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Assembly Member Micah Z. Kellner is the sponsor of the following pieces of legislation in the 2010-11 Legislative Session. You can click on each bill number to get more information, including the bill’s text. Following the bill number is a short explanation of what the bill does, the bill’s status, and who sponsors the bill in the New York State Senate, where applicable.

A.733 Creates the Public Corruption Prevention and Enforcement Act; increases penalties for violations relating to scheme to defraud the government, duty to provide faithful public services, bribery; increases penalties for financial disclosure violations by public officials; relates to community project grants; executive community projects fund; inspection of annual statements; election law provisions. Status: In Committee (Codes).

A.734 Reforms the process by which a landlord applies to submeter a residential rental building to provide greater transparency, tenant input, and to require minimum improvements be made that allow for energy efficiency. Status: In Committee (Energy).

A.735 “Open New York Act”: Requires public disclosure of certain state agency materials, and authorizes the office for technology to publish a technical standards manual for the publishing of records on the Internet by state agencies. Status: In Committee (Governmental Operations).

A.736 Requires notification to utility customers of their right to direct access to public service commission complaint procedures without arbitration or court proceedings. Status: Advanced to Third Reading cal.303

A.737 Prohibits a transportation agency from setting paratransit fares higher than the fare charged to a non-disabled adult using that transportation system. Status: In Committee (Transportation).

A.738 Allows the NYS Attorney General to deny a cooperative or condominium conversion plan where illegal use or occupancy of the premises has been permitted. Status: In Committee (Housing).

A.739 Bans the practice of landlords separately charging rental tenants for electric, gas, or other fuel used to heat their living quarters. Status: In Committee (Housing).

A.740 Enacts the “improper payments reporting and reduction act” to require state agencies to annually report on their improper payments and to seek to reduce or eliminate such payments.Status: In Committee (Governmental Operations).

A.741 Creates the New York State Civilian Complaint Review Board to investigate alleged misconduct by police and peace officers. Status: In Committee (Governmental Operations).

A.742 Grants an individual taxpayer a credit for fees incurred through the adoption of a household pet from a pound, shelter, duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, humane society, dog or cat or other animal protective or rescue association. Status: In Committee (Ways and Means).

A.743 Requires notification to utility customers of their right to direct access to public service commission complaint procedures without arbitration or court proceedings; restricts the conversion of residential rental buildings from being mass-metered to submetered; prohibits the collection of charges for residential utility service deemed to be rent; and requires the public service commission to audit previously approved utility submetering orders, compare usage before submetering to usage after submetering orders were implemented, and prepare a report concerning its findings.. Status: In Committee (Energy).

A.744 Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to make accessibility improvements to a passenger station whenever it undertakes a major capital improvement. Status: In Committee (Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions).

A.745 Establishes the Metropolitan Transportation Riders Council for Persons with Disabilities. Status: Passed Assembly, Delivered to Senate

A.746 Eliminates one hearing layer from the dispute process for parents or guardians of a student with a disability who are appealing any matter relating to the identification, evaluation, or education placement of that child. Status: In Committee (Education).

A.830 Requires the installation and testing of fire equipment and sprinkler systems at pet stores. Status: In Committee (Agriculture).

A.837 Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide for the daily inspection of escalators, elevators, wheel-chair lifts, and other facilities in passenger stations and to make their maintenance a priority. Status: In Committee (Corporations, Authorities and Commissions).

A.838 Clarifies that an employee suffering an injury as a result of a sexual assault in a workplace may pursue legal actions for damages against the employer. Status: In Committee (Labor).

A.856 Prohibits level two or three sex offenders from being hired as building superintendents, managing agents, or resident managers and provides that sexual harassment of a tenant by an owner or employee of a residential building is a violation of the warranty of habitability. Status: In Committee (Housing).

A.857 Bans the deeming of charges for electric service provided by a landlord to a rental tenant to be “rent.” Status: Advanced to Third Reading cal.69.

A.879 Prohibits the seizure of a vehicle used to transport the taxpayer or a member of the taxpayer’s household who has a mobility impairment as documented by a physician. Status: In Committee (Ways and Means).

A.880 Requires the NY State Office for the Aging to report on the delivery of services to and needs of traditionally underserved populations in their annual report to the governor and legislature; authorizes the Office of the Aging to make grants in aid to organizations to provide technical support to LGBT senior serving organizations when such funds are available. Status: Signed into law on 9/26/11.

A.881 Provides that, on request, instructions to a jury shall include, but not be limited to, “Do not let bias, sympathy, prejudice, or public opinion influence your decision”; defines the term “bias.” Status: In Committee (Codes).

A.882 Creates the Health Care Access Protection Fund to provide for excess liability insurance for eligible dentists and physicians. Status: In Committee (Insurance).

A.883 Requires the governor to meet with the assembly and with the senate once a month for the purpose of answering questions relating to the strategic direction, financial status and general governance of the state. Status: In Committee (Governmental Operations).

A.884 Reconstitutes the Roosevelt Island operating corporation board of directors; provides that the corporation shall be governed by an elected rather than appointed board; makes numerous related provisions, including provisions for additional duties. Status: In Committee (Corporations, Authorities and Commissions).

A.885 Repeals publication requirements of articles of organization under the limited liabilities laws and creates an online filing requirement with the department of state. Status: In Committee (Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions).

A.886 Provides a tax deduction from personal income taxes for un-reimbursed expenses paid for veterinary care of companion animals that exceed 7.5% of the taxpayer’s AGI. Status: In Committee (Ways and Means).

A.919 To prohibit the construction, location, relocation, or reactivation of a solid waste transfer station within 800 feet of a public housing project. Status: In Committee (Codes).

A.966-b Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies, which vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities, or for upgrading vehicles to make them accessible. Status: Signed into law on 1/4/12.

A.967 Provides for the licensure of rehabilitation counselors by the New York State Department of Education. Rehabilitation counselors are particularly utilized by people with disabilities. Status: In Committee (Higher Education).

A.968 Grants an individual taxpayer a credit of eighty percent of the actual cost (up to $200) of having their cats or dogs spayed or neutered. Status: In Committee (Ways and Means).

A.969 “Blind Patients Bill of Rights;” Requires that documents provided to patients in a health setting are accessible to people who are blind or of low vision. Status: Advanced to Third Reading cal.24.

A.970 Authorizes New York City to enact local laws regarding playground equipment and requires that a temperature test be used to ensure the safety of that equipment. Status: In Committee (Consumer Affairs and Protection).

A.971 Requires the Public Service Commission to perform an audit on submetering orders granted in the last five years and to not approve any new submetering orders for twelve months as it undertakes this audit. Status: In Committee (Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions).

A.1598-a Prohibits ex parte communications with the public service commission by parties to pending adjudicatory proceedings.Status: Passed Assembly, Delivered to Senate.

A.3731 Prohibits the possession of bushmeat and imposes civil penalties therefor.Status: In Committee (Environmental Conservation).

A.4406 Requires that by 2014, all new taxicabs in New York City shall be fully accessible to people with disabilities. Status: Passed Assembly, Delivered to Senate.

A.4480 Oreo’s Law; Requires the release of a shelter animal to a rescue group upon request of the rescue group prior to euthanasia of the animal. Status: In Committee (Agriculture).

A.5107 Imposes a 25 cent fee on plastic carryout bags in New York City. Status: In Committee (Cities).

A.6039 Provides that persons with hemophilia and other clotting protein deficiencies who are otherwise eligible for the Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, and Healthy New York programs shall have access to reimbursement for outpatient blood clotting factor concentrates and other necessary treatments and services. Status: In Committee (Ways and Means)

A. 6100 Provides an exception to the publication requirement after a legal name change by only requiring certain individuals convicted of certain crimes to publish such legal name change.Status: In Committee (Judiciary)

A. 6101 Requires the provision of transportation services to Medicaid recipients for the purpose of transporting eligible Medicaid recipients from their residences to a safe location during the provision of extermination or pest control services, and to subsequently return such recipients to their residence after completion of such services. Status: In Committee (Health)

A. 6102 Creates real property tax abatement for certain commercial properties located within the Second Avenue Subway project.Status: In Committee (Real Property Taxation)

A. 6103 Relates to the management of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation.Status: In Committee (Corporations, Authorities and Commissions)

A. 6238-a Enacts the digital impersonation prevention act.Status: In Committee (Codes)

A. 6278 Exempts certain properties on Roosevelt Island in New York City from certain
reporting requirements regarding the disposal of property by a public
authority.Status: In Committee (Corporations, Authorities and Commissions)

A.6681 Designates rescue dogs as the official state dog.Status: In Committee (Government Operations)

A.6775 Requires contract carriers of passengers by motor vehicle to provide federal
SMS results to potential customers.Status: In Committee (Transportation)

A.6905 Relates to attorneys for children in family court proceedings and the reassignment of such attorneys.Status: In Committee (Judiciary)

A.6906 Requires assistive listening systems and visual evacuation alarm components in public buildingsStatus: In Committee (Government Operations)

A.6936 Exempts operators of handicapped accessible taxicabs in New York City who operate without a handicapped medallion from certain fees.Status: In Committee (Cities)

A.6969 Limits the liability of a debit cardholder for unauthorized use of a debit card Status: In Committee (Banks)

A.7023 Requires the provision of assistive listening systems in New York state airport terminals and rail stations. Status: In Committee (Transportation)

A.7027 Authorizes the regents to create a task force to review the issue of textbook cost and ways to enhance the academic role and delivery of course materials through greater collaboration between faculty, publishers, college bookstores and libraries. Status: In Committee (Education)

A.7312-A Establishes standards for the care of abandoned, stray or seized animals and requires the release of a shelter animal to a rescue group upon request of the rescue group prior to euthanasia of the animal. Status: In Committee (Agriculture)

A.7842 Caps utility rate charges in multiple dwellings with sub-metering. Status: In Committee (Agriculture)

A.8309 Relates to the sale of fire extinguishers. Status: In Committee (Consumer Protections and Affairs)

A.8515 Eliminates the 20 visits per year limit on medical assistance coverage for speech, physical and occupational therapies to persons with traumatic brain injury Status: Signed into Law on 7/20/11

A.8682Provides a maximum $200 tax credit for taxpayer expenses associated with the development of open source and free software license programs Status: In Committee (Ways and Means)

A.9115 Allows taxpayers to contribute to the support of the animal population control fund by marking a space on a corporate or personal income tax return. Status: In Committee (Ways and Means)

A.9186 Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners (mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists and psychoanalysts) licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law.Status: In Committee (Insurance)

This page is updated frequently, but for the most recent status of these bills, please visit the New York State Assembly website and put the bill number you are interested in into the box on the home page that says “Quick Bill Search.” If you have specific questions about any of these bills, please contact my Legislative Director, Colin Brennan, by calling (212) 860-4906 or (518) 455-5676.