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BILL A2404-2013: Relates to prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors
Provides that where a second charge of selling alcohol to minors is alleged in a one year period the officer shall remove the liquor license of such person to be returned at a hearing where a bond shall be posted.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
BILL A2405-2013: Requires written statement of reasons for parole; allows victim access to statement
Provides that if parole is granted, the reasons for granting parole must be stated in detail in writing; authorizes access to such information to past and any prospective victims; changes from 60 to 15 days the time for a district attorney to notify a victim of case disposition.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
BILL A2406-2013: Requires notice to crime victims when less than mandatory sentence is considered
Provides that the district attorney must give not less than ten days notice to the victim or victims of a crime in a case where he is considering giving the defendant less than the mandatory sentence.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
BILL A2407-2013: Requires hospitals to permit selective pre-surgery blood donation
Requires hospitals and other facilities to permit a person, prior to surgery, to either pre-donate his or her own blood or to bring his or her own donor for selective blood donation on an in-patient or out-patient basis.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: HEALTH
BILL A2408-2013: Broadens the scope of child abuse and neglected child to include proof of a positive controlled substance toxicology report on a newborn infant
Broadens the scope of child abuse and neglected child to include proof of a positive controlled substance toxicology report on a newborn infant; presence of such controlled substances establishes a rebuttable presumption that the release of the infant to the parent presents an imminent danger to the child's health or life.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
BILL A2409-2013: Requires victims be notified of right to make a victim impact statement and allows them to personally appear at parole hearing and make such a statement
Requires the district attorney to notify victims by letter of the final disposition of the case within sixty days of such disposition; such letter shall also notify victims of their right to make a victim impact statement and allows them to personally appear at parole hearing and make such a statement.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: CODES
BILL A2410-2013: Increases penalties for the offense of making graffiti
Increases penalties for the offense of making graffiti.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: CODES
BILL A2411-2013: Authorizes detention when a defendant presents a clear and convincing likelihood of danger to society, the community or any person
Authorizes detention when a defendant presents a clear and convincing likelihood of danger to society, the community or any person.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: CODES
BILL A2412-2013: Adds the prostitution of a child less than 17 by a parent, guardian or person charged with the custody of such child, to class B felony of promoting prostitution in the 1st degree
Includes within the class B felony of promoting prostitution in the first degree, the knowing advancement or profiting from the prostitution of a child less than 17 years old by such child's parent, guardian or other person charged with the custody and care of the child.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: CODES
BILL A2413-2013: Provides crime victim's right to attend criminal trial and pretrial proceeding
Provides that victims of crimes or, in cases involving a minor child or homicide, a family member of the victim, shall have the right to be personally present at arraignment, trial (except when the victim intends to give testimony in such trial), presentencing conference, sentencing, bail proceeding and suppression hearing.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: CODES
BILL A2451-2013: Creates the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree as a class D violent felony
Creates the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree as a class D violent felony; recodifies prior crime as second degree; makes conforming changes in related provisions of law.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: CODES
BILL A2452-2013: Provides for confidentiality of addresses and telephone numbers of victims and witnesses
Provides for the confidentiality of residence and business addresses and telephone numbers of victims of or witnesses to a crime, except in cases where such information is needed by police and other officers investigating a crime; provides that such information may be released to any government agency which provides compensation or services to crime victims or witnesses.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
BILL A2504-2013: Provides that elderly and long-time residents of public housing shall not be subject to transfers based on family composition
Provides that elderly and long-time residents of public housing shall not be subject to transfers based on family composition.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: HOUSING
BILL A2505-2013: Creates the Proper Tire Repair Act
Creates the Proper Tire Repair Act; imposes penalties for each improper tire repair.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: TRANSPORTATION
BILL A3531-2013: Establishes a personal income tax credit for health insurance premiums paid by a taxpayer
Establishes a personal income tax credit for the amount of premiums paid for health insurance during a taxpayer year; provides that such credit shall apply to health insurance provided for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse and the taxpayer's dependent children; provides that the credit shall not exceed $2400 during any taxable year, with a limit of $800 each for the taxpayer and spouse, and $400 for each dependent.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: WAYS AND MEANS
BILL A3532-2013: Directs the commissioner of education to establish a mentor program whereby a school district may hire retired teachers to aid new teachers
Directs the commissioner of education to establish a mentor program whereby a school district may hire retired teachers to mentor inexperienced teachers in the classroom and in preparation for such classes; such mentors would not lose retirement benefits, but cannot increase such benefits by service as a mentor teacher.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: EDUCATION
BILL A3533-2013: Establishes that instruction in financial education be provided to pupils in grades nine, ten, eleven or twelve
Establishes that instruction in financial education be provided to pupils in grades nine through twelve; establishes what should be included in such curriculum including the basics of financial planning, budgeting, borrowing, interest rates, personal insurance policies, etc.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: EDUCATION
BILL A3534-2013: Provides for testing of newborns for presence of alcohol and/or controlled substance, rehabilitation services for parents and rules of admissibility for such tests
Provides for testing of newborns for presence of alcohol and/or controlled substances; makes provisions for intensive drug rehabilitation services as preventative services for any parent of a newborn testing positive for alcohol and/or controlled substances; establishes guidelines for admissibility of such laboratory test results in family court; provides for referring alcohol and substance abusers to drug treatment court.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
BILL A3572-2013: Establishes the New York State Employee Loan Forgiveness Program
Establishes the NYS Employee Loan Forgiveness Program; provides that individuals employed by a state employer for 5 years or more with outstanding loan debt are eligible to receive $5,000 per year.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION
BILL A5305-2013: Requires a ten day period for licensees to cure violations before the New York city department of consumer affairs may commence enforcement proceedings
Requires a ten day period for licensees to cure violations before the New York City department of consumer affairs may commence enforcement proceedings.
Sponsor: Simanowitz
Committee: CITIES