[{"type":"bill","id":"S1504-2011","title":"Prohibits the unauthorized sale of veterans' commemorative property by cemeteries","summary":"Prohibits the unauthorized sale, purchase, sale or transfer of any cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that is over 75 years old that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans, including but not limited to a military unit, company, battalion or division, if such cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans has been placed in any cemetery; makes violations a class B misdemeanor; permits cemeteries to make such sales upon application to the state cemetery board and upon certain conditions.","billno":"S1504-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"VETERANS' AFFAIRS"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1506-2011","title":"Designates state route 218, in the county of Orange, as the \"General David H. Petraeus Highway\"","summary":"Designates state route 218, in the county of Orange, from state route 9-W to the Thayer Gate of West Point (USMA), as the \"General David H. Petraeus Highway\".","billno":"S1506-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"TRANSPORTATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1507-2011","title":"Requires department of transportation to defer to town board requests for speed limit, signage and signal changes where safety is at issue","summary":"Requires department of transportation to defer to town board requests for speed limit, signage and signal changes on state highway, county road and town highways where public safety nexus exists.","billno":"S1507-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"TRANSPORTATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1727-2011","title":"Designates as a day of commemoration, February 14th, to be known as \"Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day\"","summary":"Designates as a day of commemoration, February 14th, to be known as \"Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day\".","billno":"S1727-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1728-2011","title":"Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran","summary":"Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran as a class E felony; makes corresponding changes in cemetery desecration crimes in the first and second degrees and aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree; makes additional penal provisions.","billno":"S1728-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"CODES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2402A-2011","title":"Increases mileage limit within which transportation for school children will be provided, including to nonpublic schools","summary":"Increases the maximum mileage limitation for the transportation of children by school districts to and from school from 15 to 25 miles, the cost thereof is to be treated as an ordinary contingent expense; provides for transportation of pupils to nonpublic schools from such students' homes, applies to transportation whether such nonpublic school is within or without the school district.","billno":"S2402A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2403-2011","title":"Authorizes the city of Kingston to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from such city during 2011","summary":"Authorizes the city of Kingston to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from such city during 2011.","billno":"S2403-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"LOCAL GOVERNMENT"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2678-2011","title":"Provides for an exemption from sales and use taxes on the sale of general aviation aircraft and for a report on the economic impact thereof","summary":"Provides for an exemption from sales and use taxes on the sale of general aviation aircraft.","billno":"S2678-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"RULES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2679-2011","title":"Authorizes the city of Kingston to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from such city during 2010","summary":"Authorizes the city of Kingston to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from such city during 2011.","billno":"S2679-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"LOCAL GOVERNMENT"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2953A-2011","title":"Authorizes the city of Newburgh to offer an optional 20 year retirement plan to certain police officers and firefighters","summary":"Authorizes the city of Newburgh to offer an optional 20 year retirement plan, pursuant to section 384-d of the retirement and social security law, to certain police officers and firefighters employed by such city.","billno":"S2953A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S3111B-2011","title":"Relates to establishing a certificate of still birth","summary":"Relates to establishing a certificate of still birth.","billno":"S3111B-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S3406-2011","title":"Authorizes veteran's and disabled veteran's credits to be added to an individual's civil service examination after the establishment of an eligible list","summary":"Authorizes veteran's and disabled veteran's credits to be added to an individual's civil service examination after the establishment of the appropriate eligible list.","billno":"S3406-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S3505-2011","title":"Authorizes the village of Maybrook, in Orange county, to offer an optional 20 year retirement plan to police officer Michael E. Maresca","summary":"Authorizes the village of Maybrook, in Orange county, to offer an optional 20 year retirement plan to police officer Michael E. Maresca.","billno":"S3505-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S3959-2011","title":"Authorizes the city of Newburgh to establish an administrative tribunal for the adjudication of parking infractions","summary":"Authorizes the city of Newburgh to establish an administrative tribunal for the adjudication of parking infractions; further authorizes the city of Newburgh to provide for the appointment of hearing examiners.","billno":"S3959-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S3989A-2011","title":"Assigns the late John Francis Covell to Tier IV status in the New York state teachers' retirement system as of the date of his death","summary":"Assigns the late John Francis Covell to tier 4 status in the New York state teachers' retirement system as of the date of his death.","billno":"S3989A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS"},{"type":"bill","id":"S3990A-2011","title":"Authorizes Walter M. Callahan, a retiree of the New York state and local employees' retirement system to transfer his membership to the New York state teachers' retirement system","summary":"Authorizes Walter M. Callahan, a retiree of the New York state and local employees' retirement system receiving retirement benefits, to transfer his membership to the New York state teachers' retirement system based upon subsequent employment as a business administrator by a school district.","billno":"S3990A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS"},{"type":"bill","id":"S3991-2011","title":"Authorizes health insurers to provide actuarially appropriate reductions in health insurance premiums for participation in a wellness program","summary":"Authorizes health insurers, subject to the approval of the superintendent of insurance, to provide actuarially appropriate reductions in health insurance premiums for an enrollee's or insured's participation in a wellness program (defined); provides for the appointment of an advisory committee on wellness to be co-chaired by the commissioner of health and the superintendent of insurance and to report on the development and effectiveness of wellness programs.","billno":"S3991-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"INSURANCE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S4223-2011","title":"Consolidates the village of Woodbury and town of Woodbury","summary":"Consolidates the village of Woodbury and town of Woodbury to create the town of Woodbury, leaving the incorporated village of Harriman intact but prohibiting any new villages from being formed within the town limits.","billno":"S4223-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"LOCAL GOVERNMENT"},{"type":"bill","id":"S4239A-2011","title":"Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of benefits","summary":"Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of their retirement benefits.","billno":"S4239A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S4240A-2011","title":"Authorizes industrial development agencies to provide assistance to agricultural producers for products grown, harvested or produced within the state","summary":"Authorizes industrial development agencies to provide technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers for products grown, harvested or produced within the state.","billno":"S4240A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"LARKIN","committee":"LOCAL GOVERNMENTS"}]