William J. Larkin Jr.'s Legislation

S1504-2011: Prohibits the unauthorized sale of veterans' commemorative property by cemeteries sponsored by LARKIN
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Prohibits the unauthorized sale, purchase, sale or transfer of any cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that is over 75 years old that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans, including but not limited to a military unit, company, battalion or division, if such cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans has been placed in any cemetery; makes violations a class B misdemeanor; permits cemeteries to make such sales upon application to the state cemetery board and upon certain conditions. Read more...

S1506-2011: Designates state route 218, in the county of Orange, as the "General David H. Petraeus Highway" sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: TRANSPORTATION | Search
Designates state route 218, in the county of Orange, from state route 9-W to the Thayer Gate of West Point (USMA), as the "General David H. Petraeus Highway". Read more...

S1507-2011: Requires department of transportation to defer to town board requests for speed limit, signage and signal changes where safety is at issue sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: TRANSPORTATION | Search
Requires department of transportation to defer to town board requests for speed limit, signage and signal changes on state highway, county road and town highways where public safety nexus exists. Read more...

S1727-2011: Designates as a day of commemoration, February 14th, to be known as "Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day" sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: FINANCE | Search
Designates as a day of commemoration, February 14th, to be known as "Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day". Read more...

S1728-2011: Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran sponsored by LARKIN
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Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran as a class E felony; makes corresponding changes in cemetery desecration crimes in the first and second degrees and aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree; makes additional penal provisions. Read more...

S2402A-2011: Increases mileage limit within which transportation for school children will be provided, including to nonpublic schools sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: EDUCATION | Search
Increases the maximum mileage limitation for the transportation of children by school districts to and from school from 15 to 25 miles, the cost thereof is to be treated as an ordinary contingent expense; provides for transportation of pupils to nonpublic schools from such students' homes, applies to transportation whether such nonpublic school is within or without the school district. Read more...

S2402-2011: Increases mileage limit within which transportation for school children will be provided, including to nonpublic schools sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: EDUCATION | Search
Increases the maximum mileage limitation for the transportation of children by school districts to and from school from 15 to 25 miles, the cost thereof is to be treated as an ordinary contingent expense; provides for transportation of pupils to nonpublic schools from such students' homes, applies to transportation whether such nonpublic school is within or without the school district. Read more...

S2403-2011: Authorizes the city of Kingston to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from such city during 2011 sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Search
Authorizes the city of Kingston to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from such city during 2011. Read more...

S2678-2011: Provides for an exemption from sales and use taxes on the sale of general aviation aircraft and for a report on the economic impact thereof sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS | Search
Provides for an exemption from sales and use taxes on the sale of general aviation aircraft. Read more...

S2953A-2011: Authorizes the city of Newburgh to offer an optional 20 year retirement plan to certain police officers and firefighters sponsored by LARKIN
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Authorizes the city of Newburgh to offer an optional 20 year retirement plan, pursuant to section 384-d of the retirement and social security law, to certain police officers and firefighters employed by such city. Read more...

S3111-2011: Directs the department of health to establish a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth sponsored by LARKIN
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Directs the department of health to establish a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth; provides such form shall be given to the parents of a stillborn child; makes related provisions. Read more...

S3111B-2011: Relates to establishing a certificate of still birth sponsored by LARKIN
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Relates to establishing a certificate of still birth. Read more...

S3406-2011: Authorizes veteran's and disabled veteran's credits to be added to an individual's civil service examination after the establishment of an eligible list sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: JUDICIARY | Search
Authorizes veteran's and disabled veteran's credits to be added to an individual's civil service examination after the establishment of the appropriate eligible list. Read more...

S3505-2011: Authorizes the village of Maybrook, in Orange county, to offer an optional 20 year retirement plan to police officer Michael E. Maresca sponsored by LARKIN
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Authorizes the village of Maybrook, in Orange county, to offer an optional 20 year retirement plan to police officer Michael E. Maresca. Read more...

S3959-2011: Authorizes the city of Newburgh to establish an administrative tribunal for the adjudication of parking infractions sponsored by LARKIN
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Authorizes the city of Newburgh to establish an administrative tribunal for the adjudication of parking infractions; further authorizes the city of Newburgh to provide for the appointment of hearing examiners. Read more...

S3989-2011: Assigns the late John Francis Covell to Tier IV status in the New York state teachers' retirement system as of the date of his death sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS | Search
Assigns the late John Francis Covell to tier 4 status in the New York state teachers' retirement system as of the date of his death. Read more...

S3990-2011: Authorizes Walter M. Callahan, a retiree of the New York state and local employees' retirement system to transfer his membership to the New York state teachers' retirement system sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS | Search
Authorizes Walter M. Callahan, a retiree of the New York state and local employees' retirement system receiving retirement benefits, to transfer his membership to the New York state teachers' retirement system based upon subsequent employment as a business administrator by a school district. Read more...

S3991-2011: Authorizes health insurers to provide actuarially appropriate reductions in health insurance premiums for participation in a wellness program sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: INSURANCE | Search
Authorizes health insurers, subject to the approval of the superintendent of insurance, to provide actuarially appropriate reductions in health insurance premiums for an enrollee's or insured's participation in a wellness program (defined); provides for the appointment of an advisory committee on wellness to be co-chaired by the commissioner of health and the superintendent of insurance and to report on the development and effectiveness of wellness programs. Read more...

S4223-2011: Consolidates the village of Woodbury and town of Woodbury sponsored by LARKIN
Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Search
Consolidates the village of Woodbury and town of Woodbury to create the town of Woodbury, leaving the incorporated village of Harriman intact but prohibiting any new villages from being formed within the town limits. Read more...

S4239-2011: Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of benefits sponsored by LARKIN
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Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of their retirement benefits. Read more...