Assembly Bill A8814

                            
 
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                                   8814
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 25, 2019
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 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the requirements for a
   license as a professional engineer; and to repeal  certain  provisions
   of such law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs 2 and 8 of subdivision 1 of section 7206 of  the
 education  law,  paragraph 2 as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971
 and paragraph 8 as amended by chapter  62  of  the  laws  of  1989,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (2)  Education:  have received an education, including a bachelor's or
 higher degree based on a  program  in  engineering  OR  THE  SUBSTANTIAL
 EQUIVALENT, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
   (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 a department conducted examination,]
 and a fee of two hundred ten dollars  for  each  triennial  registration
 period.
   §  2.  Subdivision  2 of section 7206 of the education law is REPEALED
 and subdivisions 3 and 4 are renumbered subdivisions 2 and 3.
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 7206 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 62 of the laws of 1989 and as renumbered by section two of  this
 act, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  For  an identification card as an ["intern engineer"] "ENGINEER IN
 TRAINING", an applicant shall fulfill  the  requirements  of  PARAGRAPHS
 ONE,  TWO,  FOUR  AND  SEVEN OF subdivision one of this section[, except
 those in subparagraphs (3) and (5), provided that admission to the exam-
 ination may be given when the applicant is within twenty credits of  the

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

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 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 engineer"
 shall  be  seventy dollars and the fee for each reexamination] "ENGINEER
 IN TRAINING" shall be seventy dollars.
   § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 7206 of the education law, as  added  by
 chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and as renumbered by section two of this
 act, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  On  recommendation of the board, the department may waive specific
 requirements, except as to age, character[, education] and  citizenship,
 in  the  case  of applicants who are possessed of established and recog-
 nized standing in the engineering  profession  and  who  have  practiced
 lawfully for more than fifteen years.
   §  5.  Section  7206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. APPLICANTS WHO FILE WITH THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN  TWO  YEARS  OF  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS SUBDIVISION AN APPLICATION AND FEE REQUIREMENTS
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS ONE AND EIGHT OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION
 AND  WHO,  AT SUCH TIME OR ANYTIME THEREAFTER, DEMONSTRATE TO THE SATIS-
 FACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY HAVE TWELVE YEARS OF PRACTICAL EXPE-
 RIENCE IN WORK SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD MAY SUBSTITUTE SUCH  EXPERIENCE
 FOR  THE  DEGREE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS TWO
 AND THREE OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED  THAT  EACH  FULL
 YEAR  OF  STUDY IN ENGINEERING SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT MAY AT THE
 DISCRETION OF THE BOARD BE ACCEPTED IN LIEU OF UP TO TWO  YEARS  OF  THE
 REQUIRED TWELVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
   § 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law and shall apply to applications for licensure
 as  a  professional  engineer  received on or after such effective date.
 Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive date are authorized to be made and  completed  on  or  before  such
 effective date.