State Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors


About the Board

Activities || Funding Sources || Trends || Statistics

For more detailed information, you may want to review the Division of Registrations Budget Narrative, which includes the following:

  • Division Description and General Information
  • Trends/Environmental Scan
  • Critical Issues
  • Program Functions and Business Activities
  • Workload Measures
Activities
The Board is responsible for:
  • Licensing and regulating individual Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors;
  • Administering the licensing examinations through the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying;
  • Promulgating rules and policies for the consistent conduct of its affairs and to clarify the requirements of the Engineering Practice Act and Land Surveying Practice Act;
  • Providing notice of license renewals every two years and processing applications for such;
  • Publishing a newsletter to advise licensees of changes of which they should be aware;
  • Investigating complaints against its licensees and unlicensed respondents;
  • Conducting disciplinary hearings against those who are alleged to have violated the Engineering and/or Land Surveying Practice Acts, or the Board's Rules and Policies;
  • Issuing disciplinary actions against those who violate the Engineering and/or Land Surveying Practice Acts, or the Board's Rules and Policies; and,
  • Meeting on a regular basis to conduct its business.

Funding Sources

Expenditures and revenues are not always equal. Revenue needs and fee amounts are based on estimated expenses and numbers of payers. Revenue collected that exceeds expenditures remains with the agency and is considered when calculating total revenue needed for the following year.

The following table displays the amount of revenue generated and the amount of expenditures for the fiscal years 05-06 and 06-07, and an estimate for fiscal year 07-08.

Revenue
Expenditures
FY 05-06 Actual
 $601,990 $760,270
FY 06-07 Actual
 $563,843 $797,963
FY 07-08 Estimate
 $604,099 $739,386



The following pie chart shows the source of revenue for fiscal year 07-08.

Estimated Revenue Fiscal Year 2004-2005: $579,474
(98% Professional and Occupational Licenses; 2% Miscellaneous)

The following pie chart shows the expenditures for Fiscal Year 07-08.

Estimated Expenditures Fiscal Year 2004-2005: $624,560
(32% Enforcement; 25% Examining for Licensure; 24% Communication; 19% Licensing)

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Trends
There has been renewed vigor in the Colorado economy in the past couple of years resulting in a solid upturn for this industry but the number of new and renewing licensees has remained steady.

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