Bill Text: NY A03937 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-03 - signed chap.322 [A03937 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3937
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 31, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the requirements for a
          license as a professional land surveyor; and providing for the  repeal
          of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 7206-a of the education law, as  added  by  chapter
     2  987  of the laws of 1971, paragraph 3 of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2
     3  as amended by chapter 32 of the laws of 1981, paragraph 6 of subdivision
     4  1 as amended by chapter 133 of the laws  of  1982  and  paragraph  8  of
     5  subdivision  1 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of
     6  1989, is amended to read as follows:
     7    § 7206-a. Requirements for a license as a professional land  surveyor.
     8  1.  To  qualify for a license as a professional land surveyor, an appli-
     9  cant shall fulfill the following requirements:
    10    (1) Application: file an application with the department;
    11    (2) Education: have received an education, including [a bachelor's] an
    12  associate's or higher degree [based on a program] in land surveying, or,
    13  an associate's or higher degree in engineering, math, or related science
    14  with fifteen credits in land surveying, in accordance with  the  commis-
    15  sioner's regulations;
    16    (3)  Experience:  [(a)  If  the  applicant  has a bachelor's or higher
    17  degree, have at least four years in  work  satisfactory  to  the  board,
    18  provided that the board may accept study beyond the bachelor's degree in
    19  partial  fulfillment of this requirement; or (b) If the applicant has an
    20  associate's degree, have at least six years in work satisfactory to  the
    21  board  provided  that  the board may accept study beyond the associate's
    22  degree in partial fulfillment of this requirement] Have practical  expe-
    23  rience satisfactory to the department and in accordance with the commis-
    24  sioner's  regulations,  provided  that  the  department may accept study
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  beyond the associate's degree specified in paragraph two of this  subdi-
     2  vision in partial fulfillment of this requirement;
     3    (4)  Examination:  pass  an  examination  satisfactory  to the [board]
     4  department and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
     5    (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
     6    (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States  citizen  or
     7  an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
     8    (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
     9  ment; and
    10    (8)  Fees:  pay  a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department
    11  for admission to a department conducted examination and for  an  initial
    12  license,  a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a
    13  fee of one hundred  thirty-five  dollars  for  an  initial  license  for
    14  persons not requiring admission to department conducted examination, and
    15  a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period.
    16    2.  For  admittance  to the fundamentals of surveying examination, the
    17  applicant shall  fulfill  the  education,  experience,  and  examination
    18  requirements in accordance with the commissioner's regulations. Upon the
    19  successful  completion  of the examination, an identification card as an
    20  "intern land surveyor" shall be issued by the department.  The  fee  for
    21  examination  qualification  and  identification  card as an "intern land
    22  surveyor" shall be seventy dollars.
    23    2-a. In lieu of the degree and experience  requirements  specified  in
    24  subparagraphs  [(2)]  two  and  [(3)]  three  of subdivision one of this
    25  section, eight years of practical experience in work satisfactory to the
    26  [board] department may be accepted, provided  that  each  full  year  of
    27  college  study  in  engineering  or  land  surveying satisfactory to the
    28  department may at the discretion of the [board] department  be  accepted
    29  in lieu of one year of the required eight years of experience.
    30    [3. For an identification card as an "intern land surveyor", an appli-
    31  cant  shall fulfill the requirements of subdivision one of this section,
    32  except those in subparagraphs (3) and (5), provided  that  admission  to
    33  the examination may be given when the applicant is within twenty credits
    34  of  the  completion  of  the  requirements  for the bachelor's or higher
    35  degree as prescribed in subparagraph (2)  of  subdivision  one,  or  has
    36  completed  the  practical  experience  requirement of subdivision two of
    37  this section. The fee for examination  and  identification  card  as  an
    38  "intern  land  surveyor"  shall  be seventy dollars and the fee for each
    39  reexamination shall be seventy dollars.]
    40    § 2. This act shall take effect eighteen months after  it  shall  have
    41  become  a  law; provided, however that subdivision 2-a of section 7206-a
    42  of the education law, as added by section one of this act shall expire 8
    43  years after such effective date when upon such date  the  provisions  of
    44  such subdivision shall be deemed repealed.