Establishes a tax credit for the cost of veterinary services up to two thousand dollars per year.
Creates a baccalaureate and associate nursing assistance program within the department of health to provide loans to persons in pursuit of a nursing degree at an approved institution in this state; provides that nurses receiving loans will be obligated for one year of service as a nurse in New York for each year assistance was received; establishes an advisory council to assist in the administration of such program.
Requires employers and volunteer organizations to conduct a criminal history check of employees and volunteers who will come into contact with children under 18 years of age.
Relates to providing an exemption for drugs and medicines for companion and farm animals.
Requires persons in parental relation to an individual or a person required to attend school to submit proof of age and parental relation to school in which individual is enrolled; requires school superintendent to make inquiry of statewide central register for missing children if such information is not provided and the individual may be a missing child; requires records of age and parental relation to be maintained by schools pursuant to regulations of the commissioner of education; requires transfer of such records upon transfer of minor to another school; requires notification of law enforcement if there is an appearance of custodial interference.
Imposes term limits for members of the assembly and senate of New York.
Provides that the maximum speed limit on state highways may be established pursuant to an engineering and/or traffic investigation authorized or performed by the department of transportation or the municipality within which the section of state highway subject to such speed limit is located.
Requires that any ballot proposition creating a state debt shall contain an estimate of the amortization period and the total expected debt service payable thereon until the bonds issued pursuant to such proposition are retired; relates to deposits to the tax stabilization reserve fund; provides that at least 10% of any surplus shall be used to pay down state debt.
Includes residences and private property located within one thousand feet of real property boundary line of any school boundary line within the definition of "school grounds" for the purposes of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds.
Relates to the right of an insured to find a substantially similar vehicle to replace a vehicle which is determined to be a total loss, within a regional area.
