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Establishes the "New York state consumers' right to repair act of 2010"

Establishes the "New York state consumers' right to repair act" which mandates automobile manufacturers to release vehicle repair information to vehicle owners allowing such owners to choose among…

Darryl TownsConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Requires all music teachers to be certified

Requires all music teachers to be certified.

Harvey WeisenbergHigher Education Committee

Enacts the "child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention act"; repealer

Enacts the "child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention act"; relates to prostitution offenses and creating the crime of sexual exploitation of a child; relates to computer sex crimes against…

Felix OrtizCodes Committee

Provides for the continuation of planning and zoning approvals and permits

Brian X. FoleyLocal Government Committee

Provides for local tidal wetlands protection

Provides for local tidal wetlands protection; authorizes that if a town, village, city or county does not possess the technical capacity or the procedures effectively to carry out the requirements…

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act"

Enacts the "food retail establishment subsidization for healthy communities act" (FRESH Communities); provides loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to businesses, municipalities,…

Eric AdamsFinance Committee

Authorizes Donna Veeder, widow of Garry L. Veeder, to change the date of retirement of her husband

Authorizes Donna Veeder, widow of Garry L.

Neil D. BreslinCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Provides for local tidal wetlands protection

Provides for local tidal wetlands protection; authorizes that if a town, village, city or county does not possess the technical capacity or the procedures effectively to carry out the requirements…

Fred ThieleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to farm pond dams

Relates to farm pond dams; defines farm pond dams as dams principally installed to enhance agricultural, environmental and conservation benefits on farms.

Catharine YoungAgriculture Committee

Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority

Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority.

Aileen GuntherCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides an exemption of pension income for the determination of awards and loans for student financial aid

Provides twenty thousand dollar exemption of pension income from total income for the purpose of determining amount of awards and loans for student financial aid.

Deborah GlickHigher Education Committee

Requires the testing of newborns for Pompe disease, Fabry disease, Niemann-Pick disease, Gaucher disease and severe combined immunodeficiency disease

Requires the testing of newborns for Pompe disease, Fabry disease, Niemann-Pick disease, Gaucher disease and severe combined immunodeficiency disease.

Harvey WeisenbergHealth Committee

Requires hospitals to disclose any hospital service or health related service provided by such hospital that is performed outside of the United States

Requires hospitals to disclose any hospital service or health related service provided by such hospital that is performed outside of the United States by any person, firm, corporation or other…

Marc AlessiHealth Committee

Makes use of a portable electronic device while driving a primary offense and creates a cell phone safety component to the pre-licensing course

Makes use of a portable electronic device while driving a primary offense and creates a cell phone safety component to the pre-licensing course.

Jack Quinn IIITransportation Committee

Requires the notification in writing of discharge or transfer of minors from attendance upon instruction and the reporting of such data to the legislature

Requires the notification in writing of discharge or transfer of minors from attendance upon instruction and the reporting of such data to the legislature; the notification shall include a breakdown…

Karim CamaraEducation Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of health to establish procedures providing information on the child health insurance plan to a person filing for unemployment insurance

Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of labor, to establish procedures to provide information on the child health insurance plan to a person filing for…

Marc AlessiHealth CommitteeHealth

Requires mandatory restitution and reparation by the court if an officer of a school district is convicted and the victim is such officer's school district

Requires mandatory restitution by the court if an officer of a school district is convicted and the victim of such crime is such officer's school district; mandates that the court require…

Marc AlessiCodes Committee

Relates to the issuance of protective orders in cases involving hate crimes and upon release of a convicted hate crime perpetrator, and authorizes the imposition of additional sentencing conditions

Relates to the issuance of protective orders during the disposition of cases involving hate crimes and upon release of a convicted hate crime perpetrator, and authorizes the imposition of additional…

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Provides that the intentional murder of a child under the age of twelve shall be a first degree murder offense; amends the definition of torture

Provides that the intentional murder of a child under the age of twelve shall be a first degree murder offense; amends the definition of torture related to first degree murder.

Martin J. GoldenCodes Committee

Authorizes the department of agriculture and markets to notify individual producers of milk in a dairy cooperative of any proposed agreements and orders

Authorizes the department of agriculture and markets to notify individual producers of milk in a dairy cooperative of any proposed agreements and orders affecting either the northeast milk marketing…

Addie JenneAgriculture Committee

Extends the protections of the medical exemption from mandatory immunizations for students

Extends the protections of the medical exemption from mandatory immunizations for students to ensure deference to the professional assessments of physicians and nurse practitioners in the care of…

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Provides that sellers of certain products give written notice to consumers of the availability of devices to prevent tipping and injury to young children

Requires that manufacturers and sellers of certain consumer products place a tipping warning on such products.

Michael CusickOn the Assembly floor

Provides that recovery for certain injuries arising out of voluntary participation in athletics shall be diminished by the percentage of culpable conduct

Provides that recovery for certain injuries or wrongful death arising out of voluntary participation in athletics shall be diminished by the percentage of culpable conduct attributable to the…

Joseph LentolOn the Assembly floor

Provides protections to parents who decline to have their children immunized on the basis of religious beliefs

Provides protections to parents who decline to have their children immunized on the basis of religious beliefs; allows a parent to submit an affidavit stating that the parent, parents or guardian…

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Provides that real property tax exemption for professional basketball and hockey franchises in a city of one million or more shall be subject to local law

Provides that the real property tax exemption for professional basketball and hockey franchises in a city of one million or more shall be subject to enactment of a local law by the legislative body…

José PeraltaStricken

Relates to the conduct of public hearings by the metropolitan transportation authority

Relates to the conduct of public hearings by the metropolitan transportation authority; requires one additional hearing where more than 75 persons are unable to attend a required public hearing due…

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Creates the lymphedema and lymphatic diseases research grants program

Creates the lymphedema and lymphatic diseases research grants program; grants, not to exceed $50,000, would be awarded on a competitive basis to biomedical research institutions conducting direct…

Martin J. GoldenCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides for the exemption of honorably discharged U.S. veterans from payment of New York Thruway tolls

Provides for the exemption of honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces of the United States from New York State Thruway tolls; provides reimbursement for any loss in net revenue up to one…

Michael F. NozzolioTransportation Committee

Relates to providing a tax credit to businesses for the purchase of emergency electrical generators

Relates to providing a tax credit to businesses for the purchase of emergency electrical generators.

Dale M. VolkerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to school district libraries and certain tax levies

Relates to school district libraries and certain tax levies; provides that a school district may levy library taxes in only one part of the school district.

Dale M. VolkerLocal Government Committee

Requires landlord to pay penalties if he fails in action to evict tenant on grounds of primary residency

Provides that where the owner or lessor of a rent controlled or rent stabilized unit commences an action in bad faith to recover possession on the grounds that it is not occupied as the tenant's…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development CommitteeHousing

Relates to state aid for certain non-medical services to the elderly

Sets limitations on reimbursement levels for state aid for certain non-medical services to the elderly.

Martin J. GoldenAging Committee

Requires child protective service or other child protective agency to report findings within fourteen days where ordered or requested by court to investigate

Requires child protective service to report findings regarding children allegedly abused or neglected within fourteen days where ordered or requested by court to investigate, unless just cause can…

Dale M. VolkerChildren And Families Committee

Relates to the amount of dispensing fees paid to pharmacies in EPIC and Medicaid

Relates to the amount of dispensing fees paid to pharmacies in EPIC and Medicaid; establishes the dispensing fee at eight dollars per prescription for patients in long term care facilities,…

RoAnn DestitoHealth Committee

Creates the business employment incentive program

Creates the business employment incentive program to foster job growth; provides grants to businesses that create a certain amount of new employment opportunities within their companies; makes the…

Brian X. FoleyCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

Authorizes law enforcement to use ethnic profiling when determining which individuals to stop, question, frisk, or search for suspicion of terrorist activity

Authorizes law enforcement to use ethnic profiling when determining which individuals to stop, question, frisk, or search for suspicion of terrorist activity.

Vincent L. LeibellVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Eliminates a number of filing fees imposed on businesses by the department of state; repealers

Eliminates a number of filing fees imposed on businesses by the department of state pursuant to the business corporation law, the executive law and the not-for-profit corporation law; eliminates…

Brian X. FoleyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Relates to charter schools operating at multiple sites

Relates to charter schools operating at multiple sites.

Karim CamaraStricken

Enacts the "education reform act of 2010"

Enacts the "education reform act of 2010".

Sam HoytEducation Committee

Consolidates and reduces the frequency of reporting requirements by various departments, agencies and public authorities; repealer

Consolidates and reduces the frequency of reporting requirements by various departments, agencies and public authorities; also provides for copies of public documents to be sent to the legislative…

Brian KavanaghGovernmental Operations Committee

Makes real property tax deferments available to senior citizens; provides for liens and funding thereof

Empowers a county or a city with a population of one million or more to provide for deferment of real property taxes owed by persons 65 years of age or older by local law; sets forth procedures for…

José PeraltaStricken

Allows certain members employed by department of taxation and finance to retire without reduction of benefits upon completing 25 or more years of service

Provides for certain retirement benefits for members employed by the New York state department of taxation and finance as peace officers or police officers upon completion of twenty-five years of…

Mark J.F. SchroederGovernmental Employees Committee

Revises procedures for issuance of retail and special retail liquor licenses for on-premises consumption for premises within 500 feet of 3 or more existing premises

Revises procedures regarding the issuance of both retail and special retail liquor licenses for on-premises consumption for premises located within 500 feet of 3 or more existing premises in cities,…

Joseph LentolEconomic Development Committee

Makes an appropriation to the department of health relating to helping individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia maintain their independence

Makes an appropriation of $7,000,000 to the department of health relating to helping individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia maintain their independence.

Steven EnglebrightAging Committee

Provides sales tax exemption for reduced portion and cost food sales to senior citizens in restaurants and other establishments

Provides sales tax exemption for food sold in reduced portions at reduced prices to persons 65 years of age or over at a restaurant, cafeteria or other establishment.

José PeraltaStricken

Provides cost-of-living adjustments

Provides cost-of-living adjustments; further provides that effective the first day of September, 2010, the cost-of-living percentage shall equal one hundred percent of the annual inflation.

Mark J.F. SchroederGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides that participants in subsidized public sector employment programs shall have substantially the same status under the Taylor law as other employees

Provides that participants in subsidized public sector employment programs shall have substantially the same status under the Public Employees' Fair Employment Act (Taylor law) as employees of the…

José PeraltaStricken

Revises procedures for issuance of retail and special retail liquor licenses for on premises consumption for premises within 500 feet of 3 or more existing premises

Revises procedures regarding the issuance of both retail and special retail liquor licenses for on-premises consumption for premises located within 500 feet of 3 or more existing premises in cities,…

Joseph LentolEconomic Development Committee