Bills by

Carl Kruger

Senator

407 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →kruger@senate.state.ny.us

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

407 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

S2571Senate· Moved Jan 26, 2011· Referred to transportation
Prohibits unlawful solicitation of ground transportation services on public roads and within public parking lots
Prohibits unlawful solicitation by persons offering ground transportation services on public roads and within public parking lots; includes transportation by bus, car, limousine or van; provides…
Carl KrugerTransportation Committee
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S2572Senate· Moved Jan 26, 2011· Referred to transportation
Provides for special license plates for the New York city auxiliary police
Allows the commissioner of motor vehicles, upon request, to issue special license plates for members of the New York city auxiliary police; provides that such distinctive license plates shall bear…
Carl KrugerTransportation Committee

S2576Senate· Moved Jan 26, 2011· Referred to consumer protection

Makes provisions regarding recycling programs

Requires the recycled content of packaging be disclosed on the package label; requires waste collection and transportation contracts to specify that the recyclable, reusable or other components are…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

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S2567Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2011· Referred to investigations and government operations

Increases penalties for manufacture or sale of liquor without a license

Increases the penalties for the illegal sale of alcoholic beverages without the appropriate license or permit.

Carl KrugerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2563Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2011· Referred to cities

Permits different standards relating to approval of the solid waste management plan in N.Y. city

Permits different standards to be employed for department of environmental conservation approval of solid waste management plans of cities of 1 million or more population submitted to it; ensures…

Carl KrugerCities Committee

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S2564Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2011· Referred to elections

Provides a mechanism for the confidential voter registration of certain "law enforcement officials" as defined

Allows law enforcement officials to obtain a court order which would prevent the release of personal, identifying information kept by the board of elections to anyone except another board of…

Carl KrugerElections Committee

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S2566Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2011· Referred to investigations and government operations

Clarifies the exemption for cooperative housing corporations where there is no change in beneficial ownership

Clarifies the exemption for cooperative housing corporations where there is no change in beneficial ownership.

Carl KrugerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2562Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2011· Referred to education

Requires a course of instruction in sensitivity training regarding diversity

Directs the regents of the university of the state of New York to prescribe courses of instruction relating to sensitivity training regarding diversity of race, ethnicity and religion; and directs…

Carl KrugerEducation Committee

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S2568Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2011· Referred to finance

Enacts a "Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Insurance Rate Reform Act" and revives previously expired provisions of law relating to automobile insurance rates

Enacts the comprehensive motor vehicle insurance rate reform act; amends provisions applicable to automobile insurance rates including establishing a program for consumer information on insurers and…

Carl KrugerFinance Committee

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S2569Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2011· Referred to higher education

Requires physicians to procure and maintain one million to three million dollars malpractice insurance coverage as a condition of holding a license or limited permit

Requires all physicians licensed or permitted to practice medicine in the state of New York to procure and maintain in full force and effect a policy of medical malpractice insurance with primary…

Carl KrugerHigher Education Committee

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S2560Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2011· Referred to transportation

Requires the establishment of an organ donor information education component as a prerequisite for obtaining a license to operate a motor vehicle

Requires the establishment of an organ donor information education component as a prerequisite for obtaining a license to operate a motor vehicle; provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles…

Carl KrugerTransportation Committee

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S2561Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2011· Referred to health

Requires physicians suing with respect to disciplinary proceedings to bond cost of successful defense and requires hospitals to include risk management

Provides that in any case where a physician institutes a civil proceeding as a result of a disciplinary proceeding brought against such physician or dismissal from a hospital or other health care…

Carl KrugerHealth Committee

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S2555Senate· Moved Jan 25, 2011· Referred to finance

Provides for grants for use of computer technology in kindergarten and grade one; appropriation

Authorizes the commissioner of education to award grants to local school districts for the use of computer technology to teach reading and writing skills to students in kindergarten and grade 1;…

Carl KrugerFinance Committee

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S2472Senate· Moved Jan 21, 2011· Referred to higher education

Establishes a procedure for schools to implement corrective action plans upon notification of a violation

Establishes a procedure for schools to implement corrective action plans upon notification of a violation.

Carl KrugerHigher Education Committee

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S2319Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Prohibits bonds or notes of public authorities and public benefit corporations from extending beyond period of probable usefulness

Prohibits public authorities and public benefit corporations from issuing bonds and notes for a work or purpose which extends beyond the probable life of the work project.

Carl KrugerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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S2320Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Redefines "shelter rent" in computing the tax exemption for limited-profit housing companies

Excludes payment of shelter rent taxes from the definition of shelter rent for purposes of computing the tax exemption allowed limited-profit (Mitchell-Lama) housing companies.

Carl KrugerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S2321Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Limits the maximum surcharge imposition on a tenant to amount of tax exemption on an individual unit basis

Provides that the maximum surcharge imposed on income of residents of limited-profit housing company rental units shall not be greater than the amount of the tax exemption and interest subsidy…

Carl KrugerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S2318Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to finance

Imposes medical risk management and continuing education requirement for physician's license and renewal; appropriation

Requires a physician, upon the renewal of his or her professional license, to submit to the board of regents that he or she has attended and completed a course of continuing education in…

Carl KrugerFinance Committee

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S2315Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to transportation

Requires notice of hazardous conditions at subway stations

Directs the New York City transit authority to conspicuously post in stations where noise levels exceed 90 db, in a manner visible to passengers exposed to such noise levels, a notice warning…

Carl KrugerTransportation Committee

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S2313Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to finance

Creates a traffic adjudication appeals bureau in executive department for appeals from traffic violations bureau; repealer

Establishes a separate bureau within the executive department to receive, consider and determine appeals from determinations of hearing officers of the department of motor vehicles traffic…

Carl KrugerFinance Committee

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S2317Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to investigations and government operations

Authorizes operation of toll-free hotline to relay information concerning the failure to collect sales and compensating use taxes

Authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to operate a toll free twenty-four hour hotline for the public to use to report information concerning the failure of any person to collect the…

Carl KrugerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2316Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to codes

Requires life imprisonment without parole for certain persistent felony offenders; repealer

Requires a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole for persistent violent felony offenders and persistent felony offenders who have been convicted of a prior violent felony…

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

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S2311Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to insurance

Authorizes reimbursement for Tay-Sachs testing

Provides that every policy which provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care or provides reimbursement for laboratory tests or diagnostic X-rays shall provide coverage for Tay-Sachs…

Carl KrugerInsurance Committee

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S2312Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to investigations and government operations

Authorizes tax check-off for gifts contributed to the state library aid program for financial support for public libraries

Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to include a space on the personal income tax return for taxpayers to check off if they wish to contribute to the state library aid program for…

Carl KrugerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2314Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to insurance

Exempts individual or group policies of medicare supplemental insurance from certain provisions regarding increase or decrease of premiums

Exempts individual or group policies of medicare supplemental insurance from certain provisions regarding increase or decrease of premiums without a public hearing.

Carl KrugerInsurance Committee

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S2309Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to codes

Establishes crime of aggravated rape

Creates the offense of aggravated rape when a person engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion and such intercourse results in serious physical injury or is…

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

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S2306Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to elections

Requires certain campaign statements filed with boards of elections to be transmitted to the public campaign finance board having jurisdiction over the election

Requires campaign statements filed with the state or local boards of elections to be transmitted to the public campaign finance board having jurisdiction over the election.

Carl KrugerElections Committee

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S2307Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to judiciary

Requires ski area operators to provide helmets on-site for optional rental by skiers and snowboarders

Requires ski area operators to provide helmets on-site for optional rental by skiers and snowboarders.

Carl KrugerJudiciary Committee

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S2308Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to codes

Includes gang assaults in the felony assault provisions

Enacts provisions to deter gang assaults by including within felony assault provisions, gang assaults involving two or more persons causing serious physical injury to another.

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

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S2310Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to banks

Requires electronic banking facilities be equipped with self-adhesive deposit envelopes

Requires all banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations and other financial institutions that provide electronic banking services to replace moisture-activated adhesive deposit envelopes…

Carl KrugerBanks Committee

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S2301Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to finance

Creates a traffic adjudication appeals bureau in executive department for appeals from traffic violations bureau; repealer

Establishes a separate bureau within the executive department to receive, consider and determine appeals from determinations of hearing officers of the department of motor vehicles traffic…

Carl KrugerFinance Committee

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S2302Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to education

Enacts school technology planning act requiring regional or district-wide technology planning by school districts

Enacts school technology planning act requiring regional or district-wide technology planning by school districts; also assigns a role for the state education department to provide technical…

Carl KrugerEducation Committee

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S2304Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to health

Provides for corporate franchise and personal income tax check-offs for taxpayer gifts for lung cancer education and prevention; sets up education/prevention fund

Provides for a corporate franchise tax check-off and a personal income tax check-off for taxpayer gifts for lung cancer education and prevention; establishes the lung cancer education and prevention…

Carl KrugerHealth Committee

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S2299Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to codes

Limits the period of time in which a defendant against whom a misdemeanor complaint is pending in a local criminal court may be held in custody

Limits the period of time for which a defendant against whom a misdemeanor complaint is pending in a local criminal court may be held in custody by requiring his or her release if a misdemeanor…

Carl KrugerCodes Committee

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S2300Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Limits certain rent increases by limited-profit housing companies

Provides that no application or motion for an increase in the maximum rental per room for limited-profit housing company projects shall be entertained or acted upon for a period of two years from…

Carl KrugerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S2305Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Limits the proximity of community residential facilities for the disabled

Limits the proximity of newly located community residential facilities for the disabled to within a one mile radius of an existing facility.

Carl KrugerMental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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S2296Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to finance

Relates to appointing special prosecutor to investigate safety violations by the New York city school construction authority

Directs the governor to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate safety violations by the New York city school construction authority and provides for functions, duties and powers thereof.

Carl KrugerFinance Committee

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S2290Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to banks

Makes provision regarding credit needs of local communities

Directs the superintendent of banks to consider a banking institution's origination history for certain reverse mortgage loans to a mortgagor or mortgagors whose income does not exceed 80% of the…

Carl KrugerBanks Committee

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S2291Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to investigations and government operations

Prohibits the granting of off-premises consumption liquor licenses within 350 feet of a school

Extends the zone around a school, church, synagogue or place of worship, in which no premises may be granted a retail license to sell liquor and/or wine for off-premises consumption, from two…

Carl KrugerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2289Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to elections

Provides that enrolled party member residing in county and assembly district containing election district of position may file written objections to petition

Permits that any enrolled member of a party who resides within the county and the assembly district which contains the election district from which the party position of member of county committee…

Carl KrugerElections Committee

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S2293Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to social services

Provides for regulation, supervision and inspection of certain motels which provide shelter to the homeless for-profit in N.Y. city

Provides for regulation, supervision and inspection of certain motels which provide shelter to the homeless for-profit in cities of one million or more persons by including them within the…

Carl KrugerSocial Services Committee

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S2295Senate· Moved Jan 18, 2011· Referred to consumer protection

Provides that restaurants must give notice of price of specials and credit card limitations

Provides that restaurants must conspicuously post and give notice of price of specials and credit card limitations; defines "restaurant" and "specials"; imposes a civil penalty of $100 and a…

Carl KrugerConsumer Protection Committee

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