Relates to personal income taxation of pensions and annuities; increases amount excluded from taxation.
Relates to prohibiting the use of chlorpyrifos.
Establishes the problem gambling advisory council.
Directs division of military and naval affairs to subsidize mailing of 1 package a month from family of active duty military personnel to such person on active duty.
Requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their initial debt collection correspondence; such notice would contain information such as who and when a principal creditor may contact a debtor about the debt owed as well as the fact that a principal creditor cannot disclose information affecting a consumer debtor's reputation for creditworthiness if the principal creditor knows or has reason to know such information is false; applies to consumer rather than commercial debts.
Increases the limitation of overtime compensation in final average salary calculations from fifteen percent to thirty percent.
Enacts the "STAR credit bill of rights"; establishes the office of STAR ombudsman.
Relates to the rights and working conditions of emergency medical technicians employed by the New York city fire department; requires rest and meal breaks.
Creates the lymphedema and lymphatic diseases research grants program; provides such grants, not to exceed $50,000, would be awarded on a competitive basis to biomedical research institutions conducting direct research related to lymphedema and lymphatic diseases; makes an appropriation therefor.
Requires at least one full-time guidance counselor to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior and senior high school throughout the state; sets duties of guidance counselors.
