STATE OF NEW YORK
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8522--A
IN SENATE
May 9, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to removing the three-
year exemption of mandatory continuing education for newly licensed
certified public accountants and public accountants
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 7409 of the educa-
2 tion law, as amended by chapter 651 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 b. [Certified public accountants and public accountants shall be
5 exempt from the mandatory continuing education requirement for the
6 triennial registration period during which they are first licensed by
7 the department.] In accordance with the intent of this section, adjust-
8 ments to the mandatory continuing education requirement may be granted
9 by the department for reasons of health certified by a physician, for
10 extended active duty with armed forces of the United States, or for
11 other good cause acceptable to the department which may prevent compli-
12 ance.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020. Effective immediate-
14 ly, the addition and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
15 the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and
16 directed to be made on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15717-03-8