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                                   5687
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 16, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York  and
   chapter  542  of the laws of 2007, amending the administrative code of
   the city of New York and the education  law  relating  to  filings  by
   persons  who  have  negligently  or knowingly made false statements in
   documents submitted to the department of buildings of the city of  New
   York, in relation to false statements made to the department of build-
   ings of the city of New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 28-211.1.2 of the administrative code of  the  city
 of  New York, as added by local law number 8 of the city of New York for
 the year 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   § 28-211.1.2 Additional penalty for false statements. In  addition  to
 any other penalty provided by law, the commissioner may refuse to accept
 an  application  or other document submitted pursuant to or in satisfac-
 tion of a requirement of this code or of a rule of any agency promulgat-
 ed thereunder that bears the signature of a person, OTHER THAN A  PERSON
 LICENSED  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-
 SEVEN OR ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  who  has  been
 found,  after a hearing at the office of administrative trials and hear-
 ings pursuant to the department's rules, to have knowingly or negligent-
 ly made a false statement or to have knowingly or negligently  falsified
 or  allowed  to  be  falsified  any certificate, form, signed statement,
 application, report or certification of the correction  of  a  violation
 required  under  the  provisions of this code or of a rule of any agency
 promulgated thereunder.  IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER  PENALTY  PROVIDED  BY
 LAW, THE COMMISSIONER MAY REFUSE TO ACCEPT AN APPLICATION OR OTHER DOCU-
 MENT  SUBMITTED  PURSUANT TO OR IN SATISFACTION OF A REQUIREMENT OF THIS
 CODE OR OF A RULE OF ANY AGENCY PROMULGATED THEREUNDER  THAT  BEARS  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 SIGNATURE  OF  A  PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-
 FIVE, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN OR ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT OF  THE  EDUCA-
 TION  LAW,  WHO  HAS  BEEN  FOUND,  UNDER  THE  DISCIPLINARY  PROCEDURES
 PRESCRIBED  IN  SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW, TO
 HAVE KNOWINGLY OR NEGLIGENTLY FALSIFIED OR ALLOWED TO BE  FALSIFIED  ANY
 CERTIFICATE,  FORM,  SIGNED  STATEMENT,  APPLICATION,  REPORT OR CERTIF-
 ICATION OR THE CORRECTION OF A VIOLATION REQUIRED UNDER  THE  PROVISIONS
 OF THIS CODE OR OF A RULE OF ANY AGENCY PROMULGATED THEREUNDER.
   §  2. Section 28-104.6.1 of the administrative code of the city of New
 York, as amended by section 10 of part A of local law number 141 of  the
 city of New York for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   §  28-104.6.1 Verification of professional qualification required. The
 department shall not accept construction documents  or  other  documents
 submitted  in  connection  with  applications  for construction document
 approval or work permits under this code by any person representing that
 he or she is a registered design  professional  or  landscape  architect
 without  verifying, by means of lists compiled and made available by the
 New York state department of education  pursuant  to  paragraph  e-1  of
 subdivision  four  of  section sixty-five hundred seven of the education
 law, that such person meets the qualifications  established  by  law  to
 practice  as  an  architect  or engineer in New York state, AND THAT THE
 ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SUCH PERSON PROVIDED ON THE APPLICA-
 TION FORM MATCHES THE ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFORMATION ON FILE  WITH  THE
 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
   § 3. Section 4 of chapter 542 of the laws of 2007, amending the admin-
 istrative code of the city of New York and the education law relating to
 filings  by  persons who have negligently or knowingly made false state-
 ments in documents submitted to the department of buildings of the  city
 of New York, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4.  Nothing  set  forth in this act shall be construed to limit the
 power of the New York city commissioner of  buildings  to  adopt  rules,
 consistent  with  state and local law, that set forth additional grounds
 for limitation of the filing privileges  [of  or  otherwise  sanctioning
 architects  and  professional engineers who have been determined after a
 hearing to have knowingly or negligently submitted  applications,  plans
 or  other  documents  to  the New York city department of buildings that
 contained false information or were not in compliance with all  applica-
 ble provisions of law or who have otherwise demonstrated incompetence or
 a  lack of knowledge of applicable law or standards] AUTHORIZED PURSUANT
 TO SECTION 28-104.2.1 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW
 YORK.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.