Authorizes pilot program permitting use of electronic means for commencing actions in certain criminal and family court proceedings. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Directs the municipal police training council to establish policies and procedures for police officers, relating to the investigation of and intervention into sex offenses; provides for recommendations to the governor relating to rules and regulations therefor; directs the office of court administration to provide training to judges and justices with respect to crimes involving sexual assault. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

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Provides clarification to determine the expiration date of an order of protection issued in relation to a family offense. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Relates to procedures for destitute children; relates to kinship guardian assistance payments; clarifies that the court may appoint an attorney for the child in article 10-B proceedings; provides a new definition of "destitute child" to include a child who is in a state of want or suffering, does not fit with the definition of an abused or neglected child under FCA article 10 and is without any parent or caretaker available to sufficiently care for such child due to certain conditions. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

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Creates Article 10-C of the Family Court Act relating to destitute children. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Extends the authorization for imposition of additional sales and compensating use tax in Columbia county until 2013. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Relates to DNA testing of certain offenders convicted of a crime. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Requires records, including a proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation, policy or amendment thereto, scheduled to be presented and discussed by a public body at an open meeting be made available for review to the public; requires such records be made available on the agency's website if it is regularly updated and they utilize a high speed internet connection. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Includes aggravated harassment, sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse, stalking, criminal mischief, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, and strangulation within the criminal offenses which may constitute domestic violence for the purposes of domestic violence prevention; and includes unrelated persons in an "intimate relationship" within the definition of "family or household members" for purposes of domestic violence prevention. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Relates to sexual offenses by health care or mental health care providers; requires the professional conduct officer designated to investigate a complaint of professional misconduct to report certain sex offenses to the appropriate law enforcement official or authority. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Relates to the authority of district attorneys to hire and retain licensed professionals. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Relates to certain notices and stipulations in certain domestic violence actions and proceedings. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Creates the Grinnell Public Library District in the towns of Wappinger and Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Establishes a domestic violence fatality review team; adds members to the advisory council on domestic violence (part A); prohibits certain persons from controlling the disposition of a decedent's remains (part B); relates to the confidentiality program of the department of state (part C); relates to the consideration of certain factors when determining the issuance of an order of recognizance or bail and establishes the crime of aggravated domestic violence (part D); relates to a reasonable request to receive communications of health information by alternative means where disclosure could endanger a person (part E). / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Provides that where the court imposes a revocable sentence of imprisonment or imposes a sentence other than one executed by commitment to an institution under jurisdiction of the state department of corrections and community supervision the court shall initially determine the fitness of an eligible offender for a certificate of relief from disability. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Authorizes the city of Poughkeepsie to sell and convey certain waterfront property to a private entity for public benefit. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Establishes guidelines for information subpoenas. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee:

Requires coverage for the authorized refill of any prescription eye drop medication under certain circumstances when such refill is requested prior to expiration of the period of usage. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee: