Repeals and reenacts statute of limitation provisions on wrongful death, personal injury and property damage actions against professional engineers, architects, landscape architects, land surveyors and construction contractors to provide for a limitations period of ten years after completion of improvement to real property; "completion", which constitutes the accrual date for the limitations period, is defined; provides for a one year extension for injuries to person or property or wrongful death which occur during the tenth year after completion.
Asm. Gary Pretlow
Sponsored bills
Increases the penalties for criminal impersonation in the first degree from a class E felony to a class D felony; increases the penalty for criminal impersonation in the second degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony.
Directs the department of taxation and finance to study and report on the impact on localities in the counties of Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess of state-owned lands, and the methods of compensating such localities for the real property taxes lost as a result of such state-owned lands.
Creates the crime of crimes against a delivery person when a specified offense is committed against a restaurant delivery person; for purposes of this crime a delivery person shall mean a person employed by a restaurant or put into service by a restaurant to deliver prepared food to a location outside the restaurant pursuant to an order placed by the purported recipient of the food.
Removes certain residential programs, residential facilities and child care institutions from the definition of the term "youth shelter" for purposes of the education of persons in youth shelters.
Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the county of Westchester.
Creates a distinctive plate for New York state licensed mental health counselors.
Authorizes licensed clinical social workers to provide services to injured employees under workers' compensation coverage.
Establishes and appropriates funding for a Westchester county hazardous materials emergency response demonstration unit to be located within the city of Yonkers under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of the city of Yonkers fire department in cooperation with other fire departments; appropriates $1,498,623 therefor.
Relates to the appointment of commissioners of elections; provides that once a party recommends a person for commissioner of elections the local legislative body shall automatically approve the appointment of such person.