Instructs the department of financial services to regulate consumer reporting agencies by requiring licensing of credit reporting agencies, and allowing the department to examine the books and records of consumer reporting agencies.
Relates to the retention of state records; repeals provisions relating to rules and regulations governing access to state legislative records; repeals provisions relating to executive records; repeals provisions relating to information confidentially disclosed by applicants.
Creates a firearm violence research institute and a firearm violence research fund; makes an appropriation therefor.
Relates to the appointment and reporting duties of the superintendent of the state police and to the appointment of employees of the state police.
Prohibits the transportation of any waste product or byproduct from hydraulic fracturing operations.
Authorizes counties to employ computer generated registration lists; updates the list of supplies to be delivered to poll sites.
Relates to reports on untested sexual offense evidence collection kits; requires law enforcement agencies to report to the division of criminal justice services on the number of tested and untested sexual offense evidence collection kits; requires the division to report on the results of such report to the legislature.
Provides that the office of non-public school services shall create and revise a document titled the state standards report which is to be completed by the superintendent of every school district for each non-public school in such district, and which will assist and guide the school district in determining that all resident children attending a school other than a public school receive instruction from competent teachers and is at least substantially equivalent to the instruction given to minors of like age and attainments at the public schools where the minor resides; makes related provisions.
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.
Provides for the optional review by the attorney general of requests denied under the Freedom of Information Law; provides that if the attorney general denies the appeal, the requester may proceed under CPLR article 78; and if the attorney general grants the appeal, the attorney general shall order the agency to make the record available; an agency aggrieved by such an order may proceed under CPLR article 78.
