Authorizes the county of Nassau to transfer ownership of certain parklands to the Oyster Bay Water District. / Sponsor: Montesano Committee:

Extends the period of time during which the Brookville library funding district in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau county may be established. / Sponsor: Montesano Committee:

Increases tax credit allowed for the premium paid for long-term care insurance from 20 to 25% . / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee:

Provides for a tax credit for expenses of parents made for their children as a result of the child having the disease of autism. / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee:

Relates to salary increases for heads of police departments of municipalities, districts or authorities. / Sponsor: Montesano Committee:

Fines municipalities which fail to enforce prevailing wage paid by contractors on public works projects 10% of the project costs to be paid to the department of labor for apprenticeship training programs. / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee:

Establishes a public policy regarding and favoring apprenticeship training programs; provides standards for such programs and procedures for registration of approved programs; requires contractors for state public works jobs to have a registered apprenticeship program; provides for creation of a state apprenticeship and training council. / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee:

Authorizes the village of Oyster Bay Cove, town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau to expend $955,851 in trust funds for the construction of a village hall and police headquarters. / Sponsor: Montesano Committee:

Requires the court to retain one or both alternate jurors until the final verdict is delivered. / Sponsor: Montesano Committee:

Relates to liability of owners of illegal rentals if a resident or certain other person is injured or dies related to such owner's negligent maintenance of such illegal rental. / Sponsor: Montesano Committee:

Authorizes the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations which enable superintendents and schools to purchase material goods and supplies directly from vendors or suppliers when such products are available at prices or other terms more economically beneficial for the purposes of the acquiring superintendent or school. / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee:

Authorizes on-site inspections of housing in violation of zoning laws for purposes of enforcing illegal housing laws and regulations. / Sponsor: Montesano Committee:

Establishes the employee retirement system board of trustees to operate the New York state and local employees' retirement system and the New York state and local police and fire retirement system; regulates investment firms doing business with the common retirement fund. / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee:

Creates the teacher training initiative fund for autism; appropriates funds therefor. / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee:

Requires a doctor to obtain the informed consent of patients prior to prescribing psychiatric drugs notifying the patient of possible adverse effects of the drug. / Sponsor: Montesano Committee:

Requires all rules, the purpose or effect of which is to increase or decrease the cost of constructing, purchasing, owning or selling a single family residence, be accompanied by a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated impact of such rule on housing. / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee:

Requires that school district officers have a high school diploma or GED certificate and that any candidate for school district officer or board of education member shall make available to voters an explanation of qualifications. / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee:

Authorizes municipalities to sell municipally owned 1-4 family residential dwellings requiring rehabilitation to persons of low and moderate income who are first-time homebuyers, for nominal consideration; defines "persons and families of low and moderate income" as persons and families who are determined by the municipality to be in the low and moderate income groups and who cannot afford to pay enough to cause private enterprise in the municipality to build a sufficient supply of adequate, safe and sanitary dwellings. / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee:

Grants tax credit to business firms for contributions of real property made to not-for-profit housing companies; such credit shall be equal to one-half the amount of the fair market value of the real property and such credit shall not exceed $250,000. / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee:

Provides that any public officer, public employee, superintendent of schools, teacher, or employee in a public school who is convicted of a felony related to abuse of office or employment shall have all benefits abolished, including, but not limited to, salary and retirement, except that such convicted person shall be entitled to a pro rata return of his or her contribution paid into the retirement system. / Sponsor: Montesano (MS) Committee: