Assembly Bill A10648

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to removing the three-year exemption of mandatory continuing education for newly licensed certified public accountants and public accountants

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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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2017-A10648 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8522
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7409, Ed L

2017-A10648 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the three-year exemption of mandatory continuing education for newly licensed certified public accountants and public accountants.

2017-A10648 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10648
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to removing the three-
   year exemption of mandatory continuing education  for  newly  licensed
   certified public accountants and public accountants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 7409 of the  educa-
 tion  law,  as amended by chapter 651 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
 read as follows:
   b. [Certified public  accountants  and  public  accountants  shall  be
 exempt  from  the  mandatory  continuing  education  requirement for the
 triennial registration period during which they are  first  licensed  by
 the  department.] In accordance with the intent of this section, adjust-
 ments to the mandatory continuing education requirement may  be  granted
 by  the  department  for reasons of health certified by a physician, for
 extended active duty with armed forces of  the  United  States,  or  for
 other  good cause acceptable to the department which may prevent compli-
 ance.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020. Effective  immediate-
 ly,  the  addition and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
 the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized  and
 directed to be made on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15618-03-8

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