SEC. 73-13-5. Creation and composition of board.
A State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is hereby created whose duty it shall be to administer the provisions of Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-105 . The board shall consist of five (5) registered professional engineers, who shall be appointed by the Governor from fifteen (15) nominees recommended by the Mississippi Engineering Society, and shall have the qualifications required by Section 73-13-7, and two (2) registered professional land surveyors who are not registered professional engineers, who shall be appointed by the Governor from six (6) nominees recommended by the Mississippi Association of Land Surveyors and who shall have the qualifications required by Section 73-13-77. The members of the board shall be appointed from the above nominees. The board so appointed shall have one (1) engineer member from each of the three (3) State Supreme Court districts, and two (2) engineer members appointed from the state at large to serve the following terms: the three (3) members first appointed from the three (3) Supreme Court districts shall serve for four ( 4) years and the two (2) members first appointed from the state at large shall serve two (2) years, from the date of their appointment, or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified, and the members recommended by the Mississippi Association of Land Surveyors shall be appointed from the state at large and serve for four (4) years, or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Each member of the board shall receive a certificate of appointment from the Governor, and before beginning his term of office he shall file with the Secretary of State the constitutional oath of office. On the expiration of the term of any member, the Governor shall in the manner hereinbefore provided appoint for a term of four (4) years a registered professional engineer having the qualifications required by Section 73-13-7, or a registered professional land surveyor having the qualifications required by Section 73-13-77 to take the place of the member of the board whose term is about to expire. Each member shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which such member is appointed or until a successor shall have been duly appointed and shall have qualified.
It shall not be considered the duty of the State of Mississippi to provide office space and office equipment for the board herein created.
No member of the board shall, during the term of his office or thereafter, be required to defend any action for damages in any of the courts of this state where it is shown that said damage followed or resulted from any of the official acts of said board in the performance of its powers, duties or authority as set forth in this chapter. Any such action filed shall upon motion be dismissed, at the cost of the plaintiff, with prejudice.
SOURCES: Codes, 1930, Sec. 4660; 1942, Sec. 8791-03; Laws, 1928, Ex. Sess. ch. 56; 1940, ch. 131; 1954, ch. 321, Sec. 3; 1962, ch. 504, Sec. 1; reenacted and amended, 1983, ch. 450, Sec. 3; reenacted and amended, 1991, ch. 470, Sec. 3, eff from and after July 1, 1991. Reenacted by Laws 1999 , Ch.. 416, Sec. 3, eff. July 1, 1999; reenacted and amended by Laws 1999, Ch. 534, Sec. 3, SB2380, eff. July 1, 1999.
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-1999