GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 673

SENATE BILL 884

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FEES PAYABLE TO THE BOARD OF OPTICIANS, TO INCREASE THE LIMIT ON THE EXAMINATION FEE THAT MAY BE CHARGED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, AND TO ABOLISH THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT SEAL BEAR THE DATE OF REGISTRATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-246 reads as rewritten:

"§ 90-246. Fees.

In order to provide the means of administering and enforcing the provisions of this Article and the other duties of the North Carolina State Board of Opticians, the Board is hereby authorized to charge and collect fees established by its rules and regulations not to exceed the following:

(1)       Each examination                                       $100.00          $125.00

(2)       Each initial license                                       $10.00            $25.00

(3)       Each renewal of license                                 60.00

(4)       Each license issued to a practitioner

            of another state to practice

            in this State                                                      75.00          $100.00

(5)       Each registration of an optical

            place of business                                            20.00            $25.00

(6)       Each application for registration

            as an opticianry apprentice or

            intern, and renewal                                          20.00            $25.00

(7)       Temporary license issued pursuant

            to G.S. 90-241(d)                                          20.00.           $25.00."

Sec. 2.  Funds raised from the increase in fees enacted in Section 1 of this act shall be used by the North Carolina State Board of Opticians for the employment of a person to investigate violations of Article 17, Chapter 90 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 3.  G.S. 89A-2(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c) Each landscape architect shall, upon registration, obtain a seal of the design authorized by the Board, bearing the name of the registrant, date of registration, number of certificate and the legend 'N.C. Registered Landscape Architect'.   Such seal may be used only while the registrant's certificate is in full force and effect.

Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as authorizing the use or acceptance of the seal of a landscape architect in lieu of or substitute for the seal of an architect, engineer or land surveyor."

Sec. 4. G.S. 89A-6 reads as rewritten:

"§ 89A-6. Fees.

Fees are to be determined by the Board, but shall not exceed the amounts specified herein, however; fees must reflect actual expenses of the Board.

Application                                                                                              $100.00

Examination                                                                                               250.00 450.00

License by reciprocity                                                                             250.00

Annual license renewal                                                                             100.00

Late renewal penalty                                                                                   50.00

Reissue of certificate                                                                                 25.00

Temporary permit                                                                                     150.00

Corporate certificate                                                                                250.00

Fees shall be paid to the Board at the times specified by the Board."

Sec. 5.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall become effective October 1, 1989; the remainder of this act is effective upon ratification and applies to applications for examination submitted on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of July, 1989.