Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: FINANCE

Relates to siting requirements for the New York city school construction authority's leasing program. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Extends the time period in which a voluntary discontinuance of a civil action may be obtained without the need for a court order or stipulation of settlement; gives flexibility to parties who may want to settle claims early in the litigation process or before the lawsuit actually begins. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: JUDICIARY

Increases to 15% the amount of the empire state film production credit that can be taken against taxes administered by cities of one million or more; increases the aggregate of the credits which may be taken against such taxes. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Establishes a public service commission nominating board to make recommendations of persons qualified for appointment as commissioners of the public service commission. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Relates to the general civil penalty of the environmental conservation law; provides that in addition to the fines, such person may be enjoined from continuing such violation and any permit or certificate issued to such person may be revoked or suspended, or a pending renewal application may be denied. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Requires general purpose lights used in all public buildings to meet certain energy efficiency standards; standards increase over time. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Establishes the climate change solutions fund. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Provides that every gas or electric rate schedule, which is based on projections of revenues, expenditures and utility operations for more than 18 months, shall be annually reviewed by the public service commission; such review proceeding shall include all the parties involved in the proceeding at which such schedule was originally approved. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Requires general hospital which submits an incident report to the department of health to simultaneously provide a copy of such report to the affected patients and/ or their legal representatives; stays the statute of limitations for medical, dental and podiatric malpractice causes of action until one year after an incident report is submitted. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: JUDICIARY

Makes the following participating agencies for purposes of agency assisted voter registration: public libraries, local housing authorities, and public high schools; directs the state board of elections to promulgate rules and regulations for implementation. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: ELECTIONS

Directs the public service commission to require electric and steam corporations to provide rate reductions or refunds for inadequate or interrupted service; requires electric corporations, in cities having a population of one million or more, to reimburse ratepayers for damages to and losses of property and business caused by power outages lasting more than 12 hours during any 24-hour period; requires steam corporations, in cities having a population of one million or more, to reimburse ratepayers for damages to and losses of property and business caused by service interruptions lasting more than 48 hours. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Provides that qualified persons who have never previously registered to vote may register on any day, including a day of election, that the board of elections is open for business; requires establishment of a procedure to enable such registrants to cast their votes at the appropriate polling places. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: ELECTIONS

Authorizes the use of innovative techniques to enhance public participation in the rule making process; provides that use of such techniques shall in no way otherwise diminish public participation in the rule making process; establishes a three year pilot project for seven major regulatory agencies to hold public hearings upon petition of 125 or more New York residents. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

Directs the governor to establish a 2 year pilot program providing a 4 day work week for certain state employees; requires the department of civil service to report on the cost saving derived from the implementation of such program. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Increases the real property tax exemption a veteran may receive on real property purchased with eligible funds from $5,000 to $7,500 of the assessed value of such property. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Makes the commission of rape, a criminal sexual act, aggravated sexual abuse or course of sexual conduct against a child less than 12 years of age or against a child less than 14 years of age by a person 21 years old or more a class A-I felony punishable by a term of imprisonment of 25 years to life; eliminates references to such offenses in less severe crimes; includes such offenses within murder in the second degree for purposes of sentencing to life imprisonment without parole for murder committed in the course of committing such sex offenses against a child; designates such sex offenses against a child as sexually violent offenses for the purposes of sex offender registration; requires every sex offender convicted of such an offense to be subject to lifetime electronic monitoring by the division of criminal justice services upon release from prison. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: CODES

Requires all hospitals to establish, utilize and complete a checklist for each intensive care medical procedure performed in the hospital. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: HEALTH

Authorizes family court judges to transfer certain child support arrears matters to the criminal courts; amends the jurisdiction of the criminal courts. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: JUDICIARY

Expands the definition of dangerous contraband to include telecommunications and electronic recording devices. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: CODES