GOVERNOR PATERSON VETOES PACKAGE OF 49 BILLS

Peace Officer Bills:

A.9844 Thiele/S.6841 LaValle - Regarding uniformed members of the Village of Southampton fire marshal's office

A.9889 Giglio/S.6891Young - Regarding dog control officer of the City of Salamanca

A.10397 Raia/S.6545 Marcellino - Regarding uniformed court officers employed by the Village of Northport village justice court.

S.6847-A LaValle /A.9861-A Thiele - Regarding uniformed court officers employed by the Village of Westhampton Beach village court

S.7469 Larkin /A.10509 Calhoun - Regarding uniformed court officers of the town court of the Town of New Windsor

S.7616-A Nozzolio /A.10652-A Finch - Regarding uniformed marine patrol officers in Cayuga County

S.7729-A Little/A.10738-A Sayward - Regarding Village of Lake George seasonal constables

S.8106 Flanagan /A.10719 Conte - Regarding uniformed officers of the Town of Huntington fire marshal's office

S.8183-A Trunzo /A.10971-A Boyle - Regarding uniformed members of the Town of Islip bureau of fire prevention

S.8205 Volker /A.11023 Cole - Regarding security officers for the Town of Alden town court

Crime Victims Board Direct Reimbursement Bills:

A.9915-A Jaffee/S.7306 Morahan - Requires the Crime Victims Board to directly reimburse pharmacists for the provision of prophylactic HIV treatment to victims of sexual assault

S.5052-A Saland /A.5206-B Paulin - Requires the Crime Victims Board to directly reimburse forensic pediatricians for forensic physical abuse assessments.

TAP Award Bills:

S.1574-A Padavan/A.1929-A Canestrari - Authorizes adjustments to students. Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) awards after a semester has begun

A.11714-A Rules Canestrari/S.8647-A Padavan - Chapter amendment to S.1574-A/A.1929-A relating to TAP awards

Binding Arbitration Bills:

S.6680 Volker/A.10341 Gabryszak - Grants binding arbitration to Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority police

S.6681 Volker /A.10433 Gabryszak - Grants binding arbitration to Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority aircraft rescue firefighters

Other Bills:

A.5566-A Englebright/S.3060-A Golden - Requires the establishment of grant-funded mature worker training programs

A.5943 Markey/S.7042 DeFrancisco - Requires public bodies subject to the open meetings law to make records to be discussed at an open meeting available to the public prior to such meeting

A.6164 Sweeney/S.3410 LaValle - Requires Public Service Commission approval of certain LIPA rate increases.

A.8849-A Peoples/S.8508 Montgomery - Requires the department of corrections to provide inmates, upon discharge, with educational information about the prevention of HIV

A.9055-B Destito/S.6101-B Griffo - Permits small beer brewers to terminate certain franchise agreements without good cause

A.9317-B DelMonte/S.2324-B Rath - Establishes a multi-use trails initiative task force to create a plan for a comprehensive statewide system of multi-use trails

A.10413 Bradley/S.7322 Leibell - Authorizes Westchester County to establish a county board of examiners to license electrical inspectors in Westchester County

A.10474 Dinowitz/S.8670 Saland - Establishes a senior housing task force to assess and report on the housing needs of senior citizens

A.10883-B Morelle/S.8161-C Robach - Establishes a residential care off-site facility demonstration program

A.11288 Millman/S.8560 Johnson - Requires the development of an "I Love NY Baseball" program and at least two baseball trails

A.11355 Dinowitz/S.8337 Golden - Extends the Intergenerational Day Care Program for two years

A.11650 Rules Espaillat/S.8605 Larkin - Establishes a veteran program consolidation council to promote efficiency, cost effectiveness, oversight and outreach for veterans residing in New York

A.11651 Rules Espaillat/S.8595 Leibell - Requires the Division of Veterans Affairs to study and report on the number of military personnel expected to return to New York

S.1543 Fuschillo/A.4874 Hooper - Allows Board of Education to provide children with non-ambulatory parents or guardians transportation to school for a lesser distance than two miles

S.3202 LaValle/A.5986 Alessi - Exempts diesel fuel sales to commercial fishermen for use in commercial fishing vessels from the motor fuel tax

S.4437-A Morahan/A.6819-B P. Rivera - Requires the Mental Health Services Council and the Advisory Councils on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to identify gaps in services to persons with multiple disabilities when establishing their statewide goals and objectives

S.5110 Little /A.9381 John - Authorizes educational institutions to agree to pay all or a portion of the salaries and compensation of municipal school crossing guards

S.6440 Flanagan /A.9286 Lentol - Redefines the term "coin operated gambling device" for purposes of penal law gambling offenses

S.6457-A Farley /A.9393-A Abbate - Imposes a moratorium prohibiting diminishment of public employee retiree health insurance benefits until June 30, 2009

S.6664-A DeFrancisco/A.11100 Espaillat - Create the Office of Taxpayer Advocate within the Department of Taxation and Finance

S.6832 Robach /A.9960 Abbate - Allows arbitration of certain disciplinary grievances by unions representing Division of State Police investigators

S.6835-B Seward /A.10123-A Destito - Establishes a blue ribbon commission on competition in the outdoor recreation industry

S.6869 Griffo /A.9864 Magee - Allows volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers to receive both a real property tax exemption and an income tax credit

S.7025 Saland/A.10295 Nolan - Excludes certain increased fuel costs from calculation of total spending increases for purposes of school district contingency budget for the 2008-2009 school year

S.7033-A Morahan /A.10297-A P. Rivera - Creates regional child psychiatry access teams to provide telephone consultation and other support services to primary care physicians

S7558- A Rath /A10562-A DelMonte - Requires the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and historic preservation to implement a community green trails initiative

S.7852-A Winner/A.11056 Schimminger - Limits the crime of unlawfully dealing with a child to the owners of places where liquor is sold, rather than where any alcoholic beverages are sold

S.7899 Griffo /A.10750 Destito - Allows individuals to be granted permits for public displays of fireworks

S.8142 Rath/A.10644 Abbate - Allows certain eligible members of the NYS teachers' retirement system to receive service credit for up to 200 days of unused accumulated sick leave

S.8290 Flanagan /A.1310 Brodsky - Requires MTA, N.Y.C. Office of Emergency Management, and Port Authority of N.Y. and N.J. to report to the Governor and the Legislature on weather-related evacuation capabilities

S.8485 Flanagan/A.11506 Rules Brodsky - Prohibits public authorities from entering into non-disclosure agreements

S.8486 Young/A.11537 Rules Giglio - Enables the Bolivar-Richburg Central School District to repay, without interest, $632,735 in excess State Aid over three years through reductions from annual State Aid payments

S.8571 Volker /A.11610 Rules Schroeder - Limits the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority.s oversight of borrowing by Erie County

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