Establishes the utilization of pollinator friendly road maintenance techniques including planting and seeding native, locally appropriate low-mow or no mow grasses and wildflowers, implementing mowing strategies that limit disturbances, minimizing the use of pesticides, and implementing the application of integrated vegetation management.
Sen. Michelle Hinchey
Sponsored bills
Establishes a COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program; implements a program of rental and utility payment assistance to eligible households; defines terms.
Requires applicants for a license to grow adult-use or medical cannabis to submit an energy efficiency plan to the department of agriculture and markets; sets resource efficiency requirements for such cannabis growers.
Requires the department of transportation to issue a notice of completed application upon receipt and following an initial review of the application and determining that the application is complete or identifying additional information required or to be submitted by the applicant and requires the commissioner of transportation to establish regulations regarding the time within which such application is processed.
Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises in the county of Greene.
Relates to the use of locomotive bells and whistles at private highway-rail grade crossings; permits the use of locomotive bells and whistles as appropriate in order to prevent imminent injury, death, or property damage.
Provides that component school districts cannot impose a tax levy for their share of the board of cooperative educational services capital expenditures.
Provides that certain purchase contracts can be awarded to a qualified bidder who fulfills certain values based procurement standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder and when the bidder makes publicly available data on where such bidder sources their food items; sets forth the criteria for values based procurement standards to include local economies, environmental sustainability, valued workforce, valued agricultural workforce, animal welfare, nutrition, and racial equity.
Increases rebates to municipalities towards the cost of eligible infrastructure projects which support the development of clean vehicles.
Outlines requirements for reporting COVID-19, communicable diseases and deaths due to such communicable diseases for the commissioner of health, state institutions, and hospitals.