Bill Text: NY A01162 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to higher education [A01162 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01162-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1162
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
         GLICK, ORTIZ, SCHIMMINGER, WEISENBERG -- 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:
    1    Section    1.  Subdivision  3 of section 6502 of the education law, as
    2  amended by chapter 599 of the laws  of  1996,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    3.  An  application for registration and the required registration fee
    5  shall be submitted together with or as a part of the application  for  a
    6  license.    A  person initially licensed or a licensee resuming practice
    7  after a lapse of registration during the last two years of  a  triennial
    8  registration  period shall receive a prorated refund of one-third of the
    9  total registration fee for each full year of the triennial  period  that
   10  has  elapsed  prior to the date of registration.  THE SPOUSE OF A PERSON
   11  WHO IS LICENSED AND  REGISTERED  TO  PRACTICE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
   12  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  WHO  CAN DEMONSTRATE TO THE DEPARTMENT'S
   13  SATISFACTION THROUGH DOCUMENTED PROOF INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
   14  SUCH  PERSON'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE,  SUCH  PERSON'S  REGISTRATION, AND A
   15  CHECK, DRAFT OR MONEY ORDER CASHED FOR SUCH PERSON'S REGISTRATION, SHALL
   16  RECEIVE A PRORATED REFUND OF THE LICENSURE AND REGISTRATION FEE REFLECT-
   17  ING THE REMAINING FEE FROM THE TIME OF DEATH TO THE END OF THE REGISTRA-
   18  TION PERIOD. Except as provided in subdivision three-a of this  section,
   19  the  department  shall  renew  the  registration  of  each licensee upon
   20  receipt of a proper application, on a form prescribed by the  department
   21  and conforming to the requirements of section 3-503 of the general obli-
   22  gations law, and the registration fee.  Any licensee who fails to regis-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03677-01-3
       A. 1162                             2
    1  ter  by  the  beginning  of the appropriate registration period shall be
    2  required to pay an additional fee for late filing  of  ten  dollars  for
    3  each  month  that  registration has been delayed.   No licensee resuming
    4  practice  after  a  lapse of registration shall be permitted to practice
    5  without actual possession of the registration certificate.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.