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Enacts the "veterans employment act" to grant veterans the right to temporary appointments by state agencies, rather than using temporary employment service companies

Enacts the "veterans employment act" to grant veterans the right to temporary appointments by state agencies, rather than using temporary employment service companies.

Greg BallSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency or hazard vehicle, or volunteer first responder

Relates to the operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle, or volunteer first responder.

Greg BallTransportation Committee

Prohibits issuers of credit cards and debit cards from knowingly accepting or soliciting financial information of a cardholder from a third-party

Establishes issuers of credit cards and debit cards are prohibited from knowingly accepting or soliciting personal financial information of a cardholder from a third-party; establishes a civil…

Greg BallConsumer Protection Committee

Relates to endangering the welfare of a child

Relates to endangering the welfare of a child; establishes the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.

Greg BallCodes Committee

Creates the crime of committing an offense while impersonating a police officer or peace officer

Creates the crime of committing an offense while impersonating a police officer or peace officer when he or she commits a specified offense and during the course of such specified offense either…

Greg BallCodes Committee

Relates to the common core state standards initiative and the race to the top program

Relates to the common core state standards initiative and the race to the top program.

Greg BallEducation Committee

Relates to providing innovative infrastructure development

Relates to providing innovative infrastructure development.

Greg BallTransportation Committee

Authorizes the dissemination of driver license photos to police agencies

Authorizes the dissemination of driver's license photos to police agencies.

Greg BallTransportation Committee

Relates to the qualifications of bus drivers

Relates to the qualifications of bus drivers; relates to provisions on investigations and inquiries of bus drivers other than school bus drivers; requires certain motor carriers to supply…

Greg BallTransportation Committee

Prohibits sex offenders from being entitled to licenses as state certified and licensed real estate appraisers

Prohibits sex offenders from being entitled to licenses as state certified and licensed real estate appraisers; requires real estate appraisers convicted of sex offenses to, within five days of the…

Greg BallFinance Committee

Allows board of education to provide certain children transportation to school for a lesser distance than two miles

Allows board of education to provide transportation to school for a child living a lesser distance than two miles from school if the parent or guardian of the child has a physically limiting…

Greg BallEducation Committee

Relates to the prevention of terrorist attacks

Relates to the prevention of terrorist attacks.

Greg BallVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Requires colleges, universities, and schools of higher education to file a verified notification form and certificate of security information

Requires colleges, universities, and schools of higher education to file a verified notification form and certificate of security information.

Greg BallVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Eliminates statute of limitations in criminal actions for certain sex offenses committed against a child less than eighteen years of age

Eliminates statute of limitations in criminal actions for certain sex offenses committed against a child less than eighteen years of age.

Greg BallCodes Committee

Relates to exempting qualified retired law enforcement officers and security guards from certain limitations related to the possession of firearms

Relates to exempting qualified retired law enforcement officers and security guards from certain limitations related to the possession of firearms.

Greg BallCodes Committee

Enacts the "catfish e-personation protection act" to establish the class D felony of false pretense

Enacts the "catfish e-personation protection act" to establish the class D felony of false pretense for knowingly impersonating another person through or on an internet web site for the purposes of…

Greg BallCodes Committee

Enacts the "non-partisan election act" to provide for the nomination for election to a public office to persons who acquire the necessary number of signatures on nominating petitions; repealer

Enacts the "non-partisan election act" to provide for the nomination for election to a public office to persons who acquire the necessary number of signatures on nominating petitions; eliminates…

Greg BallElections Committee

Provides that sentence for terrorism or certain provisions of murder in the first degree shall be life imprisonment without parole

Provides that sentence for terrorism or certain provisions of murder in the first degree shall be life imprisonment without parole; elevates crime of terrorism to be a class A-I felony.

Greg BallCodes Committee

Requires all employers in the state to register for and participate in the E-verify program

Requires all employers in the state to register for and participate in the E-verify program for the purpose of verifying the eligibility for employment of potential employees.

Greg BallCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Permits small seasonal farmers to place signs on state highways

Permits small seasonal farmers to place signs on state highways.

Greg BallTransportation Committee

Relates to violations of the uniform fire prevention and building code

Relates to violations of the uniform fire prevention and building code.

Greg BallHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Prohibits the sale, dispensing, giving away, provision and cultivation of marihuana for any reason, regardless if otherwise authorized by law

Prohibits the sale, dispensing, giving away, provision and cultivation of marihuana for any reason, and the operation of any dispensary of marihuana, regardless if otherwise authorized by law.

Greg BallCodes Committee

Provides restroom access to persons with certain medical conditions

Provides restroom access to persons with certain medical conditions; defines the term eligible medical condition.

Greg BallHealth Committee

Repeals provisions requiring members of public retirement systems, who join on or after April 1, 2012, to pay 6% of their salary for military service credit

Repeals provisions requiring members of public retirement systems, who are veterans and who join such systems on or after April 1, 2012 (Tier 6), to pay at a rate of 6% of salary to purchase…

Greg BallCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Prohibits the reduction of disability retirement benefits of responders to the 9/11 attack, by any amount of workers' compensation benefits received

Prohibits the reduction of disability retirement benefits of responders to the 9/11 attack, by any amount of workers' compensation benefits received.

Greg BallCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Authorizes shooting preserves and shooting clubs to sell ammunition for exclusive use on the premises thereof without being deemed a "seller of ammunition"

Authorizes shooting preserves and shooting clubs to sell ammunition for exclusive use on the premises thereof without being deemed a "seller of ammunition".

Greg BallCodes Committee

Provides for the impoundment and forfeiture of machinery, motor vehicles, aircraft and equipment after a previous conviction of illegally harvesting timber

Provides for the impoundment by law enforcement and forfeiture of any machinery, motor vehicles, aircraft and/or equipment used to illegally harvest timber after having previously been convicted of…

Greg BallEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Establishes a credit against income tax for wind electric generating equipment expenditures

Establishes a credit against income tax for wind electric generating equipment expenditures up to $7500.

Greg BallInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Enacts the "public officer protection act" to impose criminal penalties for the service, distribution or filing of fraudulent documents which appear to be judicial documents

Enacts the "public officer protection act" to impose criminal penalties for the service, distribution or filing of fraudulent documents which appear to be judicial documents.

Greg BallFinance Committee

Authorizes the electronic filing of local criminal court accusatory instruments and imposes a $5 fee upon defendants convicted thereon; repealer

Authorizes the electronic filing of local criminal court accusatory instruments and imposes a $5 fee upon defendants convicted thereon.

Greg BallCodes Committee

Relates to a temporary permit to carry or possess a pistol or revolver

Creates a process for the issuance of a temporary permit to carry or possess a pistol or revolver for persons who are not residents of the state of New York; provides an affirmative defense to…

Greg BallCodes Committee

Requires drivers licenses issued to registered sex offenders to bear a code identifying them as sex offenders

Requires state driver's licenses to indicate whether the holder is a registered sex offender; makes additional amendments regarding sex offender registration obligations and dissemination of…

Greg BallCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Requires applicants for public assistance to submit to a drug test

Enacts the "welfare reform act" to require applicants for public assistance to submit to a drug test; provides that the illegal use of a controlled substance, indicated in such a test, shall result…

Greg BallSocial Services Committee

Establishes criminal offenses committed against the elderly or disabled persons

Establishes criminal offenses committed against the elderly or disabled persons.

Greg BallCodes Committee

Relates to the treatment and disposition of lost, stray or homeless animals

Relates to the treatment and disposition of lost, stray or homeless animals.

Greg BallAgriculture Committee

Establishes a hire-now veterans tax credit

Establishes a hire-now tax credit.

Greg BallVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Provides for the creation of a system of uniform identification cards for police and peace officers by the state director of homeland security

Provides for the creation of a system of uniform identification cards for police and peace officers by the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services; details…

Greg BallVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Phases out the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax upon hospitals and not-for-profit corporations

Phases out the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax upon hospitals and not-for-profit corporations.

Greg BallInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Establishes a motor fuel and Diesel motor fuel holiday tax credit to be taken against personal income taxes for certain summer holiday weekends

Establishes a motor fuel and Diesel motor fuel holiday tax credit to be taken against personal income taxes for certain summer holiday weekends.

Greg BallInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Requires health insurance policies to provide coverage for medically necessary care for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder

Requires health insurance policies to provide coverage for screening, tests, assessments and treatment including any medically necessary care for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder, including…

Greg BallInsurance Committee

Regulates private security services by the division of homeland security and emergency services

Regulates private security services by the division of homeland security and emergency services.

Greg BallVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Directs division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct review and analysis of security measures at rail yards and issue related reports and recommendations

Directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a review and analysis of security measures at rail yards and to issue related reports and recommendations.

Greg BallVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Prohibits increase in state general fund spending in any fiscal year following a fiscal year in which the state has a surplus

Prohibits increase in state general fund spending in any fiscal year following a fiscal year in which the state has a surplus.

Greg BallFinance Committee

Authorizes the division of homeland security and emergency services to establish a statewide planning and mapping system of educational institutions in this state

Authorizes the division of homeland security and emergency services to establish a statewide planning and mapping system of educational institutions in this state.

Greg BallVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Exempts self-employed persons, localities, for-profit corporations and not-for-profit corporations from the MTA mobility tax; repealer

Exempts self-employed persons, localities, school districts and not-for-profit corporations from the MTA mobility tax.

Greg BallInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Establishes a Co-STAR tax program for senior citizens and farmers

Establishes a Co-STAR tax program for senior citizens and farmers.

Greg BallLocal Government Committee

Provides for the net energy metering of solar, wind, fuel cell and farm waste electric generating systems; repealer

Provides for the net energy metering of solar, wind, fuel cell and farm waste electric generating systems for both residential and business customers; increases the rated capacity of eligible solar…

Greg BallEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Establishes a capped property school tax rate for persons sixty-seven years of age or older who have a combined annual income of $60,000 or less

Establishes a capped property school tax rate for persons sixty-seven years of age or older who have a combined annual income of $60,000 or less.

Greg BallAging Committee