Florida Statute 471.007 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 471
ENGINEERING

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F.S. 471.007

471.007 Board of Professional Engineers.—

(1) There is created in the department the Board of Professional Engineers. The board shall consist of 11 members, 9 of whom shall be licensed engineers and 2 of whom shall be laypersons who are not and have never been engineers or members of any closely related profession or occupation. A member of the board who is a licensed engineer must be selected and appointed based on his or her qualifications to provide expertise and experience to the board at all times in civil engineering, structural engineering, electrical or electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, or engineering education.

(2) Following expiration of the terms of members appointed to initiate staggered terms as set forth in subsection (3), members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of 4 years each. A professional or technical engineering society may submit a list of qualified nominees to be considered by the Governor for appointment.

(3) When the terms of members serving as of July 1, 2014, expire, the terms of their immediate successors shall be staggered so that three members are appointed for 2 years, four members are appointed for 3 years, and four members are appointed for 4 years, as determined by the Governor. Each member shall hold office until the expiration of his or her appointed term or until a successor has been appointed.

History.—ss. 3, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 5, 9, 10, ch. 81-302; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 3, 14, 15, ch. 89-30; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 152, ch. 94-218; s. 19, ch. 2002-299; s. 1, ch. 2004-332; s. 1, ch. 2014-125.

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Cases Citing Statute 471.007

Total Results: 8

Gaudet v. Board

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-10-13

Citation: 900 So. 2d 574, 2004 WL 2290393

Snippet: Professional Engineers was created by section 471.007 and granted the *578 authority by section 471.008

Baker v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-08-22

Citation: 852 So. 2d 441, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 12554, 2003 WL 21990587

Snippet: 405.4, with a sentencing range of between 283 and 471.7 months incarceration. The 1995 sentencing guidelines

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1997-02-17

Snippet: Section 471.001, Fla. Stat. (1995). 5 See, s. 471.007, Fla. Stat. (1995). 6 See, s. 471.008, Fla. Stat

State v. Bolyea

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-02-18

Citation: 520 So. 2d 562, 1988 WL 12562

Snippet: United States, 368 U.S. 424, 427, 82 S.Ct. 468, 471, 7 L.Ed.2d 417 (1962) (emphasis added). Accord Kaufman

Smith v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-01-16

Citation: 482 So. 2d 469, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 215

Snippet: transactions are a serious violation of the law. *471 7) Hernando County, despite the rapid urbanization

Witt v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-07-24

Citation: 387 So. 2d 922

Snippet: United States, 368 U.S. 424, 428, 82 S.Ct. 468, 471, 7 L.Ed.2d 417 (1962)).[16] The application of Davis

Blanton v. State Ex Rel. McManus

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1947-04-01

Citation: 29 So. 2d 865, 158 Fla. 667, 1947 Fla. LEXIS 609

Snippet: 388,2 So.2d 737; Thompson v. Harris, 150 Fla. 471, 7 So.2d 854; Wells v. Menn, 154 Fla. 173, 17 So.2d

Estate of Monks v. Florida National Bank

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1944-11-28

Citation: 19 So. 2d 796, 155 Fla. 240, 1944 Fla. LEXIS 514

Snippet: 388, 2 So.2d 737; Thompson v. Harris,150 Fla. 471, 7 So.2d 854; Wells v. Menn, 154 Fla. 173,17 So.2d