§ 1503. Organization.\n (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, one or more\nindividuals duly authorized by law to render the same professional\nservice within the state may organize, or cause to be organized, a\nprofessional service corporation for pecuniary profit under this article\nfor the purpose of rendering the same professional service, except that\none or more individuals duly authorized by law to practice professional\nengineering, architecture, landscape architecture, land surveying or\ngeology within the state may organize, or cause to be organized, a\nprofessional service corporation or a design professional service\ncorporation for pecuniary profit under this article for the purpose of\nrendering such professional services as such individuals are authorized\nto practice.\n (b) The certificate of incorporation of a professional service\ncorporation shall meet the requirements of this chapter and (i) shall\nstate the profession or professions to be practiced by such corporation\nand the names and residence addresses of all individuals who are to be\nthe original shareholders, directors and officers of such corporation,\nand (ii) shall have attached thereto a certificate or certificates\nissued by the licensing authority certifying that each of the proposed\nshareholders, directors and officers is authorized by law to practice a\nprofession which the corporation is being organized to practice and, if\napplicable, that one or more of such individuals is authorized to\npractice each profession which the corporation will be authorized to\npractice.\n (b-1) The certificate of incorporation of a design professional\nservice corporation shall meet the requirements of this chapter,\nprovided that shareholders may include employee stock ownership plans\n(ESOPs) and employees of the corporation not licensed as design\nprofessionals, and provided further however that:\n (i) greater than seventy-five percent of the outstanding shares of\nstock of the corporation are owned by design professionals and an ESOP\n(or ESOPs) with greater than seventy-five percent of the plan's voting\ntrustees or greater than seventy-five percent of the plan's committee\nmembers being design professionals,\n (ii) an ESOP, either in part or in its entirety, shall not constitute\npart of the greater than seventy-five percent owned by design\nprofessionals unless greater than seventy-five percent of the plan's\nvoting trustees or greater than seventy-five percent of the plan's\ncommittee members are design professionals,\n (iii) greater than seventy-five percent of the directors are design\nprofessionals,\n (iv) greater than seventy-five percent of the officers are design\nprofessionals,\n (v) the president, the chairperson of the board of directors and the\nchief executive officer or officers are design professionals, and\n (vi) the single largest shareholder is either a design professional or\nan ESOP with greater than seventy-five percent of the plan's voting\ntrustees being design professionals and greater than seventy-five\npercent of the plan's committee members being design professionals.\n (b-2) The certificate of incorporation of a design professional\nservice corporation shall:\n (i) state the profession or professions to be practiced by such\ncorporation,\n (ii) state the names and residence addresses of all individuals or\nESOPs who are to be the original shareholders, directors and officers of\nsuch corporation,\n (iii) indicate the profession or professions of each original\nshareholder, director and officer who is a design professional,\n (iv) state the ownership interest of each original shareholder, and\n (v) indicate the names of the original officers and directors who are\nthe president, the chairperson of the board of directors and the chief\nexecutive officer or officers.\n (b-3) The certificate of incorporation of a design professional\nservice corporation shall have attached thereto a certificate or\ncerti
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