New York A 5678: Authorizes district attorney to petition for posting of security when animal is impounded as result of abuse

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A05678 Summary:

BILL NOA05678 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLevenberg

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Amd §§7209 & 7307, Ed L

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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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02/19/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5678

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred 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,
 23 including barns, sheds, poultry houses and other buildings used directly

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09120-01-5

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 1 and solely for agricultural purposes; nor to residence buildings of
 2 gross floor area of fifteen hundred square feet or less, not including
 3 garages, carports, porches, cellars, or uninhabitable basements or
 4 attics.
 5 § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 7307 of the education law, as added by
 6 chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, paragraph 1 as amended by chapter 994
 7 of the laws of 1971 and paragraph 2 as amended by chapter 591 of the
 8 laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
 9 5. This article shall not apply to: [1.] a. Farm buildings, including
 10 barns, sheds, poultry houses and other buildings used directly and sole-
 11 ly for agricultural purposes; nor to residence buildings of gross area
 12 of fifteen hundred square feet or less, not including garages, carports,
 13 porches, cellars, or uninhabitable basements or attics; or
 14 [2.] b. Alterations, costing ten thousand dollars or less, to any
 15 building or structure within the city of New York and [twenty] fifty
 16 thousand dollars or less, to any building or structure outside the city
 17 of New York which do not involve changes affecting the structural safety
 18 or public safety thereof.
 19 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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