81-3428 Board of Engineers and Architects; created; members; terms. - Nebraska Statutes

81-3428. Board of Engineers and Architects; created; members; terms.(1) The Board of Engineers and Architects is created to administer the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act. The board may use any funds available to obtain suitable office space within Lincoln, Nebraska. The board shall consist of six members appointed by the Governor, after consultation with the appropriate professional organizations, for terms of five years terminating on the last day of February, and two education members appointed as prescribed in subsection (2) of this section. The board shall consist of:(a) Three architect members, including one education member;(b) Four professional engineer members, including one education member; and(c) One public member.Each member shall hold office after the expiration of his or her term until his or her successor is duly appointed and qualified. The Governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency, or neglect of duty. Vacancies in the membership of the board, however created, shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the Governor. The Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Architects as it existed immediately prior to January 1, 1998, shall serve as the Board of Engineers and Architects until the additional public member is appointed. The Governor shall reappoint or replace existing members as their terms expire, and the public member shall be reappointed or replaced in the fifth year of his or her term.(2) The board shall include two education members who are licensed in the relevant profession representing the professional faculty of the College of Engineering and Technology and the College of Architecture within the University of Nebraska, as recommended by the dean of the respective college and appointed by the Governor. The appointments are for five years.(3) The board may designate a former member of the board as an emeritus member. Emeritus member status, when conferred, must be renewed annually. SourceLaws 1997, LB 622, § 28.