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Legislative Agenda For September 10
Legislative Agenda For September 10
September 10, 2009 Session Draft Proposed Calendar Agenda Subject to Revision
Resolutions
Bullet Aid: Targeted funding for local school districts, including Special Acts schools.
Public Protection Budget Resolutions: Allocates funding from FY09-10 state budget for civil and
criminal legal services, domestic violence and crime prevention and prosecution.
Red Book Resolution: Allocates funding for purchase of “Red Book” for Senate and Assembly
offices.
Ethics
S6064/A9032 (Squadron/Silver): Enacts comprehensive ethics oversight. Passed Assembly.
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Green Jobs/Green Homes
S5888/A9801 (Aubertine/Silver): Establishes a "Green Jobs/Green New York" with a goal of
making 1,000,000 homes, businesses, and not-for-profits in New York more energy efficient while
creating thousands of new green jobs and training the workers to fill them. Passed Assembly.
Child Protections
S6091/A5080 (Diaz/Lentol):Establishes stronger criminal penalties for the cruel and wanton murder
of a child by authorizing the courts to sentence a person convicted of such offense to life without
the possibility of parole. Passed Assembly.
Climate Protection
S4315/A7572 (Thompson/Sweeney): The Global Warming Pollution Control Act sets enforceable
limits on greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide and methane, and also establishes oversight,
monitoring and enforcement mechanisms. Passed Assembly.
Credit/Debit Protections
S.2550/A7674-A (Diaz/Kavanaugh): Requires the collection of taxes on credit and debit cards to be
paid by card issuers rather than merchants to the State of New York. Has not passed the
Assembly.
Tenant Protection
S2642A/ A1685A (Squadron/Lopez): Expands tenant protections by limiting a landlord's ability to
take possession of units for their own personal use. Passed Assembly.
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S2493/A2002 (Klein/Silver): Establishes civil penalties for the harassment of tenants in order to
obtain vacancy of their unit. Passed Assembly.
S5861-A/A8865-B (Dilan/Espaillat): Adds livery, as defined by section 6-01 of the rules and
regulations of the New York City taxi and limousine commission, to those transportation services to
be excluded under paragraph 34 of subdivision (b) of section
1101 of the tax law.
Consumer Protection
S3141A/6933A (Monserrate/Pheffer): Makes changes to New York's "Children's Product Safety
and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2008" to conform to federal law. Passed Assembly.
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Support for NY Farms
S1329/A4277 (Serrano/Cook): Authorizes the Commissioner of Economic Development to develop
a program to promote and distribute statewide and regional guides to farms, farmers markets and
other agriculturally significant tourist destinations. Passed Assembly.
Bioscience Database
S5419/A7229 (Stachowski/Schimminger): Creates a database of research materials in the area of
bioscience intended to assist in the development of research and product development with the
ultimate goal of increasing economic development. Passed Assembly.
Interstate Compact
S3022/A8183 (Adams/Pretlow): Relates to authorizing the participation in an interstate compact for
occupational horse race licenses. Has not passed the Assembly
Life Settlements
S3655A/A7131A (Breslin/Morelle): Establishes disclosure requirements, regulation and oversight
of life insurance sales transactions, outlaws fraudulent or exploitative practices, and sets
enforcement procedures and penalties. Passed Assembly.
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Humane Destruction of Animals
S4962B/A999B (Oppenheimer/Paulin): Provides for the humane destruction or disposition of
certain animals. Passed Assembly.