Requires the department of state to make renewed appearance enhancement licenses and certificates and renewed barber licenses and certificates available on its website in a portable document format for download by the person whose license or certificate has been renewed.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4042
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
department of state to make renewed appearance enhancement licenses
and certificates and renewed barber licenses and certificates avail-
able on its website in a portable document format for download
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 408 of the general business law,
as amended by chapter 715 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
follows:
6. Any license, which has not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the
payment of the renewal fee, be renewed for additional periods of four
years from its application, without further examination, upon the filing
of an application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by the
secretary. When an applicant seeks to renew their license, the depart-
ment shall notify applicants of voluntary domestic violence and sexual
assault awareness education courses that can be accessed through the
department's website. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ENABLE LICENSEES TO DOWNLOAD
SUCH RENEWED LICENSE FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE IN A PORTABLE DOCU-
MENT FORMAT AFTER SUCH RENEWAL IS PROCESSED.
§ 2. Subdivision 4 of section 439 of the general business law, as
amended by section 4 of part Y of chapter 60 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
4. Any license or certificate, except a temporary license, which has
not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the payment of the renewal fee
prescribed by this article, be renewed for additional periods of four
years from its expiration, without further examination, upon the filing
of any application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by the
secretary of state, accompanied by the certificate required by paragraph
(c) and the certificate of completion required by paragraph (e-1) of
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07571-01-5
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