NY State Assembly Bill 2017-A7969B

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to higher education
Jun 14, 2017	print number 7969b
Jun 14, 2017	amend and recommit to higher education
May 24, 2017	print number 7969a
May 24, 2017	amend (t) and recommit to higher education
May 23, 2017	referred to higher education

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2017-A7969 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S6103
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §7206-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A3937

2017-A7969 - Summary

Relates to the requirements for a license as a professional land surveyor.

2017-A7969 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7969
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the requirements for a
   license as a professional land surveyor
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  7206-a of the education law, as added by chapter
 987 of the laws of 1971, paragraph 3 of subdivision 1 and subdivision  2
 as amended by chapter 32 of the laws of 1981, paragraph 6 of subdivision
 1  as  amended  by  chapter  133  of the laws of 1982 and paragraph 8 of
 subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws  of
 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   § 7206-a. Requirements  for a license as a professional land surveyor.
 1. To qualify for a license as a professional land surveyor,  an  appli-
 cant shall fulfill the following requirements:
   (1) Application: file an application with the department;
   (2) Education: have received an education, including [a bachelor's] AN
 ASSOCIATE'S  or  higher  degree  [based on a program] in land surveying,
 ENGINEERING, MATH, OR RELATED  SCIENCE  WITH  FIFTEEN  CREDITS  IN  LAND
 SURVEYING, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
   (3)  Experience:  [(a)  If  the  applicant  has a bachelor's or higher
 degree, have at least four years in  work  satisfactory  to  the  board,
 provided that the board may accept study beyond the bachelor's degree in
 partial  fulfillment of this requirement; or (b) If the applicant has an
 associate's degree, have at least six years in work satisfactory to  the
 board  provided  that  the board may accept study beyond the associate's
 degree in partial fulfillment of this requirement] HAVE PRACTICAL  EXPE-
 RIENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER'S  REGULATIONS,  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  DEPARTMENT MAY ACCEPT STUDY
 BEYOND THE ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION  IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THIS REQUIREMENT.  APPLICANTS WHO FILE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11577-01-7

 A. 7969                             2
 
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE  CHAP-
 TER  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  TWENTY  SEVENTEEN THAT AMENDED THIS PARAGRAPH AN
 APPLICATION AND FEE REQUIREMENTS AND AT THE TIME OF SUCH  FILING  DEMON-
 STRATE  TO  THE  SATISFACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN
 GAINED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CHAPTER, AND AT SUCH TIME  OR
 ANYTIME  THEREAFTER,  DEMONSTRATE  TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT
 THAT THEY HAVE EIGHT YEARS OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN WORK  SATISFACTORY
 TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  SUBSTITUTE  SUCH EXPERIENCE FOR THE DEGREE AND
 EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN THIS PARAGRAPH AND PARAGRAPH TWO OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, PROVIDED THAT EACH FULL YEAR OF STUDY  IN  ENGINEERING
 OR  LAND SURVEYING SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT MAY, AT THE DISCRETION
 OF THE BOARD, BE ACCEPTED IN LIEU OF ONE YEAR'S EXPERIENCE FOR UP TO TWO
 YEARS OF THE REQUIRED EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE;
   (4) Examination: pass  an  examination  satisfactory  to  the  [board]
 DEPARTMENT and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
   (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
   (6)  Citizenship  or immigration status: be a United States citizen or
 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; and
   (8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars  to  the  department
 for  admission  to a department conducted examination and for an initial
 license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination,  a
 fee  of  one  hundred  thirty-five  dollars  for  an initial license for
 persons not requiring admission to department conducted examination, and
 a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period.
   2. [In lieu of the degree and  experience  requirements  specified  in
 subparagraphs  (2)  and  (3)  of  subdivision one of this section, eight
 years of practical experience in work satisfactory to the board  may  be
 accepted,  provided  that each full year of college study in engineering
 or land surveying satisfactory to the department may at  the  discretion
 of the board be accepted in lieu of one year of the required eight years
 of experience.
   3.  For an identification card as an "intern land surveyor", an appli-
 cant shall fulfill the requirements of subdivision one of this  section,
 except  those  in  subparagraphs (3) and (5), provided that admission to
 the examination may be given when the applicant is within twenty credits
 of the completion of the  requirements  for  the  bachelor's  or  higher
 degree  as  prescribed  in  subparagraph  (2) of subdivision one, or has
 completed the practical experience requirement  of  subdivision  two  of
 this  section.  The  fee  for  examination and identification card as an
 "intern land surveyor" shall be seventy dollars and  the  fee  for  each
 reexamination shall be seventy dollars.] FOR ADMITTANCE TO THE FUNDAMEN-
 TALS  OF  SURVEYING  EXAMINATION, THE APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL THE EDUCA-
 TION, EXPERIENCE, AND EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER'S  REGULATIONS. UPON THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE EXAM-
 INATION, AN IDENTIFICATION CARD AS AN "INTERN LAND  SURVEYOR"  SHALL  BE
 ISSUED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT.  THE  FEE FOR EXAMINATION QUALIFICATION AND
 IDENTIFICATION CARD AS  AN  "INTERN  LAND  SURVEYOR"  SHALL  BE  SEVENTY
 DOLLARS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect eighteen months after it shall have
 become a law.

2017-A7969A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S6103
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §7206-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A3937

2017-A7969A - Summary

Relates to the requirements for a license as a professional land surveyor.

2017-A7969A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7969--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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 requirements for a
   license as a professional land surveyor; and providing for the  repeal
   of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7206-a of the education law, as  added  by  chapter
 987  of the laws of 1971, paragraph 3 of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2
 as amended by chapter 32 of the laws of 1981, paragraph 6 of subdivision
 1 as amended by chapter 133 of the laws  of  1982  and  paragraph  8  of
 subdivision  1 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of
 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   § 7206-a. Requirements for a license as a professional land  surveyor.
 1.  To  qualify for a license as a professional land surveyor, an appli-
 cant shall fulfill the following requirements:
   (1) Application: file an application with the department;
   (2) Education: have received an education, including [a bachelor's] AN
 ASSOCIATE'S or higher degree [based on a  program]  in  land  surveying,
 ENGINEERING,  MATH,  OR  RELATED  SCIENCE  WITH  FIFTEEN CREDITS IN LAND
 SURVEYING, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
   (3) Experience: [(a) If the  applicant  has  a  bachelor's  or  higher
 degree,  have  at  least  four  years in work satisfactory to the board,
 provided that the board may accept study beyond the bachelor's degree in
 partial fulfillment of this requirement; or (b) If the applicant has  an
 associate's  degree, have at least six years in work satisfactory to the
 board provided that the board may accept study  beyond  the  associate's
 degree  in partial fulfillment of this requirement] HAVE PRACTICAL EXPE-
 RIENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER'S REGULATIONS, PROVIDED THAT  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  ACCEPT  STUDY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11577-03-7

 A. 7969--A                          2
 
 BEYOND  THE ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THIS REQUIREMENT;
   (4)  Examination:  pass  an  examination  satisfactory  to the [board]
 DEPARTMENT and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
   (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
   (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States  citizen  or
 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; and
   (8)  Fees:  pay  a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department
 for admission to a department conducted examination and for  an  initial
 license,  a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a
 fee of one hundred  thirty-five  dollars  for  an  initial  license  for
 persons not requiring admission to department conducted examination, and
 a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period.
   2.  FOR  ADMITTANCE  TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SURVEYING EXAMINATION, THE
 APPLICANT SHALL  FULFILL  THE  EDUCATION,  EXPERIENCE,  AND  EXAMINATION
 REQUIREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS. UPON THE
 SUCCESSFUL  COMPLETION  OF THE EXAMINATION, AN IDENTIFICATION CARD AS AN
 "INTERN LAND SURVEYOR" SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT.  THE  FEE  FOR
 EXAMINATION  QUALIFICATION  AND  IDENTIFICATION  CARD AS AN "INTERN LAND
 SURVEYOR" SHALL BE SEVENTY DOLLARS.
   2-A. In lieu of the degree and experience  requirements  specified  in
 subparagraphs  (2)  and  (3)  of  subdivision one of this section, eight
 years of practical experience in work satisfactory to the board  may  be
 accepted,  provided  that each full year of college study in engineering
 or land surveying satisfactory to the department may at  the  discretion
 of the board be accepted in lieu of one year of the required eight years
 of experience.
   [3. For an identification card as an "intern land surveyor", an appli-
 cant  shall fulfill the requirements of subdivision one of this section,
 except those in subparagraphs (3) and (5), provided  that  admission  to
 the examination may be given when the applicant is within twenty credits
 of  the  completion  of  the  requirements  for the bachelor's or higher
 degree as prescribed in subparagraph (2)  of  subdivision  one,  or  has
 completed  the  practical  experience  requirement of subdivision two of
 this section. The fee for examination  and  identification  card  as  an
 "intern  land  surveyor"  shall  be seventy dollars and the fee for each
 reexamination shall be seventy dollars.]
   § 2. This act shall take effect eighteen months after  it  shall  have
 become  a  law; provided, however that subdivision 2-a of this act shall
 expire 8 years after  such  effective  date  when  upon  such  date  the
 provisions of such subdivision shall be deemed repealed.

2017-A7969B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S6103
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §7206-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A3937

2017-A7969B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the requirements for a license as a professional land surveyor.

2017-A7969B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7969--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  again
   reported  from  said  committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the requirements for a
   license as a professional land surveyor; and providing for the  repeal
   of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7206-a of the education law, as  added  by  chapter
 987  of the laws of 1971, paragraph 3 of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2
 as amended by chapter 32 of the laws of 1981, paragraph 6 of subdivision
 1 as amended by chapter 133 of the laws  of  1982  and  paragraph  8  of
 subdivision  1 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of
 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   § 7206-a. Requirements for a license as a professional land  surveyor.
 1.  To  qualify for a license as a professional land surveyor, an appli-
 cant shall fulfill the following requirements:
   (1) Application: file an application with the department;
   (2) Education: have received an education, including [a bachelor's] AN
 ASSOCIATE'S or higher degree [based on a program] in land surveying, OR,
 AN ASSOCIATE'S OR HIGHER DEGREE IN ENGINEERING, MATH, OR RELATED SCIENCE
 WITH FIFTEEN CREDITS IN LAND SURVEYING, in accordance with  the  commis-
 sioner's regulations;
   (3)  Experience:  [(a)  If  the  applicant  has a bachelor's or higher
 degree, have at least four years in  work  satisfactory  to  the  board,
 provided that the board may accept study beyond the bachelor's degree in
 partial  fulfillment of this requirement; or (b) If the applicant has an
 associate's degree, have at least six years in work satisfactory to  the
 board  provided  that  the board may accept study beyond the associate's

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

                                                            LBD11577-08-7

 A. 7969--B                          2

 degree in partial fulfillment of this requirement] HAVE PRACTICAL  EXPE-
 RIENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER'S  REGULATIONS,  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  DEPARTMENT MAY ACCEPT STUDY
 BEYOND  THE ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THIS REQUIREMENT;
   (4) Examination: pass  an  examination  satisfactory  to  the  [board]
 DEPARTMENT and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
   (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
   (6)  Citizenship  or immigration status: be a United States citizen or
 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; and
   (8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars  to  the  department
 for  admission  to a department conducted examination and for an initial
 license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination,  a
 fee  of  one  hundred  thirty-five  dollars  for  an initial license for
 persons not requiring admission to department conducted examination, and
 a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period.
   2. FOR ADMITTANCE TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF  SURVEYING  EXAMINATION,  THE
 APPLICANT  SHALL  FULFILL  THE  EDUCATION,  EXPERIENCE,  AND EXAMINATION
 REQUIREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS. UPON THE
 SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE EXAMINATION, AN IDENTIFICATION CARD  AS  AN
 "INTERN  LAND  SURVEYOR"  SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE FEE FOR
 EXAMINATION QUALIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION CARD  AS  AN  "INTERN  LAND
 SURVEYOR" SHALL BE SEVENTY DOLLARS.
   2-A.  In  lieu  of the degree and experience requirements specified in
 subparagraphs [(2)] TWO and [(3)]  THREE  of  subdivision  one  of  this
 section, eight years of practical experience in work satisfactory to the
 [board]  DEPARTMENT  may  be  accepted,  provided that each full year of
 college study in engineering  or  land  surveying  satisfactory  to  the
 department  may  at the discretion of the [board] DEPARTMENT be accepted
 in lieu of one year of the required eight years of experience.
   [3. For an identification card as an "intern land surveyor", an appli-
 cant shall fulfill the requirements of subdivision one of this  section,
 except  those  in  subparagraphs (3) and (5), provided that admission to
 the examination may be given when the applicant is within twenty credits
 of the completion of the  requirements  for  the  bachelor's  or  higher
 degree  as  prescribed  in  subparagraph  (2) of subdivision one, or has
 completed the practical experience requirement  of  subdivision  two  of
 this  section.  The  fee  for  examination and identification card as an
 "intern land surveyor" shall be seventy dollars and  the  fee  for  each
 reexamination shall be seventy dollars.]
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect eighteen months after it shall have
 become a law; provided, however that subdivision 2-a of  section  7206-a
 of the education law, as added by section one of this act shall expire 8
 years  after  such  effective date when upon such date the provisions of
 such subdivision shall be deemed repealed.

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Assembly Bill A7969B

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