Enacts the "utility ratepayer protection act"; requires legislative approval of increases in utility charges.
Requires the estimated cost of mandated expenditures and appropriations within the body of the bill.
Includes intentionally selecting a victim based on certain actual or perceived traits in the crime of murder in the first degree; provides that sentence for commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree is death or life without parole.
Provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall waive the payment of fees for license plates if the new plates required are due to a change in plate design.
Creates a wage tax credit for employers who employ New York national guard men and women, reservists, volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel.
Elevates the offense of killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony; establishes the class E felony of injuring a police work dog or police work horse for intentionally causing serious physical injury to a police work dog or police work horse while such dog or horse is performing its duties under the supervision of a police officer.
Prohibits sex offenders who are on parole and in civil confinement from voting in certain elections.
Requires that license plates be inspected during vehicle safety inspections and waives fees for the issuance of certain license plates.
Relates to eligibility to assume office for certain elected officials owing past-due tax liabilities.
Relates to the provision of financial assistance to museums, zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums and other cultural institutions located in low-income urban, suburban or rural communities, or that provide educational services to students from such communities.
