Bill Text: NY S07149 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07149 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07149-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7149

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 8, 2020
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        Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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    §  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  Subdivision  2 of section 7206 of the education law is REPEALED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    § 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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     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    §  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    § 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    § 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  Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
    29  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
    30  tive  date  are  authorized  to  be made and completed on or before such
    31  effective date.