Sponsored bills

Relates to the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records in the city of Jamestown

Authorizes the city of Jamestown to set the fee for issuance of birth and death certificates.

Andrew GoodellRules Committee

Authorizes two or more school districts in certain counties to enter into a contract to establish and operate a regional high school

Authorizes two or more school districts in certain counties to enter into a contract to establish and operate a regional high school.

Andrew GoodellEducation Committee

Relates to the ability of an individual collecting unemployment to obtain part-time work

Relates to allowing claimants collecting unemployment to obtain part-time work without losing their unemployment benefits.

Andrew GoodellLabor Committee

Authorizes the county of Chautauqua to elect to participate in the medical assistance reimbursement option and revenue intercept for Medicaid purposes

Authorizes the county of Chautauqua to elect to participate in the medical assistance reimbursement option and revenue intercept for Medicaid purposes.

Andrew GoodellStricken

Relates to certain educational requirements for public assistance

Relates to requiring participation in education programs leading to a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma for those seeking public assistance.

Andrew GoodellSocial Services Committee

Relates to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare-to-work programs; repealer

Relates to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare-to-work programs; repeals certain provisions of such law relating thereto.

Andrew GoodellSocial Services Committee

Relates to increasing the number of family court judges in Chautauqua county

Increases the number of family court judges in Chautauqua County.

Andrew GoodellJudiciary Committee

Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of Chautauqua County Court Appointed Special Advocates

Andrew GoodellAdopted

Adopted

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the actions of the Panama central school district regardless of the failure of such district to timely file final building cost reports

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the actions of the Panama central school district regardless of the failure of such district to timely file final building cost reports.

Andrew GoodellEducation Committee

Authorizes the city of Jamestown to establish an administrative tribunal for the adjudication of parking infractions

Authorizes the city of Jamestown to establish an administrative tribunal for the adjudication of parking infractions.

Andrew GoodellTransportation Committee

Relates to judges elected to the eighth judicial district

Provides that no more than 22 of the 26 judges elected to the eighth judicial district shall be from any one county within such district.

Andrew GoodellJudiciary Committee

Designates, as peace officers, special deputy sheriffs of the county of Chautauqua within the grounds of and properties owned by the Chautauqua Institution

Designates, as peace officers, special deputy sheriffs of the county of Chautauqua within the grounds of and properties owned by the Chautauqua Institution.

Andrew GoodellCodes Committee

Requires grounds for increasing assessment

Provides that the lease or conveyance of oil and gas rights shall not, without other evidence of value, such as actual land sale prices, constitute grounds for increasing assessments.

Andrew GoodellReal Property Taxation Committee

Provides an exemption from workers' compensation coverage under certain circumstances

Permits an employer to file an application with the department of labor to be exempted from the provisions of the workers' compensation law with respect to employees whose religious tenets or…

Andrew GoodellLabor Committee

Relates to conducting appeals by means of electronic communications systems conference with independent hearing officers

Relates to permitting appeals to the department to be conducted by means of a conference telephone, video conference or similar communications systems with and by independent hearing officers.

Andrew GoodellSocial Services Committee

Authorizes minors who are members of a religious community to engage or assist in employment which minors are otherwise prohibited from performing

Authorizes minors who are 14 or older and are active members of a religious community to engage or assist in employment which such minors are otherwise prohibited from performing; requires such…

Andrew GoodellLabor Committee

Relates to creating incentives for counties to investigate and prosecute medicaid fraud

Creates incentives for counties to investigate and prosecute medicaid fraud.

Andrew GoodellHealth Committee

Creates the school board empowerment act

Creates a school board empowerment act which allows local school districts to declare a fiscal emergency under designated conditions and fiscally restructure so as to minimize adverse impacts on…

Andrew GoodellEducation Committee

Creates provisions for school boards to make decisions regarding lay-offs

Empowers school boards to make decisions regarding employment based on performance, qualifications and the best interests of the students.

Andrew GoodellEducation Committee

Relates to prohibiting illegal drug use and authorizing random drug testing of individuals receiving public assistance

Relates to prohibiting illegal drug use; authorizes random drug testing of individuals receiving public assistance.

Andrew GoodellSocial Services Committee

Permits persons eleven years of age to possess a rifle under certain circumstances

Authorizes the possession and use of a single shot .22 caliber rifle by a person eleven years of age on a rifle range while supervised at an indoor or outdoor shooting range.

Andrew GoodellCodes Committee

Requires the power authority of the state New York to conduct an analysis of the economic viability of certain electric generating facilities

Requires the power authority to conduct an analysis of the economic viability of certain electric generating facilities.

Andrew GoodellCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Relates to the protection of water supplies

Relates to the protection of water supplies; requires an oil and gas driller or producer who affects a public or private potable water supply to restore or replace such water supply.

Andrew GoodellEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Creates requirements of a public employer when a collective bargaining agreement has expired and a new agreement is not in place

Relates to the requirements of a public employer when a collective bargaining agreement has expired and a new agreement is not in place.

Andrew GoodellGovernmental Employees Committee

Relates to rights and obligations of a municipality electing integrated non-participating owner status in gas and oil wells

Relates to rights and obligations of a municipality electing integrated non-participating owner status in gas and oil wells; provides that such municipal owner shall not have obligations for taxes,…

Andrew GoodellEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to requiring the homestead exemption used in the calculation for the public assistance to be the same as the homestead exemption under the civil practice law and rules

Requires the homestead exemption used in the calculation for the public assistance to be the same as the homestead exemption under the civil practice law and rules.

Andrew GoodellSocial Services Committee

Allows school boards to make decisions regarding layoffs based on performance, qualifications and student needs

Amends the education law in relation to empowering school boards to make decisions regarding employment based on performance, qualifications and the best interests of the students.

Andrew GoodellEducation Committee

Relates to aligning Medicaid optional benefits with the requirements of article 43 of the insurance law

Relates to aligning Medicaid optional benefits with the requirements of article 43 of the insurance law.

Andrew GoodellHealth Committee

Extends expiration of authorization of county of Chautauqua to impose additional 1/2% sales and use taxes until November 30, 2015

Extends the expiration of the authorization of county of Chautauqua to impose an additional 1/2% sales and use taxes until November 30, 2015.

Andrew GoodellSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends to November 30, 2015, the expiration of the 5% hotel and motel tax in the county of Chautauqua

Extends from November 30, 2013 to November 30, 2015, the expiration of the 5% hotel and motel tax in the county of Chautauqua; provides for the dispostion of 2/5 of the revenue derived from the…

Andrew GoodellSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Makes permanent the provisions of the environmental conservation law allowing the use of rifles for deer hunting in a portion of the county of Chautauqua

Makes permanent the provisions of the environmental conservation law allowing the use of rifles for deer hunting in a portion of the county of Chautauqua.

Andrew GoodellOn the Assembly floor

Renames the Chautauqua Wine Trail to be the "Lake Erie Wine Country Trail"

Renames the Chautauqua Wine Trail to be the "Lake Erie Wine Country Trail".

Andrew GoodellOn the Assembly floor

Designates the bridge on state route 394 crossing interstate 86 as the "John Stow Vietnam Veterans and MIA Memorial Bridge"

Designates the bridge on state route 394 crossing interstate 86 in the town of North Harmony, county of Chautauqua, as the "John Stow Vietnam Veterans and MIA Memorial Bridge".

Andrew GoodellOn the Assembly floor