SF 408 (LSB 1653SV (10) 87)

REQUIRING LICENSURE RATHER THAN REGISTRATION OF  ARCHITECTS PRACTICING IN THIS STATE. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 100C.10, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  One professional engineer or architect licensed or registered in the state.
    Sec. 2.  Section 499B.6, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   499B.6  Copy of the floor plans to be filed.
   There shall be attached to the declaration, at the time it is filed, a full and an exact copy of the plans of the building, which copy shall be entered of record along with the declaration. The plans shall show graphically all particulars of the building including but not limited to the dimensions,

 area, and location of common elements affording access to each apartment. Other common elements, both limited and general, shall be shown graphically insofar as possible and shall be certified to by an engineer, architect, or land surveyor, who is registered or licensed to practice that profession in this state.
    Sec. 3.  Section 544A.16, Code 2017, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  “License” means the license issued to an architect by the board.
    Sec. 4.  Section 544A.16, subsection 12, Code 2017, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 5.  Section 544A.17, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Persons acting under the instruction, control or supervision of, and those executing the plans of, a registered licensed architect or a professional engineer licensed under chapter 542B, provided that such unregistered or unlicensed persons shall not be placed in responsible charge of architectural or professional engineering work.
    Sec. 6.  NEW SECTION.  544A.30  Registered architects.
   Any person who is registered as an architect pursuant to this chapter on July 1, 2017, shall be deemed to be licensed to practice as an architect. 
    Sec. 7.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVES.
   1.  Sections 544A.1, 544A.3, 544A.9, 544A.10, 544A.18, and 544B.12, Code 2017, are amended by striking the word “registered” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “licensed”. 
   2.  Sections 26.3, subsection 2; 35A.10, subsection 2; 103.22, subsection 1; 103A.19, subsection 3; 105.11, subsection 1; 218.58, subsection 2; 358.16, subsection 2, paragraph “c”; 384.103, subsection 2, paragraph “a”; 441.31, subsection 1; 544A.15, subsection 1 and subsection 3, paragraph “a”, unnumbered paragraph 1, and subsection 3, paragraph “a”, subparagraphs (2) and (5), and subsection 3, paragraph “d”; 544A.25, subsection 2, paragraph “d”; 544A.28, subsection 3; 544B.20, subsections 2 and 3; and 669.2, subsection 4, paragraph “c”, Code 2017, are amended by striking the word “registered” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “licensed”.
   3.  Sections 544A.1, 544A.3, 544A.5, and 544A.9, Code 2017, are amended by striking the words “certificate of registration” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “license”. 
   4.  Sections 544A.8, subsection 1; 544A.11, subsection 1; 544A.15, subsection 3, paragraph “a”, subparagraphs (3), (4), and (6); and 544A.16, subsection 10, Code 2017, are amended by striking the words “certificate of registration” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “license”.
   5.  Section 544A.9, Code 2017, is amended by striking the word “certificate” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “license”.
   6.  Sections 544A.11, subsection 1; and 544A.13, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2017, are amended by striking the word “certificate” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “license”. 
   7.  Section 544A.10, Code 2017, is amended by striking the word “certificate’s” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “license’s”. 
   8.  Sections 544A.3 and 544A.10, Code 2017, are amended by striking the words “certificates of registration” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “licenses”. 
   9.  Section 544A.8, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended by striking the word “certification” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “licensure”. 
   10.  Section 544A.5, Code 2017, is amended by striking the word “registration” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “licensure”.
   11.  Sections 544A.8, subsections 3 and 4; 544A.15, subsection 1; and 544A.25, subsection 1 and subsection 2, paragraphs “b” and “d”, Code 2017, are amended by striking the word “registration” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “licensure”. 
   12.  Section 544A.16, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended by striking the word “registration” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “license”. 
   13.  Section 544A.25, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended by striking the word “register” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “license”. 
   14.  Section 544A.15, subsection 3, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (7), Code 2017, is amended by striking the word “unregistered” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “unlicensed”. 

______________________________
JACK WHITVER
President of the Senate

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LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 408, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.

______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate

Approved _______________, 2017

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TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor