S-5137

   Amend  the amendment, S-5132, to Senate File 2385, as follows:
   1.  Page 6, by striking lines 8 through 14 and inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 542B.20, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  a.  A person holding a certificate of licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor issued to the person by a proper authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or of any foreign country, based on requirements and qualifications, in the opinion of the board equal to or higher than the requirements of this chapter, may be licensed without further examination, except as provided in paragraph “b”.
   b.  A person shall not be licensed as a professional land surveyor under this subsection unless the person passes an examination specific to the laws of this state. Notwithstanding section 272C.12, subsection 3, paragraph “c”, a person shall not be issued a temporary license as a professional land surveyor.
   Sec. ___.  TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
   1.  A temporary license to practice professional land surveying issued pursuant to section 272C.12, subsection 3, paragraph “c”, prior to the effective date of this division of this Act shall continue in full force and effect until expiration or until suspension or revocation by the engineering and land surveying examining board pursuant to section 542B.21.
   2.  A license issued to a professional land surveyor pursuant to section 542B.20, Code 2024, prior to the effective date of this division of this Act shall continue in full force and effect until expiration or until suspension or revocation by the engineering and land surveying examining board pursuant to section 542B.21.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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CHRIS COURNOYER