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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 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

Defines and prohibits deceptive acts and practices, and false advertising by talent services

Defines and prohibits deceptive acts and practices, and false advertising by talent services.

Betty LittleConsumer Protection 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

Authorizes municipalities to contract for services through contracts let by any other governmental entity

Authorizes municipalities to contract for services through contracts let by any other governmental entity.

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Increases civil and criminal penalties for failure to pay wages or to differentiate the rate of pay based on sex

Increases civil and criminal penalties for failure to pay wages or to differentiate the rate of pay based on sex; directs the commissioner of labor to study and report upon wage differential among…

Betty LittleLabor Committee

Enhances the regulation of the provision of services of guides and the outfitters who procure guides

Enhances the regulation of the provision of services of guides and the outfitters who procure guides.

Betty LittleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Requires reimbursement for surgical first assistant services

Requires reimbursement for surgical first assistant services.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Establishes the New York state women's suffrage 100th anniversary commemoration commission and provides for its powers and duties

Establishes the New York state women's suffrage 100th anniversary commemoration commission and provides for its powers and duties.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices because of familial status

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices because of familial status.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the provision of attorney's fees in cases of housing, employment or credit discrimination

Relates to the provision of attorney's fees in cases of housing, employment or credit discrimination.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the exchange of certain lands between the town of Long Lake and the state of New York

Relates to the exchange of certain lands between the town of Long Lake and the state of New York.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends until November 30, 2017, the authority of the county of Essex to impose an additional 1% sales and compensating use taxes

Extends until November 30, 2017, the authority of the county of Essex to impose an additional 1% of sales and compensating use taxes.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends from December 1, 2015 to December 1, 2018, the expiration of the authorization to the county of Essex to impose an additional mortgage recording tax

Extends from December 1, 2015 to December 1, 2018, the expiration of the authorization to the county of Essex to impose an additional mortgage recording tax.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to state aid to the Saranac central school district

Provides that the commissioner of education shall allocate state aid to the Saranac central school district even though such school district, through no fault of its own, shall not have been in…

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends the expiration of the authority of the county of Franklin to impose an additional 1% sales and compensating use tax

Extends from November 30, 2015 to November 30, 2017, the expiration of the authority of the county of Franklin to impose an additional 1% sales and compensating use tax.

Betty LittleSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends Clinton county's authorization to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use tax

Extends Clinton county's authorization to impose an additional 1% rate of sales and compensating use tax through November 30, 2017.

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

Establishes the Corinth and Warren railroad authority to improve and operate a 56 mile section of railroad

Establishes the Corinth and Warren railroad authority to improve and operate a 56 mile section of railroad in the counties of Saratoga and Warren; provides for such authority's powers and duties.

Betty LittleStricken

Relates to the jurisdiction of the St. Regis Mohawk tribal police

Relates to the jurisdiction of the St.

Betty LittleStricken

Commending the Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Inc. for renaming an Eastern Adirondack high peak Grace Peak in memory of Grace Leach Hudowalski

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the death of Richard J. Bartlett, renowned public servant, distinguished citizen, and devoted member of his community

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the death of Maryclaire Sherwin, beloved mother and grandmother, and pillar of the Malone, New York, community

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Mourning the death of Katherine Saunders, renowned public servant, distinguished citizen, and devoted member of her community

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating Megan Guarnier upon the occasion of winning the Road National Championship

Betty LittleAdopted

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 LittleOn the Senate floor

Honoring James Carrolan upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the Rotarian of the Year Award by the Salem Rotary Club

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Steven Saunders upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the Citizen of the Year Award by the Salem Rotary Club

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Robert Skelly upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition by the Salem Rotary Club

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Congratulating John C. Lynch upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Trooper Marcia L. Pooler-recipient of the Superintendent's Commendation Award by the New York State Police

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Seagle Music Colony, Schroon Lake, New York, on July 11, 2015

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Correction Officer T.J. Strack-recognized with a Medal by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce on June 5, 2015

Betty LittleAdopted

Adopted