Establishes an apportionment commission to create apportionment plans for congressional and state legislative districts based on decennial federal census, which shall be considered by and voted upon by the state legislature; eliminates the legislative task force on demographic research and reapportionment.
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Grants a sales and compensating use tax exemption for goods sold at fundraisers organized by school-based volunteer organizations.
Provides that, prior to granting a certificate for the construction of an electric transmission line facility, the public service commission must find that the facility conforms to the most recent state energy plan and consider whether approval of the facility would cause adverse impacts on the state's environmental quality due to electric generation.
Relates to the purchase of cleaner vehicles for use by state agencies; defines terms; provides that on and after January 1, 2022, one hundred percent of all new light-duty vehicles purchased by state agencies shall be alternative fuel motor vehicles with the exception of specialty, police or emergency vehicles as designated by the division of the budget; requires the governor's clean vehicle council to prepare a report detailing how such agencies shall purchase, allocate, distribute and utilize bio-diesel in state vehicles; makes related provisions.
Requires delinquent licensees to make future alcoholic beverage purchases to the manufacturer or wholesaler from which they are delinquent in cash; requires a licensee who has become delinquent on a second account within thirty days to make future alcoholic beverage purchases to any manufacturer or wholesaler in cash.
Requires the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY authorities to adopt rules to require the installing and retrofitting of dormitory buildings with sprinkler systems on or before March first, two thousand twenty-four.
Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises in the county of Ulster.
Requires the comptroller to prepare and disseminate a report on exemptions from taxation.
Provides for the temporary surrender of firearms to the police by any person who is taken into custody by the police for the purpose of a mental examination and prior to an examination ordered pursuant to article seven hundred thirty of the criminal procedure law; requires a "cooling off period" following the discharge from psychiatric care during which time firearms, which came into police custody during the person's pre-hospitalization intervention or during hospitalization, may be kept in police custody for thirty days, or after a psychiatric examiner has determined whether the person is a threat to himself or herself or others; provides that a judge of the local jurisdiction may order an early return of the firearms if he or she determines that it would be appropriate to do so.
Requires the commissioner of health to develop and implement a system for uniform patient safety and provide systematic and standard application of a color system for wrist bands to aid in the classification and identification of safety conditions.