(1) The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors shall consist of nine (9) members appointed by the Governor and two (2) ex officio members each with full voting rights. The ex officio members shall be the dean of the College of Engineering of the University of Kentucky and the dean of the J.B. Speed School of Engineering of the University of Louisville.
(2) The term of each member of the board shall be four (4) years. Each member shall hold office until the expiration of the term or until a successor has been appointed and has qualified.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 322.230

  • Board: means the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land
    Surveyors. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010
  • Engineering: means any professional service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience as an engineer. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Land surveyor: means a person who is qualified to engage in the practice of land surveying by reason of special knowledge and use of mathematics, the physical and applied sciences, and the principles and methods of land surveying, acquired by education and practical experience in land surveying. See Kentucky Statutes 322.010
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) Before beginning a term of office, every member shall file with the Secretary of
State a written oath for the faithful discharge of official duties.
(4) No member of the board shall serve as an employee of the board.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 20, effective January 1, 1999. — Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 16. — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 16. — Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 3 — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599e-3.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2010). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 163, sec. 17, provides: “One professional land surveyor who is appointed under KRS § 322.230 to fill a position on the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors after the previous term for that position has expired on December 31,
2010, shall serve a term of three years, after which appointments to this board position shall be for a term of four years.”