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Eliminates any requirement that solar electric generating equipment of less than 25 kilowatts have an external disconnect switch

Eliminates any requirement that solar electric generating equipment of less than 25 kilowatts have an external disconnect switch, so long as such equipment complies with the interconnection…

Antoine M. ThompsonEnergy Committee

Establishes the high performance computing program within the New York state foundation for science, technology and innovation

William T. StachowskiWays And Means Committee

Authorizes bond proceeds to be used for site improvements next to All High Stadium in Buffalo

Authorizes bond proceeds to be used for site improvements next to All High Stadium in Buffalo.

Crystal Peoples-StokesOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the use of class tax rates in certain assessing units; repealer

Authorizes the use of class tax rates in certain assessing units.

Craig M. JohnsonWays And Means Committee

Requires disclosure to consumers of the type of rebate being offered, whether additional fees may apply, and remittance of the rebate to the consumer

Requires disclosure to consumers of the type of rebate being offered, whether additional fees may apply, and form of remittance of the rebate to the consumer.

José PeraltaOn the Senate floor

Provides for the creation of the Brunswick community library district in the town of Brunswick, county of Rensselaer

Provides for the creation of the Brunswick community library district in the town of Brunswick, county of Rensselaer, to replace the Brunswick community library association, if approved by the…

Roy J. McDonaldOn the Senate floor

Relates to contracts for the transportation of putrescible and non-putrescible waste by rail

Requires contracts for the transportation of putrescible and non-putrescible waste by rail to include provisions stating that putrescible waste transported by rail shall be covered with sealing hard…

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.On the Senate floor

Relates to contracts for the transportation of putrescible and non-putrescible waste by rail

Requires contracts for the transportation of putrescible and non-putrescible waste by rail to include provisions stating that putrescible waste transported by rail shall be covered with sealing hard…

Andrew HevesiRules Committee

Relates to green jobs - green New York on-bill financing

Relates to green jobs-green New York on-bill financing for retrofit projects; amends definitions.

Kevin S. ParkerEnergy Committee

Regulates and requires issuance of raincheck by retailer where advertised merchandise is not available for sale

Mandates that any article of merchandise advertised, and not available throughout advertised period, must be supplied at advertised price by seller within sixty days from the date the purchaser of…

Sandy GalefRules Committee

Relates to the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records

Relates to the fee charged for the issuance of the birth and death records in the city of Binghamton.

Donna LupardoRules Committee

Enacts the "hospital closure planning act"

Enacts the "hospital closure planning act"; provides that whenever a general hospital closes, the commissioner of health shall within thirty days of being notified of such closure, hold a public…

Rory LancmanOn the Assembly floor

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Schenectady city school district

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Schenectady city school district which were denied by the education department for failure of the district to…

George AmedoreRules Committee

Extends effectiveness of chapter 425 of 2002 and chapter 101 of 2003

Extends effectiveness of chapter 425 of 2002 and chapter 101 of 2003, amending the education law, relating to the suspension of pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at a school and the…

Suzi OppenheimerEducation Committee

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Garden City Park union free school district

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Garden City union free school district for school year 2008-2009.

Craig M. JohnsonEducation Committee

Authorizes the use of class tax rates in certain assessing units; repealer

Authorizes the use of class tax rates in certain assessing units.

Sandy GalefRules Committee

Establishes the New York state automatic identification technology privacy task force

Establishes the New York state automatic identification technology privacy task force, to consist of: the chairperson of the consumer protection board, the secretary of state, the commissioner of…

Kevin S. ParkerOn the Senate floor

Authorizes Pets Alive Inc. to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for certain parcels of land located in the town of Wallkill

Authorizes Pets Alive Inc. to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for certain parcels of land located in the town of Wallkill, county of Orange.

William J. Larkin Jr.Rules Committee

Provides that Lighthouse Mission, Inc. may file an application for exemption from real property taxes for the 2008-2009 assessment roll

Provides that Lighthouse Mission, Inc. may file an application for exemption from real property taxes for the 2008-2009 assessment roll.

Dean MurrayOn the Assembly floor

Requires level two sex offenders to disclose their employment address

Requires level two sex offenders to disclose their employment address, whether employment is for compensation or not as part of registration information; prohibits employment which involves…

Felix OrtizOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes assessor of the town of Stony Point to exempt certain church properties from real property taxes for the years 2007 and 2008

Authorizes the assessor of the town of Stony Point to exempt certain church properties from real property taxes for the years 2007 and 2008.

Nancy CalhounRules Committee

Relates to contracts for technology and telecommunications services between boards of cooperative educational services and third-party venders

Relates to contracts for technology and telecommunications services between boards of cooperative educational services and third-party vendors.

Craig M. JohnsonHigher Education Committee

Authorizes the town of Lewisboro to discontinue use of certain park land

Authorizes the town of Lewisboro in the county of Westchester to discontinue the use of certain park land and lease such land for use of a wireless communications facility.

Robert CastelliOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits the imposition of any charge or fee on the telephone bill of a consumer when such fee is imposed by a third party, without the consent of the consumer

Prohibits the imposition of any charge or fee on the telephone bill of a consumer when such fee or charge is imposed by a third party, unless the consumer explicitly agrees to the nature and amount…

John J. FlanaganFinance CommitteeFinance

Extends the period of time the Brookville library funding district may be established

Extends the period of time during which the Brookville library funding district may be established in the town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau.

Carl L. MarcellinoOn the Senate floor

Relates to the amendment of the subscribers agreements of reciprocal insurers

Enacts provisions relating to reciprocal insurers having a corporate attorney-in-fact wholly owned by subscribers at the reciprocal insurers.

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the town of Ramapo to accept an application for real property tax exemption from the Pilgrim Wesleyan Church in the village of Spring Valley, town of Ramapo

Authorizes the town of Ramapo to accept an application for real property tax exemption from the Pilgrim Wesleyan Church in the village of Spring Valley, town of Ramapo, county of Rockland.

Thomas P. MorahanOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the Community Outreach Center to file an application for a real property tax exemption

Authorizes the Community Outreach Center to file an application for a real property tax exemption.

Thomas P. MorahanOn the Senate floor

Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps

Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Authorizes the village of Matinecock, county of Nassau, to expend certain trust funds for the restoration of Planting Fields Road

Authorizes the village of Matinecock, county of Nassau, to expend certain trust funds for the restoration of Planting Fields Road.

Michael MontesanoOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the town of North Greenbush to offer optional retirement plan to certain police officers

Authorizes the town of North Greenbush to offer an optional retirement plan to certain police officers.

Ronald CanestrariOn the Assembly floor

Relates to brewer's licenses

Relates to brewer's licenses.

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

Allows certain deputy sheriffs of the county of Chemung to join the special retirement plan for sheriffs, undersheriffs and deputy sheriffs

Allows certain deputy sheriffs of the county of Chemung to join the special retirement plan for sheriffs, undersheriffs and deputy sheriffs.

Thomas F. O'MaraOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes the village of Port Dickinson, in the county of Broome, to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Sean Crouse and Paul Buttacovoli

Authorizes the village of Port Dickinson, in the county of Broome, to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to chief of police Sean D.

Tom LibousOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the Mikveh Association of Oceanside to file an application for a real property tax exemption

Authorizes the Mikveh Association of Oceanside to file an application for a real property tax exemption.

Harvey WeisenbergRules Committee

Extends certain provisions of law relating to tuition waivers for police officer students of the city university of New York

Extends certain provisions of law relating to tuition waivers for police officer students of the city university of New York.

Frank PadavanOn the Senate floor

Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Port Chester-Rye union free school district

Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Port Chester-Rye union free school district for the 2007-2008 school year.

George LatimerOn the Assembly floor

Designates a certain portion of the state highway system to be the "Cpl. Paulo Marko Pacificador Memorial Bridge"

Designates a certain portion of the state highway system which crosses over State Route 27 to be the "Cpl.

Fred ThieleOn the Assembly floor

Designating a portion of state highway 812 in Ogdensburg as "Trooper Shawn W. Snow Street"

Designates a portion of state highway 812 in Ogdensburg as "Trooper Shawn W.

Addie JenneOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes municipal reciprocal insurers to offer full faith and credit surety bonds for public officers

Authorizes municipal reciprocal insurers to offer full faith and credit surety bonds for public officers.

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

Relates to authorizing shared purchasing contracts for political subdivisions

Authorizes shared purchasing contracts for political subdivisions to purchase apparatus, supplies, materials, technology or equipment.

Jeffrey D. KleinLocal Government Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of health to make grants to be used to help pay for the costs of conducting local blood drives

Authorizes the commissioner of health to make grants to not-for-profit organizations and elementary, secondary and postsecondary schools to be used to help pay for the costs of conducting local…

Kevin S. ParkerOn the Senate floor

Authorizes an additional ten days military leave for state correction officers who are absent on military duty

Authorizes forty days or thirty working days of military leave for state correction officers who are absent on military duty; such leave to be in addition to any leave authorized for such correction…

Darryl TownsWays And Means Committee

Relates to course work or training in early recognition of and intervention for eating disorders

Relates to course work or training in early recognition of and intervention for eating disorders.

Peter RiveraHigher Education Committee

Updates the state energy conservation construction code to address the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Updates the state energy conservation construction code to address the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Kevin CahillRules Committee

Governs election of board by residents of cooperatives and condominiums

Requires that the board of directors or board of managers of a converted cooperative or condominium, as the case may be, must be comprised of a majority of members elected by shareholders or owners…

Jeffrey DinowitzHousing Committee

Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance

Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to authorizing shared purchasing contracts for political subdivisions

Authorizes shared purchasing contracts for political subdivisions to purchase apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment.

RoAnn DestitoLocal Governments Committee