§464-6 Board of professional engineers, etc., members; appointment; tenure; qualifications. There shall be a state board of professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects hereinafter called "the board". The board shall consist of fourteen members, including at least four professional engineers, three professional architects, two professional surveyors, two professional landscape architects, and three public members. Each county shall be represented by at least one member who is a resident of the county. Each member shall hold over after the expiration of the member's term until the member's successor is duly appointed and qualified.

Each member shall have been a resident of the State for at least three years. A member representing the profession shall have been engaged in the practice of the member's profession for at least five years immediately preceding the date of the member's appointment. Any member of the board who incurs expenses in connection with the preparation and grading of examination papers shall be reimbursed for those expenses with the approval of the department. [L 1923, c 227, §2; RL 1925, §3684; am L 1933, c 134, §§1, 6; RL 1935, §7035; RL 1945, §7607; am L 1949, c 306, §2; RL 1955, §166-6; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §5; am L 1967, c 85, §2; HRS §464-6; am L 1970, c 85, §4; am L 1978, c 208, §12; am L 1982, c 204, §8; am L 1983, c 155, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 210, §8; am L 1992, c 202, §153; ree L 1993, c 322, §14]

Cross References

Design claim conciliation panel, see chapter 672B.

Attorney General Opinions

This statute is constitutional, with regard to the use of the phrase "appointed and qualified" to describe when a successor's appointment terminates a holdover member's position. Att. Gen. Op. 16-3.