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Establishes time restrictions for court issued consent orders for work performance to remove or remedy conditions in such petition

Establishes time restrictions for court issued consent orders for work performance to remove or remedy dangerous conditions or building code violations; permits sixty days for consent orders to be…

Eric T. SchneidermanHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Provides for the licensure of reflexology practitioners

Provides for the licensure of reflexology practitioners.

Eric T. SchneidermanHigher Education Committee

Relates to notification to victims of service of orders of protection

Requires courts to notify victims upon service of orders of protection.

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Establishes the natural gas exploration and extraction liability act of 2010

Establishes the natural gas exploration and extraction liability act of 2010.

Eric T. SchneidermanEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Enacts the immigration provider enforced disclosure information and registration (IMPEDIR) act of 2010

Enacts the immigration provider enforced disclosure information and registration (IMPEDIR) act of 2010.

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Relates to disclosure in New York state in an action pending in another jurisdiction

Relates to disclosure in New York state in an action pending in another jurisdiction.

Eric T. SchneidermanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to authorizing the New York city off-track betting corporation to file a petition for adjustment of indebtedness

Relates to authorizing the New York city off-track betting corporation to file a petition for adjustment of indebtedness.

Eric T. SchneidermanRacing, Gaming And Wagering Committee

Relates to process servers

Relates to process servers, relating to licensing and penalties.

Eric T. SchneidermanConsumer Protection Committee

Requires the renewal of firearms licenses after five years and the taking of a safety course outside the city of New York

Requires the renewal of firearms' licenses after five years and the taking of a safety course outside the city of New York; sets a date for expiration and provides for a schedule for recertification…

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Requires restoration of areas adjacent to wetlands

Requires restoration of areas adjacent to wetlands by those persons who, following procedures set forth in law, have been directed to cease violation and to restore the affected wetlands.

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Enacts the "children's weapon accident prevention act"

Enacts the "children's weapon accident prevention act"; creates crimes of failure to store a weapon safely in the first and second degrees, aggravated failure to store a weapon, and criminally…

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals

Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals; provides that such measures shall be promulgated…

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Provides for source separation and disposal of recyclable materials and requires municipalities to adopt local laws providing therefor

Provides for source separation and disposal of recyclable materials and requires municipalities to adopt local laws providing therefor; prohibits transporters from commingling recyclables with other…

Eric T. SchneidermanEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Establishes offenses of throttling and strangulation

Establishes offenses of throttling and strangulation.

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Repeals certain provisions regarding adoption of new or revised city charter proposed by charter commission which limit submission of questions to city's electors

Repeals certain provisions regarding the adoption of a new or revised city charter proposed by a charter commission which limit the submission of questions to a city's qualified electors: eliminates…

Eric T. SchneidermanCities Committee

Directs the state board of elections to obtain residential data on incarcerated persons to be used in creating congressional, senate, assembly, and county districts

Directs the state board of elections to obtain residential data on incarcerated persons to be used in creating congressional, senate, assembly, and county legislative body districts on the basis of…

Eric T. SchneidermanStricken

Relates to when a person is guilty of loitering; repealer

Clarifies provisions of the penal law describing when a person is guilty of loitering by removing subdivisions that have been declared unconstitutional.

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

Relates to the representation of children; replaces the term "law guardian" with the term "attorney for the child" to more accurately reflect the attorney's role

Relates to the representation of children; replaces the term "law guardian" with the term "attorney for the child" to more accurately reflect the attorney's role.

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

Commemorating the 166th Anniversary of the Dominican Republic Independence

Eric T. SchneidermanAdopted

Adopted

Prohibits a skier from skiing in any area unless he or she is wearing a protective helmet; applicable to skiers under fifteen years of age

Prohibits a skier or snowboarder from skiing or snowboarding in any area unless he or she is wearing a protective helmet; applicable to skiers and snowboarders between one and fourteen years of age.

Eric T. SchneidermanJudiciary Committee

Requires notice of risk of deportation of non-citizens, prior to accepting plea to a misdemeanor or violation

Requires courts, prior to accepting a plea to a misdemeanor or violation, to provide notice to the defendant that such plea and the acceptance thereof could result in deportation, removal from the…

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

Directs courts to exonerate bail and order recognizance when no grand jury action has occurred for 45 days from arraignment, unless the people show good cause

Directs courts to exonerate bail and order recognizance when no grand jury action has occurred for 45 days from arraignment, unless the people show good cause otherwise.

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

Changes community service to be compensatory service in certain sentencing alternative programs

Changes community service to be compensatory service in certain sentencing alternative programs to distinguish such service from the service provided by volunteers.

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Enacts the "language barrier elimination act" to provide translations to the limited English proficient in connection with certain services

Enacts the "language barrier elimination act" to provide translations to the limited English proficient in connection with services provided through the department of labor, department of family…

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

Declares a policy of equal treatment in development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies

Declares a policy of equal treatment of people of all races, cultures, religions, incomes, education levels and sexual preference in the development and enforcement of environmental laws,…

Eric T. SchneidermanEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Exempts from licensure instructors in yoga and martial arts

Requires licensure for instructors in religion, dancing, music, painting, drawing, sculpture, poetry, dramatic art, languages, reading comprehension, mathematics, recreation, yoga, martial arts and…

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

Relates to the executive ethics and compliance commission; REPEALER

Relates to the executive ethics and compliance commission.

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Relates to the executive ethics and compliance commission; repealer

Relates to the executive ethics and compliance commission.

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Makes technical corrections to provisions of the legislative, executive and civil service laws relating to governmental ethics and compliance

Makes technical corrections to provisions of the legislative, executive and civil service laws relating to governmental ethics and compliance; relates to the state board of elections and the state…

Eric T. SchneidermanRules Committee

Authorizes use of closed-circuit television for the testimony of domestic violence victim witnesses in a criminal proceeding

Authorizes use of closed-circuit television for the testimony of domestic violence victim witnesses in a criminal proceeding subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to child witnesses.

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Provides for the dispensing of emergency contraception under certain circumstances and conditions

Provides for the dispensing of emergency contraception under certain circumstances and conditions.

Eric T. SchneidermanHigher Education 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 for validity of service of process in certain circumstances

Provides that when two certain acts of service have been attempted and one of the two acts has been validly effected, it shall be sufficient to sustain the service if it is shown that the defendant…

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Financial disclosure of public officers

Provides for financial disclosure of public officers.

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Creates an executive ethics and compliance commission and the NY state commission on lobbying ethics and compliance; repealer

Creates an executive ethics and compliance commission and the New York state commission on lobbying ethics and compliance; establishes the the legislative office of ethics investigation and joint…

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

Permits the court to grant post-conviction motions to vacate a judgment when the issue raised upon such motion is ineffective assistance of counsel

Permits the court to grant post-conviction motions to vacate a judgment when the issue raised upon such motion is ineffective assistance of counsel in certain cases in which the court would…

Eric T. SchneidermanOn the Senate floor

Relates to penalties for sale of alcohol to minors and increases penalties for the sale of alcohol without the appropriate license

Establishes penalties for persons who sell alcohol to persons under the age of twenty-one years; increases fines and length of imprisonment for the sale of alcoholic beverages without having the…

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Relates to the calculation of concurrent indeterminate and determinate sentences

Relates to the calculation of concurrent indeterminate and determinate sentences.

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Relates to forensic DNA testing and to requests for certain DNA test comparisons

Defines a designated officer and establishes the minimum period of time that forensic samples should be retained by investigating authorities; relates to special fictitious name indictments; relates…

Eric T. SchneidermanFinance Committee

Provides for annual school lead-copper tap water testing; publishing of reports of contamination and abatement of such contamination

Provides for annual school lead-copper tap water testing; requires the publishing of reports of contamination and abatement of such contamination; requires school districts to provide potable water…

Eric T. SchneidermanHealth Committee

Provides for the unlawful discriminatory practices in housing based on lawful source of income, including section eight

Provides for the unlawful discriminatory practices in housing based on lawful source of income, including section eight, and provides for punitive damages of not less than $2500 and not more than…

Eric T. SchneidermanInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Authorizes the formation of the Heights heritage area; repealer

Authorizes the formation of the Heights heritage area.

Eric T. SchneidermanCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

Provides that certain multiple dwellings must be heated to a minimum temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit between 10 pm and 6 am

Provides that certain multiple dwellings must be heated to a minimum temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit between the hours of 10 pm and 6 am, increasing such minimum temperature from the present…

Eric T. SchneidermanHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Establishes a penalty and cause of action for intentional destruction of medical records by a party to a medical malpractice action, or by an agent thereof

Establishes a penalty of not less than $1,000 for each intentional destruction, mutilation or significant alteration of a medical record by a party to a medical malpractice action, or by any…

Eric T. SchneidermanCodes Committee

Includes writer salaries and fees within production costs eligible for the empire state film production credit

Includes writer salaries and fees within production costs eligible for the empire state film production credit.

Eric T. SchneidermanInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to the implementation of a surcharge on plastic shopping bags used to transport consumer goods

Relates to the implementation of a surcharge on plastic shopping bags used to transport consumer goods.

Eric T. SchneidermanInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Requires employment agencies in the city of New York to provide and post a job seekers bill of rights

Requires employment agencies in the city of New York to provide a brochure with and post a job seekers bill of rights.

Eric T. SchneidermanConsumer Protection Committee

Provides for the state to assume all costs of basic quality education; repealer

Makes provisions for the state to assume all costs of basic quality education and for the elimination of real property taxes for the support of education; requires board of regents to establish a…

Eric T. SchneidermanEducation Committee