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Establishes a biomedical research grants and working capital loan program within the urban development corporation

Establishes a biomedical research grants and working capital loan program within the urban development corporation; sets application criteria for loans and grants; requires scientific peer review…

Jeffrey D. KleinCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Establishes an office of education legal services

Establishes an office of education legal services within the department of law which shall provide all legal services to school districts except for school districts in the cities of New York,…

Fred ThieleJudiciary Committee

Provides for reduction in private passenger automobile insurance premiums for participation in an official police department or other anti-theft program

Requires that any schedule of rates or rating plan for non-commercial private passenger automobile insurance coverage submitted to the superintendent of financial services shall provide for an…

Toby Ann StaviskyInsurance Committee

Establishes an office of education legal services

Establishes an office of education legal services within the department of law which shall provide all legal services to school districts except for school districts in the cities of New York,…

Kenneth P. LaValleFinance Committee

Relates to the definition of and mandatory DNA identification of designated offenders; appropriation

Relates to the definition of and mandatory DNA identification of designated offenders; appropriates funds therefor.

Jeffrey D. KleinFinance Committee

Provides bicycle access to public office buildings

Provides bicycle access to public office buildings for state employees, contractors and visitors; requires the commissioner of general services to make an inventory of all existing bicycle parking…

Jeffrey D. KleinInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to residential rental buildings and submetering

Relates to residential rental buildings and submetering; requires applicants and building owners currently submetering to file with public service commission and the appropriate municipality.

James ConteEnergy Committee

Requires that the NYS board of regents holds at least 2 meetings a year in New York city

Requires that the NYS board of regents hold at least 2 meetings a year in New York city and requires announcements of the time, date, location and agenda thereof.

Naomi RiveraEducation Committee

Enacts the APPR Implementation Cost Association Act of 2012

Enacts the APPR Implementation Cost Association Act of 2012 relating to tracking and reporting costs associated with the implementation of annual professional performance reviews; requires all…

Michelle SchimelEducation CommitteeEducation

Relates to creating volunteer peace officers' benefits in the event of injuries or death in the line of duty

Establishes Chapter 64-c of the consolidated laws in relation to creating the volunteer peace officers' benefit law; provides volunteer peace officers' benefits in the event of injuries or death in…

George D. MaziarzFinance Committee

Relates to the practice of registered professional nursing by a certified registered nurse anesthetist

Relates to profession of nurse anesthetist; defines "certified registered nurse anesthetist"; requires the department of education to certify such nurses.

Thomas K. DuaneHigher Education Committee

Relates to the brownfield opportunity area program

Relates to the brownfield opportunity area program; encourages redevelopment in certain areas with brownfield opportunity area nomination and implementation strategies; defines brownfield…

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to leave for organ or bone marrow donation granted to state employees

Makes the provisions relating to leave for organ or bone marrow donation granted to state employees retroactive to August 29, 2001.

William J. Larkin Jr.Labor Committee

Increases the tax exemption for pensions and annuities for persons age fifty-nine and one half or greater

Increases the tax exemption for pensions and annuities for persons age fifty-nine and one half or greater from $20,000 to $50,000.

Mark GrisantiInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Prohibits harassment, intimidation or bullying in schools

Requires provisions in schools that prohibit harassment, intimidation or bullying whether by electronic communication or a written, verbal, physical or sexual act.

Raymond WalterEducation CommitteeEducation

Requires practitioners to check the controlled substance abuse registry before prescribing analgesics

Requires practitioners to check the controlled substance abuse registry before prescribing painkillers and directs the commissioner of public health to establish an enforcement system.

Crystal Peoples-StokesHealth CommitteeHealth

Relates to the definition of active duty for the purposes of the real property tax exemption for cold war veterans

Relates to the definition of active duty for the purposes of the real property tax exemption for cold war veterans.

Thomas McKevittVeterans' Affairs Committee

Requires mental hygiene entities review fiscal management practices of service provider applicants

Requires that the Office of Mental Health and the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities give consideration to the fiscal management practices of an applicant to operate a mental hygiene…

Felix OrtizMental Health Committee

Prohibits the diversion of resources from dedicated funds derived from taxes and fees that support the Niagara frontier transportation authority

Prohibits the diversion of resources from dedicated funds derived from taxes and fees that support the Niagara frontier transportation authority and its subsidiaries.

Crystal Peoples-StokesWays And Means Committee

Exempts political subdivisions from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax

Exempts political subdivisions from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.

Fred ThieleWays And Means Committee

Requires the provisions of reasonable accommodations for pregnant women

Requires the provisions of reasonable accommodations for pregnant women.

Aileen GuntherGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires lenders, assignees and mortgage loan servicers to submit an affidavit to the court prior to commencing foreclosure proceedings

Requires lenders, assignees and mortgage loan servicers to submit an affidavit to the court at least thirty days before commencing foreclosure proceedings.

Marcos CrespoJudiciary Committee

Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance

Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance.

Al GrafInsurance Committee

Allows taxpayers to contribute to the support of the animal population control fund by marking a space on a corporate or personal income tax return

Allows taxpayers to contribute to the support of the animal population control fund by marking a space on a corporate or personal income tax return.

Micah KellnerWays And Means Committee

Allows a retiree to file a request for Tier I status

Allows Marion Hoffman to file a request for Tier I status in the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System with the state comptroller.

Kevin CahillGovernmental Employees Committee

Urging the New York State Congressional delegation to oppose House Bill 3261, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Senate Bill 968, Protect IP Act, (PIPA

James TediscoJudiciary Committee

Provides taxpayers with a personal income tax modification reducing federal adjusted gross income for tuition paid at an institution of higher education

Provides taxpayers with a personal income tax deduction for up to $3,000 paid for tuition of the taxpayer or a dependent of the taxpayer at an institution of higher education located in this state;…

Kevin S. ParkerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Expands supportive services to the elderly in certain retirement communities by enlarging target group and including more facilities

Expands supportive services to the elderly in naturally occurring retirement communities by enlarging target group through eliminating head of household requirement, and including more such…

David J. ValeskyAging Committee

Establishes class A-I felony of criminal use of a firearm for possessing a deadly weapon or displaying a gun during the commission of a class A or violent felony; repealer

Establishes the class A-I felony of criminal use of a firearm for possessing a deadly weapon or displaying what appears to be or is a rifle, pistol, revolver, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm…

Michael CusickCodes Committee

Enacts the "elderly abuse protective act" relating to elderly abuse protective services; appropriation

Enacts the "elderly abuse protective act" relating to elderly abuse protective services; appropriates $600,000 therefor.

John A. DeFranciscoFinance CommitteeFinance

Provides for a sales tax exemption for farm abstracts

Exempts from sales tax the sale of an abstract of title to real property to be used for agricultural purposes to either a prospective purchaser of real property or to an attorney representing a…

William MageeWays And Means Committee

Increases number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two

Increases the number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two.

Michael CusickJudiciary Committee

Provides that all governments and municipalities shall comply with all local, state and federal laws and rules in constructing or leasing facilities

Provides that all governments and municipalities shall comply with all local, state and federal laws and rules in constructing or leasing facilities; defines the term "unit of government".

Michael CusickLocal Governments Committee

Provides for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board

Provides for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board; provides that such oral statement shall be made to the members of the state…

Michael CusickCodes Committee

Repeals certain sections of the general municipal law, the public authorities law, and the transportation law, and transfers remaining rights to an identifiable location

Repeals certain sections of the general municipal law, in relation to urban renewal agencies and industrial development agencies; repeals certain sections of the public authorities law, in relation…

George LatimerLocal Governments Committee

Reconstitutes the Roosevelt Island operating corporation to be the Roosevelt Island community

Reconstitutes the Roosevelt Island operating corporation board of directors; provides that the corporation shall be governed by an elected rather than appointed board; makes numerous related…

José M. SerranoCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Enables Schuyler county IDA to finance automobile racing facilities

Enables Schuyler county industrial development agency to finance automobile racing facilities.

Christopher FriendStricken

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…

José M. SerranoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Establishes the New York state growth interagency task force

Establishes the New York state smart growth interagency task force to provide municipalities with smart growth planning grants.

Carl L. MarcellinoFinance Committee

Relates to providing a sales and compensating use tax exemption in certain areas of New York city

Relates to providing a sales and compensating use tax exemption in certain areas of New York city.

José M. SerranoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Enacts the "school workplace violence prevention act"

Enacts the "school workplace violence prevention act"; relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Labor Committee

Establishes limitations upon real property tax levies in N.Y. city

Limits, in cities having a population of one million or more, the annual increase in real property taxes.

Michael CusickWays And Means Committee

Requires the use of biodiesel blend in state diesel operated vehicles

Requires the use of biodiesel blend in state diesel operated vehicles; renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived from agricultural plant oils, animal fats or waste…

George D. MaziarzInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to identifying the sources of campaign telephone canvasses or "push polls"

Relates to identifying the sources of campaign telephone canvasses or "push polls".

George LatimerElection Law Committee

Establishes the veterans of foreign wars service officers fund

Establishes the veterans of foreign wars service officers fund and provides for gifts made to such fund on an individual's personal income tax return.

Michael G. MillerWays And Means Committee

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals.

José M. SerranoHigher Education Committee

Establishes the education equity act which provides language assistance to parents/guardians who have children enrolled in public school and who do not speak English

Establishes the "education equity act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians who have children enrolled in public school and whose primary language is not English; defines…

José M. SerranoEducation Committee

Enacts the New York State bicycle tourism promotion act

Enacts the New York State bicycle tourism promotion act; authorizes the issuance of grants for the purchase of equipment and operation of a bicycle tourism kiosk; authorizes the establishment of up…

José M. SerranoCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee