§683. Board; appointments; terms
A.
(1)The Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board is hereby
created, whose duty it shall be to administer the provisions of this Chapter. The board shall
consist of eleven members, nine of whom shall be professional engineers and two of whom
shall be professional land surveyors.
(2)At least two members of the board shall be professional engineers who are
engaged in the private practice of engineering. For the purposes of this Section, a
professional engineer engaged in the private practice of engineering is a person who practices
engineering as a principal business and who provides analytical, creative design, and design
implementation capabilities to clients on a fee basis. At least two members of the board shall
be professional engine
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§683. Board; appointments; terms
A.(1) The Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board is hereby
created, whose duty it shall be to administer the provisions of this Chapter. The board shall
consist of eleven members, nine of whom shall be professional engineers and two of whom
shall be professional land surveyors.
(2) At least two members of the board shall be professional engineers who are
engaged in the private practice of engineering. For the purposes of this Section, a
professional engineer engaged in the private practice of engineering is a person who practices
engineering as a principal business and who provides analytical, creative design, and design
implementation capabilities to clients on a fee basis. At least two members of the board shall
be professional engineers in government employment, at least two members of the board
shall be professional engineers employed in the field of industry, at least two members of the
board shall be professional engineers employed in the field of education, and at least one
member of the board shall be a professional engineer employed in the field of construction.
At least two members of the board shall be professional land surveyors who are actively
engaged in the field of land surveying.
B.(1) The governor shall appoint members to the board from among professional
engineer nominees recommended by the Louisiana Engineering Society or its duly
recognized successor and from among professional land surveyor nominees recommended
by the Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors or its duly recognized successor. All
such nominees shall have the qualifications required by R.S. 37:684.
(2) At least three nominations shall be made for each appointment required, and each
appointment shall be made by the governor in the same manner as the predecessor appointees
were selected.
(3) All appointments to the board shall be for terms of not less than five nor more
than six years. All appointments shall be for such periods of time as to ensure that the terms
of not more than two board members end per year, and shall expire on March thirty-first of
the expiration year, regardless of the date on which the successor was appointed and
qualified.
(4) In the event of the death or resignation of any member of the board, the
appointment by the governor of his successor shall be only for the remainder of the unexpired
term. No member who has served a full term shall be eligible for reappointment. Each
appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.
C. Each member of the board shall receive a certificate of appointment from the
governor, and before beginning his term of office, shall file with the secretary of state his
written oath or affirmation for faithful discharge of his official duty. Each member shall
serve until his successor has been appointed and qualified. It shall be the duty of the
president of the Louisiana Engineering Society, in the case of the professional engineer
nominees, or the president of the Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors, in the case of
the professional land surveyor nominees, duly authorized and acting on behalf of their
respective societies to make the nominations described above within sixty days after receipt
of notice of the death, resignation, or removal of a member of the board, and at least thirty
days prior to the expiration of the term of a member of the board.
D. This board shall be financially self-sufficient. It shall receive no state funds
through appropriation or otherwise and shall not expend any such state funds. No state funds
shall be expended or committed to expenditure for the group benefits program or any other
health insurance or employee benefit program, for any retirement system, for any salary, per
diem payment, travel or expenses, office supplies and materials, rent, purchase of any
product or service, or for any other purpose.
{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 694, §2.}