Makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for any employer, labor organization or employment agency who or which requires employees to perform their duties wearing a specified work uniform to prohibit employees from wearing any article of religious headgear unless such prohibition is reasonably related to the health or safety of employees while on the job. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Limits the tax imposed on refinanced mortgages to the difference between the total indebtedness secured by the new mortgage and the remaining indebtedness, which had been secured on the former mortgage. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Exempts receipts from the retail sale of personal property by a religious organization for use exclusively for religious purposes from the tax on retail sales and the compensating use tax. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Requires a separate cost/benefit analysis prepared by the superintendent of insurance to accompany each mandated health insurance benefit bill considered by the legislature; provides that such cost/benefit analysis shall include the extent to which the medical care addressed in such bill is available to and utilized by the general population, whether insurance coverage for such medical care is currently available, whether a lack of insurance coverage may result in an individual not receiving necessary medical care or cause financial hardship upon the receipt of such care, whether such bill's implementation may have an impact on expensive medical care, whether such coverage might affect the future number and types of providers of such medical care, and whether such coverage might impact the cost of insurance premiums or administrative expenses to insurers and employers. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Prohibits any person, firm or corporation located in a city with a population of one million or more from selling, offering for sale or giving away of beer or wine coolers after ten o'clock post meridian. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Requires that a copy of the statutorily required fiscal note on retirement bills, signed by the appropriate actuary, be filed with the journal clerks of the Senate and Assembly. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Increases the child and dependent care credit in computing personal income tax liability from 20% to 50% of the allowable federal child and dependent care tax credit. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Provides for refund of or credit to petroleum vendors for petroleum business taxes paid by the vendors who are then unable to recoup the taxes from the consumer because the account becomes uncollectible. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Requires police agencies to report offenses to the division of criminal justice services which appear to such agency to be motivated by the race, national origin, religion or sexual orientation of the victim or of the owner, resident, lessee or occupant where the offense is committed against property. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Prohibits the sale of tickets to theaters or places of amusement or entertainment where such tickets are available to the public at no charge; violations shall be punishable by $100 fine. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Exempts self-employed persons, localities, school districts and not-for-profit corporations from the MTA mobility tax. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Includes income received by members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States for reduction of such members' federal adjusted gross income. / Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Grants a $3,000 personal income tax deduction to active members of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary who have been active members for 5 or more years. / Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Establishes a taxpayer abuse sanction to be imposed against the income of a public officer who commits certain felonies related to his or her service as a public officer. / Sponsor: CARLUCCI Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Exempts sale of sanitary napkins and tampons from sales and compensating use taxes. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Enhances tax incentives for the purchase of long-term care insurance policies; provides a credit of 75% of premium paid for the first year, 50% for the second year and 25% in the third year. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Requires a state officer investigating a subordinate to issue, to such subordinate, a copy of any subpoena duces tecum issued to a party who is not a state officer or employee in connection with such investigation. / Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Relates to restoring the fuel cell tax credit. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Relates to the modification and extension of a tax rate on income in excess of one million dollars; creates an educational assistance fund. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Designates as liquor, for purposes of sale and distribution, certain alcoholic beverages containing caffeine or other stimulants. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS