Bill Text: NY A04951 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the education law and the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to authorizing incorporation of engineers, architects and certain others as not-for-profit corporations

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to higher education [A04951 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04951-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4951
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 10, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Higher Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law and the not-for-profit corporation
         law, in relation to authorizing incorporation of engineers, architects
         and certain others as not-for-profit corporations
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 7307 of the education law, as
    2  added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
    3    2.  Engineers, land surveyors, architects and landscape architects may
    4  join in the formation of a joint  enterprise,  or  a  partnership  or  a
    5  professional  service corporation OR A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION or may
    6  form any desired combination of such professions and may use in the name
    7  of such corporation the title of any of the professions  which  will  be
    8  practiced.   After the name of each member his profession shall be indi-
    9  cated.
   10    S 2. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
   11  section 1413 to read as follows:
   12  S 1413. ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CORPORATION.
   13    (A)  PURPOSES.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  PROVIDE FOR THE INCORPORATION OF
   14  NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS OF ENGINEERS,  ARCHITECTS,  LAND  SURVEYORS,
   15  AND  LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECTS,  OPERATED  FOR THE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OR
   16  PUBLIC PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ENGINEERING AND  ARCHITECTURAL  SERVICES  TO
   17  LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGING
   18  IN  ACTIVITIES TO AID, SUPPORT AND ASSIST EFFORTS TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN
   19  DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS.
   20    (B) TYPE OF CORPORATION. AN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CORPORATION IS A  B
   21  TYPE OF CORPORATION UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
   22    (C)  POWERS. IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS PURPOSES SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A)
   23  OF THIS SECTION, AN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CORPORATION SHALL HAVE ALL OF
   24  THE POWERS OF A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION PROVIDED BY LAW.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    (D) FINAL PLANS AND REPORTS. EACH FINAL PLAN AND  REPORT  REQUIRED  BY
    2  LAW  TO  BE MADE OR ISSUED BY A LICENSED ENGINEER, LAND SURVEYOR, ARCHI-
    3  TECT AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WHICH IS MADE OR ISSUED BY AN ARCHITECTURAL
    4  SERVICES CORPORATION SHALL BEAR THE NAME AND SEAL OF ONE OR MORE PROFES-
    5  SIONAL  ENGINEERS,  LAND  SURVEYORS, ARCHITECTS OR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS,
    6  RESPECTIVELY, WHO IS IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE OF SUCH PLAN OR PROJECT.
    7    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.