Allows volunteer firefighters to attend training required under 19 NYCRR 426 without being penalized by their employer; creates tax incentives for employing volunteer firefighters.
Relates to decisions by the state board on electric generation; requires approval through public referendum prior to certification for establishing a major electric generating facility.
Creates a tax credit for manufacturing companies that have one established place of business in the state and relocate a minimum of fifty employees from outside the state to the state; provides that manufacturing companies shall be allowed a credit in the amount of 2.5 percent of the average salaries of newly created manufacturing jobs multiplied by number of new jobs brought to the state.
Relates to the encroachment or adverse effect upon military operations by tall energy structures, major renewable energy facilities or wind energy facilities.
Provides that each county, city, town or village may adopt a local law, and each school district may adopt a resolution, that provides qualified applicants with a supplemental exemption from taxation to the extent of five hundred dollars.
Expands voter registration to include registration by any agency or entity that accepts an application or collects a fee in exchange for a government or educational service.
Requires ad hoc members to be appointed in order to constitute a quorum on the board of electric generating facilities; includes ad hoc members as part of the board.
Enacts the "Niagara parks reinvestment act"; requires fifty percent of parking revenue generated at state parks in the county of Niagara to be deposited in the Niagara parks reinvestment fund; establishes the Niagara parks reinvestment fund.
Establishes tuition awards for members of the reserved armed forces of the United States; provides eligibility for such tuition benefit shall be determined by the education services offices of the division of military and naval affairs; restricts such tuition benefit to legal residents of the state; establishes a tuition award account.