No. CS/HB 839
Filed under Occupational.
Unlicensed Practice of Engineering; Provides penalties for persons found to have repeatedly engaged in unlicensed practice of engineering.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDA second violation for practicing engineering without a license now carries a $10,000 fine, rising to $15,000 for a third violation, $20,000 for a fourth, and $25,000 for a fifth violation or any after that.
These fines apply only from the second violation onward and override whatever penalty a related part of the same law would otherwise impose, but this bill does not set a specific fine for a first violation.
AIA person who repeatedly practices engineering without a license faces a department-imposed fine that climbs with each additional violation: $10,000 for a second violation, $15,000 for a third, $20,000 for a fourth, and $25,000 for a fifth or later violation.
AIThis fine schedule only applies starting with a second violation of the unlicensed-practice prohibition, and it controls over subsection (3) of the same statute for that specific circumstance.
AIThe fine stops climbing after the fourth violation; a fifth violation and every violation after it carry the same flat $25,000 fine rather than continuing to rise.