Authorizes additional tax credits for certain costs incurred in film and television productions in a city having a population of one million or more. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Prohibits the use of an employee's or prospective employee's consumer credit report in making employment decisions, except in certain job related instances. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Provides a maximum $200 tax credit for taxpayer expenses associated with the development of open source and free software license programs. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Creates the office of the taxpayer advocate; directs such office be in the control of the department of taxation and finance; outlines functions and duties of such office; creates mandatory reporting to the governor and legislative leaders. / Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Requires the state liquor authority to provide not-for-profit establishments at least thirty days on all billing related matters. / Sponsor: GRIFFO Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Prohibits the state from gaining any interest in forest land other than a conservation easement. / Sponsor: LITTLE Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Exempts receipts from goods sold by elementary or secondary schools from sales and compensating use tax when the purpose is to raise funds for school-related activities, including but not limited to school assemblies and field trips. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Creates a local produce tax credit; provides that restaurants may claim the local produce tax credit in the amount of $100 for every $1,000 of local produce purchased for the restaurant; defines local produce as produce grown by a producer with the pride of NY symbol of the business claiming the local produce tax credit within NYS; requires the business to submit a report with tax returns stating the nature of the business, the name and location of the producer and the amount paid for the produce. / Sponsor: CARLUCCI Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Establishes a credit against income tax for the rehabilitation of distressed residential properties; allows a credit equal to thirty percent of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures made by the taxpayer with respect to a qualified distressed residential property; requires property that qualifies must be constructed prior to January 1, 1962 in a distressed residential or mixed-use neighborhood. / Sponsor: RANZENHOFER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Establishes a gift for preserving religious landmarks option on state income tax returns; establishes the "preserving religious landmarks fund" into which all revenue from such gifts shall be deposited; monies shall be used to provide annual grants to religious organizations which occupy and use a historic, inner-city house of worship, for the preservation of such houses of worship. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Creates an agricultural crop loss personal income tax credit. / Sponsor: RITCHIE Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Grants a state personal income tax deduction for retirement plan distributions used to purchase long-term care insurance; exempts distributions from individual retirement accounts and individual retirement annuities from state personal income taxation when such distributions are used to purchase long-term health care insurance. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Establishes a credit against income tax for the rehabilitation of distressed commercial properties; allows for 30% of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures up to $100,000; requires that to be eligible, the commercial property is located within a distressed commercial area, as identified by each locality through local law, that is deemed an area in need of community renewal due to dilapidated vacancies; provides that the property shall be substantially rehabilitated which is where the qualified rehabilitation expenditures in relation to such building total ten thousand dollars. / Sponsor: RANZENHOFER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Provides for the establishment of a home purchase account; enables first time house, condominium or unit in a cooperative housing corporation purchasers to deposit monies into an account established at a banking institution and be able to take a tax deduction for the amount deposited, not exceeding $5,000 for an individual and $10,000 for a couple; withdrawal of the monies in the fund will not make an individual liable to income tax if such monies are applied toward the purchase of a house, condominium or unit in a cooperative housing corporation or the construction of a house, condominium or unit in a cooperative housing corporation; inappropriate application of fund monies shall cause the individual to be liable for income tax and be penalized. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Relates to the imposition of tax on individuals, beginning after 2012. / Sponsor: RANZENHOFER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Authorizes the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at stadiums, arenas or places of entertainment having a permanent seating capacity in excess of eighteen thousand persons, at eleven a.m. on Sunday. / Sponsor: GRISANTI Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Enacts "Averyana's law"; provides a tax credit for the purchase and installation of smoke detectors. / Sponsor: NOZZOLIO Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Establishes a credit against personal income taxes for certain tuition expenses for taxpayers who qualify for an earned income tax credit, in the amount of 10% of the EIC, up to $500 per eligible dependent child; provides for a modification of gross taxable income for elementary and secondary school tuition for personal income tax purposes. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Creates a state liquor authority community liaison to act between the state liquor authority and community boards of the city of New York; requires the community boards to be given at least sixty days notice before any wine, beer, or liquor license is issued, renewed, or altered within the boundaries of such community board. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Provides that a retail establishment with a roll-your-own tobacco machine shall be deemed a tobacco product manufacturer and the resulting product shall be deemed a cigarette for purposes of certain provisions of the tax law, the public health law and the executive law. / Sponsor: LIBOUS Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS