Limits licensing to only pet dealers which sell animals obtained from shelters and rescue organizations.
Asm. Steve Otis
Sponsored bills
Exempts certain BOCES capital expenditures from limitations upon local school district tax levies.
Relates to allowing two automatic free transfers for riders using pay-per-ride Metrocards.
Relates to the use of wood in subway and railroad tracks; prohibits the use of tropical hardwood.
Reduces the time for mailing and receipt of registration application to constitutional minimum.
Provides that a candidate who files a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any party, may thereafter file a certificate of declination not later than the seventh day after the primary election.
Enacts "private environmental law enforcement act"; authorizes any private citizen who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected to commence civil judicial actions for injunctive or declaratory relief to remedy environmental harms under certain circumstances; provides that such action may be commenced against any person for any violation of an administrative or court order compelling an investigation or remediation of an inactive hazardous waste disposal site.
Enacts energy efficiency standards for televisions; amends definition of television and adds other, related definitions.
Relates to the protection of personal information by businesses.
Provides that the failure to report a release of hazardous substances is a class A misdemeanor and any such subsequent violation shall be a class E felony.