Enacts the "Unemployment Insurance Liability Act"; requires that employers that have relocated out of New York State continue to contribute to the unemployment insurance fund when former employees of the employer are receiving benefits for two quarters; mandates that employers shall identify all employees being terminated as a result of the relocation and include the amount of weekly wages paid to such individuals as part of the final quarterly payroll report submitted to the department of insurance.
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Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability under the New York state human rights law in the areas of employment, public accommodations and government services to be consistent with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and the current policies and practices of the division of human rights.
Relates to medical malpractice excess line insurance.
Directs the commissioner of labor, in consultation with the public service commission, to conduct a study and report on current trends in the workforce that supports the generation and transmission of power in the utility industry; authorizes additional studies and reports upon rate hikes, complaints by third parties or upon identification of a shortage.
Relates to election inspectors at poll sites; requires at least one inspector of each major political party to be present at all times polls are open; does not require the same inspectors to be there the entire time.
Grants a sales and compensating use tax exemption for the sale of live bees.
Allows two or more retail licensees for on-premises consumption to join in a cooperative agreement for the purchase of alcoholic beverages in larger quantity.
Authorizes the trustees of the state university of New York to create an academic review board for the review of textbooks sold, purchased or used for academic purposes on all state university of New York campuses; provides that such board shall consist of twelve members to implement cost-control policies.
Applies certain provisions of the environmental conservation law to all predominately oil-fired electric generating facilities over one hundred megawatts.
Exempts ambulance services from tolls on any highway, bridge, tunnel or other toll on toll roads within the state at any time.