Ted O'Brien's Legislation

S3512-2013: Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle with children under the age of 8 in the front seat in most cases sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: TRANSPORTATION | Search
Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle with children under the age of 8 in the front seat in most cases; makes limited exceptions. Read more...

S3513-2013: Provides for the regulation by the department of environmental conservation of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | Search
Prohibits the distribution and use of paper containing bisphenol A for the recording of any business transaction. Read more...

S3514-2013: Provides that any engine coolant or antifreeze that contains more than ten percent ethylene glycol shall only be sold if it contains 30 ppm of denatonium benzoate sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION | Search
Provides that any engine coolant or antifreeze that contains more than ten percent ethylene glycol shall only be sold if it contains at least thirty parts per million and a maximum of fifty parts per million of denatonium benzoate as a bittering agent to render it unpalatable. Read more...

S3516-2013: Requires persons convicted of driving while intoxicated who are injured as a result and medically transported to a hospital to pay for same before license reissuance sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: TRANSPORTATION | Search
Requires persons convicted of driving while intoxicated who are injured as a result of such offense and are medically transported to a hospital to pay for such medical transport and other pre-hospital medical bills before they apply to have their license to drive reissued to them. Read more...

S3517-2013: Creates a temporary commission on eminent domain; appropriation sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: FINANCE | Search
Creates a temporary commission on eminent domain reform to examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning the scope and effectiveness of eminent domain procedure laws and the use of such power by public entities; makes a $100,000 appropriation to fund such temporary commission. Read more...

S3518-2013: Clarifies the application of the accountability standards, open meetings law and freedom of information requirements to local development corporations sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS | Search
Clarifies the application of the accountability standards, open meetings law and freedom of information requirements to local development corporations. Read more...

S3531-2013: Prohibits the use of atrazine sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | Search
Prohibits the use of atrazine. Read more...

S3532-2013: Makes it a class E felony for a sex offender to submit fraudulent information regarding his or her identity or residence when registering or verifying sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION | Search
Makes it a class E felony for a sex offender to submit fraudulent information regarding his or her identity or residence when registering or verifying under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Megan's Law). Read more...

S3533-2013: Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of toys, and liquids, foods and beverages in containers, for children 3 or younger, containing bisphenol A sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | Search
Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of toys, and liquids, foods and beverages in containers, for children 3 or younger, containing bisphenol A; requires manufacturers of products containing bisphenol A to use the least toxic alternative chemical compound to replace bisphenol A. Read more...

S3936-2013: Provides a maximum $500 tax credit for taxpayer expenses not compensated by insurance related to the purchase of a qualified hearing aid sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS | Search
Provides a maximum $500 tax credit for taxpayer expenses, not compensated by insurance or otherwise, related to the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for the taxpayer or a dependent; limited to election once every three years. Read more...

S3937-2013: Requires all insurance policies to provide a certain amount of coverage for hearing aids sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: INSURANCE | Search
Requires all health insurance policies to provide insurance coverage for the cost of hearing aids; provides that such coverage shall include coverage of at least $1,000 over a three year period; provides that children under the age of sixteen are allowed reimbursement for expenses related to the purchase of up to two hearing aids. Read more...

S3938-2013: Relates to permanent total disability benefits received by disabled volunteer firefighters sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Search
Relates to permanent total disability benefits received by disabled volunteer firefighters; provides for a cost-of-living adjustment to such benefits. Read more...

S3939-2013: Relates to public-private partnerships to support at-risk children sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES | Search
Provides that expenditures made by the county of Monroe or the Rochester city school district for preventive services described in paragraph b of this subdivision shall be subject to sixty-five percent state reimbursement; further provides that one hundred percent of Monroe county's local portion of claims for such services are comprised of privately donated funds. Read more...

S3940-2013: Establishes mandatory reporting of alleged incidents of abuse, mistreatment or neglect of residents in assisted living and adult care facilities sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES | Search
Establishes the mandatory reporting by certain professional or official persons who come into contact with mentally or physically incapacitated persons who were abused including residents of assisted living and adult care facilities who may be abused, mistreated or neglected; provides reporting procedures and grants immunity for such reporting; provides criminal and civil penalties. Read more...

S4094-2013: Enacts the "unfunded mandate reform act" sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: FINANCE | Search
Enacts the "unfunded mandate reform act"; authorizes the governor to submit an unfunded mandate reform plan to the legislature when it is in the public interest. Read more...

S4285A-2013: Authorizes the city of Rochester, county of Monroe to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland and to acquire other parcels of land to replace such parkland sponsored by O'BRIEN
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Authorizes the city of Rochester, county of Monroe to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland and to acquire other parcels of land to replace such parkland. Read more...

S4391A-2013: Relates to first degree murder where the intended victim is a prosecutor or district attorney sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: CODES | Search
Relates to first degree murder where the intended victim is a prosecutor or district attorney. Read more...

S4571-2013: Relates to supplementary uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for ambulance services, volunteer fire departments, fire companies and voluntary ambulance services sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: INSURANCE | Search
Relates to supplementary uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for ambulance services, volunteer fire departments, fire companies and voluntary ambulance services. Read more...

S4943-2013: Revises procedures for issuance of retail and special retail liquor licenses for on premises consumption for premises within 500 feet of 3 or more existing premises sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS | Search
Revises procedures regarding the issuance of both retail and special retail liquor licenses for on-premises consumption for premises located within 500 feet of 3 or more existing premises in cities, towns and villages of twenty thousand of more; provides that the written notice which the authority must give to the municipality or community board of the hearing which the authority must hold before issuing a regular (i.e., non-special) license must include the date, time and place thereof and must include a copy of the license application, with certain personal information redacted to prevent an unwarranted invasion of privacy (more specifically, the copy of the application shall not include the home address, home telephone number or social security number of any individual, and the authority may redact other personal information contained in the application in order to prevent an unwarranted invasion of an individual's privacy); and imposes a parallel requirement for written notice of the hearing which must be held regarding applications for such special retail licenses for on-premises consumption. Read more...

S5094-2013: Relates to the use of campaign funds for attorney's fees sponsored by O'BRIEN
Committee: ELECTIONS | Search
Relates to the use of campaign funds to pay attorney's fees. Read more...