(a) Each licensed architect shall renew his license each year and pay to the department the professional services fee for class F, as defined in section 33-182l.

(b) Each corporation holding a certificate of authorization for the practice of architecture shall renew its certificate of authorization for the practice of architecture each year and pay to the department a renewal fee of two hundred twenty dollars.

(c) An applicant for examination or reexamination under this chapter shall pay a nonrefundable fee of seventy-two dollars and an amount sufficient to meet the cost of conducting each portion of the examination taken by such applicant. The fee for an applicant who qualifies for a license, other than by examination, in accordance with the provisions of section 20-291, shall be one hundred dollars.

(1949 Rev., S. 4618; 1957, P.A. 177; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 71; 1971, P.A. 703, S. 4; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 86; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 17; P.A. 78-320, S. 3, 4; P.A. 81-361, S. 11, 39; P.A. 82-394, S. 1, 2; 82-419, S. 15, 47; P.A. 83-574, S. 14, 20; P.A. 86-159, S. 4; P.A. 89-251, S. 117, 203; P.A. 92-74, S. 3, 7; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 52, 89; P.A. 94-36, S. 15, 42; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 237.)

History: 1959 act increased examination fee from $15 to $50, and deleted fee for certificate and requirement moneys received be used to defray board's expenses; 1971 acts designated previous provisions as Subsecs. (a) and (c), inserting new Subsec. (b) re corporation renewals of authorization certificates, doubled renewal fee in Subsec. (a), raised examination fee in Subsec. (c) from $50 to $150, instituted $100 fee for reexamination previously granted without charge and imposed $50 fee for applicants receiving certificate without examination, later act raised renewal fee in Subsec. (a) and fee for certificate without examination to $150 each; 1972 act reduced renewal fee in Subsec. (a) to $35, raised renewal fee in Subsec. (b) to $100 and reduced fees for initial examination and for certificate without examination to $50 in Subsec. (c); P.A. 78-320 made $100 fee in Subsec. (c) applicable to both original examination and reexaminations; P.A. 81-361 amended section to provide for payment of fees to the department instead of the board's secretary; P.A. 82-394 increased the renewal fee from $35 to $75 and required that it be paid to the department of consumer protection rather than to the secretary of the registration board; P.A. 82-419 changed registration to licensure; P.A. 83-574 increased examination fee from $100 to $225; P.A. 86-159 amended Subsec. (c) by changing the examination and reexamination fee from $225 to $30 and an amount sufficient to cover the cost of conducting the exams; P.A. 89-251 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the fee for license renewal from $75 to $150, amended Subsec. (b) to increase the fee for renewal of certificates from $100 to $175, and amended Subsec. (c) to increase the base fee for examinations from $30 to $36; P.A. 92-74 deleted provision in Subsec. (c) which granted National Council of Architectural Registration Boards authority to determine fee levied to cover the cost of conducting examinations; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 amended Subsec. (a) to replace $150 renewal fee with fee for professional service fee class F established pursuant to Sec. 33-182l; P.A. 94-36 deleted references to “June thirtieth” license expiration date, effective January 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (b) to increase renewal fee from $175 to $250 and amended Subsec. (c) to increase fees from $36 to $72 and from $50 to $100.

See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.

Cited. 20 CS 188.