Bill Text: NY A07811 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the empire engineers initiative act; provides partial student loan repayment for students who are employed as engineers in the state of New York for five years following their graduation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-21 - print number 7811a [A07811 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7811
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 5, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ROZIC, BRINDISI, COOK, JAFFEE, MAISEL, MAYER,
         MOSLEY, ROSA, SIMANOWITZ, SKARTADOS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
         GABRYSZAK,  GIBSON,  HEASTIE, JACOBS, PERRY, ROBINSON -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Higher Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the  empire  engineers
         initiative act
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as  "the  empire
    2  engineers initiative act".
    3    S  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 679-f to
    4  read as follows:
    5    S 679-F.  NEW  YORK  STATE  ENGINEERS  LOAN  FORGIVENESS  PROGRAM.  1.
    6  PURPOSE.  THE  PRESIDENT SHALL GRANT STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS AWARDS FOR
    7  THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ENGINEERS SERVING  IN  NEW  YORK
    8  CITY AND THE REST OF THE STATE.
    9    2.  ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION,
   10  APPLICANTS SHALL (A) HAVE RECEIVED  A  DEGREE  IN  ENGINEERING  FROM  AN
   11  ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY; (B) COMPLY WITH SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND
   12  FIVE  OF  SECTION  SIX  HUNDRED  SIXTY-ONE  OF  THIS  PART;  (C) HAVE AN
   13  OUTSTANDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT; AND (D) ENTER INTO A  CONTRACT  WITH  THE
   14  CORPORATION TO PERFORM ENGINEERING SERVICES WITHIN THE STATE.
   15    3.  AWARDS.  THE  CORPORATION SHALL GRANT AWARDS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO
   16  FIFTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL TUITION CHARGED TO THE STUDENT BY ALL SCHOOLS
   17  OR FIFTY PERCENT OF THE  TOTAL  TUITION  CHARGED  TO  A  STATE  RESIDENT
   18  STUDENT  ATTENDING AN ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
   19  YORK, WHICHEVER IS LESS PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION  OF  ANY  SCHOLARSHIPS,
   20  GRANTS,  OR  OTHER  FINANCIAL AWARDS. AWARDS SHALL BE WITHIN THE AMOUNTS
   21  APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE AND BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
   22    4. CONVERSION. THE CORPORATION SHALL CONVERT TO  A  STUDENT  LOAN  THE
   23  FULL  AMOUNT OF THE AWARD GIVEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, PLUS INTEREST,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10647-03-3
       A. 7811                             2
    1  ACCORDING TO A SCHEDULE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION IF:  (A)  AT
    2  ANY POINT IN THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD AFTER RECEIPT OF SUCH AWARD THE RECIP-
    3  IENT  IS  NOT  EMPLOYED AS AN ENGINEER LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE; OR
    4  (B)  A RECIPIENT FAILS TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS BY THE CORPORATION REGARD-
    5  ING HIS OR HER PROFESSIONAL STATUS.
    6    5. RULES AND REGULATIONS. THE CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO  PROMULGATE
    7  RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS
    8  OF  THIS  SECTION,  INCLUDING  A  METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PRIORITY IN
    9  WHICH AWARDS ARE DISTRIBUTED. WHEN DETERMINING RULES CONCERNING  PRIORI-
   10  TY,  THE CORPORATION SHALL TAKE SUCH ACTION TO ENSURE THAT THE INTENT OF
   11  THIS SECTION IS FULFILLED, AND SHALL GIVE PREFERENCE TO INDIVIDUALS  WHO
   12  RECEIVED  THEIR  DEGREE  FROM A NEW YORK BASED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. IN
   13  THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE MORE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE THE SAME PRIORITY THAN
   14  THERE ARE REMAINING AWARDS, THE CORPORATION SHALL PROVIDE IN  REGULATION
   15  THE  METHOD  OF  DISTRIBUTING THE REMAINING NUMBER OF SUCH AWARDS, WHICH
   16  MAY INCLUDE A LOTTERY OR OTHER FORM OF RANDOM SELECTION.
   17    S 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.