Bill Text: NY S05571 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Allows special provisions for certain interior designers who have been practicing interior design for fifteen or more years prior to the effective date of this act to apply for certain exemptions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-23 - referred to ways and means [S05571 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S05571-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5571--A
Cal. No. 393
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 19, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education --
reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing a limited
exemption from certification requirements for certain interior design-
ers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 8305 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
3 1-A. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
4 SECTION, APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN PRACTICING INTERIOR DESIGN AS DEFINED
5 IN SECTION EIGHTY-THREE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE FOR FIFTEEN OR
6 MORE YEARS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION MAY APPLY TO
7 THE DEPARTMENT FOR, AND THE DEPARTMENT MAY GRANT, AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
8 REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS (B) AND (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
9 SECTION FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO TWO YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
10 SUBDIVISION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHTY-THREE
11 HUNDRED SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
12 S 2. Section 8307 of the education law is renumbered section 8308 and
13 a new section 8307 is added to read as follows:
14 S 8307. SPECIAL PROVISIONS. 1. A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN PRACTICING INTE-
15 RIOR DESIGN AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTY-THREE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS
16 ARTICLE FOR FIFTEEN OR MORE YEARS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
17 SECTION MAY APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR, AND THE DEPARTMENT MAY GRANT,
18 AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS (B) AND (D) OF SUBDIVI-
19 SION ONE OF SECTION EIGHTY-THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
20 2. THE APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION SHALL
21 BE DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 NO LATER THAN THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL
2 REQUIRE, AT A MINIMUM:
3 (A) VERIFICATION OF THE APPLICANT'S EMPLOYMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF
4 DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT SUCH APPLICANT MEETS THE MINIMUM FIFTEEN
5 YEARS REQUIREMENT FOR EXEMPTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE;
6 (B) DOCUMENTATION, IN A FORM SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT, TO
7 SUBSTANTIALLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE APPLICANT'S WORK EXPERIENCE AND
8 EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE CONSISTED OF SERVICES AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTY-
9 THREE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE AS DISTINGUISHED FROM SERVICES
10 PROVIDED BY INTERIOR DECORATORS AND OTHERS PROVIDING INTERIOR FURNISHING
11 SERVICES; AND
12 (C) RECOMMENDATIONS FROM CLIENTS AND FROM PRESENT AND, IF APPLICABLE,
13 PAST EMPLOYERS OR COLLEAGUES.
14 3. EACH APPLICATION SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
15 SECTION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A FEE OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS
16 FOR AN INITIAL LICENSE AND A FEE OF TWO HUNDRED TEN DOLLARS FOR EACH
17 TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION PERIOD.
18 S 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
19 law; provided that the commissioner of the department of education shall
20 immediately promulgate all rules and regulations and take all actions
21 necessary to implement the provisions of this act on or before its
22 effective date.
