Relates to making the cost of incarceration for non-violent felons available to the public. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: CODES

Prohibits secondary schools and higher education institutions from withholding student transcripts for failure to pay tuition. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: EDUCATION

Prohibits insurers from using retained asset accounts to hold proceeds from death benefits. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: INSURANCE

Defines "criminal street gang" and prohibits criminal street gang recruitment of a minor. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: CODES

Makes victims of certain dog attacks eligible for awards by the crime victims board; requires dog control officers to give victims a card with notice thereof. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Requires the appropriate rent control agency or administrative agency or supervising agency to send a notice of required renewal to each head of household currently receiving an exemption under the SCRIE program 30 days prior to the application renewal date. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: FINANCE

Provides additional rent protection for senior citizens where their rent is more than one-half of their income; additional protection, not a substitute for rent protection. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Excludes expenditures for medical care not covered by insurance from the definition of "income" for the purpose of a real property tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING

Enacts the "Home Equity Fraud Act" to control improper activities by home improvement contractors and finance companies; prohibits mortgage brokers or agents from acting as home improvement contractors; provides additional protections for mortgagors and home owners. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: BANKS

Establishes the crime of patronizing a prostitute in a school zone and includes daycare facilities within the definition of a school zone. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: CODES

Relates to requiring safety enclosures for motor buses used in mass transportation. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Increases the penalty for the failure to comply with a notice and demand for the discontinuance of a paint condition conducive to lead poisoning from two thousand five hundred to five thousand dollars. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: HEALTH

Changes fine for violations by employment agencies to up to $500 a day and a class A misdemeanor for 3 or more violations in 5 years. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: CODES

Relates to venue for certain civil actions arising out of certain violations of the lien law and the vehicle and traffic law. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires persons in parental relation with a child of elementary school age to attend parent support programs; completion of four workshops one of which shall be related to physical, emotional and sexual abuse of children, shall be a requirement for the child's advancement to seventh grade. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: EDUCATION

Provides for a financial exploitation prevention outreach, education and training program and fund; authorizes the director of the office of the aging to award grants to qualified agencies to establish local elderly exploitation, outreach, education and training programs; outlines elements of such program. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: FINANCE

Requires any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to complete a drinking driver program as a condition of their sentence. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Creates the offenses of aggravated sale of a firearm and aggravated sale of a firearm to a minor. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: CODES

Regulates the provision of refund anticipation loans by person and entities other than banking institutions; requires that at the time a borrower applies for a refund anticipation loan, a facilitator shall disclose to such borrower certain information relating to fees and interest rates; defines terms. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: BANKS

Requires the provision of guides containing best practices for retaining employees who are informal caregivers; provides that such guide shall be available on the websites of the state office for the aging, the department of labor and the department of state. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: AGING