September 05, 2008
GOVERNOR PATERSON SIGNS CHILDREN'S PRODUCT SAFETY AND RECALL EFFECTIVENESS ACT OF 2008
Signs Additional Law Authorizing Certified Pharmacists to Administer Immunizing
Agents to Adults
Governor David A. Paterson signed a package of bills into law this week to strengthen consumer protections, enhance education for the children of New York State, and improve environment and health care programs.
Among the bills in the package is one of the Governor’s program bills, S.8297-A Fuschillo / A.11316-A Pheffer, which enacts the Children’s Product Safety and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2008. This important piece of legislation will prevent recalled and defective toys and juvenile products from sitting on store shelves and will keep potentially dangerous products out of children’s hands. The new law also provides important information to consumers about recalls and safety warnings.
“We cannot be complacent about protecting our children. This legislation addresses growing concerns that potentially dangerous and recalled toys and products are widely available in stores throughout New York State. With this new law in place, New Yorkers can have a renewed sense of confidence that the products they purchase for their children are safe,” said Governor Paterson. “I applaud my colleagues in the Legislature for working swiftly to address this problem and working together to enact meaningful legislation to ensure the safety of our youngest citizens.”
In addition, the Governor signed into law S.8673 Fuschillo / A.2140-D Paulin, which authorizes pharmacists to administer immunizing agents to adults. This new law makes immunizations by licensed pharmacists more widely accessible to New Yorkers in an effort to improve adult immunization rates in the State.
Additional Bills Signed into Law Include:
A.11497 Rules Silver / S.8152 Rules – Postpones expiration of certain tax rates and taxes in the city of New York
A.10808-A Scarborough / S.7447-A Kruger – Relates to concurrent guardianship, custody and child protective proceedings
A.10625 Pheffer / S.7895 Fuschillo – Relates to the disposal of records containing personal identifying information
S.7407 Winner / A.11161 Schimminger – Expands the definition of "wine"
S.8206 Robach / A.10848 John – Brings the provisions of law pertaining to sharing confidential unemployment insurance information into compliance with federal law
A.11137-A Farrell / S.8285-A Johnson – Makes certain technical changes for the purpose of bringing certain provisions of law into compliance with the government accounting standards board; repealer
S.8291 Winner / A.11134 Gottfried – Relates to the tobacco escrow funds and providing for the enhanced enforcement of these provisions with respect to roll-your-own tobacco products
S.3898 Larkin / A.7738 Pretlow – Establishes a procedure by which race track license application denials may be heard
A.1975 R. Diaz / S.7944 Flanagan – Relates to the online posting by state agencies of its subject matter list
A.10952-B Lupardo / S.8634 Libous – Requires property owners to provide notification of test results relating to contamination of indoor air to current and prospective occupants and tenants
Agriculture
A.3520 Nolan / S.5874-A Sabini – Authorizes the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets to revoke the license of a slaughterhouse that fails three consecutive inspections
A.8657 Magee / S.6166 Seward – Relates to the practices of farm equipment dealers
A.10021-A Magee / S.7854-A Young – Clarifies that farm woodlands are considered part of a farmland operation for purposes of the Agricultural Districts Law
S.5357-A Larkin / A.9968-A Delmonte – Makes certain composting and mulching activities on a farm part of a “farmland operation” under the Agricultural Districts Law
S.6916 Larkin / A.9863 Magee – Extends the real property tax exemption for structures and buildings essential to agricultural and horticultural use to buildings built prior to January 1, 2019
A.9559-A Magee / S.7853 Young – Requires an applicant for a license to manufacture frozen desserts to pay the actual cost of Department Agriculture and Markets inspections where an applicant’s facility is located outside New York
Business
A.7120-B Gianaris / S.3964-C Seward – Specifies who "employees" are for blanket and health insurance
A.10656 Morelle / S.7550 Seward – Relates to health insurance premium rates for individual proprietors
A.10979 Greene / S.8122 Farley – Exempts state-chartered credit unions from the special additional mortgage recording tax
S.6535-A Seward / A.9521-A Morelle – Provides that insurance rehabilitators and liquidators have an independent audit done annually
S.7360-A Farley / A.11027-A Towns – Relates to the opening of branches, the establishment of subsidiary trust companies and the acquisition of New York banks or parts thereof
Consumer Protection
A.472 Fields / S.170-A Alesi – Prohibits the importation, manufacturing, distribution, or sale of yo-yo waterball toys, and provides for enforcement by the attorney general
S.7330 Fuschillo / A.11613 Rules Gottfried – Requires hotels that furnish drinking glasses, silverware or flatware in individual rooms to provide that such items are fully sanitized
Criminal Justice
A.9673 Spano / S.7994 Flanagan – Expands when a person is guilty of aggravated harassment in the second degree
S.4541-A Kruger / A.8855-A Rosenthal – Provides that orders of protection may prohibit the unjustified killing or injuring of a companion animal of the person protected by such order
S.4956-A Volker / A.7847-A Aubry – Relates to evidence of an employee's past criminal record
S.7608 Maltese /A.10540 Brennan – Regarding certain employees of the New York City business integrity commission
Education
S.7051-A Saland / A.11256-A Brodsky – Requires the Commissioner of Education to develop and make available to schools age-appropriate resources and technical assistance concerning safe internet use
A.9222-A Gabryszak / S.6295-A Volker – Authorizes Villa Marie College to receive state aid for earned associate degrees even after being authorized to confer earned bachelor's degrees
S.7652 Saland / A.10908 P. Lopez – Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Germantown central school district
Energy and Environment
S.4637-C Rath / A.8145-C Hoyt – Provides for the Bruce S. Kershner old-growth forest preservation and protection act
S.6714 Little / A.9698 McDonald – Provides for the addition of the county of Washington to the Hudson River Valley Greenway
A.11591 Rules Lifton / S.7911-A Seward – Authorizes the state to transfer easements and rights-of-way to the New York State Electric & Gas Corporation in exchange for lands for reforestation purposes
S.8544 Winner / A.11593 Rules Lifton – Relates to restrictions for the construction and location of boathouses, moorings and docks by the town of Ithaca, Tompkins County
Health
A.2988-A Weisenberg / S.1344-A Johnson – Requires certain public and private swimming facilities to retain a defibrillator and lifeguard staff trained in its use
A.9225-A Weisenberg / S.8545 Morahan – Establishes a notification and appeals process for the parent or guardian of a child with mental retardation or developmental disabilities when OMRDD determines that such child will not require adult services
A.10622 Eddington / S.3680 Trunzo – Provides that the patients rights notification required to be given by hospitals include notice patient cannot be discriminated against because of age
S.902-B Farley / A.9367-B Kavanagh – Relates to penalties for violations of potable water regulations
A.10933 K. Zebrowski / S.8057 Morahan – Authorizes the release to a representative of a cemetery organization or funeral establishment of the name, date of birth or date of death of a person who was a patient
S.6026-C Golden / A.8716-C Glick – Provides that a restricted dental faculty license may be issued to a licensed, foreign-trained, dentist who is a full-time faculty member employed at an approved NYS school of dentistry
Housing / Property
A.3227-A R. Diaz / S.7014 Diaz – Authorizes certain housing preferences for members of police force in certain cities
S.3825 Padavan / A.7007-A V. Lopez – Relates to construction of clauses in certain mortgages and to special proceedings to convey title to an abandoned dwelling
S.4221-B Smith / A.2604-B Englebright – Provides that the senior citizen rent increase exemption shall be provided for a head of household who occupies two contiguous dwelling units
S.8630 LaValle / A.11559-B Rules Alessi – Provides a right of first refusal to a manufactured home park homeowners' association or the tenants thereof
Judiciary
S.6201-A Duane / A.7089-A Bing – Provides that a person shall not be penalized in child custody hearings for making good faith efforts to protect a child against abuse
Labor
A.11110-A Abbate / S.8199-A Rules – Allows leaves of absence to employees elected to serve their employee organizations
A.11555 Rules Kavanagh / S.8464 Farley – Requires the comptroller to study the practicality of implementing an electronic pay stub program
S.8669 Farley / A.11718 Rules Abbate – Excludes certain New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) scientists from the state civil service
S.6856-A Little / A.9970 McDonald – Provides that deputy sheriffs Gregory Danio, Kristen Frasier, Scott McFarren and Robert Sullivan may enter a 25 year retirement plan in Washington County
S.7920 Bonacic / A.11270 P. Lopez – Authorizes the town of Saugerties to offer an optional 20 year retirement plan to police officers Christopher Helsmoortel and Kenneth Swart
Veterans
A.4262-A Gianaris / S.8566 Leibell – Provides municipalities with the option of allowing the spouse and unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran entitled to alternative real property tax exemption to transfer the exemption to another property
Local Bills
A.10741 Silver / S.8181 Padavan – Extends for an additional two years, the establishment of certain water charges for hospitals and charities in New York City
A.10620 Walker / S.7627 Marcellino – Makes the second Tuesday in December the date for the election of commissioners for the Bethpage and Hicksville water districts
A.8499-A Pretlow / S.5910-A Rules – Authorizes the city of Yonkers to discontinue the use of certain city lands as parkland and to sell and convey such lands
A.10386-A Fitzpatrick / S.7217-A Trunzo – Authorizes the town of Islip to discontinue the use of certain land as park land and to convey the land to the Hauppauge Library District
S.5288-B Farley / A.7813-B Butler – Authorizes the town of Caroga, county of Fulton to discontinue as parkland a certain parcel no longer needed for park purposes
S.6329-A Rules / A.9282-A McDonald – Authorizes the town of Malta to convey to Saratoga Water Services, Inc. an easement for the installation of a water line across existing parkland
S.8573 Morahan / A.11662 Rules K. Zebrowski – Authorizes the town of Clarkstown, in the county of Rockland, to discontinue the use of certain park lands and to sell and convey such lands
Retroactive Property Tax Exemptions:
- S.6786 Fuschillo / A.9721 Sweeney – Village of Amityville
- S.8586 Farley / A.11666 Rules Tedisco – Faith Deliverance Tabernacle
- S.8587 Farley / A.11668 Rules Tedisco – Carver Community Center, Inc.
- S.8588 Farley / A.11667 Rules Tedisco – Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church
- S.8589 Farley / A.11669 Rules Tedisco – Ancient Order of Hibernians
- S.8590 Farley / A.11670 Rules Tedisco – Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church
