Bills by

Jack M. Martins

Senator

405 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →martins@nysenate.gov

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

405 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

S7641Senate· Signed Dec 17, 2012· Approval memo.24
Enacts the "uniform notice of claim act"
Enacts the "uniform notice of claim act"; establishes a uniform process and requirement for the filing of notices of claim prior to the commencement of a cause of action against any state or…
Jack M. MartinsSigned by Governor
Signed into law
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OutcomeSigned into law
S7514Senate· Signed Oct 3, 2012· Signed chap.489
Relates to an exemption to certain provisions of law relating to risk-based capital for property/casualty insurance companies; repealer
Exempts medical malpractice insurance companies from provisions of law relating to the risk based financial standards applying to all property casualty insurance companies until December 31, 2016;…
Jack M. MartinsSigned by Governor

S6296Senate· Signed Oct 3, 2012· Signed chap.482

Extends permanent certain provisions of law relating to the use of certain voting machines

Extends certain provisions of law relating to the use of certain voting machines.

Jack M. MartinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S6483Senate· Signed Aug 17, 2012· Signed chap.416

Relates to limitations on insurers that may provide certain surety bonds by changing the claims-paying ability rating needed for eligibility

Relates to limitations on insurers that may provide certain surety bonds by changing the claims-paying ability rating needed for eligibility.

Jack M. MartinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S4494Senate· Signed Aug 1, 2012· Signed chap.304

Increases penalties associated with the packaging, sale or certification of kosher foods

Increases penalties associated with the packaging, sale or certification of kosher foods; increases first violation from one thousand dollars to two thousand five hundred dollars; increases second…

Jack M. MartinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S7555Senate· Signed Jul 18, 2012· Signed chap.255

Relates to the time frame in which municipalities and school districts that incur debt can make adjustments to their budget, updating the types of obligations and other technical amendments

Relates to the time frame in which municipalities and school districts that incur debt can make adjustments to their budget, updating the types of obligations and other technical amendments.

Jack M. MartinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S6240Senate· Signed Jul 18, 2012· Signed chap.202

Creates a designation in honor of William Cullen Bryant

Designates the Roslyn Viaduct over Hempstead Harbor in honor of William Cullen Bryant.

Jack M. MartinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S7645Senate· Signed Jun 29, 2012· Signed chap.91

Relates to local government borrowing practices and mandate relief

Relates to local government borrowing practices and mandate relief.

Jack M. MartinsSigned by Governor

Signed into law

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OutcomeSigned into law

S7380Senate· Moved Jun 21, 2012· Committed to rules

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…

Jack M. MartinsRules Committee

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S6625Senate· Moved Jun 21, 2012· Committed to rules

Provides that certain zoning ordinances enacted by a town or village shall be deemed to be arbitrary and capricious upon enactment

Provides that certain zoning ordinances enacted by a town, village or city shall be deemed to be arbitrary and capricious upon enactment.

Jack M. MartinsRules Committee

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S6035Senate· Moved Jun 21, 2012· Committed to rules

Increases penalties for the crimes of criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions and criminal sale of a prescription

Increases penalties for the crimes of criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in the first, second, third and fourth degrees and criminal sale of a prescription.

Jack M. MartinsRules Committee

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S7279Senate· Moved Jun 20, 2012· Referred to education

Relates to annual professional performance review plans submitted by the highest performing ten percent of school districts

Relates to annual professional performance review plans submitted by the highest performing ten percent of school districts.

Jack M. MartinsEducation Committee

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S5404Senate· Moved Jun 20, 2012· Substituted by a5565a

Authorizes certain wholesalers authorized to sell beer at retail for off premises consumption to also sell certain grocery items

Authorizes certain wholesalers authorized to sell beer at retail for off premises consumption to also sell certain grocery items.

Jack M. MartinsOn the Senate floor

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S3778Senate· Moved Jun 20, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Provides for reimbursement of unused one-way and round trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company

Provides for the reimbursement of the ticket price of unused one-way and round trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company if returned…

Jack M. MartinsWays And Means Committee

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S1824Senate· Moved Jun 20, 2012· Referred to local governments

Amends the NY government reorganization and citizen empowerment act

Amends the NY government reorganization and citizen empowerment act, relating to the requirements for consolidation or dissolution of certain local government entities.

Jack M. MartinsLocal Governments Committee

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S7706Senate· Moved Jun 19, 2012· Substituted by a10685a

Authorizes the assessor of the county of Nassau to accept from Family Life Worship Center Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes

Authorizes the assessor of the county of Nassau to accept from Family Life Worship Center Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes.

Jack M. MartinsOn the Senate floor

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S7791Senate· Moved Jun 18, 2012· Referred to rules

Requires notice from employers to customers of service charges and administrative fees that are not distributed to employees as gratuities

Requires notice from employers to customers of service charges and administrative fees that are not distributed to employees as gratuities.

Jack M. MartinsRules Committee

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S7750Senate· Moved Jun 18, 2012· Referred to rules

Relates to government service

Includes within the definition of government service, service rendered under the direction and control of the officers or directors of a public benefit corporation, local public authority or…

Jack M. MartinsRules Committee

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S5235Senate· Moved Jun 18, 2012· Substituted by a7144b

Relates to the tax on receipts derived from removing waste from certain transfer stations or debris processing facilities

Relates to the tax on receipts derived from removing waste from certain transfer stations or debris processing facilities.

Jack M. MartinsOn the Senate floor

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S7696Senate· Moved Jun 14, 2012· Referred to rules

Sets forth provisions for absentee ballots for fire districts for fire district elections

Sets forth provisions for absentee ballots for fire districts for fire district elections.

Jack M. MartinsRules Committee

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S7554Senate· Moved Jun 13, 2012· Substituted by a9691

Extends until 1/1/2024 the authority of counties, cities, towns & villages to exclude from constitutional debt limits indebtedness related to sewage facilities

Extends until January 1, 2024 the authority of counties, cities, towns & villages to exclude from their constitutional debt limits indebtedness contracted from the construction and reconstruction of…

Jack M. MartinsOn the Senate floor

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S7560Senate· Moved Jun 12, 2012· Amend (t) and recommit to judiciary

Enacts the "Steven Kovacs Law" to impose an affirmative duty upon a host to render assistance to a guest on private premises in the event of a medical emergency

Enacts the Steven Kovacks law to impose an affirmative duty upon a social host to render assistance to a guest on private premises in the event of a medical emergency.

Jack M. MartinsJudiciary Committee

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S6622Senate· Moved Jun 12, 2012· Referred to education

Authorizes the board of cooperative educational services of Nassau county to maintain funds in an employee benefit accrued liability reserve fund

Authorizes the board of cooperative educational services of Nassau county to maintain funds in an employee benefit accrued liability reserve fund.

Jack M. MartinsEducation Committee

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S1209Senate· Moved Jun 12, 2012· Referred to correction

Requires inmates incarcerated for a class A-I felony, requesting a delay of their parole hearing, to submit such request to the state board of parole

Requires inmates incarcerated for a class A-I felony, requesting a delay of their parole hearing, to submit such request to the state board of parole.

Jack M. MartinsCorrection Committee

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S7527Senate· Moved Jun 11, 2012· Reported and committed to rules

Prohibits smoking on the grounds of general hospitals and residential health care facilities

Prohibits smoking on the grounds of general hospitals and residential health care facilities.

Jack M. MartinsRules Committee

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S7047Senate· Moved Jun 11, 2012· Substituted by a9745b

Authorizes the town of North Hempstead to file applications for a real property tax exemption with the county of Nassau

Authorizes the town of North Hempstead to file applications for a real property tax exemption with the county of Nassau.

Jack M. MartinsOn the Senate floor

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S7048Senate· Moved Jun 11, 2012· Substituted by a9744b

Authorizes the town of North Hempstead to file applications for a real property tax exemption with the county of Nassau

Authorizes the town of North Hempstead to file applications for a real property tax exemption with the county of Nassau.

Jack M. MartinsOn the Senate floor

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S5227Senate· Moved Jun 11, 2012· Substituted by a8823a

Repeals certain sections of the general municipal law and the public authorities law, and transfers remaining rights to an identifiable location

Repeals certain sections of the general municipal law, in relation to urban renewal agencies and industrial development agencies; transfers any books, records and remaining rights of any dissolved…

Jack M. MartinsOn the Senate floor

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S7146Senate· Moved Jun 6, 2012· Substituted by a9998

Authorizes Casey Wall to participate in the optional 20 year retirement for police officers

Authorizes Casey Wall to participate in the optional 20 year retirement for police officers.

Jack M. MartinsOn the Senate floor

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S6079Senate· Moved Jun 4, 2012· Referred to ways and means

Exempts libraries from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax

Exempts libraries from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.

Jack M. MartinsWays And Means Committee

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S7528Senate· Moved May 31, 2012· Referred to local government

Relates to limitations on expenditures from the insurance reserve fund

Relates to limitations on expenditures from the insurance reserve fund and narrows the exclusions.

Jack M. MartinsLocal Government Committee

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