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Amend Article 44 §1683 of Vehicle and Traffic Law to put solar-powered lights on stop signs located at intersections that have had three or more accidents in the past year.

a) No ordinance, order, rule or regulation made by any local authority under the powers conferred by this title shall be effective until signs or markings giving notice thereof are posted, except under such conditions as may be authorized in writing by the department of transportation or as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, if the effect of such order, ordinance, rule or regulation is to: 1. Designate through highways and order stop signs, flashing signals or yield signs erected at specified entrances thereto or designated any intersection as a stop intersection or a yield intersection and order like signs or signals at one or more entrances to such intersection.

1. Every employer operating a factory, mercantile establishment, hotel, restaurant, or freight or passenger elevator in any building or place shall, except as herein otherwise provided, allow every person employed in such establishment or in the care, custody or operation of any such elevator, at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in any calendar week.

Amend Environmental Conservation Law §27-2603 to require all companies selling and/or distributing photovoltaic panels and devices to register with a producer responsibility organization to develop a recycling plan.

1. (a) Beginning April first, two thousand eleven, a manufacturer of covered electronic equipment must accept for collection, handling and recycling or reuse electronic waste for which it is the manufacturer. Such waste shall count toward the amount of electronic waste required to be accepted pursuant to subdivision four of this section. (b) Beginning April first, two thousand eleven, a manufacturer of covered electronic equipment must accept for collection, handling and recycling or reuse one piece of electronic waste of any manufacturer's brand if offered by a consumer with the purchase of covered electronic equipment of the same type by a consumer. Such waste shall count toward the amount of the electronic waste required to be accepted pursuant to subdivision four of this section. 2. Beginning April first, two thousand eleven, each manufacturer must accept for collection, handling and recycling or reuse the manufacturer's acceptance standard as specified in subdivision four of this section.

An Act To Amend section 130.80 of the penal law in order to define child sexual assault by a person in a position of trust and set it as a class A felony.

§ 130.80 Course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree. 1. A person is guilty of course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree when, over a period of time not less than three months in duration: (a) he or she engages in two or more acts of sexual conduct with a child less than eleven years old; or (b) he or she, being eighteen years old or more, engages in two or more acts of sexual conduct with a child less than thirteen years old. 2. A person may not be subsequently prosecuted for any other sexual offense involving the same victim unless the other charged offense occurred outside the time period charged under this section. Course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree is a class D felony.

§ 171. When divorce denied, although adultery proved. In either of the following cases, the plaintiff is not entitled to a divorce, although the adultery is established: 1. Where the offense was committed by the procurement or with the connivance of the plaintiff. 2. Where the offense charged has been forgiven by the plaintiff. The forgiveness may be proven, either affirmatively, or by the voluntary cohabitation of the parties with the knowledge of the fact. 3. Where there has been no express forgiveness, and no voluntary cohabitation of the parties, but the action was not commenced within five years after the discovery by the plaintiff of the offense charged. 4. Where the plaintiff has also been guilty of adultery under such circumstances that the defendant would have been entitled, if innocent, to a divorce.

Possession in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph of a self-defense spray device as defined herein for the protection of a person or property and use of such self-defense spray device under circumstances which would justify the use of physical force pursuant to article thirty-five of this chapter. (a) As used in this section "self-defense spray device" shall mean a pocket sized spray device which contains and releases a chemical or organic substance which is intended to produce temporary physical discomfort or disability through being vaporized or otherwise dispensed in the air or any like device containing tear gas, pepper or similar disabling agent. (b) The exemption under this paragraph shall not apply to a person who: (i) is less than eighteen years of age;

An Act To amend § 194-b of New York Labor Law Chapter 31, Article 6 Mandatory disclosure of compensation or range of compensation, to enforce salary transparency in New York State Governmental Agencies.

New York Labor Law Chapter 31, Article 6 § 194-b Mandatory disclosure of compensation or range of compensation.

§ 194-b. Mandatory disclosure of compensation or range of compensation. (a) All terms used in this Subpart correspond to the definitions set forth in section 194-b of the New York State Labor Law (“the Act”). (b) This Subpart is not applicable to governmental agencies. (c) This Subpart is applicable to all advertisements for jobs, promotions, or transfer opportunities (“opportunity” or “opportunities”) that will physically be performed, at least in part, in the state of New York, including an opportunity that will physically be performed outside of the state of New York but reports to a supervisor, office, or other work site in the state of New York. Opportunities that are physically performed outside of the state of New York include, but are not limited to, opportunities where a prospective applicant may be working remotely, telecommuting, or working from “home.” (d) Incidental or infrequent instances of being physically present in the state of New York for work-related purposes, such as for an occasional meeting or conference, or mere communication with employees based in the state of New York, shall not alone be deemed physically performing an opportunity “in part” in the state of New York. (e) The Act is not applicable to temporary help firms as defined by subdivision five of section 916 of the New York State Labor Law regarding employees that temporary help firms hire in order to perform work or services for other organizations, to support or supplement such other organization’s workforce, or to provide assistance in special work situations such as, but not limited to, employee absences, skill shortages, seasonal workloads, or to perform special assignments or projects. For such employees, temporary help firms must still abide by applicable department guidelines for Notice and Acknowledgement of Wage Rates. The Act is applicable to temporary help firms for opportunities to work for the temporary help firm itself. For example, a temporary help firm must comply with the Act when advertising an opportunity for an administrative assistant position to perform work or services for the firm itself and not for other organizations.

Amend section 225 of the public health law by creating a new subdivision 5-b that would require nursing homes and assisted living facilities provide and maintain on-site an automated external defibrillator.

§ 225. Public health and health planning council; powers and duties; sanitary code.

§ 225. Public health and health planning council; powers and duties; sanitary code. 5-a. The sanitary code shall provide for the supervision of surf beaches customarily used for swimming or bathing which are owned or operated by a homeowner’s association by persons qualified as surf lifeguards according to standards for public surf beaches established in such code. For purposes of this subdivision, "surf beaches owned or operated by homeowner associations" shall include bathing beaches owned and operated by a condominium which is property subject to article nine-B of the real property law; a cooperative, in which the property is owned or leased by a corporation, the stockholders of which are entitled to use the bathing beach solely by reason of their ownership of stock in the corporation and occupy apartments for dwelling purposes, provided an "offering statement" or "prospectus" has been filed with the department of law; or an incorporated or unincorporated property association, by which all members own residential property in a fixed or defined geographical area with deeded rights to use, with similarly situated owners, a defined bathing beach. 5-b. Places of public assembly on-site cardiac automated external defibrillator. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (r) of subdivision five of this section, the sanitary code shall provide that each place of public assembly shall provide and maintain on-site automated external defibrillators (AED), as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section three thousand-b of this chapter, in quantities and types deemed by the commissioner to be adequate to ensure ready and appropriate access for use during emergencies. (b) Whenever places of public assembly are used for public or private sponsored events or activities the owners, operators and administrators responsible for such place of public assembly shall ensure the presence of at least one staff person or volunteer who is trained, pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section three thousand-b of this chapter, in the operation and use of an AED. (c) For the purposes of this subdivision places of public assembly shall be those with an occupancy capacity of at least one thousand people and shall include: (i) all stadiums, ballparks, gymnasiums, field houses, arenas, civic centers and similar facilities used for the conduct of sporting events; and (ii) concert halls, recital halls, theatres, indoor and outdoor amphitheatres or other auditoriums used for the presentation of musical renditions or concerts. Places of public assembly shall not include halls owned by churches, religious organizations, granges, public associations, or free libraries as defined by section two hundred fifty-three of the education law. (iii) Each nursing home and associated living licensed by the department shall provide and maintain an on-site automated external defibrillator (AED).

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§145. Criminal penalties. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this article and any officer or agent of a corporation who knowingly permits the corporation to violate any such provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, Class B non-violent felony and upon conviction therefore shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than sixty days or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than twenty five years. or by both such fine and imprisonment for a second or subsequent offense.

An Act To add §352. public animal cruelty registers to the agriculture and markets law, in relation to establishing a public registry for persons convicted of violating "Buster's Law"

Section 2: Provisions: §352. public animal cruelty register. 1. Any person who is convicted of a violation of section three hundred fifty-one -a of this article shall register with the division of criminal justice services. Such registration shall be made in a manner and form to be determined by the division of criminal justice services, and shall include, at a minimum, the name and address of such registrant. The division of criminal justice services shall maintain registration information received pursuant to this section in a registry. Such registry shall be in print and in electronic form and shall be available to the public as well as all law enforcement entities, district attorneys, duly incorporated humane societies, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, dog or cat protective associations, animal control officers, breeders of animals, animal rescues and pet stores doing business in New York state. Any person required to register pursuant to this section shall register annually, or each time such person moves to a new address and shall continue to register until such person receive a court order such registration to cease. No such order shall be issued until such person first demonstrates to the court that he or she has undergone psychiatric or psychological testing, the results of which indicate by clear and convincing evidence his or her capable and sound mental capacity and ability to own and properly care for an animal in a humane manner. Any person required to register pursuant to this section shall not own a companion animal or have employment at an animal shelter, pound, pet store, zoo or other business establishment where companion animals are present. Any person who is convicted of a violation of section three hundred fifty-one of this article shall, in addition to any other penalty or term of imprisonment authorized by law, be subject to a mandatory annual surcharge of hundred-fifty dollars which shall be used to pay for costs and expenses associated with establishing and maintaining the registry required by this section. 2.The provisions of this section shall apply to all municipalities, and shall supersede any local law, rule, regulation, code or ordinance regulating the establishment, implementation and enforcement of an animal cruelty or abuser registry.

Alkaline Hydrolysis: Also known as liquid cremation, alkaline hydrolysis is a process in which a body is placed into a pressure vessel with water and alkaline hydrolysis. This process takes about 3-4 hours. After, fine ashes are produced Section 2: Provisions: Cemetery corporations that operate an alkaline hydrolysis facility shall have the following duties and obligations: (1) No alkaline hydrolysis facility shall naturally organically reduce the remains of any deceased human being without the accompanying alkaline hydrolysis permit, required pursuant to section forty-one hundred forty-five of the public health law which permit shall constitute presumptive evidence of the identity of the said remains. In addition, all alkaline hydrolysis facilities situated outside the city of New York, must comply with paragraph  (b) of subdivision two of section forty-one hundred forty-five of the public health law pertaining to the receipt for the deceased human being. From the time of such delivery to the alkaline hydrolysis facility, until the time the alkaline hydrolysis facility distributes the remains as directed, the facility shall be responsible for the remains of the deceased human being. Further, an alkaline hydrolysis authorization form shall accompany the permit required in section forty-one hundred forty-five of the public health law. This form, provided or approved by the facility, shall be signed by the next of kin or authorizing agent attesting to the permission for the alkaline hydrolysis of the deceased, and disclosing to the natural organic reduction facility that such body does not contain a battery, battery pack, power cell, radioactive implant, or radioactive device, if any, and that these materials were removed prior to the natural organic reduction process. The transferring operation shall comply with all rules and regulations intended to protect the health and safety of facility personnel. (j) Alkaline hydrolysis facility operation certification. Any employee of an alkaline hydrolysis facility whose function is to conduct the daily operations of the cremation or natural organic reduction process shall be certified by an organization approved by the division of cemeteries. Proof of such certification shall be posted in the alkaline hydrolysis facility and available for inspection at any time. Any new employees of an alkaline hydrolysis facility required to be certified under this section shall be certified within one year of their employment. Any employees of a natural organic reduction facility are required to be certified under this section and retained prior to the effective date of this paragraph shall be certified within one year of such effective date. Renewal of such certification shall be completed every five years from the date of certification.  (k) The cemetery board, in consultation with the department of health, the department of environmental conservation, and any other state agency deemed necessary, may promulgate rules and regulations consistent with law to effectuate the provisions of this section.

An Act To amend Article III Section 1 §2 of the New York States Constitution to require term limitations for the positions of senators & assembly-members.

Section 1. The legislative power of this state shall be vested in the Senate and Assembly. §2. The senate shall consist of fifty members 4, except as hereinafter provided. The senators elected in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five shall hold their offices for three years, and their successors shall be chosen for two years. Senators and their successors will be limited to four two-year terms. The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly members are elected in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, and their successors shall be chosen for two years. Assembly members and their successors be term limited to four two-year terms.

Amend § 136.8 Chapter 2 of the Education Commissioners Regulations, to mandate that public school districts provide and maintain Narcan on site in each instructional facility.

Paragraph (b) of section 136.80 of the regulations of the commissioner law, as amended by subchapter (g) of health and physical education, is amended to read as follows: (b) All public secondary high schools within New York State may elect to participate as an opioid antagonist recipient pursuant to the provisions of Public Health Law section 3309. For school districts that choose to participate as an opioid antagonist recipient pursuant to the provisions of Public Health Law section 3309, any person employed by such entity who has been trained by a program approved under that section may administer an opioid antagonist in the event of an emergency pursuant to the requirements of Public Health Law section 3309.

An Act To amend the Public Health Law by adding Section 2801-I, in relation to residency programs in teaching hospitals to instate a maximum of working hours for the duration of two years.

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(x) A statement whether, the project has received all necessary regulatory approvals or can demonstrate a reasonable expectation that such approvals will be secured.

* § 2500-a* Test for phenylketonuria and other diseases and conditions. 1. It shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other person in charge of each institution caring for infants twenty-eight days or less of age and the person required in pursuance of the provisions of section forty-one hundred thirty of this chapter to register the birth of a child, to cause to have administered to every such infant or child in its or his care a test for diseases and conditions designated by the commissioner under regulations of the commissioner, and for: a) Congenital Toxoplasmosis. b) Congenital Rubella.

Amend §222.10 of the Penal Law to prohibit the use of cannabis within thirty feet of any location in which children attend for any recreational or educational purpose

§222.10. Restrictions on cannabis use. Unless otherwise authorized by law or regulation, no person shall: 1. smoke or vape cannabis in a location where smoking or vaping cannabis is prohibited pursuant to article thirteen-E of the public health law; or 2. smoke, vape or ingest cannabis or concentrated cannabis in or upon the grounds of a school, as defined in subdivision ten of section eleven hundred twenty-five of the education laws or in or on a school bus, as defined in section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law; provided, however, provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to acts that are in compliance with article three of the cannabis law. 3. Smoke, vape, or ingest cannabis within thirty feet of a child or within thirty feet of any location in which children attend for any recreational or educational purpose; provides for increased penalties for a second or subsequent violation. Notwithstanding any other section of law, first-time violations of restrictions on cannabis use are subject to a civil penalty not exceeding 200 dollars or an amount of community service not exceeding twenty hours. Those who repeat these offenses are subject to a civil penalty exceeding between 1-30 days in jail and can continue to be decreased or increased

§ 235.22 Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree. A person is guilty of disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree when:1. knowing the character and content of the communication which, in whole or in part, depicts or describes, either in words or images actual or simulated nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse, and which is harmful to minors, he intentionally uses any computer communication system allowing the input, output, examination or transfer, of computer data or computer programs from one computer to another, to initiate or engage in such communication with a person who is a minor; and 2. by means of such communication he importunes, invites or induces a minor to engage in sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct, or sexual contact with him, or to engage in a sexual performance, obscene sexual performance, or sexual conduct for his benefit. Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree is a class D felony. Pornographic websites would be required to verify a user’s age through the use of a driver’s license, failure to comply within the first month of this bill being passed would result in a ten thousand dollar fine sent by the commissioner of taxation and finance that increases by ten thousand every week that this bill is not enforced.

Amend section 1192, § 12, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, to add subsection iii, requiring drunk drivers to pay restitution in the form of child maintenance when death is inflicted on a minor's guardian in an accident, while under the influence of alcohol.

§ 1192.12. Driving while intoxicated or while ability impaired by drugs--serious physical injury or death or child in the vehicle. (a) In every case where a person is charged with a violation of subdivision two, two-a, three, four or four-a of this section, the law enforcement officer alleging such charge shall make a clear notation in the "Description of Violation" section of a simplified traffic information (i) if, arising out of the same incident, someone other than the person charged was killed or suffered serious physical injury as defined in section 10.00 of the penal law; such notation shall be in the form of a "D" if someone other than the person charged was killed and such notation shall be in the form of a "S.P.I." if someone other than the person charged suffered serious physical injury; and (ii) if a child aged fifteen years or less was present in the vehicle of the person charged with a violation of subdivision two, two-a, three, four or four-a of this section; such notation shall be in the form of "C.I.V.". Provided, however, that the failure to make such notations shall in no way affect a charge for a violation of subdivision two, two-a, three, four or four-a of this section.

An Act To add subsection 2-d to Article 58, section 58-0303 of the Environmental Conservation Law to encourage the implementation of green infrastructure in flood-prevention projects.

§ 58-0303. Programs, plans and projects. 1. Eligible restoration and flood risk reduction projects include, but are not limited to costs associated with: d. green infrastructure-based projects, including but not limited to: green roofs, rain gardens, permeable pavements, downspout disconnection, bioswales, green streets, green alleys, planter boxes, rainwater harvesting, green parking, urban tree canopies, and land conservation. When deciding the means by which to complete a flood risk reduction project, solutions involving the implementation of green infrastructure shall be considered with extra preference over other, non-green solutions.

An Act To amend section 240.55 of the penal law, in relation to falsely reporting incidents in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of police officers to a particular address or location.

§ 240.55 Falsely reporting an incident in the second degree. A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident in the second degree when, knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be false or baseless, he or she: 1. Initiates or circulates a false report or warning of an alleged occurrence or impending occurrence of a fire, explosion, or the release of a hazardous substance or in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of police officers to a particular address or location under circumstances in which it is not unlikely that public alarm or inconvenience will result; 2. Reports, by word or action, to any official or quasi-official agency or organization having the function of dealing with emergencies involving danger to life or property, an alleged occurrence or impending occurrence of a fire, explosion, or the release of a hazardous substance which did not in fact occur or does not in fact exist or an alleged occurrence or impending occurrence of an incident which did not in fact exist in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of police officers to a particular address or location; or Knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be false or baseless and under circumstances in which it is likely public alarm or inconvenience will result, he or she initiates or circulates a report or warning of an alleged occurrence or an impending occurrence of a fire, an explosion, or the release of a hazardous substance upon any private premises or he or she initiates or circulates a report or warning of an alleged occurrence or an impending occurrence of an incident in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of police officers to a particular address or location. Falsely reporting an incident in the second degree is a class E felony.

An Act To Amend §156 of the New York State labor law to allow for asylum seekers to apply for a work permit in New York State that will be renewable every three years.

Add §156 of labor law.

Amend Section 267 of Title 6, Article 2, Chapter 45 of the Public Health law to allow students in grade five through twelve to have access to menstrual products in the restrooms of school buildings

Menstrual products in schools. All elementary and secondary public schools in the state serving students in any grade from grade six five through grade twelve shall provide menstrual products in the restrooms of such school building or buildings. Such products shall be provided at no charge to students.

Amened Section 7551A of the Criminal Procedure law titled The Clean Slate Act to specify the eligibility requirements for the automatic sealing of conviction records.

Provides for automatic sealing of certain convictions after a certain passage of time from either imposition of sentence, release from parole or probation, and if the defendant does not have a current charge pending; excludes certain offenses; permits access by certain persons.

Amend Title 21 of The Code of Federal Regulations. Amend Title 21 of The Code of Federal Regulations. Ensure that nutrition labels list the actual amount of sugar in the product.

"Sugar free" is defined in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations 101.60(c) (21 CFR 101.60(c)) as a claim that may be used on a food that contains less than 0.5 g of sugars, as defined in § 101.9(c)(6)(ii), per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving (21 CFR 101.60 (c)).

Section 2 §1702 3-b Each school district, shall establish two trustees exclusively for student membership on the school district’s board of education, by a student attending a high school within such school district. Each school district shall establish a process for student membership selection pursuant to paragraph c of this subdivision. In any district that contains more than one high school, such process shall take into consideration the number of high schools within the district and provide for a mechanism with allows for fair representation among the schools. Such school district shall allow such selected students to serve as a member of such district’s board of education, and, if so provided further that: a. The student members of the board shall be entitled to sit with board members at all meetings of the board and participate in all board hearings and meetings. Yet, at any point a staff member presented to the board of ed may submit a written request stating student trustees are not authorized to the information being presented, the other board members, not including the student trustees, have the right to either approve or deny this request. b. If students were to disclose confidential information shared with them at a board meeting, they will face an automatic two-week suspension. c. The student members of the board shall be allowed to vote, shall be allowed to attend executive sessions, and shall not be entitled to receive compensation of any form for participating at board meetings. d. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the student members of the board may be any of the following: the student that has been duly elected as student president of the high school; a student duly elected by the student body; a student selected by the high school student government. e. The student members shall be a junior at the high school upon election and served throughout such student’s senior year. The student members shall have attended such high school for at least two years prior to selection and throughout this duration obtain a clean record. (f) The student members are required to obtain at the minimum one letter of recommendation from a staff member of their said high school.

Chapter 69, Article 24, subsection 286: Appropriation and apportionment of moneys for the promotion of agriculture and domestic arts (creating a new part not changing an existing part)

Any registered farm with a primary address in New York State may apply for a one time $10,000 subsidy for the purpose of investing in supplies or purchasing materials to aid in the production of minority population ethnic food. Applications may be granted or denied at the discretion of the Department of Agriculture and Markets with cause mailed no more than 120 days after the application was received. If granted the subsidy, an employee or owner of the registered farm must prove significant effort to growing minority ethnic foods within 18 months. If no significant effort has been made, the registered farm must pay back the subsidy to the Department of Agriculture and Markets over a period of no more than 36 months.

§5606. New York State Healthcare. 1. All permanent residents of New York State, who make an income less than or equal to the income amount of the respective federal poverty line for that current taxable year, will be granted immediate enrollment into a state-funded medical insurance plan. This plan shall be composed of medical, dental, and vision coverage with no out-of-pocket cost to the enrollee. The Commissioner of Health will oversee the distribution of the funds. 2. Personal Income Tax will be raised by 1.850% for those who make greater than or equal to 1,077,551 dollars annually, to less than 5,000,001 dollars annually. Personal Income Tax will be raised by 2.000% for those who make greater than or equal to 5,000,001 dollars annually, to less than 25,000,001 dollars annually. Personal Income Tax will be raised by 2.100% for those who make greater than or equal to 25,000,001 dollars annually. The revenue gained by the increase on personal income tax stated above is required to be used exclusively for the New York State Healthcare. 3. Legislative bodies shall make appropriations and raise money for assistance in the same manner as for safety net assistance. 4. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of a signed authorization shall be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such determination shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of such signed authorization but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of the signed authorization directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.

An Act To amend section 2023-A, of the Education Law to revise the allowable levy growth factor formula to account for student populations in need.

a. "Allowable levy growth factor" shall be the lesser of: (i) one and two one-hundredths; or (ii) the sum of one plus the inflation factor; provided, however, that in no case shall the levy growth factor be less than one. An additional percentage shall be added to the allowable levy growth factor based on the percentage of the student population composed of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, receiving special education services, or who are English language learners. For each 10% increment of enrollment made up of such students, the allowable growth factor shall increase by 0.25%, up to a maximum increase of 3%.

An Act To amend Section 260.10 of Article 260 in relation to endangering the welfare of a child in cases pertaining to child neglect due to substance abuse.

260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child. A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child when: 3. A person is not guilty of the provisions of this section when he or she engages in the conduct described in subdivision one of section 260.00 of this article: (a) with the intent to wholly abandon the child by relinquishing responsibility for and right to the care and custody of such child; (b) with the intent that the child be safe from physical injury and cared for in an appropriate manner; (c) the child is left with an appropriate person, or in a suitable location and the person who leaves the child promptly notifies an appropriate person of the child's location; and (d) the child is not more than thirty days old. Endangering the welfare of a child is a class A misdemeanor.

Endangering the welfare of a child is a class A misdemeanor

e. Mandate the separate addition of state and county sales tax, along with the initial retail price on all shelf tags of taxed commodities within retail stores.

Amend §119-GG of the General Municipal Law to add a system of statewide grants for businesses to utilize for purposes of running on clean energy and introduce a progressive tax on non renewable energy producers.

2. A grant (coming from the federal budget of 16.5 billion dollars, or the statewide budget of 33 billion dollars) of no set limit per applicant can be administered by the state while pulling from a federal avenueto businesses for the purposes of purchasing clean energy sources. 3. A tax will be implemented to incrementally increase the total carbon taxes on said companies that provide the energy as the amount of businesses that rely on clean energy sources increase. As the percentage of these companies that produce unreliable energy sources go up the total taxes would go up by a fourth of percent per business utilizing sources of renewable energy of the total percentage statewide.

We are not changing a law, but adding a law to Chapter 16, Title 2, Section 1528 of New York State Education Law

We are not changing a law, but adding a law to Chapter 16, Title 2, Section 1528 of New York State Education Law

ARTICLE 220 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES OFFENSES Section 220.00 Controlled substances

Public Health Chapter 45, Article 25, Title 1, § 2504, Enabling certain persons to consent for certain medical, dental, health and hospital services

§ 2504. Enabling certain persons to consent for certain medical, dental, health and hospital services. 1. Any person who is eighteen years of age or older, or is the parent of a child or has married, or is a homeless youth as defined in section five hundred thirty-two-a of the executive law, or receives services at an approved runaway and homeless youth crisis services program or a transitional independent living support program as defined in section five hundred thirty-two-a of the executive law, may give effective consent for medical, dental, health and hospital services for themself, and the consent of no other person shall be necessary.

§ 34. Age limitation on term of Legislative office. No person shall hold the office of State Assembly and State Senate longer than until and including the last day of December next after he shall be seventy years of age, except that a state legislature in office or elected or appointed to office at the effective date of this section, as to whom no provision limiting his right to hold office to the close of the year following his attaining the age of seventy years was applicable prior to the effective date of this section, may continue in office during the term for which he was elected or appointed.

Amend Article 28, § 1111 to have sales tax be calculated so that when added to the subtotal, the total is a multiple of 25 cents. With said rounding changing the total as little as possible.

An Ammendment to "§ 1111. Special rules for computing receipts and consideration. (a) The retail sales tax imposed under subdivision (a) of section eleven hundred five of this part and the compensating use tax imposed under section eleven hundred ten of this part, when computed in respect to tangible personal property wherever manufactured, processed or assembled and used by such manufacturer, processor or assembler in the regular course of business within this state, shall be based on the price at which items of the same kind of tangible personal property are offered for sale by him, except to the extent otherwise provided in this section or section eleven hundred ten of this part."

Article 19, § 502, 2(d) and 3

An Act To Amend Chapter 16 Title 1 Article 1 § 14 Part 2 Subpart 2 to raise the maximum threshold for household income eligible for the Excelsior Scholarship.

§ § 669-h. Excelsior scholarship. 1. Eligibility. An excelsior scholarship award shall be made to an applicant who: (a) is matriculated in an approved program leading to an undergraduate degree at a New York state public institution of higher education; (b) if enrolled in (i) a public institution of higher education prior to application, has completed at least thirty combined credits per year following the student's start date, or its equivalent, applicable to his or her program or programs of study or (ii) an institution of higher education prior to application, has completed at least thirty combined credits per year following the student's start date, or its equivalent, applicable to his or her program or programs of study and which were accepted upon transfer to a public institution of higher education; (c) enrolls in at least twelve credits per semester and completes at least thirty combined credits per year following the student's start date, or its equivalent, applicable to his or her program or programs of study except in limited circumstances as prescribed by the corporation in regulation. And (iii) one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars for recipients receiving an award in the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty academic year;and thereafter; and thereafter, a formula will be devised to account for inflation based on the rise in New York’s average household AGI per year.

Section 2: § 261. Powers and duties of department. The department shall: 1. perform necessary activities to encourage the development and improvement of farmers' markets throughout New York state; 2. provide technical assistance to any public or private agency for the planning, financing or development of a farmers' market, which market may include facilities for first-instance processing, shipping, storage, and direct sales of farm and food products on a retail or wholesale basis; 3. provide grants, from amounts appropriated, for state assistance to farmers' markets, as provided under section two hundred sixty-two of this article; 4. collect, compile and publish economic information on farmers' markets in the state; 5. establish working relationships with interested individuals and organizations and cooperative extensions for the purposes of this article; and 6. compile listings of available funding resources for the development and/or improvement of farmers' markets within the state. The department shall periodically advise municipal corporations, regional market authorities, public benefit corporations, not-for-profit corporations and agricultural cooperatives organized pursuant to the cooperative corporations law as to the availability of such information and shall provide such listings upon request.

7. Farmers’ markets in New York are mandated to accept SNAP benefits with no limitations.

establish the statewide pre-K fund from revenues received through the stock transfer tax as well as propose to add a to increase funding for universal pre-K.

2. Such fund shall consist of the money paid thereto from the stock transfer tax fund along with this funding, a proposed 3.5% product tax on marijuana as provided in subdivision four of section 92b of this article and all other moneys appropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source according to law. 3. The money in this fund shall be directed for the expansion and improvement of prekindergarten throughout the state. As well as 15 percent of overall funding going towards bettering the technology, facilities, as well as overall special needs pre-k.

Amend section 3203 of the selection of schools for attendance of children when district line intersects a dwelling law, to add a transitional area to school district borders.

Paragraph (a) of subdivision of section 3203 of the school district law, as amended by chapter 32023 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: The owner of taxable property that is so located that the boundary line Is within 1500 feet in a rural or suburban or 500 feet in an urban area between two school districts intersects is in said leeway zone (a) the dwelling on said property or (b), in the case of an owner-occupied single family dwelling unit, the property on which the dwelling unit is located may designate the school in either of such districts to which the children lawfully residing in said dwelling on said property shall attend by filing with the district clerk of each of such districts a notice of such designation on or before August July first in any year and thereafter or, in the case of a single-family unit

Allow people who are sixteen years of age or older to be allowed to own pepper spray.

To implement a mandatory mental health exam for owners of firearms.

Amend section 1225-C of the Vehicle and Traffic Laws to raise the penalty fine of distracted driving caused by the use of mobile telephones from not less than fifty dollars but not more than two hundred fifty dollars to not less than four hundred fifty dollars but not more than nine hundred dollars.

Section 1225-C, Chapter 71, Title 7, Article 33 of the Vehicle and Traffic Laws

To raise the penalty fine of distracted driving caused by the use of mobile telephones from not less than fifty dollars but not more than two hundred fifty dollars to not less than four hundred fifty dollars but not more than nine hundred dollars.

Use of portable electronic devices. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall operate a motor vehicle while using any portable electronic device while such vehicle is in motion and will receive the first offense fine for texting while driving between $150 dollars and $300 dollars; provided, however, that no person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle while using any portable electronic device on a public highway including while temporarily stationary because of traffic, a traffic control device, or other momentary delays. Provided further, however, that a person shall not be deemed to be operating a commercial motor vehicle while using a portable electronic device on a public highway when such vehicle is stopped at the side of, or off, a public highway in a location where such vehicle is not otherwise prohibited from stopping by law, rule, regulation or any lawful order or direction of a police Officer.

Health education regarding mental health, alcohol, drugs, tobacco abuse, CPR/AED and First Aid, and the prevention and detection of certain cancers. 1. All schools shall ensure that their health education programs recognize the multiple dimensions of health by including mental health and the relation of physical and mental health so as to enhance student understanding, attitudes and behaviors that promote health, well-being and human dignity. 2. All schools shall include, as an integral part of health education, instruction so as to discourage the misuse and abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and promote attitudes and behavior that enhance health, well being, and human dignity. Schools should also include CPR/AED and first aid training as part of their health education. This class can be taught by existing health education instructors who become certified to teach CPR/AED and first aid or be taught by a person outside of the school district who is certified to teach these courses.

Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2500-k of the public health law, as added by chapter 199

Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the office of mental health and other relevant stakeholders, to develop guidance and standards for routine maternal depression screenings, referrals, diagnosis and treatment, and to provide training and materials on issues related to maternal depression.

Amend Section 501 3aii,3bi, 3bii, 5bi, 5bii, 5biii Chapter 71 Title 5 Article 19 of the traffic Laws of New York to change the DJ and MJ licensed restricted time from “nine o'clock” to “eleven o'clock” in the evening

Section 501 3aii,3bi, 3bii, 5bi, 5bii, 5biii Chapter 71 Title 5 Article 19 of the traffic Laws of New York

To change the DJ and MJ licensed restricted time from “nine o'clock” to “eleven o'clock” in the evening

5(c) No person shall ride upon, propel, or otherwise operate a class one, two, or three bicycle with electric assist unless such person is wearing a helmet meeting standards established by the commissioner.

Amend section 75-0107 Article 75 Chapter 45-B of the Environmental Conservation Laws of New York to change section 1B to say “2040: 35% of 1990 emissions” and add 1C to say ¨2050: 15% of 1990 emissions¨

Amend section 75-0107 Article 75 Chapter 45-B of the Environmental Conservation Laws of New York

section 1B to say “2040: 35% of 1990 emissions” and add 1C to say ¨2050: 15% of 1990 emissions¨

The opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, marital status, or disability, “registered voting party” is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right.

Amend subsection 13, of section 305 from the education law, in relation to provide academic credit toward a high school diploma for extracurricular civics/government activities.

subsection 13

Establish Title 10 of the Education Code, Providing for the Office of a nonvoting Youth Delegate in each County Legislature in the State of New York to promote civic engagement in the state’s youth aged 13-18.

N/A, Creation of New Code

Amend Section 506 of Vehicles and Traffic to require citizens with driver’s Licenses Over the Age of 65 to retake the road test every 5 years by adding a sixth section.

Section 2 6. All citizens in the state of New York over the age of 65 must retake the driving road test every 5 years. Citizens will only be able to take the test twice, should they fail the first, within the five year period.

amend § 92-AA of the NYS Finance law to create funds to establish a preliminary test for ASD to be administered in kindergarten through second grade in all schools in New York State.

§ 92-aa. Special school purpose school aid. 1. School aid shall consist of all public funds apportioned or otherwise made payable by the state to the school district of a special school purpose municipality as provided for by article seventy-three of the education law. 2. For purposes of this section, the terms school aid revenues, special school purpose municipality, special school purpose bonds and special school purpose school aid revenues shall have the meanings set forth in section two thousand four hundred thirty-two of the public authorities law. 3. Upon receipt by the comptroller of a certificate or certificates from the chairman of the state of New York municipal bond bank agency pursuant to section two thousand four hundred thirty-six-a of the public authorities law, the comptroller shall pay the school aid revenues to said agency, in accordance with such certification and subject to agreements with holders of outstanding special school purpose bonds of said agency. Any such payment shall be made within thirty days of receipt of the certification or at the time specified in the certification, whichever is later; provided that any such school aid revenues shall have been first appropriated by the state as school aid or shall have been otherwise made available. Any such payment of school aid revenues to the agency shall not obligate the state to make, nor entitle such special school purpose municipality to receive, any additional school aid. 4. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to create a debt of the state within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provisions. Any provision with respect to school aid or school aid revenues shall be deemed executory only to the extent of moneys available and no liability shall be incurred by the state beyond the moneys available for that purpose, and any such payment by the comptroller of school aid revenues is subject to annual appropriation of school aid by the state legislature. 5. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to restrict the right of the state to amend, repeal, modify or otherwise alter article seventy-three of the education law. The state of New York municipal bond bank agency shall not include within any resolution, contract or agreement with holders of its bonds or notes any provision which provides that a default occurs as a result of the state exercising its right to amend, repeal, modify or otherwise alter article seventy-three of the education law. 6. During the period that the comptroller is required to make payments to the state of New York municipal bond bank agency as provided in this section, each special school purpose municipality that has entered into a special school purpose agreement shall have no right, title or interest in or to school aid revenues. 7. Any school aid not required to be transferred by the comptroller to the state of New York municipal bond bank agency as school aid revenues pursuant to subdivision three of this section shall be transferred as special school purpose school aid revenue by the comptroller to the special school purpose municipality pursuant to section twenty-five hundred eighty of the education law and the applicable provisions of article seventy-three of such law.

An Act To amend §3216 of the New York State Insurance law, to require insurance policies to cover treatment and diagnosis of mental, emotional, and nervous disorders or ailments in children.

A social services official shall provide preventive services to a child and his or her family, in accordance with the family's service plan as required by section four hundred nine-e of this chapter and the social services district's child welfare services plan submitted and approved pursuant to section four hundred nine-d of this chapter, upon a finding by such official that (i) the child will be placed, returned to or continued in foster care unless such services are provided and that it is reasonable to believe that by providing such services the child will be able to remain with or be returned to his or her family, and for a former foster care youth under the age of twenty-one who was previously placed in the care and custody or custody and guardianship of the local commissioner of social services or other officer, board or department authorized to receive children as public charges where it is reasonable to believe that by providing such services the former foster care youth will avoid a return to foster care or * (ii) the child is the subject of a petition under article seven of the family court act or by the probation service, to be at risk of being the subject of such a petition, and the social services official determines that the child is at risk of placement into foster care.

Alter the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (Lemon Law) to require the seller of the vehicle to clearly disclose the amount of time the purchaser has before the warranty expires.

2. Interconnection and net energy metering. An electric corporation shall provide for the interconnection of solar and farm waste electric generating equipment, micro-combined heat and power generating equipment, fuel cell electric generating equipment, fuel-flexible linear generator electric generating equipment and micro-hydroelectric generating equipment owned or operated by a customer-generator and for net energy metering, provided that the customer-generator enters into a net energy metering contract with the corporation or complies with the corporation's net energy metering schedule and complies with standards and requirements established under this section. 3. Conditions of service. (a) (i) On or before three months after the effective date of this section, each electric corporation shall develop a model contract and file a schedule that establishes consistent and reasonable rates, terms and conditions for net energy metering to customer-generators, according to the requirements of this section. The commission shall render a decision within three months from the date on which the schedule is filed. (ii) On or before three months after the effective date of this subparagraph, each electric corporation shall develop a model contract and file a schedule that establishes consistent and reasonable rates, terms and conditions for net energy metering to non-residential customer generators, according to the requirements of this section. The commission shall render a decision within three months of the date on which the schedule is filed. (iii) Each electric corporation shall make such contract and schedule available to customer-generators on a first come, first served basis, until the total rated generating capacity for solar and farm waste electric generating equipment, micro-combined heat and power generating equipment, fuel cell electric generating equipment, fuel-flexible linear generator electric generating equipment and micro-hydroelectric generating equipment owned, leased or operated by customer-generators in the corporation's service area is equivalent to one percent of the corporation's electric demand for the year two thousand five, as determined by the department. (b) Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a corporation from providing net energy metering to additional customer-generators. The commission shall have the authority, after January first, two thousand twelve, to increase the percent limits if it determines that additional net energy metering is in the public interest.

Amend §390-A of the Social Services Law to require all employees of Child Care and Daycares to have valid certification in a course of study in first aid knowledge and skills and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

c. The director of a child day care center shall provide that at least one employee who holds a valid certification in a course of study in first aid knowledge and skills and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, with an emphasis on providing that aid to children, as approved by the commissioner of the office of children and family services, be on premises during the operating hours of such child day care center.

Amend §837 Subdivision 21 of the Executive Law to require the administration of a double-blind sequential lineup procedure during eyewitness identification

21. Promulgate a standardized and detailed written protocol that is grounded in evidence-based principles for the administration of photographic array and live lineup identification procedures for police agencies and standardized forms for use by such agencies in the reporting and recording of such identification procedure. The protocol shall address the following topics: (a) the selection of photographic array and live lineup filler photographs or participants; (b) instructions given to a witness before conducting a photographic array or live lineup identification procedure; (c) the documentation and preservation of results of a photographic array or live lineup identification procedure; (d) procedures for eliciting and documenting the witness's confidence in his or her identification following a photographic array or live lineup identification procedure, in the event that an identification is made; and (e) procedures for administering a photographic array or live lineup identification procedure in a manner designed to prevent opportunities to influence the witness.

any person who shall occupy or use any of such lands without the consent of a majority of such trustees, and of at least two of such justices, obtained and entered in the book of the town clerk kept for such purpose, shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for every acre hired, used or occupied.

Amend Article 14-A §721 of New York State Banking Law by reducing student loan interest rates for borrowers that consistently make their payments on time.

Adding subsection 8

Amend § 459-b of the Social Services Law to authorize any New York State registered pet to accompany victims of domestic violence at residential programs

§ 459-b. Residential services for victims of domestic violence. In accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the regulations of the office of children and family services, a social services district shall offer and provide necessary and available emergency shelter and services for up to ninety days at a residential program for victims of domestic violence to a victim of domestic violence who was residing in the social services district at the time of the alleged domestic violence whether or not such victim is eligible for public assistance. Two forty-five day extensions of necessary and available emergency shelter may be granted beyond the maximum length of stay at a residential program for victims of domestic violence for residents who continue to be in need of emergency services and temporary shelter. If the victim of domestic violence has a service animal as such term is defined in section one hundred twenty-three-b of the agriculture and markets law, or therapy dog as such term is defined in section one hundred eight of the agriculture and markets law, respectively, such service animal or therapy dog shall be allowed to accompany the victim at the residential program authorized pursuant to this section, so long as such accompaniment would not create an undue burden as defined by section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law. Where such accompaniment would constitute an undue burden, the residential program shall make reasonable efforts to facilitate placement of such animal at an off-site animal care facility or if reasonable efforts fail, provide referral to one or more off-site animal care facilities. Such off-site animal care may include, but not be limited to, boarding at a veterinary hospital or under the auspices of a duly incorporated humane society, or duly incorporated animal protection association approved for such purpose by the department of agriculture and markets. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any rights or obligations provided pursuant to federal or state law, including but not limited to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

a) New York City. (i) Large employers. Every employer of eleven or more employees shall pay to each of its employees for each hour worked in the city of New York a wage of not less than: $11.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2016, $13.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2017, $15.00 per hour on and after December 31, 2018, or, if greater, such other wage as may be established by federal law pursuant to 29 U.S.C. section 206 or its successors or such other wage as may be established in accordance with the provisions of this article.

An Act To amend §210-B of New York State Franchise Tax on Business Corporations to extend eligibility of the credit for Farm Donations to Food Pantries to eligible businesses.

52. Credit for donations to food pantries. (a) General. In the case of a taxpayer that is an eligible farmer or corporation, there shall be allowed a credit, to be computed as hereinafter provided against the tax imposed by this article for taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand eighteen. The amount of the credit shall be twenty-five percent of the fair market value of the taxpayer's qualified donations made to any eligible food pantry during the taxable year, not to exceed five thousand dollars per taxable year for businesses with an annual revenue equal to or less than five million dollars, ten thousand dollars per taxable year for businesses with an annual revenue equal to or less than fifty million dollars and greater than five million dollars, and twenty thousand dollars per taxable year for businesses with an annual revenue greater than 50 million dollars. If the taxpayer is a partner in a partnership, then the cap imposed by the preceding sentence shall be applied at the entity level, so that the aggregate credit allowed to all partners of such entity in the taxable year does not exceed five thousand dollars the corresponding credit cap.

(j)(ii) Persons in segregated confinement and residential rehabilitation units shall be offered programming led by program or therapeutic staff five days per week, except on recognized state legal holidays.

Lack of consent results from: (a) Forcible compulsion; or (b) Incapacity to consent; or (c) Where the offense charged is sexual abuse or forcible touching, any circumstances, in addition to forcible compulsion or incapacity to consent, in which the victim does not expressly or impliedly acquiesce in the actor's conduct; or (d) Where the offense charged is rape in the third degree as defined in subdivision three of section 130.25, or criminal sexual act in the third degree as defined in subdivision three of section 130.40, in addition to forcible compulsion, circumstances under which, at the time of the act of intercourse, oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct, the victim clearly expressed that he or she did not consent to engage in such act, and a reasonable person in the actor's situation would have understood such person's words and acts as an expression of lack of consent to such act under all the circumstances; or

12. For any state department, agency, public benefit corporation or any pesticide applicator employed thereby as a contractor or subcontractor to apply glyphosate on state property, provided that the application of glyphosate on state property and privately owned property is permitted only for (a) direct application in circumstances when there is no actual or significant threat of direct human exposure and no effective and practicable alternative, and (b) for the following uses, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department: (i) to maintain critical infrastructure; (ii) to manage roadside vegetation to ensure public safety; (iii) habitat management for the control of invasive species identified pursuant to title seventeen of article nine of this chapter, pests of significant public health importance, noxious weeds designated by the department as injurious to ecosystem health, and the protection of critical native plant species; and (iv) for research purposes to develop sustainable alternatives for agricultural and environmental usages, as well as research regarding the environmental motility of glyphosate.

"...commitment of such alleged mentally ill person to a hospital for a period not to exceed six months from the date of the order." "...If it be determined that such person is mentally ill and in need of care and treatment, the judge shall forthwith issue his order committing him to a hospital for a period not to exceed six months from the date of the order..."

Amend Article 9 §182-A of New York’s Consolidated Department of Taxation and Finance to include a yearly green tax on certain oil companies and their transactions that operate in New York State.

Article 9 §182-A of New York’s Consolidated Department of Taxation and Finance

1. In addition to a franchise tax on certain oil companies, a green tax will charge all oil companies in accordance with the standards of an oil company conducting business New York State, to pay for the damages they accrue to the environment a. This includes but is not limited to: polluting waterways, airways, and landmass areas that affect both humans and animals alike which compromises their ability to survive. Shifting health issues within these living communities is a cause for implications by oil companies mass producing or selling their products that indiscriminately and unintentionally affects these communities. 3. The taxes received from this bill will go directly back into the communities that are most affected by these oil companies. b. A brand audit will be conducted yearly to examine the products found near living communities, which products are used within certain communities that can be traced back to the oil companies, and which of those products cause the most harm in the environment. c. A brand audit will determine which oil companies should receive a higher rate of a green tax between 0.9-2.23% to determine the environmental tax revenue for giving back to the communities. d. This rate is determined by Penn Wharton’s Budget Model on Environmental Taxation in 2016 shown in Figure 1 that explains the average environmental tax rate in other Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) in comparison to other countries and the U.S. GDP rate.

Amend Education Law § 8206 to allow speech therapists to practice after earning their bachelor's degree, and allow 5 years after their examination to acquire their master’s degree.

§ 8206. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a license as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements: (1) Application: file an application with the department; (2) Education: have obtained at least a Master's degree Bachelors Degree in speech-language pathology and/or audiology or its equivalent, as determined by the department, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations; (3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations; (4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations; New York State YMCA Youth And Government WWW.YMCANYS.ORG Committee Assignment: Bill #: (5) Masters Education: after passing the examination, the individual must get their Masters Degree within five years of the test date; (7) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age; (8) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and (9) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred forty dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of seventy dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period.

Amend Section § 802 to remove artificial food coloring/dyes in food products to lower the risk of potential health problems and deterioration of public health.

To remove artificial food coloring/dyes in food products to lower the risk of potential health problems and deterioration of public health.

1. Every school in the state of New York shall be required to maintain and have readily available at least one (1) Epipens at all times during regular school hours , school sponsored activities , and events held on school property.

Section 921-a of Article 19 of Education Law

All persons aged sixteen and seventeen years old may purchase a long gun for hunting purposes, provided that the purchaser is accompanied by an legal guardian in which both are holders of a valid hunting license or permit issued pursuant to article eleven of the environmental conservation law.

Amend Vehicle & Traffic (VAT) CHAPTER 71, TITLE 3, ARTICLE 5, § 301 to make vehicle inspections and registration biyearly, and represented by one sticker.

301. Periodic inspection of all motor vehicles. (a) The commissioner shall require that every motor vehicle registered in this state be inspected once each year biennially for safety, and at least biennially for emissions as provided for pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision (d) of this section, and in accordance with the provisions of this article, and that every motor vehicle sold or transferred for use on the public highways of this state by a dealer registered under section four hundred fifteen of this chapter to any person other than another such registered dealer or transferred for no remuneration by such a registered dealer to any person other than to a welfare to work program authorized by the New York state department of labor, a private industry council, a county or a social services district for the sole use of public assistance recipients or applicants participating in the welfare to work program to which such vehicle is transferred must be inspected and bear a valid certificate or certificates of inspection prior to delivery to the purchaser or transferee. Provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to exempt any motor vehicle so transferred to a welfare to work program pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision from being inspected in accordance with the provisions of this section or from complying with all other applicable provisions of this chapter, including registration and financial security, prior to operation on any public highway. (b) The commissioner shall also require the inspection of any motor vehicle duly registered under the laws of another state, a province of Canada, a territory or a federal district to the extent to which such state, province, territory or federal district requires the inspection of motor vehicles duly registered under the laws of this state. (c) (1) (a) A safety inspection shall be made with respect to the brakes; steering mechanism; wheel alignment; lights, including but not limited to the lights which are designed and placed on a vehicle for the purpose of illuminating the vehicle's license plates; odometer; tire pressure; seat safety belts; shoulder harness safety belts; any window which is composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent pursuant to section three hundred seventy-five of this title and such other mechanisms and equipment as shall be determined by the commissioner to be necessary for proper and safe operations. Such inspection shall also be made with respect to vehicle identification number. Upon inspection, the mileage appearing on the odometer shall be recorded upon the inspection and registration sticker. (b) In the case of any passenger car manufactured on or after September first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, during the course of the vehicle safety inspection, the readiness of the inflatable restraint system, by means of the readiness indicator, shall be noted on the invoice supplied to the consumer. The system's lack of readiness shall not be considered grounds for the vehicle to fail the safety inspection provided for in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph. (2) Such inspection may also include a visual inspection prescribed by the commissioner to determine the presence and correct installation of any air contaminant emission systems or devices which are required by state or federal law or any rules or regulations pursuant thereto; provided that for any vehicle not subject to an emission inspection pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section, such visual inspection shall be performed. (3) Improper tire pressure shall not be reason for failure of the inspection. (d) (1) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of environmental conservation, shall implement a program of motor vehicle emissions inspections with respect to any motor vehicles or class of motor vehicles which are required by federal law or any rules or regulations issued pursuant thereto or by any state law or any rules or regulations issued pursuant thereto, including rules and regulations issued by the department of environmental conservation, to meet standards applicable to the emission of any kind of substance by such vehicles or engines or to contain any equipment, systems or design features to reduce such emission. The commissioner shall establish regulations for such inspections. Such regulations shall include provision for cooperating with the commissioner of environmental conservation to notify owners of vehicles that have failed emission inspections of the availability of mobile source emission reduction credit trading programs pursuant to section 19-0301 of the environmental conservation law. (2) Such inspection shall be performed biennially; provided however that the commissioner may require emission inspections more frequently than biennially if the commissioner of environmental conservation, in consultation with the commissioner, makes a determination that more frequent emission inspections are necessary to comply with federal requirements or a court order; and provided that an emission inspection program in operation prior to nineteen hundred ninety-three shall continue to require emission inspections at least annually until January first, nineteen hundred ninety-six. (3) Such inspection shall be performed at a facility that only performs inspections if the commissioner of environmental conservation, in consultation with the commissioner, makes a determination that such restriction is necessary to meet federal requirements. In no event shall any facility operating pursuant to a contract with the commissioner, entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) of section three hundred three of this chapter, be allowed to perform repairs; provided however, that such a facility shall be allowed to perform repairs at no charge that are incidental to the inspection process. (4) The commissioner shall establish an emission system repair training program, for purposes of enhancing the quality and reliability of emission system repair services available from official repair stations in all areas where emission inspections are required under this section. (e) The requirements of air contamination emission system inspection shall not apply to historical motor vehicles registered pursuant to schedule G of subdivision seven of section four hundred one of this chapter unless required by federal law. (f) The department is authorized, in consultation with the departments of environmental conservation and transportation, to adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement a heavy duty vehicle inspection program pursuant to section 19-0320 of the environmental conservation law and implement such program by June first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine.

Amend § 501. To make elderly people with drivers' licenses and learners' permits, to attend for a renewal of licenses and annual check ups of the elderly’s ability to drive.

All drivers, aged 70 and older must renew their driver’s license every four years. Eligibility is dependent upon a diver’s physical competency and Mental Competency. The physical and mental competency will be assessed at an annual physical, completed by a primary care physician.

(c) Minors. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a resident individual who is a minor, as defined by under 18 years of age, shall be entitled to a complete exemption from New York State income tax.

All Presidential candidates must submit tax returns from the previous 5 years for all individual filings. All businesses owned, or partially owned, by a candidate must submit tax returns from the previous 5 years of filings.

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An Act To Amend section 3604 of subdivision 8 Article 73 Title 5 Chapter 16 of the Education Law to declare the first day of Eid al-Fitr as a New York State school holiday.

8. No school shall be in session on a Saturday, the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the first day of the second lunar month after the winter solstice in the preceding calendar year known as Asian Lunar New Year, or a legal holiday, except general election day, Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday, and except that driver education classes may be conducted on a Saturday.

An Act To add section 208-B Article 5, Title 1, Chapter 16 of the Education Law to require a waiver of the Regents Exams for Advanced Placement students who meet a minimum of an 80% (unweighted) GPA based on material and testing in AP Classroom, and provide proof of AP Exam registration in the subject of the Regents Exams. This amends the previous bill that required a score of 3, 4, or 5 on the AP Exam.

208-B to create a school Regents waiver to waive the requirement for a student to take and pass a Regents Exam for subjects in which the students took an Advanced Placement Exam, provided proof of registration, and maintained at least an 80% (unweighted) in the class based on the material in AP Classroom during the first semester.

(i) in or for such a religious, educational or charitable institution if the earning capacity of such individual is impaired by age or by physical or mental deficiency or injury;

(c) establish a veterans health information clearing house on-line. (d) establish a temporary housing unit for veterans in need that can then be scaled up to many units.

Amend §499-BBB of the New York State Real Property Tax to offer a tax abatement for all citizens of New York State who apply green roofs to the roof of their homes.

(C) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) of this subdivision, property located within specifically designated New York City community districts, selected by an agency designated by the mayor of the any city, the supervisor of any town, or the mayor of any village in the State of New York pursuant to subdivision five of this section, shall receive an enhanced tax abatement for any green roof with a growth medium with a depth of at least four inches.

Section 505.2 of Title 18 (Social Services) of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York is amended as follows, to be effective upon publication of a Notice of Adoption in New York State Register. Subdivision (l) of section 505.2 is amended to read as follows: (l) Gender dysphoria treatment. (1) As provided in this subdivision, payment is available for medically necessary hormone therapy and/or gender reassignment surgery for the treatment of gender dysphoria. (2) Hormone therapy, whether or not in preparation for gender reassignment surgery, may be covered for individuals 18 years of age or older. (3) Gender reassignment surgery may be covered for an individual who is 18 years of age or older and has letters from two qualified New York State licensed health professionals who have independently assessed the individual and are referring the individual for the surgery. One of these letters must be from a psychiatrist, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner with whom the individual has an established and ongoing relationship. The other letter may be from a licensed psychiatrist, psychologist, physician, psychiatric nurse practitioner, or licensed clinical social worker acting within the scope of his or her practice, who has only had an evaluative role with the individual. Together, the letters must establish that the individual: 2 (i) has a persistent and well-documented case of gender dysphoria; (ii) has received hormone therapy appropriate to the individual's gender goals, which shall be for a minimum of 12 months in the case of an individual seeking genital surgery, unless such therapy is medically contraindicated or the individual is otherwise unable to take hormones; (iii) has lived for 12 months in a gender role congruent with the individual’s gender identity, and has received mental health counseling, as deemed medically necessary, during that time; (iv) has no other significant medical or mental health conditions that would be a contraindication to gender reassignment surgery, or if so, that those are reasonably wellcontrolled prior to the gender reassignment surgery; and (v) has the capacity to make a fully informed decision and to consent to the treatment. (4) Payment will not be made for the following services and procedures: (i) cryopreservation, storage, and thawing of reproductive tissue, and all related services and charges; (ii) reversal of genital and/or breast surgery; (iii) reversal of surgery to revise secondary sex characteristics; and (iv) reversal of any procedure resulting in sterilization [; and] . (5) Payment will not be made for any surgery, services, or procedures that are performed solely for the purpose of improving an individual's appearance (cosmetic procedures). The following surgery, services, and procedures will be presumed to be cosmetic and will not be covered, unless justification of medical necessity is provided and prior approval is received: [(v) cosmetic surgery, services, and procedures, including but not limited to:] [(a)] (i) abdominoplasty, blepharoplasty, neck tightening, or removal of redundant skin; 3 [(b)] (ii) breast augmentation, unless the individual has completed a minimum of 24 months of hormone therapy during which time breast growth has been negligible, or hormone therapy is medically contraindicated or the individual is otherwise unable to take hormones; [(c)] (iii) breast, brow, face, or forehead lifts; [(d)] (iv) calf, cheek, chin, nose, or pectoral implants; [(e)] (v) collagen injections; [(f)] (vi) drugs to promote hair growth or loss; [(g)] (vii) electrolysis, unless required for vaginoplasty or phalloplasty; [(h)] (viii) facial bone reconstruction, reduction, or sculpturing, including jaw shortening and rhinoplasty; [(i)] (ix) hair transplantation; [(j)] (x) lip reduction; [(k)] (xi) liposuction; [(l)] (xii) thyroid chondroplasty; and [(m)] (xiii) voice therapy, voice lessons, or voice modification surgery. [(5)] (6) For purposes of this subdivision, cosmetic surgery, services, and procedures refers to anything solely directed at improving an individual’s appearance. [(6)] (7) All legal and program requirements related to providing and claiming reimbursement for sterilization procedures must be followed when transgender care involves sterilization.

An Act To: Add a section to Article 8 of New York State Social Services law to increase internet/WiFi access connection across the rural areas of New York State.

Funds not to be diminished. For the duration of the grant period, no local or regional human services provider shall lose any grants or funds to which it may be entitled if it were to operate separately, solely because it elects to participate in a pilot project program and, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, such grants or funds shall continue to be allocated in the same manner and in the same amount as if such human services provider was not a participant in such pilot project program.

Indian children not entitled to free tuition in public schools. Indian children residing on a reservation are not entitled to free tuition in districts outside the reservation but may be received into the schools of such districts on the approval of the trustees thereof and the commissioner of education.

The moneys in such fund shall be awarded by the state cannabis advisory board and administered and disbursed by the office of cannabis management and/or the urban development corporation to provide grants for qualified community-based nonprofit organizations and approved local government entities for the purpose of reinvesting in communities disproportionately affected by past federal and state drug policies. Such grants shall be used, including but not limited to, to support job placement, job skills services, adult education, mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, housing, financial literacy, community banking, nutrition services, services to address adverse childhood experiences, after school and child care services, system navigation services. Legal services to address barriers to reentry, including, but not limited to, providing representation and related assistance with expungement, vacatur, substitution and resentencing of marihuana-related convictions, and linkages to medical care, women's health services and other community-based supportive services. The grants from this program may also be used to further support the social and economic equity program created by article four of the cannabis law and as established by the cannabis control board.

An Act To Amend section 6401, article 129, title 7, chapter 16, of the Education Law to require that financial aid be provided to lower income immigrants and first generation citizens for college and university education.

(to add) require that financial aid be provided to lower income immigrants and first generation citizens for college and university education.

Amend Part 205 of the Uniform Rules for Family Court Act to require a 10-panel urine drug test of any individual filing a child custody petition prior to the scheduled first court date

Proceedings involving filing petition for Child Custody. In any proceeding in which the custody of a child is to be determined, the individual who files the petition shall be subject to a mandatory ten-panel urine drug test before their scheduled first court date.

Operating a Motor Vehicle After Having Consumed Alcohol; Under the Age of Twenty-One section two.

.02 of one per centum or more but not more than .07. No more than .02

An Act To Amend Article 88 § 4358 of the New York State Education Law to ensure that all future employees at the New York School for the Deaf are proficient in American Sign Language.

§ 4358. Protection of pupils. The department shall: (a) Promulgate regulations concerning standards for the protection of children in residential care from reportable incidents in accordance with this section and article eleven of the social services law, including procedures for: (i) consistent with appropriate collective bargaining agreements and applicable provisions of the civil service law, the review and evaluation of the backgrounds of and the information supplied by any person applying to be an employee, a volunteer or consultant, which shall include but not be limited to the following requirements: that the applicant set forth his or her employment history, provide personal and employment references and relevant experiential and educational information, show an ASL proficiency level reasonable for the position they applied for by taking an ASL proficiency test; topics of conversation will be relevant to the position the applicant applied for except emergency communication, and sign a sworn statement indicating whether the applicant, to the best of his or her knowledge, has ever been convicted of a crime in this state or any other jurisdiction; (ii) establishing, for employees, relevant minimal experiential and educational qualifications consistent with appropriate collective bargaining agreements and applicable provisions of the civil service law; (iii) Require all persons selected as a prospective administrator to have an ASL Proficiency level above 3 as to be determined by the ASL proficiency test. Such standards shall also establish as a priority requirements that: (A) subject to the amounts appropriated therefor, administrators, employees, volunteers and consultants receive training in at least the following: child abuse prevention and identification, safety and security procedures, the principles of child development, the characteristics of children in care and techniques of group and child management including crisis intervention, the laws, regulations and procedures governing the protection of children from reportable incidents, emergency communication in ASL, and other appropriate topics, provided however, that the department may exempt administrators and consultants from such requirements upon demonstration of substantially equivalent knowledge or experience; and

ARTICLE 5, PUBLIC BUILDINGS GENERALLY 147. Prohibit construction of hostile architecture.

Section 140. Fire and emergency protection in public buildings. 141. Display of foreign flags on public buildings. 142. Water conservation in public buildings. 143. Lighting restrictions. 144. Lactation room in public buildings. 145. Gender neutral single-occupancy bathrooms. 146. Prohibit symbols of hate. 147. Prohibit construction of hostile architecture.

Amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Section 60 article 5 § 65 to include the prohibition of the sale of caffeinated beverages to persons under 18 years of age.

Prohibited alcohol sales: No person shall sell, deliver or give away or cause or permit or procure to be sold, delivered or given away any Alcoholic beverages; To any person, actually or apparently, under the age of twenty-one years. Prohibited energy drink sales: No person shall sell, deliver or give away or cause or permit or procure to be sold, delivered or given away any Energy drinks as defined by the FDA; To any person, actually or apparently, under the age of eighteen years.

Section 3602-e of Education Law defines an “eligible child” as a resident child who is four years of age on or before December 1st five years of age on or before September 1st of the school year in which they are enrolled or who will otherwise be first eligible to enter public school kindergarten commencing with the following school year.

An Act To Amend § 353 of the Agriculture and Market laws to include the misuse of electric shock collars on domesticated animals without proper training by a veterinarian or licensed trainer.

§ 353-a. Aggravated cruelty to animals. 1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no justifiable purpose, he or she intentionally kills or intentionally causes serious physical injury to a companion animal with aggravated cruelty. For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean conduct which: (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or (ii) is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner. 2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit or interfere in any way with anyone lawfully engaged in hunting, trapping, or fishing, as provided in article eleven of the environmental conservation law, the dispatch of rabid or diseased animals, as provided in article twenty-one of the public health law, or the dispatch of animals posing a threat to human safety or other animals, where such action is otherwise legally authorized, or any properly conducted scientific tests, experiments, or investigations involving the use of living animals, performed or conducted in laboratories or institutions approved for such purposes by the commissioner of health pursuant to section three hundred fifty-three of this article. 3. Aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony. A defendant convicted of this offense shall be sentenced pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 55.10 of the penal law provided, however, that any term of imprisonment imposed for violation of this section shall be a definite sentence, which may not exceed two years.

§ 1405. False and misleading statements; penalties; private rights of persons. 1. Any solicitation made for the purpose of securing applications or deposits for contracts for the enrollment of a child residing in New York in a children's camp located without the state of New York shall be deemed to be advertising which if false shall be subject to the provisions of article twenty-two-A of the general business law; provided, however, that nothing contained in section three hundred fifty-e of such law shall prevent a party from seeking relief pursuant to this section. 2. Any person who has entered into a contract and enrolls a child in a children's camp located without the state of New York where a solicitation has been made by the use of a material false statement or in the failure to reveal material facts shall have the right to seek rescission of such contract and recover any moneys paid whether or not any performance has been rendered under any such contract; provided, however, that no action may be maintained if the attorney general has already commenced proceedings on behalf of such a person for such relief. Regulations on Wilderness Therapy Camps outside the state of New York:

2021-A2403 (ACTIVE) - SUMMARY Requires the installation of vaping detectors in certain schools.

An Act To add paragraph 7 to §278 of the Public Health law Article 2A Title 2 to place profit margin caps on large pharmaceutical companies as it pertains to life saving drugs Such as insulin.

Amend New York State executive law Section 4814 by adding to title of bill S4814; more rigorous training for police officers to educate them on how to handle mental health emergencies, if they are unaware of a mental health emergency initially/or if it escalates to one. Likewise, to fairly separate budget pay in the police department training to provide funds for further situational mental health training.

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a New York state mental health response council, regional mental health response councils and mental health response units; to amend the county law, in relation to incorporation of recommendations by the New York state mental health response council for public safety answering points; and to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to powers of certain peace officers and police officers handling mental health emergencies. (This will require the state to provide more rigorous training for police and peace officers, in order to educate them on how to handle mental health emergencies, if they are unaware of a mental health emergency initially/or if it escalates to one. To maintain their license, all law enforcement and peace officers in the state of New York will be required to complete specialized training. As part of the renewal of perishable skills, specialized mental health training is now included in the tactical communication skills training to be renewed every two years. The training will also be required for officers being inducted. This training is aimed at equipping individuals with the necessary skills for effective communication in various situations. The training covers several areas, including tactical communications - officer to officer/suspect/citizen/victim, officer safety, communication elements, questioning techniques, intentional/unintentional contact escalation vs. de-escalation, inappropriate language, class exercises, student evaluation, and testing. The program seeks to provide comprehensive training that will ensure that individuals are well-prepared to handle any communication-related issues that may arise in their line of work. All active officers currently serving in the state of New York will be required to obtain specialized mental health training. This training will be mandatory and is designed to equip officers with the necessary skills to handle mental health-related incidents and situations more effectively. This initiative is intended to enhance the overall safety and well-being of the community and ensure that all officers are adequately prepared to handle a wide range of situations that they may encounter in the course of their duties. )

Further, applicants 65 years and older are required to complete a written permit test in addition to the vision test.

§ 818: Expanding incentives to those educators who serve as instructors for advanced courses. 1. Educators who teach an advanced course in high school defined in section one, is entitled to a stipend as determined as one percent of the educators base salary for teaching such course. 2. Any educator who teaches additional advanced courses as stated in (one) of this section, will receive an additional stipend of one quarter of one percent of base salary in addition to any other stipend(s) received.

§ 818: Expanding incentives to those educators who serve as instructors for advanced courses. 1. Educators who teach an advanced course in high school defined in section one, is entitled to a stipend as determined as one percent of the educators base salary for teaching such course. 2. Any educator who teaches additional advanced courses as stated in (one) of this section, will receive an additional stipend of one quarter of one percent of base salary in addition to any other stipend(s) received.