Relates to electronic delivery of property/casualty insurance notices and posting property/casualty insurance policies on the internet; authorizes electronic delivery of insurance notices with consent and the posting of policies on the internet if certain conditions are met.
Asm. Andrew Hevesi
Sponsored bills
Prohibits the imposition and collection of a fare, toll, rental, rate, charge or other fee on the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge as security for bonds and notes issued by the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority or by the metropolitan commuter transportation authority.
Requires the use of biodiesel blend in state diesel operated vehicles; defines biodiesel blend as renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived from agricultural plant oils, animal fats or waste oils and greases.
Relates to rental discrimination based on income.
Creates a firearm violence research institute and a firearm violence research fund; makes an appropriation therefor.
Establishes an exception for victims of child sexual abuse to the trust exemption from application to the satisfaction of a money judgment; allows victims of sexual abuse to enforce a money judgment against their abusers' trusts when the judgment was obtained as a result of such abuse; defines child sexual abuse.
Directs the commissioner of education to establish minimum standards for the maintenance and repair of school buildings; eliminates the tax levy cap for expenditures related to school building maintenance and repair.
Clarifies the authorization to practice for mental health practitioners; includes the term "diagnosis" within the definition of the practice of mental health practitioners.
Relates to standards of payment for foster care; requires the office of children and family services to include, and the division of budget to approve, an increase for salaries equal to the higher of the three year average in the personal income growth index in each year's Maximum State Aid Rate or the Cost-of-Living Adjustments included in contracts for state employees.
Enacts "Kirby and Quigley's Law"; establishes a cause of action against a person who has intentionally caused injury or death of a companion animal.