Authorizes public utility companies to purchase and install small wind turbines and photovoltaic systems on their property.
Requires tip restraint devices on certain furniture.
Requires the state comptroller to conduct audits of private water utility companies prior to and after rate changes are approved by the public service commission.
Includes SUNY police officers for purposes of presumption regarding impairment caused by heart disease.
Authorizes a real property tax exemption for certain eligible reservists upon adoption of a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor; requires property of such eligible reservists to be his or her primary residence; such reservist must have retained his or her active duty status for at least 90 consecutive days to claim such tax exemption.
Expands juvenile offender status to include rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree and aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree if committed by persons thirteen, fourteen or fifteen years of age.
Relates to requiring propeller guards on vessels used to instruct children under the age of eighteen.
Relates to the liability of design professionals; prohibits broad indemnification of a state or local agency or political subdivision involving public work.
Relates to reporting on the metropolitan transportation authority's state of good repair; requires the reporting to be published on the authority's website, outlining the repairs and investments needed to restore the authority's existing transit systems to a state of good repair.
Enacts the "New York state living donor support act" to provide state reimbursement to living organ donors, who are state residents, for medical and associated expenses incurred as a result of the organ donation, when the organ donation is made to another resident of the state; requires the provision of information on transplantation to patients with severe kidney disease.
