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S7588-A DEFRANCISCO 01/31/18 SIGNED Repealed & adds §203 sub (g) ¶2, amends §214-a, Civil Practice Law & Rules; repealed §3, amends §4, Chapter of 2017 (as proposed in S. 6800 and A. 8516). Provides that where an action or claim is based upon the alleged negligent failure to diagnose cancer or a malignant tumor, whether by act or omission, for the purposes of sections fifty-e and fifty-i of the general municipal law, section ten of the court of claims act, and the provisions of any other law pertaining to the commencement of an action or special proceeding, or to the filing of a notice of claim as a condition precedent to commencement of an action or special proceeding within a specified time period, the time in which to commence an action or special proceeding or to file a notice of claim shall not begin to run until the later of either (i) when the person knows or reasonably should have known of such alleged negligent act or omission causing injury, provided, that such action shall be commenced no later than seven years from such alleged negligent act or omission, or (ii) the date of the last treatment where there is continuous treatment for such injury, illness or condition. CHAPTER 2 A9814 Jones (Governor Program # 16) 02/23/18 signed with Press Release Adds Part P §9-a, Chapter 54 of 2016. Relates to administering local programs to repair or replace mobile or manufactured homes damaged as a result of ice jam flooding. CHAPTER 3 FELDER 03/02/18 signed Amends §4-117, Election Law. Requires that a primary will not be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September; any written communication to voters by mail shall contain a conspicuous notice in all capital letters and bold font notifying the voter of the primary date change; moves the date of the 2018 fall primary to Thursday, September 13. CHAPTER 4 S1223 AKSHAR 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §1399-bb, Public Health Law. Relates to prohibiting the distribution without charge of electronic cigarettes to minors; requires such distribution be made only to an individual who demonstrates, through a driver's license or other photographic identification card issued by a government entity or educational institution indicating that the individual is at least eighteen years of age. CHAPTER 5 S6806 PHILLIPS 04/18/18 SIGNED Relates to permitting a retroactive property tax exemption to Ohr Heameth the American Society for Torah Education in Latin America for the 2015-2016 assessment roll for the 2016 general taxes and the 2016-2017 assessment roll for the 2016-2017 school taxes and 2017 general taxes. CHAPTER 6 S7276 HAMILTON 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §4, Chapter 271 of 2017 (as proposed in S.3165-B and A.2115-B). Removes the cardiopulmonary resuscitation report requirement for the division of state police. CHAPTER 7 S7277 AKSHAR 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §342-ddd, Highway Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 282 or S.4473-A and A.3910-A). Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system in the town of Hancock, county of Delaware as the "SSG Justin R. Whiting Memorial Bridge"; updates the New York state bridge number. CHAPTER 8 S7278 AKSHAR 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §342-ddd, Highway Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 283 or S.4475-A and A.3913-A). Relates to the Lt. Cameron N. Hall Memorial Bridge; corrects the New York state bridge number. CHAPTER 9 S7279 GOLDEN 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §519-a, Not-for-Profit Corporation Law; amends §727, Business Corporation Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 305 or S.6652-A and A.8261-A). Clarifies the types of condominiums and cooperative housing corporations that shall submit annual reports for certain transactions. CHAPTER 10 S7280 MARCELLINO 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §6505-b, Education Law; amends §239, Public Health Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 347 or S.4971-A and A.6053-A). Relates to a sepsis awareness, prevention and education program and requires that such program shall include information on infections that could lead to sepsis. CHAPTER 11 S7283 ROBACH 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §54, Workers' Compensation Law. Relates to conditional renewal notices to policyholders; provides that a contract of insurance shall remain in full force and effect subject to the same rates as the expiring contract of insurance rates; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 12 S7285 GOLDEN 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §§1 - 6, Chapter 481 of 2017 (as proposed in S.233-A and A.5769-A). Establishes a temporary state taskforce to examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning child abuse and neglect prevention efforts in the state with the goal of preventing child removals, lowering foster care placements and increasing family reunification. CHAPTER 13 S7286 HAMILTON 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §402, Public Housing Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 484 or S.2720 and A.4818). Grants tenants with a physically disabling condition that affects their mobility a preference in occupying a vacant dwelling unit on a lower floor in the same or in a different project operated by the New York city housing authority, based on the tenant's choice. CHAPTER 14 S7287 RITCHIE 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §606, Tax Law; amends §2, Chapter 485 of 2017 (as proposed in S.2889 and A.4650). Expands property tax credits for farmers to include a trustee or a trust established by the taxpayer and rented to a member of the taxpayer's immediate family where, under the terms of the trust, the title to the property shall pass to such family member upon the death of the taxpayer. CHAPTER 15 S7288 SEWARD 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §3420, Insurance Law. Relates to the rights of the first named insured on a commercial risk insurance policy. CHAPTER 16 S7289 CROCI 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §242, Military Law; amends §2, Chapter 406 of 2017. Relates to paid leave for certain employees; amends a chapter of the laws of the laws of 2017, in relation to the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 17 S7290 HANNON 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §§1 - 3, Chapter 409 of 2017 (as proposed in A.834-B and S.3567-B). Directs the director of classification and compensation of the department of civil service to study and publish a report on nurse practitioners. CHAPTER 18 S7292 PERALTA 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §§1 - 3, Chapter 492 of 2017 (as proposed in S.5754-A and A.7562-A). Relates to lead paint remediation reporting for the metropolitan transportation authority's and the New York city transit authority's aboveground transit infrastructure. CHAPTER 19 S7293 ALCANTARA 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §311, NYC Charter (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 504 or S.6513-B and A.8508-A). Relates to opportunities in the city of New York for minority and women-owned business enterprises. CHAPTER 20 S7295 ALCANTARA 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §1373, Public Health Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 411 or S.1200-A and A.1809-A). Allows the commissioner of health to act when areas of lead poisoning are designated as they deem appropriate. CHAPTER 21 S7297 LAVALLE 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §13-0331, Environmental Conservation Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 447 or A.8184-A and S.6682). Changes the department of environmental conservation's requirements from cooperating with municipalities to consulting with municipalities regarding harvest closure of crabs. CHAPTER 22 S7298 CARLUCCI 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §102-a, State Administrative Procedure Act; amends §2, Chapter 462 of 2017 (as proposed in S.1643 and A.5779). Relates to providing information on the prevention of common regulatory violations in small business regulation guides, and to the effectiveness of provisions relating thereto. CHAPTER 23 S7302 HAMILTON 04/18/18 SIGNED Repealed §2, amends §3, renumbers §4 to be §3, Chapter 441 of 2017 (as proposed in S.6161-A and A.684-A). Relates to directing the department of financial services to submit a report concerning licensure, limits on fees and interest and disclosure practices of businesses engaged in pension loan advancements on or before January 1, 2019. CHAPTER 24 S7303 CROCI 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §3, Chapter 405 of 2017 (as proposed in S.1853 and A.6038). Relates to the effectiveness of provisions relating to public listings of not-for-profit corporations; changes effective date to January 1, 2019. CHAPTER 25 S7304 SAVINO 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §§837-e & 837-f-2, Executive Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 423 or S.6739 and A.8286-B). Requires the transmission of reports of missing persons to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System within thirty days when such person may be at immediate risk of death or injury or a match to a record maintained in the NamUs database or within one hundred eighty days in any other case. CHAPTER 26 S7305 GALLIVAN 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §259-l, Executive Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 476 or S.5494-A and A.6353-B). Requires that an inmate who has appeared before the board of parole prior to having completed any program required by the department of corrections and community supervision, and has been denied release, shall be placed into the required program. CHAPTER 27 S7306 HELMING 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §§603-a & 1194, Vehicle and Traffic Law; amends §3, Chapter 489 of 2017 (as proposed in S.5562-A and A.7572). Mandates testing in the event of a motor vehicle collision resulting in injury or death. CHAPTER 28 S7307 GOLDEN 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §§736 & 738, adds §741-b, General Business Law; amends §415, Vehicle and Traffic Law; adds §9-a, Chapter 477 of 2017 (as proposed in S.5380-B and A.6884-B). Requires automobile brokers to be licensed; clarifies the role of manufacturers and distributors. CHAPTER 29 S7308 FUNKE 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §103-a, State Technology Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 427 or S.1121-A and A.1713-A). Requires the director's guidelines not contravene any provision of the state finance law and the directors report be submitted every January first beginning in twenty nineteen. CHAPTER 30 S7309 ALCANTARA 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §139, Economic Development Law; amends §2, Chapter 435 of 2017 (as proposed in S.5349-A and A.8179). Relates to the composition of an advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises within the division of small business services; changes the composition of the panel by adding one member to be appointed by the governor; moves report date to June thirtieth, 2019. CHAPTER 31 S7310 PERALTA 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §387, General Business Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 413 or S.587-A and A.5227-A). Relates to the frequency of inspections of articles of bedding. CHAPTER 32 S7311 LARKIN 04/18/18 SIGNED Repealed §4402 sub 9, Education Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 410 or S.4729-A and A.1595-A); amends §3204, Education Law. Relates to allowing all students to participate in a high school graduation ceremony; requires any school board of education to develop policies and procedures to allow all students to participate in a high school graduation ceremony. CHAPTER 33 S7312 AVELLA 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §390-k Social Services Law; amends §2, Chapter 493 of 2017 (as proposed in S.5929-A and A.7726-A). Establishes a child care availability taskforce to evaluate the need for and availability of child care throughout the state. CHAPTER 34 S7313 KENNEDY 04/18/18 SIGNED Repealed §2 subs 39 & 40, amends §§483-h & 17, Social Services Law; amends §305, Education Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 424 or S.683 and A.2183). Relates to establishing an internet mapping resource of child care providers and afterschool programs; relates to administration of afterschool programs. CHAPTER 35 S7314 CROCI 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §50, Civil Service Law; amends §2, Chapter 404 of 2017 (as proposed in S.946-A and A.1105-B). Provides a definition for the terms veteran and armed forces; amends the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 36 S7317 TEDISCO 04/18/18 SIGNED Repealed §111-b, amends §111-a, Agriculture and Markets Law; amends §3, Chapter 470 of 2017 (as proposed in S.4570-A and A.1839-B). Relates to establishing microchipping standards, registration of microchips and the examination of seized animals; provides for the expiration of an advisory committee on microchipping. CHAPTER 37 S7319 MARCHIONE 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §1, Chapter 497 of 2017 (as proposed in S.6565 and A.6801-A). Convenes a working group to examine the need for standards for the designation of therapy dogs. CHAPTER 38 S7323 MURPHY 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §220-b, Labor Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 461 or S.6790 and A.8514). Relates to reciprocity of debarments imposed under the federal Davis-Bacon Act; bars a substantially owned-affiliated entity from submitting a bid or being awarded any public work contract in the state. CHAPTER 39 S7324 KLEIN 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §181, General Business Law; amends §37.03, Arts & Cultural Affairs Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 496 or S.6369-A and A.8257-A). Amends a chapter of 2017 amending the general business law and the arts and cultural affairs law relating to certain contracts, in relation to certain theatre and entertainment contracts. CHAPTER 40 S7325 PHILLIPS 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §21, Labor Law; amends §2, Chapter 458 of 2017 (as proposed in S.3789 and A.1956). Relates to general powers and duties of the commissioner of labor, in relation to the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 41 S7326 HANNON 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends Part E §7, Chapter 57 of 2017 (as proposed in S.5544 and A.7216). Relates to the effectiveness of an amendment to an effective date. CHAPTER 42 S7327 HANNON 04/18/18 SIGNED Repealed Article 19, Public Health Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 471 or S.3295 & A.1982); adds Article 28-F §§491 - 493, General Business Law. Enacts the Crohn's and colitis fairness act. CHAPTER 43 S7329 HANNON 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §236-b, Public Health Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 419 or S.4741 and A.7203). Relates to the appointment of members of the rural health council by the governor and requires the health council to make certain recommendations to the department of health. CHAPTER 44 S7333 MONTGOMERY 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §259-i, Executive Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 412 or A.3053 and S.3982). Requires board of parole administrative appeal findings and recommendations to be published on a website with a word-searchable database and provided to correctional facility law libraries on a quarterly basis. CHAPTER 45 S7334 FUNKE 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends Article 5-F, Economic Development Law (as proposed in 2017 Chapter 460 o9r S.6694 and A.8161-A). Relates to the administration of a senior tourism attractions program; defines senior as persons sixty years of age or older. CHAPTER 46 S7408 HANNON 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §2508, Public Health Law. Creates a newborn health and safe sleep study to be conducted before the implementation of a pilot program for the same. CHAPTER 47 S7431 MURPHY 04/18/18 SIGNED Amends §89, Public Officers Law. Provides that each state agency that maintains a website shall ensure its website provides for online submission of requests for records subject to FOIL. CHAPTER 48 A8919 Thiele 06/01/18 signed Amends §219-d, General Municipal Law (as proposed in S. 899 and A. 6873). Relates to amendments to the granting of certain service awards. CHAPTER 49 A8929 Rozic 06/01/18 signed Amends §7, Civil Service Law (as proposed in S. 5811-A and A. 7634-A). Relates to requiring the president of the civil service commission, with the assistance of information technology services as needed, to prepare and deliver a triennial report relating to current programs within each state agency that allow for alternative work schedules or flexible work hours beginning September two thousand eighteen. CHAPTER 50 S7500-D BUDGET 04/12/18 SIGNED CHAP.50 04/12/18 LINE VETO MEMO.4 04/12/18 THRU LINE VETO MEMO.136 Makes appropriations for the support of government - State Operations Budget. CHAPTER 51 S7501 BUDGET 04/12/18 SIGNED CHAP.51 Makes appropriations for the support of government - Legislature and Judiciary Budget. CHAPTER 52 A9502 Budge 04/13/18 signed chap.52 Makes appropriations for the support of government - State Debt Service Budget. CHAPTER 53 S7503-D BUDGET 04/12/18 SIGNED CHAP.53 04/12/18 LINE VETO MEMO.153 04/12/18 THRU LINE VETO MEMO.243 Makes appropriations for the support of government - Aid To Localities Budget. CHAPTER 54 S7504-D BUDGET 04/12/18 SIGNED CHAP.54 04/12/18 LINE VETO MEMO.244 04/12/18 THRU LINE VETO MEMO.262 Makes appropriations for the support of government - Capital Projects Budget. CHAPTER 55 A9505-D Budget #6 04/13/18 signed chap.55 Amends Various Laws, generally. Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2018-2019 state fiscal year; relates to pre-criminal proceeding settlements in the city of New York (Part F); relates to suspending the transfer of monies into the emergency services revolving loan fund from the public safety communications account (Part M); establishes the armory rental account fund; and relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to military funds of the organized militia (Part O); relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the extension of the state commission on the restoration of the capitol (Part T); establishes the parking services fund, the solid waste fund, and the special events fund (Part V); creates the New York state secure choice savings program act (Part X); establishes that "municipalities" shall include towns created on or before December thirty-first, two thousand seventeen (Part CC); relates to the election of one or more town justices for two or more towns (Part DD); creates county-wide shared services panels in each county consisting of the county CEO and one representative from each city, town, and village in such county (Part EE); relates to the town of Islip resource recovery agency (Part FF); establishes incapacity to consent when a person is under arrest, in detention, or otherwise in actual custody (Part JJ); authorizes the dormitory authority to construct and finance certain juvenile detention facilities (Part LL); relates to plans for representation of persons accused of a crime or certain parties in family court or surrogate's court (Part MM); establishes the crimes of coercion in the second and third degree (Part NN); establishes the New York state 2020 complete count commission and provides for its power and duties (Part OO). CHAPTER 56 A9506-B Budget #7 04/13/18 signed chap.56 Amend Various Laws, generally. Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2018-2019 state fiscal year; prohibits meal shaming in public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools; requires a school or school district to contact the parent or guardian to offer assistance with a meal application; further requires a clear explanation of the procedure to handle unpaid meal charges; makes related provisions (Part B); relates to participation in recovery high school programs (Part D); relates to extending the close to home (CTH) initiative and juvenile justice reforms an additional five years and repeals provisions of law relating to CTH funding and reimbursement (Part G); relates to consolidating the youth development and delinquency prevention program and the special delinquency prevention program (Part I); relates to extending the effectiveness of the authorization of the board of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with the commissioner of children and family services to provide certain services (Part J); adds the office of children and family services to the list of entities to whom the dormitory authority of the state of New York (DASNY) is authorized to provide capital design and construction services (Part K); repeals certain provisions of law relating to calculating charge back rates by the state university of New York and the city university of New York (Part P); relates to providing feminine hygiene products in public schools (Part Q); relates to a working group to develop computer science standards for grades K through 12 (Part R); establishes that to the extent that physician appointees are available for appointment, at least one of the physician appointees to the state board for medicine shall be an expert on reducing health disparities among demographic subgroups, and one shall be an expert on women's health (Part S); relates to eligibility for and the amount of excelsior scholarships (Part T); requires regulations to permit tuition waivers for certain firefighters and fire officers for CUNY; repealer (Part U); relates to the foster youth college success initiative, permits moneys to be spent providing supplemental housing and meals for foster youth not currently enrolled in a post-secondary opportunity program at the state university for New York (Part V); relates to enhanced tuition awards (Part W); establishes the residential emergency services to offer home repairs to the elderly program; provides that all repairs must be completed withing sixty business days of the start of repairs, provided, however, that the commissioner grant the eligible applicant additional time for good cause (Part X); provides financial assistance to eligible applicants for adapting or retrofitting eligible properties to improve disabled veteran access (Part Y); establishes the SUNY Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital Affiliation escrow fund (Part Z); establishes the New York state teacher loan forgiveness program to provide grants to teachers having education loans and who agree to teach in the state in a shortage subject area or a hard to staff school district (Part AA); relates to the New York state science, technology, engineering and mathematics incentive program (Part BB); relates to the education of children in foster care (Part CC); and relates to an income savings plan for the city of New York; extends provisions relating thereto (Part DD). CHAPTER 57 S7507-C Budget # 8 04/12/18 SIGNED CHAP.57 Amend Various Laws, generally. Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2018-2019 state fiscal year; relates to distributions from the general hospital indigent care pool; directs a review of the feasibility of creating a burn center in Kings county; and relates to rates of reimbursement for certain residential health care facilities (Part A); relates to payments to residential health care facilities; relates to assisted living program providers licensed in the state; relates to limitations on licensed home care service agency contracts and registration of licensed home care services agencies; relates to advertising by fiscal intermediaries; and relates to medicaid reimbursement rates for hospice providers (Part B); relates to health homes and penalties for managed care providers (Part C); relates to drug coverage, updating the professional dispensing fee, copayments, and amends the Medicaid drug cap (Part D); requires a report on monies collected under the false claims act detailing what monies were collected and how such monies were spent (Part J); relates to home care services, direct care costs, and medicaid expenditures; and extends the medicaid global cap (Part K); relates to extending provisions relating to coverage for malpractice and professional medical conduct (Part M); establishes a cost of living adjustment for designated human services and provides for the repeal of certain provisions of law relating thereto (Part N); relates to the health care facility transformation program (Part Q); relates to integrated services (Subpart B); relates to telehealth services (Subpart C) (Part S); relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to authorizing the commissioner of health to apply federally established consumer price index penalties for generic drugs, and authorizing the commissioner of health to impose penalties on managed care plans for reporting late or incorrect encounter data; relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to adjustments of rates; relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to authorizing reimbursements for expenditures made by or on behalf of social services districts for medical assistance for needy persons and administration thereof; relates to the effectiveness of provisions relating to expanding medical assistance eligibility and the scope of services available to certain persons with disabilities; relates to rate of payments; relates to agreements with pharmaceutical manufacturers; relates to amending the social services law and other laws relating to supplemental rebates; and relates to participation and membership in a demonstration period (Part T); clarifies the authority of the commissioners in the department of mental hygiene to design and implement time-limited demonstration programs; extender (Part U); relates to the membership of subcommittees for mental health of community service boards and the duties of such subcommittees and creating the community mental health and workforce reinvestment account relating to extending such provisions relating thereto (Part V); relates to the receipt of federal and state benefits received by individuals receiving care in facilities operated by an office of the department of mental hygiene; extender (Part X); relates to persons practicing in certain licensed programs or services who are exempt from practice requirements of professionals licensed by the department of education (Part Y); adds demonstration waivers to waivers allowable for home and community-based services; relates to waivers for high quality integrated care (Part Z); establishes a cost of living adjustment for designated human services programs; extender (Part AA); expands the list of controlled substances (Part BB); relates to inquiries or complaints of professional misconduct (Part CC); relates to authorizing a licensed pharmacist to administer influenza vaccine to children between two and eighteen years of age pursuant to a non-patient specific regimen; extends certain provisions of law relating thereto; provides reporting requirements for vaccines administered by pharmacists to individuals less than 19 years of age (Part DD); relates to insurance payments for independent practitioner services for individuals with developmental disabilities (Part EE); relates to establishing the office of the independent substance use disorder and mental health ombudsman for the purpose of assisting individuals with a substance use disorder and/or mental illness (Part FF); creates a certified peer recovery advocate services program (Part GG); ensures that sexual assault survivors are not billed for sexual assault forensic exams and are notified orally and in writing of the option to decline to provide private health insurance information and have the office of victim services reimburse the hospital for the exam; also provides that if such exam is covered by insurance, such coverage shall not be subject to annual deductibles or coinsurance; requires collection and storage of such evidence; relates to state-operated individualized residential alternatives; and relates to the closure or transfer of a state-operated individualized residential alternative (Part II); establishes a training program for first responders for handling emergency situations involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities (Part JJ); requires bids submitted to the state or any agency or department of the state to contain a certification concerning sexual harassment (Subpart A); prohibits mandatory arbitration clauses (Subpart B); relates to reimbursement of funds paid by state agencies, state entities and public entities for the payment of awards adjudicated in sexual harassment claims (Subpart C); relates to nondisclosure agreements (Subpart D); establishes a model policy regarding the prevention of sexual harassment and a model training program to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace (Subpart E); relates to sexual harassment relating to non-employees (Subpart F) (Part KK); authorizes a voluntary public water system consolidation study (Part LL); relates to pharmacy audits by pharmacy benefit managers; relates to contracts between pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies; relates to outpatient treatment; relates to establishing the children and recovering mothers program and a workgroup to study and evaluate barriers and challenges in identifying and treating expectant mothers, newborns and new parents with a substance use disorder; relates to screening students for lead when enrolling in child care, pre-school or kindergarten; relates to the lead service line replacement grant program; directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study of the high burden of asthma in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan in the city of New York; and relates to providing coverage for pasteurized donor human milk (PDHM) (Part MM); and enacts the opioid stewardship act; repealer (Part NN). CHAPTER 58 A9508-C Budget # 9 04/13/18 signed chap.58 Amend Various Laws, generally. Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state transportation, economic development and environmental conservation budget for the 2018-2019 state fiscal year; enhances the ability of the state to enforce state and federal law relating to motor carriers, commercial drivers and bus operators (Part B); relates to enhancing the ability of the state to enforce state and federal law relating to the safety of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems under the oversight of the public transportation safety board (Part G); relates to the submission of reports relating to motor vehicles equipped with autonomous vehicle technology (Part H); relates to certain fines in the city of New York (Part N); extends certain provisions relating to the empire state economic development fund (Part O); relates to the powers of the New York state urban development corporation to make loans (Part R); extends the expiration date that permits the secretary of state to provide special handling for all documents filed or issued by the division of corporations and to permit additional levels of such expedited service to March 31, 2019 (Part T); relates to brownfield opportunity areas (Part U); repeals provisions relating to the local share requirement for providers under the federal community services block grant program (Part V); prohibits denials, suspensions, or revocations of professional licenses for failure to pay student loans (Part W); relates to the effectiveness of provisions relating to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority (Part X); relates to extending provisions of law relating to transferring the statutory authority for the promulgation of marketing orders from the department of agriculture and markets to the New York state urban development corporation (Part Z); relates to the environmental protection fund, the hazardous waste remedial fund and the mitigation and remediation of solid waste sites (Part BB); relates to the Central Pine Barrens area and core preservation area (Part CC); authorizes utility and cable television assessments to provide funds to the department of health from cable television assessment revenues and to the departments of agriculture and markets, environmental conservation, office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, and state from utility assessment revenues (Part DD); relates to authorizing the New York state energy research and development authority to finance a portion of its research, development and demonstration, policy and planning, and Fuel NY programs, as well as the department of environmental conservation's climate change program and the department of agriculture and markets' Fuel NY program, from an assessment on gas and electric corporations (Part GG); relates to foreclosure upon a reverse mortgage (Part II); requires lactation rooms in certain public buildings (Part JJ); directs the department of state to analyze and report on the feasibility of installing adult changing stations in public buildings (Part KK); relates to standards requiring assembly group A occupancies and mercantile group M occupancies to have diaper changing stations available for use by both male and female occupants (Part LL) relates to performance standards for aid to soil and water conservation districts (Part MM); relates to retrofit technology for diesel-fueled vehicles (Part NN); relates to fees for certification of pesticide applicators (Part OO); relates to beverage container requirements (Part PP); relates to the effectiveness of the New York state health insurance continuation assistance demonstration project (Part QQ); creates the small business innovation research/small business technology transfer technical assistance program; and repeals section 3102-c of the public authorities law relating thereto (Part RR); establishes the community development revolving loan program (Part SS); relates to the financing and construction of facilities by the dormitory authority for any not-for-profit affiliates or members of Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State, Inc. and any successor in interest to any such organization (Part TT); relates to capital expenses relating to project necessary for the completion of Hudson River Park (Part UU); authorizes the taxation of certain lands owned by the state in Bowman Lake State Park (Part VV). CHAPTER 59 S7509-C Budget # 10 04/12/18 SIGNED CHAP.59 Amend Various Laws, generally. Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2018-2019 state fiscal year; makes the STAR income verification program mandatory; relates to the calculation of income for basic STAR purposes; repeals subparagraphs (v) and (vi) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 4, paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 5 and paragraph (c) of subdivision 6 of section 425 of the real property tax law relating to the school tax relief (STAR) exemption; and repeals section 171-o of the tax law relating to income verification for a city with a population of one million or more (Part B); makes technical corrections to various statutes impacting property taxes and repeals certain sections of law relating thereto (Part E); relates to assessment ceilings for local public utility mass real property, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part G); relates to the statute of limitations for assessing tax on amended tax returns (Part H); provides for employee wage reporting consistency between the department of taxation and finance and the department of labor by adjusting certain reporting periods (Part I); relates to sales and compensating use taxes imposed on food and beverages sold by restaurants and similar establishments, exempting sales for resale from such taxes (Part J); relates to sharing with the comptroller information regarding unwarranted fixed and final debt (Part K); relates to the definition of resident for tax purposes of the personal income tax (Part O); establishes that any reference to section 24 of the Internal revenue code shall be a reference to such section as it existed immediately prior to the enactment of Public Law-115-97 (Part P); extends the hire a veteran credit for an additional two years (Part Q); relates to the New York youth job program (Part R); relates to exempting from sales and use tax certain veterinary drugs and medicines and removing the refund/credit therefor (Part W); provides relief from sales tax liability for certain partners of a limited partnership and members of a limited liability company (Part X); relates to extending the revenue distribution provisions for the additional rates of sales and use tax of Genesee, Monroe, Onondaga and Orange counties (Part Z); relates to adjusting the franchise payment; establishes an advisory committee to review the structure, operations and funding of equine drug testing and research (Part EE); relates to the sums of pertaining to simulcast of out-of-state thoroughbred races, simulcasting of races run by out-of-state harness tracks and licenses for simulcast facilities (Part GG); relates to the commercial gaming revenue fund; and repeals subdivision 4 of section 97-nnnn of the state finance law relating to base year gaming revenue (Part HH); addresses changes made to the internal revenue code (Part JJ); relates to federal gross income and federal deductions allowed pursuant to the internal revenue code; and relates to the taxation of business corporations (Part KK); establishes the charitable gifts trust fund and the health charitable account, and the elementary and secondary education charitable account; relates to credits for contributions to accounts in the charitable gifts trust fund; authorizes school districts, counties and New York city to establish charitable funds; and authorizes such localities to provide a credit against real property taxes for such contributions (Part LL); establishes the employer compensation expense program (Part MM); relates to the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc.; creates a separate account for the horsemen's organization for the purposes of collateral to secure workers' compensation insurance coverage (Part NN); relates to the disposition of net revenue (Part OO); relates to the state low income housing credit (Part PP); extends certain tax rates (Part QQ); relates to the credit for rehabilitation of historical properties (Part RR); relates to the personal income tax on residents of the city of New York (Part SS); relates to capital awards to vendor tracks (Part TT); relates to the disposition of certain proceeds collected by the commissioner of motor vehicles, the disposition of certain fees and assessments, and certain funds; repeals subdivision 5 of section 317 of the vehicle and traffic law relating to certain assessments charged and collected by the commissioner of motor vehicles; repeals subdivision 6 of section 423-a of the vehicle and traffic law relating to funds collected by the department of motor vehicles from the sale of certain assets; and repeals subdivision 4 of section 94 of the transportation law relating to certain fees collected by the commissioner of transportation (Part UU); relates to funding of capital and operating costs related to projects in the MTA New York city subway action plan (Part VV); utilizes reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for various housing purposes; authorizes the homeless housing and assistance corporation with the office of temporary and disability assistance to administer the sum of two million dollars; further authorizes the state of New York municipal bond bank agency to provide the sum not to exceed nine million dollars to the city of Albany; increases the number of supreme court justices in judicial districts 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 (Part XX); increases the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community (Part YY); establishes a rental subsidy for public assistance recipients living with HIV/AIDS (Part ZZ); relates to funding local government entities from the urban development corporation (Part AAA); provides for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2018-19 budget and authorizes certain payments and transfers; relates to payments, transfers and deposits; relates to funding project costs undertaken by non-public schools; relates to funding project costs for certain capital projects; relates to the financing of the correctional facilities improvement fund and the youth facility improvement fund, in relation to the issuance of bonds; relates to housing program bonds and notes; establishes the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, in relation to the issuance of bonds; relates to the issuance of bonds by the dormitory authority; relates to issuance of bonds by the urban development corporation; relates to the issuance of bonds; relates to the state environmental infrastructure projects; increases the aggregate amount of bonds to be issued by the New York state urban development corporation; relates to financing of peace bridge and transportation capital projects; relates to dormitories at certain educational institutions other than state operated institutions and statutory or contract colleges under the jurisdiction of the state university of New York; relates to bonds and mental health facilities improvement notes; increases the bonding limit for certain public protection facilities; authorizes certain payments and transfers, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; increases the amount of authorized matching capital grants; increases the amount of bonds authorized to be issued; authorizes the issuance of bonds in relation to grants made to voluntary agencies; and provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part BBB); relates to contracts for excellence and the apportionment of public moneys; relates to the reporting of teacher diversity; relates to teaching tolerance; relates to reporting requirements of school level funding; relates to supplemental public excess cost aid; relates to total foundation aid; relates to building aid; relates to full day kindergarten aid; relates to academic enhancement aid; relates to high tax aid; relates to universal pre-kindergarten aid; relates to the statewide universal full-day pre-kindergarten program; relates to state aid adjustments; relates to the teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program; relates to class sizes for special classes containing certain students with disabilities; relates to reimbursements for the 2018-2019 school year; relates to withholding a portion of employment preparation education aid and relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to funding a program for work force education conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York city; relates to employment preparation education programs; relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to state aid to school districts and the appropriation of funds for the support of government; relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to supplementary funding for dedicated programs for public school students in the East Ramapo central school district; relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to conditional appointment of school district, charter school or BOCES employees; relates to the expiration of provisions of law relating to certain provisions related to the 1994-95 state operations, aid to localities, capital projects and debt service budgets; relates to the effectiveness of provisions relating to the provision of 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 relating to implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; relates to the expiration to provisions relating to providing that standardized test scores shall not be included on a student's permanent record; relates to requiring the commissioner of education to include certain information in the official score report of all students; relates to school bus driver training; relates to special apportionment for salary expenses and public pension accruals; relates to sub-allocations of appropriations; relates to the city school district of the city of Rochester; relates to total foundation aid for the purpose of the development, maintenance or expansion of certain magnet schools or magnet school programs for the 2017-2018 school year; relates to the support of public libraries; relates to certain apportionments; and relates to transportation aid (Part CCC); relates to the utilization of reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for various housing purposes (Part DDD); relates to an online application system for taxpayers to submit claims for reimbursements of certain payments (Part EEE); relates to establishing the health care transformation fund (Subpart A); and authorizes the commissioner the health to redeploy excess reserves of certain not-for-profit managed care organizations (Subpart B) (Part FFF); extends expiration of payments to members of the assembly serving in a special capacity; extends provisions relating to the operation and administration of the assembly (Part GGG); establishes a compensation committee to determine the appropriate salaries for members of the legislature and certain state officials; repealer (Part HHH); amends chapter 59 of the laws of 2014, amending the tax law relating to a musical and theatrical production credit, in relation to extending the provisions thereof (Part III); establishes the "Democracy Protection Act" relating to disclosure of the identities of political committees making certain expenditures for political communications (Part JJJ); establishes the New York City Rikers Island Jail Complex Replacement act; and provides for the repeal of such provisions (Part KKK); establishes the New York city public housing authority modernization investment act; repealer (Part LLL); enacts the "New York Penn Station redevelopment act" (Part MMM); relates to transportation services; establishes the New York city transportation assistance fund and the supplemental revenue transparency program; relates to the installation of mobile bus lane photo devices on buses operating on certain rapid transit routes in the borough of Manhattan and the disposition of revenue from fines and penalties collected from the use of such stationary bus lane photo devices; establishes the metropolitan transportation sustainability advisory workgroup and provides for the repeal of such provision (Part NNN); relates to the minority and women-owned business enterprise program (Part OOO); establishes the "New York City housing authority emergency management act" and relates to the development and execution of a plan to remediate conditions affecting the health and safety of tenants of the New York city housing authority (Part PPP); establishes the New York city BQE Design Build Act (Part QQQ); relates to union dues and the duty of fair representation (Part RRR); relates to substantial equivalence for nonpublic elementary and secondary schools (Part SSS); relates to the possession of weapons by domestic violence offenders (Part TTT); and relates to the health care facility transformation program (Part UUU). CHAPTER 60 S8121 Governor Program # 19 04/12/18 SIGNED CHAP.60 Amends §§265.00 & 400.00, Penal Law; repealed §§370.15 & 380.97, adds §§370.15, 380.97 & 370.25, amend §530.14, Criminal Procedure Law; amends §842-a, Family Court Act. Relates to the possession of weapons by domestic violence offenders. CHAPTER 61 A8938 Zebrowski Amends §§2 & 3, Chapter 505 of 2017 (as proposed in S. 6593-A and A. 8260-A). Relates to directing the department of financial services to study, evaluate and make recommendations concerning online lending institutions. CHAPTER 62 A8953 Richardson 06/01/18 signed Amends §2500-k, Public Health Law; amends §2, Chapter 463 of 2017 (as proposed in S. 4000 and A. 8308). Relates to maternal depression treatment; requires the department of health and office of mental health to provide information on their website regarding how to locate available providers who treat or provide support for maternal depression. CHAPTER 63 A8986 Glick 06/01/18 signed Amends §1973, Public Authorities Law (as proposed in S. 130-B and A. 4002-A). Amends the public authorities law relating to the appointment of members of the Battery Park city authority, in relation to the qualifications of members of the Battery Park city authority. CHAPTER 64 A9034 Gottfried 06/01/18 signed Amends §461-m, Social Services Law (as proposed in S. 787-A and A. 2702). Changes the requirements for reporting deaths and felony crimes in certain adult care facilities. CHAPTER 65 A9052 Schimminger 06/01/18 signed Amends §5, Chapter 396 of 2010. Extends the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to temporary retail permits issued by the state liquor authority; extends provisions from 2018 to 2019. CHAPTER 66 A9534 Paulin 06/01/18 signed Amends §1202-aa, Tax Law. Extends occupancy tax in the city of White Plains to 2021. CHAPTER 67 A9728 Lentol 06/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 548 of 2004. Relates to tuition waivers for police officer students of CUNY. CHAPTER 68 A9918 Glick Amends §3, Chapter 217 of 2015. Extends provisions of law relating to certified school psychologists and special education services and programs for preschool children with handicapping conditions to June 30, 2020. CHAPTER 69 A10065 Glick 06/01/18 signed Amends Chapter 192 of 2011. Relates to authorizing certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by New York Road Runners; extends the provisions thereof. CHAPTER 70 A10347 Magnarelli 06/01/18 signed Amends Part X §41, Chapter 62 of 2003. Extends certain provisions of the general municipal law and the local finance law relating to electronic bidding. CHAPTER 71 S7440-A GOLDEN (Office of Court Administration #77) 06/01/18 SIGNED Relates to terms and conditions of employment of certain nonjudicial officers and employees of the unified court system; appropriates funds therefor. CHAPTER 72 S7715 BONACIC (Office of Court Administration #98) 06/01/18 SIGNED Relates to the terms and conditions of certain nonjudiciary officers and employees in the unified court system; appropriates money therefor. CHAPTER 73 A9927 Nolan (MS) 06/25/18 signed chap.73 Relates to making an appropriation to pay Thomas M. Clark Jr., widower of the late Barbara M. Clark, member of the assembly from the thirty-third assembly district, the balance due of her unpaid annual compensation for a portion of the year 2016. CHAPTER 74 A9928 Cusick (MS) 06/25/18 signed chap.74 Relates to making an appropriation to pay Jennifer Simanowitz, widow of the late Michael A. Simanowitz, member of the assembly from the twenty-seventh assembly district, the balance due of his unpaid annual compensation for a portion of the year 2017. CHAPTER 75 A9929 DiPietro 06/25/18 signed chap.75 Relates to making an appropriation to pay Debra Gordon, widow of the late William R. Nojay, member of the assembly from the one hundred thirty-third assembly district, the balance due of his unpaid annual compensation for a portion of the year 2016. CHAPTER 76 A10606 Abbate Governor Program # 26 06/25/18 signed chap.76 Repealed §130 sub 1 ¶e sub¶¶ 1, 2 & 3, sub 10 ¶b, amends §§130 & 131, Civil Service Law, Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; makes an appropriation therefor. Pay Bill. CHAPTER 77 A10853 Gunther 06/25/18 signed chap.77 Makes an appropriation to the Frank K. Skartados Living Trust, the balance due of his unpaid annual compensation for the portion of the year 2018. CHAPTER 78 A11158 Rules (Aubry) Governor Program # 18R 06/25/18 signed chap.78 Amends §14-d, Transportation Law; adds §349-g, Highway Law. Authorizes an airport mass transit project at LaGuardia airport. Air Train CHAPTER 79 A7899-A Rozic 06/27/18 signed chap.79 with Press Release Amends §1726, Surrogate's Court Procedure Act. Relates to the appointment of a standby guardian due to administrative separation; defines administrative separation and the process for such appointment. CHAPTER 80 A7905-A Jaffee 06/27/18 chap.80 with Press Release Amends §§5-1551 & 5-1552, General Obligations Law. Provides that a parent of a minor or incapacitated person may designate another person as a person in parental relation to such minor or incapacitated person pursuant to sections twenty-one hundred sixty-four and twenty-five hundred four of the public health law and sections two and thirty-two hundred twelve of the education law for a period not exceeding twelve months; provides that a designation may not be more than twelve months. |
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A9537 Pretlow 07/01/18 signed Amends §54.40, Local Finance Law. Relates to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers. CHAPTER 82 A9585 Hunter 07/01/18 signed Amends §4, Chapter 266 of 1981. Extends time limitations for certain actions relating to phenoxy herbicide exposure. CHAPTER 83 A9711 Schimmiger (MS) 07/01/18 signed Amends §54.50, Local Finance Law. Extends provisions of law relating to the sale of municipal notes and bonds of the county of Erie. CHAPTER 84 A10085 Lavine 07/01/18 signed Amends §9, Chapter 401 of 2002. Extends from June 30, 2018 to June 30, 2020, the expiration of certain provisions of the Nassau county administrative code relating to assessments and the review of assessments. CHAPTER 85 A10174 Bichotte 07/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 497 of 2016. Amends the education law relating to the licensure of pathologists' assistants, in relation to the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 86 A10253 Miller ML 07/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 676 of 1978. Extends until July 30, 2023, the expiration of payments in lieu of taxes for certain real property in the town of Hempstead. CHAPTER 87 A10348 Magnarelli 07/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 719 of 1980. Extends provisions relating to period of probable usefulness of certain judgments, compromised claims or settled claims. CHAPTER 88 A10355 Joyner 07/01/18 signed Amends §§693, 694 & 695, General Municipal Law. Extends provisions of law relating to urban development action areas from June 30, 2018 until June 30, 2021. CHAPTER 89 A10471 Nolan 07/01/18 signed Amends Part M §4, Chapter 56 of 2012. Extends authorization for contracts for the provision of special education and related services for certain patients hospitalized in hospitals operated by the office of mental health. CHAPTER 90 A10472 Lifton 07/01/18 signed Amends §22, Chapter 352 of 2005; amends §8, Chapter 430 of 2006; amends §27, Chapter 378 of 2007. Extends provisions of law implementing the federal individuals with disabilities education improvement act of 2004. CHAPTER 91 A10479 Weinstein 07/01/18 signed Amends §§54.10, 54.90, 57.00, 90.00 & 107.00, Local Finance Law; amends §2, Chapter 868 of 1975; amends §5, Chapter 142 of 2004. Relates to the sale of bonds and notes of New York city, the issuance of bonds or notes with variable rates of interest, interest rate exchange agreements of New York city, the refunding of bonds, and the down payment for projects financed by bonds; amends the New York state financial emergency act for New York city; makes further amendments relating to the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 92 A10501 Kim 07/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 613 of 1996. Amends provisions relating to buildings that are part of urban development action area projects and are rehabilitated with municipal loans, in relation to the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 93 A10502 Dilan 07/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 84 of 1993. Extends provisions relating to the establishment of initial rents in housing accommodations rehabilitated with loans to housing development companies. CHAPTER 94 A10507 Pellegrino 07/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 274 of 2010. Relates to extending certain provisions relating to the repair of damaged pesticide containers; extends provisions for two years. CHAPTER 95 A10559 Niou 07/01/18 signed Amends §5, Chapter 449 of 1986. Extends expiration of authority granted to the city of New York to restructure the rents of units in buildings receiving municipally financed rehabilitation loans. CHAPTER 96 A10560 Walker 07/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 253 of 2004. Extends expiration of authority granted to the department of housing preservation and development of city of New York to restructure rents of dwelling units in buildings foreclosed upon by the federal government. CHAPTER 97 A10561 Joyner 07/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 375 of 1999. Relates to the effectiveness of chapter 375 of the laws of 1999 relating to the management of buildings for which administrators have been appointed. CHAPTER 98 A10605 Epstein 07/01/18 signed Amends §6, Chapter 777 of 1986. Extends the expiration of authority granted to the city of New York to restructure rent for units in multiple dwellings getting small loans to remove substandard or insanitary conditions. CHAPTER 99 A10613 Cymbrowitz 07/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 673 of 2005. Relates to excess medical malpractice insurance and extending the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 100 A10676 Abbate 07/01/18 signed Amends §13-638.2, NYC Administrative Code. Relates to the rate of interest used in the actuarial valuation of liabilities for the purpose of calculating contributions to the New York city employees' retirement system, the New York city teachers' retirement system, the police pension fund, the fire department pension fund and the board of education retirement system of such city by public employers and other obligors required to make employer contributions to such retirement systems, the crediting of special interest and additional interest to members of such retirement systems, and the allowance of supplementary interest on the funds of such retirement systems. CHAPTER 101 A10758 Morelle 07/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 371 of 2009. Relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law pertaining to the residential care off-site facility demonstration project. CHAPTER 102 A10830 Stern 07/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 563 of 2001. Extends the provisions of chapter 563 of the laws of 2001 relating to providing for an emergency technician 5 year re-certification demonstration program. CHAPTER 103 A10971-A Magnarelli 07/01/18 signed Relates to federal bond volume allocations, the unified state bond ceiling and the private activity bond allocation act of 2018. CHAPTER 104 S7861-A LARKIN 07/01/18 signed Relates to elections and elective officers of new towns. CHAPTER 105 S8010 JACOBS 07/01/18 SIGNED Amends §54.30, Local Finance Law. Relates to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of Buffalo. CHAPTER 106 S8093-A HANNON Department of Health (Internal # 8 - 2018) 07/01/18 SIGNED Amends §5, Chapter 426 of 1983; amends §5, Chapter 582 of 1984; amends §230, Public Health Law; amends part B §60, Chapter 57 of 2015; amends §246, Chapter 81 of 1995; amends part C §71, Chapter 60 of 2014. Relates to extending certain provisions of the public health law and the social services law. CHAPTER 107 S8217 LAVALLE 07/01/18 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 534 of 1993. Extends the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistants. CHAPTER 108 S8317 JACOBS 07/01/18 SIGNED Amends §4, Chapter 656 of 2002. Extends provisions relating to rental vehicle protections. CHAPTER 109 S8389-B JACOBS 07/01/18 SIGNED Amends §396-z, General Business Law; amends §4, Chapter 656 of 2002. Expands protections afforded to renters of motor vehicles and makes certain provisions relating to rental vehicle protections permanent. CHAPTER 110 S8501-B MURPHY 07/01/18 SIGNED Amends §§25.19, 25.23, 25.24, 25.07 & 25.30, adds §§25.10, 25.12 & 25.34, Arts & Cultural Affairs Law; amends §4, Chapter 704 of 1991; amends §11, Chapter 151 of 2010. Relates to the sale of tickets to places of entertainment; establishes notice and disclosure requirements for the sale or resale of tickets. CHAPTER 111 S8910-A BONACIC 07/01/18 SIGNED Permits an assessing unit within the town of Neversink, county of Sullivan, to file their tentative assessment roll for 2018 no later than June 30, 2018. CHAPTER 112 S7419 STEWART-COUSINS 07/09/18 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 62 of 2015. Extends the city of Yonkers occupancy tax. CHAPTER 113 A10349 Magnarelli 07/10/18 signed Amends §§21.00, 53.00, 54.90 & 107.00, Local Finance Law; amends §81, Chapter 413 of 1991. Relates to local government borrowing practices and mandate relief. CHAPTER 114 A11216 Rules (Lavine) 07/10/18 signed Amends §6-41.0, adds §6-42.2, Chapter 272 of 1939. Relates to the administration of real property tax refunds and credits in Nassau county on class four property. Nassau County Administrative Code CHAPTER 115 S6959 AMEDORE 07/10/18 SIGNED Amends §1204, Real Property Tax Law. Relates to requiring notice where the tentative equalization rate varies more than five percentage points from the locally stated level of assessment within ten days of receipt of such rate or filing of the tentative assessment roll. CHAPTER 116 S6960-A AMEDORE 07/10/18 SIGNED Relates to requiring the commissioner of the department of taxation and finance to establish segment special equalization rates for certain school districts in the town of Guilderland; specifically the Rotterdam-Mohonasen School District, Schalmont School District and Voorheesville School District. CHAPTER 117 S7906 MURPHY (State Liquor Authority # 6) 07/10/18 SIGNED Amends §4, Chapter 118 of 2012. Extends the expiration of certain powers of the state liquor authority for an additional 3 years. CHAPTER 118 S8830 SEWARD 07/10/18 SIGNED Amends §200, Agriculture & Markets Law; amends §1352-c, Public Health Law; amends §3, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Permits the manufacture and sale of ice cream or other frozen desserts made with wine, beer or cider or any combination thereof; requires notice. CHAPTER 119 S8929 GOLDEN 07/10/18 SIGNED Amends §160-cc, Executive Law; amends part AAA §26, Chapter 59 of 2017. Relates to extending workers' compensation coverage to certain TNC drivers including a TNC driver that is logged onto a TNC digital network and is not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip but is engaged in an activity reasonably related to driving as a TNC driver. CHAPTER 120 S9100 HANNON 07/10/18 SIGNED Adds Article 2-B §§290 - 294, amends §3343-b, Public Health Law. Enacts the drug take back act requiring certain manufacturers to operate a drug take back program to accept and dispose of covered drugs; provides that any city with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more as of the last decennial census, the commissioner of health shall establish by regulation a distribution plan that ensures that on-site collection receptacle or dropbox placement shall be reasonably accessible to all residents. CHAPTER 121 A8758 Fahy 07/26/18 signed Authorizes Sean Ralston, a part-time village of Altamont police officer in the county of Albany, to take the civil service examination for full-time police officer, and to be placed on the eligible list for appointment if his score on the examination is high enough. CHAPTER 122 A11193-A Rules (Woerner) 07/26/18 signed Authorizes Edward P. Ackley to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the village of Hudson Falls. CHAPTER 123 A416-A Magnarelli 07/31/18 signed Adds §901, Real Property Tax Law. Authorizes the city of Syracuse to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to the city's annual tax levy. CHAPTER 124 A2620-A Perry 07/31/18 signed Adds §404-ee, Vehicle & Traffic Law. Authorizes the issuance of distinctive "West Indian-American Day Carnival" license plates; provides an additional annual service charge for such plates shall support such parade. CHAPTER 125 A5305-B Miller MG 07/31/18 signed chap.125 Adds §404-ee, Vehicle & Traffic Law; adds §99-ee, State Finance Law. Relates to the issuance of distinctive Down's syndrome awareness license plates and the creation of the "Down's syndrome research fund". CHAPTER 126 A7559 Buchwald 07/31/18 signed chap.126 Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Bedford to be used exclusively for the purposes of operating and maintaining a wastewater treatment plant and appurtenant facilities and operations. CHAPTER 127 A7850-A Miller ML 07/31/18 signed chap.127 Relates to real property tax exemption for Congregation Gates of Prayer of Far Rockaway in the county of Nassau. CHAPTER 128 A8227-A Barrett 07/31/18 signed chap.128 Authorizes Johel E. Dongo, Carl Cacace Jr., Douglas Parrish and Christopher Saya, firefighters in the Arlington fire district, in the county of Dutchess, to elect to participate in an optional 20 year retirement program. CHAPTER 129 A8457 Magee 07/31/18 signed chap.129 Amends §5, Chapter 254 of 2013. Provides that in the event that certain lands cease to be used exclusively by the International Boxing Hall of Fame for the purposes of developing, expanding and operating a boxing hall of fame and museum and are not developed by July 31, 2023, title to such lands and any improvements thereon shall revert to the state of New York. CHAPTER 130 A8724 Jean-Pierre 07/31/18 signed chap.130 Amends §§1 & 2, Chapter 122 of 2015. Extends the deadline for tax exemption applications for certain improved properties affected by Superstorm Sandy from March 1, 2018 until March 1, 2020. CHAPTER 131 A8789 Hunter 07/31/18 signed chap.131 Amends §911, Executive Law. Designates Ley Creek and Butternut Creek as inland waterways. CHAPTER 132 A8806 Fahy 07/31/18 signed chap.132 Amends §1212, Real Property Tax Law. Requires that the certification of the final state equalization rate, class ratios, and class equalization rates, if required, shall occur no later than thirty days prior to the last date set by law for levy of taxes of any municipal corporation to which such equalization rate, class ratios, and class equalization rates are applicable. CHAPTER 133 A9579-A Woerner 07/31/18 signed chap.133 Amends §911, Executive Law. Includes Round lake in the list of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront revitalization program. CHAPTER 134 A9622 McDonald 07/31/18 signed chap.134 Amends §3, Chapter 105 of 2009. Extends the ability of the county of Albany to impose and collect taxes on occupancy of hotel or motel rooms in Albany county. CHAPTER 135 A9640-A Galef 07/31/18 signed chap.135 Amends §911, Executive Law. Designates Cortlandt, Dickiebusch, Furnace Brook and Meahagh lakes as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization CHAPTER 136 A9646-A Norris 07/31/18 signed chap.136 Amends §23, Town Law; amends §3, Public Officer's Law. Relates to authorizing the building inspector in the town of Wilson, county of Niagara, to reside outside of such town. CHAPTER 137 A9687 Pretlow 07/31/18 signed chap.137 Amends §228, Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering & Breeding Law. Relates to certain payments to the horsemen's organization. CHAPTER 138 A9719 Ryan 07/31/18 signed chap.138 Amends §2104, Uniform City Court Act. Relates to the residence of the part-time judge of the city court of Lackawanna; authorizes the part-time judge of the Lackawanna city court to reside anywhere in Erie county provided his or her term of office commenced during the two thousand eighteen calendar year. CHAPTER 139 A9729 Jaffee 07/31/18 signed chap.139 Amends §1903, Real Property Tax Law. Limits the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Orangetown, county of Rockland. CHAPTER 140 A9778 Magee Same as S 7573 VALESKY 07/31/18 signed chap.140 Amends §911, Executive Law. Includes Cazenovia Lake and Chittenango Creek in the definition of inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization. CHAPTER 141 A9791 Butler 07/31/18 signed chap.141 Amends §2, Chapter 549 of 2005. Extends Herkimer county's mortgage recording tax authorization until 2020. CHAPTER 142 A9792 DiPietro 07/31/18 signed chap.142 Amends §2, Chapter 185 of 2005. Extends provisions authorizing the county of Wyoming to impose a county recording tax on obligations secured by a mortgage on real property until December 1, 2021. CHAPTER 143 A9864 Ramos 07/31/18 signed chap.143 Authorizes Family Service League, Inc. to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption for the 2015 assessment roll. CHAPTER 144 A9873 Cusick 07/31/18 signed chap.144 Amends §3, Chapter 306 of 2011. Extends, from December 31, 2018 to December 31, 2019, the expiration of the authorization granted to residential property owners in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove reeds from their property. CHAPTER 145 A9877 McDonald 07/31/18 signed chap.145 Amends §3-b, Public Officers Law. Relates to residency requirements for certain peace officers in Albany county. CHAPTER 146 A9949 Zebrowski 07/31/18 signed chap.146 Amends §1903, Real Property Tax Law. Extends limitations on the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Clarkstown, county of Rockland. CHAPTER 147 A9966-A Magnarelli 07/31/18 signed chap.147 Amends §§8608 & 8610, repealed §8610 sub 2, Education Law. Relates to a provisional permit for clinical laboratory technology. CHAPTER 148 A10012-A Morelle 07/31/18 signed chap.148 Amends §101, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Relates to the New York Wine and Culinary Center; authorization to hold through its wholly owned subsidiary a branch office permit at the Finger Lakes Welcome Center; authorizes the sale of NYS produced cider. CHAPTER 149 A10044-A Oaks 07/31/18 signed chap.149 Amends §23, Town Law; amends §3, Public Officers Law. Relates to the residency requirement for the court clerk for the town of Sodus in the county of Wayne; permits such court clerk to not be an elector of such town. CHAPTER 150 A10130 Englebright 07/31/18 signed chap.150 Authorizes Chabad at Stony Brook, Inc. to submit a retroactive application for a real property tax exemption to the assessor of town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, for a parcel at 22 Sturrock Way. CHAPTER 151 A10131 Englebright 07/31/18 signed chap.151 Authorizes Chabad at Stony Brook, Inc. to submit a retroactive application for a real property tax exemption to the assessor of town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, for a parcel at 3 Galloway Court. CHAPTER 152 A10142 Englebright 07/31/18 signed chap.152 Authorizes the United Veterans Beacon House to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 assessment rolls. CHAPTER 153 A10147-B Stec 07/31/18 signed chap.153 Amends §911, Executive Law. Designates Minerva Lake as an inland waterway for purposes of waterfront revitalization. CHAPTER 154 A10192-A Glick 07/31/18 signed chap.154 Amends §8, Chapter 592 of 1998. Permits the construction of an art installation within the historic footprint of pier 52 consisting of a life-size skeletal replica of pier 52. CHAPTER 155 A10236 Ortiz 07/31/18 signed chap.155 Amends §2, Chapter 890 of 1982. Relates to certain water charges for hospitals and charities in New York city; extends expiration until September 1, 2020. CHAPTER 157 A10298-A Peoples-Stokes 07/31/18 signed Amends §3, Chapter 108 of 2016. Extends provisions of law relating to authorizing a pilot residential parking permit system in the city of Buffalo. CHAPTER 158 A10301-B Barrett 07/31/18 signed Amends §§321, 322 & 325, Agriculture & Markets Law. Includes the use of farmer-purchased farmland protection agreements in the commissioner's evaluation of applications for funding for agricultural protection plans. CHAPTER 159 A10309 Stec 07/31/18 signed Amends §§1676 & 1680, Public Authorities Law. Provides for the financing and construction of facilities by the dormitory authority for North Country School. CHAPTER 160 A10342 Fahy 07/31/18 signed Amends §3, Chapter 141 of 2014. Extends certain provisions of law authorizing the hunting of big game in the county of Albany with rifles. CHAPTER 161 A10365 Carroll 07/31/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 363 of 2010; amends §2, Chapter 219 of 2002. Extends the chief administrator of the courts' authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection; removes the expiration of the judicial hearing officer pilot program in the family courts of the seventh and eighth judicial districts for ordering a reference to determine an application for an order of protection or temporary order of protection in certain cases. CHAPTER 162 A10385 Otis 07/31/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 88 of 2009. Extends the authority of the city of New Rochelle to impose an occupancy tax. CHAPTER 163 A10452 Skoufis 07/31/18 signed Amends §§1676 & 1680, Public Authorities Law. Authorizes the dormitory authority to construct and finance certain facilities of the New York Military Academy. CHAPTER 164 A10468-B Ryan (MS) 07/31/18 signed Amends §3307, Public Health Law. Relates to authorizing the reclassification of controlled substances by regulation; authorizes the commissioner of health to reclassify controlled substances by regulation or emergency regulation if the substance is redesignated or rescheduled. CHAPTER 165 A10487 Lupardo 07/31/18 signed Amends §322, Judiciary Law. Relates to residency requirements for stenographers in the county of Broome; authorizes the district attorney of Broome county to appoint a stenographer residing in the county of Onondaga or in any county of the sixth judicial district. CHAPTER 166 A10516 Otis 07/31/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 89 of 2009. Extends the city of Rye occupancy tax for three years. CHAPTER 167 A10618-A Peoples-Stokes 07/31/18 signed Adds §905, Real Property Tax Law. Authorizes the city of Buffalo to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to the city's annual tax levy. CHAPTER 168 A10647 Dinowitz 07/31/18 signed Amends §11, Chapter 237 of 2015. Extends provisions of law relating to the use of electronic means for the commencement and filing of papers in certain actions or proceedings until September 1, 2019. CHAPTER 169 A10674 Gunther 07/31/18 signed Amends §§1676 & 1680, Public Authorities Law; amends §5, Chapter 371 of 1998. Extends, from December 31, 2018 to December 31, 2023, the expiration of the provisions of the public authorities law authorizing the dormitory authority to construct and finance facilities for the not-for-profit members of the New York State Rehabilitation Association and the New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation. CHAPTER 170 A10681-A Thiele 07/31/18 signed Authorizes the county of Suffolk to transfer and convey a portion of county parkland to the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk for continued park and recreational purposes and as a commercial fishing dock. CHAPTER 171 A10685 Gottfried 07/31/18 signed Amends §2562, Public Authorities Law. Relates to the determination of a quorum for the transaction of business of the New York convention center operating corporation. CHAPTER 172 A10743-A Byrne 07/31/18 signed Amends §23, Town Law; amends §3, Public Officers Law. Waives the residency requirements for the persons performing the functions of building inspector/code enforcement officer or assistant/deputy building inspector/code enforcement officer for Putnam Valley, Putnam County. CHAPTER 173 A10756-A Steck 07/31/18 signed Amends §§1676 & 1680, Public Authorities Law. Authorizes the dormitory authority to construct and finance regional juvenile detention facilities. CHAPTER 174 A10813 Rodriguez 07/31/18 signed Amends §5, Chapter 384 of 1998. Relates to the powers of the Terence Cardinal Cooke health care center, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof. CHAPTER 175 A10815 Zebrowski 07/31/18 signed Amends §3-b, Public Officer Law. Allows qualified persons residing in the county of Orange or Westchester to be appointed as a peace officer in the county of Rockland at the instance of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals for the county of Rockland. CHAPTER 176 A10926 Englebright 07/31/18 signed Authorizes The Reboli Center for Art and History to file an application for retroactive real property tax exemption. CHAPTER 177 A10961-A Abinanti 07/31/18 signed Amends §1640-f, Vehicle & Traffic Law. Relates to the residential parking permit system in the village of Tarrytown. CHAPTER 178 A11001-A Ashby 07/31/18 signed Adds §344-j, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Chief George Bell Memorial Highway" on state route twenty-two. CHAPTER 179 S7158-B GOLDEN 07/31/18 SIGNED Amends §208-f, General Municipal Law; amends §361-a, Retirement & Social Security Law. Increases the special accidental death benefit paid to a widow or widower or the deceased member's children under the age of eighteen, or if a student, under the age of twenty-three. CHAPTER 180 S7300 LAVALLE 07/31/18 SIGNED Repealed Article 23, Economic Development Law (as proposed in S. 5385-A and A. 6893-A). Relates to the New York seafood marketing task force and relates to state agencies having seafood marketing roundtable meetings with relevant stakeholders. CHAPTER 181 S7439-A LITTLE 07/31/18 SIGNED Allows out of state health care professionals to perform services at the Ironman Lake Placid and the Ironman 70.3. CHAPTER 182 S8339 PHILLIPS 07/31/18 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 591 of 2001. Extends certain provisions of law relating to limiting the check cashing exemption for national banks and other regulated entities from August 1, 2018 to August 1, 2023. CHAPTER 183 S8648 HANNON (Dormitory Authority #7) 07/31/18 signed Amends §7, Chapter 392 of 1973. Relates to the ability of the New York state medical care facilities finance agency to issue certain bonds and notes. CHAPTER 184 S8657 LAVALLE 07/31/18 SIGNED Authorizes Yaphank Presbyterian Church to file an application for exemption for real property taxation. CHAPTER 185 S8882-A RITCHIE 07/31/18 SIGNED Amends §3, Public Officers Law. Authorizes a person holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Oswego to reside in an adjoining county within the state. CHAPTER 186 S8932 FLANAGAN 07/31/18 SIGNED Amends §1903, Real Property Tax Law. Limits the amount of a property tax shift from one class of property to another for 2018-2019 in the county of Suffolk. CHAPTER 187 S9090 GRIFFO 07/31/18 SIGNED Amends §§1942 & 1945, Public Authorities Law. Relates to the total amount of bonds the Upper Mohawk Valley memorial authority may issue; authorizes, for certain public works undertaken pursuant to project labor agreements, use of the alternative delivery method known as design-build contracts; increases the members of the governing body to nine. CHAPTER 188 A5200 Weprin (MS) 08/13/18 signed with Press Release Amends §§120.16 & 120.17, Penal Law. Prohibits physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony. CHAPTER 189 A6823-C Paulin 08/15/18 signed Amends §§70.02, 460.10, 130.91, 120.70 & 230.01, add §230.34-a, Penal Law; amends §168-a, Correction Law; amends §§700.05, 440.10 & 420.35, Criminal Procedure Law; amends §§447-a & 483-bb, Social Services Law; amends §§509-cc & 510-d, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §§3-118, 9-131 & 14-154, NYC Administrative Code; amends §1012, Family Court Act; amends §10.03, Mental Hygiene Law; amends §2324-a, Public Health Law; amends §§621 & 631, Executive Law; amends §410, General Business Law. Establishes the crime of sex trafficking of a child; intentionally advances or profits from prostitution of another where such person is a child less than eighteen years old. CHAPTER 190 A10425-A Paulin (MS) 08/15/18 signed Adds §206-f, General Business Law. Requires certain lodging facilities to make available information concerning services for human trafficking victims. CHAPTER 191 S7836 LANZA 08/15/18 SIGNED Amends §§170.15 & 180.20, Criminal Procedure Law; amends §212, Judiciary Law. Relates to human trafficking courts; authorizes transfer of cases after arraignment, by order or with consent of the DA, to another local criminal court or a designated human trafficking court. CHAPTER 192 A10097 Woerner 08/16/18 signed Amends §§301 & 305, Agriculture & Markets Law. Includes certain lands used in the single operation for the production of hopyards in the definition of agricultural land and provides a real property tax abatement for the owners of certain hopyards. CHAPTER 193 A10128-A Schimminger 08/16/18 signed Amends §61, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Relates to authorizing custom liquor production for a non-licensed individual by farm distilleries; establishes conditions for such production including that such custom liquor shall not be offered for sale. CHAPTER 194 A7218-A Jaffee 08/16/18 signed Amends §§3550 & 3555, Public Health Law. Relates to tanning facilities. CHAPTER 195 A11125-A Rules (Otis) 08/16/18 signed Adds §260.35, Penal Law. Enacts Lulu and Leo's law establishing the crime of misrepresentation by, or on behalf of, a caregiver for children when a person knowingly makes a misrepresentation about a caregiver's background. CHAPTER 196 S1672 LITTLE 08/17/18 SIGNED Amends §532, Real Property Tax Law. Makes certain state lands in the town of Argyle, Ft. Edward and Kingsbury, in the county of Washington, subject to taxation for all purposes. CHAPTER 197 S7118-A MURPHY 08/17/18 SIGNED Authorizes the town of Yorktown, in the county of Westchester, to alienate certain parklands. CHAPTER 198 S7166-C RITCHIE 08/17/18 SIGNED Authorizes the village of Phoenix to alienate and sell parklands at fair market value to the Phoenix Central School District with the understanding that such village shall dedicate an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of such parklands being alienated to the acquisition of new parklands and/or improvements to existing parklands. CHAPTER 199 S8021-A LAVALLE 08/17/18 SIGNED Authorizes the Family Service League to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption. CHAPTER 200 S8763 DEFRANCISCO 08/17/18 SIGNED 08/17/18 APPROVAL MEMO.1 Validates certain acts of the North Syracuse central school district with regard to certain capital improvement projects; such projects shall be eligible for state aid. CHAPTER 201 A397-B Gunther (MS) 08/20/18 signed with Press Release Amends §1399-o, Public Health Law. Prohibits smoking at all times in facilities that provide child care services in a private home provided that such private home is required to be licensed or registered for child care services, regardless of whether or not children receiving such services are present. CHAPTER 202 S2412-D DEFRANCISCO 08/21/18 Signed with Press Release 08/21/18 Approval Memo 2 Adds Article 15-A §§499-a - 499-j, Judiciary Law. Establishes the commission on prosecutorial conduct. * Legislative History available! CHAPTER 203 A3137 Abbate (State Comptroller # 11) 08/21/18 signed with Press Release Adds §424-a, Retirement & Social Security Law. Prohibits the use of placement agents or intermediaries by investment managers doing business with the common retirement fund. CHAPTER 204 A10275 Peoples-Stokes (Office of Victim Services #4) 08/22/18 signed Amends §631, Executive Law. Relates to the reimbursement of shelter costs and crime scene cleanup for certain, non-injured victims including battered spouses and children. CHAPTER 205 A8684-B Rosenthal L 08/23/18 signed Amends §749, Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law. Relates to the presence of a companion animal when executing a warrant for eviction or dispossession of property and directs the executing officer to make arrangements for the safe removal of such animal. CHAPTER 206 A10403 Fahy 08/24/18 signed Amends §1349, Civil Practice Law & Rules; amends §97-w, State Finance Law. Relates to the disposal of property upon a judgment or order of forfeiture; requires a percentage of money from such disposal of property to be deposited into a subaccount of the general fund to be used for law enforcement diversion purposes. CHAPTER 207 A208-E Lupardo 08/24/18 signed Amends §§509-g & 509-l, Vehicle & Traffic Law; amends §3623-a, Education Law. Provides for pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing of bus drivers; further provides that no person shall consume a drug, controlled substance or an intoxicating liquor, regardless of its alcoholic content, or be under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or drug, within eight hours before going on duty or operating, or having physical control of a bus. CHAPTER 208 A219-A Santabarbara 08/24/18 signed Adds §404-z, Vehicle & Traffic Law. Relates to the issuance of a distinctive license plate for members of the New York state Elks association of the benevolent and protective order of the Elks. CHAPTER 209 A249-C Santabarbara (MS) 08/24/18 signed Adds §13.43, Mental Hygiene Law. Establishes identification cards for individuals with developmental disabilities. CHAPTER 210 A261 Abinanti (MS) 08/24/18 signed Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of health, the commissioner of the office of children and family services and the commissioner of mental health to study and report the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder. CHAPTER 211 A1541-B Jenne 08/24/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 308 of 2012. Extends certain provisions of the general municipal law, relating to granting localities greater contract flexibility and cost savings by permitting certain shared purchasing among political subdivisions. CHAPTER 212 A2279-A Peoples-Stokes 08/24/18 signed Adds §467-k, Real Property Tax Law. Authorizes cities having a population of between 250,000 and 300,000 to establish a senior citizen longtime resident real property tax exemption. CHAPTER 213 A2451 Simotas 08/24/18 signed Amends §39, Public Services Law. Relates to the discontinuation of utility service to residential customers. CHAPTER 214 A2954-B McDonald 08/24/18 signed Amends §208-a, General Municipal Law. Authorizes educational institutions to agree to pay for all or a portion of the salaries and compensation payable to municipal school crossing guards. CHAPTER 215 A5159-B Titus (MS) 08/24/18 signed Adds §630-f, Tax Law; amends §95-d, State Finance Law. Provides a tax check off box on personal income tax return forms for gifts for the life pass it on trust fund for gifts for organ and tissue donation outreach and research and provides for certain reporting requirement for such fund. CHAPTER 216 A5539-B Weprin 08/24/18 signed Amends §10, Municipal Home Rule Law. Provides for community service as one of the punishments for the violation of a local law in a municipality. CHAPTER 217 A5823-B Wright 08/24/18 signed Amends §§28-104.2, 28-105.5 & 28-105.12.7.1, NYC Administrative Code. Requires notice to adjoining owners of construction or demolition work at the time such application for approval is submitted. CHAPTER 218 A6047 Titone (Office of Court Administration #6) 08/24/18 signed Amends §2305, Civil Practice Law Rules. Provides for service of subpoena and delivery of records. CHAPTER 219 A6048 Zebrowski (Office of Court Administration #1) 08/24/18 signed Adds R4540-a, Civil Practice Law Rules. Relates to the authenticating effect of a party's production of material authored or otherwise created by the party. CHAPTER 220 A7070-A Abbate 08/24/18 signed Amends §§3 & 30, Public Officers Law. Relates to residency requirements for members of municipal departments of sanitation; removes the five years of service residency issue. CHAPTER 221 A7178 Englebright (MS) 08/24/18 signed Amends §§296, 374 & 378, Executive Law; amends §7-e, Legislative Law; amends §92-a, Public Service Law; amends §§3 & 53, Public Building Law; amends §§3230 & 4410, Education Law; amends §326-b, Social Services Law; amends §§336-b, 798 & 799, General Business Law; amends §6, Civil Service Law; amends §49-gg, Workers’ Compensation Law; amends §108, Agriculture & Markets Law; amends §223-b, Public Housing Law. Changes references in law from "hearing impaired" to "deaf or hard of hearing". CHAPTER 222 A7402-A Pretlow 08/24/18 signed Directs the department of taxation and finance to study and report on the impact on localities in the counties of Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess of state-owned lands, and the methods of compensating such localities for the real property taxes lost as a result of such state-owned lands. CHAPTER 223 A7689-A Rosenthal L 08/24/18 signed Adds §32.06, Mental Hygiene Law. Prohibits certain practices concerning or consideration for referrals by providers of substance abuse disorder services. CHAPTER 224 A7715-B Thiele 08/24/18 signed Adds §404-ee, Vehicle & Traffic Law; adds §96, State Finance Law. Creates the "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" distinctive license plate program; establishes the World Trade Center memorial scholarship fund. CHAPTER 225 A7849-A Miller ML 08/24/18 signed Relates to a real property tax exemption for Kehillas B'nai HaYeshivos. CHAPTER 226 A7906 Schimminger 08/24/18 signed Amends §18, Chapter 297 of 2016. Makes permanent certain provisions of the alcoholic beverage control law authorizing the sale of gift bags and wrapping, and manufacturers to transport alcoholic beverages to their retail establishments. CHAPTER 227 A7976 De La Rosa 08/24/18 signed Amends §13.42, Mental Hygiene Law. Directs the autism spectrum disorders advisory board to improve outreach to minority group members relating to children with such disorders. CHAPTER 228 A8003 Braunstein 08/24/18 signed Amends §5-1.1-A, Estates, Powers & Trusts Law. Allows for service by mail to a nominated executor's domicile when exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse. CHAPTER 229 A8010-B Dinowitz 08/24/18 signed Adds §103, Public Services Law. Prohibits a commercial landlord from interfering with the installation of telephone corporation facilities upon his or her property or premises. |
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A8174 D'Urso (State Liquor Authority #5) 08/24/18 signed Amends §3, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Defines a hotel license. CHAPTER 231 A8177 Skartados (Office of Court Administration #75) 08/24/18 signed Amends §106, Uniform Justice Court Act. Relates to justices presiding in an off-hours arraignment part. CHAPTER 232 A8355-B Giglio 08/24/18 signed Amends §911, Executive Law. Designates Great Valley creek and its tributaries as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization. CHAPTER 233 A8382-B Galef 08/24/18 signed Adds §3021-a, Education Law. Requires immediate notification by law enforcement of the filing of an accusatory instrument alleging a sex offense by an employee; provides that no cause of action against law enforcement or school district shall exist for damages related to the dissemination of criminal history or arrest records. CHAPTER 234 A8723-A Jones 08/24/18 signed Amends §911, Executive Law. Designates Chazy lake as an inland waterway for purposes of waterfront revitalization. CHAPTER 235 A9029 Dinowitz 08/24/18 signed Amends §498, Judiciary Law. Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client. CHAPTER 236 A9040-A Fahy 08/24/18 signed Repealed §2502 sub 9, amends §§2601 & 2601-a, Education Law. Relates to the elections of members to the board of education of the city school district of the city of Albany. CHAPTER 237 A9564 Dinowitz 08/24/18 signed Amends §§4-A-105, 4-A-106, 4-A-204 & 5--103, Uniform Commercial Code; amends R4518, Civil Practice Law & Rules; amends §200, Lien Law; amends §§5-1401 & 7-101, General Obligations Law; amends §§138 & 204-a, Banking Law; amends §11.01, Arts & Cultural Affairs Law; amends §§331 & 500, Personal Property Law; amends §399-w, General Business Law. Relates to making certain technical corrections relating to the UCC revisions. CHAPTER 238 A9566 Hevesi 08/24/18 signed Amends §§483-aa & 483-bb, Social Services Law. Relates to services for victims of human trafficking including short-term and long-term safe housing. CHAPTER 239 A9650 Kolb 08/24/18 signed Amends §46-a, Navigation Law. Authorizes the towns of Fayette and Varick in the county of Seneca to adopt, amend and enforce local laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state or the United States, with respect to the restriction and regulation of the manner of construction and location of boathouses, moorings and docks in any waters within or bounding the respective municipality to a distance of fifteen hundred feet from the shoreline. CHAPTER 215 A5159-B Titus (MS) 08/24/18 signed Adds §630-f, Tax Law; amends §95-d, State Finance Law. Provides a tax check off box on personal income tax return forms for gifts for the life pass it on trust fund for gifts for organ and tissue donation outreach and research and provides for certain reporting requirement for such fund. CHAPTER 216 A5539-B Weprin 08/24/18 signed Amends §10, Municipal Home Rule Law. Provides for community service as one of the punishments for the violation of a local law in a municipality. CHAPTER 217 A5823-B Wright 08/24/18 signed Amends §§28-104.2, 28-105.5 & 28-105.12.7.1, NYC Administrative Code. Requires notice to adjoining owners of construction or demolition work at the time such application for approval is submitted. CHAPTER 218 A6047 Titone (Office of Court Administration #6) 08/24/18 signed Amends §2305, Civil Practice Law Rules. Provides for service of subpoena and delivery of records. CHAPTER 219 A6048 Zebrowski (Office of Court Administration #1) 08/24/18 signed Adds R4540-a, Civil Practice Law Rules. Relates to the authenticating effect of a party's production of material authored or otherwise created by the party. CHAPTER 220 A7070-A Abbate 08/24/18 signed Amends §§3 & 30, Public Officers Law. Relates to residency requirements for members of municipal departments of sanitation; removes the five years of service residency issue. CHAPTER 221 A7178 Englebright (MS) 08/24/18 signed Amends §§296, 374 & 378, Executive Law; amends §7-e, Legislative Law; amends §92-a, Public Service Law; amends §§3 & 53, Public Building Law; amends §§3230 & 4410, Education Law; amends §326-b, Social Services Law; amends §§336-b, 798 & 799, General Business Law; amends §6, Civil Service Law; amends §49-gg, Workers’ Compensation Law; amends §108, Agriculture & Markets Law; amends §223-b, Public Housing Law. Changes references in law from "hearing impaired" to "deaf or hard of hearing". CHAPTER 222 A7402-A Pretlow 08/24/18 signed Directs the department of taxation and finance to study and report on the impact on localities in the counties of Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess of state-owned lands, and the methods of compensating such localities for the real property taxes lost as a result of such state-owned lands. CHAPTER 223 A7689-A Rosenthal L 08/24/18 signed Adds §32.06, Mental Hygiene Law. Prohibits certain practices concerning or consideration for referrals by providers of substance abuse disorder services. CHAPTER 224 A7715-B Thiele 08/24/18 signed Adds §404-ee, Vehicle & Traffic Law; adds §96, State Finance Law. Creates the "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" distinctive license plate program; establishes the World Trade Center memorial scholarship fund. CHAPTER 225 A7849-A Miller ML 08/24/18 signed Relates to a real property tax exemption for Kehillas B'nai HaYeshivos. CHAPTER 226 A7906 Schimminger 08/24/18 signed Amends §18, Chapter 297 of 2016. Makes permanent certain provisions of the alcoholic beverage control law authorizing the sale of gift bags and wrapping, and manufacturers to transport alcoholic beverages to their retail establishments. CHAPTER 227 A7976 De La Rosa 08/24/18 signed Amends §13.42, Mental Hygiene Law. Directs the autism spectrum disorders advisory board to improve outreach to minority group members relating to children with such disorders. CHAPTER 228 A8003 Braunstein 08/24/18 signed Amends §5-1.1-A, Estates, Powers & Trusts Law. Allows for service by mail to a nominated executor's domicile when exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse. CHAPTER 229 A8010-B Dinowitz 08/24/18 signed Adds §103, Public Services Law. Prohibits a commercial landlord from interfering with the installation of telephone corporation facilities upon his or her property or premises. CHAPTER 230 A8174 D'Urso (State Liquor Authority #5) 08/24/18 signed Amends §3, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Defines a hotel license. CHAPTER 231 A8177 Skartados (Office of Court Administration #75) 08/24/18 signed Amends §106, Uniform Justice Court Act. Relates to justices presiding in an off-hours arraignment part. CHAPTER 232 A8355-B Giglio 08/24/18 signed Amends §911, Executive Law. Designates Great Valley creek and its tributaries as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization. CHAPTER 233 A8382-B Galef 08/24/18 signed Adds §3021-a, Education Law. Requires immediate notification by law enforcement of the filing of an accusatory instrument alleging a sex offense by an employee; provides that no cause of action against law enforcement or school district shall exist for damages related to the dissemination of criminal history or arrest records. CHAPTER 234 A8723-A Jones 08/24/18 signed Amends §911, Executive Law. Designates Chazy lake as an inland waterway for purposes of waterfront revitalization. CHAPTER 235 A9029 Dinowitz 08/24/18 signed Amends §498, Judiciary Law. Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client. CHAPTER 236 A9040-A Fahy 08/24/18 signed Repealed §2502 sub 9, amends §§2601 & 2601-a, Education Law. Relates to the elections of members to the board of education of the city school district of the city of Albany. CHAPTER 237 A9564 Dinowitz 08/24/18 signed Amends §§4-A-105, 4-A-106, 4-A-204 & 5--103, Uniform Commercial Code; amends R4518, Civil Practice Law & Rules; amends §200, Lien Law; amends §§5-1401 & 7-101, General Obligations Law; amends §§138 & 204-a, Banking Law; amends §11.01, Arts & Cultural Affairs Law; amends §§331 & 500, Personal Property Law; amends §399-w, General Business Law. Relates to making certain technical corrections relating to the UCC revisions. CHAPTER 238 A9566 Hevesi 08/24/18 signed Amends §§483-aa & 483-bb, Social Services Law. Relates to services for victims of human trafficking including short-term and long-term safe housing. CHAPTER 239 A9650 Kolb 08/24/18 signed Amends §46-a, Navigation Law. Authorizes the towns of Fayette and Varick in the county of Seneca to adopt, amend and enforce local laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state or the United States, with respect to the restriction and regulation of the manner of construction and location of boathouses, moorings and docks in any waters within or bounding the respective municipality to a distance of fifteen hundred feet from the shoreline. CHAPTER 240 A9851 Woerner 08/24/18 signed Amends §64, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church. CHAPTER 241 A9868-A Santabarbara 08/24/18 signed Amends §2500-j, Public Health Law. Mandates autism screening, that is in compliance with guidelines established by the American Academy of Pediatrics for children three years of age and under. CHAPTER 242 A9989 Fitzpatrick 08/24/18 signed Amends §1, Chapter 296 of 2017. Allows for payment in lieu of taxes imposed on real property with respect to property located at 1800 Motor Parkway, Islandia, New York, with respect to a lessee that is a qualified empire zone enterprise. CHAPTER 243 A10058 Fahy 08/24/18 signed Amends §3, Chapter 454 of 2010. Extends the effectiveness of the city of Albany pilot residential parking permit system. CHAPTER 244 A10074 Peoples-Stokes 08/24/18 signed Amends §1187, Public Authorities Law. Relates to Buffalo sewer authority bonds, increasing the total amount of bonds which may be issued and outstanding at one time. CHAPTER 245 A10100 Dinowitz 08/24/18 signed Amends §11-1.7, Estates, Powers and Trusts Law. Relates to limitations on powers and immunities of executors and testamentary trustees. CHAPTER 246 A10105 Schimminger (Empire State Development #1) 08/24/18 signed Amends §16-v, Urban Development Corporation Act. Relates to the New York state business incubator and innovation hot spot support act. CHAPTER 247 A10159 Weprin (State Commission of Correction #1) 08/24/18 signed Amends §40, Correction Law. Relates to remedying the inconsistent definitions for local correctional facility and municipal official and fixes other technical errors. CHAPTER 248 A10327-A Gunther 08/24/18 signed Amends §176, Town Law. Authorizes fire districts to expend from revenues amounts appropriated for cost of insurance to provide firefighters with an enhanced cancer disability benefit insurance program. CHAPTER 249 A10369 Nolan 08/24/18 signed Adds §1-a, Chapter 61 of 2002. Relates to requiring certain public school facilities to retain on premises at least one functional cardiac automated external defibrillator, in relation to naming such act the "Louis Acompora AED's in schools act". CHAPTER 250 A10611 Stern (Environmental Facilities Corporation #1 08/24/18 signed Amends §17-1909, Environmental Conservation Law. Extends provisions relating to water pollution control revolving fund agreements. CHAPTER 251 A10708 Gunther (Office for People with Developmental Disabilities #1) 08/24/18 signed Amends §33.17, Mental Hygiene Law. Relates to transportation of individuals; provides that within staffing limitations and upon request, an individual who is being transported to or from a facility may be accompanied by same gender staff. CHAPTER 252 A10722 Glick 08/24/18 signed Amends §§5 & 6, Chapter 987 of 1971. Relates to membership in the New York state dental association. CHAPTER 253 A10803 Magee (Department of Agriculture and Markets #1) 08/24/18 signed Amends Agriculture and Markets Law, generally. Relates to the inspection and sale of seeds, agricultural liming materials and commercial fertilizer. CHAPTER 254 A10816-A Jaffee 08/24/18 signed Amends §3-300, Village Law; amends §3, Public Officers Law. Authorizes the village of Spring Valley justices to live in the towns of Ramapo or Clarkstown, county of Rockland. CHAPTER 255 A10828 Cymbrowitz 08/24/18 signed Amends §656, Private Housing Finance Law. Increases the bonding authority of the New York city housing corporation. CHAPTER 256 A10859 Pellegrino (Department of Environmental Conservation #9) 08/24/18 signed Amends §13-0327, Environmental Conservation Law. Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage scallops to two thousand twenty-one. CHAPTER 257 A11026 Rules (Espinal) (Department of Labor #6) 08/24/18 signed Amends §3, Chapter 831 of 1981. Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extends effectiveness. CHAPTER 258 A11044 Rules (Schimminger) (Empire State Development #3) 08/24/18 signed Amends §963, General Municipal Law. Relates to the local administration of empire zones; provides an exception for the requirement to provide a certified annual report to the local zone administration board for certified businesses whose benefit period as a QEZE business enterprise has expired. CHAPTER 259 A11050 Rules (Lupardo) 08/24/18 signed Amends §218, Elder Law. Relates to the long-term care ombudsman program. CHAPTER 260 A11115-A Rules (Stern) 08/24/18 signed Provides for the establishment of the "Cold Spring Harbor Volunteer and Exempt Firefighters' Benevolent Association". CHAPTER 261 A11118-C Rules (Otis) 08/24/18 signed Amends §89-b, Public Service Law. Allows water works corporations to provide water usage data to municipalities. CHAPTER 262 A11128 Rules (Jones) 08/24/18 signed Amends §846-h, Executive Law. Includes persons appointed as Indian police officers within the definition of the term "law enforcement agency" for the purposes of the law enforcement accreditation council. CHAPTER 263 A11227 Rules (Abbate) (Governor’s Program #28) 08/24/18 signed Implements an agreement between the state and an employee organization which provides for the adjustment of salaries of certain incumbents in the professional service in the state university; provides for the adjustment of salaries of certain employees of the state university of New York who are excluded from collective bargaining and certain employees of the contract colleges of Cornell and Alfred universities; makes an appropriation for the purpose of effectuating certain provisions thereof. CHAPTER 264 S5890-B SEWARD 09/07/18 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 440 of 2012. Extends provisions of law relating to a health savings account pilot program. CHAPTER 265 S7612 MURPHY 09/07/18 SIGNED Amends §911, Executive Law. Designates Oceola lake and lake Mohegan as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization. CHAPTER 266 S7797-A GOLDEN 09/07/18 SIGNED Amends §§162 & 168, Workers’ Compensation Law; amends §2, Retirement & Social Security Law. Relates to participants in the World Trade Center rescue. CHAPTER 267 S8167-A GRIFFO 09/07/18 SIGNED Authorizes the village of Massena, town of Massena, county of St. Lawrence to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland. CHAPTER 268 S8252-A MURPHY 09/07/18 SIGNED Amends §911, Executive Law. Designates Katonah lake, Kitchawan lake, Oscaleta lake, Rippowam lake, Truesdale lake and Waccabuc lake as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization. CHAPTER 269 S8840 HELMING 09/07/18 SIGNED Amends §101, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Relates to reducing the number of overnight rooms and suites from 120 to 75 at a certain premises in the city of Canandaigua, county of Ontario, for purposes of an exemption on restrictions on manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers from sharing an interest in a liquor license. CHAPTER 270 S8878 LAVALLE 09/07/18 SIGNED Relates to certain examinations taken by funeral directors. CHAPTER 271 S8973 GOLDEN 09/07/18 SIGNED Amends §75, Civil Service Law. Provides that persons employed in the labor class for a minimum of five years shall not be removed or otherwise subjected to any disciplinary penalty provided in this section except for incompetency or misconduct. CHAPTER 272 S7415-C MARCELLINO 09/24/18 SIGNED with Press Release Adds §753-e, amends §755, General Business Law. Prohibits the leasing of companion animals; prohibits using companion animals as security for a contract. CHAPTER 273 S8987-A AMEDORE 09/24/18 SIGNED with Press Release Amends §3360, Public Health Law. Relates to allowing for the use of medical marihuana as an alternative to opioids for pain management and substance use disorder. CHAPTER 274 S9057 GALLIVAN 09/24/18 SIGNED with Press Release Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "T Sgt Henry "Hank" Dylong Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 275 S6343-A ALCANTARA 09/25/18 SIGNED Amends §165.15, Penal Law. Relates to theft of services from barbershops, salons or beauty salons and makes such offense a violation. CHAPTER 276 S7827 ORTT 09/25/18 SIGNED Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system constituting state route one hundred four in the town of Lewiston, county of Niagara as the "General William 'Wild Bill' Donovan Memorial Highway". CHAPTER 277 S8745-A LAVALLE 09/25/18 SIGNED Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Suffolk as the "Jolly 51 Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 278 S6839-A RITCHIE 09/28/18 SIGNED with Press Release Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system in the village of Philadelphia, county of Jefferson as the "New York State Trooper Joel R. Davis Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 279 S8157-A FLANAGAN 09/28/18 SIGNED with Press Release Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates certain portions of the state highway system as the "Lt. Christopher J. Raguso FDNY-CFD Memorial Highway". CHAPTER 280 S8855 YOUNG 09/28/18 SIGNED with Press Release Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates state route 394 in the town of Ellicott, county of Chautauqua, as the "Sergeant James C. Matteson Memorial Highway". CHAPTER 281 S9048 GALLIVAN 09/28/18 SIGNED with Press Release Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system in Erie county as the "S Sgt Michael F. Kaczmarek Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 282 S9051 MARCHIONE 09/28/18 SIGNED with Press Release Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Roger J. Mazal Memorial Bridge" on state route two-hundred three. CHAPTER 283 A8819-B Rosenthal L 10/01/18 signed Adds §2803-v, Public Health Law. Relates to the distribution of lymphedema information to patients at high risk of developing lymphedema and lists which patients are considered high risk. CHAPTER 284 S7112 LANZA 10/01/18 signed with Press Release Adds Article VII-E, §1 of Chapter 154 of 1921. Authorizes domestic companion animals be permitted to board any public transportation or public transportation service in the event of a state of emergency and evacuation. CHAPTER 285 S8853 YOUNG 10/01/18 signed with Press Release Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates state route 20 in the village of Fredonia, county of Chautauqua, as the "Sergeant Jonathan Gollnitz Memorial Highway". CHAPTER 286 S8954 GALLIVAN 10/01/18 signed with Press Release Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system in Wyoming county as the "PFC David P. Coveny Memorial Highway". CHAPTER 287 S9032 GALLIVAN 10/01/18 signed Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system in Erie county as the "SGT Brian K. Baker Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 288 S9089 GOLDEN 10/01/18 signed with Press Release Amends §1, Chapter 182 of 1960; amends §121, State Law; amends §§340-a, 343-h & 349-f, Highway Law; amends §91-a, Navigation Law; amends §11-0306, Environmental Conservation Law; amends §553-f, Public Authorities Law; amends §3-202, NYC Administrative Code. Relates to correcting the spelling of the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge. CHAPTER 289 A62-A Paulin (MS) 10/01/18 signed Amends §373, Agriculture & Markets Law. Relates to the proper venue for an impounding organization to file a petition for a security to be paid by the owner of a seized animal currently in the care of such organization. CHAPTER 290 A398-A Gunther 10/01/18 signed Adds §§209-L & 630-f, Tax Law; adds §95-i, State Finance Law. Relates to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) research and education; creates the New York ALS research and education fund. CHAPTER 291 A1050-A Stirpe (M) 10/01/18 signed Amends §212, adds Article 21-C §§849-l & 849-m, Judiciary Law. Relates to establishing a court-appointed special advocates program to aid the family court. CHAPTER 292 A2471 Sepulveda (MS) 10/01/18 signed Amends §259-c, Executive Law. Clarifies the duty of the state board of parole in reporting parole statistics; specifies necessary information. CHAPTER 293 A2660-B Ortiz (MS) 10/01/18 signed Adds §630-f, Tax Law; adds §99-bb, State Finance Law. 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. CHAPTER 294 A2788-B Peoples-Stokes 10/01/18 signed Adds §§209-L & 630-f, Tax Law; adds §97-rrrr, State Finance Law. Provides for taxpayer gifts for lupus education and prevention, and establishes the lupus education and prevention fund and outreach program. CHAPTER 295 A3936 Pretlow 10/01/18 signed Amends §631, Executive Law. Authorizes the crime victims board to accept other official documents in lieu of police reports for documentation of eligibility for compensation for rape, sexual assault and child abuse and domestic violence. CHAPTER 296 A3936 Pretlow 10/01/18 signed Amends §631, Executive Law. Authorizes the crime victims board to accept other official documents in lieu of police reports for documentation of eligibility for compensation for rape, sexual assault and child abuse and domestic violence. CHAPTER 297 A6255 Walker 10/01/18 signed Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to study significantly improving high-performance efficiency in commercial office buildings. CHAPTER 298 A6314 Thiele 10/01/18 signed Amends §23-2703, Environmental Conservation Law. Authorizes the enactment or enforcement of local laws or ordinances requiring the monitoring of groundwater impacts resulting from mining or the reclamation of mines within counties with a population of one million or more which draws its primary source of drinking water for a majority of county residents from a designated sole source aquifer. CHAPTER 299 A6926-A Magnarelli 10/01/18 signed Amends §385, Vehicle & Traffic Law. Authorizes a permit for a vehicle owned by a municipality to not expire until such municipality removes such permitted vehicle from operation. CHAPTER 300 A7953-A Brindisi 10/01/18 signed Amends §§17 & 60, add §§19-a & 19-b, Rural Electric Cooperative Law. Relates to patronage capital contributions, allocations and retirements. CHAPTER 301 A9915 Glick 10/01/18 signed Amends §2, Chapter 537 of 2008. Extends the expiration of provisions relating to a restricted dental faculty license. CHAPTER 302 A10220-A Englebright 10/01/18 signed Amends §1503, Business Corporation Law; amends §1105, Limited Liability Law. Relates to the incorporation of certain businesses for the purpose of practicing professional geology. CHAPTER 303 A10361 Jones 10/01/18 signed Amends §8, Chapter 138 of 1998. Extends effectiveness of provisions relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft from January 1, 2019 to January 1, 2021. CHAPTER 304 A10675 Gottfried (Department of Health #1) 10/01/18 signed Amends §2553, Public Health Law; amends §1, Chapter 884 of 1982. Relates to the early intervention coordinating council and the maternal child health services block grant advisory council. CHAPTER 305 A10938 Gunther 10/01/18 signed Amends §7.41, Mental Hygiene Law. Authorizes the geriatric service demonstration program to promote mental health and home care collaboration within the program. CHAPTER 306 A11123 Rules (Weprin) 10/01/18 signed Amends §1803-a, Real Property Tax Law. Relates to the determination of adjusted base proportions in special assessing units which are cities for the fiscal year two thousand nineteen; provides that the current base proportion of any class shall not exceed the adjusted base proportion of the immediately preceding year by more than one-half of one percent. CHAPTER 307 A587-C Rosenthal L 10/01/18 signed Amends §§2500-a & 207, Public Health Law. Requires urine polymerase chain reaction testing for cytomegalovirus of newborns with hearing impairments; and directs the department of health to establish an education program for women who may become pregnant, expectant parents and parents of infants relating to various aspects of cytomegalovirus. CHAPTER 308 A3076 Cymbrowitz (MS) 10/01/18 signed Amends §102, Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law. Relates to the qualifications of members of the gaming commission. CHAPTER 309 A3958 Dinowitz (MS) 10/01/18 signed Adds §224, Elder Law. Requires the provision of guides containing best practices for retaining employees who are informal caregivers; provides that such guide shall be available on the websites of the state office for the aging, the department of labor and the department of state. CHAPTER 310 A7015 Cymbrowitz 10/01/18 signed Amends §5, Chapter 376 of 1998. Allows Educational Housing Services Inc. to finance new housing utilizing the Dormitory Authority of New York State. CHAPTER 311 A8922 Rosenthal L 10/01/18 signed Amends §1872-a, Public Authorities Law; adds §1-a, Chapter of 2017 (as proposed in S. 3746-A and A. 4969-A). Relates to the affordable residential green building program; adds additional aspects to such program and requires the state authority to furnish a report determining the benefits of providing new financial incentives for the construction of affordable residential green buildings. CHAPTER 312 S2484 GOLDEN 10/01/18 signed Amends §9-102, Uniform Commercial Code; amends §601, General Business Law. Prohibits auto lenders from remotely disabling a vehicle without first giving notice of the disabling to the debtor. CHAPTER 313 S5337 HANNON 10/01/18 signed Amends §3502, Public Health Law. Relates to body imaging scanning equipment including proper registration, limitations and reporting of use. CHAPTER 314 S6655 HANNON 10/01/18 signed Amends §1112, Public Health Law. Directs the department of health to post on its website information relating to emerging contaminant notification levels and educational materials relating thereto. CHAPTER 315 S7301 KLEIN 10/01/18 signed Repealed Chapter 501 of 2017. Repeals provisions amending the real property tax law relating to establishing an energy-related public utility mass real property central assessment pilot program; directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to submit a report relating to public utility mass real property. CHAPTER 316 S7595 ORTT 10/01/18 signed Amends §343-c, Highway Law. Designates the Thomas C. Rotondo, Jr. Bridge as the Thomas C. Rotondo, Jr. Memorial Bridge. CHAPTER 317 S7712 YOUNG 10/01/18 signed Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates state route 256 in the town of Conesus, county of Livingston, as the "Conesus Veterans Memorial Highway". CHAPTER 318 S7741 AMEDORE 10/01/18 signed Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Designates the bridge on state route 213 over Rondout creek in the town of Marbletown, county of Ulster, as the "Kathy Cairo Davis Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 319 S8246 LARKIN 10/01/18 signed Adds §526-b, Public Authorities Law. Designates the "Bear Mountain bridge" as the "Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge". CHAPTER 320 S8315 BONACIC 10/01/18 signed Adds §342-vvv, Highway Law. Designates a portion of the state highway system in Sullivan county as "The Woodstock Way". CHAPTER 321 S8861 LARKIN 10/01/18 signed Adds §344-h, Highway Law. Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system in the town of Newburgh as the "Gold Star Families Memorial Highway". CHAPTER 322 A1206 Cusick (MS) 11/05/18 signed Adds §354-e, Executive Law. Relates to use of personal confidential information received from veterans or family members of veterans receiving services from the state and political subdivisions thereof. CHAPTER 323 A7470 Davila 11/05/18 signed Amends §19.07, Mental Hygiene Law; adds §3038, Education Law. Relates to the preparation of educational materials relating to substance abuse among students and designating employees to provide information regarding substance abuse to students, parents and staff. CHAPTER 324 A8921-A Paulin 11/05/18 signed Amends §74, Public Service Law; amends §1020-ii, Public Authorities Law. Establishes the energy storage deployment policy. CHAPTER 325 A9651-B Cusick 11/05/18 signed Amends §487, Real Property Tax Law. Authorizes a tax exemption for certain energy systems; includes fuel-flexible linear generator among other energy systems which are exempt from taxation. CHAPTER 326 A10057 Magee 11/05/18 signed Amends §483, Real Property Tax Law. Extends the real property tax exemption for structures and buildings essential to agricultural and horticultural use to buildings built prior to January 1, 2029. CHAPTER 327 A10150 Carroll 11/05/18 signed Amends §§499-bbbb & 499-cccc, Real Property Tax Law. Extends until January 1, 2021, the deadline to apply for the solar electric generating system real property tax abatement. CHAPTER 328 A10377 Glick 11/05/18 signed Amends §12, Chapter 381 of 2012. Extends the licensure of private proprietary schools. CHAPTER 329 A10864 Hyndman 11/05/18 signed Amends §669-e, Education Law. Modifies requirements for eligibility for the state science, technology, engineering and mathematics program to include students who enroll in a public or private institute of higher education. CHAPTER 330 A11020 Rules (Epstein) 11/05/18 signed Amends Part O §2, Chapter 56 of 2015. Relates to authorized absences by healthcare professionals who volunteer to fight the Ebola virus overseas; extends effectiveness. CHAPTER 331 S2496-B HANNON 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §4365, Public Health Law; adds §2616, amends §4313, Insurance Law; amends §201, Workers’ Compensation Law. Enacts the "living donor protection act of 2018"; prohibits discrimination in the provision of life, accident, and health insurance based on the status of an insured as a living organ or tissue donor; authorizes the provision of family leave to provide care during transplantation preparation and recovery from surgery related to organ or tissue donation; and directs the commissioner of health to develop and distribute informational materials relating to the benefits of being a living organ or tissue donor. CHAPTER 332 S6606 YOUNG 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §247, Military Law. Establishes the "New York State Silver Rose Veterans Service Certificate" for veterans exposed to dioxin or phenoxy herbicides during military service. CHAPTER 333 S6756-A GRIFFO 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §§760, 761, 762, 763 & 764, General Business Law. Relates to the one-call notification system. CHAPTER 334 S6850-B O'MARA 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §§500-a & 500-c, Correction Law. Permits the Steuben County sheriff and correctional facility to hold detained persons between arrest and arraignment. CHAPTER 335 S6882-A TEDISCO 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §2404-a, Public Health Law; amends §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Insurance Law. Provides that policies and contracts covering diagnostic screening for prostate cancer shall not be subject to cost sharing; requires notice of availability of such coverage without cost sharing to be provided in the notice to persons at risk of or having prostate cancer. CHAPTER 336 S7054 MURPHY 11/05/18 SIGNED Validates certain acts of the Hendrick Hudson central school district with regard to two capital improvement projects and provides for payment of state aid for such projects. CHAPTER 337 S7170-A SERINO 11/05/18 SIGNED Adds Article 45-B §958, Executive Law. Establishes a Lyme and tick-borne disease working group to review current best practices for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Lyme and tick-borne diseases. CHAPTER 338 S7219-A YOUNG 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §3-300, Village Law; amends §3, Public Officers Law. Provides that the court clerk and deputy clerk/treasurer of the village of Mount Morris, in the county of Livingston, need not be a resident of such town, so long as he or she is a resident of Livingston county or an adjoining county within the state. CHAPTER 339 S7331 GOLDEN 11/05/18 SIGNED Repealed §19-502 subs dd & ee, amends §19-533, NYC Administrative Code (as proposed in S. 6326-A and A. 7963-A). Relates to clean air taxicabs; provides for the issuance of one thousand three hundred fifty clean air taxicab medallions; repeals certain provisions. CHAPTER 340 S7389 AKSHAR 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §3, Public Officers Law. Relates to providing that a deputy sheriff of the county of Chenango need not be a resident of such county. CHAPTER 341 S7601 BONACIC 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 473 of 2010. Relates to extending the provisions relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund until five years after the commencement of the operation of a video lottery terminal facility at Aqueduct racetrack. CHAPTER 342 S7713-B HANNON 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §§2980, 2981, 2983 & 2985, Public Health Law. Authorizes a patient's attending nurse practitioner to witness the patient's execution of a health care proxy; authorizes a nurse practitioner to act as a person's health care agent; authorizes an attending nurse practitioner to determine that a patient lacks capacity. CHAPTER 343 S7731-A MURPHY 11/05/18 SIGNED Adds §77-h, General Municipal Law. Authorizes the town of New Castle, in the county of Westchester, to lease space on the sport field fences in 3 of its parks. CHAPTER 344 S7773 HANNON 11/05/18 SIGNED Relates to authorizing the village of Farmingdale to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for lots located at 387 Conklin Street, village of Farmingdale, town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau. CHAPTER 345 S7774 HANNON 11/05/18 SIGNED Relates to authorizing the village of Farmingdale to receive retroactive real property tax exemptions for lots located at 137 and 145 Main Street, village of Farmingdale, town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau. CHAPTER 346 S7966 BRESLIN 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §2, Chapter 405 of 2005. Extends the effectiveness for two years authorizing the county of Albany to impose a county mortgage recording tax. CHAPTER 347 S8175 MARCELLINO 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §3, Chapter 507 of 1974. Relates to the calculation of nonpublic schools' eligibility to receive aid. CHAPTER 348 S8218 HANNON 11/05/18 SIGNED Authorizes Maranatha Grace Church to file, with the county of Nassau, an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption. CHAPTER 349 S8269-A AMEDORE 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §109, Agriculture & Markets Law. Relates to dog licensing in the village of St. Johnsville. CHAPTER 350 S8338 BONACIC 11/05/18 SIGNED Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey certain unused state lands to MCB-Eagle New Paltz, LLC upon the consent of the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation, in consideration of fair market value and upon such other terms and conditions. CHAPTER 351 S8639-C LAVALLE 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §§342 & 347, Education Law. Relates to standardized test administration; increases penalty for violations to one thousand dollars. CHAPTER 352 S8819 AMEDORE 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §3-300, Village Law; amends §3, Public Officers Law. Authorizes the village of St. Johnsville to hire a village clerk/treasurer and code enforcement officer who is not a resident of such village. CHAPTER 353 S8829 HANNON 11/05/18 SIGNED Amends §626.6, Chapter 69 of 1940. Amends the Nassau county civil divisions act relating to the purposes of the Volunteer and Exempt Fireman's Benevolent Association of East Meadow. CHAPTER 354 S7242 SERINO 11/05/18 SIGNED 11/05/18 APPROVAL MEMO.4 Adds §13.28, Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Law. Relates to installing Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs at all state-managed parks including trail entryways and campgrounds due to the increased presence of such diseases within the state. CHAPTER 355 S8805 RULES 11/05/18 SIGNED 11/05/18 APPROVAL MEMO.5 Amends §3669, Public Authorities Law. Provides that all increased payments for salary adjustments according to plan and step-ups or increments during a wage freeze be suspended; makes such provisions applicable to county employees and employees of covered organizations, whether or not they are covered by a collectively negotiated agreement; makes related provisions. CHAPTER 356 S1124-B MARCHIONE 11/12/18 SIGNED Amends §367, Executive Law. Provides for an increase in the rates of compensation for gold star parents. |