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Establishes the crime of repeat minor offender

Establishes the crime of repeat minor offender.

Kenneth ZebrowskiCodes Committee

Establishes the "minimum standards for subsidized jobs act"

Establishes the "minimum standards for subsidized jobs act"; defines terms; restricts persons, associations, corporations or other entities from being eligible to receive any economic development…

Marcos CrespoLabor Committee

Abbagail's law prohibits supervising drivers from acting under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs

Enacts Abbagail's law prohibiting supervising drivers from acting under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and subjects them to criminal charges.

Stephen HawleyTransportation Committee

Requires a resource test for Medicaid applicants

Requires a resource test for Medicaid applicants.

Kenneth ZebrowskiSocial Services Committee

Relates to the filing of a false financing statement

Relates to the filing a false financing statement.

Janele Hyer-SpencerCodes Committee

Directs municipal police training council to establish policies and procedures for police officers, relating to investigation of and intervention into sex offenses

Directs the municipal police training council to establish policies and procedures for police officers, relating to the investigation of and intervention into sex offenses; provides for…

Helene WeinsteinFinance Committee

Adds four new compounds to the controlled substance schedule of hallucinogenic substances

Adds four new compounds to the controlled substance schedule of hallucinogenic substances.

Kenneth ZebrowskiHealth Committee

Requires state agencies who contract to disseminate advertising material to exclude material which relates to the agency's mission

Requires state agencies who contract to disseminate advertising material to exclude material which relates to the agency's mission; defines the term "state agency".

Sam HoytFinance Committee

Relates to the appointment and reporting duties of the superintendent of the state police and to the appointment of employees of the state police

Relates to the appointment and reporting duties of the superintendent of the state police and to the appointment of employees of the state police.

Hakeem JeffriesGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to preserve and maintain state historic sites that are closed for more than a month

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to preserve and maintain state historic sites that are closed for more than a month.

José M. SerranoFinance Committee

Relates to the disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran

Establishes the veterans' cremains act, allowing funeral directors to grant qualified veterans' organizations the right to receive the cremains of a veteran which has not been claimed by a relative…

Kevin S. ParkerCodes Committee

Amends the education law relating to school based health and mental health clinics in certain cities

Amends the education law relating to school based health and mental health clinics in certain cities.

Catherine NolanEducation Committee

Relates to lien filings for retainage

Provides that where the notice of lien is for retainage, the notice of lien may be filed within ninety days after the date the retainage was due to be released.

Neil D. BreslinOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and items not defined as a tobacco product or approved by the FDA as a tobacco use cessation or harm reduction

Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors; prohibits distribution or sale of any item containing or delivering nicotine that is not defined by law as a tobacco product or approved by the…

Linda RosenthalHealth Committee

Provides for the financing of projects at the New York state fair by the dormitory authority

Provides for the financing of projects at the New York state fair by the dormitory authority.

David J. ValeskyFinance Committee

Requires automobile dealers display a "Gallons-Per_Mile Fuel Savings Guide

Requires automobile dealers display a fuel economy label on all new vehicles.

Daniel L. SquadronEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Changes the reporting requirements relative to restitution and fair treatment standards from annual to every two years; repealer

Changes the reporting requirements relative to restitution and fair treatment standards for the Crime Victims Board from annual to every two years; consolidates reporting requirements regarding…

RoAnn DestitoCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Provides for a power authority trustee from Niagara county

Provides that the next appointed trustee of the power authority of New York state shall be from Niagara county and provides for a permanent trustee from such county on such authority.

Jane CorwinStricken

Permits antitrust fines or penalties to be paid to crime victims board, in the court's discretion

Provides that in any action commenced under the state's anti-trust law, the court may direct that all or any part of a criminal fine or civil penalty imposed upon a violator may, in the court's…

RoAnn DestitoConsumer Protection Committee

Requires immediate suspension of liquor license upon third reported incident in nine month period

Requires immediate suspension of liquor license of a premises licensed by the state liquor authority upon the third reported incident occurring either in, on or adjacent to its premises or in its…

Audrey PhefferEconomic Development Committee

Authorizes a court to revoke the firearms license and seize the weapons of certain individuals

Authorizes courts to revoke firearms license and seize the weapons of certain individuals.

Donna LupardoCodes Committee

Provides a municipality or community board to express an opinion before a license is granted to a person to sell liquor at retail for off-premises consumption

Allows a municipality or community board to express an opinion before a license is granted to a person to sell liquor at retail for off-premises consumption.

Audrey PhefferEconomic Development Committee

Authorizes the use of school facilities by not-for-profit or charitable organizations for the operation of after-school programs

Authorizes the use of school facilities by not-for-profit or charitable organizations for the operation of after-school programs; such programs shall present some form of educational instruction or…

Jeffrion AubryWays And Means Committee

Establishes a personal income tax credit for taxpayers who donate blood to a blood bank four or more times in a year

Establishes a personal income tax credit for taxpayers who donate blood to a blood bank four or more times in a year; specifies such tax credit to be five hundred dollars.

Kenneth ZebrowskiWays And Means Committee

Prohibits the state from purchasing paper products that are non-recyclable

Prohibits the state from purchasing paper products that are non-recyclable.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsGovernmental Operations Committee

Sets standards for time for the furnishing of certain information to municipalities and community boards by applicants for certain alcohol licenses

Sets standards for the time for the furnishing of certain information to municipalities and community boards by applicants for certain original, renewal, or alteration alcoholic beverage licenses…

Audrey PhefferEconomic Development Committee

Provides that persons residing in property owned by a limited partnership shall be eligible for small claims assessment review; repealer

Provides that persons residing in property owned by a limited partnership shall be eligible for small claims assessment review.

Sandy GalefOn the Senate floor

Relates to unlawful acts in respect to examinations

Relates to unlawful acts in respect to examinations.

Diane J. SavinoGovernmental Employees Committee

Prohibits payment of bonuses to employees and board members of state authorities

Prohibits payment of bonuses to employees and board members of state authorities.

William T. StachowskiFinance Committee

Requires model zoning and planning guidelines that foster age-integrated communities to provide for mixed-use development for senior residential housing

Requires model zoning and planning guidelines that foster age-integrated communities to include provisions to allow for accessory senior citizen units in areas zoned for single family residences and…

Brian X. FoleyOn the Senate floor

Expands eligibility for crime victims' compensation to include domestic partners

Expands eligibility for those who receive awards under crime victims' compensation to include a domestic partner; defines domestic partner; further provides for out-of-pocket loss to include the…

Deborah GlickFinance Committee

Authorizes a pooled purchasing program for certain services and commodities

Authorizes a pooled purchasing program for certain services and commodities, including, but not limited to, liability and motor vehicle insurance.

Martin J. GoldenOn the Senate floor

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim April 21, 2010 as Denim Day in the State of New York

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the euthanasia of horses

Relates to the euthanasia of horses.

Eric AdamsAgriculture Committee

Directs the executive chamber to establish an internet webpage on the governor's website providing information on and applications for state grants

Directs the executive chamber to establish an internet webpage on the governor's website providing information on and applications for state grants; such webpage shall be known as "NewYorkgrants.gov".

Craig M. JohnsonFinance Committee

Relates to allowing parolees the right to register for and vote at any election

Eric AdamsElections Committee

Establishes the yellow ribbon reintegration program; appropriation

Establishes the yellow ribbon reintegration program and makes an appropriation therefore; includes the adjutant general and the director of reintegration and the directors of veterans affairs as…

Robert CastelliVeterans' Affairs Committee

Enacts the military spouse act of 2010

Enacts the military spouse act of 2010, which: requires a workshop to investigate and report about licensing and the difficulties encountered by military spouses (Part A); authorizes the state to…

Robert CastelliHigher Education Committee

Relates to annual elections for improvement district commissioners; repealer

Relates to annual elections for improvement district commissioners.

Michelle SchimelLocal Governments Committee

Relates to voting rights in cooperative apartments

Provides that the sponsor of a cooperative apartment building or condominium units may not continue to sit on the board or to vote after the transfer to the cooperative corporation or condominium…

José PeraltaHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Enacts the "construction safety course accountability act"

Enacts the "construction safety course accountability act"; authorizes the department of labor to license any entity or organization in the state of New York which offers an Occupational Safety and…

José PeraltaLabor Committee

Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Ulster

Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Ulster.

William J. Larkin Jr.Codes Committee

Increases penalties and sentences for driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of alcohol and drugs

Increases penalties and sentences for driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of alcohol and drugs.

Janele Hyer-SpencerTransportation Committee

Requires biennial referendum of student body at public universities and colleges to determine whether student activity fees are voluntary or mandatory

Requires the biennial conducting of a referendum of the student body at each college and university of the state university of New York and city university of New York, and at each community college…

Aileen GuntherHigher Education Committee

Eliminates the time period during which a free Methodist church must hold its annual election of trustees

Eliminates the time period during which a free Methodist church must hold its annual election of trustees.

William ParmentCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Requires that dental health and dental insurance plans all pay as primary providers under their plans and that coordination of benefits be clearly explained

Requires that dental health and dental insurance plans all pay as primary providers under their plans and that this method of coordination of benefits be clearly explained to patients.

Peter AbbateInsurance Committee

Establishes a parent participation board in each community school district in the city school district of the city of New York

Establishes a parent participation board in each community school district in the city school district of the city of New York; directs such boards to each establish an office of education…

James F. BrennanEducation Committee

Provides that the real property tax assessment on property owned by a person 70 years of age or older may be capped at last year's assessment

Provides that the real property tax assessment on property owned by a person 70 years of age or older may be capped at last year's assessment; such assessment shall not be increased as long as…

Jeffrey DinowitzReal Property Taxation Committee