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Authorizes the county of Livingston to offer an optional twenty-five year retirement plan to certain deputy sheriffs

Authorizes the county of Livingston to offer an optional twenty-five year retirement plan to certain deputy sheriffs.

Patrick M. GallivanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Increases certain prize amount thresholds for raffles

Increases certain prize amount thresholds for raffles.

Patrick M. GallivanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to adding controlled substance analogues to the definition of controlled substances

Adds controlled substance analogues to the definition of controlled substances; and relates to adding controlled substance analogues to the definition of controlled substances and to define the term…

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Prohibits charging a fee to obtain a death certificate for an inmate who has died under custody

Prohibits charging a fee to obtain a death certificate for an inmate who has died under custody.

Patrick M. GallivanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to compensation and benefits of certain members of the state police; appropriation; repealers

Relates to the terms and conditions of employment for members of the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investigative specialists in the division of…

Patrick M. GallivanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Extends provisions authorizing the county of Wyoming to impose a county recording tax on obligations secured by a mortgage on real property

Extends provisions authorizing the county of Wyoming to impose a county recording tax on obligations secured by a mortgage on real property.

Patrick M. GallivanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the sale of municipal obligations by the county of Erie

Extends provisions of law relating to the sale of municipal notes and bonds of the county of Erie.

Patrick M. GallivanSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Enacts the "charitable gaming act of 2016"

Enacts the "charitable gaming act of 2016"; allows games known as "raffles" to accept legal tender, credit or debit card for payment; further authorizes "raffles" at the discretion of the games of…

Patrick M. GallivanOn the Senate floor

Relates to freedom of information requests and attorneys' fees

Establishes that in a FOIL proceeding, the court shall assess against an agency reasonable attorneys' fees and other litigation costs incurred when a person substantially prevails unless the court…

Patrick M. GallivanWays And Means Committee

Authorizes Kelsey Wilczynski Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system

Authorizes Kelsey Wilczynski Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system with a membership date of July 5, 2007.

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Relates to the furnishing of registration information by the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles

Relates to the furnishing of registration information by the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles.

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Enacts the "prison privilege limitation act"

Enacts the "prison privilege limitation act".

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Clarifies methods for the payment of wages and authorizes the payment of wages by use of payroll cards

Clarifies methods for the payment of wages and authorizes the payment of wages by use of payroll cards.

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Provides for payment of salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of members of the state police with injuries or illness incurred in the performance of duties

Provides for payment of salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of members of the state police with injuries or illness incurred in the performance of their duties.

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Requires safer window coverings in child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities

Requires child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities installing new or replacement window coverings on or after October 1, 2016, to install safer window…

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Provides that no motor vehicle repair shop shall repair a tire that would not pass New York state inspection

Provides that no motor vehicle repair shop shall repair a tire that would not pass New York state inspection.

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Relates to a negotiated sentence of imprisonment

Provides that a pre-sentence investigation and written report thereon shall not be required where a negotiated sentence of imprisonment for a term of three hundred sixty-five days or less has been…

Patrick M. GallivanCodes Committee

Relates to the issuance of distinctive plates for members of Kiwanis International

Authorizes the issuance of distinctive plates for members of Kiwanis International.

Patrick M. GallivanTransportation Committee

Relates to employment preparation education programs

Relates to employment preparation education programs; authorizes persons under 21 who are attending regular day school classes and are designated as English language learners to attend employment…

Patrick M. GallivanEducation Committee

Mandates fingerprint-based history record searches of applicants for police appointment

Mandates fingerprint-based history record searches of applicants for police appointment.

Patrick M. GallivanCodes Committee

Authorizes Lois J. Reid to apply for ordinary disability retirement benefits

Authorizes Lois J. Reid to apply for ordinary disability retirement benefits.

Patrick M. GallivanGovernmental Employees Committee

Provides relief on statewide central register clearance fees for tax exempt organizations

Provides relief on statewide central registrar clearance fees for tax exempt organizations and that the fee of twenty-five dollars shall not apply to tax-exempt not-for-profit child care providers…

Patrick M. GallivanChildren And Families Committee

Adds siblings to the definition of a qualified person

Adds siblings to the definition of a qualified person of an adult patient or client who may be entitled to request access to a clinical record.

Patrick M. GallivanMental Health Committee

Relates to the state police communication interoperability demonstration project

Establishes the state police communication interoperability demonstration project; authorizes the state police to conduct an interoperability demonstration project for the purpose of testing the use…

Patrick M. GallivanGovernmental Operations Committee

Provides that a business entity may not alter caller identification information with the intent to defraud or harass a third party or the recipient of the call

Provides that a business entity may not provide false caller identification with the intent to defraud or harass any party; provides definition of business entity.

Patrick M. GallivanConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Relates to ambulance registration fees

Relates to ambulance registration fees.

Patrick M. GallivanTransportation Committee

Relates to the sealing of certain convictions

Relates to the sealing of certain convictions; defines terms; relates to criminal history record searches and references to undisposed cases; directs the commissioner of criminal justice services to…

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Relates to training for police officers before allowing them to carry or use a weapon

Relates to prohibiting police officers from carrying or using a weapon during any phase of the officer's official duties unless the officer has satisfactorily completed a course of training that…

Patrick M. GallivanLocal Government Committee

Relates to authorizing chief executives to designate any vehicle as an emergency vehicle during a state of emergency

Relates to authorizing chief executives to designate any vehicle as an emergency vehicle during a state of emergency.

Patrick M. GallivanGovernmental Operations Committee

Provides for the location and layout of premises of licensed retailers

Provides for the location and layout of premises of licensed retailers.

Patrick M. GallivanEconomic Development Committee

Authorizes the state liquor authority to issue temporary retail permits

Authorizes the state liquor authority to issue temporary retail permits.

Patrick M. GallivanEconomic Development Committee

Relates to the registration of certain motor vehicles

Relates to the registration of certain motor vehicles.

Patrick M. GallivanTransportation Committee

Relates to awards for burial expenses of crime victims

Authorizes awards for burial expenses of crime victims to be paid to a business.

Patrick M. GallivanOn the Senate floor

Grants membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Adam Markel

Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Adam Markel.

Patrick M. GallivanGovernmental Employees Committee

Relates to exemptions from sales and use taxes for certain fuel, gas, electricity, refrigeration and steam and gas

Relates to exemptions from sales and use taxes for certain fuel, gas, electricity, refrigeration and steam and gas.

Patrick M. GallivanWays And Means Committee

Eliminates the requirement that hunters wear back tags during hunting season in the state

Eliminates the requirement that hunters wear back tags during hunting season in the state.

Patrick M. GallivanEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Authorizes Matthew J. McFadden and Richard Gage, police officers in the village of Avon, in the county of Livingston, to elect to participate in an optional 20 year retirement program

Authorizes Matthew J. McFadden and Richard Gage, police officers in the village of Avon, in the county of Livingston, to elect to participate in an optional 20 year retirement program.

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Regulates political contributions and expenditures by limited liability companies and other entities

Regulates political contributions and expenditures by limited liability companies and the reporting thereof.

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Provides equal retirement benefits for certain persons who have been appointed to certain titles in the department of corrections and community supervision

Provides equal retirement benefits for persons who have been appointed to the title of correction lieutenant, captain, deputy assistant superintendent and superintendent in the department of…

Patrick M. GallivanCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Prohibits persons who have been convicted of animal cruelty from working at an animal shelter

Prohibits persons who have been convicted of animal cruelty from working at an animal shelter; makes such violation a class A misdemeanor.

Patrick M. GallivanAgriculture Committee

Authorizes cities having a population of between 250,000 and 300,000 to establish a senior citizen longtime resident real property tax exemption

Authorizes cities having a population of between 250,000 and 300,000 to establish a senior citizen longtime resident real property tax exemption.

Patrick M. GallivanRules Committee

Authorizes sale or mortgage of certain real property of religious corporation without leave of supreme court

Authorizes a religious corporation to sell real property where consideration paid therefor and fair market value thereof is less than $200,000, and mortgage real property when such mortgage secures…

Patrick M. GallivanCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Designates a certain portion of the state highway system in the town of West Seneca, county of Erie to be the "West Seneca Veterans Memorial Highway"

Designates a certain portion of state route two hundred seventy-seven in the town of West Seneca, county of Erie, to be the "West Seneca Veterans Memorial Highway".

Patrick M. GallivanOn the Senate floor

Regulates taking of moose in the same manner as deer hunting and trapping are currently regulated

Regulates taking of moose in the same manner as deer hunting and trapping are currently regulated.

Patrick M. GallivanEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to optional disability coverage for county probation officers

Provides optional disability coverage for county probation officers.

Patrick M. GallivanLocal Government Committee

Relates to the use of voice recognition features on certain products

Relates to the use of voice recognition features on certain products.

Patrick M. GallivanConsumer Protection Committee

Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists

Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Patrick M. GallivanHigher Education Committee

Commending outgoing President Jim Fregelette on his designation for special recognition by the New York State Association of School Business Officials

Patrick M. GallivanAdopted

Adopted