Assembly Actions -
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Jan 20, 2016 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to higher education |
Jan 12, 2015 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S1395
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 58th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S1395 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S1395 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1395 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to increasing the threshold at which certain buildings, structures and public works are required to be planned and supervised by a professional engineer, land surveyor or architect PURPOSE: To amend the Education Law in order to adjust the threshold at which the services of a professional engineer, land surveyor or architect are required. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends section 7209, and section 7307, of the Education Law to increase the threshold at which construction and maintenance of certain buildings, structures and public works must be supervised by professional engineers, land surveyors, and licensed architects. JUSTIFICATION: The current thresholds of $5,000 for public projects, and $10,000 for private projects have not been changed for over 30 years and have not
2015-S1395 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1395 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- (at request of the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources) -- 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 increasing the thresh- old at which certain buildings, structures and public works are required to be planned and supervised by a professional engineer, land surveyor or architect THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 7209 of the education law, as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 3. No county, city, town or village or other political subdivision of this state shall engage in the construction or maintenance of any public work involving engineering or land surveying for which plans, specifica- tions and estimates have not been made by, and the construction and maintenance supervised by, a professional engineer or land surveyor; provided that this section shall not apply to the construction, improve- ment or maintenance of county roads or town highways, nor to any other public works wherein the contemplated expenditure for the completed project does not exceed [five] FIFTY thousand dollars. This section shall not be construed as affecting or preventing any county, city, town or village or other political subdivision of this state from engaging an architect licensed in this state for the preparation of plans, specifi- cations and estimates for and the supervision of construction or mainte- nance of public works. S 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 7 of section 7209 of the education law, as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: b. To alterations to any building or structure costing [ten] FIFTY thousand dollars or less which do not involve changes affecting the structural safety or public safety thereof nor to farm buildings, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01020-01-5
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