Allows a police officer or representative of such deceased officer to bring an action for damages against an individual who injures such officer during the performance of his or her duties. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Enacts the "municipal competitive bidding enforcement act" to ensure local governments are provided with the comptroller's opinions on specific procurement actions and holding political subdivisions accountable for complying with the competitive bidding law; establishes attorney general enforcement; declares bids are public records; provides office of general services shall supply bid specifications to political subdivisions. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes the trustees or board of education of any school district to employ retired former members of police or sheriff's departments as special security officers for such school district upon approval by the department of education; grants such officers peace officer status. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes the city of Kingston to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from such city during 2011. / Sponsor: LARKIN Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes the Church of God of Brentwood to file an application for a real property tax exemption with the assessor of the town of Islip. / Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Encourages the preservation and viewing of historic properties by allowing an exemption from local real estate tax in cities of a million or more population, for improvements to historic real property and by requiring certain public access to such property; defines the term "historic real property" as a one, two or three family residence which is owner-occupied and designated by the appropriate agency as a historic landmark and such designation is maintained. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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. / Sponsor: LARKIN Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Grants a $100,000 real property tax exemption to conservation clubs and rod and gun clubs owning land acquired prior to January 1, 2011, having an assessed value of $500,000 or less. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Eliminates the real property tax exemption for fire districts, fire protection districts and ambulance districts developed through industrial development agencies. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Requires signatures of chief executives of the villages of Hempstead, Garden City 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: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Expands provisions providing for consolidation of local governments to include counties and cities having a population of less than one million. / Sponsor: CARLUCCI Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Establishes the flood assessment relief act of 2011 for Albany, Bronx, Broome, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Greene, Herkimer, Kings, Montgomery, Nassau, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Ulster, Warren, Washington and Westchester counties; holds school districts harmless. / Sponsor: BRESLIN Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes Schenectady Hindu Temple and Community Services to file applications for real property tax exemptions. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes reduced rates for water charged to laundry businesses. / Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Provides members and the powers thereof of intergovernmental relations councils. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Alters the procedure for village incorporation with respect to determining population and objections to the petition for incorporation; provides a more concise and definitive process. / Sponsor: ZELDIN Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes a town board to establish a hamlet district to provide village services in a village that dissolves itself. / Sponsor: CARLUCCI Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Relates to the discretion of localities in granting real property tax exemptions to real property owned by a corporation or association which is organized exclusively for purposes related to the moral or mental improvement of men, women or children. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Establishes limits upon school district and local government tax levies and provides for voter approval of such limits (Part A); provides for mandate relief (Parts B-D); authorizes tax increment bonds payable from real property taxes levied by a school district within a blighted project area (Part E); establishes a residential-commercial exemption program (Part F); authorizes certain counties, cities and school districts to impose up to a three percent rate of sales and compensating use taxes; preserves the authority of certain counties and a city to impose such taxes at rates in excess of three percent; repeals certain provisions thereof (Part G); relates to tax exemptions for new multiple dwellings; extends provisions relating to rent control (Part H); and establishes an exemption from local taxation in cities having a population of one million or more for newly constructed housing with 3 or less dwelling units. / Sponsor: SKELOS Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Entitles a volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker to certain benefits when such volunteer provides services when there is no jurisdictional officer in command present. / Sponsor: GRIFFO Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT