Repeals provisions requiring members of public retirement systems, who are veterans and who join such systems on or after April 1, 2012 (Tier 6), to pay at a rate of 6% of salary to purchase military credit in their retirement system, rather than their rate of 3% which applies to all other Tiers of the retirement systems. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Implements compliance with the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 by establishing a state policy of compensating employees in state civil service equally for work of comparable value by eliminating wage inequality in job titles having been segregated by sex, race or national origin; requires the president of the civil service commission to report annually to the legislature and the office for employee relations on those segregated titles for which wage disparity exists; directs the governor to appropriate moneys to ensure wage disparities are corrected. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Prohibits the possession of endangered chimpanzees and imposes civil penalties therefor. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Authorizes the county of Putnam to grant exemption from county sales and use taxes during the period August 10 - 19, 2012 for certain items. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: WAYS AND MEANS

Prohibits increase in state general fund spending in any fiscal year following a fiscal year in which the state has a surplus. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: FINANCE

Relates to prorating a veteran's exemption if such veteran moves within the same county, or in the case of a city having a population of one million or more persons, within the same city. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: RULES

Establishes a hire-now tax credit. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: WAYS AND MEANS

Amends the real property tax law in relation to exempting un-remarried spouses of paid or volunteer firefighters, ambulance workers or police officers who have fallen in the line of duty from all or a portion of their real property taxes. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Relates to requirements for pet dealers for the care and sale of cats and dogs; requires the implementation of an appropriate plan for the exercise of animals in their possession. / Sponsor: BALL Committee:

Designates a portion of the Taconic State Parkway as the "Westchester County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway". / Sponsor: BALL Committee:

Extends time limitations for certain actions relating to injury or death caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of the armed forces of the United States in Indo-China from February 28, 1961 through May 7, 1975. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: CODES

Establishes business franchise and personal income tax credits for employment of discharged combat veterans. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: FINANCE

Provides that an officer may be suspended without pay for only thirty days pending a trial of disciplinary charges. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes the office of fire prevention and control to establish standards for the conducting of live fire exercises. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: RULES

Creates junior big game hunting license for people between the ages of 12 and 16 years to hunt wild deer and bear during the hunting season; describes the rights and duties associated with such license. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Relates to the suspension of hunting and fishing licenses pursuant to the interstate wildlife violator compact. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Eliminates the Mount Kisco urban renewal agency; transfers any books, records and remaining rights of the dissolved authority to the village of Mount Kisco. / Sponsor: BALL Committee:

Provides a performance of duty disability retirement benefit for members of a public retirement system who are members of the armed forces and are injured in combat; such benefit shall be 75% of such member's final one year average salary. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: RULES

Limits imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation tax on self-employment earnings to annual earnings over $250,000, and establishes tax rates for the taxation of such earnings. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: WAYS AND MEANS

Relates to technical corrections to clarify the duties and responsibilities of the Office of Fire Prevention and Control. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: FINANCE