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Relates to nominating and designating petitions and certificates

Provides that a candidate who files a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any…

Patrick M. GallivanElection Law Committee

Requires New York state drivers licenses to indicate if the licensee is a registered sex offender under Megan's Law

Requires New York State drivers licenses to indicate if the licensee is a registered sex offender under Megan's Law, the "Sex Offender Registration Act"; makes additional changes regarding…

Thomas F. O'MaraFinance 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

Grants personal income taxpayers the ability to make a gift to the state parks on their tax returns; establishes the state parks fund

Grants personal income taxpayers the ability to make a gift to the state parks on their tax returns; establishes the state parks fund to provide monies to the office of parks, recreation and…

Betty LittleFinance Committee

Authorizes industrial development agencies to provide assistance to agricultural producers for products grown, harvested or produced within the state

Authorizes industrial development agencies to provide technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers for products grown, harvested or produced within the state.

William J. Larkin Jr.Local Governments Committee

Relates to violations by unlicensed transmitters of money

Relates to increasing penalties for violations by unlicensed transmitters of money.

Hugh T. FarleyBanks Committee

Authorizes contractors or subcontractors to postpone commencing work until proposed changes exceeding 10% of the original contract are approved by the public owner

Authorizes contractors or subcontractors to postpone commencing work until proposed changes exceeding 10% of the original contract have been approved by the public owner.

Jeffrey D. KleinGovernmental Operations Committee

Provides a tax exemption for certain tax bills paid by members of volunteer fire companies or volunteer ambulance services

Provides a tax exemption for a portion of the value of the tax bill for a jurisdiction to be paid by volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers within certain counties to the extent of…

Andrew RaiaStricken

Authorizes and directs the office for the aging to study the feasibility of creating a state-wide program to track certain elderly individuals

Authorizes and directs the office for the aging to study the feasibility of creating a state-wide program to track certain elderly individuals; requires the office for the aging to prepare a report…

Andrew RaiaStricken

Prohibits any person from interfering with any official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal

Prohibits any person from attempting to or to in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, cover, remove or otherwise interfere with any traffic control device or railroad sign or signal; provides an…

Ronald CanestrariTransportation Committee

Requires the transfer of certain lands to the Oak Brush Plain State Preserve by December 1, 2012

Relates to the acquisition of lands previously comprising Pilgrim State Hospital by the Oak Brush Plain State Preserve, located on Long Island.

Owen H. JohnsonTourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development Committee

Provides for a charge-back of refunds of taxes levied by a school district on behalf of a school district public library

Provides that a school district which levies taxes on behalf of a school district public library may charge back to such public library the portion of any court ordered refund attributable to…

Nancy CalhounWays And Means Committee

Prohibits the New York city water board from enacting any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer

Prohibits the NYC water board from enacting any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer, including timeframes for appeals and receiving refunds.

N. Nick PerryWays And Means CommitteeFinance

Provides an alternative method for equalization in the Riverhead central school district in order to provide tax stability

Provides an alternative method for equalization in the Riverhead central school district in order to provide tax stability.

Fred ThieleWays And Means Committee

Prohibits police officers from using racial and ethnic profiling

Prohibits police officers from using racial and ethnic profiling; requires that a procedure be established for the taking and review of complaints against police officers for racial and ethnic…

Keith L.T. WrightFinance Committee

Authorizes the New York city commissioner of finance to approve suitable rewards for information that leads to the detection of violations of the tax on cigarettes

Authorizes the New York city commissioner of finance to approve suitable rewards for information that leads to the detection of violations of the tax on cigarettes.

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Establishes protocols for combative sports; authorizes mixed martial arts events in this state

Establishes protocols for combative sports; authorizes mixed martial arts events in this state; establishes procedures for applications for licenses; establishes penalties for violations; imposes…

Joseph A. GriffoTourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development Committee

Creates a temporary state commission to study sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities; repealer

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities among inmates and employees and shall devise a reporting system for notification of…

Annette RobinsonWays And Means Committee

Relates to penalties for failure to provide DNA sample and failure to register or verify as a sex offender

Relates to penalties for failure to provide DNA sample and failure to register or verify as a sex offender.

Stephen M. SalandCodes Committee

Relates to the distribution of certain mandatory surcharges imposed for alcohol-related traffic convictions

Relates to the distribution of certain mandatory surcharges imposed for alcohol-related traffic convictions.

Martin Malavé DilanFinance Committee

Requires police accident reports to indicate whether the use of a mobile phone contributed to such vehicle accident

Requires police accident reports to indicate whether a mobile phone was in use at the time of such vehicle accident.

Felix OrtizCodes Committee

Increases access to substance abuse programming for prisoners whose first language is not English

Increases access to substance abuse programming for prisoners whose first language is not English.

Felix OrtizWays And Means Committee

Requires contractors in certain large cities to recycle 50% of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites

Requires contractors in cities having a population of one million or more to recycle 50% of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites.

William ColtonCodes Committee

Includes the theft of dogs and cats within the crime of grand larceny in the fourth degree (a class E felony) in certain cases

Includes the theft of a pet within the crime of grand larceny in the fourth degree in certain instances; defines "pet" as a licensed dog or cat harbored by the owner or lawful custodian of such dog…

Carl L. MarcellinoCodes Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of correctional services to develop programs in correctional facilities to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases

Authorizes the commissioner of correctional services, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop and implement programs in every correctional facility to prevent the spread of…

Richard GottfriedWays And Means Committee

Authorizes Native American nations and tribes to make payments to municipal governments hosting tribal casinos

Authorizes Native American nations and tribes to make payments to municipal governments hosting tribal casinos; such payments shall be in lieu of payments that the state is otherwise required to…

Catharine YoungFinance CommitteeFinance

Establishes program for familial dysautonomia and Tay-Sachs disease screening; authorizes department of health to provide grants

Authorizes the department of health to establish a program for familial dysautonomia, Canavan's and Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling and to provide grants and to enter into contracts with…

Jeffrey DinowitzWays And Means Committee

Provides criteria for the appointment of the superintendent of state police

Provides criteria for the appointment of the superintendent of state police by the governor, upon the advice and consent of the Senate, for a fixed term of three years.

Michael F. NozzolioGovernmental Operations Committee

Allows taxpayers to contribute to the support of the animal population control fund by marking a space on a corporate or personal income tax return

Allows taxpayers to contribute to the support of the animal population control fund by marking a space on a corporate or personal income tax return.

Joseph E. RobachFinance Committee

Enacts "Jilly's law"; adds criteria for determining whether to issue an order of recognizance or bail

Enacts "Jilly's law"; adds criteria for determining whether to issue an order of recognizance or bail; grants court discretion to order a defendant on bail to submit to the use of an electronic…

George D. MaziarzCodes Committee

Establishes policy of equal pay for both sexes and equivalent value of work and directs the taking of corrective action

Seeks to comply with the federal equal pay act of 1963 by implementing a state policy of compensating employees in state service equally for work of comparable value by eliminating wage inequality…

Velmanette MontgomeryCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Commending the Town Clerks of New York State

David CarlucciFinance Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim the week of April 16-20, 2012, as Entrepreneur Week in the State of New York

Nelson CastroAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim May 2012 as Lupus Awareness Month in the State of New York

Vanessa GibsonAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 17, 2012, as Equal Pay Day in the State of New York

Ellen C. JaffeeAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 2012, as Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Month in the State of New York

James ConteAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing the Governor to proclaim May 8, 2012 as Police Memorial Day in the State of New York

Harvey WeisenbergAdopted

Adopted

Directs the president of the civil service commission to study and publish a report evaluating wage disparities among public employers

Directs the president of the civil service commission to study and publish a report evaluating public employers wage disparities related to the job titles segregated by the gender, race and/or…

Barbara LiftonCivil Service And Pensions CommitteeFinance

Includes possession of four or more stolen bicycles in the crime of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree

Includes possession of four or more stolen bicycles in the crime of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree.

Shirley L. HuntleyCodes Committee

Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to establish workers' compensation reserve funds

Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to establish workers' compensation reserve funds.

Catharine YoungLocal Governments 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

Amends the waterfront commission act

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

Michael CusickCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Eliminates a number of filing fees imposed on businesses by the department of state; repealers

Eliminates a number of filing fees imposed on businesses by the department of state pursuant to the business corporation law, the executive law and the not-for-profit corporation law; eliminates…

Michael H. RanzenhoferFinance Committee

Authorizes the village of Montebello to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for certain parcels of land located in the town of Ramapo

Authorizes the village of Montebello to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for certain parcels of land located in the town of Ramapo.

David CarlucciLocal Government Committee

Relates to certain provisions regarding foreign banking corporations

Treats a branch or agency of a foreign banking corporation licensed under article 5 of the banking law as a banking institution for the purposes of provisions governing the purchase of assets and…

Joseph A. GriffoBanks Committee

Implements state policy of fair and equal pay for equivalent value of work

Implements state policy of fair and equal pay for equivalent value of work; provides that the principle of fair and equal pay for similar work and for equivalent value of work shall be followed in…

Ellen C. JaffeeCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education

Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy instruction; sets aside three million dollars to be awarded through a competitive grant…

Robert ReillyEducation Committee