July 24, 2008
GOVERNOR PATERSON SIGNS PACKAGE OF BILLS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, VETERANS’ SERVICES AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
New Law on Brownfields Will Provide Economic Revitalization and Promote Fiscal Responsibility While Protecting Public Health and the Environment
Additional Laws Create ‘Coretta Scott King Day’ and Establish the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Commission Governor Also Vetoes 26 Bills
Governor David A. Paterson signed a package of bills into law this week which will protect the environment, veterans’ services and civil rights liberties. Among the bills in the package is one of the Governor’s Program Bills which creates a new law regarding the remediation of brownfields (S.8717 Marcellino / A.11768 Rules Sweeney).
“This legislation is an important step towards improving our environment and our economy,” said Governor Paterson. “If properly targeted, these tax incentives have the potential to turn brownfields into economic engines, particularly upstate. This law will balance the need to clean up sites and spur development while simultaneously providing fiscal controls and preventing situations where developers received unintended windfalls.”
The Governor also signed into law a bill establishing April 27 of each year as ‘Coretta Scott King Day’ (A.2845B Towns / S.5567-A Golden) as well as a bill that establishes the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Commission (S.8101-B Thompson / A.10208-D DelMonte).
Also included in this package is a bill to provide for the operation and use of electric personal assistive mobility devices (S.7509-A Johnson O / A.11439-A Rules Gantt), and a bill related to towed motor vehicles by the owner of a private lot (A.72-D Weisenberg / S.2360-D Fuschillo).
Governor Paterson vetoed 26 bills.
Additional Bills Signed into Law Include:
Civil Rights:
S.6879 DeFrancisco / A.10379 Towns – Provides that bus companies may reserve and keep empty one seat on each bus placed in service by such bus company in honor of civil rights activist Rosa Parks
Environment:
A.10687-A Stirpe / S.7905-A Young – Relates to independently qualifying apiaries for an agricultural assessment, and protecting apiary operations from unreasonably restrictive ordinances
S.8169-A Young / A.10526-A Parment – Relates to statewide spacing for oil and gas wells
A.11634 Rules Hyer-Spencer / S.8584 Lanza – Relates to conveyance of lands for the establishment of Gateway National Recreational Area
A.9019-A Sweeney / S.6055-A Marcellino – Relates to petroleum and chemical storage facilities; repealer
S.6750-A Winner / A.9845-A Bacalles – Makes provisions of law allowing the use of rifles for hunting in the counties of Chemung, Steuben and Yates permanent
S.8255-A Marcellino / A.11568 RULES Sweeney – Makes technical changes to the municipal parks, historic preservation and heritage areas grants programs
A.8831-A Molinaro / S.5657-A Leibell – Establishes the town of Northeast community preservation act
A.9667-A Magnarelli / S.6668-A DeFrancisco – Relates to the New York State canal flood mitigation task force
A.11278 Sweeney / S.8536 Marcellino – Eliminates expiration of provisions authorizing commercial application of aquatic antifouling paints by a commercial pesticide apprentice
S.8148 Young / A.10685 Alessi – Clarifies the role of the state agricultural environmental management program
S.7198 Seward / A.10536 Gordon T – Includes the East Kill, Gooseberry, Schoharie and West Kill creeks within the definition of “inland waterways” for the purposes of waterfront revitalization
Veterans:
A.10486 Abbate / S.7791 Leibell – Relates to the employment by the state of veterans with disabilities
S.661 DeFrancisco / A.10521 Schwimminger – Establishes February 28 as Gulf War Veterans’ Day
S.8596 Leibell / A.11648 Rules Destito – Authorizes the division of veterans’ affairs to conduct seminars advising veteran-owned businesses about opportunities for obtaining procurement contracts
S.8455 Fuschillo / A.11493 Rules Walker – Broadens the definition of veteran for the purposes of the alternative exemption to include certain members of reserve components of the armed forces
Local Bills:
A.8666-A Farrell / S.6207-B Serrano – Excludes certain real property in the borough of Manhattan from the class one classification in special assessing units which are cities
A.11621 Rules Lopez V / S.8548 Lanza – Extends the timeframe within which owners of certain private dwellings may be eligible to receive real property exemptions
S.1842-C LaValle / A.3474-C Thiele – Exempts primary residential property in the towns of Southampton, East Hampton or Shelter Island purchased by first-time homebuyers meting certain requirements from the tax on real estate transfers
S.7816-A DeFrancisco / A.10835-A Christensen – Establishes a new residential property exemption in certain cities
S.8111-A LaValle / A.10724-A Thiele – Relates to the Peconic Bay community preservation fund
S.8427-A Padavan / A.11480 Rules Gottfried – Relates to exemption from taxation of alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings
S.4175-A Flanagan / A.9164 Brodsky – Relates to the powers of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Educational Housing Services Inc.
S.7050 Little / A.10209 Duprey – Authorizes the county of Clinton to impose a three percent hotel and motel tax
S.7657 Little / A.10696 Sayward – Authorizes the county of Warren to impose an additional 25 center per $100 mortgage recording tax
Vetoed Bills Include:
A.734 DelMonte / S.6882 Volker – Prohibits, with certain exceptions, the sale of freshwater sport fish taken pursuant to a recreational fishing license
A.3403 Diaz R / S.7943 Flanagan – Requires the Committee on Open Government to provide guidance to agencies on the development and maintenance of subject matter lists
A.8232 Towns / S.6862 Maltese – Allows certain peace officers or certain entities that are not city agencies to bargain separately with New York City, as other peace officers do
A.8535-A Bradley / S.5987-A Leibell – Authorizes the lease of 40 acres of land on the SUNY Purchase campus for construction and operation of a senior learning and residential community
A.9628-B Paulin / S. 7293-A Saland – Establishes a forensic fellowship program for the education and training in child abuse pediatrics
A.10241 Kavanagh / S.7568 Flanagan – Prohibits state agencies and public authorities from entering into contracts with bidders and subcontractors who have satisfied tax warrants
A.10306 Abbate / S.7389 Maltese – Allows children and siblings of sanitation workers who are killed in the line of duty to get extra points on civil service exams
A.10389 Brennan / S.7294 Padavan – Requires all city assessors to certify tentative and final assessment rolls
A.10831 Cahill / S.7777 Larkin – Extends the payback period for state aid overpayments to the Wallkill Central School District
S.3215-A Skelos / A.7697-A Weisenberg – Allows deputy sheriffs in Nassau County to participate in a 20 year retirement plan even if they do not perform 50 percent of their work as law enforcement, as is currently required
S.3659 LaValle / A.6534 Canestrari – Eliminates the word “certified” from the official interior designer title and establishes an exemption from the certification requirements upon proof of employment as an interior designer for 15 years or more
S.3888 Lanza / A.4573 Abbate – Requires the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority to report certain crime data to the Division of Criminal Justice Services
S.4048-A Griffo / A.6762-A Destitio – Requires that the tax imposed on the sale of a modular home be calculated only on the manufacturer’s cost of materials used to manufacture the modules from which the home is constructed
S.4438-A Morahan / A.11239 Rivera P – Establishes a quality workers care task force
S.4487-B Padavan / A.8506-A Weprin – Require appearance enhancement licencees to complete an infection control continuing education program from a “specially constituted school of infection control” as a condition for license renewal
S.4791 Seward / A.8397 Morelle – Expands the sales tax exemption for “coin-operated” car wash transactions to include credit card or debit card operated car wash services
S.5760 Marcellino / A.11275 Schimel – Requires the commissioner of the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to report to the legislature regarding autism spectrum disorder services
S.6690 Trunzo / A.9542 Fields – Permits volunteer firefighters to be eligible for membership in multiple fire departments
S.6717 Golden / A.9977 Abbate – Establishes that public employee discipline is a mandatorily negotiable term and condition of employment
S.6778 Maziarz / A.10553 Abbate – Extends the time for which a civil servant suffering an occupational illness or injury may take a leave of absence from one year to eighteen months
S.6819 Morahan / A.10079 Rivera P – Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental heath service system
S.7034-A Robach / A. 9552-A Paulin – Establishes a women’s right history trail
S.7850-A Winner / A.11478 Rules Desitio – Encourages charitable fundraisers to take ethics classes by providing for a one-time waiver of their annual registration fee
S. 8068-A LaValle / A.11476 Rules Alessi – Relates to the calculation of aid apportioned to the Shoreham-Wading River central school district
S.8475-A Morahan /A.7942-B Rivera P – Requires the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to conduct an autism spectrum disorder prevalence study
A.9511-A Destito / S.6533-A Rath - Requires school districts to provide information to parents of blind and deaf students regarding programs and institutions administered by the State
