Relates to assessments on workers' compensation policies and removes the mandatory aggregate trust fund deposit requirements for non-scheduled permanent partial disability cases. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: RULES

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day. / Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: RULES

Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance; permits insured to refuse supplementary insurance; requires certain disclaimer. / Sponsor: DEFRANCISCO Committee: RULES

Authorizes 15-17 year olds to register to donate organs and tissue upon their death; provides that parents or a legal guardian shall be notified and can rescind such decision to donate organs or tissue at the time of death; requires that the parent or legal guardian sign the registration along with the 15-17 year old and that such registration may be submitted by mail, in person, or electronically. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: RULES

Requires the renewal of firearms' licenses after five years and the taking of a safety course outside the city of New York; sets a date for expiration and provides for a schedule for recertification to be developed by the commissioner of criminal justice services. / Sponsor: PERALTA Committee: RULES

Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding licensures and employment of persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses. / Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: RULES

Provides that the court conduct a search for non-respondent alleged parents during a child protective and permanancy proceeding. / Sponsor: GALLIVAN Committee: RULES

Provides that approval by NIFA shall not be required for borrowings by Nassau county to pay tax certiorari settlements or judgments of any kind authorized by bond ordinances approved by the county prior to the authority's declaration of a control period on January 26, 2011. / Sponsor: RULES Committee: RULES

Authorizes municipalities to extend the real property exemption for property owned by veterans' organizations to portions of the property which are used by entities which are not entitled to the exemption. / Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: RULES

Requires the commissioner to conduct a cost/benefit analysis of pharmaceutical advertising and promotional activities associated with the provision of prescription drugs to citizens in this state. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: RULES

Relates to timely payment of apportioned state monies for reimbursement of certain nonpublic schools for expenses in complying with certain reporting requirements. / Sponsor: O'MARA Committee: RULES

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to provide motorcycle owners with a notice informing such applicant of the laws regarding unidentifiable motorcycle parts. / Sponsor: GALLIVAN Committee: RULES

Relates to retirement of judges and justices. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: RULES

Enacts the Metropolitan Transportation Authority accountability and transparency act of 2012; creates a temporary reorganization board to recommend a statutory plan for the prospective governing structure required to ensure continued transparency, efficiency, and accountability of metropolitan region mass transportation operations. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee: RULES

Excepts agricultural land defined as livestock and livestock products from the prohibition on salt licks made, set or used on land inhabited by deer or bear; prohibits hunting deer or bear with the aid of a salt lick. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: RULES

Requires signatures of chief executives of the villages of Hempstead and Freeport for payments in lieu of taxes prior to the grant of application or the effectiveness of any such grant for a payment for projects approved by the Nassau county industrial development agency and the town of Hempstead industrial development agency. / Sponsor: HANNON Committee: RULES

Provides that dogs engaged in hunting and training as authorized by the environmental conservation law, shall not be deemed to be running at large in violation of any local law or ordinance. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: RULES

Establishes the independent office of child advocate to ensure the protection and promotion of legal rights for youth in juvenile justice facilities; repeals certain provisions relating to the office of the ombudsman. / Sponsor: GRISANTI Committee: RULES

Makes residential facilities controlled by state agencies subject to local site plan review. / Sponsor: LITTLE Committee: RULES

Requires school districts to provide supplemental education services (independent tutors) to low-income students in failing schools. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee: RULES