SB385 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Clyde ChamblissSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, maximum administrative fine increased from $250 to $2,500, board authorized to assess costs against person found guilty, Sec. 34-17-5 am'd.

Summary

SB385 would raise the landscape architecture board's maximum disciplinary fine and allow costs to be charged to guilty violators.

What This Bill Does

It increases the maximum administrative fine from $250 to $2,500 per violation. It authorizes the Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects to assess all or part of the disciplinary costs against a licensee or applicant found guilty. It maintains the existing grounds for disciplinary action and the board's penalties (reprimand, suspension, or revocation) and requires the board to adopt a disciplinary code by rule.

Who It Affects

• Licensed landscape architects in Alabama; they could face fines up to $2,500 per violation and may be charged disciplinary costs if found guilty.
• People who are accused and later found guilty in board disciplinary proceedings; they may be required to pay all or part of the disciplinary costs.

Key Provisions

• Raises the maximum administrative fine from $250 to $2,500 per violation.
• Authorizes the board to assess all or part of the costs of a disciplinary proceeding against the accused if found guilty.
• Maintains specified grounds for disciplinary action, including fraud, impersonation, aiding unauthorized practice, deceit, negligence or willful misconduct, gross incompetence, and signing plans not prepared by the licensee or under their direction.
• Preserves the board's disciplinary options (reprimand, suspend, revoke, or deny issuance) and requires adoption of a disciplinary code by rule.

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Subjects

Landscape Architects, Alabama Board of Examiners of