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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 LittleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Authorizes an applicant for a pistol or revolver license to possess such while attending a pre-license firearms safety course

Authorizes an applicant for a pistol or revolver license to possess such while attending a pre-license firearms safety course and while under the supervision of the instructor thereof.

Betty LittleCodes Committee

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the J.A. Barkley Hose Company No. 1 Inc.

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Commending Firefighter Richard L. Hall for special recognition after 57 years of dedicated service to Keene Valley Hose and Ladder Company No. 1

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Adopted

Authorizes the county of Franklin to impose a motel and hotel tax of 5 percent

Authorizes the county of Franklin to impose a motel and hotel tax of 5 percent.

Betty LittleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Authorizes the payment of ordinary disability retirement benefits by the New York state teachers' retirement system to the widow of Lawrence L. Allen

Authorizes the payment of ordinary disability retirement benefits by the New York state teachers' retirement system to Christine M.

Betty LittleCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Grants up to 3 years service credit in the public retirement systems of the state for military service in hostilities from October 7, 2001 until the end of hostilities in Afghanistan

Grants up to 3 years service credit in the public retirement systems of the state for military service in hostilities from October 7, 2001 until the end of hostilities in Afghanistan.

Betty LittleVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Relates to including certain information in the study of minority and women-owned business enterprise programs

Relates to including certain information in the study of minority and women-owned business enterprise programs.

Betty LittleFinance Committee

Establishes provisions for the net energy metering of neighborhood electricity usage

Establishes provisions for the net energy metering of neighborhood electricity usage.

Betty LittleEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Requires the education department to provide teachers of pupils taking a common core curriculum exam to provide the results of such pupils and pupils statewide

Requires the education department to provide to teachers of pupils taking a common core curriculum exam the results of such pupils' exams and pupils' exams statewide.

Betty LittleHigher Education Committee

Extends the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose an additional three-quarters of one percent of sales and compensating use taxes

Extends the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose an additional three-quarters of one percent of sales and compensating use taxes.

Betty LittleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Authorizes the beneficiaries of John E. Johnson to receive a death benefit which is not reduced because he was over 60 years of age

Authorizes the beneficiaries of John E.

Betty LittleCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Provides that authorities having control of a fire department or fire company which provide emergency medical services may establish fees and charges for services

Provides that authorities having control of a fire department or fire company which provide emergency medical services may establish fees and charges for services.

Betty LittleLocal Government Committee

Authorizes dispensing audiologists, employed by an otolaryngologist who has conducted an evaluation for hearing loss, to dispense hearing aids for a profit

Authorizes dispensing audiologists, employed by a otolaryngologist who has conducted an evaluation for hearing loss, to dispense hearing aids for a profit; requires certain disclosures.

Betty LittleConsumer Protection Committee

Authorizes school districts to establish reserve funds for the payment of their contributions to the New York state teachers' retirement system

Authorizes school districts to establish reserve funds for the payment of their contributions to the New York state teachers' retirement system.

Betty LittleEducation Committee

Increase penalties for hazing

Increases severity of hazing in the second degree from a violation to an E felony where injury or death occurs, and of hazing in the first degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class D felony where…

Betty LittleCodes Committee

Authorizes persons under the age of fourteen to participate in special events involving snowmobiles

Authorizes persons under the age of fourteen to participate in special events involving snowmobiles.

Betty LittleCultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

Relates to development of a permit system to provide disabled veterans access to certain restricted bodies of water through the use of float planes

Directs the development of a permit system to provide disabled veterans access to certain restricted bodies of water in the Adirondack park through the use of float planes.

Betty LittleFinance Committee

Directs commissioner of transportation, upon finding that a bridge has defects, to establish and implement an emergency plan for drivers and communities affected

Directs the commissioner of transportation, upon a finding that a bridge has consistent defects and/or safety concerns, to establish and implement an emergency plan for the drivers and the…

Betty LittleTransportation Committee

Provides that depreciation of assets of all self-employed individuals shall not be considered income for purposes of determining eligibility for family health plus

Provides that depreciation of assets of all self-employed individuals shall not be considered income for purposes of determining eligibility for the family health plus program.

Betty LittleHealth Committee

Provides for the removal of persons from campgrounds by the owner or operator thereof, or his or her agent

Provides for the removal of persons from campgrounds by the owner or operator thereof, or his or her agent; establishes the grounds for removal of persons from a campground; provides for the…

Betty LittleJudiciary Committee

Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to promulgate a uniform assessment code

Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to promulgate a uniform assessment code.

Betty LittleLocal Government Committee

Eliminates requirement for consent of an authority having jurisdiction over state land in the Adirondack park when the location of a highway thereon is changed

Eliminates, for highways in the Adirondack park, the requirement for the approval and consent of the state authority having jurisdiction over state land when the location of a highway on such land…

Betty LittleTransportation Committee

Enacts the "Adirondack sportsmen's club preservation act"

Enacts the "Adirondack sportsmen's club preservation act"; provides that state acquisition of open space land shall only be undertaken with a willing seller and shall remain subject to the leases of…

Betty LittleFinance Committee

Establishes a lien, for the benefit of a campground owner, on the recreational vehicle of a campground guest for unpaid charges at a campground

Establishes a lien, for the benefit of a campground owner, on the recreational vehicle of a campground guest for unpaid charges at a campground.

Betty LittleJudiciary Committee

Prohibits the state from gaining any interest in forest land other than a conservation easement

Prohibits the state from gaining any interest in forest land other than a conservation easement.

Betty LittleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Redefines "campground" for the purposes of the Adirondack park

Redefines "campground" for the purposes of the Adirondack park and regulation by the Adirondack park agency; defines such term as a parcel of land with 5 or more campsites, including buildings and…

Betty LittleFinance Committee

Provides for the determination of actual valuation for the Cambridge central school district

Provides for the determination of actual valuation for the Cambridge central school district.

Betty LittleEducation Committee

Relates to determinations by county canvassing boards and publication of nominations

Relates to determinations by county canvassing boards and publication of nominations.

Betty LittleElections Committee

Establishes a personal income tax credit for portion of residential real property taxes which exceeds a certain percentage of the household gross income

Establishes a personal income tax credit for a portion of a taxpayer's residential real property taxes which exceeds a certain percentage of the taxpayer's household gross income; provides that the…

Betty LittleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Excludes the value of state forest preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from use in the determination of state aid to school districts

Excludes the value of state forest preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from use in the determination of state aid to school districts.

Betty LittleEducation Committee

Authorizes school districts to establish a reserve fund to cover the costs and expenses of providing special education programs

Authorizes school districts to establish a reserve fund to cover the costs and expenses of providing special education programs.

Betty LittleEducation Committee

Authorizes fire districts to impose ad valorem levies and special assessments on otherwise tax exempt real property

Authorizes fire districts to impose ad valorem levies and special assessments on otherwise tax exempt real property.

Betty LittleLocal Government Committee

Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to engage in collective bargaining with component school district employees

Authorizes a board of cooperative educational services to engage in collective bargaining, on a supervisory district-wide basis, with the employee organizations representing teachers and other…

Betty LittleEducation Committee

Directs each board of cooperative educational services to adopt and implement a school year calendar for classes at such board and the component school districts

Directs each board of cooperative educational services to adopt and implement a school year calendar for classes at such board and the component school districts thereof.

Betty LittleEducation Committee

Repeals provisions of law establishing the town of Champlain industrial development agency, and transfers the assets, liabilities and obligations thereof to the town of Champlain

Repeals provisions of law establishing the town of Champlain industrial development agency, and transfers the assets, liabilities and obligations thereof to the town of Champlain.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Implements the settlement of land disputes between the state and private parties with regard to parcels in township 40, Totten and Crossfield Purchase, Long Lake

Establishes provisions of law, as authorized by a proposed constitutional amendment, providing for the settlement of land disputes between the state and private parties with regard to parcels in…

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes political subdivisions to purchase apparatus, materials, equipment and related services through contracts let by other government entities

Authorizes political subdivisions to purchase apparatus, materials, equipment and related services through contracts let by other government entities or the federal government.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the sale, distribution, transport and trade of eurasian boars

Relates to the sale, distribution, transport and trade of eurasian boars.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Adirondack Coast Wine Trail"

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Adirondack Coast Wine Trail".

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the village of Hudson Falls to offer a 20 year retirement plan to police officer Brandon Kommer

Authorizes the village of Hudson Falls to offer a 20 year retirement plan to police officer Brandon Kommer.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that the town justice of the town of Piercefield, in the county of St. Lawrence, need not be a resident of such town

Provides that the town justice of the town of Piercefield, in the county of St.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes health care professionals licensed in other jurisdictions and appointed by World Triathlon Corporation to practice in this state at a triathlon

Authorizes any person licensed as a physician, physician's assistant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner or podiatrist in another…

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Honoring John Austin upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the Henry Crandall Award

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Increases from 3/4% to 1%, the rate of additional sales and compensating use taxes the county of Essex is authorized to impose and extends expiration thereof

Increases from 3/4% to 1%, the rate of additional sales and compensating use taxes the county of Essex is authorized to impose, and extends the authority of such county to impose such additional tax…

Betty LittleOn the Senate floor

Congratulating Hazel Straight upon the occasion of celebrating her 100th Birthday

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Fort Ann High School baseball player Joe Foran upon the occasion of surpassing several New York State high school records

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Mr. Stan Rummel upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the Riverside School Bell Award

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted