A-E 1.02 (1) “Board” or “joint board” means the examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and professional land surveyors.
Section 2. A-E 2.01 is amended to read:
A-E 2.01 Purpose. The purpose of rules in this chapter is to specify general requirements and procedures which apply to persons credentialed by any section of the board. Requirements specific to architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers or professional land surveyors are specified in chs. A-E 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. Rules of professional conduct for all registrants or permit holders are specified in ch. A-E 8. Section 3. A-E 2.02 (1), (4), and (6) are amended to read:
A-E 2.02 (1) Each architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, designer and professional land surveyor shall obtain a seal that complies with board specifications for registration seals. The overall diameter may not be less than 15⁄8 inches nor more than 2 inches. Each seal shall include the registrant's name, registration or permit number and city.
(4) Each sheet of plans, drawings, documents, specifications and reports for architectural, landscape architectural, professional engineering, design or professional land surveying practice shall be signed, sealed and dated by the registrant or permit holder who prepared, or directed and controlled preparation of, the written material, except as specified in sub. (5).
(6) Any addition, deletion or other revision to each sheet of plans, drawings, documents, specifications and reports for architectural, landscape architectural, professional engineering, design or professional land surveying practice which affects public health and safety or any state or local code requirements may not be made unless signed, sealed and dated by the registrant or permit holder who made or directed and controlled the making of the revision.
Section 4. A-E 2.03 (1) (a) and (b) and (2) (d) are amended to read:
A-E 2.03 (1) (a) "Firm" means any sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation located in Wisconsin which provides or offers to provide architectural, landscape architectural, professional engineering, design or professional land surveying services to the public.
(b) "Resident" means a currently-registered architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, designer or professional land surveyor who spends the majority of his or her working schedule in one firm location and who is in charge of and responsible for the type of services offered or provided from that location.
(2) (d) A resident professional land surveyor in each separate business location which provides or offers to provide professional land surveying services.
Section 5. Chapter A-E 6 (title) is amended to read: PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR LICENSURE
Section 6. A-E 6.01 (intro.) is amended to read:
A-E 6.01 Authority and purpose. The rules in this chapter are adopted under authority in ss. 15.08 (5) (b), 227.11, 443.01 (4) 443.01 (6s) and 443.06, Stats. The purpose of rules in this chapter is to interpret basic education, experience and examination requirements for registration licensure as a professional land surveyor as specified in s. 443.06, Stats. Section 7. A-E 6.02 (title) is amended to read:
A-E 6.02 Application for registration licensure.
Section 8. A-E 6.03 is amended to read:
A-E 6.03 Land surveying experience. (1) To qualify as "practice in professional land surveying work of a satisfactory character which indicates that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of such work" under s. 443.06, Stats., the experience of an applicant shall be in areas of professional land surveying practice designated under pars. (a) and (b), or other areas which, in the opinion of the board, provide the applicant with knowledge of practice of land surveying at least equivalent to that which is generally acquired by experience in the areas listed. An applicant need not have experience in all areas listed below. However, all applicants shall have experience in the areas listed in par. (a) 1. and 2. Academic coursework which provides the applicant with knowledge and skills in some areas of practice listed in pars. (a) and (b) may be claimed as equivalent to experience. Section 9. A-E 6.04 (title), (1) (intro.), (a), and (b), and (2) (a) and (b) are amended to read:
A-E 6.04 Educational requirements for professional land surveyors. (1) To meet the educational requirements of s. 443.06 (2) (a) and s. 443.06 (2) (bm), Stats., an applicant for registration licensure as a professional land surveyor shall have satisfactorily completed at least 60 semester credits in a civil engineering or land surveying curriculum including no less than 12 semester credits in professional land surveying which shall be in the following categories of study: (a) No less than 8 of the 12 credits may be in courses concentrating on the legal principles of professional land surveying and the technical aspects of professional land surveying. These courses shall include areas of study such as research of public and private records, principles of evidence and the interpretation of written documents used in boundary determination, the study of the legal elements of professional land surveying including those involving resurveys, boundary disputes, defective descriptions, riparian rights and adverse possession, the study of the professional and judicial functions of a professional land surveyor, the study of surveying methods for measuring distance and angular values, note keeping, computation and writing descriptions and the study of the Wisconsin Statutes and local ordinances relating to the preparation of subdivision maps and plats.
(b) No more than 4 credits may be in courses related to professional land surveying such as "engineering surveying," "municipal surveying," "route surveying," "highway surveying," "topographic surveying," "geodetic surveying," "photogrammetry," "cartography," "construction surveying," "air photo interpretation," "artillery surveying," "geographic information systems," "land information systems" and remote sensing systems."
(2) To meet the educational requirements of s. 443.06 (2) (am), Stats., an applicant for registration licensure as a professional land surveyor shall have done either of the following: (a) Received a bachelor's degree in a course of study in professional land surveying of not less than 4 years duration from a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency approved by the state where the college or university is located.
(b) Received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering of not less than 4 years duration from a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency approved by the state where the college or university is located. The curriculum shall include no less than 16 of 24 semester credits in courses concentrating on the legal principles of professional land surveying and the technical aspects of professional land surveying. These courses shall include areas of study such as research of public and private records, principles of evidence and the interpretation of written documents used in boundary determination, the study of the legal elements of professional land surveying including those involving resurveys, boundary disputes, defective descriptions, riparian rights and adverse possession, the study of the professional and judicial functions of a professional land surveyor, the study of surveying methods for measuring distance and angular values, note keeping, computation and writing descriptions and the study of the Wisconsin statutes and local ordinances relating to the preparation of subdivision maps and plats, other land divisions and real property creation. The applicant may be allowed to receive up to 8 credits in certain other courses relating to surveying. These courses may include "engineering surveying," "municipal surveying," "route surveying," "highway surveying," "topographic surveying," "geodetic surveying," "photogrammetry," "cartography," "construction surveying," "air photo interpretation," "artillery surveying," "geographic information systems," "land information systems" and "remote sensing systems."
Section 10. A-E 6.05 (1) and (2) (b) are amended to read:
A-E 6.05 (1) Land surveyor examination required. Applicants for registration licensure as a professional land surveyor shall take and pass an examination. The examination parts are the national fundamentals of surveying examination, the national principles and practice of surveying examination and the state jurisdictional examination, which is relative to Wisconsin specific practice. Each of the 3 required examinations is scored separately.
(2) (b) The national principles and practice examination and the state jurisdictional examination require an ability to apply principles and judgment to problems involving the U.S. system of public land surveys, Wisconsin plane coordinate surveys, the relocation of lost and obliterated corners, the legal essentials of resurveys, disputed boundaries, defective deed descriptions, riparian rights, adverse possession, the Wisconsin statutes relating to land surveying including the preparation and filing of plats, the writing and interpreting of land descriptions, the technical essentials of professional land surveying and subdivision of lands including practical problems requiring a knowledge of the basic theory and fundamental concepts of field astronomy, geometry of curves, topography and photogrammetry.
Section 11. A-E 6.05 (10) is amended to read:
A-E 6.05 (10) Cheating. Any applicant for registration licensure who receives aid or cheats in any other manner in connection with the examination shall be barred from completing the examination or shall not be given a passing grade, or both.
Section 12. A-E 6.06 (intro.) is amended to read:
A-E 6.06 Application contents. An application for registration licensure shall include all of the following:
Section 13. A-E 6.07 is repealed.
Section 14. A-E 7.01 (2) (intro.) is amended to read:
A-E 7.01 (2) The professional land surveyor and his or her client or employer may agree in a signed statement to exclude any professional land surveying work from the requirements of this chapter except the preparation of a U.S. public land survey monument record and a map of work performed. The map prepared by the professional land surveyor for the client or employer shall include:
Section 15. A-E 7.03 is amended to read:
A-E 7.03 Boundary location. Every property survey shall be made in accordance with the records of the register of deeds as nearly as is practicable. The professional land surveyor shall acquire data necessary to retrace record title boundaries such as deeds, maps, certificates of title and center line and other boundary line locations. The professional land surveyor shall analyze the data and make a careful determination of the position of the boundaries of the parcel being surveyed. The professional land surveyor shall make a field survey, traversing and connecting monuments necessary for location of the parcel and coordinate the facts of the survey with the analysis. The professional land surveyor shall set monuments marking the corners of the parcel unless monuments already exist at the corners.
Section 16. A-E 7.05 (6) is amended to read:
A-E 7.05 (6) Bear the stamp or seal and signature of the professional land surveyor under whose direction and control the survey was made with a statement certifying that the survey is correct to the best of the surveyor's knowledge and belief.
Section 17. A-E 7.08 (1) (b), (3) (b) and (i) are amended to read:
A-E 7.08 (1) (b) The professional land surveyor who performs the survey accepts a location for the U.S. public land survey corner which differs from that shown on a U.S. public land survey monument record filed in the office of the county surveyor or register of deeds for the county in which the corner is located; or,
(3) (b) A description of any record evidence, monument evidence, occupational evidence, testimonial evidence or any other material evidence considered by the professional land surveyor, and whether the monument was found or placed.
(3) (i) The stamp and signature or seal and signature of the professional land surveyor under whose direction and control the corner location was determined and a statement certifying that the U.S. public land survey monument record is correct and complete to the best of his or her knowledge and belief.
Section 18. A-E 8.02 is amended to read:
