Bill Text: NY A09694 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9694 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the requirements for a license as a professional engineer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-12 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [A09694 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09694-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9694
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 16, 2014
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Higher Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the requirements for a
         license as a professional engineer; and to repeal  certain  provisions
         of such law relating thereto
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraphs 2 and 8 of subdivision 1 of section 7206 of  the
    2  education  law,  paragraph 2 as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971
    3  and paragraph 8 as amended by chapter  62  of  the  laws  of  1989,  are
    4  amended to read as follows:
    5    (2)  Education:  have received an education, including a bachelor's or
    6  higher degree based on a  program  in  engineering  OR  THE  SUBSTANTIAL
    7  EQUIVALENT, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
    8    (8)  Fees:  pay a fee [of two hundred twenty dollars to the department
    9  for admission to a department conducted examination and for  an  initial
   10  license,  a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a
   11  fee] of one hundred thirty-five dollars  for  an  initial  license  [for
   12  persons  not requiring admission to a department conducted examination,]
   13  and a fee of two hundred ten dollars  for  each  triennial  registration
   14  period.
   15    S  2.  Subdivision  2 of section 7206 of the education law is REPEALED
   16  and subdivisions 3 and 4 are renumbered subdivisions 2 and 3.
   17    S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 7206 of the education law, as amended by
   18  chapter 62 of the laws of 1989 and as renumbered by section two of  this
   19  act, is amended to read as follows:
   20    2.  For  an identification card as an ["intern engineer"] "ENGINEER IN
   21  TRAINING", an applicant shall fulfill  the  requirements  of  PARAGRAPHS
   22  ONE,  TWO,  FOUR  AND  SEVEN OF subdivision one of this section[, except
   23  those in subparagraphs (3) and (5), provided that admission to the exam-
   24  ination may be given when the applicant is within twenty credits of  the
   25  completion  of  the  requirements for the bachelor's or higher degree as
   26  prescribed in subparagraph (2) of subdivision one, or has completed  the
   27  practical  experience  requirement  of subdivision two of this section.]
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 9694                             2
    1  The fee for examination and identification card as an ["intern engineer"
    2  shall be seventy dollars and the fee for each  reexamination]  "ENGINEER
    3  IN TRAINING" shall be seventy dollars.
    4    S  4.  Subdivision 3 of section 7206 of the education law, as added by
    5  chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and as renumbered by section two of this
    6  act, is amended to read as follows:
    7    3. On recommendation of the board, the department may  waive  specific
    8  requirements,  except as to age, character[, education] and citizenship,
    9  in the case of applicants who are possessed of  established  and  recog-
   10  nized  standing  in  the  engineering  profession and who have practiced
   11  lawfully for more than fifteen years.
   12    S 5. Section 7206 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
   13  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   14    4.  APPLICANTS  WHO  FILE  WITH THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE
   15  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION AN APPLICATION AND  FEE  REQUIREMENTS
   16  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPHS ONE AND EIGHT OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
   17  AND WHO, AT SUCH TIME OR ANYTIME THEREAFTER, DEMONSTRATE TO  THE  SATIS-
   18  FACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY HAVE TWELVE YEARS OF PRACTICAL EXPE-
   19  RIENCE  IN WORK SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD MAY SUBSTITUTE SUCH EXPERIENCE
   20  FOR THE DEGREE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN  PARAGRAPHS  TWO
   21  AND  THREE  OF  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT EACH FULL
   22  YEAR OF STUDY IN ENGINEERING SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT MAY  AT  THE
   23  DISCRETION  OF  THE  BOARD BE ACCEPTED IN LIEU OF UP TO TWO YEARS OF THE
   24  REQUIRED TWELVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
   25    S 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   26  it shall have become a law and shall apply to applications for licensure
   27  as a professional engineer received on or  after  such  effective  date;
   28  provided  however,  that  the  commissioner of education may immediately
   29  undertake all actions necessary to implement this act on such  effective
   30  date  including  but  not  limited to the adoption of implementing regu-
   31  lations.