Sponsored bills

Clarifies the application of the tax credit for rehabilitation of historic properties and historic homes and makes permanent certain provisions of the tax law regarding the credit

Clarifies the application of the tax credit for rehabilitation of historic properties and historic homes and makes permanent certain provisions of the tax law regarding the credit.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Creates the Syracuse regional airport authority

Creates the Syracuse regional airport authority.

David J. ValeskyRules Committee

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the establishment and funding of water district no. 7 in the town of Brutus, county of Cayuga

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the establishment and funding of water district no. 7 in the town of Brutus, county of Cayuga.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the sale of wine and beer for consumption upon the premises at the New York state fair

Relates to the sale of wine for consumption upon the premises at the New York state fair.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends provisions of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law relating to claims for benefits when a firefighter suffers heart related death or disability until 2015

Extends provisions of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law relating to claims for benefits when a firefighter suffers heart related death or disability until 2015.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides chapter amendments to S6610C

Enacts a chapter amendment amending the tax law in relation to the tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic properties.

David J. ValeskyRules Committee

Relates to the Rome urban renewal agency; and to transfer any books, records and remaining rights of the dissolved agency to the city of Rome; repealer

Relates to the Rome urban renewal agency; transfers any books, records and remaining rights of the dissolved agency to the city of Rome.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to state reimbursement for public health services provided by municipalities and to the incorporation of home health and hospices services within municipal public health services plans

Relates to state reimbursement for public health services provided by municipalities and to the incorporation of home health and hospices services within municipal public health services plans.

David J. ValeskyHealth Committee

Includes payments from the state's farmland protection program as federal gross income

Includes payments from the state's farmland protection program as federal gross income from farming for otherwise eligible farmers.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Harriet Tubman Memorial Highway"

Designates a portion of the state highway system constituting statroute 34 from its intersection with route 104 southerly to its intersection with route 17-c as the "Harriet Tubman Memorial Highway."

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that traps shall bear the name and residence address or the assigned identification number of the trapper

Provides that traps shall bear the name and residence address or the assigned identification number of the trapper.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Allows a licensed winery or farm winery to sell wine for consumption upon the premises of a food festival

Allows a licensed winery or farm winery to sell wine for consumption upon the premises of a food festival except for an event conducted within a city with a population of one million or more.

David J. ValeskyVetoed

Vetoed

Honoring Wilquan Burke upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the Lindsey Fair Youth Encouragement Award for his heroic efforts

David J. ValeskyFinance Committee

Congratulating John Oberbrunner upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the Louis and Adrienne Krasner Award

David J. ValeskyFinance Committee

Mourning the death of Robert R. Ripberger

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to promulgate standards authorizing hunting with a crossbow

Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to promulgate standards authorizing hunting with a crossbow.

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

Authorizes Cornell Univerity to enter into memoranda of understanding with state agencies to provide services and technical assistance

Authorizes Cornell University to enter into memoranda of understanding with state agencies to provide services and technical assistance.

David J. ValeskyHigher Education Committee

Honoring Vicky Chun upon the occasion of being named the Division I FCS Administrator of the Year by the National Association of collegiate Women Athletics Administrators

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating the Fayetteville-Manlius student newspaper The Buzz upon the occasion of its designation for special recognition

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Authorizes the village of Fair Haven to reduce the speed limit on Westside Drive

Authorizes the village of Fair Haven to reduce the speed limit on Westside Drive.

David J. ValeskyTransportation Committee

Relates to the agriculture and New York state horse breeding development fund

Relates to the agriculture and New York state horse breeding development fund.

David J. ValeskyRacing And Wagering Committee

Relates to agreements between brewers and beer wholesalers

Permits brewers with a certain annual volume and with a certain percentage of sales to terminate an agreement with a beer wholesaler without having good cause; requires payment of fair market value…

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the lease of lands located at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Authorizes the lease of lands located at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University.

David J. ValeskyHigher Education Committee

Congratulating Mike Cavallo, Steven Cusumano, Brandon Allard, James Coon, and Collin Hotchkiss upon the occasion of advancing to the 2010 NYS competition

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Melanie Littlejohn upon the occasion of her designation as a recipient of the Freedom Award by the Syracuse / Onondaga County NAACP

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Anna Bruzgulis, Aine Evangelista, and Daniela Vitale upon the occasion of advancing to the 2010 New York State History Day competition

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2084

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Colonel Anthony B. Basile upon the occasion of his retirement as Chief of Staff of the New York Air National Guard

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the sale of frozen desserts made with wine

Adulterates frozen desserts made with wine bearing or containing more than one-half of one percent, but not more than five percent of alcohol by volume.

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

Allows a professional service limited liability company to be surviving business entity in the case of a merger with a professional service corporation

Provides that the surviving business entity in the case of a merger between a professional service corporation and a professional service limited liability company may be a professional service…

David J. ValeskyRules Committee

Establishes the science and technology law center and the technology commercialization clinic program; repealer

Establishes the science and technology law center and the technology commercialization clinic program.

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

Provides for the creation and administration of land banks, for the conversion of vacant, abandoned or tax-delinquent properties into productive use

Provides for the creation and administration of land banks, for the conversion of vacant, abandoned or tax-delinquent properties into productive use.

David J. ValeskyWays And Means Committee

Honoring Randy Domes upon the occasion of his retirement after 20 years of distinguished service to the City of Oneida

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Trooper Sobrina Vazquez, recipient of the Trooper William V. McDonagh Community Service Award on May 20, 2010

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Commending Marine Lance Corporal Kyle Francis for his valiant military service during Operation Enduring Freedom

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim July 14, 2010, as Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Alert Day in the State of New York

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Makes possession and sale of embalming fluid a misdemeanor

Makes possession and sale of embalming fluid a misdemeanor.

David J. ValeskyCodes Committee

Creates the technology commercialization partnership program and removes the incentive program from the research development program

Creates the technology commercialization partnership program and removes the incentive program from the research development program.

David J. ValeskyRules Committee

Relates to the New York state oil, natural gas and solution mining advisory board

Relates to the New York state oil, natural gas and solution mining advisory board.

David J. ValeskyFinance Committee

Congratulating King & King Architects and IBC Engineering PC upon the occasion of winning the national award for green renovation

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the death of L. William Eagan, distinguished citizen and devoted member of his community

David J. ValeskyAdopted

Adopted

Increases the maximum percentage for agricultural protection state assistance payments when project costs are contributed by the owner of the agricultural land

Increases the maximum percentage for agricultural protection state assistance payments when project costs are contributed by the owner of the agricultural land; provides that payments shall not…

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

Relates to the approval of hospital construction by the state hospital review and planning council

Relates to the approval of hospital construction by the state hospital review and planning council.

David J. ValeskyHealth Committee

Repeals provisions of law relating to beekeeper and apiary surveys

Repeals provisions of law relating to beekeeper and apiary surveys.

David J. ValeskySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the thruway authority installing local attraction videos at service areas along the thruway system

Relates to the thruway authority installing local attraction videos at service areas along the thruway system; makes definitions; allows thruway authority to charge fees to businesses, organizations…

David J. ValeskyRules Committee

Relates to establishing the New York state telehealth/telemedicine act

Promotes the development, provision and accesibility of telehealth/telemedicine services in New York state; establishes a telehealth/telemedicine research grant fund.

David J. ValeskyRules Committee

Relates to the fixing and collecting of rates and charges by the Cayuga county water and sewer authority

Relates to the fixing and collecting of rates and charges by the Cayuga county water and sewer authority.

David J. ValeskyOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the dormitory authority to finance certain facilities for Abby Lane Housing Corporation, a subsidiary of the ESF College Foundation, Inc.

Authorizes the dormitory authority to finance certain facilities for Abby Lane Housing Corporation, a subsidiary of the ESF College Foundation, Inc.

David J. ValeskyStricken