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                                   8732
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2018
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 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, the  general  business  law,  the
   executive  law,  and the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to
   expedited licensing or certification for certain professions by  mili-
   tary spouses

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 446-b of the real property law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
 APPLICANT  SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE WHO
 IS THE SPOUSE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AS DEFINED IN  10  U.S.C.    SECTIONS
 1209  AND  1211,  AND SUCH SPOUSE IS TRANSFERRED BY THE MILITARY TO THIS
 STATE SHALL BE AFFORDED AN EXPEDITED REVIEW OF HIS  OR  HER  APPLICATION
 FOR  LICENSURE.  SUCH  APPLICATION  SHALL BE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND SHALL INCLUDE AN ATTESTATION BY THE APPLICANT OF
 THE MILITARY STATUS OF HIS OR HER SPOUSE AND ANY OTHER  SUCH  SUPPORTING
 DOCUMENTATION  THAT  SUCH  DEPARTMENT  MAY  REQUIRE. UPON REVIEW OF SUCH
 APPLICATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE TO THE APPLI-
 CANT IF THE APPLICANT HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING IN ANOTHER  STATE
 AND IN THE OPINION OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE OF
 SUCH  OTHER  STATE  ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
 LICENSURE IN THIS STATE.
   (B) IN ADDITION TO THE EXPEDITED REVIEW GRANTED IN  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION,  AN APPLICANT WHO PROVIDES SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION
 THAT HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING FROM ANOTHER STATE,  MAY
 REQUEST  THE  ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT, WHICH, IF GRANTED
 WILL PERMIT THE APPLICANT TO WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF  A  NEW  YORK
 STATE LICENSEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE MAY GRANT SUCH TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT WHEN IT
 APPEARS  BASED  ON THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED
 THAT THE APPLICANT WILL MEET THE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  LICENSURE  IN  THIS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15889-01-8

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 STATE  BECAUSE  HE  OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING FROM ANOTHER
 STATE WITH SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARABLE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS TO  THOSE  OF
 THIS  STATE,  EXCEPT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SECURE
 DIRECT  SOURCE  VERIFICATION  OF  THE APPLICANT'S UNDERLYING CREDENTIALS
 (E.G., RECEIPT OF ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT,  EXPERIENCE  VERIFICATION).  SUCH
 PERMIT  SHALL  BE VALID FOR SIX MONTHS OR UNTIL TEN DAYS AFTER NOTIFICA-
 TION THAT THE APPLICANT DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR  LICENSURE.
 AN  ADDITIONAL  SIX  MONTHS  MAY  BE GRANTED UPON A DETERMINATION BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE THAT THE APPLICANT IS EXPECTED TO  QUALIFY  FOR  THE
 FULL  LICENSE  UPON  RECEIPT OF THE REMAINING DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION
 DOCUMENTS REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN SUCH TIME  PERIOD  AND
 THAT  THE DELAY IN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION FOR FULL LICEN-
 SURE WAS DUE TO EXTENUATING  CIRCUMSTANCES  WHICH  THE  MILITARY  SPOUSE
 COULD NOT AVOID.
   (C)  A  TEMPORARY  PRACTICE  PERMIT ISSUED UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE  FULL  DISCIPLINARY  AND  REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT OF STATE, PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AS IF
 SUCH AUTHORIZATION WERE A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (D) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL REDUCE THE INITIAL LICENSURE  APPLI-
 CATION  FEE  BY  ONE-HALF  FOR  ANY  APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY A MILITARY
 SPOUSE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. Section 444-e of the real property law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
 APPLICANT  SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE WHO
 IS THE SPOUSE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AS DEFINED IN  10  U.S.C.    SECTIONS
 1209  AND  1211,  AND SUCH SPOUSE IS TRANSFERRED BY THE MILITARY TO THIS
 STATE SHALL BE AFFORDED AN EXPEDITED REVIEW OF HIS  OR  HER  APPLICATION
 FOR  LICENSURE.  SUCH  APPLICATION  SHALL BE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT AND SHALL INCLUDE AN ATTESTATION  BY  THE  APPLICANT  OF  THE
 MILITARY  STATUS  OF  HIS  OR  HER  SPOUSE AND ANY OTHER SUCH SUPPORTING
 DOCUMENTATION THAT SUCH DEPARTMENT MAY  REQUIRE.  UPON  REVIEW  OF  SUCH
 APPLICATION,  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE TO THE APPLICANT IF
 THE APPLICANT HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING IN ANOTHER STATE  AND  IN
 THE  OPINION  OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE OF SUCH
 OTHER STATE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR  LICEN-
 SURE IN THIS STATE.
   (B)  IN  ADDITION  TO THE EXPEDITED REVIEW GRANTED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, AN APPLICANT WHO PROVIDES  SATISFACTORY  DOCUMENTATION
 THAT  HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING FROM ANOTHER STATE, MAY
 REQUEST THE ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT, WHICH,  IF  GRANTED
 WILL  PERMIT  THE  APPLICANT TO WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A NEW YORK
 STATE LICENSEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  REGULATIONS  OF  THE  SECRETARY.  THE
 DEPARTMENT  MAY  GRANT  SUCH  TEMPORARY  PRACTICE PERMIT WHEN IT APPEARS
 BASED ON THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED THAT  THE
 APPLICANT WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE IN THIS STATE BECAUSE
 HE  OR  SHE  HOLDS  A  LICENSE  IN GOOD STANDING FROM ANOTHER STATE WITH
 SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARABLE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS TO THOSE OF THIS  STATE,
 EXCEPT  THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SECURE DIRECT SOURCE VERIFI-
 CATION OF THE  APPLICANT'S  UNDERLYING  CREDENTIALS  (E.G.,  RECEIPT  OF
 ORIGINAL  TRANSCRIPT,  EXPERIENCE  VERIFICATION).  SUCH  PERMIT SHALL BE
 VALID FOR SIX MONTHS OR UNTIL  TEN  DAYS  AFTER  NOTIFICATION  THAT  THE
 APPLICANT  DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE. AN ADDITIONAL
 SIX MONTHS MAY BE GRANTED UPON A DETERMINATION BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  THAT
 THE  APPLICANT  IS EXPECTED TO QUALIFY FOR THE FULL LICENSE UPON RECEIPT

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 OF THE REMAINING DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION DOCUMENTS REQUESTED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  IN  SUCH  TIME  PERIOD  AND  THAT THE DELAY IN PROVIDING THE
 NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION  FOR  FULL  LICENSURE  WAS  DUE  TO  EXTENUATING
 CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THE MILITARY SPOUSE COULD NOT AVOID.
   (C)  A  TEMPORARY  PRACTICE  PERMIT ISSUED UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE  FULL  DISCIPLINARY  AND  REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT,  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE, AS IF SUCH
 AUTHORIZATION WERE A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REDUCE THE INITIAL LICENSURE APPLICATION  FEE
 BY  ONE-HALF  FOR  ANY  APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY A MILITARY SPOUSE UNDER
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 3. Section 69-p of the general business law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 APPLICANT SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE  WHO
 IS THE SPOUSE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES,  NATIONAL  GUARD  OR  RESERVES AS DEFINED IN 10 U.S.C.  SECTIONS
 1209 AND 1211, AND SUCH SPOUSE IS TRANSFERRED BY THE  MILITARY  TO  THIS
 STATE  SHALL  BE  AFFORDED AN EXPEDITED REVIEW OF HIS OR HER APPLICATION
 FOR LICENSURE. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE ON A  FORM  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND SHALL INCLUDE AN ATTESTATION BY THE APPLICANT OF
 THE  MILITARY  STATUS OF HIS OR HER SPOUSE AND ANY OTHER SUCH SUPPORTING
 DOCUMENTATION THAT SUCH DEPARTMENT MAY  REQUIRE.  UPON  REVIEW  OF  SUCH
 APPLICATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE TO THE APPLI-
 CANT  IF THE APPLICANT HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING IN ANOTHER STATE
 AND IN THE OPINION OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE OF
 SUCH OTHER STATE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR
 LICENSURE IN THIS STATE.
   (B)  IN  ADDITION  TO THE EXPEDITED REVIEW GRANTED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, AN APPLICANT WHO PROVIDES  SATISFACTORY  DOCUMENTATION
 THAT  HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING FROM ANOTHER STATE, MAY
 REQUEST THE ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT, WHICH,  IF  GRANTED
 WILL  PERMIT  THE  APPLICANT TO WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A NEW YORK
 STATE LICENSEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE MAY GRANT SUCH TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT WHEN IT
 APPEARS BASED ON THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING  DOCUMENTATION  RECEIVED
 THAT  THE  APPLICANT  WILL  MEET  THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE IN THIS
 STATE BECAUSE HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD  STANDING  FROM  ANOTHER
 STATE  WITH  SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARABLE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS TO THOSE OF
 THIS STATE, EXCEPT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE  TO  SECURE
 DIRECT  SOURCE  VERIFICATION  OF  THE APPLICANT'S UNDERLYING CREDENTIALS
 (E.G., RECEIPT OF ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT,  EXPERIENCE  VERIFICATION).  SUCH
 PERMIT  SHALL  BE VALID FOR SIX MONTHS OR UNTIL TEN DAYS AFTER NOTIFICA-
 TION THAT THE APPLICANT DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR  LICENSURE.
 AN  ADDITIONAL  SIX  MONTHS  MAY  BE GRANTED UPON A DETERMINATION BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE THAT THE APPLICANT IS EXPECTED TO  QUALIFY  FOR  THE
 FULL  LICENSE  UPON  RECEIPT OF THE REMAINING DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION
 DOCUMENTS REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN SUCH TIME  PERIOD  AND
 THAT  THE DELAY IN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION FOR FULL LICEN-
 SURE WAS DUE TO EXTENUATING  CIRCUMSTANCES  WHICH  THE  MILITARY  SPOUSE
 COULD NOT AVOID.
   (C)  A  TEMPORARY  PRACTICE  PERMIT ISSUED UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE  FULL  DISCIPLINARY  AND  REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT OF STATE, PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AS IF
 SUCH AUTHORIZATION WERE A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.

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   (D) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL REDUCE THE INITIAL LICENSURE  APPLI-
 CATION  FEE  BY  ONE-HALF  FOR  ANY  APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY A MILITARY
 SPOUSE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 4. Section 72 of the general business law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 APPLICANT SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  WHO
 IS THE SPOUSE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES,  NATIONAL  GUARD  OR  RESERVES AS DEFINED IN 10 U.S.C.  SECTIONS
 1209 AND 1211, AND SUCH SPOUSE IS TRANSFERRED BY THE  MILITARY  TO  THIS
 STATE  SHALL  BE  AFFORDED AN EXPEDITED REVIEW OF HIS OR HER APPLICATION
 FOR LICENSURE. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE ON A  FORM  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND SHALL INCLUDE AN ATTESTATION BY THE APPLICANT OF
 THE  MILITARY  STATUS OF HIS OR HER SPOUSE AND ANY OTHER SUCH SUPPORTING
 DOCUMENTATION THAT SUCH DEPARTMENT MAY  REQUIRE.  UPON  REVIEW  OF  SUCH
 APPLICATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE TO THE APPLI-
 CANT  IF THE APPLICANT HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING IN ANOTHER STATE
 AND IN THE OPINION OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE OF
 SUCH OTHER STATE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR
 LICENSURE IN THIS STATE.
   (B)  IN  ADDITION  TO THE EXPEDITED REVIEW GRANTED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, AN APPLICANT WHO PROVIDES  SATISFACTORY  DOCUMENTATION
 THAT  HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING FROM ANOTHER STATE, MAY
 REQUEST THE ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT, WHICH,  IF  GRANTED
 WILL  PERMIT  THE  APPLICANT TO WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A NEW YORK
 STATE LICENSEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE MAY GRANT SUCH TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT WHEN IT
 APPEARS BASED ON THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING  DOCUMENTATION  RECEIVED
 THAT  THE  APPLICANT  WILL  MEET  THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE IN THIS
 STATE BECAUSE HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD  STANDING  FROM  ANOTHER
 STATE  WITH  SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARABLE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS TO THOSE OF
 THIS STATE, EXCEPT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE  TO  SECURE
 DIRECT  SOURCE  VERIFICATION  OF  THE APPLICANT'S UNDERLYING CREDENTIALS
 (E.G., RECEIPT OF ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT,  EXPERIENCE  VERIFICATION).  SUCH
 PERMIT  SHALL  BE VALID FOR SIX MONTHS OR UNTIL TEN DAYS AFTER NOTIFICA-
 TION THAT THE APPLICANT DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR  LICENSURE.
 AN  ADDITIONAL  SIX  MONTHS  MAY  BE GRANTED UPON A DETERMINATION BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE THAT THE APPLICANT IS EXPECTED TO  QUALIFY  FOR  THE
 FULL  LICENSE  UPON  RECEIPT OF THE REMAINING DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION
 DOCUMENTS REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN SUCH TIME  PERIOD  AND
 THAT  THE DELAY IN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION FOR FULL LICEN-
 SURE WAS DUE TO EXTENUATING  CIRCUMSTANCES  WHICH  THE  MILITARY  SPOUSE
 COULD NOT AVOID.
   (C)  A  TEMPORARY  PRACTICE  PERMIT ISSUED UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE  FULL  DISCIPLINARY  AND  REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT OF STATE, PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AS IF
 SUCH AUTHORIZATION WERE A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (D) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL REDUCE THE INITIAL LICENSURE  APPLI-
 CATION  FEE  BY  ONE-HALF  FOR  ANY  APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY A MILITARY
 SPOUSE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 5. Section 89-h of the general business law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 APPLICANT SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR A REGISTRATION CARD  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  WHO  IS THE SPOUSE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES
 OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AS DEFINED IN 10 U.S.C.

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 SECTIONS 1209 AND 1211, AND SUCH SPOUSE IS TRANSFERRED BY  THE  MILITARY
 TO THIS STATE SHALL BE AFFORDED AN EXPEDITED REVIEW OF HIS OR HER APPLI-
 CATION  FOR REGISTRATION. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED
 BY  THE  DEPARTMENT AND SHALL INCLUDE AN ATTESTATION BY THE APPLICANT OF
 THE MILITARY STATUS OF HIS OR HER SPOUSE AND ANY OTHER  SUCH  SUPPORTING
 DOCUMENTATION  THAT  SUCH  DEPARTMENT  MAY  REQUIRE. UPON REVIEW OF SUCH
 APPLICATION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  ISSUE  A  REGISTRATION  CARD  TO  THE
 APPLICANT IF THE APPLICANT HOLDS A REGISTRATION CARD IN GOOD STANDING IN
 ANOTHER  STATE  AND  IN THE OPINION OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, THE REQUIREMENTS
 FOR REGISTRATION OF SUCH OTHER STATE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE
 REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION IN THIS STATE.
   (B) IN ADDITION TO THE EXPEDITED REVIEW GRANTED IN  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION,  AN APPLICANT WHO PROVIDES SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION
 THAT HE OR SHE HOLDS A REGISTRATION CARD IN GOOD STANDING  FROM  ANOTHER
 STATE,  MAY  REQUEST THE ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT, WHICH,
 IF GRANTED WILL PERMIT THE APPLICANT TO WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF  A
 NEW  YORK  STATE REGISTRANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS OF THE SECRE-
 TARY. THE DEPARTMENT MAY GRANT SUCH TEMPORARY PRACTICE  PERMIT  WHEN  IT
 APPEARS  BASED  ON THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED
 THAT THE APPLICANT WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION  IN  THIS
 STATE  BECAUSE HE OR SHE HOLDS A REGISTRATION CARD IN GOOD STANDING FROM
 ANOTHER STATE WITH SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARABLE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS TO
 THOSE OF THIS STATE, EXCEPT THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE  TO  SECURE
 DIRECT  SOURCE  VERIFICATION  OF  THE APPLICANT'S UNDERLYING CREDENTIALS
 (E.G., RECEIPT OF ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT,  EXPERIENCE  VERIFICATION).  SUCH
 PERMIT  SHALL  BE VALID FOR SIX MONTHS OR UNTIL TEN DAYS AFTER NOTIFICA-
 TION THAT THE APPLICANT DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  REGISTRA-
 TION.  AN  ADDITIONAL  SIX MONTHS MAY BE GRANTED UPON A DETERMINATION BY
 THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE APPLICANT IS EXPECTED TO QUALIFY  FOR  THE  FULL
 REGISTRATION  CARD UPON RECEIPT OF THE REMAINING DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICA-
 TION DOCUMENTS REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN SUCH TIME PERIOD AND  THAT
 THE DELAY IN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION FOR FULL REGISTRATION
 WAS DUE TO EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THE MILITARY SPOUSE COULD NOT
 AVOID.
   (C)  A  TEMPORARY  PRACTICE  PERMIT ISSUED UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE  FULL  DISCIPLINARY  AND  REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT,  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE, AS IF SUCH
 AUTHORIZATION WERE A REGISTRATION CARD ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REDUCE THE INITIAL  REGISTRATION  APPLICATION
 FEE BY ONE-HALF FOR ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY A MILITARY SPOUSE UNDER
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  6.  Section  406 of the general business law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
 APPLICANT  SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE WHO
 IS THE SPOUSE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AS DEFINED IN  10  U.S.C.    SECTIONS
 1209  AND  1211,  AND SUCH SPOUSE IS TRANSFERRED BY THE MILITARY TO THIS
 STATE SHALL BE AFFORDED AN EXPEDITED REVIEW OF HIS  OR  HER  APPLICATION
 FOR  LICENSURE.  SUCH  APPLICATION  SHALL BE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT AND SHALL INCLUDE AN ATTESTATION  BY  THE  APPLICANT  OF  THE
 MILITARY  STATUS  OF  HIS  OR  HER  SPOUSE AND ANY OTHER SUCH SUPPORTING
 DOCUMENTATION THAT SUCH DEPARTMENT MAY  REQUIRE.  UPON  REVIEW  OF  SUCH
 APPLICATION,  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE TO THE APPLICANT IF
 THE APPLICANT HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING IN ANOTHER STATE  AND  IN
 THE  OPINION  OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE OF SUCH

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 OTHER STATE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR  LICEN-
 SURE IN THIS STATE.
   (B)  IN  ADDITION  TO THE EXPEDITED REVIEW GRANTED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, AN APPLICANT WHO PROVIDES  SATISFACTORY  DOCUMENTATION
 THAT  HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING FROM ANOTHER STATE, MAY
 REQUEST THE ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT, WHICH,  IF  GRANTED
 WILL  PERMIT  THE  APPLICANT TO WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A NEW YORK
 STATE LICENSEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  REGULATIONS  OF  THE  SECRETARY.  THE
 DEPARTMENT  MAY  GRANT  SUCH  TEMPORARY  PRACTICE PERMIT WHEN IT APPEARS
 BASED ON THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED THAT  THE
 APPLICANT WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE IN THIS STATE BECAUSE
 HE  OR  SHE  HOLDS  A  LICENSE  IN GOOD STANDING FROM ANOTHER STATE WITH
 SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARABLE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS TO THOSE OF THIS  STATE,
 EXCEPT  THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SECURE DIRECT SOURCE VERIFI-
 CATION OF THE  APPLICANT'S  UNDERLYING  CREDENTIALS  (E.G.,  RECEIPT  OF
 ORIGINAL  TRANSCRIPT,  EXPERIENCE  VERIFICATION).  SUCH  PERMIT SHALL BE
 VALID FOR SIX MONTHS OR UNTIL  TEN  DAYS  AFTER  NOTIFICATION  THAT  THE
 APPLICANT  DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE. AN ADDITIONAL
 SIX MONTHS MAY BE GRANTED UPON A DETERMINATION BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  THAT
 THE  APPLICANT  IS EXPECTED TO QUALIFY FOR THE FULL LICENSE UPON RECEIPT
 OF THE REMAINING DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION DOCUMENTS REQUESTED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  IN  SUCH  TIME  PERIOD  AND  THAT THE DELAY IN PROVIDING THE
 NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION  FOR  FULL  LICENSURE  WAS  DUE  TO  EXTENUATING
 CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THE MILITARY SPOUSE COULD NOT AVOID.
   (C)  A  TEMPORARY  PRACTICE  PERMIT ISSUED UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE  FULL  DISCIPLINARY  AND  REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT,  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE, AS IF SUCH
 AUTHORIZATION WERE A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REDUCE THE INITIAL LICENSURE APPLICATION  FEE
 BY  ONE-HALF  FOR  ANY  APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY A MILITARY SPOUSE UNDER
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 7. Section 899-e of the general business law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 APPLICANT SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION  PURSUANT
 TO  THIS SECTION WHO IS THE SPOUSE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE ARMED
 FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AS DEFINED IN 10
 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1209 AND 1211, AND SUCH SPOUSE  IS  TRANSFERRED  BY  THE
 MILITARY  TO  THIS STATE SHALL BE AFFORDED AN EXPEDITED REVIEW OF HIS OR
 HER APPLICATION FOR A  CERTIFICATE  OF  REGISTRATION.  SUCH  APPLICATION
 SHALL  BE  ON  A  FORM  PRESCRIBED  BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND SHALL
 INCLUDE AN ATTESTATION BY THE APPLICANT OF THE MILITARY STATUS OF HIS OR
 HER SPOUSE AND ANY OTHER SUCH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION THAT SUCH DEPART-
 MENT MAY REQUIRE. UPON REVIEW OF SUCH  APPLICATION,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 STATE  SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION TO THE APPLICANT IF THE
 APPLICANT HOLDS A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION IN GOOD STANDING IN ANOTH-
 ER STATE AND IN THE OPINION OF SUCH  DEPARTMENT,  THE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR
 REGISTRATION  OF  SUCH  OTHER  STATE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE
 REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION IN THIS STATE.
   (B) IN ADDITION TO THE EXPEDITED REVIEW GRANTED IN  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION,  AN APPLICANT WHO PROVIDES SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION
 THAT HE OR SHE HOLDS A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION IN GOOD STANDING FROM
 ANOTHER STATE, MAY REQUEST THE ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY PRACTICE  PERMIT,
 WHICH,  IF  GRANTED  WILL  PERMIT THE APPLICANT TO WORK UNDER THE SUPER-
 VISION OF A NEW YORK STATE REGISTRANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS  OF
 THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE MAY GRANT SUCH TEMPORARY

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 PRACTICE  PERMIT WHEN IT APPEARS BASED ON THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING
 DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED THAT THE APPLICANT WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
 REGISTRATION IN THIS STATE BECAUSE HE OR SHE HOLDS  A  LICENSE  IN  GOOD
 STANDING  FROM  ANOTHER STATE WITH SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARABLE REGISTRATION
 REQUIREMENTS TO THOSE OF THIS STATE, EXCEPT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE  HAS
 NOT  BEEN  ABLE  TO SECURE DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION OF THE APPLICANT'S
 UNDERLYING CREDENTIALS (E.G., RECEIPT OF ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT, EXPERIENCE
 VERIFICATION). SUCH PERMIT SHALL BE VALID FOR SIX MONTHS  OR  UNTIL  TEN
 DAYS  AFTER NOTIFICATION THAT THE APPLICANT DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICA-
 TIONS FOR REGISTRATION. AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS MAY BE GRANTED  UPON  A
 DETERMINATION  BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE THAT THE APPLICANT IS EXPECTED
 TO QUALIFY FOR THE FULL CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION UPON RECEIPT OF  THE
 REMAINING  DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION DOCUMENTS REQUESTED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT OF STATE IN SUCH TIME PERIOD AND THAT THE DELAY  IN  PROVIDING  THE
 NECESSARY  DOCUMENTATION  FOR  FULL  REGISTRATION WAS DUE TO EXTENUATING
 CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THE MILITARY SPOUSE COULD NOT AVOID.
   (C) A TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT ISSUED UNDER  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO THE FULL DISCIPLINARY AND REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION,  AS  IF
 SUCH  AUTHORIZATION WERE A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION ISSUED UNDER THIS
 SECTION.
   (D) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL REDUCE THE  INITIAL  CERTIFICATE  OF
 REGISTRATION  APPLICATION  FEE BY ONE-HALF FOR ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED
 BY A MILITARY SPOUSE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 8. Section 160-n of the executive law, as amended by chapter 397  of
 the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   § 160-n. Nonresident  certification  and licensing by reciprocity.  1.
 If, in the determination of the board, the  certification  or  licensing
 process  has  not  been disapproved by the appraisal subcommittee of the
 federal financial institutions examination council, an applicant who  is
 certified under the laws of such other state may obtain a certificate as
 a state certified real estate appraiser or a license as a state licensed
 real  estate  appraiser  in this state upon such terms and conditions as
 may be determined by the department.
   2. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
 APPLICANT  SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHO
 IS THE SPOUSE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AS DEFINED IN  10  U.S.C.    SECTIONS
 1209  AND  1211,  AND SUCH SPOUSE IS TRANSFERRED BY THE MILITARY TO THIS
 STATE SHALL BE AFFORDED AN EXPEDITED REVIEW OF HIS  OR  HER  APPLICATION
 FOR  LICENSURE.  SUCH  APPLICATION  SHALL BE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT AND SHALL INCLUDE AN ATTESTATION  BY  THE  APPLICANT  OF  THE
 MILITARY  STATUS  OF  HIS  OR  HER  SPOUSE AND ANY OTHER SUCH SUPPORTING
 DOCUMENTATION THAT SUCH DEPARTMENT MAY  REQUIRE.  UPON  REVIEW  OF  SUCH
 APPLICATION,  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE TO THE APPLICANT IF
 THE APPLICANT HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING IN ANOTHER STATE  AND  IN
 THE  OPINION  OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE OF SUCH
 OTHER STATE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR  LICEN-
 SURE IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION.
   (B)  IN  ADDITION  TO THE EXPEDITED REVIEW GRANTED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, AN APPLICANT WHO PROVIDES  SATISFACTORY  DOCUMENTATION
 THAT  HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING FROM ANOTHER STATE, MAY
 REQUEST THE ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT, WHICH,  IF  GRANTED
 WILL  PERMIT  THE  APPLICANT TO WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A NEW YORK
 STATE LICENSEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

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 THE DEPARTMENT MAY GRANT SUCH TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT WHEN IT  APPEARS
 BASED  ON THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED THAT THE
 APPLICANT WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE IN THIS STATE BECAUSE
 HE  OR  SHE  HOLDS  A  LICENSE  IN GOOD STANDING FROM ANOTHER STATE WITH
 SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARABLE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS TO THOSE OF THIS  STATE,
 EXCEPT  THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SECURE DIRECT SOURCE VERIFI-
 CATION OF THE  APPLICANT'S  UNDERLYING  CREDENTIALS  (E.G.,  RECEIPT  OF
 ORIGINAL  TRANSCRIPT,  EXPERIENCE  VERIFICATION).  SUCH  PERMIT SHALL BE
 VALID FOR SIX MONTHS OR UNTIL  TEN  DAYS  AFTER  NOTIFICATION  THAT  THE
 APPLICANT  DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE. AN ADDITIONAL
 SIX MONTHS MAY BE GRANTED UPON A DETERMINATION BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  THAT
 THE  APPLICANT  IS EXPECTED TO QUALIFY FOR THE FULL LICENSE UPON RECEIPT
 OF THE REMAINING DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION DOCUMENTS REQUESTED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  IN  SUCH  TIME  PERIOD  AND  THAT THE DELAY IN PROVIDING THE
 NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION  FOR  FULL  LICENSURE  WAS  DUE  TO  EXTENUATING
 CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THE MILITARY SPOUSE COULD NOT AVOID.
   (C)  A  TEMPORARY  PRACTICE  PERMIT ISSUED UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE  FULL  DISCIPLINARY  AND  REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT,  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION, AS IF SUCH
 AUTHORIZATION WERE A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION.
   (D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REDUCE THE INITIAL LICENSURE APPLICATION  FEE
 BY  ONE-HALF  FOR  ANY  APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY A MILITARY SPOUSE UNDER
 THIS SECTION.
   § 9. Subdivision 1 of section 25.13 of the arts and  cultural  affairs
 law,  as  amended by chapter 374 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read
 as follows:
   1. (A) No person, firm or corporation shall resell or  engage  in  the
 business of reselling any tickets to a place of entertainment or operate
 an  internet  website  or  any  other electronic service that provides a
 mechanism for two or more parties to participate in a resale transaction
 or that facilitates resale transactions by the means of an  auction,  or
 own,  conduct  or  maintain any office, branch office, bureau, agency or
 sub-agency for such business without having first procured a license  or
 certificate  for  each location at which business will be conducted from
 the secretary of state. Any operator or manager of a website that serves
 as a platform to facilitate resale, or resale by way  of  a  competitive
 bidding  process, solely between third parties and does not in any other
 manner engage in resales of tickets to places of entertainment shall  be
 exempt  from  the licensing requirements of this section. The department
 of state shall issue and deliver to  such  applicant  a  certificate  or
 license  to  conduct  such  business  and  to own, conduct or maintain a
 bureau, agency, sub-agency, office or branch office for the  conduct  of
 such  business  on  the  premises  stated  in  such application upon the
 payment by or on behalf of the applicant  of  a  fee  of  five  thousand
 dollars  and  shall  be renewed upon the payment of a like fee annually.
 Such license or certificate shall not be transferred or assigned, except
 by permission of the secretary of state.  Such  license  or  certificate
 shall  run  to  the  first day of January next ensuing the date thereof,
 unless sooner revoked by the secretary of state. Such license or certif-
 icate shall be granted upon a written  application  setting  forth  such
 information as the secretary of state may require in order to enable him
 or  her to carry into effect the provisions of this article and shall be
 accompanied by proof satisfactory to the secretary of state of the moral
 character of the applicant.
   (B) (I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
 APPLICANT  SEEKING  TO  QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO

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 THIS SECTION WHO IS THE SPOUSE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY  MEMBER  OF  THE  ARMED
 FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AS DEFINED IN 10
 U.S.C.  SECTIONS  1209  AND  1211, AND SUCH SPOUSE IS TRANSFERRED BY THE
 MILITARY  TO  THIS STATE SHALL BE AFFORDED AN EXPEDITED REVIEW OF HIS OR
 HER APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION. SUCH  APPLICATION  SHALL
 BE  ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND SHALL INCLUDE AN
 ATTESTATION BY THE APPLICANT OF THE MILITARY STATUS OF HIS OR HER SPOUSE
 AND ANY OTHER SUCH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION  THAT  SUCH  DEPARTMENT  MAY
 REQUIRE.  UPON REVIEW OF SUCH APPLICATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL
 ISSUE A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE TO THE APPLICANT IF THE APPLICANT HOLDS A
 LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE IN GOOD STANDING IN  ANOTHER  STATE  AND  IN  THE
 OPINION  OF  SUCH  DEPARTMENT, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE OR CERTIF-
 ICATION OF SUCH OTHER STATE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS FOR LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION IN THIS STATE.
   (II) IN ADDITION TO THE EXPEDITED REVIEW GRANTED IN  SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)
 OF  THIS PARAGRAPH, AN APPLICANT WHO PROVIDES SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION
 THAT HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE OR  CERTIFICATE  IN  GOOD  STANDING  FROM
 ANOTHER  STATE, MAY REQUEST THE ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT,
 WHICH, IF GRANTED WILL PERMIT THE APPLICANT TO  WORK  UNDER  THE  SUPER-
 VISION  OF  A  NEW YORK STATE LICENSEE OR INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CERTIFIED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THE DEPARTMENT OF
 STATE MAY GRANT SUCH TEMPORARY PRACTICE PERMIT WHEN IT APPEARS BASED  ON
 THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED THAT THE APPLICANT
 WILL  MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION IN THIS STATE
 BECAUSE HE OR SHE HOLDS A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE IN GOOD  STANDING  FROM
 ANOTHER  STATE  WITH  SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARABLE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS TO
 THOSE OF THIS STATE, EXCEPT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO
 SECURE DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION OF THE APPLICANT'S UNDERLYING  CREDEN-
 TIALS  (E.G.,  RECEIPT OF ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT, EXPERIENCE VERIFICATION).
 SUCH PERMIT SHALL BE VALID FOR  SIX  MONTHS  OR  UNTIL  TEN  DAYS  AFTER
 NOTIFICATION  THAT  THE  APPLICANT  DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR
 LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION. AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS MAY BE GRANTED UPON
 A DETERMINATION BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE  THAT  THE  APPLICANT  IS
 EXPECTED  TO  QUALIFY FOR THE FULL LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION UPON RECEIPT
 OF THE REMAINING DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION DOCUMENTS REQUESTED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF STATE IN SUCH TIME PERIOD AND THAT THE DELAY IN PROVIDING
 THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION FOR FULL LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION WAS  DUE
 TO EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THE MILITARY SPOUSE COULD NOT AVOID.
   (III)  A  TEMPORARY  PRACTICE PERMIT ISSUED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FULL DISCIPLINARY AND  REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT OF STATE, PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AS IF
 SUCH AUTHORIZATION WERE A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTI-
 CLE.
   (IV) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL REDUCE  THE  INITIAL  LICENSURE  OR
 CERTIFICATION  APPLICATION FEE BY ONE-HALF FOR ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED
 BY A MILITARY SPOUSE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 10. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however,  that
 the  amendments  made  by  section nine of this act shall not affect the
 repeal and reversion of such article and shall be deemed repealed there-
 with.