NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 940
SENATE BILL 241

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 89 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA RELATING TO THE STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  That G.S. 89-4, as the same appears in the 1965 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby rewritten as follows:
"§ 89-4.  State Board of Registration Created; Powers; Duties; Qualifications and Compensation; Instructional Programs. To carry out the provisions of this Chapter, the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is hereby created, whose duty it shall be to administer the provisions of this Chapter. The Board shall consist of four registered engineers and two registered land surveyors, appointed by the Governor. Each member of the Board shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident of this State, and shall have been a practicing registered engineer, or a registered land surveyor, in North Carolina for at least ten years. Each member of the Board shall receive ten dollars ($10.00) per diem for attending the sessions of the Board or of its committees, and for time spent in necessary travel, and in addition shall be reimbursed for all necessary travel, and incidental and clerical expenses incurred, in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter. Notwithstanding anything herein contained the present members of the Board shall continue in office as members of said Board until their present respective terms expire. The additional registered land surveyor member provided by this Act shall be appointed January 1, 1966, for a three-year term. Thereafter as the terms of office of the Board members expire, their successors shall be appointed for terms of five years and shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualify. Each member shall continue in office after the expiration of his term until his successor shall be duly appointed and qualified. The Governor may remove any member of the Board for misconduct, incompetency, neglect of duty or for any other sufficient cause. Vacancies in the membership of the Board, however created, shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term. Each member of the Board shall receive a certificate of appointment from the Governor, and before beginning his term of office he shall file with the Secretary of State the constitutional oath of office.
"The Board shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, may administer oaths and may take testimony and proofs concerning all matters within its jurisdiction. The Board shall adopt and have an official seal, which shall be affixed to all certificates of registration granted; and shall make all bylaws and rules not inconsistent with law, needed in performing its duty.
"The Board shall hold at least two regular meetings each year. Special meetings shall be held at such times as the bylaws of the Board may provide. Notice of all meetings shall be given in such manner as the bylaws provide. The Board shall elect annually from its members a chairman, a vice chairman, and a secretary. The secretary shall receive compensation at a rate to be determined by the Board. A quorum of the Board shall consist of not less than four members.
"The Board is authorized and empowered to use its funds to establish and conduct instructional programs for persons who are currently registered to practice engineering or land surveying, as well as for persons interested in obtaining adequate instruction or programs of study to qualify them for registration to practice engineering or land surveying. The Board may expend its funds for these purposes and is authorized and empowered not only to conduct, sponsor and arrange for instructional programs, but also to carry out such programs through extension courses or other media, and the Board may enter into plans or agreements with community colleges, institutions of higher learning, both public and private, State and county boards of education or with the governing authority of any industrial education center for the purpose of planning, scheduling or arranging such courses, instruction, extension courses or in assisting in obtaining courses of study or programs in the fields of engineering and land surveying. For the purpose of carrying out these objectives, the Board is authorized to make and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for such educational programs, instruction, extension services or for entering into plans or contracts with persons or educational and industrial institutions, but may not require attendance of surveyors at any such programs or make any penalty for failure to attend.
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1965.