Asm. John McGowan

Relates to inciting violence against a police officer.

Exempts antique motor vehicles from annual motor vehicle safety inspections; modifies the definition of antique or historical motor vehicles.

Prohibits the enactment of unfunded mandates for a period of three years; instructs the state comptroller to conduct a report on the annual fiscal impact enacted state legislation has on the revenues and expenses of local municipalities.

Expands the scope of records which shall be preserved by the executive chamber, executive departments, agencies, divisions, offices and commissions, which shall be retained for a minimum of two years; and in the event litigation is reasonably anticipated against the executive or any executive branch departments, divisions, offices or commissions, the executive shall have a duty to cause and direct that all records reasonably related to such anticipated litigation be retained for at least five years or until two years after litigation is no longer reasonably anticipated, whichever is later.

Relates to the failure to produce records in response to a FOIL request; criminalizes the failure to comply with the freedom of information law.

Establishes the veterans' organization relief fund to be expended only for the aid and assistance of veterans' organizations; establishes the gift for the veterans' organizations relief fund; makes a one hundred million dollar appropriation therefor; makes related provisions.

Prohibits persons convicted of murder or sentenced to life without parole or where the defendant acting either alone or with one or more other persons, commits or attempts to commit robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse, escape in the first degree, or escape in the second degree, and, in the course of and in furtherance of such crime or of immediate flight therefrom, he or she, or another participant, if there be any, intentionally causes the death of: a police officer; a peace officer; a firefighter; emergency medical technician, ambulance driver, paramedic, physician or registered nurse involved in a first response team, or any other individual who, in the course of official duties, performs emergency response; or an employee of a state correctional institution or was an employee of a local correctional facility, when such person was engaged in the course of performing their official duties, from being eligible for commutation of sentence.

Removes the complete authority of the governor to appoint the entire parole board; provides that the parole board shall consist of twenty-four members of whom four shall be appointed by the governor, four members shall be appointed by the chief judge of the court of appeals, four members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, four members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, four members shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate, and four members shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.

Relates to allocating two hundred fifty thousand dollars to each member of the assembly for the purpose of compensating employees and staff of such member.

Enacts "Lindsey's law" criminalizing the disclosure of confidential government records by a public employer as retaliation for a victim making a sexual harassment complaint or claim.