Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products.
Protects residential customers from utility service shutoffs due to non-payment during summer and winter periods of extreme heat or cold; allows such utility services to be discontinued for non-payment outside such periods; requires an annual report to be submitted to the governor and legislature and posted publicly online.
Requires the department of veterans' services to provide legal and/or technical support to veterans who want to change their discharged status to honorable because such person was dishonorably or administratively discharged from the armed services due to sexual orientation.
Maddy summaryThis bill changes the meeting schedule for county committees, requiring them to convene between July 17 and August 6 after the June primary instead of their previous September to October timeframe. The amendment directly affects county committees by establishing new deadlines for their organization meetings while allowing existing committees to maintain authority until the new meeting occurs. Once the organization meeting concludes, the newly formed committee assumes all legal powers previously held by the existing committee. The change takes effect immediately upon passage.
Authorizes the presentation of a New York State Cold War Commemorative Medal for active duty during the period of September 2, 1945 through December 26, 1991.
Maddy summaryBill A 8082 establishes a new retirement service credit for members of public retirement systems who have served as volunteer firefighters or emergency service personnel. Eligible members can receive one year of service credit for every five years of volunteer service, up to a maximum of three years of credit for fifteen years of service. To qualify, members must have at least five years of other credited service and pay a fee equivalent to three percent of their compensation for the twelve months prior to application, for each year of credited volunteer service. This credit can be applied towards special twenty or twenty-five year retirement plans.
Enacts the "NY broadband resiliency, public safety and quality act" to provide for oversight of the resiliency, public safety and quality of broadband and voice over internet protocol service.
Authorizes the public service commission to implement performance-based regulation of electric or gas corporations; requires that any such regulation shall provide performance standards and metrics by which such performance shall be measured.
Authorizes the state to convey certain forest preserve land; provides such sale shall be subject to legislative approval and the proceeds of such conveyance shall be used for acquisitions to the forest preserve.
Maddy summaryThis bill permits local health officials in public health districts to request autopsy and toxicology reports related to deaths. It specifically allows requests when a death occurs within their district or when the deceased was a resident of the district and sustained a relevant injury, received treatment, or was pronounced dead there. Coroner's offices must provide these records within 3 business days for within-district deaths or up to 7 days for out-of-district requests. The law applies to local health officials under New York's Public Health Law and requires both requesters and coroners to maintain records of these requests.
