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Senate Bill S4660
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- 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
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2013-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6717
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§8300, 8301, 8306 & 7306, rpld §8302, add §§8302, 8303-a & 8306-a, Ed L
2013-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4660 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the practice of certified interior design PURPOSE: This bill would amend the education law, to expand the current scope of practice for state certified interior designers to align with their legally recognized skills. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends Article 161 of the Education law to create the "Practice of Certified Interior Design" to increase the scope of services that certified interior designers can offer. JUSTIFICATION: Chapter 905 of the Laws of 1990 provide for the licensure of certified interior designers by the Education Department. Over the past 13 years, the industry has continued to develop. Recent data from the US Bureau of Labor statistics indicates that New York State interior designers account for over 10 percent of the total $10 billion generated nationwide from this industry. Equally important, this industry is driven by mostly women owned small companies, with five employees or less, which make up over 75% of the interior design businesses. Under current law, certified interior designers must outsource permitting for nonstructural changes that do not impact building services or building development, resulting in higher costs for the
2013-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 4660 A. 6717 2013-2014 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y April 17, 2013 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Educa- tion IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the practice of certi- fied interior design THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 8300 of the education law, as added by chapter 905 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: S 8300. Application. This article applies to the [use of a title by a certified interior designer] PRACTICE OF CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGN. The general provisions for all professions contained in article one hundred thirty of this title apply to this article. S 2. Section 8301 of the education law, as added by chapter 905 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: S 8301. [Use] PRACTICE OF CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGN AND USE of the title "certified interior designer". Only a person certified pursuant to this article may PRACTICE CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGN AND use the title "certified interior designer". Authorization contained within this article to PRACTICE CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGN AND use the title "certi- fied interior designer" shall not be construed to permit the practice of engineering, as described in article one hundred forty-five of this title, or the practice of architecture, as described in article one hundred forty-seven of this title, by persons not otherwise authorized to engage in such practices. S 3. Section 8302 of the education law is REPEALED and a new section 8302 is added to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09410-01-3
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