Maddy summaryThis bill (A 8703) clarifies how traffic violations caught by school bus stop-arm cameras are processed. It specifies that liability for drivers who pass a stopped school bus (with the stop arm extended) must be adjudicated by a Traffic Violations Bureau or local court where the violation occurred, or by a city's administrative tribunal if authorized by local law. The bill ensures these violations can be handled like standard traffic tickets, with remote adjudication permitted, and maintains the right for drivers to seek judicial review. It directly affects drivers who violate stop-arm laws and the local courts or tribunals handling those cases. The bill does not change the stop-arm law itself or camera installation requirements.
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Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new distributed energy resources.
Relates to requiring utility pole owners and attachers to submit an annual report on pole attachments; repeals certain provisions relating to requirements for right-of-way permits.
Amends the litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to litigation funding contracts; provides for contract requirements for litigation funding including disclosures, prohibitions; provides for litigation funding company registration and reporting requirements.
Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to develop procedures for the use or acceptance of signatures in digital or other electronic form on any declaration, statement, or other document utilized by the department and authorizes the use of an electronic signature by a person granted a power of attorney by a taxpayer with respect to documents submitted to the New York state department of taxation and finance.
Limits the reimbursement amount of certain overpayment claims and reviews where such overpayment was due to the provider's submission of records which were not in accordance with program requirements at the time but which were in accordance with current requirements as a result of changes to guidelines or regulations.
Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status; prohibits an educational agency, higher education agency, school employee, school safety personnel, or third-party contractor from collecting information about a person's citizenship, immigration status, nationality, or country of origin, unless required by law or necessary to administer a public program or benefit sought by such person.
Maddy summaryThis bill allows the school districts in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers to provide transportation for students living half a mile or more from school if safety concerns require it, as determined by the state education commissioner. It restricts transportation to routes between students' homes or approved childcare locations, limits coverage to 15 miles per student, and requires equal access for all students in similar circumstances. School districts must report program results, including cost-benefit analysis and impacts on attendance and academic performance, to state officials by 2028. The bill directly affects these four urban school districts and their students, creating a new state-approved transportation program for safety-related needs.
Establishes the crime of interference with constitutional rights by public officials when, acting under color of law, such public official by force or threat of force, or by intimidation or coercion, recklessly engages in conduct which injures, intimidates, interferes with, or attempts to injure, intimidate, or interfere with another person in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured by the constitution or laws of the United States; or the constitution or laws of the state of New York; provides such offense is a class A misdemeanor which elevates if bodily injury occurs.
Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes New York's transportation department to use photo speed cameras in highway construction and maintenance zones on all state highways. It allows up to 40 work zones to be equipped with these systems to automatically capture vehicles traveling more than 10 mph over posted speed limits. Vehicle owners - not drivers - would be liable for fines if violations are documented by the cameras, though this doesn't apply if the driver was already convicted of the speeding offense. The program requires the department to select locations based on crash history and speed data, and to report violation statistics by speed range.