of the examining board or to any member of the examining board or to any member of any section of the examining board in obtaining a certificate of registration, or any person who falsely impersonates any other registrant of like or different name, or any person who attempts to use an expired or revoked certificate of registration, or violates any of the provisions of this section, may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 3 months or both.

SB320,52 Section 52. 443.18 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320,,94 443.18 (2) (a) If it appears upon complaint to the examining board or to any section of the examining board by any person, or is known to the examining board or to any section of the examining board that any person who is neither registered nor exempt under this chapter nor the holder of an unexpired permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d) is practicing or offering to practice, or is about to practice or to offer to practice, architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering in this state, the appropriate section of the examining board or the attorney general or the district attorney of the proper county may investigate and may, in addition to any other remedies, bring action in the name and on behalf of this state against any such person to enjoin the person from practicing or offering to practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering.

SB320,53 Section 53. 445.07 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320,,96 445.07 (2) (b) Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to an applicant who was granted a reciprocal license under s. 445.08 440.09.