HB189 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code Sections 34-11-1 through 34-11-34 relating to professional engineers and land surveyors licensing and regulation by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

• Requires the State Board to approve engineer and land surveyor licensing examinations and eliminates the $300 cap on examination and reexamination fees, allowing the board to set fees without a statutory limit.

• Changes disciplinary voting requirements from "three or more" board members to "a majority of the deliberating members" for imposing penalties and approving reissuance of revoked certificates.

• Defines board quorum as a simple majority of board members instead of not less than three members.

• Clarifies the exemption for regulated transportation companies and public utilities regarding work on transportation or utility facilities, specifying that no entity may require professional engineer licensure for exempt engineering work regardless of where work is performed.