Establishes the apiary industry advisory committee; defines terms; requires the commissioner of agriculture and markets to give a beekeeper advanced notice of any inspection of an apiary; establishes the cooperative honeybee health improvement program; makes related provisions.
Sen. Michelle Hinchey
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Establishes a commercial driver's license (CDL) class A young adult training program for qualified 18-20 year olds; provides for the repeal of the act if any federal agency or court determines that the act would render the state ineligible for receipt of federal funds.
Requires reporting of alcohol overdose data in addition to existing opioid overdose reporting requirements; requires the commissioner of health to submit an annual statewide report and provide updated data to counties every three months; makes overdose reporting requirements permanent.
Requires the department of transportation to annually prepare and submit to the legislature certain highway pavement and bridge condition reports.
Authorizes the increase of the number of town justices to three in the town of Rotterdam, Schenectady county.
Authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets, in consultation with the commissioner of environmental conservation, to adopt rules and regulations setting forth standards relating to alternative fuel quality; authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets to inspect, test and take samples of alternative fuel kept, offered or exposed for sale or in the process of delivery or transport; defines the term "alternative fuel" means alcohols such as ethanol, methanol, butanol and non-petroleum liquid or gaseous fuels, other than alcohol, derived from biological materials; makes related provisions.
Relates to the granting of tenure to probationary classroom teachers or building principals; provides that no school district shall complete an annual professional performance review for the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year.
Requires contracts for cable television and broadband internet attachments to utility poles and the use of utility ducts, trenches and conduits to include all such poles, ducts, trenches and conduits located within a given city, town or village pursuant to a negotiated site license; relates to necessary repairs and replacement costs.