Restricts insurers from demanding intrusive personal, financial and tax information from insureds as a standard practice in processing ordinary theft claims where no special circumstances warranting a demand for such information exists.
Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz
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Provides that bills which have reached order of third reading but which shall not have been acted on by the house before the end of the first year of the two-year legislative session shall maintain its place on the order of third reading until the house shall act on such bill or until the end of the two-year legislative session unless such bill shall have been amended, in which case such bill may be referred back to a standing committee for reconsideration; sets forth exceptions for budget bills, bills requiring a home rule message, constitutional amendments and bills requiring a fiscal note.
Establishes a health care proxy registry within the department of health to maintain the health care proxies of persons electing to submit proxies to such registry and to provide access thereto by attending health care providers and the principal of the health care proxy.
Prohibits smoking in public parks and pedestrian plazas; sets $50 fine; defines terms.
Requires the replacement of lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures in buildings in New York City constructed between 1950 and 1978 that are used as schools; exempts buildings that have replaced lighting ballasts and lighting fixtures not containing PCBs; requires the testing of each area post-replacement for the presence of PCBs; requires the posting of test results on the NYC department of education website; authorizes the NYC department of education to seek state and federal funding to accomplish the required replacement; requires the promulgation of regulations by the state department of education.
Relates to materials submitted in support of applications for an identity card issued by the city of New York.
Establishes the office of the deaf and hard of hearing, and the deaf and hard of hearing advisory council.
Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to establish standards for and a program of inspection and certification of green roofs prior to and after installation, including standards for environmentally acceptable chemical fertilizers and the testing of runoff water for evidence of such fertilizers; further establishes a green roof installation tax credit in the amount of fifty-five percent of qualified expenditures with a credit maximum of five thousand dollars.
Prohibits entry to gun shows to anyone under twelve years of age.
Increases the penalty for any person who violates the provision that a pre-recorded message must disconnect upon the caller hanging up the telephone.