Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residence of a member of the armed forces engaged in hazardous service; provides the state shall compensate municipalities for lost tax revenue resulting from such exemption.
Creates the crime of crimes against a delivery person when a specified offense is committed against a restaurant delivery person; establishes for purposes of this crime a delivery person shall mean a person employed by a restaurant or put into service by a restaurant to deliver prepared food to a location outside the restaurant pursuant to an order placed by the purported recipient of the food.
Relates to the general powers of the public service commission in respect to gas and electric corporations; authorizes the public service commission to require gas and electric corporations to eliminate provisions attempting to relieve such corporations from liability arising from their negligence or willful misconduct; provides for the investigation of regulatory conduct; provides for damages to persons affected by such regulatory failure.
Relates to the clean-up of petroleum discharges occurring during the delivery of home heating oil to a residence; provides any petroleum discharges shall be immediately cleaned up by the oil delivery company; if such spill affects soil then clean-up shall include replacing affected soil with new soil within 24 hours; provides fines for violation.
Requires local boards of elections to verify the number of enrolled members of a party in an election district and reject all petitions where there are no enrolled members of a party in such district.
Requires all motor vehicles transporting five or more weapons or ammunition for five or more weapons to have a separate storage area secured by padlock or combination lock and all such weapons and ammunition to be so secured when being transported and imposes a fine of at least $1,000 and not more than $5,000 for violation.
Relates to the Mount Vernon public library by deeming such library authorized by the city of Mount Vernon, allowing for trustees to be appointed by the mayor of the city of Mount Vernon, and requiring such trustees to report to the city council annually.
Transfers any unspent funds from the regents health care professional opportunity scholarship program to the regents physician loan forgiveness program; provides direction to distribute these funds to meet the same purposes as originally intended.
Authorizes a public employee's contractual rights be extended for up to six months beyond the expiration date of such employee's agreement for the sole purpose of negotiating a new agreement.
Establishes provisions for real property tax lien transfers to assist homeowners facing foreclosure based on unpaid taxes; repeals existing provisions relating to acceptance of taxes from certain loan corporations.
Relates to disputes arising from collective negotiations; addresses strikes which occur on a date or dates more than one year after the expiration of the last agreement between the employee's public employer and the public employee organization representing such employee; relates to impasse resolution.