John L. Sampson's Legislation
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S96-2009:
States the maximum rate of interest on credit cards shall not exceed eighteen percent annually
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SAMPSON
Committee: BANKS | Search
Authorizes the banking board to set the maximum rate of interest for credit cards at not to exceed 18% annually; such rate may only exceed 18% if the prime rate exceeds 18% for sixty consecutive days, but in no event shall such new rate be more than one and one quarter percent above the prime rate in effect at the time such rate is set. Read more...
Committee: BANKS | Search
Authorizes the banking board to set the maximum rate of interest for credit cards at not to exceed 18% annually; such rate may only exceed 18% if the prime rate exceeds 18% for sixty consecutive days, but in no event shall such new rate be more than one and one quarter percent above the prime rate in effect at the time such rate is set. Read more...
S99-2009:
Provides a tax credit for qualified expenses relating to the purchase of a new bicycle
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SAMPSON
Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS | Search
Provides a tax credit for qualified expenses relating to the purchase of new bicycles up to two hundred fifty dollars. Read more...
Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS | Search
Provides a tax credit for qualified expenses relating to the purchase of new bicycles up to two hundred fifty dollars. Read more...
S100-2009:
Authorizes the state liquor authority to issue a retail license for on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages for certain premises
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SAMPSON
Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS | Search
Authorizes the state liquor authority to issue a retail license for on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages for certain premises located within 200 feet of a church. Read more...
Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS | Search
Authorizes the state liquor authority to issue a retail license for on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages for certain premises located within 200 feet of a church. Read more...
S101-2009:
Provides tax credit on personal income taxes for homeowner's insurance
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SAMPSON
Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS | Search
Provides a personal income tax credit of up to $350 for homeowners whose homeowner's insurance rate exceeds the mean of such rates in cities with a population of 100,000 or more; and requires the superintendent of insurance to annually compute the mean rate of premium charged per thousand for homeowner's and fire insurance. Read more...
Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS | Search
Provides a personal income tax credit of up to $350 for homeowners whose homeowner's insurance rate exceeds the mean of such rates in cities with a population of 100,000 or more; and requires the superintendent of insurance to annually compute the mean rate of premium charged per thousand for homeowner's and fire insurance. Read more...
S103A-2009:
Authorizes a real property tax exemption for active duty reservists
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SAMPSON
Committee: REAL PROPERTY TAXATION | Search
Authorizes a real property tax exemption for active duty reservists upon adoption of a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor; requires property of such active duty reservists to be his or her primary residence and such active duty reservist must have retained his or her active duty status for at least 90 consecutive days to claim such tax exemption; defines "eligible reservist". Read more...
Committee: REAL PROPERTY TAXATION | Search
Authorizes a real property tax exemption for active duty reservists upon adoption of a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor; requires property of such active duty reservists to be his or her primary residence and such active duty reservist must have retained his or her active duty status for at least 90 consecutive days to claim such tax exemption; defines "eligible reservist". Read more...
S103-2009:
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SAMPSON
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Authorizes a real property tax exemption for active duty reservists upon adoption of a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor; requires property of such active duty reservists to be his or her primary residence and such active duty reservist must have retained his or her active duty status for at least 90 consecutive days to claim such tax exemption; defines "eligible reservist". Read more...
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Authorizes a real property tax exemption for active duty reservists upon adoption of a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor; requires property of such active duty reservists to be his or her primary residence and such active duty reservist must have retained his or her active duty status for at least 90 consecutive days to claim such tax exemption; defines "eligible reservist". Read more...
S104-2009:
Dedicates community gardens in the state of New York as parkland
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SAMPSON
Committee: CITIES | Search
Dedicates community gardens in the state of New York as parkland; requires the appropriate community board in cities with a population of one million or more persons to approve plot's withdrawal from the community garden program. Read more...
Committee: CITIES | Search
Dedicates community gardens in the state of New York as parkland; requires the appropriate community board in cities with a population of one million or more persons to approve plot's withdrawal from the community garden program. Read more...
S105A-2009:
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Makes it unlawful for any commercial operator of a motor vehicle to transport loose substances in an open vehicle without the use of a proper restraint mechanism, as approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles. Read more...
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Makes it unlawful for any commercial operator of a motor vehicle to transport loose substances in an open vehicle without the use of a proper restraint mechanism, as approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles. Read more...
S105-2009:
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SAMPSON
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Makes it unlawful for any commercial operator of a motor vehicle to transport loose substances in an open vehicle without the use of a proper restraint mechanism, as approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles. Read more...
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Makes it unlawful for any commercial operator of a motor vehicle to transport loose substances in an open vehicle without the use of a proper restraint mechanism, as approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles. Read more...
S105B-2009:
Makes it unlawful for any commercial operator of a motor vehicle to transport loose substances in an open vehicle without proper restraints
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SAMPSON
Committee: TRANSPORTATION | Search
Makes it unlawful for any commercial operator of a motor vehicle to transport loose substances in an open vehicle without the use of a proper restraint mechanism, as approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles. Read more...
Committee: TRANSPORTATION | Search
Makes it unlawful for any commercial operator of a motor vehicle to transport loose substances in an open vehicle without the use of a proper restraint mechanism, as approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles. Read more...
S107-2009:
Prohibiting retirement agreements between teachers accused of misconduct and school districts
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SAMPSON
Committee: EDUCATION | Search
Prohibits retirement agreements between teachers accused of misconduct and school districts unless such agreement includes the voluntary surrender of such teacher's license or teaching certificate. Read more...
Committee: EDUCATION | Search
Prohibits retirement agreements between teachers accused of misconduct and school districts unless such agreement includes the voluntary surrender of such teacher's license or teaching certificate. Read more...
S108-2009:
Increases penalties for driving while ability impaired
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SAMPSON
Committee: TRANSPORTATION | Search
Increases penalties for driving while ability impaired for a person having been convicted of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol within the preceding five years to a misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine of not less than $750.00 nor more than $1000.00 or by imprisonment of not more than 90 days; increases penalties for driving while ability impaired for a person having been convicted two or more times of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol within the preceding 10 years to a misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine of not less than $1000.00 nor more than $2000.00 or imprisonment of not more than 180 days. Read more...
Committee: TRANSPORTATION | Search
Increases penalties for driving while ability impaired for a person having been convicted of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol within the preceding five years to a misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine of not less than $750.00 nor more than $1000.00 or by imprisonment of not more than 90 days; increases penalties for driving while ability impaired for a person having been convicted two or more times of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol within the preceding 10 years to a misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine of not less than $1000.00 nor more than $2000.00 or imprisonment of not more than 180 days. Read more...
S109-2009:
Relates to increasing penalties for the criminal sale of firearms
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SAMPSON
Committee: CODES | Search
Increases penalties for the criminal sale of firearms. Read more...
Committee: CODES | Search
Increases penalties for the criminal sale of firearms. Read more...
S110-2009:
Provides an oral or written statement of an accused shall be inadmissible as evidence against such accused unless a recording is made of the interrogation
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SAMPSON
Committee: CODES | Search
Provides that an oral or written statement of an accused made as a result of a custodial interrogation shall be presumed inadmissible as evidence against such accused in any criminal proceeding charging a felony offense unless an electronic or video recording is made of such interrogation. Read more...
Committee: CODES | Search
Provides that an oral or written statement of an accused made as a result of a custodial interrogation shall be presumed inadmissible as evidence against such accused in any criminal proceeding charging a felony offense unless an electronic or video recording is made of such interrogation. Read more...
S111-2009:
Decreases amounts of payments wrongfully received for health care fraud
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SAMPSON
Committee: CODES | Search
Decreases certain amounts of payments wrongfully received for health care fraud. Read more...
Committee: CODES | Search
Decreases certain amounts of payments wrongfully received for health care fraud. Read more...
S112-2009:
Provides that a student enrolled in a school, regardless of age, who is engaged in sexual conduct with an employee or volunteer is deemed incapable of consent
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SAMPSON
Committee: CODES | Search
Provides that a student enrolled in an elementary or secondary school in this state, regardless of age, who is engaged in sexual conduct with an employee or volunteer of such school, is deemed incapable of consenting to such conduct. Read more...
Committee: CODES | Search
Provides that a student enrolled in an elementary or secondary school in this state, regardless of age, who is engaged in sexual conduct with an employee or volunteer of such school, is deemed incapable of consenting to such conduct. Read more...
S113-2009:
Authorizes and directs an evaluation of the need for educating barbers on the health and safety aspects of their trade
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SAMPSON
Committee: HEALTH | Search
Directs the secretary of state to conduct an evaluation of the need for educating barbers on the health and safety aspects of their trade including safe use and sterilizion of instruments and disease prevention; provides for report to governor and legislature. Read more...
Committee: HEALTH | Search
Directs the secretary of state to conduct an evaluation of the need for educating barbers on the health and safety aspects of their trade including safe use and sterilizion of instruments and disease prevention; provides for report to governor and legislature. Read more...
S114-2009:
Establishes a foster child adoption tax credit
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SAMPSON
Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS | Search
Establishes a foster child adoption tax credit in the amount of two thousand dollars. Read more...
Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS | Search
Establishes a foster child adoption tax credit in the amount of two thousand dollars. Read more...
S115-2009:
Relates to creating identity theft in the fourth degree
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SAMPSON
Committee: CODES | Search
Creates the crime of identity theft in the fourth degree; provides that such crime shall be a class A misdemeanor. Read more...
Committee: CODES | Search
Creates the crime of identity theft in the fourth degree; provides that such crime shall be a class A misdemeanor. Read more...
S116-2009:
Requires any person who is convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor or a youthful offender shall be a designated offender and required to submit to DNA testing
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SAMPSON
Committee: FINANCE | Search
Provides that every person who is convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor or adjudicated a youthful offender shall be a designated offender and required to provide a sample appropriate for DNA testing and be included in a state DNA identification index. Read more...
Committee: FINANCE | Search
Provides that every person who is convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor or adjudicated a youthful offender shall be a designated offender and required to provide a sample appropriate for DNA testing and be included in a state DNA identification index. Read more...
