Sponsored bills

Authorizes certain towns in the Peconic Bay region to establish community housing opportunity funds

Authorizes certain towns in the Peconic Bay region to establish community housing opportunity funds to provide community housing or low interest loans for first time home buyers; provides that such…

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Adds national estuary implementation projects as projects eligible for state funding pursuant to the environmental protection fund

Makes state funding from the environmental protection fund available for national estuary implementation projects which would implement water quality improvement projects pursuant to an approved…

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Creates the Peconic Bay regional transportation council

Creates the Peconic Bay regional transportation council to study the impacts of traffic congestion; defines terms; outlines the powers and duties of such council; requires the preparation and…

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Requires the state university trustees to establish a process to eliminate or reduce duplication of academic degree programs within the state university system

Requires the state university trustees to report to the governor and the legislature concerning the steps taken to establish a process by which decisions are made to eliminate or reduce duplication…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Requires health insurance contracts and policies to include coverage for ovarian/primary peritoneal cancer screening

Requires health insurance contracts and policies to include coverage for ovarian/primary peritoneal cancer screening.

Kenneth P. LaValleInsurance Committee

Permits Suffolk County to refund penalties and interest associated with non-payment of real property taxes where customary payment-due notice was not provided

Permits Suffolk County to refund penalties and interest associated with non-payment of real property taxes where customary payment-due notice was not provided.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Creates the Peconic Bay regional transportation authority

Creates the Peconic Bay Regional Transportation Authority, embracing the towns of Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold in the county of Suffolk.

Kenneth P. LaValleCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Establishes a capped property school tax rate for persons seventy years of age or older who meet the eligibility requirements for the enhanced STAR exemption

Establishes a capped real property school tax rate for persons seventy years of age or older who meet the eligibility requirements for the enhanced school tax relief exemption.

Kenneth P. LaValleAging Committee

Establishes the Suffolk School of Math, Science and Engineering Regional Technology Institute; provides governing board powers and duties

Establishes the Suffolk School of Math, Science and Engineering Regional Technology Institute to expand learning opportunities, particularly in various high-tech fields; provides governing board,…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Authorizes the enactment of zoning laws and ordinances to regulate formula retail uses

Authorizes the enactment of zoning laws and ordinances to regulate formula retail uses; defines "formula retail uses".

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Relates to approval of contracts with superintendents of schools

Requires two-thirds school board approval of contracts with superintendents of schools for salary or benefits.

Kenneth P. LaValleEducation Committee

Requires school districts, upon notification from law enforcement agencies, to notify residents of sex offenders living in the district

Requires school districts, upon notification from law enforcement agencies, to notify persons in parental relation to its students, of level two and three sex offenders living in the district;…

Kenneth P. LaValleCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Reduces a retired or disabled owner's no fault insurance premium by providing appropriate automobile insurance rates to reflect a reduced exposure to loss

Reduces a retired or disabled owner's no fault insurance premium by providing appropriate automobile insurance rates to reflect a reduced exposure to loss due to situations where drivers either have…

Kenneth P. LaValleInsurance Committee

Requires a licensee's residential address to be printed on his or her driver's license

Requires a licensee's residential address to be printed on his or her driver's license.

Kenneth P. LaValleTransportation Committee

Provides that the maximum deductible allowed on policies for windstorms shall not be greater than $1,500

Provides that the maximum deductible allowed in catastrophic windstorms shall not be greater than fifteen hundred dollars and shall be stated in the policy in numerical terms; also provides that…

Kenneth P. LaValleInsurance Committee

Establishes an independent office of school inspector general for school districts outside of the city of New York

Establishes a school inspector general for school districts outside of the city of New York.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Relates to the innovation and commercialization functions of state universities

Relates to the innovation and commercialization functions of the state university.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Relates to pre and post test reporting requirements, test site registration and sign in

Relates to pre and post test reporting requirements, test site registration and sign in.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Relates to establishing the state university commercialization facilities use policy

Relates to establishing the state university commercialization facilities use policy.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Relates to regents awards for children of deceased police officers, peace officers, firefighters and volunteer firefighters

Relates to regents awards for children of deceased police officers, peace officers, firefighters and volunteer firefighters.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Relates to contracts for joint or group purchasing of goods for state university health care facilities

Relates to contracts for joint or group purchasing of goods and services for state university health care facilities.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Provides a real property tax rate freeze for persons over seventy years of age

Provides for a capped real property school tax rate for persons over seventy years of age.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Enacts the "New York state family tuition investment program act" to provide for the advance purchase of tuition to colleges in the state

Enacts the "New York state family tuition investment program act" to provide for the advance purchase of tuition to colleges in the state.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Requires products labeled as dietary supplements or nutritional supplements to carry a label stating that product has or has not been tested by United States FDA

Provides that no person shall manufacture, sell or expose for sale any product which shall be termed as a dietary supplement or nutritional supplement without branding or labeling such product with…

Kenneth P. LaValleAgriculture Committee

Establishes certain procedures for environmental review of leases, easements, permits and conveyances of other interests in certain state-owned lands underwater

Establishes certain procedures for environmental review of leases, easements, permits and conveyances of other interests in state-owned lands underwater over one mile from shore for commercial use…

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Provides that institutions of higher education shall compile reports regarding foreign students enrolled in such institutions

Provides that institutions of higher education shall compile reports regarding foreign students enrolled in such institutions; delineates the statistical information that each approved school must…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Requires disclosure of gifts made to certain foundations by foreign governments, persons and entities

Requires disclosure of gifts made to certain foundations by foreign governments, persons and entities; imposes fines for violations.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Relates to state reimbursement to counties for amounts paid on behalf of non-resident students in attendance at the fashion institute of technology

Relates to state reimbursement to counties for amounts paid on behalf of non-resident students in attendance at the fashion institute of technology.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Requires institutions of higher education to disclose financial aid policies

Enacts the "financial aid disclosure act"; makes definitions; requires institutions of higher education to disclose financial aid policies relating to contributions to be made by such institution,…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Reinstates the Middle Class STAR rebate for the 2013-2014 school year and thereafter

Reinstates the Middle Class STAR rebate for the 2014-2015 school year and thereafter; sets out amounts per year; authorizes the commissioner of taxation to develop procedures for the implementation…

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Requires certain state contracts to include a provision stating all services performed under such contract shall be performed within the United States

Requires certain state contracts to include a provision stating all services performed under such contract shall be performed within the United States.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Provides for the development of a comprehensive campus security plan for the state university of New York, the city university of New York and community colleges

Provides for the development of a comprehensive campus security plan for the state university of New York, the city university of New York and community colleges.

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Grants an exemption from sales and compensating use taxes to books and other items sold at a book fair for the benefit of a school

Grants a sales and compensating use tax exemption for books, magazines, pamphlets and other school or library book fair items sold at a school book fair sponsored by a parent-teacher organization,…

Kenneth P. LaValleInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Excludes the adjusted gross incomes of the upper and lower 1/2% of taxpayers in a school district from the calculation of the adjusted gross income of such district

Excludes the adjusted gross incomes of the upper and lower 1/2 of 1% of taxpayers in a school district from the calculation of the adjusted gross income of such district for the purposes of the…

Kenneth P. LaValleEducation Committee

Provides for the submission to the people the question of whether or not to convene a constitutional convention

Provides for the submission to the people the question of whether or not to convene a constitutional convention for the sole and limited purposes of choosing a lieutenant governor in the event of a…

Kenneth P. LaValleElections Committee

Adds school districts to the performance of municipal cooperative activities

Adds school districts to the performance of municipal cooperative activities.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Relates to insurance coverage for certain prostheses

Relates to insurance coverage for prostheses which are necessary to compensate for the loss of a limb due to accident, injury or disease or the treatment of such conditions provided a treating…

Kenneth P. LaValleInsurance Committee

Prohibits label obstruction of over-the-counter drugs

Makes it illegal to knowingly alter, mutilate, destroy, obstruct, obscure or remove, by means of a sticker, tag or other device used to deter theft, or a price sticker, or otherwise, the whole or…

Kenneth P. LaValleConsumer Protection Committee

Prohibits the placement of certain insureds in the motor vehicle insurance assigned risk plan based upon any accident occurring while responding to an accident

Prohibits the placement of an insured in the motor vehicle insurance assigned risk plan based upon any accident arising from such insured's operation of a motor vehicle while responding to an…

Kenneth P. LaValleInsurance Committee

Relates to payments to libraries where certain school districts levy taxes for lands exempt from the real property taxation for purposes which implement the Peconic Bay community preservation fund

Relates to payments to libraries where certain school districts levy taxes for such libraries, for lands exempt from the real property taxation for purposes which implement the Peconic Bay community…

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Sets forth the manner by which an owner of real property in the town of Southampton which is bisected by a school district boundary shall pay school taxes

Sets forth the manner by which an owner of real property in the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, which is bisected by a school district boundary shall pay real property school taxes.

Kenneth P. LaValleLocal Government Committee

Authorizes community colleges, college sponsors, and local governments to establish community college regions to sponsor an existing community college

Authorizes community colleges, college sponsors, and eligible local governments to establish community college regions to sponsor an existing community college operating under the program of SUNY,…

Kenneth P. LaValleHigher Education Committee

Provides that the judgment of sale in a mortgage foreclosure action shall direct that payment by the purchaser be made by means of a bank officer's check

Provides that the judgment of sale in a mortgage foreclosure action shall direct that payment by the purchaser be made by means of a bank or credit union officer's check or certified check.

Kenneth P. LaValleHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Authorizes the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk to establish road improvement districts within substandard road zones designated by the town pursuant to the general municipal law

Authorizes the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk to establish road improvement districts within substandard road zones designated by the town pursuant to the general municipal law.

Kenneth P. LaValleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes Eastport fire district to file an application for a real property tax exemption for the 2013-2014 assessment roll

Authorizes Eastport fire district to file an application for a real property tax exemption for the 2013-2014 assessment roll.

Kenneth P. LaValleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Includes the trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the towns of Southampton, East Hampton and Southold as municipal corporations for the purposes of section 72-h of the general municipal law

Includes the trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the towns of Southampton, East Hampton and Southold as municipal corporations for the purposes of section 72-h of the general municipal law.

Kenneth P. LaValleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the village of Quogue, county of Suffolk to offer certain retirement options to police officer Robert J. Hammel

Authorizes the village of Quogue, county of Suffolk to offer certain retirement options to police officer Robert J.

Kenneth P. LaValleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires that persons less than eighteen years of age wear a helmet when riding a horse

Requires that persons less than eighteen years of age wear a helmet when riding a horse; imposes a $250 fine for any violation.

Kenneth P. LaValleSigned by Governor

Signed into law