Assembly Bill A3803

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain engineering plans that could pose a material risk to public safety to bear a stamp of approval of a professional engineer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A3803 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7208, add §7213, Ed L; amd §5, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A6557

2021-A3803 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain engineering plans or specifications for engineering work or services that could pose a material risk to public safety to bear a stamp of approval of a professional engineer and authorizes the public service commission to promulgate rules and regulations relating to such requirement.

2021-A3803 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3803
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law  and  the public service law, in
   relation to certain engineering plans or specifications for  engineer-
   ing work or services that could pose a material risk to public safety

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7208 of the education law, as added by chapter  987
 of  the  laws  of 1971, the section heading as amended by chapter 475 of
 the laws of 2014, subdivision g as amended by chapter 994 of the laws of
 1971, subdivision l as amended by section 15 of part A of chapter 173 of
 the laws of 2013, and subdivision p as added by chapter 954 of the  laws
 of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
   § 7208.  Exempt  persons  for  the professions of engineering and land
 surveying. 1. This article shall not be construed to affect  or  prevent
 the  following,  provided  that  no title, sign, card or device shall be
 used in such manner as to tend to convey the impression that the  person
 rendering  such  service  is  a professional engineer or a land surveyor
 licensed in this state or is practicing engineering or land surveying:
   a. Offering to practice in this state as a  professional  engineer  or
 land surveyor by any person not a resident of, and having no established
 place  of  practice  in this state, provided that such person is legally
 qualified for such practice in his own state or country;
   b. Practice as a professional engineer or land surveyor in this  state
 by any person not a resident, or having no established place of practice
 in  this state, or any person resident in this state but who has arrived
 in this state within six months, provided, however, such a person  shall
 have filed an application for license as a professional engineer or land
 surveyor,  and  is  legally  qualified for such practice in the state or
 country in which he resides or has his place of practice or in which  he
 had his previous residence or place of practice, such exemption continu-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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