Replaces each instance of the word accident with the word crash in relation to the vehicle and traffic law.
Sen. Pat Fahy
Sponsored bills
Establishes the community schools act; authorizes the commissioner to award grants for community schools programming; appropriates funds therefor.
Relates to the schedules that work act.
Establishes the Thomas A. Constantine institute for the study of transnational organized crime within the state university of New York; makes an appropriation therefor.
Authorizes payment of additional state aid for certain state-leased or state-owned lands.
Requires that the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities establish family support navigators to assist the developmentally disabled and also develop a list of available housing for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Eliminates the requirement that certain minority and women-owned business enterprise owners have a personal net worth of less than three million five hundred thousand dollars in order to obtain certification as a certified minority and women-owned business enterprise; clarifies that an individual's net worth is to be considered in determining eligibility for certification under article 15-A of the executive law.
Enacts the "Crohn's and colitis fairness act"; provides restroom access to persons with certain medical conditions; defines the term eligible medical condition.
Exempts certain BOCES capital expenditures from limitations upon local school district tax levies.
Clarifies that enhanced tuition awards are for attendance at private degree granting institutions of higher education.