Senate Bill S8850

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Permits certain not-for-profit corporations engaged in engineering for certain conservation efforts to do business or provide professional engineering, land surveying or professional geology services in the state

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S8850 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10016
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7209 & 7210, Ed L

2023-S8850 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to permitting certain not-for-profit corporations engaged in engineering for certain conservation efforts to do business or provide professional engineering, land surveying, or professional geology services in the state.

2023-S8850 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8850 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8850
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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  permitting  certain
   not-for-profit corporations engaged in engineering for certain conser-
   vation  efforts  to  do  business or provide professional engineering,
   land surveying, or professional geology services in the state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  7209 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL PROHIBIT  A  FOREIGN  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 CORPORATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 CORPORATION LAW, ENGAGED IN ENGINEERING FOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS ASSOCI-
 ATED  WITH  (A)  TIDAL WETLAND, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
 25-0103 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, RESTORATION, (B) FRESHWA-
 TER WETLAND, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  24-0107  OF  THE
 ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW,  RESTORATION, (C) HABITAT RESTORATION,
 (D) GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, OR (E) NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE FROM OBTAINING A
 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY TO DO  BUSINESS  IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,
 PROVIDED  THAT  THE  BUSINESS PROPOSED TO BE DONE BY SUCH NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 CORPORATION  WITHIN  THIS  STATE  RELATES  TO  THE  STATED  CONSERVATION
 RESOURCES  AND SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER PURSUANT TO
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of section 7210 of  the  education  law,
 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014 and subdivi-
 sions 2 and 3 as amended by chapter 483 of the laws of 2001, are amended
 to read as follows:
   1.  Domestic  or  foreign  professional  service  corporations, design
 professional service corporations, professional service limited  liabil-
 ity companies, foreign professional service limited liability companies,
 registered  limited  liability partnerships, New York registered foreign
 limited liability partnerships, FOREIGN NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED TWO OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION
 LAW, ENGAGED IN ENGINEERING FOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH (A)
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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