Sponsored bills

Honoring John P. Sindoni, Esq. upon the occasion of being named the 2015 Distinguished Lawyer of the Year by the Onondaga County Bar Association

William MagnarelliAdopted

Adopted

Relates to synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic cannabinoid analog and substituted cathinones and prohibiting the production and sale thereof

Relates to synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic cannabinoid analog and substituted cathinones and prohibits the production and sale thereof.

William MagnarelliHealth Committee

Authorizes payments to nonparticipating or nonpreferred providers of ambulance services licensed under article 30 of the public health law

Authorizes payments to nonparticipating or nonpreferred providers of ambulance services licensed under article 30 of the public health law.

William MagnarelliInsurance Committee

Enacts the "right to try act" which grants access to terminally ill patients to investigational drugs, biological products and devices which may help the patients' conditions

Enacts the "right to try act" which grants access to terminally ill patients to investigational drugs, biological products and devices which may help the patients' conditions.

William MagnarelliHealth Committee

Authorizes short distance commuter permits for travel at no charge between certain interchanges in the Syracuse area

Authorizes short distance commuter permits for travel at no charge between certain interchanges in the Syracuse area; permits the thruway authority to restrict the use of such permit to peak…

William MagnarelliTransportation Committee

Provides for no filing or recording fees for land banks

Provides for no filing or recording fees for land banks.

William MagnarelliLocal Governments Committee

Grants additional powers to land banks

Grants additional powers to land banks; authorizes land banks to lend money, make grants and hold real and personal property security for the payments of funds so loaned; further authorizes land…

William MagnarelliLocal Governments Committee

Relates to citizenship requirements in the county of Onondaga for the position of district attorney

Relates to citizenship requirements in the county of Onondaga for the position of assistant district attorney.

William MagnarelliGovernmental Operations Committee

Requires a study and report on methods to modernize information collection, retention and dissemination in the state

Requires a study and report on methods to modernize information collection, retention and dissemination in the state.

William MagnarelliGovernmental Operations Committee

Exempts contractors employed by certain municipalities from payment of asbestos project notification fees for demolitions

Exempts contractors employed by certain large municipalities from payment of asbestos project notification fees for demolitions.

William MagnarelliLabor Committee

Relates to the meaning of the term "newspaper" for purposes of publishing certain notices required by law

Relates to the meaning of the term "newspaper" for purposes of publishing certain notices required by law.

William MagnarelliGovernmental Operations Committee

Repeals article 21 of the tax law relating to imposition of a highway use tax for the privilege of operating any vehicular unit upon the public highways

Repeals provisions relating to imposition of a highway use tax for the privilege of operating any vehicular unit upon the public highways of the state.

William MagnarelliWays And Means Committee

Provides for the enforcement of prompt settlement and payment of claims for health care services; and makes notice and documentation requirements of insurers

Provides for the enforcement of prompt settlement and payment of claims for health care services; makes notice and documentation requirements of insurers.

William MagnarelliInsurance Committee

Establishes the child care professionals loan forgiveness incentive program

Creates the child care professionals loan forgiveness incentive program for applicants who agree to engage in employment in the child care field; establishes the eligibility for such awards;…

William MagnarelliHigher Education Committee

Creates the crimes of tampering with electronic monitoring equipment in the first and second degree

Creates the crimes of tampering with electronic monitoring equipment in the first and second degrees.

William MagnarelliCodes Committee

Relates to tenured teacher discipline

Relates to tenured teacher discipline; specifies one hundred twenty days of suspension; provides that all rulings on substantive motions shall be placed on the record with a full explanation of the…

William MagnarelliEducation Committee

Establishes standards and programs relating to the prevention and/or reduction of the incidence of hospital-acquired infections

Establishes standards and programs relating to the prevention and/or reduction of the incidence of hospital acquired infections.

William MagnarelliHealth Committee

Facilitates enrollment in the child health insurance plan

Facilitates enrollment in the child health insurance plan; directs the commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop a form with information regarding the…

William MagnarelliEducation Committee

Relates to the maintenance of a database on intellectual property

Relates to the maintenance of a database on intellectual property generated by state employees or developed through state-funded research which shall include, at a minimum, a brief description of…

William MagnarelliCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Provides coverage for certain physical fitness programs to volunteer firefighters

Provides coverage for certain physical fitness programs to volunteer firefighters.

William MagnarelliLocal Governments Committee

Establishes the New York state greenhouse gases management research and development program

Establishes the New York state greenhouse gases management research and development program to promote new technologies and processes which shall avoid, abate, mitigate, capture or sequester carbon…

William MagnarelliCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Permits persons 65 years of age to enroll in a limited number of state university courses for credit without tuition

Permits persons 65 years of age to enroll in a limited number of state university courses for credit without tuition.

William MagnarelliHigher Education 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.

William MagnarelliHigher Education Committee

Relates to the purposes and powers of industrial development agencies and to improve the accountability and transparency of such agencies; repealer

Relates to the purposes and powers of industrial development agencies and to improving the accountability and transparency of such agencies; makes conforming changes to general municipal law;…

William MagnarelliLocal Governments Committee

Relates to establishing standards of regulation to permit familial searching and partial DNA matches as an investigative tool in certain unsolved crimes

Establishes standards of regulation to permit familial searching and partial DNA matches as an investigative tool in certain unsolved crimes; includes further definitions, reporting criteria and…

William MagnarelliGovernmental Operations Committee

Provides that party designation of a candidate for nomination for any office to be filled by the voters of the entire county shall be made by the county committee

Provides that party designation of a candidate for nomination for any office to be filled by the voters of the entire county shall be made by the county committee.

William MagnarelliElection Law Committee

Establishes the health care practitioner hygienic dress code program within the department of health to address clothing and jewelry that may cause infections

Establishes the health care practitioner hygienic dress code program within the department of health to address clothing, jewelry and identification tags worn by health care professionals that may…

William MagnarelliHealth Committee

Prohibits insurers from limiting payment on claims based on pricing caps and from recommending a particular repair facility, and requires notice to insureds

Prohibits insurers from limiting payment on claims for damage to motor vehicles based on pricing caps for labor, parts, paint or repair materials; prohibits insurers from recommending a particular…

William MagnarelliInsurance Committee

Enacts the "urban science, technology, engineering and math (U-STEM) mentor volunteer program for youth act"

Enacts the "urban science, technology, engineering and math (U-STEM) mentor volunteer program for youth act".

William MagnarelliWays And Means Committee

Increases the penalties for persons leaving the scene of a boating accident

Increases the penalties for persons leaving the scene of a boating accident.

William MagnarelliTransportation Committee

Requires operators of bicycles, skateboards and in-line skates who are under 18 years of age to wear protective headgear

Requires operators of bicycles, skateboards, inline skates and scooters who are under eighteen years of age to wear protective headgear; increases the age requirement from fourteen years to eighteen…

William MagnarelliTransportation Committee

Provides for the award of scholarships and loan forgiveness for nurses on the same terms as physicians

Provides for the award of regents scholarships and loan forgiveness for nurses on the same terms as physicians; applies to registered professional nurses as defined in section 6903 of the education…

William MagnarelliHigher Education Committee

Provides for the detailing of the benefits and costs of proposed rules in the regulatory impact statements

Provides for the detailing of the benefits and costs of proposed rules in the regulatory impact statements to ensure proper disclosure to the public of such information.

William MagnarelliGovernmental Operations Committee

Authorizes a candidate to designate a committee of not less than 3 persons to appoint and remove the treasurer of his or her campaign committee

Authorizes a candidate to designate a committee of not less than 3 persons to appoint and remove the treasurer of his or her campaign committee.

William MagnarelliElection Law Committee

Increases fines for throwing refuse on highways and adjacent lands

Increases fines for throwing refuse on highways and adjacent lands.

William MagnarelliTransportation Committee

Relates to real property tax exemptions for farm dwellings owned by a limited liability company

Relates to real property tax exemptions for farm dwellings owned by a limited liability company.

William MagnarelliSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Repeals provisions of law relating to service award programs

Repeals provisions of law relating to service award programs.

William MagnarelliSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to procedures involving taxpayer interviews

Relates to procedures involving taxpayer interviews.

William MagnarelliVetoed

Vetoed

In relation to local government borrowing practices and mandate relief

Relates to local government borrowing practices and mandate relief.

William MagnarelliSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Congratulating the Onondaga Nation and Haudenosaunee Nation on hosting the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships

William MagnarelliAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the accountability and efficiency of industrial development agencies and authorities

Relates to the accountability and efficiency of industrial development agencies and authorities; requires each industrial development agency to develop a standard application form to be used by the…

William MagnarelliOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the reimbursement of tuition, fees and hospital charges to state university health care facilities

Relates to the reimbursement of tuition, fees and hospital charges to state university health care facilities.

William MagnarelliOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the acquisition and disposition of property by land banks

Relates to the acquisition and disposition of property by land banks; provides for no filing or recording fees for land banks.

William MagnarelliOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the disposition of property by a land bank

Relates to the disposition of property by a land bank; provides that section 1609 of the not-for-profit corporation law shall supersede section 2897 of the public authorities law.

William MagnarelliStricken

Congratulating the Onondaga Thunder Tier III 12U Boys Hockey team on capturing the Northeast Regional Championship

William MagnarelliAdopted

Adopted

Extends the authorization of the county of Onondaga to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes

Extends the authorization of the county of Onondaga to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes.

William MagnarelliOn the Assembly floor

Authorizes mutual aid agreements between counties for the provision of services by coroners and medical examiners

Authorizes mutual aid agreements between counties for the provision of services by coroners and medical examiners.

William MagnarelliOn the Assembly floor

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 19-25, 2015, as Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week

William MagnarelliAdopted

Adopted