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Establishes the state energy planning board

Establishes the state energy planning board to create and adopt a state energy plan, consider and present policies and programs that are designed to improve the reliability of the state's energy…

Kevin CahillSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends time for filing claim against a public corporation for injuries from participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup

Extends the time for filing a claim against a public corporation for injuries sustained as a result of participation in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations.

Mike SpanoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer to certain persons

Authorizes the comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard J.

J. Gary PretlowVetoed

Vetoed

Permits the Mount Olivet Baptist Church to file an application for a real property tax exemption

Permits the Mount Olivet Baptist Church, located at 1432 Park Street in the city of Peekskill, to file an application for a real property tax exemption.

Sandy GalefSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes Long Island Youth Mentoring, Inc. to file an application for a real property tax exemption with the assessor of the town of Islip

Authorizes Long Island Youth Mentoring, Inc. to file an application for a real property tax exemption with the assessor of the town of Islip.

Philip RamosSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the village of Cambridge, in Washington county, to offer an optional 25 year retirement plan to certain police officers

Authorizes the village of Cambridge, in Washington county, to offer an optional 25 year retirement plan to police officers George G.

Tony JordanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the village of Scarsdale to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to police officer Matthew A. Miraglia

Authorizes the village of Scarsdale to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to police officer Matthew Miraglia; the village must file a resolution with the state comptroller on or before…

Amy PaulinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Broadens definition of summer day camp

Defines summer day camp as indoor or outdoor organized group activities, involving nonpassive recreational activities with significant risk of injury, as such activities are defined by the…

Amy PaulinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Makes technical amendments to 2008 chapter permitting use of certain parkland by the city of Elmira

Makes technical amendments to 2008 chapter permitting use of certain parkland by the city of Elmira.

Thomas F. O'MaraSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to ballots which are counted by machine and states the manner in which ballots are to be delivered; repealer

Provides that all ballots printed for use on a voting system approved by the state board of elections may be printed and arranged in a manner which would permit them to be counted by such machine;…

Frank SkartadosSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Enacts the New York State Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise Opportunity Act

Enacts the New York State Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise Opportunity Act.

Adriano EspaillatVetoed

Vetoed

An act to authorize the town of Austerlitz, Columbia county to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands

Authorizes the town of Austerlitz, Columbia county to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands.

Marcus MolinaroSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Removes limitations pertaining to certain retirees earnings

Removes limitations pertaining to emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical technicians NYC retirees earnings.

Peter AbbateSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Prohibits any person, firm or corporation from deceptively soliciting vehicle warranty policies by written solicitation or telemarketing to owners of motor vehicles

Prohibits any person, firm or corporation from deceptively soliciting vehicle warranty policies by written solicitation or telemarketing to owners of motor vehicles.

Kenneth ZebrowskiSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the village of Airmont, town of Ramapo, county of Rockland to file an application for an exemption from real property taxes for a certain parcel of land

Authorizes the village of Airmont, town of Ramapo, county of Rockland to file an application for an exemption from real property taxes for a certain parcel of land.

Ellen C. JaffeeSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Enacts provisions providing protection to employees from retaliatory actions by employers where such employees report illegal business activities

Enacts provisions providing protection to employees from retaliatory actions by employers where such employees report illegal business activities or improper governmental actions.

Michael BenedettoVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to the applicability of the uniform fire prevention and building code to children's overnight camps

Relates to the applicability of the uniform fire prevention and building code to children's overnight camps; provides that the sanitary code adopted by the state health council shall govern sleeping…

RoAnn DestitoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that certain newspapers in Richmond county may charge the regularly established classified advertising rate for publication of legal notices

Provides that certain newspapers in Richmond County may charge the regularly established classified advertising rate for publication of certain legal notices in such newspapers.

Michael CusickSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Defines tuition for the 2010-2011 school year

Defines tuition for the 2010-2011 school year; restricts tuition rates to not more than four percent of a school year's costs.

Catherine NolanVetoed

Vetoed

Authorizes the dormitory authority to finance certain facilities for the Reece school

Authorizes the dormitory authority to finance certain facilities for the Reece school.

Adam Clayton Powell IVSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Exempts the Pocatello and Washington Heights fire districts from the residency requirements for the membership of their volunteer firefighters

Exempts the Pocatello and Washington Height fire districts from the residency requirements for the membership of their volunteer firefighters.

Ann RabbittSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the specialty pharmacy program

Exempts certain pharmacies owned and operated by a not-for-profit organization solely for the purpose of providing drugs to individuals diagnosed with cystic fibrosis from the provisions of the…

Robin SchimmingerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Honoring Dr. John Rugge upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition by the Hudson Headwaters Health Foundation

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim October 23, 2009, as School Bus Driver Appreciation Day in the State of New York

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Durham African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Bay Shore, New York

Owen H. JohnsonAdopted

Adopted

Establishes a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for the New York state economic development assistance program

Carl KrugerAdopted

Adopted

Celebrating the 100th Birthday of the late Kwame Nkrumah, and paying tribute to his many contributions to Pan-Africanism on Monday, September 21, 2009

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Warren Fuller upon the occasion of his retirement as teacher and coach, after 38 years of dedicated service to the students of Wyandanch School District

Owen H. JohnsonAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Max Seibald upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition as recipient of the 2009 Tewaaraton Trophy

Kemp HannonAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the death of United States Senator Edward Moore Kennedy, the third longest-serving member of the United States Senate in American history

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 46th Anniversary of the March on Washington

Bill PerkinsAdopted

Adopted

Commending West Point, The United States Military Academy, upon the occasion of being ranked the top college in the country by Forbes Magazine

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Honoring the members of the NYC Group of the NY Wing of the CAP Color Guard upon the occasion of capturing the 2009 National Color Guard Competition

James L. SewardAdopted

Adopted

Commending Augustus and Patricia Nazzaro upon the occasion of their designation for special honor by the Hospice Care Network

Owen H. JohnsonAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi Lodge No. 2232 of Islip, Order Sons of Italy in America

Owen H. JohnsonAdopted

Adopted

Establishes the crime of aggravated interference with health care services in the first and second degrees

Establishes the crime of aggravated interference with health care services in the first and second degrees.

Kevin S. ParkerOn the Senate floor

Provides that a person is guilty of aggravated murder when such person causes the death of a child and acted in an especially cruel and wanton manner

Provides that a person is guilty of aggravated murder when such person causes the death of a child and acted in an especially cruel and wanton manner in causing such death; and makes technical…

Ruben DiazOn the Senate floor

Enacts the academic research information access act

Enacts the academic research information access act to provide public and private academic and research libraries of New York access to information resources at institutions of higher education and…

William T. StachowskiOn the Senate floor

Relates to the crimes of aggravated sexual conduct and aggravated sexual abuse

Relates to the crimes of aggravated sexual conduct and aggravated sexual abuse; makes technical corrections.

Stephen M. SalandOn the Senate floor

Requires that rehabilitation programs for female inmates in state correctional facilities be equivalent to those provided to male inmates elsewhere in the state

Requires that rehabilitation programs for female inmates in state correctional facilities be equivalent to those provided to male inmates of correctional facilities elsewhere in the state; provides…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell certain lands in the town of Lansing

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell certain lands in the town of Lansing.

Michael F. NozzolioOn the Senate floor

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…

Shirley L. HuntleyOn the Senate floor

Increases civil penalties for violation of order and harassment of tenants to obtain vacancy of unit

Amends the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen hundred seventy-four, in relation to civil penalties imposed for violation of…

Jeffrey D. KleinOn the Senate floor

Provides for humane destruction or disposition of certain animals; repealer

Provides for humane destruction or disposition of certain animals; euthanasia of animals shall be accomplished by an injection of sodium pentobarbital administered by a technician while the animal…

Suzi OppenheimerOn the Senate floor

Establishes the volunteer firefighting and volunteer emergency services recruitment and retention fund and authorizes gifts to such fund through a state income tax check-off

Establishes the volunteer firefighting and volunteer emergency services recruitment and retention fund and authorizes gifts to such fund through a state income tax check-off; provides that monies of…

Brian X. FoleyOn the Senate floor

Raises minimum salary of each of the county clerks of the counties comprising the city of New York to that of supreme court justices instead of civil court judges

Raises the minimum annual salary of each of the county clerks of the counties comprising the city of New York to that of supreme court justices instead of that of NYC civil court judges.

Martin J. GoldenOn the Senate floor

Makes technical corrections to the children's product safety and recall effectiveness act of 2008

Makes technical corrections to the children's product safety and recall effectiveness act of 2008; reduces the age from 14 to 12 for which the provisions of this act shall be applicable to…

Hiram MonserrateOn the Senate floor

Relates to pre-natal programs and services; repealer

Relates to pre-natal programs and services.

Thomas K. DuaneOn the Senate floor