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Defines a bill of rights for persons with autism or autism spectrum disorders

Defines a bill of rights for persons with autism or autism spectrum disorders.

Roy J. McDonaldFinance Committee

Extends the biofuel credit and requires all municipalities to use biofuels for any purpose which requires the use of fuel

Extends the biofuel credit and requires all municipalities to use biofuels for any purpose which requires the use of fuel.

Joseph LentolWays And Means Committee

Requires the commissioner of correctional services to enter into agreements to house local inmates to alleviate overcrowding in local correctional facilities

Requires the commissioner of correctional services to enter into agreements with counties and the city of New York to take custody of inmates serving a definite sentence of more than 90 days to…

Stephen M. SalandFinance Committee

Provides for pharmacy benefit management and the procurement of prescription drugs at a negotiated rate for dispensation

Provides for pharmacy benefit management and the procurement of prescription drugs to be dispensed to patients, or the administration or management of prescription drug benefits; sets forth…

Richard GottfriedHealth CommitteeHealth

Increases medicaid reimbursement payment aggregate for private duty nursing services and care

Increases medicaid reimbursement payment aggregate for private duty nursing services and care by 15 million dollars for period 7/1/12 to 3/31/13, and by 20 million dollars annually thereafter for…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHealth Committee

Authorizes a non-party deponent's counsel to participate and make objections in an examination before trial in the same manner as counsel for a party

Authorizes a non-party deponent's counsel to participate and make objections in an examination before trial in the same manner as counsel for a party.

Daniel O'DonnellJudiciary Committee

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the William H. Bush Memorial Library in Martinsburg, New York

Kenneth BlankenbushAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating March 2012 as the Third Annual New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Month

Daniel O'DonnellAdopted

Adopted

Provides opportunities for veteran-owned business enterprises

Provides opportunities for veteran-owned business enterprises.

Jack M. MartinsVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Permits counties, towns and villages to prohibit the placement of more than one level-two or level-three sex offender in a hotel or motel located within it

Permits counties, towns and villages to prohibit the placement of more than one level-two or level-three sex offender in a hotel or motel located within such county, town or village.

Jack M. MartinsCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March 8, 2012, as World Kidney Day in the State of New York

Vanessa GibsonAdopted

Adopted

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of members of the agency police services unit; appropriation; repealer

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of members of the agency police services unit; the employment benefit fund for certain members of the agency policy…

Joseph E. RobachSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of members of the agency police services unit; appropriation; repealer

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of members of the agency police services unit; the employment benefit fund for certain members of the agency policy…

Peter AbbateOn the Assembly floor

Designates the Scajaquada pedestrian bridge as the "9/11 Memorial Bridge"

Designates the Scajaquada pedestrian bridge as the "9/11 Memorial Bridge" in Buffalo; requires the commissioner of transportation to install and maintain adequate signing.

Mark GrisantiTransportation Committee

Requires reasonable modifications

Requires reasonable modification to apartments for seniors and persons with physical impairments.

Joan MillmanCodes Committee

Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to identify certain advisory panels, boards, and task forces

Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to identify any advisory panel, board, task force, and other similar entity which has been established in the environmental conservation law…

Robert SweeneyStricken

Provides the community guardianship program

Provides the community guardian program shall obtain annually a statement prepared by a physician, psychologist, nurse clinician, social worker, or other person, evaluating the condition and current…

Patrick M. GallivanMental Health Committee

Reforms aspects of local government and school accountability

Reforms aspects of local government and school accountability; requires notice of reserve funds; amends the powers and duties of boards of cooperative educational services; requires resolution for…

Catherine NolanEducation Committee

Establishes the qualified solar manufacturer facilities and operations credit

Establishes the qualified solar manufacturer facilities and operations credit for businesses which manufacture solar energy equipment.

Kevin CahillWays And Means Committee

Relates to the investigation of crimes and crime reporting on college and university campuses

Relates to the investigation of crimes and crime reporting on college and university campuses.

Edward BraunsteinHigher Education Committee

Removes that portion of the town of Chester in the service area of the Albert Wisner memorial public library from such library service area

Removes that portion of the town of Chester in the service area of the Albert Wisner memorial public library from such library service area to end the double taxation of certain town residents.

William J. Larkin Jr.Libraries And Education Technology Committee

Relates to reducing farm-based taxes, fees and regulatory burdens

Enacts the let New York Farm act; relates to reducing farm-based taxes, fees and regulatory burdens to help grow the agricultural economy and benefit family farms.

Patty RitchieFinance Committee

Enacts the "independent senior housing resident freedom of choice act" to authorize persons in independent housing to receive services they could get at home

Enacts the "independent senior housing resident freedom of choice act" to authorize persons in independent housing, shelters and residences to receive services they could otherwise receive if they…

Catharine YoungAging Committee

Authorizes the trading of existing but unused research and development credits and existing but unused net operating loss deductions to existing entities

Authorizes the trading of existing but unused research and development credits and existing but unused net operating loss deductions to existing corporations and partnerships in return for private…

James S. AlesiInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Regulates cadmium in substrate in children's jewelry

Regulates cadmium in substrate in children's jewelry; provides that no children's jewelry shall be sold or distributed in this state that contains cadmium in accessible metal or plastic substrate…

James S. AlesiConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Greenport public school district

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Greenport public school district.

Kenneth P. LaValleFinance Committee

Relates to publishing records of public interest by agencies and the legislature

Relates to publishing records of public interest by agencies and the legislature on their websites.

Brian KavanaghGovernmental Operations Committee

Changes references to private duty nursing services to specialized nursing services

Changes references to private duty nursing services to specialized nursing services.

Kemp HannonHealth Committee

Authorizes persons under the age of fourteen to participate in special events involving snowmobiles

Authorizes persons under the age of fourteen to participate in special events involving snowmobiles.

William MageeCodes Committee

Enacts the "unmarked burial site protection act", to regulate the discovery of burial grounds, human remains and funerary objects

Enacts the "unmarked burial site protection act"; requires the cessation of all ground disturbing activities upon the discovery of a burial ground, human remains or funerary objects, and requires…

Steven EnglebrightCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Garden City union free school district

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Garden City school district.

Kemp HannonFinance Committee

Designates a portion of state route 434 in the county of Tioga as the "Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway"

Designates a portion of state route 434 in the county of Tioga as the "Ronald Reagan Memorial Parkway".

Tom LibousTransportation Committee

Provides for the financing and construction of capital facilities for Riverdale Country School, Inc.

Provides for the financing and construction of capital facilities for Riverdale Country School, Inc.

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Designates state route 218, in the county of Orange, as the "General David H. Petraeus Highway"

Designates state route 218, in the county of Orange, from state route 9-W to the Thayer Gate of West Point (USMA), as the "General David H.

William J. Larkin Jr.Transportation Committee

Requires public disclosure of certain state agency materials, and authorizes the office for technology to publish a technical standards manual for the publishing of records

Requires public disclosure of certain state agency materials, and authorizes the office for technology to publish a technical standards manual for the publishing of records on the Internet by state…

Micah KellnerGovernmental Operations Committee

Commending Vera House upon the occasion of celebrating its 18th Annual White Ribbon Campaign

Donald R. MillerAdopted

Adopted

Commending The New York State Neighborhood and Rural Preservation Programs upon the occasion of celebrating their 35th Anniversary

Sheldon SilverAdopted

Adopted

Commending Donna M. Boyle upon the occasion of her designation as Temple Beth El of Patchogue's Honoree of the Year

Dean MurrayAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Russell Goetz upon the occasion of performing with the All-State Vocal Jazz Ensemble

Harvey WeisenbergAdopted

Adopted

Enacts the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2013

Enacts the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2013 to provide monies for the preservation, enhancement, restoration and improvement of the quality of the state's transportation infrastructure.

James F. BrennanWays And Means Committee

Provides that the county of Fulton may impose an occupancy tax on rooms for hire

Provides that the county of Fulton may impose a occupancy tax on rooms for hire; requires funds to be allocated for economic development and tourism promotion.

Hugh T. FarleyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to providing a tax abatement for private land owners who allow snowmobiling on such land

Provides a tax abatement of 10% for landowners allowing snowmobiling on such land; such abatement limited to those parcels crossed by a trail which is maintained by a county, city, town or village…

Donald R. MillerReal Property Taxation Committee

Provides that the county of Fulton may impose an occupancy tax on rooms for hire

Provides that the county of Fulton may impose a occupancy tax on rooms for hire; requires funds to be allocated for economic development and tourism promotion.

Marc ButlerWays And Means Committee

Provides that assessed values of cooperative units and condominiums shall not increase by more than 3% in the two years following resolution of tax certiorari proceedings

Provides that assessed values of cooperative units and condominiums shall not increase by more than 3% in the two years following resolution of tax certiorari proceedings.

Edward BraunsteinHousing Committee

Relates to exempting real property purchased by first-time homebuyers from real property taxation

Permits localities to grant a real property tax exemption for first-time homebuyers; provides declining exemption from 40% to 10% decreased over five years for first-time buyers of property within…

Edward RaReal Property Taxation Committee

Relates to the apportionment of state monies to reimburse certain nonpublic schools for their expenses in complying with certain state reporting requirements

Relates to the apportionment of state monies to reimburse certain nonpublic schools for their expenses in complying with certain state requirements for the reporting of basic educational data.

Michael CusickEducation Committee

Establishes a visor card for persons with traumatic brain injuries

Establishes a visor communication card for persons with traumatic brain injuries; creates the traumatic brain injury fund.

Felix OrtizTransportation Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March 5, 2012 as Canada Day in the State of New York

Robin SchimmingerAdopted

Adopted