HOMELAND SECURITY


A08560 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Allows director of homeland security to coordinate agencies to perform immigration law enforcement functions and make appropriations therefor
A02388 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Creates the offense of unlawful distribution of information relating to explosives, a destructive device and a weapon of mass destruction
A02543 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes a statewide first responder mapping systems task force
A03572 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Creates firefighters' data base
A04885 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Increases penalties for and creates new crimes relating to terrorism
A04887 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes the crime of unlawful tampering of the milk supply in the first degree
A08104 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes "emergency text message and e-mail alert system" in schools of higher learning in this state
A02781 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to creating the crime of cyberterrorism and calculating damages caused by computer tampering
A07383 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Permits peace officers and police officers to consider the ethnicity of a person as one of multiple factors to identify a terrorist suspect
A07668 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes the crimes of false identification in the first degree and second degree, a class E felony and class A misdemeanor respectively
A07696 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to certain members who re-enter public service
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION


A03286 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Allows the board of parole to grant parole from an indeterminate sentence or release for deportation from a determinate sentence
A07559 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Requires conviction of illegal alien be reported to U.S. department of immigration and naturalization with recommendation person be deported
A07588 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Prohibits a person or a firm, partnership or corporation of which he is a member using illegal aliens in contract with state from further contract for 10 years
A07750 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Requires undocumented worker earning income as determined by department to file as a resident
A08070 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Requires any person who is admitted or accepted to SUNY or CUNY be a citizen or legally admitted to U.S.
A08560 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Allows director of homeland security to coordinate agencies to perform immigration law enforcement functions and make appropriations therefor
A06617 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Expands the New York state DNA identification index to include the DNA profiles of all individuals arrested for fingerprintable offenses in the state
ENVIRONMENT


A07709 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Authorizes the use of kayaks on reservoirs serving the city of New York subject to reasonable rules and regulations
A07749 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Entitles New York state high school graduate free access to state park, parkway, recreational facility or historic site for one year
A03876 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote education in hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses
A08669 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Provides that residential buildings shall be deemed eligible buildings for the green building tax credit
A05362 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Extends eligibility for the agricultural property tax credit to farmers having a leasehold interest of not fewer than five years in qualified agricultural property
A05702 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Creates a cellulosic ethanol task force to prevent and reduce the production and emanation of greenhouse gases
PUBLIC SERVICE


A07751 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Gives state income tax credit to volunteer firefighters and members of a volunteer ambulance corps in good standing up to $2500
A07772 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Eliminates provision that volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker must reside in county referred to in order to be granted real property tax exemption
A06588 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Provides that any person who was an Army medic, Navy field medical service technician or Air Force pararescue shall be deemed to be qualified to be an EMT
A01240 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Authorizes volunteer fire and ambulance companies to receive grants for local government records management improvement
A03275 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Allows current and retired police officers free fare to ride the trains and buses operated by the metropolitan transportation authority
A03728 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Allows volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers to participate in public health insurance plans
A04941 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to the care and treatment of state civilian employees of a correctional facility who are exposed to blood or other bodily fluids
A05080 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Requires notice to emergency personnel of exposure to HIV infected persons
A06448 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Increases the funeral and lump sum death benefit for volunteer firefighters
A07344 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes an authorized absence from work for certain emergency services volunteers
A07680 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Increases the tax credit allowed volunteer firefighters or ambulance workers from two hundred dollars to five hundred dollars
A05174 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Enacts the "volunteer firefighter and ambulance worker protection and incentive act of 2007"
A05235 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Eliminates service charge on distinctive plates for volunteer firefighters
A05872 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Repeals provision prohibiting volunteer firefighters from receiving both the local option real property tax exemption and the personal income tax credit at the same time; repealer
A06799 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to the volunteer firefighters' and ambulance workers' property tax credit
A06836 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Creates a wage tax credit for employers who employ New York national guard men and women, reservists, volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel
CRIMINALS


A06123 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Provides for the exemption from taxation rewards paid to persons for information leading to the apprehension, prosecution and conviction of criminals
A06294 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Enacts the criminal street gang abatement act of 2007; appropriation
A06772 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to driving while intoxicated; increases penalties in certain cases; takes effect immediately
A06945 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Provides for mandatory testing of breath, blood or urine in the event of a motor vehicle collision resulting in death or injury
EDUCATION


A07769 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Requires the furnishing of programs and services to pupils who are home-instructed or enrolled in non-public schools upon request
A08651 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Enacts the "new empire fund act", a prepaid higher education tuition program
A05486 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Requires course work and training in tick-borne diseases by every physician, nurse lab technologist and pharmacist
A05549 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Exempts from state income taxation the first $250,000 earned by four-year college graduates or the first $150,000 earned by two-year graduates
A06652 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to determining income for tuition assistance program awards
OPEN GOVERNMENT


A05277 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Mandates a code of ethics to be applied to school district employees in the prohibition of the use of school resources for personal gain
A05298 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Requires the audio recording of regular meetings of the school board
A05333 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase Medicaid fraud detection software
A05391 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Increases the qualifications for school business officials
A02767 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Authorizes granting of tax credit for home energy conservation improvement
A05316 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to the New York state school energy efficiency fund
A08668 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Directs the Energy Research and Development Authority to do a study as to a comprehensive energy plan for the downstate region of the state
A05353 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Enacts the tax relief on energy act; appropriation
A05465 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Exempts the sales tax on alternative fuels used for home heating purposes
A05542 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes a state energy planning board to create a state energy plan, and establishes a process for the siting of major electric generating facilities
A06002 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to creating a tax credit for energy efficiency home improvements
A06603 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to creating a tax credit for energy efficiency home improvements
A07357 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes a tax credit for alternative energy systems and generating equipment
A09498 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Creates a bulk electricity purchasing program
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE


A07661 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Provides upon violation of order of protection respondent be arrested and taken before most accessible magistrate
A01222 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Prohibits employers from discriminating against victims of domestic violence or stalking
A05916 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Prohibits certain discriminatory practices against victims of domestic violence
A07463 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Inserts references to the definition of victim of domestic violence in election law section authorizing special ballots for such victims
A02650 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Eliminates limit on aggregate term of a definite sentence of imprisonment when convicted of aggravated harassment in the second degree
A06855 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes the temporary state commission on intimate partner violence to study, report on and make recommendations on such violence
A06921 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes the ;address confidentiality program; for victims of domestic violence; administered by the secretary of state
A07598 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Provides that criminal history records held by the division of criminal justice services may be released to child abuse caseworkers in N.Y. city
A02771 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Enacts the ;anti-human trafficking act of 2007;; creates several crimes addressing trafficking a person for labor or sexual servitude
A02784 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Adds communication by means of a computer network to aggravated harassment in the second degree
A06845 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Enacts the ;SAVE-NY Violence Against Women Prevention Act of 2007;
HANDICAPPED


A06924 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Provides for exemption from real property taxation for physically handicapped persons
A07355 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Clarifies that guide dogs, hearing dogs, and service dogs are allowed in public places during their training and socialization process
ANIMAL RIGHTS


A03172 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Authorizes certain park lands which were converted to use as a solid waste resource recovery unit to also be used for animal shelter purposes
A00734 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Prohibits the purchase or sale of certain fish taken pursuant to fishing licenses, except fish from the St. Lawrence River, and bullhead in certain counties
A07560 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Prohibits sale of foreign dog hair or hide includes but not limited to racoon dog
A07589 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Prohibits slaughter of horses to create food, meat or meat products for human consumption
A07766 Ball
Prime Sponsor
Makes it unlawful to conduct excessive breeding of dogs in an uncontrolled manner and location so as to be in a cruel and inhuman manner
A09612 BALL
Prime Sponsor
PUPPY MILL BILL
A01850 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes a youth mentored hunting program
A01877 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Authorizes the taking of antlerless deer upon a determination that deer have become numerous enough to cause severe over browsing of agricultural lands
A02417 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Regulates taking of elk or moose in the same manner as deer hunting and trapping are currently regulated
A02572 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Prohibits the slaughter of horses for human consumption
A02708 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Requires horse-drawn vehicles to have reflective material attached from dusk until dawn
SPORTSMANS RIGHTS


A00733 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Enacts the Youth Mentor Hunting Program
A01154 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to junior small and big game hunting license and the use of crossbows; repealer
A02579 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Permits persons eleven years of age to possess a rifle under certain circumstances
A03290 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Authorizes the county clerk to grant firearms license amendments in county of Westchester
A03875 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Allows any qualified person to apply for voter registration and enrollment by application made with an application for any hunting or fishing license
A03877 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Allows fishing guides and individuals holding a party or charter boat license to issue fishing licenses
A03878 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Creates junior big game hunting license; describes rights and duties
A04793 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Eliminates the pistol and revolver ballistic identification databank; repealer
SENIOR ISSUES


A02928 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to making permanent certain provisions of chapter 729 of 1994 relating to health insurance benefits and contributions of retired employees of school district
A00899 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes a coordinating council for services related to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
A03698 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Provides resident individuals a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for health insurance premiums expended during the taxable year
A04147 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Makes an appropriation to the department of health relating to helping individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia maintain their independence
A04149 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes an Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program
A05134 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Exempts certain senior citizen groups from payment of sales and use taxes
A07591 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to the rights of health care providers under managed care contracts
A02655 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes $10,000 personal tax exemption when elderly parent or grandparent, or terminally ill child, parent or grandparent lives with taxpayer
A03834 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Establishes an electronic billing system for the prompt payment processing and payments of bills for health care entities
A05515 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Provides fiscal relief to each local social services district by assuming expenditures for all optional services offered by the state medical assistance program
A08250 Ball
Co-Sponsor
Relates to vulnerable elderly persons