Bills by

Peter Abbate

Assembly Member

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2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

196 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

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A7971Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees
Enacts legislation relating to investments by public pension funds by increasing the limit on non-legal investments for NYS public retirement systems
Increases the portion of public pension funds assets that may be invested according to the prudent investor standard (part A); increases the portion of public pension fund assets that be invested in…
Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee
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A7985Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education
Provides that certain claims against school districts and certain state supported schools will not be subject to certain restrictions
Provides that certain claims against school districts and certain state supported schools will not be subject to certain restrictions relating to notice of claims on school districts; removes…
Peter AbbateEducation Committee

A2345Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Allows certain members employed by the 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…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2437Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides that retirement system members who retire after completion of more than 30 years of service would receive an allowance based on 2% of final average salary

Provides that retirement system members who retire after completion of more than 30 years of service would receive an allowance based on 2% of final average salary for each year of service.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2784Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides cost-of-living adjustments

Provides cost-of-living adjustments; further provides that effective the first day of September, 2009, the cost-of-living percentage shall equal one hundred percent of the annual inflation.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A4098Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Exempts certain public employees and court clerks from provisions of law requiring the payment of an application fee for appointment as a notary public

Exempts certain public employees who in the course of their duties and responsibilities provide notary service to the public without receiving remuneration and court clerks of the unified court…

Peter AbbateWays And Means Committee

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A5597Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Relates to the negotiability of discipline in a collective bargaining agreement

Relates to the negotiability of discipline in a collective bargaining agreement; includes discipline and disciplinary procedures as terms and conditions of employment.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2439Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Relates to the powers of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority

Requires the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to submit a report indicating certain numbers and information relating to such authority.

Peter AbbateCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A2440Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Authorizes bridge and tunnel officers of Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to enforce all provisions of law in and about authority facilities

Authorizes and directs bridge and tunnel officers of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to enforce all provisions of law in and about the facilities of such authority and to arrest all…

Peter AbbateCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A5094Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Affords members of the New York city police force and New York city fire department the option of taking a monetary payment in lieu of terminal leave

Affords members of the New York city police force and New York city fire department the option of taking a monetary payment in lieu of terminal leave at the rate applicable on the date of retirement.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A5774Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to higher education

Allows firefighters and fire officers employed by the New York city fire department to attend one course without tuition at a senior college of the CUNY system

Allows firefighters and fire officers employed by the New York city fire department to attend one course without tuition at a senior college of the CUNY system.

Peter AbbateHigher Education Committee

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A5775Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides members of the N.Y. city police force shall be given option of taking a monetary payment in lieu of terminal leave at rate applicable on date of retirement

Provides members of the NYC police force shall be given option of taking a monetary payment in lieu of terminal leave at rate applicable on date of retirement.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A6255Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Relates to providing health insurance coverage for surviving spouses of N.Y. city department of correction and certain sanitation workers

Relates to providing health insurance coverage for surviving spouses of members of the New York City corrections department and sanitation members of the New York City employees' retirement system.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A7163Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Allows airport firefighters employed by division of military and naval affairs to retire upon completion of 25 years of creditable service

Allows airport firefighters employed by division of military and naval affairs to retire upon completion of 25 years of creditable service; provides that the benefit upon retirement would be an…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A7165Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Expands the authority of deputy sheriffs of the counties of New York city who are designated peace officers under the criminal procedure law

Expands the authority of deputy sheriffs of the counties of New York city who are designated peace officers under the criminal procedure law.

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

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A7174Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Allows members of New York city police force the option of taking a monetary payment in lieu of terminal leave at the rate applicable on the date of retirement

Allows members of New York city police force the option of taking a monetary payment in lieu of terminal leave at the rate applicable on the date of retirement.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A7994Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to ways and means

Exempts from sales and compensating use tax certain fuel sources used to produce electricity

Exempts from sales and compensating use tax certain fuel sources used to produce electricity.

Peter AbbateWays And Means Committee

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A8225Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Allows former members of the New York city teachers' retirement system who were suspended because of fiscal measures taken by New York city to obtain service credit

Allows former members of the New York city teachers' retirement system who were suspended on or after July 1, 1975 and prior to September 1, 1980 because of fiscal measures taken by New York city to…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2433Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Ordered to third reading cal.210

Relates to additional considerations for public arbitration panels relating to certain employees of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority

Establishes public arbitration panels shall take into consideration for employees of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority who are employed as bridge and tunnel officers and are peace officers…

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

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A2783Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Alters the definition of final average salary for Tier III and IV members

Alters the definition of final average salary for Tier 3 and 4 members so that wages earned during any year would not be allowed to exceed that of the average of the previous two years by more than…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2820Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Eliminates the required retirement system contributions for members joining the system on or after July 27, 1976

Prospectively eliminates the required three percent tier III and tier IV retirement system contributions for members joining a NYS public retirement system on or after July 27, 1976.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2827Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Allows certain members of public retirement systems to file for retroactive membership in such system by filing on or before December 31, 2009

Allows certain members of public retirement systems to file for retroactive membership in such system by filing on or before December 31, 2010; excludes persons who were not members of a public…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A3487Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to judiciary

Releases Yeshivas Novominsk from all New York city department of health and mental hygiene charges assessed against real property located in the borough of Brooklyn

Releases Yeshivas Novominsk from all New York city department of health charges assessed against real property located in the borough of Brooklyn.

Peter AbbateJudiciary Committee

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A5878Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to cities

Provides for the city of New York to provide for payment of certain amounts to the local water fund in the custody of the New York city water board

Provides for the city of New York to provide for payment of certain amounts to the local water fund in the custody of the New York city water board.

Peter AbbateCities Committee

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A6377Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Relates to retirement plans for sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs or correction officers in counties which elect to provide such plans

Grants optional additional retirement allowance to sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction officers in counties which elect to provide such a plan; provides that counties may elect…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A7168Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides beneficiaries with the same allocation of retirement benefits

Provides beneficiaries with the same allocation of retirement benefits if the member has the service retirement application, disability retirement applications or option election forms notarized and…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A7169Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Grants additional service credit for members of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system who are absent without pay for child care leaves of absence

Grants additional service credit for members of the NYS and Local Police and Fire Retirement System who are absent without pay for child care leaves of absence; such credit shall not exceed one year…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A7337Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to economic development

Establishes the minimum distance in which a refiner may operate a retail service station

Establishes various minimum distance requirements for operation of a retail service station by a crude oil refiner; provides for certain exemptions and for arbitration of disputes arising therefrom.

Peter AbbateEconomic Development Committee

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A7809Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Provides for revocation of probation where a person is convicted of a new offense while such person is under probation supervision for a felony offense

Provides for revocation of probation where a person is convicted of a felony or an offense in another jurisdiction which if committed in this state would constitute a felony, while the defendant is…

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

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A7900Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Prohibits the imposition of late charges in certain instances

Prohibits the imposition of late charges by credit card companies when the total amount due on such credit card for one month is less than the proposed late charge.

Peter AbbateConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A7926Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Amends the definitions of criminal enterprise and pattern of criminal activity for the purpose of criminal liability for enterprise corruption

Amends the definition of "criminal enterprise", for the purpose of criminal liability for enterprise corruption.

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

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A7928Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Relates to adding the abuse of a person less than thirteen years old by a person eighteen years old or older to the aggravated sexual abuse crimes

Establishes a person is guilty of aggravated sexual assault in the third degree when he inserts a foreign object in the vagina, urethra or penis of the other person and the other person is less than…

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

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A7929Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to labor

Provides food service employees who work more than a 6 hour shift which extends over the noon day meal period shall be entitled to at least a 30 minute lunch break

Provides that food service employees who work more than a six hour shift which extends over the noon day meal period shall be entitled to at least a 30 minute lunch break; provides that the noon day…

Peter AbbateLabor Committee

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A7930Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Provides that health insurance coverage may not deny reimbursements because the registered pharmacy providing pharmaceutical products has not been approved

Provides that health insurers may not deny reimbursements to insureds because the registered pharmacy providing pharmaceutical products has not been approved by the insurer or other entity.

Peter AbbateInsurance Committee

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A8226Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Grants additional service credit for members of public retirement systems who are absent without pay for child care leaves of absence

Grants additional service credit for members of public retirement systems who are absent without pay for child care leaves of absence; such additional credit shall not exceed one year per period of…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A8260Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Lengthens the time period in which an employee must elect a public retirement plan

Lengthens the time period in which an employee must elect a public retirement plan.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A8261Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Allows members of the teachers' retirement system to be deemed to have earned a year of service for purposes of vesting eligibility if certain requirements are met

Allows members of the NYS and NYC teachers' retirement systems to be deemed to have earned a year of service only for purposes of determining vesting eligibility if 20 days or more of credited…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A8364Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Permits members of the N.Y. state and N.Y. city TRS and NYS&LRS who have completed twenty years of credited service to retire with full benefits regardless of age

Permits members of the NYS and NYC TRS and NYS&LRS who have completed twenty years of credited service to retire with full benefits regardless of age.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2289Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Provides for the addition of a non-voting member to the membership of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority

Provides for the addition of a non-voting member to the membership of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, the NYC transit authority and the metropolitan transportation authority; provides…

Peter AbbateCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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A2441Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Grants police officer status for members of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority; repealer

Extends police officer status to bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and lieutenants of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority and authorizes such authority to maintain a bridge and tunnel…

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

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A2786Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides that retirement system members who retire after completion of more than 30 years of service would receive an allowance based on 2% of final average salary

Provides that retirement system members who retire after completion of more than 30 years of service would receive an allowance based on 2% of final average salary for each year of service.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2821Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides cost-of-living adjustments

Provides cost-of-living adjustments; increases the maximum percentage of the CPI for COLA benefits to not more than 5% and not less than 1% of CPI.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A2822Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides cost-of-living adjustments for New York public retirement systems

Provides a cost-of-living adjustment; increases COLA payable to eligible surviving spouses to the full amount of the monthly COLA benefits the deceased retiree received.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A5150Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local governments

Directs N.Y. city which has enacted a new fire code in 2008 to provide training to fire officers and firefighters to perform new duties

Directs cities of one million or more which have enacted a new fire code in 2008 to provide training to fire officers and firefighters to perform new duties required by such fire code.

Peter AbbateLocal Governments Committee

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A5981Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Relates to unlawful deceptive acts and practices

Adds as an element of recovery for violations of the provisions related to deceptive acts and practices a requirement that the act or practice complained of caused him of her to enter into the…

Peter AbbateConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A6006Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Provides for a certain percentage of fire insurance premium taxes shall be paid for promotion and support of paid professional firefighters in New York state

Provides for a certain percentage of fire insurance premium taxes shall be paid for promotion and support of paid professional firefighters in New York state.

Peter AbbateInsurance Committee

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A6253Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Establishes that public employee discipline is a mandatorily negotiable term and condition of employment

Establishes that public employee discipline is a mandatorily negotiable term and condition of employment; ensures that any provisions pertaining to discipline contained within agreements or interest…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A7167Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to governmental employees

Provides a presumption that certain impairments of health of police officers were incurred in the performance or discharge of duty

Provides a presumption that certain impairments of health of police officers were incurred in the performance or discharge of duty; relates to melanoma or a condition of cancer affecting the…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

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A7172Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Ordered to third reading cal.480

Repeals paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section 209 of the civil service law relating to limitations on binding arbitration for members of the state police

Repeals paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section 209 of the civil service law relating to providing for limitations on binding arbitration for members of the state police.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

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