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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  Subdivision  2 of section 7206 of the education law is REPEALED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.