South Carolina General Assembly
105th Session, 1983-1984

Bill 926

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               926
Ratification Number:       466
Act Number:                401
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to the regulation of engineers
                           and land surveyors
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(A401, R466, S926)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-21-410, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS, SO AS TO EXEMPT REGULAR EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, TELEPHONE UTILITIES, OR ELECTRICAL UTILITIES FROM THE STATUTORY REGULATIONS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Exemption

SECTION 1. Section 40-21-410 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 116 of 1983, is further amended by adding at the end:

"(5) The work or practice of a regular employee of a public utility, a telephone utility, or an electrical utility, by rendering to the employing company engineering service in connection with its facilities which are subject to regulation, supervision, and control in order to safeguard life, health, and property by the Public Service Commission of this State, so long as the person is actually and exclusively employed. Engineering work not related to the exemption in this item where the safety of the public is directly involved must be under the responsible charge of a registered professional engineer or must be done in accordance with standards prepared or approved by a registered professional engineer.

(6) The work or practice of a regular employee of an electric cooperative when rendering to the employing cooperative engineering service in connection with its facilities which are subject to regulations and inspections of the Rural Electric Administration, so long as the person is actually and exclusively employed. Engineering work not related to the exemption in this item where the safety of the public is directly involved must be under the responsible charge of a registered professional engineer or must be done in accordance with standards prepared or approved by a registered professional engineer."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.