Rep. Marjorie Byrnes

Maddy summaryThis bill updates the membership rules for the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council to include a representative for agricultural producers. It changes the council's composition from fifteen to sixteen members and adjusts the number of seats for fire service officials, architects, engineers, and other stakeholders to eight. The amendment ensures that one appointed member specifically represents agricultural interests, giving farmers a formal voice in state fire and building code decisions.

Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".

Clarifies that the New York state health insurance program remains subject to certain provisions of the financial services law and coverage for usual and customary costs for out-of-network health care service.

Provides that the comptroller shall examine and audit all state or federal funds appropriated or received for the humanitarian aid including short term shelter services to migrant individuals and families, including costs associated with humanitarian emergency response and relief centers for individuals entering short term shelter on or after April 1, 2022 in New York city or any other municipality in New York state.

Requires a premises license issued by the department of taxation and finance for businesses retailing certain smoking products and paraphernalia; directs the department to issue regulations.

Maddy summaryThis bill modifies the farm employer overtime tax credit by allowing eligible farm employers to receive quarterly advance payments instead of waiting until they file their annual tax return. To qualify, employers must submit applications to the Department of Agriculture and Markets by specific deadlines for each quarter, detailing the overtime wages they paid during that period. Once approved, the department issues a certificate specifying the advance amount, which the employer can claim as a payment on their tax return for the relevant year. The law takes effect on January 1, 2025, providing cash flow relief to farms that employ workers eligible for overtime pay.

Provides parity to durable medical equipment providers by requiring Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse such providers at no less than one hundred percent of the medical assistance durable medical equipment and complex rehabilitation technology fee schedule for the same service or item.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows the village of Clayton to offer a special twenty-year retirement plan to Joshua David, a police officer who missed the deadline to join the program due to circumstances beyond his control. If the village chooses to participate, it will cover the additional costs associated with granting David full credit for his past service, which he can then use to receive retirement benefits. The village has one year to formally approve this arrangement, while the officer has eighteen months to request coverage under the new terms. All extra costs for the village will be paid by Clayton and can be spread out over five years.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows the County of Steuben to let Deputy Sheriff Erica M. McCoy join a special twenty-five-year retirement plan she previously missed due to administrative errors. To qualify, the county must submit a resolution confirming she was not negligent in missing the application deadline, and she must formally request coverage within a year of the law taking effect. The county will cover all past service costs for this change, spreading the expense over five years, while the deputy sheriff gains full retirement benefits associated with the plan.

Authorizes Michael Kurtz, a part-time police officer, with the village of Warsaw police department to take the civil service examination and be eligible for appointment as a full time police officer for the village of Warsaw.