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Assembly Bill A406

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Allows for prorated refunds of the licensure and registration fee to the spouse of a deceased professional

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2019-A406 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6502, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1192
2011-2012: A174
2013-2014: A1162
2015-2016: A1391
2017-2018: A149
2021-2022: A591

2019-A406 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for prorated refunds to the spouse of a deceased professional of the licensure and registration fee which reflects the remaining fee from the time of death to the end of the registration period.

2019-A406 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    406
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
   GLICK, ORTIZ, SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing for prorated
   refunds of the licensure and registration  fee  to  the  spouse  of  a
   deceased professional
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 6502 of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  599  of  the  laws  of 1996, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. An application for registration and the required  registration  fee
 shall  be  submitted together with or as a part of the application for a
 license.  A person initially licensed or a  licensee  resuming  practice
 after  a  lapse of registration during the last two years of a triennial
 registration period shall receive a prorated refund of one-third of  the
 total  registration  fee for each full year of the triennial period that
 has elapsed prior to the date of registration.  THE SPOUSE OF  A  PERSON
 WHO  IS  LICENSED  AND  REGISTERED  TO  PRACTICE  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, WHO  CAN  DEMONSTRATE  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT'S
 SATISFACTION  THROUGH  DOCUMENTED  PROOF  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 SUCH PERSON'S DEATH  CERTIFICATE,  SUCH  PERSON'S  REGISTRATION,  AND  A
 CHECK, DRAFT OR MONEY ORDER CASHED FOR SUCH PERSON'S REGISTRATION, SHALL
 RECEIVE A PRORATED REFUND OF THE LICENSURE AND REGISTRATION FEE REFLECT-
 ING THE REMAINING FEE FROM THE TIME OF DEATH TO THE END OF THE REGISTRA-
 TION  PERIOD. Except as provided in subdivision three-a of this section,
 the department shall  renew  the  registration  of  each  licensee  upon
 receipt  of a proper application, on a form prescribed by the department
 and conforming to the requirements of section 3-503 of the general obli-
 gations law, and the registration fee.  Any licensee who fails to regis-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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