Provides a reimbursement to small businesses and residential consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide contracted services; requires the Long Island power authority to do the same.
Asm. Judy Griffin
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Directs the New York state comptroller and New York Public Service Commission to conduct a feasibility study on supplying public water to all of New York American Water customers; provides for a report to be issued within one year of the effective date of this act.
Establishes a youth development agriculture technology challenge.
Authorizes up to one hundred percent real property tax exemptions for any special ad valorem levies or special district charges and assessments for veterans.
Requires utility companies maintain a toll free number for consumers to call to report service outages which shall be made available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Enacts the safe schools by design act; directs the use of professional design services for school security and safety improvements.
Prohibits the planting and growing of genetically engineered crops within the national wildlife refuge system.
Requires cell towers to be equipped with a back-up power source in case of a power outage.
Protects medically important antimicrobials for human public health; establishes a livestock producer may provide a medically important antimicrobial to a food-producing animal only if a licensed veterinarian, in the exercise of professional judgment, determines that the provision of the medically important antimicrobial to the animal is necessary: to control the spread of a disease or infection, to treat a disease or infection, or in relation to surgical or other medical procedures; requires veterinarians licensed to practice in New York state to file an annual report detailing their prescribing history of medically important antimicrobials to food-producing animals.
Relates to establishing first responder safety zones and setting speed limits in such safety zones.