Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.
Requires youth sports organizations to disclose all total annual costs for participation; deems certain youth sports organization contract provisions invalid; protects data privacy of youth sports organization participants; provides for liability, enforcement, and exemptions.
Requires boards of education and school districts to allow children involved in an investigation or proceeding relating to abuse and/or neglect reasonable access to court appointed attorneys.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires school boards to create written policies for managing their school library collections. The new rules mandate that these policies outline clear steps for selecting, buying, reviewing, and removing library materials while considering educational goals and community needs. Additionally, the bill ensures that certified librarians play a key role in these decisions and requires districts to share their policies online and use models provided by state library systems.
Enacts the "New York wildlife crossing act"; directs the department of transportation and the New York state thruway authority, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the department of motor vehicles, to identify sites along all highways, thruways and parkways in the state where wildlife crossings are most needed to increase public safety and improve habitat connectivity and create a priority list of wildlife opportunity areas where federal grant monies may be available to implement the top five projects identified.
Authorizes renewable owners to enter into enhanced community benefit agreements with the governing bodies of host municipalities under which direct bill credits are offered to residential customers.
Maddy summaryThis bill increases the financial rebates available under Minnesota's zero emissions and clean burning fuel vehicle programs. It directly affects residents who purchase qualifying electric or clean fuel vehicles by raising the maximum rebate amount from $2,000 to $4,000 for vehicles with an EPA estimated range of 200 miles or more. The legislation also adjusts lower-tier rebates to $2,000 for vehicles with a range between 40 and 199 miles and $1,000 for those with less than 40 miles of range. The changes are set to take effect 90 days after the bill becomes law.
Establishes extended producer responsibility for textiles; requires a producer, either individually or cooperatively in a group or with a representative organization to submit to the department of environmental conservation a plan for the establishment of a collection program for textile covered products.
Requires each school district to ensure that every public school in which school days exceed five hours in duration provides up to thirty minutes of daily recess within the school day for all students in kindergarten through fifth grade and for students in sixth grade who attend an elementary school.
Requires covered employers to provide notice to certain affected employees prior to any technological displacement; requires reporting; requires a workforce transition period; makes related provisions.
