0001|                            HOUSE BILL 337
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          PAULINE K. GUBBELS
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS; INCREASING FEES; PROVIDING
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0012|     FOR INACTIVE STATUS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0013|     
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  Section 61-24B-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985,
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0016|     Chapter 151, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0017|          "61-24B-1.  SHORT TITLE.--~[This act]~ |Chapter 61,
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0018|     Article 24B NMSA 1978| may be cited as the "Landscape
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0019|     Architects Act"."
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0020|          Section 2.  A new section of the Landscape Architects Act
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0021|     is enacted to read:
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0022|          "[|NEW MATERIAL|] INACTIVE STATUS.--A certificate of
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0023|     registration in good standing may be transferred to inactive
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0024|     status upon written request to the board and payment of an
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0025|     annual inactive status fee set by the board.  The request
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0001|     shall be made prior to expiration of the certificate of
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0002|     registration.  The registrant shall not practice in New Mexico
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0003|     during the time the certificate of registration is inactive. 
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0004|     A registrant may reactivate his certificate of registration
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0005|     upon submission of a renewal form provided by the board, the
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0006|     payment of the annual renewal fee for the current year, proof
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0007|     of continuing education units for the period of inactive
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0008|     status and any additional proof of competency required by the
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0009|     board."
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0010|          Section 3.  Section 61-24B-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985,
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0011|     Chapter 151, Section 11) is amended to read:
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0012|          "61-24B-11.  FEES.--The board shall establish a schedule
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0013|     of reasonable fees for applications, certificates of
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0014|     registration, temporary permits, ~[and]~ re-registration,
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0015|     |inactive status and late registration renewal| as follows:
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0016|               A.  the initial application fee shall be set in an
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0017|     amount not to exceed ~[fifty dollars ($50.00)]~ |one hundred
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0018|     dollars ($100)|;
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0019|               B.  the initial certificate of registration fee
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0020|     shall be set in an amount not to exceed ~[one hundred fifty
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0021|     dollars ($150); and]~ |three hundred dollars ($300)|;
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0022|               C.  the certificate of registration renewal fee
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0023|     shall be set in an amount not to exceed ~[one hundred dollars
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0024|     ($100)]~ |four hundred dollars ($400);|
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0025|               |D.  the annual inactive status fee shall be set at
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0001|     one-half the renewal fee for the year; and
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0002|               E.  the late fee for registration renewal shall be
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0003|     set at twice the renewal fee|."
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