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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6458
IN SENATE
January 13, 2016
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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.
LBD13541-01-6
