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Grants free use of passenger transportation facilities within New York city to New York city correction officers

Provides that the Long Island Rail Road and every public transportation authority in a city with a population of one million or more receiving operating assistance shall adopt rules and regulations…

Michael F. NozzolioTransportation Committee

Prohibits certain individuals from receiving compensation from public charities; requires reasonable compensation when allowed; establishes the state board training

Prohibits officers and family members of such officers of public charities from receiving compensation; requires reasonable compensation when allowed; sets certain compensation; establishes the…

Carl L. MarcellinoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Extends until June 1, 2015, the deadline for local legislative action providing tax incentives for the rehabilitation or improvement of multiple dwellings

Extends until June 1, 2015, the deadline for local legislative action providing tax incentives for the rehabilitation or improvement of multiple dwellings.

Catharine YoungLocal Government Committee

Provides that medicaid reimbursement for services to medically fragile children by pediatric rehabilitation diagnostic and treatment centers be fee-for-service

Provides that medicaid reimbursement for services to medically fragile children rendered by pediatric rehabilitation diagnostic and treatment centers shall be at a fee-for-service rate until the…

Shelley MayerWays And Means Committee

Prohibits recovery of assistance properly paid as permitted where a recipient or former recipient of such assistance was required to participate in a work experience

Provides that a social services official may not recover assistance properly paid as permitted where a recipient or former recipient of such assistance was required to participate in a work…

Daniel L. SquadronFinance Committee

Increases the number of registrants an election district may contain with the approval of the county board of elections

Increases the number of registrants an election district may contain with the approval of the county board of elections.

Michael CusickRules Committee

Relates to interim multiple dwellings in N.Y. city

Provides that an "interim multiple dwelling" shall also include buildings, structures or portions thereof located in a city of more than one million persons that has a unit occupied for residential…

Vito LopezRules Committee

Relates to regional secondary schools

Relates to regional secondary schools.

John J. FlanaganFinance Committee

Designates the quartz variety Herkimer Diamond as the official state mineral

Designates the quartz variety Herkimer Diamond as the official state mineral.

Steven EnglebrightRules Committee

Requires all heating oil sold within certain counties to be bioheating fuel

Requires all heating oil sold within the counties of Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester and the counties of the city of New York to be bioheating fuel that contains at least two percent…

Robert SweeneyRules Committee

Relates to required attendance at schools

Relates to required attendance at schools.

Grace MengEducation Committee

Requires hospitals to provide language assistance services

Requires hospitals to provide language assistance services to a patient or a patient's assistant for communication of clinical and other information, including but not limited to health care,…

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Requires disclosures in advertisements that include a description that the person has expertise or training in issues specifically related to seniors

Requires disclosures in advertisements that include a description that indicates the person has expertise or training in issues specifically related to seniors in their field that set forth the…

Joan MillmanCodes Committee

Relates to the report of suspected financial exploitation

Relates to the report of suspected financial exploitation; requires the superintendent of the department of financial services to develop guidelines relating to reporting suspected financial…

Joan MillmanCodes Committee

Authorizes a court to order the division of criminal justice services to compare fingerprints of the defendant against the statewide database

Authorizes a court to order the division of criminal justice services to compare fingerprints of the defendant against the statewide database.

Charles LavineCodes Committee

Authorizes the county of Putnam to grant exemption from all county sales and use taxes during the period August 10 - 19, 2012, except automotive fuel and vehicles

Authorizes the county of Putnam to grant exemption from all county sales and use taxes during the period August 10 - 19, 2012; excepts automotive fuel and motor vehicles.

Steve KatzStricken

Amends provisions of the election law to address certain issues affecting village elections

Relates to clarifying the number of signatures required on an independent nominating petition in a municipality with less than a thousand residents; relates to declination of office and filling…

Michelle SchimelStricken

Relates to the transfer of money from the mortgage insurance fund to the general fund

Relates to the transfer of money from the mortgage insurance fund to the general fund.

Vito LopezWays And Means CommitteeFinance

Authorizes Cory Ripley and Patrick Dotts to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a police officer

Authorizes Corey Ripley and Patrick Dotts to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a part-time police officer for the town of Elmira,…

Christopher FriendStricken

Allows certain police and firefighters to participate in an optional 20 year retirement plan in certain circumstances

Provides that an individual who became a tier III or a tier V member of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system between July 1, 2009 and March 31, 2012 and whose employer has…

Peter AbbateWays And Means Committee

Authorizes gambling on professional sporting events and athletic events sponsored by universities or colleges

Authorizes gambling on professional sporting events and athletic events sponsored by universities or colleges at betting facilities located at thoroughbred and harness racetracks operating in this…

Tony AvellaJudiciary Committee

Includes part of Ridge Road in the city of Lackawanna as a state highway

Includes part of Ridge Road in the city of Lackawanna as a state highway.

Timothy M. KennedyFinance Committee

Directs the department of health to establish and maintain an internet website to advance women's health initiatives

Directs the department of health to establish and maintain an internet website to advance women's health initiatives.

Kemp HannonHealth Committee

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

Natural gas development habitat fragmentation protection

Expands acreage relating to the natural gas development habitat fragmentation protection.

Mark GrisantiFinance Committee

Requires the fiscal agent of the department of health to seek payments to providers of evaluations and early intervention services provided to children

Requires the fiscal agent of the department of health to seek payments from third party payors, to providers of evaluations and early interventions services provided to children.

Kemp HannonHealth Committee

Relates to state payments to community colleges; repealer

Relates to state payments to community colleges.

Kenneth P. LaValleFinance Committee

Establishes provisions to combat the incidence of adult and childhood obesity

Establishes provisions to combat the incidence of adult and childhood obesity; provides for direct marketing of fresh vegetables and fruits in areas with a high incidence of adult and child obesity;…

Jeffrey D. KleinFinance Committee

Includes environmental conservation police officers and forest rangers in provisions permitting transfer of police officers

Includes environmental conservation police officers and forest rangers in provisions permitting transfer of police officers to other police forces or departments listed.

Peter AbbateCodes Committee

Requires adult protective services to consult with the local area agency on aging when the individual requiring services is sixty years of age or older

Requires adult protective services to consult with the local area agency on aging when the individual requiring services is sixty years of age or older.

Anthony BrindisiFinance Committee

Memorializing Congress to propose an amendment to the US Constitution to provide that corporations are not entitled to the entirety of protections or rights of natural persons

James F. BrennanRules Committee

Authorizes the creation of certain local civil administrative enforcement bureaus

Authorizes the creation of certain local civil administrative enforcement bureaus.

James ConteCodes Committee

Prohibits publicly owned treatment works from accepting wastewater associated with the exploration, delineation, development, or production of natural gas

Prohibits publicly owned treatment works from accepting wastewater associated with the exploration, delineation, development, or production of natural gas from high-volume hydraulic fracturing;…

Mark GrisantiFinance Committee

Prohibits the use of wastewater from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for road and land spreading

Prohibits the use of wastewater from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for road and land spreading, for dust control or de-icing.

Mark GrisantiFinance CommitteeFinance

Creates the High-volume Hydraulic Fracturing Waste Tracking Program

Creates the High-volume Hydraulic Fracturing Waste Tracking Program; requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to track the generation, transportation and receipt of liquid and solid…

Mark GrisantiFinance Committee

Establishes the New York incubator network

Establishes a statewide network of university affiliated business incubators to be known as the New York incubator network.

Martin J. GoldenFinance Committee

Relates to docketing of adjudications of violations of laws enforced by the New York city department of consumer affairs

Relates to docketing of adjudications of violations of laws enforced by the New York city department of consumer affairs.

Jeffrey D. KleinLocal Government Committee

Requires access to new homes by persons with disabilities

Requires access to new homes by persons with disabilities.

Joan MillmanCodes Committee

Provides that a web site administrator shall remove any comments posted upon request unless the poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post

Provides that a web site administrator shall remove any comments posted upon request unless the poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post.

Thomas F. O'MaraStricken

Transfers control of the Yonkers Education Construction Fund Board to the mayor of the city of Yonkers

Transfers control of the Yonkers Education Construction Fund Board to the mayor of the city of Yonkers.

Andrea Stewart-CousinsFinance Committee

Authorizes office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to lease and license the use of buildings and facilities within Knox Farm state park

Authorizes office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to lease and license the use of buildings and facilities within Knox Farm state park.

Betty LittleOn the Senate floor

Relates to mandate relief for school districts and other educational entities; repealer

Relates to mandate relief for school districts and other educational entities.

John J. FlanaganFinance Committee

Relates to the revocation of sentences of probation or conditional discharge imposed under the child passenger protection act

Relates to the revocation of sentences of probation or conditional discharge imposed under the child passenger protection act.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Requires hotels and motels to notify employees of the presence of bedbugs on the premises and requires development of training on eradication of bedbugs

Requires hotels and motels to notify employees of the presence of bedbugs on the premises; requires the development and administration of training on methods and procedures for the eradication of…

Linda RosenthalRules Committee

Authorizes certain institutions to receive state aid for earned associate degrees even after being authorized to confer earned bachelor's degrees

Authorizes certain institutions to receive state aid for earned associate degrees even after being authorized to confer earned bachelor's degrees during the period from April 1, 2009 to May 1, 2009.

Neil D. BreslinFinance Committee

Establishes business franchise and personal income tax credits for expenses of soil improvement projects on farmlands

Establishes business franchise and personal income tax credits for expenses of soil improvement projects on farmlands.

Aileen GuntherWays And Means Committee

Establishes business franchise and personal income tax credits for expenses of soil improvement projects on farmlands

Establishes business franchise and personal income tax credits for expenses of soil improvement projects on farmlands.

Catharine YoungFinance Committee