CHAPTER 163
SB 372 - FINAL VERSION
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SENATE BILL 372
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill provides that the laws regulating engineering shall not apply to any business formed and registered with the secretary of state prior to January 1, 1999, which uses the words "Engineer" or "Engineering" or any modification or derivative thereof in its corporate or business name, and which does not perform or require the services of a professional engineer.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to certain engineering businesses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
163:1 Engineering Certificates for Business Organizations. Amend RSA 310-A:20, V to read as follows:
V. The secretary of state shall not issue a certificate of incorporation to an applicant for incorporation or for registration as a foreign business organization which includes the words "Engineer" or "Engineering" or any modification or derivative thereof in its corporate or business name or which includes the practice of engineering among the objects for which it is established unless the board shall have issued, with respect to such applicant, a certificate of authorization or eligibility for authorization, a copy of which shall have been presented to the secretary of state. Similarly, the secretary of state, after a reasonable transition period, shall decline to register any trade name or service mark which includes such words or modifications or derivatives thereof in its firm or business name except to partnerships, sole proprietorships and associations holding certificates of registration or authorization issued under the provisions of this subdivision, a copy of which shall likewise have been presented to the secretary of state. However, the requirements of this subdivision shall not apply to any business formed and registered with the secretary of state prior to January 1, 1999, which uses the words "Engineer" or "Engineering" or any modification or derivative thereof in its corporate or business name, and which does not perform or require the services of a professional engineer.
163:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 23, 2000)
(Effective Date: July 22, 2000)