S04333 Summary:

BILL NOS04333
 
SAME ASSAME AS A01267-A
 
SPONSORYOUNG
 
COSPNSRO'MARA, RITCHIE, ROBACH
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd SS7209 & 7307, Ed L
 
Increases to $50,000 the cost of the construction of a building, structure or public work, above which a professional engineer, land surveyor or architect must be utilized to plan and supervise the construction thereof.
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S04333 Actions:

BILL NOS04333
 
03/21/2013REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
01/08/2014REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
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S04333 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S04333 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4333
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     March 21, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        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:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 7209  of  the  education  law,  as
     2  added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
     3    3.  No county, city, town or village or other political subdivision of
     4  this state shall engage in the construction or maintenance of any public
     5  work involving engineering or land surveying for which plans, specifica-
     6  tions  and  estimates  have  not  been made by, and the construction and
     7  maintenance supervised by, a professional  engineer  or  land  surveyor;
     8  provided that this section shall not apply to the construction, improve-
     9  ment  or  maintenance of county roads or town highways, nor to any other

    10  public works wherein the  contemplated  expenditure  for  the  completed
    11  project  does  not  exceed  [five]  fifty thousand dollars. This section
    12  shall not be construed as affecting or preventing any county, city, town
    13  or village or other political subdivision of this state from engaging an
    14  architect licensed in this state for the preparation of plans,  specifi-
    15  cations and estimates for and the supervision of construction or mainte-
    16  nance of public works.
    17    §  2.  Paragraph  b  of subdivision 7 of section 7209 of the education
    18  law, as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read  as
    19  follows:
    20    b.  To  alterations  to  any building or structure costing [ten] fifty
    21  thousand dollars or less which do  not  involve  changes  affecting  the
    22  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.
                                                                   LBD02518-02-3

        S. 4333                             2
 
     1  including barns, sheds, poultry houses and other buildings used directly
     2  and solely for agricultural purposes;  nor  to  residence  buildings  of
     3  gross  floor  area of fifteen hundred square feet or less, not including
     4  garages,  carports,  porches,  cellars,  or  uninhabitable  basements or
     5  attics.
     6    § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 7307 of the education law, as  added  by
     7  chapter  987  of the laws of 1971, paragraph 1 as amended by chapter 994
     8  of the laws of 1971 and paragraph 2 as amended by  chapter  591  of  the
     9  laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:

    10    5. This article shall not apply to:  [1.] a. Farm buildings, including
    11  barns, sheds, poultry houses and other buildings used directly and sole-
    12  ly  for  agricultural purposes; nor to residence buildings of gross area
    13  of fifteen hundred square feet or less, not including garages, carports,
    14  porches, cellars, or uninhabitable basements or attics; or
    15    [2.] b. Alterations, costing ten thousand  dollars  or  less,  to  any
    16  building  or  structure  within  the city of New York and [twenty] fifty
    17  thousand dollars or less, to any building or structure outside the  city
    18  of New York which do not involve changes affecting the structural safety
    19  or public safety thereof.
    20    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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