Virginia HB 1974: Architects & professional engineers; exemptions from license requirements for onsite sewage systems.

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21100929D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1974 

Offered January 13, 2021 

Prefiled January 11, 2021 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 54.1-402 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to professional regulation; exemptions from license requirements 
 for architects and professional engineers; onsite sewage systems receiving 
 residential wastewater. 
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Patron-- Rush (By Request) 

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Referred to Committee on General Laws 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 54.1-402 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 54.1-402. Further exemptions from license requirements for 
 architects, professional engineers, and land surveyors.

A. No license as an architect or professional engineer shall 
 be required pursuant to � 54.1-406 for persons who prepare plans, 
 specifications, documents and designs for the following, provided any such 
 plans, specifications, documents or designs bear the name and address of the 
 author and his occupation:

1. Single- and two-family homes, townhouses and multifamily 
 dwellings, excluding electrical and mechanical systems, not exceeding three 
 stories; or

2. All farm structures used primarily in the production, 
 handling or storage of agricultural products or implements, including, but not 
 limited to, structures used for the handling, processing, housing or storage of 
 crops, feeds, supplies, equipment, animals or poultry; or

3. Buildings and structures classified with respect to use as 
 business (Use Group B) and mercantile (Use Group M), as provided in the Uniform 
 Statewide Building Code and churches with an occupant load of 100 or less, 
 excluding electrical and mechanical systems, where such building or structure 
 does not exceed 5,000 square feet in total net floor area, or three stories; or

4. Buildings and structures classified with respect to use as 
 factory and industrial (Use Group F) and storage (Use Group S) as provided in 
 the Uniform Statewide Building Code, excluding electrical and mechanical 
 systems, where such building or structure does not exceed 15,000 square feet in 
 total net floor area, or three stories; or

5. Additions, remodeling or interior design without a change 
 in occupancy or occupancy load and without modification to the structural 
 system or a change in access or exit patterns or increase in fire hazard; or

6. Electric installations which comply with all applicable 
 codes and which do not exceed 600 volts and 800 amps, where work is designed 
 and performed under the direct supervision of a person licensed as a master's 
 level electrician or Class A electrical contractor by written examination, and 
 where such installation is not contained in any structure exceeding three 
 stories or located in any of