Sponsored bills

Relates to requiring the state to fund certain programs mandated for municipal corporations and school districts

Relates to requiring the state to fund certain programs mandated for municipal corporations and school districts.

Stephen M. SalandFinance Committee

Honoring Emil Panichi upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the 2012 Catherine Seeberger Citizenship Award

Stephen M. SalandAdopted

Adopted

Relates to procedures for destitute children; repealer

Relates to procedures for destitute children; relates to kinship guardian assistance payments; clarifies that the court may appoint an attorney for the child in article 10-B proceedings; provides a…

Stephen M. SalandOn the Senate floor

Relates to training expenses for police and peace officers

Relates to training expenses for police and peace officers.

Stephen M. SalandLocal Government Committee

Relates to Camphill Ghent integrated services

Amends provisions relating to certain statutory authorizations in relation to the establishment of a long term care community in Columbia county known as Camphill Ghent, Inc. to provide integrated…

Stephen M. SalandOn the Senate floor

Makes the sale of a controlled substance that results in the death of a person manslaughter in the second degree

Makes the sale of a controlled substance that results in the death of a person manslaughter in the second degree.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Requires the MTA to renegotiate the joint service operating agreement with the state of Connecticut

Requires the MTA to renegotiate the joint service operating agreement with the State of Connecticut; eliminates the metropolitan commuter transportation tax imposed on the residents of Dutchess,…

Stephen M. SalandTransportation Committee

Requires any state mandated program imposed on municipalities and school districts to be funded by the state

Requires that the state fund any program which imposes a mandate upon municipal corporations or school districts; establishes criteria for any exemption from such law if such mandate is ordered by…

Stephen M. SalandLocal Government Committee

Relates to establishing a demonstration program for private well water testing requirements for the sale of real property in certain counties

Establishes a demonstration program for private well water testing requirements for the sale of real property in certain counties.

Stephen M. SalandEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to the appointment of superintendents

Relates to the termination of superintendents and any payment as compensation for the remainder of the superintendent's unserved employment contract.

Stephen M. SalandEducation Committee

Relates to making it a felony to knowingly and intentionally fail to report the death or disappearance of a child

Makes it a felony to knowingly and intentionally fail to report the death or disappearance of a child.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Clarifies the scope of the term "educational institution"

Clarifies the scope of the term "educational institution".

Stephen M. SalandInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to sealing court records involving convictions for certain petty offenses

Relates to sealing court records involving convictions for certain petty offenses.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Includes certain offenses involving computers in the definition of specified offenses which can form the basis of a sexually motivated felony

Includes certain offenses involving computers in the definition of specified offenses which can form the basis of a sexually motivated felony.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Relates to creating the offense of a sexually motivated misdemeanor

Relates to creating the offense of a sexually motivated misdemeanor; provides that certain offenses including assault, trespass, stalking and computer tampering, when committed for sexual…

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Relates to definitions of employees eligible for funeral or bereavement leave

Relates to definitions of employees eligible for funeral or bereavement leave.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Relates to sealing court records involving cases dismissed at arraignment or earlier

Relates to sealing court records involving cases dismissed at arraignment or earlier.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Authorizes attorney's fees to an agency where a person or entity fails to prove that an agency should properly withhold records

Authorizes attorneys fees to an agency where a person or entity fails to prove that an agency should properly withhold records from the public

Stephen M. SalandInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to consecutive sentencing for persons convicted of incest and any other sex offenses against the same child

Relates to consecutive sentencing for persons convicted of incest and any other sex offenses against the same child.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Applies laws of comparative negligence and assumption of risk to employees et al. injured in the use of scaffolding and other devices in certain cases outside N.Y. city

Applies laws of comparative negligence and assumption of risk to employees and certain other persons injured in the use of scaffolding and other devices in certain cases; applies outside cities of…

Stephen M. SalandJudiciary Committee

Relates to the law of agency

Codifies the defense of agency in the penal law.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Relates to evidence of child neglect where respondent is enrolled in drug rehabilitation program

Relates to evidence of child neglect where respondent is enrolled in drug rehabilitation program.

Stephen M. SalandChildren And Families Committee

Relates to preliminary procedures, petitions and special provisions regarding abandoned infants

Relates to procedures, petitions and special provisions regarding abandoned infants; defines abandoned infant; sets forth preliminary procedures; and provides for sustaining or dismissing a petition…

Stephen M. SalandJudiciary Committee

Relates to custodial interference; repealer

Expands provisions relating to custodial interference; provides for affirmative defense and special provisions relating to sentencing; establishes certain duties of law enforcement officers relating…

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Requires fingerprinting of prospective employees of special education schools for purposes of a criminal background check

Requires fingerprinting of prospective employees of special education schools for purposes of a criminal background check; defines "special education school"; allows school to establish procedures…

Stephen M. SalandEducation Committee

Provides schools the option to operate one hundred eighty days of instruction or the equivalent number of hours of pupil instruction

Provides schools the option to operate one hundred eighty days of instruction or the equivalent number of hours of pupil instruction.

Stephen M. SalandEducation Committee

Prohibits application for a permit to mine if a local law prohibits the proposed mining use within the area proposed to be mined

Prohibits the department of environmental conservation from approving an application or granting a permit to mine mineral resources if the locality within which such mining is proposed to take place…

Stephen M. SalandEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to protection of the public from attack by wild animals

Relates to protection of the public from attack by wild animals.

Stephen M. SalandAgriculture Committee

Relates to votes on land acquisition and building construction propositions by BOCES districts

Requires that voting on land acquisition and building construction propositions by BOCES districts shall be at the polling places equitably distributed within the BOCES district.

Stephen M. SalandEducation Committee

Relates to the effect of mandates on school districts

Provides that state mandates shall not be implemented in school districts after such district has passed a budget, any such mandates shall be implemented in the following fiscal year.

Stephen M. SalandEducation Committee

Prohibits incentive arrangements for inducing a health care provider to change prescriptions

Prohibits incentive arrangements for inducing a health care provider to change prescriptions.

Stephen M. SalandInsurance Committee

Relates to conditions for the disqualification for unemployment benefits of persons formerly employed by temporary employment services

Relates to conditions for the disqualification for unemployment benefits of persons formerly employed by temporary employment services.

Stephen M. SalandLabor Committee

Relates to requiring disclosure of results of water testing of private residences at the time of sale or transfer

Relates to requiring disclosure of results of water testing of private residences at the time of sale or transfer.

Stephen M. SalandJudiciary Committee

Relates to providing an exemption for school districts from requirements for separate specifications for public works

Provides an exemption for school districts from requirements for separate specifications for public works; permits school district to assign contract to a single responsible person, firm or…

Stephen M. SalandEducation Committee

Authorizes the establishment of a long term care community in Columbia county known as Camphill Ghent, Inc. to provide integrated services to certain persons

Authorizes the establishment of a long term care community in Columbia county known as Camphill Ghent, Inc. to provide integrated services to certain persons.

Stephen M. SalandSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that where the court imposes a revocable sentence of imprisonment the court shall initially determine the fitness of an eligible offender for a certificate

Provides that where the court imposes a revocable sentence of imprisonment or imposes a sentence other than one executed by commitment to an institution under jurisdiction of the state department of…

Stephen M. SalandSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends the authorization for an additional real estate transfer tax in Columbia county until 2013

Extends the authorization for an additional real estate transfer tax in Columbia county until 2013.

Stephen M. SalandSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to unauthorized radio transmissions on certain radio frequencies

Creates the crime of unauthorized radio transmission; prohibits knowingly making a radio transmission on radio frequencies assigned and licensed by the federal communications commission for use by…

Stephen M. SalandSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Establishes guidelines for information subpoenas

Establishes guidelines for information subpoenas.

Stephen M. SalandSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to extending the authorization for imposition of additional sales tax in Columbia county

Extends the authorization for imposition of additional sales and compensating use tax in Columbia county until 2013.

Stephen M. SalandSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to extending the authorization for additional sales tax in Dutchess county

Relates to extending the authorization for additional sales and compensating use tax in Dutchess county until 2013.

Stephen M. SalandSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to kinship guardian assistance payments

Relates to kinship guardian assistance payments.

Stephen M. SalandOn the Senate floor

Creates article 10-C of the family court act relating to destitute children; repealer

Creates Article 10-C of the Family Court Act relating to destitute children.

Stephen M. SalandOn the Senate floor

Relates to certain residency requirements for certain positions

Provides that requirements for certain positions do not apply to persons employed by a city with a population of over one million so long as he or she is a resident of New York, Kings, Queens,…

Stephen M. SalandOn the Senate floor

Honoring Lieutenant Gregory Mosley upon the occasion of his retirement after 32 years of dedicated service to the New York State Police

Stephen M. SalandAdopted

Adopted

Commending Eleanor and Martin Charwat upon the occasion of their designation for special recognition by the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley on October 2, 2011,

Stephen M. SalandAdopted

Adopted

Commending Julia and Albert Rosenblatt upon the occasion of their designation for special recognition by the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley

Stephen M. SalandAdopted

Adopted

Commending Judy and Richard Mathews upon the occasion of their designation for special recognition by the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley

Stephen M. SalandAdopted

Adopted