Authorizes licensed authorized organizations to conduct certain poker tournaments as licensed games of chance fundraisers. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: FINANCE

Creates a process for local disciplinary actions against assessors. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: FINANCE

Requires the burden of annually establishing that the requirements of the mandatory class non-profit real property tax exemptions have been satisfied to fall upon the owner of the property and must be proven by clear and convincing evidence. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Relates to the exemption from taxation for non-profit organizations. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Adds to the definition of serious injury and relates to determining the sufficiency of the evidence related to the serious injury; includes that question of fact will be determined by the trier. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: INSURANCE

Provides that real property tax exemptions granted to real property owned by corporations or associations organized or conducted exclusively for hospital or moral or mental improvement of men, women, or children purposes and used exclusively for carrying out such purposes shall only be granted if the property owner can prove by clear and convincing evidence that each acre is actually used for such purpose at least 120 days a year; appropriates $10,000,000 therefor. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: FINANCE

Establishes the task force on adults with autism within the office for people with developmental disabilities to study, evaluate and develop recommendations relating to specific actionable measures to support and meet the needs of adults with autism. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: FINANCE

Relates to the disqualification of certain persons from acting as school bus monitors and drivers upon the conviction for certain offenses. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to requirements for expenditures from reserve funds by school districts; permits the governing body of a school district to expend up to 50% of such fund without voter approval; repeals such provisions on June 30, 2016. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: EDUCATION

Requires telecommunication service providers to provide notice relating to a service outage to the public service commission that includes information about geographic distribution of the outage and an estimate of the duration of the outage; requires providers to make information about restoration of service available to customers to the extent practicable. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Authorizes retired supreme court justices to serve as justice of supreme court until age 80; provides that judges of the court of appeals need not retire until the end of the year in which they turn age 80; prohibits the appointment of any person over age 70 to the court of appeals. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides, in tort cases where one defendant has settled, that remaining defendants must elect, prior to trial, whether to reduce liability by the amount of the settlement or by the amount of the equitable share of damages delegated to the settler in the verdict. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: JUDICIARY

Allows for two or more counties to enter into a contract for the provision of a county jail. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: FINANCE

Relates to the discretion of localities in granting real property tax exemptions to real property owned by a corporation or association which is organized exclusively for purposes related to the moral or mental improvement of men, women or children. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Relates to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus; requires revocation for second offense. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Relates to the judicial diversion program for alcohol and substance abuse offenders; requires court to consider, review and document evidence relating to a defendant's propensity for violent conduct prior to ordering such defendant into a judicial diversion program; establishes the crime of unauthorized departure from a rehabilitation facility. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: FINANCE

Provides for privilege and confidentiality of communications with members of a judicial assistance committee created by state or local bar association. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: JUDICIARY

Develops comprehensive assessment centers for autism spectrum disorders. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: HEALTH

Exempts certain consolidated school districts from provisions of law requiring re-computation upon sale of building aid for projects for the construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of school buildings. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: FINANCE

Relates to the monies of the spinal cord injury research trust fund; provides that 5.6 % of monies collected by the mandatory surcharge imposed pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law shall be deposited in the trust fund. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: FINANCE