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Requires a course of instruction on the provisions of the federalist papers and the United States constitution to be provided to high school students

Requires a course of instruction on the provisions of the federalist papers and the United States constitution to be provided to high school students.

Andrew J. LanzaFinance Committee

Provides that the N.Y. city health and hospital corporation spend a minimum of 10% of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each borough

Provides that the New York city health and hospital corporation spend a minimum of 10% of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each borough and requires a representative from…

Andrew J. LanzaCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Applies the prevailing wage laws to certain projects on privately owned property

Applies the prevailing wage laws to certain projects on privately owned property.

Andrew J. LanzaLabor Committee

Expands the application of provisions for a reduced retirement age for certain Triborough bridge and tunnel authority employees

Expands the application of provisions for a reduced retirement age for certain Triborough bridge and tunnel authority employees to January 1, 2012.

Andrew J. LanzaCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Exempts certain officers of the departments of correction and sanitation of the city of New York from training requirements for security guards

Exempts certain officers of the department of correction and the department of sanitation of the city of New York from training requirements for security guards.

Andrew J. LanzaConsumer Protection Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim September 2012, as Chiropractic Health Month in the State of New York

Andrew J. LanzaFinance Committee

Ensures port authority of New York and New Jersey police officers who become ill or injured in the performance of their duties receive full wages

Ensures port authority of New York and New Jersey police officers who become ill or injured in the performance of their duties as to necessitate medical or other remedial treatment shall receive…

Andrew J. LanzaCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Honoring the life and accomplishments of Robert V. Connelly of Westerleigh, New York

Andrew J. LanzaAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Engine Company 159, FDNY on Staten Island to be celebrated on June 1, 2012

Andrew J. LanzaAdopted

Adopted

Repeals provisions requiring wholesalers of alcoholic beverages to submit an annual report to the commissioner of taxation finance relating to sales tax collection

Repeals provisions requiring wholesalers of submit an annual report to the commissioner of taxation and finance relating to sales tax collection.

Andrew J. LanzaFinance Committee

Establishes the class E felony of dissemination of false missing child information

Establishes the class E felony of dissemination of false missing child information.

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

Provides that the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in a school traffic control zone are doubled

Provides that the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in a school traffic control zone are doubled; further requires such zones to be marked by a traffic light or stop…

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation Committee

Establishes demonstration program to enforce maximum speed limits by means of speed limit photo devices in city of New York

Authorizes the city of New York to establish a demonstration program imposing liability on owners of motor vehicles found to be in violation of the maximum speed limit or the maximum school speed…

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation Committee

Relates to price gouging of medicine

Relates to price gouging of medicine and provides for a private right of action for persons injured by the price gouging of medicine.

Andrew J. LanzaConsumer Protection Committee

Commending Monsignor Joseph C. Ansaldi upon the occasion of his 50th Anniversary of his Ordination to the Priesthood to be celebrated on June 2, 2012

Andrew J. LanzaAdopted

Adopted

Extends, until December 31, 2013, the authorization of residential property owners in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove reeds

Extends, from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013, the expiration of the authorization granted to residential property owners in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove…

Andrew J. LanzaSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides for the admissibility of recordings and logs of inmate calls made by the department of correction of the city of New York, as business records

Provides for the admissibility of recordings and logs of inmate calls made by the department of correction of the city of New York, as business records.

Andrew J. LanzaJudiciary Committee

Exempts the first $1,250,000 of earnings from self-employment during any tax year, from the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax

Exempts the first $1,250,000 of earnings from self-employment during any tax year, from the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.

Andrew J. LanzaInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child

Creates a new class D violent felony offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree; the current offense of endangering the welfare of a child is converted to the second degree…

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

Makes comprehensive motor vehicle insurance reparations (no-fault insurance) applicable to motorcycles

Makes comprehensive motor vehicle insurance reparations (no-fault insurance) applicable to motorcycles.

Andrew J. LanzaInsurance Committee

Establishes the crime of larceny of a controlled substance

Establishes the crime of larceny of a controlled substance making it an A-II felony to steal a schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance from a pharmacy.

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

Enacts bill of adoptee rights clarifying language and procedures for obtaining birth certificates and medical histories for adoptees

Enacts Bill of Adoptee Rights clarifying language and procedures for obtaining birth certificates and medical histories of adoptees; permits an adopted adult to access certain records when they…

Andrew J. LanzaHealth Committee

Allows "Safe-Teen-NY Driver" stickers be placed on license plates of motor vehicles driven by individuals who are under 18 years old or parents

Allows "Safe-Teen-NY Driver" stickers to be placed on license plates of motor vehicles driven by individuals who are under 18 years old or placed on their parents' or legal guardians' motor vehicle…

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation Committee

Relates to the registration and regulation of animal breeders

Relates to the registration and regulation of animal breeders; requires each to be licensed; creates a breeder licensing fund; exempts not-for-profit organizations.

Andrew J. LanzaAgriculture Committee

Directs the chairman of the workers' compensation board to appoint and employ a referee to hear claims at each hearing part in the city of New York

Directs the chairman of the workers' compensation board to appoint and employ a referee to hear claims in each county in the city of New York.

Andrew J. LanzaLabor Committee

Prohibits expenditure of state, local or public authority moneys relating to federal terrorism trials in the state of New York

Prohibits the expenditure of state, local and public authority moneys relating to any civilian criminal trial of enemy combatants for acts of terrorism in any federal court in the state of New York.

Andrew J. LanzaWays And Means Committee

Provides for immediate notification to a complainant, in the manner specified by the complainant, of the service of an ex parte order of protection

Provides for immediate notification to a complainant, in the manner specified by the complainant, of the service of an ex parte order of protection.

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

Provides for the financing of emergency room facilities in two hospitals in each borough by the New York city health and hospitals corporation

Provides for the financing of emergency room facilities in two hospitals in each borough by the New York city health and hospitals corporation and requires representation on the board from each…

Andrew J. LanzaCities Committee

Relates to requiring notice to neighboring landowners of intention to develop in wetland areas

Relates to requiring notice to neighboring landowners within one thousand feet of intention to develop in wetland areas; requires a public hearing on a wetland application.

Andrew J. LanzaEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to work hours for lifeguards

Provides that students may be employed for up to five hours on any day preceding a school day as a qualified lifeguard or aquatic supervisory staff, provided that the employer receives and maintains…

Andrew J. LanzaLabor Committee

Provides for the continuation of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island

Provides for the establishment of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island.

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation Committee

Relates to the criminal use of a dangerous instrument on school grounds during the commission of a felony

Relates to the criminal use of a dangerous instrument on school grounds during the commission of a felony.

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

Provides that new streets within and abutting streets of new commercial projects in the city of New York be the maximum legal width

Provides that new streets within and abutting streets of new commercial projects in the city of New York be the maximum legal width; prohibits any waiver of such requirement.

Andrew J. LanzaFinance Committee

Enacts the child custody reform act

Enacts the child custody reform act to provide uniform statewide standards for the litigation and mediation of child custody disputes; provides for an initial planning conference between the judge…

Andrew J. LanzaFinance Committee

Creates the teen driver safety commission

Creates the teen driver safety commission consisting of 12 members; requires the commission to study, examine and review the issue of teen driver safety; requires the commission to report its…

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation Committee

Establishes domestic abuse offenses, provides for special information for certain felony domestic abuse offenses and designates such offenses as family offenses

Establishes domestic abuse offenses for assaults upon spouses, former spouses, fellow parents of a child in common and domestic partners; provides for issuance of a special information for domestic…

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

Enacts the "public employee whistleblower protection act"

Enacts the "public employee whistleblower protection act"; repeals certain provisions of the civil service law related to early disclosure for certain alleged violations of certain public employees.

Andrew J. LanzaCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Relates to the functioning of the port authority as an open, transparent and accountable interstate public authority

Relates to the functioning of the port authority as an open, transparent and accountable interstate public authority.

Andrew J. LanzaCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of St. Clare School of Staten Island, New York

Andrew J. LanzaAdopted

Adopted

Provides for gifts on tax returns for autism awareness and research

Provides for gifts on tax returns for autism awareness and research.

Andrew J. LanzaFinance Committee

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to contract with a certified public accounting firm for the conducting of an independent forensic audit

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to contract with a certified public accounting firm for the conducting of an independent forensic audit of such authority.

Andrew J. LanzaFinance Committee

Transfers certain lands to city of New York to be used as parklands

Transfers certain lands to the city of New York to be used as parklands.

Andrew J. LanzaTransportation Committee

Amends the waterfront commission act

Amends the waterfront commission act, relating to empowering the waterfront commission to accept applications in the longshoremen's register.

Andrew J. LanzaCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of The Church of Saint Clare of Staten Island, New York

Andrew J. LanzaAdopted

Adopted

Creates an exception to school busing requirements in the city of New York for restoration of past services

Creates an exception to school bussing requirements in the city of New York for restoration of past services; requires school bus transportation to be provided to certain seventh and eighth graders…

Andrew J. LanzaOn the Senate floor

Provides that certain sex offenders who are released on parole or sentenced to probation may not enter public, association or free libraries

Provides that certain sex offenders who are released on parole may not enter public, association or free libraries.

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

Makes the inability to pay child support an affirmative defense to non-support of child offenses, rather than an element of such offenses

Makes the inability to pay child support an affirmative defense to non-support of child offenses, rather than an element of such offenses.

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee

Provides for the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles, vessels and aircraft used in counterfeit goods

Provides for the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles, vessels and aircraft used in counterfeit goods.

Andrew J. LanzaCodes Committee