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Allows certain members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system to purchase and obtain additional service credit

Allows members of the New York state and local employees retirement system who have at least ten years of credited service to purchase and obtain up to five years of additional service credit.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides beneficiaries with the same allocation of retirement benefits

Provides beneficiaries with the same allocation of retirement benefits if the member has the service retirement application, disability retirement applications or option election forms notarized and…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Relates to performance of duty disability retirement of certain peace officers and police officers in the state department of taxation and finance

Provides for performance of duty disability retirement of certain peace officers and police officers in the state department of taxation and finance who contract certain infectious diseases or who…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Alters the definition of final average salary for Tier III, IV and V members

Alters the definition of final average salary for Tier 3, 4 and 5 members so that wages earned during any year would not be allowed to exceed that of the average of the previous two years by more…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides that retirement system members who retire after completion of more than 30 years of service would receive an allowance based on 2% of final average salary

Provides that retirement system members who retire after completion of more than 30 years of service would receive an allowance based on 2% of final average salary for each year of service.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides alternative retirement benefits for state liquor authority peace officers

Provides alternative retirement benefits for state liquor authority peace officers.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Relates to benefits payable to, or on behalf of, certain employees of the department of corrections & community supervision injured or killed in performance of duty

Relates to benefits payable to, or on behalf of, certain employees of the department of corrections and community supervision injured or killed in the performance of duty; adds a heart presumption…

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Relates to adding the abuse of a person less than thirteen years old by a person eighteen years old or older to the aggravated sexual abuse crimes

Establishes a person is guilty of aggravated sexual assault in the third degree when he inserts a foreign object in the vagina, urethra or penis of the other person and the other person is less than…

John J. FlanaganCodes Committee

Allows Tier II, III, IV and V members of the NYSERS to retire without a benefit reduction upon completion of 35 years of service

Allows Tier II, III, IV and V members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system to retire without a benefit reduction upon completion of 35 years of service without regard to age.

Peter AbbateGovernmental Employees Committee

Relates to the definition of the metropolitan commuter transportation district for the purposes of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax

Relates to the definition of the metropolitan commuter transportation district for the purposes of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax; requires the metropolitan transportation…

Fred ThieleWays And Means Committee

Relates to the definition of the metropolitan commuter transportation district for the purposes of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax

Relates to the definition of the metropolitan commuter transportation district for the purposes of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax; requires the metropolitan transportation…

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Provides that on publicly accessible municipally owned property where trapping is allowed posted signage at entry points must inform readers that trapping is allowed

Provides that on all publicly accessible municipally owned property where trapping is allowed, posted signage at all recognized entry points must inform readers that trapping is allowed in season…

Steven EnglebrightEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to authorizing certain state lands to taxation for school purposes in the county of Suffolk

Relates to authorizing certain state lands to taxation for school purposes in the county of Suffolk.

Fred ThieleReal Property Taxation Committee

Relates to providing pharmacists access to New York's prescription drug monitoring program resources

Relates to providing pharmacists access to New York's prescription drug monitoring program resources.

Michael CusickHealth Committee

Relates to authorizing certain state lands to taxation for school purposes in the county of Suffolk

Relates to authorizing certain state lands to taxation for school purposes in the county of Suffolk.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Authorizes the West Islip union free school district to file an application for real property tax exemption on a parcel acquired on May 4, 2004

Authorizes the West Islip union free school district to file an application with the assessor of the town of Islip for a real property tax exemption on a certain parcel for the 2007-2008 and…

Owen H. JohnsonStricken

Provides for the requirements in absentee ballot applications for village elections to conform to state board of election absentee ballot requirements

Provides for the requirements in absentee ballot applications for village elections to conform to state board of election absentee ballot requirements.

Sandy GalefElections Committee

Prohibits the manufacture, transport, shipment or possession of an undetectable knife

Prohibits the manufacture, transport, shipment or possession of an undetectable knife.

William ColtonCodes CommitteeLegal

Exempts certain guardianship motions filed under article 81 of the mental hygiene law from the filing fee required to be paid to the county clerk

Exempts guardianship motions filed under article 81 of the mental hygiene law by a fiduciary, court evaluator, guardian ad litem, court appointed attorney or by the court examiner from the required…

Michele TitusJudiciary Committee

Increases number of withdrawal transactions from basic banking accounts for account holders over sixty years of age to twelve from eight

Increases the minimum number of authorized withdrawal transactions at no charge from basic banking accounts for account holders sixty-five years of age or older from eight to twelve.

Barbara ClarkBanks Committee

Relates to the maintenance of a database on intellectual property

Relates to the maintenance of a database on intellectual property generated by state employees or developed through state-funded research which shall include, at a minimum, a brief description of…

William MagnarelliCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Expands the definition of "prevailing party" for purposes of counsel fees and expenses in certain actions against the state

Expands the definition of "prevailing party" for purposes of counsel fees and expenses in certain actions against the state, to include a party whose pursuit of a non-frivolous claim or defense was…

Robin SchimmingerJudiciary CommitteeLegal

Relates to establishing limitations upon school district and local government tax levies; repealer

Relates to establishing limitations upon school districts and local government tax levies.

Jeffrey D. KleinStricken

Relates to authorizing child witnesses to testify by use of closed-circuit television in assault and endangering the welfare of a child proceedings

Relates to authorizing child witnesses to testify by use of closed-circuit television in assault and endangering the welfare of a child proceedings.

Stephen M. SalandCodes CommitteeLegal

Requires state and local agencies to establish a priority processing procedure for the review of construction permits which meet certain energy and environmental design standards

Requires state and local agencies to establish a priority processing procedure for the review of construction permits which meet certain energy and environmental design standards; defines terms;…

Fred ThieleLocal Governments Committee

Requires state and local agencies to establish a priority processing procedure for the review of construction permits which meet certain energy and environmental design standards

Requires state and local agencies to establish a priority processing procedure for the review of construction permits which meet certain energy and environmental design standards; defines terms;…

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Provides that sexual abuse in the 2nd degree is a class E felony

Raises the penalty for sexual abuse in the 2nd degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony.

John L. SampsonCodes Committee

Relates to expanding the offenses to which a child witness may testify by use of closed-circuit television to include murder

Relates to expanding the offenses to which a child witness may testify by use of closed-circuit television to include murder.

Stephen M. SalandCodes CommitteeLegal

Enacts provisions to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle insurance fraud

Grants the superintendent of financial services authority to investigate fraudulent activities, such as motor vehicle operators who drive with no insurance coverage, and those who misrepresent their…

Jeffrey D. KleinInsurance Committee

Exempts operators of law enforcement vessels from laws which regulate vessels on the navigable waters of the state while responding to emergencies

Exempts operators of law enforcement vessels from laws which regulate vessels on the navigable waters of the state while such operators are in the course of responding to emergencies.

Carl L. MarcellinoTransportation Committee

Relates to endangering the welfare of a child

Relates to endangering the welfare of a child; establishes the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Codes Committee

Requires any community service sentence imposed for an offense involving graffiti to include graffiti removal as a portion of required service

Requires any community service sentence imposed for an offense involving graffiti to include graffiti removal as a portion of required service; including but not limited to, the removal of graffiti…

Jeffrey D. KleinCodes Committee

Relates to state legislative ethics

Relates to state legislative ethics.

Jeffrey D. KleinStricken

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.

Betty LittleTourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development Committee

Relates to requiring local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of renewable and alternative energy sources

Relates to requiring local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of renewable energy resources such as solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal electric,…

Amy PaulinLocal Government Committee

Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products

Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products; violation by any person other than manufacturer constitutes fine of $100 for each individual package sold or offered for sale; provides for a civil…

Amy PaulinHealth Committee

Relates to kidnapping in the first degree

Provides that abducting a person under age of sixteen shall be kidnapping in the first degree.

George D. MaziarzCodes Committee

Authorizes an accusing party to submit a response to the dismissal of a complaint, inquiry, investigation or proceeding relating to the conduct or discipline of an attorney

Authorizes an accusing party to submit a response to the dismissal of a complaint, inquiry, investigation or proceeding relating to the conduct or discipline of an attorney; provides for the sharing…

George LatimerJudiciary Committee

Relates to dividing the one hundred fifth and one hundred ninth precincts of the New York city police department into subdivisions

Relates to dividing the one hundred fifth and one hundred ninth precincts of the New York city police department into subdivisions.

Edward BraunsteinCities Committee

Regulates the establishment and location of methadone treatment centers

Regulates the establishment and location of a methadone treatment center by prohibiting its establishment or continued operation within five hundred feet of an educational institution at the…

Matthew TitoneMental Health Committee

Requires the defendant to pay for the counseling of the victim of any sex offense

Requires the defendant convicted of any sex offense to pay for the counseling of the victim of such sex offense.

Addie JenneCodes Committee

Relates to the implementation of an interface between the department of motor vehicles and the state police to compare information submitted to the department of motor vehicles to open criminal warrants

Relates to the development and implementation of an interface between the department of motor vehicles and the state police for the purpose of comparing information submitted by individuals engaging…

Ronald CanestrariTransportation CommitteeTransportation

Limits liability for compensation in cases when the claim is made by an employee who sustained his or her injury during the commission of certain felonies

Limits liability for compensation in cases when the claim is made by an employee who sustained his or her injury during the commission of certain felonies.

N. Nick PerryLabor Committee

Authorizes Holly K. Warner to receive Tier 1 status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system

Authorizes Holly K. Warner to receive retroactive Tier 1 status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

George AmedoreGovernmental Employees Committee

Permits interior designers to enter into joint enterprise or partnership of a design corporation

Permits interior designers to enter into joint enterprise or partnership of a design corporation.

Charles LavineCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Authorizes Holly K. Warner to receive Tier 1 status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system

Authorizes Holly K. Warner to receive retroactive Tier 1 status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

Hugh T. FarleyCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Extends certain provisions relating to the use of lever voting machines

Extends certain provisions relating to the use of lever voting machines.

Catherine NolanEducation Committee

Relates to procedures for destitute children; repealer

Relates to procedures for destitute children; relates to kinship guardian assistance payments; clarifies that the court may appoint an attorney for the child in article 10-B proceedings; provides a…

Amy PaulinSigned by Governor

Signed into law