You have voted AB-8537: Requires insurers who underwrite property and casualty policies in the state to cover costs associated with bedbug infestations..
AB-8603: Establishes the "emergency preparedness month act" and exempts prefabricated go-bags and individual emergency preparedness items from sales tax during specified time periods.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Cusick
Amend And Recommit To Governmental Operations on 01/13/2012
You have voted AB-8603: Establishes the "emergency preparedness month act" and exempts prefabricated go-bags and individual emergency preparedness items from sales tax during specified time periods..
You have voted AB-8605: Prohibits landlords from refusing to deal with certain people solely because those people were involved in prior summary proceedings..
AB-8607: Provides that it shall be a class A misdemeanor for any person previously convicted of a controlled substance felony offense to own, possess or harbor a dog weighing twenty pounds or more that has either been trained to physically attack persons or has exhibited a vicious disposition or propensity, within 5 years of the completion of any sentence imposed upon conviction of any such controlled substance felony offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Titone
Referred To Codes on 01/04/2012
You have voted AB-8607: Provides that it shall be a class A misdemeanor for any person previously convicted of a controlled substance felony offense to own, possess or harbor a dog weighing twenty pounds or more that has either been trained to physically attack persons or has exhibited a vicious disposition or propensity, within 5 years of the completion of any sentence imposed upon conviction of any such controlled substance felony offense..
AB-8608: Excludes social security payments and supplemental security income from the definition of "income" for the purposes of determining eligibility under the senior citizen rent increase exemption (SCRIE).
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Titone
Referred To Real Property Taxation on 01/04/2012
You have voted AB-8608: Excludes social security payments and supplemental security income from the definition of "income" for the purposes of determining eligibility under the senior citizen rent increase exemption (SCRIE)..
AB-8635: Establishes an alternative energy systems and generating equipment tax credit for qualified expenditures meeting the criteria prescribed by the department of taxation and finance, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the New York state energy research and development authority, for taxpayers subject to tax under articles nine-A, twenty-two, thirty-two and thirty-three of the tax law whose business is not substantially engaged in the commercial generation, distribution, transmission or servicing of energy or energy products.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Kavanagh
Amend And Recommit To Ways And Means on 02/02/2012
You have voted AB-8635: Establishes an alternative energy systems and generating equipment tax credit for qualified expenditures meeting the criteria prescribed by the department of taxation and finance, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the New York state energy research and development authority, for taxpayers subject to tax under articles nine-A, twenty-two, thirty-two and thirty-three of the tax law whose business is not substantially engaged in the commercial generation, distribution, transmission or servicing of energy or energy products..
AB-8652: Relates to removal of raccoons in New York city; requires the New York city department of health and mental hygiene to remove any raccoon upon request from a member of the public and to effectuate humane release thereof.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Hevesi
Amend And Recommit To Cities on 03/14/2012
You have voted AB-8652: Relates to removal of raccoons in New York city; requires the New York city department of health and mental hygiene to remove any raccoon upon request from a member of the public and to effectuate humane release thereof..
AB-8689: Creates the New York DREAM fund commission, which shall be committed to advancing the educational opportunities of children of immigrants through scholarship programs that provide assistance with the costs of higher education; makes family tuition accounts available to account owners who provide a valid taxpayer identification number.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Kavanagh
Passed Assembly on 05/01/2012
You have voted AB-8689: Creates the New York DREAM fund commission, which shall be committed to advancing the educational opportunities of children of immigrants through scholarship programs that provide assistance with the costs of higher education; makes family tuition accounts available to account owners who provide a valid taxpayer identification number..