Bills by

Carl Kruger

Senator

603 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →kruger@senate.state.ny.us

2009-2010 session

Sponsored bills

603 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

S3375Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations
Includes the production of cellulosic ethanol within the biofuel production tax credit
Includes the production of cellulosic ethanol within the biofuel production tax credit.
Carl KrugerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee
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S3376Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations
Relates to the refundability of the investment tax credit for research and development property
Relates to the refundability of the investment tax credit for research and development property where any taxpayer allowed certain credits that conducts basic, applied or translational research that…
Carl KrugerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

S338Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Provides for the licensure of agents of authorized title insurance companies

Provides for the licensure of authorized title insurance company agents and empowers the insurance department to administer all requirements relating thereto; requires the superintendent of…

Carl KrugerInsurance Committee

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S355Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to elections

Sets liberal construction provisions regarding nominating/ designating candidates to avoid disqualifications consistent with substantial law compliance

Establishes standard of substantial compliance with election law provisions relating to nomination and designation of candidates for public office; so as to avoid the disqualification of candidates…

Carl KrugerElections Committee

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S4139Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Prohibits restaurants in certain cities from serving water except upon request

Prohibits restaurants in cities with a population of one million or more from serving drinking water from a tap to patrons, except upon request of patrons; defines relevant terms; excludes catering…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

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S4142Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Enacts a "Computer Lemon Law" to protect purchasers of defective computer equipment

Enacts a "Computer Lemon Law" to protect purchasers of defective computer equipment; makes definitions; provides for notice to purchaser, coverage and coverage period, records, and civil actions for…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

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S4331Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Requires school districts in a city with one million or more to investigate and report on the status of PCBs in school buildings

Requires school districts in a city with one million or more to investigate and report on the status of PCB's in school buildings; report to be submitted to the commissioner by January 1, next…

Carl KrugerEducation Committee

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S4333Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Provides for public assistance eligibility requirements for persons with AIDS or HIV-related illnesses and the expiration thereof

Provides for public assistance eligibility requirements for persons with AIDS or HIV- related illnesses and the expiration of such benefits.

Carl KrugerSocial Services Committee

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S4335Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local government

Grants rights of action to certain injured or representatives of certain deceased police officers

Allows a police officer or representative of such deceased officer to bring an action for damages against an individual who injures such officer during the performance of his or her duties.

Carl KrugerLocal Government Committee

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S4337Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local government

Grants real property tax exemption to owner of property for cost of removing graffiti placed by a third party

Grants real property tax exemption to owner of property for cost of removing graffiti placed by a third party on said property.

Carl KrugerLocal Government Committee

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S4346Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Relates to regulation of unsolicited advertisements and sale, rental or exchange of personal information

Regulates persons who advertise using unsolicited written communications or telephone conservations to protect personal privacy; requires disclosure of the source of the listing and notice of right…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

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S4357Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to civil service and pensions

Relates to strikes by public employees and permits them to strike a public employer after the collective negotiation process has been exhausted

Grants the right to strike by public employees after the exhaustion of collective bargaining negotiations.

Carl KrugerCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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S4361Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to cities

Prohibits self-certification of building plans by engineers and architects where there are vertical enlargements of buildings

Prohibits self-certification of building plans by engineers and architects where there are vertical enlargements of buildings.

Carl KrugerCities Committee

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S4444Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Creates office of insurance consumer advocate within department of insurance

Creates the office of insurance consumer advocate within the department of insurance; office to consist of five members; describes powers and duties; such office to be funded by an assessment upon…

Carl KrugerInsurance Committee

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S4445Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Regulates and requires issuance of raincheck by retailer where advertised merchandise is not available for sale

Mandates that any article of merchandise advertised, and not available throughout advertised period, must be supplied at advertised price by seller within sixty days from the date the purchaser of…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

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S4501Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to aging

Grants a tax deferment for persons sixty-five years of age or older who own and occupy real property in N.Y. city

Grants a tax deferment for persons sixty-five years or over who own and occupy real property in a city having a population of one million or more persons.

Carl KrugerAging Committee

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S454Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Mandates labeling of foods containing sodium and sodium compounds

Provides that no person shall manufacture, pack, sell, offer for sale and/or expose for sale any food commodity in package form unless it is labelled with certain information relating to the…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

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S457Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Creates new crime of unlawful failure to provide name and address to injured party or report incident to police involving wheeled non-motorized means of conveyance

Creates the new crime of unlawful failure to provide name and address to injured party or report incident to police involving physical injury resulting from the culpability of the operator of a…

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

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S458Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to agriculture

Authorizes commissioner of agriculture and markets to seek injunctive relief for violations concerning kosher foods

Authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets to institute an action in law or equity to enforce certain kosher food laws and specifically enumerates such violations subject to enforcement…

Carl KrugerAgriculture Committee

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S460Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to elections

Provides for submission to state board of elections the master ballot layout for statewide offices and issues by counties prior to printing of ballot

Provides for submission to the state board of elections by the county boards of elections of the master ballot layout for all elections for statewide office, constitutional amendments and all…

Carl KrugerElections Committee

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S4736Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to finance

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; repeals certain provisions of the environmental conservation law related thereto; requires…

Carl KrugerFinance Committee

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S835Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Substitutes use immunity for transactional immunity

Redefines an immunity recipient as a person who has been a witness in a legal proceeding and who has given evidence therein, and whose evidence (or any information directly or indirectly derived…

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

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S879Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to transportation

Encourages carpooling through preferential use lanes

Encourages carpooling through preferential lane use; sets forth specifications for the types or classes of vehicles which may use such preferential lanes; establishes traffic infraction for unsafe…

Carl KrugerTransportation Committee

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S883Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Requires public housing authorities to install a functioning carbon monoxide detector in each of its tenant dwelling units

Requires public housing authorities to install and maintain a functioning carbon monoxide detector in each of its tenant dwelling units, excluding units whose sole source of heat is electric heat.

Carl KrugerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S888Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Establishes the intentional killing of a child as murder in the first degree, may be cited as "Nixzmary's Law"

Establishes the intentional killing of a child eleven years of age or less as murder in the first degree; changes definition of torture to ease burden of proof; shall be known and may be cited as…

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

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S895Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Requires conspicuous due date on certain periodic statements

Requires statements sent by a credit card company to a consumer to contain a clear and conspicuous notice of the due date of the balance and the payment required to avoid incurring new or additional…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

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S905Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Requires report of violations of law by kosher food establishments to be posted on the premises

Directs commissioner of agriculture and markets to require that the proprietor of a business where a kosher food violation of law occurred to post a report of such violation in the public portion of…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

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S917Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Makes provisions regarding enforcement and penalties for motor vehicle odometer tampering

Increases the penalty for using false statements with respect to, or altering mileage registering devices on, an automobile.

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

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S919Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Provides that restaurants must give notice of price of specials and credit card limitations

Provides that restaurants must conspicuously post and give notice of price of specials and credit card limitations; defines "restaurant" and "specials"; imposes a civil penalty of $100 and a…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

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S930Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Limits the maximum surcharge imposition on a tenant to amount of tax exemption on an individual unit basis

Provides that the maximum surcharge imposed on income of residents of limited-profit housing company rental units shall not be greater than the amount of the tax exemption and interest subsidy…

Carl KrugerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S933Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to elections

Prohibits any person who works on a regular basis for a political committee for a statewide elected office from receiving compensation from an inaugural committee

Prohibits any person who works on a regular basis for a political committee for a statewide elected office from receiving compensation from an inaugural committee.

Carl KrugerElections Committee

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S968Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Enacts the crime of aggravated endangering the welfare of a child

Establishes the crime of aggravated endangering the welfare of a child as a crime punishable as a class C felony; includes acting in a manner likely to be injurious to the mental, physical or moral…

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

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S969Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to health

Provides that physician fee reimbursement under the Medicaid program for office visits be no less than the amount reimbursed for hospital out-patient settings

Provides that physician fee reimbursement under the Medicaid program for office visits be no less than the amount reimbursed for physician treatment in hospital out-patient settings.

Carl KrugerHealth Committee

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S970Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to local government

Requires display of house numbers on all houses to which numbers have been assigned

Requires the owner, agent, lessee or other person in charge of any building to have the proper street number prominently displayed on such building so that such street number is plainly legible from…

Carl KrugerLocal Government Committee

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S976Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Relates to informing members of the community with regard to the presence of a convicted sex offender within their community

Relates to informing members of the community with regard to the presence of a convicted sex offender within their community; strengthens Megan's Law by requiring law enforcement to notify, within…

Carl KrugerCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S978Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to finance

Appropriates $10 million to the division of housing and community renewal to assist municipalities in housing demolition

Makes a one-time appropriation of $10 million to the division of housing and community renewal to assist municipalities in the demolition and removal of abandoned or dangerous housing; authorizes…

Carl KrugerFinance Committee

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S1003Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to investigations and government operations

Increases the child and dependent care credit

Increases the child and dependent care credit in computing personal income tax liability from 20% to 50% of the allowable federal child and dependent care tax credit.

Carl KrugerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S1014Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Specifies certain items be included in annual report of housing companies

Requires limited-profit and limited-dividend housing companies to include information on tax abatement and exemption in their annual reports.

Carl KrugerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S1015Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to consumer protection

Requires the labelling of the recycled content level of consumer packaging

Requires merchants and manufacturers of consumer commodities sold in New York state to disclose on the label of the package of such commodities the post-consumer recycled content of the package;…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

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S1017Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to insurance

Creates the natural disaster reinsurance fund

Creates the natural disaster reinsurance fund financed through voluntary participation by insurers in the state to provide additional protection in the case of catastrophic events; exempts any…

Carl KrugerInsurance Committee

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S1025Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to finance

Establishes procedures regarding legislative budget submissions

Provides a mechanism for legislative leaders to make budget proposals public in the case where the legislature has failed to adopt a budget prior to the first day of the state's fiscal year.

Carl KrugerFinance Committee

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S1027Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Imposes criminal penalties for death or serious injury of individuals resulting from violations of the multiple dwelling law

Imposes criminal penalties for death or serious injury of individuals resulting from violations of the multiple dwelling law; class D felony for criminal negligent death.

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

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S1065Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to education

Requires school health service aides in New York city public schools

Requires that each elementary and secondary public school in the city of New York be staffed by at least one full-time school health service aide.

Carl KrugerEducation Committee

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S1309Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Makes inmates convicted of bail jumping ineligible for participation in temporary work release programs

Provides that inmates who are convicted of any bail jumping offense shall not be eligible for participation in temporary work release programs.

Carl KrugerCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S1310Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Enacts the Victim's Information and Security Act

Enacts the "victim's information and security act" to aid victims, witnesses, family members and others in accessing information pertinent to the probable release or movement of inmates; establishes…

Carl KrugerCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S1311Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to social services

Creates the welfare inter-state fraud detection program; appropriation

Creates the welfare inter-state fraud detection program to utilize an inter-state welfare data base for the identification of individuals receiving public assistance benefits in more than one state;…

Carl KrugerSocial Services Committee

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S1313Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to elections

Requires entities which make political contributions of more than $2,000 per annum to file statement

Requires any entity, other than a natural person, which in connection with any election makes contributions or expenditures to or on behalf of more than one candidate, political committee or…

Carl KrugerElections Committee

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S1314Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to energy and telecommunications

Restricts termination of a tenant's residential utility service during cold weather periods

Provides that no utility may discontinue residential utility service during cold weather periods to a premises where an owner of the premises has notified the utility that the customer of record is…

Carl KrugerEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

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S1317Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2010· Referred to codes

Makes prayer for damages in negligence action general rather than specific

Provides that the amount of damages sought in a negligence cause of action shall not be stated in the complaint, cross claim, interpleader complaint and third-party complaint; provides that the…

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

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