CONNECTICUT STATUTES AND CODES
Sec. 20-292. Renewal of license. Fees.
Sec. 20-292. Renewal of license. Fees. (a) Each licensed architect shall renew his
license each year and pay to the department the professional services fee for class F, as
defined in section 33-182l.
(b) Each corporation holding a certificate of authorization for the practice of architecture shall renew its certificate of authorization for the practice of architecture each
year and pay to the department a renewal fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars.
(c) An applicant for examination or reexamination under this chapter shall pay a
nonrefundable fee of thirty-six dollars and an amount sufficient to meet the cost of
conducting each portion of the examination taken by such applicant. The fee for an
applicant who qualifies for a license, other than by examination, in accordance with the
provisions of section 20-291, shall be fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4618; 1957, P.A. 177; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 71; 1971, P.A. 703, S. 4; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 86; 1972, P.A.
223, S. 17; P.A. 78-320, S. 3, 4; P.A. 81-361, S. 11, 39; P.A. 82-394, S. 1, 2; 82-419, S. 15, 47; P.A. 83-574, S. 14, 20;
P.A. 86-159, S. 4; P.A. 89-251, S. 117, 203; P.A. 92-74, S. 3, 7; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 52, 89; P.A. 94-36, S. 15, 42.)
History: 1959 act increased examination fee from $15 to $50, and deleted fee for certificate and requirement moneys
received be used to defray board's expenses; 1971 acts designated previous provisions as Subsecs. (a) and (c), inserting
new Subsec. (b) re corporation renewals of authorization certificates, doubled renewal fee in Subsec. (a), raised examination
fee in Subsec. (c) from $50 to $150, instituted $100 fee for reexamination previously granted without charge and imposed
$50 fee for applicants receiving certificate without examination, later act raised renewal fee in Subsec. (a) and fee for
certificate without examination to $150 each; 1972 act reduced renewal fee in Subsec. (a) to $35, raised renewal fee in
Subsec. (b) to $100 and reduced fees for initial examination and for certificate without examination to $50 in Subsec. (c);
P.A. 78-320 made $100 fee in Subsec. (c) applicable to both original examination and reexaminations; P.A. 81-361 amended
section to provide for payment of fees to the department instead of the board's secretary; P.A. 82-394 increased the renewal
fee from $35 to $75 and required that it be paid to the department of consumer protection rather than to the secretary of
the registration board; P.A. 82-419 changed registration to licensure; P.A. 83-574 increased examination fee from $100
to $225; P.A. 86-159 amended Subsec. (c) by changing the examination and reexamination fee from $225 to $30 and an
amount sufficient to cover the cost of conducting the exams; P.A. 89-251 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the fee for
license renewal from $75 to $150, amended Subsec. (b) to increase the fee for renewal of certificates from $100 to $175,
and amended Subsec. (c) to increase the base fee for examinations from $30 to $36; P.A. 92-74 deleted provision in Subsec.
(c) which granted National Council of Architectural Registration Boards authority to determine fee levied to cover the
cost of conducting examinations; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 amended Subsec. (a) to replace $150 renewal fee with fee for
professional service fee class F established pursuant to Sec. 33-182l; P.A. 94-36 deleted references to "June thirtieth"
license expiration date, effective January 1, 1995.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.
Cited. 20 CS 188.