Bill Text: NY S06458 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6458 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides for the review of licensure standards for architecture and landscape architecture; requires reporting to the governor and the legislature by the state board for architecture and the state board for landscape architecture.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-13 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S06458 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06458-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6458
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the review  of  licen-
          sure standards for architecture and landscape architecture
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  7309
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 7309. Review of licensure standards. The department, in consultation
     4  with the state board for architecture, shall conduct periodic reviews of
     5  the  existing  standards  for  licensure  to determine if such standards
     6  should be updated to reflect changes to the professional preparation  of
     7  architects.  The  department shall submit a report with its findings and
     8  recommendations to the legislature and the governor beginning  on  April
     9  first, two thousand seventeen, and every five years thereafter.
    10    § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 7329 to read
    11  as follows:
    12    § 7329. Review of licensure standards. The department, in consultation
    13  with  the state board for landscape architecture, shall conduct periodic
    14  reviews of the existing standards for licensure  to  determine  if  such
    15  standards should be updated to reflect changes to the professional prep-
    16  aration  of  landscape  architects. The department shall submit a report
    17  with its findings and recommendations to the legislature and the  gover-
    18  nor  beginning  on  April  first, two thousand seventeen, and every five
    19  years thereafter.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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