Relates to annual professional performance review plans submitted by the highest performing ten percent of school districts. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: EDUCATION

Authorizes the assessor of the county of Nassau to accept from Family Life Worship Center Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee:

Relates to special proceedings to convey title to abandoned real property to cities, towns or villages. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: JUDICIARY

Relates to clarifying the number of signatures required on an independent nominating petition in a municipality with less than a thousand residents; relates to declination of office and filling vacancies; relates to establishing residency at the time of nomination in village elections; relates to paper ballots counted by hand in village elections and eliminating the ability of a candidate to timely file via mailing with postmark before midnight of the last date to file a petition. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: RULES

Enacts the Steven Kovacks law to impose an affirmative duty upon a social host to render assistance to a guest on private premises in the event of a medical emergency. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: JUDICIARY

Authorizes Casey Wall to participate in the optional 20 year retirement for police officers. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee:

Includes within the definition of government service, service rendered under the direction and control of the officers or directors of a public benefit corporation, local public authority or municipality where the service involved was performed at the request of such public benefit corporation, local public authority or municipality on or after April 1, 1990. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: RULES

Enacts the "uniform notice of claim act"; establishes a uniform process and requirement for the filing of notices of claim prior to the commencement of a cause of action against any state or municipal entity, public authority or public benefit corporation. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee:

Changes the definition of "employment number" with respect to empire zones to include employees of contract operators. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Relates to a stay of enforcement of a determination involving a permit or approval in connection with the development or construction of residential housing. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: JUDICIARY

Prohibits smoking on the grounds of general hospitals and residential health care facilities. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: RULES

Relates to the criminal enforcement of violations of the state's uniform fire prevention and building code. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Authorizes the assessor of the county of Nassau to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Salem Assembly of God for certain parcels of land located in the town of New Hyde Park. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Exempts medical malpractice insurance companies from provisions of law relating to the risk based financial standards applying to all property casualty insurance companies until December 31, 2016; extends certain prohibitions on requests for orders of rehabilitation or liquidation for medical malpractice insurance carriers until December 31, 2016. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee:

Relates to licensing of establishments where animals or fowls are slaughtered; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee:

Relates to the time frame in which municipalities and school districts that incur debt can make adjustments to their budget, updating the types of obligations and other technical amendments. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee:

Requires notice from employers to customers of service charges and administrative fees that are not distributed to employees as gratuities. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: LABOR

Sets forth provisions for absentee ballots for fire districts for fire district elections. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: RULES

Authorizes the town of North Hempstead to file applications for a real property tax exemption with the county of Nassau. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee:

Authorizes the town of North Hempstead to file applications for a real property tax exemption with the county of Nassau. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: