Relates to establishing the New York state charitable health and education trust fund and the New York state charitable health and education trust fund donation tax credit; establishes such fund shall benefit entities that provide health care or educational services and/or resources in New York state; provides that donors to such fund shall receive a tax credit equal to the total amount of such donation.
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Enacts the "toll payer protection act" to establish a New York toll payers' bill of rights; provides that any person, firm, corporation, or other entity who is charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee in the state of New York shall have the option to be notified by text message or electronic mail that such fee has been so charged, the entity to which such fee must be paid, and the date by when such fee must be paid; further provides for the establishment of a payment plan for the payment of a toll fee and any related penalties; makes related provisions.
Relates to damages recoverable when contributory negligence or assumption of risk is established in cases involving building construction, demolition and repair work.
Implements the New York propane education and safety act; authorizes the creation of certain propane education programs; requires the creation of a New York propane education and safety council; enumerates the duties and purposes of the New York propane education and safety council.
Relates to the rates paid for net-metering; makes the rates paid by micro-combined heat and power or fuel cell customer-generators the same as other customer-generators.
Authorizes retail licensees to purchase beer, wine and liquor by means of a business credit card.
Directs the public service commission to issue an order governing the equitable sharing of interconnection costs for distributed generation resources.
Authorizes personal income taxpayers to make a gift to excellence in public school education whereby the gift is dedicated to the school district in which the taxpayer resides; such monies shall be deposited into the account for the district for which the gift is intended; monies shall be paid to school districts on July 1 for the school year commencing in the succeeding calendar year, and shall reduce the school taxes of each taxpayer making such a gift.
Authorizes the legislature to require a state or municipal entity to enact a period of residency requirement for persons applying for certain social services.
Authorizes a resident individual to deduct his New York itemized deduction in lieu of the New York standard deduction where his federal taxable income is not determined by itemizing deductions.