HB314 — ARCH, ENG, SURVEYORS; REG INT DESIGN

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HB 314 INam THES LEGISLATURE_______ OFAN THEACT STATERelating OFto ALASKAregistered THIRTY-FOURTHinterior LEGISLATUREdesigners -and SECONDinterior SESSIONdesign; BY REPRESENTATIVES PRAX, Stapp, Tomaszewski, Galvin Introduced:

2/18/26 Referred:

Finance A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act relating to registered interior designers and interior design;

relating to the cost of construction of safe water and hygienic sewage disposal HB0314a -1- HB 314 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A facilities in villages;

and providing for an effective date."date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

*_______________ SectionBE 1.IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE 1 Enrolled HB 314 AN ACT Relating to registered interior designers and interior design;

relating to project costs for the construction, enlargement, or improvement of airports;

extending the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors;

relating to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors;

establishing requirements for the practice of registered interior design;

relating to the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and registered interior design;

relating to the scope of the certification requirements for architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, and registered interior designers;

relating to immunity for design professionals;

relating to the cost of construction for recreation centers;

relating to liens for labor or materials furnished;

relating to the procurement of landscape architectural and interior design services;

relating to the cost of construction of safe water and hygienic -1- Enrolled HB 314 sewage disposal facilities in villages;

and providing for an effective date.

_______________ * Section 1.

Enrolled HB 314 -2- HB0314a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A (4) [,] one landscape architect;

a HB0314a -3- Enrolled HB 314 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A person may practice interior design without registration as a registered interior designer while not using the title "registered interior designer";

Except as provided in Enrolled HB 314 -4- HB0314a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A AS 08.48.191, for registration as a professional architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, [OR] professional landscape architect, or registered interior designer, a person shall be examined in this state in accordance with the regulations of procedure and standards adopted by the board under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

A retired status registration is valid for the life of the HB0314a -5- Enrolled HB 314 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A registration holder and does not require renewal.

Enrolled HB 314 -6- HB0314a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A (2) a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the corporation, the managing members or manager of the limited liability company, the general partners of a limited liability partnership, or the general partners of a limited partnership designating persons holding certificates of registration under this chapter as responsible for the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, [OR] landscape architecture, or registered interior design by the corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership in this state and providing that full authority to make all final architectural, engineering, land surveying, [OR] landscape architectural, or registered interior design decisions on behalf of the corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership with respect to work performed by the corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership in this state is granted by the board of directors of the corporation, the managing members or manager of the limited liability company, the general partners of the limited liability partnership, or the general partners of the limited partnership to the persons designated in the resolution;

(b) Upon filing with the board the application for certificate of authorization, certified copy of resolution, affidavit, and designation of persons specified in this HB0314a -7- Enrolled HB 314 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A section, the board shall, subject to (c) of this section, issue to the corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership a certificate of authorization to practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, [OR] landscape architecture, or registered interior design in this state upon a determination by the board that (1) the bylaws of the corporation, the articles of organization or operating agreement of the limited liability company, the partnership agreement of the limited liability partnership, or the partnership agreement of the limited partnership contain provisions that all architectural, engineering, land surveying, [OR] landscape architectural, or registered interior design decisions pertaining to architectural, engineering, land surveying, [OR] landscape architectural, or registered interior design activities in this state will be made by the specified architect, engineer, land surveyor, [OR] landscape architect, or registered interior designer in responsible charge, or other registered architects, engineers, land surveyors, [OR] landscape architects, or registered interior designers under the direction or supervision of the architect, engineer, land surveyor, [OR] landscape architect, or registered interior designer in responsible charge;

(5) the application for certificate of authorization states the experience, Enrolled HB 314 -8- HB0314a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A if any, of the corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership in furnishing architectural, engineering, land surveying, [OR] landscape architectural, or registered interior design services during the preceding five-year period;

If the ownership of the corporation is altered, the membership of the HB0314a -9- Enrolled HB 314 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A limited liability company is altered, the partners of the limited liability partnership change, or the general partners of the limited partnership change, the corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership shall apply for a revised certificate of authorization, based on the professional records of the owners of the corporation, the members of the limited liability company, the partners of the limited liability partnership, or the general partners of the limited partnership, if exclusively architects, engineers, land surveyors, [OR] landscape architects, or registered interior designers, or otherwise under the qualifications required by (b)(1) - (4) of this section.

A person who practices or offers to Enrolled HB 314 -10- HB0314a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, [OR] landscape architecture, or registered interior design in the state without being registered or authorized to practice in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or a person presenting or attempting to use the certificate or the seal of another, or a person who gives false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to a member of the board in obtaining or attempting to obtain a certificate, or a person who impersonates a registrant, or a person who uses or attempts to use an expired or revoked or nonexistent certificate, knowing of the certificate's status, or a person who falsely claims to be registered and authorized to practice under this chapter, or a person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.

HB0314a -11- Enrolled HB 314 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A (a) This chapter does not apply to (1) a contractor performing work designed by a professional architect, engineer, or landscape architect or the supervision of the construction of the work as a supervisor or superintendent for a contractor;

or (ii) two families and that is not more than three stories high and the grounds of the building, if the building is located in a municipality that has adopted a building or residential code that applies Enrolled HB 314 -12- HB0314a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A to the building and if the building complies with the building or residential code;

or (B) of a utility that owns, operates, manages, or controls a pipeline that furnishes by transmission or distributes natural or manufactured gas to the public for compensation and who practices HB0314a -13- Enrolled HB 314 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A engineering on the facilities of the pipeline that operate at a pressure greater than 100 pounds per square inch gauge in one of the following manners:

(15) a person who is authorized by the Department of Environmental Conservation under AS 46.03.100 to construct, install, or modify an onsite wastewater system that has a design flow of less than 1,500 gallons of Enrolled HB 314 -14- HB0314a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A wastewater a day.

HB0314a -15- Enrolled HB 314 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A * Sec.

(4) furnishes equipment that is delivered to and used on [UPON] real Enrolled HB 314 -16- HB0314a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A property under a contract with the owner or the agent of the owner for the construction, alteration, or repair of a building or improvement;

(d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a procurement officer may include price as an added factor in selecting architectural, engineering, [AND] land surveying, landscape architectural, and registered interior design services HB0314a -17- Enrolled HB 314 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A when, in the judgment of the procurement officer, the services required are repetitious in nature, and the scope, nature, and amount of services required are thoroughly defined by measurable and objective standards to reasonably enable firms or persons making proposals to compete with a clear understanding and interpretation of the services required.

or (3) a corporation, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership that is not authorized under AS 08.48.241 to offer the architectural, Enrolled HB 314 -18- HB0314a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A engineering, land surveying, [OR] landscape architectural, or registered interior design services required by the contract.

(b) Except for the civil engineer member whose term expires earlier than the term of HB0314a -19- Enrolled HB 314 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1490\A the other civil engineer member appointed under AS 08.48.011(b), as that subsection read on the day before the effective date of sec.

46 of this Act, this Act takes effect MarchMay 31, 2026.