Enacts "Kirby and Quigley's Law"; establishes a cause of action against a person who has intentionally caused injury or death of a companion animal.
Requires state reimbursement to counties and cities in which a county is located of the full amount of expenditures for indigent legal services.
Provides that local assessing units shall determine the amount of the tax abatement granted to freshwater wetlands, subject to the rules and regulations of the commissioner of taxation and finance; provides such commissioner shall establish a standard application form for such tax abatement; provides that the tax savings provided by real property taxing authorities to freshwater wetlands shall be a state charge.
Establishes the crime of misapplication of construction rental equipment.
Enacts the New York State Iran divestment act.
Provides state assistance to the counties of Madison, Oneida, Cayuga and Seneca in which an Indian nation is located.
Extends the additional one percent sales tax for Wayne county.
Enacts "Brittany's law" defining domestic violence offenses and offenders and requiring such offenders to register with the division of criminal justice services; establishes the crimes of failure to register or verify as a domestic violence offender in the first and second degrees.
Imposes additional fines when a person fails to appear before the court, pay fines or complete counseling and/or community service as mandated under a conviction of unlawful possession of an alcoholic beverage with intent to consume by persons under the age of twenty-one.
Authorizes children 10 years of age or older to load and fire a rifle, shotgun or pistol at a shooting range while under the supervision of a qualified person; increases from 18 to 21 years of age the minimum age of a person who may be designated in writing by the parent or guardian of a child to supervise such child while he or she is shooting.
