Requires inspection and regulation of all electric and gas meters that measure usage of any end use customer of electricity or gas services by the public service commission. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Authorizes the use of cool roofs on new construction or substantially renovated state-owned buildings; relates to establishing the state green building construction act. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Provides a tax exemption on certain non-commercial energy star appliances; applies exemption on the first Saturday and Sunday of May and September on Energy Star appliances which cost less than twenty-five hundred dollars; permits local legislation for exemptions on county/city level. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Requires organizations that receive funds for capital improvements by the New York state dormitory authority and the urban development corporation to use such funds for the purchase of energy star equipment and appliances where available; defines energy star. / Sponsor: Hevesi (MS) Committee:

Provides a tax credit for farmers who use qualified biodiesel fuel for the sole operation of their farm equipment. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Establishes a biodiesel grant program for the agricultural production of biodiesel fuel; defines biodiesel fuel as a renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived from jatropha plants, algae production, mustard seed, animal fats and/or waste greases and oils; establishes the biodiesel grant program fund. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Requires the use of biodiesel blend in state diesel operated vehicles; defines biodiesel blend as renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived from agricultural plant oils, animal fats or waste oils and greases. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Provides that diesel fuel that contains a concentration of sulfur that is less than or equal to fifteen parts per million shall not be sold or offered for sale unless such diesel fuel includes biodiesel as its lubrication additive. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Allows state, local government, school district and other political subdivision employees to utilize sick and personal leave when authorized to take leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; doesn't supercede valid collective bargaining agreements. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Places certain restrictions on internet use by individuals who are convicted of promoting prostitution or sex trafficking where the internet was used to facilitate the commission of such crime; imposes mandatory conditions that the defendant be prohibited from using the internet to access a commercial social networking website, access an online community, and communicate on the web with other individuals or groups for the purpose of promoting prostitution or sex trafficking; provides that the court may place other reasonable limitations on a person's use of the internet where the court deems necessary or appropriate. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Relates to liability limitations for local brownfield sites issued city certificates of completion. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Relates to the facilitation of certain prostitution crimes; increases the maximum term of the indeterminate sentence by one year for certain prostitution crimes where a commercial social networking website, online community or other website is used to facilitate such crime. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Allows owners of buildings which are master metered for electricity and have rent inclusion of electricity to file applications to terminate the rent inclusion of electricity for such accommodations. / Sponsor: Hevesi (MS) Committee:

Authorizes tenants to request the installation of smart or advanced meters where the building they occupy is being converted to an electric or gas meter that measures usage of any end-use customer of electricity or gas services. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Establishes the taxpayer access to publicly funded research act requiring any executive branch agency, commission or authority that funds direct research to establish a public access policy that would provide access to certain published works that were funded by the state. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Directs the division of criminal justice services to publish a brochure describing the resources available to the general public for gathering criminal background information. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

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

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: Hevesi Committee:

Increases the penalties imposed upon gas and electric utilities for failure to file or correct an annual report with the public service commission; such penalties shall not be more than one-tenth of 1% of the utilities' annual net revenue for each day of violation, but not to exceed $25,000 nor be less than $100. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Expands the scope of management and operations audits of gas and electric corporations conducted by the public service commission; requires copies of such audits to be provided to the governor and various legislative leaders. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee: