Bill Text: NY A07969 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the requirements for a license as a professional land surveyor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to higher education [A07969 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A07969-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7969--B 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the requirements for a license as a professional land surveyor; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 7206-a of the education law, as added by chapter 2 987 of the laws of 1971, paragraph 3 of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 3 as amended by chapter 32 of the laws of 1981, paragraph 6 of subdivision 4 1 as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982 and paragraph 8 of 5 subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 6 1989, is amended to read as follows: 7 § 7206-a. Requirements for a license as a professional land surveyor. 8 1. To qualify for a license as a professional land surveyor, an appli- 9 cant shall fulfill the following requirements: 10 (1) Application: file an application with the department; 11 (2) Education: have received an education, including [a bachelor's] an 12 associate's or higher degree [based on a program] in land surveying, or, 13 an associate's or higher degree in engineering, math, or related science 14 with fifteen credits in land surveying, in accordance with the commis- 15 sioner's regulations; 16 (3) Experience: [(a) If the applicant has a bachelor's or higher17degree, have at least four years in work satisfactory to the board,18provided that the board may accept study beyond the bachelor's degree in19partial fulfillment of this requirement; or (b) If the applicant has an20associate's degree, have at least six years in work satisfactory to the21board provided that the board may accept study beyond the associate'sEXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11577-08-7A. 7969--B 2 1degree in partial fulfillment of this requirement] Have practical expe- 2 rience satisfactory to the department and in accordance with the commis- 3 sioner's regulations, provided that the department may accept study 4 beyond the associate's degree specified in paragraph two of this subdi- 5 vision in partial fulfillment of this requirement; 6 (4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the [board] 7 department and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations; 8 (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age; 9 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or 10 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; 11 (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- 12 ment; and 13 (8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department 14 for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial 15 license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a 16 fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license for 17 persons not requiring admission to department conducted examination, and 18 a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period. 19 2. For admittance to the fundamentals of surveying examination, the 20 applicant shall fulfill the education, experience, and examination 21 requirements in accordance with the commissioner's regulations. Upon the 22 successful completion of the examination, an identification card as an 23 "intern land surveyor" shall be issued by the department. The fee for 24 examination qualification and identification card as an "intern land 25 surveyor" shall be seventy dollars. 26 2-a. In lieu of the degree and experience requirements specified in 27 subparagraphs [(2)] two and [(3)] three of subdivision one of this 28 section, eight years of practical experience in work satisfactory to the 29 [board] department may be accepted, provided that each full year of 30 college study in engineering or land surveying satisfactory to the 31 department may at the discretion of the [board] department be accepted 32 in lieu of one year of the required eight years of experience. 33 [3. For an identification card as an "intern land surveyor", an appli-34cant shall fulfill the requirements of subdivision one of this section,35except those in subparagraphs (3) and (5), provided that admission to36the examination may be given when the applicant is within twenty credits37of the completion of the requirements for the bachelor's or higher38degree as prescribed in subparagraph (2) of subdivision one, or has39completed the practical experience requirement of subdivision two of40this section. The fee for examination and identification card as an41"intern land surveyor" shall be seventy dollars and the fee for each42reexamination shall be seventy dollars.] 43 § 2. This act shall take effect eighteen months after it shall have 44 become a law; provided, however that subdivision 2-a of section 7206-a 45 of the education law, as added by section one of this act shall expire 8 46 years after such effective date when upon such date the provisions of 47 such subdivision shall be deemed repealed.