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Requires the commissioner to establish standards for inspection and certification of green roofs and provides for a green roof installation credit

Requires the commissioner to establish standards for and a program of inspection and certification of green roofs prior to and after installation, including standards for environmentally acceptable…

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Re-establishes the state superfund management board as the state remedial program oversight board; repealer

Re-establishes the state superfund management board as the state remedial program oversight board; provides for appointment of board members and for the functions, powers, and duties of the board.

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Requires local government officials, school district superintendent and landowners to be notified of a petroleum discharge

Provides that upon notification of a petroleum discharge, the department of environmental conservation shall notify county and municipal executive officers, school district superintendent,…

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim February 2010, as Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Month in the State of New York

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonAdopted

Adopted

Prohibits police officers from using racial and ethnic profiling

Prohibits police officers from using racial and ethnic profiling; requires that a procedure be established for the taking and review of complaints against police officers for racial and ethnic…

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Adopts the family violence option in the Social Security Act permitting waiver of federal program requirements or penalty provisions for domestic violence services

Adopts the family violence option (a/k/a the Wellstone/Murray amendment) in the federal Social Security Act permitting waiver of federal program requirements or penalty provisions for domestic…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonSocial Services Committee

Provides for the training, examination and certification of dog control officers

Provides for the training, examination and certification of dog control officers.

Antoine M. ThompsonAgriculture Committee

Relates to charter schools

Relates to charter schools.

Antoine M. ThompsonEducation Committee

Creates the well water education act; requires public education program on the potential hazards of well water

Creates the well water education act; requires the department of health to establish and maintain a public education program on the potential hazards of well water; requires home inspectors,…

Antoine M. ThompsonHealth Committee

Mourning the death of Dr. William R. Greiner, a man of singular distinction and extraordinary accomplishment

Antoine M. ThompsonAdopted

Adopted

Establishes environmental standards and protections in the insurance business, and provides incentives and tax credits for offering green insurance

Establishes environmental standards and protections in the insurance business, and provides incentives and tax credits for offering green insurance.

Antoine M. ThompsonInsurance Committee

Requires one number license plate on the rear of each motor vehicle

Requires one number license plate on the rear of each motor vehicle.

Antoine M. ThompsonTransportation Committee

Relates to the fee for number license plates

Relates to the fee for number license plates.

Antoine M. ThompsonTransportation Committee

Relates to the recycling and reuse of electronic equipment

Relates to the recycling and reuse of electronic equipment.

Antoine M. ThompsonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Authorizes the widow of William James Middlebrooks to file a retirement option election on behalf of her deceased husband

Authorizes Janice Middlebrook, the widow of William James Middlebrook, to file a retirement option election on behalf of her deceased husband.

Antoine M. ThompsonCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Relates to excepting from community rating requirements group health insurance policies issued to multiple employer trusts

Excepts from community rating requirements group health insurance policies issued to multiple employer trusts consisting of municipal corporations and public benefit corporations.

Antoine M. ThompsonInsurance Committee

Prohibits any person who owns or manages more than four rental units within the state from serving as a public member on a rent guidelines board

Prohibits any person who owns or manages more than four rental units within the state from serving as a public member on a rent guidelines board.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Mandates that every owner of a cabaret establishment, but which is not a restaurant shall install security cameras

Enacts "Imette's Law"; mandates that every owner of an cabaret establishment, but which is not a restaurant, shall install security cameras at every entrance and exit of such establishment.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

Authorizes a court to direct filing of non-family offense order of protection with the computerized registry for such orders and warrants

Authorizes a court issuing a non-family offense temporary order of protection or an order of protection to direct that such order be filed with the computerized registry for orders of protection and…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCodes Committee

Directs state university trustees to promulgate and enforce a sweat-free code of conduct for the licensing and purchase of apparel at colleges of state university

Directs the state university trustees to promulgate and enforce a sweat-free code of conduct for the licensing and purchase of apparel at colleges and universities of the state university; requires…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHigher Education Committee

Authorizes references for orders of protection to judicial hearing officers or referees at any time and requires training about domestic violence for them

Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to authorize courts to order references for orders of protection to judicial hearing officers or referees at any time; requires training about…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonJudiciary Committee

Allows for reimbursement of transportation costs for emergency care without prior authorization by the social services official

Allows for reimbursement of transportation costs for emergency care without prior authorization by the social services official including emergency medical transportation by an ambulance service…

Antoine M. ThompsonHealth Committee

Establishes beverage container recycling assistance grants

Authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to provide grants to municipalities and not-for-profit organizations to support costs related to the collecting, sorting, and packaging of…

Antoine M. ThompsonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Enacts the "Omnibus Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act"

Enacts the "Omnibus Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act"; creates the office of the prevailing wage fraud inspector general for increased vigilance in the effort to achieve prevailing wage enforcement;…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonLabor Committee

Establishes the commission on post-secondary correctional education

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

Authorizes enrollment grants for medical education programs for minorities; appropriation

Authorizes enrollment grants for medical education programs of non-public institutions for minorities, as a plan to increase the number of minority students entering and completing educational…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHigher Education Committee

Amends the waterfront commission act; repealer

Amends the waterfront commission act, relating to empowering the waterfront commission to accept applications in the longshoremen's register.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Requires landlords to check state sex offender registry when leasing to a new tenant or on notice of sublet, and to notify tenants with children of certain listings

Requires landlords to check state sex offender registry when leasing to a new tenant, subtenant or adult occupant, and to notify tenants with children under age sixteen of any listing of such…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Provides for a deduction from personal income for adoption expenses

Provides for a deduction against personal gross income in an amount equal to fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred including legal fees and agency costs in connection with the adoption of a child.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Establishes a revolving loan program whereby short term loans are made available to families receiving public assistance who are in danger of homelessness by reason of eviction; appropriation

Establishes a revolving loan program whereby short term loans are made available through local social services districts to families receiving public assistance who are in danger of homelessness by…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonSocial Services Committee

Requires a sentence and commitment or certificate of conviction to be delivered to persons in charge of the correctional facility or OCFS facility to which a defendant is committed

Requires a sentence and commitment or certificate of conviction to be delivered to persons in charge of the correctional facility or office of children and family services facility to which a…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCodes Committee

Provides that sliding scale co-payments for child care assistance funded by block grants shall not exceed ten percent of a family's household income

Provides that sliding scale co-payments for child care assistance funded by block grants for child care assistance made to social service districts shall not exceed ten percent of a family's…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonChildren And Families Committee

Increases medicaid reimbursement payment aggregate for private duty nursing services and care

Increases medicaid reimbursement payment aggregate for private duty nursing services and care by 15 million dollars for period 7/1/09 to 3/31/10, and by 20 million dollars annually thereafter for…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHealth Committee

Establishes a temporary commission to examine and review the degree of segregation in primary and secondary schools

Establishes a temporary commission to examine and review the degree and effect of segregation in primary and secondary schools and any correlation with school funding and the long-term impact of…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

Authorizes payment of state aid for students with handicapping conditions; resulting savings to be used to reduce taxes

Authorizes payment of state aid by the commissioner of education for special education services for students with handicapping conditions for costs directly related to such services; provides that…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonEducation Committee

Relates to the definition of a neglected child

Amends the definition of a neglected child to provide that a child shall not be found to be neglected solely as the result of domestic violence unless the child was present during the domestic…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonChildren And Families Committee

Creates a nontoxic dry cleaning incentive grant and demonstration program and establishes an account to fund such grant and demonstration program

Creates a nontoxic dry cleaning incentive grant and demonstration program and establishes an account to fund such grant and demonstration program; establishes a fee to be paid for the use,…

Antoine M. ThompsonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Establishes a 5 year moratorium on the taking of horseshoe crabs or the eggs of horseshoe crabs by any person

Establishes a 5 year moratorium on the taking of horseshoe crabs or the eggs of horseshoe crabs by any person, unless such taking is for scientific or educational purposes.

Antoine M. ThompsonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Enacts the Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act; provides for the elimination and extension of certain statutes of limitations relating thereto; repealer

Enacts the Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act; provides for the elimination and extension of certain statutes of limitations related to sexual offenses against children, the expansion of reporting…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCodes Committee

Relates to the effectiveness of the additional beverage containers to the environmental conservation law

Relates to the effectiveness of the additional beverage containers to the environmental conservation law; relates to universal product codes and the definition of beverage.

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Provides that persons 19, 20 or 21 years old may be housed with older or younger persons within the correction system

Provides that persons 19, 20 or 21 years old may be housed with older or younger persons within the correction system.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Relates to the collection of DNA samples from designated offenders and the release of certain criminal records

Relates to the collection of DNA samples from designated offenders and the release of certain criminal records; further relates to the sealing of certain criminal convictions, access by defendants…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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-ThompsonCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Makes provisions regarding the siting of environmental facilities in minority communities or economically distressed areas

Makes various provisions regulating the location of environmental facilities to insure equity of treatment for minority communities or economically distressed areas; requires environmental impact…

Antoine M. ThompsonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Requires at least one member of the water board of the city of Buffalo be a member of the common council of such city

Requires at least one member of the water board of the city of Buffalo be a member of the common council of such city or designated by such council.

Antoine M. ThompsonCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides two days excused leave for parents for participation with child's education

Provides two days excused leave for parents for participation with child's education; two days per school year, per child.

Antoine M. ThompsonCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Establishes an alternative youth criminal court for the city of Buffalo

Establishes an alternative youth criminal court for the city of Buffalo; creates an additional city court judge to preside over the new alternative youth criminal court; judge shall be elected at…

Antoine M. ThompsonJudiciary Committee

Provides a credit against estate tax for organ donors

Provides a $1000 credit against estate tax if decedent is an organ donor.

Antoine M. ThompsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee