Creates the crime of unlawful defilement of a water supply; provides that a person is guilty of such crime when he introduces, places, or causes to be introduced or placed a defiling agent into a water supply; makes definitions; establishes such crime as a class B felony. / Sponsor: BALL

Provides residency requirements for sex offenders including criminal sanctions for violations; prohibits sex offenders from residing in a residence that is within one thousand feet from any school building regularly used for instructional purposes. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Authorizes the state to acquire from the federal government the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the department of veterans affairs Hudson Valley health care system at Montrose. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: HEALTH

Designates state route 127 in the county of Westchester as the "Detective Michael Perry Memorial highway". / Sponsor: BALL Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Designates state route 119 in the county of Westchester as the "Detective Michael Perry Memorial highway". / Sponsor: BALL

Provides that the ballots of deceased military personnel shall be counted toward the election for which they were cast. / Sponsor: BALL

Enacts the New York State veteran health insurance act. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Provides a preference in state contracts for service disabled veteran owned small businesses. / Sponsor: BALL

Establishes the New York State veterans cemetary act. / Sponsor: BALL

Establishes the "New York state veterans cemetery act"; directs the division to conduct an investigation and study on the issue of the establishment of a New York state veterans cemetery program. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Establishes the "War on Terror expeditionary medal" for members of the armed forces or organized militia serving abroad in certain military operations during the war on terror. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Establishes the "atomic veterans medal" for members of the armed forces or organized militia exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of atomic weapons tests conducted by the United State between 1945 and 1963. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Provides the veteran's exemption from real property taxes to the unmarried surviving spouse of a qualifying veteran; relates to both regular veteran's exemption and the alternative exemption. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Enacts the "over-expenditure, under-expenditure, transfer notification (OUT) act" to provide for the use of surplus appropriated funds and over-expenditure approval. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: FINANCE

Extends provisions of law relating to providing a recruitment incentive and retention program for certain active members of the New York army national guard, New York air national guard, and New York naval militia. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Requires each violator of "Buster's Law" to register his or her name and address with the department of agriculture and markets. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: AGRICULTURE

Requires unsealing of court records of youthful offenders convicted of animal abuse offense; provides that such persons undergo a psychiatric evaluation and treatment where necessary. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: AGRICULTURE

Requires that individuals convicted of certain animal cruelty and animal fighting offenses reimburse the organizations caring for such animals. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: AGRICULTURE

Provides that a member shall forfeit his or her retirement rights and benefits if he or she is convicted of or pleads to certain crimes related to public employment. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS