| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to signing and sealing by professional |
| 3 | geologists; creating s. 373.1175, F.S.; authorizing the |
| 4 | Department of Environmental Protection and the governing |
| 5 | boards of water management districts to require signing |
| 6 | and sealing of certain documents and reports by |
| 7 | professional geologists; requiring such cost to be borne |
| 8 | by the permit applicant or permittee; providing |
| 9 | construction with respect to professional engineers; |
| 10 | providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Section 373.1175, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 15 | to read: |
| 16 | 373.1175 Signing and sealing by professional geologists.-- |
| 17 | (1) If an application for a permit or license, or the |
| 18 | performance of an activity regulated under this chapter, |
| 19 | requires the services of a professional geologist as provided |
| 20 | for in chapter 492, the department or governing board of a water |
| 21 | management district may require that a professional geologist |
| 22 | licensed under chapter 492 sign and seal any documents and |
| 23 | reports submitted in connection with the permit application or |
| 24 | regulated activity. |
| 25 | (2) The cost of such signing and sealing by a professional |
| 26 | geologist shall be borne by the permit applicant or permittee. |
| 27 | (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent |
| 28 | or prohibit the practice by professional engineers pursuant to |
| 29 | chapter 471. |
| 30 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |