S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1267--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, PALMESANO, FRIEND -- (at the request of
the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources) -- read once and
referred 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 increasing the thresh-
old at which certain buildings, structures and public works are
required to be planned and supervised by a professional engineer, land
surveyor or architect
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 7209 of the education law, as
added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
3. No county, city, town or village or other political subdivision of
this state shall engage in the construction or maintenance of any public
work involving engineering or land surveying for which plans, specifica-
tions and estimates have not been made by, and the construction and
maintenance supervised by, a professional engineer or land surveyor;
provided that this section shall not apply to the construction, improve-
ment or maintenance of county roads or town highways, nor to any other
public works wherein the contemplated expenditure for the completed
project does not exceed [five] FIFTY thousand dollars. This section
shall not be construed as affecting or preventing any county, city, town
or village or other political subdivision of this state from engaging an
architect licensed in this state for the preparation of plans, specifi-
cations and estimates for and the supervision of construction or mainte-
nance of public works.
S 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 7 of section 7209 of the education
law, as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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b. To alterations to any building or structure costing [ten] FIFTY
thousand dollars or less which do not involve changes affecting the
structural safety or public safety thereof nor to farm buildings,
including barns, sheds, poultry houses and other buildings used directly
and solely for agricultural purposes; nor to residence buildings of
gross floor area of fifteen hundred square feet or less, not including
garages, carports, porches, cellars, or uninhabitable basements or
attics.
S 3. Subdivision 5 of section 7307 of the education law, as added by
chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, paragraph 1 as amended by chapter 994
of the laws of 1971 and paragraph 2 as amended by chapter 591 of the
laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
5. This article shall not apply to: [1.] A. Farm buildings, including
barns, sheds, poultry houses and other buildings used directly and sole-
ly for agricultural purposes; nor to residence buildings of gross area
of fifteen hundred square feet or less, not including garages, carports,
porches, cellars, or uninhabitable basements or attics; or
[2.] B. Alterations, costing ten thousand dollars or less, to any
building or structure within the city of New York and [twenty] FIFTY
thousand dollars or less, to any building or structure outside the city
of New York which do not involve changes affecting the structural safety
or public safety thereof.
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.