Bill Text: NY S07951 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 7951 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Requires license revocation for architects for the preparation of plans or drawings for structures which violate provisions of state or local laws regarding the illegal conversion of dwellings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - PRINT NUMBER 7951A [S07951 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07951-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7951--A

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 4, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on Higher Education --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to the penalty imposed
          upon architects relating to illegal conversion of dwellings

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 7307-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  7307-a.  Penalty  relating  to work involving illegal conversion of
     4  dwellings. No architect shall prepare or direct the preparation of work-
     5  ing drawings, plans or specifications for any change in  the  structural
     6  parts or existing facilities of any building, including, but not limited
     7  to, the subdivision of rooms, or erection or demolition of walls, or the
     8  moving  of  any building from one location or position to another, which
     9  shall result in the illegal conversion of such dwelling in violation  of
    10  any  state  or local law, ordinance, code or rule or regulation relating
    11  to real property, buildings or multiple dwellings. Upon a  finding  that
    12  an architect has violated the provisions of this section the state board
    13  for architecture shall revoke the license issued under this article.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15612-02-0