Creates a cyber security enhancement fund to be used for the purpose of upgrading cyber security in local governments, including but not limited to, villages, towns and cities with a population of one million or less; restricts the use of taxpayer moneys in paying ransoms in response to ransomware attacks.
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Requires a joint report by the state board of elections and state education department concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections.
Prohibits county and state political chairmen and chairwomen from becoming registered lobbyists.
Grants uniformed members of the bureau of fire prevention of the town of Islip peace officer status.
Relates to protecting registered security guards in a hospital or health care facility from assault; makes such assault a class D felony.
Relates to adding animal fighting as a criminal act when referring to enterprise corruption.
Relates to the recovery of certain building aid penalties by the state education department; authorizes SED to recover building aid in six equal annual installments beginning the later of June 2022 or June of the school year in which such district is notified of the penalty where such penalty exceeds $2,200,000 and also exceeds 2 percent of such district's total general fund expenditures for the 2013-14 school year.
Ensures repeat offenders qualify for bail and pre-trial detention when the principal has been convicted of one or more misdemeanor or felony offenses within the immediate preceding five years.
Enacts the "integrated employment, economic development and safety net system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities act"; directs the commissioner of transportation to establish a rural integrated transportation demonstration program in 6 rural counties; establishes a tax credit for integrated business enterprise investments; extends eligibility for the credit for employment of persons with disabilities to taxpayers employing persons with disabilities, who are certified by the office for people with developmental disabilities, on a full-time or part-time basis.
Extends the time period for tenancy rights from 30 days to 45 days of possession; adds squatting to the definition of criminal trespass in the third degree.