Governor Says 'No' To Bills Passed By NYS Legislature

Gov. David A. Paterson last Friday, Sept. 5 vetoed a package of 49 bills.

The package includes the following:

Peace officer bills

• A.9844 (Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele)/S.6841 (State Sen. Kenneth LaValle)—Regarding uniformed members of the Village of Southampton fire marshal's office;;

• A.9889 (Joe Giglio)/S.6891 (Catharine Young)—Regarding dog control officer of the City of Salamanca;

• A.10397 (Andrew Raia)/S.6545 (Joseph Marcellino)—Regarding uniformed court officers employed by the Village of Northport village justice court.;

• S.6847-A (Kenneth LaValle) /A.9861-A (Fred W. Thiele)— Regarding uniformed court officers employed by the Village of Westhampton Beach village court;

• S.7469 (Bill Larkin) /A.10509 (Nancy Calhoun)—Regarding uniformed court officers of the town court of the Town of New Windsor;

• S.7616-A (Michael Nozzolio) /A.10652-A (Gary Finch)— Regarding uniformed marine patrol officers in Cayuga County;

• S.7729-A (Elizabeth Little)/A.10738-A (Teresa Sayward)—Regarding Village of Lake George seasonal constables;

• S.8106 (John J. Flanagan) /A.10719 (James Conte)— Regarding uniformed officers of the Town of Huntington fire marshal's office;

• S.8183-A (Caesar Trunzo) /A.10971-A (Philip Boyle)— Regarding uniformed members of the Town of Islip bureau of fire prevention;

• S.8205 (Dale Volker) /A.11023 (Mike Cole)—Regarding security officers for the Town of Alden town court;

Crime Victims Board direct

reimbursement bills

• A.9915-A (Ellen Jaffee)/S.7306 (Thomas Morahan)—Requires the Crime Victims Board to directly reimburse pharmacists for the provision of prophylactic HIV treatment to vic- tims of sexual assault;

• S.5052-A (Stephen Saland) /A.5206-B (Amy Paulin)— Requires the Crime Victims Board to directly reimburse forensic pediatricians for forensic physical abuse assessments.;

TAP award bills

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

• A.11714-A Rules (Ron Canestrari)/S.8647-A (Frank Padavan)—Chapter amendment to S.1574-A/A.1929-A relating to TAP awards;

Binding arbitration bills

• S.6680 (Dale Volker)/A.10341 (Dennis Gabryszak)—Grants binding arbitration to Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority police;

• S.6681 (Dale Volker) /A.10433 (Dennis Gabryszak)—Grants binding arbitration to Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority aircraft rescue firefighters;

Other bills

• A.5566-A (Steve Englebright)/S.3060-A (Martin Golden)—Requires the establishment of grant-funded mature worker training programs;

• A.6164 (Robert Sweeney)/S.3410 (Kenneth LaValle)—Requires Public Service Commission approval of certain LIPA rate increases.;

• A.8849-A (Crystal Peoples)/S.8508 (Velmanette Montgomery)—Requires the department of corrections to provide inmates, upon discharge, with educational information about the prevention of HIV;

• A.9055-B (RoAnn Destito)/S.6101-B (Joseph Griffo)—Permits small beer brewers to terminate certain franchise agreements without good cause;

• A.9317-B (Francine DelMonte)/S.2324-B (Mary Lou Rath)—Establishes a multi-use trails initiative task force to create a plan for a comprehensive statewide system of multi-use trails;

• A.10413 (Adam Bradley)/S.7322 (Vincent Leibell)—Authorizes Westchester County to establish a county board of examiners to license electrical inspectors in Westchester County;

• A.10474 (Jeffrey Dinowitz)/S.8670 (Stephen Saland)—Establishes a senior housing task force to assess and report on the housing needs of senior citizens;

• A.10883-B (Joseph Morelle)/S.8161-C (Joseph Robach)—Establishes a residential care off-site facility demonstration program;

• A.11288 (Joan Millman)/S.8560 Johnson— Requires the development of an "I Love NY Baseball" program and at least two baseball trails;

• A.11355 (Jeffrey Dinowitz)/S.8337 (Martin Golden)—Extends the Intergenerational Day Care Program for two years;

• A.11650 Rules (Adriano Espaillat)/S.8605 (Bill Larkin)— Establishes a veteran program consolidation council to promote effi- ciency, cost effectiveness, oversight and outreach for veterans residing in New York;

• A.11651 Rules (Adriano Espaillat)/S.8595 (Vincent 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 (Charles) Fuschillo/A.4874 (Earlene 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 (Kenneth LaValle)/A.5986 (Marc Alessi)— Exempts diesel fuel sales to commercial fishermen for use in commercial fishing vessels from the motor fuel tax;

• S.4437-A (Thomas Morahan)/A.6819-B (Peter 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 (Elizabeth Little) /A.9381 (Susan John)—Authorizes educational institutions to agree to pay all or a portion of the salaries and compensation of municipal school crossing guards;

• S.6440 (John J. Flanagan) /A.9286 (Joseph Lentol)— Redefines the term "coin operated gambling device" for purposes of penal law gambling offenses;

• S.6457-A (Hugh Farley) /A.9393-A (Peter Abbate)— Imposes a moratorium prohibiting diminishment of public employee retiree health insurance benefits until June 30, 2009;

• S.6664-A (John DeFrancisco)/A.11100 (Adriano Espaillat)—Create the Office of Taxpayer Advocate within the Department of Taxation and Finance;

• S.6832 (Joseph Robach) /A.9960 (Peter Abbate)—Allows arbitration of certain disciplinary grievances by unions representing Division of State Police investigators;

• S.6835-B (James Seward) /A.10123-A (RoAnn Destito)— Establishes a blue ribbon commission on competition in the outdoor recreation industry;

• S.6869 (Joseph Griffo) /A.9864 (William Magee)—Allows volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers to receive both a real property tax exemption and an income tax credit;

• S.7025 (Stephen Saland)/A.10295 (Catherine 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 (Thomas Morahan) /A.10297-A (Peter Rivera)— Creates regional child psychiatry access teams to provide telephone consultation and other support services to primary care physicians;

• S7558- A (Mary Lou Rath) /A10562-A (Francine DelMonte)— Requires the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and historic preservation to implement a community green trails initiative;

• S.7852-A (George Winner)/A.11056 (Robin 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 (Joseph Griffo) /A.10750 (RoAnn Destito)— Allows individuals to be granted permits for public displays of fireworks;

• S.8142 (Mary Lou Rath)/A.10644 (Peter 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 (John J. Flanagan) /A.1310 (Richard 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 (John J. Flanagan)/A.11506 Rules (Richard Brodsky)—Prohibits public authorities from entering into non-disclosure agreements;

• S.8486 (Catharine Young)/A.11537 Rules (Joe 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 (Dale Volker) /A.11610 Rules (Mark Schroeder)—Limits the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority.s oversight of borrowing by Erie County.