Requires that the state fund any program which imposes a mandate upon municipal corporations or school districts; establishes criteria for any exemption from such law if such mandate is ordered by the judiciary, pursuant to an executive order or requested by the locality; establishes the New York state mandate review council.
Sen. Jim Tedisco
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Relates to aggravated neglect of a companion animal.
Prohibits state agencies from promulgating rules, regulations or any form of guidance requiring individuals under the age of eighteen who are not exhibiting COVID-19 related symptoms, as defined by the centers for disease control and prevention, to wear a mask or face covering in a public place or while participating in any recreational or organized sporting activity.
Establishes the crimes of harassment of a law enforcement officer or a member of the officer's family in the first degree and second degree.
Requires pet dealers and pet shops to provide certain breeder and health information to purchasers of animals.
Appropriates $5,550,000 for the purpose of establishing and expanding training programs for direct support professionals at boards of cooperative educational services.
Relates to the length of time of a state disaster emergency declaration; requires the governor to transmit a weekly report to the legislature during a state disaster emergency; relates to the communication between the governor and parties affected by a suspension of laws during a state disaster emergency.
Requires police officers to attend annual diversity training seminars.
Increases the enhanced STAR property tax deduction for tax for final assessment rolls to be completed after two thousand twenty-four; provides a total exemption from school taxes for certain persons eighty years of age and older.
Directs the commissioner of health to conduct an investigation of the department's performance, compliance and enforcement of applicable state laws, rules, regulations, and directives or executive orders, with respect to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes, adult care facilities, and assisted living residences, and to propose a pandemic response plan for future disease outbreaks.