Assembly Bill A4951

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes incorporation of engineers, architects and certain others as not-for-profit corporations

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A4951 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7307, Ed L; add §1413, N-PC L

2009-A4951 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes incorporation of engineers, architects and certain others as not-for-profit corporations operated exclusively for the provision of such services to persons of low or moderate incomes for charitable or public purposes of aiding, assisting and supporting such persons to create and maintain decent, affordable housing.

2009-A4951 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4951

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

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:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 7307 of the education law, as
added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
  2.  Engineers, land surveyors, architects and landscape architects may
join in the formation of a joint  enterprise,  or  a  partnership  or  a
professional  service corporation OR A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION or may
form any desired combination of such professions and may use in the name
of such corporation the title of any of the professions  which  will  be
practiced.   After the name of each member his profession shall be indi-
cated.
  S 2. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1413 to read as follows:
S 1413. ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CORPORATION.
  (A)  PURPOSES.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  PROVIDE FOR THE INCORPORATION OF
NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS OF ENGINEERS,  ARCHITECTS,  LAND  SURVEYORS,
AND  LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECTS,  OPERATED  FOR THE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OR
PUBLIC PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ENGINEERING AND  ARCHITECTURAL  SERVICES  TO
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGING
IN  ACTIVITIES TO AID, SUPPORT AND ASSIST EFFORTS TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN
DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS.
  (B) TYPE OF CORPORATION. AN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CORPORATION IS A  B
TYPE OF CORPORATION UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
  (C)  POWERS. IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS PURPOSES SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A)
OF THIS SECTION, AN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CORPORATION SHALL HAVE ALL OF
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.
                                                           LBD08345-01-9

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