Relates to including members of the fire investigation unit in the city of Schenectady as peace officers. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee:

Removes financial disincentives for voluntary public library system and reference and research library resources system mergers. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee:

Establishes an international division within the department of state to establish and maintain international sister state relationships. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: FINANCE

Establishes the taxpayer refund choice act and affirms the right of state residents to receive personal income tax refunds by paper check and requires the department to fully describe any debit card or direct deposit program. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee:

Permits the continued use of certain outdoor advertising signs which were in existence prior to 1965, were rebuilt prior to 2007 and are located in Montgomery county. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee:

Authorizes certain premises to sell liquor. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee:

Authorizes the city of Gloversville to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to certain firefighters employed by such city. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee:

Authorizes the Schenectady city assessor to accept an application for real property tax exemption from the Schenectady Light Opera Company. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee:

Relates to off-premises beer and wine products sales in premises licensed for on-premises consumption. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: CODES

Clarifies reforms to the procurement process for the state and city university in regards to the purchase or subscription of library materials such as books and online electronic resources. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: RULES

Establishes a registry to help locate individuals with autism, Alzheimer's and dementia in the event they go missing. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: RULES

Establishes special provisions for recycling of ionization smoke detectors and requires manufacturers to create a waste acceptance program for ionization smoke detectors. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Provides that requirements relating to the preservation of certain banking records may be satisfied by maintenance of original papers or other records, photographic reproductions, or records stored in electronic storage media. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: BANKS

Relates to public benefit corporations and the maintenance of a public health facility. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: RULES

Relates to state aid to libraries and library systems; provides that no library shall receive less aid than they received in 2011; provides that public library systems may use the formula funding for coordinated outreach and youth services; eliminates the competitive adult and family literacy grant programs; eliminates the competitive coordinated conservation/preservation grant program and increases the statutory amount available to each of the eligible Big Eleven research libraries; provides that NYS research library's statutory formula conservation/preservation program is funded at the same level in the state operations budget as are the programs of the other Big Eleven research libraries; provides that no library or system will receive less funding than they received under statute in 2011 as a result of the use of the 2010 census. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

Relates to state aid to libraries and library systems; provides for automatic waiver of local maintenance of effort requirements in the event that state aid for public library systems is reduced by more than 15%; provides the commissioner with authority to waive provisions of certain categorical aid programs in the event that state aid programs are reduced by more than 15%. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: WAYS AND MEANS

Relates to including members of the fire investigation unit of any city fire department as peace officers. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: CODES

Relates to amending the effective date of chapter 386 of the laws of 1996 for allowing state aid in certain circumstances. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: EDUCATION

Provides that school districts may provide instruction in digital literacy. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: EDUCATION

Sponsor: FARLEY Committee: FINANCE