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Authorizes the town of Cheektowaga, county of Erie, to extend the lease for the operation of Diamond Hawk golf course

Authorizes the town of Cheektowaga, county of Erie, to extend the lease for certain park lands in such town.

Timothy M. KennedySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Exempts veteran disability payments from the income of persons sixty-five years of age or over entitled to a real property tax exemption

Exempts veteran disability payments from inclusion as income of persons sixty-five years of age or over to determine eligibility for a real property tax exemption.

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Relates to distribution of surcharges for off-track winnings

Relates to distribution of surcharges for off track winnings.

Timothy M. KennedyOn the Senate floor

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of Hamburg central school district

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of Hamburg central school district.

Timothy M. KennedyOn the Senate floor

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of Hamburg central school district

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of Hamburg central school district.

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Relates to establishing centers of workforce achievement programs and of public/private partnerships between the state university of New York's community colleges and private business

Establishes centers of workforce achievement to advance the creation of public/private partnerships between the state university of New York's community colleges and private businesses.

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Provides that an assault of a child where the defendant has a previous conviction for an assault of a child shall be an assault in the first degree

Provides that an assault of a child where the defendant has a previous conviction for an assault or an attempted assault of a child shall be an assault in the first degree.

Timothy M. KennedyCodes Committee

Includes the financial exploitation of the elderly or disabled within the crime of larceny

Includes the financial exploitation of the elderly or disabled within the definition of the crime of larceny; defines terms.

Timothy M. KennedyCodes Committee

Establishes the capital investment jobs retention program

Establishes the capital investment jobs retention program offering a tax credit program for businesses within New York state that opt to make large capital investments and maintain certain job levels.

Timothy M. KennedyRules 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

Provides that microbusinesses in New York are eligible for small business revolving loans and the linked deposit interest rate reductions

Provides that microbusinesses in New York are eligible for small business revolving loans and the linked deposit interest rate reductions.

Timothy M. KennedyCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

Provides that impersonation of a disabled veteran vendor is a class A misdemeanor

Provides that impersonation of a disabled veteran vendor, by carrying or possessing a specialized vending license without authority or any form of insignia or by words or actions; designates such…

Timothy M. KennedyCodes Committee

Relates to the safety of funeral processions

Relates to the safety of funeral processions; provides that vehicles participating in funeral procession shall have the right-of-way; makes it illegal for any vehicle to forcefully enter spaces…

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim November 16, 2012, as Myocarditis Awareness Day in the State of New York

Timothy M. KennedyAdopted

Adopted

Requires scrap processors to record certain information

Requires scrap processors to record the license plate number of motor vehicles driven by sellers of scrap materials.

Timothy M. KennedyConsumer Protection Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim May 2012, as Youth Traffic Safety Month in New York

Timothy M. KennedyAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, New York

Timothy M. KennedyAdopted

Adopted

Relates to electronic prescriptions for controlled substances

Relates to electronic prescriptions for controlled substances.

Timothy M. KennedyHealth Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 2012 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in the State of New York

Timothy M. KennedyAdopted

Adopted

Authorizes Karen McClure to file for Tier II status with the state comptroller

Authorizes Karen McClure to file for Tier II status with the state comptroller because she is currently Tier III, but worked for Cattaraugus county starting in 1973.

Timothy M. KennedyCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Creates the small business innovation research/small business technology transfer technical assistance program

Creates the small business innovation research/small business technology transfer technical assistance program.

Timothy M. KennedyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides personal income tax credit for real property taxes paid by certain veterans and their spouses; repeals real property tax law veterans' tax exemptions

Replaces current system which grants veterans real property tax exemptions funded by local governments with a system funded by the state; provides that honorably discharged veterans of certain wars…

Timothy M. KennedyInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Establishes the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who were previously injured during active military duty

Establishes the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who were previously injured during active military duty.

Timothy M. KennedyLabor Committee

Commending the Buffalo Veterans Treatment Court

Timothy M. KennedyAdopted

Adopted

Provides tuition awards to children of veterans who served in armed conflict

Provides tuition awards to children of veterans who served in armed conflict; amends the current law which provides regents awards to children of certain veterans of wars and disabled veterans in…

Timothy M. KennedyHigher Education Committee

Requires annual reports to contain information specific to veteran-owned small businesses

Requires annual reports to contain information specific to veteran-owned small businesses.

Timothy M. KennedyVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Provides veterans of the armed forces of the United States access to all state parks and recreational facilities without the charge of any admission

Provides veterans of the armed forces of the United States access to all state parks and recreational facilities without the charge of any admission.

Timothy M. KennedyCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

Requires providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection

Requires providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection for persons fifty years of age or older; requires the superintendent of insurance to provide…

Timothy M. KennedyInsurance Committee

Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus and creates the crime of vehicular homicide in the third degree

Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus; allows permissive suspension of a driver's license for up to six months for such violation, and creates the crime of…

Timothy M. KennedyTransportation Committee

Provides for the corporation to do studies in targeted areas of Buffalo as part of a retail revitalization program

Provides for the corporation to do studies in targeted areas of Buffalo as part of a retail revitalization program; requires final report to legislature no later than July 1, 2014.

Timothy M. KennedyCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides that a person is guilty of vehicular homicide when such person causes the death of another person by operation of a motor vehicle

Provides that a person is guilty of vehicular homicide when such person causes the death of another person by operation of a motor vehicle when such death was caused committing a major traffic…

Timothy M. KennedyTransportation Committee

Authorizes tenants to request the installation of smart or advanced meters

Authorizes tenants to request the installation of smart or advanced meters where the building they occupy is being converted to an electric or gas meter that measures usage of any end-use customer…

Timothy M. KennedyEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Provides for establishment of the urban open space program in the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation; establishes fund; appropriation

Provides for establishment of the urban open space program in the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation; establishes the urban open space program fund; makes an appropriation of 10…

Timothy M. KennedyFinance Committee

Allows third party notification by insurance carriers in regard to long term care policies

Allows third party notification by insurance carriers in regard to long term care policies; further prohibits the inclusion of certain goods/services in the sale of insurance policies without…

Timothy M. KennedyInsurance Committee

Relates to enacting the "save New York call center jobs act of 2012"

Enacts the "save New York call center jobs act of 2012"; requires prior notice of relocation of call center jobs from New York to a foreign country; directs the commissioner of labor to maintain a…

Timothy M. KennedyLabor Committee

Waives civil service examination application fees for veterans

Waives civil service examination application fees for veterans.

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Requires disclosure of addiction risks for certain prescription drugs

Requires disclosure of addiction risks for certain prescription drugs; requires physicians, nurses and pharmacists to provide information on prevention, mitigation and treatment of prescription drug…

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Requires the department to draft guidelines for the transition of patients from substances with a high risk of addiction to those with a low risk

Requires the department to draft guidelines for the transition of patients from substances with a high risk of addiction to those with a low risk.

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Relates to continuing medical education requirements for doctors, nurses and pharmacists

Relates to continuing medical education requirements for doctors, nurses and pharmacists; requires three hours of training on the prevention, treatment and mitigation of opiate analgesics and…

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Requires practitioners to check the controlled substance abuse registry before prescribing analgesics

Requires practitioners to check the controlled substance abuse registry before prescribing painkillers and directs the commissioner of public health to establish an enforcement system.

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Provides for a corporate franchise tax credit for employee training expenses in an eligible business facility

Establishes a five percent investment tax credit against the franchise tax imposed upon corporations for a portion of training or retraining expenses incurred by them in an eligible business…

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Requires that certain information be printed on appearance tickets for alleged traffic infractions

Requires that certain information be printed on appearance tickets for alleged traffic infractions.

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Establishes the volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service volunteer tuition assistance grant program

Establishes the volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service volunteer tuition assistance grant program; provides that counties shall have the option to establish such program by the…

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Authorizes counties to establish a handicapped parking enforcement grant program

Authorizes counties to establish a handicapped parking enforcement grant program which program shall be funded by a mandatory surcharge imposed upon persons who unlawfully use parking spaces…

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Requires a car dealer to notify the consumer as to whether the vehicle to be purchased was manufactured for introduction into the American market or into a foreign market

Requires a car dealer to notify the consumer as to whether the vehicle to be purchased was manufactured for introduction into the American market or into a foreign market.

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Requires fire company command vehicles to be equipped with a partition or cage separating the front and rear seats

Requires fire company command vehicles to be equipped with a partition or cage separating the front and rear seats.

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Establishes voluntary licensure of master plumbers by the department of state

Establishes voluntary licensure of master plumbers by the department of state.

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee

Reduces certain on-premises liquor license fees

Reduces the annual fee for a license to sell liquor at retail to be consumed on the premises in cities having a population of more than 100,000 and less than one million which are outside of the…

Timothy M. KennedyRules Committee