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Establishes a distinctive license plate for the deaf and hearing-impaired

Establishes a distinctive license plate for the deaf and hearing-impaired; defines terms; creates the New York state deaf and hearing-impaired fund.

Joseph MorelleStricken

Requires secretary of state and county clerks to accept payment for notary public appointment or reappointment fees in form of cash, money order or checks

Requires the secretary or state and county clerks to accept payment for any fee relating to appointment or reappointment as a notary public in the form of cash, money order or by certified, company,…

Richard GottfriedSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Modifies medicaid services' availability to bring them more in line with those of private health insurance coverage; repealer

Modifies medicaid services' availability to bring them more in line with those of private health insurance coverage.

Robin SchimmingerHealth Committee

Permits certain not-for-profit conservation organizations to apply for agricultural protection state assistance payments

Permits certain not-for-profit conservation organizations to apply for agricultural protection state assistance payments.

William MageeSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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

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

Thomas P. MorahanOn the Senate floor

Relates to restoring the fuel cell tax credit

Relates to restoring the fuel cell tax credit.

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

Authorizes the Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church to file applications for a real property tax exemption with the county of Nassau

Authorizes the Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church to file applications for a real property tax exemption with the county of Nassau.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Real Property Taxation Committee

Establishes a policy and procedures for state site selection in urban areas

Establishes a policy that state facilities and state uses of space in urban areas shall serve to strengthen the state's cities; establishes criteria and procedures to carry out such policy.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsFinance Committee

Authorizes district attorney to petition for posting of security when animal is impounded as result of abuse

Authorizes the district attorney bringing animal abuse charges to petition for the posting of security for the care of the abused animal on behalf of the impounding organization; authorizes all such…

Jeffrey D. KleinAgriculture Committee

Provides clarification to determine the expiration date of an order of protection issued in relation to a family offense

Provides clarification to determine the expiration date of an order of protection issued in relation to a family offense.

Stephen M. SalandOn the Senate floor

Relates to modifying child support orders, employer reporting of new hires and quarterly earnings, work experience programs and noncustodial earned income tax

Relates to modifying child support orders, employer reporting of new hires and quarterly earnings, work experience programs and noncustodial earned income tax credit.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

Prohibits candidates from authorizing more than one political committee for any one election

Prohibits candidates from authorizing more than one political committee for any one election.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.On the Senate floor

Entitles defendants charged with an offense the ability to telephone any number located in the United States or Puerto Rico

Entitles defendants charged with an offense the ability to telephone any number located in the United States or Puerto Rico for the purpose of obtaining counsel and informing a relative or friend.

Michael DenDekkerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the definition of tax return preparer

Relates to the definition of tax return preparer; enrolled agents.

Carl KrugerOn the Senate floor

Requires medical assistance to be provided to victims of domestic violence to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident

Requires medical assistance be provided to victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 457-a of this chapter, to care for and treat any scarring from the domestic violence incident.

Linda RosenthalHealth Committee

Prohibits state officers and employees from using the thruway system without paying tolls during non-working hours

Prohibits a department, authority, division or agency of the state from offering and permitting state officers and employees to use the thruway system without paying tolls except when the use occurs…

George D. MaziarzFinance Committee

Relates to the enforcement of child day care safety and standards; repealer

Relates to the enforcement of child day care safety and standards.

Velmanette MontgomeryOn the Senate floor

Relates to applications for absentee ballots

Relates to applications for absentee ballots; provides for the application to be made in writing in the form of a letter, telefax indicating the address, phone number and the telefax number from…

Liz KruegerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes and directs the secretary of state to promulgate regulations to govern the use of ventilation systems with the practice of nail specialty

Authorizes and directs the secretary of state to promulgate regulations requiring the use of ventilation, air purification systems, other air quality improvement or any combination thereof in…

Carl L. MarcellinoFinance CommitteeFinance

Requires the filing of additional transferor and contributor identification information in campaign receipt and expenditure statements

Requires the filing of additional transferor and contributor identification information in campaign receipt and expenditure statements for the receipt of amounts over one hundred dollars, including…

Carl KrugerOn the Senate floor

Requires school buses that contract with the NYC department of education to retrofit certain buses with certain equipment

Requires school buses that contract with the NYC department of education to retrofit certain buses with certain equipment; requires that all buses used to provide transportation services to students…

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Protects constitutional or civil rights of people against infringement by those not acting under color of law

Provides for protection of persons in exercise or enjoyment of rights under state and federal laws; provides for civil action by attorney general, civil action by person aggrieved, and criminal…

Bill PerkinsCodes Committee

Relates to the expansion of coverage for volunteer firefighters for cancer of the digestive, hematological, lymphatic, urinary, and prostate systems

Relates to the expansion of coverage for volunteer firefighters for cancer of the digestive, hematological, lymphatic, urinary, and prostate systems.

Brian X. FoleyOn the Senate floor

Amends the dates for filing a claim and commencing an action on a bond

Provides that a laborer or materialman on a state public improvement may sue on the bond required to be posted by a contractor or subcontractor on such an improvement within 1 year after such…

Neil D. BreslinOn the Senate floor

Relates to providing free fare on metropolitan transportation authority transit systems

Relates to providing free fare on metropolitan transportation authority transit systems for senior citizens sixty-five years of age or older.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Requires medical assistance to be provided to victims of domestic violence to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident

Requires medical assistance be provided to victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 459-a of this chapter, to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident.

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction and conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction & conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption by the state's motor vehicle fleet and to…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

Authorizes family court in family offense proceedings to extend an order of protection upon showing of good cause or consent

Authorizes the family court in family offense proceedings to extend an order of protection upon the showing of good cause or consent of the parties.

John L. SampsonOn the Senate floor

Prohibits the sale of salvia divinorum to persons in New York state

Prohibits the sale of salvia divinorum to persons in New York state; defines salvia divinorum; sets penalties for sale and provides a defense.

John J. FlanaganCodes Committee

Relates to the protection of pupils in educational settings from abuse and maltreatment, and requiring the fingerprinting of school bus drivers

Amends the education law, in relation to the protection of pupils in educational settings from abuse and maltreatment, and requiring the fingerprinting of prospective school bus drivers.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Relates to redetermination of adjusted rent where there is a permanent decrease in combined income

Relates to redetermination of adjusted rent where there is a permanent decrease in combined income; provides that such redetermination shall be retroactive to the date of the decrease in income.

Toby Ann StaviskyAging Committee

Requires fingerprinting of school employees of public and publicly-funded special education schools and of prospective employees in the office of cultural education; appropriation

Requires fingerprinting of employees of public and publicly-funded special education schools and of prospective employees in the office of cultural education, for the purpose of criminal background…

Suzi OppenheimerFinance Committee

Provides that a tanning facility shall not permit the use of an ultraviolet radiation device by persons under eighteen years of age

Provides that a tanning facility shall not permit the use of an ultraviolet radiation device by persons under eighteen years of age.

Craig M. JohnsonCodes Committee

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe housing act of 2010; repealer

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe housing act of 2010 to make enforcement of lead hazard control standards in the state of New York more certain and more effective; creates a…

Bill PerkinsFinance Committee

Adopts investment guidelines for local governments

Requires the state comptroller to adopt comprehensive investment guidelines which detail the department of audit and control's advisory policy and instructions to the chief executive and chief…

Carl KrugerOn the Senate floor

Requires alternative fuels to be available along the thruway

Requires alternative fuels to be available for public use along the New York state thruway after November 1, 2011 and to provide each recommended alternative fuel at least every one hundred twenty…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

Requires electric corporations to submit electric utility emergency plans to the public service commission for review and approval

Requires electric corporations to submit electric utility emergency plans to the public service commission for review and approval; provides such plans shall set forth training and planning for…

Kevin S. ParkerFinance Committee

Prohibits waste transfer stations from being located near public housing projects

Prohibits waste transfer stations from being located near public housing projects.

Ruben DiazOn the Senate floor

Increases the maximum value of a small estate from $30,000 to $100,000

Increases the maximum value of a small estate from $30,000 to $100,000.

Owen H. JohnsonOn the Senate floor

Directs the New York state thruway authority to discontinue the collection of tolls at the Grand Island bridges in the Niagara section of the thruway

Directs the New York state thruway authority to discontinue the collection of tolls at the Grand Island bridges in the Niagara section of the Governor Thomas E.

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Relates to creating a tax credit for energy efficiency home improvements

Creates a tax credit for energy efficiency home improvements and products affixed to homes; directs NYSRDA to develop a list of qualified products and improvements and provides that such…

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Relates to the comprehensive school bus driver safety training program

Provides for the transfer of a portion of fines issued for illegally passing a school bus to the comprehensive school bus driver safety training program for the study and promotion of issues…

Antoine M. ThompsonFinance Committee

Establishes apportionment commission to create apportionment plans for congressional and state legislative districts based on federal censuses; repealer

Establishes an apportionment commission to create apportionment plans for congressional and state legislative districts based on decennial federal census, which shall be considered by and voted upon…

David J. ValeskyFinance Committee

Provides a private right of action against a person who intentionally discloses the identity of a victim of a sex crime

Provides a private right of action against a person who intentionally discloses the identity of a victim of a sex crime.

John J. FlanaganCodes Committee

Enacts the "New York state public health protection act"

Enacts the "New York state public health protection act"; establishes a precautionary policy for the state; establishes criteria to guide implementation of the precautionary policy; creates a…

Robert SweeneyWays And Means Committee

Increases penalties for vandalism to a house of worship or theft of a house of worship

Increases penalties for vandalism to a house of worship or theft of a house of worship; includes any statues, menorahs and nativity scenes located outside the building or structure of worship on the…

George LatimerCodes Committee

Provides that actions by the attorney general for unlawful practice of law shall include both civil and criminal actions

Provides that actions by the attorney general for unlawful practice of law shall be construed to include both civil and criminal actions; makes conforming changes.

Ronald CanestrariSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to permanency planning and dispositional alternatives in juvenile delinquency and persons in need of supervision proceedings

Relates to permanency planning and dispositional alternatives in juvenile delinquency and persons in need of supervision proceedings.

William ScarboroughCodes Committee