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Exempts veterans eighty-five years of age and older from the obligation to pay New York state income tax

Exempts veterans eighty-five years of age and older from the obligation to pay New York state income tax.

Stephen HawleyWays And Means Committee

Relates to the issue of military deployment as a factor in the awarding of custody in marital actions

Provides that the issue of military deployment shall not be considered as a factor in the awarding of custody in marital actions where a suitable child care plan is presented.

Stephen HawleyJudiciary Committee

Authorizes the state comptroller to distribute certain funds from the indigent legal services fund to Orleans county

Authorizes the state comptroller to distribute certain funds from the indigent legal services fund to Orleans county.

Stephen HawleyJudiciary Committee

Authorizes the state mortgage agency to purchase veterans' assisted forward commitment mortgages from banks within the state

Authorizes the state mortgage agency to purchase veterans' assisted forward commitment mortgages from banks within the state; requires the board of directors of the state mortgage agency to…

Stephen HawleyJudiciary Committee

Relates to landowner recreational liability and farm and horseback riding operation liability relief; and enacts the "equine activity safety code act"

Limits the liability of a farm or "u-pick" operation for injuries incurred while a person was picking and buying agricultural products; expands the limited exemption of a property owner from…

Stephen HawleyJudiciary Committee

Relates to the determination of employer contribution rates to the unemployment insurance fund

Prohibits the increase of an employer's rate of contribution to the unemployment insurance fund due to the deployment of an employee into active service in the national guard or armed forces reserves.

Stephen HawleyLabor Committee

Prevents level two or three sex offenders from working in amusement parks

Prohibits registered level two or three sex offenders from obtaining or remaining in any position of employment at an amusement park and creates for a first violation of such prohibition a class A…

Stephen HawleyCorrection Committee

Authorizes the abatement of municipal and school real property taxes in certain cases of catastrophic loss and establishes procedures therefor

Authorizes the abatement of real property taxes in certain cases of catastrophic loss and establishes procedures therefor; limits eligibility to one, two, or three family houses; applies to all…

Stephen HawleyReal Property Taxation Committee

Requires utility corporations to record memorandum of utility surcharge agreements

Requires utility corporations to record memorandum of utility surcharge agreements with the recording officer of the county that the real property is located within.

Stephen HawleyJudiciary Committee

Provides free tuition expenses for dependent family members of N.Y. state military personnel

Provides free tuition expenses for SUNY or CUNY to surviving dependent family members of NYS military personnel who have died while performing official military duties.

Stephen HawleyHigher Education Committee

Repeals subdivision 6 of section 18-a of the public service law, relating to a temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment

Repeals subdivision 6 of section 18-a of the public service law, relating to a temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment.

Stephen HawleyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Prohibits the New York state department of tax and finance from charging a fee for applications for a certificate of registration pursuant to a re-registration program

Prohibits the New York state department of tax and finance from charging a fee for applications for a certificate of registration pursuant to a re-registration program.

Stephen HawleyWays And Means Committee

Requires additional 10% funding of agricultural environmental programs implemented in watersheds deemed critical to recreational fishing

Requires additional 10% matching grant funding of agricultural environmental programs implemented in watersheds deemed, by the commissioner of environmental conservation, to be critical to…

Stephen HawleyAgriculture Committee

Requires the creation of a list of documents suitable for vets applying for real property tax exemptions

Requires the executive director of the office of real property services to create a list of documents which support a veterans eligibility when applying for real property tax exemptions.

Stephen HawleyVeterans' Affairs Committee

Repeals pistol and revolver ballistic identification databank

Repeals section 396-ff of the general business law relating to the pistol and revolver ballistic identification databank.

Stephen HawleyCodes Committee

Provides that a person is guilty of harassment in the first degree if he or she strikes, shoves, kicks, et cetera a school employee

Provides that a person is guilty of harassment in the first degree, a class B misdemeanor, when he or she strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects a school employee to physical contact or…

Stephen HawleyCodes Committee

Relates to designating certain officers or agents appointed by the Niagara county department of social services as peace officers

Relates to designating certain officers or agents appointed by the Niagara county department of social services who are authorized to investigate and arrest persons involved in welfare fraud as…

Stephen HawleyCodes Committee

Establishes the crimes of assaulting a child in the first degree and second degree and the crime of aggravated assault on a child; repealer

Establishes the crimes of assault on a child in the first degree and second degree and the crime of aggravated assault on a child; makes assaulting a child in the first degree a class B felony,…

Stephen HawleyCodes Committee

Provides for the dissolution of the village of Medina housing authority and the village of Medina urban renewal agency in the county of Orleans; repealer

Provides for the dissolution of the village of Medina housing authority and the village of Medina urban renewal agency in the county of Orleans.

Stephen HawleySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes Niagara county to continue to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes

Authorizes Niagara county to continue to impose an additional one percent rate of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2013.

Stephen HawleyOn the Assembly floor

Extends the period during which the county of Orleans is authorized to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes

Extends the period during which the county of Orleans is authorized to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes.

Stephen HawleyOn the Assembly floor

Extends the period during which the county of Genesee is authorized to impose a county recording tax on certain mortgage obligation

Extends the period during which the county of Genesee is authorized to impose a county recording tax on certain mortgage obligation.

Stephen HawleyOn the Assembly floor

Extends authorization of county of Genesee to impose an additional 1% sales and compensating use taxes until November 30, 2013

Extends from November 30, 2011 to November 30, 2013, the expiration of the authorization granted to the county of Genesee to impose an additional 1% of sales and compensating use taxes.

Stephen HawleyOn the Assembly floor

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 HawleyStricken

Honoring Maryanne Arena upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the Constance E. Miller Award of Excellence by the Mental Health Association of Genesee

Stephen HawleyAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Bergen Fire Department to be celebrated on May 14, 2011

Stephen HawleyAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Triple P Farms, LLC upon the occasion of receiving the Agricultural Business of the Year Award from the Genesee County Chamber of Commerce

Stephen HawleyAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Dr. Stuart Steiner upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the inaugural Genesee County Lifetime Achievement Award

Stephen HawleyAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Robert J. Bennett upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the Wolcott "Jay" Humphrey III Excellence in Community Leadership Award

Stephen HawleyAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Sterling Tents & Awnings, Inc. upon the occasion of receiving the Sterling Tents & Awnings of the Business of the Year Award

Stephen HawleyAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Joseph A. Teresi, Jr., upon the occasion of his designation as Geneseean of the Year by the Genesee County Chamber of Commerce

Stephen HawleyAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Dr. Stuart Steiner upon the occasion of his retirement after 45 years of distinguished service as President of Genesee Community College

Stephen HawleyAdopted

Adopted