Relates to subsequent exemptions for enhanced STAR based on age.
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Expands the definition of invasive species to include such species or pest organisms that are considered an infestation.
Relates to requiring a five day waiting period before a licensed veterinarian at a private veterinarian practice may humanely destroy an animal.
Enacts the "Volunteer Firefighter and Ambulance Worker Protection and Incentive Act of 2017"; increases the volunteer firefighters' and volunteer ambulance workers' credit in the amount of five hundred dollars; exempts motor vehicles used in the performance of such volunteers' duties from registration fees, use taxes and special fees for volunteer license plates; establishes priority access to wireless telephone and text messaging services for emergency service; provides safety for employees who are late or miss work because they have responded to an emergency; eliminates the expiration on benefits for volunteer firefighters for disease and malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries.
Defines certain independent contractors who install temporary traffic controls as employees for purposes of defense and indemnification.
Expands requirements for regulatory impact statements to include discussion of potential benefits and cost savings; creates New York state regulatory review council to review every promulgation, repeal or amendment of every rule or regulation; provides that no new rule, unless critical to health, safety, or welfare, may become effective without the approval of the council; provides for the procedures of the council; provides for an annual report by the council on its actions.
Relates to the requiring of CPR certification among teachers and lunch monitors in school cafeterias.
Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying.
Relates to reporting requirements for the START-UP NY program; requires an annual report be prepared and provided to the governor and the legislature including, but not limited to, the number of business applicants, number of businesses approved, benefits distributed and received and the number of net new jobs created per business including cumulative data that reflects the amount previously recorded and adjusted for net new jobs that have been lost.
Provides for an increase in the rates of compensation for gold star parents.