Sponsored bills

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

Reconstitutes the boundaries of the USA Niagara Corporation to include the entirety of the city of Niagara Falls

Reconstitutes the boundaries of an Empire State Development Corporation subsidiary, the USA Niagara corporation, to include the entirety of the city of Niagara Falls.

Mark GrisantiEconomic Development Committee

Protects certain information on hunting, fishing and trapping license and permit applications from disclosure

Protects certain information on hunting, fishing and trapping license and permit applications from disclosure or release outside of the department of environmental conservation.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation 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.

Mark GrisantiFinance Committee

Establishes the biosciences commercialization assistance fund within the foundation for science, technology and innovation

Establishes the biosciences commercialization fund within the foundation for science, technology and innovation.

Mark GrisantiFinance Committee

Commending Skyview Learning Group, Inc. for its ceaseless dedicated service to the community of Buffalo, New York

Mark GrisantiFinance Committee

Limits animal dealers exempt under the provision of article 7 of such law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs

Limits the animal dealers that are exempt under the provisions of article 7 of the agriculture and markets law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs; applies provisions to…

Mark GrisantiAgriculture Committee

Enacts the "private well testing act"

Enacts the "private well testing act"; authorizes the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations to establish standards for the testing of drinking water from privately owned wells.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Authorizes the widow of William James Middlebrooks to file a retirement option election on behalf of her deceased husband

Authorizes Janice Middlebrooks, the widow of William James Middlebrooks, to file a retirement option election on behalf of her deceased husband.

Mark GrisantiCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Relates to the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2011-2012 budget

Relates to the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2011-2012 budget.

Mark GrisantiWays And Means Committee

Repeals certain boards of the environmental conservation law

Repeals certain boards of the environmental conservation law.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Authorizes enforcement officers of city courts in the county of Erie, to exercise the same powers and duties as sheriffs with respect to the execution of money judgment

Authorizes enforcement officers of city courts in the county of Erie, designated in lieu of the sheriff, to exercise the same functions, powers and duties as sheriffs with respect to the execution…

Mark GrisantiJudiciary Committee

Relates to participation by independent living centers in minority and women owned business requirements

Relates to participation by independent living centers in minority and women owned business requirements.

Mark GrisantiFinance Committee

Relates to management of wildlife resources

Relates to management of wildlife resources; permits the release of certain ring-necked pheasant or quail birds without permit; adjusts the hunting season to August 16 to April 15, catch limits, and…

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Prohibits child care products with TCEP

Prohibits child care products containing TCEP; enhances TRIS-free children and babies act to TCEP-free child care products act.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to veterans' credits for civil service appointments and promotions

Relates to veterans' credits for civil service appointments and promotions; increases the the credit preference for wartime and disabled wartime veterans by five points for a competitive examination…

Mark GrisantiVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Relates to research institutes on addiction

Relates to research institutes on addiction.

Mark GrisantiHigher Education Committee

Creates and allows funding for post-employment benefit reserve funds

Relates to creating funding for post-employment benefit reserve funds.

Mark GrisantiLocal Government Committee

Relates to crimes against a delivery person

Relates to crimes against a delivery person; increases the category one higher than the specific offense when committed against a delivery person.

Mark GrisantiCodes Committee

Relates to a five year elimination of the local share for medicaid

Relates to authorizing reimbursements for expenditures made by or on behalf of social services districts for medical assistance for needy persons and the administration thereof; authorizes a five…

Mark GrisantiHealth Committee

Directs the New York state thruway authority to discontinue the collection of tolls at the Grand Island bridges in the Niagara section of the thruway

Directs the New York state thruway authority to discontinue the collection of tolls at the Grand Island bridges in the Niagara section of the Governor Thomas E.

Mark GrisantiCorporations, Authorities And Commissions 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…

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Regulates the manufacture, sale and use of shipping pallets, recycled and new, that contain the decabromodiphenyl ether

Regulates the manufacture, sale and use of shipping pallets, recycled and new, that contain decabromodiphenyl ether.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to standardizing penalties associated with marijuana possession

Relates to standardizing penalties associated with marijuana possession; makes unlawful possession of small amounts of marijuana a violation punishable by a fine.

Mark GrisantiCodes Committee

Relates to the hours worked by nurses

Relates to the hours worked by nurses.

Mark GrisantiLabor Committee

Provides funding for the public defense backup center of the New York State Defenders Association

Provides funding for the public defense backup center of the New York State Defenders Association; appropriates $3 million from the indigent legal services fund.

Mark GrisantiFinance 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…

Mark GrisantiJudiciary Committee

Requires the board of education in the city of Buffalo to submit the school district budget to the voters for approval prior to adoption

Requires the board of education in the city of Buffalo to submit the school district budget to the voters for approval prior to adoption.

Mark GrisantiEducation Committee

Includes sworn environmental conservation police officers in definition of police officer for purposes of presumption regarding impairment caused by heart disease

Provides certain disability benefits for disabilities related to heart disease to sworn police officers of the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation; provides…

Mark GrisantiCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Relates to hiring of police officers in the department of environmental conservation

Relates to hiring of police officers in the department of environmental conservation.

Mark GrisantiCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Requires persons registering to vote to designate their race and/or ethnicity

Requires persons registering to vote to designate their race and/or ethnicity.

Mark GrisantiElections Committee

Enacts the "coerced confession remediation act"

Enacts the "coerced confession remediation act"; relates to exclusion of statements made or provided by a claimant in the course of a custodial interrogation.

Mark GrisantiJudiciary Committee

Relates to increasing liability for petroleum discharge

Relates to increasing liability for petroleum discharge.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to the regulation of live restraint cable devices to take wildlife; authorizes regulations by the department of environmental conservation

Relates to the regulation of live restraint cable devices to take wildlife; authorizes regulations by the department of environmental conservation.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides free use of state parks to family members of deceased military

Provides free use of state parks to family members of deceased military; requires rules and regulations for timely implementation.

Mark GrisantiCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

Prohibits the sale of expanded polystyrene loosefill packaging

Phases out expanded polystyrene loosefill packaging that does not contain recycled material.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides for the regulation of hexavalent chromium contamination of public water supplies

Provides for the regulation of hexavalent chromium contamination of public water supplies.

Mark GrisantiHealth Committee

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to authorize hunting of various game

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to authorize hunting of various game.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Defines refillable beverage containers and authorized manufacturers of refillable beverage containers to retain unclaimed deposits

Defines refillable beverage containers and authorized manufacturers of refillable beverage containers to retain unclaimed deposits.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to the regulation of the use of the state's water resources; repealer

Relates to the regulation of the use of the state's water resources; requires permits for interbasin diversions of water and approval of modification to existing systems; increases fees for water…

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Imposes a one year residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance

Imposes a one year residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance; authorizes the commissioner of health to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures…

Mark GrisantiSocial Services Committee

Increases penalties for individuals or companies who engage in the business of cashing checks, drafts or money orders for consideration without a license

Increases penalties for individuals or companies who engage in the business of cashing checks, drafts or money orders for consideration without a license; makes such violation a class E felony;…

Mark GrisantiBanks Committee

Amends the inpatient reimbursement rates for certain general hospitals

Amends the inpatient reimbursement rates for those general hospitals most significantly affected by revenue losses resulting from Medicaid rebasing that took effect 12/1/2009.

Mark GrisantiHealth Committee

Relates to excepting from community rating requirements group health insurance policies issued to multiple employer trusts

Excepts from community rating requirements group health insurance policies issued to multiple employer trusts consisting of municipal corporations and public benefit corporations.

Mark GrisantiInsurance Committee

Provides that special revenue funds shall not be transferred or loaned temporarily without specific statutory authority

Provides that special revenue funds shall not be transferred or loaned temporarily without specific statutory authority.

Mark GrisantiFinance Committee

Authorizes the reduction of assessed value of land subject to a conservation easement conveyed to not-for-profit conservation organization

Authorizes the reduction of assessed value of land subject to a conservation easement conveyed to not-for-profit conservation organization.

Mark GrisantiLocal Government Committee

Restricts the use of decabromodiphenyl ether in certain products

Restricts the use of decabromodiphenyl ether in covered electronic devices, upholstered furniture or textiles intended for indoor use, mattresses and mattress pads; provides exemptions.

Mark GrisantiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Requires written responses to reports of examination by the office of the state comptroller and reports of external audits

Requires written responses to reports of examination by the office of the state comptroller, reports of external audits performed by independent public accountants or management letters prepared in…

Mark GrisantiLocal Government Committee