ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                           H.B. 673

House Bill No. 673

AN ACT concerning

State Board for Professional Land Surveyors

FOR the purpose of repealing the authority of the State Board for Professional Land
Surveyors to issue certain limited and temporary licenses to practice land
surveying; eliminating a certain waiting period and right to a conference after
failing a licensing examination a certain number of times; altering certain
reexamination application requirements; repealing certain provisions related to
the procedures of the Board; granting the Board authority to issue certain
retired status licenses; and generally relating to the practice of professional land
surveying.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

Section 15-308, 15-309, 15-318, 15-319, 15-320, and 15-321

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article — Business Occupations and Professions

Section 15-316 and 15-317

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

Section 15-316

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

15-308.

(a)     (1) If an applicant fails an examination given under this subtitle, the
Board shall mail notice of the failure to the applicant.

(2) The notice required under this subsection shall be mailed to the
address that the applicant last gave to the Board.

(b)     (1) Subject to this subsection, an applicant who fails an examination
may review the applicant's answers and model answers to the examination.

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