MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Representative Eubanks
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-1-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT CERTAIN REGISTERED ARCHITECTS FROM THE CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 73-1-27, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-1-27. (1) Except
as provided in Section 33-1-39, every registered architect who resides in this
state and desires to continue to practice his or her profession in this
state shall, during the time he or she shall continue to practice, pay
biennially to the secretary of * * * the board during the month of
November, a fee not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) and every
registered architect residing out of this state who desires to continue to
practice his or her profession in this state shall, during the time he or
she shall continue to practice, pay biennially to the secretary of * * * the board during the month of
November, a fee not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00), and the secretary
shall thereupon issue to such registered architect a certificate of renewal of
his or her registration for a term of two (2) years.
(2) Upon failure to
have his or her certificate renewed during the month of November as
provided by this section, the holder thereof shall have his or her
certificate revoked, but the failure to renew * * * the registration in ample time
shall not deprive him or her of the right to renewal upon payment of * * * the fee, provided his or her
application for reinstatement is made within two (2) years after the expiration
of his or her certificate. On all applications for reinstatement made
after January 1 of the year immediately succeeding the year in which the fee is
due, there shall be a late charge of Five Dollars ($5.00) per month charged for
the processing of such application.
(3) Registered architects who are sixty (60) years of age or older, who still engage in the active practice of architecture, and who have twenty (20) years or more of aggregate practice shall be exempt from the continuing education requirements prescribed by the board.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.