Establishes a Minority Coordinating Council on Asthmatic Affairs within the department of health to assess the asthma risk factors for the minority citizens of our state, counties and regions; identify the existing barriers to quality asthma treatment and care among minorities; develop action steps for addressing care issues; and launch a state-wide asthma awareness campaign to educate our citizens about the disease; requires report. / Sponsor: Arroyo (MS) Committee:

Directs the director of the division of veterans affairs to develop a program relating to veteran educational speakers; requires distribution of informational pamphlet to schools describing program and containing names of area veterans willing to speak to students regarding their military service experience. / Sponsor: Colton Committee:

Designates police officers, special agents and criminal investigators of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as peace officers; grants additional powers. / Sponsor: Rabbitt (MS) Committee:

Enacts the "Veterans Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Act"; directs the veterans affairs commission to develop and update a New York state interagency plan to improve outreach, assessment and care for veterans and their families who are experiencing mental health, major depression and/or substance abuse problems; requires a report be issued each year after the effective date. / Sponsor: DEFRANCISCO Committee:

Requires the division of veterans' affairs to maintain an employment portal on its website to assist veterans in obtaining employment. / Sponsor: Scarborough Committee:

Directs the division of veterans' affairs to establish and distribute a veterans' bill of rights, and to contract with veterans' services outreach programs. / Sponsor: Weisenberg Committee:

Relates to the powers and duties of the division of veterans' affairs to establish, operate and maintain state veterans' cemeteries. / Sponsor: Ortiz Committee:

Ensures not-for-profit or religious cemeteries access to state funds for a state veteran's cemetery through division of veterans' affairs. / Sponsor: Schroeder Committee:

Requires the division of veterans' affairs to maintain an employment portal on its website to assist veterans in obtaining employment. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee:

Establishes the yellow ribbon reintegration program and makes an appropriation therefore; includes the adjutant general and the director of reintegration and the directors of veterans affairs as members of the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council and includes additional toxic materials or harmful physical agents in the scope of information to be provided by the veterans health care information program; requires health screening of veterans for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder; allows a criminal defendant to plead to not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect stemming from service in a combat zone; includes in the scope of duties of the division of veterans affairs, the commissioner of the office of mental health and the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services the establishment of a program for mental health and rehabilitative services for veterans, members of the New York national guard and residents in the armed forces reserves and their family members; makes an appropriation therefor. / Sponsor: Castelli Committee:

Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2012-2013 state fiscal year; relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to oil and gas charges (Part A); relates to the suspension of STAR exemptions and related benefits of persons who are delinquent in the payment of outstanding state tax liabilities (Part B); relates to providing exemptions, reimbursements and credits from various taxes for certain alternative fuels, in relation to extending the alternative fuels tax exemptions (Part D); relates to making technical amendments to the tax treatment of diesel fuel to reflect industry practice (Part E); relates to establishing standards for electronic real property tax administration, allowing the department of taxation and finance to use electronic communication means to furnish tax notices and other documents, mandatory electronic filing of tax documents, debit cards issued for tax refunds, improving sales tax compliance and repealing certain provisions of the tax law and the administrative code of the city of New York relating thereto, in relation to the expiration thereof (Part G); relates to extending the empire state commercial production tax credit (Part I); relates to the credit against income tax for persons or entities investing in low-income housing (Part J); relates to extending the biofuel production tax credit; and to amend part X of chapter 62 of the laws of 2006, amending the tax law relating to providing tax credits for biofuel production plants, relating to the effectiveness thereof (Part K); relates to providing an enhanced earned income tax credit, relating to the effectiveness thereof (Part L); relates to tax rates and exclusions under the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax for professional employer organizations and to amend part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2011 amending the tax law relating to the tax rates and exclusions under the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax, relating to the effectiveness thereof (Part N); relates to licenses for simulcast facilities, sums relating to track simulcast, simulcast of out-of-state thoroughbred races, simulcasting of races run by out-of-state harness tracks and distributions of wagers; relates to simulcasting and the imposition of certain taxes, in relation to extending certain provisions thereof (Part O); relates to the distribution of revenue collected from the corporate and utilities taxes imposed under sections 183 and 184 of the tax law; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part P); relates to facilitating the compliance of room remarketers with their obligation to collect sales tax on their sales of occupancy (Part Q); relates to transitional provisions relating to the enactment and implementation of the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley act (Part R); relates to video lottery gaming (Part S); relates to the deadline for employer applications to the New York youth tax credit program (Part T); provides for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2012-13 budget; authorizes certain payments and transfers; relates to school tax relief fund; relates to issuance of certifications of participation, variable rate bonds, payments, transfers and deposits of funds and investment of general funds, bond proceeds, and other funds not immediately required; relates to state environmental infrastructure projects; relates to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2005-2006 budget, in relation to the Division of Military and Naval Affairs Capital Projects; relates to the financing of the correctional facilities improvement fund and the youth facility improvement fund, in relation to the issuance of bonds; relates to housing program bonds and notes; relates to the establishment of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, in relation to the issuance of bonds; relates to courthouse improvements and training facilities, metropolitan transportation authority facilities, peace bridge projects and issuance of bonds by the dormitory authority; relates to funding project costs for the state university of New York college for nanoscale and science engineering and the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program; relates to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2008-2009 budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; relates to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2009-10 budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; relates to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2009-10 budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; relates to the metropolitan transportation authority, the New York city transit authority, and the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, in relation to authorizations to issue bonds and notes; repeals provisions relating to the reserve funds of private not-for-profit schools established with the dormitory authority; repeals provisions relating to the rural housing assistance fund; repeals provisions relating to penalties for violations of the lobbying act (Part U). / Sponsor: BUDGET Committee:

Relates to tracking of liability insurance on out-of-state vehicles; provides for the department of consumer affairs to investigate whether a vehicle possessing an out-of-state license plate is properly insured; authorizes for the commissioner of consumer affairs to promulgate rules and regulations establishing infractions and fines. / Sponsor: Towns (MS) Committee:

Authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to develop in consultation with the director of the New York State Division of Veterans' Affairs a listing of documents to be used to establish eligibility for certain property tax exemptions. / Sponsor: Ramos (MS) Committee:

Expand the entitlement to civil service exam credit of certain members of the United States armed forces who were disabled during service by eliminating the requirement that the service be wartime service and allowing the credit regardless of dates of service; changes the reference to the veterans administration to the department of veterans affairs; grants entitlement to such credit to such disabled members if they are eligible for disability payments from the department of veterans affairs (currently the disabled members must be actually receiving disability payments). / Sponsor: Towns Committee:

Relates to docketing of adjudications of violations of laws enforced by the New York city department of consumer affairs. / Sponsor: Camara Committee:

Relates to docketing of adjudications of violations of laws enforced by the New York city department of consumer affairs. / Sponsor: Camara Committee:

Requires the division of veteran's affairs to provide an internet connection to correlate military occupations and skills into civilian translations and terms. / Sponsor: Scarborough Committee:

Designates police officers of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as peace officers. / Sponsor: Miller M Committee:

Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2012-2013 state fiscal year; relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to oil and gas charges (Part A); relates to the suspension of STAR exemptions and related benefits of persons who are delinquent in the payment of outstanding state tax liabilities (Part B); relates to providing exemptions, reimbursements and credits from various taxes for certain alternative fuels, in relation to extending the alternative fuels tax exemptions (Part D); relates to making technical amendments to the tax treatment of diesel fuel to reflect industry practice (Part E); relates to establishing standards for electronic real property tax administration, allowing the department of taxation and finance to use electronic communication means to furnish tax notices and other documents, mandatory electronic filing of tax documents, debit cards issued for tax refunds, improving sales tax compliance and repealing certain provisions of the tax law and the administrative code of the city of New York relating thereto, in relation to the expiration thereof (Part G); relates to extending the empire state commercial production tax credit (Part I); relates to the credit against income tax for persons or entities investing in low-income housing (Part J); relates to extending the biofuel production tax credit; and to amend part X of chapter 62 of the laws of 2006, amending the tax law relating to providing tax credits for biofuel production plants, relating to the effectiveness thereof (Part K); relates to providing an enhanced earned income tax credit, relating to the effectiveness thereof (Part L); relates to tax rates and exclusions under the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax for professional employer organizations and to amend part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2011 amending the tax law relating to the tax rates and exclusions under the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax, relating to the effectiveness thereof (Part N); relates to licenses for simulcast facilities, sums relating to track simulcast, simulcast of out-of-state thoroughbred races, simulcasting of races run by out-of-state harness tracks and distributions of wagers; relates to simulcasting and the imposition of certain taxes, in relation to extending certain provisions thereof (Part O); relates to the distribution of revenue collected from the corporate and utilities taxes imposed under sections 183 and 184 of the tax law; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part P); relates to facilitating the compliance of room remarketers with their obligation to collect sales tax on their sales of occupancy (Part Q); relates to transitional provisions relating to the enactment and implementation of the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley act (Part R); relates to video lottery gaming (Part S); relates to the deadline for employer applications to the New York youth tax credit program (Part T); provides for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2012-13 budget; authorizes certain payments and transfers; relates to school tax relief fund; relates to issuance of certifications of participation, variable rate bonds, payments, transfers and deposits of funds and investment of general funds, bond proceeds, and other funds not immediately required; relates to state environmental infrastructure projects; relates to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2005-2006 budget, in relation to the Division of Military and Naval Affairs Capital Projects; relates to the financing of the correctional facilities improvement fund and the youth facility improvement fund, in relation to the issuance of bonds; relates to housing program bonds and notes; relates to the establishment of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, in relation to the issuance of bonds; relates to courthouse improvements and training facilities, metropolitan transportation authority facilities, peace bridge projects and issuance of bonds by the dormitory authority; relates to funding project costs for the state university of New York college for nanoscale and science engineering and the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program; relates to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2008-2009 budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; relates to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2009-10 budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; relates to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2009-10 budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; relates to the metropolitan transportation authority, the New York city transit authority, and the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, in relation to authorizations to issue bonds and notes; repeals provisions relating to the reserve funds of private not-for-profit schools established with the dormitory authority; repeals provisions relating to the rural housing assistance fund; repeals provisions relating to penalties for violations of the lobbying act (Part U). / Sponsor: Budget Committee:

Establishes a permanent state item pricing law; provides that such item pricing shall apply to food, certain paper products, certain cleaning products, and certain health and beauty aids; provides for the enforcement of item pricing by the department of agriculture and markets and by municipal directors of consumer affairs or weights and measures; provides for monetary penalties for violations; further permits a super-refund on certain items; and permits localities to enforce local laws which are more stringent than state standards. / Sponsor: Cahill Committee: