Relates to auxiliary police and their ability to carry a collapsible police baton.
Authorizes detention when a defendant presents a clear and convincing likelihood of danger to society, the community or any person.
Establishes a personal income tax credit for the amount of premiums paid for health insurance during a taxpayer year; provides that such credit shall apply to health insurance provided for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse and the taxpayer's dependent children; provides that the credit shall not exceed $2400 during any taxable year, with a limit of $800 each for the taxpayer and spouse, and $400 for each dependent.
Requires investigating officers to field test and test blood alcohol levels of all drivers involved in auto accidents where serious physical injury or death occur; imposes rebuttable presumption of guilt for refusals; requires hospital to conduct such test where trauma/injury is considered too severe.
Includes within the class B felony of promoting prostitution in the first degree, the knowing advancement or profiting from the prostitution of a child less than 17 years old by such child's parent, guardian or other person charged with the custody and care of the child.
Relates to the timing of risk level determination hearings for certain convicted sex offenders who are expected to be, upon sentencing, released on probation or discharged upon payment of a fine, conditional discharge or unconditional discharge.
Provides for a sex offender public awareness outreach program to provide educational outreach to schools, community groups and clergy on issues related to sex offenders.
Relates to care and protection of children; adds to the definition of children at risk infants who test positive for a controlled substance not prescribed by a physician, in their bloodstream or urine, are born dependent on such drugs or who demonstrate drug withdrawal symptoms, or who have been diagnosed with a condition attributable to in utero exposure to illegal drugs.
Establishes the NYS Employee Loan Forgiveness Program; provides that individuals employed by a state employer for 5 years or more with outstanding loan debt are eligible to receive $5,000 per year.
Establishes a person is guilty of manslaughter in the first degree when he or she recklessly causes the death of another person by means of a deadly weapon or deadly instrument; establishes a person is guilty of murder in the second degree when he or she under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to the life of another person, intentionally engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby causes the death of another person; establishes two of the situations where a person is guilty of murder in the second degree, which are not mutually exclusive.
