2009-2010 General Assembly

Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve; provides that the commissioner of education will create and establish a curriculum to accomplish such goal within one year of the effective date of this legislation.

Sponsor: Deborah Glick

Relates to the discharge of residents of a community residence; provides that nothing shall be deemed construed as creating a relationship of landlord and tenant between an operator of a community residence and a resident; defines community residence.

Sponsor: Shirley Huntley

Requires certificates of incorporation of not-for-profit corporations to include certifications that the initial directors of the corporation shall commit to the inclusion in the corporation bylaws of a conflict of interest policy and a requirement that the directors and officers of the corporation comply with education requirements regarding their fiduciary obligations to the corporation.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Requires the state board of parole to notify felons of their right to vote within thirty days immediately prior to release; provides such persons with an application form for registration and enrollment.

Sponsor: Inez Barron

Requires the commissioner of education and the commissioner of general services to promulgate standards for the procurement and use of environmentally sensitive commodities and services for schools and boards of cooperative educational services; provides that these provisions shall be applicable to all school districts and boards of cooperative educational services.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Relates to reimbursement for the response costs of certain municipalities or district corporations which are duly authorized to provide emergency services, emergency medical services, or general ambulance services.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Recodifies the small business innovation research program within the New York state office of science, technology and academic research; alters provisions under the small business innovation research program particularly as they affect Phase I award winners; prohibits arbitrary exclusion of technologies and companies; provides for matching of federal funds, to a certain extent.

Sponsor: Alec Brook-Krasny

Creates a cellulosic ethanol task force to prevent and reduce the production and emanation of greenhouse gases.

Sponsor: Greg Ball

Requires notary publics to provide evidence of identity for a notarial act and maintain an official journal of notarial acts.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies, which vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities.

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

Provides for the indefinite suspension of New York city police officers without pay pending the disposition of charges of incompetence or misconduct resulting in death or serious physical injury as defined in section 10.00 of the penal law.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

Creates a temporary state commission to provide for the dissolution of the New York state thruway authority and the reassignment of the powers and duties thereof; abolishes the New York state thruway authority; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Sponsor: William Barclay

Relates to the recovery of governmental costs from industrial development agencies.

Sponsor: Eric Adams

Establishes the offense of aggravated endangering the welfare of a child, a class E felony.

Sponsor: Michael DenDekker

Establishes a non-trail snowmobile registration for snowmobiles which shall be used solely for the purpose of gaining access to hunting and fishing areas; requires a $25 registration fee, $15 of which shall be deposited in a snowmobile trail development and maintenance fund.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Permits state employees to be excused from work without loss of compensation for up to four hours to donate blood; permits supervisor to require proof of such donation.

Sponsor: Barbara Clark

Requires owners of public vessels to maintain proof of financial security.

Sponsor: William Barclay

Provides that an individual shall not become ineligible under the EPIC program due to an increase in social security benefits or a public or private pension where such increase does not exceed the CPI.

Sponsor: James Alesi

Increases the penalty for multiple convictions of torturing, killing or failing to provide sustenance to an animal to a class E felony, if convicted within five years from the date of a prior conviction.

Sponsor: Jonathan Bing

Creates the New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide a moratorium on the closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on trains operated in passenger service in the NYC transit system.

Sponsor: Barbara Clark

Establishes the city of White Plains industrial development agency and provides for its functions, powers, and duties.

Sponsor: Amy Paulin

Requires a warning instruction by a person, firm, corporation, or other legal entities which manufacture and assemble roller skates and skate boards; requires the warning to be contained on a label, hangtag, shield or plate or on the outside of the box which such pair of roller skates or skate boards are sold and in each instruction manual; sets forth penalties for violations; makes an exception for the sale of roller skates or skate boards sold or offered for sale by consumers for consumer use.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Requires reports by state agencies relating to certain grants and expenditures made to community based organizations; requires listing by zip code of such grants.

Sponsor: Velmanette Montgomery

Requires the furnishing of programs and services to pupils who attend private or parochial schools upon request of persons in parental relation, except in cities with a population of one million or more; provides that such programs and services shall include participation in all extra-curricular activities, and participation in intraschool, intramural, and extramural athletics.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Enacts the "automated external defibrillators access act"; requires all public buildings, stadiums, arenas and convention centers in cities with a population of over one million to be equipped with automated external defibrillators; requires employees to be trained in the use of such devices.

Sponsor: Rory Lancman

Requires the payment of prevailing wages on construction projects involving the state university of New York, the dormitory authority or the state university construction fund and any third party.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Provides for the issuance of license plates bearing the Navy League of the United States emblem and the words "Navy League of the United States"; provides that such plates shall be made available to applicants who are members of such league and reside in the state; requires an additional one-time service charge of $25; provides that the revenue realized shall be used to offset the production cost of the license plate.

Sponsor: Thomas McKevitt

Establishes a historic preservation revolving loan program, within the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, to provide interest free loans to municipalities for historic preservation projects.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Little

Prohibits the throwing, tossing, expectorating or expelling of saliva or other bodily secretion or excretion at or on an employee of a correctional facility; such conduct shall be aggravated harassment of an employee.

Sponsor: Clifford Crouch

Creates the empire state internship program for secondary students who may be interested in specific careers; program provides exposure to advanced technologies and equipment not available in the classroom; authorizes commissioner of education to establish and administer such program; requires department of education to submit a report by October 1, 2014 and every October first thereafter, to the legislature.

Sponsor: Joseph Robach

Includes net economic impact as a factor to consider in awarding state procurement contracts.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Establishes the small business crime prevention services to provide small businesses with information on strategies, best practices and programs offering training and assistance in prevention of crimes in and around the premises of small businesses or otherwise affecting small businesses, including but not limited to: assault, arson and other violent felony offenses; robbery, burglary, theft, identity theft and fraud; and vandalism, graffiti and other property damage; further provides that information on eligibility and applications for financial assistance be made available to small businesses; authorizes the New York state urban development corporation to provide loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to small businesses, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations or other organizations for the purpose of preventing crimes against small businesses or on the premises or in the vicinity of small businesses; makes related provisions.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Relates to the establishment of convenient care clinics; authorizes the public health council to adopt/amend rules and regulations relating thereto.

Sponsor: Michael Benedetto

Prohibits certain sex offenders from entering upon school grounds for the remainder of his or her natural life without a legitimate purpose as determined by the office of sex offender management.

Sponsor: John DeFrancisco

Establishes the "New York city construction safety task force" to advise the city on issues related to safety in the construction industry in New York city and to propose changes in rules and regulations, licensing requirements, enforcement, training and any other issue concerning safety in the construction industry; provides for not less than thirty-eight members; requires that a report be issued annually to the mayor of the city of New York, the New York city council, governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly; requires such report to include, but not be limited to, statistics on accidents and injuries occurring on construction sites.

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries

Relates to allowing a physically disabled surviving spouse who was married to an enhanced STAR qualifying individual to continue to receive the exemption even if the surviving spouse is not sixty-two years of age.

Sponsor: Daniel Burling

Provides that contributions made by any person, firm, association or corporation to a member of the state legislature which are intended to be used by such member or on behalf of such member for the payment of legal services and other charges in connection with the legal defense of such member in any past or pending civil or criminal action shall be subject to similar monetary limitations and disclosure requirements set forth in the election law pertaining to campaign contributions.

Sponsor: Neil Breslin

Relates to establishing the New York state prescription medication cost containment program.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Establishes new contribution limits, expands the types of organizations prohibited from making contributions and aggregates certain contributions.

Sponsor: Liz Krueger

Requires residential real property managers or any firm employing a property manager, contracting with a property manager or contracting to provide a property manager to file a registration statement with the secretary of state and to be certified from an approved certifying organization.

Sponsor: Daniel Squadron

Requires certain persons and officials required to report suspected child abuse and maltreatment to complete ongoing training; further all teachers, school superintendents and licensed professionals who are required to report cases of child abuse and maltreatment to complete training in the reporting of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment at least once every 2 years.

Sponsor: Velmanette Montgomery

Grants a director of a municipality the power to enforce the redemption of beverage containers at redemption centers; grants the same powers as environmental conservation officers pursuant to the litter and solid waste control provisions.

Sponsor: James Brennan

Makes victims of World Trade Center attack and family members eligible for family health plus; except that employer does not receive additional subsidy.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Authorizes the New York state office of science, technology and academic research to establish a high-tech employment and training program; the office is to provide assistance to those entities deemed eligible for training and re-training of employed and unemployed workers who lack technology skills.

Sponsor: Joseph Robach

Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians.

Sponsor: Carmen Arroyo

Relates to the elimination of any fees associated with the distinctive license plates for purple heart recipients; exempts purple heart recipients from all fees associated with the distinctive license plate issued to them in recognition of their purple heart award.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Relates to a stay of issuance of a warrant for eviction for certain holdover tenants; permits 6 month stay in certain cases of extreme hardship.

Sponsor: Michael Benedetto

Restricts the availability and use of the entirety of a person's social security number.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Relates to amounts payable under medical assistance; insures access to essential health care services and supplies by elderly and disabled individuals who are dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Requires open space conservation projects to be undertaken with willing sellers; provides that the use of eminent domain for such projects shall be limited to lands where the owner thereof has consented thereto or where the eminent domain is required to quiet title.

Sponsor: Teresa Sayward

Creates and provides for a tax increment financing program as a method of reducing the cost of affordable housing in NYS; authorizes issuance of general and special obligation bonds and temporary anticipation notes; authorizes division of housing and community renewal to provide technical services and assistance to municipalities with regard to site selection, financial packaging, and engineering and architectural services necessary for the preparation of project plans.

Sponsor: Catharine Young

Establishes the commission on education in the twenty-first century which shall examine the system of school districts and the delivery of education related services in the state and shall recommend changes to that system.

Sponsor: George Amedore

Establishes a kitchen incubator/shared-use kitchen facility program within the urban development corporation; provides grant funding to local development corporations, municipalities, educational institutions and not-for-profit entities for the development or expansion of kitchen incubator/shared-use kitchen facilities which make available services such as food production, technical assistance, business management and marketing, distribution, storage and retailing assistance, particularly in economically distressed areas.

Sponsor: Liz Krueger

Establishes the New York state justice reinvestment fund and program to provide not-for-profit and faith based entities with funding to improve communities with a higher than normal criminal offender and ex-offender population; appropriates $10,000,000 therefor.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Permits the declaration of an emergency pursuant to the EMTPA for rental housing accommodations located in buildings covered by a project based assistance contract pursuant to section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Provides for the establishment of police training high schools in certain city school districts and provides for further education and employment; establishes preferential admissions criteria for the state and city universities; establishes preferential civil service criteria in the recruitment of police officers.

Sponsor: Jose Rivera

Requires the prosecution of juveniles who commit family offenses against his or her parent or legal guardian under article seven of the family court act, rather than article eight of such act.

Sponsor: Annette Robinson

Authorizes the establishment of the home equity protection insurance program directing the agency to issue a commitment to insure and insure the full value of certain residences which are owner-occupied by persons who meet certain income qualifications.

Sponsor: Catharine Young

Provides an appointment process for members of a charter revision commission appointed by the mayor of a city of one million or more inhabitants; establishes qualifications for such members and prohibits certain political contributions by them during their tenure; provides for the manner of submission of certain proposals.

Sponsor: Liz Krueger

Relates to endangering the welfare of a child; establishes the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.

Sponsor: John DeFrancisco

Establishes a personal income tax credit for taxpayers whose federal gross income from farming is at least two-thirds of excess federal gross income, for the cost of replacing concord grapevines by such farmers.

Sponsor: Michael Ranzenhofer

Authorizes academic performance awards for incarcerated persons making such persons eligible to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.

Sponsor: Thomas Duane

Establishes the uniform mediation act; establishes that a mediation communication is privileged and is not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence unless waived or precluded; prohibits certain reports to be made by mediators; establishes that mediation communications are confidential; requires mediators to disclose conflicts of interests.

Sponsor: John Sampson

Provides for the financing of emergency room facilities in two hospitals in each borough by the New York city health and hospitals corporation and requires representation on the board from each borough.

Sponsor: Barbara Clark

Establishes the New York International Scholarship program; creates a program to supplement individuals receiving grants under the Benjamin A. Gilman International scholarship provided for under the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000 (PL 106-309) therefore allowing recipients to defray their international travel costs and extending the time spent studying abroad in a non-English speaking country for up to a full academic year; appropriates $1,000,000 therefor.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Provides for a demonstration project for the use of enforcement cameras on high occupancy vehicle and bus lanes on the Staten Island Expressway.

Sponsor: Michael Cusick

Provides for the provision of temporary emergency educational assistance to school districts which fail to provide a sound basic education to the students in such district; provides such assistance shall be in addition to any other state aid provided to the school district; provides the board of regents shall, upon application of a school district, determine eligibility for such assistance; establishes the temporary emergency educational fund.

Sponsor: Martin Dilan

Provides for hazardous materials emergency response training for emergency medical services personnel of a fire department of a city of one million or more, by the state department of health and the state fire administrator.

Sponsor: Joseph Lentol

Enacts the "state workforce injury reduction act"; requires state agencies to submit a written action plan for reducting occurrences of injuries in the coming year to the governor and the legislature.

Sponsor: Rory Lancman

Creates the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the third degree, a class E felony, wherein a person operates a motor vehicle negligently so that the lives or safety of the public might be endangered and by any such operation causes the death of another person.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Klein

Provides that it shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any physician, hospital or other health care provider to subject a patient with a disability to visual observation during the course of any physical examination by any person not necessary to the diagnosis or treatment of such patient or to any exhibition for medical education purposes without the patient (if competent) or the parent, guardian, committee or conservator being informed of the name, purpose or function of those in attendance and the right to refuse that examination and/or observation by the unnecessary personnel.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Establishes an apportionment commission to create apportionment plans for congressional and state legislative districts based on decennial federal census, which shall be considered by and voted upon by the state legislature; eliminates the legislative task force on demographic research and reapportionment.

Sponsor: Eric Adams

Creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to the school-based health centers fund; creates the school-based health centers fund; specifies the use for which moneys of the fund may be expended.

Sponsor: Barbara Clark

Provides eligibility for benefits for injuries sustained while performing the high risk duties of law enforcement.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Authorizes optometrists certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the treatment or prevention of ocular disease, to also use specified oral pharmaceutical agents in their practices; requires completion of a 25 hour phase three therapeutic pharmaceutical agent certification course of didactic education; permits the commissioner of health to recommend other categories of drugs that may also be prescribed.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Provides that the education department shall set guidelines relating to noise and work hours on school construction sites.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Establishes the "childcare and early education sector on the economy act" to study the economic impact on the state economy of quality childcare and early education programs for children aged 0-4, and afterschool programs for children aged 5-12.

Sponsor: Vanessa Gibson

Provides tuition awards to children of firefighters, police officers, volunteer firefighters, and EMTs with permanent and total disabilities, to be applied to any college or university in the state university system or the city university of New York; provides that the award is for tuition, less other aid, and is limited to 4 or 5 academic years.

Sponsor: Michael Nozzolio

Relates to requiring the state board of elections to utilize computer programs for certain online filings which are compatible with widely used programs.

Sponsor: Daniel Squadron

Establishes the task force on adults with autism within the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to study, evaluate and develop recommendations relating to specific actionable measures to support and meet the needs of adults with autism.

Sponsor: Aileen Gunther

Enacts the bad loan escape act.

Sponsor: Rory Lancman

Requires the prosecution of juveniles who commit family offenses against his or her parent or legal guardian under article seven of the family court act, rather than article eight of such act.

Sponsor: Velmanette Montgomery

Provides that the New York city health and hospital corporation spend a minimum of 10% of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each borough and requires a representative from each borough.

Sponsor: Michael Cusick

Expands the definition of sexual contact with regard to sex offenses; includes the emission of urine or feces by the actor upon any part of the victim, clothed or unclothed.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a uniform letter grading system to classify the result of an inspection of a food service establishment; directs such commissioner and local health officers to require the display of any letter grade received pursuant to such system; requires reinspection of establishment receiving a grade of less than "A"; provisions do not apply to food establishments in cities having a population of one million or more.

Sponsor: Steven Cymbrowitz

Rel S168-w to be S168-x, add S168-w, Cor L Prohibits the employment of a sex offender in any position having substantial contact with children; defines "substantial contact" as any activity involving children; establishes criminal penalties for violation of statutory provisions.

Sponsor: James Alesi

Legalizes, ratifies, validates and confirms certain capital improvement projects of the New Rochelle city school district designated by the state education department as project numbers 0001-007, 0002-006, 0004-004, 0012-006, 0006-004, 0003-006, 0001-009, 0001-010, 7999-001 and 7999-002.

Sponsor: George Latimer

Fines municipalities which fail to enforce prevailing wage paid by contractors on public works projects 10% of the project costs to be paid to the department of labor for apprenticeship training programs.

Sponsor: Gary Finch

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

Sponsor: James Alesi

Creates a caregiver support program for grandparents and other older adult relative caregivers who are providing primary care for children aged 18 and under either formally or informally to provide technical assistance, counseling and other resources.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Establishes a re-entry employment incentive tax credit for employers who hire individuals who have been released from correctional facilities in this state for full-time employment at a rate that is 140% of the state minimum wage.

Sponsor: Velmanette Montgomery

Requires the use of encrypted counterfeit-resistant tobacco product tax stamps and markets.

Sponsor: Martin Dilan

Provides tuition awards to children of veterans who served in armed conflict; amends the current law which provides regents awards to children of certain veterans of wars and disabled veterans in order to provide a free college education to children of any veteran who served in armed conflict regardless of disability status; defines amount of the tuition award, duration, and applicability.

Sponsor: Joseph Lentol

Upon the request of a municipality, farm owner or operator the commissioner of agriculture and markets shall render an opinion to local government officials as to whether farm operations would be unreasonably restricted or regulated by proposed changes in local land use regulations, ordinances, or local laws pertaining to agricultural practices; further requires the commissioner to disclose information received from Cornell and the USDA to the municipality in which the agricultural practice is being evaluated is located.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Requires consideration of evidence relating to the economic impact of major increases of rates or charges upon consumers and the areas affected by such increases of rates or charges prior to approval of any such rates or charges; establishes minimum data to be considered by the public service commission relating to such economic impact.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Establishes a process for regulating the collecting, recording, and disclosing of confidential information by state employees; defines "confidential information".

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Establishes an alternative energy systems and generating equipment tax credit for qualified expenditures meeting the criteria prescribed by the department of taxation and finance, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the New York state energy research and development authority, for taxpayers subject to tax under articles nine-A, twenty-two, thirty-two and thirty-three of the tax law whose business is not substantially engaged in the commercial generation, distribution, transmission or servicing of energy or energy products.

Sponsor: William Barclay

Provides that excess investment tax credit amounts may be refundable to operators of a farm operation.

Sponsor: William Barclay

Creates a real property tax exemption for land of a farm operation which is in the process of being certified for the production of organic crops.

Sponsor: Michael Ranzenhofer

Prohibits any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or agent or employee thereof from offering for sale tangible or intangible goods or services which have not been actually ordered or requested by the recipient; provides that any receipt of unordered goods shall be deemed a gift to the recipient; prohibits the requesting of payment for unordered goods and services; makes related provisions including prohibiting the recipient from waiving any of his or her rights hereunder.

Sponsor: Felix Ortiz

Provides for the state board of elections to prepare and distribute to each voter a ballot pamphlet for every general election; provides for contents thereof and makes numerous related provisions including the distribution of information relating to each ballot proposal that is submitted to a statewide vote at such general election; permits any person eligible to vote on any ballot proposal to institute a proceeding as to the factual accuracy of statements or constitutional amendments.

Sponsor: James Brennan

Requires schools to accept credits for educational programs at OCFS facilities as transfer credits.

Sponsor: Velmanette Montgomery

Requires all rules, the purpose or effect of which is to increase or decrease the cost of constructing, purchasing, owning or selling a single family residence, be accompanied by a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated impact of such rule on housing.

Sponsor: Andrew Raia

Establishes the Lymphology study, requiring the department of health to study the effects of certain training criteria established by the Lymphology Association of North America.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

Seeks to protect the public trust in the natural resources in state parks and historic sites by protecting their natural resources (i.e., timber, forest products, oil, gas, sand, rock, gravel or minerals derived from or originating in a state park or historic site) from certain commercial uses; prohibits the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation (and officers and employees thereof) from engaging in various activities related to commercial use of natural resources, that is: entering into leases or contracts with a private party to log timber; selling or exchanging timber, forest products or other natural resources for use outside the park or site; conversion of any natural resource, etc.; the extension of existing leases or contracts for the conversion of natural resources; or the construction of logging roads or skids; defines the terms "conversion", "forest product", "private party" and "timber".

Sponsor: William Colton

Enacts the "early voting act"; provides to any person early voting for a candidate for public office in a general, primary or special election for any public or party office by paper ballot to take place no sooner than fourteen business days and up to and including the day prior to such election; provides that such voting shall take place at such person's county board of elections; requires availability and access to ballots for persons with disabilities.

Sponsor: James Brennan

Authorizes the panel to adopt policies to exclude certain non-recurring items from income that would artificially inflate the availability of funds to meet current needs relating to eligibility for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Relates to the time period which an application for refund can be made when the refund is based on a clerical error or unlawful entry by allowing a full refund without time limitation.

Sponsor: George Maziarz

Requires the safe storage of all guns, either in a safe or with a locking device, and provides penalties for simple and complex violations (removal from premises, injury or death results); requires notices to be furnished upon transfer of guns and issuance/renewal of licenses; defines guns as weapons in the form of rifles, shotguns, and firearms; enacts the "safe gun storage act"; does not preempt local laws no less restrictive or stringent.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

Requires a course of instruction in the awareness of hate crimes focusing on historical events and the significance of certain symbols and objects.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Relates to voter enrollment.

Sponsor: Liz Krueger

Provides civil immunity for certain employers who provide information relating to a former employee to a prospective employer, nursing home or elder care facility unless such information is knowingly false or misleading or violates a state or federal law; provides that if evidence is established that the information the former employer gave was knowingly false by such employer to the prospective employer about the former employee, a civil liability will be upheld.

Sponsor: George Maziarz

Establishes a toll-free statewide number for use in the investigation and prevention of animal fighting; provides reports be transmitted to the state or local police department and/or to the SPCA.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Provides inmates the opportunity to obtain a general equivalency diploma; instructs the department of corrections to ensure that academic education programs provide the appropriate curriculum and certified academic staff for GED instruction.

Sponsor: Ruth Hassell-Thompson

Establishes a senior dental services grant program; authorizes the director to establish the program and, upon the availability of appropriations, provide grants to eligible elderly persons who are in need of such services.

Sponsor: Keith Wright

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.

Sponsor: David Valesky

Requires inspection and regulation of all electric and gas meters that measure usage of any end use customer of electricity or gas services by the public service commission.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

Enacts the criminal street gang related crimes act; provides for enhanced criminal sanctions where crimes are related to criminal street gangs.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Sets a 7-year limit to the real property tax exemption for unimproved property of mandatory class nonprofit organizations.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Authorizes a municipal corporation with fewer than fifty employees to join a municipal cooperative health benefit plan.

Sponsor: Bill Reilich

Relates to establishing the students with disabilities school choice act.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Requires the employment address of certain sex offenders to be reported to the division of criminal justice services.

Sponsor: George Maziarz

Provides that the town board of any town, exclusive of suburban towns and towns having a population exceeding fifty thousand, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation establish maximum speed limits on town highways which have been classified by the department of transportation as local roads and which are outside of villages.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Little

Requires coverage for cervical cytology screening for insureds by certain corporations and insurance policies; every policy with hospital, surgical or medical care, group or blanket policy, and medical expense indemnity corporation.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Directs every banking organization or foreign banking corporation transacting business in this state to cash properly endorsed social security checks presented by the payee, upon sufficient identification, notwithstanding the fact that such payee does not maintain an account with such organization or corporation, upon proof that such payee is sixty-two years of age or older; defines "sufficient identification".

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

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 is altered or changed, or use of such highway is discontinued.

Sponsor: Teresa Sayward

Requires open space conservation projects to be undertaken with willing sellers; provides that the use of eminent domain for such projects shall be limited to lands where the owner thereof has consented thereto or where the eminent domain is required to quiet title.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Little

Relates to adjusting the federal adjusted gross income for personal income tax purposes; applies IRC section 1014 as in effect 12/31/2009, not IRC section 1022.

Sponsor: David McDonough

Clarifies the state's obligation to make payments with respect to certain lands acquired by the department of environmental conservation.

Sponsor: Joseph Robach

Amends the financial disclosure forms required to be filed by every statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member of the legislature, legislative employee and political party chairman and every candidate for statewide elected office.

Sponsor: Daniel Squadron

Relates to allowing a physically disabled surviving spouse who was married to an enhanced STAR qualifying individual to continue to receive the exemption even if the surviving spouse is not sixty-two years of age.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Little

Allows cities and towns to pass a local law or resolution, subject to permissive referendum, to allow a real property tax exemption for privately-owned, public use airports; the percentage of exemption would be specified in the law or resolution; the exemption would be limited to improvements to the airport used for takeoff, landing, taxiing and open air parking of aircraft, air navigation or communications facilities and passenger terminals available to the public without charge.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell and convey certain land in the county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, city of New York to CNR Senior Housing Development Fund Corporation.

Sponsor: Velmanette Montgomery

Provides for the establishment of a joint budget committee or conference on appropriations and proposed legislation or resolutions related to the budget to resolve differences between similar but not identical legislation passed by the senate and assembly.

Sponsor: Joseph Robach

Provides that regulated public authorities submit a report of budget information to the governor, comptroller and legislative leaders; prohibits the transfer of functions performed by a department or agency of the state to a regulated public authority; provides that employees of a regulated public authority shall be deemed to be in the classified civil service; defines regulated public authority to include the environmental facilities corporation, dormitory authority, urban development corporation (also known as Empire State Development Corporation) and subsidiaries thereof, Health Research, Inc., job development authority, and the housing trust fund corporation.

Sponsor: Joseph Robach

Relates to the living wage adjustment of personal care service workers; authorizes the commissioner to adjust personal care services medical assistance rates of payment for personal care service providers; provides for such adjustments to be subject to subsequent adjustment or reconciliation in accordance with the local living wage law or are located within a city with a population of over one million persons which has enacted a local living wage law that applies to such persons; defines local living wage law.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Provides for medical assistance payments in the form of certain durable medical equipment for medicare beneficiaries also receiving payments under title XVIII of the federal social security act to not be less than and be based on the approval procedures and payment levels so authorized for eligible individuals who are not eligible pursuant to such title XVIII, less any payments received under such title.

Sponsor: James Brennan

elates to the production of paper records and documents.

Sponsor: Rory Lancman

Includes persons with disabilities (defined) within the definition of head of household for purposes of making them eligible for the senior citizens' tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property.

Sponsor: Joseph Addabbo

Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve; provides that the commissioner of education will create and establish a curriculum to accomplish such goal within one year of the effective date of this legislation.

Sponsor: Thomas Duane

Establishes the actual innocence justice act of 2011; clarifies that convicted persons who can demonstrate a reasonable probability that they are innocent will have the right to challenge their convictions under the law, notwithstanding any other procedural or technical provisions of law that would have prevented them from doing so.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Establishes a tax credit for businesses which retrofit their heavy duty vehicles to comply with the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2006.

Sponsor: Barbara Lifton

Provides for a tax credit for expenses of parents made for their children as a result of the child having the disease of autism.

Sponsor: Andrew Raia

Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals; provides that such measures shall be promulgated by the superintendent of state police; restricts premises of sales; requires employee training; prohibits straw purchases; imposes additional license conditions.

Sponsor: Jonathan Bing

Relates to the commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; requires that at least one of whom shall be a resident voter from either the county of Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan or Ulster.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Provides that a court may require that a new election be held when there is clear and convincing evidence that the wrong candidate was determined to be the winner.

Sponsor: James Brennan

Authorizes on-site inspections of housing in violation of zoning laws for purposes of enforcing illegal housing laws and regulations.

Sponsor: Michael Montesano

Allows local tax collectors to send tax statements by electronic mail to an address provided by a homeowner and to opt out of receiving paper statements of taxes.

Sponsor: John DeFrancisco

Authorizes a procedure whereby the chief executive officer of a municipal corporation in which there is located privately owned forest lands which are exempt from real property taxes to make application to the state for reimbursement for revenues lost as a result of such exemption.

Sponsor: Aileen Gunther

Authorizes school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and regional information centers to contract with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Increases penalties for killing or injuring a police animal by providing that such offense shall be a class D felony; includes the intentional killing or injuring of an animal which can reasonably be identified as a police animal by means of its presence in a police vehicle or enclosure in a marked area.

Sponsor: John DeFrancisco

Establishes the economic resurgence initiative credit for taxpayers allowed a credit under the investment tax credit with respect to property, the acquisition, construction, reconstruction or erection of which commenced on or after January 1, 2011; allows the taxpayer to elect the economic resurgence initiative credit; sets forth calculation procedures.

Sponsor: Joseph Robach

Revises proceedings to recover possession of premises located in a multiple dwelling; requires premises to be registered with the local agency responsible for code enforcement; petition shall be stated in plain language and include notice of the rights of the respondent and a statement of any outstanding code violations on the premises and whether rent payments from a public assistance office is being withheld therefor; provides civil penalties for willful misstatements on such petition.

Sponsor: Thomas Duane

Authorizes fire districts to impose ad valorem levies and special assessments on otherwise tax exempt real property.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Little

Regulates the treatment and display of elephants; requires persons who bring elephants into the state as part of a traveling exhibition to file an itinerary of the elephant's stay in the state with the department of agriculture and markets at least 30 days before the elephant arrives in the state; authorizes the imposition of up to a $1,000 civil penalty for failure to file such itinerary; establishes requirements for the transportation of elephants; requires elephants to be untethered at least 1 hour a day; prohibits use of certain equipment upon elephants; prohibits riding elephants, except in certain cases; makes such violations class E felonies; authorizes agents of the department of agriculture and markets to inspect living conditions of elephants; makes cruelty to an elephant a class D felony.

Sponsor: Amy Paulin

Eliminates the state's recourse to public assistance recipients' or their relatives' residences, one, two or three family dwelling and the primary residence, including manufactured homes for reimbursement of expenditures made for their benefit.

Sponsor: Inez Barron

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.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Provides that excess investment tax credit amounts may be refundable to operators of a farm operation.

Sponsor: John Bonacic

Authorizes tenants to request the installation of smart or advanced meters where the building they occupy is being converted to an electric or gas meter that measures usage of any end-use customer of electricity or gas services.

Sponsor: Andrew Hevesi

Provides clarification to determine the expiration date of an order of protection issued in relation to a family offense.

Sponsor: Ronald Canestrari

Prohibits the receipt of pension benefits by an elected official who has been convicted of a designated felony offense relating to such person's performance of official duties or responsibilities; and defines terms; provides for the return of retirement contributions made by the official.

Sponsor: Thomas Duane

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 employees of the component school districts which opt for such services.

Sponsor: Teresa Sayward

Provides a program to promote leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research education and treatment and establishes the leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research education and treatment fund; authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to create a check-off gift an individual income tax returns for contributions to leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment.

Sponsor: Joseph Robach

Enhances protections for homeowners who have paid contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers for home improvements; enhances penalties, civil and criminal for violations of the consumer protection provisions of the Home Improvement Contracts article of the general business law; authorizes the attorney general to prosecute crimes under that article.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of the New York city department of parks and recreation to provide for the increased patrol by department park enforcement officers for the purpose of supplementing existing security and patrols in McCarren Park, Fort Greene Park, Commodore John Barry Park and McGoldrick Park in Brooklyn, Kings county.

Sponsor: Joseph Lentol

Increases the penalties for sexual performances by a child; increases age from 16 to 18 for application of existing sexual performance crimes; creates crimes of use of a child in a sexual performance in the first degree, promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child in the first degree, and promoting a sexual performance by a child in the first degree; provides for consecutive sentencing upon certain multiple convictions.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Klein

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 communities that would be affected if such bridge closes for repairs.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Little

Establishes certain assessing units shall update the assessments in its jurisdiction not less than once every fifth year.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Defers eligible lists for persons called to active duty in military service.

Sponsor: George Maziarz

Establishes the New York calcium purchasing preference initiative by instructing the purchasing agent of any governmental entity to give preference to a product containing a higher level of calcium than products of the same type and quality which are equal to or lower in price than products of the same type and quality.

Sponsor: Velmanette Montgomery

Enacts the "OSHA notification act"; requires the city commissioner of buildings to report to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration any violations of this code, which in the department of building's judgment, would potentially endanger workplace safety; further requires such report to include, but not be limited to, the number and types of violations reported to OSHA.

Sponsor: Ellen Jaffee

Establishes the qualifications of director of facilities of school districts.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Relates to mandatory health insurance coverage for providing prosthetic devices equal to or above Medicare's standard of coverage; includes the repair or replacement of a prosthetic device required to be worn or used by a policy holder; coverage includes expenses for assessment, evaluation, treatment, management, and follow-up care.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Authorizes vocational education and extension boards to permit students who receive home instruction to participate in vocational education courses when requested by parent or guardian who resides in the county.

Sponsor: George Maziarz

Relates to a parent's right to know if an employee, volunteer or an administrator of a school district is reprimanded for inappropriate conduct towards his or her child; enacts "parent's right to know" act.

Sponsor: Philip Boyle

Establishes the Asian Lunar New Year day as a school holiday for all city school districts of cities of one million inhabitants or more, with an Asian population of seven and one-half percent or more; uses the year 2000 federal decennial census as the basis for calculation of the Asian population.

Sponsor: Daniel Squadron

Provides employers with a tax credit for expenditures to provide dependent care to adult dependents of employees of eligible expenditures for adults 60 or over or otherwise eligible; applies to corporate and noncorporate employers; also provides such a credit for employees or other taxpayers, to the extent not covered by the employer.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Klein

Relates to expanding the definition of "public body".

Sponsor: George Amedore

Authorizes the commissioner of education to design and implement a biennial contest to choose the official Empire state children's book.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Prohibits assessors from increasing the assessments of forestland based on the stumpage value of the trees thereon; establishes the forestland taxation task force to study and make recommendations on the assessment and taxation of privately owned forestlands.

Sponsor: Catharine Young

Prohibits real estate brokers from providing legal advice or preparing legal documents in real estate matters unless such person is a New York state licensed attorney; warning for first offense, $1,000 fine for second offense, $5,000 fine for each subsequent offense.

Sponsor: George Latimer

Establishes it shall be unlawful for a person to have his or her application to rent or lease a residence to be denied due to a previous housing court proceeding; allows a person aggrieved to maintain a civil action.

Sponsor: Thomas Duane

Relates to net energy metering for micro-hydroelectric generating equipment.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Relates to state aid for library projects; adds definition of "economically disadvantaged community".

Sponsor: William Barclay

Provides for the state board of elections to undertake a study of the feasibility for voting by mail, telephone and/or the internet; authorizes a pilot program for such voting during the study; requires a report to the governor and legislature.

Sponsor: Ruth Hassell-Thompson

Broadens scope of prevailing wage requirements for service employees and establishes criminal penalties for violations.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Extends the effectiveness of a provision pertaining to grants to school districts and other public educational entities.

Sponsor: Suzi Oppenheimer

Relates to record keeping procedures and policies relating to records of the governor, the executive chamber, the legislature and civil departments.

Sponsor: Neil Breslin

Establishes a special commission on judicial compensation, and provides for their powers and duties and provides periodic salary increases to state officers.

Sponsor: Rules

Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority of the state of New York relative to the establishment of subsidiaries for certain purposes.

Sponsor: Rules

Amends provisions of the education, labor and family assistance budget for 2010 relating to the elementary, middle, secondary and continuing education program.

Sponsor: Rules

Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority of the state of New York relative to the establishment of subsidiaries for certain purposes.

Sponsor: Rules

Establishes the New York Racing Network, Inc.; regulates off-track betting payments; authorizes subsidized free play credits.

Sponsor: Rules

Establishes a districting commission to draw senate, assembly and congressional districts.

Sponsor: Martin Dilan

Establishes the wage theft prevention act providing for certain notifications to employees in their primary languages and protections for employees.

Sponsor: Carl Heastie

Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the Education, Labor and Family Assistance Budget for the 2010-2011 state fiscal year (part A); places restrictions on eligibility to receive awards and loans; repealer (part B); relates to tuition assistance program awards for those students who have been granted an exclusion of parental income who have a spouse but no other dependent (part C); amends the definition of income for purposes of TAP awards (part D); extends the effectiveness of the nursing loan forgiveness incentive program (part E); amends provisions of chapter 31 of the laws of 1985 relating to the effectiveness of regents scholarships in certain professions (part F); amends the education law relating to eligibility requirements for student financial aid (part G).

Sponsor: Rules

Suspends hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil until May 15, 2011; suspends the issuance of new permits for such drilling.

Sponsor: Karim Camara

Provides medical malpractice insurance premium discounts for physicians and hospitals for utilization of certain electronic health record technology.

Sponsor: Ann-Margaret Carrozza

Establishes the wage theft prevention act providing for certain notifications to employees in their primary languages and protections for employees.

Sponsor: Carl Heastie

Authorizes the county of Westchester to issue serial bonds to finance certain payments over a period of five years.

Sponsor: Gary Pretlow

Establishes the wage theft prevention act providing for certain notifications to employees in their primary languages and protections for employees.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Permits a shellfish company doing business in this state to enter into a contract with the department of environmental conservation to reimburse the department for shellfish bed inspection costs.

Sponsor: Carl Marcellino

Authorizes the county of Westchester to issue serial bonds to finance certain payments over a period of five years for any costs associated with or related to the 2010 Early Retirement Incentive.

Sponsor: Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Relates to the commissioner of education's ability to issue a superintendent certificate to persons seeking exceptionally qualified status in cities of one million or more inhabitants.

Sponsor: Eric Adams

Prohibits the sale and delivery of certain caffeinated or stimulant-enhanced alcoholic beverages.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Klein

Authorizes the city of Kingston to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from such city during 2010.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Requires cardiac screening of student athletes; mandates coaches receive training in CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

Provides that a member with at least 20 years of creditable police or fire service in the retirement system shall not be precluded from any rights he is entitled otherwise to nor upon retirement shall his benefits be in any way diminished as a result of a discharge or dismissal.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Relates to establishing a state high speed rail planning board and providing for the expiration thereof.

Sponsor: Martin Dilan

Relates to additional credits for certain persons on exams.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Relates to determining eligibility for admission to certain limited-profit housing company housing accommodations.

Sponsor: Daniel Squadron

Relates to pistol permit privacy and makes all personal information regarding pistol or revolver licensees confidential except to law enforcement agencies and to individuals requesting information about a named individual.

Sponsor: Mark Schroeder

Enacts the "parent advocate act" and establishes the "office of the parent advocate".

Sponsor: Joan Christensen

Relates to vaccination of egg-laying hens against salmonella.

Sponsor: Carmen Arroyo

Relates to real property tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers in certain counties; eliminates renewal application requirement under certain circumstances.

Sponsor: Ro Ann Destito

Relates to taxes on cigarettes sold on an Indian reservation to non-members of the Indian nation or tribe; reverts the tax back to the previous $2.75 if taxes on such cigarettes are not collected by 9/1/2010 and then changes the tax to $4.35 once the state begins collecting such taxes.

Sponsor: Eric Adams

Requires hospitals and birth centers to prepare and distribute an informational leaflet containing information detailing how parents or guardians of infants and children can subscribe to the United States consumer product safety commission's e-mail subscription lists to receive consumer product recall and safety news.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Enacts the "state workforce injury reduction act"; requires state agencies to submit a written action plan for reducting occurrences of injuries in the coming year to the governor and the legislature.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Requires that any plumbing or electrical work on a school building be performed by a licensed master plumber or licensed electrician if required by a local municipality.

Sponsor: Brian Foley

Allows child care providers to organize themselves and select representatives for the purposes of discussing with the State the conditions of their employment and the operations of child care programs.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Clarifies that a spouse's right of election must be made within two years of the deceased spouse's death.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Relates to local enforcement by county health commissioners of bulk storage of petroleum and the collection of fines and penalties.

Sponsor: Suzi Oppenheimer

Relates to pilotage rates at Sandy Hook, Sands Point and Execution Rocks; increases rates.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Enacts provisions providing sponsored group personal insurance and allows such insurance to be written by authorized insurers.

Sponsor: Neil Breslin

Extends the authorization for the county of Herkimer to impose a county recording tax on obligation secured by a mortgage on real property until 2012.

Sponsor: James Seward

Authorizes wineries to engage in custom crush wine production allowing individuals to assist in the production of wine for sale for personal or family use.

Sponsor: David Valesky

Provides for temporary surrender of the license of a dentist or pharmacist with a drug or alcohol abuse problem, or such other disposition as determined by department of education.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Klein

Enacts the "taxi driver protection act"; requires a sign in every for-hire vehicle that states "WARNING: Assaulting A Taxi Driver Is Punishable By Up To Twenty-Five Years In Prison".

Sponsor: Rory Lancman

Requires cardiac screening of student athletes; mandates coaches receive training in CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Establishes Briana's law requiring biennial CPR training for police officers.

Sponsor: Felix Ortiz

Prohibits BOCES from bidding against any private business entity; defines private business entity.

Sponsor: Michael Nozzolio

Requires the MTA to hold hearings in each county that is allocated a voting member of the MTA before proposed changes in services or fares can take effect and shall be limited to one hearing per calendar day.

Sponsor: William Boyland

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 the intellectual property and up-to-date contact information for each item.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Establishes a small business energy assistance and advocacy services program as part of the division of small business to assist small businesses in accessing energy conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy programs available through public and private sources; requires notice to be given to the division of small business prior to any rate increase; makes related provisions.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Relates to the establishment of rates of payment and delivery of health care services; directs the chair of the workers' compensation board to biennially prepare and establish a schedule of fees.

Sponsor: Robert Barra

Specifies requirements for auctions; holds the auctioneer responsible for truth of statements in catalogues, announcements, etc.

Sponsor: Richard Brodsky

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to limiting the percentage of income payable towards shelter costs by persons with HIV or AIDS

Sponsor: Naomi Rivera

Enacts the "community college region capital financing act of 2010".

Sponsor: James Bacalles

Relates to the creation of election districts; provides that deployment of voting systems, election workers and election resources shall be in sufficient number to accommodate the numbers of voters eligible to vote in such polling place.

Sponsor: Joseph Addabbo

Amends chapter 537 of the laws of 2008, amending the education law relating to a restricted dental faculty license, in relation to extending the expiration of such chapter.

Sponsor: Deborah Glick

Relates to the defense and indemnification of certain nonjudicial employees certified by the office of court administration and paid by the city of New York to serve as a guardian ad litem in an action or proceeding pending in the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York.

Sponsor: John Sampson

Requires each polling place to be accessible to physically disabled voters and provides guidelines which shall be in accordance with the accessibility requirements mandated pursuant to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.

Sponsor: George Latimer

Allows members of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system who retire to elect the alternative option and provides for cessation of membership in such system upon the occurrence of certain conditions.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Continues and expands New York's program for use of electronic means for filing certain papers in civil litigation in supreme court and other courts.

Sponsor: Ruth Hassell-Thompson

Requires appearance enhancement business owners to provide masks and gloves to nail specialists.

Sponsor: Rory Lancman

Relates to the conditional approval of a final plat.

Sponsor: Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Increases the amount the town of Southold, county of Suffolk, may appropriate for the Orient mosquito district from eighty thousand dollars to one hundred twenty thousand dollars.

Sponsor: Marc Alessi

Enacts the "Dignity For All Students Act"; authorizes the commissioner of education to establish policies and procedures affording all students in public schools an environment free of harassment and discrimination; requires reporting harassment and discrimination to such commission; makes exemptions.

Sponsor: Mark Weprin

Directs the state liquor authority to require certain labeling of alcoholic beverages containing caffeine or other stimulants; requires retail licensees for off-premises consumption to sell alcoholic beverages containing stimulants in an area of the licensed premises separate from that where other alcoholic beverages and energy drinks are sold.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Klein

Establishes the New York state infrastructure development bank within the banking department, makes a $250,000,000 appropriation therefor and provides for the expiration thereof upon its repeal in 15 years.

Sponsor: Craig Johnson

Requires banks to disclose any negative consequences of establishing an alternative payment schedule on a loan.

Sponsor: Carl Heastie

Relates to adjusting the federal adjusted gross income for personal income tax purposes; applies IRC section 1014 as in effect 12/31/2009, not IRC section 1022.

Sponsor: Craig Johnson

Establishes the New York state War of 1812 200th anniversary commemoration commission to promote the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 by planning and executing an organized series of War of 1812 reenactment tourism events.

Sponsor: Richard Brodsky

Eliminates the board of fire underwriters.

Sponsor: Neil Breslin

Increases the membership of the marine and coastal district of New York conservation, education and research board; relates to recreational marine fishing licenses.

Sponsor: Robert Sweeney

Requires the person establishing a lifetime trust to execute and acknowledge such trust.

Sponsor: Micah Kellner

Grants an automatic extension of time for filing a personal income tax return and paying a personal income tax when a spouse dies within 30 days of the April 15th deadline.

Sponsor: Robert Reilly

Relates to the residence of peace officers employed as fire protection inspectors, urban park rangers and traffic enforcement agents level IV by a city with a population over one million; must complete two years of employment with city of New York and reside in New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, Richmond, Nassau, Westchester, Suffolk, Orange, Rockland or Putnam county.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Provides that reserve investments of a domestic insurer shall include shares, share certificates and share draft accounts issued by credit unions not to exceed the amount which are assumed, guaranteed or insured by the US or any agency thereof.

Sponsor: Neil Breslin

Provides that upon application for public assistance or care, the local social services district shall notify the applicant both verbally and in writing of the availability of monetary grants for emergency needs assistance and shall, at such time, determine whether such person is in immediate need, and if in immediate need, provide such monetary grant adequate to meet the emergency need pending completion of the investigation; and to inform applicant of reason for any denial and right to an expedited hearing thereon.

Sponsor: Eric Adams

Provides that employers who extend funeral or bereavement leave to an employee for the death of a spouse, child, parent or other relative shall not deny the same leave for the death of an employee's same-sex committed partner; defines same-sex committed partners as those who are financially and emotionally interdependent in a manner commonly presumed of spouses.

Sponsor: Steven Cymbrowitz

Requires drivers to reduce their speed when approaching emergency vehicles displaying blue lights and expands the use of the blue light for rear projection for all volunteer emergency response vehicles.

Sponsor: Darrel Aubertine

Requires massage therapists to complete thirty-six hours of continuing education each registration period.

Sponsor: William Stachowski

Relates to witnesses to a health care proxy; changes the witness requirement for the health care proxy from two adult witnesses to one adult witness; makes an exception for persons who reside in mental health facilities by requiring such persons to have two adult witnesses.

Sponsor: Kemp Hannon

Directs OTB corporations to submit copy of annual budget to the racing and wagering board, and, upon finding of reasonable basis by such board to believe any such OTB corporation is not complying with applicable laws or rules and regulations, cause its business and managerial practices to be audited at its own expense.

Sponsor: Eric Adams

Authorizes the village of Matinecock, county of Nassau, to expend certain trust funds for the restoration of Planting Fields Road.

Sponsor: Carl Marcellino

Relates to health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of members of the New York city department of correction or sanitation who are enrolled in a health insurance plan.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

Excludes idling reduction devices from the calculation of the weight of certain vehicles, provided that such devices do not increase the vehicle weight by more than 400 pounds and such devices are fully functional.

Sponsor: James Brennan

Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority and equipment loans for intellectual property.

Sponsor: Ronald Canestrari

Relates to service of orders of protection including applications to extend and petitions for violations of orders of protection and temporary orders of protection in family court.

Sponsor: Ginny Fields

Relates to contracts for public work projects and accommodation of private facilities or structures within a specified area of New York county; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Sponsor: Pedro Espada

Enacts the "Veterans Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Act."

Sponsor: Greg Ball

Requires employers to authorize absence from or lateness to work if such absence or lateness was due to responding to an emergency as a volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker.

Sponsor: Brian Foley

Authorizes the city of Schenectady to accept an application for real property tax exemption from Union Graduate College.

Sponsor: Hugh Farley

Relates to establishing a gang assessment, intervention, prevention and suppression program.

Sponsor: Inez Barron

Relates to the enforcement of state court judgments; provides that such judgment shall be deemed entered and docketed on the day immediately preceding the date of such determination for the purpose of establishing the priority against a judicial lien on such property.

Sponsor: Rory Lancman

Requires elected officials to post certain information regarding contributions on his or her website; failure to comply with this provision of this section shall constitute a class E felony.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Relates to real property tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers in certain counties; eliminates renewal application requirement under certain circumstances.

Sponsor: John Flanagan

Requires the burden of annually establishing that the requirements of the mandatory class non-profit real property tax exemptions have been satisfied to fall upon the owner of the property and must be proven by clear and convincing evidence.

Sponsor: John Bonacic

Creates New York city parks, tree and urban forestry fund; provides that taxpayers may contribute to such fund by indication on state tax return form by having refund or portion thereof be credited to such fund or indicating that an overpayment, or portion thereof shall be credited to such fund; provides that the monies of such fund shall be used for the planting of trees and shrubs, park preservation and expansion, maintenance and improvement of botanical gardens in New York city.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Provides reimbursement by the transporter of hazardous materials to fire companies for costs associated with responding to spills of hazardous materials; provides that the state fire administrator shall develop and make reimbursement forms to enable a fire company to bill a transporter of hazardous materials for costs incurred in responding to a release or threatened release of hazardous materials.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Grants a waiver of the civil service examination fee to persons who have completed the displaced homemakers program or job training program; allows a waiver for a maximum of two examination applications duly filed within a one year period from the date of completion of the displaced homemaker program or job training program.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to providing for home cooling needs assistance for low income households

Sponsor: William Boyland

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to creating the technology employment community hub (TECH) centers program

Sponsor: Inez Barron

Establishes the New York state interagency coordinating council for service-disabled veterans, defines the powers and duties of the council and requires an annual report by the council to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.

Sponsor: Michael Cusick

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to including provisions where it is the duty of the department of environmental conservation to establish a method for individuals and businesses to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions and best management and procurement practices for state agencies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions

Sponsor: William Colton

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to requiring state agencies to report on greenhouse gas emissions as a result of their operations

Sponsor: Greg Ball

Provides for furnishing of a copy of the transcript of the trial of a defendant convicted of a homicide offense, or of the proceedings which resulted in such conviction, to a family member of the victim at no cost to the victim or survivors; provides that the expense thereof shall be chargeable to the county, or in the counties within the city of New York, a city charge, as the case may be.

Sponsor: Francine DelMonte

Relates to the manner in which certain provisions of the correction law are enforced.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

Authorizes certain police officers employed by the village of Lyons to join the twenty year retirement plan.

Sponsor: Robert Oaks

Provides for the payment of all counsel and expert fees in matrimonial actions by the more monied party to such action; adds actions to obtain maintenance or distribution of property after a foreign judgment of divorce to the actions for which such fees shall be awarded; directs the court to assure that each party is adequately represented; such actions shall also include actions to enforce a court order.

Sponsor: Sandra Galef

Relates to criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation and strangulation.

Sponsor: Joseph Addabbo

Requires all first-term members of boards of education to attend training sessions within one year of taking office to acquaint such member with the powers, functions and duties of boards of education and other administrative authorities affecting public education.

Sponsor: Brian Foley

Extends the effectiveness of the home based primary care for the elderly demonstration project through January 1, 2016.

Sponsor: Joseph Morelle

Authorizes Gibson Meeting Halls, Inc. to apply for real property tax exemptions on certain parcels in the county of Nassau.

Sponsor: Robert Barra

DELETE Relates to providing a tax exemption for property owned by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society of Rosebank, Staten Island.

Sponsor: Andrew Lanza

Prohibits the implementation of electronic billing and/or payment of rent by a landlord without the tenant's consent; landlords shall not require participation in an electronic payment system as the only method for payment of rent; provides that a landlord shall not impose any fee or other charge upon tenants who choose not to use electronic billing and/or payment systems.

Sponsor: Jonathan Bing

Increases the composition of the September 11th worker protection task force to 20 members including the medical director of the Mount Sinai Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine and extends the expiration of such chapter from 6/10/2010 to 6/10/2015.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Extends the provisions of chapter 545 of the laws of 2003 relating to the assisted living program.

Sponsor: William Parment

Authorizes the Long Island Progressive Missionary Baptist Churches General Association to file an application for a real property tax exemption.

Sponsor: Robert Sweeney

Criminalizes assault on a sanitation enforcement agent.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Relates to requiring at least one employee at a child day care facility or family day care home to be trained and certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid.

Sponsor: Jonathan Bing

Relates to trial discharges of youth in foster care and voluntary re-placements of older adolescents in foster care; extends trial discharges at permanency hearings for successive periods of up to six months until youth reach the age of 21, and where the affected youth is over 18, any such trail discharge would require his or her consent; allows youth between 18-21 who have been discharged within 24 months to seek leave to return voluntarily to foster care.

Sponsor: Inez Barron

Provides that orders of protection shall not be denied, in support proceedings, paternity proceedings, termination of parental rights proceedings, person in need of supervision proceedings, family offense proceedings and child protective proceedings, solely on the basis that the events alleged are not contemporaneous with the application therefor or the conclusion of the action.

Sponsor: Susan John

Relates to the requirement of exercising due care in the operation of a motor vehicle to avoid colliding with any bicyclist, pedestrian or domestic animal; provides penalties for causing physical injury by failing to exercise due care.

Sponsor: Vivian Cook

Relates to counsel and expert fees in matrimonial actions, to change the effective date from 120 days after it shall have become a law to 60 days after it shall have become a law.

Sponsor: John Sampson

Establishes a person is guilty of criminal trespass in the second degree when he or she, being required to maintain registration as a sex offender, enters or remains in a school knowing that the victim of his or her offense attends or formerly attended such school.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Expands eligibility for the shock incarceration program.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

Authorizes taxing authorities in a certain county to grant a property tax exemption for real property owned by volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Little

Enacts a chapter amendment relating to providing for the construction of capital facilities for Broad Channel Volunteers, Inc. conducting business under the assumed name of Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Corps, a not-for-profit corporation.

Sponsor: Audrey Pheffer

Authorizes the city of Schenectady to accept an application for real property tax exemption from the Tabernacle of New Hope.

Sponsor: Hugh Farley

Relates to fraud enforcement.

Sponsor: Sheldon Silver

Relates to farm waste net energy metering.

Sponsor: James Bacalles

Relates to insurance coverage for drugs used in cancer treatment; updates the established reference compendia which are used as authoritative sources for use in the determination of off-label drugs and biologicals used in an anticancer chemotherapeutic regimen.

Sponsor: Rhoda Jacobs

Repeals title 37 of article 15-B of the general municipal law relating to the establishment of the Port Chester community development agency.

Sponsor: George Latimer

Relates to eligibility under the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program; provides that an individual over the age of sixty need not be the head of the household to qualify under the program.

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

Provides alternate retirement benefits for employees of the New York Power Authority, who are employed at the Charles Poletti Power Project.

Sponsor: George Onorato

Relates to paperwork reduction; streamlines planning and reporting requirements for school districts and boards of cooperative educational services; requires the commissioner of education to implement pilot programs to assist school districts in the formation of regional transportation systems.

Sponsor: Ro Ann Destito

Relates to an exchange of ownership and maintenance responsibility between the village of Medina and the state of New York regarding certain roads in such village as a result of rerouting.

Sponsor: George Maziarz

Authorizes the filing of an application for real property tax exemption by Congregation Mesifta Beth Shraga, which is located in the town of Ramapo.

Sponsor: Kenneth Zebrowski

Authorizes the assessor of the town of Babylon to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes for certain parcels of land located in North Amityville.

Sponsor: Robert Sweeney

Extends the period of time during which the Brookville library funding district may be established in the town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau.

Sponsor: Michael Montesano

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to notification to occupants of multiple family dwellings of pending commercial application of pesticide

Sponsor: Michael Benedetto

Relates to extending provisions of law relating to the underground facilities safety training account.

Sponsor: Timothy Gordon

Establishes the provision of temporary maintenance in matrimonial actions; directs the law revision commission to study the effects of divorce and maintenance.

Sponsor: Sandra Galef

Requires veterinarians and veterinary technicians to complete continuing education during each triennial registration period; provides various exemptions from such requirement.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Relates to the board of trustees of the higher education services corporation.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

Enacts a chapter amendment amending the tax law in relation to the tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic properties.

Sponsor: Sam Hoyt

Authorizes participation in the Seymour public library district by that portion of the town of Fleming located within the boundaries of the Auburn enlarged city school district.

Sponsor: Gary Finch

Enacts legislation necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2010-2011 state fiscal year; relates to hedge funds, S corporations and post productions credits.

Sponsor: Rules

Establishes a task force of thirteen people to study the feasibility of establishing a new college of the state university at the Southampton campus of Stony Brook University; requires a public hearing; further requires a report of recommendations to the governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly on or before December 1, 2011.

Sponsor: Kenneth LaValle

Establishes the computer security act, addressing the widespread problem of spyware; makes it illegal for third parties to knowingly and deceptively cause computer software to be copied on to personal computers that changes the computer users settings without permission, prevents users from resetting computers to the original preferences or removing third party software, secretly collects information about internet searches, disables the computer's security software or causes related disruptive activities.

Sponsor: Brian Kavanagh

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the revenue budget for the 2010-2011 state fiscal plan; relates to the statutory limitation on the biofuel production credit and the qualified emerging technology company facilities, operations and training credits (Part A); relates to the inclusion of certain past employment related income in the calculation of the New York source income of nonresidents (Part B); clarifies that certain income constitutes New York source income of nonresident shareholders of an S corporation (Part C); relates to information reporting of payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions (Part E); relates to the penalties imposed upon tax return preparers failing to electronically file returns and other tax documents when required by law to do so; authorizes reasonable correction periods for electronic tax filings and payments, and prohibits tax return preparers and software companies from charging separately for electronic filing of New York tax documents (Part G); authorizes the division of the lottery to conduct a pilot program involving the operation of video lottery terminals at certain racetracks, in relationship to the effectiveness thereof; relates to the hours of operation of video lottery gaming, the vendor fees paid to lottery agents, the amount of video lottery gaming revenue after payout of prizes to be retained by the division of the lottery for operation, administration and procurement purposes at a certain track and the recapture of the vendor fee at a certain track; and to repeal certain provisions relating to thoroughbred racing and to annual capital improvement credits for video lottery gaming operators, relating thereto (Part K); narrows the definition of vendor for purposes of the sales and compensating use taxes (Part N); provides a credit against income tax for persons or entities investing in low-income housing (Part P); relates to the empire state film production credit and the effectiveness of such provisions; relates to the empire state film post production credit (Part Q); relates to the decertification of business entities located in empire zones and relates to a refund or credit provided to certain zone businesses and to a report on empire zone businesses produced by the department of taxation and finance, and amends certain provisions relating to enacting reforms to the empire zones program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part R); makes technical corrections to certain tax enforcement and sales tax avoidance provisions; relates to the effectiveness of provisions relating to the "tax fraud act" (Subpart A); defines certain terms (Subpart B); relates to statements of industrial agencies and their agents and project operators (Subpart C) (Part S); relates to the amount of the unified credit against the estate tax (Part T); relates to the taxicab ride tax imposed in the metropolitan commuter transportation district by article 29-A of the tax law (Part V); repeals provisions of the tax law, relating to a sales tax bad debt credit or refund for purchases made by private label credit cards (Part W); relates to the sales tax vendor credit authorized under article 28 (Part X); relates to the deferral of use or payment of certain tax credits (Part Y); relates to the deduction for bad debts provided to qualifying thrift institutions and commercial banks (Part Z); ensures payment of sales tax due on rent for hotel room occupancy by room remarketers of hotel rooms and reverses the decision of the Tax Appeals Tribunal in the Marriott International, Inc. matter on rewards program payments; repeals certain sections of the administrative code of the city of New York relating thereto (Part AA); modifies the New York itemized deduction (Part CC); relates to the New York city personal income tax rates (Part EE); amends provisions relating to the STAR exemption (Part FF); relates to eliminating the state's sales and compensating use tax exemption for clothing and footwear sold for less than $110 per item for the period October 1, 2010, through March 31, 2011, exempting clothing and footwear sold for less than $55 per item from state taxes for the period April 1, 2011, through March 31, 2012; authorizes counties and cities to elect the less than $55 exemption for the same period, and restores the state's original exemption April 1, 2012; repeals provisions of the tax law relating thereto; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part GG); limits itemized deductions for certain taxpayers and determines the amount of estimated tax installments to be paid (Part HH); relates to uncashed travelers checks and money orders and miscellaneous unclaimed property (Part II); relates to investment management services to a partnership or other entity (Part KK); relates to the taxation of captive real estate investment trusts and captive regulated investment companies (Part MM); relates to the definition of a captive REIT (Part NN); relates to electric corporations (Part OO); relates to deficit reduction assessment restoration (Part PP); makes technical corrections concerning gap elimination adjustment offset (Part QQ); relates to the implementation of a state longitudinal data system (Part RR); makes technical amendments concerning designated bus lanes (Part SS); relates to the manner of paying employer contributions to the New York state and local employees' retirement system and the New York state and local police and fire retirement system (Part TT); relates to the New York state urban development corporation submitting a comprehensive financial plan to the director of the budget and the establishment of accounts and subaccounts within the treasury of such corporation (Part UU); establishes the education assessment account (Part VV); relates to excluding from sales tax transportation service provided by an affiliated livery vehicle in a city with a population of one million or more (Part WW); relates to the collection of census data (Part XX); relates to little cigars (Part YY).

Sponsor: Budget

Provides for the declaration of housing emergencies for rental housing accommodations located in buildings owned by certain limited-profit housing companies.

Sponsor: Rules

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the revenue budget for the 2010-2011 state fiscal plan; relates to the statutory limitation on the biofuel production credit and the qualified emerging technology company facilities, operations and training credits (Part A); relates to the inclusion of certain past employment related income in the calculation of the New York source income of nonresidents (Part B); clarifies that certain income constitutes New York source income of nonresident shareholders of an S corporation (Part C); relates to information reporting of payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions (Part E); relates to the penalties imposed upon tax return preparers failing to electronically file returns and other tax documents when required by law to do so; authorizes reasonable correction periods for electronic tax filings and payments, and prohibits tax return preparers and software companies from charging separately for electronic filing of New York tax documents (Part G); authorizes the division of the lottery to conduct a pilot program involving the operation of video lottery terminals at certain racetracks, in relationship to the effectiveness thereof; relates to the hours of operation of video lottery gaming, the vendor fees paid to lottery agents, the amount of video lottery gaming revenue after payout of prizes to be retained by the division of the lottery for operation, administration and procurement purposes at a certain track and the recapture of the vendor fee at a certain track; and to repeal certain provisions relating to thoroughbred racing and to annual capital improvement credits for video lottery gaming operators, relating thereto (Part K); narrows the definition of vendor for purposes of the sales and compensating use taxes (Part N); provides a credit against income tax for persons or entities investing in low-income housing (Part P); relates to the empire state film production credit and the effectiveness of such provisions; relates to the empire state film post production credit (Part Q); relates to the decertification of business entities located in empire zones and relates to a refund or credit provided to certain zone businesses and to a report on empire zone businesses produced by the department of taxation and finance, and amends certain provisions relating to enacting reforms to the empire zones program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part R); makes technical corrections to certain tax enforcement and sales tax avoidance provisions; relates to the effectiveness of provisions relating to the "tax fraud act" (Subpart A); defines certain terms (Subpart B); relates to statements of industrial agencies and their agents and project operators (Subpart C) (Part S); relates to the amount of the unified credit against the estate tax (Part T); relates to the taxicab ride tax imposed in the metropolitan commuter transportation district by article 29-A of the tax law (Part V); repeals provisions of the tax law, relating to a sales tax bad debt credit or refund for purchases made by private label credit cards (Part W); relates to the sales tax vendor credit authorized under article 28 (Part X); relates to the deferral of use or payment of certain tax credits (Part Y); relates to the deduction for bad debts provided to qualifying thrift institutions and commercial banks (Part Z); ensures payment of sales tax due on rent for hotel room occupancy by room remarketers of hotel rooms and reverses the decision of the Tax Appeals Tribunal in the Marriott International, Inc. matter on rewards program payments; repeals certain sections of the administrative code of the city of New York relating thereto (Part AA); modifies the New York itemized deduction (Part CC); relates to the New York city personal income tax rates (Part EE); amends provisions relating to the STAR exemption (Part FF); relates to eliminating the state's sales and compensating use tax exemption for clothing and footwear sold for less than $110 per item for the period October 1, 2010, through March 31, 2011, exempting clothing and footwear sold for less than $55 per item from state taxes for the period April 1, 2011, through March 31, 2012; authorizes counties and cities to elect the less than $55 exemption for the same period, and restores the state's original exemption April 1, 2012; repeals provisions of the tax law relating thereto; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part GG); limits itemized deductions for certain taxpayers and determines the amount of estimated tax installments to be paid (Part HH); relates to uncashed travelers checks and money orders and miscellaneous unclaimed property (Part II); relates to investment management services to a partnership or other entity (Part KK); relates to the taxation of captive real estate investment trusts and captive regulated investment companies (Part MM); relates to the definition of a captive REIT (Part NN); relates to electric corporations (Part OO); relates to deficit reduction assessment restoration (Part PP); makes technical corrections concerning gap elimination adjustment offset (Part QQ); relates to the implementation of a state longitudinal data system (Part RR); makes technical amendments concerning designated bus lanes (Part SS); relates to the manner of paying employer contributions to the New York state and local employees' retirement system and the New York state and local police and fire retirement system (Part TT); relates to the New York state urban development corporation submitting a comprehensive financial plan to the director of the budget and the establishment of accounts and subaccounts within the treasury of such corporation (Part UU); establishes the education assessment account (Part VV); relates to excluding from sales tax transportation service provided by an affiliated livery vehicle in a city with a population of one million or more (Part WW); relates to the collection of census data (Part XX); relates to little cigars (Part YY).

Sponsor: Budget

Relates to extending the effectiveness of the emergency housing rent control law and certain other provisions relating thereto until 2018.

Sponsor: Pedro Espada

Relates to extending the effectiveness of the emergency housing rent control law and certain other provisions relating thereto until 2018.

Sponsor: Jonathan Bing

Establishes the FMAP contingency fund to address the failure of the federal government to extend enhanced Medical Assistance percentages; and amends chapter 100 of the laws of 2010 relating to state aid payment dates to school districts and repealing provisions of such chapter.

Sponsor: Rules

Requires companies aided by loans under Mitchell-Lama to notify tenants of such housing of the possibility of buyout from mortgages held which would potentially result in rent increases not later than twelve months prior to proposed dissolution; provides such notice shall inform tenants of the nature of the action, the date intended, the applicable laws and a summary of the potential consequences including expenses and rent increases which may be charged; requires the commissioner or supervising agency to prepare a report to be made available to the tenants of the project.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Klein

Enacts a chapter amendment amending the tax law in relation to the tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic properties.

Sponsor: David Valesky

An act to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to the declaration of housing emergencies for rental housing accommodations located in buildings owned by certain limited-profit housing companies

Sponsor: Michael Benjamin

Relates to the aggregate annual income of low income persons or families eligible for accommodations in a company project.

Sponsor: Martin Dilan

Makes amendments to the health and mental hygiene budget concerning medical examiners.

Sponsor: Thomas Duane

Establishes the FMAP contingency fund to address the failure of the federal government to extend enhanced Medicaid Assistance percentages.

Sponsor: Rules

Provides that taxpayers may contribute to the heart disease prevention and education fund by their income tax return and establishes the fund.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the commissioner of health to make grants to be used for the costs of conducting a local blood donation drive

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

Makes permanent provisions relating to the establishment of an alternative dispute resolution system to resolve certain claims through collective bargaining agreements.

Sponsor: Michael Miller

Designates a bridge on interstate route 86 over Falconer - Kimball Stand Road in the town of Ellicott, as the "Roger Tory Peterson Memorial Bridge".

Sponsor: William Parment

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Authorizes the village of Sloatsburg, town of Ramapo to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for a certain parcel of land located in the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland.

Sponsor: Annie Rabbitt

Authorizes the village of Sloatsburg, town of Ramapo to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for a certain parcel of land located in the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland.

Sponsor: Annie Rabbitt

Relates to hypodermic syringes and the lawful possession of such syringes.

Sponsor: Thomas Duane

Creates the Energize New York power program; extends the expiration of the power for jobs program and the energy cost savings benefit program; authorizes certain contributions to the state general fund.

Sponsor: Rules

Prohibits sellers of diesel motor fuel which constitutes enhanced diesel motor to pass on any tax to a consumer when selling such product at retail.

Sponsor: Rules

Enacts the "bisphenol A-free children and babies act"; prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of child care products containing bisphenol A; prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of beverage and food containers containing bisphenol A; requires product labeling.

Sponsor: Neil Breslin

Extends the effectiveness of chapter 405 of the laws of 2005 for two years.

Sponsor: Neil Breslin

Extends provisions of chapter 20 of the laws of 1998 relating to the provision of physical therapy assistant services in elementary and secondary schools until 2015.

Sponsor: Ronald Canestrari

Relates to the re-employment of retired persons by the board of higher education of the city of New York.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Authorizes Congregation Ohr Yitzchok to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for a parcel in the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland.

Sponsor: Ellen Jaffee

Provides for the continuation of health insurance benefits for public employees injured or taken ill in the performance of duty.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Requires that subscription expiration notices for magazines be clearly disclosed in a conspicuous manner.

Sponsor: Jonathan Bing

DELETE Authorizes Nassau county to convey to Manhasset-Lakeville Water district, an easement through land in Leeds Pond Preserve to install underground water main.

Sponsor: Craig Johnson

Creates the Energize New York power program; extends the expiration of the power for jobs program and the energy cost savings benefit program; authorizes certain contributions to the state general fund.

Sponsor: Rules

Relates to pistol permit privacy and makes all personal information regarding pistol or revolver licensees confidential except to law enforcement agencies and to individuals requesting information about a named individual.

Sponsor: John Bonacic

Expands the application of provisions for a reduced retirement age for certain Triborough bridge and tunnel authority employees to January 1, 2012.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Amends part R2 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, amending the mental hygiene law and the state finance law relating to the community mental health support and workforce reinvestment program and the membership of subcommittees for mental health of community service boards and the duties of such subcommittees and creating the community health and workforce reinvestment account, in relation to the effective date.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Prohibits insurers from imposing a surcharge for accidents where the property damage does not exceed two thousand dollars and where no physical injury resulted.

Sponsor: Neil Breslin

Authorizes the city of Schenectady to enter into a contract to sell some or all of the delinquent tax liens held by such city to a private party.

Sponsor: Hugh Farley

Extends certain provisions regarding the payment of fees and other charges by credit card.

Sponsor: David Gantt

Relates to establishing limitations upon school district and local government tax levies.

Sponsor: Rules

Amends the description of the "Senator Warren M. Anderson Expressway" and designates a portion of the state highway system in the village of Port Dickinson, county of Broome, as the "Officer Aldo Rossi Junior Memorial Highway".

Sponsor: Thomas Libous

Authorizes the facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic means of orders of protection and temporary orders of protection for the purpose of the service thereof.

Sponsor: Linda Rosenthal

Relates to the educational requirements for special assistants and physician's assistants.

Sponsor: Toby Stavisky

Extends from December 31, 2010 to December 31, 2012, the deadline for submission of written requests for the release of records pertaining to allegations and investigations of abuse and mistreatment occurring between January 1, 2003 and May 4, 2007.

Sponsor: George Amedore

Relates to state reimbursement for public health services provided by municipalities and to the incorporation of home health and hospices services within municipal public health services plans.

Sponsor: Darrel Aubertine

Relates to the administration of property tax assessments for certain orchards and vineyards; establishes the portion of the value of orchard or vineyard land eligible for real property tax exemption shall be determined based on the average per acre assessment of all agricultural land of the specific tax parcel as reported in a form approved by the state board of real property services.

Sponsor: George Amedore

Relates to the residency requirement for the Armor Fire Company in Erie county.

Sponsor: Jack Quinn

Authorizes the town of Ramapo to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for a certain parcel of land located in the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland.

Sponsor: Thomas Morahan

Relates to repair of damaged pesticide containers; expands exceptions from transportation ban.

Sponsor: Robert Sweeney

Eliminates the registration fee for gold star mother and gold star family member distinctive license plates.

Sponsor: Daniel Burling

Designates certain state-owned lands, located in the hamlet of Westhampton, town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, as the Edwin M. Schwenk Memorial Nature Preserve.

Sponsor: Marc Alessi

Allows a licensed winery or farm winery to sell wine for consumption upon the premises of a food festival except for an event conducted within a city with a population of one million or more.

Sponsor: David Valesky

Allows satisfaction of constitutional requirement that bills be on members desks prior to passage/voting by distribution of bills in electronically written form: provides that a bill shall be deemed to be printed and upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electronic format by electronic means, and it is available for review in such format at the desks of the members; provides that "electronic means" means any method of transmission of information between computers or other machines designed for the purpose of sending and receiving such transmissions and which: allows the recipient to reproduce the information transmitted in a tangible medium of expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.

Sponsor: Mark Weprin

Enhances the reporting requirements for the storage or use of hazardous materials by businesses, outside of a city having a population of one million or more.

Sponsor: Inez Barron

Enhances the reporting requirements for the storage or use of hazardous materials by businesses, outside of a city having a population of one million or more.

Sponsor: George Onorato

Allows satisfaction of constitutional requirement that bills be on members desks prior to passage/voting by distribution of bills in electronically written form: provides that a bill shall be deemed to be printed and upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electronic format by electronic means, and it is available for review in such format at the desks of the members; provides that "electronic means" means any method of transmission of information between computers or other machines designed for the purpose of sending and receiving such transmissions and which: allows the recipient to reproduce the information transmitted in a tangible medium of expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.

Sponsor: Liz Krueger

Clarifies the exemption for cooperative housing corporations where there is no change in beneficial ownership.

Sponsor: Carl Kruger

Authorizes Greenburgh North Castle Union free school district to lease certain real property and establishes that the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District 12 and St. Christopher's Inc. are "private not-for-profit schools".

Sponsor: William Larkin

Relates to increasing participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Relates to redistributing 2009 bond volume allocations, allocating the unified state bond volume ceiling, and enacting the private activity bond act of 2010.

Sponsor: Pedro Espada

Relates to the distribution, sale, offer and exposure of phosphorus compound in household cleaning products and lawn fertilizer.

Sponsor: Kevin Parker

Relates to discretionary purchases by state agencies; provides that certain discretionary purchases shall be subject to written internal controls established by each state agency.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Relates to appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards for portable light fixtures, bottle-type water dispensers, commercial hot food holding cabinets, portable electric spas and residential pool pumps.

Sponsor: Daniel Squadron

Extends certain provisions relating to the powers of the state of New York mortgage agency.

Sponsor: Pedro Espada

Relates to publishers or manufacturers providing printed instructional materials for college students with disabilities, in relation to extending the provisions of such chapter.

Sponsor: Inez Barron

Expands the definition of eligible applicant for the affordable home ownership development program to include a public benefit corporation formed to assist particular municipalities with their housing, community development or renewal needs.

Sponsor: Vito Lopez

Relates to expanding opportunities for minority and women-owned business enterprises in procurements by the state and public authorities.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Relates to extending the provisions of chapter 591 of 2001 relating to limiting the check cashing exemption for national banks.

Sponsor: Hugh Farley

Includes Cherry Grove fire district as among those districts that have elections on the second Tuesday in July.

Sponsor: Ginny Fields

Relates to modifying child support orders, employer reporting of new hires and quarterly earnings, work experience programs and noncustodial earned income tax credit.

Sponsor: Susan John

Renames the Seek Program as the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program.

Sponsor: Naomi Rivera

Relates to net energy metering for micro-hydroelectric generating equipment.

Sponsor: Kevin Parker

Establishes certain persons, without being under the supervision and at the direction of a physician, may withdraw blood for the purpose of determining the alcoholic or drug content therein.

Sponsor: Darrel Aubertine

Amends chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 amending the emergency housing rent control law relating to the control of and stabilization of rent in certain cases, chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constituting the emergency housing rent control law, chapter 329 of the laws of 1963 amending the emergency housing rent control law relating to recontrol of rents in certain cases, chapter 555 of the laws of 1982 amending the general business law and the administrative code of the city of New York relating to conversion of residential property to cooperative or condominium ownership in the city of New York, chapter 402 of the laws of 1983 amending the general business law relating to conversions of residential property to cooperative or condominium ownership in certain municipalities in the counties of Nassau, Westchester and Rockland, in relation to extending the period of effectiveness thereof.

Sponsor: Rules

Extends the expiration of the power for jobs program and the energy cost savings benefits program.

Sponsor: Rules

Prohibits discrimination by educational institutions and requires that information on the school violence hotline shall be posted in schools.

Sponsor: Thomas Duane

Relates to the exchange of lands in the state forest preserve to the Hatchbrook Sportsman's Club in exchange for land owned by such club.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Little

Relates to the annual apportionment of public monies to vocational education and extension boards.

Sponsor: Brian Foley

Enacts provisions relating to the opening of the polls and duties of election inspectors.

Sponsor: Joan Millman

Expands protection of technology assets used to maintain public information.

Sponsor: James Brennan

Directs the commissioner of education, in cooperation with the commissioner of health, to facilitate a program to coordinate the donation of excess, unused, edible food from school, university or other educational institutions meal programs to voluntary food assistance programs; such may be allowed under applicable federal and state laws.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Extends the effective date of chapter 172 of the laws of 2002 amending the public authorities law relating to the powers of the New York mortgage agency.

Sponsor: Inez Barron

Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program.

Sponsor: Vanessa Gibson

Makes appropriations for the support of government - Education, Labor and Family Assistance Budget.

Sponsor: Budget

Extends the length of time for which empire zone designations apply.

Sponsor: Francine DelMonte

Establishes the nurse practitioner loan repayment program; authorizes the commissioner to award loan repayment awards to certain nurse practioners.

Sponsor: Mark Schroeder

Relates to the standard of proof for determination of eligibility for public housing based upon remaining family member status.

Sponsor: Keith Wright

Establishes the diesel emissions retrofit program and fund; fund supplements through federal diesel emission reduction act funds in addition to other state funds.

Sponsor: Richard Brodsky

Creates the "public corruption prevention and enforcement act of 2010"; establishes the crimes scheme to defraud the government in the first and second degrees; requires the provision of faithful public services; relates to reportable business relationships for legislative ethics purposes.

Sponsor: Micah Kellner

Provides that certain retirees of the New York state and local policemen's and firemen's retirement system may be employed by CUNY without diminution of retirement allowance.

Sponsor: Michael Cusick

Relates to a board of ethics in a city having a population of one million or more.

Sponsor: Ro Ann Destito

Relates to prescription prices and pharmacies for injured employees.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal immigration laws.

Sponsor: Carmen Arroyo

Relates to the duties of the commissioner of education with regard to early childhood education from birth through age five.

Sponsor: Catherine Nolan

Relates to the distribution of monies collected from the public safety communications surcharge to the office for technology for grants to counties for assistance with costs associated with the maintenance and/or improvement of emergency communications systems.

Sponsor: David Koon

Directs the department of health establish a certificate of recognition of stillbirth; provides such form shall be given to the parents of a stillborn child; makes related provisions.

Sponsor: George Latimer

Relates to the limited temporary continuation, until 2020, of empire zone designation for the real property tax abatement and sales tax refund purposes.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Enacts the New York state agency MWBE asset management and financial institution strategy.

Legalizes the possession, manufacture, use, delivery, transfer, transport or administration of marihuana by a certified patient or designated caregiver for a certified medical use; prescribes procedures for such possession, manufacture, etc. including certification of patients by their practitioner, and that, in the practitioner's professional judgment, the serious condition should be treated with the medical use of marihuana; provides that possession or manufacture of marihuana shall be lawful under these provisions provided that the marihuana possessed does not exceed a total aggregate weight of two and a half ounces; directs the department of health to monitor such use and promulgate rules and regulations for registry identification cards; provides for reports by the department of health to the governor and legislature on the medical use of marihuana.

Sponsor: Thomas Duane

Relates to enforcement of wage payment laws; provides enhanced enforcement and penalty provision; permits private rights of action; defines independent contractor and permits action for improper classification of employees.

Sponsor: Felix Ortiz

Establishes using coercion to expose immigration status as a misdemeanor offense.

Sponsor: Peter Rivera

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms of employment of certain state officers and employees who are members of the security supervisors unit; authorizes funding of joint labor-management committees; implements an agreement between the state and the employee organization representing the security supervisors unit; and makes an appropriation therefor.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Klein

Relates to resale of tickets to places of entertainment; provides for the regulation of boxing and wrestling relating to tickets to places of entertainment.

Sponsor: Rules

Extends the period of time in which certain payments and transfers by the state university chancellor shall be made.

Sponsor: Rules

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting from sales and compensating use tax, receipts from the provision of transportation of used tangible personal property for the purpose of recycling, reuse or remanufacture

Sponsor: William Colton

Amends the public service law, in relation to providing for a priority call system for use in connection with emergency disconnections of utilities, service coverage and oversight of response time in connection with the emergency disconnection of utilities.

Sponsor: Marc Alessi

Provides that multiple dwellings owned and operated by a mutual redevelopment company established pursuant to article five of the private housing finance law which contains a total of 2,800 or more dwelling units shall be eligible for tax exemption and abatement for improvements to eliminate fire and health hazards.

Sponsor: Richard Gottfried

Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance; defines employers to include the state, municipalities, school districts, and public authorities and commissions.

Sponsor: Greg Ball

Provides for a corporate franchise tax check-off and a personal income tax check-off for taxpayer gifts for lung cancer education and prevention; establishes the lung cancer education and prevention fund; provides for such education and prevention programs by the department of health.

Sponsor: Vanessa Gibson

Establishes a metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax ticket rebate program.

Sponsor: Clifford Crouch

An act to amend the economic development law, the public authorities law and the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to financial assistance to small businesses for the purpose of environmental compliance

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Establishes the child health plus and school meals enrollment coordination act.

Sponsor: Brian Kavanagh

Creates an education and outreach program for the autoimmune disease known as lupus; provides for an advisory council consisting of representatives of people with lupus and their families and health care providers who specialize in treating lupus; appropriates funds for the lupus education and awareness program.

Sponsor: Inez Barron

Requires that any plumbing or electrical work on a school building be performed by a licensed master plumber or licensed electrician if required by a local municipality.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Provides that taxpayer may reduce federal adjusted gross income by an amount equal to all health insurance premiums actually paid by such taxpayer for self, spouse or child, less amount claimed for as a deduction for such premiums on the taxpayers federal return.

Sponsor: Joel Miller

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a credit for on-the-job training

Sponsor: George Amedore

An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to extending the effectiveness of provisions establishing dispute resolution during collective negotiations

Sponsor: Inez Barron

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to providing for a personal income tax credit for resident taxpayers who are first time home buyers

Sponsor: William Barclay

Relates to the sales tax exemption for propane used in motor vehicles.

Sponsor: James Bacalles

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in braille, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter; applies to all elections, including school elections; directs the state board of elections, and the commissioner of education, to promulgate rules for the preparation, distribution, casting, and canvass of braille ballots.

Sponsor: Darrel Aubertine

Enacts the " city of Newburgh fiscal recovery act" to authorize such city to issue bonds to liquidate certain deficits, and imposes certain budgetary requirements upon the city to restore fiscal integrity.

Sponsor: James Brennan

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to an exemption from the imposition of sales tax for the purchase of military service flags, prisoner of war flags and blue star banners

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms of employment of certain state officers and employees who are members of the security supervisors unit; authorizes funding of joint labor-management committees; implements an agreement between the state and the employee organization representing the security supervisors unit; and makes an app therefor.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to applicable internal revenue code provisions

Sponsor: Jane Corwin

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a personal income tax credit for costs incurred for the purpose of recycling electronic equipment

Sponsor: William Colton

An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to legislative additions to the governor's proposed budget bills

Sponsor: Naomi Rivera

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to providing for a deduction from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a child

Sponsor: Greg Ball

Establishes a spending cap and increases the maximum capacity of the rainy day fund.

Sponsor: George Amedore

Creates the qualified emerging technology commercialization tax credit; eligible taxpayer shall receive a credit for 15 percent of qualified commercialization expenses.

Sponsor: Marc Alessi

Exempts the sale and installation of commercial solar energy systems equipment from sales and compensating use taxes; grants municipalities the option to grant such exemption from local sales and use taxes.

Sponsor: William Boyland

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to certain exempt assets for public assistance eligibility

Sponsor: James Brennan

Enacts the "omnibus emergency services volunteer incentive act" to provide benefits to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers including: A $2,000 personal income tax deduction; authorizes local assessing units to grant a real property tax exemption for up to 5% of the assessed value of property owned by such volunteers; exempts motor vehicles used in the performance of such volunteers' duties from registration fees, use taxes and special fees for volunteer license plates; and authorizes the provision of municipal health insurance coverage to such volunteers.

Sponsor: James Bacalles

Exempting certain school organizations from sales tax on certain items sold or resold and services provided for educational purposes.

Sponsor: Aileen Gunther

Requires prior written notice upon hiring and once annually to all employees, informing them of the types of electronic monitoring which may occur; when an employer has reasonable grounds to believe that employees are engaged in conduct which (1) violates the law, (2) violates the legal rights of the employer or the employer's employees, or (3) creates a hostile workplace environment, and electronic monitoring may produce evidence of this misconduct, the employer may conduct monitoring without giving prior written notice.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

Creates a credit for home heating costs; allows a taxpayer to be allowed a credit for home heating costs associated with his or her principal residence when such heating costs exceed five percent of their New York adjusted gross income.

Sponsor: James Bacalles

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to work experience

Sponsor: James Brennan

Authorizes the county of Chemung to impose an additional mortgage recording tax and authorizes such county to expend the existing mortgage recoding tax on county services.

Sponsor: Thomas O'Mara

Provides for the lapse of oil and gas and interests located within Allegany state park if unused for 20 years prior to effective date of act unless a statement of claim is filed by the owner prior to the end of the 20 year period or within 2 years of the effective date of the act, whichever is later; provides upon such lapse ownership shall revert to New York state; procedures and definitions.

Sponsor: William Colton

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting the refinancing of certain mortgages from the tax on mortgages

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

Relates to the residence of peace officers employed as fire protection inspectors, urban park rangers and traffic enforcement agents level IV by a city with a population over one million; must complete two years of employment with city of New York and reside in New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, Richmond, Nassau, Westchester, Suffolk, Orange, Rockland or Putnam county.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Enacts a tax exemption for capital gains on the sales of new businesses and the initial public offerings of the stock of new businesses that are located in New York.

Sponsor: Marc Alessi

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to itemized deductions for gifts to charity

Sponsor: James Bacalles

Requires the commissioners of health and general services to promulgate standards for the procurement and use of environmentally sensitive commodities and services for hospitals; provides that these provisions shall be applicable to all hospitals.

Sponsor: James Brennan

Increases the amount of money a retiree may earn in a position of public service in the year 2010 and thereafter to $32,500.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to creating a wage tax credit for employers who employ New York national guard men and women, reservists, volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel

Sponsor: William Barclay

Provides for a tax credit for expenses of parents made for their children as a result of the child having the disease of autism.

Sponsor: Andrew Raia

Establishes the urban and regional farmers' markets facilities construction program; defines related terms and regulates grants and financing; establishes revolving loan and loan guarantee fund.

Sponsor: George Amedore

Relates to the distribution of monies collected from the public safety communications surcharge to the office for technology for grants to counties for assistance with costs associated with the maintenance and/or improvement of emergency communications systems.

Sponsor: James Bacalles

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting certain volunteer fire companies and voluntary ambulance services from payment of the mortgage recording tax

Sponsor: Nancy Calhoun

Relates to stipends and funds for the state university of New York; adjusts stipends for certain incumbents in SUNY; continues a doctoral program recruitment and retention enhancement fund; continues an employee assistance program; continues a professional development committee; continues a comprehensive college graduate program recruitment and retention fund; continues a fee mitigation fund; continues a downstate location fund; and creates an accidental death benefit.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Requires the comptroller to transfer money into the environmental protection fund whenever such fund has insufficient money to meet its obligations.

Sponsor: Marc Alessi

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to the amount of the unified credit applied to estates including a family owned farm for purposes of the estate tax

Sponsor: Marc Alessi

Enacts the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; creates a compact between the states and the District of Columbia; defines terms.

Sponsor: Dean Murray

Allows state police officers to receive an improved death benefit where such officers die without twenty years of service credit but with enough unused vacation and sick time to get them to twenty years of service credit.

Sponsor: Jeffrion Aubry

Authorizes certain counties, cities and school districts to impose up to a four percent rate of sales and compensating use taxes; preserves the authority of certain counties and a city to impose such taxes at rates in excess of four percent.

Sponsor: Sandra Galef

Provides that students who have an IEP shall not be required to take more than one regents examination in any given day.

Sponsor: Michael Montesano

Relates to tax credits provided for solar energy system equipment; provides credit for the lease of solar energy equipment and the purchase of power generated by solar equipment.

Sponsor: Antoine Thompson

Increases the amounts of certain real and personal property that are exempt from money judgments and bankruptcy; provides a choice between claiming the state or federal exemptions in such instances; provides for cost of living adjustments in such amounts every three years.

Sponsor: James Brennan

An act to amend the tax law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to subtracting certain pensions from other states from adjusted gross income

Sponsor: Clifford Crouch

Requires health clubs to provide automated external defibrillators during business hours when they are staffed.

Sponsor: Michael Spano

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing the Disabled Child Care Act

Sponsor: Greg Ball

An act to amend the tax law, the environmental conservation law and the state finance law, in relation to establishing the rural freshwater improvement and protection program

Sponsor: James Bacalles

An act to establish a private sector commission on cost control in New York state government; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

Sponsor: Greg Ball

Provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action; lack of standing shall be defense that may be raised at any time; requires the plaintiff in a foreclosure action to affirm that it is the holder and owner, or its designed agent, of the subject mortgage and note; the summons and complaint shall include a copy of the original mortgage and note, and all endorsements, assignments and transfers thereof, and any delegations of authority by the owner and holder of the mortgage and note.

Sponsor: Rory Lancman

Directs the director of the state office for the aging, in consultation with the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services, to develop elderly alcoholism prevention, education and treatment demonstration programs for senior citizens which will utilize the existing aging service delivery system.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Relates to establishing gang courts.

Sponsor: James Conte

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a deduction from federal adjusted gross income to resident individuals for health insurance premiums

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

An act to repeal paragraph (2) of subsection (e-1) of section 606 of the tax law, relating to tax credit for volunteer firefighters

Sponsor: Marc Alessi

Requires the legislature to provide funding to reimburse localities for the costs associated with expenditures made as a requirement of any law which mandates the undertaking of a new program or increases the level of service of an existing program by a locality; requires the legislature to establish procedures for the allocation of funds among the local governments.

Sponsor: James Bacalles

Provides for separate personal income tax credits for solar electric, solar thermal and wind energy systems installed upon any residence of a taxpayer.

Sponsor: Kenneth Zebrowski

Authorizes a tax credit for qualified fuel expenses resulting from personal, non-business vehicle use on a public highway.

Sponsor: William Boyland

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to a small business electric energy tax credit

Sponsor: James Bacalles

Provides for the expiration of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax on December 31, 2010.

Sponsor: Nancy Calhoun

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to eliminating the residential restriction for heating exemptions

Sponsor: James Bacalles

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing certain credits against income tax for nurses

Sponsor: Robert Barra

An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the creation of research and development centers; to amend the tax law, in relation to providing tax credits and benefits for research and development enterprises, qualified research production facilities; and to provide a research and development wage, expense and grant tax credit and a certified research and development enterprise credit for real property taxes

Sponsor: Marc Butler

Relates to enacting the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Provides for the establishment of medical home multipayor programs to improve health care outcomes and efficiency through improved access, patient care continuity, and coordination of health services.

Sponsor: James Bacalles

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue use of and transfer certain parklands in exchange for other lands to be utilized for park purposes in furtherance of a development plan for Coney Island.

Sponsor: James Brennan

An act establishing the temporary task force on legislative items for the purposes of investigating and making recommendations regarding items of appropriation and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

Sponsor: Marc Alessi

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing additional personal income tax exemptions for resident individuals who care for a parent or grandparent over 65 years of age in such individual's household, and for resident individuals who care for a child, parent or grandparent with a terminal illness in such individual's household

Sponsor: James Bacalles

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to corporate tax procedure and administration

Sponsor: Greg Ball

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting from sales and compensating use tax certain tangible personal property and services, food and drink, and amusement charges when sold by and for the benefit of extraclassroom activities of public schools

Sponsor: Marc Alessi

Defines enrolled agents from the definition of tax return preparer.

Sponsor: Nancy Calhoun

An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to the tribal-state compact revenue account; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

Sponsor: Richard Gottfried

Relates to the regulation of the use of the state's water resources; requires permits for interbasin diversions of water and approval of modification to existing systems; increases fees for water supply permits; increases penalties for any person violating such provisions.

Sponsor: Suzi Oppenheimer

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting distributions from individual retirement accounts and individual retirement annuities from state personal income taxation when such distributions are used to purchase long-term health care insurance

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Provides an exemption and reimbursement from the petroleum business tax for party or charter or party boat companies for motor fuel purchased for use in a charter or party boat that is operated by a charter or party boat pilot.

Sponsor: Marc Alessi

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax credit for alternative energy systems and generating equipment

Sponsor: James Bacalles

Relates to resale of tickets to places of entertainment; provides for the regulation of boxing and wrestling relating to tickets to places of entertainment.

Sponsor: Steven Englebright

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax credit for course-mandated supplies for eligible college students

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

Establishes the New York state council on food policy; authorizes the establishment of an advisory board to assist the council; enumerates the powers and duties of the council and board, which include developing comprehensive coordinated state food policies.

Sponsor: William Boyland

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 4 of article 7 of the constitution, in relation to reforming the state budget process

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

Exempts services rendered with respect to the maintenance and repair of trucks having a gross weight exceeding 26,000 pounds from the state portion of the sales and compensating use tax.

Sponsor: James Bacalles

Clarifies when the family court may order an ACOD either before entry of a fact-finding order or entry of a final disposition; clarifies the procedures applicable when a parent has successfully complied with the conditions of an order suspending judgment.

Sponsor: Helene Weinstein

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting from sales and compensating use tax the receipts from the rental of pallets and containers used to ship goods for resale

Sponsor: William Colton

An act to amend the economic development law, in relation to training of employees with procurement authority and responsibilities

Sponsor: Brian Kavanagh

Enacts Ian's Law, which provides enhanced consumer protections in the event of an insurer's discontinuance of coverage, including requiring approval of the superintendent and notice to policyholders.

Sponsor: Daniel O'Donnell

Provides an exemption of fifty percent of a retired military employee's retirement allowance if such person has been employed, on average, twenty-five hours per week.

Sponsor: Michael Benedetto

Establishes a ten year statute of limitations to enforce violations of rules and regulations of Adirondack park agency committed within the Adirondack park.

Sponsor: Robert Oaks

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to granting to purchasers of residential housing a credit against personal income tax in the amount of any downpayment made on such housing

Sponsor: William Barclay

Gives state income tax credit to volunteer firefighters and members of a volunteer ambulance corps in good standing up to $2500; must be in good standing for a minimum of five years and maintain continued eligibility.

Sponsor: Greg Ball

Provides that spouses may be granted a judgment of divorce in a timely fashion provided they meet certain conditions.

Sponsor: Mark Weprin

Establishes a health-related legal services program to make grants for the purpose of providing on site legal services without charge to assist, on a voluntary basis, income eligible patients and their families to resolve legal matters or needs that have an impact on patient health.

Sponsor: Jonathan Bing

Makes technical corrections to the conservation easement tax credit.

Sponsor: William Boyland

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to personal exemptions of resident individuals

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to a deduction for health and dental insurance premiums paid by sole proprietors and partners in unincorporated business

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing fire districts to impose special ad valorem levies and special assessments against otherwise tax exempt real property

Sponsor: Nancy Calhoun

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to eliminating the metropolitan commuter transportation authority's environmental quality review exemption

Sponsor: William Boyland

Prohibits discrimination by educational institutions and requires that information on the school violence hotline shall be posted in schools.

Sponsor: Catherine Nolan

Relates to counsel and expert fees in matrimonial actions, to change the effective date from 120 days after it shall have become a law to 60 days after it shall have become a law.

Sponsor: Helene Weinstein

An act to amend the environmental conservation law and the executive law, in relation to establishing the New York state public health protection act

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

Provides exemption for first time home buyer from a mortgage or recording tax imposed by a municipality pursuant to article 11 of the tax law; directs commissioner of taxation and finance to establish qualifications and procedures for obtaining such exemption.

Sponsor: Ann-Margaret Carrozza

Authorizes technical amendments to section 1 of part L of legislative bills numbers S. 6608-B and A. 9708-C relating to effectiveness.

Sponsor: Rules

Establishes a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs within the department of health to assess the asthma risk factors for the minority citizens of our state, counties and regions; identify the existing barriers to quality asthma treatment and care among minorities; develop action steps for addressing care issues; and launch a state-wide asthma awareness campaign to educate our citizens about the disease; requires report.

Sponsor: Carmen Arroyo

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a credit against income tax in the form of a mortgage credit certificate for first-time home buyers

Sponsor: James Bacalles

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to the eligibility of farmers leasing land for the agricultural property tax credit

Sponsor: James Bacalles

An act to amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to imposing a tax on health maintenance organizations and creating the medical malpractice relief fund

Sponsor: Nick Perry

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to energy conservation and lost revenues

Sponsor: Sandra Galef

An act to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to compliance with certain provisions of the New York city charter

Sponsor: Barbara Clark

Extends the period of time in which certain payments and transfers by the state university chancellor shall be made.

Sponsor: Rules

Establishes a personal income tax credit for a cap on real property tax based on a household's gross income; defines terms.

Sponsor: James Bacalles

An act to amend the tax law, the vehicle and traffic law, the general municipal law, the labor law, the public health law, the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, the county law and the education law, in relation to enacting the volunteer firefighter and ambulance worker protection and incentive act of 2007; and to amend chapter 668 of the laws of 1977, amending the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, relating to disability due to disease or malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries, in relation to making certain provisions thereof permanent

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

Relates to provisions regarding domestic workers and such workers' employment regulations concerning hours of labor and wages, employment restrictions and employment contracts.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

An act to amend the general municipal law and the state finance law, in relation to the establishment of a savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program, and limiting deposits of public funds in such institutions to one million dollars

Sponsor: Harvey Weisenberg

Provides a 25% tax credit against personal income taxes for the purchase of gun safety equipment up to $500.

Sponsor: Greg Ball

Relates to driving while using a portable electronic device; removes the requirement that there be reasonable cause a person using the device has committed a violation to issue a summons.

Sponsor: Dennis Gabryszak

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting certain easements from the real estate transfer tax

Sponsor: Clifford Crouch

Provides limitations on use of evidence obtained in connection with a person seeking or receiving health care for a drug overdose.

Sponsor: Richard Brodsky

Relates to the exchange of lands in the state forest preserve to the Hatchbrook Sportsman's Club in exchange for land owned by such club.

Sponsor: Teresa Sayward

Relates to an appropriation for reimbursements to parochial and non-public elementary and secondary schools for payments made pursuant to article 23 of the tax law.

Sponsor: Carl Kruger

Relates to the licensing of acupuncturists and the practice of the profession of acupuncture; further establishes acupuncturists as mandatory reporters of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment.

Sponsor: Brian Foley

Relates to purchases of instructional resources by schools; chapter amends new provisions to include scientific models and hands on tools; limits such expenditures.

Sponsor: Alan Maisel

Designates a bridge on interstate route 86 over Falconer - Kimball Stand Road in the town of Ellicott as the "Roger Tory Peterson Memorial Bridge".

Sponsor: Catharine Young

Provides for taxpayer gifts for lupus education and prevention, and establishes the lupus education and prevention fund and outreach program.

Sponsor: Inez Barron

Expands eligibility for unemployment benefits.

Sponsor: Susan John

Requires coverage for the authorized refill of any prescription eye drop medication under certain circumstances when such refill is requested prior to expiration of the period of usage.

Sponsor: Stephen Saland

Relates to filling vacancies on the board of trustees and budget proposals in the D.R. Evarts library district in a portion of the town of Athens.

Sponsor: James Seward

Increases from ten to thirteen, the number of additional points granted to disabled veterans on competitive civil service original appointment exams; increases from five to six the number of additional points granted on promotion exams; increases such points for non-disabled veterans from five to eight on original appointment exams and from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 on promotion exams.

Sponsor: James Bacalles

Authorizes William Bianco and Eric Lipinsky to file for retroactive membership in the optional 20 year retirement plan of the New York State and Local Retirement System.

Sponsor: Kenneth LaValle

Relates to providing a tax exemption for property owned by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society of Rosebank, Staten Island.

Sponsor: Michael Cusick

Requires employers with fifty or more employees shall establish qualified transportation fringe benefit programs consistent with section 132 of the internal revenue code; defines terms; provides that employers are not required to provide transportation for employees.

Sponsor: Harvey Weisenberg

Authorizes Cornell Univerity to enter into memoranda of understanding with state agencies to provide services and technical assistance.

Sponsor: David Valesky

Extends the applicability of a certain provision in the Patriot Plan relating to the suspension of public retirement system loan repayment obligations.

Sponsor: Greg Ball

Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Klein

Provides medical malpractice insurance premium discounts for physicians and hospitals for utilization of certain electronic health record technology.

Sponsor: Craig Johnson

Establishes the green jobs workforce subcommittee of the state workforce investment board to conduct labor market data analysis, to provide job training and education programs, and to provide a local green jobs corps.

Sponsor: Joseph Addabbo

Amends the definition of cash to include electronic funds transfer for ABC purposes.

Sponsor: Robin Schimminger

Relates to paperwork reduction; streamlines planning and reporting requirements for school districts and boards of cooperative educational services; requires the commissioner of education to implement pilot programs to assist school districts in the formation of regional transportation systems.

Sponsor: Brian Foley

Provides for the continuation of health insurance benefits for public employees injured or taken ill in the performance of duty.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Requires gas and electric utilities to make available to landlords or lessors, upon request of prospective tenants or lessees, information concerning gas and electric charges incurred for residential rental premises; provides that such information shall be furnished without any charge or fee.

Sponsor: Daniel Squadron

Relates to contracts for public work projects and accommodations of private facilities or structures within a specified area of New York county, and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Sponsor: Brian Kavanagh

Expands definition of service contracts to include contracts made by a supplier or seller of a service for repair of cracks or chips in a motor vehicle windshield and for repair or removal of dents, dings or creases from a motor vehicle without affecting the existing paint finish.

Sponsor: Neil Breslin

Restricts the sale, lease, transfer or use of existing outdoor school playgrounds for the construction or renovation of a school building which would eliminate use of such playground space for outdoor recreation unless an alternative plan for outdoor recreation is provided.

Sponsor: James Brennan

Prohibits insurers from imposing a surcharge for accidents where the property damage does not exceed two thousand dollars and where no physical injury resulted.

Sponsor: Barbara Clark

Relates to the imposition of sales and compensating use taxes in the county of Erie.

Sponsor: William Stachowski

Relates to the powers and duties of boards of cooperative educational services.

Sponsor: Suzi Oppenheimer

Expands eligibility for the shock incarceration program.

Sponsor: Ruth Hassell-Thompson

Provides that bicycle operators and the businesses affiliated with such operators shall be liable for such operator's failure to carry an identification card or certain other violations regarding the use of a bicycle for commercial purposes; changes violations for the failure to carry an identification card or certain other violation procedures and fines by a commercial bicycle operator; directs that certain violations relating to bicycles used for commercial purposes shall be tried before the environmental control board of the city of New York.

Sponsor: Liz Krueger

Provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action; lack of standing shall be defense that may be raised at any time; requires the plaintiff in a foreclosure action to affirm that it is the holder and owner, or its designed agent, of the subject mortgage and note; the summons and complaint shall include a copy of the original mortgage and note, and all endorsements, assignments and transfers thereof, and any delegations of authority by the owner and holder of the mortgage and note.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Klein

Provides for temporary surrender of the license of a dentist or pharmacist with a drug or alcohol abuse problem, or such other disposition as determined by department of education.

Sponsor: Richard Gottfried

Increases limitation on replacement of highway equipment expenses in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk county, from one million dollars to two million six hundred thousand dollars.

Sponsor: John Flanagan

Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority and equipment loans for intellectual property.

Sponsor: Bill Perkins

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue use of and transfer certain parklands in exchange for other lands to be utilized for park purposes in furtherance of a development plan for Coney Island.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Removes that portion of the town of Chester in the service area of the Albert Wisner memorial public library from such library service area to end the double taxation of certain town residents.

Sponsor: William Larkin

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to making gas and electric billing information for residential rental premises available upon request

Sponsor: William Boyland

Adds lithium ion energy batteries to the definition of alternate energy production facilities.

Sponsor: Darrel Aubertine

Extends certain provisions regarding the payment of fees and other charges by credit card.

Sponsor: Rules

Establishes the seagrass protection act; defines terms; outlines department of environmental conservation's responsibilities; provides that a person in a coastal community may not apply a fertilizer containing the plant nutrient phosphorus after November first and before April first.

Sponsor: Brian Foley

Authorizes the village of Maybrook, in Orange county, to offer an optional 20 year retirement plan to police officer Michael E. Maresca.

Sponsor: Nancy Calhoun

Provides for the certification of and qualifications for dentists practicing oral and maxillofacial surgery; includes such dentist within provisions of law regulating office-based surgery; provides for a study of whether an oral and maxillofacial surgery profiling program should be established; and provide that in an oral and maxillofacial surgery malpractice action, only a physician may be called as an expert witness at trial.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Klein

Provides, that in thecase of a court-ordered assessment reduction for an electric generating facility, the town of Haverstraw shall divide its non-homestead class into 2 subclasses, with one subclass containing electric generating facilities and a second subclass with all other non-homestead property.

Sponsor: Ellen Jaffee

Prohibits law enforcement agencies or peace officers from inquiring about the nationality or immigration status of a victim or witness to a criminal offense.

Sponsor: Felix Ortiz

Requires notice to adjoining owners of construction, excavation or demolition work.

Sponsor: Liz Krueger

Authorizes the town of Ramapo to accept an application for real property tax exemption from the Rock Apostolic Church in the village of Spring Valley, town of Ramapo, county of Rockland.

Sponsor: Ellen Jaffee

Provides that subcontractors on New York City school construction projects who file mechanics' liens shall not be entitled to payment protection through the authority.

Sponsor: Richard Brodsky

Relates to appellate review of an ex parte order or applications for provisional remedies.

Sponsor: Robin Schimminger

Excludes from sales tax transportation service provided by an affiliated livery vehicle in a city with a population of one million or more.

Sponsor: Jose Peralta

Authorizes Pets Alive Inc. to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for certain parcels of land located in the town of Wallkill, county of Orange.

Sponsor: Annie Rabbitt

Extends from June 30, 2010 until June 30, 2012 the provisions relating to the Oneida Indian Nation real property tax depository fund.

Sponsor: Joseph Griffo

Relates to the distribution, sale, offer and exposure of phosphorus compound in household cleaning products and lawn fertilizer.

Sponsor: William Colton

Clarifies the state's obligation to make payments with respect to certain lands acquired by the department of environmental conservation.

Sponsor: Joseph Robach

Designates certain state-owned lands, located in the hamlet of Westhampton, town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, as the Edwin M. Schwenk Memorial Nature Preserve.

Sponsor: Kenneth LaValle

Makes permanent the provisions of chapter 534 of the laws of 2000, which clarifies the definition of work activities to include certain work-study and internship positions; further ensures that students will have the opportunity to continue in school even if assigned to other work activities.

Sponsor: Daniel Squadron

Removes restrictions on designation of officers or employees of subsidiary corporations of the MTA as public officers or public employees.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Provides for an apportionment to the Yonkers city school district based upon universal prekindergarten enrollment.

Sponsor: Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Authorizes the to form a limited liability company for the purpose of certification as a community development entity under the New Markets tax credit program.

Sponsor: Bill Perkins

Relates to an application for exemption from real property taxes by House of Refuge Apostolic Church.

Sponsor: Sandra Galef

Relates to certain taxes, motor fuel and sales and compensating use taxes, and the Rockland county solid waste management authority.

Sponsor: Thomas Morahan

Enacts the "Ambrose-Searles move over act" which requires every operator of a motor vehicle to exercise due care to avoid colliding with an authorized emergency vehicle which is parked, stopped or standing on the shoulder or any portion of a highway; sets forth standard of due care.

Sponsor: Peter Abbate

Provides for budget planning and debt settlement services.

Sponsor: Michael Benjamin

Extends provisions relating to urban development action area projects rehabilitated by municipal loans.

Sponsor: Karim Camara

Extens effectiveness of provisions establishing rents in respect of certain loans to owners of multiple dwellings.

Sponsor: Pedro Espada

Relates to smalls loans to owners of multiple dwellings to remove substandard or insanitary conditions; extends effectiveness of provisions.

Sponsor: Vanessa Gibson

Extends the sunset date of Kendra's law from June 30, 2010 to June 30, 2015.

Sponsor: Michael Cusick

Extends provisions of law relating to the office of general services ability to enter into lease-purchases of real property.

Sponsor: Ro Ann Destito

Allows child care providers to organize themselves and select representatives for the purposes of discussing with the State the conditions of their employment and the operations of child care programs.

Sponsor: Susan John

Relates to hypodermic syringes and the lawful possession of such syringes.

Sponsor: Richard Gottfried

Allows members of the New York state and local employees retirement system who have at least ten years of credited service to purchase and obtain up to five years of additional service credit.

Sponsor: Diane Savino

Authorizes commissioner of general services to sell and convey for fair market value certain lands to the town of Alden, county of Erie.

Sponsor: Jane Corwin

Provides that bond anticipation notes issued during calendar year 2004 or 2005 may not extend more than seven years beyond the original date of issue of such bond anticipation notes; relates to private sale of bonds; notice of sale of bonds; bid deposits for the public sale of bonds; authorizing municipalities, school districts and district corporations to issue deficiency notes.

Sponsor: Sam Hoyt

Relates to local enforcement by county health commissioners of bulk storage of petroleum and the collection of fines and penalties.

Sponsor: William Boyland

Permits pharmacists that practice in licensed health care facilities to engage in collaborative management of drug therapy to reduce potential medication errors and adverse reactions pursuant to voluntary agreements or protocols with physicians and patients.

Sponsor: John DeFrancisco

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the establishment and funding of water district no. 7 in the town of Brutus, county of Cayuga.

Sponsor: Robert Oaks

Provides that victims of domestic violence who are forced to flee rent regulated units due to domestic violence shall be deemed to be occupying such rent regulated units as their primary residence and shall not be evicted for failure to temporarily occupy such units if they assert an intent to return.

Sponsor: Suzi Oppenheimer

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a schedule of fees for the use, maintenance and repair of air conditioners used by residents of adult homes, enriched housing programs and residences for adults.

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

Chapter amendment making certain technical corrections amending the education law in relation to contracts for excellence.

Sponsor: Rules

Chapter amends S. 8285 and A. 11515, to eliminate the validity of agreements between the state and Indian tribes or nations as part of a stipulation and order approved by a federal court, with regard to preempting state tax law pertaining to the taxation of cigarettes sold to Indian nations or tribes.

Sponsor: Michael Benjamin

Requires energy services companies to provide customers with a consumer bill of rights; establishes civil cause of action and civil penalties for violations of such provisions.

Sponsor: Liz Krueger

Establishes a senior housing task force for the purposes of conducting a state-wide assessment of senior housing needs taking into consideration the various geographical areas and different needs of the seniors in those areas and resources available in those different areas.

Sponsor: Ruben Diaz

Authorizes the city of Albany, by adoption of a local law or ordinance, to provide for a residential parking permit system in such city within three-quarters of a mile radius of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza.

Sponsor: John McEneny

Directs the chancellor of a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more to inventory and report on the outdoor playgrounds of such district.

Sponsor: Catherine Nolan

Relates to a timely state budget and the consideration of legislation other than budget bills and resolutions after the end of the state fiscal year.

Sponsor: Joseph Griffo

Establishes a task force to examine, assess and report on the potential effects of an offshore oil spill on Long Island.

Sponsor: Robert Sweeney

Eliminates the board of fire underwriters.

Sponsor: Joseph Morelle

Requires a school nurse to be on the premises during school hours in every school in a school district.

Sponsor: Andrew Lanza

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products; establishes the interstate chemical clearinghouse.

Sponsor: Eric Adams

Provides that a hearing shall be held before a workers compensation law judge within twenty days from the filing of an application for hearing accompanied by supporting evidence made by any party in any case, except a case being initially controverted.

Sponsor: Susan John

Includes a kinetic energy storage device utilizing flywheels or compressed air in the definition of an alternate energy production facility.

Sponsor: Kevin Cahill

to the STAR exemption.

Sponsor: Carl Kruger

Establishes the North Country power authority and provides for its powers and duties.

Sponsor: Janet Duprey

Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the Education, Labor & Family Assistance Budget for the 2010-2011 state fiscal year; relates to a contract for excellence; relates to education mandates; relates to the state lottery fund; relates to identifying school districts with high rates of identification of students with disabilities; relates to authorizing a withdrawal from the employee benefit accrued liability reserve fund and the examination of accounts; relates to apportionment and reimbursement and the effectiveness of provisions relating to funding a program for work force education conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York city; relates to effectiveness of provisions relating to supplemental educational services, attendance at a safe public school and the suspension of pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at a school; relates to the effectiveness of provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; extends provisions relating to disposal of surplus computer equipment by political subdivisions; extends provisions relating to publishers or manufacturers providing printed instructional materials for college students with disabilities; relates to contracts for the transportation of school children; relates to effectiveness of provisions relating to conditional appointment of school district, charter school or BOCES employees; extends provisions relating to physical therapy assistants; extends provisions relating to the provisions of physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools; extends provisions relating to providing for a waiver allowing state aid in certain circumstances; extends provisions relating to a restricted dental faculty license; amends provisions relating to the effectiveness of provisions of the 1994-95 state operations, aid to localities, capital projects and debt service budgets; amends provisions relating to state aid to school districts and the appropriation of funds for the support of government, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; repeals certain provisions relating to boards of cooperative educational services (Part A); relates to restrictions on eligibility to receive awards and loans (Part G); relates to tuition assistance program awards (Part I); relates to tuition assistance program award determinations (Part J); relates to eligibility requirements for student financial aid (Part K); amends the definition of income for purposes of tuition assistance program awards (Part M); relates to effectiveness of provisions of the New York state nursing faculty loan forgiveness incentive program and the New York state nursing faculty scholarship program (Part N); extends provisions relating to regents scholarships in certain professions (Part O); relates to the scholarship for academic excellence and New York state math and science teaching incentive program (Part P); relates to the New York higher education loan program (Part S); relates to the New York state district attorney and indigent legal services attorney loan forgiveness program (Part T).

Sponsor: Budget

Includes payments from the state's farmland protection program as federal gross income from farming for otherwise eligible farmers.

Sponsor: Barbara Clark

Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such contiguous property or at a location approved by the college or university.

Sponsor: Suzi Oppenheimer

Relates to sex offender registry check for certain employers.

Sponsor: Thomas Alfano

Requires vaccinations against meningococcal disease for seventh graders and students entering college.

Sponsor: Amy Paulin