Authorizes the incorporation of benefit corporations and provides for the public benefit to be created by benefit corporations, for the election and termination of the status of a benefit corporation, for the standards of conduct for directors and officers of a benefit corporation, and for the preparation and distribution of an annual benefit report by a benefit corporation. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee:

Provides that limited liability for persons held jointly liable shall not apply to parties held liable for failing to provide reasonable security or failing to provide security required by federal, state or local law, rules or regulations. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee:

Provides strict liability for medical costs resulting from a dog bite or bites; allows exemptions for police work dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs; allows additional recovery where it can be proved that the dog had dangerous or vicious propensities and the owner had knowledge of such propensities. / Sponsor: BRESLIN Committee:

Relates to the authorization of debt in times of public emergency; limits the total amount of state debt; establishes a debt management board; relates to the refunding of state debts. / Sponsor: LIBOUS Committee:

Provides for the lapse of oil and gas and interests located within Allegany state park if unused for 20 years prior to effective date of act unless a statement of claim is filed by the owner prior to the end of the 20 year period or within 2 years of the effective date of the act, whichever is later; provides upon such lapse ownership shall revert to New York state; procedures and definitions. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee:

Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state; also provides likewise for the case in which the lieutenant-governor is absent from the state and the case in which the temporary president of the senate is absent from the state. / Sponsor: GRIFFO Committee:

Allows a plaintiff to have a small claims court hearing in the municipality in which the claim arose. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee:

Requires fair and reasonable disclosure of income, assets and financial obligations of decedent for surviving spouse's waiver of right of election to be enforceable and renders inapplicable the "dead man's statute" for purposes of accepting relevant evidence in this regard and in regard to Totten trust and joint bank account transactions. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee:

Provides, in tort cases where one defendant has settled, that remaining defendants must elect, prior to trial, whether to reduce liability by the amount of the settlement or by the amount of the equitable share of damages delegated to the settler in the verdict. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee:

Relates to contracts governing debt obligations of foreign states. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee:

Relates to orders for child support obligors to seek employment or participate in job training, employment counseling or other available programs designed to lead to employment. / Sponsor: SAVINO Committee:

Increases the number of supreme court justices in the thirteenth judicial district to ten and in the second judicial district to fifty-two. / Sponsor: LANZA Committee:

Relates to allegations in family offense petitions. / Sponsor: SAVINO Committee:

Establishes guidelines for information subpoenas. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Clarifies, that in the absence of a patient's authorization, a trial subpoena duces tecum seeking the production of medical records may be issued by the court. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee:

Permits automatic renewal of contracts for electronic and life safety alarm services. / Sponsor: RANZENHOFER Committee:

Relates to probate proceedings involving wills which contain a provision that disposition is conditioned upon the beneficiary not contesting the will; clarifies scope of disclosure authorized where a will contains "no contest" clause. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: