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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

Expands applicability of laws regarding co-operative and condominium conversions

Allows provisions of law relating to conversion of residential property to cooperative or condominium ownership to be applicable to electing cities, towns and villages throughout the state outside…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

Relates to prohibiting rate variations of over ten percent between counties within the city of New York for nonbusiness private passenger automobiles

Relates to prohibiting rate variations of over ten percent between counties within the city of New York for non-business private passenger automobiles.

Vito LopezInsurance Committee

Authorizes appearance by a tenant in the housing part without counsel

Authorizes any tenant who is party to an action in housing part to be represented by a person who is not an attorney, provided consent for such representation is made on the record, such person is…

Vito LopezJudiciary Committee

Enacts "Lori Ann's law" to establish procedures for law enforcement to locate and return missing persons

Enacts "Lori Ann's law" to establish procedures for law enforcement to locate and return missing persons; requires law enforcement agencies to immediately accept any missing person report; requires…

Robert ReillyGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes mandatory reporting of alleged incidents of abuse, mistreatment or neglect of residents in assisted living and adult care facilities

Establishes the mandatory reporting by certain professional or official persons who come into contact with mentally or physically incapacitated persons who were abused including residents of…

Keith L.T. WrightSocial Services Committee

Relates to benefits and eligibility under the real property tax circuit breaker credit

Amends benefits and income eligibility requirements under the real property tax circuit breaker credit.

Keith L.T. WrightWays And Means Committee

Prohibits the division of housing and community renewal from adopting various rules and regulations pertaining to rent regulated housing accommodations

Prohibits the division of housing and community renewal from adopting various rules and regulations pertaining to rent regulated housing accommodations: notice of application for rent reduction,…

Keith L.T. WrightHousing Committee

Enacts the private automated teller machine safety act

Enacts the private automated teller machine safety act; requires operators of private automated teller machines to register their machines with the superintendent of banks; imposes a fee for the…

Jonathan BingBanks Committee

Requires day care providers to escrow security deposits exceeding the value of two weeks of provided services

Requires day care providers to escrow security deposits in excess of the value of two weeks of provided services.

William MagnarelliChildren And Families Committee

Removes the state sales tax on wireless telephone services and provides for a local option of imposing such taxes

Removes the state sales tax on wireless telephone services and provides for a local option of imposing such taxes.

Louis TobaccoWays And Means Committee

Relates to building new one-family residential construction

Relates to building new one-family residential construction.

Nancy CalhounLabor Committee

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning primary prevention and safe housing act

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning primary prevention and safe housing act; establishes the childhood lead poisoning primary prevention and safe housing fund; authorizes a corporate tax credit for…

David GanttHealth Committee

Relates to providing financial incentives for manufacturing firms to retain jobs in New York state

Relates to providing financial incentives for manufacturing firms to retain jobs in New York state.

Brian KolbEconomic Development Committee

Authorizes the issuance of small business health insurance policies

Enacts the "small business health insurance act"; authorizes the issuance of small business health insurance policies; sets forth eligibility requirements for small business health insurance,…

Robin SchimmingerInsurance Committee

Provides that a photograph of the victim may be displayed at certain parts of a jury and non-jury trial in certain homicide cases

Provides that a photograph of the victim, eight inches by ten inches in size, shall be displayed in the courtroom at the time of trial in certain homicide cases.

David KoonCodes Committee

Enacts the New York state national guard and reserves child support modification act of 2009

Enacts the New York state national guard and reserves child support modification act of 2009; provides for modification of child support payments in certain instances where the person called to…

Brian KolbSocial Services Committee

Provides a credit against personal income to civilian patrolmen and auxiliary policemen

Provides a credit against personal income for members of civilian patrol programs and auxiliary police or fire forces in an amount of $500 for cost and maintenance of uniforms used in service if…

Vito LopezWays And Means Committee

Delineates and classifies the power of banking board to regulate mortgage escrow accounts

Expands upon the power of the state banking board to regulate the method had by banks to calculate minimum escrow balances and to prescribe a method which reduces such amount close to zero, and to…

Vito LopezBanks Committee

Free checking accounts for not-for-profit corporations

Directs the banking board to promulgate a regulation requiring banking institutions to provide type A or type B not-for-profit corporations with free checking, demand deposit or negotiable order of…

Vito LopezBanks Committee

Provides for the creation of a new program for health insurance for individuals and groups of 50 or fewer; repealer

Provides for the creation of a new program for health insurance for individuals and groups of fifty or fewer employers or members; provides for open enrollment and community rating; provides for a…

William A. BarclayInsurance Committee

Establishes the manufacturing preservation and enhancement act and the office of the New York state homeshoring initiative

Establishes the manufacturing preservation and enhancement act and the office of the New York state homeshoring initiative.

Brian KolbEconomic Development Committee

Authorizes the issuance of temporary beer, wine and liquor permits, good for twenty-four consecutive hours, to promote products produced in this state

Authorizes the issuance of a temporary beer, wine and liquor permit, good for twenty-four consecutive hours, to promote products produced in this state; provides authority to promulgate needed rules…

Brian KolbEconomic Development Committee

Establishes a tax credit for on-the-job training

Establishes corporate business and personal income tax credits for taxpayers (employers of 100 or fewer) who provide employees with on-the-job training in an amount up to $300 per employee.

Brian KolbWays And Means Committee

Prohibits insurers from limiting payment on claims based on pricing caps and from recommending a particular repair facility, and requires notice to insureds

Prohibits insurers from limiting payment on claims for damage to motor vehicles based on pricing caps for labor, parts, paint or repair materials; prohibits insurers from recommending a particular…

William MagnarelliInsurance Committee

Prohibits leaving a child under the age of seven unattended in a motor vehicle

Provides that where a person responsible for the welfare of a child under the age of seven leaves such child inside a motor vehicle without the supervision of a person who is at least twelve years…

William MagnarelliTransportation Committee

Increases the tax credit for individuals who purchase long term health insurance policies

Increases the corporation and personal income tax credits for the purchase of long term health insurance policies to fifty percent of the premium paid during the taxable year.

Ellen C. JaffeeWays And Means CommitteeFinance

Provides for the transfer of funds for use by the director of the office for the aging for geriatric education centers

Provides for the yearly transfer of funds in an amount of up to one million dollars for use by the director of the office for the aging for services and expenses of the Finger Lakes Geriatric…

Steven EnglebrightAging Committee

Establishes the state task force on campus safety

N. Nick PerryHigher Education CommitteeEducation

Relates to the offenses of sexual abuse and aggravated sexual abuse

Expands the definitions of sexual contact, foreign object and aggravated sexual contact and further broadens the crimes of sexual abuse in the second degree and all degrees of aggravated sexual…

Amy PaulinCodes Committee

Authorizes as a pilot program certified nurse practitioners to provide care and treatment to injured employees in workers' compensation cases

Authorizes as a pilot program certified nurse practitioners to provide care and treatment to injured employees pursuant to the provisions of the workers' compensation law; establishes a nurse…

Susan JohnLabor Committee

Provides a partial tax abatement to owners of property who lease units at less than the fair market rental value

Provides a partial real property tax tax abatement to owners of certain property in a city with a population of one million or more who lease units at less than the fair market rental value to…

Joseph LentolReal Property Taxation Committee

Establishes the sex offender alert line to permit members of the public to request notification of the residence of a registered sex offender in certain zip codes

Establishes the sex offender alert line to permit members of the public to request notification of the residence of a registered sex offender within certain zip codes; provides that notification…

Susan JohnCorrection Committee

Provides for the division of parole to disclose certain confidential HIV information to the appropriate public health officer for the purpose of informing contacts

Provides that the division of parole shall disclose certain confidential HIV related information to the appropriate public health officer for purposes of informing contacts.

Nettie MayersohnHealth Committee

Relates to reporting of financial exploitation; and establishes a financial exploitation, outreach, education and training program and fund

Relates to reporting of financial exploitation; and establishes a financial exploitation, outreach, education and training program and fund.

Steven EnglebrightBanks Committee

Relates to performance and payment bonds

Increases the contract threshold for which performance and payment bonds are required for small and certified minority and women owned businesses.

Joan MillmanGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes the physicians, dentists and clinic charity care credit

Establishes the physicians, dentists and clinic charity care credit, in the amount of the cost of the care provided, up to five percent of the individuals or practices net taxable income or twenty…

George AmedoreWays And Means Committee

Requires manufacturers to meet certain standards with their packaging in New York state to reduce waste

Requires manufacturers to meet certain standards with their packaging in New York state to reduce waste; establishes the guidelines and sets a timetable by which manufactures must comply with these…

Richard BrodskyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Establishes the fresh fruit and vegetable program

Directs the department of education to establish a fresh fruit and vegetable program providing sponsors of non-profit school breakfast, lunch or other school child feeding programs with payments for…

Sandy GalefEducation Committee

Provides for the regulation of conduct on school property and at school-authorized activities

Provides for the regulation of conduct on school property and at school-authorized activities; authorizes school districts to develop their code of conduct with input from community representative…

Peter RiveraEducation Committee

Requires applicants for a driver's license or non-driver identification card to submit satisfactory proof that the applicant's presence in the U.S. is authorized

Requires applicants for a driver's license or non-driver identification card to submit satisfactory proof to the department of motor vehicles that the applicant's presence in the United States is…

Barbara ClarkTransportation Committee

Creates the New York state culture areas program

Creates the New York State cultural development areas program; provides for the designation of cultural development areas; provides that capital improvements to qualified buildings within a cultural…

Joseph MorelleTourism, Arts And Sports Development Committee

Provides that any shareholder who owns 20% or more of a corporation's shares shall be entitled to elect a proportional share of the board of directors

Provides that any shareholder who owns 20% or more of a corporation's shares shall be entitled to elect a proportional share of the board of directors.

Peter RiveraCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Eliminates the ability of the district attorney to offer plea bargains to sex offenders

Eliminates the ability of the district attorney to offer plea bargains to sex offenders.

Richard BrodskyCodes Committee

Eliminates the fifty per centum match requirement in a single room occupancy support services project for projects in municipalities of less than one million

Eliminates the fifty per centum match requirement in a single room occupancy support services project for projects in municipalities of less than one million.

Vito LopezSocial Services Committee

Makes filing of materials incorporated into state regulations by reference less expensive

Reduces the cost to state agencies of complying with current requirements of multiple filings of material incorporated by reference into regulations by permitting incorporation by reference when…

Vito LopezGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to contracts with not-for-profit corporations for housing preservation and community renewal activities

Relates to contracts with not-for-profit corporations for housing preservation and community renewal activities; eliminates the statutory caps in contracts entered into with neighborhood…

Vito LopezHousing Committee

Raises maximum income for eligibility in limited-profit housing company projects

Raises the income eligibility for a low income family's occupancy in a limited profit (Mitchell-Lama) housing company project to an amount of income not to exceed eight times the rental of the…

Vito LopezHousing Committee