Sponsored bills

Establishes city and county property tax relief exemptions; establishes tax incentive for investments in empire zones

Eliminates the $100,000 limit on certain types of investments in empire zone businesses, which may be taken as credits against the franchise tax on business corporations and personal income taxes;…

James TediscoReal Property Taxation Committee

Imposes additional fines when a person fails to pay his or her fines or fails to complete counseling or community service when mandated

Imposes additional fines when a person fails to pay his or her fines or fails to complete counseling or community service when mandated for unlawful possession of marihuana or unlawful possession of…

Robin SchimmingerCodes Committee

Extends forfeiture provisions to obscenity crimes

Allows counties in the state to be more effective in closing stores that deal in obscene material by providing for the forfeiture of the obscene materials after conviction of any misdemeanor or…

James TediscoCodes Committee

Relates to the transportation of bulk milk

Allows the department of transportation, in conjunction with the department of agriculture and markets, to investigate and resolve any barriers to bulk milk transportation; enables the state…

William MageeAgriculture Committee

Includes farm land which includes agricultural amusements within provisions of law relating to agricultural districts

Includes farm land which includes agricultural amusements within provisions of laws relating to agricultural districts.

William MageeAgriculture Committee

Provides for a program to transport persons subject to an outstanding warrant of arrest to the appropriate jurisdiction

Provides for a program to transport persons subject to an outstanding warrant of arrest to the appropriate jurisdiction initially to include persons charged with a felony, and then to include…

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes a baccalaureate and associate nursing assistance program

Creates a baccalaureate and associate nursing assistance program within the department of health to provide loans to persons in pursuit of a nursing degree at an approved institution in this state;…

James TediscoHigher Education Committee

Requires the prior approval of the appropriate legislative committees required of agency rules and regulations

Requires state agencies to submit proposed rules and regulations intended to implement legislation to the appropriate committee of the legislature for approval; provides that no such rule or…

James TediscoGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to the entry into premises by the agent of a utility or municipality; repealer

Establishes an agent of a utility or municipality may not enter premises without permission of a person lawfully in control of the premises; establishes certain exceptions.

James TediscoCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Creates a black box tax credit

Amends the vehicle and traffic, tax, and insurance law in relation to enacting the livery and taxi safety act.

Martin J. GoldenTransportation Committee

Provides for a proposition to be submitted to voters in certain school districts on optional state funding of school district expenses

Relates to school property tax reduction; provides for a proposition to be submitted to voters in certain school districts on optional state funding of school districts; relates to the submission to…

John J. BonacicEducation Committee

Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to engage in collective bargaining with component school district employees

Authorizes a board of cooperative educational services to engage in collective bargaining, on a supervisory district-wide basis, with the employee organizations representing teachers and other…

Betty LittleEducation Committee

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women owned business enterprises

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women owned business enterprises; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.

Velmanette MontgomeryFinance Committee

Directs telecommunication corporations to provide call center service assistance from centers located within the state

Directs telecommunications corporations to provide call center service assistance from centers located within the state and such corporations' service area; includes a list of what services must be…

George D. MaziarzEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Relates to the regulation of municipal electric and gas corporations

Relates to the regulation of municipal electric and gas corporations.

George D. MaziarzEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Extends the expiration of the New York state French and Indian war 250th anniversary commemoration commission until December 31, 2014

Extends from December 31, 2010 until December 31, 2014, the expiration of the New York state French and Indian war 250th anniversary commemoration commission.

José M. SerranoFinance Committee

Retirement rights of professional firefighters association members

Provides for retirement rights of professional firefighters association members including the New York state authority firefighters; provides that only those employees hired after a new collective…

Antoine M. ThompsonCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Clarifies that the prohibition against strike activity and imposition of penalties for violations thereof are exclusively labor relations matters for PERB

Clarifies that the prohibition against strike activity and imposition of penalties for violations thereof are exclusively labor relations matters for PERB.

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Relates to penalties for sale of alcohol to minors and increases penalties for the sale of alcohol without the appropriate license

Establishes penalties for persons who sell alcohol to persons under the age of twenty-one years; increases fines and length of imprisonment for the sale of alcoholic beverages without having the…

Adriano EspaillatEconomic Development Committee

Relates to the alienation of certain parklands in Putnam county

Relates to the alienation of certain parklands in the town of Kent in the county of Putnam.

Sandy GalefOn the Assembly floor

Makes provision for the disposal of firearms, rifles and shotguns owned by the state and local governments

Requires the disposal of firearms, rifles and shotguns owned by any department, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state of New York and local governments by either selling or transferring…

Adriano EspaillatOn the Assembly floor

Requires the use of biodiesel blend in state diesel operated vehicles

Requires the use of biodiesel blend in state diesel operated vehicles; renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived from agricultural plant oils, animal fats or waste…

Marc AlessiGovernmental Operations Committee

Establishes a biodiesel grant program for the agricultural production of biodiesel

Establishes a biodiesel grant program for the agricultural production of biodiesel fuel; defines biodiesel fuel as a renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived from…

Marc AlessiAgriculture CommitteeEconomy

Requires insurers to provide certificate holders with at least thirty days prior written notice of termination of group health insurance coverage

Requires insurers to provide certificate holders with at least thirty days prior written notice of termination of group health insurance coverage.

Ann-Margaret CarrozzaOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes a class action law suit in anti-trust actions

Authorizes a class action lawsuit in anti-trust actions.

Audrey PhefferOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the "cleaner fuels school bus act" requiring school bus owners to replace or retrofit buses to use biodiesel fuel blends

Enacts the "Cleaner fuels school bus act" requiring school bus owners to replace or retrofit buses to use biodiesel fuel blends; directs promulgation of regulations.

Marc AlessiEducation Committee

Removes provisions prohibiting N.Y. city from strengthening rent regulation laws to provide more comprehensive coverage than state laws

Removes provisions that prohibit cities of one million or more from strengthening rent regulation laws to provide more comprehensive coverage than state laws.

Vito LopezOn the Assembly floor

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women owned business enterprises

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women owned business enterprises; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.

Joan MillmanGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires a blend of biodiesel fuel in retail heating oil

Requires a blend of biodiesel blend in retail heating oil; 5% in 2011; 10% in 2012 and 20% in 2013 and thereafter; renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived from…

Marc AlessiEnergy Committee

Relates to powers of banking board, restrictions on employees of the banking department, collecting assessment fees, suspending mortgage bankers; repealer

Relates to powers of banking board, restrictions on employees of the banking department, collecting assessment fees, suspending mortgage bankers and brokers for cause and eliminating outdated…

Darryl TownsStricken

Relates to licensed lenders, licensed cashers of checks, sales finance companies, premium finance companies, budget planners, and transmitters of money; repealer

Relates to licensed lenders, licensed cashers of checks, sales finance companies, premium finance companies, budget planners, and transmitters of money.

Darryl TownsStricken

Relates to the management of migratory game birds

Relates to the management of migratory game birds.

Robert SweeneyOn the Assembly floor

Provides additional health services and employment benefits for veterans

Provides additional benefits for veterans; provides for services and counseling related to post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injuries; requires reports to the legislature concerning the…

Brian X. FoleyFinance Committee

Requires certain nursery school operators to file with the office of children and family services and to fingerprint applicants for purpose of conducting searches

Requires nursery school operators providing service to more than three preschool children of 5 years of age or less for three hours or less per day per child for 3 or more days per week to file with…

Carl L. MarcellinoChildren And Families CommitteeHealth

Enacts the "cleaner fuels school bus act" requiring school bus owners to replace or retrofit buses to use biodiesel fuel blends

Enacts the "Cleaner fuels school bus act" requiring school bus owners to replace or retrofit buses to use biodiesel fuel blends; directs promulgation of regulations.

Carl L. MarcellinoEducation Committee

Relates to the notification requirements of sex offenders

Relates to the notification requirements of sex offenders.

Jeffrion AubryCorrection Committee

Urging the NYS Congressional delegation to direct the VA to build a full service hospital on the grounds of the St. Albans Veterans Facility

William ScarboroughVeterans' Affairs Committee

Relates to recordkeeping requirements for pet dealers

Relates to recordkeeping requirements for pet dealers.

Suzi OppenheimerAgriculture Committee

Relates to clearing data in motor vehicles equipped with factory installed global positioning systems

Relates to clearing data in motor vehicles equipped with factory installed global positioning systems.

Nancy CalhounConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Prohibits possession of certain condoms as evidence

Provides that possession of a condom may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, promoting prostitution, permitting…

Barbara ClarkCodes Committee

Relates to requiring first consideration of persons defined in the federal workforce investment act programs for hiring for positions created as a result of economic development assistance

Relates to requiring first consideration of unemployed individuals, low-income individuals, dislocated workers and individuals training for nontraditional employment, as defined in the federal…

Velmanette MontgomeryEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Provides that utility companies shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a street is issued

Relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use or open a…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Authorizes peace officers to work in licensed premises in certain cases and exempting such persons from background checks

Authorizes peace officers to work in licensed premises in certain cases and exempts such persons from background checks.

Frank SkartadosEconomic Development Committee

Grants retroactive membership with Tier II status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Warren Greene

Grants retroactive membership with tier II status in the New York state and local employees retirement system to Warren Greene.

Marc ButlerGovernmental Employees Committee

Creates procedures for airbag safety; repealer

Relates to airbag safety and repealing certain provisions thereof.

RoAnn DestitoTransportation Committee

Requires railroads transporting hazardous materials through the counties of Nassau and Suffolk to give advance notice

Amends the transportation law to require any railroad transporting hazardous materials through the counties of Nassau and Suffolk to give advance notice to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority,…

Thomas AlfanoTransportation Committee

Relates to aid for coordinated collection development grants

Relates to aid for coordinated collection development grants for public and non-profit independent colleges and universities.

Jonathan BingHigher Education Committee

Establishes crime of endangering the welfare of a child by exposing them to controlled substances

Establishes crime of endangering the welfare of a child by exposing them to controlled substances.

Pedro Espada Jr.Codes Committee