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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 471.007
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E. GAUDET, v. FLORIDA BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS,, 900 So. 2d 574 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . The Board of Professional Engineers was created by section 471.007 and granted the authority by section . . .

FRIBERG, v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY,, 267 F.3d 439 (5th Cir. 2001)

. . . . § 471.007(a) ("Texas Anti-Blocking Statute") prohibited railroad officers, agents, servants or receivers . . .

CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. v. CITY OF PLYMOUTH M., 92 F. Supp. 2d 643 (E.D. Mich. 2000)

. . . . § 471.007 (limiting time to 10 minutes with exceptions); West Virginia: WV ST § 31-2A-2 (limiting time . . .