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     S. 1506                                                  A. 2006
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
   cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  --  A  BUDGET  BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to
   article seven of the Constitution -- read once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Ways and Means

 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for excel-
   lence and the apportionment of public moneys; to amend  the  education
   law,  in  relation  to a statement of the total funding allocation; to
   amend the education law, in relation to services  aid;  to  amend  the
   education law, in relation to moneys apportioned for boards of cooper-
   ative  educational  services aidable expenditures; to amend the educa-
   tion law, in relation to establishing regional STEM magnet schools; to
   amend the education law, in relation  to  supplemental  public  excess
   cost aid; to amend the education law, in relation to academic enhance-
   ment  aid; to amend the education law, in relation to high tax aid; to
   amend the education law, in relation to the statewide universal  full-
   day  pre-kindergarten program; to amend the education law, in relation
   to the teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program;
   to amend the education law, in relation to  class  sizes  for  special
   classes  containing  certain  students with disabilities; to amend the
   education law, in relation to waivers from duties; to amend the educa-
   tion law, in relation to annual teacher and principal evaluations;  to
   amend  the  education  law,  in  relation to the education of homeless
   children; to amend the education law, in relation to the suspension of
   pupils; to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  school  safety
   plans;  to  amend  the education law, in relation to including healthy
   relationships in health education; to  amend  the  education  law,  in
   relation to authorizing and directing the commissioner of education to
   require  that  every  school  district  adopt  and distribute a policy
   regarding sex discrimination; to amend chapter  756  of  the  laws  of
   1992, relating to funding a program for work force education conducted
   by  the  consortium for worker education in New York city, in relation
   to reimbursements for the 2019-2020 school year; to amend chapter  756
   of  the  laws  of  1992,  relating to funding a program for work force
   education conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD12572-01-9

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   city, in relation to withholding a portion of  employment  preparation
   education  aid  and in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend
   chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, amending the education law  and  other
   laws  relating  to state aid to school districts and the appropriation
   of funds for the support of government, in relation to the  effective-
   ness  thereof;  to amend chapter 147 of the laws of 2001, amending the
   education law relating to conditional appointment of school  district,
   charter  school  or  BOCES employees, in relation to the effectiveness
   thereof; to amend chapter 425 of the laws of 2002, amending the educa-
   tion  law  relating  to  the  provision  of  supplemental  educational
   services,  attendance  at  a  safe public school and the suspension of
   pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm  at  a  school,  in
   relation  to  the  effectiveness  thereof; to amend chapter 101 of the
   laws of 2003, amending the education law relating to implementation of
   the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, in relation to the effectiveness
   thereof; to amend chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, amending the  educa-
   tion  law  and  other  laws relating to reorganization of the New York
   city school construction authority, board of education  and  community
   boards, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 345
   of  the laws of 2009, amending the education law and other laws relat-
   ing to the New York city board  of  education,  chancellor,  community
   councils, and community superintendents, in relation to the effective-
   ness  thereof;  to amend chapter 472 of the laws of 1998, amending the
   education law  relating  to  the  lease  of  school  buses  by  school
   districts,  in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter
   552 of the laws of  1995,  amending  the  education  law  relating  to
   contracts  for  the  transportation of school children, in relation to
   the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 97 of the  laws  of  2011,
   amending  the  education law relating to census reporting, in relation
   to the effectiveness thereof; in relation to school bus driver  train-
   ing;  in  relation  to  special  apportionment for salary expenses and
   public pension accruals; in relation to the city  school  district  of
   the  city  of  Rochester;  in relation to total foundation aid for the
   purpose of the development, maintenance or expansion of certain magnet
   schools or magnet school programs for the 2019-2020  school  year;  in
   relation to the support of public libraries; to repeal subparagraphs 2
   and  3 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 3609-a of the educa-
   tion law, relating  to  lottery  apportionment  and  lottery  textbook
   apportionment;  and  to repeal subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph b of
   subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance  law,  relating  to
   the state lottery fund (Part A); to amend the education law, the busi-
   ness  corporation  law,  the partnership law and the limited liability
   company law, in relation to certified public accountants (Part B);  to
   amend  the  education  law, in relation to authorizing school bus stop
   cameras; and to amend the vehicle and  traffic  law,  in  relation  to
   owner  liability for operator illegally overtaking or passing a school
   bus and increasing fines for passing a stopped school bus (Part C); to
   amend the education law, in relation to eligibility  requirements  and
   conditions  governing  general awards, academic performance awards and
   student loans; eligibility requirements for assistance under the high-
   er education opportunity programs and the collegiate science and tech-
   nology entry program; the  definition  of  "resident";  financial  aid
   opportunities  for  students  of the state university of New York, the
   city university of New York and community colleges;  and  the  program
   requirements  for  the  New  York state college choice tuition savings
   program; and to repeal subdivision 3 of section 661 of  the  education

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   law relating thereto (Part D); to amend the education law, in relation
   to  the  accountability of proprietary institutions (Part E); to amend
   the state finance law, in relation to the  arts  capital  grants  fund
   (Part F); to utilize reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for vari-
   ous  housing  purposes  (Part G); to amend the social services law, in
   relation to the  initial  period  of  licensure  or  registration  and
   required  inspections,  background  clearances  and training for child
   care providers; and to repeal certain provisions of such law  relating
   thereto  (Part  H);  to  amend the social services law, in relation to
   federally required background clearances for persons working in  resi-
   dential  foster  care  programs (Part I); to amend the social services
   law,  in  relation  to  residential  programs  for  domestic  violence
   victims; and repealing certain provisions of such law relating thereto
   (Part  J);  to amend the family court act, the social services law and
   the executive law, in relation to persons in need of supervision;  and
   to repeal certain provisions of the family court act and the executive
   law  relating  thereto  (Part K); to amend the social services law, in
   relation to increasing the standards of monthly need for  aged,  blind
   and  disabled  persons  living in the community (Part L); to amend the
   social services law, in relation to appointment of a temporary  opera-
   tor  authority  (Subpart  A); and to amend part W of chapter 54 of the
   laws of 2016, amending the social services law relating to the  powers
   and  duties  of  the  commissioner  of social services relating to the
   appointment of a temporary operator, in relation to the  effectiveness
   thereof  (Subpart  B)  (Part  M); to amend the social services law, in
   relation to permitting social services districts to assign individuals
   to participate in time-limited  job  try-outs  as  an  allowable  work
   activity  leading  to  unsubsidized  employment (Part N); to amend the
   labor  law,  in  relation  to  increasing   criminal   penalties   for
   convictions of failures to pay wages (Part O); to amend the labor law,
   in  relation  to amending unemployment insurance benefits for earnings
   disregard (Part P); to amend the executive law, in relation to prohib-
   iting wage or salary history inquiries; and to amend the labor law, in
   relation to the prohibition of a differential rate of pay on the basis
   of protected class status (Part Q); to amend the  executive  law,  the
   civil  rights  law  and  the education law, in relation to prohibiting
   discrimination based on gender identity or expression;  and  to  amend
   the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in relation to including
   offenses  regarding  gender  identity or expression within the list of
   offenses subject to treatment as hate crimes (Part R);  to  amend  the
   executive  law, in relation to expanding the scope of unlawful discri-
   minatory practices to include public  educational  institutions  (Part
   S);  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to preventing discrimi-
   nation based on lawful source of income in housing (Part T); to  amend
   the  general  obligations  law,  in relation to the amount of security
   deposit that a landlord may charge a tenant (Part  U);  to  amend  the
   executive  law,  the  general  obligations  law  and the labor law, in
   relation to the implementation of sexual  harassment  protocols  (Part
   V);  to  amend  the  general business law, in relation to enacting the
   pension poaching prevention act (Part W); to amend the executive  law,
   in  relation to amending the definition of pregnancy-related condition
   (Part X); to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
   mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation change
   efforts  with  a patient under the age of eighteen years and expanding
   the definition of  professional  misconduct  with  respect  to  mental

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   health  professionals  (Part Y); and establishing the "rent regulation
   act of 2019" (Part Z)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act enacts into law major  components  of  legislation
 which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2019-2020
 state  fiscal  year.  Each  component  is wholly contained within a Part
 identified as Parts A through Z. The effective date for each  particular
 provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of
 such  Part.    Any  provision  in  any  section contained within a Part,
 including the effective date of the Part, which  makes  reference  to  a
 section  "of  this  act",  when  used in connection with that particular
 component, shall be deemed  to  mean  and  refer  to  the  corresponding
 section of the Part in which it is found. Section three of this act sets
 forth the general effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 211-d of the educa-
 tion  law, as amended by section 1 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   e. Notwithstanding paragraphs a and b of this  subdivision,  a  school
 district  that  submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 eight--two thousand nine school year shall submit a contract for  excel-
 lence  for  the  two  thousand  nine--two  thousand  ten  school year in
 conformity with the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a  of
 subdivision  two  of this section unless all schools in the district are
 identified as in good standing  and  provided  further  that,  a  school
 district  that  submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 nine--two thousand ten school year, unless all schools in  the  district
 are  identified  as in good standing, shall submit a contract for excel-
 lence for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year which
 shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph  (vi)  of  para-
 graph  a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the expenditure
 of an amount which shall be not less than  the  product  of  the  amount
 approved  by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  nine--two  thousand  ten  school  year,  multiplied   by   the
 district's  gap  elimination  adjustment percentage and provided further
 that, a school district that submitted a contract for excellence for the
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year, unless all schools
 in the district are identified as  in  good  standing,  shall  submit  a
 contract  for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thir-
 teen school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements  of
 subparagraph  (vi)  of  paragraph  a of subdivision two of this section,
 provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be  not  less  than
 the  amount  approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence
 for the  two  thousand  eleven--two  thousand  twelve  school  year  and
 provided  further  that, a school district that submitted a contract for
 excellence for the two thousand  twelve--two  thousand  thirteen  school
 year,  unless  all  schools  in  the  district are identified as in good
 standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand
 thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two

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 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not less than the amount approved by the commissioner  in  the  contract
 for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year  and  provided  further  that,  a  school district that submitted a
 contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand  thirteen--two  thousand
 fourteen  school year, unless all schools in the district are identified
 as in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for the  two
 thousand   fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year  which  shall,
 notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a  of
 subdivision  two  of  this  section,  provide  for the expenditure of an
 amount which shall be not less than the amount approved by  the  commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand thirteen--two
 thousand  fourteen  school  year;  and  provided  further that, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school year, unless all schools in the
 district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract for
 excellence for the two thousand  fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  school
 year  which shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi)
 of paragraph a of subdivision two  of  this  section,  provide  for  the
 expenditure  of  an  amount  which  shall  be  not  less than the amount
 approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the  two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year;  and  provided
 further that a school district that submitted a contract for  excellence
 for  the  two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year, unless
 all schools in the district are identified as in  good  standing,  shall
 submit a contract for excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thou-
 sand seventeen school year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements
 of  subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of this section,
 provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be  not  less  than
 the  amount  approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence
 for the two thousand fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  school  year;  and
 provided  further  that, a school district that submitted a contract for
 excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thousand  seventeen  school
 year,  unless  all  schools  in  the  district are identified as in good
 standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand
 seventeen--two  thousand eighteen school year which shall, notwithstand-
 ing the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of  subdivision
 two  of  this  section,  provide  for the expenditure of an amount which
 shall be not less than the amount approved by the  commissioner  in  the
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two  thousand sixteen--two thousand
 seventeen school year; and provided further that a school district  that
 submitted  a contract for excellence for the two thousand seventeen--two
 thousand eighteen school year, unless all schools in  the  district  are
 identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence
 for the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school  year  which
 shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the  expenditure
 of  an  amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the
 commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand  seven-
 teen--two  thousand  eighteen  school year; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, A
 SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SUBMITTED A CONTRACT FOR  EXCELLENCE  FOR  THE  TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR, UNLESS ALL SCHOOLS
 IN  THE  DISTRICT  ARE  IDENTIFIED  AS  IN GOOD STANDING, SHALL SUBMIT A
 CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR  WHICH  SHALL,  NOTWITHSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH (VI) OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION,

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 PROVIDE  FOR  THE  EXPENDITURE OF AN AMOUNT WHICH SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN
 THE AMOUNT APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN THE CONTRACT  FOR  EXCELLENCE
 FOR  THE  TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR.  For
 purposes  of this paragraph, the "gap elimination adjustment percentage"
 shall be calculated as the sum of one minus the quotient of the  sum  of
 the  school  district's  net gap elimination adjustment for two thousand
 ten--two thousand eleven computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the
 laws of two thousand ten,  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of
 government,  plus  the  school district's gap elimination adjustment for
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve as computed pursuant to chapter
 fifty-three of the laws of two thousand  eleven,  making  appropriations
 for  the  support  of the local assistance budget, including support for
 general support for public schools, divided by the total aid for adjust-
 ment computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the laws of  two  thou-
 sand  eleven,  making  appropriations  for  the local assistance budget,
 including support for general  support  for  public  schools.  Provided,
 further,  that  such  amount  shall  be expended to support and maintain
 allowable programs and activities approved in the two thousand nine--two
 thousand ten school  year  or  to  support  new  or  expanded  allowable
 programs and activities in the current year.
   §  2. Section 3614 of the education law, as added by section 4 of part
 CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3614. Statement of the total funding allocation. 1.  Notwithstanding
 any  provision  of  law,  rule or regulation to the contrary, commencing
 with the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen  school  year  for
 school  districts which contain at least four schools as reported in the
 school report card database produced by the  commissioner  for  the  two
 thousand  sixteen--two  thousand seventeen school year and which receive
 at least fifty percent of total revenue from state aid  as  reported  in
 the  fiscal  profiles  master  files report produced by the commissioner
 concerning data on school district expenditures and revenues for the two
 thousand fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  school  year  and  for  school
 districts  located in a city with a population of more than one million,
 and commencing with  the  two  thousand  nineteen--two  thousand  twenty
 school  year  for  school  districts containing at least four schools as
 reported in the school report card database produced by the commissioner
 for the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen  school  year,  and
 commencing  with the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school
 year for all [other] school  districts  eligible  for  an  apportionment
 pursuant  to  subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred two of this
 part, such school districts shall annually submit  to  the  commissioner
 and  the director of the budget and shall make publicly available and on
 the district website a detailed statement of  the  total  funding  allo-
 cation  for  each  school in the district for the upcoming school budget
 year [prior to the first day of] ON OR BEFORE THE FRIDAY PRIOR TO  LABOR
 DAY OF such school year, provided that:
   a.  Such  statements shall be in a statewide uniform form developed by
 the director of the  budget,  in  consultation  with  the  commissioner,
 provided  that  when  preparing statements districts shall adhere to and
 complete the prescribed form accurately and fully, and provided  further
 that the director of the budget shall request in such form only informa-
 tion  that  is  known  to,  or  may  be ascertained or estimated by, the
 district.  Provided, further, that each local educational  agency  shall
 include  in  such  statement the approach used to allocate funds to each
 school and that such statement shall include but not be limited to sepa-
 rate entries for  each  individual  school,  demographic  data  for  the

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 school,  per  pupil funding level, source of funds, and uniform decision
 rules regarding allocation of centralized spending to individual schools
 from all funding sources.
   b.  Within  [thirty]  NINETY days of submission of such statement by a
 school district, the commissioner  and  director  of  the  budget  shall
 review  such  statement  and determine whether the statement is complete
 and is in the format required by paragraph a  of  this  subdivision.  If
 such  statement  is determined to be complete and in the format required
 by paragraph a of this subdivision, a written  acknowledgement  of  such
 shall be sent to the school district. If no determination is made by the
 commissioner  and the director of the budget within [thirty] NINETY days
 of submission of the statement, such statement shall be deemed approved.
 Should the commissioner or the director of the budget request additional
 information from the school  district  to  determine  completeness,  THE
 DISTRICT SHALL SUBMIT SUCH REQUESTED INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSIONER AND
 THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE BUDGET WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF SUCH REQUEST AND the
 COMMISSIONER AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET'S deadline  FOR  REVIEW  AND
 DETERMINATION shall be extended by [thirty] NINETY days from the date of
 submission  of the additional requested information. If the commissioner
 or director of the budget determine a school district's spending  state-
 ment to be noncompliant, such school district shall be allowed to submit
 a revised spending statement at any time.
   c.  If  a school district fails to submit a statement that is complete
 and in the format required by paragraph a of this  subdivision  [by  the
 first  day]  ON  OR  BEFORE THE FRIDAY PRIOR TO LABOR DAY of such school
 year or if the commissioner or director  of  the  budget  determine  the
 school  district's  spending  statement  to  be  noncompliant, a written
 explanation shall be provided and the school district will  have  thirty
 days  to  cure. If the school district does not cure within thirty days,
 AT THE JOINT DIRECTION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET AND THE COMMISSION-
 ER, the comptroller of the city in which such school district  is  situ-
 ated,  or  if  the  city does not have an elected comptroller, the chief
 financial officer of the city, or for school districts not located in  a
 city,  the  chief financial officer of the town in which the majority of
 the school district is situated shall  be  authorized,  at  his  or  her
 discretion,  to obtain appropriate information from the school district,
 and shall be authorized to complete such form and submit such  statement
 to  the  director  of  the  budget  and the commissioner for approval in
 accordance with paragraph b of this subdivision. Where  the  comptroller
 or  chief financial officer exercises the authority to submit such form,
 such submission shall occur within sixty days following notification  of
 the  school  district's failure to cure. Nothing in this paragraph shall
 preclude a school district from  submitting  a  spending  statement  for
 approval by the director of the budget and the commissioner at any time.
   2.  Nothing  in  this  section shall alter or suspend statutory school
 district budget and voting or approval requirements.
   3. A. FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR
 AND  THEREAFTER, SCHOOL DISTRICTS DESIGNATED AS REQUIRING AN EQUITY PLAN
 SHALL SUBMIT SUCH PLAN AS DEFINED IN THIS  SECTION  ON  OR  BEFORE  JULY
 FIRST  OF  SUCH SCHOOL YEAR TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR HIS OR HER APPROVAL.
 SUCH PLAN SHALL SPECIFY HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL INCREASE PER  PUPIL
 EXPENDITURES,  FROM  ALL SOURCES, IN UNDERFUNDED HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS UNDER
 THIS SUBDIVISION WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT  ABOVE  THE  LEVEL  AT  WHICH  THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE FUNDED SUCH SCHOOLS IN THE CURRENT
 YEAR IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF  CURRENT  SERVICES  FROM  THE  BASE
 YEAR,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO CONTRACTUAL SALARY INCREASES AND

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 OTHER CONTINUATIONS. SUCH PLAN  SHALL  SPECIFY  HOW  THE  DISTRICT  WILL
 UTILIZE  FOR THIS PURPOSE AN AMOUNT AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF THE
 EQUITY PERCENTAGE MULTIPLIED BY THE INCREASE IN FOUNDATION  AID  IN  THE
 CURRENT  YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 TWO OF THIS PART.
   B. ON OR BEFORE MAY FIRST OF THE BASE YEAR, THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET
 SHALL PRODUCE A LIST OF UNDERFUNDED HIGH-NEED  SCHOOLS,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 PARAGRAPH C OF THIS SUBDIVISION. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DIRECTOR OF
 THE  BUDGET  SHALL EXCLUDE FROM THIS LIST SCHOOLS WITHIN DISTRICT SEVEN-
 TY-FIVE OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, SCHOOLS THAT ARE OF THE
 SAME SCHOOL TYPE WITHIN A DISTRICT BUT DO NOT  SERVE  ANY  GRADE  LEVELS
 THAT  OVERLAP,  SCHOOLS SERVING ONLY STUDENTS IN PREKINDERGARTEN, OR ANY
 OTHER SCHOOLS WITH IRREGULAR OR OUTLYING PROPERTIES.
   C. IN THE EVENT THAT A SCHOOL  DISTRICT  DESIGNATED  AS  REQUIRING  AN
 EQUITY  PLAN  FOR  ANY SUCH SCHOOL YEAR HAS NOT SUBMITTED AN EQUITY PLAN
 PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE  COMMISSIONER
 BY  SEPTEMBER  FIRST  OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP
 SUCH PLAN FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SPECIFYING THE INCREASE IN PER  PUPIL
 EXPENDITURES  REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION AT EACH UNDER-
 FUNDED HIGH-NEED SCHOOL WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SHALL ORDER  THE
 OFFICERS  OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO IMPLEMENT SUCH PLAN FULLY AND FAITH-
 FULLY.
   D. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (1) "SCHOOL DISTRICTS DESIGNATED AS REQUIRING AN  EQUITY  PLAN"  SHALL
 MEAN  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT THAT IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT UNDER
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR THE BASE YEAR  WITH  AN  UNDERFUNDED
 HIGH-NEED SCHOOL;
   (2)  "EQUITY  PERCENTAGE" SHALL MEAN THE PRODUCT OF TEN PERCENT MULTI-
 PLIED BY THE NUMBER OF UNDERFUNDED HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS WITHIN  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT,  BUT  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED:  (A)  FIFTY  PERCENT  FOR ANY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT WHICH RECEIVES AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT  OF  TOTAL  REVENUE  FROM
 STATE  AID  AS  REPORTED  IN  THE  FISCAL  PROFILES  MASTER FILES REPORT
 PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER CONCERNING DATA ON SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPENDI-
 TURES AND REVENUES FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  FIFTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN
 SCHOOL YEAR; AND (B) SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT FOR ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT;
   (3)  "SCHOOL TYPE" FOR ANY SCHOOL SHALL MEAN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH,
 PRE-K ONLY, OR K-12, AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, PROVIDED  THAT  FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A "MIDDLE" SCHOOL SHALL INCLUDE ANY SCHOOL
 WITH  THE  GRADE ORGANIZATION OF EITHER A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR A JUNIOR HIGH
 SCHOOL, AND A "HIGH" SCHOOL SHALL INCLUDE  ANY  SCHOOL  WITH  THE  GRADE
 ORGANIZATION  OF  EITHER  A  SENIOR  HIGH SCHOOL OR A JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH
 SCHOOL;
   (4) "UNDERFUNDED HIGH-NEED SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL
 DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN DEEMED BOTH A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH-NEED SCHOOL  AND
 A SIGNIFICANTLY LOW FUNDED SCHOOL;
   (5)  "STUDENT  NEED  INDEX"  FOR  ANY  SCHOOL  SHALL MEAN THE QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE  WEIGHTED  STUDENT  ENROLLMENT  AS  DEFINED
 HEREIN  BY  THE  K-12  ENROLLMENT  FOR  THE BASE YEAR AS REPORTED ON THE
 STATEMENT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
   (6) "AVERAGE STUDENT  NEED  INDEX  BY  SCHOOL  TYPE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE
 QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE SUM OF WEIGHTED STUDENT ENROLLMENT
 AS  DEFINED  HEREIN FOR ALL SCHOOLS WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE SAME
 SCHOOL TYPE BY THE K-12 ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR FOR ALL SCHOOLS  IN
 A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT OF THE SAME SCHOOL TYPE AS REPORTED ON THE STATEMENT
 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;

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   (7) "WEIGHTED STUDENT ENROLLMENT" FOR ANY SCHOOL SHALL  MEAN  THE  SUM
 OF:   (A) K-12 ENROLLMENT PLUS (B) THE PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
 ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FREE AND REDUCED PRICE LUNCH  MULTIPLIED  BY  SIXTY-
 FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS (0.65) PLUS (C) THE PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER OF ENGLISH
 LANGUAGE  LEARNERS MULTIPLIED BY ONE-HALF (0.5), PLUS (D) THE PRODUCT OF
 THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES MULTIPLIED BY ONE AND FORTY-ONE
 ONE-HUNDREDTHS (1.41), FOR THE BASE YEAR AS REPORTED  ON  THE  STATEMENT
 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
   (8)  "SIGNIFICANTLY  HIGH-NEED  SCHOOL"  SHALL  MEAN  A  SCHOOL WITH A
 STUDENT NEED INDEX GREATER THAN THE PRODUCT OF THE AVERAGE STUDENT  NEED
 INDEX  BY  SCHOOL  TYPE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MULTIPLIED BY ONE AND
 FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS (1.05);
    (9) "PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES" FOR ANY SCHOOL SHALL MEAN  THE  QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT AS REPORTED FOR THE BASE
 YEAR  IN  THE  STATEMENT  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION, EXCLUDING
 EXPENDITURES  FOR  PREKINDERGARTEN  AND  PRESCHOOL   SPECIAL   EDUCATION
 PROGRAMS  AND  CENTRAL DISTRICT COSTS BY THE WEIGHTED STUDENT ENROLLMENT
 OF THE SCHOOL;
   (10) "AVERAGE PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES BY SCHOOL TYPE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE
 QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING (A) THE SUM OF THE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS
 REPORTED  FOR  THE  BASE YEAR IN THE STATEMENT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION,  EXCLUDING  EXPENDITURES  FOR  PREKINDERGARTEN  AND   PRESCHOOL
 SPECIAL  EDUCATION  PROGRAMS AND CENTRAL DISTRICT COSTS, FOR ALL SCHOOLS
 WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE SAME SCHOOL TYPE  BY  (B)  THE  WEIGHTED
 STUDENT  ENROLLMENT  FOR  THE  BASE  YEAR  FOR  ALL  SCHOOLS IN A SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OF THE SAME SCHOOL TYPE AS REPORTED ON THE  STATEMENT  REQUIRED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
   (11)  "SIGNIFICANTLY  LOW  FUNDED SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL WITHIN A
 SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES LESS THAN THE PRODUCT OF
 THE AVERAGE PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES BY  SCHOOL  TYPE  WITHIN  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT MULTIPLIED BY ONE AND FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS (1.05).
   (12) "BASE YEAR" SHALL MEAN THE BASE YEAR AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH B OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART.
   (13)  "CURRENT  YEAR"  SHALL MEAN THE CURRENT YEAR AS DEFINED IN PARA-
 GRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THIS
 PART.
   §  3.  Paragraph  bb of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as added by section 25 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011,
 is amended to read as follows:
   bb. "Personal income growth index" shall mean (1) for the two thousand
 twelve--two thousand thirteen school year, the average of the  quotients
 for  each  year in the period commencing with the two thousand five--two
 thousand six state fiscal year and finishing with the two thousand nine-
 -two thousand ten state fiscal year of the total personal income of  the
 state  for  each  such  year divided by the total personal income of the
 state for the immediately preceding state fiscal year, but not less than
 one [and], (2) for the  two  thousand  thirteen--two  thousand  fourteen
 [school year and each school year thereafter] THROUGH TWO THOUSAND EIGH-
 TEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN  SCHOOL  YEARS,  the quotient of the total
 personal income of the state for the state fiscal year one year prior to
 the state fiscal year in which the base year commenced  divided  by  the
 total  personal  income of the state for the immediately preceding state
 fiscal year, but not less than one AND (3) FOR THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE-
 TEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER,
 THE AVERAGE OF THE QUOTIENTS FOR EACH YEAR IN THE PERIOD COMMENCING WITH
 THE STATE FISCAL YEAR NINE YEARS PRIOR TO THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH

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 THE BASE YEAR BEGAN AND FINISHING WITH THE STATE FISCAL  YEAR  PRIOR  TO
 THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE BASE YEAR BEGAN OF THE TOTAL PERSONAL
 INCOME  OF  THE  STATE  FOR EACH SUCH YEAR DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL PERSONAL
 INCOME OF THE STATE FOR THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING STATE FISCAL YEAR, BUT
 NOT LESS THAN ONE.
   §  4.  Paragraph  e  of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 9-b of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws  of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Community  schools  aid  set-aside. Each school district shall set
 aside from its total foundation aid computed for the current year pursu-
 ant to this subdivision an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount, if
 any, set forth for such district as "COMMUNITY SCHL AID (BT1617)" in the
 data file produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted  budget
 for  the  two  thousand  sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year and
 entitled "SA161-7", (ii) the amount, if any, set forth for such district
 as "COMMUNITY SCHL INCR" in the data file produced by  the  commissioner
 in  support  of the executive budget request for the two thousand seven-
 teen--two thousand eighteen school year and  entitled  "BT171-8",  [and]
 (iii)  the  amount,  if  any,  set forth for such district as "COMMUNITY
 SCHOOLS INCREASE" in the data  file  produced  by  the  commissioner  in
 support of the executive budget for the two thousand eighteen--two thou-
 sand  nineteen  school year and entitled "BT181-9", AND (IV) THE AMOUNT,
 IF ANY, SET FORTH FOR SUCH DISTRICT AS "19-20 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INCR" IN
 THE DATA FILE PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
 BUDGET  FOR  THE  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR
 AND ENTITLED "BT192-0". Each school district shall use  such  "COMMUNITY
 SCHL AID (BT1617)" amount to support the transformation of school build-
 ings  into community hubs to deliver co-located or school-linked academ-
 ic, health, mental health, nutrition,  counseling,  legal  and/or  other
 services  to  students  and their families, including but not limited to
 providing a community school site coordinator, or to support other costs
 incurred  to  maximize  students'  academic  achievement.  Each   school
 district  shall  use  such  "COMMUNITY  SCHL INCR" amount to support the
 transformation of school buildings into community hubs to deliver co-lo-
 cated or school linked academic,  health,  mental  health  services  and
 personnel,  after-school programming, dual language programs, nutrition,
 counseling, legal and/or other services to students and their  families,
 including but not limited to providing a community school site coordina-
 tor  and  programs  for  English  language learners, or to support other
 costs incurred to  maximize  students'  academic  achievement,  provided
 however  that  a  school  district  whose  "COMMUNITY  SCHL INCR" amount
 exceeds one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall use an  amount  equal  to
 the  greater  of  one  hundred  fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) or ten
 percent of such "COMMUNITY SCHL INCR" amount to support such transforma-
 tion at schools with extraordinary high levels of student need as  iden-
 tified  by  the commissioner, subject to the approval of the director of
 the budget. Each school  district  shall  use  such  "COMMUNITY  SCHOOLS
 INCREASE"  to support the transformation of school buildings into commu-
 nity hubs to deliver  co-located  or  school  linked  academic,  health,
 mental  health  services  and  personnel, after-school programming, dual
 language programs, nutrition, counseling, legal and/or other services to
 students and their families, including but not limited  to  providing  a
 community  school  site  coordinator  and  programs for English language
 learners, or to support  other  costs  incurred  to  maximize  students'
 academic  achievement. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL USE SUCH "19-20 COMMU-
 NITY SCHOOLS INCR" TO SUPPORT THE  TRANSFORMATION  OF  SCHOOL  BUILDINGS

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 INTO  COMMUNITY  HUBS  TO  DELIVER CO-LOCATED OR SCHOOL LINKED ACADEMIC,
 HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PERSONNEL, AFTER-SCHOOL  PROGRAMMING,
 DUAL  LANGUAGE  PROGRAMS,  NUTRITION,  COUNSELING,  LEGAL  AND/OR  OTHER
 SERVICES  TO  STUDENTS  AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 PROVIDING A COMMUNITY SCHOOL SITE COORDINATOR AND PROGRAMS  FOR  ENGLISH
 LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
   §  5. Subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
   G. FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY  SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRA-
 RY, FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR  SHALL  EQUAL  THE  SUM  OF THE FOUNDATION AID BASE
 COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION PLUS
 THE BASE INCREASE PLUS THE TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY
 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INCREASE, BOTH AS DEFINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (1)  THE  BASE INCREASE SHALL EQUAL THE GREATER OF TIERS A, B, C, OR D
 AS DEFINED IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (A) TIER A SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF THE PHASE-IN  FACTOR  MULTIPLIED
 BY  THE  POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE,   IF ANY, OF (A) THE PRODUCT OF THE TOTAL
 AIDABLE FOUNDATION PUPIL UNITS MULTIPLIED  BY  THE  DISTRICT'S  SELECTED
 FOUNDATION  AID LESS (B) THE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  WHERE  "PHASE-IN
 FACTOR" SHALL MEAN (1) FOR A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, ELEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED THOUSANDTHS (0.11934), AND (2) FOR ALL OTHER  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,
 FIVE ONE-THOUSANDTHS (0.005).
   (B) TIER B SHALL EQUAL, FOR DISTRICTS WITH A COMBINED WEALTH RATIO FOR
 TOTAL  FOUNDATION  AID  COMPUTED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF THIS SECTION LESS THAN ONE AND AN EXTRAORDINARY  NEEDS  PERCENT
 FOR  THE DISTRICT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH W OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION GREATER THAN THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN ONE-THOUSANDTHS (0.315),
 THE PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT  COMPUTED  PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH  N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY THE SUM OF
 THE EN  BASE  INCREASE  PLUS  THE  SPARSITY  INCREASE,  WHERE  "EN  BASE
 INCREASE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  PRODUCT,  TRUNCATED TO TWO DECIMALS, OF THE
 EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS INDEX MULTIPLIED BY NINETY-SEVEN DOLLARS  AND  THREE
 CENTS  ($97.03);  "EXTRAORDINARY  NEEDS  INDEX"  SHALL MEAN THE QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS PERCENT BY THE QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED  AT  WHEN  DIVIDING  THE  STATEWIDE  EXTRAORDINARY  NEEDS  COUNT
 COMPUTED  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH S OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION BY
 THE STATEWIDE TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT COMPUTED  PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH  N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; "SPARSITY INCREASE"
 SHALL MEAN, FOR DISTRICTS WITH A SPARSITY FACTOR  COMPUTED  PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH  R  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION GREATER THAN ZERO AND
 OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TIER, THE PRODUCT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS
 INDEX AS COMPUTED HEREIN MULTIPLIED BY THIRTY DOLLARS ($30.00).
   (C) TIER C SHALL EQUAL, FOR  ALL  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  THE  PRODUCT  OF
 PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ENROLLMENT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH N OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY THE PRODUCT OF THE TIER  C
 RATIO  MULTIPLIED  BY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE DOLLARS AND TWO AND ONE-
 HALF CENTS ($173.025), WHERE THE "TIER C RATIO" SHALL BE THE  DIFFERENCE
 OF  ONE  AND  THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDREDTHS (1.37) LESS THE PRODUCT OF ONE AND
 SEVENTY-TWO HUNDREDTHS (1.72) MULTIPLIED BY THE PUPIL WEALTH  RATIO  FOR
 TOTAL  FOUNDATION  AID  COMPUTED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH RATIO SHALL NOT BE  LESS  THAN
 ZERO NOR MORE THAN NINE-TENTHS (0.9).

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   (D)  TIER  D SHALL EQUAL, FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE PRODUCT OF THE
 FOUNDATION AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY TWENTY-FIVE TEN THOUSANDTHS (0.0025).
   (2)  THE  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
 INCREASE SHALL EQUAL THE GREATER OF TIERS ONE OR TWO, WHERE:
   (A) TIER ONE SHALL EQUAL, FOR ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE TIER  ONE
 PER  PUPIL  AMOUNT  MULTIPLIED  BY  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ENROLLMENT
 COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 WHERE  THE  TIER ONE PER PUPIL AMOUNT SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF EIGHTY-
 TWO DOLLARS AND SIXTY-THREE CENTS ($82.63) MULTIPLIED BY  THE  TIER  ONE
 RATIO,  WHERE  THE TIER ONE RATIO SHALL EQUAL THE DIFFERENCE OF ONE LESS
 THE PRODUCT OF THE COMBINED WEALTH RATIO FOR TOTAL FOUNDATION AID MULTI-
 PLIED BY SIXTY-FOUR HUNDREDTHS (0.64), PROVIDED THAT  SUCH  RATIO  SHALL
 NOT  BE  LESS THAN ZERO NOR GREATER THAN NINE-TENTHS (0.9). AN "ELIGIBLE
 SCHOOL DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL DISTRICT  WITH  (I)  AT  LEAST  ONE
 SCHOOL DESIGNATED AS FAILING OR PERSISTENTLY FAILING BY THE COMMISSIONER
 PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OR  (B)  OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED ELEVEN-F OF THIS CHAPTER AS OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGH-
 TEEN OR, (II) A COMBINED WEALTH RATIO FOR TOTAL FOUNDATION AID  COMPUTED
 PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION LESS THAN
 NINE-TENTHS (0.9), AND FIVE YEAR ELL GROWTH GREATER THAN THE GREATER  OF
 ONE  HUNDRED  (100) PUPILS OR THE GROWTH THRESHOLD, WHERE "FIVE YEAR ELL
 GROWTH" SHALL EQUAL THE POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE  OF  THE  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE
 LEARNER  COUNT  FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN
 SCHOOL YEAR LESS SUCH COUNT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 FOURTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, AND WHERE "GROWTH THRESHOLD" SHALL EQUAL THE PROD-
 UCT  OF  THE  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE LEARNER COUNT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND THIR-
 TEEN--TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN SCHOOL YEAR MULTIPLIED BY ONE-TENTH (0.1).
   (B) TIER TWO SHALL EQUAL, FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS  WITH  A  COMMUNITY
 SCHOOLS  SETASIDE  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH E OF THIS SUBDIVISION GREATER
 THAN ZERO, THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF  ANY,  OF  ONE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  ($100,000)  LESS  SUCH  COMMUNITY  SCHOOLS SETASIDE FOR THE TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT  TO  PARA-
 GRAPH E OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  5-a.  Clause (ii) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph b of subdivision 4
 of section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 9-b of  part
 CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  Phase-in  foundation  increase  factor.  For  the  two  thousand
 eleven--two  thousand  twelve  school  year,  the  phase-in   foundation
 increase  factor  shall  equal thirty-seven and one-half percent (0.375)
 and the phase-in due minimum percent shall equal nineteen and  forty-one
 hundredths  percent  (0.1941), for the two thousand twelve--two thousand
 thirteen school year the phase-in foundation increase factor shall equal
 one and seven-tenths percent (0.017), for the two thousand thirteen--two
 thousand fourteen school year the phase-in  foundation  increase  factor
 shall equal (1) for a city school district in a city having a population
 of  one  million  or  more,  five  and  twenty-three  hundredths percent
 (0.0523) or (2) for all other school districts zero percent, for the two
 thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year the phase-in founda-
 tion increase factor shall equal (1) for a city  school  district  of  a
 city  having  a  population  of one million or more, four and thirty-two
 hundredths percent (0.0432) or (2) for a school district  other  than  a
 city  school  district  having  a  population of one million or more for
 which (A) the quotient of the  positive  difference  of  the  foundation
 formula aid minus the foundation aid base computed pursuant to paragraph
 j  of  subdivision one of this section divided by the foundation formula

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 aid is greater than twenty-two percent (0.22) and (B) a combined  wealth
 ratio  less  than thirty-five hundredths (0.35), seven percent (0.07) or
 (3) for all other  school  districts,  four  and  thirty-one  hundredths
 percent (0.0431), and for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen
 school year the phase-in foundation increase factor shall equal: (1) for
 a  city  school district of a city having a population of one million or
 more,  thirteen  and  two  hundred  seventy-four   thousandths   percent
 (0.13274);  or  (2)  for  districts  where  the quotient arrived at when
 dividing (A) the product of the total  aidable  foundation  pupil  units
 multiplied  by  the  district's  selected  foundation aid less the total
 foundation aid base computed pursuant to paragraph j of subdivision  one
 of  this section divided by (B) the product of the total aidable founda-
 tion pupil units multiplied by the district's selected foundation aid is
 greater than nineteen percent (0.19), and where the district's  combined
 wealth  ratio  is  less  than  thirty-three hundredths (0.33), seven and
 seventy-five hundredths percent (0.0775); or (3) for any other  district
 designated  as  high  need pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two of
 paragraph c of subdivision six  of  this  section  for  the  school  aid
 computer  listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted
 budget for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight  school  year  and
 entitled  "SA0708",  four  percent  (0.04);  or  (4)  for  a city school
 district in a city having a population of one hundred twenty-five  thou-
 sand  or more but less than one million, fourteen percent (0.14); or (5)
 for school districts that were designated as small city school districts
 or central school districts whose boundaries  include  a  portion  of  a
 small  city  for the school aid computer listing produced by the commis-
 sioner in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand  fourteen--
 two  thousand  fifteen school year and entitled "SA1415", four and seven
 hundred fifty-one thousandths percent (0.04751); or (6)  for  all  other
 districts  one  percent  (0.01),  and  for the two thousand sixteen--two
 thousand seventeen school year  the  foundation  aid  phase-in  increase
 factor  shall  equal for an eligible school district the greater of: (1)
 for a city school district in a city with a population of one million or
 more, seven and seven hundred eighty four thousandths percent (0.07784);
 or (2) for a city school district in a city with a  population  of  more
 than two hundred fifty thousand but less than one million as of the most
 recent  federal  decennial  census,  seven  and three hundredths percent
 (0.0703); or (3) for a city school district in a city with a  population
 of  more than two hundred thousand but less than two hundred fifty thou-
 sand as of the most recent federal decennial census, six and seventy-two
 hundredths percent (0.0672); or (4) for a city school district in a city
 with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand but less  than
 two hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census, six
 and  seventy-four  hundredths percent (0.0674); or (5) for a city school
 district in a city with a population of more than  one  hundred  twenty-
 five  thousand  but  less than one hundred fifty thousand as of the most
 recent federal decennial census, nine and fifty-five hundredths  percent
 (0.0955); or (6) for school districts that were designated as small city
 school  districts or central school districts whose boundaries include a
 portion of a small city for the school aid computer listing produced  by
 the  commissioner  in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand
 fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year and entitled "SA141-5" with a
 combined wealth ratio less than one and four tenths (1.4), nine  percent
 (0.09),  provided,  however,  that  for  such  districts  that  are also
 districts designated as high need urban-suburban pursuant to clause  (c)
 of  subparagraph  two  of paragraph c of subdivision six of this section

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 for the school aid computer listing  produced  by  the  commissioner  in
 support  of  the enacted budget for the two thousand seven--two thousand
 eight school year and entitled "SA0708",  nine  and  seven  hundred  and
 nineteen  thousandths  percent  (0.09719);  or  (7) for school districts
 designated as high need rural pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two
 of paragraph c of subdivision six of this section  for  the  school  aid
 computer  listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted
 budget for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight  school  year  and
 entitled  "SA0708",  thirteen and six tenths percent (0.136); or (8) for
 school districts designated as  high  need  urban-suburban  pursuant  to
 clause (c) of subparagraph two of paragraph c of subdivision six of this
 section for the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner
 in  support  of the enacted budget for the two thousand seven--two thou-
 sand eight school year and entitled  "SA0708",  seven  hundred  nineteen
 thousandths  percent  (0.00719);  or  (9)  for all other eligible school
 districts, forty-seven hundredths  percent  (0.0047),  provided  further
 that  for  the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year
 the foundation aid increase phase-in factor shall equal (1)  for  school
 districts with a census 2000 poverty rate computed pursuant to paragraph
 q of subdivision one of this section equal to or greater than twenty-six
 percent  (0.26),  ten  and  three-tenths  percent  (0.103), or (2) for a
 school district in a city with a population in excess of one million  or
 more,  seventeen  and  seventy-seven one-hundredths percent (0.1777), or
 (3) for a city school district in a city with a population of more  than
 two  hundred  fifty  thousand  but less than one million, as of the most
 recent  decennial  census,  twelve  and  sixty-nine  hundredths  percent
 (0.1269)  or  (4) for a city school district in a city with a population
 of more than one hundred fifty thousand but less than two hundred  thou-
 sand,  as  of the most recent federal decennial census, ten and seventy-
 eight one hundredths percent (0.1078), or (5) for a city school district
 in a city with a population of more than one hundred  twenty-five  thou-
 sand  but  less  than  one  hundred fifty thousand as of the most recent
 federal decennial census, nineteen and one hundred eight one-thousandths
 percent (0.19108), or (6) for a city school district in a  city  with  a
 population  of  more than two hundred thousand but less than two hundred
 fifty thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census,  ten  and
 six-tenths  percent  (0.106),  or  (7) for all other districts, four and
 eighty-seven one-hundredths percent (0.0487), and for the  two  thousand
 [nineteen]  TWENTY--two  thousand  [twenty]  TWENTY-ONE  school year and
 thereafter the commissioner shall annually determine the phase-in  foun-
 dation  increase factor subject to allocation pursuant to the provisions
 of subdivision eighteen of this section and any provisions of a  chapter
 of the laws of New York as described therein.
   §  6.  Paragraph  d  of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 9-b of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws  of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  For  the  two  thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen through two
 thousand [eighteen]  NINETEEN--two  thousand  [nineteen]  TWENTY  school
 years  a  city  school  district  of  a  city having a population of one
 million or more may use amounts apportioned pursuant to this subdivision
 for afterschool programs.
   § 7. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph e of subdivision 3 of section 3602 of
 the education law, as added by section 13 of part B of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (4) The building aid ratio shall be computed by subtracting  from  one
 the  product obtained by multiplying the resident weighted average daily

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 attendance wealth ratio by fifty-one percent. Such aid  ratio  shall  be
 expressed  as  a  decimal  carried to three places without rounding, but
 shall not be less than (I) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY AND PRIOR SCHOOL YEARS, zero , OR (II) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, FIVE ONE-HUN-
 DREDTHS (0.05).
   § 8. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 6 of section 3602 of
 the education law, as amended by section 5 of part A of  chapter  60  of
 the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  Where a school district has expenditures for site purchase, grad-
 ing or improvement of the site, original furnishings, equipment, machin-
 ery or apparatus, or professional fees, or other incidental  costs,  the
 cost allowances for new construction and the purchase of existing struc-
 tures  may be increased by the actual expenditures for such purposes but
 by not more than: (I) FOR PROJECTS APPROVED PRIOR  TO  JULY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  NINETEEN  BY THE VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BY THE BOARD
 OF EDUCATION OF A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A  CITY  WITH  MORE  THAN  ONE
 HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  INHABITANTS,  AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR
 MORE,  AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL TO the product of the applicable cost allowance
 established pursuant to subparagraph one of this  paragraph  and  twenty
 per  centum  for school buildings or additions housing grades prekinder-
 garten through six and by not more than the product of such cost  allow-
 ance  and twenty-five per centum for school buildings or additions hous-
 ing grades seven through twelve and by not more than the product of such
 cost allowance and twenty-five per centum for school buildings or  addi-
 tions   housing   special   education   programs   as  approved  by  the
 commissioner; AND (II) FOR PROJECTS APPROVED ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND NINETEEN BY THE VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BY  THE  BOARD
 OF  EDUCATION  OF  A  CITY  SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS, AND/OR  THE  CHANCELLOR  IN  A
 CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
 MORE, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF THE LESSER OF THE COST ALLOWANCE
 COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH  OR  THE  ACTUAL
 COSTS  RELATING  TO THE CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, RECONSTRUCTION, REHA-
 BILITATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF A SCHOOL BUILDING AND TWENTY PER CENTUM FOR
 SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR ADDITIONS HOUSING GRADES PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIX
 AND BY NOT MORE THAN THE PRODUCT OF SUCH LESSER AMOUNT  AND  TWENTY-FIVE
 PER  CENTUM  FOR  SCHOOL  BUILDINGS  OR  ADDITIONS  HOUSING GRADES SEVEN
 THROUGH TWELVE AND BY NOT MORE THAN THE PRODUCT OF  SUCH  LESSER  AMOUNT
 AND  TWENTY-FIVE  PER  CENTUM  FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR ADDITIONS HOUSING
 SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 9. Clause (ii) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph b of subdivision 6  of
 section  3602 of the education law, as amended by section 12-a of part L
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) Apportionment. The apportionment pursuant  to  this  subparagraph
 shall equal the product of such eligible approved expenses determined in
 accordance  with  the  provisions of clause (i) of this subparagraph and
 this section and the incentive decimal computed for use in the  year  in
 which  the  project was approved. The incentive decimal shall equal: (A)
 FOR PROJECTS APPROVED PRIOR TO JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN BY  THE
 VOTERS  OF  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT OR BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A CITY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  THOU-
 SAND  INHABITANTS,  AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A
 CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, the positive  remainder
 resulting  when  the  district's building aid ratio selected pursuant to

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 paragraph c of this subdivision is subtracted from the enhanced building
 aid ratio. The enhanced building aid ratio shall equal the  sum  of  the
 building  aid  ratio  selected  for  use in the current year pursuant to
 paragraph  c  of this subdivision and one-tenth, computed to three deci-
 mals without rounding, but not more than (a) ninety-eight hundredths for
 a high need school district, as defined pursuant to regulations  of  the
 commissioner, for all school building projects approved by the voters of
 the  school  district  or  by  the  board  of education of a city school
 district in a city with  more  than  one  hundred  twenty-five  thousand
 inhabitants,  and/or  the chancellor in a city school district in a city
 having a population of one million or more, on or after July first,  two
 thousand five, or (b) ninety-five hundredths for any other school build-
 ing  project  or  school  district, nor less than one-tenth; AND (B) FOR
 PROJECTS APPROVED ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN  BY  THE
 VOTERS  OF  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT OR BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A CITY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  THOU-
 SAND  INHABITANTS,  AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A
 CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE POSITIVE  REMAINDER
 RESULTING  WHEN  THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT YEAR BUILDING AID RATIO PURSUANT
 TO CLAUSE D OF SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH C OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  IS
 SUBTRACTED  FROM  THE ENHANCED BUILDING AID RATIO. THE ENHANCED BUILDING
 AID RATIO SHALL EQUAL THE SUM OF THE BUILDING AID RATIO SELECTED FOR USE
 IN THE CURRENT YEAR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE D OF SUBPARAGRAPH  TWO  OF  PARA-
 GRAPH  C  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION AND SCALED INCENTIVE DECIMAL, COMPUTED TO
 THREE DECIMALS WITHOUT ROUNDING, BUT  NOT  MORE  THAN  (A)  NINETY-EIGHT
 HUNDREDTHS FOR A HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO REGU-
 LATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER AND USED FOR THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING
 PRODUCED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE
 TWO  THOUSAND  SEVEN--TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHT  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND   ENTITLED
 "SA0708", FOR ALL SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OF THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OR BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
 IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  INHABITANTS,
 AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A POPU-
 LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR MORE, OR (B) NINETY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS FOR ANY
 OTHER SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT OR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE  SCALED  INCENTIVE
 DECIMAL  SHALL  EQUAL  (A) ONE-TENTH FOR A HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS
 DEFINED PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER  AND  USED  FOR  THE
 SCHOOL  AID  COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF
 THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHT SCHOOL
 YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA0708", FOR ALL SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS APPROVED BY
 THE VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A CITY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  THOU-
 SAND  INHABITANTS,  AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A
 CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, OR (B) THE  PRODUCT  OF
 ONE-TENTH  MULTIPLIED  BY  THE  STATE SHARING RATIO COMPUTED PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH G OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION FOR  ANY  OTHER  SCHOOL
 BUILDING PROJECT OR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   §  10. Clause (b) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph c of subdivision 6 of
 section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 15 of part B of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new clause (d) is added
 to read as follows:
   (b) For aid payable in the school years two thousand--two thousand one
 and thereafter for all school building projects approved by  the  voters
 of  the  school  district  or by the board of education of a city school
 district in a city with  more  than  one  hundred  twenty-five  thousand
 inhabitants,  and/or  the chancellor in a city school district in a city

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 having a population of one million or more, on or after July first,  two
 thousand,  AND  PRIOR  TO  JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, any school
 district shall compute aid under  the  provisions  of  this  subdivision
 using  the sum of the high-need supplemental building aid ratio, if any,
 computed pursuant to clause (c) of this subparagraph and the greater  of
 (i) the building aid ratio computed for use in the current year; or (ii)
 a  building  aid ratio equal to the difference of the aid ratio that was
 used or that would have been used to compute an  apportionment  pursuant
 to  this  subdivision  in the nineteen hundred ninety-nine--two thousand
 school year as such aid ratio is computed by the commissioner  based  on
 data  on  file  with the department on or before July first of the third
 school year following the school year in which  aid  is  first  payable,
 less  one-tenth; or (iii) for all such school building projects approved
 by the voters of the school district or by the board of education  of  a
 city  school  district  in a city with more than one hundred twenty-five
 thousand inhabitants, and/or the chancellor in a city school district in
 a city having a population of one million or  more,  on  or  after  July
 first,  two thousand and on or before June thirtieth, two thousand four,
 for any school district for which the pupil wealth ratio is greater than
 two and five-tenths in the school year in  which  such  school  building
 project  was  approved  by  the  voters of the school district or by the
 board of education of a city school district in a city  with  more  than
 one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and/or the chancellor in a
 city  school  district  in  a city having a population of one million or
 more and for which the alternate pupil wealth ratio is less than  eight-
 y-five  hundredths in such school year, and for all such school building
 projects approved by the voters of the school district or by  the  board
 of  education  of  a  city  school district in a city with more than one
 hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and/or  the  chancellor  in  a
 city  school  district  in  a city having a population of one million or
 more, on or after July first, two thousand five and on  or  before  June
 thirtieth,  two  thousand  eight,  for any school district for which the
 pupil wealth ratio was greater than two and five-tenths in the two thou-
 sand--two thousand one school year and for  which  the  alternate  pupil
 wealth  ratio was less than eighty-five hundredths in the two thousand--
 two thousand  one  school  year,  the  additional  building  aid  ratio;
 provided that, school districts who are eligible for aid under paragraph
 f  of  subdivision  fourteen  of  this section may compute aid under the
 provisions of this subdivision using the difference of  the  highest  of
 the  aid  ratios so computed for the reorganized district or the highest
 of the aid ratios so computed for any of the individual school districts
 which existed prior to the date of the reorganized school district  less
 one-tenth.
   (D) FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE SCHOOL YEARS TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-ONE AND THEREAFTER FOR ALL SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS APPROVED
 BY  THE  VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE
 THOUSAND INHABITANTS, AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN
 A  CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, ON OR AFTER JULY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL  COMPUTE  AID
 UNDER  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION USING THE SUM OF THE HIGH-NEED
 SUPPLEMENTAL BUILDING AID RATIO, IF ANY, COMPUTED PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C)
 OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH AND THE BUILDING AID RATIO COMPUTED FOR USE IN  THE
 CURRENT YEAR AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH FOUR OF PARAGRAPH E OF
 SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF THIS SECTION; PROVIDED THAT, SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO
 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AID UNDER PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN  OF  THIS

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 SECTION  MAY  COMPUTE AID UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION USING
 THE DIFFERENCE OF THE HIGHEST OF THE AID RATIOS SO COMPUTED PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  CLAUSE  FOR  THE  REORGANIZED  DISTRICT  OR THE HIGHEST OF THE AID
 RATIOS  SO  COMPUTED  FOR  ANY  OF THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH
 EXISTED PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 11. Subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph ii to read as follows:
   II. "SERVICES AID BASE" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION FOR AID PAYA-
 BLE IN THE (I) TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR,
 SHALL EQUAL THE TOTAL AMOUNT A DISTRICT WAS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE  IN  THE
 BASE  YEAR,  AS  COMPUTED BY THE COMMISSIONER BASED ON DATA ON FILE WITH
 THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN
 FOR:
   (1)  THE APPORTIONMENT FOR TEXTBOOKS PROVIDED AND COMPUTED PURSUANT TO
 SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (2) AID FOR THE PURCHASE OF SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIALS COMPUTED PURSUANT
 TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (3) AID FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE PURCHASES COMPUTED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (4)  INSTRUCTIONAL  COMPUTER  HARDWARE AND TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT APPOR-
 TIONMENT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF  THIS
 CHAPTER;
   (5)  BOCES  AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THIS CHAPTER;
   (6) SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLIC EXCESS COST AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVI-
 SION FIVE-A OF THIS SECTION;
   (7)  TRANSPORTATION AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS
 SECTION;
   (8) SPECIAL SERVICES AID FOR LARGE CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  AND  OTHER
 SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  WHICH  WERE  NOT COMPONENTS OF A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN THE BASE YEAR COMPUTED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 TEN OF THIS SECTION;
   (9)  ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWELVE
 OF THIS SECTION;
   (10) HIGH TAX AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  SIXTEEN  OF  THIS
 SECTION;
   (11) TRANSITIONAL AID FOR CHARTER SCHOOL PAYMENTS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION FORTY-ONE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (II)  IN  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO SCHOOL
 YEAR AND THEREAFTER SHALL EQUAL THE TOTAL AMOUNT A DISTRICT WAS ELIGIBLE
 TO RECEIVE IN THE BASE YEAR PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  NINETEEN  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   §  12.  Section  3602  of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 19 to read as follows:
   19. SERVICES AID. A. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE, SEVEN
 HUNDRED ELEVEN, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE,  AND
 NINETEEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THIS CHAPTER AND SUBDIVISIONS FIVE-A, SEVEN,
 TEN, TWELVE, SIXTEEN, AND FORTY-ONE OF THIS SECTION, FOR THE  TWO  THOU-
 SAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, IN LIEU
 OF SUCH APPORTIONMENTS, A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A
 SERVICES  AID APPORTIONMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCT OF THE SERVICES
 AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH II OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION  MULTIPLIED  BY THE SUM OF (A) THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COMPUTED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH HH OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION  FOR  THE
 CURRENT  YEAR  AND  (B)  THE  ANNUAL CHANGE IN RESIDENT WEIGHTED AVERAGE
 DAILY ATTENDANCE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH SUM IS NOT  LESS  THAN  ONE  (1.0).

 S. 1506                            19                            A. 2006
 
 PROVIDED  FURTHER,  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ANNUAL CHANGE IN
 RESIDENT WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE" SHALL MEAN THE  QUOTIENT  OF
 (A)  THE  DIFFERENCE  OF  THE RESIDENT WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH D OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION FOR THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR LESS SUCH RESIDENT  WEIGHTED
 AVERAGE  DAILY  ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR
 DIVIDED BY (B) THE RESIDENT WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY  ATTENDANCE  FOR  THE
 YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR.
   B.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER, "BOCES PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT" SHALL
 MEAN THE AMOUNT COMPUTED FOR THE APPORTIONMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE-
 TEEN HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR  AS COMPUTED BY THE COMMISSIONER BASED ON
 DATA ON FILE WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON  NOVEMBER  FIFTEENTH,  TWO
 THOUSAND  NINETEEN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY
 THE BOCES PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT SHALL BE PAID PURSUANT TO  SECTION  THIRTY-
 SIX HUNDRED NINE-D OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 13. The opening paragraph of section 3609-d of the education law, as
 amended  by  section  20 of part L of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is
 amended to read as follows:
   Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-six hundred nine-a of
 this  article,  apportionments  payable  pursuant  to  section  nineteen
 hundred  fifty of this chapter, AND THE BOCES PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT PAYABLE
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINETEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER shall be paid pursuant to this section. For aid payable in
 the two thousand four--two thousand five  school  year  and  thereafter,
 "moneys apportioned" shall mean the lesser of (i) one hundred percent of
 the  respective  amount  set  forth  for each school district as payable
 pursuant to this section in the school aid computer listing produced  by
 the  commissioner  in  support of the budget including the appropriation
 for support of boards of cooperative educational services  for  payments
 due prior to April first for the current year, or (ii) the apportionment
 calculated  by  the  commissioner  based on data on file at the time the
 payment is processed; provided however, that for  the  purposes  of  any
 payment  to be made in the month of June of two thousand six such calcu-
 lation shall be based on the school aid computer listing for the current
 year using updated data at the  time  of  each  payment.  For  districts
 subject  to  chapter  five  hundred  sixty-three of the laws of nineteen
 hundred eighty, thirty-six hundred two-b, or two thousand forty of  this
 chapter,  for  aid  payable  in the two thousand four--two thousand five
 school year and thereafter, "moneys apportioned" shall mean  the  appor-
 tionment  calculated  by  the  commissioner based on data on file at the
 time the payment is processed. The "school aid computer listing for  the
 current  year"  shall  be as defined in the opening paragraph of section
 thirty-six hundred nine-a of this article.  The definitions "base  year"
 and "current year" as set forth in subdivision one of section thirty-six
 hundred two of this article shall apply to this section.
   § 14. Subparagraphs 2 and 3 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section
 3609-a of the education law are REPEALED.
   §  14-a.  Subparagraphs  1  and  2  of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of
 section 92-c of the state finance law are REPEALED.
   § 15. The education law is amended by adding a  new  article  39-A  to
 read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 39-A
                       REGIONAL STEM MAGNET SCHOOLS
 SECTION 1918. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL STEM MAGNET SCHOOLS.

 S. 1506                            20                            A. 2006
 
   §  1918.  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  REGIONAL  STEM  MAGNET SCHOOLS.   1. A. A
 REGIONAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) MAGNET
 SCHOOL MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE, AND
 SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
   B.  A  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL SUBMIT TO THE
 COMMISSIONER A PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE OPERATION OF SUCH SCHOOL FOR HIS OR
 HER APPROVAL, IN A FORM AND MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   C. SUCH SCHOOL SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OF  THE
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
   D.  THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL HAVE RESPONSI-
 BILITY FOR THE OPERATION, SUPERVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SCHOOL  AND
 SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL, INCLUDING
 CURRICULUM, GRADING, AND STAFFING.
   E. THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED
 TO  ENTER  INTO  CONTRACTS  AS  NECESSARY  OR CONVENIENT TO OPERATE SUCH
 SCHOOL.
   F. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES SHALL BE DEEMED A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES.
   G.  STUDENTS  ATTENDING  SUCH  SCHOOL SHALL CONTINUE TO BE ENROLLED IN
 THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE, AND EACH SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF  RESI-
 DENCE  SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA TO
 THEIR RESIDENT STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED THE SCHOOL BASED ON SUCH  STUDENTS'
 SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE SCHOOL'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
   H.  FOR  PURPOSES OF ALL STATE AID CALCULATIONS PURSUANT TO THIS CHAP-
 TER, STUDENTS  ATTENDING SUCH SCHOOL SHALL CONTINUE TO  BE  TREATED  AND
 COUNTED AS STUDENTS OF THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE.
   I.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, EACH
 STUDENT'S SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR  PROVID-
 ING  OR  ARRANGING FOR TRANSPORTATION TO ITS RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING
 SUCH SCHOOL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY, BUT  WITHOUT
 REGARD TO ANY MAXIMUM MILEAGE LIMITATION.
   J.  ALL  EMPLOYEES  OF THE SCHOOL SHALL BE CONSIDERED EMPLOYEES OF THE
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
   K. THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  MAY  ENTER  INTO  A
 LEASE WITH RESPECT TO SUITABLE LAND, CLASSROOMS, OFFICES OR BUILDINGS IN
 WHICH  TO  MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT SUCH SCHOOL PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR
 OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS TITLE.
   L. THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A
 METHODOLOGY  FOR  THE  APPORTIONMENT  OF  OPERATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
 COSTS OF SUCH SCHOOL BETWEEN PARTICIPATING SCHOOL  DISTRICTS;  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  NO  COSTS  SHALL  BE  APPORTIONED  TO  COMPONENT  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS THAT ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH SCHOOL.
   M. THE TRUSTEES OR  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OF  A  NON-COMPONENT  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT,  INCLUDING  CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS OF CITIES IN EXCESS OF ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS, MAY ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF
 UNDERSTANDING WITH  A  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  TO
 PARTICIPATE IN SUCH SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED FIVE YEARS
 UPON  SUCH TERMS AS SUCH TRUSTEES OR BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD OF
 COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY MUTUALLY AGREE, PROVIDED THAT  SUCH
 AGREEMENT  MAY  PROVIDE  FOR  A  CHARGE FOR ADMINISTRATION COSTS OF SUCH
 PROGRAM, BUT PARTICIPATING NON-COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL  NOT  BE
 LIABLE  FOR PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH B
 OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS TITLE.
   N. A SCHOOL MAY BE JOINTLY  OPERATED  BY  TWO  BOARDS  OF  COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  PURSUANT  TO  AN INTERMUNICIPAL SHARING AGREEMENT

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 ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-O OF  THE  GENERAL
 MUNICIPAL  LAW.  UPON  ADOPTION OF A BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM FOR A SCHOOL
 YEAR, COSTS SHALL BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN EACH BOARD OF COOPERATIVE  EDUCA-
 TIONAL  SERVICES  IN  A  MANNER  PROVIDED  IN THE INTERMUNICIPAL SHARING
 AGREEMENT AND INCLUDED IN THE  BUDGETS  OF  EACH  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICE.
   O.  THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 16. The closing paragraph of subdivision 5-a of section 3602 of  the
 education law, as amended by section 10 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   For the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, each school
 district  shall  be entitled to an apportionment equal to the product of
 fifteen percent and the additional apportionment  computed  pursuant  to
 this  subdivision  for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school
 year. For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten through  two  thousand
 [eighteen]  NINETEEN--two  thousand [nineteen] TWENTY school years, each
 school district shall be entitled  to  an  apportionment  equal  to  the
 amount  set  forth  for such school district as "SUPPLEMENTAL PUB EXCESS
 COST" under the heading "2008-09 BASE  YEAR  AIDS"  in  the  school  aid
 computer  listing  produced by the commissioner in support of the budget
 for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten  school  year  and  entitled
 "SA0910".
   §  17. Subdivision 12 of section 3602 of the education law, as amended
 by section 13 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   12. Academic enhancement aid. A school district that as of April first
 of  the base year has been continuously identified as a district in need
 of improvement for at least five  years  shall,  for  the  two  thousand
 eight--two  thousand  nine  school  year,  be  entitled to an additional
 apportionment equal to the positive remainder, if any, of (a) the lesser
 of fifteen million dollars or the product of the  total  foundation  aid
 base,  as  defined  by  paragraph  j of subdivision one of this section,
 multiplied by ten percent (0.10), less (b) the positive remainder of (i)
 the sum of the total foundation aid apportioned pursuant to  subdivision
 four of this section and the supplemental educational improvement grants
 apportioned  pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six hundred
 forty-one of this article, less (ii) the total foundation aid base.
   For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten through two thousand four-
 teen--two thousand fifteen school years, each school district  shall  be
 entitled  to  an  apportionment  equal  to the amount set forth for such
 school district as "EDUCATION GRANTS, ACADEMIC  EN"  under  the  heading
 "2008-09  BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by
 the commissioner in support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two
 thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910", and  such  apportionment
 shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to provide an apportion-
 ment  pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six hundred forty-
 one of this article.
   For the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen year,  each  school
 district  shall  be entitled to an apportionment equal to the amount set
 forth for such school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT" under the head-
 ing "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced
 by the commissioner in support of the budget for the two thousand  four-
 teen--two  thousand fifteen school year and entitled "SA141-5", and such
 apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to provide

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 an apportionment pursuant to subdivision  eight  of  section  thirty-six
 hundred forty-one of this article.
   For the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year, each
 school  district  shall  be  entitled  to  an apportionment equal to the
 amount set forth for such  school  district  as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT"
 under  the  heading  "2015-16 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  school year and entitled
 "SA151-6", and such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy  the  state
 obligation  to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   For the two thousand seventeen--two  thousand  eighteen  school  year,
 each  school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the
 amount set forth for such  school  district  as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT"
 under  the  heading  "2016-17 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  sixteen--two  thousand seventeen school year and entitled
 "SA161-7", and such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy  the  state
 obligation  to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   For the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year, each
 school district shall be entitled  to  an  apportionment  equal  to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2017-18 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year  and  entitled
 "SA171-8",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   FOR  THE  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR, EACH
 SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ENTITLED  TO  AN  APPORTIONMENT  EQUAL  TO  THE
 AMOUNT  SET  FORTH  FOR  SUCH  SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 UNDER THE HEADING "2018-19 ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE  SCHOOL  AID  COMPUTER
 LISTING  PRODUCED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET FOR THE
 TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  ENTITLED
 "SA181-9",  AND  SUCH APPORTIONMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO SATISFY THE STATE
 OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE AN APPORTIONMENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT  OF
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  18.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 16 of section 3602 of the
 education law, as amended by section 14 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   Each school district shall be eligible  to  receive  a  high  tax  aid
 apportionment  in the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year,
 which shall equal the greater of (i) the sum of the tier 1 high tax  aid
 apportionment, the tier 2 high tax aid apportionment and the tier 3 high
 tax  aid apportionment or (ii) the product of the apportionment received
 by the school district pursuant to this subdivision in the two  thousand
 seven--two  thousand  eight  school  year, multiplied by the due-minimum
 factor, which shall equal, for districts with an alternate pupil  wealth
 ratio  computed  pursuant  to  paragraph  b of subdivision three of this
 section that is less than two, seventy percent (0.70), and for all other
 districts, fifty percent (0.50). Each school district shall be  eligible
 to  receive  a  high tax aid apportionment in the two thousand nine--two
 thousand ten through two thousand twelve--two thousand  thirteen  school
 years in the amount set forth for such school district as "HIGH TAX AID"
 under  the  heading  "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer

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 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910".
 Each school district shall be eligible to receive a high tax aid  appor-
 tionment in the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen through two
 thousand  [eighteen]  NINETEEN--two  thousand  [nineteen]  TWENTY school
 years equal to the greater of (1) the amount set forth for  such  school
 district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in
 the  school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in support
 of the budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand  ten  school  year
 and  entitled  "SA0910"  or  (2)  the  amount  set forth for such school
 district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2013-14 ESTIMATED AIDS" in
 the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in  support
 of  the  executive  budget  for  the  2013-14  fiscal  year and entitled
 "BT131-4".
   § 19. Subdivision 16 of section  3602-ee  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by section 19 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
   16. The authority of the department to administer the universal  full-
 day  pre-kindergarten  program shall expire June thirtieth, two thousand
 [nineteen] TWENTY; provided that the program shall continue  and  remain
 in full effect.
   §  20.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2005, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a. State aid adjustments. All errors or omissions in the apportionment
 shall  be  corrected by the commissioner. Whenever a school district has
 been apportioned less money than that  to  which  it  is  entitled,  the
 commissioner may allot to such district the balance to which it is enti-
 tled.  Whenever  a  school district has been apportioned more money than
 that to which it is entitled, the commissioner may, by an order,  direct
 such  moneys  to be paid back to the state to be credited to the general
 fund local assistance account for state  aid  to  the  schools,  or  may
 deduct  such  amount  from  the  next  apportionment  to be made to said
 district, provided, however, that, upon notification of excess  payments
 of  aid for which a recovery must be made by the state through deduction
 of future aid payments, a school district may request that  such  excess
 payments  be  recovered  by  deducting  such  excess  payments  from the
 payments due to such school district and payable in the month of June in
 (i) the school year in which such notification was received and (ii) the
 two succeeding school years, provided further that  there  shall  be  no
 interest  penalty  assessed  against  such  district or collected by the
 state. Such request shall be made to the commissioner in  such  form  as
 the  commissioner  shall  prescribe, and shall be based on documentation
 that the total amount to be recovered is in excess of one percent of the
 district's total general fund  expenditures  for  the  preceding  school
 year.  The  amount to be deducted in the first year shall be the greater
 of (i) the sum of the amount of such excess payments that is  recognized
 as  a liability due to other governments by the district for the preced-
 ing school year and the positive remainder of the district's  unreserved
 fund  balance at the close of the preceding school year less the product
 of the district's total general  fund  expenditures  for  the  preceding
 school year multiplied by five percent, or (ii) one-third of such excess
 payments.  The amount to be recovered in the second year shall equal the
 lesser of the remaining amount of such excess payments to  be  recovered
 or  one-third  of such excess payments, and the remaining amount of such
 excess payments shall be recovered in the third year.  Provided  further

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 that,  notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of this subdivision, any
 pending payment of moneys due to such district as a prior  year  adjust-
 ment  payable pursuant to paragraph c of this subdivision for aid claims
 that  had been previously paid as current year aid payments in excess of
 the amount to which the district is entitled and for which  recovery  of
 excess  payments  is  to  be  made  pursuant to this paragraph, shall be
 reduced at the time of  actual  payment  by  any  remaining  unrecovered
 balance  of such excess payments, and the remaining scheduled deductions
 of such excess payments pursuant to this paragraph shall be  reduced  by
 the  commissioner  to reflect the amount so recovered. [The commissioner
 shall certify no payment to a school district based on a claim submitted
 later than three years after the close of the school year in which  such
 payment  was first to be made.  For claims for which payment is first to
 be made in the nineteen hundred  ninety-six--ninety-seven  school  year,
 the  commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district based on
 a claim submitted later than two years after the close  of  such  school
 year.] For claims for which payment is first to be made [in the nineteen
 hundred  ninety-seven--ninety-eight] PRIOR TO THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN-
 -TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN school year [and  thereafter],  the  commissioner
 shall certify no payment to a school district based on a claim submitted
 later than one year after the close of such school year.  FOR CLAIMS FOR
 WHICH  PAYMENT  IS  FIRST  TO  BE MADE IN THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND  THEREAFTER,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 CERTIFY NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT BASED ON A CLAIM SUBMITTED LATER
 THAN  THE  FIRST  OF NOVEMBER OF SUCH SCHOOL YEAR. Provided, however, no
 payments shall be barred or reduced where such payment is required as  a
 result  of  a  final  audit  of the state. [It is further provided that,
 until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-six, the commissioner  may
 grant  a  waiver  from  the  provisions  of  this section for any school
 district if it is in the best  educational  interests  of  the  district
 pursuant to guidelines developed by the commissioner and approved by the
 director  of  the  budget.] FURTHER PROVIDED THAT FOR ANY APPORTIONMENTS
 PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE, SEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN,
 SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE,  SEVEN  HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, NINETEEN HUNDRED
 FIFTY, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED  TWO,  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO-B,  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  TWO-C,  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E AND FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF
 THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN  AND
 TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEARS, THE COMMISSION-
 ER  SHALL  CERTIFY  NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN PAYMENTS
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SIX-A, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF  SECTION
 THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO OF THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED
 BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC DATA FILE USED TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER
 LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE  BUDGET
 REQUEST  SUBMITTED  FOR  THE  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
 STATE FISCAL YEAR AND ENTITLED "BT192-0", AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT  FOR
 ANY  APPORTIONMENTS  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE,
 SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN, SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE,  SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-
 THREE,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY,  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO,  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO-B, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-C, THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO-E  AND
 FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 CERTIFY NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISIONS SIX-A, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  TWO OF THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED BASED ON AN
 ELECTRONIC DATA FILE USED TO PRODUCE THE  SCHOOL  AID  COMPUTER  LISTING

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 PRODUCED  BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST
 SUBMITTED FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE SCHOOL YEAR COMMENCES.
   § 21. The opening paragraph of section 3609-a of the education law, as
 amended  by section 21 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
   For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year  through  the  two  thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school
 year, "moneys apportioned" shall mean the lesser of (i) the sum  of  one
 hundred  percent  of  the  respective  amount  set forth for each school
 district as payable pursuant to this section in the school aid  computer
 listing  for the current year produced by the commissioner in support of
 the budget which includes the appropriation for the general support  for
 public  schools  for the prescribed payments and individualized payments
 due prior to April first for the current  year  plus  the  apportionment
 payable during the current school year pursuant to subdivision six-a and
 subdivision fifteen of section thirty-six hundred two of this part minus
 any  reductions  to  current  year aids pursuant to subdivision seven of
 section thirty-six hundred four of  this  part  or  any  deduction  from
 apportionment  payable  pursuant  to  this  chapter  for collection of a
 school district basic contribution as defined in  subdivision  eight  of
 section forty-four hundred one of this chapter, less any grants provided
 pursuant  to  subparagraph  two-a  of paragraph b of subdivision four of
 section ninety-two-c of the state finance law, less any grants  provided
 pursuant  to  subdivision  six of section ninety-seven-nnnn of the state
 finance law, less any grants provided pursuant to subdivision twelve  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article, or (ii) the appor-
 tionment  calculated  by  the  commissioner based on data on file at the
 time the payment is processed; provided however, that for  the  purposes
 of  any  payments made pursuant to this section prior to the first busi-
 ness day of June of the  current  year,  moneys  apportioned  shall  not
 include  any  aids payable pursuant to subdivisions six and fourteen, if
 applicable, of section thirty-six hundred two of this  part  as  current
 year  aid for debt service on bond anticipation notes and/or bonds first
 issued in the current year or any aids payable for full-day kindergarten
 for the current year pursuant to subdivision nine of section  thirty-six
 hundred  two  of  this part. The definitions of "base year" and "current
 year" as set forth in subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred  two
 of  this  part  shall apply to this section. [For aid payable in the two
 thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year, reference to  such
 "school aid computer listing for the current year" shall mean the print-
 outs  entitled "SA181-9".] FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN-
 -TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND  THEREAFTER,  "MONEYS  APPORTIONED"
 SHALL  MEAN  THE  LESSER  OF:  (I) THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE
 RESPECTIVE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PAYABLE PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING FOR THE CURRENT  YEAR
 PRODUCED  BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST
 WHICH INCLUDES THE APPROPRIATION FOR  THE  GENERAL  SUPPORT  FOR  PUBLIC
 SCHOOLS  FOR  THE  PRESCRIBED  PAYMENTS  AND INDIVIDUALIZED PAYMENTS DUE
 PRIOR TO APRIL FIRST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR PLUS THE APPORTIONMENT PAYABLE
 DURING THE CURRENT  SCHOOL  YEAR  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISIONS  SIX-A  AND
 FIFTEEN  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THIS  PART MINUS ANY
 REDUCTIONS TO CURRENT YEAR AIDS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION
 THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS PART OR ANY DEDUCTION FROM APPORTIONMENT
 PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER FOR COLLECTION  OF  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
 BASIC CONTRIBUTION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION FORTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  LESS  ANY  GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO

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 SUBPARAGRAPH TWO-A OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF  SECTION  NINE-
 TY-TWO-C  OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-NNNN OF THE STATE  FINANCE  LAW,
 LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION THIR-
 TY-SIX  HUNDRED  FORTY-ONE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, OR (II) THE APPORTIONMENT
 CALCULATED BY THE COMMISSIONER BASED ON DATA ON FILE  AT  THE  TIME  THE
 PAYMENT  IS  PROCESSED;  PROVIDED  HOWEVER, THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY
 PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION PRIOR TO THE FIRST  BUSINESS  DAY
 OF  JUNE  OF  THE CURRENT YEAR, MONEYS APPORTIONED SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY
 AIDS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SIX AND FOURTEEN,  IF  APPLICABLE,
 OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART AS CURRENT YEAR AID FOR
 DEBT SERVICE ON BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND/OR BONDS FIRST ISSUED IN THE
 CURRENT YEAR OR ANY AIDS  PAYABLE  FOR  FULL-DAY  KINDERGARTEN  FOR  THE
 CURRENT  YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 TWO OF THIS PART. FOR AID PAYABLE  IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR,  REFERENCE  TO SUCH "SCHOOL AID COMPUTER
 LISTING  FOR  THE  CURRENT  YEAR"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  PRINTOUTS  ENTITLED
 "BT192-0".
   §  22.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 2 of section 3612 of the education
 law, as amended by section 22 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the  laws  of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   b. Such grants shall be awarded to school districts, within the limits
 of funds appropriated therefor, through a competitive process that takes
 into  consideration  the  magnitude  of  any shortage of teachers in the
 school district, the number of teachers employed in the school  district
 who hold temporary licenses to teach in the public schools of the state,
 the  number of provisionally certified teachers, the fiscal capacity and
 geographic sparsity of the district, the  number  of  new  teachers  the
 school district intends to hire in the coming school year and the number
 of summer in the city student internships proposed by an eligible school
 district,  if applicable. Grants provided pursuant to this section shall
 be used only for the purposes enumerated in this section.  Notwithstand-
 ing any other provision of law to the contrary, a city  school  district
 in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants receiv-
 ing a grant pursuant to this section may use no more than eighty percent
 of  such  grant  funds  for any recruitment, retention and certification
 costs associated with transitional certification of  teacher  candidates
 for  the  school  years  two  thousand one--two thousand two through two
 thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN--two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY.
   § 23. Subdivision 6 of section 4402 of the education law,  as  amended
 by  section 23 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
   6. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the  contrary,
 the  board  of  education of a city school district with a population of
 one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants shall be  permitted
 to  establish  maximum  class  sizes  for  special  classes  for certain
 students with disabilities in accordance with  the  provisions  of  this
 subdivision. For the purpose of obtaining relief from any adverse fiscal
 impact  from under-utilization of special education resources due to low
 student attendance in  special  education  classes  at  the  middle  and
 secondary level as determined by the commissioner, such boards of educa-
 tion  shall, during the school years nineteen hundred ninety-five--nine-
 ty-six through June thirtieth, two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY of the two
 thousand [eighteen]  NINETEEN--two  thousand  [nineteen]  TWENTY  school
 year,  be authorized to increase class sizes in special classes contain-
 ing students with disabilities whose age ranges are equivalent to  those

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 of  students  in  middle and secondary schools as defined by the commis-
 sioner for purposes of this section by up to but not to exceed  one  and
 two  tenths  times  the applicable maximum class size specified in regu-
 lations  of  the  commissioner  rounded  up to the nearest whole number,
 provided that in a city school  district  having  a  population  of  one
 million  or  more, classes that have a maximum class size of fifteen may
 be increased by no more than one student and provided that the projected
 average class size shall not exceed the maximum specified in the  appli-
 cable  regulation,  provided  that such authorization shall terminate on
 June thirtieth, two thousand. Such authorization shall be  granted  upon
 filing  of  a  notice by such a board of education with the commissioner
 stating the board's intention to increase such class sizes and a certif-
 ication that the board will conduct a study of  attendance  problems  at
 the  secondary  level  and  will  implement  a corrective action plan to
 increase the rate of attendance of students in such classes to at  least
 the  rate  for students attending regular education classes in secondary
 schools of the district. Such corrective action plan shall be  submitted
 for  approval  by  the  commissioner by a date during the school year in
 which such board increases class sizes  as  provided  pursuant  to  this
 subdivision  to  be prescribed by the commissioner. Upon at least thirty
 days notice to the board of education, after conclusion  of  the  school
 year  in  which such board increases class sizes as provided pursuant to
 this subdivision, the commissioner shall be authorized to terminate such
 authorization upon a finding that the board has  failed  to  develop  or
 implement an approved corrective action plan.
   §  24.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 4403-a to
 read as follows:
   § 4403-A. WAIVERS FROM CERTAIN DUTIES. 1.  A  LOCAL  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,
 APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY
 SUBMIT  AN APPLICATION FOR A WAIVER FROM ANY REQUIREMENT IMPOSED ON SUCH
 DISTRICT, SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  PURSUANT
 TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED TWO OR SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED THREE OF
 THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, FOR A SPECIFIC
 SCHOOL YEAR. SUCH APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST SIXTY  DAYS  IN
 ADVANCE  OF THE PROPOSED DATE ON WHICH THE WAIVER WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AND
 SHALL BE IN A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   2. BEFORE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR A  WAIVER,  THE  LOCAL  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT,  APPROVED  PRIVATE  SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED WAIVER TO THE  PARENTS  OR
 PERSONS  IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED
 BY THE WAIVER IF GRANTED. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE IN A FORM AND MANNER THAT
 WILL ENSURE THAT SUCH PARENTS AND PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP  WILL
 BE  AWARE OF ALL RELEVANT CHANGES THAT WOULD OCCUR UNDER THE WAIVER, AND
 SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE FORM, MANNER AND DATE BY WHICH  PARENTS
 AND  PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THE
 PROPOSED WAIVER. THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL,  OR
 BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE AT LEAST SIXTY
 DAYS FOR SUCH PARENTS AND PERSONS IN  PARENTAL  RELATIONSHIP  TO  SUBMIT
 WRITTEN  COMMENTS, AND SHALL INCLUDE IN THE WAIVER APPLICATION SUBMITTED
 TO THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION  ANY
 WRITTEN  COMMENTS  RECEIVED  FROM  SUCH  PARENTS  OR PERSONS IN PARENTAL
 RELATIONSHIP TO SUCH STUDENTS.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT A WAIVER FROM ANY REQUIREMENT IMPOSED ON
 A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  FORTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  TWO  OR
 SECTION  FORTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, UPON A FINDING THAT

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 SUCH WAIVER WILL ENABLE A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL
 OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO IMPLEMENT AN  INNOVATIVE
 SPECIAL  EDUCATION  PROGRAM  THAT  IS CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL
 REQUIREMENTS,  AND WILL ENHANCE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND/OR OPPORTUNITIES
 FOR PLACEMENT IN REGULAR CLASSES AND PROGRAMS. IN MAKING  SUCH  DETERMI-
 NATION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CONSIDER ANY COMMENTS RECEIVED BY THE
 LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FROM PARENTS OR PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP TO
 THE STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE WAIVER IF GRANTED.
   4.  ANY  LOCAL  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD OF
 COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES GRANTED A WAIVER SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL
 REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER REGARDING THE OPERATION AND EVALUATION OF THE
 PROGRAM NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE END OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR  FOR
 WHICH A WAIVER IS GRANTED.
   §  25.  Section 3012-d of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR  REGULATION
 TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
 AND MATHEMATICS STATE ASSESSMENTS AND ALL OTHER STATE-CREATED OR  ADMIN-
 ISTERED  TESTS  SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED TO BE UTILIZED IN ANY MANNER TO
 DETERMINE A TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL EVALUATION REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.
   B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND  REGULATIONS  PROVIDING
 ALTERNATIVE  ASSESSMENTS  THAT MAY BE USED IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT
 INSTEAD OF ALL OTHER STATE-CREATED OR ADMINISTERED  TESTS,  WHICH  SHALL
 INCLUDE  ALL  OF  THE ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER FOR USE IN DETERMINING TRANSITION SCORES AND RATINGS.
   C. THE SELECTION AND USE OF AN ASSESSMENT IN A TEACHER OR  PRINCIPAL'S
 EVALUATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS A AND B OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SUBDI-
 VISION  FOUR  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
   D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF THIS SECTION
 TO THE CONTRARY, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO  ABROGATE
 ANY  CONFLICTING  PROVISIONS  OF  ANY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IN
 EFFECT ON THE DATE THIS SUBDIVISION TAKES EFFECT  AND  UNTIL  THE  ENTRY
 INTO A SUCCESSOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, PROVIDED THAT NOTWITH-
 STANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON EXPIRATION OF
 SUCH TERM AND THE ENTRY INTO A SUCCESSOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY; AND,  PROVIDED  FURTHER,
 HOWEVER,  THAT ANY ASSESSMENTS USED IN DETERMINING TRANSITION SCORES AND
 RATINGS SHALL BE USED IN DETERMINING SCORES AND RATINGS PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION INSTEAD OF THE GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT ENGLISH LANGUAGE  ARTS
 AND  MATHEMATICS  STATE  ASSESSMENTS  UNTIL  THE  ENTRY INTO A SUCCESSOR
 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
   § 26. Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section
 3012-d of the education law, subparagraph 1 as amended by section  3  of
 subpart C of part B of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015 and subparagraph 2
 as  added by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2015, are amended to read as follows:
   (1) For the first subcomponent, [(A) for a teacher whose  course  ends
 in  a state-created or administered test for which there is a state-pro-
 vided growth model, such teacher  shall  have  a  state-provided  growth
 score  based  on such model, which shall take into consideration certain
 student characteristics, as determined by  the  commissioner,  including
 but not limited to students with disabilities, poverty, English language
 learner  status  and  prior  academic  history  and which shall identify
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 compared  to  similar  students  for a teacher's or principal's students
 after the certain student characteristics above are taken into  account;
 and  (B)  for  a teacher whose course does not end in a state-created or
 administered  test such teacher] A TEACHER shall have a student learning
 objective (SLO) consistent with a  goal-setting  process  determined  or
 developed  by  the commissioner, that results in a student growth score;
 provided that, for any teacher whose course ends in a  state-created  or
 administered  assessment  [for  which  there is no state-provided growth
 model], such assessment [must] MAY be used as the underlying  assessment
 for such SLO;
   (2)  For  the  optional  second  subcomponent,  a district may locally
 select a second measure  in  accordance  with  this  subparagraph.  Such
 second measure shall apply in a consistent manner, to the extent practi-
 cable,  across  the district and be either: (A) [a second state-provided
 growth score] BASED on  a  state-created  or  administered  test  [under
 clause  (A)  of  subparagraph  one  of this paragraph], or (B) [a growth
 score] based on a state-designed  supplemental  assessment[,  calculated
 using  a  state-provided  or approved growth model]. The optional second
 subcomponent shall provide options for multiple assessment measures that
 are aligned to existing classroom and school  best  practices  and  take
 into  consideration  the recommendations in the testing reduction report
 as required by section one of subpart F of  [the  chapter]  PART  EE  OF
 CHAPTER  FIFTY-SIX  of the laws of two thousand fifteen which added this
 section regarding the reduction of unnecessary additional testing.
   § 27. Subdivision 5 of section 3012-d of the education law,  as  added
 by  section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
   5. Rating determination. The overall  rating  determination  shall  be
 determined [according to a methodology] as follows:
   a. [The following rules shall apply: a teacher or principal who is (1)
 rated  using  two  subcomponents in the student performance category and
 receives a rating of ineffective in such category shall be  rated  inef-
 fective  overall;  provided,  however,  that  if the measure used in the
 second subcomponent is a state-provided growth score on a  state-created
 or administered test pursuant to clause (A) of subparagraph one of para-
 graph  a of subdivision four of this section, a teacher or principal who
 receives a rating of ineffective in such category shall not be  eligible
 to  receive a rating of effective or highly effective overall; (2) rated
 using only the state measure subcomponent  in  the  student  performance
 category and receives a rating of ineffective in such category shall not
 be  eligible  to receive a rating of effective or highly effective over-
 all; and (3) rated ineffective  in  the  teacher  observations  category
 shall  not be eligible to receive a rating of effective or highly effec-
 tive overall.
   b. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph a of this subdivision,  a
 teacher's composite score shall be determined as follows:
   (1)]  If  a teacher receives an H in the teacher observation category,
 and an H in the student performance category,  the  teacher's  composite
 score shall be H;
   [(2)] B. If a teacher receives an H in the teacher observation catego-
 ry,  and an E in the student performance category, the teacher's compos-
 ite score shall be H;
   [(3)] C. If a teacher receives an H in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and a D in the student performance category, the teacher's composite
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   [(4)] D. If a teacher receives an H in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and an I in the student performance category, the teacher's  compos-
 ite score shall be D;
   [(5)] E. If a teacher receives an E in the teacher observation catego-
 ry,  and an H in the student performance category, the teacher's compos-
 ite score shall be H;
   [(6)] F. If a teacher receives an E in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and an E in the student performance category, the teacher's  compos-
 ite score shall be E;
   [(7)] G. If a teacher receives an E in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and a D in the student performance category, the teacher's composite
 score shall be E;
   [(8)] H. If a teacher receives an E in the teacher observation catego-
 ry,  and an I in the student performance category, the teacher's compos-
 ite score shall be D;
   [(9)] I. If a teacher receives a D in the teacher observation  catego-
 ry,  and an H in the student performance category, the teacher's compos-
 ite score shall be E;
   [(10)] J. If a teacher receives a D in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and an E in the student performance category, the teacher's  compos-
 ite score shall be E;
   [(11)] K. If a teacher receives a D in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and a D in the student performance category, the teacher's composite
 score shall be D;
   [(12)] L. If a teacher receives a D in the teacher observation catego-
 ry,  and an I in the student performance category, the teacher's compos-
 ite score shall be I;
   [(13)] M. If a teacher receives an I in the teacher observation  cate-
 gory,  and  an  H  in  the  student  performance category, the teacher's
 composite score shall be D;
   [(14)] N. If a teacher receives an I in the teacher observation  cate-
 gory,  and  an  E  in  the  student  performance category, the teacher's
 composite score shall be D;
   [(15)] O. If a teacher receives an I in the teacher observation  cate-
 gory, and a D in the student performance category, the teacher's compos-
 ite score shall be I;
   [(16)]  P. If a teacher receives an I in the teacher observation cate-
 gory, and an I  in  the  student  performance  category,  the  teacher's
 composite score shall be I.
   §  28.  Subdivision 7 of section 3012-d of the education law, as added
 by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of  2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
   7. The commissioner shall ensure that the process by which weights and
 scoring ranges are assigned to subcomponents and categories is transpar-
 ent  and  available  to  those  being rated before the beginning of each
 school year. Such process must ensure that it is possible for a  teacher
 or  principal  to  obtain any number of points in the applicable scoring
 ranges,  including  zero,  in  each  subcomponent.  The  superintendent,
 district  superintendent  or  chancellor  and  the representative of the
 collective bargaining unit (where  one  exists)  shall  certify  in  the
 district's  plan that the evaluation process shall use the standards for
 the scoring ranges provided by the commissioner.    [Provided,  however,
 that in any event, the following rules shall apply: a teacher or princi-
 pal who is:
   a.  rated  using two subcomponents in the student performance category
 and receives a rating of ineffective in such  category  shall  be  rated

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 ineffective  overall,  except  that  if  the  measure used in the second
 subcomponent is a second state-provided growth score on a state-adminis-
 tered or sponsored test pursuant to clause (A) of  subparagraph  one  of
 paragraph  a of subdivision four of this section, a teacher or principal
 that receives a rating of ineffective in  such  category  shall  not  be
 eligible to receive a rating of effective or highly effective overall;
   b.  rated  using  only  the  state measure subcomponent in the student
 performance category and receives a rating of ineffective in such  cate-
 gory  shall  not  be eligible to receive a rating of effective or highly
 effective overall; and
   c. rated ineffective in the observations category shall not be  eligi-
 ble to receive a rating of effective or highly effective overall.]
   §  29. Subdivision 10 of section 3012-d of the education law, as added
 by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of  2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
   10.  The  local  collective  bargaining representative shall negotiate
 with the district:
   a. whether to use a second measure, and, in the event  that  a  second
 measure  is  used, which measure to use, pursuant to subparagraph two of
 paragraph a of subdivision four of this section [and];
   b. how to implement the provisions of paragraph b of subdivision  four
 of  this  section,  and  associated  regulations  as  established by the
 commissioner, in accordance with article fourteen of the  civil  service
 law; AND
   C.  THE SELECTION AND USE OF AN ASSESSMENT IN A TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL'S
 EVALUATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION AND PARAGRAPHS A
 AND B OF SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF THIS SECTION.
   § 30. Section 2 of subpart B of part AA of chapter 56 of the  laws  of
 2014  amending the education law relating to providing that standardized
 test scores shall not be included on a student's  permanent  record,  as
 amended  by section 35 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire  and  be
 deemed repealed on December 31, 2019].
   §  31.  Subdivision  10 of section 3209 of the education law is renum-
 bered subdivision 11 and a new  subdivision  10  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   10.  EVERY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  RECEIVING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 SHALL ANNUALLY SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT AN ACCOUNTING OF THE USE OF SUCH
 FUNDS IN THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR BEFORE THE END OF THE  SUCCEEDING  SCHOOL
 YEAR.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  REVIEW  SUCH ACCOUNTING AND DEVELOP, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND  DISA-
 BILITY  ASSISTANCE, AN IDENTIFICATION OF BEST PRACTICES TO SUPPORT HOME-
 LESS YOUTH.
   § 32. Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. EVERY SCHOOL SHALL DEFINE THE ROLES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY OF
 SCHOOL  PERSONNEL, SECURITY PERSONNEL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN RESPONSE TO
 STUDENT MISCONDUCT THAT VIOLATES THE CODE OF CONDUCT. A SCHOOL  DISTRICT
 OR CHARTER SCHOOL THAT EMPLOYS, CONTRACTS WITH, OR OTHERWISE RETAINS LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  OR  PUBLIC  OR PRIVATE SECURITY PERSONNEL, INCLUDING SCHOOL
 RESOURCE OFFICERS, SHALL ESTABLISH A WRITTEN CONTRACT OR  MEMORANDUM  OF
 UNDERSTANDING  THAT  IS  DEVELOPED  WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT. SUCH WRITTEN
 CONTRACT OR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SHALL  DEFINE  THE  RELATIONSHIP
 BETWEEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL, SCHOOL PERSONNEL, STUDENTS,
 VISITORS,  LAW  ENFORCEMENT,  AND  PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECURITY PERSONNEL.

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 SUCH CONTRACT OR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SHALL  BE  CONSISTENT  WITH
 THE  CODE  OF  CONDUCT,  DEFINE  LAW ENFORCEMENT OR SECURITY PERSONNEL'S
 ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND INVOLVEMENT  WITHIN  A  SCHOOL  AND  CLEARLY
 DELEGATE  THE  ROLE  OF  SCHOOL DISCIPLINE TO THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.
 SUCH WRITTEN CONTRACT OR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SHALL  BE  INCORPO-
 RATED INTO AND PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE DISTRICT SAFETY PLAN.
   §  33.  The  section  heading  of section 804 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 390 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new  subdi-
 vision 7-a is added to read as follows:
   Health  education  regarding  mental  health,  alcohol, drugs, tobacco
 abuse, AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS and the  prevention  and  detection  of
 certain cancers.
   7-A.  (A)  A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION INSTRUCTION PROGRAM SHALL
 BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE HEALTH EDUCATION  PROVIDED  TO  ALL  STUDENTS  IN
 GRADES  SIX  THROUGH  TWELVE.  SUCH  PROGRAMS  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO  AGE-APPROPRIATE,  MEDICALLY  ACCURATE  INSTRUCTION  TEACHING
 COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUAL  EDUCATION, SEXUAL HEALTH AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP
 PRACTICES. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE INCLUSIVE AND RESPECTFUL OF ALL  PUPILS
 REGARDLESS  OF  RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
 OR GENDER IDENTITY AND INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I) IDENTIFICATION AND EXAMINATION OF IDEAS  ABOUT  HEALTHY  RELATION-
 SHIPS AND BEHAVIORS LEARNED FROM HOME, FAMILY AND THE MEDIA;
   (II) SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-WORTH;
   (III) FRIENDSHIP AND EMPATHY;
   (IV) A DEFINITION OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE;
   (V) RECOGNITION OF WARNING SIGNS ESTABLISHED BY A DATING PARTNER;
   (VI) CHARACTERISTICS OF A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP;
   (VII) LINKS BETWEEN BULLYING AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE;
   (VIII) SAFE USE OF TECHNOLOGY;
   (IX)  A  DISCUSSION  OF  LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR THOSE IN A TEEN
 DATING VIOLENCE RELATIONSHIP;
   (X) AN AGE-APPROPRIATE DEFINITION OF  AFFIRMATIVE  CONSENT  CONSISTENT
 WITH THAT USED IN SECTION SIXTY-FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (XI) AGE-APPROPRIATE, MEDICALLY ACCURATE SEXUAL HEALTH;
   (XII)  AGE-APPROPRIATE  INSTRUCTING  TO  IDENTIFY  AND  REPORT  SEXUAL
 EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE; AND
   (XIII) INSTRUCTION TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
   (B) THE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE ADDED  TO  THE
 HEALTH  EDUCATION  STANDARDS AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  AND  BE
 DESIGNED  TO  EDUCATE  STUDENTS  ABOUT  HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIPS. PRIOR TO
 ADOPTING THE EDUCATION STANDARDS, THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A
 TASK  FORCE  TO  STUDY  AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE SCOPE AND
 SUBSTANCE OF THE STANDARDS. THE TASK FORCE SHALL:
   (I) SEEK  THE  RECOMMENDATIONS  OF  TEACHERS,  SCHOOL  ADMINISTRATORS,
 TEACHER  EDUCATORS AND OTHERS WITH EDUCATIONAL EXPERTISE IN THE PROPOSED
 SUBJECT AREAS;
   (II) SEEK THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF EXPERTS AND ORGANIZATIONS EXPERIENCED
 IN THE PROPOSED SUBJECT AREAS; AND
   (III)  SEEK  COMMENT  FROM  PARENTS,  STUDENTS  AND  OTHER  INTERESTED
 PARTIES.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AGE-APPROPRIATE MODEL INSTRUCTIONAL
 RESOURCES  FOR  PARENTS  AND  EDUCATORS FOR POTENTIAL USE IN INSTRUCTING
 STUDENTS ABOUT PHYSICAL SELF-AWARENESS AND HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIPS.  SUCH
 RESOURCES  SHALL  BE  DEVELOPED  AFTER  CONSULTATION WITH EXPERTS IN THE
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   (D) A WEBPAGE ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE  SHALL  BE  DEDICATED  TO
 PROVIDING  INFORMATION  AND RESOURCES TO PARENTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND
 SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS RELATED TO COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION  AND
 HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
   (E)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION "AGE-APPROPRIATE" SHALL MEAN
 TOPICS, MESSAGES, AND TEACHING METHODS SUITABLE TO  PARTICULAR  AGE  AND
 DEVELOPMENTAL  LEVELS, BASED ON COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND EXPERI-
 ENCE LEVEL OF MOST STUDENTS AT THAT AGE LEVEL, AND "MEDICALLY  ACCURATE"
 SHALL  MEAN  INFORMATION  SUPPORTED  BY  PEER  REVIEWED,  EVIDENCE-BASED
 RESEARCH RECOGNIZED AS ACCURATE BY  LEADING  PROFESSIONAL  ORGANIZATIONS
 AND AGENCIES WITH RELEVANT EXPERIENCE SUCH AS THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSO-
 CIATION AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
   (F)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, A SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE REASONABLE NOTICE TO  PARENTS  AND  GUARDIANS  OF
 STUDENTS  IN  GRADES  SIX  THROUGH  TWELVE THAT SUCH INSTRUCTION WILL BE
 GIVEN AND THE NATURE OF THE CURRICULUM. ANY  PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN  OF  A
 STUDENT  IN  GRADES  SIX  THROUGH  TWELVE  MAY DIRECT THE REMOVAL OF THE
 STUDENT  FROM  SUCH  INSTRUCTION  UPON  WRITTEN  NOTICE  TO  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT.
   §  34.  Section  305  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 60 to read as follows:
   60. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO REQUIRE THAT  EVERY
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ADOPT  AND DISTRIBUTE A POLICY REGARDING SEX DISCRIMI-
 NATION PURSUANT TO TITLE IX OF THE  EDUCATION  AMENDMENTS  OF  1972,  20
 U.S.C.  §  1681 ET SEQ., AND THAT SUCH POLICY SHALL SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS
 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PREGNANT AND PARENTING  STUDENTS.  PROVIDED  THAT
 SUCH  POLICIES  SHALL INCLUDE: A. STUDENTS' RIGHTS TO ATTEND CLASSES AND
 PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR  ACTIVITIES  REGARDLESS  OF  PREGNANT  OR
 PARENTING  STATUS;  B.  OPPORTUNITIES  TO MAKE UP MISSED CLASSWORK OR TO
 EXCUSE ABSENCES DUE TO PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH OR RELATED  CONDITIONS;  C.
 PROTECTIONS  OF  STUDENTS  FROM  HARASSMENT;  AND  D. A FORMAL GRIEVANCE
 PROCEDURE.
   § 35. Subdivision b of section 2 of chapter 756 of the laws  of  1992,
 relating  to funding a program for work force education conducted by the
 consortium for worker education in New York city, as amended by  section
 25  of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
   b. Reimbursement for programs approved in accordance with  subdivision
 a  of  this section for the 2016--2017 school year shall not exceed 60.3
 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per contact hour or thir-
 teen dollars ninety cents per contact hour, reimbursement for the  2017-
 -2018  school  year  shall not exceed 60.4 percent of the lesser of such
 approvable costs per contact hour or thirteen dollars and  ninety  cents
 per  contact  hour,  [and]  reimbursement for the 2018--2019 school year
 shall not exceed 59.4 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per
 contact hour or fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents per contact hour,
 AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE 2019--2020 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL NOT  EXCEED  57.7
 PERCENT  OF  THE  LESSER  OF  SUCH  APPROVABLE COSTS PER CONTACT HOUR OR
 FIFTEEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY-FIVE CENTS PER CONTACT HOUR, where  a  contact
 hour  represents  sixty  minutes  of instruction services provided to an
 eligible adult.   Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  law  to  the
 contrary,  for  the  2016--2017 school year such contact hours shall not
 exceed one million five hundred fifty-one thousand three hundred  twelve
 (1,551,312);  whereas  for the 2017--2018 school year such contact hours
 shall not exceed one  million  five  hundred  forty-nine  thousand  four
 hundred sixty-three (1,549,463); [and] WHEREAS for the 2018--2019 school

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 year  such  contact  hours  shall  not  exceed  one million four hundred
 sixty-three thousand nine hundred sixty-three (1,463,963), AND  FOR  THE
 2019--2020  SCHOOL  YEAR SUCH CONTACT HOURS SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE MILLION
 TWO  HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO THOUSAND FIFTY-ONE (1,282,051).  Notwithstanding
 any other provision of law to the contrary, the apportionment calculated
 for the city school district of the city of New York pursuant to  subdi-
 vision  11  of section 3602 of the education law shall be computed as if
 such contact hours provided by the consortium for worker education,  not
 to  exceed  the contact hours set forth herein, were eligible for aid in
 accordance with the provisions of such subdivision 11 of section 3602 of
 the education law.
   § 36. Section 4 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to  fund-
 ing  a  program for work force education conducted by the consortium for
 worker education in New York city, is amended by adding a  new  subdivi-
 sion x to read as follows:
   X.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT APPLY AFTER THE
 COMPLETION OF PAYMENTS FOR THE 2019--2020 SCHOOL  YEAR.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL
 WITHHOLD A PORTION OF EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCATION AID  DUE  TO  THE
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF THE
 COSTS OF THE WORK FORCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE CREDITED
 TO  THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FUND-LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
 AND SHALL NOT  EXCEED  ELEVEN  MILLION  FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS
 ($11,500,000).
   §  37. Section 6 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker  education in New York city, as amended by section 27 of part CCC
 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6. This act shall take effect July 1,  1992,  and  shall  be  deemed
 repealed on June 30, [2019] 2020.
   §  38. Subdivisions 22 and 24 of section 140 of chapter 82 of the laws
 of 1995, amending the education law and other laws relating to state aid
 to school districts and the appropriation of funds for  the  support  of
 government,  as  amended  by section 28 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2018, are amended to read as follows:
   (22) sections one hundred twelve, one hundred  thirteen,  one  hundred
 fourteen,  one hundred fifteen and one hundred sixteen of this act shall
 take effect on July 1, 1995; provided, however, that section one hundred
 thirteen of this act shall remain in full force and effect until July 1,
 [2019] 2020 at which time it shall be deemed repealed;
   (24) sections one hundred eighteen through one hundred thirty of  this
 act  shall  be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after
 July 1, 1995; provided further, however, that the amendments made pursu-
 ant to section one hundred twenty-four of this act shall be deemed to be
 repealed on and after July 1, [2019] 2020;
   § 39. Section 12 of chapter 147 of the  laws  of  2001,  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to conditional appointment of school district,
 charter school or BOCES employees, as amended by section 31 of part  CCC
 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   §  12.  This  act shall take effect on the same date as chapter 180 of
 the laws of 2000 takes effect, and shall expire July 1, [2019] 2020 when
 upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   § 40. Section 4 of chapter 425 of  the  laws  of  2002,  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to  the  provision of supplemental educational
 services, attendance at a safe  public  school  and  the  suspension  of
 pupils  who  bring  a  firearm  to  or possess a firearm at a school, as

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 amended by section 33 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002 and SECTION ONE OF THIS
 ACT shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, 2019, AND SECTIONS  TWO
 AND  THREE  OF  THIS ACT SHALL EXPIRE AND BE DEEMED REPEALED ON JUNE 30,
 2020.
   § 41. Section 5 of chapter 101 of  the  laws  of  2003,  amending  the
 education law relating to implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act
 of  2001, as amended by section 34 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided  that  sections
 one,  two  and  three of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on
 June 30, [2019] 2020.
   § 42. Section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002 amending the educa-
 tion law and other laws relating to reorganization of the New York  city
 school  construction authority, board of education and community boards,
 as amended by section 1 of part G of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 34. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002; provided, that sections
 one  through  twenty, twenty-four, and twenty-six through thirty of this
 act shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, [2019]  2022  provided,
 further,  that notwithstanding any provision of article 5 of the general
 construction law, on June 30, [2019] 2022 the provisions of subdivisions
 3, 5, and 8, paragraph b of subdivision 13, subdivision  14,  paragraphs
 b,  d,  and  e  of subdivision 15, and subdivisions 17 and 21 of section
 2554 of the education law as repealed by  section  three  of  this  act,
 subdivision  1  of  section  2590-b  of the education law as repealed by
 section six of this act, paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  2  of  section
 2590-b  of  the  education law as repealed by section seven of this act,
 section 2590-c of the education law as repealed by section eight of this
 act, paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 2590-d of the education law
 as repealed by section twenty-six of this act, subdivision 1 of  section
 2590-e  of the education law as repealed by section twenty-seven of this
 act, subdivision 28 of section 2590-h of the education law  as  repealed
 by section twenty-eight of this act, subdivision 30 of section 2590-h of
 the education law as repealed by section twenty-nine of this act, subdi-
 vision  30-a  of  section  2590-h  of  the  education law as repealed by
 section thirty of this  act  shall  be  revived  and  be  read  as  such
 provisions  existed  in law on the date immediately preceding the effec-
 tive date of this act; provided, however, that sections seven and  eight
 of  this  act  shall  take effect on November 30, 2003; provided further
 that the amendments to subdivision 25 of section 2554 of  the  education
 law  made  by section two of this act shall be subject to the expiration
 and reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 12 of chapter  147
 of  the  laws of 2001, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of
 section four of this act shall take effect.
   § 43. Subdivision 12 of section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of  2009
 amending  the education law and other laws relating to the New York city
 board of education, chancellor, community councils, and community super-
 intendents, as amended by section 2 of part G of chapter 61 of the  laws
 of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   12. any provision in sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
 eight,  nine,  ten  and  eleven  of this act not otherwise set to expire
 pursuant to section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, as amended, or
 section 17 of chapter 123 of the laws of 2003, as amended, shall  expire
 and be deemed repealed June 30, [2019] 2022.

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   §  44.  Section  7  of  chapter  472 of the laws of 1998, amending the
 education law relating to the lease of school buses by school districts,
 as amended by section 40 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of  2017,
 is amended to read as follows:
   §  7.  This  act shall take effect September 1, 1998, and shall expire
 and be deemed repealed September 1, [2019] 2021.
   § 45. Section 2 of chapter 552 of  the  laws  of  1995,  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to  contracts for the transportation of school
 children, as amended by section 25 of part A of chapter 54 of  the  laws
 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the first day of January next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall remain
 in full force and effect until January 1, [2020] 2023,  when  upon  such
 date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   §  46.  Section 26 of subpart F of part C of chapter 97 of the laws of
 2011 amending the education law relating to census reporting, as amended
 by section 21-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   §  26.  This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 the provisions of section three of this act shall expire June 30, [2019]
 2024 when upon such date the provisions of such section shall be  deemed
 repealed; provided, further that the provisions of sections eight, elev-
 en,  twelve,  thirteen  and twenty of this act shall expire July 1, 2014
 when upon such date the provisions of  such  sections  shall  be  deemed
 repealed.
   § 47. School bus driver training. In addition to apportionments other-
 wise  provided  by section 3602 of the education law, for aid payable in
 the 2019--2020 school year, the commissioner of education shall allocate
 school bus driver training grants to  school  districts  and  boards  of
 cooperative educational services pursuant to sections 3650-a, 3650-b and
 3650-c of the education law, or for contracts directly with not-for-pro-
 fit  educational  organizations  for  the purposes of this section. Such
 payments shall not exceed four hundred thousand dollars  ($400,000)  per
 school year.
   §  48.  Special  apportionment for salary expenses. a. Notwithstanding
 any other provision of law, upon  application  to  the  commissioner  of
 education,  not  sooner  than  the first day of the second full business
 week of June 2020 and not later than the last  day  of  the  third  full
 business week of June 2020, a school district eligible for an apportion-
 ment  pursuant to section 3602 of the education law shall be eligible to
 receive an apportionment pursuant to this section, for the  school  year
 ending  June  30, 2020, for salary expenses incurred between April 1 and
 June 30, 2019 and such apportionment shall not exceed the sum of (i) the
 deficit reduction assessment of 1990--1991 as determined by the  commis-
 sioner of education, pursuant to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section
 3602 of the education law, as in effect through June 30, 1993, plus (ii)
 186  percent  of such amount for a city school district in a city with a
 population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, plus (iii) 209 percent of
 such amount for a city school district in a city with  a  population  of
 more  than 195,000 inhabitants and less than 219,000 inhabitants accord-
 ing to the latest federal census, plus  (iv)  the  net  gap  elimination
 adjustment  for  2010--2011, as determined by the commissioner of educa-
 tion pursuant to chapter 53 of the laws of 2010, plus (v) the gap elimi-
 nation adjustment for 2011--2012 as determined by  the  commissioner  of
 education  pursuant  to  subdivision 17 of section 3602 of the education
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 salary  expenses.  Such  application shall be made by a school district,
 after the board of education or trustees have adopted a resolution to do
 so and in the case of a city school district in a city with a population
 in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the approval of the mayor of such
 city.
   b.  The  claim  for  an  apportionment to be paid to a school district
 pursuant to subdivision a of this section  shall  be  submitted  to  the
 commissioner  of  education  on  a form prescribed for such purpose, and
 shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner that  the  form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on  the  same  day in September of the school year following the year in
 which application was made as funds provided  pursuant  to  subparagraph
 (4) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
 law,  on  the  audit  and  warrant  of the state comptroller on vouchers
 certified or approved by the commissioner of  education  in  the  manner
 prescribed  by  law  from  moneys in the state lottery fund and from the
 general fund to the extent that the amount paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  this  section  exceeds the amount, if any, due such school
 district pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 3609-a of the education law in the  school  year  following  the
 year in which application was made.
   c.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of section 3609-a of the education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions a and b of this section shall first be  deducted  from  the
 following  payments  due  the  school  district  during  the school year
 following the year in which application was made  pursuant  to  subpara-
 graphs  (1),  (2),  (3),  (4) and (5) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 3609-a of the education law in the following order: the  lottery
 apportionment  payable  pursuant  to  subparagraph (2) of such paragraph
 followed by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph (4)
 of such paragraph and then followed by the district's  payments  to  the
 teachers'  retirement  system pursuant to subparagraph (1) of such para-
 graph, and any remainder to be deducted from the individualized payments
 due the district pursuant to paragraph b of such  subdivision  shall  be
 deducted on a chronological basis starting with the earliest payment due
 the district.
   §  49. Special apportionment for public pension accruals. a.  Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, upon application to the commission-
 er of education, not later than June 30, 2020, a school district  eligi-
 ble  for  an apportionment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law
 shall be eligible to receive an apportionment pursuant to this  section,
 for  the  school  year ending June 30, 2020 and such apportionment shall
 not exceed the  additional  accruals  required  to  be  made  by  school
 districts  in the 2004--2005 and 2005--2006 school years associated with
 changes for such public pension liabilities. The amount  of  such  addi-
 tional  accrual  shall  be certified to the commissioner of education by
 the president of the board of education or the trustees or, in the  case
 of  a  city  school  district  in  a city with a population in excess of
 125,000 inhabitants, the mayor of such city. Such application  shall  be
 made by a school district, after the board of education or trustees have
 adopted  a resolution to do so and in the case of a city school district
 in a city with a population in excess of 125,000 inhabitants,  with  the
 approval of the mayor of such city.
   b.  The  claim  for  an  apportionment to be paid to a school district
 pursuant to subdivision a of this section  shall  be  submitted  to  the
 commissioner  of  education  on  a form prescribed for such purpose, and

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 shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner that  the  form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on  the  same  day in September of the school year following the year in
 which  application  was  made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph
 (4) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
 law, on the audit and warrant  of  the  state  comptroller  on  vouchers
 certified  or  approved  by  the commissioner of education in the manner
 prescribed by law from moneys in the state lottery  fund  and  from  the
 general  fund  to  the  extent that the amount paid to a school district
 pursuant to this section exceeds the amount, if  any,  due  such  school
 district pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section  3609-a  of  the  education law in the school year following the
 year in which application was made.
   c. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3609-a of  the  education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions  a  and  b of this section shall first be deducted from the
 following payments due  the  school  district  during  the  school  year
 following  the  year  in which application was made pursuant to subpara-
 graphs (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of paragraph a  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  3609-a of the education law in the following order: the lottery
 apportionment payable pursuant to subparagraph  (2)  of  such  paragraph
 followed by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph (4)
 of  such  paragraph  and then followed by the district's payments to the
 teachers' retirement system pursuant to subparagraph (1) of  such  para-
 graph, and any remainder to be deducted from the individualized payments
 due  the  district  pursuant to paragraph b of such subdivision shall be
 deducted on a chronological basis starting with the earliest payment due
 the district.
   § 50. Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule, or regulation to
 the contrary, the city school district of the city  of  Rochester,  upon
 the  consent  of  the  board  of cooperative educational services of the
 supervisory district serving its geographic  region  may  purchase  from
 such  board  for  the  2019--2020 school year, as a non-component school
 district, services required by article 19 of the education law.
   § 51. The amounts specified in this section shall be a set-aside  from
 the  state  funds  which  each such district is receiving from the total
 foundation aid:
   a. for the development, maintenance or expansion of magnet schools  or
 magnet  school  programs  for  the  2019--2020 school year. For the city
 school district of the city of New York there shall  be  a  setaside  of
 foundation  aid  equal  to  forty-eight million one hundred seventy-five
 thousand dollars ($48,175,000) including five hundred  thousand  dollars
 ($500,000)  for  the  Andrew  Jackson  High School; for the Buffalo city
 school  district,  twenty-one  million  twenty-five   thousand   dollars
 ($21,025,000);  for  the Rochester city school district, fifteen million
 dollars ($15,000,000); for the Syracuse city school  district,  thirteen
 million  dollars  ($13,000,000);  for  the Yonkers city school district,
 forty-nine million five hundred thousand dollars ($49,500,000); for  the
 Newburgh city school district, four million six hundred forty-five thou-
 sand  dollars  ($4,645,000);  for the Poughkeepsie city school district,
 two million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($2,475,000); for
 the Mount Vernon city school district, two million dollars ($2,000,000);
 for the New Rochelle city school district, one million four hundred  ten
 thousand dollars ($1,410,000); for the Schenectady city school district,
 one  million  eight  hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000); for the Port
 Chester city school district, one million  one  hundred  fifty  thousand

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 dollars  ($1,150,000);  for  the White Plains city school district, nine
 hundred thousand dollars ($900,000); for the Niagara Falls  city  school
 district,  six  hundred thousand dollars ($600,000); for the Albany city
 school  district,  three  million  five  hundred  fifty thousand dollars
 ($3,550,000); for the Utica city school district,  two  million  dollars
 ($2,000,000);  for  the Beacon city school district, five hundred sixty-
 six  thousand  dollars  ($566,000);  for  the  Middletown  city   school
 district,  four  hundred  thousand  dollars ($400,000); for the Freeport
 union free school district, four hundred  thousand  dollars  ($400,000);
 for  the  Greenburgh  central  school  district,  three hundred thousand
 dollars ($300,000);  for  the  Amsterdam  city  school  district,  eight
 hundred  thousand  dollars  ($800,000);  for  the  Peekskill city school
 district, two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000); and  for  the  Hudson
 city school district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000).
   b.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary,
 a school district setting aside such foundation  aid  pursuant  to  this
 section  may  use  such  setaside  funds  for:  (i) any instructional or
 instructional support costs associated with the operation  of  a  magnet
 school; or
   (ii)  any instructional or instructional support costs associated with
 implementation of an alternative approach to  promote  diversity  and/or
 enhancement  of  the  instructional  program and raising of standards in
 elementary and secondary schools of school districts having  substantial
 concentrations of minority students.
   c.  The  commissioner of education shall not be authorized to withhold
 foundation aid from a school district that used such funds in accordance
 with this paragraph, notwithstanding any inconsistency  with  a  request
 for  proposals issued by such commissioner for the purpose of attendance
 improvement and dropout prevention for the 2019--2020 school  year,  and
 for  any city school district in a city having a population of more than
 one  million,  the  setaside  for  attendance  improvement  and  dropout
 prevention  shall  equal  the amount set aside in the base year. For the
 2019--2020 school year, it is further  provided  that  any  city  school
 district  in  a  city having a population of more than one million shall
 allocate at least one-third of any increase from  base  year  levels  in
 funds set aside pursuant to the requirements of this section to communi-
 ty-based  organizations.  Any increase required pursuant to this section
 to community-based organizations must  be  in  addition  to  allocations
 provided to community-based organizations in the base year.
   d.  For the purpose of teacher support for the 2019--2020 school year:
 for the city school district of the city of New York, sixty-two  million
 seven hundred seven thousand dollars ($62,707,000); for the Buffalo city
 school  district,  one  million seven hundred forty-one thousand dollars
 ($1,741,000); for the Rochester city school district, one million seven-
 ty six thousand  dollars  ($1,076,000);  for  the  Yonkers  city  school
 district,   one   million   one  hundred  forty-seven  thousand  dollars
 ($1,147,000); and for the Syracuse city school district,  eight  hundred
 nine  thousand  dollars ($809,000). All funds made available to a school
 district pursuant to this section shall be  distributed  among  teachers
 including  prekindergarten teachers and teachers of adult vocational and
 academic subjects in accordance with this section and shall be in  addi-
 tion  to  salaries heretofore or hereafter negotiated or made available;
 provided, however, that all funds distributed pursuant to  this  section
 for  the  current year shall be deemed to incorporate all funds distrib-
 uted pursuant to former subdivision 27 of section 3602 of the  education
 law  for prior years. In school districts where the teachers are repres-

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 ented by certified or  recognized  employee  organizations,  all  salary
 increases  funded  pursuant to this section shall be determined by sepa-
 rate collective negotiations conducted pursuant to  the  provisions  and
 procedures  of  article 14 of the civil service law, notwithstanding the
 existence of a negotiated agreement between  a  school  district  and  a
 certified or recognized employee organization.
   §  52.  Support  of  public libraries. The moneys appropriated for the
 support of public libraries by a chapter of the laws  of  2018  enacting
 the  aid  to  localities  budget shall be apportioned for the 2019--2020
 state fiscal year in accordance with the  provisions  of  sections  271,
 272,  273,  282,  284,  and  285  of the education law as amended by the
 provisions of this chapter and the provisions of this section,  provided
 that library construction aid pursuant to section 273-a of the education
 law  shall  not  be  payable  from the appropriations for the support of
 public libraries and provided further that no library, library system or
 program, as defined by the commissioner of education, shall receive less
 total system or program aid than it received  for  the  year  2001--2002
 except as a result of a reduction adjustment necessary to conform to the
 appropriations for support of public libraries.
   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary the moneys
 appropriated for the support of public libraries for the year 2019--2020
 by a chapter of the laws of 2019 enacting the education, labor and fami-
 ly assistance budget shall fulfill the  state's  obligation  to  provide
 such aid and, pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner of educa-
 tion  and  approved  by  the  director of the budget, the aid payable to
 libraries and library systems pursuant to such appropriations  shall  be
 reduced  proportionately  to assure that the total amount of aid payable
 does not exceed the total appropriations for such purpose.
   § 53. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable, and
 if the application of  any  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,
 section  or  part  of  this  act  to any person or circumstance shall be
 adjudged by any court of competent  jurisdiction  to  be  invalid,  such
 judgment shall not necessarily affect, impair or invalidate the applica-
 tion of any such clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, part
 of  this  act  or  remainder  thereof,  as the case may be, to any other
 person or circumstance, but shall be confined in its  operation  to  the
 clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or  part  thereof
 directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment  shall  have
 been rendered.
   §  54.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2019, provided,
 however, that:
   1. Sections one, three, four, five, five-a, six, seven,  eight,  nine,
 ten,  sixteen,  seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twen-
 ty-two, twenty-three, thirty-two, thirty-four,  forty-seven,  fifty  and
 fifty-one of this act shall take effect July 1, 2019;
   2.  Sections  eleven,  twelve, thirteen and fourteen of this act shall
 take effect July 1, 2020;
   3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7-a of section 804  of  the  education
 law,  as  added  by  section thirty-three of this act, shall take effect
 July 1, 2019;
   4. The amendments to section 3614 of the education law made by section
 two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
 deemed repealed therewith; and
   5. The amendments to chapter 756 of the  laws  of  1992,  relating  to
 funding  a  program for work force education conducted by the consortium

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 for worker education in New York City made by sections  thirty-five  and
 thirty-six  of  this act shall not affect the repeal of such chapter and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART B
 
   Section  1.  Section  7408 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED TO
 LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY PURSUANT TO  ARTI-
 CLE FIFTEEN OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW, ARTICLES ONE AND EIGHT-B OF
 THE  PARTNERSHIP  LAW,  OR  ARTICLES  TWELVE AND THIRTEEN OF THE LIMITED
 LIABILITY COMPANY LAW SHALL BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION.
   § 2. Section 1503 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H)  ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION FORMED  TO  LAWFULLY  ENGAGE  IN  THE
 PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED
 UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  FORTY-NINE  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF  THE
 FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNERSHIP-BASED COMPEN-
 SATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO INDIVID-
 UALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT
 ALL  SHAREHOLDERS  OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL
 PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE  PRACTICE
 OF  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER
 SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EDUCATION  LAW  OR  ARE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS  LICENSED  UNDER  SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR  HUNDRED FIVE OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE  FIRM
 AND  ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
 REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  A  FIRM
 INCORPORATED  UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR  "CPAS".    EACH
 NON-LICENSEE  OWNER  OF  A  FIRM THAT IS INCORPORATED UNDER THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE  BUSINESS  OF
 THE  FIRM  OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHER-
 WISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT  OF
 THE FIRM. SUCH A FIRM SHALL HAVE ATTACHED TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF INCORPO-
 RATION A CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES DEMONSTRATING THE FIRM'S COMPLIANCE
 WITH THIS PARAGRAPH, IN LIEU OF THE CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES REQUIRED
 BY SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. Section 1507 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE  OF THIS ARTICLE MAY ISSUE SHARES TO INDIVIDUALS
 WHO ARE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE A  PROFESSION  WHICH
 SUCH  CORPORATION  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE AND WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN
 ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF SUCH PROFESSION  IN  SUCH  CORPORATION  OR  A
 PREDECESSOR  ENTITY,  OR WHO WILL ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF SUCH PROFES-
 SION IN SUCH CORPORATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE DATE SUCH SHARES  ARE
 ISSUED  AND  MAY  ALSO  ISSUE SHARES TO EMPLOYEES OF THE CORPORATION NOT
 LICENSED AS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, PROVIDED THAT:

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   (I) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF  STOCK  OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II)  AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE DIRECTORS ARE CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS ARE CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,
   (IV)  THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR OFFICERS ARE  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS.
 NO  SHAREHOLDER OF A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCOR-
 PORATING AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H)
 OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  ENTER  INTO  A
 VOTING  TRUST AGREEMENT, PROXY OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF AGREEMENT VESTING IN
 ANOTHER PERSON, OTHER THAN ANOTHER SHAREHOLDER OF THE SAME  CORPORATION,
 THE  AUTHORITY  TO  EXERCISE  VOTING  POWER  OF ANY OR ALL OF HIS OR HER
 SHARES. ALL  SHARES  ISSUED,  AGREEMENTS  MADE  OR  PROXIES  GRANTED  IN
 VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE VOID.
   § 4. Section 1508 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  THE  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSI-
 NESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING  AS  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE  MAY  INCLUDE  INDIVIDUALS  WHO  ARE NOT LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT AT LEAST  FIFTY-ONE  PERCENT  OF  THE
 DIRECTORS, AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS AND THE PRESIDENT,
 THE  CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFI-
 CER OR OFFICERS ARE AUTHORIZED BY  LAW  TO  PRACTICE  IN  THIS  STATE  A
 PROFESSION  WHICH  SUCH  CORPORATION  IS AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE, AND ARE
 EITHER SHAREHOLDERS OF SUCH CORPORATION OR ENGAGED IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF
 THEIR PROFESSIONS IN SUCH CORPORATION.
   § 5. Section 1509 of the business corporation law, as amended by chap-
 ter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 § 1509. Disqualification   of   shareholders,  directors,  officers  and
           employees.
   If any shareholder, director, officer or employee  of  a  professional
 service  corporation,  including  a  design  professional service corpo-
 ration, OR ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF  INCORPORAT-
 ING  AS  A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF
 SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, who  has  been  rendering
 professional service to the public becomes legally disqualified to prac-
 tice  his  profession  within  this state, he shall sever all employment
 with, and financial interests (other than interests as a  creditor)  in,
 such  corporation  forthwith or as otherwise provided in section 1510 of
 this article. All provisions of law regulating the rendering of  profes-
 sional  services  by  a  person  elected or appointed to a public office
 shall be applicable to a shareholder, director, officer and employee  of
 such  corporation  in the same manner and to the same extent as if fully
 set forth herein. Such legal disqualification to practice his profession
 within this state shall be deemed to constitute an irrevocable offer  by
 the  disqualified  shareholder  to  sell  his shares to the corporation,
 pursuant to the provisions of section 1510 of this  article  or  of  the
 certificate of incorporation, by-laws or agreement among the corporation
 and all shareholders, whichever is applicable. Compliance with the terms
 of  such  offer  shall be specifically enforceable in the courts of this
 state. A professional service corporation's failure to  enforce  compli-
 ance with this provision shall constitute a ground for forfeiture of its
 certificate of incorporation and its dissolution.

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   § 6. Paragraph (a) of section 1511 of the business corporation law, as
 amended  by  chapter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new para-
 graph (c) is added to read as follows:
   (a) No shareholder of a professional service corporation [or], INCLUD-
 ING  a  design professional service corporation, OR ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED
 FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF  INCORPORATING  AS  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE
 CORPORATION  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE
 OF THIS ARTICLE, may sell or transfer his  shares  in  such  corporation
 except  to  another  individual who is eligible to have shares issued to
 him by such corporation or except in trust  to  another  individual  who
 would  be  eligible  to receive shares if he were employed by the corpo-
 ration. Nothing herein contained shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  the
 transfer of shares by operation of law or by court decree.  No transfer-
 ee of shares by operation of law or court decree may vote the shares for
 any  purpose  whatsoever  except  with respect to corporate action under
 sections 909 and 1001 of this chapter. The restriction in the  preceding
 sentence shall not apply, however, where such transferee would be eligi-
 ble  to  have  shares issued to him if he were an employee of the corpo-
 ration and, if there are other shareholders, a majority  of  such  other
 shareholders shall fail to redeem the shares so transferred, pursuant to
 section  1510  of  this  article, within sixty days of receiving written
 notice of such transfer. Any sale or transfer, except  by  operation  of
 law  or  court decree or except for a corporation having only one share-
 holder, may be made only after the same shall have been approved by  the
 board  of  directors, or at a shareholders' meeting specially called for
 such purpose by such proportion,  not  less  than  a  majority,  of  the
 outstanding  shares  as  may  be provided in the certificate of incorpo-
 ration or in the by-laws of such professional  service  corporation.  At
 such  shareholders' meeting the shares held by the shareholder proposing
 to sell or transfer his shares may not  be  voted  or  counted  for  any
 purpose,  unless  all  shareholders consent that such shares be voted or
 counted. The certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the  profes-
 sional  service corporation, or the professional service corporation and
 the shareholders by private agreement, may provide, in  lieu  of  or  in
 addition  to  the foregoing provisions, for the alienation of shares and
 may require the redemption or purchase of such  shares  by  such  corpo-
 ration  at  prices  and  in a manner specifically set forth therein. The
 existence of the restrictions on the sale  or  transfer  of  shares,  as
 contained  in  this  article  and,  if applicable, in the certificate of
 incorporation, by-laws, stock purchase or  stock  redemption  agreement,
 shall  be  noted  conspicuously on the face or back of every certificate
 for shares issued by a professional service  corporation.  Any  sale  or
 transfer in violation of such restrictions shall be void.
   (C)  A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS A
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (H)  OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, SHALL PURCHASE OR REDEEM THE
 SHARES OF A NON-LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SHAREHOLDER IN THE CASE OF HIS  OR
 HER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH TERMINATION.
 A  FIRM  ESTABLISHED  FOR  THE  BUSINESS  PURPOSE  OF INCORPORATING AS A
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (H)  OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE
 OR  REDEEM  THE  SHARES OF A TERMINATED NON-LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SHARE-
 HOLDER IF SUCH SHARES, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER  SUCH  TERMINATION,  ARE
 SOLD  OR  TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO
 THIS ARTICLE.

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   § 7. Paragraph (a) of section 1512 of the business corporation law, as
 amended by chapter 550 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, the name of a profes-
 sional service corporation,  including  a  design  professional  service
 corporation  AND ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCOR-
 PORATING AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H)
 OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, may contain  any  word
 which,  at  the  time  of  incorporation, could be used in the name of a
 partnership practicing a profession which the corporation is  authorized
 to  practice,  and  may  not contain any word which could not be used by
 such a partnership.   Provided, however,  the  name  of  a  professional
 service corporation may not contain the name of a deceased person unless
   (1) such  person's  name was part of the corporate name at the time of
 such person's death; or
   (2) such person's name was part of the name of an existing partnership
 and at least two-thirds of such partnership's partners become sharehold-
 ers of the corporation.
   § 8. Section 1514 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) EACH FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE
 YEARS ON OR BEFORE THE  DATE  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  LICENSING  AUTHORITY,
 FURNISH  A  STATEMENT  TO  THE LICENSING AUTHORITY LISTING THE NAMES AND
 RESIDENCE ADDRESSES OF EACH SHAREHOLDER, DIRECTOR AND  OFFICER  OF  SUCH
 CORPORATION  AND  CERTIFY  AS THE DATE OF CERTIFICATION AND AT ALL TIMES
 OVER THE ENTIRE THREE YEAR PERIOD THAT:
   (I) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF  STOCK  OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE AND WERE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II)  AT  LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE DIRECTORS ARE AND WERE CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS ARE AND  WERE  CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (IV)  THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  OR  OFFICERS  ARE  AND  WERE  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS.
 THE  STATEMENT  SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OR ANY CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANT VICE-PRESIDENT AND  ATTESTED  TO  BY  THE  SECRETARY  OR  ANY
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION.
   § 9. Paragraph (d) of section 1525 of the business corporation law, as
 added by chapter 505 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) "Foreign  professional  service  corporation" means a professional
 service corporation, whether or not denominated as such, organized under
 the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state, all of the  sharehold-
 ers,  directors  and  officers  of  which are authorized and licensed to
 practice the profession for which such corporation  is  licensed  to  do
 business;  except  that  all  shareholders,  directors and officers of a
 foreign professional service corporation which provides health  services
 in this state shall be licensed in this state. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION  OF  LAW  A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION FORMED TO
 LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH  PRACTICE
 IS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, OR
 EQUIVALENT STATE LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJOR-
 ITY  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF  THE  FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS,
 INCLUDING OWNERSHIP-BASED COMPENSATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE

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 FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL SHAREHOLDERS  OF  A  FOREIGN
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN
 THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN
 THIS  STATE,  HOLD  A  VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR  ARE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS  LICENSED
 UNDER  SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH
 FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE  FIRM  AND  ITS  OWNERS  MUST
 COMPLY  WITH  RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER  THIS  SECTION  MAY  NOT
 HAVE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT,"  OR  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR  THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 OPERATING  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED  ENTITIES,
 PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A
 NATURAL  PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY
 THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHER-
 WISE  INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF
 THE FIRM.
   § 10. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1500 of the partnership  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  475  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (q) Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership  formed
 to  provide  medical services in this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state  and
 each  partner  of  a  registered limited liability partnership formed to
 provide dental services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
 cle 133 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.   Each
 partner  of a registered limited liability partnership formed to provide
 veterinary services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 135  of the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this state.
 EACH PARTNER OF A REGISTERED LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO
 PROVIDE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
 IS IN THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES,  MUST  BE
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY  IN THIS STATE. Each partner of a registered limited liabil-
 ity partnership formed to provide professional engineering, land survey-
 ing, geological services, architectural and/or  landscape  architectural
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 145, article
 147  and/or  article 148 of the education law to practice one or more of
 such professions in this state. Each partner  of  a  registered  limited
 liability  partnership  formed  to provide licensed clinical social work
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 154  of  the
 education law to practice clinical social work in this state. Each part-
 ner  of  a  registered  limited  liability partnership formed to provide
 creative arts therapy services in this state must be  licensed  pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this  state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership
 formed to provide marriage and family therapy  services  in  this  state
 must  be  licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to prac-
 tice marriage and family therapy in this state. Each partner of a regis-
 tered limited liability partnership  formed  to  provide  mental  health
 counseling  services  in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 163 of the education law to practice mental health  counseling  in  this

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 state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursu-
 ant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in
 this  state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership
 formed to provide applied behavior analysis service in this  state  must
 be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice  applied  behavior  analysis in this state. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 OTHER PROVISIONS OF  LAW  A  LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO
 LAWFULLY  ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE
 IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF  THE
 FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNERSHIP-BASED COMPEN-
 SATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO INDIVID-
 UALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT
 ALL PARTNERS OF A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
 BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY  IN  THIS  STATE,  HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION
 7404 OF THE EDUCATION LAW  OR  ARE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS  LICENSED  UNDER
 SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICEN-
 SEE  OWNERS,  THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED
 BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  FOREGOING,  A  FIRM
 REGISTERED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS."  EACH  NON-
 LICENSEE  OWNER  OF A FIRM THAT IS INCORPORATED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE
 FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  A  PARTNERSHIP  OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH
 BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST  IN  SUCH  ENTITY  IS  A  NATURAL
 PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM
 OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  "ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE"  MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDI-
 VIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 11. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1502 of the partnership  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  475  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (q) Each partner of a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which
 provides  medical  services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in the  state  and
 each  partner  of a foreign limited liability partnership which provides
 dental services in the state must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of
 the education law to practice dentistry in this state. Each partner of a
 foreign limited liability partnership which provides veterinary  service
 in  the state shall be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education
 law to practice veterinary medicine in this state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign  limited liability partnership which provides professional engi-
 neering, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or land-
 scape architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to
 article  145,  article  147  and/or  article 148 of the education law to
 practice one or more of such professions.   EACH PARTNER  OF  A  FOREIGN
 REGISTERED  LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO  PROVIDE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE
 AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST BE LICENSED  PURSUANT
 TO  ARTICLE  149  OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN
 THIS STATE. Each partner of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership
 which provides licensed clinical social work services in this state must

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 be  licensed  pursuant  to  article 154 of the education law to practice
 licensed clinical social work in this state. Each partner of  a  foreign
 limited  liability  partnership  which  provides  creative  arts therapy
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the
 education law to practice creative arts  therapy  in  this  state.  Each
 partner  of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which provides
 marriage and family therapy services in  this  state  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. Each partner of a foreign limited  liabil-
 ity partnership which provides mental health counseling services in this
 state  must  be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice mental health counseling in  this  state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which  provides psychoanalysis
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the
 education  law to practice psychoanalysis in this state. Each partner of
 a foreign limited liability partnership which provides applied  behavior
 analysis  services  in this state must be licensed or certified pursuant
 to article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior  analy-
 sis  in  this  state.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW A
 FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE  IN  THE
 PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED
 UNDER  ARTICLE  149  OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1)
 THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF  FINAN-
 CIAL  INTERESTS,  INCLUDING  OWNERSHIP-BASED  COMPENSATION,  AND  VOTING
 RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO
 PRACTICE  PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL PARTNERS OF
 A FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE  OF  BUSI-
 NESS  IS  IN  THIS  STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID  LICENCE  ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION
 7404  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW  OR  ARE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED UNDER
 SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICEN-
 SEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH  RULES  PROMULGATED
 BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM
 REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS  IF  THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS."  EACH
 NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS  INCORPORATED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS
 OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH
 BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST  IN  SUCH  ENTITY  IS  A  NATURAL
 PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM
 OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE  INDI-
 VIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   §  12.  Subdivision  (h) of section 121-101 of the partnership law, as
 added by chapter 950 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) "Limited partnership" and  "domestic  limited  partnership"  mean,
 unless  the  context otherwise requires, a partnership (i) formed by two
 or more persons pursuant to this article or which complies with subdivi-
 sion (a) of section 121-1202 of this article and (ii) having one or more
 general partners and one or more limited partners.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 OTHER  PROVISIONS OF LAW A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OR DOMESTIC LIMITED PART-
 NERSHIP FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY,
 AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A  SIMPLE  MAJORITY  OF  THE

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 OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNER-
 SHIP-BASED  COMPENSATION,  AND  VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS,
 BELONGS TO INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY  IN  SOME
 STATE,  AND  (2)  THAT ALL PARTNERS OF A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OR DOMESTIC
 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE,
 AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE,
 HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7404 OF THE EDUCATION  LAW  OR
 ARE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED UNDER SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
 ALTHOUGH  FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS
 MUST COMPLY WITH RULES  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  REGENTS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY
 NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF  THE  FIRM'S  NAME  INCLUDES  THE  WORDS
 "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES  IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR
 (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP  OR  PROFES-
 SIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST
 IN  SUCH  ENTITY  IS  A  NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE
 BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR  PURPOSES
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
 CLIENTS  OR  TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSI-
 NESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 13. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  With  respect to a professional service limited liability company
 formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 131 of the education law, each  member  of  such  limited  liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to
 practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a professional service
 limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide dental services as such
 services are defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of
 such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article  133
 of  the  education law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect
 to a professional service limited liability company  formed  to  provide
 veterinary  services  as such services are defined in article 135 of the
 education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education law to practice veter-
 inary  medicine  in  this  state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  professional  engineering,
 land surveying, architectural, landscape architectural and/or geological
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 145, article 147 and
 article 148 of the education law, each member of such limited  liability
 company  must  be  licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or
 article 148 of the education  law  to  practice  one  or  more  of  such
 professions  in  this  state.    WITH  RESPECT TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY  SERVICES
 AS  SUCH  SERVICES  ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW EACH
 MEMBER OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF  BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST
 BE  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  licensed  clinical  social
 work  services as such services are defined in article 154 of the educa-
 tion law, each  member  of  such  limited  liability  company  shall  be

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 licensed  pursuant  to  article  154  of  the  education law to practice
 licensed clinical social work in this state. With respect to  a  profes-
 sional service limited liability company formed to provide creative arts
 therapy  services  as  such  services  are defined in article 163 of the
 education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice crea-
 tive arts therapy in this state. With respect to a professional  service
 limited  liability company formed to provide marriage and family therapy
 services as such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to  practice  marriage  and
 family  therapy  in  this  state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  mental  health  counseling
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 163 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article 163 of the education law to practice mental health
 counseling in this state. With respect to a professional service limited
 liability company formed to  provide  psychoanalysis  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of
 such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 163
 of the education law to practice  psychoanalysis  in  this  state.  With
 respect  to  a  professional service limited liability company formed to
 provide applied behavior analysis services as such services are  defined
 in article 167 of the education law, each member of such limited liabil-
 ity company must be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the
 education  law  to  practice  applied  behavior  analysis in this state.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE
 LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTI-
 CLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE
 MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL  INTERESTS,
 INCLUDING  OWNERSHIP-BASED  COMPENSATION,  AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE
 FIRM'S OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL MEMBERS OF A LIMITED PROFES-
 SIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS  IS  IN  THIS  STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION
 7404  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW  OR  ARE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED UNDER
 SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICEN-
 SEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH  RULES  PROMULGATED
 BY  THE  STATE  BOARD OF REGENTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM
 REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS  IF  THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR  THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH
 NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE
 FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  A  PARTNERSHIP  OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH
 BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST  IN  SUCH  ENTITY  IS  A  NATURAL
 PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM
 OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  "ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE"  MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDI-
 VIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 14. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:

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   (a)  "Foreign  professional service limited liability company" means a
 professional service limited liability company, whether or  not  denomi-
 nated  as  such,  organized  under the laws of a jurisdiction other than
 this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes-
 sional  authorized  by  law to render a professional service within this
 state and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such  profession
 in  such professional service limited liability company or a predecessor
 entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes-
 sional service limited liability company within thirty days of the  date
 such  professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and manag-
 ers, if any, is a professional at least one of such members  is  author-
 ized  by  law to render a professional service within this state and who
 is or has been engaged in  the  practice  of  such  profession  in  such
 professional  service limited liability company or a predecessor entity,
 or will engage in the practice of such profession  in  the  professional
 service  limited  liability  company within thirty days of the date such
 professional becomes a member, or  (ii)  authorized  by,  or  holding  a
 license,  certificate,  registration  or  permit issued by the licensing
 authority pursuant to,  the  education  law  to  render  a  professional
 service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any,
 of  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  that
 provides health services in this state shall be licensed in this  state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle  135  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
 service limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to  article
 135  of  the education law to practice veterinary medicine. With respect
 to a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  which
 provides medical services as such services are defined in article 131 of
 the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
 limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to  article  131  of
 the education law to practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a
 foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
 dental services as such services are  defined  in  article  133  of  the
 education  law, each member of such foreign professional service limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the educa-
 tion law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect to a  foreign
 professional  service  limited  liability company which provides profes-
 sional engineering, land surveying, geologic, architectural and/or land-
 scape architectural services as such services  are  defined  in  article
 145,  article  147  and article 148 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the
 education law to practice one or more of such professions in this state.
 WITH RESPECT TO A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 WHICH PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES AS SUCH SERVICES ARE  DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, EACH MEMBER OF SUCH FOREIGN PROFES-
 SIONAL  SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND  WHO  PROVIDES  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  SERVICES,
 SHALL  BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRAC-
 TICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a foreign profes-
 sional service limited liability company which provides  licensed  clin-
 ical social work services as such services are defined in article 154 of
 the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
 limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article  154  of
 the  education  law to practice clinical social work in this state. With

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 respect to a foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company
 which  provides  creative  arts  therapy  services  as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this  state.  With  respect  to  a  foreign professional service limited
 liability company which provides marriage and family therapy services as
 such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education  law,  each
 member  of  such  foreign professional service limited liability company
 must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law  to  prac-
 tice  marriage  and  family  therapy  in  this  state. With respect to a
 foreign professional service limited liability  company  which  provides
 mental  health counseling services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 163 of the education law, each member of such  foreign  professional
 service  limited  liability company must be licensed pursuant to article
 163 of the education law to practice mental health  counseling  in  this
 state.  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability
 company which provides psychoanalysis  services  as  such  services  are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to  article  163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in this
 state. With respect to a foreign professional service limited  liability
 company  which  provides  applied  behavior  analysis  services  as such
 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  or  certified  pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this  state.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY,
 AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCA-
 TION  LAW  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE
 OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNER-
 SHIP-BASED COMPENSATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY  THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,
 BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME
 STATE, AND (2) THAT  ALL  MEMBERS  OF  A  FOREIGN  LIMITED  PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS
 IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
 IN THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER  SECTION  7404  OF  THE
 EDUCATION  LAW  OR ARE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED UNDER SECTION 7405 OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,  THE
 FIRM  AND  ITS  OWNERS  MUST  COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE
 BOARD OF REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE  FOREGOING,  A  FIRM  REGISTERED
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME
 INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR  THE  ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH NON-LICENSEE
 OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  (1)  A
 NATURAL  PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR
 ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO,  A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL
 OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST IN SUCH  ENTITY  IS  A  NATURAL  PERSON  WHO
 ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE  BUSINESS  CONDUCTED  BY THE FIRM OR ITS
 AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTIC-
 IPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY
 TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 15. This act shall take effect immediately.

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                                  PART C
 
   Section  1.  Section  1604 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 43 to read as follows:
   43. TO PASS, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZ-
 ING THE USE OF SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
 EIGHTEEN  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY
 ALSO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH  A  THIRD  PARTY  FOR  THE  INSTALLATION,
 ADMINISTRATION,  OPERATION,  NOTICE  PROCESSING, AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
 CAMERAS, AND FOR THE SHARING OF REVENUE DERIVED FROM SUCH CAMERAS PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,
 PROVIDED  THAT  THE PURCHASE, LEASE, INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTE-
 NANCE, OR ANY OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH  SUCH  CAMERAS  SHALL  NOT  BE
 CONSIDERED  AN  AIDABLE  EXPENSE  PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 TWENTY-THREE-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. Section 1709 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 43 to read as follows:
   43.  TO PASS A RESOLUTION, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD, AUTHORIZING
 THE USE OF SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  EIGH-
 TEEN  OF  THE  VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED THAT THE BOARD MAY ALSO
 ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH A THIRD PARTY FOR THE  INSTALLATION,  ADMINIS-
 TRATION,  OPERATION, NOTICE PROCESSING, AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH CAMERAS,
 AND FOR THE SHARING OF REVENUE DERIVED FROM  SUCH  CAMERAS  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED
 THAT  THE  PURCHASE,  LEASE, INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, OR
 ANY OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH CAMERAS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED  AN
 AIDABLE EXPENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE-A OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   §  3.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 1118 to read as follows:
   § 1118. OWNER LIABILITY FOR OPERATOR ILLEGALLY OVERTAKING OR PASSING A
 SCHOOL BUS. (A) 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  EACH
 BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED
 AND  EMPOWERED TO ADOPT AND AMEND A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL BUS
 SAFETY CAMERA PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY  ON  THE  OWNER  OF  A
 VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SECTION ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF THIS TITLE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL EMPOWER A BOARD
 OF EDUCATION OR SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION  CONTRACTOR
 THAT  HAS  CONTRACTED  WITH  SUCH  SCHOOL DISTRICT TO INSTALL SCHOOL BUS
 SAFETY CAMERAS UPON SCHOOL BUSES OPERATED BY  OR  CONTRACTED  WITH  SUCH
 DISTRICT.
   2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL UTILIZE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE, TO THE
 EXTENT  PRACTICABLE, THAT PHOTOGRAPHS PRODUCED BY SUCH SCHOOL BUS SAFETY
 CAMERAS SHALL NOT INCLUDE IMAGES THAT IDENTIFY THE DRIVER,  THE  PASSEN-
 GERS,  OR THE CONTENTS OF THE VEHICLE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO NOTICE
 OF LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE  DISMISSED  SOLELY
 BECAUSE  A PHOTOGRAPH OR PHOTOGRAPHS ALLOW FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE
 CONTENTS OF A VEHICLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH SCHOOL  DISTRICT  HAS  MADE  A
 REASONABLE EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (B)  IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH HAS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE SHALL BE  LIABLE
 FOR  A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IF SUCH VEHICLE WAS USED
 OR OPERATED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER,  EXPRESS  OR  IMPLIED,  IN
 VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF
 THIS TITLE, AND SUCH VIOLATION IS EVIDENCED BY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM
 A SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERA; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT NO OWNER OF A  VEHICLE

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 SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHERE THE
 OPERATOR  OF SUCH VEHICLE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF THE UNDERLYING VIOLATION
 OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   (C)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "OWNER" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING
 PROVIDED IN ARTICLE TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 "SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERA" SHALL  MEAN  AN  AUTOMATED  PHOTO  MONITORING
 DEVICE  AFFIXED  TO THE OUTSIDE OF A SCHOOL BUS AND DESIGNATED TO DETECT
 AND STORE VIDEOTAPE AND ONE OR MORE IMAGES OF MOTOR VEHICLES THAT  OVER-
 TAKE  OR  PASS  SCHOOL  BUSES IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   (D) NO SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL BUS  TRANSPORTATION  CONTRACTOR  THAT
 HAS  INSTALLED  CAMERAS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL ACCESS THE IMAGES
 FROM SUCH CAMERAS BUT SHALL PROVIDE, PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT  WITH  THE
 APPROPRIATE  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR AGENCIES, FOR THE PROPER HANDLING
 AND CUSTODY OF SUCH IMAGES FOR THE FORWARDING OF SUCH IMAGES  FROM  SUCH
 CAMERAS  TO  A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION IN THE AREA IN
 WHICH THE VIOLATION  OCCURRED  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  IMPOSING  MONETARY
 LIABILITY  ON  THE  OWNER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR ILLEGALLY OVERTAKING OR
 PASSING A SCHOOL BUS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF  SECTION  ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  TITLE.   AFTER RECEIPT OF SUCH IMAGES A
 POLICE OFFICER SHALL INSPECT SUCH  VIDEOTAPE  AND  IMAGES  TO  DETERMINE
 WHETHER  A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN-
 TY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE WAS COMMITTED. UPON SUCH A FINDING A  CERTIFICATE,
 SWORN TO OR AFFIRMED BY AN OFFICER OF SUCH AGENCY, OR A FACSIMILE THERE-
 OF, BASED UPON INSPECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR
 OTHER  RECORDED  IMAGES PRODUCED BY A SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERA, SHALL BE
 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS CONTAINED  THEREIN.  ANY  PHOTOGRAPHS,
 MICROPHOTOGRAPHS,  VIDEOTAPE  OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES EVIDENCING SUCH A
 VIOLATION SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING TO ADJUDI-
 CATE THE LIABILITY FOR SUCH VIOLATION.
   (E) AN OWNER FOUND LIABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR A VIOLATION  OF
 SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE
 SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A MONETARY PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
   (E-1) PAYMENT OF THE MONETARY PENALTY IMPOSED BY  SUBDIVISION  (E)  OF
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  PAYABLE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOTHING HEREIN
 SHALL PREVENT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM ENTERING  INTO  A  MEMORANDUM  OF
 UNDERSTANDING WITH A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RETURN A PORTION OF
 SUCH  PENALTY  RECEIVED  TO  THE  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, PROVIDED
 HOWEVER, IN NO CASE SHALL SUCH PORTION RETURNED TO A LOCAL LAW  ENFORCE-
 MENT  AGENCY  EXCEED TWENTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT RECEIVED BY THE SCHOOL
 DISTRICT.
   (F) AN IMPOSITION OF LIABILITY UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE  DEEMED
 A  CONVICTION AS AN OPERATOR AND SHALL NOT BE MADE PART OF THE OPERATING
 RECORD OF THE PERSON UPON WHOM SUCH LIABILITY IS IMPOSED NOR SHALL IT BE
 USED FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES IN THE PROVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLE  INSURANCE
 COVERAGE.
   (G)  1.  A  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  SHALL BE SENT BY THE RESPECTIVE LAW
 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO  EACH  PERSON  ALLEGED  TO  BE
 LIABLE  AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION.  PERSONAL
 DELIVERY  ON  THE  OWNER  SHALL  NOT  BE REQUIRED. A MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC
 RECORD OF MAILING PREPARED IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS  SHALL  BE
 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS CONTAINED THEREIN.
   2.  A  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY SHALL CONTAIN THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
 PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION
 (A)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO

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 THIS SECTION, THE REGISTRATION NUMBER OF THE VEHICLE  INVOLVED  IN  SUCH
 VIOLATION,  THE  LOCATION  WHERE SUCH VIOLATION TOOK PLACE, THE DATE AND
 TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION AND THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE CAMERA WHICH
 RECORDED THE VIOLATION OR OTHER DOCUMENT LOCATOR NUMBER.
   3.  THE  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION ADVISING THE
 PERSON CHARGED OF THE MANNER AND THE TIME IN WHICH HE  MAY  CONTEST  THE
 LIABILITY  ALLEGED  IN  THE  NOTICE. SUCH NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL ALSO
 CONTAIN A WARNING TO ADVISE THE PERSONS CHARGED THAT FAILURE TO  CONTEST
 IN  THE MANNER AND TIME PROVIDED SHALL BE DEEMED AN ADMISSION OF LIABIL-
 ITY AND THAT A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED THEREON.
   4. THE NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL BE PREPARED AND MAILED BY THE RESPEC-
 TIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE LOCATION  WHERE
 THE VIOLATION OCCURRED.
   (H)  ADJUDICATION OF THE LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON OWNERS BY THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE BY A TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OR, IF THERE BE NONE,
 BY  THE  COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS, EXCEPT THAT
 ANY CITY WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED OR DESIGNATED AN ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL
 TO  HEAR  AND  DETERMINE OWNER LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR
 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS SHALL USE SUCH TRIBU-
 NAL TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION.
   (I) IF AN OWNER RECEIVES  A  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  FOR  ANY TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO A
 POLICE DEPARTMENT AS HAVING BEEN STOLEN, IT SHALL BE A VALID DEFENSE  TO
 AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT
 THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE POLICE AS STOLEN PRIOR TO THE  TIME
 THE  VIOLATION  OCCURRED  AND  HAD  NOT BEEN RECOVERED BY SUCH TIME. FOR
 PURPOSES OF ASSERTING THE DEFENSE PROVIDED BY THIS SUBDIVISION IT  SHALL
 BE  SUFFICIENT  THAT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT ON THE STOLEN
 VEHICLE BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO THE  TRAFFIC  VIOLATIONS  BUREAU,
 COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OR PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU.
   (J)  WHERE  THE ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON OWNERS PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION IS BY AN  ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL,  TRAFFIC  VIOLATIONS
 BUREAU,  OR  A  COURT HAVING JURISDICTION, AN OWNER WHO IS A LESSOR OF A
 VEHICLE TO WHICH A NOTICE OF LIABILITY WAS ISSUED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVI-
 SION (G) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUBDI-
 VISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS TITLE,
 PROVIDED THAT HE OR SHE SENDS TO THE  ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL,  TRAFFIC
 VIOLATIONS  BUREAU,  OR  COURT HAVING JURISDICTION A COPY OF THE RENTAL,
 LEASE OR OTHER SUCH CONTRACT DOCUMENT COVERING SUCH VEHICLE ON THE  DATE
 OF  THE VIOLATION, WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE LESSEE CLEARLY LEGI-
 BLE, WITHIN THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE FROM THE BUREAU  OR
 COURT  OF  THE  DATE AND TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER
 INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF  LIABILITY.  FAILURE  TO
 SEND  SUCH  INFORMATION  WITHIN  SUCH THIRTY-SEVEN DAY TIME PERIOD SHALL
 RENDER THE OWNER LIABLE FOR THE  PENALTY  PRESCRIBED  BY  THIS  SECTION.
 WHERE  THE  LESSOR  COMPLIES  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE
 LESSEE OF SUCH VEHICLE ON THE DATE OF SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED  TO
 BE  THE  OWNER  OF  SUCH  VEHICLE FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO LIABILITY FOR THE VIOLATION OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND
 SHALL BE SENT A NOTICE OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   (K)  1.  IF  THE  OWNER  LIABLE  FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  TITLE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS

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 SECTION  WAS  NOT  THE  OPERATOR  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AT  THE  TIME OF THE
 VIOLATION, THE OWNER MAY MAINTAIN AN ACTION FOR INDEMNIFICATION  AGAINST
 THE OPERATOR.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, NO OWNER OF A
 VEHICLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A MONETARY FINE  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION IF THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS OPERATING SUCH VEHICLE WITH-
 OUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH OPERATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE
 BEEN  OVERTAKING  OR PASSING A SCHOOL BUS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION THERE SHALL BE A PRESUMPTION THAT THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE  WAS
 OPERATING  SUCH  VEHICLE  WITH THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH
 OPERATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN OVERTAKING OR PASSING A SCHOOL BUS.
   (L) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE  LIABILITY
 OF  AN  OPERATOR  OF  A  VEHICLE FOR ANY VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   (M) IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH ADOPTS A  SCHOOL  BUS  SAFETY  CAMERA
 PROGRAM  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS  SECTION,  SUCH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF  ITS
 SCHOOL  BUS  SAFETY  CAMERAS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
 THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  NINETEEN AND ON THE SAME DATE IN EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR IN WHICH
 THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IS OPERABLE. SUCH REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   1.  A  DESCRIPTION OF THE NUMBER OF BUSSES AND ROUTES WHERE SCHOOL BUS
 SAFETY CAMERAS WERE USED;
   2. THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF ANNUAL INCIDENTS OF VIOLATIONS OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE WITHIN THE
 DISTRICT;
   3.  THE  NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS RECORDED BY SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERAS IN
 THE AGGREGATE AND ON A DAILY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY BASIS;
   4. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NOTICES  OF  LIABILITY  ISSUED  FOR  VIOLATIONS
 RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   5.  THE  NUMBER  OF  FINES  AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF FINES PAID AFTER FIRST
 NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   6. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS ADJUDICATED AND RESULTS  OF  SUCH  ADJUDI-
 CATIONS   INCLUDING  BREAKDOWNS  OF  DISPOSITIONS  MADE  FOR  VIOLATIONS
 RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   7. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE REALIZED BY SUCH SCHOOL  DISTRICT  FROM
 SUCH ADJUDICATIONS;
   8.  EXPENSES  INCURRED  BY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CONNECTION WITH THE
 PROGRAM; AND
   9. QUALITY OF THE ADJUDICATION PROCESS AND ITS RESULTS.
   (N) IT SHALL BE A DEFENSE TO ANY PROSECUTION FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDI-
 VISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  TITLE  THAT
 SUCH  SCHOOL  BUS  SAFETY CAMERAS WERE MALFUNCTIONING AT THE TIME OF THE
 ALLEGED VIOLATION.
   § 4. Subdivision (c) of section 1174 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  254 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (c) Every person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a)  of  this
 section  shall: for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
 not less than [two hundred fifty] FIVE HUNDRED  dollars  nor  more  than
 [four]  SEVEN hundred FIFTY dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
 thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a conviction of a
 second violation, both of which were committed within a period of  three
 years,  such  person  shall  be punished by a fine of not less than [six
 hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars nor more than  [seven]  ONE  THOUSAND  TWO

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 hundred  fifty  dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred
 eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction  of
 a  third  or  subsequent violation, all of which were committed within a
 period  of  three  years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not
 less than [seven hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED  FIFTY  dollars
 nor  more  than one thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars or by imprisonment for
 not more than one hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprison-
 ment.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART D
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "Senator
 Jose R. Peralta New York State DREAM Act".
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 661 of the education law is REPEALED.
   § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  466 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as
 follows:
   a. (I) Except as provided in subdivision two of  section  six  hundred
 seventy-four  OF  THIS  PART AND SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, an
 applicant for an award at the undergraduate level of study  must  either
 [(i)]  (A) have been a legal resident of the state for at least one year
 immediately preceding the beginning of the semester, quarter or term  of
 attendance  for  which application for assistance is made, or [(ii)] (B)
 be a legal resident of the state and have been a legal  resident  during
 his OR HER last two semesters of high school either prior to graduation,
 or prior to admission to college. Provided further that persons shall be
 eligible  to  receive  awards  under  section six hundred sixty-eight or
 section six hundred sixty-nine OF THIS  PART  who  are  currently  legal
 residents of the state and are otherwise qualified.
   (II)  AN  APPLICANT  WHO IS NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE STATE ELIGIBLE
 PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT IS A  UNITED  STATES
 CITIZEN,  AN  ALIEN  LAWFULLY  ADMITTED  FOR  PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE
 UNITED STATES, AN INDIVIDUAL OF A  CLASS  OF  REFUGEES  PAROLED  BY  THE
 ATTORNEY  GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER HIS OR HER PAROLE AUTHORITY
 PERTAINING TO THE ADMISSION OF ALIENS TO THE UNITED STATES, OR AN APPLI-
 CANT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD AT
 THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL OF STUDY PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT:
   (A) ATTENDED A REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO  OR  MORE
 YEARS,  GRADUATED  FROM  A  REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL, LIVED
 CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE  ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK
 STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL, APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT,  AND
 ATTENDED  WITHIN  FIVE  YEARS  OF RECEIVING A NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (B) ATTENDED AN APPROVED NEW YORK  STATE  PROGRAM  FOR  A  STATE  HIGH
 SCHOOL  EQUIVALENCY  DIPLOMA, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE
 ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR A  GENERAL  EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA,  RECEIVED A STATE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, SUBSEQUENTLY
 APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER  EDUCATION  FOR  THE
 UNDERGRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, EARNED ADMISSION BASED
 ON  THAT  GENERAL  EQUIVALENCY  DIPLOMA, AND ATTENDED THE INSTITUTION OF
 HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE  STUDY  FOR  WHICH  AN  AWARD  IS
 SOUGHT  WITHIN  FIVE  YEARS OF RECEIVING A STATE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY
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   (C) IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF TUITION  AND  FEES  AT  A
 RATE  NO  GREATER  THAN  THAT IMPOSED FOR RESIDENT STUDENTS OF THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF  NEW  YORK  OR  COMMUNITY
 COLLEGES  AS PRESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH EIGHT OF PARAGRAPH H OF SUBDIVI-
 SION  TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDI-
 VISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A STUDENT WITHOUT  LAWFUL  IMMIGRATION  STATUS
 SHALL  ALSO  BE  REQUIRED  TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT WITH SUCH INSTITUTION OF
 HIGHER EDUCATION STATING THAT THE STUDENT HAS FILED  AN  APPLICATION  TO
 LEGALIZE HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR WILL FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION
 AS SOON AS HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE TO DO SO.
   § 4. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  466 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as
 follows:
   b. [An] (I) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF  THIS
 PARAGRAPH, AN applicant for an award at the graduate level of study must
 either  [(i)]  (A)  have been a legal resident of the state for at least
 one year immediately preceding the beginning of the semester, quarter or
 term of attendance for which application  for  assistance  is  made,  or
 [(ii)]  (B) be a legal resident of the state and have been a legal resi-
 dent during his OR HER last academic year  of  undergraduate  study  and
 have  continued to be a legal resident until matriculation in the gradu-
 ate program.
   (II) AN APPLICANT WHO IS NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT OF  THE  STATE  ELIGIBLE
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT IS A UNITED STATES
 CITIZEN, AN ALIEN LAWFULLY  ADMITTED  FOR  PERMANENT  RESIDENCE  IN  THE
 UNITED  STATES,  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OF  A  CLASS OF REFUGEES PAROLED BY THE
 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER HIS OR HER PAROLE  AUTHORITY
 PERTAINING TO THE ADMISSION OF ALIENS TO THE UNITED STATES, OR AN APPLI-
 CANT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD AT
 THE GRADUATE LEVEL OF STUDY PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT:
   (A)  ATTENDED  A REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO OR MORE
 YEARS, GRADUATED FROM A REGISTERED NEW YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL,  LIVED
 CONTINUOUSLY  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE  WHILE ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK
 STATE HIGH SCHOOL, APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION  OF  HIGHER
 EDUCATION  FOR  THE  GRADUATE  STUDY  FOR  WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, AND
 ATTENDED WITHIN TEN YEARS OF RECEIVING A  NEW  YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (B)  ATTENDED  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK  STATE PROGRAM FOR A STATE HIGH
 SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK  STATE  WHILE
 ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA, RECEIVED A STATE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA,  SUBSEQUENTLY
 APPLIED  FOR  ATTENDANCE  AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE
 GRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, AND ATTENDED  THE  INSTITU-
 TION  OF  HIGHER  EDUCATION FOR THE GRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS
 SOUGHT WITHIN TEN YEARS OF RECEIVING A  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL  EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (C)  IS  OTHERWISE  ELIGIBLE  FOR THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AND FEES AT A
 RATE NO GREATER THAN THAT IMPOSED FOR RESIDENT  STUDENTS  OF  THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR COMMUNITY
 COLLEGES AS PRESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH EIGHT OF PARAGRAPH H OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION  TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDI-
 VISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A STUDENT WITHOUT  LAWFUL  IMMIGRATION  STATUS
 SHALL  ALSO  BE  REQUIRED  TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT WITH SUCH INSTITUTION OF
 HIGHER EDUCATION STATING THAT THE STUDENT HAS FILED  AN  APPLICATION  TO

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 LEGALIZE HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR WILL FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION
 AS SOON AS HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE TO DO SO.
   § 5. Paragraph d of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  844 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as
 follows:
   d. If an applicant for an award allocated on a  geographic  basis  has
 more  than  one  residence  in  this state, his OR HER residence for the
 purpose of this article shall be his OR HER place  of  actual  residence
 during  the major part of the year while attending school, as determined
 by the commissioner; AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT AN APPLICANT WHO DOES NOT
 HAVE A RESIDENCE IN THIS STATE AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD PURSUANT  TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (II) OF PARAGRAPH A OR SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH B OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO RESIDE IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE
 INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN WHICH HE OR SHE ATTENDS FOR  PURPOSES
 OF AN AWARD ALLOCATED ON A GEOGRAPHIC BASIS.
   § 6. Paragraph e of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education law,
 as  added  by  chapter  630  of  the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
 follows:
   e. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the  contra-
 ry,  the  New  York state [residency] eligibility [requirement] REQUIRE-
 MENTS for receipt of awards [is] SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPHS A AND B OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION ARE waived for a member, or the spouse  or  dependent  of  a
 member,  of  the  armed  forces of the United States on full-time active
 duty and stationed in this state.
   § 7. Clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph 8 of paragraph h of subdivi-
 sion 2 of section 355 of the education law, as added by chapter  327  of
 the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
   (i)  attended  an approved New York high school for two or more years,
 graduated from an approved New York high school, LIVED  CONTINUOUSLY  IN
 NEW  YORK  STATE  WHILE  ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL, and
 applied for attendance [at] AND ATTENDED an institution  or  educational
 unit  of  the state university within five years of receiving a New York
 state high school diploma; or
   (ii) attended an approved New York state program  for  general  equiv-
 alency  diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency diploma
 issued within New York state, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE
 ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK STATE  PROGRAM  FOR  GENERAL  EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA  EXAM PREPARATION, and SUBSEQUENTLY applied for attendance [at],
 EARNED ADMISSION BASED ON THAT GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND ATTENDED
 an institution or educational unit of the state university  within  five
 years  of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York
 state; or
   § 8. Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 7 of
 section 6206 of the education law, as amended by chapter 260 of the laws
 of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or  more  years,
 graduated  from  an approved New York high school, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN
 NEW YORK STATE WHILE ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW  YORK  HIGH  SCHOOL,  and
 applied  for  attendance [at] AND ATTENDED an institution or educational
 unit of the city university within five years of receiving  a  New  York
 state high school diploma; or
   (ii)  attended  an  approved New York state program for general equiv-
 alency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency  diploma
 issued within New York state, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE
 ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR GENERAL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA EXAM PREPARATION, and SUBSEQUENTLY applied for attendance  [at],

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 EARNED ADMISSION BASED ON THAT GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND ATTENDED
 an  institution  or  educational unit of the city university within five
 years of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New  York
 state; or
   §  9.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 327 of the laws of 2002,  the  opening  para-
 graph  as  amended  by  section 4 of chapter 437 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) The board of  trustees  shall  establish  positions,  departments,
 divisions  and  faculties; appoint and in accordance with the provisions
 of law fix salaries of  instructional  and  non-instructional  employees
 therein;  establish  and conduct courses and curricula; prescribe condi-
 tions of student admission, attendance and discharge; and shall have the
 power to determine in its discretion whether tuition  shall  be  charged
 and  to  regulate  tuition  charges, and other instructional and non-in-
 structional fees and other fees and charges at the educational units  of
 the  city  university.  The trustees shall review any proposed community
 college tuition increase and the justification for  such  increase.  The
 justification  provided by the community college for such increase shall
 include a detailed analysis of ongoing operating  costs,  capital,  debt
 service  expenditures, and all revenues. The trustees shall not impose a
 differential tuition charge based upon  need  or  income.  All  students
 enrolled  in  programs  leading  to  like degrees at the senior colleges
 shall be charged a uniform rate  of  tuition,  except  for  differential
 tuition  rates  based  on  state  residency.  Notwithstanding  any other
 provision of this paragraph, the trustees may authorize the setting of a
 separate category of tuition  rate,  that  shall  be  greater  than  the
 tuition  rate  for  resident students and less than the tuition rate for
 non-resident students, only for students enrolled in  distance  learning
 courses  who  are not residents of the state. The trustees shall further
 provide that the payment of tuition and fees by any student who is not a
 resident of New York state, other than a non-immigrant alien within  the
 meaning  of  paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of section 1101 of title 8
 of the United States Code, shall be paid at a rate or charge no  greater
 than  that  imposed  for students who are residents of the state if such
 student:
   (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or  more  years,
 graduated  from  an approved New York high school, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN
 NEW YORK STATE WHILE ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW  YORK  HIGH  SCHOOL,  and
 applied  for  attendance [at] AND ATTENDED an institution or educational
 unit of the city university within five years of receiving  a  New  York
 state high school diploma; or
   (ii)  attended  an  approved New York state program for general equiv-
 alency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency  diploma
 issued within New York state, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE
 ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR GENERAL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA EXAM PREPARATION, and SUBSEQUENTLY applied for attendance  [at],
 EARNED ADMISSION BASED ON THAT GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND ATTENDED
 an  institution  or  educational unit of the city university within five
 years of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New  York
 state; or
   (iii)  was  enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the city
 university in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand  one--two
 thousand  two  academic  year  and was authorized by such institution or
 educational unit to pay tuition  at  the  rate  or  charge  imposed  for
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   A  student without lawful immigration status shall also be required to
 file an affidavit with such institution or educational unit stating that
 the student has filed an application to legalize his or her  immigration
 status,  or will file such an application as soon as he or she is eligi-
 ble  to  do  so. The trustees shall not adopt changes in tuition charges
 prior to the enactment of the annual budget. The board of  trustees  may
 accept  as  partial  reimbursement  for the education of veterans of the
 armed forces of the United States who are otherwise qualified such  sums
 as  may  be authorized by federal legislation to be paid for such educa-
 tion. The board of trustees may conduct on a fee basis extension courses
 and courses for adult education  appropriate  to  the  field  of  higher
 education.  In  all  courses  and  courses  of  study  it  may,  in  its
 discretion, require students to pay library, laboratory, locker,  break-
 age and other instructional and non-instructional fees and meet the cost
 of  books and consumable supplies. In addition to the foregoing fees and
 charges, the board of trustees may impose and collect fees  and  charges
 for  student  government  and  other  student activities and receive and
 expend them as agent or trustee.
   § 10. Subdivision 5 of section 6301 of the education law,  as  amended
 by chapter 327 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  "Resident."  A person who has resided in the state for a period of
 at least one year and in the county,  city,  town,  intermediate  school
 district,  school  district or community college region, as the case may
 be, for a period of at least six months, both immediately preceding  the
 date  of  such  person's registration in a community college or, for the
 purposes of section sixty-three hundred five of this article, his or her
 application for a certificate of residence; provided, however, that this
 term shall include any student who is not a resident of New York  state,
 other than a non-immigrant alien within the meaning of paragraph (15) of
 subsection  (a) of section 1101 of title 8 of the United States Code, if
 such student:
   (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or  more  years,
 graduated  from  an approved New York high school, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN
 NEW YORK STATE WHILE ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW  YORK  HIGH  SCHOOL,  and
 applied  for  attendance  [at  an institution or educational unit of the
 state university] AND ATTENDED A COMMUNITY COLLEGE within five years  of
 receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
   (ii)  attended  an  approved New York state program for general equiv-
 alency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency  diploma
 issued within New York state, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE
 ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR GENERAL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA EXAM PREPARATION, and SUBSEQUENTLY applied for attendance [at an
 institution or educational unit of the state university], EARNED  ADMIS-
 SION BASED ON THAT GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND ATTENDED A COMMUNITY
 COLLEGE  within  five  years  of receiving a general equivalency diploma
 issued within New York state; or
   (iii) was enrolled in [an institution or educational unit of the state
 university] A COMMUNITY COLLEGE in the fall semester or quarter  of  the
 two  thousand  one--two thousand two academic year and was authorized by
 such [institution or educational unit] COMMUNITY COLLEGE to pay  tuition
 at  the  rate  or  charge  imposed for students who are residents of the
 state.
   Provided, further, that a student without  lawful  immigration  status
 shall  also  be  required to file an affidavit with such [institution or
 educational unit] COMMUNITY COLLEGE stating that the student  has  filed

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 an  application  to legalize his or her immigration status, or will file
 such an application as soon as he or she is eligible to do so.
   In the event that a person qualified as above for state residence, but
 has  been a resident of two or more counties in the state during the six
 months immediately preceding his OR HER application for a certificate of
 residence pursuant to section sixty-three hundred five of this [chapter]
 ARTICLE, the charges to the counties of  residence  shall  be  allocated
 among  the  several  counties  proportional  to the number of months, or
 major fraction thereof, of residence in each county.
   § 11. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 6451  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 494 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read
 as follows:
   d. Any necessary supplemental financial assistance, which may  include
 the  cost of books and necessary maintenance for such enrolled students,
 INCLUDING STUDENTS WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS PROVIDED  THAT  THE
 STUDENT  MEETS  THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARA-
 GRAPH A OR SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF  PARAGRAPH  B  OF  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF
 SECTION  SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, AS APPLICABLE; provided,
 however, that such supplemental financial assistance shall be  furnished
 pursuant  to  criteria promulgated by the commissioner with the approval
 of the director of the budget;
   § 12. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 6452
 of the education law, as amended by chapter 917 of the laws of 1970,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (v) Any necessary supplemental financial assistance, which may include
 the cost of books and necessary maintenance for such students, INCLUDING
 STUDENTS  WITHOUT  LAWFUL  IMMIGRATION  STATUS PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT
 MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH A  OR
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (II)  OF  PARAGRAPH  B  OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER,  AS  APPLICABLE;  provided,  however,
 that  such supplemental financial assistance shall be furnished pursuant
 to criteria promulgated by such universities and approved by the regents
 and the director of the budget.
   § 13. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 6455 of the  education
 law,  as added by chapter 285 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) (I) Undergraduate science and technology entry program moneys  may
 be  used  for tutoring, counseling, remedial and special summer courses,
 supplemental financial assistance,  program  administration,  and  other
 activities  which  the commissioner may deem appropriate. To be eligible
 for  undergraduate  collegiate  science  and  technology  entry  program
 support,  a student must be a resident of New York [who is], OR MEET THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AND MUST BE  either
 economically  disadvantaged  or from a minority group historically under
 represented in the  scientific,  technical,  health  and  health-related
 professions,  and  [who demonstrates] MUST DEMONSTRATE interest in and a
 potential for a professional career if provided special services. Eligi-
 ble students must be in good academic standing, enrolled full time in an
 approved, undergraduate level  program  of  study,  as  defined  by  the
 regents.
   (II)  AN  APPLICANT  WHO IS NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE STATE ELIGIBLE
 PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT IS A  UNITED  STATES
 CITIZEN,  AN  ALIEN  LAWFULLY  ADMITTED  FOR  PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE
 UNITED STATES, AN INDIVIDUAL OF A  CLASS  OF  REFUGEES  PAROLED  BY  THE
 ATTORNEY  GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER HIS OR HER PAROLE AUTHORITY
 PERTAINING TO THE ADMISSION OF ALIENS TO THE UNITED STATES, OR AN APPLI-

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 CANT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD AT
 THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL OF STUDY PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT:
   (A)  ATTENDED  A REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO OR MORE
 YEARS, GRADUATED FROM A REGISTERED NEW YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL,  LIVED
 CONTINUOUSLY  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE  WHILE ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK
 STATE HIGH SCHOOL, APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION  OF  HIGHER
 EDUCATION  FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, AND
 ATTENDED WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF RECEIVING A NEW  YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (B)  ATTENDED  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK  STATE PROGRAM FOR A STATE HIGH
 SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK  STATE  WHILE
 ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA, RECEIVED A STATE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA,  SUBSEQUENTLY
 APPLIED  FOR  ATTENDANCE  AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE
 UNDERGRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, EARNED ADMISSION BASED
 ON THAT GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND  ATTENDED  THE  INSTITUTION  OF
 HIGHER  EDUCATION  FOR  THE  UNDERGRADUATE  STUDY  FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS
 SOUGHT WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF RECEIVING A STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL  EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (C)  IS  OTHERWISE  ELIGIBLE  FOR THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AND FEES AT A
 RATE NO GREATER THAN THAT IMPOSED FOR RESIDENT  STUDENTS  OF  THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR COMMUNITY
 COLLEGES AS PRESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH EIGHT OF PARAGRAPH H OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION  TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDI-
 VISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A STUDENT WITHOUT  LAWFUL  IMMIGRATION  STATUS
 SHALL  ALSO  BE  REQUIRED  TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT WITH SUCH INSTITUTION OF
 HIGHER EDUCATION STATING THAT THE STUDENT HAS FILED  AN  APPLICATION  TO
 LEGALIZE HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR WILL FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION
 AS SOON AS HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE TO DO SO.
   §  14. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 6455 of the education
 law, as added by chapter 285 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (a)  (I)  Graduate  science and technology entry program moneys may be
 used for recruitment, academic enrichment, career planning, supplemental
 financial assistance, review for licensing examinations, program  admin-
 istration,  and  other activities which the commissioner may deem appro-
 priate. To be eligible for graduate collegiate  science  and  technology
 entry  program  support,  a  student must be a resident of New York [who
 is], OR MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II)  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,
 AND  MUST  BE either economically disadvantaged or from a minority group
 historically underrepresented in the scientific, technical  and  health-
 related  professions.  Eligible students must be in good academic stand-
 ing, enrolled full time  in  an  approved  graduate  level  program,  as
 defined by the regents.
   (II)  AN  APPLICANT  WHO IS NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE STATE ELIGIBLE
 PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT IS A  UNITED  STATES
 CITIZEN,  AN  ALIEN  LAWFULLY  ADMITTED  FOR  PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE
 UNITED STATES, AN INDIVIDUAL OF A  CLASS  OF  REFUGEES  PAROLED  BY  THE
 ATTORNEY  GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER HIS OR HER PAROLE AUTHORITY
 PERTAINING TO THE ADMISSION OF ALIENS TO THE UNITED STATES, OR AN APPLI-
 CANT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD AT
 THE GRADUATE LEVEL OF STUDY PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT:
   (A) ATTENDED A REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO  OR  MORE
 YEARS,  GRADUATED  FROM  A  REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL, LIVED
 CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE  ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK

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 STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL, APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION FOR THE GRADUATE STUDY FOR  WHICH  AN  AWARD  IS  SOUGHT,  AND
 ATTENDED  WITHIN  TEN  YEARS  OF  RECEIVING A NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (B)  ATTENDED  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK  STATE PROGRAM FOR A STATE HIGH
 SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK  STATE  WHILE
 ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA, RECEIVED A STATE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA,  SUBSEQUENTLY
 APPLIED  FOR  ATTENDANCE  AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE
 GRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, AND ATTENDED  THE  INSTITU-
 TION  OF  HIGHER  EDUCATION FOR THE GRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS
 SOUGHT WITHIN TEN YEARS OF RECEIVING A  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL  EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (C)  IS  OTHERWISE  ELIGIBLE  FOR THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AND FEES AT A
 RATE NO GREATER THAN THAT IMPOSED FOR RESIDENT  STUDENTS  OF  THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR COMMUNITY
 COLLEGE AS PRESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH EIGHT OF PARAGRAPH H  OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION  TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDI-
 VISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A STUDENT WITHOUT  LAWFUL  IMMIGRATION  STATUS
 SHALL  ALSO  BE  REQUIRED  TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT WITH SUCH INSTITUTION OF
 HIGHER EDUCATION STATING THAT THE STUDENT HAS FILED  AN  APPLICATION  TO
 LEGALIZE HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR WILL FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION
 AS SOON AS HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE TO DO SO.
   §  15.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section
 695-e of the education law, as amended by chapter 593  of  the  laws  of
 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  the name, address and social security number [or], employer iden-
 tification number, OR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER  of  the
 account  owner  UNLESS A FAMILY TUITION ACCOUNT THAT WAS IN EFFECT PRIOR
 TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO  THOUSAND  NINE-
 TEEN  THAT AMENDED THIS SUBPARAGRAPH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A TAXPAYER IDEN-
 TIFICATION NUMBER, IN WHICH CASE A TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER  SHALL
 BE ALLOWED UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE CONTRACT;
   §  16.  Subparagraph  (iii) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section
 695-e of the education law, as amended by chapter 593  of  the  laws  of
 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii)  the  name,  address, and social security number, EMPLOYER IDEN-
 TIFICATION NUMBER, OR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER  of  the
 designated  beneficiary,  UNLESS  A  FAMILY  TUITION ACCOUNT THAT WAS IN
 EFFECT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF  THE  LAWS  OF  TWO
 THOUSAND  NINETEEN  THAT  AMENDED THIS SUBPARAGRAPH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A
 TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, IN WHICH CASE A TAXPAYER  IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER SHALL BE ALLOWED UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE CONTRACT; and
   § 17. The president of the higher education services corporation shall
 establish  an application form and procedures that shall allow a student
 applicant that meets the requirements set forth in subparagraph (ii)  of
 paragraph  a  or  subparagraph  (ii)  of paragraph b of subdivision 5 of
 section 661 of the education law to apply directly to the higher  educa-
 tion services corporation for applicable awards without having to submit
 information  to  any  other  state  or  federal  agency. All information
 contained with the applications filed with  such  corporation  shall  be
 deemed  confidential,  except  that the corporation shall be entitled to
 release information to participating institutions as necessary  for  the
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 pursuant to article 6 of the public officers law or  otherwise  required
 by law.
   §  18.  The  higher  education  services  corporation is authorized to
 promulgate rules and regulations, and  may  promulgate  emergency  regu-
 lations, necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this act.
   §  19. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after the issu-
 ance of regulations and the development of an application  form  by  the
 president of the higher education services corporation or on the nineti-
 eth  day  after  it  shall  have become a law, whichever shall be later;
 provided, however, that:
   a. the amendments to subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a-1)  of
 subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law made by section eight
 of  this act shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall
 be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such  date  the  provisions  of
 section nine of this act shall take effect; and
   b.  the  president  of the higher education services corporation shall
 notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the  occurrence  of
 the  issuance  of regulations and the development of an application form
 provided for in this section in order that the commission  may  maintain
 an  accurate  and timely effective data base of the official text of the
 laws of the state  of  New  York  in  furtherance  of  effectuating  the
 provisions  of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
 public officers law.
 
                                  PART E
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and be  cited  as  the  "For-Profit
 College Accountability Act".
   §  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 239-c to
 read as follows:
   § 239-C. STANDARDS FOR FOR-PROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS.    1.
 FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION A "PROPRIETARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION" MEANS A SCHOOL THAT:
   (A) (I) PROVIDES AN ELIGIBLE PROGRAM OF TRAINING TO  PREPARE  STUDENTS
 FOR GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT IN A RECOGNIZED OCCUPATION; OR
   (II)  PROVIDES  A  PROGRAM  LEADING  TO AN ASSOCIATES OR BACCALAUREATE
 DEGREE;
   (B) IS LEGALLY AUTHORIZED IN NEW YORK STATE TO PROVIDE  A  PROGRAM  OF
 EDUCATION BEYOND SECONDARY EDUCATION; AND
   (C) IS NEITHER A PUBLIC OR NONPROFIT INSTITUTION.
   2.  (A)  COMMENCING  IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
 ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER, A PROPRIETARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCA-
 TION, SHALL DERIVE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT  OF  SUCH  INSTITUTION'S
 ANNUAL  REVENUES  FROM  SOURCES  OTHER  THAN  THE COMBINED REVENUES FROM
 LIMITED REVENUE SOURCES AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF  THIS  PARA-
 GRAPH.
   (I)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION "LIMITED REVENUE SOURCES"
 MEANS: (A) THE  TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIX
 HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS TITLE;
   (B)  THE ENHANCED TUITION AWARD PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-
 SEVEN-D OF THIS TITLE;
   (C) ALL FEDERAL STUDENT  LOAN  AND  GRANT  PROGRAMS  AUTHORIZED  UNDER
 SUBCHAPTER IV OF CHAPTER 28 OF TITLE 20 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE; AND
   (D)  ANY  OTHER  LOCAL,  STATE,  OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOAN, GRANT, OR
 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM UTILIZED TO PAY TUITION,  INSTITUTIONAL  FEES,  ROOM

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 AND  BOARD,  OR  OTHER  COSTS  OF  ATTENDANCE  ON BEHALF OF A STUDENT OR
 STUDENTS UTILIZING PUBLIC FUNDS.
   (II)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "LIMITED REVENUE SOURCES" SHALL
 NOT INCLUDE:
   (A) THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THE INSTITUTION RECEIVED FROM PRIVATE OR  NON-
 GOVERNMENT SOURCES;
   (B)  THE  AMOUNT  OF  FUNDS RECEIVED BY STUDENTS IN THE FORM OF DIRECT
 PAYMENT;
   (C) THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTION AS MATCHING  FUNDS
 FOR A LIMITED REVENUE SOURCE;
   (D) INTEREST OR INVESTMENT INCOME;
   (E)  THE  AMOUNT  OF  FUNDS  PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTION FOR A LIMITED
 REVENUE SOURCE THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE REFUNDED OR RETURNED; AND
   (F) THE AMOUNT CHARGED FOR BOOKS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT, UNLESS  THE
 INSTITUTION  INCLUDES  THAT  AMOUNT  AS TUITION, FEES, OR OTHER INSTITU-
 TIONAL CHARGES.
   (III) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, INSTITUTIONAL AID PROVIDED  TO
 STUDENTS BY THE INSTITUTION SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE CALCULATION
 OF ANNUAL REVENUES.
   (B)  A  PROPRIETARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT FAILS TO MEET
 THE REQUIREMENT OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE
 ACADEMIC YEARS SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO ENROLL NEW STUDENTS  PARTICIPATING
 IN  ANY  PROGRAM  AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS
 THAN TWO ACADEMIC YEARS, COMMENCING WITH THE ACADEMIC  YEAR  IMMEDIATELY
 FOLLOWING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE INSTITUTION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT DEMON-
 STRATING  FAILURE  TO  MEET  THE  REQUIREMENT FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE
 ACADEMIC YEAR IS SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 FOUR  OF  THIS  SECTION.  TO  REGAIN  ELIGIBILITY TO ENROLL NEW STUDENTS
 PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER, A  PROPRIE-
 TARY  INSTITUTION  OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR A MINIMUM OF  TWO  ACADEMIC  YEARS
 AFTER THE ACADEMIC YEAR IN WHICH THE INSTITUTION BECAME INELIGIBLE.
   3.  ON  OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER FIRST, A PROPRIETARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION SHALL ANNUALLY SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL PUBLISH ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE A DETAILED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
 DISCLOSING THE INSTITUTION'S REVENUES AND  EXPENDITURES  FOR  THE  PRIOR
 ACADEMIC  YEAR AND SHALL DISCLOSE THE SOURCES OF REVENUE BY TYPE AS WELL
 AS TYPES OF EXPENDITURES. SUCH STATEMENT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A LISTING OF
 THE TOTAL INDIVIDUAL COMPENSATION FROM THE INSTITUTION TO ALL  OFFICERS,
 DIRECTORS,  BOARD  MEMBERS, TRUSTEES, SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, OWNERS, AND
 SENIOR ADMINISTRATORS,  INCLUDING  ALL  FRINGE  BENEFITS,  BONUSES,  AND
 PERFORMANCE  INCENTIVES  PAID IN THE PRIOR ACADEMIC YEAR. SUCH STATEMENT
 SHALL ADHERE TO GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES  AND  SHALL  BE
 CERTIFIED BY AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND CERTIFIED BY
 THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION. SUCH STATEMENT SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN A
 FORM AND MANNER AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   4.  NO  PROPRIETARY  INSTITUTION  OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL PERMIT ANY
 SENIOR STAFF OR BOARD MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF
 ANY REGIONAL OR NATIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY OR ASSOCIATION WHICH  IS  AN
 ACCREDITOR OF THE INSTITUTION.
   5.  NO  PROPRIETARY  INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL INCLUDE ANY
 PROVISION REQUIRING ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES WITHIN ANY  STUDENT  ENROLL-
 MENT CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT.
   6.  (A)  COMMENCING  IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
 ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER, NO LESS THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF  A  PROPRIE-

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 TARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION'S ANNUAL EXPENDITURES SHALL BE MADE
 IN THE AREA OF STUDENT INSTRUCTION.
   (B)  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "STUDENT INSTRUCTION" MEANS
 EXPENDITURES FOR SALARIES,  FRINGE  BENEFITS,  PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOPMENT
 EXPENSES,  AND  OTHER  PAYMENTS MADE TO INSTRUCTORS RELATED TO CLASSROOM
 INSTRUCTION. SUCH TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE EXPENDITURES FOR STAFF  TRAINING
 REQUIRED  UNDER  STATE  OR  FEDERAL  LAWS,  OR  FOR STUDENT RECRUITMENT,
 MARKETING, DIRECT MAILING, OR EXPENSES OF NON-INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.
   (C) A PROPRIETARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT FAILS  TO  MEET
 THE REQUIREMENT OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE
 ACADEMIC  YEARS SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO ENROLL NEW STUDENTS PARTICIPATING
 IN ANY PROGRAM AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER FOR A PERIOD  OF  NOT  LESS
 THAN  TWO  ACADEMIC YEARS, COMMENCING WITH THE ACADEMIC YEAR IMMEDIATELY
 FOLLOWING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE INSTITUTION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT DEMON-
 STRATING FAILURE TO MEET THE  REQUIREMENT  FOR  THE  SECOND  CONSECUTIVE
 ACADEMIC  YEAR  IS SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 FOUR OF THIS SECTION. TO  REGAIN  ELIGIBILITY  TO  ENROLL  NEW  STUDENTS
 PARTICIPATING  IN THE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER, A PROPRIE-
 TARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL DEMONSTRATE  COMPLIANCE  WITH
 PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO ACADEMIC YEARS
 AFTER THE ACADEMIC YEAR IN WHICH THE INSTITUTION BECAME INELIGIBLE.
   7. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR  A  DIREC-
 TIVE  OF THE COMMISSIONER ARISING THEREFROM SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION
 OF THE LAWS GOVERNING STATE FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-A OF THIS TITLE, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE
 HIGHER  EDUCATION  SERVICES CORPORATION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO TERMINATE
 EXISTING AGREEMENTS WITH THE INSTITUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE  FINAN-
 CIAL  AID  PROGRAMS AND MAY PROHIBIT PARTICIPATION OF THE INSTITUTION IN
 STATE FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS WITH RESPECT TO STUDENTS ENROLLED AFTER THE
 DATE OF TERMINATION OF SUCH AGREEMENTS.  FURTHER,  WHERE  A  PROPRIETARY
 INSTITUTION  OF  HIGHER EDUCATION FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION OR A DIRECTIVE OF THE COMMISSIONER ARISING  THEREFROM,  THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO RESCIND SUCH INSTITUTION'S AUTHORITY
 TO ENROLL NEW STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN THE STATE.
   8. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS,
 AND  MAY PROMULGATE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS, NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTA-
 TION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART F
 
   Section 1. Section 97-z of the state finance law, as added by  chapter
 625  of  the laws of 1987, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 83 of the
 laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   § 97-z. Arts capital [revolving] GRANTS fund. 1. A special fund to  be
 known  as  the  "arts  capital [revolving] GRANTS fund" is hereby estab-
 lished in the custody of the state comptroller and the  commissioner  of
 taxation and finance.
   2.  The fund shall consist of all monies appropriated for its purpose,
 all monies transferred to such fund pursuant to law, all monies required
 by this section or any other provision of law to be paid into or credit-
 ed to the fund[, including payments of  principal  of  and  interest  on
 loans  made  from  the  fund] and any interest earnings which may accrue
 from the investment of monies in  the  fund.  Nothing  contained  herein
 shall  prevent  the  New  York  state council on the arts from receiving

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 grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the  fund  as  defined  in
 this section and depositing them into the fund according to law.
   3. Monies of the fund, when allocated, shall be available for adminis-
 trative  costs  of  the  council  and to make [loans] GRANTS to eligible
 not-for-profit arts organizations as provided in  section  3.07  of  the
 arts  and cultural affairs law [and to pay the reasonable administrative
 costs of the dormitory authority incurred in monitoring construction  on
 eligible projects and costs associated with contracts with outside enti-
 ties  to  disburse loans and receive payments on such loans, as provided
 in such section].
   4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and  warrant  of
 the  comptroller  on  vouchers approved and certified by the chairman of
 the New York state council on the arts.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART G
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  the  housing
 trust  fund  corporation  may  provide, for purposes of the neighborhood
 preservation program, a sum not to exceed $8,479,000 for the fiscal year
 ending March 31, 2020.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  and
 subject  to  the  approval of the New York state director of the budget,
 the board of directors of the state of New York  mortgage  agency  shall
 authorize  the  transfer  to the housing trust fund corporation, for the
 purposes of reimbursing any costs associated with neighborhood preserva-
 tion program contracts authorized by this section, a total  sum  not  to
 exceed $8,479,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account
 of the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the
 public  authorities  law,  in  an amount not to exceed the actual excess
 balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as deter-
 mined and certified by the state of New York  mortgage  agency  for  the
 fiscal  year  2018-2019  in accordance with section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves  in  the
 project  pool  insurance  account of the mortgage insurance fund created
 pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law are  sufficient
 to  attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined by the state of
 New York mortgage agency) required to accomplish the  purposes  of  such
 account,  the  project  pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable but no later  than
 June 30, 2019.
   §  2.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, the housing trust
 fund corporation may provide, for purposes  of  the  rural  preservation
 program, a sum not to exceed $3,539,000 for the fiscal year ending March
 31,  2020.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to
 the approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board  of
 directors  of  the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the
 transfer to the housing trust fund  corporation,  for  the  purposes  of
 reimbursing   any  costs  associated  with  rural  preservation  program
 contracts authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to  exceed
 $3,539,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account of the
 mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in
 the  special  account  of the mortgage insurance fund, as determined and
 certified by the state of New York mortgage agency for the  fiscal  year
 2018-2019  in  accordance  with section 2429-b of the public authorities
 law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the project  pool

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 insurance  account  of  the  mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to
 section 2429-b of the public authorities law are  sufficient  to  attain
 and  maintain  the credit rating (as determined by the state of New York
 mortgage  agency)  required  to accomplish the purposes of such account,
 the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund,  such
 transfer  to  be  made as soon as practicable but no later than June 30,
 2019.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART H
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  390  of the social services law, as added by chapter 750 of the
 laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) "Child day care" shall mean CHILD CARE WHERE A LICENSE  OR  REGIS-
 TRATION  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS REQUIRED AND SHALL INCLUDE care for
 a child on a regular basis provided away from the child's residence  for
 less  than  twenty-four  hours  per  day  by someone other than: (1) the
 parent, step-parent, guardian, or relative within the  third  degree  of
 consanguinity  of  the  parents or step-parents of such child; OR (2) AN
 ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER AS SUCH  TERM IS DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH
 (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section  390  of the social services law is
 amended by adding two new paragraphs (g) and (h) to read as follows:
   (G) "ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON  OR  ENTITY
 THAT  IS  NOT  REQUIRED  TO  BE  LICENSED OR REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION AND THAT IS ENROLLED TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED CHILD  CARE  SERVICES
 TO ELIGIBLE FAMILIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE FIVE-C OF THIS ARTICLE AND
 THE REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
   (H) "RELATIVE ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER" SHALL MEAN AN ENROLLED
 LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL, AGE EIGHTEEN OR OLDER, AND
 WHO,  BY  VIRTUE  OF  BLOOD, MARRIAGE OR COURT DECREE, IS, TO ALL OF THE
 CHILDREN THAT SUCH PERSON IS ENROLLED TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED  CHILD  CARE
 SERVICES TO IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE FIVE-C OF THIS ARTICLE:
   (I) A GRANDPARENT;
   (II) A GREAT-GRANDPARENT;
   (III)  A  SIBLING  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  SIBLING RESIDES IN A SEPARATE
 HOUSEHOLD FROM THE CHILD;
   (IV) AN AUNT; OR
   (V) AN UNCLE.
   § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2  of  section  390  of  the  social
 services  law, as amended by chapter 117 of the laws of 2010, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) Child day care centers caring for seven or more children and group
 family day care programs, as defined in subdivision one of this section,
 shall obtain a license from the office of children and  family  services
 and  shall  operate in accordance with the terms of such license and the
 regulations of such office. Initial licenses [shall be valid for a peri-
 od of up to two years;] AND subsequent licenses shall  be  valid  for  a
 period of up to four years so long as the provider remains substantially
 in compliance with applicable law and regulations during such period.
   § 4. Clause (A) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 2
 of  section 390 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 117 of
 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (A) Initial registrations [shall be valid for a period of  up  to  two
 years,]  AND  subsequent registrations shall be valid for a period of up

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 to four years so long as the provider remains substantially  in  compli-
 ance with applicable law and regulations during such period.
   §  5.  Paragraphs  (a)  and (b) of subdivision 3 of section 390 of the
 social services law, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 416 of the laws
 of 2000, and paragraph (b) as amended by chapter  117  of  the  laws  of
 2010, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  office of children and family services may make announced or
 unannounced inspections of the records and premises of any  child  [day]
 care  provider,  whether  or not such provider has a license from, or is
 registered with, the office of children and family services.  The office
 of children and family services shall make  unannounced  inspections  of
 the  records  and premises of any child day care provider within fifteen
 days after the  office  of  children  and  family  services  receives  a
 complaint  that,  if  true, would indicate such provider does not comply
 with the APPLICABLE regulations of the office  of  children  and  family
 services or with statutory requirements. If the complaint indicates that
 there may be imminent danger to the children, the office of children and
 family  services  shall investigate the complaint no later than the next
 day of operation of the provider. The  office  of  children  and  family
 services may provide for inspections through the purchase of services.
   (b)  (I) Where inspections have been made and violations of applicable
 statutes or regulations have been found,  the  office  of  children  and
 family services shall within ten days advise the child day care provider
 in  writing  of  the violations and require the provider to correct such
 violations. The office of children and  family  services  may  also  act
 pursuant to subdivisions ten and eleven of this section.
   (II)  WHERE  INSPECTIONS  HAVE  BEEN MADE AND VIOLATIONS OF APPLICABLE
 STATUTES OR REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN FOUND,  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND
 FAMILY  SERVICES  OR  ITS  DESIGNEE  SHALL,  WITHIN TEN DAYS, ADVISE THE
 ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT  PROVIDER  IN  WRITING  OF  THE  VIOLATIONS  AND
 REQUIRE THE PROVIDER TO CORRECT SUCH VIOLATIONS.
   §  6.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  4 of section 390 of the social
 services law, as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (a)  The  office  of  children  and family services on an annual basis
 shall inspect [at least twenty percent of all registered family day care
 homes, registered child day care centers and registered school age child
 care programs to determine whether such homes, centers and programs  are
 operating  in  compliance  with applicable statutes and regulations. The
 office of children and family services shall increase the percentage  of
 family  day care homes, child day care centers and school age child care
 programs which are inspected pursuant to this subdivision as follows: to
 at least thirty percent by the thirty-first of  December  two  thousand;
 and  to at least fifty percent by the thirty-first of December two thou-
 sand one] ALL CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAMS AND  ALL  ENROLLED  LEGALLY-EXEMPT
 PROVIDERS  OTHER  THAN  RELATIVE  ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDERS. The
 office of children and family services may provide for such  inspections
 through  purchase  of  services.  [Priority shall be given to family day
 care homes which have never been licensed or certified prior to  initial
 registration.]
   §  7.  Subdivision  3  of section 390-a of the social services law, as
 added by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, paragraph (b)  as  amended  by
 chapter 552 of the laws of 2003, subparagraph (ix) as amended by chapter
 117 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  (a)  The  office  of children and family services shall promulgate
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 assistants  of  family  day  care  homes,  group  family day care homes,
 school-age child care programs and child day  care  centers  to  receive
 PRE-SERVICE  AND  ANNUAL  TRAINING, AS APPLICABLE. PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT
 SUCH  PROVIDERS  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED TO RECEIVE thirty hours of training
 every two years; provided, FURTHER however, that fifteen hours  of  such
 training  must  be  received  within the first six months of the initial
 licensure, registration or employment. Such training requirements  shall
 also  apply to any volunteer in such day care homes, programs or centers
 who has the potential for regular and substantial contact with children.
 The thirty hours of training required during the  first  biennial  cycle
 after  initial licensure or registration shall include training received
 while an application for licensure or registration pursuant  to  section
 three  hundred  ninety  of this title is pending. The office of children
 and family services  may  provide  this  training  through  purchase  of
 services.
   (b)  The  training required in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall
 address TOPICS AND SUBJECT MATTERS  REQUIRED  BY  FEDERAL  LAW  AND  the
 following  topics  OR  SUBJECT  MATTERS,  UNLESS  SUCH TOPICS OR SUBJECT
 MATTERS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COVERED IN TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED  PURSUANT
 TO FEDERAL LAW:
   (i) principles of childhood development, focusing on the developmental
 stages of the age groups for which the program provides care;
   (ii) nutrition and health needs of infants and children;
   (iii) child day care program development;
   (iv) safety and security procedures;
   (v) business record maintenance and management;
   (vi) child abuse and maltreatment identification and prevention;
   (vii) statutes and regulations pertaining to child day care;
   (viii)   statutes  and  regulations  pertaining  to  child  abuse  and
 maltreatment; and
   (ix) for operators, program directors,  employees  and  assistants  of
 family  day  care  homes, group family day care homes and child day care
 centers, education and information on the identification, diagnosis  and
 prevention of shaken baby syndrome.
   (c)  For  the  thirty  hours  of  biennial training required after the
 initial period of licensure  or  registration,  each  provider  who  can
 demonstrate  basic  competency shall determine in which of the specified
 topics he or she needs further study, based on the provider's experience
 and the needs of the children in the provider's care.
   (d) Family day care home and group  family  day  care  home  operators
 shall  obtain training pertaining to protection of the health and safety
 of children, as required by regulation,  prior  to  the  issuance  of  a
 license or registration by the office of children and family services.
   (e)  Upon  request  by the office of children and family services, the
 child day care applicant or provider shall submit  documentation  demon-
 strating compliance with the training requirements of this section.
   §  8. The section heading of section 390-b of the social services law,
 as added by chapter 416 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Criminal  history  review  AND  BACKGROUND  CLEARANCES  of  child care
 providers, generally.
   § 9. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 390-b of the  social  services
 law  are  REPEALED  and  five  new subdivisions 1, 1-a, 2, 3 and 3-a are
 added to read as follows:
   1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  AND
 SUBJECT  TO  RULES  AND REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY

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 SERVICES  AND,  WHERE  APPLICABLE,  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE
 SERVICES, THE FOLLOWING CLEARANCES SHALL BE CONDUCTED FOR ENTITIES SPEC-
 IFIED  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION IN THE TIME AND MANNER AS
 REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION:
   (A)  A  CRIMINAL  HISTORY  RECORD  CHECK WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE SERVICES;
   (B) A SEARCH OF THE CRIMINAL HISTORY REPOSITORY IN  EACH  STATE  OTHER
 THAN  NEW YORK WHERE SUCH PERSON RESIDES OR RESIDED DURING THE PRECEDING
 FIVE YEARS, IF APPLICABLE UNLESS SUCH STATE'S  CRIMINAL  HISTORY  RECORD
 INFORMATION  WILL  BE  PROVIDED  AS PART OF THE RESULTS OR THE CLEARANCE
 CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (C) A NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES-
 TIGATION; THE DIVISION OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES  IS  DIRECTED  TO
 SUBMIT  FINGERPRINTS  TO  THE  FEDERAL  BUREAU  OF INVESTIGATION FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF A NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECK, PURSUANT  TO  AND
 CONSISTENT  WITH  PUBLIC  LAW  113-186 TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH PERSONS
 SHALL HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL JURISDICTION;
   (D) A SEARCH OF THE NEW YORK STATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY;
   (E) A SEARCH OF ANY STATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY OR REPOSITORY IN  EACH
 STATE  OTHER  THAN  NEW YORK WHERE SUCH PERSON RESIDES OR RESIDED DURING
 THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS, IF APPLICABLE UNLESS SUCH STATE'S SEX OFFENDER
 REGISTRY INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE CLEARANCE CONDUCTED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (F) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (F) A SEARCH OF THE NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY USING THE  NATIONAL
 CRIME  AND  INFORMATION  CENTER,  ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ADAM WALSH CHILD
 PROTECTION AND SAFETY ACT OF 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 ET SEQ.);
   (G) A DATABASE CHECK OF THE STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF CHILD  ABUSE
 AND  MALTREATMENT  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR-A
 OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
   (H) A SEARCH OF A STATE-BASED CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT REPOSITORY OF ANY
 STATE OTHER THAN NEW YORK WHERE SUCH PERSON RESIDES  OR  RESIDED  DURING
 THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS; IF APPLICABLE.
   1-A. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW,
 THE  TERM "ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER" SHALL REFER TO A PERSON WHO
 MEETS THE DEFINITION OF "ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER" AS DEFINED IN
 PARAGRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS
 TITLE AND WHO IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS RELATED TO  ALL  CHILDREN  FOR
 WHOM CHILD CARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
   2.  IN  RELATION TO ANY CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM AND ANY ENROLLED LEGAL-
 LY-EXEMPT PROVIDER:
   (A) THE CLEARANCES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS (A), (C),  (D)  AND
 (G) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED FOR:
   (I)  EVERY  PROSPECTIVE  VOLUNTEER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UNSUPERVISED
 CONTACT WITH CHILDREN IN CARE;
   (II) EVERY APPLICANT TO BECOME AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER;
   (III) EVERY PROSPECTIVE CAREGIVER OR EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING DIRECTORS AND
 OPERATORS OF SUCH A PROGRAM; AND
   (IV) WHERE THE CHILD CARE SERVICES WILL BE OR ARE PROVIDED IN  A  HOME
 SETTING  WHERE THE CHILD DOES NOT RESIDE, ANY INDIVIDUAL AGE EIGHTEEN OR
 OLDER WHO, FOR A PROSPECTIVE PROGRAM, RESIDES, OR WHO, FOR  AN  EXISTING
 PROGRAM,  BEGINS  RESIDING ON THE PREMISES WHERE THE CHILD CARE SERVICES
 ARE PROVIDED;
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  PRIOR
 TO OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, ALL CLEARANCES LISTED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION  ONE OF THIS SECTION THAT HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONDUCTED PURSU-
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 HISTORY RESULTS ARE NOT ALREADY PROVIDED, SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN  ACCORD-
 ANCE  WITH  A  SCHEDULE  DEVELOPED  BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
 SERVICES, FOR ALL:
   (I)  EXISTING  VOLUNTEERS  WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UNSUPERVISED CONTACT
 WITH CHILDREN IN CARE;
   (II) EXISTING CAREGIVERS AND EMPLOYEES INCLUDING DIRECTORS AND  OPERA-
 TORS OF ANY SUCH PROGRAM; AND
   (III)  WHERE  THE  CHILD  CARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN A HOME SETTING
 WHERE THE CHILD DOES NOT RESIDE, ANY INDIVIDUAL AGE  EIGHTEEN  OR  OLDER
 WHO RESIDES ON THE PREMISES WHERE THE CHILD CARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED;
   (C)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 CLEARANCES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OTHER THAN THOSE FOR  WHICH
 ON-GOING CRIMINAL HISTORY RESULTS ARE PROVIDED, SHALL BE CONDUCTED FOR A
 PERSON  LISTED  IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (I), (II) AND (III) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  A
 SCHEDULE DEVELOPED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
   3.  (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN
 RELATION TO THE CLEARANCES REQUIRED PURSUANT THIS SECTION, AN INDIVIDUAL
 OR A PROGRAM SHALL BE DEEMED INELIGIBLE, AS  SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN
 PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IF SUCH INDIVIDUAL:
   (I) REFUSES TO CONSENT TO SUCH CLEARANCE;
   (II)  KNOWINGLY  MAKES A MATERIALLY FALSE STATEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH
 SUCH A CLEARANCE;
   (III) IS REGISTERED, OR IS REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED, ON A  STATE  SEX
 OFFENDER  REGISTRY  OR  REPOSITORY OR THE NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
 ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ADAM WALSH CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY ACT OF 2006
 (42 U.S.C. 16901 ET SEQ.); OR
   (IV) HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME ENUMERATED IN SUBPARAGRAPH  (E)  OR
 CLAUSES  (I)  THROUGH  (VIII)  OF  SUBPARAGRAPH  (D) OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF
 SUBDIVISION (C) OF 42 U.S.C. 9858F.
   (B) FOR PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "INELIGIBLE" SHALL MEAN:
   (I) THE INDIVIDUAL WHO ENGAGED IN CONDUCT LISTED IN PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO:
   (1)  OPERATE,  DIRECT, BE THE CAREGIVER FOR, OR BE EMPLOYED BY A CHILD
 DAY CARE PROGRAM OR AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER; OR
   (2) BE A VOLUNTEER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR  UNSUPERVISED  CONTACT  WITH
 CHILDREN  IN A CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM OR WITH AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT
 PROVIDER; OR
   (3) BE AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER; OR
   (II) IN RELATION TO CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAMS OR ANY  ENROLLED  LEGALLY-
 EXEMPT PROVIDERS, WHERE CHILD CARE IS, OR IS PROPOSED TO BE PROVIDED, TO
 A CHILD IN A HOME SETTING WHERE SUCH CHILD DOES NOT RESIDE, SUCH PROGRAM
 OR  PROVIDER SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO OPERATE OR TO BE ENROLLED TO SERVE
 CHILDREN RECEIVING CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES PURSUANT TO TITLE FIVE-C OF THIS
 ARTICLE, IF AN INDIVIDUAL OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHO  RESIDES  IN  THE
 HOUSEHOLD WHERE CHILD CARE IS, OR IS PROPOSED TO BE PROVIDED, ENGAGED IN
 CONDUCT LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   3-A.  (A)  IN  RELATION  TO  CHILD  DAY CARE PROGRAMS AND ANY ENROLLED
 LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER, WHEN A CLEARANCE  CONDUCTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  REVEALS  THAT  ANY  EXISTING  OPERATOR, DIRECTOR, CAREGIVER, OR
 PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN THAT RESIDES IN A HOME WHERE CHILD  CARE
 IS  PROVIDED  IN A HOME SETTING WHERE THE CHILD DOES NOT RESIDE HAS BEEN
 CONVICTED OF A CRIME OTHER THAN ONE SET FORTH IN  SUBPARAGRAPH  (IV)  OF
 PARAGRAPH  (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, THE OFFICE OF CHIL-
 DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES  SHALL  CONDUCT  A  SAFETY  ASSESSMENT  OF  THE
 PROGRAM  AND TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE STEPS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY

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 OF THE CHILDREN IN THE PROGRAM, AND MAY DENY, LIMIT, SUSPEND, REVOKE  OR
 REJECT  SUCH  PROGRAM'S  LICENSE  OR REGISTRATION OR TERMINATE OR REJECT
 SUCH PROGRAM'S ENROLLMENT, AS APPLICABLE, UNLESS THE OFFICE OF  CHILDREN
 AND FAMILY SERVICES, DETERMINES IN ITS DISCRETION, THAT CONTINUED OPERA-
 TION  BY  THE CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM OR ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER
 WILL NOT IN ANY WAY JEOPARDIZE THE HEALTH,  SAFETY  OR  WELFARE  OF  THE
 CHILDREN CARED FOR IN THE PROGRAM OR BY THE PROVIDER.
   (B)  IN  RELATION TO CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAMS AND ANY ENROLLED LEGALLY-
 EXEMPT PROVIDER, WHEN A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION
 REVEALS  THAT  ANY EXISTING EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
 UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A  CRIME  OTHER
 THAN  ONE SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF THIS SECTION, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN OF FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL
 CONDUCT  A  SAFETY  ASSESSMENT  OF  THE PROGRAM AND TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE
 STEPS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN IN  THE  PROGRAM.
 THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  OF  FAMILY SERVICES MAY DIRECT THE PROGRAM OR
 PROVIDER TO  TERMINATE  THE  EMPLOYEE  OR  VOLUNTEER  BASED  ON  SUCH  A
 CONVICTION,  CONSISTENT  WITH  ARTICLE  TWENTY-THREE-A OF THE CORRECTION
 LAW.
   (C) IN RELATION TO ANY CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAMS AND ANY ENROLLED LEGAL-
 LY-EXEMPT PROVIDERS OR ANY APPLICANTS TO BECOME AN ENROLLED  LEGALLY-EX-
 EMPT  PROVIDER,  WHERE  A  CLEARANCE  CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 REVEALS A CONVICTION FOR A CRIME OTHER THAN ONE SET  FORTH  IN  SUBPARA-
 GRAPH  (IV)  OF  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, FOR
 ANY PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE, VOLUNTEER, OR  APPLICANT  SEEKING  ENROLLMENT,
 THE  OFFICE  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES MAY DIRECT THAT SUCH PERSON
 NOT BE HIRED OR BE ENROLLED, AS APPLICABLE, BASED ON SUCH A  CONVICTION,
 CONSISTENT WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE-A OF THE CORRECTION LAW.
   (D)  (I)  WHERE A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REVEALS
 THAT AN APPLICANT TO BE THE OPERATOR OR DIRECTOR OF  A  CHILD  DAY  CARE
 PROGRAM,  OR  ANYONE  WHO  RESIDES  IN THE HOME OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN
 WHERE CHILD DAY CARE IS PROPOSED TO BE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN IN  A  HOME-
 BASED  SETTING HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
 FAMILY SERVICES SHALL HOLD THE APPLICATION IN ABEYANCE UNTIL THE  CHARGE
 IS FINALLY RESOLVED.
   (II) WHERE A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REVEALS THAT
 THE  CURRENT  OPERATOR  OR  DIRECTOR  OF A CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM OR ANY
 PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN THAT RESIDES IN A HOME WHERE  CHILD  DAY
 CARE  IS  PROVIDED HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN
 AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL CONDUCT A SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF THE PROGRAM AND
 TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE STEPS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF  CHILDREN
 IN THE PROGRAM. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES MAY SUSPEND A
 LICENSE  OR  REGISTRATION OR TERMINATE ENROLLMENT BASED ON SUCH A CHARGE
 WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH  AND  SAFETY  OF  CHILDREN  IN  THE
 PROGRAM.
   (III)  WHERE  A  CLEARANCE  CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REVEALS
 THAT AN EXISTING CAREGIVER, VOLUNTEER OR  AN  EXISTING  EMPLOYEE  OF  AN
 ENROLLED  LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER OR ANY PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN
 THAT RESIDES IN A HOME WHERE CHILD  CARE  IS  PROVIDED  BY  AN  ENROLLED
 LEGALLY-EXEMPT  PROVIDER  IN  A  HOME  SETTING  WHERE THE CHILD DOES NOT
 RESIDE, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
 SERVICES SHALL TAKE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
   (A) CONDUCT A SAFETY ASSESSMENT; OR
   (B) TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE STEPS TO PROTECT THE  HEALTH  AND  SAFETY  OF
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   (IV) WHERE A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REVEALS THAT
 AN APPLICANT TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UNSU-
 PERVISED  CONTACT  WITH  CHILDREN  OF  A CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM HAS BEEN
 CHARGED WITH A CRIME, THE OFFICE SHALL HOLD THE APPLICATION IN  ABEYANCE
 UNTIL THE CHARGE IS FINALLY RESOLVED.
   (V)  WHERE A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REVEALS THAT
 A CURRENT EMPLOYEE, OR CURRENT VOLUNTEER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UNSUPER-
 VISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OF A CHILD  DAY  CARE  PROGRAM  OR  ENROLLED
 LEGALLY-EXEMPT  PROVIDER  HAS  BEEN  CHARGED WITH A CRIME, THE OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL CONDUCT A SAFETY  ASSESSMENT  OF  THE
 PROGRAM  AND TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE STEPS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
 OF THE CHILDREN IN THE PROGRAM.
   § 10. Subdivision 6 of section 390-b of the  social  services  law  is
 REPEALED and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
   6.  THE  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL PAY ANY REQUIRED
 PROCESSING FEE FOR A CRIMINAL HISTORY OR SEX OFFENDER CLEARANCE PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION. THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL
 PROMPTLY  SUBMIT FINGERPRINTS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SUCH
 PROCESSING FEE TO THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
   § 11. Subdivision 7 of section 390-b of the social  services  law,  as
 added by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  Where  the  office of children and family services OR ITS DESIGNEE
 DENIES OR directs a child day care OR AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT provid-
 er to deny an application based on the criminal history  record[,];  (A)
 the  provider must notify the applicant that such record is the basis of
 the denial; AND (B) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL
 ALSO  NOTIFY  AS  THE CASE MAY BE, SUCH CURRENT OR PROSPECTIVE OPERATOR,
 DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE, ASSISTANT, LEGALLY EXEMPT PROVIDER,  VOLUNTEER  WITH
 THE  POTENTIAL  FOR  UNSUPERVISED  CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OR OTHER PERSON
 EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, WHO RESIDES IN THE HOME  WHERE  CARE  IS
 PROVIDED,  OTHER  THAN  THE CHILD'S HOME, THAT THE CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK
 WAS THE BASIS FOR THE DENIAL OF CLEARANCE AND SHALL PROVIDE  SUCH  INDI-
 VIDUAL  WITH A COPY OF THE RESULTS OF THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK
 UPON WHICH SUCH DENIAL WAS  BASED  TOGETHER  WITH  A  WRITTEN  STATEMENT
 SETTING  FORTH THE REASONS FOR SUCH DENIAL, AS WELL AS A COPY OF ARTICLE
 TWENTY-THREE-A OF THE CORRECTION LAW AND INFORM SUCH INDIVIDUAL  OF  HIS
 OR  HER  RIGHT TO SEEK CORRECTION OF ANY INCORRECT INFORMATION CONTAINED
 IN SUCH NATIONAL RECORD CHECK PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTI-
 GATION.
   § 12. Subdivisions 9 and 10 of section 390-b of  the  social  services
 law,  as added by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, are amended and a new
 subdivision 11 is added to read as follows:
   9. (A) Any criminal history record provided by the division of  crimi-
 nal  justice  services,  and  any summary of the criminal history record
 provided by the office of children and family services to a  [child  day
 care  provider]  PERSON  THAT  RECEIVES  A  CLEARANCE  pursuant  to this
 section,  is  confidential  and  shall  not  be  available  for   public
 inspection; provided, however, nothing herein shall prevent [a child day
 care  provider  or]  the  office  of  children  and family services from
 disclosing criminal history information OR THE INDIVIDUAL FROM  DISCLOS-
 ING  HIS  OR  HER  CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION at any administrative or
 judicial proceeding relating to the denial or revocation of an  applica-
 tion,  employment,  license  or  registration. The subject of a criminal
 history review conducted pursuant to this section shall be  entitled  to
 receive,  upon  written  request,  a copy of the summary of the criminal
 history record [provided by the office of children and  family  services

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 to  the  child  day  care  provider].    Unauthorized disclosure of such
 records or reports shall BE subject [the provider] to civil penalties in
 accordance with the provisions of subdivision eleven  of  section  three
 hundred ninety of this title.
   (B)  THE  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL NOT RELEASE THE
 CONTENT OF THE RESULTS OF THE NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL HISTORY  RECORD  CHECK
 CONDUCTED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
 SUBDIVISION TO ANY NON-PUBLIC ENTITY.
   10.  A child day care OR ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT provider shall advise
 the office of children and family services when  an  individual  who  is
 subject to criminal history record review in accordance with subdivision
 one  or  two  of  this  section is no longer subject to such review. The
 office of children and family services  shall  inform  the  division  of
 criminal  justice services when an individual who is subject to criminal
 history review is no longer subject to such review so that the  division
 of  criminal  justice  services may terminate its retain processing with
 regard to such person. At least once a year, the office of children  and
 family  services will be required to conduct a validation of the records
 maintained by the division of criminal justice services.
   11. CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS WHICH ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE CITY OF NEW  YORK
 SHALL  REQUIRE THAT SUCH CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 ANY FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE CHILD  CARE  DEVELOP-
 MENT  AND  BLOCK  GRANT  AND THE RELATED FEDERALLY APPROVED PLANS OF THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK.
   § 13. Subparagraph (z) of paragraph (A) of subdivision  4  of  section
 422  of  the  social services law, as amended by section 11 of part L of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (z) an entity with appropriate legal authority  in  another  state  to
 license,  certify  or  otherwise  approve  prospective  foster  parents,
 prospective  adoptive  parents,  prospective  relative  guardians  [or],
 prospective  successor  guardians OR CHILD CARE PROGRAM where disclosure
 of information regarding such prospective foster or prospective adoptive
 parents or prospective relative or prospective successor  guardians  and
 other  persons  over  the  age  of eighteen residing in the home of such
 persons [is] OR WHERE CHILD CARE IS PROVIDED, AS required  under  EITHER
 title  IV-E of the federal social security act OR THE FEDERAL CHILD CARE
 AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACT (SECTION  NINE  THOUSAND  EIGHT  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-EIGHT, ET SEQ. OF TITLE FORTY-TWO OF THE UNITED STATES CODE); and
   §  14.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 1 of section 424-a of the social
 services law, as amended by section 12 of part L of chapter  56  of  the
 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  A  licensing  agency  shall inquire of the [department] OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES and the [department] OFFICE shall,  subject
 to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  (e) of this subdivision, inform such
 agency and the subject of the inquiry whether an applicant for a certif-
 icate, license, ENROLLMENT or permit, [assistants to group] OR TO BECOME
 AN EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WITH THE  POTENTIAL  FOR  UNSUPERVISED  CONTACT
 WITH  CHILDREN  IN  CARE OF A family day care [providers] PROVIDER OR AN
 ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION
 ONE-A  OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-B OF THIS ARTICLE the director of
 a camp subject to the provisions of article  thirteen-B  of  the  public
 health  law,  a  prospective  successor  guardian  when  a  clearance is
 conducted pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision two of  section  four
 hundred  fifty-eight-b  of  this article, and any person over the age of

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 eighteen who resides in the home of a person who has applied  to  become
 an  adoptive  parent  or a foster parent or to operate a family day care
 home or group family day care home or any person over the age  of  eigh-
 teen  residing  in  the  home of a prospective successor guardian when a
 clearance is conducted of a prospective successor guardian  pursuant  to
 this  paragraph, OR ANY PERSON AGE EIGHTEEN OR OLDER THAT RESIDES ON THE
 PREMISES OF WHERE CHILD CARE IS PROVIDED IN A SETTING THAT  IS  NOT  THE
 CHILD'S  OWN HOME BY AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER AS SUCH TERM IS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-B  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE has been or is currently the subject of an indicated child abuse
 and  maltreatment  report on file with the statewide central register of
 child abuse and maltreatment.
   § 15. Subdivision 4 of section 424-a of the social  services  law,  as
 amended  by  section  14 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   4. For purposes of this section, the  term  "licensing  agency"  shall
 mean an authorized agency which has received an application to become an
 adoptive  parent  or an authorized agency which has received an applica-
 tion for a certificate or license to receive, board or  keep  any  child
 pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred seventy-six or three
 hundred  seventy-seven of this article or an authorized agency which has
 received an application from a relative  within  the  second  degree  or
 third  degree  of  consanguinity  of the parent of a child or a relative
 within the second degree or third degree of consanguinity of  the  step-
 parent  of  a  child  or  children,  or  the  child's legal guardian for
 approval to receive, board or keep such child, or an  authorized  agency
 that  conducts  a clearance pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision two
 of section four hundred fifty-eight-b of this article,  or  a  state  or
 local governmental agency which receives an application to provide child
 day  care  services  in  a  child day care center, school-age child care
 program, family day care home or group family day care home OR  ENROLLED
 LEGALLY-EXEMPT  PROVIDER AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  NINETY-B  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  pursuant  to   the
 provisions  of  section  three  hundred  ninety  of this article, or the
 department of health and mental hygiene of the city of  New  York,  when
 such department receives an application for a certificate of approval to
 provide  child  day care services in a child day care center pursuant to
 the provisions of the health code of the city of New York, or the office
 of mental health or the office for people with  developmental  disabili-
 ties  when  such office receives an application for an operating certif-
 icate pursuant to the provisions of the mental hygiene law to operate  a
 family care home, or a state or local governmental official who receives
 an  application  for  a permit to operate a camp which is subject to the
 provisions of article thirteen-B of the public health law or the  office
 of  children and family services which has received an application for a
 certificate to receive, board or keep any child at a foster family  home
 pursuant  to  articles nineteen-G and nineteen-H of the executive law or
 any other facility or provider agency, as defined in subdivision four of
 section four hundred eighty-eight of this  chapter,  in  regard  to  any
 licensing  or  certification  function  carried  out by such facility or
 agency.
   § 16. Severability. If any clause, sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,
 section  or  part contained in any part of this act shall be adjudged by
 any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such  judgment  shall
 not  affect,  impair,  or  invalidate the remained thereof, but shall by
 confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,  paragraph,  subdivi-

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 sion, section or part contained in any part thereof directly involved in
 the  controversy  in which such judgment shall have been rendered. It is
 hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that this act  would
 have  been  enacted  even if such invalid provisions had not be included
 herein.
   § 17. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however  that
 sections  one, two, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen
 and fifteen of this  act  shall  take  effect  September  1,  2019;  and
 provided,  further  that  sections three, four, five and six of this act
 shall take effect September 30, 2019; and provided,  further,  that  the
 office  of  children and family services is authorized to promulgate any
 rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date.
 
                                  PART I
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 378-a of the social services  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  83  of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. (A) Every authorized agency which operates  a  residential  program
 for  children licensed or certified by the office of children and family
 services, and the office of children and family services in relation  to
 any juvenile justice program it operates, shall request that the justice
 center  for  the protection of people with special needs check, and upon
 such request, such justice center shall request and shall be  authorized
 to receive from the division of criminal justice services and the feder-
 al  bureau of investigation criminal history information, as such phrase
 is defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section eight  hundred
 forty-five-b  of the executive law concerning each prospective operator,
 employee or volunteer of such a residential program who will have  regu-
 lar  and  substantial unsupervised or unrestricted physical contact with
 children in such program.
   (B) EVERY AUTHORIZED AGENCY THAT OPERATES A  RESIDENTIAL  PROGRAM  FOR
 FOSTER  CHILDREN THAT IS LICENSED OR CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN
 AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL  REQUEST  THAT  THE  JUSTICE  CENTER  FOR  THE
 PROTECTION  OF  PEOPLE  WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHECK, AND UPON SUCH REQUEST,
 SUCH JUSTICE CENTER SHALL REQUEST AND SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED  TO  RECEIVE
 FROM THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
 INVESTIGATION CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION, AS SUCH PHRASE IS DEFINED IN
 PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THE SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-
 FIVE-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, FOR EVERY:
   (I) PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OF SUCH PROGRAM THAT IS NOT ALREADY  REQUIRED
 TO BE CLEARED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, PRIOR
 TO  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SCHEDULE
 DEVELOPED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, ANY PERSON  WHO
 IS EMPLOYED IN A RESIDENTIAL FOSTER CARE PROGRAM THAT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY
 HAD A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN CONNECTION TO SUCH
 EMPLOYMENT.
   (C)  For  the  purposes  of this section, "operator" shall include any
 natural person with an ownership interest in the authorized agency.
   (D) Access to and the use of [such] information OBTAINED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SUBDIVISION  shall  be governed by the provisions of section eight
 hundred forty-five-b of the executive law.

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   § 2. Paragraph A of  subdivision  4  of  section  422  of  the  social
 services  law,  is  amended by adding a new subparagraph (bb) to read as
 follows:
   (BB)  AN  ENTITY  WITH APPROPRIATE LEGAL AUTHORITY IN ANOTHER STATE TO
 LICENSE, CERTIFY OR OTHERWISE APPROVE RESIDENTIAL  PROGRAMS  FOR  FOSTER
 CHILDREN  WHERE  DISCLOSURE  OF INFORMATION REGARDING ANY PROSPECTIVE OR
 CURRENT EMPLOYEE OF SUCH PROGRAM IS  REQUIRED  BY  PARAGRAPH  TWENTY  OF
 SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF TITLE FORTY-TWO OF
 THE UNITED STATES CODE.
   §  3.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section
 424-a of the social services law, as amended by section 8-a of part D of
 chapter 501 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) (A) Subject  to  the  provisions  of  subdivision  seven  of  this
 section,  a  provider  agency shall inquire of the office and the office
 shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (e) of  this  subdivision,
 inform such agency and the subject of the inquiry whether any person who
 is actively being considered for employment and who will have the poten-
 tial  for regular and substantial contact with individuals who are cared
 for by the agency, is the  subject  of  an  indicated  child  abuse  and
 maltreatment report on file with the statewide central register of child
 abuse  and maltreatment prior to permitting such person to have unsuper-
 vised contact with such individuals. Such  agency  may  inquire  of  the
 office  and  the  office shall inform such agency and the subject of the
 inquiry whether any person who is currently employed  and  who  has  the
 potential  for  regular and substantial contact with individuals who are
 cared for by such agency is the subject of an indicated child abuse  and
 maltreatment report on file with the statewide central register of child
 abuse  and  maltreatment.  A  provider  agency shall also inquire of the
 office and the office shall inform such agency and the  subject  of  the
 inquiry  whether  any  person  who  is employed by an individual, corpo-
 ration, partnership or association which provides goods or  services  to
 such  agency  who  has the potential for regular and substantial contact
 with individuals who are cared for by the agency, is the subject  of  an
 indicated child abuse and maltreatment report on file with the statewide
 central  register  of  child  abuse and maltreatment prior to permitting
 such  person  to  have  unsupervised  contact  with  such   individuals.
 Inquiries made to the office pursuant to this subparagraph by a provider
 agency on current employees shall be made no more often than once in any
 six month period.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE (A) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, WHERE THE PROVID-
 ER  AGENCY  IS  AN AUTHORIZED AGENCY THAT OPERATES A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM
 FOR FOSTER CHILDREN THAT IS LICENSED OR CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF CHIL-
 DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SUCH AGENCY SHALL INQUIRE OF THE OFFICE AND THE
 OFFICE SHALL, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION, INFORM SUCH AGENCY AND THE SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY WHETHER:
   (I) ANY PERSON WHO IS ACTIVELY BEING CONSIDERED FOR EMPLOYMENT IN SUCH
 PROGRAM WHO IS NOT ALREADY REQUIRED TO BE CLEARED PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (A)
 OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  IS  THE  SUBJECT OF AN INDICATED CHILD ABUSE AND
 MALTREATMENT REPORT ON FILE WITH THE STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF CHILD
 ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT; AND
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, PRIOR
 TO APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  A  SCHEDULE
 DEVELOPED  BY  THE  OFFICE  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, WHETHER ANY
 PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED IN A RESIDENTIAL FOSTER CARE PROGRAM THAT HAS NOT
 PREVIOUSLY HAD A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  IN
 CONNECTION TO SUCH EMPLOYMENT IS THE SUBJECT OF AN INDICATED CHILD ABUSE

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 AND  MALTREATMENT  REPORT ON FILE WITH THE STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF
 CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT.
   § 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
 
                                  PART J
 
   Section  1.  The section heading and the opening paragraph of subdivi-
 sion 1 of section 131-u of the social services law, as amended by  chap-
 ter 169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   Domestic violence services [to eligible persons].
   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of law, a social services
 district shall, in accordance with the provisions of  this  section  and
 regulations  of  the department, offer and provide emergency shelter and
 services at a residential program for victims of domestic  violence,  as
 defined  in article six-A of this chapter, to the extent that such shel-
 ter and services are necessary and available to  a  victim  of  domestic
 violence,  as  defined  in article six-A of this chapter, and in need of
 emergency shelter and services, who was residing in the social  services
 district at the time of the alleged domestic violence [and who:].
   §  2.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 131-u of the
 social services law are REPEALED.
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 131-u of the  social  services  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  169  of  the  laws  of 1994, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. The department [shall]  MAY  annually  establish,  subject  to  the
 approval  of  the  director of the budget, a daily rate of reimbursement
 for each residential  program  for  victims  of  domestic  violence,  as
 defined  in  article  six-A of this chapter, certified by the department
 which provides emergency shelter and services to  persons  eligible  for
 such  emergency shelter and services pursuant to this section.  A social
 services district financially  responsible  for  a  victim  of  domestic
 violence  shall  reimburse a residential program for victims of domestic
 violence for the costs of emergency shelter  and  services  provided  to
 such  victim  at the daily reimbursement rate established by the depart-
 ment reduced by [the sum of all fees which such victim is  able  to  pay
 toward  the  costs of such shelter and services as determined in accord-
 ance with the public assistance budgeting rules set forth in  the  regu-
 lations  of the department and by] any [third party] OTHER reimbursement
 available for such costs.
   § 4. Section 459-f of the social services law, as amended  by  chapter
 169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   § 459-f. [Fees] PAYMENT for services. [Any program defined in subdivi-
 sion  four  of  section  four  hundred  fifty-nine-a of this article may
 charge a service fee to a victim of domestic violence who is able to pay
 all or part of the costs of the emergency shelter and services  provided
 to  the victim.] Payments by a social services district to a residential
 program for victims of domestic violence  for  the  costs  of  emergency
 shelter  and  services  provided to a victim of domestic violence at the
 daily reimbursement rate determined by the department in accordance with
 section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter shall be reduced by the
 sum of [all fees which such victim is able to pay toward  the  costs  of
 such  shelter  and  services as determined in accordance with the public
 assistance budgeting rules set forth in the regulations of  the  depart-
 ment  and  by]  any [third party] OTHER reimbursement available for such
 costs.
   § 5. This act shall take effect April 1, 2019.

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                                  PART K
 
   Section  1. Section 712 of the family court act, as amended by chapter
 920 of the laws of 1982, subdivision (a) as amended by section 7 of part
 G of chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, subdivision (b) as amended by chap-
 ter 465 of the laws of 1992, subdivision (g) as amended by section 2  of
 part  B  of  chapter  3 of the laws of 2005, subdivision (h) as added by
 chapter 7 of the laws of 1999, subdivision (i) as amended  and  subdivi-
 sions  (j), (k), (l) and (m) as added by chapter 38 of the laws of 2014,
 is amended to read as follows:
   § 712. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
 have the following meanings:
   (a) "Person in need of supervision". A person less than eighteen years
 of age who does not attend school in accordance with the  provisions  of
 part one of article sixty-five of the education law or who is incorrigi-
 ble,  ungovernable  or  habitually  disobedient  and  beyond  the lawful
 control of a parent or other person legally responsible for such child's
 care, or other lawful authority,  or  who  violates  the  provisions  of
 section  221.05 or 230.00 of the penal law, or who appears to be a sexu-
 ally exploited child as defined in paragraph (a), (c) or (d) of subdivi-
 sion one of section four hundred forty-seven-a of  the  social  services
 law,  but  only  if the child consents to the filing of a petition under
 this article.
   (b) ["Detention". The temporary care and maintenance of children  away
 from their own homes as defined in section five hundred two of the exec-
 utive law.
   (c)  "Secure  detention  facility".  A facility characterized by phys-
 ically restricting construction, hardware and procedures.
   (d) "Non-secure detention facility". A facility characterized  by  the
 absence of physically restricting construction, hardware and procedures.
   (e)]  "Fact-finding  hearing".  A  hearing  to  determine  whether the
 respondent did the acts alleged to show that he OR SHE violated a law or
 is incorrigible, ungovernable or habitually disobedient and  beyond  the
 control of his OR HER parents, guardian or legal custodian.
   [(f)]  (C) "Dispositional hearing". A hearing to determine whether the
 respondent requires supervision or treatment.
   [(g)] (D) "Aggravated circumstances". Aggravated  circumstances  shall
 have  the same meaning as the definition of such term in subdivision (j)
 of section one thousand twelve of this act.
   [(h)] (E) "Permanency hearing". A  hearing  held  in  accordance  with
 paragraph  (b) of subdivision two of section seven hundred fifty-four or
 section seven hundred fifty-six-a of this article  for  the  purpose  of
 reviewing  the foster care status of the respondent and the appropriate-
 ness of the permanency plan developed by the social services official on
 behalf of such respondent.
   [(i)] (F) "Diversion services".   Services provided  to  children  and
 families  pursuant  to section seven hundred thirty-five of this article
 for the purpose of avoiding the need to file a petition [or  direct  the
 detention  of  the  child]. Diversion services shall include: efforts to
 adjust cases pursuant to this article before a petition is filed, or  by
 order  of the court, after the petition is filed but before fact-finding
 is commenced;  and  preventive  services  provided  in  accordance  with
 section  four  hundred  nine-a  of  the social services law to avert the
 placement of the child [into foster care], including crisis intervention
 and respite services.   Diversion services may also  include,  in  cases
 where  any  person  is  seeking to file a petition that alleges that the

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 child has a substance use disorder or is in need of immediate  detoxifi-
 cation  or  substance use disorder services, an assessment for substance
 use  disorder;  provided,  however,  that  notwithstanding   any   other
 provision  of  law to the contrary, the designated lead agency shall not
 be required to pay for all or any portion of the costs of  such  assess-
 ment  or  substance  use  disorder or detoxification services, except in
 cases where medical assistance for needy persons may be used to pay  for
 all or any portion of the costs of such assessment or services.
   [(j)]  (G)  "Substance use disorder". The misuse of, dependence on, or
 addiction to alcohol and/or legal or illegal drugs  leading  to  effects
 that  are  detrimental to the person's physical and mental health or the
 welfare of others.
   [(k)] (H) "Assessment for substance use  disorder".  Assessment  by  a
 provider  that  has  been  certified  by  the  office  of alcoholism and
 substance abuse services of a person less than  eighteen  years  of  age
 where  it  is  alleged  that the youth is suffering from a substance use
 disorder which could make a youth a danger  to  himself  or  herself  or
 others.
   [(l)]  (I) "A substance use disorder which could make a youth a danger
 to himself or herself or others".  A  substance  use  disorder  that  is
 accompanied by the dependence on, or the repeated use or abuse of, drugs
 or  alcohol to the point of intoxication such that the person is in need
 of immediate detoxification or other substance use disorder services.
   [(m)] (J) "Substance use disorder services".  Substance  use  disorder
 services  shall have the same meaning as provided for in section 1.03 of
 the mental hygiene law.
   § 2. The part heading of part 2 of article 7 of the family  court  act
 is amended to read as follows:
                          CUSTODY [AND DETENTION]
   § 3. Section 720 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 419 of
 the  laws of 1987, subdivision 3 as amended by section 9 of subpart B of
 part Q of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, subdivision 5  as  amended  by
 section 3 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, and paragraph (c)
 of  subdivision  5  as added by section 8 of part G of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   § 720. Detention PRECLUDED. [1.] THE DETENTION OF A CHILD SHALL NOT BE
 DIRECTED UNDER ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT  AS  OTHER-
 WISE AUTHORIZED BY THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES. No child to whom
 the provisions of this article may apply, shall be detained in any pris-
 on,  jail,  lockup, or other place used for adults convicted of crime or
 under arrest and charged with a crime.
   [2. The detention of a child in a secure detention facility shall  not
 be directed under any of the provisions of this article.
   3.  Detention  of a person alleged to be or adjudicated as a person in
 need of supervision shall, except as provided  in  subdivision  four  of
 this  section,  be authorized only in a foster care program certified by
 the office of children and family services, or a certified  or  approved
 family  boarding  home,  or a non-secure detention facility certified by
 the office and in accordance with section seven hundred  thirty-nine  of
 this  article.  The setting of the detention shall take into account (a)
 the proximity to the community in which the  person  alleged  to  be  or
 adjudicated  as a person in need of supervision lives with such person's
 parents or to which such person will be discharged, and (b) the existing
 educational setting of such person and the proximity of such setting  to
 the location of the detention setting.

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   4. Whenever detention is authorized and ordered pursuant to this arti-
 cle,  for  a  person alleged to be or adjudicated as a person in need of
 supervision, a family court in a city having a population of one million
 or more shall,  notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  direct
 detention  in a foster care facility established and maintained pursuant
 to the social services law. In all other respects, the detention of such
 a person in a foster care facility shall be  subject  to  the  identical
 terms  and conditions for detention as are set forth in this article and
 in section two hundred thirty-five of this act.
   5. (a) The court shall not order or direct detention under this  arti-
 cle, unless the court determines that there is no substantial likelihood
 that  the  youth  and  his  or  her family will continue to benefit from
 diversion services and that all available alternatives to detention have
 been exhausted; and
   (b) Where the youth is sixteen years of age or older, the court  shall
 not  order  or  direct  detention  under  this article, unless the court
 determines and states in its order that special circumstances  exist  to
 warrant such detention.
   (c)  If the respondent may be a sexually exploited child as defined in
 subdivision one of section four  hundred  forty-seven-a  of  the  social
 services law, the court may direct the respondent to an available short-
 term  safe  house  as defined in subdivision two of section four hundred
 forty-seven-a  of  the  social  services  law  as  an   alternative   to
 detention.]
   § 4. Section 727 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   §  5.  The section heading and subdivisions (c) and (d) of section 728
 of the family court act, subdivision (d) as added by chapter 145 of  the
 laws  of  2000, paragraph (i) as added and paragraph (ii) of subdivision
 (d) as renumbered by section 5 of part E of chapter 57 of  the  laws  of
 2005,  and  paragraph (iii) as amended and paragraph (iv) of subdivision
 (d) as added by section 10 of subpart B of part Q of chapter 58  of  the
 laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   Discharge[,]  OR  release  [or  detention]  by judge after hearing and
 before filing of petition in custody cases.
   (c) An order of release under this  section  may,  but  need  not,  be
 conditioned  upon  the giving of a recognizance in accord with [sections
 seven hundred twenty-four (b)]  PARAGRAPH  (i)  OF  SUBDIVISION  (B)  OF
 SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
   [(d)  Upon  a  finding  of facts and reasons which support a detention
 order pursuant to this section, the court shall also determine and state
 in any order directing detention:
   (i) that there is no substantial likelihood that the youth and his  or
 her family will continue to benefit from diversion services and that all
 available alternatives to detention have been exhausted; and
   (ii)  whether  continuation  of the child in the child's home would be
 contrary to the best interests of the child based upon, and limited  to,
 the  facts  and  circumstances available to the court at the time of the
 hearing held in accordance with this section; and
   (iii) where appropriate, whether reasonable efforts were made prior to
 the date of the court hearing that resulted in the detention  order,  to
 prevent  or  eliminate the need for removal of the child from his or her
 home or, if the child had been removed from his or her home prior to the
 court appearance pursuant to this section,  where  appropriate,  whether
 reasonable efforts were made to make it possible for the child to safely
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   (iv) whether the setting of the detention takes into account the prox-
 imity  to the community in which the person alleged to be or adjudicated
 as a person in need of supervision lives with such person's  parents  or
 to  which  such  person will be discharged, and the existing educational
 setting of such person and the proximity of such setting to the location
 of the detention setting.]
   § 6. Section 729 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   §  7.  Subdivisions (b), paragraph (i) of subdivision (d) and subdivi-
 sion (f) of section 735 of the family  court  act,  subdivision  (b)  as
 amended  by chapter 38 of the laws of 2014, paragraph (i) of subdivision
 (d) as amended by chapter 535 of the laws of 2011 and subdivision (f) as
 added by section 7 of part E of chapter 57 of  the  laws  of  2005,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) The designated lead agency shall:
   (i)  confer  with any person seeking to file a petition, the youth who
 may be a potential respondent, his or her family, and  other  interested
 persons, concerning the provision of diversion services before any peti-
 tion may be filed; and
   (ii) diligently attempt to prevent the filing of a petition under this
 article or, after the petition is filed, to prevent the placement of the
 youth into foster care; and
   (iii)  assess whether the youth would benefit from residential respite
 services; and
   (iv) ASSESS WHETHER THE YOUTH IS A SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILD AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AND, IF
 SO, WHETHER SUCH YOUTH SHOULD BE REFERRED TO A SAFE HOUSE; AND
   (V) determine whether alternatives to  detention  are  appropriate  to
 avoid remand of the youth to detention; and
   [(v)]  (VI) determine whether an assessment of the youth for substance
 use disorder by an office of alcoholism  and  substance  abuse  services
 certified provider is necessary when a person seeking to file a petition
 alleges  in  such  petition that the youth is suffering from a substance
 use disorder which could make the youth a danger to himself  or  herself
 or  others.  Provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision
 of law to the contrary, the designated lead agency shall not be required
 to pay for all or any portion of the costs of such assessment or for any
 substance use disorder or detoxification services, except in cases where
 medical assistance for needy persons may be used to pay for all  or  any
 portion of the costs of such assessment or services. The office of alco-
 holism  and  substance abuse services shall make a list of its certified
 providers available to the designated lead agency.
   (i) providing, at the first contact, information on  the  availability
 of  or a referral to services in the geographic area where the youth and
 his or her family are located that may be of  benefit  in  avoiding  the
 need  to file a petition under this article; including the availability,
 for up to twenty-one days, of a  residential  respite  program,  if  the
 youth  and his or her parent or other person legally responsible for his
 or her care agree, and the availability of other non-residential  crisis
 intervention  programs  such  as family crisis counseling or alternative
 dispute resolution programs or an  educational  program  as  defined  in
 section four hundred fifty-eight-l of the social services law.
   (f)  Efforts  to  prevent  the  filing  of a petition pursuant to this
 section may extend until the  designated  lead  agency  determines  that
 there  is no substantial likelihood that the youth and his or her family
 will benefit from further attempts. Efforts  at  diversion  pursuant  to
 this  section  may  continue  after  the  filing of a petition where the

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 designated lead agency determines that the youth and his or  her  family
 will  benefit  from  further  attempts to prevent PLACEMENT OF the youth
 [from entering foster care] IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  SEVEN  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 8. Section 739 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 920 of
 the  laws of 1982, subdivision (a) as amended by section 10 of part G of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, subdivision (c) as added by chapter  145
 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   §  739.  Release  or [detention] REFERRAL after filing of petition and
 prior to order of disposition. [(a)] After  the  filing  of  a  petition
 under  section  seven  hundred thirty-two of this part, the court in its
 discretion may release the respondent [or direct his or her  detention].
 If the respondent may be a sexually exploited child as defined in subdi-
 vision  one of section four hundred forty-seven-a of the social services
 law, the court may direct the respondent to an available short-term safe
 house [as an alternative to detention.  However,  the  court  shall  not
 direct detention unless it finds and states the facts and reasons for so
 finding  that  unless  the respondent is detained there is a substantial
 probability that the respondent will not appear in court on  the  return
 date and all available alternatives to detention have been exhausted.
   (b)  Unless  the respondent waives a determination that probable cause
 exists to believe that he  is  a  person  in  need  of  supervision,  no
 detention  under  this  section may last more than three days (i) unless
 the court finds, pursuant to the evidentiary standards applicable  to  a
 hearing  on  a  felony complaint in a criminal court, that such probable
 cause exists, or (ii) unless special circumstances exist, in which cases
 such detention may be extended not more than an  additional  three  days
 exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
   (c)  Upon  a  finding  of  facts and reasons which support a detention
 order pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, the court shall  also
 determine and state in any order directing detention:
   (i)  whether  continuation  of the respondent in the respondent's home
 would be contrary to the best interests of the  respondent  based  upon,
 and limited to, the facts and circumstance available to the court at the
 time of the court's determination in accordance with this section; and
   (ii)  where appropriate, whether reasonable efforts were made prior to
 the date of the court order directing detention in accordance with  this
 section,  to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the respondent
 from his or her home or, if the respondent had been removed from his  or
 her  home  prior to the court appearance pursuant to this section, where
 appropriate, whether reasonable efforts were made to  make  it  possible
 for the respondent to safely return home].
   § 9. Section 741-a of the family court act, as amended by section 3 of
 part  B  of  chapter  327  of  the  laws  of 2007, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 741-a. Notice and right to be heard. The foster  parent  caring  for
 [the child] A SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILD PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-SIX  OF THIS ARTICLE or any pre-adoptive parent or
 relative providing care for the respondent shall be provided with notice
 of any permanency hearing held pursuant to this article  by  the  social
 services  official.  Such foster parent, pre-adoptive parent or relative
 shall have the right to be heard at any such hearing; provided, however,
 no  such  foster  parent,  pre-adoptive  parent  or  relative  shall  be
 construed  to  be  a  party  to  the hearing solely on the basis of such
 notice and right to be heard. The failure of the foster  parent,  pre-a-
 doptive  parent, or relative caring for the child to appear at a perman-

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 ency hearing shall constitute a waiver of the right to be heard and such
 failure to appear shall not cause a delay of the permanency hearing  nor
 shall  such  failure  to  appear be a ground for the invalidation of any
 order issued by the court pursuant to this section.
   § 10. Section 747 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   § 11. Section 748 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   §  12.  Subdivision  (b)  of  section  749 of the family court act, as
 amended by chapter 806 of the laws  of  1973,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (b)  On  its  own  motion,  the  court  may adjourn the proceedings on
 conclusion of a fact-finding hearing or during a  dispositional  hearing
 to  enable  it  to  make  inquiry  into the surroundings, conditions and
 capacities of the respondent. An [adjournment on the court's motion  may
 not be for a period of more than ten days if the respondent is detained,
 in  which  case  not  more  than a total of two such adjournments may be
 granted in the absence of special circumstances. If  the  respondent  is
 not  detained,  an]  adjournment  may  be for a reasonable time, but the
 total number of adjourned days may not exceed two months.
   § 13. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of  section  754  of  the  family
 court  act,  as  amended  by chapter 7 of the laws of 1999, subparagraph
 (ii) of paragraph (a) as amended by section 20 of part L of  chapter  56
 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  order  shall  state  the  court's reasons for the particular
 disposition. If the court places the child in  accordance  with  section
 seven  hundred  fifty-six  of  this  part,  the court in its order shall
 determine: (i) whether continuation in the child's home would be contra-
 ry to the best interest of the child and where appropriate, that reason-
 able efforts were made prior to the date of  the  dispositional  hearing
 held  pursuant  to  this  article  to  prevent or eliminate the need for
 removal of the child from his or her home and, if the child was  removed
 from  his  or  her  home  prior  to  the date of such hearing, that such
 removal was in the child's best interest and, where appropriate, reason-
 able efforts were made to make it possible for the child to return safe-
 ly home. If the court determines that reasonable efforts to  prevent  or
 eliminate  the need for removal of the child from the home were not made
 but that the lack of such efforts  was  appropriate  under  the  circum-
 stances,  the  court order shall include such a finding; and (ii) in the
 case of a child who has attained the age of fourteen, the services need-
 ed, if any, to assist the child to make the transition from foster  care
 to  independent  living. [Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed
 to modify the standards for directing detention  set  forth  in  section
 seven hundred thirty-nine of this article.]
   §  14.  Section 756 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 920
 of the laws of 1982, paragraph (i) of  subdivision  (a)  as  amended  by
 chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, the opening paragraph of paragraph (ii)
 of  subdivision  (a) as amended by section 11 of part G of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2010, subdivision (b) as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of
 1999, and subdivision (c) as amended by section 10 of part E of  chapter
 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   §  756.  Placement.  (a)  (i)  For  purposes  of section seven hundred
 fifty-four OF THIS PART, the court may place the child in its  own  home
 or  in  the  custody  of  a  suitable relative or other suitable private
 person [or a commissioner of social services], subject to the orders  of
 the court.
   (ii)  [Where the child is placed] IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THE RESPOND-
 ENT IS A SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILD  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF

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 SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, THE COURT
 MAY  PLACE  THE CHILD with the commissioner of the local social services
 district[, the court] AND may direct the commissioner to place the child
 with  an  authorized agency or class of authorized agencies, including[,
 if the court finds that the respondent is a sexually exploited child  as
 defined  in subdivision one of section four hundred forty-seven-a of the
 social services law,] an available  long-term  safe  house.  Unless  the
 dispositional  order  provides  otherwise,  the court so directing shall
 include one of the following alternatives to apply in the event that the
 commissioner is unable to so place the child:
   (1) the commissioner shall apply to the court for an  order  to  stay,
 modify,  set  aside, or vacate such directive pursuant to the provisions
 of section seven hundred sixty-two or seven hundred sixty-three OF  THIS
 PART; or
   (2)  the commissioner shall return the child to the family court for a
 new dispositional hearing and order.
   (b) Placements under this section may be  for  an  initial  period  of
 twelve  months.  The  court  may  extend a placement pursuant to section
 seven hundred fifty-six-a. In its discretion, the  court  may  recommend
 restitution  or  require  services  for  public good pursuant to section
 seven hundred fifty-eight-a OF THIS PART in conjunction with an order of
 placement.  For the purposes of calculating the initial period of place-
 ment, such placement shall be deemed to have commenced sixty days  after
 the  date  the child was removed from his or her home in accordance with
 the provisions of this article. [If the respondent has been in detention
 pending disposition, the initial period of placement ordered under  this
 section  shall  be  credited  with  and diminished by the amount of time
 spent by the respondent in detention prior to the  commencement  of  the
 placement  unless  the court finds that all or part of such credit would
 not serve the best interests of the respondent.
   (c) A placement pursuant to this  section  with  the  commissioner  of
 social services shall not be directed in any detention facility, but the
 court  may  direct  detention pending transfer to a placement authorized
 and ordered under this section for no more than than fifteen days  after
 such  order  of  placement  is  made. Such direction shall be subject to
 extension pursuant to subdivision three of section three  hundred  nine-
 ty-eight  of  the social services law, upon written documentation to the
 office of children and family services that the  youth  is  in  need  of
 specialized  treatment  or  placement  and  the  diligent efforts by the
 commissioner of social services to locate an appropriate placement.]
   § 15. Section 758-a of the family court act, as amended by chapter  73
 of  the  laws of 1979, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 4 of the laws
 of 1987, paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 575 of the
 laws of 2007, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 309  of  the  laws  of
 1996, and subdivision 3 as separately amended by chapter 568 of the laws
 of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
   § 758-a. Restitution. 1. In cases involving acts of [infants] CHILDREN
 over  [ten]  TWELVE  and  less than [sixteen] EIGHTEEN years of age, the
 court may
   (a) recommend as a condition of placement, or order as a condition  of
 probation or suspended judgment, restitution in an amount representing a
 fair  and  reasonable  cost to replace the property or repair the damage
 caused by the [infant] CHILD,  not,  however,  to  exceed  one  thousand
 dollars.  [In  the case of a placement, the court may recommend that the
 infant pay out of his or  her  own  funds  or  earnings  the  amount  of
 replacement  or  damage, either in a lump sum or in periodic payments in

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 amounts set by the agency with which he is placed, and in  the  case  of
 probation  or  suspended  judgment,  the] THE court may require that the
 [infant] CHILD pay out of his or her own funds or earnings the amount of
 replacement  or  damage, either in a lump sum or in periodic payments in
 amounts set by the court; and/or
   (b) order as a condition of placement, probation, or  suspended  judg-
 ment,  services  for  the  public  good including in the case of a crime
 involving willful, malicious, or unlawful damage or destruction to  real
 or personal property maintained as a cemetery plot, grave, burial place,
 or  other  place of interment of human remains, services for the mainte-
 nance and repair thereof, taking into consideration the age and physical
 condition of the [infant] CHILD.
   2. [If the court recommends restitution or requires services  for  the
 public  good  in  conjunction  with  an  order  of placement pursuant to
 section seven hundred fifty-six, the placement shall be made only to  an
 authorized agency which has adopted rules and regulations for the super-
 vision  of  such a program, which rules and regulations shall be subject
 to the approval of the state department of social services.  Such  rules
 and  regulations  shall  include,  but  not be limited to provisions (i)
 assuring that the conditions of work, including wages, meet  the  stand-
 ards  therefor  prescribed  pursuant  to  the  labor law; (ii) affording
 coverage to the child under the workers' compensation law as an employee
 of such agency, department or institution; (iii) assuring that the enti-
 ty receiving such services shall not utilize the  same  to  replace  its
 regular  employees; and (iv) providing for reports to the court not less
 frequently than every six months, unless the order provides otherwise.
   3.] If the court requires restitution or services for the public  good
 [as  a  condition  of probation or suspended judgment], it shall provide
 that an agency or person supervise the restitution or services and  that
 such agency or person report to the court not less frequently than every
 six months, unless the order provides otherwise. Upon the written notice
 sent  by  a  school  district to the court and the appropriate probation
 department or agency which submits probation recommendations or  reports
 to  the  court,  the  court  may provide that such school district shall
 supervise the performance of services for the public good.
   [4.] 3. The court, upon receipt of the reports provided for in  subdi-
 vision  two  [or  three]  of  this section may, on its own motion or the
 motion of any party or the agency, hold a hearing to  determine  whether
 the [placement] CONDITION should be altered or modified.
   §  16.  Section  774  of  the  family  court act is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 774. Action on petition for transfer.  On receiving a petition under
 section seven hundred seventy-three OF THIS PART, the court may  proceed
 under sections seven hundred thirty-seven, seven hundred thirty-eight or
 seven  hundred  thirty-nine OF THIS ARTICLE with respect to the issuance
 of a summons or warrant [and sections  seven  hundred  twenty-seven  and
 seven  hundred  twenty-nine govern questions of detention and failure to
 comply with a promise to appear]. Due notice of the petition and a  copy
 of  the  petition  shall  also  be served personally or by mail upon the
 office of the locality chargeable for the support of the person involved
 and upon the person involved and his OR HER parents and other persons.
   § 17. Subdivisions 3, 3-a, 11 and 12 of  section  398  of  the  social
 services  law,  subdivision  3  as amended by chapter 419 of the laws of
 1987, paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 as amended by section 19 of part  E
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, subdivision 3-a as added by section 1
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 as  added  by  chapter  514  of  the  laws of 1976 and subdivision 12 as
 amended by section 12 of subpart B of part Q of chapter 58 of  the  laws
 of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   3. As to delinquent children [and persons in need of supervision]:
   (a) Investigate complaints as to alleged delinquency of a child.
   (b)  Bring  such case of alleged delinquency when necessary before the
 family court.
   (c) Receive within fifteen days from  the  order  of  placement  as  a
 public  charge  any  delinquent  child committed or placed [or person in
 need of supervision placed] in his or  her  care  by  the  family  court
 provided, however, that the commissioner of the social services district
 with whom the child is placed may apply to the state commissioner or his
 or her designee for approval of an additional fifteen days, upon written
 documentation  to  the  office  of children and family services that the
 youth is in need of specialized treatment or placement and the  diligent
 efforts  by the commissioner of social services to locate an appropriate
 placement.
   [3-a. As to delinquent children:
   (a)] (D) (1) Conditionally release any juvenile delinquent placed with
 the district to aftercare whenever the district  determines  conditional
 release to be consistent with the needs and best interests of such juve-
 nile delinquent, that suitable care and supervision can be provided, and
 that there is a reasonable probability that such juvenile delinquent can
 be  conditionally  released without endangering public safety; provided,
 however, that such conditional release shall be made in accordance  with
 the  regulations  of  the  office  of  children and family services, and
 provided further that no juvenile delinquent while absent from a facili-
 ty or program without the consent of the director of  such  facility  or
 program shall be conditionally released by the district solely by reason
 of the absence.
   (2) It shall be a condition of such release that a juvenile delinquent
 so  released  shall  continue  to  be  the  responsibility of the social
 services district for the period provided in the order of placement.
   (3) The social services district may provide  clothing,  services  and
 other necessities for any conditionally released juvenile delinquent, as
 may  be  required,  including  medical care and services not provided to
 such juvenile delinquent as medical assistance for needy persons  pursu-
 ant to title eleven of article five of this chapter.
   (4)  The  social services district, pursuant to the regulations of the
 office of children and family services, may cause a juvenile  delinquent
 to be returned to a facility operated and maintained by the district, or
 an authorized agency under contract with the district, at any time with-
 in the period of placement, where there is a violation of the conditions
 of release or a change of circumstances.
   (5)  Juvenile  delinquents conditionally released by a social services
 district may be provided for as follows:
   (i) If, in the opinion of the social services district,  there  is  no
 suitable  parent, relative or guardian to whom a juvenile delinquent can
 be  conditionally  released,  and  suitable  care  cannot  otherwise  be
 secured, the district may conditionally release such juvenile delinquent
 to the care of any other suitable person; provided that where such suit-
 able  person  has  no legal relationship with the juvenile, the district
 shall advise such person of the  procedures  for  obtaining  custody  or
 guardianship of the juvenile.
   (ii)  If  a  conditionally  released juvenile delinquent is subject to
 article sixty-five of the education law or elects to participate  in  an

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 educational program leading to a high school diploma, he or she shall be
 enrolled  in  a  school  or educational program leading to a high school
 diploma following release, or, if such release occurs during the  summer
 recess,  upon  the  commencement  of  the  next school term. If a condi-
 tionally released juvenile delinquent is not subject to  article  sixty-
 five  of  the  education  law,  and  does not elect to participate in an
 educational program leading to a high school  diploma,  steps  shall  be
 taken,  to the extent possible, to facilitate his or her gainful employ-
 ment or enrollment in a vocational program following release.
   [(b)] (E) When a juvenile delinquent placed with the  social  services
 district  is  absent  from placement without consent, such absence shall
 interrupt the calculation of time for his or her placement. Such  inter-
 ruption  shall  continue  until  such juvenile delinquent returns to the
 facility or authorized agency in which he or she was  placed.  Provided,
 however,  that  any  time spent by a juvenile delinquent in custody from
 the date of absence to the date  placement  resumes  shall  be  credited
 against the time of such placement provided that such custody:
   (1) was due to an arrest or surrender based upon the absence; or
   (2)  arose from an arrest or surrender on another charge which did not
 culminate in a conviction, adjudication or adjustment.
   [(c)] (F) In addition to the other requirements of  this  section,  no
 juvenile  delinquent placed with a social services district operating an
 approved juvenile justice services close to home initiative pursuant  to
 section  four  hundred  four  of  this chapter pursuant to a restrictive
 placement under the family court act shall be released  except  pursuant
 to section 353.5 of the family court act.
   11.  In  the  case  of a child who is adjudicated [a person in need of
 supervision or] a juvenile delinquent and is placed by the family  court
 with the [division for youth] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES and
 who is placed by [the division for youth] SUCH OFFICE with an authorized
 agency  pursuant to court order, the social services official shall make
 expenditures in accordance with the regulations of  the  department  for
 the care and maintenance of such child during the term of such placement
 subject  to  state  reimbursement pursuant to SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-
 THREE-K OF this [title, or article nineteen-G of the  executive  law  in
 applicable cases] ARTICLE.
   12.  A  social  services  official shall be permitted to place persons
 adjudicated [in need of supervision or] delinquent[, and alleged persons
 to be in need of supervision] in detention pending transfer to a  place-
 ment, in the same foster care facilities as are providing care to desti-
 tute,  neglected, abused or abandoned children. Such foster care facili-
 ties shall not provide care to a youth in the care of a social  services
 official as a convicted juvenile offender.
   §  18.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 1 of section 409-a of the social
 services law, as amended by chapter 87 of the laws of 1993, subparagraph
 (i) as amended by chapter 342 of the laws of 2010, and subparagraph (ii)
 as amended by section 22 of part C of chapter 83 of the laws of 2002, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) A social services official shall provide preventive services to  a
 child  and  his  or  her family, in accordance with the family's service
 plan as required by section four hundred nine-e of this [chapter]  ARTI-
 CLE  and  the  social  services  district's  child welfare services plan
 submitted and approved pursuant to section four hundred nine-d  of  this
 [chapter]  ARTICLE, upon a finding by such official that [(i)] the child
 will be placed, returned to or continued  in  foster  care  unless  such
 services  are  provided  and  that  it  is reasonable to believe that by

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 providing such services the child will be able  to  remain  with  or  be
 returned  to his or her family, and for a former foster care youth under
 the age of twenty-one who was previously placed in the care and  custody
 or custody and guardianship of the local commissioner of social services
 or  other officer, board or department authorized to receive children as
 public charges where it is reasonable to believe that by providing  such
 services the former foster care youth will avoid a return to foster care
 [or  (ii)  the child is the subject of a petition under article seven of
 the family court act, or has been determined by the  assessment  service
 established  pursuant to section two hundred forty-three-a of the execu-
 tive law, or by the probation service where no such  assessment  service
 has  been designated, to be at risk of being the subject of such a peti-
 tion, and the social services official determines that the child  is  at
 risk of placement into foster care].
   Such  finding  shall  be  entered  in  the child's uniform case record
 established and maintained pursuant to section four  hundred  nine-f  of
 this [chapter] ARTICLE. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to
 assist social services officials in making determinations of eligibility
 for  mandated  preventive services pursuant to this [subparagraph] PARA-
 GRAPH.
   § 18-a. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 409-a of the social services law, as amended by chapter 87 of  the  laws
 of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   [(ii)  the  child  is the subject of a petition under article seven of
 the family court act, or has been determined by the  assessment  service
 established  pursuant to section two hundred forty-three-a of the execu-
 tive law, or by the probation service where no such  assessment  service
 has  been designated, to be at risk of being the subject of such a peti-
 tion, and the social services official determines according to standards
 promulgated pursuant to section three  hundred  ninety-eight-b  of  this
 chapter that the child is at risk of placement into foster care.]
   Such  finding  shall  be  entered  in  the child's uniform case record
 established and maintained pursuant to section four  hundred  nine-f  of
 this [chapter] ARTICLE. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to
 assist social services officials in making determinations of eligibility
 for mandated preventive services pursuant to [clause (ii) of] this para-
 graph.
   § 19. Subdivision 3 of section 502 of the executive law, as amended by
 section  79 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 read as follows:
   3. "Detention" means the temporary care and maintenance of youth  held
 away from their homes pursuant to article three [or seven] of the family
 court act, or held pending a hearing for alleged violation of the condi-
 tions of release from an office of children and family services facility
 or authorized agency, or held pending a hearing for alleged violation of
 the  condition  of  parole  as a juvenile offender, youthful offender or
 adolescent offender or held pending return to a jurisdiction other  than
 the one in which the youth is held, or held pursuant to a securing order
 of  a  criminal court if the youth named therein as principal is charged
 as a juvenile offender, youthful offender or adolescent offender or held
 pending a hearing on an extension of placement or held pending  transfer
 to  a  facility upon commitment or placement by a court. Only alleged or
 convicted juvenile offenders, youthful offenders or adolescent offenders
 who have not attained their eighteenth or, commencing October first, two
 thousand eighteen, their  twenty-first  birthday  shall  be  subject  to
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 sand eighteen, a youth who on or after such date  committed  an  offense
 when  the  youth  was sixteen years of age; or commencing October first,
 two thousand nineteen, a youth who committed an offense on or after such
 date when the youth was seventeen years of age held pursuant to a secur-
 ing  order  of a criminal court if the youth is charged as an adolescent
 offender or held pending a hearing for alleged violation of  the  condi-
 tion  of parole as an adolescent offender, must be held in a specialized
 secure juvenile detention facility for  older  youth  certified  by  the
 state  office  of  children  and family services in conjunction with the
 state commission of correction.
   § 20. Subdivision 1,  the  opening  paragraph  of  subdivision  2  and
 subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 529-b of
 the executive law, as amended by section 99 of part WWW of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
   1. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,  eligible
 expenditures by an eligible municipality for services to divert youth at
 risk  of,  alleged  to  be,  or  adjudicated as juvenile delinquents [or
 persons alleged or adjudicated to be in need of supervision],  or  youth
 alleged  to be or convicted as juvenile offenders, youthful offenders or
 adolescent offenders from placement in detention or in residential  care
 shall be subject to state reimbursement under the supervision and treat-
 ment  services  for juveniles program for up to sixty-two percent of the
 municipality's expenditures, subject  to  available  appropriations  and
 exclusive  of any federal funds made available for such purposes, not to
 exceed the municipality's distribution under the supervision and  treat-
 ment services for juveniles program.
   (b)  The  state  funds  appropriated for the supervision and treatment
 services for juveniles program shall be distributed to eligible  munici-
 palities  by  the office of children and family services based on a plan
 developed by  the  office  which  may  consider  historical  information
 regarding  the  number  of youth seen at probation intake for an alleged
 act of delinquency, THE NUMBER OF ALLEGED PERSONS IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
 RECEIVING DIVERSION SERVICES UNDER SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE  OF
 THE  FAMILY  COURT  ACT,  the number of youth remanded to detention, the
 number of juvenile delinquents placed with the  office,  the  number  of
 juvenile  delinquents  [and  persons  in  need of supervision] placed in
 residential care with the municipality, the municipality's reduction  in
 the  use  of  detention and residential placements, and other factors as
 determined by the office. Such plan developed by  the  office  shall  be
 subject  to  the  approval  of the director of the budget. The office is
 authorized, in its discretion, to make advance distributions to a  muni-
 cipality in anticipation of state reimbursement.
   As  used in this section, the term "municipality" shall mean a county,
 or a city having a population of one million or more,  and  "supervision
 and   treatment  services  for  juveniles"  shall  mean  community-based
 services or programs designed to safely maintain youth in the  community
 pending  a  family court disposition or conviction in criminal court and
 services or programs provided to youth adjudicated  as  juvenile  delin-
 quents [or persons in need of supervision], or youth alleged to be juve-
 nile  offenders,  youthful  offenders or adolescent offenders to prevent
 residential placement of such youth or a return to placement where  such
 youth  have been released to the community from residential placement OR
 PROGRAMS PROVIDED TO YOUTH ALLEGED TO BE ADJUDICATED PERSONS IN NEED  OF
 SUPERVISION  TO PREVENT SUCH YOUTH FROM FURTHER INVOLVEMENT IN THE JUVE-
 NILE OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS. Supervision and treatment services for
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   (i) an analysis that identifies the neighborhoods or communities  from
 which  the  greatest number of juvenile delinquents [and persons in need
 of supervision] are remanded to detention or residentially placed;
   §  21.  The  opening  paragraph  and  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2,
 subparagraphs 1 and 4 of paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of  subdivision
 5,  and  subdivision  7 of section 530 of the executive law, the opening
 paragraph and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 and subparagraphs 1  and  4
 of  paragraph  (a)  and  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 5 as amended by
 section 100 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017  and  subdivi-
 sion  7  as amended by section 6 of subpart B of part Q of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   Expenditures made by municipalities in providing care, maintenance and
 supervision to youth in  detention  facilities  designated  pursuant  to
 [sections  seven  hundred  twenty and] section 305.2 of the family court
 act and certified by office of children and family  services,  shall  be
 subject to reimbursement by the state, as follows:
   (a)  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law to the contrary, eligible
 expenditures by a municipality during a particular program year for  the
 care,  maintenance and supervision [in foster care programs certified by
 the office of children and family services, certified or approved family
 boarding homes, and non-secure detention  facilities  certified  by  the
 office  for  those youth alleged to be persons in need of supervision or
 adjudicated persons in need of supervision held pending  transfer  to  a
 facility upon placement; and] in secure and non-secure detention facili-
 ties  certified  by  the  office in accordance with section five hundred
 three of this article for those youth  alleged  to  be  juvenile  delin-
 quents;  adjudicated  juvenile  delinquents  held  pending transfer to a
 facility upon placement, and juvenile delinquents held at the request of
 the office of children and family services pending extension  of  place-
 ment  hearings or release revocation hearings or while awaiting disposi-
 tion of such hearings; and youth alleged to be or convicted as  juvenile
 offenders,  youthful  offenders  and  adolescent  offenders AND PRIOR TO
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, YOUTH ALLEGED TO BE PERSONS IN  NEED
 OF  SUPERVISION OR ADJUDICATED PERSONS IN NEED OF SUPERVISION HELD PEND-
 ING TRANSFER TO A FACILITY UPON PLACEMENT IN FOSTER CARE PROGRAMS CERTI-
 FIED BY THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES,  CERTIFIED  OR
 APPROVED  FOSTER  BOARDING  HOMES  AND  NON-SECURE  DETENTION FACILITIES
 CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE, shall be subject to state reimbursement for  up
 to  fifty  percent  of the municipality's expenditures, exclusive of any
 federal funds made available  for  such  purposes,  not  to  exceed  the
 municipality's  distribution  from  funds  that  have  been appropriated
 specifically therefor for that program year. Municipalities shall imple-
 ment the use of  detention  risk  assessment  instruments  in  a  manner
 prescribed  by  the office so as to inform detention decisions. Notwith-
 standing any other provision of state law to the contrary,  data  neces-
 sary  for  completion  of  a detention risk assessment instrument may be
 shared among law enforcement, probation, courts,  detention  administra-
 tors, detention providers, and the attorney for the child upon retention
 or  appointment;  solely  for the purpose of accurate completion of such
 risk assessment instrument, and a copy of the completed  detention  risk
 assessment   instrument  shall  be  made  available  to  the  applicable
 detention provider, the attorney for the child and the court.
   (1) temporary care, maintenance and supervision  provided  to  alleged
 juvenile  delinquents  [and persons in need of supervision] in detention
 facilities certified pursuant to [sections  seven  hundred  twenty  and]
 SECTION  305.2  of  the  family  court act by the office of children and

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 family services, pending adjudication of alleged delinquency [or alleged
 need of supervision] by the family court, or pending transfer to  insti-
 tutions  to  which  committed  or placed by such court or while awaiting
 disposition  by  such  court  after  adjudication  or held pursuant to a
 securing order of a criminal court if the person named therein as  prin-
 cipal is under seventeen years of age; or
   (4)  PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY temporary care, main-
 tenance and supervision provided youth detained in foster  care  facili-
 ties  or certified or approved family boarding homes pursuant to article
 seven of the family court act.
   (b) Payments made for reserved accommodations, whether or not in  full
 time  use,  approved  and certified by the office of children and family
 services and certified pursuant to [sections seven hundred  twenty  and]
 SECTION  305.2 of the family court act, in order to assure that adequate
 accommodations will be available for the immediate reception and  proper
 care  therein of youth for which detention costs are reimbursable pursu-
 ant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, shall be reimbursed as expend-
 itures for care, maintenance and supervision  under  the  provisions  of
 this  section,  provided  the office shall have given its prior approval
 for reserving such accommodations.
   7. The agency administering detention for each county and the city  of
 New  York shall submit to the office of children and family services, at
 such times and in such form and manner and containing  such  information
 as  required  by  the  office of children and family services, an annual
 report on youth remanded pursuant to article three or seven of the fami-
 ly court act who are  detained  during  each  calendar  year  including,
 commencing  January  first,  two thousand twelve, the risk level of each
 detained youth as assessed by a  detention  risk  assessment  instrument
 approved  by the office of children and family services PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER, THAT THE REPORT DUE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND THER-
 EAFTER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO CONTAIN ANY INFORMATION ON YOUTH WHO ARE
 SUBJECT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT. The office may require
 that such data on detention use be submitted  to  the  office  electron-
 ically. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the reason for
 the  court's  determination  in  accordance  with section 320.5 or seven
 hundred thirty-nine of the family court act to  detain  the  youth;  the
 offense  or  offenses  with  which  the  youth is charged; and all other
 reasons why the youth remains detained. The office shall submit a compi-
 lation of all the separate reports to the governor and the legislature.
   § 22. Subdivision 8 of section 530 of the executive law is REPEALED.
   § 23. Severability. If any clause, sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,
 section  or  part contained in any part of this act shall be adjudged by
 any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such  judgment  shall
 not  affect,  impair,  or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be
 confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,  paragraph,  subdivi-
 sion, section or part contained in any part thereof directly involved in
 the  controversy  in which such judgment shall have been rendered. It is
 hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that this act  would
 have  been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not been included
 herein.
   § 24. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020 and shall  be  deemed
 to  be  applicable  to  the  detention or placement of youth pursuant to
 petitions filed pursuant to article seven of the family court act on  or
 after such effective date; provided, however, that:

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   (a)  the  amendments  to  subdivision 3-a of section 398 of the social
 services law made by section seventeen of this act shall not affect  the
 repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith; and
   (b)  the  amendments to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
 sion 1 of section 409-a of the social services law made by section eigh-
 teen of this act shall be subject to the  expiration  and  reversion  of
 such  subparagraph pursuant to section 28 of part C of chapter 83 of the
 laws of 2002, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of  section
 eighteen-a of this act shall take effect.
 
                                  PART L
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs  (a),  (b),  (c)  and  (d) of subdivision 1 of
 section 131-o of the social services law, as amended  by  section  1  of
 part  YY  of  chapter  59  of  the  laws of 2018, are amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) in the case of each individual receiving family  care,  an  amount
 equal to at least [$144.00] $148.00 for each month beginning on or after
 January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN.
   (b)  in  the  case  of  each individual receiving residential care, an
 amount equal to at least [$166.00] $171.00 for each month  beginning  on
 or after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN.
   (c)  in  the  case  of  each individual receiving enhanced residential
 care, an amount equal to at  least  [$198.00]  $204.00  for  each  month
 beginning on or after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN.
   (d)  for  the period commencing January first, two thousand [nineteen]
 TWENTY, the monthly personal needs allowance shall be an amount equal to
 the sum of the amounts set forth in subparagraphs one and  two  of  this
 paragraph:
   (1)  the  amounts  specified  in  paragraphs  (a), (b) and (c) of this
 subdivision; and
   (2) the amount in subparagraph one of this  paragraph,  multiplied  by
 the  percentage  of  any  federal  supplemental  security income cost of
 living adjustment which becomes effective on or after January first, two
 thousand [nineteen] TWENTY, but prior to June  thirtieth,  two  thousand
 [nineteen] TWENTY, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (a),  (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of
 section 209 of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of  part
 YY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, for
 an eligible individual living  alone,  [$837.00]  $858.00;  and  for  an
 eligible couple living alone, [$1,229.00] $1,261.00.
   (b)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, for
 an eligible individual  living  with  others  with  or  without  in-kind
 income, [$773.00] $794.00; and for an eligible couple living with others
 with or without in-kind income, [$1,171.00] $1,203.00.
   (c)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, (i)
 for an eligible individual receiving family care, [$1,016.48]  $1,037.48
 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or the coun-
 ty of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an eligible
 couple  receiving  family  care in the city of New York or the county of
 Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the amount set forth
 in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an eligible individ-
 ual receiving such care in any other  county  in  the  state,  [$978.48]
 $999.48;  and  (iv)  for  an  eligible couple receiving such care in any

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 other county in the state, two times the amount set  forth  in  subpara-
 graph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (d)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, (i)
 for an  eligible  individual  receiving  residential  care,  [$1,185.00]
 $1,206.00 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or
 the  county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an
 eligible couple receiving residential care in the city of  New  York  or
 the  county  of  Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the
 amount set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for  an
 eligible  individual  receiving  such  care  in  any other county in the
 state, [$1,155.00] $1,176.00; and (iv) for an eligible couple  receiving
 such  care  in  any  other county in the state, two times the amount set
 forth in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (e) (i) On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen]  NINETEEN,
 for   an   eligible  individual  receiving  enhanced  residential  care,
 [$1,444.00]  $1,465.00;  and  (ii)  for  an  eligible  couple  receiving
 enhanced  residential  care,  two times the amount set forth in subpara-
 graph (i) of this paragraph.
   (f) The amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this subdi-
 vision shall be increased to reflect any increases  in  federal  supple-
 mental  security income benefits for individuals or couples which become
 effective on or after January first, two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY  but
 prior to June thirtieth, two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect December 31, 2019.
 
                                  PART M
 
   Section  1.  This Part enacts into law major components of legislation
 which are necessary to improve the foster care system. Each component is
 wholly contained within a Subpart identified as Subparts  A  through  B.
 The  effective  date for each particular provision contained within such
 Subpart is set forth in the last section of such Subpart. Any  provision
 in  any section contained within a Subpart, including the effective date
 of the Subpart, which makes a reference to a section "of this act," when
 used in connection with that particular component, shall  be  deemed  to
 mean  and  refer to the corresponding section of the Subpart in which it
 is found. Section three of this Part sets forth  the  general  effective
 date of this Part.
 
                                 SUBPART A
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 462-c to read as follows:
   § 462-C. APPOINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY OPERATOR OF A FOSTER CARE PROGRAM.
 1. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL HAVE  THE  AUTHORITY
 TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "COMMISSIONER" SHALL MEAN THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OR HIS OR
 HER DESIGNEE.
   (B) "OFFICE" SHALL MEAN THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
   (C) "FOSTER CARE AGENCY" SHALL MEAN AN AUTHORIZED AGENCY AS DEFINED IN
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF
 THIS CHAPTER THAT OPERATES ONE OR MORE FOSTER CARE PROGRAMS.
   (D) "ESTABLISHED OPERATOR" SHALL MEAN A FOSTER CARE AGENCY.
   (E)  "TEMPORARY  OPERATOR" SHALL MEAN ANY FOSTER CARE AGENCY APPOINTED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT:

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   (I) AGREES TO PROVIDE FOSTER CARE ON A TEMPORARY  BASIS  IN  THE  BEST
 INTERESTS OF THE FOSTER CARE YOUTH SERVED BY THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR;
   (II)  HAS  A HISTORY OF RECENT COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES,
 AND REGULATIONS AND A RECORD OF PROVIDING FOSTER CARE OF  GOOD  QUALITY,
 AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (III)  PRIOR  TO  APPOINTMENT  AS  TEMPORARY OPERATOR, DEVELOPS A PLAN
 DETERMINED TO BE SATISFACTORY BY THE COMMISSIONER TO ADDRESS THE  ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR'S DEFICIENCIES.
   (F)  "LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES DISTRICT" SHALL INCLUDE ANY LOCAL SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT WITH CARE AND CUSTODY OR CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF A
 FOSTER CARE YOUTH PLACED WITH  THE  ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR  THAT  MAY  BE
 SUBJECT  TO  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF  A TEMPORARY OPERATOR PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION, AS WELL  AS THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT WHERE THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR IS LOCATED.
   3. (A) (I) A TEMPORARY OPERATOR MAY ONLY BE APPOINTED AFTER THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR HAS BEEN PROVIDED NOTICE OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS  AND  THE
 ABILITY TO CURE SUCH VIOLATIONS.
   (II)  THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL ALSO BE NOTIFIED OF THE
 ALLEGED VIOLATIONS PRIOR TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY OPERATOR.
   (III) IF THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR FAILS TO CURE SUCH VIOLATIONS  IN  A
 TIMELY MANNER, A TEMPORARY OPERATOR MAY BE APPOINTED:
   (A)  WHERE  THE  ESTABLISHED OPERATOR IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ENSURE
 THE PROPER OPERATION  OF THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM AND THERE EXIST  CONDI-
 TIONS  THAT  HAVE  THE POTENTIAL TO SERIOUSLY ENDANGER OR JEOPARDIZE THE
 HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE OF FOSTER CARE YOUTH; OR
   (B) WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE  OF  YOUTH
 SERVED BY THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM.
   (IV)  IF  THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOTIFY THE ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR  AND  THE  LOCAL
 SOCIAL  SERVICES DISTRICT OF HIS OR HER INTENTION TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY
 OPERATOR TO ASSUME SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR  THE  ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR'S
 OPERATIONS FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME.
   (V)  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF  A  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR SHALL BE EFFECTUATED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AND SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REMEDIES
 PROVIDED BY LAW.
   (B) THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR MAY AT ANY TIME REQUEST THE  COMMISSIONER
 TO  APPOINT  A  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR.  UPON RECEIVING SUCH A REQUEST, THE
 COMMISSIONER MAY, IF HE OR SHE DETERMINES THAT SUCH AN ACTION IS  NECES-
 SARY,  ENTER  INTO  AN  AGREEMENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR FOR THE
 APPOINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY OPERATOR TO RESTORE OR MAINTAIN THE PROVISION
 OF SERVICES TO  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILIES  PROVIDED  IN  THE  FOSTER  CARE
 PROGRAM,  UNTIL  THE ESTABLISHED   OPERATOR CAN RESUME OPERATIONS WITHIN
 THE DESIGNATED TIME PERIOD OR OTHER ACTION IS TAKEN TO  SUSPEND, REVOKE,
 OR LIMIT THE AUTHORITY OF THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR.
   4. (A) A TEMPORARY OPERATOR APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 USE HIS OR HER BEST EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN DEEMED SATISFACTORY BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER TO CORRECT OR ELIMINATE ANY CONCERNS REGARDING HEALTH,
 SAFETY OR WELFARE OF THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR, AND PROMOTE  THE  QUALITY
 AND  ACCESSIBILITY  OF  SERVICES  PROVIDED  TO FOSTER CHILDREN AND THEIR
 FAMILIES IN THE APPLICABLE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM.
   (B) DURING THE TERM OF APPOINTMENT, THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR SHALL  HAVE
 THE  AUTHORITY TO DIRECT THE STAFF OF THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR AS NECES-
 SARY TO APPROPRIATELY PROVIDE CARE FOR FOSTER CARE YOUTH  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  THE  PLAN  APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER. THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR
 SHALL, DURING THIS PERIOD, PROVIDE  PROGRAMS  AND  SERVICES  FOR  FOSTER
 YOUTH IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO  PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF

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 THE YOUTH BY THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR UNTIL EITHER THE ESTABLISHED OPER-
 ATOR  CAN RESUME OPERATIONS OR UNTIL THE OFFICE REVOKES THE AUTHORITY OF
 THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR TO OPERATE A FOSTER CARE PROGRAM.
   (C) THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR SHALL GRANT THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR ACCESS
 TO  THE  ESTABLISHED OPERATOR'S ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
 ANY SERIOUS HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE DEFICIENCIES. THE TEMPORARY OPERA-
 TOR SHALL APPROVE ANY DECISION RELATED TO AN ESTABLISHED  PROVIDER'S DAY
 TO DAY OPERATIONS OR  THE  ESTABLISHED  PROVIDER'S  ABILITY  TO  PROVIDE
 PROGRAMS AND  SERVICES FOR FOSTER YOUTH.
   (D)  THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO FILE ANY BOND. NO
 SECURITY INTEREST IN ANY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY COMPRISING THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR, CONTAINED WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR,  OR  IN  ANY
 FIXTURE  OF THE BUILDING OR BUILDINGS OWNED BY THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR,
 SHALL BE IMPAIRED OR DIMINISHED IN PRIORITY BY THE  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR.
 NEITHER THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR NOR THE OFFICE SHALL ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIV-
 ITY THAT CONSTITUTES A CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY.
   5.  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR, INCLUDING COMPEN-
 SATION, SHALL BE BORNE   BY THE  ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR  AND  FOLLOW  THE
 FINANCING  STRUCTURE  ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ONE HUNDRED
 FIFTY-THREE-K OF THIS CHAPTER AS MODIFIED BY THE CURRENT AID TO  LOCALI-
 TIES  PROVISIONS  FOR  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WITHIN
 THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE. THE  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR  SHALL  BE
 LIABLE  IN  ITS CAPACITY AS TEMPORARY OPERATOR FOR INJURY TO PERSONS AND
 PROPERTY BY REASON OF ITS OPERATION OF SUCH BUILDING; NO LIABILITY SHALL
 INCUR IN THE TEMPORARY  OPERATOR'S PERSONAL CAPACITY, EXCEPT  FOR  GROSS
 NEGLIGENCE AND INTENTIONAL ACTS.
   6.  (A)  THE INITIAL TERM OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR
 SHALL NOT EXCEED NINETY DAYS. AFTER NINETY  DAYS,  IF  THE  COMMISSIONER
 DETERMINES  THAT  TERMINATION  OF  THE  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR  WOULD CAUSE
 SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION OF THE QUALITY OF THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM  RUN
 BY  THE  ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR  OR  THAT  REAPPOINTMENT  IS NECESSARY TO
 CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES THAT REQUIRED  THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TEMPORARY
 OPERATOR, THE COMMISSIONER MAY AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL NINETY DAY TERMS.
   (B) WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE TERMINATION OF EACH TERM OF  THE
 APPOINTMENT  OF  THE  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR,  THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR SHALL
 SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONER, TO THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES  DISTRICT,  AND
 TO THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR A REPORT DESCRIBING:
   (I) THE ACTIONS TAKEN DURING THE APPOINTMENT TO ADDRESS THE IDENTIFIED
 DEFICIENCIES,  THE RESUMPTION OF OPERATIONS BY THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR,
 OR THE REVOCATION OF AUTHORITY TO OPERATE A FOSTER CARE PROGRAM;
   (II) OBJECTIVES FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE TEMPORARY OPERATORSHIP  IF
 NECESSARY AND A SCHEDULE FOR SATISFACTION OF SUCH OBJECTIVES; AND
   (III) IF APPLICABLE, THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR THE ONGOING PROVISION
 OF FOSTER CARE AFTER THE TEMPORARY OPERATORSHIP IS COMPLETE.
   (C)  THE  TERM  OF THE INITIAL APPOINTMENT AND OF ANY SUBSEQUENT REAP-
 POINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY OPERATOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION MAY BE
 TERMINATED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE DESIGNATED TERM, IF THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR AND THE COMMISSIONER AGREE ON A PLAN OF  CORRECTION  AND
 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH PLAN.
   7.  (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL,  UPON  MAKING A DETERMINATION OF AN
 INTENTION TO APPOINT A   TEMPORARY OPERATOR PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,
 CAUSE  THE  ESTABLISHED OPERATOR AND THE LOCAL SOCIAL  SERVICES DISTRICT
 TO BE  NOTIFIED  OF  THE  INTENTION  BY  REGISTERED  OR  CERTIFIED  MAIL
 ADDRESSED  TO THE   PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR AND THE
 LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT.  SUCH  NOTIFICATION    SHALL  INCLUDE  A
 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FINDINGS UNDERLYING THE INTENTION TO APPOINT

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 A  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR, AND THE DATE AND TIME OF A REQUIRED MEETING WITH
 THE COMMISSIONER WITHIN TEN BUSINESS    DAYS  OF  THE  RECEIPT  OF  SUCH
 NOTICE.  AT SUCH MEETING, THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR, AND THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS ALL RELEVANT FINDINGS.
 AT SUCH MEETING, THE COMMISSIONER AND  THE  ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR  SHALL
 ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP A MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY PLAN OF CORRECTION AND SCHED-
 ULE  FOR  IMPLEMENTATION.  IF A MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY PLAN OF CORRECTION
 AND SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION IS  DEVELOPED,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 NOTIFY  THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR THAT THE COMMISSIONER WILL ABSTAIN FROM
 APPOINTING A TEMPORARY OPERATOR CONTINGENT UPON THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR
 REMEDIATING THE IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES WITHIN THE   AGREED  UPON  TIME-
 FRAME.
   (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL, UPON MAKING A DETERMINATION OF AN INTEN-
 TION TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, CAUSE THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  TO
 RECEIVE APPROPRIATE AND TIMELY NOTIFICATION OF THE INTENTION TO  APPOINT
 A  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF
 THE FINDINGS UNDERLYING THE INTENTION TO APPOINT A  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR,
 THE  IDENTIFICATION  OF THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR WHEN PRACTICABLE, AND THE
 DATE OF EXPECTED TRANSFER OF OPERATIONS. SUCH NOTICE SHALL  BE  MADE  AS
 SOON AS PRACTICABLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
   (C)  THE  COMMISSIONER,  AT ANY TIME HE OR SHE DEEMS NECESSARY, AND TO
 THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, SHALL CONSULT AND MAY INVOLVE THE  LOCAL  SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT.
   (D)  SHOULD THE COMMISSIONER AND THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR BE UNABLE TO
 ESTABLISH A PLAN OF CORRECTION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION,  OR  SHOULD
 THE  ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE COMMISSIONER'S INITIAL
 NOTIFICATION, THERE SHALL BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING  ON  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER'S DETERMINATION TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR TO BEGIN NO LATER
 THAN  THIRTY  DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE NOTICE TO THE ESTABLISHED OPERA-
 TOR. ANY SUCH HEARING SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITED TO THE ISSUE OF  WHETHER
 THE DETERMINATION OF THE COMMISSIONER TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR IS
 SUPPORTED  BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. A COPY OF THE DECISION SHALL BE SENT
 TO THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR AND THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT.
   (E) IF THE DECISION TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY  OPERATOR  IS  UPHELD  SUCH
 TEMPORARY  OPERATOR  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  AS SOON AS IS PRACTICABLE AND
 SHALL PROVIDE APPROPRIATE CARE AND SERVICES FOR THE   FOSTER CARE  YOUTH
 AS WELL AS TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTIONS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 CHAPTER  OR  THE  REGULATIONS  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND FAMILY
 SERVICES.
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING THE APPOINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY OPERATOR, THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR SHALL REMAIN OBLIGATED FOR THE  CONTINUED  PROVISION  OF
 CARE  AND SERVICES FOR THE FOSTER CARE YOUTH.  NO PROVISION CONTAINED IN
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO RELIEVE THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR OR  ANY
 OTHER  PERSON  OF  ANY CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY INCURRED, OR ANY DUTY
 IMPOSED BY LAW, BY REASON OF ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THE ESTABLISHED OPERA-
 TOR OR ANY OTHER PERSON PRIOR TO THE APPOINTMENT OF ANY TEMPORARY OPERA-
 TOR OF THE BUILDING HEREUNDER; NOR  SHALL  ANYTHING  CONTAINED  IN  THIS
 SECTION  BE   CONSTRUED TO SUSPEND DURING THE TERM OF THE APPOINTMENT OF
 THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR OF THE   BUILDING ANY OBLIGATION  OF  THE  ESTAB-
 LISHED  OPERATOR  OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND  REPAIR OF
 THE BUILDING, PROVISION OF UTILITY SERVICES, PAYMENT OF TAXES  OR  OTHER
 OPERATING  AND   MAINTENANCE EXPENSES OF THE BUILDING, NOR OF THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR  THE  PAYMENT  OF  MORTGAGES  OR
 LIENS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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                                 SUBPART B
 
   Section  1.  Section  4  of  part W of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016,
 amending the social services law relating to the powers  and  duties  of
 the  commissioner  of  social  services relating to the appointment of a
 temporary operator, is amended to read as follows:
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have  been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2016, provided
 further that this act shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  March  31,
 [2019] 2022.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion,  section  or subpart of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
 impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
 or  subpart  thereof  directly involved in the controversy in which such
 judgment shall have been rendered. It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the
 intent  of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if
 such invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  applicable effective date of Subparts A through B of this act shall
 be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Subparts.
 
                                  PART N
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (n) of subdivision 1 of section 336 of the social
 services law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of  the
 laws  of  1997,  is  amended and a new paragraph (o) is added to read as
 follows:
   (n) educational activities pursuant to section three  hundred  thirty-
 six-a of this title[.];
   (O)  TIME-LIMITED  JOB  TRY-OUTS  AS  WORK EXPERIENCE ASSIGNMENTS WITH
 PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT AND PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES THAT  LEAD  TO
 UNSUBSIDIZED FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT.
   §  2.  Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section
 335-b of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of part  J  of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii)  In  the  case of a two-parent family receiving federally funded
 child care assistance and a parent in the  family  is  not  disabled  or
 caring  for  a  severely  disabled  child,  the individual and the other
 parent in the family are participating in work activities for a total of
 at least fifty-five hours per week during  the  month,  not  fewer  than
 fifty  hours  of which are attributable to activities described in para-
 graphs (a) through (h) [and], (l) AND (O) of subdivision one of  section
 three hundred thirty-six of this title.
   §  3.  Subdivision  2  of section 335-b of the social services law, as
 amended by chapter 380 of the laws  of  2004,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2. Engaged in work for a month shall mean participating in work activ-
 ities  identified in subdivision one of section three hundred thirty-six
 of this title for the required number of hours specified in this section
 provided, however, that at least twenty hours of such participation,  or
 thirty  hours  for  two-parent  families,  or fifty hours for two-parent
 families receiving federally funded child care as set forth in  subpara-
 graph  (iii)  of paragraph (d) of subdivision one of this section, shall

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 be attributable to the activities described in  paragraphs  (a)  through
 (h) [and], (l) AND (O) of subdivision one of section three hundred thir-
 ty-six  of  this  title, or for households without dependent children at
 least  twenty hours of participation shall be attributable to the activ-
 ities set forth in paragraphs (a) through (h)  [and],  (l)  AND  (O)  of
 subdivision  one  of section three hundred thirty-six of this title, and
 further provided that participation in  job  search  and  job  readiness
 assistance  as identified in paragraph (f) of subdivision one of section
 three hundred thirty-six of this  title  shall  only  be  determined  as
 engaged  in  work  for a maximum period of six weeks, only four of which
 may be consecutive as otherwise limited by federal law; and  that  indi-
 viduals  in  all  families  and in two parent families may be engaged in
 work for a month by reason of participation in  vocational  training  to
 the  extent allowed by federal law. Any non-graduate student participat-
 ing or approved by CUNY, SUNY or another degree granting institution, or
 any other state or local district approved education, training or  voca-
 tional rehabilitation agency to participate in work-study, or in intern-
 ships,  externships,  or  other  work  placements  that  are part of the
 curriculum of that student, shall not be unreasonably denied the ability
 to participate in such programs and each  hour  of  participation  shall
 count  toward  satisfaction of such student's work activity requirements
 of this title provided that  the  district  may  consider,  among  other
 factors,  (a)  whether the student has voluntarily terminated his or her
 employment or voluntarily reduced his or her  earnings  to  qualify  for
 public  assistance  pursuant  to  subdivision ten of section one hundred
 thirty-one of this article; (b) whether a comparable job or on  the  job
 training  position  can  reasonably be expected to exist in the private,
 public or not-for-profit sector; (c) that the student has a cumulative C
 average or its equivalent, which may be waived by the district for undue
 hardship based on (1) the death of a relative of the  student,  (2)  the
 personal  injury  or  illness  of  the student, or (3) other extenuating
 circumstances; and (d) whether the institution cooperates in  monitoring
 students  attendance  and  performance  and  reports to the local social
 services department monthly on each student. Failure of the  institution
 to  monitor  and  report  monthly  to local social services districts on
 attendance and performance of  the  student's  work  study,  internship,
 externship  or other work placement shall be cause for the department to
 reasonably deny the student's ability to participate in  such  programs.
 Students  shall  be  subject to sanctions equivalent to those associated
 with failure to adequately satisfy their other required work activities.
 In assigning a non-graduate student participating in work-study, intern-
 ships, externships or other work placements, pursuant to  this  section,
 to  other  work  activities the district shall make reasonable effort to
 assign the student to hours that do  not  conflict  with  the  student's
 academic schedule.
   §  4.  Subdivision  1  of  section 336-c of the social services law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT MAY ALSO  ESTABLISH  TIME-LIMITED,  JOB
 TRY-OUT  OPPORTUNITIES  WITH  PRIVATE  FOR-PROFIT,  NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC
 SECTOR ENTITIES LEADING TO UNSUBSIDIZED FULL-TIME OR  PART-TIME  EMPLOY-
 MENT.
   §  5.  Subdivision  2  of section 336-c of the social services law, as
 amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. A recipient may be assigned to participate in [such] A work experi-
 ence program only if:

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   (a)  appropriate  federal  and  state  standards of health, safety and
 other work conditions are maintained;
   (b)  The  MAXIMUM  number  of  hours  a participant in work experience
 activities authorized pursuant to this section shall be required to work
 in such assignment shall not exceed [a number] FORTY HOURS IN  ANY  WEEK
 AND  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  THE  NUMBER OF HOURS which equals the amount of
 assistance payable with respect to such [individual] INDIVIDUAL'S PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE HOUSEHOLD (inclusive of the value of  [food  stamps]  SUPPLE-
 MENTAL  NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS received by such [individ-
 ual] HOUSEHOLD, if any) divided by the [higher] HIGHEST of [(a)] (I) the
 federal minimum wage [provided that such hours shall be limited  as  set
 forth  in  subdivision  four of section three hundred thirty-six of this
 title,]; or [(b)] (II) the APPLICABLE state minimum wage; OR  (III)  FOR
 THOSE  PLACEMENTS  WITH  A FOR-PROFIT ENTITY, THE WAGE NORMALLY PROVIDED
 FOR TRAINEES IN SUCH POSITIONS;
   (c) such recipients are provided appropriate workers' compensation  or
 equivalent protection for on-the-job injuries and tort claims protection
 on  the  same  basis,  but not necessarily at the same benefit level, as
 they are provided to other persons in the  same  or  similar  positions,
 while participating in work experience activities under this section;
   (d) the project to which the participant is assigned [serves] PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MUST SERVE a useful
 public purpose in fields such as health, social services,  environmental
 protection,  education,  urban  and rural development and redevelopment,
 welfare, recreation, operation of public facilities, public safety,  and
 child day care;
   (e)  such  assignment  would not result in (i) the displacement of any
 currently  employed  worker  or  loss  of  position  (including  partial
 displacement  such as reduction in the hours of non-overtime work, wages
 or  employment  benefits)  or  result  in  the  impairment  of  existing
 contracts  for  services  or  collective bargaining agreements; (ii) THE
 LOSS OF EXCLUSIVITY, IF ANY, TO ANY EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION WITH REGARD TO
 THE WORK PERFORMED BY ANY EMPLOYEES AS PART OF A NEGOTIATING UNIT PURSU-
 ANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW; (III)  the  employment
 or  assignment  of  a  participant or the filling of a position when any
 other person is on layoff from  the  same  or  any  equivalent  position
 CONSISTENT  WITH  ARTICLE  FIVE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW or the employer
 has terminated the employment  of  any  regular  employee  or  otherwise
 reduced  its workforce with the effect of filling the vacancy so created
 with a participant assigned pursuant to this section; [(iii)]  (IV)  any
 infringement  of  the  promotional opportunities of any current employed
 person WHEN A PARTICIPANT IS  ASSIGNED  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION; [or (iv)] (V) the performance, by such
 participant, of a substantial portion of the work ordinarily and actual-
 ly performed by regular employees; or [(v)] (VI) the loss of a  bargain-
 ing  unit  position as a result of work experience participants perform-
 ing, in part or in whole, the work normally performed by the employee in
 such position;
   (f) such assignment is not at any  work  site  at  which  the  regular
 employees  are  on  a  legal  strike  against  the employer or are being
 subjected to lock out by the employer.
   § 6. Section 336-c of the social services law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  JOB  TRY-OUT  PROGRAMS  IN  PRIVATE  FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT, AND
 PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES LEADING TO UNSUBSIDIZED  FULL-TIME  OR  PART-TIME
 EMPLOYMENT.  (A)  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICTS  MAY ENTER AGREEMENTS WITH

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 PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT, OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES  TO  ESTABLISH
 JOB TRY-OUT PROGRAMS WHICH WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS THE
 TRAINING  OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO PERFORM THE JOB
 DUTIES  FOR  AN  ANTICIPATED  JOB  OPENING.  ANY SUCH AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
 SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS AND PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT  OR  PUBLIC
 SECTOR  ENTITIES  SHALL  PROVIDE THAT PARTICIPANTS WILL BE OFFERED FULL-
 TIME OR PART-TIME UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT FOLLOWING THE END OF  A  NINE-
 TY-DAY  JOB  TRY-OUT PERIOD ABSENT DEMONSTRATED REASONABLE CAUSE FOR NOT
 HIRING THE PARTICIPANTS. AN ENTITY  WHICH  UNREASONABLY  TERMINATES  THE
 NINETY-DAY  JOB  TRY-OUT PERIOD OR FAILS TO OFFER FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME
 UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT TO A PARTICIPANT WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES  THE
 NINETY-DAY JOB TRY-OUT SHALL BECOME INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JOB
 TRY-OUT PROGRAM, AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B)  A PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT MAY BE ASSIGNED TO PARTICIPATE IN A
 JOB TRY-OUT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION ONLY IF:
   (I) THE PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT, OR PUBLIC  SECTOR  ENTITY  HAS
 ENTERED  INTO  AN  AGREEMENT WITH A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (II) THERE IS NO CONFLICT WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS REGARDING  COLLEC-
 TIVE  BARGAINING  IN  THE  PRIVATE  FOR-PROFIT,  NON-PROFIT,  AND PUBLIC
 SECTORS;
   (III) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW, THE JOB TRY-OUT  POSI-
 TION  TO WHICH THE PARTICIPANT IS ASSIGNED SHALL BE UNPAID AND SHALL NOT
 BE CONSIDERED EMPLOYMENT; HOWEVER, THE  FOLLOWING  PROVISIONS  SHALL  BE
 EXCEPTED AND SHALL APPLY TO JOB TRY-OUT PLACEMENTS:
   (A) THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THE EXECU-
 TIVE LAW;
   (B) LICENSURE AND EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF ONE OR
 MORE  CRIMINAL  OFFENSES  AS  SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE-A OF THE
 CORRECTION LAW;
   (C) ONE DAY OF REST IN SEVEN AS  SET  FORTH  IN  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
 SIXTY-ONE OF THE LABOR LAW;
   (D)  TIME ALLOWED FOR MEALS AS SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-
 TWO OF THE LABOR LAW;
   (E) PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ENGAGEMENT IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES
 AS SET FORTH IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE-D OF THE LABOR LAW; AND
   (F) PROHIBITED RETALIATION AS SET FORTH IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN
 OF THE LABOR LAW;
   (IV) THE HOUSEHOLD OF WHICH THE PARTICIPANT IS A MEMBER WILL  CONTINUE
 TO  RECEIVE  ANY  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE,  SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM, OR OTHER BENEFITS THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR
 THROUGHOUT THE JOB TRY-OUT ASSIGNMENT;
   (V) THE JOB TRY-OUT PROGRAM TO WHICH THE PARTICIPANT IS ASSIGNED SHALL
 BE LIMITED TO NINETY DAYS. THE ASSIGNMENT MAY NOT BE EXTENDED BEYOND THE
 NINETY DAYS, EVEN IF AGREED TO BY THE PARTICIPANT AND THE  PRIVATE  FOR-
 PROFIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITY;
   (VI) PRIOR TO THE JOB TRY-OUT ASSIGNMENT, THE PARTICIPANT WILL RECEIVE
 FROM  THE PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITY A WRIT-
 TEN EXPLANATION OF  HIS  OR  HER  TRAINING  EXPECTATIONS  ALONG  WITH  A
 DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPERVISION AND SKILLS TO BE LEARNED;
   (VII) THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTI-
 TY  IS  REQUIRED  TO PROVIDE TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, AT NO LESS
 THAN  THIRTY-DAY  INTERVALS,  INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  PARTICIPANT'S
 ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE AS PART OF A JOB TRY-OUT ASSIGNMENT;
   (C)  NON-COMPLIANCE.  IF  A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT DETERMINES THAT A
 PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITY  WITHOUT  REASON-

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 ABLE CAUSE, HAS NOT RETAINED THE PARTICIPANT FOR THE FULL NINETY DAY JOB
 TRY-OUT  PERIOD  OR  HAS NOT OFFERED FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME UNSUBSIDIZED
 EMPLOYMENT TO THE PARTICIPANT ON OR BEFORE THE END OF THE NINETY DAY JOB
 TRY-OUT  PERIOD  PURSUANT  TO  THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE
 SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS:
   (I) A FIRST VIOLATION SHALL RESULT IN A ONE-MONTH BAN ON  NEW  ASSIGN-
 MENTS WITH THE PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITY;
   (II) A SECOND VIOLATION, WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE FIRST VIOLATION, SHALL
 RESULT IN A THREE-MONTH BAN ON NEW ASSIGNMENTS WITH THE PRIVATE FOR-PRO-
 FIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITY; AND
   (III)  A THIRD VIOLATION, AND ANY FURTHER VIOLATIONS, WITHIN TWO YEARS
 OF THE FIRST VIOLATION, SHALL RESULT IN A ONE-YEAR BAN ON NEW ASSIGNMENT
 PLACEMENTS WITH THE PRIVATE  FOR-PROFIT,  NON-PROFIT  OR  PUBLIC  SECTOR
 ENTITY.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of the office
 of temporary and disability assistance may promulgate any rules or regu-
 lations necessary to implement this act on or before its effective date.
 
                                  PART O
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 198-a of the labor law, as amended
 by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Every  employer  who  does  not pay the wages of all of his OR HER
 employees in accordance with the provisions of  this  chapter,  and  the
 officers  and agents of any corporation, partnership, or limited liabil-
 ity company who knowingly permit the corporation, partnership, or limit-
 ed liability company to violate this chapter by failing to pay the wages
 of any of its employees in accordance with the provisions thereof, shall
 be guilty [of a misdemeanor for the first offense  and  upon  conviction
 therefor  shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than twenty
 thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, and,  in  the
 event  that  any second or subsequent offense occurs within six years of
 the date of conviction for a prior offense, shall be guilty of a  felony
 for  the  second  or  subsequent  offense, and upon conviction therefor,
 shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than twenty  thousand
 dollars  or  imprisoned  for  not  more  than  one year plus one day, or
 punished by both such fine and imprisonment, for each such  offense.  An
 indictment of a person or corporation operating a steam surface railroad
 for  an  offense specified in this section may be found and tried in any
 county within the state in which such railroad ran at the time  of  such
 offense]  , EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER OR IN THE PENAL
 LAW, OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR FOR FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE  LESS
 THAN  ONE  THOUSAND DOLLARS OR LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
 MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYEE; OF A CLASS E FELONY FOR FAILURE TO PAY A  SINGLE
 EMPLOYEE  GREATER  THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYEE; OF  A  CLASS  D  FELONY  FOR
 FAILURE  TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE GREATER THAN THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR
 ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYEE; AND  A  CLASS  C
 FELONY  FOR FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE GREATER THAN FIFTY THOUSAND
 DOLLARS OR GREATER THAN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MORE  THAN  ONE
 EMPLOYEE.  FURTHER, A COURT MAY ORDER RESTITUTION OF WAGES IN THE AMOUNT
 OF THE UNDERPAYMENT AND TOGETHER  WITH  SUCH  AMOUNTS  PROVIDED  FOR  BY
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  Section  213 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 729 of the
 laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:

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   § 213. Violations of provisions of labor law; the  rules,  regulations
 or  orders  of  the  industrial commissioner and the industrial board of
 appeals. Any person who violates or does not comply with  any  provision
 of the labor law, any rule, regulation or lawful order of the industrial
 commissioner  or  the  industrial board of appeals, and the officers and
 agents of any  corporation  who  knowingly  permit  the  corporation  to
 violate  such  provisions,  are guilty of a CLASS A misdemeanor and upon
 conviction shall be punished IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENAL  LAW,  [except
 as  in  this chapter or in the penal law otherwise provided, for a first
 offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, provided, howev-
 er, that if the first offense is a violation of a rule or provision  for
 the  protection of the safety or health of employees or persons lawfully
 frequenting a place to which this chapter applies, the punishment  shall
 be  a  fine  of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for
 not more than fifteen days or by both such fine and imprisonment;]  AND,
 for  a  second  [offense by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more
 than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more  than  thirty
 days  or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a subsequent offense by
 a fine of not less than three hundred dollars, or  by  imprisonment  for
 not  more  than  sixty  days,  or by both such fine and imprisonment] OR
 SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE COMMITTED WITHIN SIX YEARS OF THE DATE OF  CONVICTION
 OF  A  PRIOR OFFENSE, ARE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY AND UPON CONVICTION
 SHALL BE PUNISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENAL LAW.  This section  shall
 not  apply to any person covered by section twenty-seven-a of this chap-
 ter.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART P
 
   Section 1. Section 522 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 720  of
 the laws of 1953, is amended to read as follows:
   §  522.  Total  unemployment.  "Total  unemployment" OR "TOTALLY UNEM-
 PLOYED" means the [total] lack of any employment [on] IN any [day] WEEK.
 The term "employment" as used  in  this  section  means  any  employment
 including that not defined in this title.
   §  2.  Section  523 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 675 of the
 laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 523. [Effective day. "Effective day" means a full day of total unem-
 ployment provided such day falls within a week in which a  claimant  had
 four  or  more days of total unemployment and provided further that only
 those days of total unemployment in excess of  three  days  within  such
 week are deemed "effective days". No effective day is deemed to occur in
 a week in which the claimant has days of employment for which he is paid
 compensation  exceeding  the highest benefit rate which is applicable to
 any claimant in such   week. A claimant  who  is  employed  on  a  shift
 continuing  through  midnight is deemed to have been employed on the day
 beginning before midnight with respect to such shift, except where night
 shift employees are regularly scheduled to  start  their  work  week  at
 seven post meridiem or thereafter on Sunday night, their regularly sche-
 duled  starting  time  on  Sunday  shall  be  considered  as starting on
 Monday.] PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT.  "PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT"  OR  "PARTIALLY
 UNEMPLOYED" MEANS ANY WEEK IF THE TOTAL REMUNERATION OF ANY NATURE PAYA-
 BLE  FOR  SERVICES OF ANY KIND DURING SUCH WEEK AMOUNTS TO LESS THAN ONE
 AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE CLAIMANT'S BENEFIT RATE FOR TOTAL    UNEMPLOYMENT
 ROUNDED TO THE LOWEST NEXT DOLLAR. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  REMUN-
 ERATION  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  ANY  HOLIDAY OR VACATION PAY PAYABLE WITH

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 RESPECT TO ANY SUCH WEEK, WHETHER  OR  NOT  ANY  SERVICE  WAS  PERFORMED
 DURING  SUCH  WEEK  OR WAS IN ANY OTHER WAY REQUIRED FOR RECEIPT OF SUCH
 HOLIDAY OR VACATION PAY. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  CONSIDER  EARNINGS  DERIVED FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT, BUT ONLY TO THE
 EXTENT SUCH EARNINGS ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVED OR PAYABLE WITH RESPECT TO  A
 GIVEN  WEEK OF PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT.
   §  3.  Section 524 of the labor law, as added by chapter 5 of the laws
 of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   § 524. Week of employment. For purposes  of  this  article,  "week  of
 employment"  shall  mean  a  Monday through Sunday period during which a
 claimant was paid remuneration for employment for an employer or employ-
 ers liable for contributions or for payments in  lieu  of  contributions
 under  this  article.   A CLAIMANT WHO IS EMPLOYED ON A SHIFT CONTINUING
 THROUGH MIDNIGHT IS DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED ON  THE  DAY  BEGINNING
 BEFORE  MIDNIGHT  WITH  RESPECT  TO SUCH SHIFT, EXCEPT WHERE NIGHT SHIFT
 EMPLOYEES ARE REGULARLY SCHEDULED TO START THEIR WORK WEEK AT SEVEN POST
 MERIDIEM OR THEREAFTER ON SUNDAY NIGHT, THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED START-
 ING TIME ON SUNDAY SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS STARTING ON MONDAY.
   § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 527 of the  labor  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter  832 of the laws of 1968 and as renumbered by chapter 381 of the
 laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   4. General condition. A valid original claim may be filed  only  in  a
 week  in which the claimant [has at least one effective day of unemploy-
 ment] IS TOTALLY UNEMPLOYED OR PARTIALLY UNEMPLOYED AS DEFINED  IN  THIS
 ARTICLE.
   §  5. Clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph
 (e) of subdivision 1 of section 581 of the  labor  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 282 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
   (i)  In  those instances where the claimant may not utilize wages paid
 to establish entitlement based upon  subdivision  ten  of  section  five
 hundred  ninety  of  this  article and an educational institution is the
 claimant's last employer prior to the filing of the claim for  benefits,
 or  the  claimant  performed services in such educational institution in
 such capacity while employed by an educational service agency  which  is
 the  claimant's last employer prior to the filing of the claim for bene-
 fits, such employer shall not be liable for  benefit  charges  [for  the
 first  twenty-eight  effective days of benefits paid] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL
 TO THE BENEFITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT as  otherwise
 provided  by this section. Under such circumstances, benefits paid shall
 be charged to the general account. In addition, wages  paid  during  the
 base  period  by  such educational institutions, or for services in such
 educational  institutions  for  claimants  employed  by  an  educational
 service  agency shall not be considered base period wages during periods
 that such wages may not be used to gain entitlement to benefits pursuant
 to subdivision ten of section five hundred ninety of this article.
   (ii) In those instances where the claimant may not utilize wages  paid
 to  establish  entitlement based upon subdivision eleven of section five
 hundred ninety of this article and an  educational  institution  is  the
 claimant's  last employer prior to the filing of the claim for benefits,
 or the claimant performed services in such  educational  institution  in
 such  capacity  while employed by an educational service agency which is
 the claimant's last employer prior to the filing of the claim for  bene-
 fits,  such  employer  shall  not be liable for benefit charges [for the
 first twenty-eight effective days of benefits paid] IN AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL
 TO  THE BENEFITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT as otherwise
 provided by this section. Under such circumstances, benefits  paid  will

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 be  charged  to  the general account. In addition, wages paid during the
 base period by such educational institutions, or for  services  in  such
 educational  institutions  for  claimants  employed  by  an  educational
 service  agency shall not be considered base period wages during periods
 that such wages may not be used to gain entitlement to benefits pursuant
 to subdivision eleven of section five hundred ninety  of  this  article.
 However,  in those instances where a claimant was not afforded an oppor-
 tunity to perform services for the educational institution for the  next
 academic  year  or  term  after  reasonable assurance was provided, such
 employer shall be liable for benefit charges as  provided  for  in  this
 paragraph for any retroactive payments made to the claimant.
   (iii)  In  those  instances where the federal government is the claim-
 ant's last employer prior to the filing of the claim  for  benefits  and
 such  employer  is  not  a  base-period employer, payments [equaling the
 first twenty-eight effective days of benefits] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
 BENEFITS PAID  FOR  SEVEN  WEEKS  OF  TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  as  otherwise
 prescribed  by  this section shall be charged to the general account. In
 those instances where the federal  government  is  the  claimant's  last
 employer prior to the filing of the claim for benefits and a base-period
 employer,  such  employer  shall  be liable for charges for all benefits
 paid on such claim in the same proportion that the remuneration paid  by
 such  employer  during the base period bears to the remuneration paid by
 all employers during the  base  period.  In  addition,  benefit  payment
 charges  [for  the  first twenty-eight effective days of benefits] IN AN
 AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE BENEFITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT
 other  than  those  chargeable  to  the federal government as prescribed
 above shall be made to the general account.
   (iv) In those instances where a combined wage claim is filed  pursuant
 to  interstate  reciprocal  agreements  and the claimant's last employer
 prior to the filing of the claim is an out-of-state  employer  and  such
 employer  is  not a base-period employer, benefit payments [equaling the
 first twenty-eight effective days of benefits] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
 BENEFITS PAID  FOR  SEVEN  WEEKS  OF  TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  as  otherwise
 prescribed  by  this section shall be charged to the general account. In
 those instances where the out-of-state employer  is  the  last  employer
 prior to the filing of the claim for benefits and a base-period employer
 such  employer shall be liable for charges for all benefits paid on such
 claim in the same proportion that the remuneration paid by such employer
 during the base period bears to the remuneration paid by  all  employers
 during  the  base  period. In addition, benefit payment charges [for the
 twenty-eight effective days of benefits] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE BENE-
 FITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT other than those charge-
 able to the out-of-state employer as prescribed above shall be  made  to
 the general account.
   § 6. Subdivisions 1, 3, 4, paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 and subdivi-
 sions  6  and 7 of section 590 of the labor law, subdivisions 1 and 3 as
 amended by chapter 645 of the laws of 1951, subdivision 4 as amended  by
 chapter  457  of  the  laws  of  1987, paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 as
 amended by section 8 of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, subdi-
 vision 6 as added by chapter 720 of the laws of 1953 and  as  renumbered
 by  chapter  675  of  the  laws of 1977, and subdivision 7 as amended by
 chapter 415 of the laws of 1983, are amended and two new paragraphs  (c)
 and (d) are added to subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   1.  Entitlement  to benefits. A claimant shall be entitled to [accumu-
 late effective days for the purpose of benefit rights]  THE  PAYMENT  OF
 BENEFITS  only  if  he  OR  SHE has complied with the provisions of this

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 article regarding the filing of his OR HER claim, including  the  filing
 of a valid original claim, registered as totally UNEMPLOYED OR PARTIALLY
 unemployed,  reported his OR HER subsequent employment and unemployment,
 and  reported  for  work or otherwise given notice of the continuance of
 his OR HER unemployment.
   3. Compensable periods. Benefits shall be paid for each  [accumulation
 of  effective days within a] week OF PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR TOTAL UNEM-
 PLOYMENT.
   4. Duration. Benefits shall not be paid for more than [one hundred and
 four effective days] AN AMOUNT EXCEEDING TWENTY-SIX TIMES THE CLAIMANT'S
 WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE in any benefit year, except as provided  in  section
 six  hundred one and subdivision two of section five hundred ninety-nine
 of this [chapter] TITLE.
   (a) A claimant's weekly benefit amount shall be  one  twenty-sixth  of
 the  remuneration  paid  during the highest calendar quarter of the base
 period by employers, liable for contributions or  payments  in  lieu  of
 contributions under this article, provided the claimant has remuneration
 paid  in  all  four  calendar  quarters during his or her base period or
 alternate base period. However, for any claimant  who  has  remuneration
 paid  in  all  four  calendar  quarters during his or her base period or
 alternate base period  and  whose  high  calendar  quarter  remuneration
 during  the  base  period  is  three  thousand five hundred seventy-five
 dollars or less, the benefit amount shall be  one  twenty-fifth  of  the
 remuneration paid during the highest calendar quarter of the base period
 by  employers  liable  for contributions or payments in lieu of contrib-
 utions under this article. A claimant's  weekly  benefit  shall  be  one
 twenty-sixth  of  the average remuneration paid in the two highest quar-
 ters paid during the base period or alternate base period  by  employers
 liable for contributions or payments in lieu of contributions under this
 article when the claimant has remuneration paid in two or three calendar
 quarters  provided  however, that a claimant whose high calendar quarter
 is four thousand dollars or less but greater than  three  thousand  five
 hundred  seventy-five  dollars shall have a weekly benefit amount of one
 twenty-sixth of such high calendar quarter. However,  for  any  claimant
 who  has  remuneration paid in two or three calendar quarters during his
 or her base period or alternate base  period  and  whose  high  calendar
 quarter  remuneration  during  the  base  period  is three thousand five
 hundred seventy-five dollars or less, the benefit amount  shall  be  one
 twenty-fifth  of the remuneration paid during the highest calendar quar-
 ter of the base period by employers liable for contributions or payments
 in lieu of contributions under this article.  Any  claimant  whose  high
 calendar  quarter remuneration during the base period is more than three
 thousand five hundred seventy-five dollars shall not have a weekly bene-
 fit amount less than one hundred forty-three dollars. The weekly benefit
 amount, so computed, that is not a  multiple  of  one  dollar  shall  be
 lowered  to  the  next  multiple  of  one dollar. On the first Monday of
 September, nineteen hundred ninety-eight the weekly benefit amount shall
 not exceed three hundred sixty-five  dollars  nor  be  less  than  forty
 dollars,  until  the  first  Monday of September, two thousand, at which
 time the maximum benefit payable  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  shall
 equal  one-half  of the state average weekly wage for covered employment
 as calculated by the department no sooner than July first, two  thousand
 and no later than August first, two thousand, rounded down to the lowest
 dollar. On and after the first Monday of October, two thousand fourteen,
 the weekly benefit shall not be less than one hundred dollars, nor shall
 it exceed four hundred twenty dollars until the first Monday of October,

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 two  thousand  fifteen  when  the  maximum  benefit amount shall be four
 hundred twenty-five dollars, until the  first  Monday  of  October,  two
 thousand  sixteen  when the maximum benefit amount shall be four hundred
 thirty  dollars,  until the first Monday of October, two thousand seven-
 teen when the maximum benefit amount shall be four  hundred  thirty-five
 dollars,  until  the first Monday of October, two thousand eighteen when
 the maximum benefit amount shall be four hundred  fifty  dollars,  until
 the  first  Monday  of  October,  two thousand nineteen when the maximum
 benefit amount shall be thirty-six percent of the  average  weekly  wage
 until  the first Monday of October, two thousand twenty when the maximum
 benefit amount shall be thirty-eight percent of the average weekly wage,
 until the first Monday of October two thousand twenty-one when the maxi-
 mum benefit amount shall be forty percent of the  average  weekly  wage,
 until  the  first  Monday  of  October, two thousand twenty-two when the
 maximum benefit amount shall be forty-two percent of the average  weekly
 wage,  until the first Monday of October, two thousand twenty-three when
 the maximum benefit amount shall be forty-four percent  of  the  average
 weekly wage, until the first Monday of October, two thousand twenty-four
 when  the maximum benefit amount shall be forty-six percent of the aver-
 age weekly wage, until the first Monday of October, two  thousand  twen-
 ty-five  when the maximum benefit amount shall be forty-eight percent of
 the average weekly wage, until the first Monday of October, two thousand
 twenty-six and each year thereafter on the first Monday of October  when
 the  maximum benefit amount shall be fifty percent of the average weekly
 wage provided, however, that in  no  event  shall  the  maximum  benefit
 amount  be  reduced from the previous year. A CLAIMANT SHALL RECEIVE HIS
 OR HER FULL BENEFIT RATE FOR EACH WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT.
   (C) ANY CLAIMANT WHO IS PARTIALLY UNEMPLOYED THROUGHOUT A  WEEK  SHALL
 BE  PAID  WITH    RESPECT TO SUCH WEEK AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE CLAIMANT'S
 BENEFIT RATE FOR TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCED BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO  TWO-
 THIRDS,  ROUNDED  TO THE NEXT LOWER WHOLE DOLLAR, OF THE TOTAL REMUNERA-
 TION, ROUNDED TO THE LOWER WHOLE DOLLAR, OF ANY NATURE  PAYABLE  TO  THE
 CLAIMANT FOR SERVICES OF ANY KIND DURING SUCH WEEK.
   (D)  ANY  CLAIMANT  WHO  IS  PARTIALLY  UNEMPLOYED WHOSE EMPLOYMENT IS
 LIMITED TO ONE OR TWO DAYS DURING ANY WEEK  OF  UNEMPLOYMENT  AND  WHOSE
 PAID  OR PAYABLE REMUNERATION FOR SUCH WEEK IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE
 WEEKLY MAXIMUM BENEFIT AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID:
   (1) FOR EMPLOYMENT LIMITED TO ONE DAY, A BENEFIT AMOUNT EQUAL TO THREE
 QUARTERS OF HIS OR HER WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT, IF THAT AMOUNT IS  GREATER
 THAN WHAT THE CLAIMANT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED HAD HIS OR HER BENEFIT AMOUNT
 BEEN COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (2)  FOR  EMPLOYMENT  LIMITED  TO  TWO DAYS, A BENEFIT AMOUNT EQUAL TO
 FIFTY PERCENT OF HIS OR HER WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT,  IF  THAT  AMOUNT  IS
 GREATER  THAN WHAT THE CLAIMANT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED HAD HIS OR HER BENE-
 FIT AMOUNT BEEN COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   6. Notification requirement. [No effective day shall  be  counted  for
 any purposes except effective days as to] BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE ONLY
 FOR  ANY  WEEK  FOR  which  notification  has  been  given  in  a manner
 prescribed by the commissioner.
   7. Waiting period. A claimant shall not  be  entitled  to  [accumulate
 effective  days for the purpose of] RECEIVE benefit payments until he OR
 SHE has [accumulated] COMPLETED a waiting period of [four effective days
 either wholly within the] ONE week  OF  TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  OR  PARTIAL
 UNEMPLOYMENT in which he OR SHE established [his] A valid original claim
 [or  partly  within such week and partly] within his OR HER benefit year
 initiated by such claim.

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   § 7. Subdivisions 1 and 2, paragraph (a) of subdivision  3  and  para-
 graph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 591 of the labor law, subdivisions
 1  and 2 as amended by chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 794 of the laws of  1963  and  para-
 graph  (a)  of subdivision 6 as added by section 13 of part O of chapter
 57 of laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   1. Unemployment. Benefits, except as provided in section five  hundred
 ninety-one-a  of  this  title,  shall  be paid only to a claimant who is
 totally UNEMPLOYED OR PARTIALLY unemployed and who is unable  to  engage
 in  his  OR  HER usual employment or in any other for which he OR SHE is
 reasonably fitted by training and experience. A claimant who is  receiv-
 ing benefits under this article shall not be denied such benefits pursu-
 ant to this subdivision or to subdivision two of this section because of
 such  claimant's service on a grand or petit jury of any state or of the
 United States.
   2. Availability and capability. Except as  provided  in  section  five
 hundred  ninety-one-a of this title, no benefits shall be payable to any
 claimant who is not capable of work or who is  not  ready,  willing  and
 able  to  work  in  his usual employment or in any other for which he is
 reasonably fitted by training and experience.   THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  DEFINING  A CLAIMANT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS
 WHEN SUCH CLAIMANT IS NOT CAPABLE OF WORK OR NOT READY, WILLING AND ABLE
 TO WORK IN HIS OR HER USUAL EMPLOYMENT OR IN ANY OTHER WHICH HE  OR  SHE
 IS REASONABLY FITTED BY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.
   (a)  [No benefits shall be] BENEFITS payable to a claimant for any day
 during a paid vacation period, or for a paid  holiday,  [nor  shall  any
 such  day  be  considered a day of total unemployment under section five
 hundred twenty-two] SHALL BE CALCULATED  AS  PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE AND SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINETY
 of this article.
   (a)  No  benefits shall be payable to a claimant for any week during a
 dismissal period for which a claimant receives dismissal pay[, nor shall
 any day within such week be considered a day of total unemployment under
 section five  hundred  twenty-two  of  this  article,]  if  such  weekly
 dismissal pay exceeds the maximum weekly benefit rate.
   § 8. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 591 of the labor law, subdivision
 1  as  amended  by  chapter 446 of the laws of 1981 and subdivision 2 as
 amended by section 12 of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of  2013,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  Unemployment.  Benefits  shall  be  paid only to a claimant who is
 totally UNEMPLOYED OR PARTIALLY unemployed and who is unable  to  engage
 in  his  OR  HER usual employment or in any other for which he OR SHE is
 reasonably fitted by training and experience. A claimant who is  receiv-
 ing benefits under this article shall not be denied such benefits pursu-
 ant to this subdivision or to subdivision two of this section because of
 such  claimant's service on a grand or petit jury of any state or of the
 United States.
   2. Availability, capability, and work search.  No  benefits  shall  be
 payable  to any claimant who is not capable of work or who is not ready,
 willing and able to work in his or her usual employment or in any  other
 for  which he or she is reasonably fitted by training and experience and
 who is not actively seeking work. In order to be actively seeking work a
 claimant must be engaged in systematic and  sustained  efforts  to  find
 work.  The commissioner shall promulgate regulations defining systematic
 and sustained efforts to find work and setting standards for  the  proof
 of  work  search efforts.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS

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 DEFINING A CLAIMANT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS WHEN SUCH CLAIMANT IS NOT
 CAPABLE OF WORK OR NOT READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK  IN  HIS  OR  HER
 USUAL EMPLOYMENT OR IN ANY OTHER WHICH HE OR SHE IS REASONABLY FITTED BY
 TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.
   §  9.  Subdivision  2  of  section 592 of the labor law, as amended by
 chapter 415 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Concurrent payments prohibited.  No  [days  of  total  unemployment
 shall  be  deemed  to  occur] BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE in any week with
 respect to which or a part of which a claimant has received or is  seek-
 ing  unemployment benefits under an unemployment compensation law of any
 other state or of the United States, provided that this provision  shall
 not apply if the appropriate agency of such other state or of the United
 States  finally  determines that he OR SHE is not entitled to such unem-
 ployment benefits.
   § 10. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1, the opening paragraph of  subdi-
 vision 2 and subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 593 of the labor law, para-
 graph  (a)  of subdivision 1, the opening paragraph of subdivision 2 and
 subdivision 3 as amended by section 15 of part O of chapter  57  of  the
 laws  of 2013 and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 589 of the laws of
 1998, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) No [days of total unemployment shall be deemed to occur]  BENEFITS
 SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR PARTIAL UNEMPLOY-
 MENT  THAT  OCCURS  after a claimant's voluntary separation without good
 cause from employment until he or she has subsequently worked in employ-
 ment and earned remuneration at least equal to  ten  times  his  or  her
 weekly  benefit  rate.  In  addition  to other circumstances that may be
 found to constitute good cause, including a compelling family reason  as
 set  forth  in  paragraph  (b) of this subdivision, voluntary separation
 from employment shall not in itself disqualify  a  claimant  if  circum-
 stances  have developed in the course of such employment that would have
 justified the claimant in refusing such employment in the first instance
 under the terms of subdivision two of this section or if  the  claimant,
 pursuant  to  an option provided under a collective bargaining agreement
 or written employer plan which permits waiver of his  or  her  right  to
 retain  the  employment when there is a temporary layoff because of lack
 of work, has elected to be separated for  a  temporary  period  and  the
 employer has consented thereto.
   No  [days  of  total  unemployment  shall be deemed to occur] BENEFITS
 SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR PARTIAL UNEMPLOY-
 MENT beginning with the day on which a  claimant,  without  good  cause,
 refuses  to accept an offer of employment for which he or she is reason-
 ably fitted by training and experience, including employment not subject
 to this article, until he or she has subsequently worked  in  employment
 and  earned  remuneration  at least equal to ten times his or her weekly
 benefit rate. Except that claimants who are not subject to a recall date
 or who do not obtain employment through a union hiring hall and who  are
 still unemployed after receiving ten weeks of benefits shall be required
 to  accept  any  employment proffered that such claimants are capable of
 performing, provided that such employment would result  in  a  wage  not
 less  than eighty percent of such claimant's high calendar quarter wages
 received in the base period and not substantially less than the prevail-
 ing wage for similar work in the locality as provided for  in  paragraph
 (d) of this subdivision. No refusal to accept employment shall be deemed
 without good cause nor shall it disqualify any claimant otherwise eligi-
 ble to receive benefits if:

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   3.  Misconduct.  No  [days  of  total  unemployment shall be deemed to
 occur] BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  OR
 PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  THAT  OCCURS  after  a  claimant  lost employment
 through misconduct in connection with his or her employment until he  or
 she  has  subsequently  worked  in employment and earned remuneration at
 least equal to ten times his or her weekly benefit rate.
   4. Criminal acts. No [days of total unemployment shall  be  deemed  to
 occur  during] BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOY-
 MENT OR PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT FOR a  period  of  twelve  months  after  a
 claimant loses employment as a result of an act constituting a felony in
 connection with such employment, provided the claimant is duly convicted
 thereof or has signed a statement admitting that he or she has committed
 such  an act.   Determinations regarding a benefit claim may be reviewed
 at any time.  Any benefits paid to a claimant prior to  a  determination
 that  the claimant has lost employment as a result of such act shall not
 be considered to have been accepted by the claimant in  good  faith.  In
 addition,  remuneration  paid  to  the claimant by the affected employer
 prior to the claimant's loss of employment due to such criminal act  may
 not  be utilized for the purpose of establishing entitlement to a subse-
 quent, valid original claim. The provisions of  this  subdivision  shall
 apply  even  if  the  employment lost as a result of such act is not the
 claimant's last employment prior to the filing of his or her claim.
   § 11. Section 594 of the labor law, as amended by section 16 of part O
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   § 594. [Reduction and recovery] RECOVERY of benefits and penalties for
 wilful false statement. (1) A claimant who has  wilfully  made  a  false
 statement  or  representation to obtain any benefit under the provisions
 of this article shall [forfeit benefits for at least the first four  but
 not  more  than  the  first eighty effective days following discovery of
 such offense for which he or she otherwise would have been  entitled  to
 receive  benefits.  Such  penalty  shall apply only once with respect to
 each such offense.
   (2) For the purpose of subdivision four of section five hundred ninety
 of this article, the claimant shall be deemed to have received  benefits
 for such forfeited effective days.
   (3)  The  penalty  provided in this section shall not be confined to a
 single benefit year but shall no longer apply in whole or in part  after
 the  expiration  of  two years from the date of the final determination.
 Such two-year period shall be tolled during the time period  a  claimant
 has  an  appeal  pending]  BE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES SET FORTH IN THIS
 SECTION.
   [(4)] (2) A claimant shall refund all moneys received because of  such
 false  statement  or representation and pay a civil penalty in an amount
 equal to [the greater of one hundred  dollars  or  fifteen]  TWENTY-FIVE
 percent  of  the  total  overpaid  benefits  determined pursuant to this
 section.  [The] IF A CLAIMANT IS FOUND  TO  HAVE  MADE  A  SECOND  FALSE
 STATEMENT  OR  REPRESENTATION  WITHIN  FIVE  YEARS OF THE FIRST DETERMI-
 NATION, THE PENALTY SHALL BE FIFTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL  OVERPAID  BENE-
 FITS. FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE penalties collected hereunder FOR THE FIRST
 AND  SECOND  OCCURRENCES  shall be deposited in the fund.  THE REMAINING
 PERCENTAGE OF THE PENALTIES  SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED  IN  THE  UNEMPLOYMENT
 INSURANCE  CONTROL  FUND.  The penalties assessed under this subdivision
 shall apply and be assessed for any benefits paid  under  federal  unem-
 ployment  and extended unemployment programs administered by the depart-
 ment in the same manner as provided in this article.  The  penalties  in
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 chapter or any state or federal criminal statute. No penalties or inter-
 est assessed pursuant to this section may be deducted or  withheld  from
 benefits.
   [(5)]  (3)  (a) Upon a determination based upon a willful false state-
 ment or representation  becoming  final  through  exhaustion  of  appeal
 rights  or  failure  to  exhaust  hearing  rights,  the commissioner may
 recover the amount found to be due by commencing a civil action,  or  by
 filing  with  the  county clerk of the county where the claimant resides
 the final determination of the commissioner or the final decision by  an
 administrative  law  judge,  the appeal board, or a court containing the
 amount found to be due including interest and civil penalty. The commis-
 sioner may only make such a filing with the county clerk when:
   (i) The claimant has responded to requests for information prior to  a
 determination and such requests for information notified the claimant of
 his  or  her  rights  to  a fair hearing as well as the potential conse-
 quences of an investigation and final determination under  this  section
 including  the notice required by subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of
 this subdivision. Additionally if the claimant requested a fair  hearing
 or  appeal  subsequent to a determination, that the claimant was present
 either in person or through electronic means at such hearing, or  subse-
 quent appeal from which a final determination was rendered;
   (ii) The commissioner has made efforts to collect on such final deter-
 mination; and
   (iii) The commissioner has sent a notice, in accordance with paragraph
 (b) of this subdivision, of intent to docket such final determination by
 first  class or certified mail, return receipt requested, ten days prior
 to the docketing of such determination.
   (b) The notice required in subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of this
 subdivision shall include the following:
   (i) That the commissioner intends  to  docket  a  final  determination
 against such claimant as a judgment;
   (ii) The total amount to be docketed; and
   (iii)  Conspicuous  language  that  reads as follows: "Once entered, a
 judgment is good and can be used against you for twenty years, and  your
 money,  including a portion of your paycheck and/or bank account, may be
 taken. Also, a judgment will hurt your credit score and can affect  your
 ability to rent a home, find a job, or take out a loan."
   § 11-a. Section 11 of this act shall apply to all false statements and
 representations  determined  on  or after the effective date of this act
 and all forfeited effective days determined prior    to  such  effective
 date  shall remain in full force and effect for two years from the expi-
 ration of the initial  determination.  For  purposes  of  applying  such
 forfeited  benefits, four effective days shall be considered one week of
 forfeited benefits and any remaining amount of less than four days shall
 not be applied to future benefits.
   § 12. Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 596 of the labor  law,  subdivi-
 sion  1  as amended by chapter 204 of the laws of 1982 and subdivision 4
 as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1944 and as renumbered by section
 148-a of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, are amended to  read
 as follows:
   1.  Claim  filing  and certification to unemployment. A claimant shall
 file a claim for benefits [at] WITH the [local state  employment  office
 serving  the  area in which he was last employed or in which he resides]
 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR within such time and in such manner as  the  commis-
 sioner  shall prescribe. He OR SHE shall disclose whether he OR SHE owes
 child support obligations, as hereafter defined. If  a  claimant  making

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 such  disclosure is eligible for benefits, the commissioner shall notify
 the state or  local  child  support  enforcement  agency,  as  hereafter
 defined, that the claimant is eligible.
   A  claimant  shall  correctly  report any [days of] employment and any
 compensation [he] received for such employment, including  [employments]
 EMPLOYMENT  not subject to this article, and the days on which he OR SHE
 was totally UNEMPLOYED OR  PARTIALLY  unemployed  and  shall  make  such
 reports  in  accordance  with such regulations as the commissioner shall
 prescribe.
   4. Registration and reporting for work. A claimant shall  register  as
 totally  UNEMPLOYED  OR PARTIALLY unemployed at a local state employment
 office serving the area in which he OR SHE was last employed or in which
 he OR SHE resides in accordance with such regulations as the commission-
 er shall prescribe. After so registering, such claimant shall report for
 work at the same local state employment office or otherwise give  notice
 of  the  continuance  of  his  OR  HER unemployment as often and in such
 manner as the commissioner shall prescribe.
   § 12-a. Subdivision 3 of section 597 of the labor law, as  amended  by
 chapter 42 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Limitation on review of determinations. Any determination regarding
 a  benefit  claim  may,  in  the absence of fraud or wilful misrepresen-
 tation, be reviewed only within [one year] TWO YEARS from the date it is
 issued because of new or corrected information, or,  if  the  review  is
 based thereon, within six months from a retroactive payment of remunera-
 tion,  provided that no decision on the merits of the case has been made
 upon hearing or appeal.  Such review shall be conducted and a new deter-
 mination issued in accordance with the provisions of  this  article  and
 regulations  and  procedure  prescribed  thereunder  with respect to the
 adjudication and payment of claims, including the right of appeal.
   § 13. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 599 of the labor  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  593 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this  chapter,  a  claimant
 attending  an approved training course or program under this section may
 receive additional benefits of up to [one hundred four  effective  days]
 TWENTY-SIX  TIMES  HIS OR HER WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT following exhaustion
 of regular and, if in effect, any other extended benefits, provided that
 entitlement to a new benefit claim cannot be established.  Certification
 of  continued  satisfactory  participation and progress in such training
 course or program must be submitted to the  commissioner  prior  to  the
 payment  of  any such benefits. The [duration] AMOUNT of such additional
 benefits shall in no case exceed twice the [number  of  effective  days]
 AMOUNT of regular benefits to which the claimant is entitled at the time
 the claimant is accepted in, or demonstrates application for appropriate
 training.
   §  14.  The  opening  paragraph  and paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of
 section 601 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 35 of  the  laws  of
 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   Extended  benefits  shall be payable to a claimant for [effective days
 occurring in] any week OF TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  OR  PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT
 within an eligibility period, provided the claimant
   (e)  is  not  claiming  benefits pursuant to an interstate claim filed
 under the interstate benefit payment plan in a state where  an  extended
 benefit  period  is  not in effect, except that this condition shall not
 apply with respect to the first [eight  effective  days]  TWO  WEEKS  OF
 TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  OR PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT for which extended benefits

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 shall otherwise be payable pursuant to an interstate claim  filed  under
 the interstate benefit payment plan; and
   § 15. Subdivisions 3 and 4 and paragraphs (b) and (e) of subdivision 5
 of section 601 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of
 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   3.  Extended  benefit  amounts;  rate  and duration. Extended benefits
 shall be paid to a claimant
   (a) at a rate equal to his or her rate for regular benefits during his
 or her applicable benefit year but
   (b) for not more than [fifty-two effective days with respect to his or
 her applicable benefit year, with a total maximum amount equal to] fifty
 percentum of the total maximum amount of  regular  benefits  payable  in
 such benefit year, and
   (c) if a claimant's benefit year ends within an extended benefit peri-
 od,  the remaining balance of extended benefits to which he or she would
 be entitled, if any, shall be reduced by the [number of effective  days]
 AMOUNT  OF  BENEFITS  for  which he or she was entitled to receive trade
 readjustment allowances under the federal trade act of nineteen  hundred
 seventy-four during such benefit year, and
   (d)  for periods of high unemployment for not more than [eighty effec-
 tive days with respect to the applicable benefit year with a total maxi-
 mum amount equal to] eighty percent of the total maximum amount of regu-
 lar benefits payable in such benefit year.
   4. Charging of extended benefits. The provisions of paragraph  (e)  of
 subdivision one of section five hundred eighty-one of this article shall
 apply  to  benefits paid pursuant to the provisions of this section, and
 if they were paid for [effective days] WEEKS OF  TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  OR
 PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  occurring in weeks following the end of a benefit
 year, they shall be deemed paid  with  respect  to  that  benefit  year.
 However,  except  for  governmental  entities as defined in section five
 hundred sixty-five and Indian tribes as defined in section five  hundred
 sixty-six  of this article, only one-half of the amount of such benefits
 shall be debited to the employers' account; the remainder thereof  shall
 be  debited  to  the general account, and such account shall be credited
 with the amount of  payments  received  in  the  fund  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of the federal-state extended unemployment compensation act.
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the state has entered  an  extended
 benefit  period  triggered pursuant to subparagraph one of paragraph (a)
 of subdivision one of this section for which federal  law  provides  for
 one hundred percent federal sharing of the costs of benefits, all charg-
 es  shall  be  debited  to the general account and such account shall be
 credited with the amount of payments received in the  fund  pursuant  to
 the  provisions  of the federal-state extended unemployment compensation
 act or other federal law providing for one hundred percent federal shar-
 ing for the cost of such benefits.
   (b) No [days of total unemployment shall be deemed to occur in]  BENE-
 FITS  SHALL  BE PAYABLE FOR any week within an eligibility period during
 which a claimant fails to accept any offer of suitable work or fails  to
 apply  for  suitable work to which he or she was referred by the commis-
 sioner, who shall make such referral  if  such  work  is  available,  or
 during  which  he  or  she  fails  to engage actively in seeking work by
 making a systematic and sustained effort to obtain  work  and  providing
 tangible  evidence  of  such  effort,  and until he or she has worked in
 employment during at least four subsequent weeks and earned remuneration
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   (e) No [days of total unemployment] BENEFITS shall be [deemed to occur
 in] PAYABLE FOR any week within an eligibility period under section five
 hundred ninety-three of this [article] TITLE, until he or she has subse-
 quently worked in employment in accordance  with  the  requirements  set
 forth in section five hundred ninety-three of this [article] TITLE.
   § 16. Section 603 of the labor law, as amended by section 21 of part O
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   §  603.  Definitions. For purposes of this title: "Total unemployment"
 AND "PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT" shall [mean the total lack of any  employment
 on  any  day,]  HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE, other
 than with an employer applying for a shared work program.  "Work  force"
 shall  mean  the  total work force, a clearly identifiable unit or units
 thereof, or a particular shift or shifts.  The  work  force  subject  to
 reduction shall consist of no less than two employees.
   §  17. Severability. If any amendment contained in a clause, sentence,
 paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by  the  United
 States Department of Labor to violate requirements for maintaining bene-
 fit  standards  required  of  the  state in order to be eligible for any
 financial benefit offered through federal law or regulation, such amend-
 ments shall be severed from this act and shall  not  affect,  impair  or
 invalidate the remainder thereof.
   §  18.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on the ninetieth day after the
 commissioner of labor certifies that the  department  of  labor  has  an
 information technology system capable of accommodating the provisions in
 this  act;  provided  that  the  commissioner  of labor shall notify the
 legislative bill drafting commission of the date of  such  certification
 in  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec-
 tive database of the official text of the laws of the state of New  York
 in furtherance of effecting the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
 tive  law  and  section 70-b of the public officers law. Effective imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized  to  be  made and completed on or before such effective date.
 Provided further that the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 of  section
 591 of the labor law  made by section seven of this act shall be subject
 to the expiration and reversion of such subdivisions pursuant to section
 10  of  chapter  413  of  the  laws  of  2003,  when  upon such date the
 provisions of section eight of this act shall take effect.

                                  PART Q
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  296  of  the  executive  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H)  FOR  AN EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYMENT AGENCY IN WRITING OR OTHERWISE, TO
 RELY ON, OR INQUIRE ABOUT, THE SALARY HISTORY INFORMATION OF  AN  APPLI-
 CANT  FOR EMPLOYMENT AS A FACTOR IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO OFFER EMPLOY-
 MENT TO AN APPLICANT OR WHAT SALARY TO OFFER AN  APPLICANT.  NOTHING  IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL PREVENT AN APPLICANT FROM VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT
 PROMPTING DISCLOSING SALARY HISTORY INFORMATION TO A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOY-
 ER. IF AN APPLICANT VOLUNTEERS SALARY HISTORY INFORMATION, NOTHING SHALL
 PROHIBIT  THAT EMPLOYER FROM CONSIDERING OR RELYING ON THAT INFORMATION.
 NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL PROHIBIT AN EMPLOYER, WITHOUT  INQUIR-
 ING ABOUT SALARY HISTORY, FROM ENGAGING IN DISCUSSION WITH THE APPLICANT
 ABOUT  THEIR  EXPECTATIONS  WITH  RESPECT TO SALARY, BENEFITS, AND OTHER
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   § 2. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 194 of the labor
 law, the section heading as added by chapter 548 of the laws of 1966 and
 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 362 of the laws of 2015, are amended
 to read as follows:
   Differential  in  rate  of pay because of [sex] PROTECTED CLASS STATUS
 prohibited.  1. No employee WHO IS A MEMBER OF A PROTECTED  CLASS  shall
 be paid a wage at a rate less than the rate at which an employee [of the
 opposite  sex]  WHO  IS  NOT A MEMBER OF THE PROTECTED CLASS in the same
 establishment is paid for [equal work on a job the performance of  which
 requires  equal skill, effort and responsibility, and which is performed
 under similar  working  conditions]  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR  WORK,  WHEN
 VIEWED  AS  A  COMPOSITE  OF  SKILL,  EFFORT,  AND  RESPONSIBILITY,  AND
 PERFORMED UNDER SIMILAR WORKING CONDITIONS, except where payment is made
 pursuant to a differential based on:
   a. a seniority system;
   b. a merit system;
   c. a  system  which  measures  earnings  by  quantity  or  quality  of
 production; or
   d.  a  bona  fide  factor other than [sex] THE PROTECTED CLASS STATUS,
 such as education, training, or experience. Such factor: (i)  shall  not
 be  based  upon  [or derived from] a [sex-based] differential in compen-
 sation THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DERIVED FROM A  PROTECTED  CLASS  STATUS  and
 (ii)  shall  be job-related with respect to the position in question and
 shall be consistent with business necessity. Such exception  under  this
 paragraph  shall  not  apply  when the employee demonstrates (A) that an
 employer uses a particular employment practice that causes  a  disparate
 impact  on the basis of [sex] PROTECTED CLASS STATUS, (B) that an alter-
 native employment practice exists that would  serve  the  same  business
 purpose and not produce such differential, and (C) that the employer has
 refused to adopt such alternative practice.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART R
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 291 of the executive law,
 as amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 2010, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. The opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination because
 of  age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, GENDER
 IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, marital status,  or  disa-
 bility, is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right.
   2.  The  opportunity  to obtain education, the use of places of public
 accommodation and the ownership, use and occupancy of  housing  accommo-
 dations  and  commercial  space  without  discrimination because of age,
 race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, GENDER IDENTITY
 OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, marital status, or  disability,  as
 specified  in  section two hundred ninety-six of this article, is hereby
 recognized as and declared to be a civil right.
   § 2. Section 292 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35.  THE  TERM "GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION" MEANS A PERSON'S ACTUAL
 OR PERCEIVED GENDER-RELATED IDENTITY, APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR,  EXPRESSION,
 OR OTHER GENDER-RELATED CHARACTERISTIC REGARDLESS OF THE SEX ASSIGNED TO
 THAT PERSON AT BIRTH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE STATUS OF BEING
 TRANSGENDER.

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   §  3.  Subdivisions  8  and  9 of section 295 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 106 of the laws of  2003,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   8. To create such advisory councils, local, regional or state-wide, as
 in  its  judgment  will aid in effectuating the purposes of this article
 and of section eleven of article one of the constitution of this  state,
 and  the  division  may  empower them to study the problems of discrimi-
 nation in all or specific fields of human relationships or  in  specific
 instances of discrimination because of age, race, creed, color, national
 origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR EXPRESSION, military
 status, sex, disability or marital status and  make  recommendations  to
 the  division  for the development of policies and procedures in general
 and in specific instances. The advisory councils also shall  disseminate
 information  about  the division's activities to organizations and indi-
 viduals in their localities. Such advisory councils shall be composed of
 representative citizens, serving without pay, but with reimbursement for
 actual and necessary traveling  expenses;  and  the  division  may  make
 provision for technical and clerical assistance to such councils and for
 the expenses of such assistance.
   9. To develop human rights plans and policies for the state and assist
 in their execution and to make investigations and studies appropriate to
 effectuate  this article and to issue such publications and such results
 of investigations and research as in its judgement will tend  to  inform
 persons  of the rights assured and remedies provided under this article,
 to promote good-will and minimize or eliminate discrimination because of
 age, race, creed, color, national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER
 IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,  military  status,  sex, disability or marital
 status.
   § 4. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of section  296
 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 365 of the laws of 2015, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  For  an  employer or licensing agency, because of an individual's
 age, race, creed, color, national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER
 IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION, military status, sex, disability, predisposing
 genetic characteristics, familial status, marital  status,  or  domestic
 violence  victim  status,  to  refuse  to hire or employ or to bar or to
 discharge from employment such individual  or  to  discriminate  against
 such individual in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of
 employment.
   (b)  For  an  employment agency to discriminate against any individual
 because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, familial status, or marital  status,  in
 receiving,  classifying, disposing or otherwise acting upon applications
 for its services or in  referring  an  applicant  or  applicants  to  an
 employer or employers.
   (c)  For a labor organization, because of the age, race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,
 military  status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics,
 familial status, or marital status of any individual, to exclude  or  to
 expel  from its membership such individual or to discriminate in any way
 against any of its members or against any  employer  or  any  individual
 employed by an employer.
   (d)  For  any  employer  or employment agency to print or circulate or
 cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or publi-
 cation, or to use any form of application for employment or to make  any

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 inquiry  in  connection  with  prospective  employment,  which expresses
 directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or  discrimination
 as  to  age,  race,  creed,  color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing  genetic  characteristics, familial status, or marital status, or
 any intent to make any such limitation, specification or discrimination,
 unless based upon a  bona  fide  occupational  qualification;  provided,
 however,  that  neither this paragraph nor any provision of this chapter
 or other law shall be construed to  prohibit  the  department  of  civil
 service  or the department of personnel of any city containing more than
 one county from requesting information from applicants for civil service
 examinations concerning any of the aforementioned characteristics, other
 than sexual orientation, for the purpose of conducting studies to  iden-
 tify and resolve possible problems in recruitment and testing of members
 of  minority  groups  to  insure the fairest possible and equal opportu-
 nities for employment in the civil service for all  persons,  regardless
 of  age,  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin, sexual orientation OR
 GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, familial status, or marital status.
   § 5. Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 1-a of section 296  of
 the  executive  law,  as amended by chapter 365 of the laws of 2015, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) To deny to or withhold from any person  because  of  race,  creed,
 color,   national   origin,   sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR
 EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age, disability, familial  status,  or
 marital status, the right to be admitted to or participate in a guidance
 program,   an   apprenticeship  training  program,  on-the-job  training
 program, executive training program, or other occupational  training  or
 retraining program;
   (c)  To  discriminate against any person in his or her pursuit of such
 programs or to discriminate against such a person in the  terms,  condi-
 tions  or  privileges  of  such  programs because of race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,
 military  status,  sex,  age,  disability,  familial  status  or marital
 status;
   (d) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for such programs or to make any inquiry in  connection  with  such
 program  which  expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, spec-
 ification or discrimination as to race, creed, color,  national  origin,
 sexual orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex,
 age,  disability, familial status or marital status, or any intention to
 make any such limitation, specification or discrimination, unless  based
 on a bona fide occupational qualification.
   §  6.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of section 296 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  It  shall  be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person,
 being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent,  agent  or
 employee  of  any  place  of  public accommodation, resort or amusement,
 because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orientation,
 GENDER  IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, [or] disability or
 marital status of any person, directly or indirectly, to  refuse,  with-
 hold  from or deny to such person any of the accommodations, advantages,
 facilities or privileges thereof, including the extension of credit, or,
 directly or indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display,  post  or

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 mail  any  written or printed communication, notice or advertisement, to
 the effect that any of the accommodations,  advantages,  facilities  and
 privileges  of  any such place shall be refused, withheld from or denied
 to  any person on account of race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status,  sex,  [or]
 disability or marital status, or that the patronage or custom thereat of
 any  person of or purporting to be of any particular race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,
 military status, sex or marital status, or having a disability is unwel-
 come, objectionable or not acceptable, desired or solicited.
   §  7. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of section
 296 of the executive law, paragraphs (a), (b) and  (c)  as  amended  and
 paragraph (c-1) as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended
 to read as follows:
   (a)  To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with-
 hold from any person or group of  persons  such  housing  accommodations
 because  of  the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual
 orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status,  age,  sex,
 marital  status,  or  familial  status  of such person or persons, or to
 represent that any housing accommodation or land is  not  available  for
 inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (b)  To  discriminate  against  any person because of his or her race,
 creed, color, disability, national origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER
 IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,  military status, age, sex, marital status, or
 familial status in the terms, conditions or privileges of any  publicly-
 assisted  housing  accommodations  or in the furnishing of facilities or
 services in connection therewith.
   (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
 ing the race, creed, color, disability, national origin,  sexual  orien-
 tation,  GENDER  IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, membership in the reserve armed
 forces of the United States or in the organized militia  of  the  state,
 age, sex, marital status, or familial status of a person seeking to rent
 or lease any publicly-assisted housing accommodation; provided, however,
 that  nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a member of the reserve
 armed forces of the United States or in the  organized  militia  of  the
 state from voluntarily disclosing such membership.
   (c-1)  To  print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation or
 to make any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination  as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age,  disa-
 bility,  marital  status,  or familial status, or any intent to make any
 such limitation, specification or discrimination.
   § 8. Subdivision 3-b of section 296 of the executive law,  as  amended
 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   3-b.  It  shall  be  an  unlawful discriminatory practice for any real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent  thereof  or
 any  other  individual, corporation, partnership or organization for the
 purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which any such person
 or any of its stockholders or members may benefit financially, to repre-
 sent that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the  composition
 with respect to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
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 status,  or  familial  status  of  the owners or occupants in the block,
 neighborhood or area in which the  real  property  is  located,  and  to
 represent,  directly  or indirectly, that this change will or may result
 in  undesirable consequences in the block, neighborhood or area in which
 the real property is located, including but not limited to the  lowering
 of  property values, an increase in criminal or anti-social behavior, or
 a decline in the quality of schools or other facilities.
   § 9. Subdivision 4 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended  by
 chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  It  shall  be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an education
 corporation or association which holds itself out to the  public  to  be
 non-sectarian  and  exempt  from  taxation pursuant to the provisions of
 article four of the real property tax law to deny the use of its facili-
 ties to any person otherwise qualified, or to permit the  harassment  of
 any  student or applicant, by reason of his race, color, religion, disa-
 bility,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER   IDENTITY   OR
 EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age or marital status, except that any
 such  institution  which  establishes or maintains a policy of educating
 persons of one sex exclusively may admit students of only one sex.
   § 10. Subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   5. (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the  owner,
 lessee,  sub-lessee,  assignee,  or  managing  agent of, or other person
 having the right  to  sell,  rent  or  lease  a  housing  accommodation,
 constructed or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold
 from any person or group of persons such a housing accommodation because
 of  the  race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, GENDER
 IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age,  disability,  marital
 status,  or  familial  status of such person or persons, or to represent
 that any housing accommodation or land is not available for  inspection,
 sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (2)  To discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,
 military  status,  sex,  age,  disability,  marital  status, or familial
 status in the terms, conditions or privileges of  the  sale,  rental  or
 lease  of any such housing accommodation or in the furnishing of facili-
 ties or services in connection therewith.
   (3) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation  or
 to  make  any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with the prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation, specification or
 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orien-
 tation,  GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age, disa-
 bility, marital status, or familial status, or any intent  to  make  any
 such limitation, specification or discrimination.
   The provisions of this paragraph (a) shall not apply (1) to the rental
 of a housing accommodation in a building which contains housing accommo-
 dations  for  not  more  than  two families living independently of each
 other, if the owner resides in one of such housing  accommodations,  (2)
 to the restriction of the rental of all rooms in a housing accommodation
 to  individuals  of the same sex or (3) to the rental of a room or rooms
 in a housing accommodation, if such rental is by  the  occupant  of  the
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 the owner resides in such  housing  accommodation  or  (4)  solely  with
 respect  to  age  and  familial  status  to the restriction of the sale,
 rental or lease of housing accommodations exclusively to persons  sixty-
 two  years  of  age  or  older and the spouse of any such person, or for
 housing intended and operated for  occupancy  by  at  least  one  person
 fifty-five  years of age or older per unit. In determining whether hous-
 ing is intended and operated for occupancy by persons  fifty-five  years
 of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C. 3607 (b) (2) (c)) of the
 federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall apply.
   (b)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 lessee, sub-lessee, or managing agent of, or  other  person  having  the
 right of ownership or possession of or the right to sell, rent or lease,
 land or commercial space:
   (1)  To  refuse  to sell, rent, lease or otherwise deny to or withhold
 from any person or group of persons land or commercial space because  of
 the  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin, sexual orientation, GENDER
 IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age,  disability,  marital
 status,  or  familial  status of such person or persons, or to represent
 that any housing accommodation or land is not available for  inspection,
 sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available;
   (2)  To discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,
 military  status,  sex,  age,  disability,  marital  status, or familial
 status in the terms, conditions or privileges of  the  sale,  rental  or
 lease  of  any  such  land  or commercial space; or in the furnishing of
 facilities or services in connection therewith;
   (3) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such land or commercial  space
 or  to  make  any  record  or inquiry in connection with the prospective
 purchase, rental or  lease  of  such  land  or  commercial  space  which
 expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation, specification or
 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orien-
 tation,  GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age, disa-
 bility, marital status, or familial status; or any intent  to  make  any
 such limitation, specification or discrimination.
   (4)  With  respect  to age and familial status, the provisions of this
 paragraph shall not apply to the restriction  of  the  sale,  rental  or
 lease  of  land  or  commercial  space exclusively to persons fifty-five
 years of age or older and the spouse of  any  such  person,  or  to  the
 restriction  of  the  sale,  rental  or lease of land to be used for the
 construction, or location  of  housing  accommodations  exclusively  for
 persons  sixty-two  years  of age or older, or intended and operated for
 occupancy by at least one person fifty-five years of age  or  older  per
 unit.  In determining whether housing is intended and operated for occu-
 pancy by persons fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b)  (2)  (c)
 (42  U.S.C. 3607(b) (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as
 amended, shall apply.
   (c) It shall be an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof:
   (1)  To  refuse to sell, rent or lease any housing accommodation, land
 or commercial space to any person or group of persons or  to  refuse  to
 negotiate  for  the sale, rental or lease, of any housing accommodation,
 land or commercial space to any person or group of  persons  because  of
 the  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin, sexual orientation, GENDER
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 status,  or  familial  status of such person or persons, or to represent
 that any housing accommodation, land or commercial space is  not  avail-
 able  for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so avail-
 able,  or  otherwise to deny or withhold any housing accommodation, land
 or commercial space or any facilities of any housing accommodation, land
 or commercial space from any person or group of persons because  of  the
 race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, GENDER IDENTITY
 OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age, disability, marital status, or
 familial status of such person or persons.
   (2)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for  the  purchase,  rental or lease of any housing accommodation,
 land or commercial space or to make any record or inquiry in  connection
 with  the  prospective purchase, rental or lease of any housing accommo-
 dation, land or commercial space which expresses, directly or  indirect-
 ly,  any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, creed,
 color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,   GENDER   IDENTITY   OR
 EXPRESSION,  military  status,  sex, age, disability, marital status, or
 familial status; or any intent to make any such  limitation,  specifica-
 tion or discrimination.
   (3)  With  respect  to age and familial status, the provisions of this
 paragraph shall not apply to the restriction  of  the  sale,  rental  or
 lease of any HOUSING ACCOMMODATION, land or commercial space exclusively
 to  persons  fifty-five years of age or older and the spouse of any such
 person, or to the restriction of the sale, rental or lease of any  hous-
 ing accommodation or land to be used for the construction or location of
 housing  accommodations  for persons sixty-two years of age or older, or
 intended and operated for occupancy by at least  one  person  fifty-five
 years  of  age  or  older  per  unit.  In determining whether housing is
 intended and operated for occupancy by persons fifty-five years  of  age
 or  older,  Sec.    807  (b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C. 3607 (b) (2) (c)) of the
 federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall apply.
   (d) It shall be an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  real
 estate board, because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, age, sex,
 disability, marital status, or familial status of any individual who  is
 otherwise  qualified for membership, to exclude or expel such individual
 from membership, or to  discriminate  against  such  individual  in  the
 terms, conditions and privileges of membership in such board.
   (e)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 proprietor or managing agent of, or other person  having  the  right  to
 provide care and services in, a private proprietary nursing home, conva-
 lescent  home,  or home for adults, or an intermediate care facility, as
 defined  in  section  two  of  the  social  services   law,   heretofore
 constructed,  or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof, to
 refuse to provide services and care in such  home  or  facility  to  any
 individual  or  to  discriminate  against  any  individual in the terms,
 conditions, and privileges of such services and care solely because such
 individual is a blind person. For purposes of this paragraph,  a  "blind
 person" shall mean a person who is registered as a blind person with the
 commission  for the visually handicapped and who meets the definition of
 a "blind person" pursuant to  section  three  of  chapter  four  hundred
 fifteen  of  the  laws  of nineteen hundred thirteen entitled "An act to
 establish a state commission for improving the condition of the blind of
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   (f) The provisions of this subdivision, as they relate to  age,  shall
 not apply to persons under the age of eighteen years.
   (g)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person
 offering or providing housing accommodations, land or  commercial  space
 as described in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this subdivision to make
 or  cause  to  be  made any written or oral inquiry or record concerning
 membership of any person in the state organized militia in  relation  to
 the  purchase,  rental  or lease of such housing accommodation, land, or
 commercial space, provided, however, that nothing  in  this  subdivision
 shall  prohibit a member of the state organized militia from voluntarily
 disclosing such membership.
   § 11. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of section 296 of  the  executive
 law,  as  amended by chapter 365 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) It shall be an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  fire
 department or fire company therein, through any member or members there-
 of, officers, board of fire commissioners or other body or office having
 power  of appointment of volunteer firefighters, directly or indirectly,
 by ritualistic practice, constitutional or by-law prescription, by tacit
 agreement among its members, or otherwise, to  deny  to  any  individual
 membership  in any volunteer fire department or fire company therein, or
 to expel or discriminate against any volunteer member of a fire  depart-
 ment  or  fire  company  therein,  because  of  the  race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,
 military  status, sex, marital status, or familial status, of such indi-
 vidual.
   § 12. Subdivision 13 of section 296 of the executive law,  as  amended
 by chapter 365 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   13. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice (i) for any person
 to  boycott  or  blacklist,  or  to refuse to buy from, sell to or trade
 with, or otherwise discriminate against any person, because of the race,
 creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR
 EXPRESSION,  military  status,  sex,  disability, or familial status, of
 such person, or of such person's partners, members, stockholders, direc-
 tors, officers, managers, superintendents, agents,  employees,  business
 associates,  suppliers  or customers, or (ii) for any person wilfully to
 do any act or refrain from doing any act which enables any  such  person
 to take such action. This subdivision shall not apply to:
   (a) Boycotts connected with labor disputes; or
   (b) Boycotts to protest unlawful discriminatory practices.
   §  13.  Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 296-a of the executive law,
 as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any creditor or
 any officer, agent or employee thereof:
   a.  In  the  case  of  applications  for  credit  with  respect to the
 purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair  or  mainte-
 nance of any housing accommodation, land or commercial space to discrim-
 inate  against  any  such  applicant  because of the race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,
 military  status,  age,  sex,  marital  status,  disability, or familial
 status of such applicant  or  applicants  or  any  member,  stockholder,
 director, officer or employee of such applicant or applicants, or of the
 prospective  occupants or tenants of such housing accommodation, land or
 commercial space, in the granting, withholding, extending  or  renewing,
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   b.  To  discriminate in the granting, withholding, extending or renew-
 ing, or in the fixing of the rates, terms or conditions of, any form  of
 credit,  on  the  basis  of  race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status,  age,  sex,
 marital status, disability, or familial status;
   c. To use any form of application for credit or use or make any record
 or  inquiry  which  expresses,  directly  or indirectly, any limitation,
 specification, or discrimination as  to  race,  creed,  color,  national
 origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR EXPRESSION, military
 status, age, sex, marital status, disability, or familial status;
   d. To make any inquiry of an applicant concerning his or her  capacity
 to reproduce, or his or her use or advocacy of any form of birth control
 or family planning;
   e.  To  refuse  to  consider  sources  of  an applicant's income or to
 subject an applicant's income to  discounting,  in  whole  or  in  part,
 because  of  an  applicant's race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status,  age,  sex,
 marital status, childbearing potential, disability, or familial status;
   f.  To  discriminate  against  a  married  person  because such person
 neither uses nor is known by the surname of his or her spouse.
   This paragraph shall not apply to any situation where  the  use  of  a
 surname would constitute or result in a criminal act.
   2. Without limiting the generality of subdivision one of this section,
 it  shall  be considered discriminatory if, because of an applicant's or
 class of applicants' race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orien-
 tation,  GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, age, sex, mari-
 tal status or disability, or familial status, (i) an applicant or  class
 of  applicants  is denied credit in circumstances where other applicants
 of like overall credit worthiness are granted credit,  or  (ii)  special
 requirements  or conditions, such as requiring co-obligors or reapplica-
 tion upon marriage, are imposed upon an applicant or class of applicants
 in circumstances  where  similar  requirements  or  conditions  are  not
 imposed upon other applicants of like overall credit worthiness.
   3.  It  shall  not  be  considered  discriminatory if credit differen-
 tiations or decisions are based upon  factually  supportable,  objective
 differences  in applicants' overall credit worthiness, which may include
 reference to such factors as current income,  assets  and  prior  credit
 history  of  such applicants, as well as reference to any other relevant
 factually supportable data; provided, however, that  no  creditor  shall
 consider, in evaluating the credit worthiness of an applicant, aggregate
 statistics  or  assumptions  relating  to  race,  creed, color, national
 origin, sexual orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,  military
 status,  sex,  marital status or disability, or to the likelihood of any
 group of persons bearing or rearing children, or for that reason receiv-
 ing diminished or interrupted income in the future.
   § 14. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 296-b of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 481 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (b) Subject a domestic worker to unwelcome harassment based on gender,
 race,  religion,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,  GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION or
 national origin, where such harassment has  the  purpose  or  effect  of
 unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance by creat-
 ing an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
   § 15. Section 40-c of the civil rights law, as amended by chapter 2 of
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   § 40-c. Discrimination. 1. All persons within the jurisdiction of this
 state  shall  be  entitled  to  the equal protection of the laws of this
 state or any subdivision thereof.
   2.  No  person  shall, because of race, creed, color, national origin,
 sex, marital status, sexual orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR  EXPRESSION,
 or disability, as such term is defined in section two hundred ninety-two
 of  the  executive law, be subjected to any discrimination in his or her
 civil rights, or to any harassment, as defined in section 240.25 of  the
 penal  law, in the exercise thereof, by any other person or by any firm,
 corporation or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision
 of the state.
   § 16. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 313 of  the  education
 law,  as amended by chapter 2 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that the Amer-
 ican ideal of equality of opportunity requires that students,  otherwise
 qualified,  be  admitted to educational institutions and be given access
 to all the educational programs and courses operated or provided by such
 institutions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, creed,  mari-
 tal  status,  age,  sexual orientation as defined in section two hundred
 ninety-two of the  executive  law,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, or
 national origin, except that, with regard to religious or denominational
 educational institutions, students, otherwise qualified, shall have  the
 equal  opportunity  to  attend therein without discrimination because of
 race, color, sex, marital status, age, sexual orientation as defined  in
 section  two hundred ninety-two of the executive law, GENDER IDENTITY OR
 EXPRESSION AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW, or national origin. It is a fundamental American right for  members
 of various religious faiths to establish and maintain educational insti-
 tutions  exclusively  or  primarily  for students of their own religious
 faith or to effectuate the religious principles in furtherance of  which
 they  are  maintained.  Nothing herein contained shall impair or abridge
 that right.
   § 17. Subdivision 3 of section 313 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 2 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   (3) Unfair educational practices. It shall be  an  unfair  educational
 practice for an educational institution after September fifteenth, nine-
 teen hundred forty-eight:
   (a)  To  exclude or limit or otherwise discriminate against any person
 or persons seeking admission as students to such institution or  to  any
 educational  program  or course operated or provided by such institution
 because of race, religion, creed, sex, color, marital status, age, sexu-
 al orientation as defined in section two hundred ninety-two of the exec-
 utive law, GENDER IDENTITY OR  EXPRESSION  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, or national origin; except that
 nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect, in any way, the right
 of  a  religious or denominational educational institution to select its
 students exclusively or primarily  from  members  of  such  religion  or
 denomination or from giving preference in such selection to such members
 or  to  make  such  selection  of  its students as is calculated by such
 institution to promote the religious principles for which it  is  estab-
 lished  or  maintained. Nothing herein contained shall impair or abridge
 the right of an independent institution, which establishes or  maintains
 a  policy of educating persons of one sex exclusively, to admit students
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   (b) To penalize any individual because he or she has initiated, testi-
 fied, participated or assisted in any proceedings under this section.
   (c)  To  accept any endowment or gift of money or property conditioned
 upon teaching the doctrine of supremacy of any particular race.
   (d) With respect to any individual who withdraws  from  attendance  to
 serve on active duty in the armed forces of the United States in time of
 war,  including  any individual who withdrew from attendance on or after
 August second, nineteen hundred ninety to serve on active  duty  in  the
 armed  forces  of the United States in the Persian Gulf conflict: (i) to
 deny or limit the readmission of such individual to such institution  or
 to any educational program or course operated or provided by such insti-
 tution  because  of  such  withdrawal  from attendance or because of the
 failure to complete any educational program or course due to such  with-
 drawal;  (ii)  to  impose any academic penalty on such person because of
 such withdrawal or because of the failure to  complete  any  educational
 program  or  course due to such withdrawal; (iii) to reduce or eliminate
 any financial aid award granted to such individual which  could  not  be
 used,  in  whole  or  part, because of such withdrawal or because of the
 failure to complete any educational program or course due to such  with-
 drawal;  or  (iv)  to  fail to provide a credit or refund of tuition and
 fees paid by such individual for  any  semester,  term  or  quarter  not
 completed  because  of  such  withdrawal  or  because  of the failure to
 complete any program or course due to such withdrawal.
   (e) It shall not be an unfair educational practice for any educational
 institution to use criteria  other  than  race,  religion,  creed,  sex,
 color, marital status, age, sexual orientation as defined in section two
 hundred  ninety-two  of the executive law, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  or
 national  origin  in the admission of students to such institution or to
 any of the educational programs and courses operated or provided by such
 institution.
   § 18. Section 485.00 of the penal law, as added by chapter 107 of  the
 laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 § 485.00 Legislative findings.
   The legislature finds and determines as follows: criminal acts involv-
 ing  violence,  intimidation and destruction of property based upon bias
 and prejudice have become more prevalent in New  York  state  in  recent
 years.    The  intolerable  truth  is that in these crimes, commonly and
 justly referred to as "hate crimes", victims are intentionally selected,
 in whole or in part, because of  their  race,  color,  national  origin,
 ancestry,  gender,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR EXPRESSION, religion, religious
 practice, age, disability or sexual orientation.  Hate  crimes  do  more
 than  threaten  the  safety and welfare of all citizens. They inflict on
 victims incalculable physical and emotional damage and tear at the  very
 fabric  of  free  society.  Crimes  motivated by invidious hatred toward
 particular groups not only harm individual victims but send  a  powerful
 message of intolerance and discrimination to all members of the group to
 which the victim belongs.  Hate crimes can and do intimidate and disrupt
 entire communities and vitiate the civility that is essential to healthy
 democratic  processes.    In  a  democratic  society, citizens cannot be
 required to approve of the beliefs and practices  of  others,  but  must
 never  commit  criminal  acts  on  account of them. Current law does not
 adequately recognize the harm to public order and individual safety that
 hate crimes cause. Therefore, our laws must be strengthened  to  provide
 clear  recognition  of  the  gravity  of  hate crimes and the compelling
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   Accordingly, the legislature  finds  and  declares  that  hate  crimes
 should be prosecuted and punished with appropriate severity.
   §  19.  Subdivisions 1, 2 and 4 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as
 added by chapter 107 of the  laws  of  2000,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  A  person  commits a hate crime when he or she commits a specified
 offense and either:
   (a) intentionally selects the  person  against  whom  the  offense  is
 committed  or  intended  to be committed in whole or in substantial part
 because of a belief or perception regarding the  race,  color,  national
 origin, ancestry, gender, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, religion, reli-
 gious  practice,  age,  disability  or  sexual  orientation of a person,
 regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct, or
   (b) intentionally commits the act or acts constituting the offense  in
 whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding
 the  race,  color, national origin, ancestry, gender, GENDER IDENTITY OR
 EXPRESSION, religion, religious  practice,  age,  disability  or  sexual
 orientation  of a person, regardless of whether the belief or perception
 is correct.
   2. Proof of race, color, national  origin,  ancestry,  gender,  GENDER
 IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, religion, religious practice, age, disability or
 sexual orientation of the defendant, the victim or of both the defendant
 and  the  victim  does  not,  by  itself,  constitute legally sufficient
 evidence satisfying the people's burden under paragraph (a)  or  (b)  of
 subdivision one of this section.
   4. For purposes of this section:
   (a) the term "age" means sixty years old or more;
   (b)  the  term "disability" means a physical or mental impairment that
 substantially limits a major life activity[.];
   (C) THE TERM "GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION" MEANS A  PERSON'S  ACTUAL
 OR  PERCEIVED GENDER-RELATED IDENTITY, APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR, EXPRESSION,
 OR OTHER GENDER-RELATED CHARACTERISTIC REGARDLESS OF THE SEX ASSIGNED TO
 THAT PERSON AT BIRTH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE STATUS OF BEING
 TRANSGENDER.
   § 20. Subdivision 3 of section 240.30 of the penal law, as amended  by
 chapter 188 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   3. With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person,
 he  or  she strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects another person
 to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same because  of
 a  belief  or  perception  regarding such person's race, color, national
 origin, ancestry, gender, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, religion, reli-
 gious practice, age, disability or  sexual  orientation,  regardless  of
 whether the belief or perception is correct; or
   §  21.  The  opening  paragraph of section 240.31 of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 49 of the  laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   A  person  is guilty of aggravated harassment in the first degree when
 with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person,  because
 of  a belief or perception regarding such person's race, color, national
 origin, ancestry, gender, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, religion, reli-
 gious practice, age, disability or  sexual  orientation,  regardless  of
 whether the belief or perception is correct, he or she:
   §  22.  Section  240.00  of  the  penal law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  "GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION"  MEANS  A  PERSON'S  ACTUAL  OR
 PERCEIVED  GENDER-RELATED IDENTITY, APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR, EXPRESSION, OR

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 OTHER GENDER-RELATED CHARACTERISTIC REGARDLESS OF THE  SEX  ASSIGNED  TO
 THAT PERSON AT BIRTH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE STATUS OF BEING
 TRANSGENDER.
   § 23. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 of section 200.50 of the criminal
 procedure  law,  as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (c) in the case of any hate crime, as defined in section 485.05 of the
 penal law, specifies, as applicable, that the  defendant  or  defendants
 intentionally selected the person against whom the offense was committed
 or  intended to be committed; or intentionally committed the act or acts
 constituting the offense, in whole or in substantial part because  of  a
 belief  or perception regarding the race, color, national origin, ances-
 try, gender, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION,  religion,  religious  prac-
 tice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person; and
   §  24.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however,  that  sections  eighteen  through
 twenty-three of this act shall take effect on the first of November next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART S
 
   Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35. THE TERM "EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION" SHALL MEAN:
   (A) ANY EDUCATION CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH HOLDS ITSELF OUT TO
 THE  PUBLIC TO BE NON-SECTARIAN AND EXEMPT FROM TAXATION PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW; OR
   (B) ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL, INCLUDING ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPER-
 ATIVE EDUCATION SERVICES, PUBLIC COLLEGE OR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended  by
 chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  It  shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an [education
 corporation or association which holds itself out to the  public  to  be
 non-sectarian  and  exempt  from  taxation pursuant to the provisions of
 article four of the real property tax law]  EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTION  to
 deny  the use of its facilities to any person otherwise qualified, or to
 permit the harassment of any student or  applicant,  by  reason  of  his
 race,  color, religion, disability, national origin, sexual orientation,
 military status, sex, age or marital status, except that any such insti-
 tution which establishes or maintains a policy of educating  persons  of
 one sex exclusively may admit students of only one sex.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART T
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Lawful Source of Income Non-Discrimination Act of 2019".
   § 2. Section 292 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35.  THE  TERM  "LAWFUL  SOURCE  OF  INCOME" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO,  CHILD  SUPPORT,  ALIMONY,  FOSTER  CARE  SUBSIDIES,  INCOME
 DERIVED  FROM  SOCIAL  SECURITY, OR ANY FORM OF FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL
 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR HOUSING ASSISTANCE INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 SECTION  8  VOUCHERS, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENT OR
 CREDIT WHETHER OR NOT SUCH  INCOME  OR  CREDIT  IS  PAID  OR  ATTRIBUTED
 DIRECTLY TO A LANDLORD, AND ANY OTHER FORMS OF LAWFUL INCOME.

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   §  3. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of section
 296 of the executive law, paragraphs (a), (b) and  (c)  as  amended  and
 paragraph (c-1) as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended
 to read as follows:
   (a)  To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with-
 hold from any person or group of  persons  such  housing  accommodations
 because  of  the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual
 orientation, military status, age, sex, marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF
 INCOME or familial status of such person or  persons,  or  to  represent
 that  any housing accommodation or land is not available for inspection,
 sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (b) To discriminate against any person because of  his  or  her  race,
 creed,  color, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, military
 status, age, sex, marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF  INCOME  or  familial
 status  in  the terms, conditions or privileges of any publicly-assisted
 housing accommodations or in the furnishing of facilities or services in
 connection therewith.
   (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
 ing the race, creed, color, disability, national origin,  sexual  orien-
 tation,  membership  in the reserve armed forces of the United States or
 in the organized militia of the state, age, sex, marital status,  LAWFUL
 SOURCE OF INCOME or familial status of a person seeking to rent or lease
 any  publicly-assisted  housing  accommodation;  provided, however, that
 nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a member of the reserve armed
 forces of the United States or in the organized  militia  of  the  state
 from voluntarily disclosing such membership.
   (c-1)  To  print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation or
 to make any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination  as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, military status, sex, age, disability,  marital  status,  LAWFUL
 SOURCE  OF  INCOME  or  familial  status, or any intent to make any such
 limitation, specification or discrimination.
   § 4. Subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 of paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  5  of
 section  296 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws
 of 2003, are amended to read as follows:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold
 from any person or group of persons such a housing accommodation because
 of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military
 status, sex, age, disability, marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME or
 familial status of such person or persons,  or  to  represent  that  any
 housing  accommodation  or  land  is not available for inspection, sale,
 rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (2) To discriminate against any person because of race, creed,  color,
 national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, age, disabil-
 ity,  marital  status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME or familial status in the
 terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any such
 housing accommodation or in the furnishing of facilities or services  in
 connection therewith.
   (3)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation or
 to make any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective

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 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination  as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation,  military  status,  sex, age, disability, marital status, LAWFUL
 SOURCE OF INCOME or familial status, or any  intent  to  make  any  such
 limitation, specification or discrimination.
   §  5.  Subparagraphs  1  and  2  of  paragraph (c) of subdivision 5 of
 section 296 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 106 of the  laws
 of 2003, are amended to read as follows:
   (1)  To  refuse to sell, rent or lease any housing accommodation, land
 or commercial space to any person or group of persons or  to  refuse  to
 negotiate  for  the sale, rental or lease, of any housing accommodation,
 land or commercial space to any person or group of  persons  because  of
 the  race,  creed,  color, national origin, sexual orientation, military
 status, sex, age, disability, marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME or
 familial status of such person or persons,  or  to  represent  that  any
 housing  accommodation,  land  or  commercial space is not available for
 inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is  so  available,  or
 otherwise to deny or withhold any housing accommodation, land or commer-
 cial  space  or  any  facilities  of  any housing accommodation, land or
 commercial space from any person or group  of  persons  because  of  the
 race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  military
 status, sex, age, disability, marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE  OF  INCOME,
 or familial status of such person or persons.
   (2)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for  the  purchase,  rental or lease of any housing accommodation,
 land or commercial space or to make any record or inquiry in  connection
 with  the  prospective purchase, rental or lease of any housing accommo-
 dation, land or commercial space which expresses, directly or  indirect-
 ly,  any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, creed,
 color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status,  sex,  age,
 disability,  marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME or familial status;
 or any intent to make any such limitation,  specification  or  discrimi-
 nation.
   §  6.  Paragraph  (d) of subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, amended to  read  as
 follows:
   (d)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any real
 estate board, because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation, military status,  age,  sex,  disability,  marital  status,
 LAWFUL  SOURCE  OF  INCOME  or  familial status of any individual who is
 otherwise qualified for membership, to exclude or expel such  individual
 from  membership,  or  to  discriminate  against  such individual in the
 terms, conditions and privileges of membership in such board.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
 causes of action filed on or after such effective date.
 
                                  PART U
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 7-108 of the general obligations
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   (F) EXCEPT IN INSTANCES WHERE STATUTES OR REGULATIONS  PROVIDE  FOR  A
 LESSER  PAYMENT, FEE, DEPOSIT OR CHARGE, NO LANDLORD, LESSOR, SUB-LESSOR
 OR GRANTOR MAY DEMAND ANY PAYMENT, FEE, DEPOSIT, OR  CHARGE,  INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY PAYMENT, FEE, DEPOSIT, OR CHARGE THAT IS IMPOSED

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 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TENANCY TO BE USED TO REIMBURSE THE LANDLORD FOR
 COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH PROCESSING A NEW TENANT OR THAT IS IMPOSED AS AN
 ADVANCE PAYMENT OF RENT, USED OR TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING A
 SECURITY  DEPOSIT, IN AN AMOUNT OR VALUE IN EXCESS OF AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO
 TWO MONTHS' RENT, INCLUDING THE FIRST MONTH'S RENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART V
 
   Section 1. Section 300 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 166
 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   § 300. Construction. The provisions of this article shall be construed
 liberally for the  accomplishment  of  the  purposes  thereof.  JUDICIAL
 INTERPRETATIONS  OF  SIMILARLY WORDED PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS
 LAWS ARE NOT CONTROLLING. SUCH INTERPRETATIONS OF FEDERAL  CIVIL  RIGHTS
 LAWS ESTABLISH A FLOOR BELOW WHICH INTERPRETATION OF THIS ARTICLE CANNOT
 FALL,  RATHER  THAN A CEILING ABOVE WHICH INTERPRETATION OF THIS ARTICLE
 CANNOT RISE. Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed to repeal
 any of the provisions of the civil rights law or any other law  of  this
 state  relating  to  discrimination  because  of  race,  creed, color or
 national origin; but, as  to  acts  declared  unlawful  by  section  two
 hundred ninety-six of this article, the procedure herein provided shall,
 while  pending,  be exclusive; and the final determination therein shall
 exclude any other STATE CIVIL action[, civil or criminal,] based on  the
 same  grievance  of  the individual concerned. If such individual insti-
 tutes any action based on such grievance without resorting to the proce-
 dure provided in this article, he or she may not subsequently resort  to
 the procedure herein.
   § 2. Subdivision 21 of section 296 of the executive law, as renumbered
 by  chapter  536 of the laws of 2010, is renumbered subdivision 22 and a
 new subdivision 21 is added to read as follows:
   21. HARASSMENT ON THE BASIS OF  ANY  PROTECTED  CHARACTERISTIC  IS  AN
 UNLAWFUL  DISCRIMINATORY  PRACTICE  IN  ANY  AREA OF JURISDICTION AS SET
 FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE. HARASSMENT INCLUDES THE  TYPES  OF  ACTIONS  THAT
 HAVE  BEEN  FOUND  BY  THE  COURTS  TO CREATE A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT OR A
 TANGIBLE JOB DETRIMENT. SUCH  ACTIONS  ARE  AN  UNLAWFUL  DISCRIMINATORY
 PRACTICE  WHEN  THEY  RESULT IN A PERSON OR PERSONS BEING TREATED NOT AS
 WELL AS OTHERS BECAUSE OF A PROTECTED CHARACTERISTIC. HARASSMENT IS  NOT
 LIMITED  ONLY  TO THOSE ACTIONS THAT ARE SEVERE OR PERVASIVE. HARASSMENT
 DOES NOT INCLUDE WHAT A REASONABLE PERSON WITH THE SAME PROTECTED  CHAR-
 ACTERISTIC WOULD CONSIDER PETTY SLIGHTS OR TRIVIAL INCONVENIENCES.
   § 3. Section 5-336 of the general obligations law, as added by section
 1  of subpart D of part KK of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
   § 5-336. Nondisclosure agreements. 1. Notwithstanding any other law to
 the contrary, no employer, its officers  or  employees  shall  have  the
 authority to include or agree to include in any settlement, agreement or
 other resolution of any claim, the factual foundation for which involves
 sexual  harassment, any term or condition that would prevent the disclo-
 sure of the underlying facts and circumstances to the  claim  or  action
 unless the condition of confidentiality is the complainant's preference.
 Any  such  term  or  condition  must be provided to all parties, and the
 complainant shall have twenty-one days to consider such term  or  condi-
 tion.   If   after  twenty-one  days  such  term  or  condition  is  the
 complainant's preference, such preference shall be  memorialized  in  an
 agreement  signed  by  all  parties. For a period of at least seven days

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 following the execution of such agreement, the  complainant  may  revoke
 the  agreement,  and  the  agreement  shall  not  become effective or be
 enforceable until such revocation period has expired.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PROVISION IN A
 CONTRACT OR OTHER AGREEMENT BETWEEN  AN  EMPLOYER  OR  AN  AGENT  OF  AN
 EMPLOYER AND ANY EMPLOYEE OR POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THAT EMPLOYER ENTERED
 INTO  ON  OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THAT PREVENTS THE
 DISCLOSURE OF FACTUAL INFORMATION RELATED TO ANY FUTURE CLAIM OF  SEXUAL
 HARASSMENT,  ASSAULT,  OR DISCRIMINATION IS VOID OR UNENFORCEABLE UNLESS
 SUCH PROVISION INCLUDES LANGUAGE ENSURING THAT THE PARTIES TO THE AGREE-
 MENT STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT SUCH FACTUAL  INFOR-
 MATION  WITH  A  STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY, AND TESTIFY OR OTHERWISE PARTIC-
 IPATE IN A GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION.
   § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 201-g of the  labor  law  is  renumbered
 subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO
 PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE A WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION POSTER.
   A. SUCH POSTER SHALL  INCLUDE  AN  EXPLANATION  OF  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT
 CONSISTENT  WITH  GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DIVISION OF  HUMAN  RIGHTS  AND  INFORMATION  CONCERNING  EMPLOYEES'
 RIGHTS OF REDRESS AND ALL AVAILABLE FORUMS FOR ADJUDICATING COMPLAINTS.
   B.  EVERY  EMPLOYER  SHALL POST SUCH POSTER OR A POSTER THAT EQUALS OR
 EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF SUCH POSTER IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION.
   § 5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
 
                                  PART W
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "pension
 poaching prevention act".
   §  2.  Legislative findings and intent. Nationally, veterans and their
 family members are often subject to a practice commonly  called  pension
 poaching.  This  troubling practice, as described in recent reports from
 the Federal Trade  Commission,  the  Federal  Government  Accountability
 Office,  the  United  States Department of Veterans Affairs, and several
 other entities, generally target elderly or disabled veterans and  their
 family  members. Pension poaching involves dishonest financial planners,
 insurance agents, and other  professionals  luring  veterans  and  their
 family  members to pay substantial funds for veterans' benefits services
 that the offering entity is unqualified to provide and that  can  detri-
 mentally  impact  the future financial situations of the veteran and his
 or her dependents.
   Entities engaging in pension poaching tend to use high-pressure  sales
 tactics  directed toward potential customers, falsely guaranteeing bene-
 fits for veterans and their families even when  the  advertising  entity
 lacks  the federal accreditation required by law to file such claims and
 appeals for federal veterans' benefits. Often,  they  persuade  veterans
 and their family members to abruptly move most or all of their assets to
 potentially  qualify  for  certain federal veterans benefits, frequently
 causing veterans and their family members to  unwittingly  lose  control
 over  their  assets  and adversely affecting the ability of veterans and
 their families to qualify for Medicaid and other important  benefits  in
 the  future.  These  entities  frequently charge extremely high fees for
 these services, even in matters where federal  law  expressly  prohibits
 such fees.
   Through  this  legislation,  the  legislature intends to restrain this
 harmful and deceptive practice within New York State,  providing  neces-

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 sary  protections  to  the  men and women of this state who courageously
 served in our nation's armed forces.
   § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 349-f
 to read as follows:
   § 349-F. PENSION POACHING PREVENTION. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  THE  TERM  "VETERAN" MEANS A PERSON WHO HAS SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY
 SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, OR SERVICE IN THE ARMY
 NATIONAL GUARD, AIR NATIONAL GUARD, COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH SERVICE, COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC
 ADMINISTRATION  OR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, CADET
 AT A UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES SERVICE ACADEMY OR PROVISIONS  UNDER  38
 U.S.C.  §  106, AND WHO HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM SUCH SERVICE UNDER HONOR-
 ABLE CONDITIONS.
   (B) THE TERM "VETERANS' BENEFITS MATTER" MEANS THE PREPARATION,  PRES-
 ENTATION, OR PROSECUTION OF ANY CLAIM AFFECTING ANY PERSON WHO HAS FILED
 OR  EXPRESSED  AN  INTENT  TO  FILE  A  CLAIM  FOR ANY BENEFIT, PROGRAM,
 SERVICE, COMMODITY, FUNCTION, OR STATUS, ENTITLEMENT WHICH IS DETERMINED
 UNDER THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPART-
 MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OR THE NEW YORK  STATE  DIVISION  OF  VETERANS'
 AFFAIRS  PERTAINING  TO VETERANS, THEIR DEPENDENTS, THEIR SURVIVORS, AND
 ANY OTHER PARTY ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH BENEFITS.
   (C) THE TERM "COMPENSATION" MEANS MONEY, PROPERTY, OR ANYTHING ELSE OF
 VALUE.
   (D) THE TERM "ENTITY" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT  LIMITED  TO,  ANY  NATURAL
 PERSON,  CORPORATION,  TRUST,  PARTNERSHIP,  ALLIANCE, OR UNINCORPORATED
 ASSOCIATION.
   2. (A) NO ENTITY SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR ADVISING OR  ASSISTING
 ANY  PARTY WITH ANY VETERANS' BENEFITS MATTER, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER
 TITLE 38 OF THE UNITED STATES  CODE  AND  THE  CORRESPONDING  PROVISIONS
 WITHIN TITLE 38 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
   (B)  NO  ENTITY  SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR REFERRING ANY PARTY TO
 ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TO ADVISE OR ASSIST THIS  PARTY  WITH  ANY  VETERANS'
 BENEFITS MATTER.
   (C) ANY ENTITY SEEKING TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR ADVISING OR ASSIST-
 ING ANY PARTY WITH ANY VETERANS' BENEFITS MATTER SHALL, BEFORE RENDERING
 ANY  SERVICES,  MEMORIALIZE  ALL  TERMS REGARDING THE PARTY'S PAYMENT OF
 FEES FOR SERVICES RENDERED  IN  A  WRITTEN  AGREEMENT,  SIGNED  BY  BOTH
 PARTIES, THAT ADHERES TO ALL CRITERIA SPECIFIED WITHIN TITLE 38, SECTION
 14.636, OF THE UNITED STATES CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
   (D)  NO ENTITY SHALL RECEIVE ANY FEES FOR ANY SERVICES RENDERED BEFORE
 THE DATE ON WHICH A NOTICE OF DISAGREEMENT IS FILED WITH RESPECT TO  THE
 VETERAN'S CASE.
   (E) NO ENTITY SHALL GUARANTEE, EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY IMPLICATION, THAT
 ANY  PARTY IS CERTAIN TO RECEIVE SPECIFIC VETERANS' BENEFITS OR THAT ANY
 PARTY IS CERTAIN TO RECEIVE A SPECIFIC LEVEL, PERCENTAGE, OR  AMOUNT  OF
 VETERANS' BENEFITS.
   (F)  NO ENTITY SHALL RECEIVE EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE FEES AS COMPEN-
 SATION FOR ADVISING OR ASSISTING ANY PARTY WITH ANY  VETERANS'  BENEFITS
 MATTER.  THE  FACTORS ARTICULATED WITHIN TITLE 38, SECTION 14.636 OF THE
 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS SHALL GOVERN DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER A FEE
 IS EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE.
   3. (A) NO ENTITY SHALL ADVISE OR ASSIST  FOR  COMPENSATION  ANY  PARTY
 WITH  ANY  VETERANS'  BENEFITS  MATTER WITHOUT CLEARLY PROVIDING, AT THE
 OUTSET OF THIS BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP,  THE  FOLLOWING  DISCLOSURE,  BOTH
 ORALLY AND IN WRITING: "THIS BUSINESS IS NOT SPONSORED BY, OR AFFILIATED
 WITH,  THE  UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, THE NEW YORK

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 STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, OR ANY OTHER CONGRESSIONALLY  CHAR-
 TERED VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION.  OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO  THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, YOUR
 LOCAL  COUNTY  VETERANS  SERVICE AGENCY, AND OTHER CONGRESSIONALLY CHAR-
 TERED VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, MAY BE ABLE TO  PROVIDE  YOU  WITH
 THIS  SERVICE FREE OF CHARGE. PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED BY THIS BUSI-
 NESS ARE NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSED BY ANY OF THESE  ORGANIZATIONS.    YOU
 MAY  QUALIFY  FOR OTHER VETERANS' BENEFITS BEYOND THE BENEFITS FOR WHICH
 YOU ARE RECEIVING SERVICES HERE." THE WRITTEN DISCLOSURE MUST APPEAR  IN
 AT  LEAST  TWELVE-POINT FONT AND MUST APPEAR IN A READILY NOTICEABLE AND
 IDENTIFIABLE PLACE IN THE ENTITY'S  AGREEMENT  WITH  THE  PARTY  SEEKING
 SERVICES.  THE PARTY MUST VERBALLY ACKNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORAL
 DISCLOSURE AND MUST PROVIDE HIS OR HER  SIGNATURE  TO  REPRESENT  UNDER-
 STANDING  OF  THESE  PROVISIONS  ON  THE  DOCUMENT  IN WHICH THE WRITTEN
 DISCLOSURE APPEARS. THE ENTITY OFFERING SERVICES MUST RETAIN A  COPY  OF
 THE  WRITTEN  DISCLOSURE WHILE PROVIDING VETERANS' BENEFITS SERVICES FOR
 COMPENSATION TO THE PARTY AND FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR AFTER  THE  DATE  ON
 WHICH THIS SERVICE RELATIONSHIP TERMINATES.
   (B)  NO  ENTITY  SHALL ADVERTISE FOR-COMPENSATION SERVICES IN VETERANS
 BENEFITS MATTERS WITHOUT INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING DISCLOSURE: "THIS BUSI-
 NESS IS NOT SPONSORED BY, OR AFFILIATED WITH, THE UNITED STATES  DEPART-
 MENT  OF  VETERANS  AFFAIRS,  THE  NEW  YORK STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS'
 AFFAIRS, OR ANY OTHER CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED VETERANS SERVICE  ORGAN-
 IZATION.  OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE NEW YORK
 STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, YOUR LOCAL COUNTY VETERANS  SERVICE
 AGENCY,  AND  OTHER CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZA-
 TIONS, MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THESE SERVICES  FREE  OF  CHARGE.
 PRODUCTS  OR  SERVICES  OFFERED  BY  THIS  BUSINESS  ARE NOT NECESSARILY
 ENDORSED BY ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR OTHER VETER-
 ANS' BENEFITS BEYOND THE SERVICES THAT THIS  BUSINESS  OFFERS."  IF  THE
 ADVERTISEMENT  IS  PRINTED,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVERTISEMENTS
 VISIBLE TO INTERNET USERS, THE DISCLOSURE MUST APPEAR IN A READILY VISI-
 BLE PLACE ON THE ADVERTISEMENT. IF  THE  ADVERTISEMENT  IS  VERBAL,  THE
 SPOKEN STATEMENT OF THE DISCLOSURE MUST BE CLEAR AND INTELLIGIBLE.
   4.  (A) ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONSTITUTE A DECEPTIVE ACT
 IN THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS, TRADE, OR COMMERCE, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED FORTY NINE OF THIS ARTICLE,
 INCLUDING ANY RIGHT OF  ACTION  AND  CORRESPONDING  PENALTIES  DESCRIBED
 WITHIN SUCH SECTION.
   (B)  IF  AN ENTITY'S VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION CONCERNS A PARTY WHO IS
 SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, SAID ENTITY MAY BE LIABLE FOR  SUPPLE-
 MENTAL  CIVIL  PENALTIES AS ESTABLISHED WITHIN, AND SUBJECT OF THE TERMS
 OF, SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE-C OF THIS ARTICLE.
   5. IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ITS APPLICATION TO  ANY  PERSON
 OR  CIRCUMSTANCE  IS EVER HELD INVALID, THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT OR THE
 APPLICATION OF ITS PROVISIONS TO OTHER PERSONS  OR  CIRCUMSTANCES  SHALL
 REMAIN UNAFFECTED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART X
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  21-f of section 292 of the executive law, as
 added by chapter 369 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   21-f. The term "pregnancy-related condition" means a medical condition
 related to pregnancy or childbirth  that  inhibits  the  exercise  of  a

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 normal bodily function or is demonstrable by medically accepted clinical
 or laboratory diagnostic techniques, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LACTA-
 TION;  provided, however, that in all provisions of this article dealing
 with employment, the term shall be limited to conditions which, upon the
 provision  of  reasonable accommodations, do not prevent the complainant
 from performing in a reasonable manner the activities  involved  in  the
 job  or  occupation  sought or held; and provided further, however, that
 pregnancy-related conditions shall be treated as temporary  disabilities
 for the purposes of this article.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Y
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6509-e
 to read as follows:
   §  6509-E.  ADDITIONAL  DEFINITION  OF PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; MENTAL
 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   A.  "MENTAL  HEALTH  PROFESSIONAL"  MEANS  A  PERSON  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OR
 ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE; OR ANY OTHER PERSON DESIGNATED AS
 A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PURSUANT TO LAW, RULE OR REGULATION.
   B.  "SEXUAL  ORIENTATION  CHANGE  EFFORTS" (I) MEANS ANY PRACTICE BY A
 MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL THAT SEEKS TO CHANGE AN  INDIVIDUAL'S  SEXUAL
 ORIENTATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EFFORTS TO CHANGE BEHAVIORS,
 GENDER IDENTITY, OR GENDER EXPRESSIONS, OR TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE SEXUAL
 OR  ROMANTIC ATTRACTIONS OR FEELINGS TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SEX
 AND (II) SHALL NOT INCLUDE COUNSELING FOR A PERSON SEEKING TO TRANSITION
 FROM ONE GENDER TO ANOTHER, OR PSYCHOTHERAPIES THAT: (A) PROVIDE ACCEPT-
 ANCE, SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING  OF  PATIENTS  OR  THE  FACILITATION  OF
 PATIENTS'  COPING,  SOCIAL SUPPORT AND IDENTITY EXPLORATION AND DEVELOP-
 MENT, INCLUDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION-NEUTRAL INTERVENTIONS TO  PREVENT  OR
 ADDRESS UNLAWFUL CONDUCT OR UNSAFE SEXUAL PRACTICES; AND (B) DO NOT SEEK
 TO CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
   2.  IT  SHALL  BE  PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT FOR A MENTAL HEALTH PROFES-
 SIONAL TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ORIENTATION CHANGE EFFORTS UPON  ANY  PATIENT
 UNDER  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  YEARS, AND ANY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
 FOUND GUILTY OF SUCH  MISCONDUCT  UNDER  THE  PROCEDURES  PRESCRIBED  IN
 SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  TEN OF THIS SUBARTICLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
 THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF  THIS
 SUBARTICLE.
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6531-a to
 read as follows:
   § 6531-A. ADDITIONAL DEFINITION  OF  PROFESSIONAL  MISCONDUCT;  MENTAL
 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   A.  "MENTAL  HEALTH  PROFESSIONAL"  MEANS  A  PERSON  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE.
   B. "SEXUAL ORIENTATION CHANGE EFFORTS" (I) MEANS  ANY  PRACTICE  BY  A
 MENTAL  HEALTH  PROFESSIONAL THAT SEEKS TO CHANGE AN INDIVIDUAL'S SEXUAL
 ORIENTATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EFFORTS TO CHANGE BEHAVIORS,
 GENDER IDENTITY, OR GENDER EXPRESSIONS, OR TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE SEXUAL
 OR ROMANTIC ATTRACTIONS OR FEELINGS TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SEX;
 AND (II) SHALL NOT INCLUDE COUNSELING FOR A PERSON SEEKING TO TRANSITION
 FROM ONE GENDER TO ANOTHER, OR PSYCHOTHERAPIES THAT: (A) PROVIDE ACCEPT-
 ANCE, SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING  OF  PATIENTS  OR  THE  FACILITATION  OF
 PATIENTS'  COPING, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND IDENTITY EXPLORATION AND DEVELOP-
 MENT, INCLUDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION-NEUTRAL INTERVENTIONS TO  PREVENT  OR

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 ADDRESS UNLAWFUL CONDUCT OR UNSAFE SEXUAL PRACTICES; AND (B) DO NOT SEEK
 TO CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
   2.  IT  SHALL  BE  PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT FOR A MENTAL HEALTH PROFES-
 SIONAL TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ORIENTATION CHANGE EFFORTS UPON  ANY  PATIENT
 UNDER  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  YEARS, AND ANY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
 FOUND GUILTY OF SUCH MISCONDUCT UNDER THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN TITLE
 TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW SHALL BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PENALTIES  PRESCRIBED  IN  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  THIRTY-A OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE LAWS OF  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED NINETY-ONE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Z
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "rent regulation act of 2019".
   § 2. Rent regulation act of 2019. Notwithstanding any other  provision
 of  law  to  the  contrary, the New York state system of rent regulation
 pursuant to chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, chapter 274 of the laws  of
 1946,  chapter 329 of the laws of 1963, chapter 555 of the laws of 1982,
 chapter 402 of the laws of 1983, chapter 116 of the laws  of  1997,  and
 sections  26-501,  26-502,  and 26-520 of the administrative code of the
 city of New York, shall be extended pursuant to a chapter of the laws of
 2019. Provided, however, such extension shall  include  rent  regulation
 reforms  to end vacancy decontrol, amend the application of preferential
 rent, and limit capital improvement charges based on a  report  on  rent
 regulation delivered to the governor by the commissioner of the division
 of  housing  and community renewal ("the division") on or after March 1,
 2019 which shall include (i)  the  number  of  rent  stabilized  housing
 accommodations  within  the  city  of  New York; (ii) the number of rent
 stabilized housing accommodations outside the city of  New  York;  (iii)
 the  number of rent controlled housing accommodations in the city of New
 York; (iv) the number of rent controlled housing accommodations  outside
 the  city  of New York; (v) the number of applications for major capital
 improvements filed with such division; (vi) the number  of  units  which
 are  registered  with such division where the amount charged to and paid
 by the tenant is less than the registered rent for the housing  accommo-
 dation;  (vii)  for housing accommodations that are registered with such
 division where the amount charged to and paid by the tenant is less than
 the registered rent for the housing accommodation  the  average  of  the
 difference  between  the registered rent for a housing accommodation and
 the amount charged to and paid by the tenant; (viii) the number of  rent
 overcharge  complaints processed by the division; and (ix) the number of
 final overcharge orders granting an overcharge.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.

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   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Parts A through Z of this act shall  be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
   cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted  by  the  Governor  pursuant  to
   article  seven  of  the  Constitution -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for excel-
   lence and the apportionment of public moneys; to amend  the  education
   law,  in  relation  to a statement of the total funding allocation; to
   amend the education law, in relation to services  aid;  to  amend  the
   education law, in relation to moneys apportioned for boards of cooper-
   ative  educational  services aidable expenditures; to amend the educa-
   tion law, in relation to establishing regional STEM magnet schools; to
   amend the education law, in relation  to  supplemental  public  excess
   cost aid; to amend the education law, in relation to academic enhance-
   ment  aid; to amend the education law, in relation to high tax aid; to
   amend the education law, in relation to the statewide universal  full-
   day  pre-kindergarten program; to amend the education law, in relation
   to the teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program;
   to amend the education law, in relation to  class  sizes  for  special
   classes  containing  certain  students with disabilities; to amend the
   education law, in relation to waivers from duties; to amend the educa-
   tion law, in relation to annual teacher and principal evaluations;  to
   amend  the  education  law,  in  relation to the education of homeless
   children; to amend the education law, in relation to the suspension of
   pupils; to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  school  safety
   plans;  to  amend  the education law, in relation to including healthy
   relationships in health education; to  amend  the  education  law,  in
   relation to authorizing and directing the commissioner of education to
   require  that  every  school  district  adopt  and distribute a policy
   regarding sex discrimination; to amend chapter  756  of  the  laws  of
   1992, relating to funding a program for work force education conducted
   by  the  consortium for worker education in New York city, in relation
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   to reimbursements for the 2019-2020 school year; to amend chapter  756
   of  the  laws  of  1992,  relating to funding a program for work force
   education conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York
   city,  in  relation to withholding a portion of employment preparation
   education aid and in relation to the effectiveness thereof;  to  amend
   chapter  82  of the laws of 1995, amending the education law and other
   laws relating to state aid to school districts and  the  appropriation
   of  funds for the support of government, in relation to the effective-
   ness thereof; to amend chapter 147 of the laws of 2001,  amending  the
   education  law relating to conditional appointment of school district,
   charter school or BOCES employees, in relation  to  the  effectiveness
   thereof; to amend chapter 425 of the laws of 2002, amending the educa-
   tion  law  relating  to  the  provision  of  supplemental  educational
   services, attendance at a safe public school  and  the  suspension  of
   pupils  who  bring  a  firearm to or possess a firearm at a school, in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend  chapter  101  of  the
   laws of 2003, amending the education law relating to implementation of
   the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, in relation to the effectiveness
   thereof;  to amend chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, amending the educa-
   tion law and other laws relating to reorganization  of  the  New  York
   city  school  construction authority, board of education and community
   boards, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 345
   of the laws of 2009, amending the education law and other laws  relat-
   ing  to  the  New  York city board of education, chancellor, community
   councils, and community superintendents, in relation to the effective-
   ness thereof; to amend chapter 472 of the laws of 1998,  amending  the
   education  law  relating  to  the  lease  of  school  buses  by school
   districts, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend  chapter
   552  of  the  laws  of  1995,  amending  the education law relating to
   contracts for the transportation of school children,  in  relation  to
   the  effectiveness  thereof;  to amend chapter 97 of the laws of 2011,
   amending the education law relating to census reporting,  in  relation
   to  the effectiveness thereof; in relation to school bus driver train-
   ing; in relation to special  apportionment  for  salary  expenses  and
   public  pension  accruals;  in relation to the city school district of
   the city of Rochester; in relation to total  foundation  aid  for  the
   purpose of the development, maintenance or expansion of certain magnet
   schools  or  magnet  school programs for the 2019-2020 school year; in
   relation to the support of public libraries; to repeal subparagraphs 2
   and 3 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 3609-a of the  educa-
   tion  law,  relating  to  lottery  apportionment  and lottery textbook
   apportionment; and to repeal subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph  b  of
   subdivision  4  of  section 92-c of the state finance law, relating to
   the state lottery fund (Part A); to amend the education law, the busi-
   ness corporation law, the partnership law and  the  limited  liability
   company  law, in relation to certified public accountants (Part B); to
   amend the education law, in relation to authorizing  school  bus  stop
   cameras;  and  to  amend  the  vehicle and traffic law, in relation to
   owner liability for operator illegally overtaking or passing a  school
   bus and increasing fines for passing a stopped school bus (Part C); to
   amend  the  education law, in relation to eligibility requirements and
   conditions governing general awards, academic performance  awards  and
   student loans; eligibility requirements for assistance under the high-
   er education opportunity programs and the collegiate science and tech-
   nology  entry  program;  the  definition  of "resident"; financial aid
   opportunities for students of the state university of  New  York,  the

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   city  university  of  New York and community colleges; and the program
   requirements for the New York state  college  choice  tuition  savings
   program;  and  to repeal subdivision 3 of section 661 of the education
   law relating thereto (Part D); to amend the education law, in relation
   to  the  accountability of proprietary institutions (Part E); to amend
   the state finance law, in relation to the  arts  capital  grants  fund
   (Part F); to utilize reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for vari-
   ous  housing  purposes  (Part G); to amend the social services law, in
   relation to the  initial  period  of  licensure  or  registration  and
   required  inspections,  background  clearances  and training for child
   care providers; and to repeal certain provisions of such law  relating
   thereto  (Part  H);  to  amend the social services law, in relation to
   federally required background clearances for persons working in  resi-
   dential  foster  care  programs (Part I); to amend the social services
   law,  in  relation  to  residential  programs  for  domestic  violence
   victims; and repealing certain provisions of such law relating thereto
   (Part  J);  to amend the family court act, the social services law and
   the executive law, in relation to persons in need of supervision;  and
   to repeal certain provisions of the family court act and the executive
   law  relating  thereto  (Part K); to amend the social services law, in
   relation to increasing the standards of monthly need for  aged,  blind
   and  disabled  persons  living in the community (Part L); to amend the
   social services law, in relation to appointment of a temporary  opera-
   tor  authority  (Subpart  A); and to amend part W of chapter 54 of the
   laws of 2016, amending the social services law relating to the  powers
   and  duties  of  the  commissioner  of social services relating to the
   appointment of a temporary operator, in relation to the  effectiveness
   thereof  (Subpart  B)  (Part  M); to amend the social services law, in
   relation to permitting social services districts to assign individuals
   to participate in time-limited  job  try-outs  as  an  allowable  work
   activity  leading  to  unsubsidized  employment (Part N); to amend the
   labor  law,  in  relation  to  increasing   criminal   penalties   for
   convictions of failures to pay wages (Part O); to amend the labor law,
   in  relation  to amending unemployment insurance benefits for earnings
   disregard (Part P); to amend the executive law, in relation to prohib-
   iting wage or salary history inquiries; and to amend the labor law, in
   relation to the prohibition of a differential rate of pay on the basis
   of protected class status (Part Q); to amend the  executive  law,  the
   civil  rights  law  and  the education law, in relation to prohibiting
   discrimination based on gender identity or expression;  and  to  amend
   the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in relation to including
   offenses  regarding  gender  identity or expression within the list of
   offenses subject to treatment as hate crimes (Part R);  to  amend  the
   executive  law, in relation to expanding the scope of unlawful discri-
   minatory practices to include public  educational  institutions  (Part
   S);  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to preventing discrimi-
   nation based on lawful source of income in housing (Part T); to  amend
   the  general  obligations  law,  in relation to the amount of security
   deposit that a landlord may charge a tenant (Part  U);  to  amend  the
   executive  law,  the  general  obligations  law  and the labor law, in
   relation to the implementation of sexual  harassment  protocols  (Part
   V);  to  amend  the  general business law, in relation to enacting the
   pension poaching prevention act (Part W); to amend the executive  law,
   in  relation to amending the definition of pregnancy-related condition
   (Part X); to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
   mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation change

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   efforts  with  a patient under the age of eighteen years and expanding
   the definition of  professional  misconduct  with  respect  to  mental
   health  professionals  (Part Y); establishing the "rent regulation act
   of  2019"  (Part Z); and to amend the election law, the executive law,
   the state finance law, the labor law, the vehicle and traffic law, the
   environmental conservation law, the public  health  law,  the  general
   municipal  law,  the  military  law,  the  domestic relations law, the
   education law, the mental hygiene  law,  the  elder  law,  the  social
   services  law,  the  not-for-profit corporation law, the real property
   tax law, chapter 784 of the laws of 1951, constituting  the  New  York
   state  defense  emergency  act of 1951, the administrative code of the
   city of New York, and the New York city charter, in relation to chang-
   ing the name of the New York state division of  veterans'  affairs  to
   the  New  York  state division of veterans' services; and to amend the
   executive law, in relation to  changing  the  name  of  the  veterans'
   affairs commission to the veterans' services commission (Part AA)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act enacts into law major  components  of  legislation
 which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2019-2020
 state  fiscal  year.  Each  component  is wholly contained within a Part
 identified as Parts A through AA. The effective date for each particular
 provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of
 such Part.   Any provision in  any  section  contained  within  a  Part,
 including  the  effective  date  of the Part, which makes reference to a
 section "of this act", when used  in  connection  with  that  particular
 component,  shall  be  deemed  to  mean  and  refer to the corresponding
 section of the Part in which it is found. Section three of this act sets
 forth the general effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A

   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 211-d of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by section 1 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the  laws
 of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Notwithstanding  paragraphs  a and b of this subdivision, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 eight--two  thousand nine school year shall submit a contract for excel-
 lence for the  two  thousand  nine--two  thousand  ten  school  year  in
 conformity  with the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section unless all schools in the  district  are
 identified  as  in  good  standing  and  provided further that, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 nine--two  thousand  ten school year, unless all schools in the district
 are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract  for  excel-
 lence for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year which
 shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the  expenditure
 of  an  amount  which  shall  be not less than the product of the amount
 approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the  two
 thousand   nine--two   thousand  ten  school  year,  multiplied  by  the
 district's gap elimination adjustment percentage  and  provided  further
 that, a school district that submitted a contract for excellence for the

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 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year, unless all schools
 in  the  district  are  identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a
 contract for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand  thir-
 teen  school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of
 subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two  of  this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand  eleven--two  thousand  twelve  school  year and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two
 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not  less  than  the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract
 for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year and provided further that,  a  school  district  that  submitted  a
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two thousand thirteen--two thousand
 fourteen school year, unless all schools in the district are  identified
 as  in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year  which   shall,
 notwithstanding  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section,  provide  for  the  expenditure  of  an
 amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand thirteen--two
 thousand fourteen school year;  and  provided  further  that,  a  school
 district  that  submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year, unless all  schools  in  the
 district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school
 year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph  (vi)
 of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  two  of this section, provide for the
 expenditure of an amount  which  shall  be  not  less  than  the  amount
 approved  by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year;  and  provided
 further  that a school district that submitted a contract for excellence
 for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school  year,  unless
 all  schools  in  the district are identified as in good standing, shall
 submit a contract for excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thou-
 sand seventeen school year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements
 of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand sixteen school year; and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year which shall,  notwithstand-
 ing  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision
 two of this section, provide for the  expenditure  of  an  amount  which
 shall  be  not  less than the amount approved by the commissioner in the
 contract for excellence  for  the  two  thousand  sixteen--two  thousand
 seventeen  school year; and provided further that a school district that
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 thousand  eighteen  school  year, unless all schools in the district are
 identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year which
 shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the  expenditure
 of  an  amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the
 commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand  seven-
 teen--two  thousand  eighteen  school year; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, A
 SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SUBMITTED A CONTRACT FOR  EXCELLENCE  FOR  THE  TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR, UNLESS ALL SCHOOLS
 IN  THE  DISTRICT  ARE  IDENTIFIED  AS  IN GOOD STANDING, SHALL SUBMIT A
 CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR  WHICH  SHALL,  NOTWITHSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH (VI) OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 PROVIDE  FOR  THE  EXPENDITURE OF AN AMOUNT WHICH SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN
 THE AMOUNT APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN THE CONTRACT  FOR  EXCELLENCE
 FOR  THE  TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR.  For
 purposes of this paragraph, the "gap elimination adjustment  percentage"
 shall  be  calculated as the sum of one minus the quotient of the sum of
 the school district's net gap elimination adjustment  for  two  thousand
 ten--two thousand eleven computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the
 laws  of  two  thousand  ten,  making  appropriations for the support of
 government, plus the school district's gap  elimination  adjustment  for
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve as computed pursuant to chapter
 fifty-three  of  the  laws of two thousand eleven, making appropriations
 for the support of the local assistance budget,  including  support  for
 general support for public schools, divided by the total aid for adjust-
 ment  computed  pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the laws of two thou-
 sand eleven, making appropriations  for  the  local  assistance  budget,
 including  support  for  general  support  for public schools. Provided,
 further, that such amount shall be  expended  to  support  and  maintain
 allowable programs and activities approved in the two thousand nine--two
 thousand  ten  school  year  or  to  support  new  or expanded allowable
 programs and activities in the current year.
   § 2. Section 3614 of the education law, as added by section 4 of  part
 CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   §  3614. Statement of the total funding allocation. 1. Notwithstanding
 any provision of law, rule or regulation  to  the  contrary,  commencing
 with  the  two  thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year for
 school districts which contain at least four schools as reported in  the
 school  report  card  database  produced by the commissioner for the two
 thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year and  which  receive
 at  least  fifty  percent of total revenue from state aid as reported in
 the fiscal profiles master files report  produced  by  the  commissioner
 concerning data on school district expenditures and revenues for the two
 thousand  fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  school  year  and  for school
 districts located in a city with a population of more than one  million,
 and  commencing  with  the  two  thousand  nineteen--two thousand twenty
 school year for school districts containing at  least  four  schools  as
 reported in the school report card database produced by the commissioner
 for  the  two  thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year, and
 commencing with the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one  school
 year  for  all  [other]  school  districts eligible for an apportionment
 pursuant to subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred two  of  this
 part,  such  school  districts shall annually submit to the commissioner
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 the  district  website  a  detailed statement of the total funding allo-
 cation for each school in the district for the  upcoming  school  budget
 year  [prior to the first day of] ON OR BEFORE THE FRIDAY PRIOR TO LABOR
 DAY OF such school year, provided that:
   a.  Such  statements shall be in a statewide uniform form developed by
 the director of the  budget,  in  consultation  with  the  commissioner,
 provided  that  when  preparing statements districts shall adhere to and
 complete the prescribed form accurately and fully, and provided  further
 that the director of the budget shall request in such form only informa-
 tion  that  is  known  to,  or  may  be ascertained or estimated by, the
 district.  Provided, further, that each local educational  agency  shall
 include  in  such  statement the approach used to allocate funds to each
 school and that such statement shall include but not be limited to sepa-
 rate entries for  each  individual  school,  demographic  data  for  the
 school,  per  pupil funding level, source of funds, and uniform decision
 rules regarding allocation of centralized spending to individual schools
 from all funding sources.
   b. Within [thirty] NINETY days of submission of such  statement  by  a
 school  district,  the  commissioner  and  director  of the budget shall
 review such statement and determine whether the  statement  is  complete
 and  is  in  the  format required by paragraph a of this subdivision. If
 such statement is determined to be complete and in the  format  required
 by  paragraph  a  of this subdivision, a written acknowledgement of such
 shall be sent to the school district. If no determination is made by the
 commissioner and the director of the budget within [thirty] NINETY  days
 of submission of the statement, such statement shall be deemed approved.
 Should the commissioner or the director of the budget request additional
 information  from  the  school  district  to determine completeness, THE
 DISTRICT SHALL SUBMIT SUCH REQUESTED INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSIONER AND
 THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF SUCH  REQUEST  AND  the
 COMMISSIONER  AND  THE  DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET'S deadline FOR REVIEW AND
 DETERMINATION shall be extended by [thirty] NINETY days from the date of
 submission of the additional requested information. If the  commissioner
 or  director of the budget determine a school district's spending state-
 ment to be noncompliant, such school district shall be allowed to submit
 a revised spending statement at any time.
   c. If a school district fails to submit a statement that  is  complete
 and  in  the  format required by paragraph a of this subdivision [by the
 first day] ON OR BEFORE THE FRIDAY PRIOR TO LABOR  DAY  of  such  school
 year  or  if  the  commissioner  or director of the budget determine the
 school district's spending  statement  to  be  noncompliant,  a  written
 explanation  shall  be provided and the school district will have thirty
 days to cure. If the school district does not cure within  thirty  days,
 AT THE JOINT DIRECTION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET AND THE COMMISSION-
 ER,  the  comptroller of the city in which such school district is situ-
 ated, or if the city does not have an  elected  comptroller,  the  chief
 financial  officer of the city, or for school districts not located in a
 city, the chief financial officer of the town in which the  majority  of
 the  school  district  is  situated  shall  be authorized, at his or her
 discretion, to obtain appropriate information from the school  district,
 and  shall be authorized to complete such form and submit such statement
 to the director of the budget  and  the  commissioner  for  approval  in
 accordance  with  paragraph b of this subdivision. Where the comptroller
 or chief financial officer exercises the authority to submit such  form,
 such  submission shall occur within sixty days following notification of
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 preclude  a  school  district  from  submitting a spending statement for
 approval by the director of the budget and the commissioner at any time.
   2.  Nothing  in  this  section shall alter or suspend statutory school
 district budget and voting or approval requirements.
   3. A. FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR
 AND  THEREAFTER, SCHOOL DISTRICTS DESIGNATED AS REQUIRING AN EQUITY PLAN
 SHALL SUBMIT SUCH PLAN AS DEFINED IN THIS  SECTION  ON  OR  BEFORE  JULY
 FIRST  OF  SUCH SCHOOL YEAR TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR HIS OR HER APPROVAL.
 SUCH PLAN SHALL SPECIFY HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL INCREASE PER  PUPIL
 EXPENDITURES,  FROM  ALL SOURCES, IN UNDERFUNDED HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS UNDER
 THIS SUBDIVISION WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT  ABOVE  THE  LEVEL  AT  WHICH  THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE FUNDED SUCH SCHOOLS IN THE CURRENT
 YEAR IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF  CURRENT  SERVICES  FROM  THE  BASE
 YEAR,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO CONTRACTUAL SALARY INCREASES AND
 OTHER CONTINUATIONS. SUCH PLAN  SHALL  SPECIFY  HOW  THE  DISTRICT  WILL
 UTILIZE  FOR THIS PURPOSE AN AMOUNT AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF THE
 EQUITY PERCENTAGE MULTIPLIED BY THE INCREASE IN FOUNDATION  AID  IN  THE
 CURRENT  YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 TWO OF THIS PART.
   B. ON OR BEFORE MAY FIRST OF THE BASE YEAR, THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET
 SHALL PRODUCE A LIST OF UNDERFUNDED HIGH-NEED  SCHOOLS,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 PARAGRAPH D OF THIS SUBDIVISION. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DIRECTOR OF
 THE  BUDGET  SHALL EXCLUDE FROM THIS LIST SCHOOLS WITHIN DISTRICT SEVEN-
 TY-FIVE OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, SCHOOLS THAT ARE OF THE
 SAME SCHOOL TYPE WITHIN A DISTRICT BUT DO NOT  SERVE  ANY  GRADE  LEVELS
 THAT  OVERLAP,  SCHOOLS SERVING ONLY STUDENTS IN PREKINDERGARTEN, OR ANY
 OTHER SCHOOLS WITH IRREGULAR OR OUTLYING PROPERTIES.
   C. IN THE EVENT THAT A SCHOOL  DISTRICT  DESIGNATED  AS  REQUIRING  AN
 EQUITY  PLAN  FOR  ANY SUCH SCHOOL YEAR HAS NOT SUBMITTED AN EQUITY PLAN
 PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE  COMMISSIONER
 BY  SEPTEMBER  FIRST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION TWO
 OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP SUCH PLAN FOR THE SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, SPECIFYING THE INCREASE IN PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES REQUIRED  BY
 PARAGRAPH  A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION AT EACH UNDERFUNDED HIGH-NEED SCHOOL
 WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SHALL ORDER THE OFFICERS OF  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT TO IMPLEMENT SUCH PLAN FULLY AND FAITHFULLY.
   D. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (1)  "SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  DESIGNATED AS REQUIRING AN EQUITY PLAN" SHALL
 MEAN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT  A  STATEMENT  UNDER
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS SECTION FOR THE BASE YEAR WITH AN UNDERFUNDED
 HIGH-NEED SCHOOL;
   (2) "EQUITY PERCENTAGE" SHALL MEAN THE PRODUCT OF TEN  PERCENT  MULTI-
 PLIED  BY  THE NUMBER OF UNDERFUNDED HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS WITHIN THE SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, BUT SHALL  NOT  EXCEED:  (A)  FIFTY  PERCENT  FOR  ANY  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  WHICH  RECEIVES  AT  LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF TOTAL REVENUE FROM
 STATE AID AS  REPORTED  IN  THE  FISCAL  PROFILES  MASTER  FILES  REPORT
 PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER CONCERNING DATA ON SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPENDI-
 TURES  AND  REVENUES  FOR THE TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN
 SCHOOL YEAR; AND (B) SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT FOR ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT;
   (3) "SCHOOL TYPE" FOR ANY SCHOOL SHALL MEAN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE,  HIGH,
 PRE-K  ONLY,  OR K-12, AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, PROVIDED THAT FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A "MIDDLE" SCHOOL SHALL INCLUDE ANY SCHOOL
 WITH THE GRADE ORGANIZATION OF EITHER A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR A  JUNIOR  HIGH
 SCHOOL,  AND  A  "HIGH"  SCHOOL  SHALL INCLUDE ANY SCHOOL WITH THE GRADE
 ORGANIZATION OF EITHER A SENIOR HIGH  SCHOOL  OR  A  JUNIOR-SENIOR  HIGH
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   (4) "UNDERFUNDED HIGH-NEED SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  THAT HAS BEEN DEEMED BOTH A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH-NEED SCHOOL AND
 A SIGNIFICANTLY LOW FUNDED SCHOOL;
   (5)  "STUDENT  NEED  INDEX"  FOR  ANY  SCHOOL  SHALL MEAN THE QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE  WEIGHTED  STUDENT  ENROLLMENT  AS  DEFINED
 HEREIN  BY  THE  K-12  ENROLLMENT  FOR  THE BASE YEAR AS REPORTED ON THE
 STATEMENT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
   (6) "AVERAGE STUDENT  NEED  INDEX  BY  SCHOOL  TYPE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE
 QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE SUM OF WEIGHTED STUDENT ENROLLMENT
 AS  DEFINED  HEREIN FOR ALL SCHOOLS WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE SAME
 SCHOOL TYPE BY THE K-12 ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR FOR ALL SCHOOLS  IN
 A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT OF THE SAME SCHOOL TYPE AS REPORTED ON THE STATEMENT
 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
   (7) "WEIGHTED STUDENT ENROLLMENT" FOR ANY SCHOOL SHALL  MEAN  THE  SUM
 OF:   (A) K-12 ENROLLMENT PLUS (B) THE PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
 ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FREE AND REDUCED PRICE LUNCH  MULTIPLIED  BY  SIXTY-
 FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS (0.65) PLUS (C) THE PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER OF ENGLISH
 LANGUAGE  LEARNERS MULTIPLIED BY ONE-HALF (0.5), PLUS (D) THE PRODUCT OF
 THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES MULTIPLIED BY ONE AND FORTY-ONE
 ONE-HUNDREDTHS (1.41), FOR THE BASE YEAR AS REPORTED  ON  THE  STATEMENT
 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
   (8)  "SIGNIFICANTLY  HIGH-NEED  SCHOOL"  SHALL  MEAN  A  SCHOOL WITH A
 STUDENT NEED INDEX GREATER THAN THE PRODUCT OF THE AVERAGE STUDENT  NEED
 INDEX  BY  SCHOOL  TYPE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MULTIPLIED BY ONE AND
 FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS (1.05);
    (9) "PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES" FOR ANY SCHOOL SHALL MEAN  THE  QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT AS REPORTED FOR THE BASE
 YEAR  IN  THE  STATEMENT  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION, EXCLUDING
 EXPENDITURES  FOR  PREKINDERGARTEN  AND  PRESCHOOL   SPECIAL   EDUCATION
 PROGRAMS  AND  CENTRAL DISTRICT COSTS BY THE WEIGHTED STUDENT ENROLLMENT
 OF THE SCHOOL;
   (10) "AVERAGE PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES BY SCHOOL TYPE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE
 QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING (A) THE SUM OF THE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS
 REPORTED  FOR  THE  BASE YEAR IN THE STATEMENT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION,  EXCLUDING  EXPENDITURES  FOR  PREKINDERGARTEN  AND   PRESCHOOL
 SPECIAL  EDUCATION  PROGRAMS AND CENTRAL DISTRICT COSTS, FOR ALL SCHOOLS
 WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE SAME SCHOOL TYPE  BY  (B)  THE  WEIGHTED
 STUDENT  ENROLLMENT  FOR  THE  BASE  YEAR  FOR  ALL  SCHOOLS IN A SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OF THE SAME SCHOOL TYPE AS REPORTED ON THE  STATEMENT  REQUIRED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
   (11)  "SIGNIFICANTLY  LOW  FUNDED SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL WITHIN A
 SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES LESS THAN THE PRODUCT OF
 THE AVERAGE PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES BY  SCHOOL  TYPE  WITHIN  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT MULTIPLIED BY ONE AND FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS (1.05).
   (12) "BASE YEAR" SHALL MEAN THE BASE YEAR AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH B OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART.
   (13)  "CURRENT  YEAR"  SHALL MEAN THE CURRENT YEAR AS DEFINED IN PARA-
 GRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THIS
 PART.
   §  3.  Paragraph  bb of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as added by section 25 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011,
 is amended to read as follows:
   bb. "Personal income growth index" shall mean (1) for the two thousand
 twelve--two thousand thirteen school year, the average of the  quotients
 for  each  year in the period commencing with the two thousand five--two
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 -two thousand ten state fiscal year of the total personal income of  the
 state  for  each  such  year divided by the total personal income of the
 state for the immediately preceding state fiscal year, but not less than
 one  [and],  (2)  for  the  two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen
 [school year and each school year thereafter] THROUGH TWO THOUSAND EIGH-
 TEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEARS,  the  quotient  of  the  total
 personal income of the state for the state fiscal year one year prior to
 the  state  fiscal  year in which the base year commenced divided by the
 total personal income of the state for the immediately  preceding  state
 fiscal  year,  but  not less than one AND (3) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINE-
 TEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND EACH SCHOOL  YEAR  THEREAFTER,
 THE AVERAGE OF THE QUOTIENTS FOR EACH YEAR IN THE PERIOD COMMENCING WITH
 THE STATE FISCAL YEAR NINE YEARS PRIOR TO THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH
 THE  BASE  YEAR  BEGAN AND FINISHING WITH THE STATE FISCAL YEAR PRIOR TO
 THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE BASE YEAR BEGAN OF THE TOTAL PERSONAL
 INCOME OF THE STATE FOR EACH SUCH YEAR DIVIDED  BY  THE  TOTAL  PERSONAL
 INCOME OF THE STATE FOR THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING STATE FISCAL YEAR, BUT
 NOT LESS THAN ONE.
   §  4.  Paragraph  e  of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 9-b of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws  of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Community  schools  aid  set-aside. Each school district shall set
 aside from its total foundation aid computed for the current year pursu-
 ant to this subdivision an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount, if
 any, set forth for such district as "COMMUNITY SCHL AID (BT1617)" in the
 data file produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted  budget
 for  the  two  thousand  sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year and
 entitled "SA161-7", (ii) the amount, if any, set forth for such district
 as "COMMUNITY SCHL INCR" in the data file produced by  the  commissioner
 in  support  of the executive budget request for the two thousand seven-
 teen--two thousand eighteen school year and  entitled  "BT171-8",  [and]
 (iii)  the  amount,  if  any,  set forth for such district as "COMMUNITY
 SCHOOLS INCREASE" in the data  file  produced  by  the  commissioner  in
 support of the executive budget for the two thousand eighteen--two thou-
 sand  nineteen  school year and entitled "BT181-9", AND (IV) THE AMOUNT,
 IF ANY, SET FORTH FOR SUCH DISTRICT AS "19-20 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INCR" IN
 THE DATA FILE PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
 BUDGET  FOR  THE  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR
 AND ENTITLED "BT192-0". Each school district shall use  such  "COMMUNITY
 SCHL AID (BT1617)" amount to support the transformation of school build-
 ings  into community hubs to deliver co-located or school-linked academ-
 ic, health, mental health, nutrition,  counseling,  legal  and/or  other
 services  to  students  and their families, including but not limited to
 providing a community school site coordinator, or to support other costs
 incurred  to  maximize  students'  academic  achievement.  Each   school
 district  shall  use  such  "COMMUNITY  SCHL INCR" amount to support the
 transformation of school buildings into community hubs to deliver co-lo-
 cated or school linked academic,  health,  mental  health  services  and
 personnel,  after-school programming, dual language programs, nutrition,
 counseling, legal and/or other services to students and their  families,
 including but not limited to providing a community school site coordina-
 tor  and  programs  for  English  language learners, or to support other
 costs incurred to  maximize  students'  academic  achievement,  provided
 however  that  a  school  district  whose  "COMMUNITY  SCHL INCR" amount
 exceeds one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall use an  amount  equal  to
 the  greater  of  one  hundred  fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) or ten

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 percent of such "COMMUNITY SCHL INCR" amount to support such transforma-
 tion at schools with extraordinary high levels of student need as  iden-
 tified  by  the commissioner, subject to the approval of the director of
 the  budget.  Each  school  district  shall  use such "COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
 INCREASE" to support the transformation of school buildings into  commu-
 nity  hubs  to  deliver  co-located  or  school linked academic, health,
 mental health services and  personnel,  after-school  programming,  dual
 language programs, nutrition, counseling, legal and/or other services to
 students  and  their  families, including but not limited to providing a
 community school site coordinator  and  programs  for  English  language
 learners,  or  to  support  other  costs  incurred to maximize students'
 academic achievement. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL USE SUCH "19-20  COMMU-
 NITY  SCHOOLS  INCR"  TO  SUPPORT THE TRANSFORMATION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS
 INTO COMMUNITY HUBS TO DELIVER CO-LOCATED  OR  SCHOOL  LINKED  ACADEMIC,
 HEALTH,  MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PERSONNEL, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING,
 DUAL  LANGUAGE  PROGRAMS,  NUTRITION,  COUNSELING,  LEGAL  AND/OR  OTHER
 SERVICES  TO  STUDENTS  AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 PROVIDING A COMMUNITY SCHOOL SITE COORDINATOR AND PROGRAMS  FOR  ENGLISH
 LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
   §  5. Subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
   G. FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY  SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRA-
 RY, FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR  SHALL  EQUAL  THE  SUM  OF THE FOUNDATION AID BASE
 COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION PLUS
 THE BASE INCREASE PLUS THE TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY
 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INCREASE, BOTH AS DEFINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (1)  THE  BASE INCREASE SHALL EQUAL THE GREATER OF TIERS A, B, C, OR D
 AS DEFINED IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (A) TIER A SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF THE PHASE-IN  FACTOR  MULTIPLIED
 BY  THE  POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE,   IF ANY, OF (A) THE PRODUCT OF THE TOTAL
 AIDABLE FOUNDATION PUPIL UNITS MULTIPLIED  BY  THE  DISTRICT'S  SELECTED
 FOUNDATION  AID LESS (B) THE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  WHERE  "PHASE-IN
 FACTOR" SHALL MEAN (1) FOR A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, ELEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED THOUSANDTHS (0.11934), AND (2) FOR ALL OTHER  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,
 FIVE ONE-THOUSANDTHS (0.005).
   (B) TIER B SHALL EQUAL, FOR DISTRICTS WITH A COMBINED WEALTH RATIO FOR
 TOTAL  FOUNDATION  AID  COMPUTED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF THIS SECTION LESS THAN ONE AND AN EXTRAORDINARY  NEEDS  PERCENT
 FOR  THE DISTRICT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH W OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION GREATER THAN THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN ONE-THOUSANDTHS (0.315),
 THE PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT  COMPUTED  PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH  N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY THE SUM OF
 THE EN  BASE  INCREASE  PLUS  THE  SPARSITY  INCREASE,  WHERE  "EN  BASE
 INCREASE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  PRODUCT,  TRUNCATED TO TWO DECIMALS, OF THE
 EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS INDEX MULTIPLIED BY NINETY-SEVEN DOLLARS  AND  THREE
 CENTS  ($97.03);  "EXTRAORDINARY  NEEDS  INDEX"  SHALL MEAN THE QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS PERCENT BY THE QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED  AT  WHEN  DIVIDING  THE  STATEWIDE  EXTRAORDINARY  NEEDS  COUNT
 COMPUTED  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH S OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION BY
 THE STATEWIDE TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT COMPUTED  PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH  N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; "SPARSITY INCREASE"
 SHALL MEAN, FOR DISTRICTS WITH A SPARSITY FACTOR  COMPUTED  PURSUANT  TO

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 PARAGRAPH  R  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION GREATER THAN ZERO AND
 OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TIER, THE PRODUCT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS
 INDEX AS COMPUTED HEREIN MULTIPLIED BY THIRTY DOLLARS ($30.00).
   (C)  TIER  C  SHALL  EQUAL,  FOR  ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE PRODUCT OF
 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  N  OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY THE PRODUCT OF THE TIER C
 RATIO MULTIPLIED BY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE DOLLARS AND TWO  AND  ONE-
 HALF  CENTS ($173.025), WHERE THE "TIER C RATIO" SHALL BE THE DIFFERENCE
 OF ONE AND THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDREDTHS (1.37) LESS THE PRODUCT  OF  ONE  AND
 SEVENTY-TWO  HUNDREDTHS  (1.72) MULTIPLIED BY THE PUPIL WEALTH RATIO FOR
 TOTAL FOUNDATION AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  A  OF  SUBDIVISION
 THREE  OF  THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH RATIO SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN
 ZERO NOR MORE THAN NINE-TENTHS (0.9).
   (D) TIER D SHALL EQUAL, FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE PRODUCT  OF  THE
 FOUNDATION  AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY TWENTY-FIVE TEN THOUSANDTHS (0.0025).
   (2) THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY  COMMUNITY  SCHOOLS
 INCREASE SHALL EQUAL THE GREATER OF TIERS ONE OR TWO, WHERE:
   (A)  TIER ONE SHALL EQUAL, FOR ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE TIER ONE
 PER  PUPIL  AMOUNT  MULTIPLIED  BY  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ENROLLMENT
 COMPUTED  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 WHERE THE TIER ONE PER PUPIL AMOUNT SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT  OF  EIGHTY-
 TWO  DOLLARS  AND  SIXTY-THREE CENTS ($82.63) MULTIPLIED BY THE TIER ONE
 RATIO, WHERE THE TIER ONE RATIO SHALL EQUAL THE DIFFERENCE OF  ONE  LESS
 THE PRODUCT OF THE COMBINED WEALTH RATIO FOR TOTAL FOUNDATION AID MULTI-
 PLIED  BY  SIXTY-FOUR  HUNDREDTHS (0.64), PROVIDED THAT SUCH RATIO SHALL
 NOT BE LESS THAN ZERO NOR GREATER THAN NINE-TENTHS (0.9).  AN  "ELIGIBLE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH (I) AT LEAST ONE
 SCHOOL DESIGNATED AS FAILING OR PERSISTENTLY FAILING BY THE COMMISSIONER
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OR (B)  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED ELEVEN-F OF THIS CHAPTER AS OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGH-
 TEEN  OR, (II) A COMBINED WEALTH RATIO FOR TOTAL FOUNDATION AID COMPUTED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION  LESS  THAN
 NINE-TENTHS  (0.9), AND FIVE YEAR ELL GROWTH GREATER THAN THE GREATER OF
 ONE HUNDRED (100) PUPILS OR THE GROWTH THRESHOLD, WHERE "FIVE  YEAR  ELL
 GROWTH"  SHALL  EQUAL  THE  POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
 LEARNER COUNT FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN
 SCHOOL  YEAR LESS SUCH COUNT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
 FOURTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, AND WHERE "GROWTH THRESHOLD" SHALL EQUAL THE PROD-
 UCT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER COUNT FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  THIR-
 TEEN--TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN SCHOOL YEAR MULTIPLIED BY ONE-TENTH (0.1).
   (B)  TIER  TWO  SHALL EQUAL, FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH A COMMUNITY
 SCHOOLS SETASIDE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH E  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  GREATER
 THAN  ZERO,  THE  POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE,  IF ANY, OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
 DOLLARS ($100,000) LESS SUCH COMMUNITY  SCHOOLS  SETASIDE  FOR  THE  TWO
 THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO PARA-
 GRAPH E OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 5-a. Clause (ii) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph b of  subdivision  4
 of  section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 9-b of part
 CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  Phase-in  foundation  increase  factor.  For  the  two  thousand
 eleven--two   thousand  twelve  school  year,  the  phase-in  foundation
 increase factor shall equal thirty-seven and  one-half  percent  (0.375)
 and  the phase-in due minimum percent shall equal nineteen and forty-one
 hundredths percent (0.1941), for the two thousand  twelve--two  thousand
 thirteen school year the phase-in foundation increase factor shall equal

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 one and seven-tenths percent (0.017), for the two thousand thirteen--two
 thousand  fourteen  school  year the phase-in foundation increase factor
 shall equal (1) for a city school district in a city having a population
 of  one  million  or  more,  five  and  twenty-three  hundredths percent
 (0.0523) or (2) for all other school districts zero percent, for the two
 thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year the phase-in founda-
 tion increase factor shall equal (1) for a city  school  district  of  a
 city  having  a  population  of one million or more, four and thirty-two
 hundredths percent (0.0432) or (2) for a school district  other  than  a
 city  school  district  having  a  population of one million or more for
 which (A) the quotient of the  positive  difference  of  the  foundation
 formula aid minus the foundation aid base computed pursuant to paragraph
 j  of  subdivision one of this section divided by the foundation formula
 aid is greater than twenty-two percent (0.22) and (B) a combined  wealth
 ratio  less  than thirty-five hundredths (0.35), seven percent (0.07) or
 (3) for all other  school  districts,  four  and  thirty-one  hundredths
 percent (0.0431), and for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen
 school year the phase-in foundation increase factor shall equal: (1) for
 a  city  school district of a city having a population of one million or
 more,  thirteen  and  two  hundred  seventy-four   thousandths   percent
 (0.13274);  or  (2)  for  districts  where  the quotient arrived at when
 dividing (A) the product of the total  aidable  foundation  pupil  units
 multiplied  by  the  district's  selected  foundation aid less the total
 foundation aid base computed pursuant to paragraph j of subdivision  one
 of  this section divided by (B) the product of the total aidable founda-
 tion pupil units multiplied by the district's selected foundation aid is
 greater than nineteen percent (0.19), and where the district's  combined
 wealth  ratio  is  less  than  thirty-three hundredths (0.33), seven and
 seventy-five hundredths percent (0.0775); or (3) for any other  district
 designated  as  high  need pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two of
 paragraph c of subdivision six  of  this  section  for  the  school  aid
 computer  listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted
 budget for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight  school  year  and
 entitled  "SA0708",  four  percent  (0.04);  or  (4)  for  a city school
 district in a city having a population of one hundred twenty-five  thou-
 sand  or more but less than one million, fourteen percent (0.14); or (5)
 for school districts that were designated as small city school districts
 or central school districts whose boundaries  include  a  portion  of  a
 small  city  for the school aid computer listing produced by the commis-
 sioner in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand  fourteen--
 two  thousand  fifteen school year and entitled "SA1415", four and seven
 hundred fifty-one thousandths percent (0.04751); or (6)  for  all  other
 districts  one  percent  (0.01),  and  for the two thousand sixteen--two
 thousand seventeen school year  the  foundation  aid  phase-in  increase
 factor  shall  equal for an eligible school district the greater of: (1)
 for a city school district in a city with a population of one million or
 more, seven and seven hundred eighty four thousandths percent (0.07784);
 or (2) for a city school district in a city with a  population  of  more
 than two hundred fifty thousand but less than one million as of the most
 recent  federal  decennial  census,  seven  and three hundredths percent
 (0.0703); or (3) for a city school district in a city with a  population
 of  more than two hundred thousand but less than two hundred fifty thou-
 sand as of the most recent federal decennial census, six and seventy-two
 hundredths percent (0.0672); or (4) for a city school district in a city
 with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand but less  than
 two hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census, six

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 and  seventy-four  hundredths percent (0.0674); or (5) for a city school
 district in a city with a population of more than  one  hundred  twenty-
 five  thousand  but  less than one hundred fifty thousand as of the most
 recent  federal decennial census, nine and fifty-five hundredths percent
 (0.0955); or (6) for school districts that were designated as small city
 school districts or central school districts whose boundaries include  a
 portion  of a small city for the school aid computer listing produced by
 the commissioner in support of the enacted budget for the  two  thousand
 fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year and entitled "SA141-5" with a
 combined  wealth ratio less than one and four tenths (1.4), nine percent
 (0.09), provided,  however,  that  for  such  districts  that  are  also
 districts  designated as high need urban-suburban pursuant to clause (c)
 of subparagraph two of paragraph c of subdivision six  of  this  section
 for  the  school  aid  computer  listing produced by the commissioner in
 support of the enacted budget for the two thousand  seven--two  thousand
 eight  school  year  and  entitled  "SA0708", nine and seven hundred and
 nineteen thousandths percent (0.09719);  or  (7)  for  school  districts
 designated as high need rural pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two
 of  paragraph  c  of  subdivision six of this section for the school aid
 computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  enacted
 budget  for  the  two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and
 entitled "SA0708", thirteen and six tenths percent (0.136); or  (8)  for
 school  districts  designated  as  high  need urban-suburban pursuant to
 clause (c) of subparagraph two of paragraph c of subdivision six of this
 section for the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner
 in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand  seven--two  thou-
 sand  eight  school  year  and entitled "SA0708", seven hundred nineteen
 thousandths percent (0.00719); or (9)  for  all  other  eligible  school
 districts,  forty-seven  hundredths  percent  (0.0047), provided further
 that for the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen  school  year
 the  foundation  aid increase phase-in factor shall equal (1) for school
 districts with a census 2000 poverty rate computed pursuant to paragraph
 q of subdivision one of this section equal to or greater than twenty-six
 percent (0.26), ten and three-tenths  percent  (0.103),  or  (2)  for  a
 school  district in a city with a population in excess of one million or
 more, seventeen and seventy-seven one-hundredths  percent  (0.1777),  or
 (3)  for a city school district in a city with a population of more than
 two hundred fifty thousand but less than one million,  as  of  the  most
 recent  decennial  census,  twelve  and  sixty-nine  hundredths  percent
 (0.1269) or (4) for a city school district in a city with  a  population
 of  more than one hundred fifty thousand but less than two hundred thou-
 sand, as of the most recent federal decennial census, ten  and  seventy-
 eight one hundredths percent (0.1078), or (5) for a city school district
 in  a  city with a population of more than one hundred twenty-five thou-
 sand but less than one hundred fifty thousand  as  of  the  most  recent
 federal decennial census, nineteen and one hundred eight one-thousandths
 percent  (0.19108),  or  (6) for a city school district in a city with a
 population of more than two hundred thousand but less than  two  hundred
 fifty  thousand  as of the most recent federal decennial census, ten and
 six-tenths percent (0.106), or (7) for all  other  districts,  four  and
 eighty-seven  one-hundredths  percent (0.0487), and for the two thousand
 [nineteen] TWENTY--two thousand  [twenty]  TWENTY-ONE  school  year  and
 thereafter  the commissioner shall annually determine the phase-in foun-
 dation increase factor subject to allocation pursuant to the  provisions
 of  subdivision eighteen of this section and any provisions of a chapter
 of the laws of New York as described therein.

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   § 6. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section  3602  of  the  education
 law,  as amended by section 9-b of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  For  the  two  thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen through two
 thousand [eighteen]  NINETEEN--two  thousand  [nineteen]  TWENTY  school
 years  a  city  school  district  of  a  city having a population of one
 million or more may use amounts apportioned pursuant to this subdivision
 for afterschool programs.
   § 7. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph e of subdivision 3 of section 3602 of
 the education law, as added by section 13 of part B of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (4) The building aid ratio shall be computed by subtracting  from  one
 the  product obtained by multiplying the resident weighted average daily
 attendance wealth ratio by fifty-one percent. Such aid  ratio  shall  be
 expressed  as  a  decimal  carried to three places without rounding, but
 shall not be less than (I) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY AND PRIOR SCHOOL YEARS, zero , OR (II) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, FIVE ONE-HUN-
 DREDTHS (0.05).
   § 8. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 6 of section 3602 of
 the education law, as amended by section 5 of part A of  chapter  60  of
 the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  Where a school district has expenditures for site purchase, grad-
 ing or improvement of the site, original furnishings, equipment, machin-
 ery or apparatus, or professional fees, or other incidental  costs,  the
 cost allowances for new construction and the purchase of existing struc-
 tures  may be increased by the actual expenditures for such purposes but
 by not more than: (I) FOR PROJECTS APPROVED PRIOR  TO  JULY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  NINETEEN  BY THE VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BY THE BOARD
 OF EDUCATION OF A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A  CITY  WITH  MORE  THAN  ONE
 HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  INHABITANTS,  AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR
 MORE,  AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL TO the product of the applicable cost allowance
 established pursuant to subparagraph one of this  paragraph  and  twenty
 per  centum  for school buildings or additions housing grades prekinder-
 garten through six and by not more than the product of such cost  allow-
 ance  and twenty-five per centum for school buildings or additions hous-
 ing grades seven through twelve and by not more than the product of such
 cost allowance and twenty-five per centum for school buildings or  addi-
 tions   housing   special   education   programs   as  approved  by  the
 commissioner; AND (II) FOR PROJECTS APPROVED ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND NINETEEN BY THE VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BY  THE  BOARD
 OF  EDUCATION  OF  A  CITY  SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS, AND/OR  THE  CHANCELLOR  IN  A
 CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
 MORE, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF THE LESSER OF THE COST ALLOWANCE
 COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH  OR  THE  ACTUAL
 COSTS  RELATING  TO THE CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, RECONSTRUCTION, REHA-
 BILITATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF A SCHOOL BUILDING AND TWENTY PER CENTUM FOR
 SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR ADDITIONS HOUSING GRADES PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIX
 AND BY NOT MORE THAN THE PRODUCT OF SUCH LESSER AMOUNT  AND  TWENTY-FIVE
 PER  CENTUM  FOR  SCHOOL  BUILDINGS  OR  ADDITIONS  HOUSING GRADES SEVEN
 THROUGH TWELVE AND BY NOT MORE THAN THE PRODUCT OF  SUCH  LESSER  AMOUNT
 AND  TWENTY-FIVE  PER  CENTUM  FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR ADDITIONS HOUSING
 SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.

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   § 9. Clause (ii) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph b of subdivision 6  of
 section  3602 of the education law, as amended by section 12-a of part L
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  Apportionment.  The  apportionment pursuant to this subparagraph
 shall equal the product of such eligible approved expenses determined in
 accordance with the provisions of clause (i) of  this  subparagraph  and
 this  section  and the incentive decimal computed for use in the year in
 which the project was approved. The incentive decimal shall  equal:  (A)
 FOR  PROJECTS APPROVED PRIOR TO JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN BY THE
 VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BY THE BOARD OF  EDUCATION  OF  A  CITY
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOU-
 SAND INHABITANTS, AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT  IN  A
 CITY  HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, the positive remainder
 resulting when the district's building aid ratio  selected  pursuant  to
 paragraph c of this subdivision is subtracted from the enhanced building
 aid  ratio.  The  enhanced building aid ratio shall equal the sum of the
 building aid ratio selected for use in  the  current  year  pursuant  to
 paragraph  c  of this subdivision and one-tenth, computed to three deci-
 mals without rounding, but not more than (a) ninety-eight hundredths for
 a high need school district, as defined pursuant to regulations  of  the
 commissioner, for all school building projects approved by the voters of
 the  school  district  or  by  the  board  of education of a city school
 district in a city with  more  than  one  hundred  twenty-five  thousand
 inhabitants,  and/or  the chancellor in a city school district in a city
 having a population of one million or more, on or after July first,  two
 thousand five, or (b) ninety-five hundredths for any other school build-
 ing  project  or  school  district, nor less than one-tenth; AND (B) FOR
 PROJECTS APPROVED ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN  BY  THE
 VOTERS  OF  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT OR BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A CITY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  THOU-
 SAND  INHABITANTS,  AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A
 CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE POSITIVE  REMAINDER
 RESULTING  WHEN  THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT YEAR BUILDING AID RATIO PURSUANT
 TO CLAUSE D OF SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH C OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  IS
 SUBTRACTED  FROM  THE ENHANCED BUILDING AID RATIO. THE ENHANCED BUILDING
 AID RATIO SHALL EQUAL THE SUM OF THE BUILDING AID RATIO SELECTED FOR USE
 IN THE CURRENT YEAR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE D OF SUBPARAGRAPH  TWO  OF  PARA-
 GRAPH  C  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION AND SCALED INCENTIVE DECIMAL, COMPUTED TO
 THREE DECIMALS WITHOUT ROUNDING, BUT  NOT  MORE  THAN  (A)  NINETY-EIGHT
 HUNDREDTHS FOR A HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO REGU-
 LATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER AND USED FOR THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING
 PRODUCED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE
 TWO  THOUSAND  SEVEN--TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHT  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND   ENTITLED
 "SA0708", FOR ALL SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OF THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OR BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
 IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  INHABITANTS,
 AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A POPU-
 LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR MORE, OR (B) NINETY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS FOR ANY
 OTHER SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT OR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE  SCALED  INCENTIVE
 DECIMAL  SHALL  EQUAL  (A) ONE-TENTH FOR A HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS
 DEFINED PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER  AND  USED  FOR  THE
 SCHOOL  AID  COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF
 THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHT SCHOOL
 YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA0708", FOR ALL SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS APPROVED BY
 THE VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A CITY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  THOU-

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 SAND  INHABITANTS,  AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A
 CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, OR (B) THE  PRODUCT  OF
 ONE-TENTH  MULTIPLIED  BY  THE  STATE SHARING RATIO COMPUTED PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH  G  OF  SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION FOR ANY OTHER SCHOOL
 BUILDING PROJECT OR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 10. Clause (b) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph c of subdivision 6  of
 section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 15 of part B of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new clause (d) is added
 to read as follows:
   (b) For aid payable in the school years two thousand--two thousand one
 and  thereafter  for all school building projects approved by the voters
 of the school district or by the board of education  of  a  city  school
 district  in  a  city  with  more  than one hundred twenty-five thousand
 inhabitants, and/or the chancellor in a city school district in  a  city
 having  a population of one million or more, on or after July first, two
 thousand, AND PRIOR TO JULY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN,  any  school
 district  shall  compute  aid  under  the provisions of this subdivision
 using the sum of the high-need supplemental building aid ratio, if  any,
 computed  pursuant to clause (c) of this subparagraph and the greater of
 (i) the building aid ratio computed for use in the current year; or (ii)
 a building aid ratio equal to the difference of the aid ratio  that  was
 used  or  that would have been used to compute an apportionment pursuant
 to this subdivision in the nineteen  hundred  ninety-nine--two  thousand
 school  year  as such aid ratio is computed by the commissioner based on
 data on file with the department on or before July first  of  the  third
 school  year  following  the  school year in which aid is first payable,
 less one-tenth; or (iii) for all such school building projects  approved
 by  the  voters of the school district or by the board of education of a
 city school district in a city with more than  one  hundred  twenty-five
 thousand inhabitants, and/or the chancellor in a city school district in
 a  city  having  a  population  of one million or more, on or after July
 first, two thousand and on or before June thirtieth, two thousand  four,
 for any school district for which the pupil wealth ratio is greater than
 two  and  five-tenths  in  the school year in which such school building
 project was approved by the voters of the  school  district  or  by  the
 board  of  education  of a city school district in a city with more than
 one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and/or the chancellor in a
 city school district in a city having a population  of  one  million  or
 more  and for which the alternate pupil wealth ratio is less than eight-
 y-five hundredths in such school year, and for all such school  building
 projects  approved  by the voters of the school district or by the board
 of education of a city school district in a  city  with  more  than  one
 hundred  twenty-five  thousand  inhabitants,  and/or the chancellor in a
 city school district in a city having a population  of  one  million  or
 more,  on  or  after July first, two thousand five and on or before June
 thirtieth, two thousand eight, for any school  district  for  which  the
 pupil wealth ratio was greater than two and five-tenths in the two thou-
 sand--two  thousand  one  school  year and for which the alternate pupil
 wealth ratio was less than eighty-five hundredths in the two  thousand--
 two  thousand  one  school  year,  the  additional  building  aid ratio;
 provided that, school districts who are eligible for aid under paragraph
 f of subdivision fourteen of this section  may  compute  aid  under  the
 provisions  of  this  subdivision using the difference of the highest of
 the aid ratios so computed for the reorganized district or  the  highest
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 which  existed prior to the date of the reorganized school district less
 one-tenth.
   (D) FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE SCHOOL YEARS TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-ONE AND THEREAFTER FOR ALL SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS APPROVED
 BY  THE  VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE
 THOUSAND INHABITANTS, AND/OR THE CHANCELLOR IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN
 A  CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, ON OR AFTER JULY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL  COMPUTE  AID
 UNDER  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION USING THE SUM OF THE HIGH-NEED
 SUPPLEMENTAL BUILDING AID RATIO, IF ANY, COMPUTED PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C)
 OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH AND THE BUILDING AID RATIO COMPUTED FOR USE IN  THE
 CURRENT YEAR AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH FOUR OF PARAGRAPH E OF
 SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF THIS SECTION; PROVIDED THAT, SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO
 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AID UNDER PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN  OF  THIS
 SECTION  MAY  COMPUTE AID UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION USING
 THE DIFFERENCE OF THE HIGHEST OF THE AID RATIOS SO COMPUTED PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  CLAUSE  FOR  THE  REORGANIZED  DISTRICT  OR THE HIGHEST OF THE AID
 RATIOS SO COMPUTED FOR ANY OF  THE  INDIVIDUAL  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  WHICH
 EXISTED PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 11. Subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph ii to read as follows:
   II. "SERVICES AID BASE" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION FOR AID PAYA-
 BLE IN THE (I) TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR,
 SHALL  EQUAL  THE TOTAL AMOUNT A DISTRICT WAS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE IN THE
 BASE YEAR, AS COMPUTED BY THE COMMISSIONER BASED ON DATA  ON  FILE  WITH
 THE  EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT  ON NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN
 FOR:
   (1) THE APPORTIONMENT FOR TEXTBOOKS PROVIDED AND COMPUTED PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (2) AID FOR THE PURCHASE OF SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIALS COMPUTED PURSUANT
 TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (3)  AID  FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE PURCHASES COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (4) INSTRUCTIONAL COMPUTER HARDWARE AND  TECHNOLOGY  EQUIPMENT  APPOR-
 TIONMENT  COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THIS
 CHAPTER;
   (5) BOCES AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF
 THIS CHAPTER;
   (6)  SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLIC EXCESS COST AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION FIVE-A OF THIS SECTION;
   (7) TRANSPORTATION AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF  THIS
 SECTION;
   (8)  SPECIAL  SERVICES  AID  FOR LARGE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH WERE NOT COMPONENTS OF  A  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  IN THE BASE YEAR COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 TEN OF THIS SECTION;
   (9) ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  TWELVE
 OF THIS SECTION;
   (10)  HIGH  TAX  AID  COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF THIS
 SECTION;
   (11) TRANSITIONAL AID FOR CHARTER SCHOOL PAYMENTS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION FORTY-ONE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (II) IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY--TWO  SCHOOL
 YEAR AND THEREAFTER SHALL EQUAL THE TOTAL AMOUNT A DISTRICT WAS ELIGIBLE

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 TO  RECEIVE  IN  THE  BASE YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINETEEN OF THIS
 SECTION.
   §  12.  Section  3602  of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 19 to read as follows:
   19. SERVICES AID. A. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE, SEVEN
 HUNDRED ELEVEN, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE,  AND
 NINETEEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THIS CHAPTER AND SUBDIVISIONS FIVE-A, SEVEN,
 TEN, TWELVE, SIXTEEN, AND FORTY-ONE OF THIS SECTION, FOR THE  TWO  THOU-
 SAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, IN LIEU
 OF SUCH APPORTIONMENTS, A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A
 SERVICES  AID APPORTIONMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCT OF THE SERVICES
 AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH II OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION  MULTIPLIED  BY  THE SUM OF ONE AND (A) THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
 COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH HH OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR
 THE CURRENT YEAR PLUS (B) THE ANNUAL CHANGE IN RESIDENT WEIGHTED AVERAGE
 DAILY ATTENDANCE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH SUM IS NOT  LESS  THAN  ONE  (1.0).
 PROVIDED  FURTHER,  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ANNUAL CHANGE IN
 RESIDENT WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE" SHALL MEAN THE  QUOTIENT  OF
 (A)  THE  DIFFERENCE  OF  THE RESIDENT WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE
 PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH D OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION  FOR THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR LESS SUCH RESIDENT WEIGHTED
 AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE  BASE  YEAR
 DIVIDED  BY  (B)  THE RESIDENT WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FOR THE
 YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR.
   B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER, "BOCES PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT"  SHALL
 MEAN THE AMOUNT COMPUTED FOR THE APPORTIONMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE-
 TEEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AS COMPUTED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  BASED  ON
 DATA  ON  FILE  WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH, TWO
 THOUSAND NINETEEN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRARY
 THE  BOCES  PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT SHALL BE PAID PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-
 SIX HUNDRED NINE-D OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 13. The opening paragraph of section 3609-d of the education law, as
 amended by section 20 of part L of chapter 57 of the laws  of  2005,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-six hundred nine-a of
 this  article,  apportionments  payable  pursuant  to  section  nineteen
 hundred fifty of this chapter, AND THE BOCES PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT  PAYABLE
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  NINETEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
 THIS CHAPTER shall be paid pursuant to this section. For aid payable  in
 the  two  thousand  four--two  thousand five school year and thereafter,
 "moneys apportioned" shall mean the lesser of (i) one hundred percent of
 the respective amount set forth for  each  school  district  as  payable
 pursuant  to this section in the school aid computer listing produced by
 the commissioner in support of the budget  including  the  appropriation
 for  support  of boards of cooperative educational services for payments
 due prior to April first for the current year, or (ii) the apportionment
 calculated by the commissioner based on data on file  at  the  time  the
 payment  is  processed;  provided  however, that for the purposes of any
 payment to be made in the month of June of two thousand six such  calcu-
 lation shall be based on the school aid computer listing for the current
 year  using  updated  data  at  the  time of each payment. For districts
 subject to chapter five hundred sixty-three  of  the  laws  of  nineteen
 hundred  eighty, thirty-six hundred two-b, or two thousand forty of this
 chapter, for aid payable in the two  thousand  four--two  thousand  five
 school  year  and thereafter, "moneys apportioned" shall mean the appor-

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 tionment calculated by the commissioner based on data  on  file  at  the
 time  the payment is processed. The "school aid computer listing for the
 current year" shall be as defined in the opening  paragraph  of  section
 thirty-six  hundred nine-a of this article.  The definitions "base year"
 and "current year" as set forth in subdivision one of section thirty-six
 hundred two of this article shall apply to this section.
   § 14. Subparagraphs 2 and 3 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section
 3609-a of the education law are REPEALED.
   § 14-a. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c
 of the state finance law is REPEALED.
   § 15. The education law is amended by adding a  new  article  39-A  to
 read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 39-A
                       REGIONAL STEM MAGNET SCHOOLS
 SECTION 1918. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL STEM MAGNET SCHOOLS.
   §  1918.  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  REGIONAL  STEM  MAGNET SCHOOLS.   1. A. A
 REGIONAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) MAGNET
 SCHOOL MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE, AND
 SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
   B. A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES  SHALL  SUBMIT  TO  THE
 COMMISSIONER A PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE OPERATION OF SUCH SCHOOL FOR HIS OR
 HER APPROVAL, IN A FORM AND MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   C.  SUCH  SCHOOL  SHALL  BE  GOVERNED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
   D. THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL HAVE  RESPONSI-
 BILITY  FOR THE OPERATION, SUPERVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SCHOOL AND
 SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION  OF  THE  SCHOOL,  INCLUDING
 CURRICULUM, GRADING, AND STAFFING.
   E.  THE  BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL BE AUTHORIZED
 TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AS  NECESSARY  OR  CONVENIENT  TO  OPERATE  SUCH
 SCHOOL.
   F.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES SHALL BE DEEMED A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES.
   G. STUDENTS ATTENDING SUCH SCHOOL SHALL CONTINUE  TO  BE  ENROLLED  IN
 THEIR  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF RESIDENCE, AND EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESI-
 DENCE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA  TO
 THEIR  RESIDENT STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED THE SCHOOL BASED ON SUCH STUDENTS'
 SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE SCHOOL'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
   H. FOR PURPOSES OF ALL STATE AID CALCULATIONS PURSUANT TO  THIS  CHAP-
 TER,  STUDENTS    ATTENDING SUCH SCHOOL SHALL CONTINUE TO BE TREATED AND
 COUNTED AS STUDENTS OF THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE.
   I. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  EACH
 STUDENT'S  SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVID-
 ING OR ARRANGING FOR TRANSPORTATION TO ITS RESIDENT  STUDENTS  ATTENDING
 SUCH  SCHOOL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY, BUT WITHOUT
 REGARD TO ANY MAXIMUM MILEAGE LIMITATION.
   J. ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL SHALL BE CONSIDERED  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
   K.  THE  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY ENTER INTO A
 LEASE WITH RESPECT TO SUITABLE LAND, CLASSROOMS, OFFICES OR BUILDINGS IN
 WHICH TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT SUCH SCHOOL PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  FOUR
 OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS TITLE.
   L.  THE  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL ESTABLISH A
 METHODOLOGY FOR THE  APPORTIONMENT  OF  OPERATIONAL  AND  ADMINISTRATIVE
 COSTS  OF  SUCH SCHOOL BETWEEN PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS; PROVIDED,

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 HOWEVER,  THAT  NO  COSTS  SHALL  BE  APPORTIONED  TO  COMPONENT  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS THAT ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH SCHOOL.
   M.  THE  TRUSTEES  OR  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OF A NON-COMPONENT SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, INCLUDING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF CITIES  IN  EXCESS  OF  ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS, MAY ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF
 UNDERSTANDING  WITH  A  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES TO
 PARTICIPATE IN SUCH SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED FIVE YEARS
 UPON SUCH TERMS AS SUCH TRUSTEES OR BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD  OF
 COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY MUTUALLY AGREE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
 AGREEMENT MAY PROVIDE FOR A CHARGE  FOR  ADMINISTRATION  COSTS  OF  SUCH
 PROGRAM,  BUT  PARTICIPATING NON-COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE
 LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH  B
 OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS TITLE.
   N.  A  SCHOOL  MAY  BE  JOINTLY  OPERATED BY TWO BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PURSUANT TO  AN  INTERMUNICIPAL  SHARING  AGREEMENT
 ENTERED  INTO  PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-O OF THE GENERAL
 MUNICIPAL LAW. UPON ADOPTION OF A BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM  FOR  A  SCHOOL
 YEAR,  COSTS SHALL BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN EACH BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCA-
 TIONAL SERVICES IN A  MANNER  PROVIDED  IN  THE  INTERMUNICIPAL  SHARING
 AGREEMENT  AND  INCLUDED  IN  THE  BUDGETS  OF EACH BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICE.
   O. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND  REGULATIONS
 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  16. The closing paragraph of subdivision 5-a of section 3602 of the
 education law, as amended by section 10 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   For the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, each school
 district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the  product  of
 fifteen  percent  and  the additional apportionment computed pursuant to
 this subdivision for the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year.  For  the two thousand nine--two thousand ten through two thousand
 [eighteen] NINETEEN--two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY school  years,  each
 school  district  shall  be  entitled  to  an apportionment equal to the
 amount set forth for such school district as  "SUPPLEMENTAL  PUB  EXCESS
 COST"  under  the  heading  "2008-09  BASE  YEAR AIDS" in the school aid
 computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of  the  budget
 for  the  two  thousand  nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled
 "SA0910".
   § 17. Subdivision 12 of section 3602 of the education law, as  amended
 by  section 13 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
   12. Academic enhancement aid. A school district that as of April first
 of the base year has been continuously identified as a district in  need
 of  improvement  for  at  least  five  years shall, for the two thousand
 eight--two thousand nine school  year,  be  entitled  to  an  additional
 apportionment equal to the positive remainder, if any, of (a) the lesser
 of  fifteen  million  dollars or the product of the total foundation aid
 base, as defined by paragraph j of  subdivision  one  of  this  section,
 multiplied by ten percent (0.10), less (b) the positive remainder of (i)
 the  sum of the total foundation aid apportioned pursuant to subdivision
 four of this section and the supplemental educational improvement grants
 apportioned pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six  hundred
 forty-one of this article, less (ii) the total foundation aid base.
   For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten through two thousand four-
 teen--two  thousand  fifteen school years, each school district shall be
 entitled to an apportionment equal to the  amount  set  forth  for  such

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 school  district  as  "EDUCATION  GRANTS, ACADEMIC EN" under the heading
 "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced  by
 the commissioner in support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two
 thousand  ten  school year and entitled "SA0910", and such apportionment
 shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to provide an apportion-
 ment pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six hundred  forty-
 one of this article.
   For  the  two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen year, each school
 district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the  amount  set
 forth for such school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT" under the head-
 ing "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced
 by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the two thousand four-
 teen--two thousand fifteen school year and entitled "SA141-5", and  such
 apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to provide
 an  apportionment  pursuant  to  subdivision eight of section thirty-six
 hundred forty-one of this article.
   For the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year, each
 school district shall be entitled  to  an  apportionment  equal  to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2015-16 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand fifteen--two thousand  sixteen  school  year  and  entitled
 "SA151-6",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   For  the  two  thousand  seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2016-17 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school  year  and  entitled
 "SA161-7",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   For the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year, each
 school  district  shall  be  entitled  to  an apportionment equal to the
 amount set forth for such  school  district  as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT"
 under  the  heading  "2017-18 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year and entitled
 "SA171-8", and such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy  the  state
 obligation  to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL  YEAR,  EACH
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO  AN APPORTIONMENT EQUAL TO THE
 AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AS  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT"
 UNDER  THE  HEADING  "2018-19 ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER
 LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE  BUDGET  FOR  THE
 TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED
 "SA181-9", AND SUCH APPORTIONMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO SATISFY  THE  STATE
 OBLIGATION  TO PROVIDE AN APPORTIONMENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 18. The opening paragraph of subdivision 16 of section 3602  of  the
 education law, as amended by section 14 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:

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   Each  school  district  shall  be  eligible  to receive a high tax aid
 apportionment in the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school  year,
 which  shall equal the greater of (i) the sum of the tier 1 high tax aid
 apportionment, the tier 2 high tax aid apportionment and the tier 3 high
 tax  aid apportionment or (ii) the product of the apportionment received
 by the school district pursuant to this subdivision in the two  thousand
 seven--two  thousand  eight  school  year, multiplied by the due-minimum
 factor, which shall equal, for districts with an alternate pupil  wealth
 ratio  computed  pursuant  to  paragraph  b of subdivision three of this
 section that is less than two, seventy percent (0.70), and for all other
 districts, fifty percent (0.50). Each school district shall be  eligible
 to  receive  a  high tax aid apportionment in the two thousand nine--two
 thousand ten through two thousand twelve--two thousand  thirteen  school
 years in the amount set forth for such school district as "HIGH TAX AID"
 under  the  heading  "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910".
 Each school district shall be eligible to receive a high tax aid  appor-
 tionment in the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen through two
 thousand  [eighteen]  NINETEEN--two  thousand  [nineteen]  TWENTY school
 years equal to the greater of (1) the amount set forth for  such  school
 district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in
 the  school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in support
 of the budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand  ten  school  year
 and  entitled  "SA0910"  or  (2)  the  amount  set forth for such school
 district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2013-14 ESTIMATED AIDS" in
 the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in  support
 of  the  executive  budget  for  the  2013-14  fiscal  year and entitled
 "BT131-4".
   § 19. Subdivision 16 of section  3602-ee  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by section 19 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
   16. The authority of the department to administer the universal  full-
 day  pre-kindergarten  program shall expire June thirtieth, two thousand
 [nineteen] TWENTY; provided that the program shall continue  and  remain
 in full effect.
   §  20.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2005, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a. State aid adjustments. All errors or omissions in the apportionment
 shall  be  corrected by the commissioner. Whenever a school district has
 been apportioned less money than that  to  which  it  is  entitled,  the
 commissioner may allot to such district the balance to which it is enti-
 tled.  Whenever  a  school district has been apportioned more money than
 that to which it is entitled, the commissioner may, by an order,  direct
 such  moneys  to be paid back to the state to be credited to the general
 fund local assistance account for state  aid  to  the  schools,  or  may
 deduct  such  amount  from  the  next  apportionment  to be made to said
 district, provided, however, that, upon notification of excess  payments
 of  aid for which a recovery must be made by the state through deduction
 of future aid payments, a school district may request that  such  excess
 payments  be  recovered  by  deducting  such  excess  payments  from the
 payments due to such school district and payable in the month of June in
 (i) the school year in which such notification was received and (ii) the
 two succeeding school years, provided further that  there  shall  be  no
 interest  penalty  assessed  against  such  district or collected by the

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 state. Such request shall be made to the commissioner in  such  form  as
 the  commissioner  shall  prescribe, and shall be based on documentation
 that the total amount to be recovered is in excess of one percent of the
 district's  total  general  fund  expenditures  for the preceding school
 year. The amount to be deducted in the first year shall be  the  greater
 of  (i) the sum of the amount of such excess payments that is recognized
 as a liability due to other governments by the district for the  preced-
 ing  school year and the positive remainder of the district's unreserved
 fund balance at the close of the preceding school year less the  product
 of  the  district's  total  general  fund expenditures for the preceding
 school year multiplied by five percent, or (ii) one-third of such excess
 payments. The amount to be recovered in the second year shall equal  the
 lesser  of  the remaining amount of such excess payments to be recovered
 or one-third of such excess payments, and the remaining amount  of  such
 excess  payments  shall be recovered in the third year. Provided further
 that, notwithstanding any other  provisions  of  this  subdivision,  any
 pending  payment  of moneys due to such district as a prior year adjust-
 ment payable pursuant to paragraph c of this subdivision for aid  claims
 that  had been previously paid as current year aid payments in excess of
 the amount to which the district is entitled and for which  recovery  of
 excess  payments  is  to  be  made  pursuant to this paragraph, shall be
 reduced at the time of  actual  payment  by  any  remaining  unrecovered
 balance  of such excess payments, and the remaining scheduled deductions
 of such excess payments pursuant to this paragraph shall be  reduced  by
 the  commissioner  to reflect the amount so recovered. [The commissioner
 shall certify no payment to a school district based on a claim submitted
 later than three years after the close of the school year in which  such
 payment  was first to be made.  For claims for which payment is first to
 be made in the nineteen hundred  ninety-six--ninety-seven  school  year,
 the  commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district based on
 a claim submitted later than two years after the close  of  such  school
 year.] For claims for which payment is first to be made [in the nineteen
 hundred  ninety-seven--ninety-eight] PRIOR TO THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN-
 -TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN school year [and  thereafter],  the  commissioner
 shall certify no payment to a school district based on a claim submitted
 later than one year after the close of such school year.  FOR CLAIMS FOR
 WHICH  PAYMENT  IS  FIRST  TO  BE MADE IN THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND  THEREAFTER,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 CERTIFY NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT BASED ON A CLAIM SUBMITTED LATER
 THAN  THE  FIRST  OF NOVEMBER OF SUCH SCHOOL YEAR. Provided, however, no
 payments shall be barred or reduced where such payment is required as  a
 result  of  a  final  audit  of the state. [It is further provided that,
 until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-six, the commissioner  may
 grant  a  waiver  from  the  provisions  of  this section for any school
 district if it is in the best  educational  interests  of  the  district
 pursuant to guidelines developed by the commissioner and approved by the
 director  of  the  budget.] FURTHER PROVIDED THAT FOR ANY APPORTIONMENTS
 PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE, SEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN,
 SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE,  SEVEN  HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, NINETEEN HUNDRED
 FIFTY, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED  TWO,  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO-B,  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  TWO-C,  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E AND FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF
 THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN  AND
 TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEARS, THE COMMISSION-
 ER  SHALL  CERTIFY  NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN PAYMENTS
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SIX-A, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF  SECTION
 THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO OF THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED

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 BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC DATA FILE USED TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER
 LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE  BUDGET
 REQUEST  SUBMITTED  FOR  THE  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
 STATE  FISCAL YEAR AND ENTITLED "BT192-0", AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT FOR
 ANY APPORTIONMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS  SEVEN  HUNDRED  ONE,
 SEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN,  SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-
 THREE,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY,  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO,  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  TWO-B,  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED TWO-C, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E AND
 FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 CERTIFY NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISIONS  SIX-A,  ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED BASED ON  AN
 ELECTRONIC  DATA  FILE  USED  TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING
 PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET  REQUEST
 SUBMITTED FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE SCHOOL YEAR COMMENCES.
   § 21. The opening paragraph of section 3609-a of the education law, as
 amended  by section 21 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
   For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year  through  the  two  thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school
 year, "moneys apportioned" shall mean the lesser of (i) the sum  of  one
 hundred  percent  of  the  respective  amount  set forth for each school
 district as payable pursuant to this section in the school aid  computer
 listing  for the current year produced by the commissioner in support of
 the budget which includes the appropriation for the general support  for
 public  schools  for the prescribed payments and individualized payments
 due prior to April first for the current  year  plus  the  apportionment
 payable during the current school year pursuant to subdivision six-a and
 subdivision fifteen of section thirty-six hundred two of this part minus
 any  reductions  to  current  year aids pursuant to subdivision seven of
 section thirty-six hundred four of  this  part  or  any  deduction  from
 apportionment  payable  pursuant  to  this  chapter  for collection of a
 school district basic contribution as defined in  subdivision  eight  of
 section forty-four hundred one of this chapter, less any grants provided
 pursuant  to  subparagraph  two-a  of paragraph b of subdivision four of
 section ninety-two-c of the state finance law, less any grants  provided
 pursuant  to  subdivision  six of section ninety-seven-nnnn of the state
 finance law, less any grants provided pursuant to subdivision twelve  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article, or (ii) the appor-
 tionment  calculated  by  the  commissioner based on data on file at the
 time the payment is processed; provided however, that for  the  purposes
 of  any  payments made pursuant to this section prior to the first busi-
 ness day of June of the  current  year,  moneys  apportioned  shall  not
 include  any  aids payable pursuant to subdivisions six and fourteen, if
 applicable, of section thirty-six hundred two of this  part  as  current
 year  aid for debt service on bond anticipation notes and/or bonds first
 issued in the current year or any aids payable for full-day kindergarten
 for the current year pursuant to subdivision nine of section  thirty-six
 hundred  two  of  this part. The definitions of "base year" and "current
 year" as set forth in subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred  two
 of  this  part  shall apply to this section. [For aid payable in the two
 thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year, reference to  such
 "school aid computer listing for the current year" shall mean the print-
 outs  entitled "SA181-9".] FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN-
 -TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND  THEREAFTER,  "MONEYS  APPORTIONED"

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 SHALL  MEAN  THE  LESSER  OF:  (I) THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE
 RESPECTIVE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PAYABLE PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING FOR THE CURRENT  YEAR
 PRODUCED  BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST
 WHICH INCLUDES THE APPROPRIATION FOR  THE  GENERAL  SUPPORT  FOR  PUBLIC
 SCHOOLS  FOR  THE  PRESCRIBED  PAYMENTS  AND INDIVIDUALIZED PAYMENTS DUE
 PRIOR TO APRIL FIRST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR PLUS THE APPORTIONMENT PAYABLE
 DURING THE CURRENT  SCHOOL  YEAR  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISIONS  SIX-A  AND
 FIFTEEN  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THIS  PART MINUS ANY
 REDUCTIONS TO CURRENT YEAR AIDS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION
 THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS PART OR ANY DEDUCTION FROM APPORTIONMENT
 PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER FOR COLLECTION  OF  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
 BASIC CONTRIBUTION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION FORTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  LESS  ANY  GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH TWO-A OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF  SECTION  NINE-
 TY-TWO-C  OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-NNNN OF THE STATE  FINANCE  LAW,
 LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION THIR-
 TY-SIX  HUNDRED  FORTY-ONE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, OR (II) THE APPORTIONMENT
 CALCULATED BY THE COMMISSIONER BASED ON DATA ON FILE  AT  THE  TIME  THE
 PAYMENT  IS  PROCESSED;  PROVIDED  HOWEVER, THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY
 PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION PRIOR TO THE FIRST  BUSINESS  DAY
 OF  JUNE  OF  THE CURRENT YEAR, MONEYS APPORTIONED SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY
 AIDS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SIX AND FOURTEEN,  IF  APPLICABLE,
 OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART AS CURRENT YEAR AID FOR
 DEBT SERVICE ON BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND/OR BONDS FIRST ISSUED IN THE
 CURRENT YEAR OR ANY AIDS  PAYABLE  FOR  FULL-DAY  KINDERGARTEN  FOR  THE
 CURRENT  YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 TWO OF THIS PART. FOR AID PAYABLE  IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR,  REFERENCE  TO SUCH "SCHOOL AID COMPUTER
 LISTING  FOR  THE  CURRENT  YEAR"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  PRINTOUTS  ENTITLED
 "BT192-0".
   §  22.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 2 of section 3612 of the education
 law, as amended by section 22 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the  laws  of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   b. Such grants shall be awarded to school districts, within the limits
 of funds appropriated therefor, through a competitive process that takes
 into  consideration  the  magnitude  of  any shortage of teachers in the
 school district, the number of teachers employed in the school  district
 who hold temporary licenses to teach in the public schools of the state,
 the  number of provisionally certified teachers, the fiscal capacity and
 geographic sparsity of the district, the  number  of  new  teachers  the
 school district intends to hire in the coming school year and the number
 of summer in the city student internships proposed by an eligible school
 district,  if applicable. Grants provided pursuant to this section shall
 be used only for the purposes enumerated in this section.  Notwithstand-
 ing any other provision of law to the contrary, a city  school  district
 in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants receiv-
 ing a grant pursuant to this section may use no more than eighty percent
 of  such  grant  funds  for any recruitment, retention and certification
 costs associated with transitional certification of  teacher  candidates
 for  the  school  years  two  thousand one--two thousand two through two
 thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN--two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY.
   § 23. Subdivision 6 of section 4402 of the education law,  as  amended
 by  section 23 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:

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   6. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the  contrary,
 the  board  of  education of a city school district with a population of
 one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants shall be  permitted
 to  establish  maximum  class  sizes  for  special  classes  for certain
 students  with  disabilities  in  accordance with the provisions of this
 subdivision. For the purpose of obtaining relief from any adverse fiscal
 impact from under-utilization of special education resources due to  low
 student  attendance  in  special  education  classes  at  the middle and
 secondary level as determined by the commissioner, such boards of educa-
 tion shall, during the school years nineteen hundred  ninety-five--nine-
 ty-six through June thirtieth, two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY of the two
 thousand  [eighteen]  NINETEEN--two  thousand  [nineteen]  TWENTY school
 year, be authorized to increase class sizes in special classes  contain-
 ing  students with disabilities whose age ranges are equivalent to those
 of students in middle and secondary schools as defined  by  the  commis-
 sioner  for  purposes of this section by up to but not to exceed one and
 two tenths times the applicable maximum class size  specified  in  regu-
 lations  of  the  commissioner  rounded  up to the nearest whole number,
 provided that in a city school  district  having  a  population  of  one
 million  or  more, classes that have a maximum class size of fifteen may
 be increased by no more than one student and provided that the projected
 average class size shall not exceed the maximum specified in the  appli-
 cable  regulation,  provided  that such authorization shall terminate on
 June thirtieth, two thousand. Such authorization shall be  granted  upon
 filing  of  a  notice by such a board of education with the commissioner
 stating the board's intention to increase such class sizes and a certif-
 ication that the board will conduct a study of  attendance  problems  at
 the  secondary  level  and  will  implement  a corrective action plan to
 increase the rate of attendance of students in such classes to at  least
 the  rate  for students attending regular education classes in secondary
 schools of the district. Such corrective action plan shall be  submitted
 for  approval  by  the  commissioner by a date during the school year in
 which such board increases class sizes  as  provided  pursuant  to  this
 subdivision  to  be prescribed by the commissioner. Upon at least thirty
 days notice to the board of education, after conclusion  of  the  school
 year  in  which such board increases class sizes as provided pursuant to
 this subdivision, the commissioner shall be authorized to terminate such
 authorization upon a finding that the board has  failed  to  develop  or
 implement an approved corrective action plan.
   §  24.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 4403-a to
 read as follows:
   § 4403-A. WAIVERS FROM CERTAIN DUTIES. 1.  A  LOCAL  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,
 APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY
 SUBMIT  AN APPLICATION FOR A WAIVER FROM ANY REQUIREMENT IMPOSED ON SUCH
 DISTRICT, SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  PURSUANT
 TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED TWO OR SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED THREE OF
 THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, FOR A SPECIFIC
 SCHOOL YEAR. SUCH APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST SIXTY  DAYS  IN
 ADVANCE  OF THE PROPOSED DATE ON WHICH THE WAIVER WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AND
 SHALL BE IN A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   2. BEFORE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR A  WAIVER,  THE  LOCAL  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT,  APPROVED  PRIVATE  SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED WAIVER TO THE  PARENTS  OR
 PERSONS  IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED
 BY THE WAIVER IF GRANTED. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE IN A FORM AND MANNER THAT
 WILL ENSURE THAT SUCH PARENTS AND PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP  WILL

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 BE  AWARE OF ALL RELEVANT CHANGES THAT WOULD OCCUR UNDER THE WAIVER, AND
 SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE FORM, MANNER AND DATE BY WHICH  PARENTS
 AND  PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THE
 PROPOSED  WAIVER. THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL, OR
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE AT  LEAST  SIXTY
 DAYS  FOR  SUCH  PARENTS  AND PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP TO SUBMIT
 WRITTEN COMMENTS, AND SHALL INCLUDE IN THE WAIVER APPLICATION  SUBMITTED
 TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION ANY
 WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM  SUCH  PARENTS  OR  PERSONS  IN  PARENTAL
 RELATIONSHIP TO SUCH STUDENTS.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT A WAIVER FROM ANY REQUIREMENT IMPOSED ON
 A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  FORTY-FOUR  HUNDRED TWO OR
 SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, UPON  A  FINDING  THAT
 SUCH WAIVER WILL ENABLE A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL
 OR  BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO IMPLEMENT AN INNOVATIVE
 SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT IS  CONSISTENT  WITH  APPLICABLE  FEDERAL
 REQUIREMENTS,  AND WILL ENHANCE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND/OR OPPORTUNITIES
 FOR PLACEMENT IN REGULAR CLASSES AND PROGRAMS. IN MAKING  SUCH  DETERMI-
 NATION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CONSIDER ANY COMMENTS RECEIVED BY THE
 LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FROM PARENTS OR PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP TO
 THE STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE WAIVER IF GRANTED.
   4.  ANY  LOCAL  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD OF
 COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES GRANTED A WAIVER SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL
 REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER REGARDING THE OPERATION AND EVALUATION OF THE
 PROGRAM NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE END OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR  FOR
 WHICH A WAIVER IS GRANTED.
   §  25.  Section 3012-d of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR  REGULATION
 TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
 AND MATHEMATICS STATE ASSESSMENTS AND ALL OTHER STATE-CREATED OR  ADMIN-
 ISTERED  TESTS  SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED TO BE UTILIZED IN ANY MANNER TO
 DETERMINE A TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL EVALUATION REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.
   B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND  REGULATIONS  PROVIDING
 ALTERNATIVE  ASSESSMENTS  THAT MAY BE USED IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT
 INSTEAD OF ALL OTHER STATE-CREATED OR ADMINISTERED  TESTS,  WHICH  SHALL
 INCLUDE  ALL  OF  THE ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER FOR USE IN DETERMINING TRANSITION SCORES AND RATINGS.
   C. THE SELECTION AND USE OF AN ASSESSMENT IN A TEACHER OR  PRINCIPAL'S
 EVALUATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS A AND B OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SUBDI-
 VISION  FOUR  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
   D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF THIS SECTION
 TO THE CONTRARY, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO  ABROGATE
 ANY  CONFLICTING  PROVISIONS  OF  ANY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IN
 EFFECT ON THE DATE THIS SUBDIVISION TAKES EFFECT  AND  UNTIL  THE  ENTRY
 INTO A SUCCESSOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, PROVIDED THAT NOTWITH-
 STANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON EXPIRATION OF
 SUCH TERM AND THE ENTRY INTO A SUCCESSOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY; AND,  PROVIDED  FURTHER,
 HOWEVER,  THAT ANY ASSESSMENTS USED IN DETERMINING TRANSITION SCORES AND
 RATINGS SHALL BE USED IN DETERMINING SCORES AND RATINGS PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION INSTEAD OF THE GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT ENGLISH LANGUAGE  ARTS

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 AND  MATHEMATICS  STATE  ASSESSMENTS  UNTIL  THE  ENTRY INTO A SUCCESSOR
 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
   § 26. Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section
 3012-d  of  the education law, subparagraph 1 as amended by section 3 of
 subpart C of part B of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015 and subparagraph 2
 as added by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the  laws
 of 2015, are amended to read as follows:
   (1)  For  the first subcomponent, [(A) for a teacher whose course ends
 in a state-created or administered test for which there is a  state-pro-
 vided  growth  model,  such  teacher  shall have a state-provided growth
 score based on such model, which shall take into  consideration  certain
 student  characteristics,  as  determined by the commissioner, including
 but not limited to students with disabilities, poverty, English language
 learner status and prior  academic  history  and  which  shall  identify
 educators  whose  students'  growth  is well above or well below average
 compared to similar students for a  teacher's  or  principal's  students
 after  the certain student characteristics above are taken into account;
 and (B) for a teacher whose course does not end in  a  state-created  or
 administered  test such teacher] A TEACHER shall have a student learning
 objective (SLO) consistent with a  goal-setting  process  determined  or
 developed  by  the commissioner, that results in a student growth score;
 provided that, for any teacher whose course ends in a  state-created  or
 administered  assessment  [for  which  there is no state-provided growth
 model], such assessment [must] MAY be used as the underlying  assessment
 for such SLO;
   (2)  For  the  optional  second  subcomponent,  a district may locally
 select a second measure  in  accordance  with  this  subparagraph.  Such
 second measure shall apply in a consistent manner, to the extent practi-
 cable,  across  the district and be either: (A) [a second state-provided
 growth score] BASED on  a  state-created  or  administered  test  [under
 clause  (A)  of  subparagraph  one  of this paragraph], or (B) [a growth
 score] based on a state-designed  supplemental  assessment[,  calculated
 using  a  state-provided  or approved growth model]. The optional second
 subcomponent shall provide options for multiple assessment measures that
 are aligned to existing classroom and school  best  practices  and  take
 into  consideration  the recommendations in the testing reduction report
 as required by section one of subpart F of  [the  chapter]  PART  EE  OF
 CHAPTER  FIFTY-SIX  of the laws of two thousand fifteen which added this
 section regarding the reduction of unnecessary additional testing.
   § 27. Subdivision 5 of section 3012-d of the education law,  as  added
 by  section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
   5. Rating determination. The overall  rating  determination  shall  be
 determined [according to a methodology] as follows:
   a. [The following rules shall apply: a teacher or principal who is (1)
 rated  using  two  subcomponents in the student performance category and
 receives a rating of ineffective in such category shall be  rated  inef-
 fective  overall;  provided,  however,  that  if the measure used in the
 second subcomponent is a state-provided growth score on a  state-created
 or administered test pursuant to clause (A) of subparagraph one of para-
 graph  a of subdivision four of this section, a teacher or principal who
 receives a rating of ineffective in such category shall not be  eligible
 to  receive a rating of effective or highly effective overall; (2) rated
 using only the state measure subcomponent  in  the  student  performance
 category and receives a rating of ineffective in such category shall not
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 all; and (3) rated ineffective  in  the  teacher  observations  category
 shall  not be eligible to receive a rating of effective or highly effec-
 tive overall.
   b.  Except as otherwise provided in paragraph a of this subdivision, a
 teacher's composite score shall be determined as follows:
   (1)] If a teacher receives an H in the teacher  observation  category,
 and  an  H  in the student performance category, the teacher's composite
 score shall be H;
   [(2)] B. If a teacher receives an H in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and an E in the student performance category, the teacher's  compos-
 ite score shall be H;
   [(3)] C. If a teacher receives an H in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and a D in the student performance category, the teacher's composite
 score shall be E;
   [(4)] D. If a teacher receives an H in the teacher observation catego-
 ry,  and an I in the student performance category, the teacher's compos-
 ite score shall be D;
   [(5)] E. If a teacher receives an E in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and an H in the student performance category, the teacher's  compos-
 ite score shall be H;
   [(6)] F. If a teacher receives an E in the teacher observation catego-
 ry,  and an E in the student performance category, the teacher's compos-
 ite score shall be E;
   [(7)] G. If a teacher receives an E in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and a D in the student performance category, the teacher's composite
 score shall be E;
   [(8)] H. If a teacher receives an E in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and an I in the student performance category, the teacher's  compos-
 ite score shall be D;
   [(9)]  I. If a teacher receives a D in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and an H in the student performance category, the teacher's  compos-
 ite score shall be E;
   [(10)] J. If a teacher receives a D in the teacher observation catego-
 ry,  and an E in the student performance category, the teacher's compos-
 ite score shall be E;
   [(11)] K. If a teacher receives a D in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and a D in the student performance category, the teacher's composite
 score shall be D;
   [(12)] L. If a teacher receives a D in the teacher observation catego-
 ry, and an I in the student performance category, the teacher's  compos-
 ite score shall be I;
   [(13)]  M. If a teacher receives an I in the teacher observation cate-
 gory, and an H  in  the  student  performance  category,  the  teacher's
 composite score shall be D;
   [(14)]  N. If a teacher receives an I in the teacher observation cate-
 gory, and an E  in  the  student  performance  category,  the  teacher's
 composite score shall be D;
   [(15)]  O. If a teacher receives an I in the teacher observation cate-
 gory, and a D in the student performance category, the teacher's compos-
 ite score shall be I;
   [(16)] P. If a teacher receives an I in the teacher observation  cate-
 gory,  and  an  I  in  the  student  performance category, the teacher's
 composite score shall be I.
   § 28. Subdivision 7 of section 3012-d of the education law,  as  added
 by  section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015,
 is amended to read as follows:

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   7. The commissioner shall ensure that the process by which weights and
 scoring ranges are assigned to subcomponents and categories is transpar-
 ent and available to those being rated  before  the  beginning  of  each
 school  year. Such process must ensure that it is possible for a teacher
 or  principal  to  obtain any number of points in the applicable scoring
 ranges,  including  zero,  in  each  subcomponent.  The  superintendent,
 district  superintendent  or  chancellor  and  the representative of the
 collective bargaining unit (where  one  exists)  shall  certify  in  the
 district's  plan that the evaluation process shall use the standards for
 the scoring ranges provided by the commissioner.    [Provided,  however,
 that in any event, the following rules shall apply: a teacher or princi-
 pal who is:
   a.  rated  using two subcomponents in the student performance category
 and receives a rating of ineffective in such  category  shall  be  rated
 ineffective  overall,  except  that  if  the  measure used in the second
 subcomponent is a second state-provided growth score on a state-adminis-
 tered or sponsored test pursuant to clause (A) of  subparagraph  one  of
 paragraph  a of subdivision four of this section, a teacher or principal
 that receives a rating of ineffective in  such  category  shall  not  be
 eligible to receive a rating of effective or highly effective overall;
   b.  rated  using  only  the  state measure subcomponent in the student
 performance category and receives a rating of ineffective in such  cate-
 gory  shall  not  be eligible to receive a rating of effective or highly
 effective overall; and
   c. rated ineffective in the observations category shall not be  eligi-
 ble to receive a rating of effective or highly effective overall.]
   §  29. Subdivision 10 of section 3012-d of the education law, as added
 by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of  2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
   10.  The  local  collective  bargaining representative shall negotiate
 with the district:
   a. whether to use a second measure, and, in the event  that  a  second
 measure  is  used, which measure to use, pursuant to subparagraph two of
 paragraph a of subdivision four of this section [and];
   b. how to implement the provisions of paragraph b of subdivision  four
 of  this  section,  and  associated  regulations  as  established by the
 commissioner, in accordance with article fourteen of the  civil  service
 law; AND
   C.  THE SELECTION AND USE OF AN ASSESSMENT IN A TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL'S
 EVALUATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION AND PARAGRAPHS A
 AND B OF SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF THIS SECTION.
   § 30. Section 2 of subpart B of part AA of chapter 56 of the  laws  of
 2014  amending the education law relating to providing that standardized
 test scores shall not be included on a student's  permanent  record,  as
 amended  by section 35 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire  and  be
 deemed repealed on December 31, 2019].
   §  31.  Subdivision  10 of section 3209 of the education law is renum-
 bered subdivision 11 and a new  subdivision  10  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   10.  EVERY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  RECEIVING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 SHALL ANNUALLY SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT AN ACCOUNTING OF THE USE OF SUCH
 FUNDS IN THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR BEFORE THE END OF THE  SUCCEEDING  SCHOOL
 YEAR.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  REVIEW  SUCH ACCOUNTING AND DEVELOP, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND  DISA-

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 BILITY  ASSISTANCE, AN IDENTIFICATION OF BEST PRACTICES TO SUPPORT HOME-
 LESS YOUTH.
   §  32.  Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. EVERY SCHOOL SHALL DEFINE THE ROLES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY OF
 SCHOOL PERSONNEL, SECURITY PERSONNEL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN RESPONSE  TO
 STUDENT  MISCONDUCT THAT VIOLATES THE CODE OF CONDUCT. A SCHOOL DISTRICT
 OR CHARTER SCHOOL THAT EMPLOYS, CONTRACTS WITH, OR OTHERWISE RETAINS LAW
 ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECURITY  PERSONNEL,  INCLUDING  SCHOOL
 RESOURCE  OFFICERS,  SHALL ESTABLISH A WRITTEN CONTRACT OR MEMORANDUM OF
 UNDERSTANDING THAT IS DEVELOPED WITH  STAKEHOLDER  INPUT.  SUCH  WRITTEN
 CONTRACT  OR  MEMORANDUM  OF UNDERSTANDING SHALL DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP
 BETWEEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL, SCHOOL PERSONNEL, STUDENTS,
 VISITORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND PUBLIC  OR  PRIVATE  SECURITY  PERSONNEL.
 SUCH  CONTRACT  OR  MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH
 THE CODE OF CONDUCT, DEFINE  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OR  SECURITY  PERSONNEL'S
 ROLES,  RESPONSIBILITIES  AND  INVOLVEMENT  WITHIN  A SCHOOL AND CLEARLY
 DELEGATE THE ROLE OF SCHOOL DISCIPLINE  TO  THE  SCHOOL  ADMINISTRATION.
 SUCH  WRITTEN  CONTRACT OR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SHALL BE INCORPO-
 RATED INTO AND PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE DISTRICT SAFETY PLAN.
   § 33. The section heading of section 804  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by chapter 390 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdi-
 vision 7-a is added to read as follows:
   Health education regarding  mental  health,  alcohol,  drugs,  tobacco
 abuse,  AND  HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIPS  and the prevention and detection of
 certain cancers.
   7-A. (A) A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION INSTRUCTION  PROGRAM  SHALL
 BE  INCLUDED  WITHIN  THE  HEALTH  EDUCATION PROVIDED TO ALL STUDENTS IN
 GRADES SIX THROUGH TWELVE. SUCH  PROGRAMS  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO  AGE-APPROPRIATE,  MEDICALLY  ACCURATE  INSTRUCTION TEACHING
 COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION, SEXUAL HEALTH AND  HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIP
 PRACTICES.  SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE INCLUSIVE AND RESPECTFUL OF ALL PUPILS
 REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, DISABILITY,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,
 OR GENDER IDENTITY AND INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I)  IDENTIFICATION  AND  EXAMINATION OF IDEAS ABOUT HEALTHY RELATION-
 SHIPS AND BEHAVIORS LEARNED FROM HOME, FAMILY AND THE MEDIA;
   (II) SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-WORTH;
   (III) FRIENDSHIP AND EMPATHY;
   (IV) A DEFINITION OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE;
   (V) RECOGNITION OF WARNING SIGNS ESTABLISHED BY A DATING PARTNER;
   (VI) CHARACTERISTICS OF A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP;
   (VII) LINKS BETWEEN BULLYING AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE;
   (VIII) SAFE USE OF TECHNOLOGY;
   (IX) A DISCUSSION OF LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR  THOSE  IN  A  TEEN
 DATING VIOLENCE RELATIONSHIP;
   (X)  AN  AGE-APPROPRIATE  DEFINITION OF AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT CONSISTENT
 WITH THAT USED IN SECTION SIXTY-FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (XI) AGE-APPROPRIATE, MEDICALLY ACCURATE SEXUAL HEALTH;
   (XII)  AGE-APPROPRIATE  INSTRUCTING  TO  IDENTIFY  AND  REPORT  SEXUAL
 EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE; AND
   (XIII) INSTRUCTION TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
   (B)  THE  EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE ADDED TO THE
 HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARDS AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 HEALTH  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  CHILDREN  AND FAMILY SERVICES AND BE
 DESIGNED TO EDUCATE  STUDENTS  ABOUT  HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIPS.  PRIOR  TO
 ADOPTING  THE  EDUCATION  STANDARDS,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A

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 TASK FORCE TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS  REGARDING  THE  SCOPE  AND
 SUBSTANCE OF THE STANDARDS. THE TASK FORCE SHALL:
   (I)  SEEK  THE  RECOMMENDATIONS  OF  TEACHERS,  SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS,
 TEACHER EDUCATORS AND OTHERS WITH EDUCATIONAL EXPERTISE IN THE  PROPOSED
 SUBJECT AREAS;
   (II) SEEK THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF EXPERTS AND ORGANIZATIONS EXPERIENCED
 IN THE PROPOSED SUBJECT AREAS; AND
   (III)  SEEK  COMMENT  FROM  PARENTS,  STUDENTS  AND  OTHER  INTERESTED
 PARTIES.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AGE-APPROPRIATE MODEL INSTRUCTIONAL
 RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND EDUCATORS FOR  POTENTIAL  USE  IN  INSTRUCTING
 STUDENTS  ABOUT  PHYSICAL SELF-AWARENESS AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. SUCH
 RESOURCES SHALL BE DEVELOPED AFTER  CONSULTATION  WITH  EXPERTS  IN  THE
 FIELD.
   (D)  A  WEBPAGE  ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE  SHALL BE DEDICATED TO
 PROVIDING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO PARENTS, STUDENTS,  TEACHERS  AND
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT OFFICIALS RELATED TO COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION AND
 HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
   (E) FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION  "AGE-APPROPRIATE"  SHALL  MEAN
 TOPICS,  MESSAGES,  AND  TEACHING METHODS SUITABLE TO PARTICULAR AGE AND
 DEVELOPMENTAL LEVELS, BASED ON COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND  EXPERI-
 ENCE  LEVEL OF MOST STUDENTS AT THAT AGE LEVEL, AND "MEDICALLY ACCURATE"
 SHALL  MEAN  INFORMATION  SUPPORTED  BY  PEER  REVIEWED,  EVIDENCE-BASED
 RESEARCH  RECOGNIZED  AS  ACCURATE BY LEADING PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
 AND AGENCIES WITH RELEVANT EXPERIENCE SUCH AS THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSO-
 CIATION AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
   (F) NOTWITHSTANDING THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  A  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  SHALL  PROVIDE  REASONABLE  NOTICE TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF
 STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH TWELVE  THAT  SUCH  INSTRUCTION  WILL  BE
 GIVEN  AND  THE  NATURE  OF  THE CURRICULUM. ANY PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A
 STUDENT IN GRADES SIX THROUGH TWELVE  MAY  DIRECT  THE  REMOVAL  OF  THE
 STUDENT  FROM  SUCH  INSTRUCTION  UPON  WRITTEN  NOTICE  TO  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT.
   § 34. Section 305 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 60 to read as follows:
   60.  THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO REQUIRE THAT EVERY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT ADOPT AND DISTRIBUTE A POLICY  REGARDING  SEX  DISCRIMI-
 NATION  PURSUANT  TO  TITLE  IX  OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1972, 20
 U.S.C. § 1681 ET SEQ., AND THAT SUCH POLICY SHALL  SPECIFICALLY  ADDRESS
 DISCRIMINATION  AGAINST  PREGNANT  AND PARENTING STUDENTS. PROVIDED THAT
 SUCH POLICIES SHALL INCLUDE: A. STUDENTS' RIGHTS TO ATTEND  CLASSES  AND
 PARTICIPATE  IN  EXTRACURRICULAR  ACTIVITIES  REGARDLESS  OF PREGNANT OR
 PARENTING STATUS; B. OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE UP  MISSED  CLASSWORK  OR  TO
 EXCUSE  ABSENCES  DUE TO PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH OR RELATED CONDITIONS; C.
 PROTECTIONS OF STUDENTS FROM  HARASSMENT;  AND  D.  A  FORMAL  GRIEVANCE
 PROCEDURE.
   §  35.  Subdivision b of section 2 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992,
 relating to funding a program for work force education conducted by  the
 consortium  for worker education in New York city, as amended by section
 25 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   b.  Reimbursement for programs approved in accordance with subdivision
 a of this section for the 2016--2017 school year shall not  exceed  60.3
 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per contact hour or thir-
 teen  dollars ninety cents per contact hour, reimbursement for the 2017-
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 approvable  costs  per contact hour or thirteen dollars and ninety cents
 per contact hour, [and] reimbursement for  the  2018--2019  school  year
 shall not exceed 59.4 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per
 contact hour or fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents per contact hour,
 AND  REIMBURSEMENT  FOR THE 2019--2020 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL NOT EXCEED 57.7
 PERCENT OF THE LESSER OF SUCH  APPROVABLE  COSTS  PER  CONTACT  HOUR  OR
 FIFTEEN  DOLLARS  AND FIFTY-FIVE CENTS PER CONTACT HOUR, where a contact
 hour represents sixty minutes of instruction  services  provided  to  an
 eligible  adult.    Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the
 contrary, for the 2016--2017 school year such contact  hours  shall  not
 exceed  one million five hundred fifty-one thousand three hundred twelve
 (1,551,312); whereas for the 2017--2018 school year such  contact  hours
 shall  not  exceed  one  million  five  hundred forty-nine thousand four
 hundred sixty-three (1,549,463); [and] WHEREAS for the 2018--2019 school
 year such contact hours  shall  not  exceed  one  million  four  hundred
 sixty-three  thousand  nine hundred sixty-three (1,463,963), AND FOR THE
 2019--2020 SCHOOL YEAR SUCH CONTACT HOURS SHALL NOT EXCEED  ONE  MILLION
 TWO  HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO THOUSAND FIFTY-ONE (1,282,051).  Notwithstanding
 any other provision of law to the contrary, the apportionment calculated
 for the city school district of the city of New York pursuant to  subdi-
 vision  11  of section 3602 of the education law shall be computed as if
 such contact hours provided by the consortium for worker education,  not
 to  exceed  the contact hours set forth herein, were eligible for aid in
 accordance with the provisions of such subdivision 11 of section 3602 of
 the education law.
   § 36. Section 4 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to  fund-
 ing  a  program for work force education conducted by the consortium for
 worker education in New York city, is amended by adding a  new  subdivi-
 sion x to read as follows:
   X.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT APPLY AFTER THE
 COMPLETION OF PAYMENTS FOR THE 2019--2020 SCHOOL  YEAR.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL
 WITHHOLD A PORTION OF EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCATION AID  DUE  TO  THE
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF THE
 COSTS OF THE WORK FORCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE CREDITED
 TO  THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FUND-LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
 AND SHALL NOT  EXCEED  ELEVEN  MILLION  FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS
 ($11,500,000).
   §  37. Section 6 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker  education in New York city, as amended by section 27 of part CCC
 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6. This act shall take effect July 1,  1992,  and  shall  be  deemed
 repealed on June 30, [2019] 2020.
   §  38. Subdivisions 22 and 24 of section 140 of chapter 82 of the laws
 of 1995, amending the education law and other laws relating to state aid
 to school districts and the appropriation of funds for  the  support  of
 government,  as  amended  by section 28 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2018, are amended to read as follows:
   (22) sections one hundred twelve, one hundred  thirteen,  one  hundred
 fourteen,  one hundred fifteen and one hundred sixteen of this act shall
 take effect on July 1, 1995; provided, however, that section one hundred
 thirteen of this act shall remain in full force and effect until July 1,
 [2019] 2020 at which time it shall be deemed repealed;
   (24) sections one hundred eighteen through one hundred thirty of  this
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 July 1, 1995; provided further, however, that the amendments made pursu-
 ant to section one hundred twenty-four of this act shall be deemed to be
 repealed on and after July 1, [2019] 2020;
   §  39.  Section  12  of  chapter 147 of the laws of 2001, amending the
 education law relating to conditional appointment  of  school  district,
 charter  school or BOCES employees, as amended by section 31 of part CCC
 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 12. This act shall take effect on the same date as  chapter  180  of
 the laws of 2000 takes effect, and shall expire July 1, [2019] 2020 when
 upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   §  40.  Section  4  of  chapter  425 of the laws of 2002, amending the
 education law relating to  the  provision  of  supplemental  educational
 services,  attendance  at  a  safe  public  school and the suspension of
 pupils who bring a firearm to or possess  a  firearm  at  a  school,  as
 amended  by section 33 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002 and SECTION ONE  OF  THIS
 ACT  shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, 2019, AND SECTIONS TWO
 AND THREE OF THIS ACT SHALL EXPIRE AND BE DEEMED REPEALED  ON  JUNE  30,
 2020.
   §  41.  Section  5  of  chapter  101 of the laws of 2003, amending the
 education law relating to implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act
 of 2001, as amended by section 34 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the  laws
 of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   §  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections
 one, two and three of this act shall expire and be  deemed  repealed  on
 June 30, [2019] 2020.
   § 42. Section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002 amending the educa-
 tion  law and other laws relating to reorganization of the New York city
 school construction authority, board of education and community  boards,
 as  amended by section 1 of part G of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 34. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002; provided, that sections
 one through twenty, twenty-four, and twenty-six through thirty  of  this
 act  shall  expire and be deemed repealed June 30, [2019] 2022 provided,
 further, that notwithstanding any provision of article 5 of the  general
 construction law, on June 30, [2019] 2022 the provisions of subdivisions
 3,  5,  and 8, paragraph b of subdivision 13, subdivision 14, paragraphs
 b, d, and e of subdivision 15, and subdivisions 17  and  21  of  section
 2554  of  the  education  law  as repealed by section three of this act,
 subdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the  education  law  as  repealed  by
 section  six  of  this  act,  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of section
 2590-b of the education law as repealed by section seven  of  this  act,
 section 2590-c of the education law as repealed by section eight of this
 act, paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 2590-d of the education law
 as  repealed by section twenty-six of this act, subdivision 1 of section
 2590-e of the education law as repealed by section twenty-seven of  this
 act,  subdivision  28 of section 2590-h of the education law as repealed
 by section twenty-eight of this act, subdivision 30 of section 2590-h of
 the education law as repealed by section twenty-nine of this act, subdi-
 vision 30-a of section 2590-h  of  the  education  law  as  repealed  by
 section  thirty  of  this  act  shall  be  revived  and  be read as such
 provisions existed in law on the date immediately preceding  the  effec-
 tive  date of this act; provided, however, that sections seven and eight
 of this act shall take effect on November  30,  2003;  provided  further
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 law made by section two of this act shall be subject to  the  expiration
 and  reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 12 of chapter 147
 of the laws of 2001, as amended, when upon such date the  provisions  of
 section four of this act shall take effect.
   §  43. Subdivision 12 of section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of 2009
 amending the education law and other laws relating to the New York  city
 board of education, chancellor, community councils, and community super-
 intendents,  as amended by section 2 of part G of chapter 61 of the laws
 of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   12. any provision in sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
 eight, nine, ten and eleven of this act  not  otherwise  set  to  expire
 pursuant to section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, as amended, or
 section  17 of chapter 123 of the laws of 2003, as amended, shall expire
 and be deemed repealed June 30, [2019] 2022.
   § 44. Section 7 of chapter 472 of  the  laws  of  1998,  amending  the
 education law relating to the lease of school buses by school districts,
 as  amended by section 40 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017,
 is amended to read as follows:
   § 7. This act shall take effect September 1, 1998,  and  shall  expire
 and be deemed repealed September 1, [2019] 2021.
   §  45.  Section  2  of  chapter  552 of the laws of 1995, amending the
 education law relating to contracts for  the  transportation  of  school
 children,  as  amended by section 25 of part A of chapter 54 of the laws
 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect on  the  first  day  of  January  next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall remain
 in  full  force  and effect until January 1, [2020] 2023, when upon such
 date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   § 46. Section 26 of subpart F of part C of chapter 97 of the  laws  of
 2011 amending the education law relating to census reporting, as amended
 by  section 21-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended
 to read as follows:
   § 26. This act shall take effect immediately provided,  however,  that
 the provisions of section three of this act shall expire June 30, [2019]
 2024  when upon such date the provisions of such section shall be deemed
 repealed; provided, further that the provisions of sections eight, elev-
 en, twelve, thirteen and twenty of this act shall expire  July  1,  2014
 when  upon  such  date  the  provisions of such sections shall be deemed
 repealed.
   § 47. School bus driver training. In addition to apportionments other-
 wise provided by section 3602 of the education law, for aid  payable  in
 the 2019--2020 school year, the commissioner of education shall allocate
 school  bus  driver  training  grants  to school districts and boards of
 cooperative educational services pursuant to sections 3650-a, 3650-b and
 3650-c of the education law, or for contracts directly with not-for-pro-
 fit educational organizations for the purposes  of  this  section.  Such
 payments  shall  not exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) per
 school year.
   § 48. Special apportionment for salary  expenses.  a.  Notwithstanding
 any  other  provision  of  law,  upon application to the commissioner of
 education, not sooner than the first day of  the  second  full  business
 week  of  June  2020  and  not later than the last day of the third full
 business week of June 2020, a school district eligible for an apportion-
 ment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law shall be eligible  to
 receive  an  apportionment pursuant to this section, for the school year
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 June 30, 2019 and such apportionment shall not exceed the sum of (i) the
 deficit  reduction assessment of 1990--1991 as determined by the commis-
 sioner of education, pursuant to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section
 3602 of the education law, as in effect through June 30, 1993, plus (ii)
 186  percent  of such amount for a city school district in a city with a
 population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, plus (iii) 209 percent of
 such amount for a city school district in a city with  a  population  of
 more  than 195,000 inhabitants and less than 219,000 inhabitants accord-
 ing to the latest federal census, plus  (iv)  the  net  gap  elimination
 adjustment  for  2010--2011, as determined by the commissioner of educa-
 tion pursuant to chapter 53 of the laws of 2010, plus (v) the gap elimi-
 nation adjustment for 2011--2012 as determined by  the  commissioner  of
 education  pursuant  to  subdivision 17 of section 3602 of the education
 law, and provided further that such apportionment shall not exceed  such
 salary  expenses.  Such  application shall be made by a school district,
 after the board of education or trustees have adopted a resolution to do
 so and in the case of a city school district in a city with a population
 in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the approval of the mayor of such
 city.
   b. The claim for an apportionment to be  paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  subdivision  a  of  this section shall be submitted to the
 commissioner of education on a form prescribed  for  such  purpose,  and
 shall  be  payable upon determination by such commissioner that the form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on the same day in September of the school year following  the  year  in
 which  application  was  made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph
 (4) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
 law, on the audit and warrant  of  the  state  comptroller  on  vouchers
 certified  or  approved  by  the commissioner of education in the manner
 prescribed by law from moneys in the state lottery  fund  and  from  the
 general  fund  to  the  extent that the amount paid to a school district
 pursuant to this section exceeds the amount, if  any,  due  such  school
 district pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section  3609-a  of  the  education law in the school year following the
 year in which application was made.
   c. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3609-a of  the  education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions  a  and  b of this section shall first be deducted from the
 following payments due  the  school  district  during  the  school  year
 following  the  year  in which application was made pursuant to subpara-
 graphs (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of paragraph a  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  3609-a of the education law in the following order: the lottery
 apportionment payable pursuant to subparagraph  (2)  of  such  paragraph
 followed by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph (4)
 of  such  paragraph  and then followed by the district's payments to the
 teachers' retirement system pursuant to subparagraph (1) of  such  para-
 graph, and any remainder to be deducted from the individualized payments
 due  the  district  pursuant to paragraph b of such subdivision shall be
 deducted on a chronological basis starting with the earliest payment due
 the district.
   § 49. Special apportionment for public pension accruals. a.   Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, upon application to the commission-
 er  of education, not later than June 30, 2020, a school district eligi-
 ble for an apportionment pursuant to section 3602 of the  education  law
 shall  be eligible to receive an apportionment pursuant to this section,
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 not  exceed  the  additional  accruals  required  to  be  made by school
 districts in the 2004--2005 and 2005--2006 school years associated  with
 changes  for  such  public pension liabilities. The amount of such addi-
 tional  accrual  shall  be certified to the commissioner of education by
 the president of the board of education or the trustees or, in the  case
 of  a  city  school  district  in  a city with a population in excess of
 125,000 inhabitants, the mayor of such city. Such application  shall  be
 made by a school district, after the board of education or trustees have
 adopted  a resolution to do so and in the case of a city school district
 in a city with a population in excess of 125,000 inhabitants,  with  the
 approval of the mayor of such city.
   b.  The  claim  for  an  apportionment to be paid to a school district
 pursuant to subdivision a of this section  shall  be  submitted  to  the
 commissioner  of  education  on  a form prescribed for such purpose, and
 shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner that  the  form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on  the  same  day in September of the school year following the year in
 which application was made as funds provided  pursuant  to  subparagraph
 (4) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
 law,  on  the  audit  and  warrant  of the state comptroller on vouchers
 certified or approved by the commissioner of  education  in  the  manner
 prescribed  by  law  from  moneys in the state lottery fund and from the
 general fund to the extent that the amount paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  this  section  exceeds the amount, if any, due such school
 district pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 3609-a of the education law in the  school  year  following  the
 year in which application was made.
   c.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of section 3609-a of the education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions a and b of this section shall first be  deducted  from  the
 following  payments  due  the  school  district  during  the school year
 following the year in which application was made  pursuant  to  subpara-
 graphs  (1),  (2),  (3),  (4) and (5) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 3609-a of the education law in the following order: the  lottery
 apportionment  payable  pursuant  to  subparagraph (2) of such paragraph
 followed by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph (4)
 of such paragraph and then followed by the district's  payments  to  the
 teachers'  retirement  system pursuant to subparagraph (1) of such para-
 graph, and any remainder to be deducted from the individualized payments
 due the district pursuant to paragraph b of such  subdivision  shall  be
 deducted on a chronological basis starting with the earliest payment due
 the district.
   § 50. Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule, or regulation to
 the  contrary,  the  city school district of the city of Rochester, upon
 the consent of the board of  cooperative  educational  services  of  the
 supervisory  district  serving  its  geographic region may purchase from
 such board for the 2019--2020 school year,  as  a  non-component  school
 district, services required by article 19 of the education law.
   §  51. The amounts specified in this section shall be a set-aside from
 the state funds which each such district is  receiving  from  the  total
 foundation aid:
   a.  for the development, maintenance or expansion of magnet schools or
 magnet school programs for the 2019--2020  school  year.  For  the  city
 school  district  of  the  city of New York there shall be a setaside of
 foundation aid equal to forty-eight  million  one  hundred  seventy-five
 thousand  dollars  ($48,175,000) including five hundred thousand dollars

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 ($500,000) for the Andrew Jackson High  School;  for  the  Buffalo  city
 school   district,   twenty-one  million  twenty-five  thousand  dollars
 ($21,025,000); for the Rochester city school district,  fifteen  million
 dollars  ($15,000,000);  for the Syracuse city school district, thirteen
 million dollars ($13,000,000); for the  Yonkers  city  school  district,
 forty-nine  million five hundred thousand dollars ($49,500,000); for the
 Newburgh city school district, four million six hundred forty-five thou-
 sand dollars ($4,645,000); for the Poughkeepsie  city  school  district,
 two million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($2,475,000); for
 the Mount Vernon city school district, two million dollars ($2,000,000);
 for  the New Rochelle city school district, one million four hundred ten
 thousand dollars ($1,410,000); for the Schenectady city school district,
 one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000);  for  the  Port
 Chester  city  school  district,  one million one hundred fifty thousand
 dollars ($1,150,000); for the White Plains city  school  district,  nine
 hundred  thousand  dollars ($900,000); for the Niagara Falls city school
 district, six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000); for the  Albany  city
 school  district,  three  million  five  hundred  fifty thousand dollars
 ($3,550,000); for the Utica city school district,  two  million  dollars
 ($2,000,000);  for  the Beacon city school district, five hundred sixty-
 six  thousand  dollars  ($566,000);  for  the  Middletown  city   school
 district,  four  hundred  thousand  dollars ($400,000); for the Freeport
 union free school district, four hundred  thousand  dollars  ($400,000);
 for  the  Greenburgh  central  school  district,  three hundred thousand
 dollars ($300,000);  for  the  Amsterdam  city  school  district,  eight
 hundred  thousand  dollars  ($800,000);  for  the  Peekskill city school
 district, two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000); and  for  the  Hudson
 city school district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000).
   b.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary,
 a school district setting aside such foundation  aid  pursuant  to  this
 section  may  use  such  setaside  funds  for:  (i) any instructional or
 instructional support costs associated with the operation  of  a  magnet
 school; or
   (ii)  any instructional or instructional support costs associated with
 implementation of an alternative approach to  promote  diversity  and/or
 enhancement  of  the  instructional  program and raising of standards in
 elementary and secondary schools of school districts having  substantial
 concentrations of minority students.
   c.  The  commissioner of education shall not be authorized to withhold
 foundation aid from a school district that used such funds in accordance
 with this paragraph, notwithstanding any inconsistency  with  a  request
 for  proposals issued by such commissioner for the purpose of attendance
 improvement and dropout prevention for the 2019--2020 school  year,  and
 for  any city school district in a city having a population of more than
 one  million,  the  setaside  for  attendance  improvement  and  dropout
 prevention  shall  equal  the amount set aside in the base year. For the
 2019--2020 school year, it is further  provided  that  any  city  school
 district  in  a  city having a population of more than one million shall
 allocate at least one-third of any increase from  base  year  levels  in
 funds set aside pursuant to the requirements of this section to communi-
 ty-based  organizations.  Any increase required pursuant to this section
 to community-based organizations must  be  in  addition  to  allocations
 provided to community-based organizations in the base year.
   d.  For the purpose of teacher support for the 2019--2020 school year:
 for the city school district of the city of New York, sixty-two  million
 seven hundred seven thousand dollars ($62,707,000); for the Buffalo city

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 school  district,  one  million seven hundred forty-one thousand dollars
 ($1,741,000); for the Rochester city school district, one million seven-
 ty six thousand  dollars  ($1,076,000);  for  the  Yonkers  city  school
 district,   one   million   one  hundred  forty-seven  thousand  dollars
 ($1,147,000); and for the Syracuse city school district,  eight  hundred
 nine  thousand  dollars ($809,000). All funds made available to a school
 district pursuant to this section shall be  distributed  among  teachers
 including  prekindergarten teachers and teachers of adult vocational and
 academic subjects in accordance with this section and shall be in  addi-
 tion  to  salaries heretofore or hereafter negotiated or made available;
 provided, however, that all funds distributed pursuant to  this  section
 for  the  current year shall be deemed to incorporate all funds distrib-
 uted pursuant to former subdivision 27 of section 3602 of the  education
 law  for prior years. In school districts where the teachers are repres-
 ented by certified or  recognized  employee  organizations,  all  salary
 increases  funded  pursuant to this section shall be determined by sepa-
 rate collective negotiations conducted pursuant to  the  provisions  and
 procedures  of  article 14 of the civil service law, notwithstanding the
 existence of a negotiated agreement between  a  school  district  and  a
 certified or recognized employee organization.
   §  52.  Support  of  public libraries. The moneys appropriated for the
 support of public libraries by a chapter of the laws  of  2018  enacting
 the  aid  to  localities  budget shall be apportioned for the 2019--2020
 state fiscal year in accordance with the  provisions  of  sections  271,
 272,  273,  282,  284,  and  285  of the education law as amended by the
 provisions of this chapter and the provisions of this section,  provided
 that library construction aid pursuant to section 273-a of the education
 law  shall  not  be  payable  from the appropriations for the support of
 public libraries and provided further that no library, library system or
 program, as defined by the commissioner of education, shall receive less
 total system or program aid than it received  for  the  year  2001--2002
 except as a result of a reduction adjustment necessary to conform to the
 appropriations for support of public libraries.
   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary the moneys
 appropriated for the support of public libraries for the year 2019--2020
 by a chapter of the laws of 2019 enacting the education, labor and fami-
 ly assistance budget shall fulfill the  state's  obligation  to  provide
 such aid and, pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner of educa-
 tion  and  approved  by  the  director of the budget, the aid payable to
 libraries and library systems pursuant to such appropriations  shall  be
 reduced  proportionately  to assure that the total amount of aid payable
 does not exceed the total appropriations for such purpose.
   § 53. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable, and
 if the application of  any  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,
 section  or  part  of  this  act  to any person or circumstance shall be
 adjudged by any court of competent  jurisdiction  to  be  invalid,  such
 judgment shall not necessarily affect, impair or invalidate the applica-
 tion of any such clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, part
 of  this  act  or  remainder  thereof,  as the case may be, to any other
 person or circumstance, but shall be confined in its  operation  to  the
 clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or  part  thereof
 directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment  shall  have
 been rendered.
   §  54.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2019, provided,
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   1. Sections one, three, four, five, five-a, six, seven,  eight,  nine,
 ten,  sixteen,  seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twen-
 ty-two, twenty-three, thirty-two, thirty-four,  forty-seven,  fifty  and
 fifty-one of this act shall take effect July 1, 2019;
   2.  Sections  eleven,  twelve, thirteen and fourteen of this act shall
 take effect July 1, 2020;
   3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7-a of section 804  of  the  education
 law,  as  added  by  section thirty-three of this act, shall take effect
 July 1, 2019;
   4. The amendments to section 3614 of the education law made by section
 two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
 deemed repealed therewith; and
   5. The amendments to chapter 756 of the  laws  of  1992,  relating  to
 funding  a  program for work force education conducted by the consortium
 for worker education in New York City made by sections  thirty-five  and
 thirty-six  of  this act shall not affect the repeal of such chapter and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART B
 
   Section 1. Section 7408 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED TO
 LAWFULLY  ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY PURSUANT TO ARTI-
 CLE FIFTEEN OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW, ARTICLES ONE AND EIGHT-B OF
 THE PARTNERSHIP LAW, OR ARTICLES TWELVE  AND  THIRTEEN  OF  THE  LIMITED
 LIABILITY  COMPANY  LAW SHALL BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION.
   § 2. Section 1503 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H) ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING  AS
 A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION  FORMED  TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE
 PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED
 UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED  TO  SHOW  (1)  THAT  A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE
 FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNERSHIP-BASED COMPEN-
 SATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO INDIVID-
 UALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT
 ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION  WHOSE  PRINCIPAL
 PLACE  OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE
 OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER
 SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  FOUR  OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR ARE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED UNDER SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  FIVE  OF  THE
 EDUCATION  LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE FIRM
 AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD  OF
 REGENTS.    NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS PARAGRAPH, A FIRM
 INCORPORATED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF  THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS".  EACH
 NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS  INCORPORATED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  BE  A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF
 THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHER-
 WISE  INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF
 THE FIRM. SUCH A FIRM SHALL HAVE ATTACHED TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF INCORPO-
 RATION A CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES DEMONSTRATING THE FIRM'S COMPLIANCE

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 WITH THIS PARAGRAPH, IN LIEU OF THE CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES REQUIRED
 BY SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. Section 1507 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE  OF THIS ARTICLE MAY ISSUE SHARES TO INDIVIDUALS
 WHO ARE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE A  PROFESSION  WHICH
 SUCH  CORPORATION  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE AND WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN
 ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF SUCH PROFESSION  IN  SUCH  CORPORATION  OR  A
 PREDECESSOR  ENTITY,  OR WHO WILL ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF SUCH PROFES-
 SION IN SUCH CORPORATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE DATE SUCH SHARES  ARE
 ISSUED  AND  MAY  ALSO  ISSUE SHARES TO EMPLOYEES OF THE CORPORATION NOT
 LICENSED AS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, PROVIDED THAT:
   (I) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF  STOCK  OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II)  AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE DIRECTORS ARE CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS ARE CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,
   (IV)  THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR OFFICERS ARE  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS.
 NO  SHAREHOLDER OF A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCOR-
 PORATING AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H)
 OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  ENTER  INTO  A
 VOTING  TRUST AGREEMENT, PROXY OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF AGREEMENT VESTING IN
 ANOTHER PERSON, OTHER THAN ANOTHER SHAREHOLDER OF THE SAME  CORPORATION,
 THE  AUTHORITY  TO  EXERCISE  VOTING  POWER  OF ANY OR ALL OF HIS OR HER
 SHARES. ALL  SHARES  ISSUED,  AGREEMENTS  MADE  OR  PROXIES  GRANTED  IN
 VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE VOID.
   § 4. Section 1508 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  THE  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSI-
 NESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING  AS  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE  MAY  INCLUDE  INDIVIDUALS  WHO  ARE NOT LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT AT LEAST  FIFTY-ONE  PERCENT  OF  THE
 DIRECTORS, AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS AND THE PRESIDENT,
 THE  CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFI-
 CER OR OFFICERS ARE AUTHORIZED BY  LAW  TO  PRACTICE  IN  THIS  STATE  A
 PROFESSION  WHICH  SUCH  CORPORATION  IS AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE, AND ARE
 EITHER SHAREHOLDERS OF SUCH CORPORATION OR ENGAGED IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF
 THEIR PROFESSIONS IN SUCH CORPORATION.
   § 5. Section 1509 of the business corporation law, as amended by chap-
 ter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 § 1509. Disqualification   of   shareholders,  directors,  officers  and
           employees.
   If any shareholder, director, officer or employee  of  a  professional
 service  corporation,  including  a  design  professional service corpo-
 ration, OR ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF  INCORPORAT-
 ING  AS  A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF
 SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, who  has  been  rendering
 professional service to the public becomes legally disqualified to prac-
 tice  his  profession  within  this state, he shall sever all employment
 with, and financial interests (other than interests as a  creditor)  in,
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 this article. All provisions of law regulating the rendering of  profes-
 sional  services  by  a  person  elected or appointed to a public office
 shall be applicable to a shareholder, director, officer and employee  of
 such  corporation  in the same manner and to the same extent as if fully
 set forth herein. Such legal disqualification to practice his profession
 within this state shall be deemed to constitute an irrevocable offer  by
 the  disqualified  shareholder  to  sell  his shares to the corporation,
 pursuant to the provisions of section 1510 of this  article  or  of  the
 certificate of incorporation, by-laws or agreement among the corporation
 and all shareholders, whichever is applicable. Compliance with the terms
 of  such  offer  shall be specifically enforceable in the courts of this
 state. A professional service corporation's failure to  enforce  compli-
 ance with this provision shall constitute a ground for forfeiture of its
 certificate of incorporation and its dissolution.
   § 6. Paragraph (a) of section 1511 of the business corporation law, as
 amended  by  chapter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new para-
 graph (c) is added to read as follows:
   (a) No shareholder of a professional service corporation [or], INCLUD-
 ING a design professional service corporation, OR ANY  FIRM  ESTABLISHED
 FOR  THE  BUSINESS  PURPOSE  OF  INCORPORATING AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
 CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  may  sell or transfer his shares in such corporation
 except to another individual who is eligible to have  shares  issued  to
 him  by  such  corporation  or except in trust to another individual who
 would be eligible to receive shares if he were employed  by  the  corpo-
 ration.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be construed to prohibit the
 transfer of shares by operation of law or by court decree.  No transfer-
 ee of shares by operation of law or court decree may vote the shares for
 any purpose whatsoever except with respect  to  corporate  action  under
 sections  909 and 1001 of this chapter. The restriction in the preceding
 sentence shall not apply, however, where such transferee would be eligi-
 ble to have shares issued to him if he were an employee  of  the  corpo-
 ration  and,  if  there are other shareholders, a majority of such other
 shareholders shall fail to redeem the shares so transferred, pursuant to
 section 1510 of this article, within sixty  days  of  receiving  written
 notice  of  such  transfer. Any sale or transfer, except by operation of
 law or court decree or except for a corporation having only  one  share-
 holder,  may be made only after the same shall have been approved by the
 board of directors, or at a shareholders' meeting specially  called  for
 such  purpose  by  such  proportion,  not  less  than a majority, of the
 outstanding shares as may be provided in  the  certificate  of  incorpo-
 ration  or  in  the by-laws of such professional service corporation. At
 such shareholders' meeting the shares held by the shareholder  proposing
 to  sell  or  transfer  his  shares  may not be voted or counted for any
 purpose, unless all shareholders consent that such shares  be  voted  or
 counted.  The certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the profes-
 sional service corporation, or the professional service corporation  and
 the  shareholders  by  private  agreement, may provide, in lieu of or in
 addition to the foregoing provisions, for the alienation of  shares  and
 may  require  the  redemption  or purchase of such shares by such corpo-
 ration at prices and in a manner specifically  set  forth  therein.  The
 existence  of  the  restrictions  on  the sale or transfer of shares, as
 contained in this article and, if  applicable,  in  the  certificate  of
 incorporation,  by-laws,  stock  purchase or stock redemption agreement,
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 for  shares  issued  by  a professional service corporation. Any sale or
 transfer in violation of such restrictions shall be void.
   (C)  A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS A
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (H)  OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, SHALL PURCHASE OR REDEEM THE
 SHARES OF A NON-LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SHAREHOLDER IN THE CASE OF HIS  OR
 HER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH TERMINATION.
 A  FIRM  ESTABLISHED  FOR  THE  BUSINESS  PURPOSE  OF INCORPORATING AS A
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (H)  OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE
 OR  REDEEM  THE  SHARES OF A TERMINATED NON-LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SHARE-
 HOLDER IF SUCH SHARES, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER  SUCH  TERMINATION,  ARE
 SOLD  OR  TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 7. Paragraph (a) of section 1512 of the business corporation law, as
 amended by chapter 550 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, the name of a profes-
 sional service corporation,  including  a  design  professional  service
 corporation  AND ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCOR-
 PORATING AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H)
 OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, may contain  any  word
 which,  at  the  time  of  incorporation, could be used in the name of a
 partnership practicing a profession which the corporation is  authorized
 to  practice,  and  may  not contain any word which could not be used by
 such a partnership.   Provided, however,  the  name  of  a  professional
 service corporation may not contain the name of a deceased person unless
   (1) such  person's  name was part of the corporate name at the time of
 such person's death; or
   (2) such person's name was part of the name of an existing partnership
 and at least two-thirds of such partnership's partners become sharehold-
 ers of the corporation.
   § 8. Section 1514 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) EACH FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE
 YEARS ON OR BEFORE THE  DATE  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  LICENSING  AUTHORITY,
 FURNISH  A  STATEMENT  TO  THE LICENSING AUTHORITY LISTING THE NAMES AND
 RESIDENCE ADDRESSES OF EACH SHAREHOLDER, DIRECTOR AND  OFFICER  OF  SUCH
 CORPORATION  AND  CERTIFY  AS THE DATE OF CERTIFICATION AND AT ALL TIMES
 OVER THE ENTIRE THREE YEAR PERIOD THAT:
   (I) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF  STOCK  OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE AND WERE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II)  AT  LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE DIRECTORS ARE AND WERE CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS ARE AND  WERE  CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (IV)  THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  OR  OFFICERS  ARE  AND  WERE  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS.
 THE  STATEMENT  SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OR ANY CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANT VICE-PRESIDENT AND  ATTESTED  TO  BY  THE  SECRETARY  OR  ANY
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION.
   § 9. Paragraph (d) of section 1525 of the business corporation law, as
 added by chapter 505 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:

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   (d) "Foreign  professional  service  corporation" means a professional
 service corporation, whether or not denominated as such, organized under
 the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state, all of the  sharehold-
 ers,  directors  and  officers  of  which are authorized and licensed to
 practice  the  profession  for  which such corporation is licensed to do
 business; except that all shareholders,  directors  and  officers  of  a
 foreign  professional service corporation which provides health services
 in this state shall be licensed in this state. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE  CORPORATION  FORMED  TO
 LAWFULLY  ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE
 IS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, OR
 EQUIVALENT STATE LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJOR-
 ITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE  FIRM,  IN  TERMS  OF  FINANCIAL  INTERESTS,
 INCLUDING  OWNERSHIP-BASED  COMPENSATION,  AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE
 FIRM'S OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY  IN  SOME  STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF A FOREIGN
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN
 THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN
 THIS STATE, HOLD A  VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED  FOUR  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW OR ARE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED
 UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF THE EDUCATION  LAW.  ALTHOUGH
 FIRMS  MAY  INCLUDE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,  THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST
 COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.    NOTWITH-
 STANDING  THE  FOREGOING,  A  FIRM REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT
 HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE  WORDS  "CERTI-
 FIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANT,"  OR  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 OPERATING UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE  A  NATURAL  PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES  IN  THE  BUSINESS  OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES,
 PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A
 NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE  BUSINESS  CONDUCTED  BY
 THE  FIRM  OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHER-
 WISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT  OF
 THE FIRM.
   §  10.  Subdivision (q) of section 121-1500 of the partnership law, as
 amended by chapter 475 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (q)  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide medical services in this state must be licensed  pursuant  to
 article  131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state and
 each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership  formed  to
 provide dental services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
 cle  133 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.  Each
 partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed to  provide
 veterinary  services  in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 135 of the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this  state.
 EACH  PARTNER  OF  A  REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO
 PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE  OF  BUSINESS
 IS  IN  THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST BE
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. Each partner of a registered limited  liabil-
 ity partnership formed to provide professional engineering, land survey-
 ing,  geological  services, architectural and/or landscape architectural
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 145, article
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 such  professions  in  this  state. Each partner of a registered limited
 liability partnership formed to provide licensed  clinical  social  work
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the
 education law to practice clinical social work in this state. Each part-
 ner  of  a  registered  limited  liability partnership formed to provide
 creative arts therapy services in this state must be  licensed  pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this  state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership
 formed to provide marriage and family therapy  services  in  this  state
 must  be  licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to prac-
 tice marriage and family therapy in this state. Each partner of a regis-
 tered limited liability partnership  formed  to  provide  mental  health
 counseling  services  in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 163 of the education law to practice mental health  counseling  in  this
 state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursu-
 ant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in
 this state. Each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership
 formed  to  provide applied behavior analysis service in this state must
 be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this  state.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW  A  LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO
 LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH  PRACTICE
 IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE
 REQUIRED  TO  SHOW  (1)  THAT  A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE
 FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNERSHIP-BASED COMPEN-
 SATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO INDIVID-
 UALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT
 ALL PARTNERS OF A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
 BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION
 7404  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW  OR  ARE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED UNDER
 SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICEN-
 SEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH  RULES  PROMULGATED
 BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM
 REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS  IF  THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH NON-
 LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS INCORPORATED UNDER THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE
 FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR  PROFESSIONAL  CORPORATION,  PROVIDED  EACH
 BENEFICIAL  OWNER  OF  AN  EQUITY  INTEREST  IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL
 PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY  THE  FIRM
 OR  ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE  INDI-
 VIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   §  11.  Subdivision (q) of section 121-1502 of the partnership law, as
 amended by chapter 475 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (q)  Each  partner  of  a  foreign limited liability partnership which
 provides medical services in this state must  be  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  131  of the education law to practice medicine in the state and
 each partner of a foreign limited liability partnership  which  provides
 dental services in the state must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of
 the education law to practice dentistry in this state. Each partner of a

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 foreign  limited liability partnership which provides veterinary service
 in the state shall be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the  education
 law  to  practice  veterinary  medicine in this state. Each partner of a
 foreign  limited liability partnership which provides professional engi-
 neering, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or land-
 scape architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to
 article  145,  article  147  and/or  article 148 of the education law to
 practice one or more of such professions.   EACH PARTNER  OF  A  FOREIGN
 REGISTERED  LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO  PROVIDE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE
 AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST BE LICENSED  PURSUANT
 TO  ARTICLE  149  OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN
 THIS STATE. Each partner of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership
 which provides licensed clinical social work services in this state must
 be  licensed  pursuant  to  article 154 of the education law to practice
 licensed clinical social work in this state. Each partner of  a  foreign
 limited  liability  partnership  which  provides  creative  arts therapy
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the
 education  law  to  practice  creative  arts therapy in this state. Each
 partner of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which  provides
 marriage  and  family  therapy  services  in this state must be licensed
 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to  practice  marriage  and
 family  therapy in this state. Each partner of a foreign limited liabil-
 ity partnership which provides mental health counseling services in this
 state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education  law  to
 practice  mental  health  counseling  in  this  state. Each partner of a
 foreign limited  liability  partnership  which  provides  psychoanalysis
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the
 education law to practice psychoanalysis in this state. Each partner  of
 a  foreign limited liability partnership which provides applied behavior
 analysis services in this state must be licensed or  certified  pursuant
 to  article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior analy-
 sis in this state.   NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW  A
 FOREIGN  LIMITED  LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE
 PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED
 UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED  TO  SHOW  (1)
 THAT  A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINAN-
 CIAL  INTERESTS,  INCLUDING  OWNERSHIP-BASED  COMPENSATION,  AND  VOTING
 RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE  FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO
 PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL PARTNERS  OF
 A  FOREIGN  LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY  IN  THIS  STATE,  HOLD A VALID LICENCE ISSUED UNDER SECTION
 7404 OF THE EDUCATION LAW  OR  ARE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS  LICENSED  UNDER
 SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICEN-
 SEE  OWNERS,  THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED
 BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  FOREGOING,  A  FIRM
 REGISTERED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR  "CPAS."    EACH
 NON-LICENSEE  OWNER  OF  A  FIRM THAT IS INCORPORATED UNDER THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE  BUSINESS
 OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH
 BENEFICIAL  OWNER  OF  AN  EQUITY  INTEREST  IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL
 PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY  THE  FIRM

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 OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE"  MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDI-
 VIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   §  12.  Subdivision  (h) of section 121-101 of the partnership law, as
 added by chapter 950 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) "Limited partnership" and  "domestic  limited  partnership"  mean,
 unless  the  context otherwise requires, a partnership (i) formed by two
 or more persons pursuant to this article or which complies with subdivi-
 sion (a) of section 121-1202 of this article and (ii) having one or more
 general partners and one or more limited partners.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 OTHER  PROVISIONS OF LAW A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OR DOMESTIC LIMITED PART-
 NERSHIP FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY,
 AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A  SIMPLE  MAJORITY  OF  THE
 OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNER-
 SHIP-BASED  COMPENSATION,  AND  VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS,
 BELONGS TO INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY  IN  SOME
 STATE,  AND  (2)  THAT ALL PARTNERS OF A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OR DOMESTIC
 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE,
 AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE,
 HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7404 OF THE EDUCATION  LAW  OR
 ARE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED UNDER SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
 ALTHOUGH  FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS
 MUST COMPLY WITH RULES  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  REGENTS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY
 NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF  THE  FIRM'S  NAME  INCLUDES  THE  WORDS
 "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES  IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR
 (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP  OR  PROFES-
 SIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST
 IN  SUCH  ENTITY  IS  A  NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE
 BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR  PURPOSES
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
 CLIENTS  OR  TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSI-
 NESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 13. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  With  respect to a professional service limited liability company
 formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 131 of the education law, each  member  of  such  limited  liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to
 practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a professional service
 limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide dental services as such
 services are defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of
 such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article  133
 of  the  education law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect
 to a professional service limited liability company  formed  to  provide
 veterinary  services  as such services are defined in article 135 of the
 education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education law to practice veter-
 inary  medicine  in  this  state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  professional  engineering,
 land surveying, architectural, landscape architectural and/or geological

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 services  as  such  services are defined in article 145, article 147 and
 article 148 of the education law, each member of such limited  liability
 company  must  be  licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or
 article  148  of  the  education  law  to  practice  one or more of such
 professions in this state.   WITH  RESPECT  TO  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE
 LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES
 AS SUCH SERVICES ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW  EACH
 MEMBER  OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST
 BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW  TO  PRACTICE
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a professional service
 limited  liability  company  formed  to provide licensed clinical social
 work services as such services are defined in article 154 of the  educa-
 tion  law,  each  member  of  such  limited  liability  company shall be
 licensed pursuant to article  154  of  the  education  law  to  practice
 licensed  clinical  social work in this state. With respect to a profes-
 sional service limited liability company formed to provide creative arts
 therapy services as such services are defined  in  article  163  of  the
 education  law,  each  member  of such limited liability company must be
 licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  crea-
 tive  arts therapy in this state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to provide marriage and family  therapy
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 163 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. With respect  to  a  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  formed  to provide mental health counseling
 services as such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  mental  health
 counseling in this state. With respect to a professional service limited
 liability  company  formed  to  provide  psychoanalysis services as such
 services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of
 such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article  163
 of  the  education  law  to  practice psychoanalysis in this state. With
 respect to a professional service limited liability  company  formed  to
 provide  applied behavior analysis services as such services are defined
 in article 167 of the education law, each member of such limited liabil-
 ity company must be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the
 education law to practice  applied  behavior  analysis  in  this  state.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW  A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE  PRACTICE  OF
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTI-
 CLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE
 MAJORITY  OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS,
 INCLUDING OWNERSHIP-BASED COMPENSATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE
 FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL MEMBERS OF A LIMITED PROFES-
 SIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY  IN  THIS  STATE,  HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION
 7404 OF THE EDUCATION LAW  OR  ARE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS  LICENSED  UNDER
 SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICEN-
 SEE  OWNERS,  THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED
 BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING,  A  FIRM
 REGISTERED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE

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 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS  "CPA"  OR  "CPAS."  EACH
 NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE
 FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR  PROFESSIONAL  CORPORATION,  PROVIDED  EACH
 BENEFICIAL  OWNER  OF  AN  EQUITY  INTEREST  IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL
 PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY  THE  FIRM
 OR  ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE  INDI-
 VIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 14. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability company
 law,  as  amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) "Foreign professional service limited liability company"  means  a
 professional  service  limited liability company, whether or not denomi-
 nated as such, organized under the laws of  a  jurisdiction  other  than
 this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes-
 sional  authorized  by  law to render a professional service within this
 state and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such  profession
 in  such professional service limited liability company or a predecessor
 entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes-
 sional service limited liability company within thirty days of the  date
 such  professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and manag-
 ers, if any, is a professional at least one of such members  is  author-
 ized  by  law to render a professional service within this state and who
 is or has been engaged in  the  practice  of  such  profession  in  such
 professional  service limited liability company or a predecessor entity,
 or will engage in the practice of such profession  in  the  professional
 service  limited  liability  company within thirty days of the date such
 professional becomes a member, or  (ii)  authorized  by,  or  holding  a
 license,  certificate,  registration  or  permit issued by the licensing
 authority pursuant to,  the  education  law  to  render  a  professional
 service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any,
 of  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  that
 provides health services in this state shall be licensed in this  state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle  135  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
 service limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to  article
 135  of  the education law to practice veterinary medicine. With respect
 to a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  which
 provides medical services as such services are defined in article 131 of
 the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
 limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to  article  131  of
 the education law to practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a
 foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
 dental services as such services are  defined  in  article  133  of  the
 education  law, each member of such foreign professional service limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the educa-
 tion law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect to a  foreign
 professional  service  limited  liability company which provides profes-
 sional engineering, land surveying, geologic, architectural and/or land-
 scape architectural services as such services  are  defined  in  article
 145,  article  147  and article 148 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be

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 licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the
 education law to practice one or more of such professions in this state.
 WITH RESPECT TO A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 WHICH  PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES AS SUCH SERVICES ARE DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, EACH MEMBER OF SUCH FOREIGN PROFES-
 SIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF  BUSI-
 NESS  IS  IN  THIS  STATE  AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES,
 SHALL BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO  PRAC-
 TICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a foreign profes-
 sional  service  limited liability company which provides licensed clin-
 ical social work services as such services are defined in article 154 of
 the education law, each member  of  such  foreign  professional  service
 limited  liability  company shall be licensed pursuant to article 154 of
 the education law to practice clinical social work in this  state.  With
 respect  to  a  foreign  professional  service limited liability company
 which provides creative arts  therapy  services  as  such  services  are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this  state.  With  respect  to  a  foreign professional service limited
 liability company which provides marriage and family therapy services as
 such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education  law,  each
 member  of  such  foreign professional service limited liability company
 must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law  to  prac-
 tice  marriage  and  family  therapy  in  this  state. With respect to a
 foreign professional service limited liability  company  which  provides
 mental  health counseling services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 163 of the education law, each member of such  foreign  professional
 service  limited  liability company must be licensed pursuant to article
 163 of the education law to practice mental health  counseling  in  this
 state.  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability
 company which provides psychoanalysis  services  as  such  services  are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to  article  163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in this
 state. With respect to a foreign professional service limited  liability
 company  which  provides  applied  behavior  analysis  services  as such
 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  or  certified  pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this  state.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY,
 AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCA-
 TION  LAW  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE
 OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNER-
 SHIP-BASED COMPENSATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY  THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,
 BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME
 STATE, AND (2) THAT  ALL  MEMBERS  OF  A  FOREIGN  LIMITED  PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS
 IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
 IN THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER  SECTION  7404  OF  THE
 EDUCATION  LAW  OR ARE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED UNDER SECTION 7405 OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,  THE
 FIRM  AND  ITS  OWNERS  MUST  COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE
 BOARD OF REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE  FOREGOING,  A  FIRM  REGISTERED

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 UNDER  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME
 INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR  THE  ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH NON-LICENSEE
 OWNER  OF  A  FIRM  THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (1) A
 NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM  OR
 ITS  AFFILIATED  ENTITIES,  OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH  BENEFICIAL
 OWNER  OF  AN  EQUITY  INTEREST  IN  SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO
 ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS  CONDUCTED  BY  THE  FIRM  OR  ITS
 AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTIC-
 IPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY
 TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 15. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART C
 
   Section  1.  Section  1604 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 43 to read as follows:
   43. TO PASS, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZ-
 ING THE USE OF SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
 EIGHTEEN  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY
 ALSO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH  A  THIRD  PARTY  FOR  THE  INSTALLATION,
 ADMINISTRATION,  OPERATION,  NOTICE  PROCESSING, AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
 CAMERAS, AND FOR THE SHARING OF REVENUE DERIVED FROM SUCH CAMERAS PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,
 PROVIDED  THAT  THE PURCHASE, LEASE, INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTE-
 NANCE, OR ANY OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH  SUCH  CAMERAS  SHALL  NOT  BE
 CONSIDERED  AN  AIDABLE  EXPENSE  PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 TWENTY-THREE-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. Section 1709 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 43 to read as follows:
   43.  TO PASS A RESOLUTION, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD, AUTHORIZING
 THE USE OF SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  EIGH-
 TEEN  OF  THE  VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED THAT THE BOARD MAY ALSO
 ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH A THIRD PARTY FOR THE  INSTALLATION,  ADMINIS-
 TRATION,  OPERATION, NOTICE PROCESSING, AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH CAMERAS,
 AND FOR THE SHARING OF REVENUE DERIVED FROM  SUCH  CAMERAS  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED
 THAT  THE  PURCHASE,  LEASE, INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, OR
 ANY OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH CAMERAS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED  AN
 AIDABLE EXPENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE-A OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   §  3.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 1118 to read as follows:
   § 1118. OWNER LIABILITY FOR OPERATOR ILLEGALLY OVERTAKING OR PASSING A
 SCHOOL BUS. (A) 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  EACH
 BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED
 AND  EMPOWERED TO ADOPT AND AMEND A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL BUS
 SAFETY CAMERA PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY  ON  THE  OWNER  OF  A
 VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SECTION ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF THIS TITLE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL EMPOWER A BOARD
 OF EDUCATION OR SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION  CONTRACTOR
 THAT  HAS  CONTRACTED  WITH  SUCH  SCHOOL DISTRICT TO INSTALL SCHOOL BUS
 SAFETY CAMERAS UPON SCHOOL BUSES OPERATED BY  OR  CONTRACTED  WITH  SUCH
 DISTRICT.

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   2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL UTILIZE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE, TO THE
 EXTENT  PRACTICABLE, THAT PHOTOGRAPHS PRODUCED BY SUCH SCHOOL BUS SAFETY
 CAMERAS SHALL NOT INCLUDE IMAGES THAT IDENTIFY THE DRIVER,  THE  PASSEN-
 GERS,  OR THE CONTENTS OF THE VEHICLE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO NOTICE
 OF  LIABILITY  ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISMISSED SOLELY
 BECAUSE A PHOTOGRAPH OR PHOTOGRAPHS ALLOW FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF  THE
 CONTENTS  OF  A  VEHICLE,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MADE A
 REASONABLE EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (B) IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH HAS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE SHALL BE LIABLE
 FOR A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IF SUCH VEHICLE WAS  USED
 OR  OPERATED  WITH  THE  PERMISSION OF THE OWNER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN
 VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF
 THIS TITLE, AND SUCH VIOLATION IS EVIDENCED BY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM
 A  SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERA; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT NO OWNER OF A VEHICLE
 SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHERE THE
 OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF THE UNDERLYING  VIOLATION
 OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   (C)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "OWNER" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING
 PROVIDED IN ARTICLE TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 "SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERA" SHALL  MEAN  AN  AUTOMATED  PHOTO  MONITORING
 DEVICE  AFFIXED  TO THE OUTSIDE OF A SCHOOL BUS AND DESIGNATED TO DETECT
 AND STORE VIDEOTAPE AND ONE OR MORE IMAGES OF MOTOR VEHICLES THAT  OVER-
 TAKE  OR  PASS  SCHOOL  BUSES IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   (D) NO SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL BUS  TRANSPORTATION  CONTRACTOR  THAT
 HAS  INSTALLED  CAMERAS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL ACCESS THE IMAGES
 FROM SUCH CAMERAS BUT SHALL PROVIDE, PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT  WITH  THE
 APPROPRIATE  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR AGENCIES, FOR THE PROPER HANDLING
 AND CUSTODY OF SUCH IMAGES FOR THE FORWARDING OF SUCH IMAGES  FROM  SUCH
 CAMERAS  TO  A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION IN THE AREA IN
 WHICH THE VIOLATION  OCCURRED  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  IMPOSING  MONETARY
 LIABILITY  ON  THE  OWNER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR ILLEGALLY OVERTAKING OR
 PASSING A SCHOOL BUS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF  SECTION  ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  TITLE.   AFTER RECEIPT OF SUCH IMAGES A
 POLICE OFFICER SHALL INSPECT SUCH  VIDEOTAPE  AND  IMAGES  TO  DETERMINE
 WHETHER  A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN-
 TY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE WAS COMMITTED. UPON SUCH A FINDING A  CERTIFICATE,
 SWORN TO OR AFFIRMED BY AN OFFICER OF SUCH AGENCY, OR A FACSIMILE THERE-
 OF, BASED UPON INSPECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR
 OTHER  RECORDED  IMAGES PRODUCED BY A SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERA, SHALL BE
 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS CONTAINED  THEREIN.  ANY  PHOTOGRAPHS,
 MICROPHOTOGRAPHS,  VIDEOTAPE  OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES EVIDENCING SUCH A
 VIOLATION SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING TO ADJUDI-
 CATE THE LIABILITY FOR SUCH VIOLATION.
   (E) AN OWNER FOUND LIABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR A VIOLATION  OF
 SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE
 SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A MONETARY PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
   (E-1) PAYMENT OF THE MONETARY PENALTY IMPOSED BY  SUBDIVISION  (E)  OF
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  PAYABLE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOTHING HEREIN
 SHALL PREVENT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM ENTERING  INTO  A  MEMORANDUM  OF
 UNDERSTANDING WITH A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RETURN A PORTION OF
 SUCH  PENALTY  RECEIVED  TO  THE  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, PROVIDED
 HOWEVER, IN NO CASE SHALL SUCH PORTION RETURNED TO A LOCAL LAW  ENFORCE-
 MENT  AGENCY  EXCEED TWENTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT RECEIVED BY THE SCHOOL
 DISTRICT.

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   (F) AN IMPOSITION OF LIABILITY UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE  DEEMED
 A  CONVICTION AS AN OPERATOR AND SHALL NOT BE MADE PART OF THE OPERATING
 RECORD OF THE PERSON UPON WHOM SUCH LIABILITY IS IMPOSED NOR SHALL IT BE
 USED FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES IN THE PROVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLE  INSURANCE
 COVERAGE.
   (G)  1.  A  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  SHALL BE SENT BY THE RESPECTIVE LAW
 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO  EACH  PERSON  ALLEGED  TO  BE
 LIABLE  AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION.  PERSONAL
 DELIVERY  ON  THE  OWNER  SHALL  NOT  BE REQUIRED. A MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC
 RECORD OF MAILING PREPARED IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS  SHALL  BE
 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS CONTAINED THEREIN.
   2.  A  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY SHALL CONTAIN THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
 PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION
 (A)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION, THE REGISTRATION NUMBER OF THE VEHICLE  INVOLVED  IN  SUCH
 VIOLATION,  THE  LOCATION  WHERE SUCH VIOLATION TOOK PLACE, THE DATE AND
 TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION AND THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE CAMERA WHICH
 RECORDED THE VIOLATION OR OTHER DOCUMENT LOCATOR NUMBER.
   3. THE NOTICE OF LIABILITY  SHALL  CONTAIN  INFORMATION  ADVISING  THE
 PERSON  CHARGED  OF  THE MANNER AND THE TIME IN WHICH HE MAY CONTEST THE
 LIABILITY ALLEGED IN THE NOTICE. SUCH NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  SHALL  ALSO
 CONTAIN  A WARNING TO ADVISE THE PERSONS CHARGED THAT FAILURE TO CONTEST
 IN THE MANNER AND TIME PROVIDED SHALL BE DEEMED AN ADMISSION OF  LIABIL-
 ITY AND THAT A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED THEREON.
   4. THE NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL BE PREPARED AND MAILED BY THE RESPEC-
 TIVE  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE LOCATION WHERE
 THE VIOLATION OCCURRED.
   (H) ADJUDICATION OF THE LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON OWNERS BY THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  BE BY A TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OR, IF THERE BE NONE,
 BY THE COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS,  EXCEPT  THAT
 ANY  CITY WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED OR DESIGNATED AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
 TO HEAR AND DETERMINE OWNER LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY  THIS  ARTICLE  FOR
 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS SHALL USE SUCH TRIBU-
 NAL TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION.
   (I)  IF  AN  OWNER  RECEIVES  A  NOTICE  OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION FOR ANY TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED  TO  A
 POLICE  DEPARTMENT AS HAVING BEEN STOLEN, IT SHALL BE A VALID DEFENSE TO
 AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  THAT
 THE  VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE POLICE AS STOLEN PRIOR TO THE TIME
 THE VIOLATION OCCURRED AND HAD NOT BEEN  RECOVERED  BY  SUCH  TIME.  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF ASSERTING THE DEFENSE PROVIDED BY THIS SUBDIVISION IT SHALL
 BE SUFFICIENT THAT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT ON  THE  STOLEN
 VEHICLE  BE  SENT  BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO THE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU,
 COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OR PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU.
   (J) WHERE THE ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON  OWNERS  PURSUANT
 TO  THIS  SECTION  IS  BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
 BUREAU, OR A COURT HAVING JURISDICTION, AN OWNER WHO IS A  LESSOR  OF  A
 VEHICLE  TO  WHICH A NOTICE OF LIABILITY WAS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION (G) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUBDI-
 VISION (A)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  TITLE,
 PROVIDED  THAT  HE  OR SHE SENDS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, TRAFFIC
 VIOLATIONS BUREAU, OR COURT HAVING JURISDICTION A COPY  OF  THE  RENTAL,
 LEASE  OR OTHER SUCH CONTRACT DOCUMENT COVERING SUCH VEHICLE ON THE DATE

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 OF THE VIOLATION, WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE LESSEE CLEARLY  LEGI-
 BLE,  WITHIN THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE FROM THE BUREAU OR
 COURT OF THE DATE AND TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION, TOGETHER  WITH  THE  OTHER
 INFORMATION  CONTAINED  IN  THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF LIABILITY. FAILURE TO
 SEND SUCH INFORMATION WITHIN SUCH THIRTY-SEVEN  DAY  TIME  PERIOD  SHALL
 RENDER  THE  OWNER  LIABLE  FOR  THE PENALTY PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION.
 WHERE THE LESSOR COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  THE
 LESSEE  OF SUCH VEHICLE ON THE DATE OF SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO
 BE THE OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  SHALL  BE
 SUBJECT  TO  LIABILITY  FOR  THE VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  AND
 SHALL  BE SENT A NOTICE OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF THIS
 SECTION.
   (K) 1. IF THE OWNER LIABLE FOR  A  VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF
 SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  TITLE PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION WAS NOT  THE  OPERATOR  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AT  THE  TIME  OF  THE
 VIOLATION,  THE OWNER MAY MAINTAIN AN ACTION FOR INDEMNIFICATION AGAINST
 THE OPERATOR.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, NO OWNER OF  A
 VEHICLE  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO A MONETARY FINE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION IF THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS OPERATING SUCH VEHICLE WITH-
 OUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH OPERATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE
 BEEN OVERTAKING OR PASSING A SCHOOL BUS. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION  THERE SHALL BE A PRESUMPTION THAT THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS
 OPERATING SUCH VEHICLE WITH THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT  THE  TIME  SUCH
 OPERATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN OVERTAKING OR PASSING A SCHOOL BUS.
   (L)  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE LIABILITY
 OF AN OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE FOR ANY  VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   (M)  IN  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT WHICH ADOPTS A SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERA
 PROGRAM PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS  SECTION,  SUCH  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF ITS
 SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERAS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF
 THE  SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND NINETEEN AND ON THE SAME DATE IN EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR IN  WHICH
 THE  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM  IS OPERABLE. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   1. A DESCRIPTION OF THE NUMBER OF BUSSES AND ROUTES WHERE  SCHOOL  BUS
 SAFETY CAMERAS WERE USED;
   2.  THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF ANNUAL INCIDENTS OF VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVI-
 SION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE WITHIN THE
 DISTRICT;
   3. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS RECORDED BY SCHOOL BUS SAFETY  CAMERAS  IN
 THE AGGREGATE AND ON A DAILY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY BASIS;
   4.  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  NOTICES OF LIABILITY ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS
 RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   5. THE NUMBER OF FINES AND TOTAL AMOUNT  OF  FINES  PAID  AFTER  FIRST
 NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   6.  THE  NUMBER  OF VIOLATIONS ADJUDICATED AND RESULTS OF SUCH ADJUDI-
 CATIONS  INCLUDING  BREAKDOWNS  OF  DISPOSITIONS  MADE  FOR   VIOLATIONS
 RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   7.  THE  TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE REALIZED BY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM
 SUCH ADJUDICATIONS;
   8. EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN  CONNECTION  WITH  THE
 PROGRAM; AND
   9. QUALITY OF THE ADJUDICATION PROCESS AND ITS RESULTS.

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   (N) IT SHALL BE A DEFENSE TO ANY PROSECUTION FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDI-
 VISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE THAT
 SUCH SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERAS WERE MALFUNCTIONING AT THE  TIME  OF  THE
 ALLEGED VIOLATION.
   §  4.  Subdivision (c) of section 1174 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 254 of the laws of 2002, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (c)  Every  person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of this
 section shall: for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine  of
 not  less  than  [two  hundred fifty] FIVE HUNDRED dollars nor more than
 [four] SEVEN hundred FIFTY dollars or by imprisonment for not more  than
 thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a conviction of a
 second  violation, both of which were committed within a period of three
 years, such person shall be punished by a fine of  not  less  than  [six
 hundred]  ONE  THOUSAND  dollars  nor more than [seven] ONE THOUSAND TWO
 hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than  one  hundred
 eighty  days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction of
 a third or subsequent violation, all of which were  committed  within  a
 period  of  three  years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not
 less than [seven hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED  FIFTY  dollars
 nor  more  than one thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars or by imprisonment for
 not more than one hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprison-
 ment.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART D
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "Senator
 Jose R. Peralta New York State DREAM Act".
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 661 of the education law is REPEALED.
   § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  466 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as
 follows:
   a. (I) Except as provided in subdivision two of  section  six  hundred
 seventy-four  OF  THIS  PART AND SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, an
 applicant for an award at the undergraduate level of study  must  either
 [(i)]  (A) have been a legal resident of the state for at least one year
 immediately preceding the beginning of the semester, quarter or term  of
 attendance  for  which application for assistance is made, or [(ii)] (B)
 be a legal resident of the state and have been a legal  resident  during
 his OR HER last two semesters of high school either prior to graduation,
 or prior to admission to college. Provided further that persons shall be
 eligible  to  receive  awards  under  section six hundred sixty-eight or
 section six hundred sixty-nine OF THIS  PART  who  are  currently  legal
 residents of the state and are otherwise qualified.
   (II)  AN  APPLICANT  WHO IS NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE STATE ELIGIBLE
 PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT IS A  UNITED  STATES
 CITIZEN,  AN  ALIEN  LAWFULLY  ADMITTED  FOR  PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE
 UNITED STATES, AN INDIVIDUAL OF A  CLASS  OF  REFUGEES  PAROLED  BY  THE
 ATTORNEY  GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER HIS OR HER PAROLE AUTHORITY
 PERTAINING TO THE ADMISSION OF ALIENS TO THE UNITED STATES, OR AN APPLI-
 CANT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD AT
 THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL OF STUDY PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT:
   (A) ATTENDED A REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO  OR  MORE
 YEARS,  GRADUATED  FROM  A  REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL, LIVED
 CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE  ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK

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 STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL, APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT,  AND
 ATTENDED  WITHIN  FIVE  YEARS  OF RECEIVING A NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (B)  ATTENDED  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK  STATE PROGRAM FOR A STATE HIGH
 SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK  STATE  WHILE
 ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA, RECEIVED A STATE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA,  SUBSEQUENTLY
 APPLIED  FOR  ATTENDANCE  AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE
 UNDERGRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, EARNED ADMISSION BASED
 ON THAT GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND  ATTENDED  THE  INSTITUTION  OF
 HIGHER  EDUCATION  FOR  THE  UNDERGRADUATE  STUDY  FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS
 SOUGHT WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF RECEIVING A STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL  EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (C)  IS  OTHERWISE  ELIGIBLE  FOR THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AND FEES AT A
 RATE NO GREATER THAN THAT IMPOSED FOR RESIDENT  STUDENTS  OF  THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR COMMUNITY
 COLLEGES AS PRESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH EIGHT OF PARAGRAPH H OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION  TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDI-
 VISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A STUDENT WITHOUT  LAWFUL  IMMIGRATION  STATUS
 SHALL  ALSO  BE  REQUIRED  TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT WITH SUCH INSTITUTION OF
 HIGHER EDUCATION STATING THAT THE STUDENT HAS FILED  AN  APPLICATION  TO
 LEGALIZE HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR WILL FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION
 AS SOON AS HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE TO DO SO.
   § 4. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  466 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as
 follows:
   b. [An] (I) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF  THIS
 PARAGRAPH, AN applicant for an award at the graduate level of study must
 either  [(i)]  (A)  have been a legal resident of the state for at least
 one year immediately preceding the beginning of the semester, quarter or
 term of attendance for which application  for  assistance  is  made,  or
 [(ii)]  (B) be a legal resident of the state and have been a legal resi-
 dent during his OR HER last academic year  of  undergraduate  study  and
 have  continued to be a legal resident until matriculation in the gradu-
 ate program.
   (II) AN APPLICANT WHO IS NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT OF  THE  STATE  ELIGIBLE
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT IS A UNITED STATES
 CITIZEN, AN ALIEN LAWFULLY  ADMITTED  FOR  PERMANENT  RESIDENCE  IN  THE
 UNITED  STATES,  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OF  A  CLASS OF REFUGEES PAROLED BY THE
 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER HIS OR HER PAROLE  AUTHORITY
 PERTAINING TO THE ADMISSION OF ALIENS TO THE UNITED STATES, OR AN APPLI-
 CANT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD AT
 THE GRADUATE LEVEL OF STUDY PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT:
   (A)  ATTENDED  A REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO OR MORE
 YEARS, GRADUATED FROM A REGISTERED NEW YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL,  LIVED
 CONTINUOUSLY  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE  WHILE ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK
 STATE HIGH SCHOOL, APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION  OF  HIGHER
 EDUCATION  FOR  THE  GRADUATE  STUDY  FOR  WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, AND
 ATTENDED WITHIN TEN YEARS OF RECEIVING A  NEW  YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (B)  ATTENDED  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK  STATE PROGRAM FOR A STATE HIGH
 SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK  STATE  WHILE
 ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA, RECEIVED A STATE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA,  SUBSEQUENTLY

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 APPLIED  FOR  ATTENDANCE  AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE
 GRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, AND ATTENDED  THE  INSTITU-
 TION  OF  HIGHER  EDUCATION FOR THE GRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS
 SOUGHT  WITHIN  TEN  YEARS  OF RECEIVING A STATE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (C) IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF TUITION  AND  FEES  AT  A
 RATE  NO  GREATER  THAN  THAT IMPOSED FOR RESIDENT STUDENTS OF THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF  NEW  YORK  OR  COMMUNITY
 COLLEGES  AS PRESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH EIGHT OF PARAGRAPH H OF SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDI-
 VISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT  A STUDENT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS
 SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT  WITH  SUCH  INSTITUTION  OF
 HIGHER  EDUCATION  STATING  THAT THE STUDENT HAS FILED AN APPLICATION TO
 LEGALIZE HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR WILL FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION
 AS SOON AS HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE TO DO SO.
   § 5. Paragraph d of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education law,
 as amended by chapter 844 of the laws of 1975, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   d.  If  an  applicant for an award allocated on a geographic basis has
 more than one residence in this state, his  OR  HER  residence  for  the
 purpose  of  this  article shall be his OR HER place of actual residence
 during the major part of the year while attending school, as  determined
 by the commissioner; AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT AN APPLICANT WHO DOES NOT
 HAVE  A RESIDENCE IN THIS STATE AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD PURSUANT TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH A OR SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH B  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO RESIDE IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE
 INSTITUTION  OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN WHICH HE OR SHE ATTENDS FOR PURPOSES
 OF AN AWARD ALLOCATED ON A GEOGRAPHIC BASIS.
   § 6. Paragraph e of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education law,
 as added by chapter 630 of the laws of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   e.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contra-
 ry, the New York state [residency]  eligibility  [requirement]  REQUIRE-
 MENTS for receipt of awards [is] SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPHS A AND B OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION  ARE  waived  for  a member, or the spouse or dependent of a
 member, of the armed forces of the United  States  on  full-time  active
 duty and stationed in this state.
   § 7. Clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph 8 of paragraph h of subdivi-
 sion  2  of section 355 of the education law, as added by chapter 327 of
 the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
   (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or  more  years,
 graduated  from  an approved New York high school, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN
 NEW YORK STATE WHILE ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW  YORK  HIGH  SCHOOL,  and
 applied  for  attendance [at] AND ATTENDED an institution or educational
 unit of the state university within five years of receiving a  New  York
 state high school diploma; or
   (ii)  attended  an  approved New York state program for general equiv-
 alency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency  diploma
 issued within New York state, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE
 ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR GENERAL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA EXAM PREPARATION, and SUBSEQUENTLY applied for attendance  [at],
 EARNED ADMISSION BASED ON THAT GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND ATTENDED
 an  institution  or educational unit of the state university within five
 years of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New  York
 state; or

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   § 8. Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 7 of
 section 6206 of the education law, as amended by chapter 260 of the laws
 of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   (i)  attended  an approved New York high school for two or more years,
 graduated from an approved New York high school, LIVED  CONTINUOUSLY  IN
 NEW  YORK  STATE  WHILE  ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL, and
 applied for attendance [at] AND ATTENDED an institution  or  educational
 unit  of  the  city university within five years of receiving a New York
 state high school diploma; or
   (ii) attended an approved New York state program  for  general  equiv-
 alency  diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency diploma
 issued within New York state, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE
 ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK STATE  PROGRAM  FOR  GENERAL  EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA  EXAM PREPARATION, and SUBSEQUENTLY applied for attendance [at],
 EARNED ADMISSION BASED ON THAT GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND ATTENDED
 an institution or educational unit of the city  university  within  five
 years  of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York
 state; or
   § 9. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by chapter 327 of the laws of 2002, the opening para-
 graph as amended by section 4 of chapter 437 of the  laws  of  2015,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  board  of  trustees  shall establish positions, departments,
 divisions and faculties; appoint and in accordance with  the  provisions
 of  law  fix  salaries  of instructional and non-instructional employees
 therein; establish and conduct courses and curricula;  prescribe  condi-
 tions of student admission, attendance and discharge; and shall have the
 power  to  determine  in its discretion whether tuition shall be charged
 and to regulate tuition charges, and  other  instructional  and  non-in-
 structional  fees and other fees and charges at the educational units of
 the city university. The trustees shall review  any  proposed  community
 college  tuition  increase  and the justification for such increase. The
 justification provided by the community college for such increase  shall
 include  a  detailed  analysis of ongoing operating costs, capital, debt
 service expenditures, and all revenues. The trustees shall not impose  a
 differential  tuition  charge  based  upon  need or income. All students
 enrolled in programs leading to like  degrees  at  the  senior  colleges
 shall  be  charged  a  uniform  rate of tuition, except for differential
 tuition rates  based  on  state  residency.  Notwithstanding  any  other
 provision of this paragraph, the trustees may authorize the setting of a
 separate  category  of  tuition  rate,  that  shall  be greater than the
 tuition rate for resident students and less than the  tuition  rate  for
 non-resident  students,  only for students enrolled in distance learning
 courses who are not residents of the state. The trustees  shall  further
 provide that the payment of tuition and fees by any student who is not a
 resident  of New York state, other than a non-immigrant alien within the
 meaning of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of section 1101 of  title  8
 of  the United States Code, shall be paid at a rate or charge no greater
 than that imposed for students who are residents of the  state  if  such
 student:
   (i)  attended  an approved New York high school for two or more years,
 graduated from an approved New York high school, LIVED  CONTINUOUSLY  IN
 NEW  YORK  STATE  WHILE  ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL, and
 applied for attendance [at] AND ATTENDED an institution  or  educational
 unit  of  the  city university within five years of receiving a New York
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   (ii) attended an approved New York state program  for  general  equiv-
 alency  diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency diploma
 issued within New York state, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE
 ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK STATE  PROGRAM  FOR  GENERAL  EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA  EXAM PREPARATION, and SUBSEQUENTLY applied for attendance [at],
 EARNED ADMISSION BASED ON THAT GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND ATTENDED
 an institution or educational unit of the city  university  within  five
 years  of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York
 state; or
   (iii) was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of  the  city
 university  in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand one--two
 thousand two academic year and was authorized  by  such  institution  or
 educational  unit  to  pay  tuition  at  the  rate or charge imposed for
 students who are residents of the state.
   A student without lawful immigration status shall also be required  to
 file an affidavit with such institution or educational unit stating that
 the  student has filed an application to legalize his or her immigration
 status, or will file such an application as soon as he or she is  eligi-
 ble  to  do  so. The trustees shall not adopt changes in tuition charges
 prior to the enactment of the annual budget. The board of  trustees  may
 accept  as  partial  reimbursement  for the education of veterans of the
 armed forces of the United States who are otherwise qualified such  sums
 as  may  be authorized by federal legislation to be paid for such educa-
 tion. The board of trustees may conduct on a fee basis extension courses
 and courses for adult education  appropriate  to  the  field  of  higher
 education.  In  all  courses  and  courses  of  study  it  may,  in  its
 discretion, require students to pay library, laboratory, locker,  break-
 age and other instructional and non-instructional fees and meet the cost
 of  books and consumable supplies. In addition to the foregoing fees and
 charges, the board of trustees may impose and collect fees  and  charges
 for  student  government  and  other  student activities and receive and
 expend them as agent or trustee.
   § 10. Subdivision 5 of section 6301 of the education law,  as  amended
 by chapter 327 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  "Resident."  A person who has resided in the state for a period of
 at least one year and in the county,  city,  town,  intermediate  school
 district,  school  district or community college region, as the case may
 be, for a period of at least six months, both immediately preceding  the
 date  of  such  person's registration in a community college or, for the
 purposes of section sixty-three hundred five of this article, his or her
 application for a certificate of residence; provided, however, that this
 term shall include any student who is not a resident of New York  state,
 other than a non-immigrant alien within the meaning of paragraph (15) of
 subsection  (a) of section 1101 of title 8 of the United States Code, if
 such student:
   (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or  more  years,
 graduated  from  an approved New York high school, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN
 NEW YORK STATE WHILE ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW  YORK  HIGH  SCHOOL,  and
 applied  for  attendance  [at  an institution or educational unit of the
 state university] AND ATTENDED A COMMUNITY COLLEGE within five years  of
 receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
   (ii)  attended  an  approved New York state program for general equiv-
 alency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency  diploma
 issued within New York state, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE
 ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR GENERAL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA EXAM PREPARATION, and SUBSEQUENTLY applied for attendance [at an

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 institution or educational unit of the state university], EARNED  ADMIS-
 SION BASED ON THAT GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND ATTENDED A COMMUNITY
 COLLEGE  within  five  years  of receiving a general equivalency diploma
 issued within New York state; or
   (iii) was enrolled in [an institution or educational unit of the state
 university]  A  COMMUNITY COLLEGE in the fall semester or quarter of the
 two thousand one--two thousand two academic year and was  authorized  by
 such  [institution or educational unit] COMMUNITY COLLEGE to pay tuition
 at the rate or charge imposed for students  who  are  residents  of  the
 state.
   Provided,  further,  that  a student without lawful immigration status
 shall also be required to file an affidavit with  such  [institution  or
 educational  unit]  COMMUNITY COLLEGE stating that the student has filed
 an application to legalize his or her immigration status, or  will  file
 such an application as soon as he or she is eligible to do so.
   In the event that a person qualified as above for state residence, but
 has  been a resident of two or more counties in the state during the six
 months immediately preceding his OR HER application for a certificate of
 residence pursuant to section sixty-three hundred five of this [chapter]
 ARTICLE, the charges to the counties of  residence  shall  be  allocated
 among  the  several  counties  proportional  to the number of months, or
 major fraction thereof, of residence in each county.
   § 11. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 6451  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 494 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read
 as follows:
   d. Any necessary supplemental financial assistance, which may  include
 the  cost of books and necessary maintenance for such enrolled students,
 INCLUDING STUDENTS WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS PROVIDED  THAT  THE
 STUDENT  MEETS  THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARA-
 GRAPH A OR SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF  PARAGRAPH  B  OF  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF
 SECTION  SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, AS APPLICABLE; provided,
 however, that such supplemental financial assistance shall be  furnished
 pursuant  to  criteria promulgated by the commissioner with the approval
 of the director of the budget;
   § 12. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 6452
 of the education law, as amended by chapter 917 of the laws of 1970,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (v) Any necessary supplemental financial assistance, which may include
 the cost of books and necessary maintenance for such students, INCLUDING
 STUDENTS  WITHOUT  LAWFUL  IMMIGRATION  STATUS PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT
 MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH A  OR
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (II)  OF  PARAGRAPH  B  OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER,  AS  APPLICABLE;  provided,  however,
 that  such supplemental financial assistance shall be furnished pursuant
 to criteria promulgated by such universities and approved by the regents
 and the director of the budget.
   § 13. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 6455 of the  education
 law,  as added by chapter 285 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) (I) Undergraduate science and technology entry program moneys  may
 be  used  for tutoring, counseling, remedial and special summer courses,
 supplemental financial assistance,  program  administration,  and  other
 activities  which  the commissioner may deem appropriate. To be eligible
 for  undergraduate  collegiate  science  and  technology  entry  program
 support,  a student must be a resident of New York [who is], OR MEET THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AND MUST BE  either

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 economically  disadvantaged  or from a minority group historically under
 represented in the  scientific,  technical,  health  and  health-related
 professions,  and  [who demonstrates] MUST DEMONSTRATE interest in and a
 potential for a professional career if provided special services. Eligi-
 ble students must be in good academic standing, enrolled full time in an
 approved,  undergraduate  level  program  of  study,  as  defined by the
 regents.
   (II) AN APPLICANT WHO IS NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT OF  THE  STATE  ELIGIBLE
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT IS A UNITED STATES
 CITIZEN, AN ALIEN LAWFULLY  ADMITTED  FOR  PERMANENT  RESIDENCE  IN  THE
 UNITED  STATES,  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OF  A  CLASS OF REFUGEES PAROLED BY THE
 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER HIS OR HER PAROLE  AUTHORITY
 PERTAINING TO THE ADMISSION OF ALIENS TO THE UNITED STATES, OR AN APPLI-
 CANT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD AT
 THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL OF STUDY PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT:
   (A)  ATTENDED  A REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO OR MORE
 YEARS, GRADUATED FROM A REGISTERED NEW YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL,  LIVED
 CONTINUOUSLY  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE  WHILE ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK
 STATE HIGH SCHOOL, APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION  OF  HIGHER
 EDUCATION  FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, AND
 ATTENDED WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF RECEIVING A NEW  YORK  STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (B)  ATTENDED  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK  STATE PROGRAM FOR A STATE HIGH
 SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK  STATE  WHILE
 ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA, RECEIVED A STATE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA,  SUBSEQUENTLY
 APPLIED  FOR  ATTENDANCE  AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE
 UNDERGRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, EARNED ADMISSION BASED
 ON THAT GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND  ATTENDED  THE  INSTITUTION  OF
 HIGHER  EDUCATION  FOR  THE  UNDERGRADUATE  STUDY  FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS
 SOUGHT WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF RECEIVING A STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL  EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (C)  IS  OTHERWISE  ELIGIBLE  FOR THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AND FEES AT A
 RATE NO GREATER THAN THAT IMPOSED FOR RESIDENT  STUDENTS  OF  THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR COMMUNITY
 COLLEGES AS PRESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH EIGHT OF PARAGRAPH H OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION  TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDI-
 VISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A STUDENT WITHOUT  LAWFUL  IMMIGRATION  STATUS
 SHALL  ALSO  BE  REQUIRED  TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT WITH SUCH INSTITUTION OF
 HIGHER EDUCATION STATING THAT THE STUDENT HAS FILED  AN  APPLICATION  TO
 LEGALIZE HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR WILL FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION
 AS SOON AS HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE TO DO SO.
   §  14. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 6455 of the education
 law, as added by chapter 285 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (a)  (I)  Graduate  science and technology entry program moneys may be
 used for recruitment, academic enrichment, career planning, supplemental
 financial assistance, review for licensing examinations, program  admin-
 istration,  and  other activities which the commissioner may deem appro-
 priate. To be eligible for graduate collegiate  science  and  technology
 entry  program  support,  a  student must be a resident of New York [who
 is], OR MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II)  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,
 AND  MUST  BE either economically disadvantaged or from a minority group
 historically underrepresented in the scientific, technical  and  health-
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 ing, enrolled full time  in  an  approved  graduate  level  program,  as
 defined by the regents.
   (II)  AN  APPLICANT  WHO IS NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE STATE ELIGIBLE
 PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT IS A  UNITED  STATES
 CITIZEN,  AN  ALIEN  LAWFULLY  ADMITTED  FOR  PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE
 UNITED STATES, AN INDIVIDUAL OF A  CLASS  OF  REFUGEES  PAROLED  BY  THE
 ATTORNEY  GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER HIS OR HER PAROLE AUTHORITY
 PERTAINING TO THE ADMISSION OF ALIENS TO THE UNITED STATES, OR AN APPLI-
 CANT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD AT
 THE GRADUATE LEVEL OF STUDY PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT:
   (A) ATTENDED A REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO  OR  MORE
 YEARS,  GRADUATED  FROM  A  REGISTERED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL, LIVED
 CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE  ATTENDING  AN  APPROVED  NEW  YORK
 STATE  HIGH  SCHOOL, APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION FOR THE GRADUATE STUDY FOR  WHICH  AN  AWARD  IS  SOUGHT,  AND
 ATTENDED  WITHIN  TEN  YEARS  OF  RECEIVING A NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (B) ATTENDED AN APPROVED NEW YORK  STATE  PROGRAM  FOR  A  STATE  HIGH
 SCHOOL  EQUIVALENCY  DIPLOMA, LIVED CONTINUOUSLY IN NEW YORK STATE WHILE
 ATTENDING AN APPROVED NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM FOR A  GENERAL  EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA,  RECEIVED A STATE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, SUBSEQUENTLY
 APPLIED FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER  EDUCATION  FOR  THE
 GRADUATE  STUDY  FOR WHICH AN AWARD IS SOUGHT, AND ATTENDED THE INSTITU-
 TION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE GRADUATE STUDY FOR WHICH  AN  AWARD  IS
 SOUGHT  WITHIN  TEN  YEARS  OF RECEIVING A STATE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY
 DIPLOMA; OR
   (C) IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF TUITION  AND  FEES  AT  A
 RATE  NO  GREATER  THAN  THAT IMPOSED FOR RESIDENT STUDENTS OF THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF  NEW  YORK  OR  COMMUNITY
 COLLEGE  AS  PRESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH EIGHT OF PARAGRAPH H OF SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDI-
 VISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT  A STUDENT WITHOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS
 SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT  WITH  SUCH  INSTITUTION  OF
 HIGHER  EDUCATION  STATING  THAT THE STUDENT HAS FILED AN APPLICATION TO
 LEGALIZE HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR WILL FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION
 AS SOON AS HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE TO DO SO.
   § 15. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph a  of  subdivision  2  of  section
 695-e  of  the  education  law, as amended by chapter 593 of the laws of
 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) the name, address and social security number [or], employer  iden-
 tification  number,  OR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER of the
 account owner UNLESS A FAMILY TUITION ACCOUNT THAT WAS IN  EFFECT  PRIOR
 TO  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINE-
 TEEN THAT AMENDED THIS SUBPARAGRAPH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A TAXPAYER  IDEN-
 TIFICATION  NUMBER, IN WHICH CASE A TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SHALL
 BE ALLOWED UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE CONTRACT;
   § 16. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a of subdivision  2  of  section
 695-e  of  the  education  law, as amended by chapter 593 of the laws of
 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii) the name, address, and social security  number,  EMPLOYER  IDEN-
 TIFICATION  NUMBER,  OR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER of the
 designated beneficiary, UNLESS A FAMILY  TUITION  ACCOUNT  THAT  WAS  IN
 EFFECT  PRIOR  TO  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO
 THOUSAND NINETEEN THAT AMENDED THIS SUBPARAGRAPH DOES NOT  ALLOW  FOR  A

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 TAXPAYER  IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, IN WHICH CASE A TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER SHALL BE ALLOWED UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE CONTRACT; and
   § 17. The president of the higher education services corporation shall
 establish  an application form and procedures that shall allow a student
 applicant that meets the requirements set forth in subparagraph (ii)  of
 paragraph  a  or  subparagraph  (ii)  of paragraph b of subdivision 5 of
 section 661 of the education law to apply directly to the higher  educa-
 tion services corporation for applicable awards without having to submit
 information  to  any  other  state  or  federal  agency. All information
 contained with the applications filed with  such  corporation  shall  be
 deemed  confidential,  except  that the corporation shall be entitled to
 release information to participating institutions as necessary  for  the
 administration  of  financial  aid  programs  and to the extent required
 pursuant to article 6 of the public officers law or  otherwise  required
 by law.
   §  18.  The  higher  education  services  corporation is authorized to
 promulgate rules and regulations, and  may  promulgate  emergency  regu-
 lations, necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this act.
   §  19. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after the issu-
 ance of regulations and the development of an application  form  by  the
 president of the higher education services corporation or on the nineti-
 eth  day  after  it  shall  have become a law, whichever shall be later;
 provided, however, that:
   a. the amendments to subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a-1)  of
 subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law made by section eight
 of  this act shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall
 be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such  date  the  provisions  of
 section nine of this act shall take effect; and
   b.  the  president  of the higher education services corporation shall
 notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the  occurrence  of
 the  issuance  of regulations and the development of an application form
 provided for in this section in order that the commission  may  maintain
 an  accurate  and timely effective data base of the official text of the
 laws of the state  of  New  York  in  furtherance  of  effectuating  the
 provisions  of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
 public officers law.
 
                                  PART E
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and be  cited  as  the  "For-Profit
 College Accountability Act".
   §  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 239-c to
 read as follows:
   § 239-C. STANDARDS FOR FOR-PROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS.    1.
 FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION A "PROPRIETARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION" MEANS A SCHOOL THAT:
   (A) (I) PROVIDES AN ELIGIBLE PROGRAM OF TRAINING TO  PREPARE  STUDENTS
 FOR GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT IN A RECOGNIZED OCCUPATION; OR
   (II)  PROVIDES  A  PROGRAM  LEADING  TO AN ASSOCIATES OR BACCALAUREATE
 DEGREE;
   (B) IS LEGALLY AUTHORIZED IN NEW YORK STATE TO PROVIDE  A  PROGRAM  OF
 EDUCATION BEYOND SECONDARY EDUCATION; AND
   (C) IS NEITHER A PUBLIC OR NONPROFIT INSTITUTION.
   2.  (A)  COMMENCING  IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
 ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER, A PROPRIETARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCA-
 TION, SHALL DERIVE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT  OF  SUCH  INSTITUTION'S

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 ANNUAL  REVENUES  FROM  SOURCES  OTHER  THAN  THE COMBINED REVENUES FROM
 LIMITED REVENUE SOURCES AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF  THIS  PARA-
 GRAPH.
   (I)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION "LIMITED REVENUE SOURCES"
 MEANS: (A) THE  TUITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIX
 HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS TITLE;
   (B)  THE ENHANCED TUITION AWARD PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-
 SEVEN-D OF THIS TITLE;
   (C) ALL FEDERAL STUDENT  LOAN  AND  GRANT  PROGRAMS  AUTHORIZED  UNDER
 SUBCHAPTER IV OF CHAPTER 28 OF TITLE 20 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE; AND
   (D)  ANY  OTHER  LOCAL,  STATE,  OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOAN, GRANT, OR
 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM UTILIZED TO PAY TUITION,  INSTITUTIONAL  FEES,  ROOM
 AND  BOARD,  OR  OTHER  COSTS  OF  ATTENDANCE  ON BEHALF OF A STUDENT OR
 STUDENTS UTILIZING PUBLIC FUNDS.
   (II) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "LIMITED REVENUE SOURCES"  SHALL
 NOT INCLUDE:
   (A)  THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THE INSTITUTION RECEIVED FROM PRIVATE OR NON-
 GOVERNMENT SOURCES;
   (B) THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS RECEIVED BY STUDENTS IN  THE  FORM  OF  DIRECT
 PAYMENT;
   (C)  THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTION AS MATCHING FUNDS
 FOR A LIMITED REVENUE SOURCE;
   (D) INTEREST OR INVESTMENT INCOME;
   (E) THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS PROVIDED BY  THE  INSTITUTION  FOR  A  LIMITED
 REVENUE SOURCE THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE REFUNDED OR RETURNED; AND
   (F)  THE AMOUNT CHARGED FOR BOOKS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT, UNLESS THE
 INSTITUTION INCLUDES THAT AMOUNT AS TUITION,  FEES,  OR  OTHER  INSTITU-
 TIONAL CHARGES.
   (III)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, INSTITUTIONAL AID PROVIDED TO
 STUDENTS BY THE INSTITUTION SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE CALCULATION
 OF ANNUAL REVENUES.
   (B) A PROPRIETARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT FAILS  TO  MEET
 THE REQUIREMENT OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE
 ACADEMIC  YEARS SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO ENROLL NEW STUDENTS PARTICIPATING
 IN ANY PROGRAM AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER FOR A PERIOD  OF  NOT  LESS
 THAN  TWO  ACADEMIC YEARS, COMMENCING WITH THE ACADEMIC YEAR IMMEDIATELY
 FOLLOWING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE INSTITUTION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT DEMON-
 STRATING FAILURE TO MEET THE  REQUIREMENT  FOR  THE  SECOND  CONSECUTIVE
 ACADEMIC  YEAR  IS SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 FOUR OF THIS SECTION. TO  REGAIN  ELIGIBILITY  TO  ENROLL  NEW  STUDENTS
 PARTICIPATING  IN THE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER, A PROPRIE-
 TARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL DEMONSTRATE  COMPLIANCE  WITH
 PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO ACADEMIC YEARS
 AFTER THE ACADEMIC YEAR IN WHICH THE INSTITUTION BECAME INELIGIBLE.
   3. ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER FIRST, A PROPRIETARY INSTITUTION  OF  HIGHER
 EDUCATION SHALL ANNUALLY SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL PUBLISH ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE A DETAILED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
 DISCLOSING  THE  INSTITUTION'S  REVENUES  AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE PRIOR
 ACADEMIC YEAR AND SHALL DISCLOSE THE SOURCES OF REVENUE BY TYPE AS  WELL
 AS TYPES OF EXPENDITURES. SUCH STATEMENT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A LISTING OF
 THE  TOTAL INDIVIDUAL COMPENSATION FROM THE INSTITUTION TO ALL OFFICERS,
 DIRECTORS, BOARD MEMBERS, TRUSTEES, SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS,  OWNERS,  AND
 SENIOR  ADMINISTRATORS,  INCLUDING  ALL  FRINGE  BENEFITS,  BONUSES, AND
 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES PAID IN THE PRIOR ACADEMIC YEAR.  SUCH  STATEMENT
 SHALL  ADHERE  TO  GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND SHALL BE
 CERTIFIED BY AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND CERTIFIED BY

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 THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION. SUCH STATEMENT SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN A
 FORM AND MANNER AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   4.  NO  PROPRIETARY  INSTITUTION  OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL PERMIT ANY
 SENIOR STAFF OR BOARD MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF
 ANY REGIONAL OR NATIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY OR ASSOCIATION WHICH  IS  AN
 ACCREDITOR OF THE INSTITUTION.
   5.  NO  PROPRIETARY  INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL INCLUDE ANY
 PROVISION REQUIRING ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES WITHIN ANY  STUDENT  ENROLL-
 MENT CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT.
   6.  (A)  COMMENCING  IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
 ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER, NO LESS THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF  A  PROPRIE-
 TARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION'S ANNUAL EXPENDITURES SHALL BE MADE
 IN THE AREA OF STUDENT INSTRUCTION.
   (B)  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "STUDENT INSTRUCTION" MEANS
 EXPENDITURES FOR SALARIES,  FRINGE  BENEFITS,  PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOPMENT
 EXPENSES,  AND  OTHER  PAYMENTS MADE TO INSTRUCTORS RELATED TO CLASSROOM
 INSTRUCTION. SUCH TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE EXPENDITURES FOR STAFF  TRAINING
 REQUIRED  UNDER  STATE  OR  FEDERAL  LAWS,  OR  FOR STUDENT RECRUITMENT,
 MARKETING, DIRECT MAILING, OR EXPENSES OF NON-INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.
   (C) A PROPRIETARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT FAILS  TO  MEET
 THE REQUIREMENT OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE
 ACADEMIC  YEARS SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO ENROLL NEW STUDENTS PARTICIPATING
 IN ANY PROGRAM AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER FOR A PERIOD  OF  NOT  LESS
 THAN  TWO  ACADEMIC YEARS, COMMENCING WITH THE ACADEMIC YEAR IMMEDIATELY
 FOLLOWING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE INSTITUTION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT DEMON-
 STRATING FAILURE TO MEET THE  REQUIREMENT  FOR  THE  SECOND  CONSECUTIVE
 ACADEMIC  YEAR  IS SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 FOUR OF THIS SECTION. TO  REGAIN  ELIGIBILITY  TO  ENROLL  NEW  STUDENTS
 PARTICIPATING  IN THE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER, A PROPRIE-
 TARY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL DEMONSTRATE  COMPLIANCE  WITH
 PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO ACADEMIC YEARS
 AFTER THE ACADEMIC YEAR IN WHICH THE INSTITUTION BECAME INELIGIBLE.
   7. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR  A  DIREC-
 TIVE  OF THE COMMISSIONER ARISING THEREFROM SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION
 OF THE LAWS GOVERNING STATE FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-A OF THIS TITLE, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE
 HIGHER  EDUCATION  SERVICES CORPORATION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO TERMINATE
 EXISTING AGREEMENTS WITH THE INSTITUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE  FINAN-
 CIAL  AID  PROGRAMS AND MAY PROHIBIT PARTICIPATION OF THE INSTITUTION IN
 STATE FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS WITH RESPECT TO STUDENTS ENROLLED AFTER THE
 DATE OF TERMINATION OF SUCH AGREEMENTS.  FURTHER,  WHERE  A  PROPRIETARY
 INSTITUTION  OF  HIGHER EDUCATION FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION OR A DIRECTIVE OF THE COMMISSIONER ARISING  THEREFROM,  THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO RESCIND SUCH INSTITUTION'S AUTHORITY
 TO ENROLL NEW STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN THE STATE.
   8. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS,
 AND  MAY PROMULGATE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS, NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTA-
 TION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART F
 
   Section 1. Section 97-z of the state finance law, as added by  chapter
 625  of  the laws of 1987, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 83 of the
 laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:

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   § 97-z. Arts capital [revolving] GRANTS fund. 1. A special fund to  be
 known  as  the  "arts  capital [revolving] GRANTS fund" is hereby estab-
 lished in the custody of the state comptroller and the  commissioner  of
 taxation and finance.
   2.  The fund shall consist of all monies appropriated for its purpose,
 all monies transferred to such fund pursuant to law, all monies required
 by this section or any other provision of law to be paid into or credit-
 ed to the fund[, including payments of  principal  of  and  interest  on
 loans  made  from  the  fund] and any interest earnings which may accrue
 from the investment of monies in  the  fund.  Nothing  contained  herein
 shall  prevent  the  New  York  state council on the arts from receiving
 grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the  fund  as  defined  in
 this section and depositing them into the fund according to law.
   3. Monies of the fund, when allocated, shall be available for adminis-
 trative  costs  of  the  council  and to make [loans] GRANTS to eligible
 not-for-profit arts organizations as provided in  section  3.07  of  the
 arts  and cultural affairs law [and to pay the reasonable administrative
 costs of the dormitory authority incurred in monitoring construction  on
 eligible projects and costs associated with contracts with outside enti-
 ties  to  disburse loans and receive payments on such loans, as provided
 in such section].
   4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and  warrant  of
 the  comptroller  on  vouchers approved and certified by the chairman of
 the New York state council on the arts.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART G
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  the  housing
 trust  fund  corporation  may  provide, for purposes of the neighborhood
 preservation program, a sum not to exceed $8,479,000 for the fiscal year
 ending March 31, 2020.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  and
 subject  to  the  approval of the New York state director of the budget,
 the board of directors of the state of New York  mortgage  agency  shall
 authorize  the  transfer  to the housing trust fund corporation, for the
 purposes of reimbursing any costs associated with neighborhood preserva-
 tion program contracts authorized by this section, a total  sum  not  to
 exceed $8,479,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account
 of the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the
 public  authorities  law,  in  an amount not to exceed the actual excess
 balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as deter-
 mined and certified by the state of New York  mortgage  agency  for  the
 fiscal  year  2018-2019  in accordance with section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves  in  the
 project  pool  insurance  account of the mortgage insurance fund created
 pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law are  sufficient
 to  attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined by the state of
 New York mortgage agency) required to accomplish the  purposes  of  such
 account,  the  project  pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable but no later  than
 June 30, 2019.
   §  2.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, the housing trust
 fund corporation may provide, for purposes  of  the  rural  preservation
 program, a sum not to exceed $3,539,000 for the fiscal year ending March
 31,  2020.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to
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 directors  of  the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the
 transfer to the housing trust fund  corporation,  for  the  purposes  of
 reimbursing   any  costs  associated  with  rural  preservation  program
 contracts  authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to exceed
 $3,539,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account of the
 mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in
 the special account of the mortgage insurance fund,  as  determined  and
 certified  by  the state of New York mortgage agency for the fiscal year
 2018-2019 in accordance with section 2429-b of  the  public  authorities
 law,  if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the project pool
 insurance account of the mortgage insurance  fund  created  pursuant  to
 section  2429-b  of  the public authorities law are sufficient to attain
 and maintain the credit rating (as determined by the state of  New  York
 mortgage  agency)  required  to accomplish the purposes of such account,
 the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund,  such
 transfer  to  be  made as soon as practicable but no later than June 30,
 2019.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART H
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  390  of the social services law, as added by chapter 750 of the
 laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) "Child day care" shall mean CHILD CARE WHERE A LICENSE  OR  REGIS-
 TRATION  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS REQUIRED AND SHALL INCLUDE care for
 a child on a regular basis provided away from the child's residence  for
 less  than  twenty-four  hours  per  day  by someone other than: (1) the
 parent, step-parent, guardian, or relative within the  third  degree  of
 consanguinity  of  the  parents or step-parents of such child; OR (2) AN
 ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER AS SUCH  TERM IS DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH
 (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section  390  of the social services law is
 amended by adding two new paragraphs (g) and (h) to read as follows:
   (G) "ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON  OR  ENTITY
 THAT  IS  NOT  REQUIRED  TO  BE  LICENSED OR REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION AND THAT IS ENROLLED TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED CHILD  CARE  SERVICES
 TO ELIGIBLE FAMILIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE FIVE-C OF THIS ARTICLE AND
 THE REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
   (H) "RELATIVE ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER" SHALL MEAN AN ENROLLED
 LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL, AGE EIGHTEEN OR OLDER, AND
 WHO,  BY  VIRTUE  OF  BLOOD, MARRIAGE OR COURT DECREE, IS, TO ALL OF THE
 CHILDREN THAT SUCH PERSON IS ENROLLED TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED  CHILD  CARE
 SERVICES TO IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE FIVE-C OF THIS ARTICLE:
   (I) A GRANDPARENT;
   (II) A GREAT-GRANDPARENT;
   (III)  A  SIBLING  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  SIBLING RESIDES IN A SEPARATE
 HOUSEHOLD FROM THE CHILD;
   (IV) AN AUNT; OR
   (V) AN UNCLE.
   § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2  of  section  390  of  the  social
 services  law, as amended by chapter 117 of the laws of 2010, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) Child day care centers caring for seven or more children and group
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 shall obtain a license from the office of children and  family  services
 and  shall  operate in accordance with the terms of such license and the
 regulations of such office. Initial licenses [shall be valid for a peri-
 od  of  up  to  two years;] AND subsequent licenses shall be valid for a
 period of up to four years so long as the provider remains substantially
 in compliance with applicable law and regulations during such period.
   § 4. Clause (A) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 2
 of section 390 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 117  of
 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (A)  Initial  registrations  [shall be valid for a period of up to two
 years,] AND subsequent registrations shall be valid for a period  of  up
 to  four  years so long as the provider remains substantially in compli-
 ance with applicable law and regulations during such period.
   § 5. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 3 of  section  390  of  the
 social services law, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 416 of the laws
 of  2000,  and  paragraph  (b)  as amended by chapter 117 of the laws of
 2010, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) The office of children and family services may make  announced  or
 unannounced  inspections  of the records and premises of any child [day]
 care provider, whether or not such provider has a license  from,  or  is
 registered with, the office of children and family services.  The office
 of  children  and  family services shall make unannounced inspections of
 the records and premises of any child day care provider  within  fifteen
 days  after  the  office  of  children  and  family  services receives a
 complaint that, if true, would indicate such provider  does  not  comply
 with  the  APPLICABLE  regulations  of the office of children and family
 services or with statutory requirements. If the complaint indicates that
 there may be imminent danger to the children, the office of children and
 family services shall investigate the complaint no later than  the  next
 day  of  operation  of  the  provider. The office of children and family
 services may provide for inspections through the purchase of services.
   (b) (I) Where inspections have been made and violations of  applicable
 statutes  or  regulations  have  been  found, the office of children and
 family services shall within ten days advise the child day care provider
 in writing of the violations and require the provider  to  correct  such
 violations.  The  office  of  children  and family services may also act
 pursuant to subdivisions ten and eleven of this section.
   (II) WHERE INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE  AND  VIOLATIONS  OF  APPLICABLE
 STATUTES  OR  REGULATIONS  HAVE  BEEN  FOUND, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
 FAMILY SERVICES OR ITS DESIGNEE  SHALL,  WITHIN  TEN  DAYS,  ADVISE  THE
 ENROLLED  LEGALLY-EXEMPT  PROVIDER  IN  WRITING  OF  THE  VIOLATIONS AND
 REQUIRE THE PROVIDER TO CORRECT SUCH VIOLATIONS.
   § 6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4  of  section  390  of  the  social
 services  law, as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) The office of children and family  services  on  an  annual  basis
 shall inspect [at least twenty percent of all registered family day care
 homes, registered child day care centers and registered school age child
 care  programs to determine whether such homes, centers and programs are
 operating in compliance with applicable statutes  and  regulations.  The
 office  of children and family services shall increase the percentage of
 family day care homes, child day care centers and school age child  care
 programs which are inspected pursuant to this subdivision as follows: to
 at  least  thirty  percent by the thirty-first of December two thousand;
 and to at least fifty percent by the thirty-first of December two  thou-
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 PROVIDERS OTHER THAN RELATIVE  ENROLLED  LEGALLY-EXEMPT  PROVIDERS.  The
 office  of children and family services may provide for such inspections
 through purchase of services. [Priority shall be  given  to  family  day
 care  homes which have never been licensed or certified prior to initial
 registration.]
   § 7. Subdivision 3 of section 390-a of the  social  services  law,  as
 added  by  chapter  416 of the laws of 2000, paragraph (b) as amended by
 chapter 552 of the laws of 2003, subparagraph (ix) as amended by chapter
 117 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   3. (a) The office of children and  family  services  shall  promulgate
 regulations   requiring  operators,  program  directors,  employees  and
 assistants of family day  care  homes,  group  family  day  care  homes,
 school-age  child  care  programs  and child day care centers to receive
 PRE-SERVICE AND ANNUAL TRAINING, AS APPLICABLE.  PROVIDED  HOWEVER  THAT
 SUCH  PROVIDERS  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED TO RECEIVE thirty hours of training
 every two years; provided, FURTHER however, that fifteen hours  of  such
 training  must  be  received  within the first six months of the initial
 licensure, registration or employment. Such training requirements  shall
 also  apply to any volunteer in such day care homes, programs or centers
 who has the potential for regular and substantial contact with children.
 The thirty hours of training required during the  first  biennial  cycle
 after  initial licensure or registration shall include training received
 while an application for licensure or registration pursuant  to  section
 three  hundred  ninety  of this title is pending. The office of children
 and family services  may  provide  this  training  through  purchase  of
 services.
   (b)  The  training required in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall
 address TOPICS AND SUBJECT MATTERS  REQUIRED  BY  FEDERAL  LAW  AND  the
 following  topics  OR  SUBJECT  MATTERS,  UNLESS  SUCH TOPICS OR SUBJECT
 MATTERS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COVERED IN TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED  PURSUANT
 TO FEDERAL LAW:
   (i) principles of childhood development, focusing on the developmental
 stages of the age groups for which the program provides care;
   (ii) nutrition and health needs of infants and children;
   (iii) child day care program development;
   (iv) safety and security procedures;
   (v) business record maintenance and management;
   (vi) child abuse and maltreatment identification and prevention;
   (vii) statutes and regulations pertaining to child day care;
   (viii)   statutes  and  regulations  pertaining  to  child  abuse  and
 maltreatment; and
   (ix) for operators, program directors,  employees  and  assistants  of
 family  day  care  homes, group family day care homes and child day care
 centers, education and information on the identification, diagnosis  and
 prevention of shaken baby syndrome.
   (c)  For  the  thirty  hours  of  biennial training required after the
 initial period of licensure  or  registration,  each  provider  who  can
 demonstrate  basic  competency shall determine in which of the specified
 topics he or she needs further study, based on the provider's experience
 and the needs of the children in the provider's care.
   (d) Family day care home and group  family  day  care  home  operators
 shall  obtain training pertaining to protection of the health and safety
 of children, as required by regulation,  prior  to  the  issuance  of  a
 license or registration by the office of children and family services.

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   (e)  Upon  request  by the office of children and family services, the
 child day care applicant or provider shall submit  documentation  demon-
 strating compliance with the training requirements of this section.
   §  8. The section heading of section 390-b of the social services law,
 as added by chapter 416 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Criminal  history  review  AND  BACKGROUND  CLEARANCES  of  child care
 providers, generally.
   § 9. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 390-b of the  social  services
 law  are  REPEALED  and  five  new subdivisions 1, 1-a, 2, 3 and 3-a are
 added to read as follows:
   1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  AND
 SUBJECT  TO  RULES  AND REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
 SERVICES  AND,  WHERE  APPLICABLE,  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE
 SERVICES, THE FOLLOWING CLEARANCES SHALL BE CONDUCTED FOR ENTITIES SPEC-
 IFIED  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION IN THE TIME AND MANNER AS
 REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION:
   (A) A CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECK  WITH  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE SERVICES;
   (B)  A  SEARCH  OF THE CRIMINAL HISTORY REPOSITORY IN EACH STATE OTHER
 THAN NEW YORK WHERE SUCH PERSON RESIDES OR RESIDED DURING THE  PRECEDING
 FIVE  YEARS,  IF  APPLICABLE UNLESS SUCH STATE'S CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
 INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE  RESULTS  OR  THE  CLEARANCE
 CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (C) A NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES-
 TIGATION;  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES IS DIRECTED TO
 SUBMIT FINGERPRINTS TO THE  FEDERAL  BUREAU  OF  INVESTIGATION  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  A NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECK, PURSUANT TO AND
 CONSISTENT WITH PUBLIC LAW 113-186 TO  DETERMINE  WHETHER  SUCH  PERSONS
 SHALL HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL JURISDICTION;
   (D) A SEARCH OF THE NEW YORK STATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY;
   (E)  A SEARCH OF ANY STATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY OR REPOSITORY IN EACH
 STATE OTHER THAN NEW YORK WHERE SUCH PERSON RESIDES  OR  RESIDED  DURING
 THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS, IF APPLICABLE UNLESS SUCH STATE'S SEX OFFENDER
 REGISTRY INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE CLEARANCE CONDUCTED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (F) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (F)  A SEARCH OF THE NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY USING THE NATIONAL
 CRIME AND INFORMATION CENTER, ESTABLISHED UNDER  THE  ADAM  WALSH  CHILD
 PROTECTION AND SAFETY ACT OF 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 ET SEQ.);
   (G)  A DATABASE CHECK OF THE STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF CHILD ABUSE
 AND MALTREATMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FOUR  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FOUR-A
 OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
   (H) A SEARCH OF A STATE-BASED CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT REPOSITORY OF ANY
 STATE  OTHER  THAN  NEW YORK WHERE SUCH PERSON RESIDES OR RESIDED DURING
 THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS; IF APPLICABLE.
   1-A. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW,
 THE TERM "ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER" SHALL REFER TO A PERSON  WHO
 MEETS THE DEFINITION OF "ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER" AS DEFINED IN
 PARAGRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS
 TITLE  AND  WHO  IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS RELATED TO ALL CHILDREN FOR
 WHOM CHILD CARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
   2. IN RELATION TO ANY CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM AND ANY  ENROLLED  LEGAL-
 LY-EXEMPT PROVIDER:
   (A)  THE  CLEARANCES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS (A), (C), (D) AND
 (G) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED FOR:

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   (I) EVERY PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEER WITH THE  POTENTIAL  FOR  UNSUPERVISED
 CONTACT WITH CHILDREN IN CARE;
   (II) EVERY APPLICANT TO BECOME AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER;
   (III) EVERY PROSPECTIVE CAREGIVER OR EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING DIRECTORS AND
 OPERATORS OF SUCH A PROGRAM; AND
   (IV)  WHERE  THE CHILD CARE SERVICES WILL BE OR ARE PROVIDED IN A HOME
 SETTING WHERE THE CHILD DOES NOT RESIDE, ANY INDIVIDUAL AGE EIGHTEEN  OR
 OLDER  WHO,  FOR A PROSPECTIVE PROGRAM, RESIDES, OR WHO, FOR AN EXISTING
 PROGRAM, BEGINS RESIDING ON THE PREMISES WHERE THE CHILD  CARE  SERVICES
 ARE PROVIDED;
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, PRIOR
 TO OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, ALL CLEARANCES LISTED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION THAT HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONDUCTED  PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND FOR WHICH ON-GOING CRIMINAL
 HISTORY  RESULTS ARE NOT ALREADY PROVIDED, SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH A SCHEDULE DEVELOPED BY THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY
 SERVICES, FOR ALL:
   (I)  EXISTING  VOLUNTEERS  WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UNSUPERVISED CONTACT
 WITH CHILDREN IN CARE;
   (II) EXISTING CAREGIVERS AND EMPLOYEES INCLUDING DIRECTORS AND  OPERA-
 TORS OF ANY SUCH PROGRAM; AND
   (III)  WHERE  THE  CHILD  CARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN A HOME SETTING
 WHERE THE CHILD DOES NOT RESIDE, ANY INDIVIDUAL AGE  EIGHTEEN  OR  OLDER
 WHO RESIDES ON THE PREMISES WHERE THE CHILD CARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED;
   (C)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 CLEARANCES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OTHER THAN THOSE FOR  WHICH
 ON-GOING CRIMINAL HISTORY RESULTS ARE PROVIDED, SHALL BE CONDUCTED FOR A
 PERSON  LISTED  IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (I), (II) AND (III) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  A
 SCHEDULE DEVELOPED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
   3.  (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN
 RELATION TO THE CLEARANCES REQUIRED PURSUANT THIS SECTION, AN INDIVIDUAL
 OR A PROGRAM SHALL BE DEEMED INELIGIBLE, AS  SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN
 PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IF SUCH INDIVIDUAL:
   (I) REFUSES TO CONSENT TO SUCH CLEARANCE;
   (II)  KNOWINGLY  MAKES A MATERIALLY FALSE STATEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH
 SUCH A CLEARANCE;
   (III) IS REGISTERED, OR IS REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED, ON A  STATE  SEX
 OFFENDER  REGISTRY  OR  REPOSITORY OR THE NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
 ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ADAM WALSH CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY ACT OF 2006
 (42 U.S.C. 16901 ET SEQ.); OR
   (IV) HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME ENUMERATED IN SUBPARAGRAPH  (E)  OR
 CLAUSES  (I)  THROUGH  (VIII)  OF  SUBPARAGRAPH  (D) OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF
 SUBDIVISION (C) OF 42 U.S.C. 9858F.
   (B) FOR PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "INELIGIBLE" SHALL MEAN:
   (I) THE INDIVIDUAL WHO ENGAGED IN CONDUCT LISTED IN PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO:
   (1)  OPERATE,  DIRECT, BE THE CAREGIVER FOR, OR BE EMPLOYED BY A CHILD
 DAY CARE PROGRAM OR AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER; OR
   (2) BE A VOLUNTEER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR  UNSUPERVISED  CONTACT  WITH
 CHILDREN  IN A CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM OR WITH AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT
 PROVIDER; OR
   (3) BE AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER; OR
   (II) IN RELATION TO CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAMS OR ANY  ENROLLED  LEGALLY-
 EXEMPT PROVIDERS, WHERE CHILD CARE IS, OR IS PROPOSED TO BE PROVIDED, TO
 A CHILD IN A HOME SETTING WHERE SUCH CHILD DOES NOT RESIDE, SUCH PROGRAM

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 OR  PROVIDER SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO OPERATE OR TO BE ENROLLED TO SERVE
 CHILDREN RECEIVING CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES PURSUANT TO TITLE FIVE-C OF THIS
 ARTICLE, IF AN INDIVIDUAL OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHO  RESIDES  IN  THE
 HOUSEHOLD WHERE CHILD CARE IS, OR IS PROPOSED TO BE PROVIDED, ENGAGED IN
 CONDUCT LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   3-A.  (A)  IN  RELATION  TO  CHILD  DAY CARE PROGRAMS AND ANY ENROLLED
 LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER, WHEN A CLEARANCE  CONDUCTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  REVEALS  THAT  ANY  EXISTING  OPERATOR, DIRECTOR, CAREGIVER, OR
 PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN THAT RESIDES IN A HOME WHERE CHILD  CARE
 IS  PROVIDED  IN A HOME SETTING WHERE THE CHILD DOES NOT RESIDE HAS BEEN
 CONVICTED OF A CRIME OTHER THAN ONE SET FORTH IN  SUBPARAGRAPH  (IV)  OF
 PARAGRAPH  (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, THE OFFICE OF CHIL-
 DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES  SHALL  CONDUCT  A  SAFETY  ASSESSMENT  OF  THE
 PROGRAM  AND TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE STEPS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
 OF THE CHILDREN IN THE PROGRAM, AND MAY DENY, LIMIT, SUSPEND, REVOKE  OR
 REJECT  SUCH  PROGRAM'S  LICENSE  OR REGISTRATION OR TERMINATE OR REJECT
 SUCH PROGRAM'S ENROLLMENT, AS APPLICABLE, UNLESS THE OFFICE OF  CHILDREN
 AND FAMILY SERVICES, DETERMINES IN ITS DISCRETION, THAT CONTINUED OPERA-
 TION  BY  THE CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM OR ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER
 WILL NOT IN ANY WAY JEOPARDIZE THE HEALTH,  SAFETY  OR  WELFARE  OF  THE
 CHILDREN CARED FOR IN THE PROGRAM OR BY THE PROVIDER.
   (B)  IN  RELATION TO CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAMS AND ANY ENROLLED LEGALLY-
 EXEMPT PROVIDER, WHEN A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION
 REVEALS  THAT  ANY EXISTING EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
 UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A  CRIME  OTHER
 THAN  ONE SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF THIS SECTION, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN OF FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL
 CONDUCT  A  SAFETY  ASSESSMENT  OF  THE PROGRAM AND TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE
 STEPS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN IN  THE  PROGRAM.
 THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  OF  FAMILY SERVICES MAY DIRECT THE PROGRAM OR
 PROVIDER TO  TERMINATE  THE  EMPLOYEE  OR  VOLUNTEER  BASED  ON  SUCH  A
 CONVICTION,  CONSISTENT  WITH  ARTICLE  TWENTY-THREE-A OF THE CORRECTION
 LAW.
   (C) IN RELATION TO ANY CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAMS AND ANY ENROLLED LEGAL-
 LY-EXEMPT PROVIDERS OR ANY APPLICANTS TO BECOME AN ENROLLED  LEGALLY-EX-
 EMPT  PROVIDER,  WHERE  A  CLEARANCE  CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 REVEALS A CONVICTION FOR A CRIME OTHER THAN ONE SET  FORTH  IN  SUBPARA-
 GRAPH  (IV)  OF  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, FOR
 ANY PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE, VOLUNTEER, OR  APPLICANT  SEEKING  ENROLLMENT,
 THE  OFFICE  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES MAY DIRECT THAT SUCH PERSON
 NOT BE HIRED OR BE ENROLLED, AS APPLICABLE, BASED ON SUCH A  CONVICTION,
 CONSISTENT WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE-A OF THE CORRECTION LAW.
   (D)  (I)  WHERE A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REVEALS
 THAT AN APPLICANT TO BE THE OPERATOR OR DIRECTOR OF  A  CHILD  DAY  CARE
 PROGRAM,  OR  ANYONE  WHO  RESIDES  IN THE HOME OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN
 WHERE CHILD DAY CARE IS PROPOSED TO BE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN IN  A  HOME-
 BASED  SETTING HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
 FAMILY SERVICES SHALL HOLD THE APPLICATION IN ABEYANCE UNTIL THE  CHARGE
 IS FINALLY RESOLVED.
   (II) WHERE A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REVEALS THAT
 THE  CURRENT  OPERATOR  OR  DIRECTOR  OF A CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM OR ANY
 PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN THAT RESIDES IN A HOME WHERE  CHILD  DAY
 CARE  IS  PROVIDED HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN
 AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL CONDUCT A SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF THE PROGRAM AND
 TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE STEPS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF  CHILDREN
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 LICENSE  OR  REGISTRATION OR TERMINATE ENROLLMENT BASED ON SUCH A CHARGE
 WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH  AND  SAFETY  OF  CHILDREN  IN  THE
 PROGRAM.
   (III)  WHERE  A  CLEARANCE  CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REVEALS
 THAT AN EXISTING CAREGIVER, VOLUNTEER OR  AN  EXISTING  EMPLOYEE  OF  AN
 ENROLLED  LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER OR ANY PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN
 THAT RESIDES IN A HOME WHERE CHILD  CARE  IS  PROVIDED  BY  AN  ENROLLED
 LEGALLY-EXEMPT  PROVIDER  IN  A  HOME  SETTING  WHERE THE CHILD DOES NOT
 RESIDE, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
 SERVICES SHALL TAKE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
   (A) CONDUCT A SAFETY ASSESSMENT; OR
   (B) TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE STEPS TO PROTECT THE  HEALTH  AND  SAFETY  OF
 CHILDREN IN THE PROGRAM.
   (IV) WHERE A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REVEALS THAT
 AN APPLICANT TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UNSU-
 PERVISED  CONTACT  WITH  CHILDREN  OF  A CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM HAS BEEN
 CHARGED WITH A CRIME, THE OFFICE SHALL HOLD THE APPLICATION IN  ABEYANCE
 UNTIL THE CHARGE IS FINALLY RESOLVED.
   (V)  WHERE A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REVEALS THAT
 A CURRENT EMPLOYEE, OR CURRENT VOLUNTEER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UNSUPER-
 VISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OF A CHILD  DAY  CARE  PROGRAM  OR  ENROLLED
 LEGALLY-EXEMPT  PROVIDER  HAS  BEEN  CHARGED WITH A CRIME, THE OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL CONDUCT A SAFETY  ASSESSMENT  OF  THE
 PROGRAM  AND TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE STEPS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
 OF THE CHILDREN IN THE PROGRAM.
   § 10. Subdivision 6 of section 390-b of the  social  services  law  is
 REPEALED and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
   6.  THE  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL PAY ANY REQUIRED
 PROCESSING FEE FOR A CRIMINAL HISTORY OR SEX OFFENDER CLEARANCE PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION. THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL
 PROMPTLY  SUBMIT FINGERPRINTS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SUCH
 PROCESSING FEE TO THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
   § 11. Subdivision 7 of section 390-b of the social  services  law,  as
 added by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  Where  the  office of children and family services OR ITS DESIGNEE
 DENIES OR directs a child day care OR AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT provid-
 er to deny an application based on the criminal history  record[,];  (A)
 the  provider must notify the applicant that such record is the basis of
 the denial; AND (B) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL
 ALSO  NOTIFY  AS  THE CASE MAY BE, SUCH CURRENT OR PROSPECTIVE OPERATOR,
 DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE, ASSISTANT, LEGALLY EXEMPT PROVIDER,  VOLUNTEER  WITH
 THE  POTENTIAL  FOR  UNSUPERVISED  CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OR OTHER PERSON
 EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, WHO RESIDES IN THE HOME  WHERE  CARE  IS
 PROVIDED,  OTHER  THAN  THE CHILD'S HOME, THAT THE CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK
 WAS THE BASIS FOR THE DENIAL OF CLEARANCE AND SHALL PROVIDE  SUCH  INDI-
 VIDUAL  WITH A COPY OF THE RESULTS OF THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK
 UPON WHICH SUCH DENIAL WAS  BASED  TOGETHER  WITH  A  WRITTEN  STATEMENT
 SETTING  FORTH THE REASONS FOR SUCH DENIAL, AS WELL AS A COPY OF ARTICLE
 TWENTY-THREE-A OF THE CORRECTION LAW AND INFORM SUCH INDIVIDUAL  OF  HIS
 OR  HER  RIGHT TO SEEK CORRECTION OF ANY INCORRECT INFORMATION CONTAINED
 IN SUCH NATIONAL RECORD CHECK PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTI-
 GATION.
   § 12. Subdivisions 9 and 10 of section 390-b of  the  social  services
 law,  as added by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, are amended and a new
 subdivision 11 is added to read as follows:

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   9. (A) Any criminal history record provided by the division of  crimi-
 nal  justice  services,  and  any summary of the criminal history record
 provided by the office of children and family services to a  [child  day
 care  provider]  PERSON  THAT  RECEIVES  A  CLEARANCE  pursuant  to this
 section,   is  confidential  and  shall  not  be  available  for  public
 inspection; provided, however, nothing herein shall prevent [a child day
 care provider or] the  office  of  children  and  family  services  from
 disclosing  criminal history information OR THE INDIVIDUAL FROM DISCLOS-
 ING HIS OR HER CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION  at  any  administrative  or
 judicial  proceeding relating to the denial or revocation of an applica-
 tion, employment, license or registration. The  subject  of  a  criminal
 history  review  conducted pursuant to this section shall be entitled to
 receive, upon written request, a copy of the  summary  of  the  criminal
 history  record  [provided by the office of children and family services
 to the child day  care  provider].    Unauthorized  disclosure  of  such
 records or reports shall BE subject [the provider] to civil penalties in
 accordance  with  the  provisions of subdivision eleven of section three
 hundred ninety of this title.
   (B) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL NOT  RELEASE  THE
 CONTENT  OF  THE RESULTS OF THE NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECK
 CONDUCTED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
 SUBDIVISION TO ANY NON-PUBLIC ENTITY.
   10. A child day care OR ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT provider shall  advise
 the  office  of  children  and family services when an individual who is
 subject to criminal history record review in accordance with subdivision
 one or two of this section is no longer  subject  to  such  review.  The
 office  of  children  and  family  services shall inform the division of
 criminal justice services when an individual who is subject to  criminal
 history  review is no longer subject to such review so that the division
 of criminal justice services may terminate its  retain  processing  with
 regard  to such person. At least once a year, the office of children and
 family services will be required to conduct a validation of the  records
 maintained by the division of criminal justice services.
   11.  CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS WHICH ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE CITY OF NEW YORK
 SHALL REQUIRE THAT SUCH CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS  OF
 ANY  FEDERAL  LAWS AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE CHILD CARE DEVELOP-
 MENT AND BLOCK GRANT AND THE RELATED FEDERALLY  APPROVED  PLANS  OF  THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK.
   §  13.  Subparagraph  (z) of paragraph (A) of subdivision 4 of section
 422 of the social services law, as amended by section 11 of  part  L  of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (z)  an  entity  with  appropriate legal authority in another state to
 license,  certify  or  otherwise  approve  prospective  foster  parents,
 prospective  adoptive  parents,  prospective  relative  guardians  [or],
 prospective successor guardians OR CHILD CARE PROGRAM  where  disclosure
 of information regarding such prospective foster or prospective adoptive
 parents  or  prospective relative or prospective successor guardians and
 other persons over the age of eighteen residing  in  the  home  of  such
 persons  [is]  OR WHERE CHILD CARE IS PROVIDED, AS required under EITHER
 title IV-E of the federal social security act OR THE FEDERAL CHILD  CARE
 AND  DEVELOPMENT  BLOCK  GRANT  ACT (SECTION NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
 FIFTY-EIGHT, ET SEQ. OF TITLE FORTY-TWO OF THE UNITED STATES CODE); and

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   § 14. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 424-a  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended by section 12 of part L of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  A  licensing  agency  shall inquire of the [department] OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES and the [department] OFFICE shall,  subject
 to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  (e) of this subdivision, inform such
 agency and the subject of the inquiry whether an applicant for a certif-
 icate, license, ENROLLMENT or permit, [assistants to group] OR TO BECOME
 AN EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WITH THE  POTENTIAL  FOR  UNSUPERVISED  CONTACT
 WITH  CHILDREN  IN  CARE OF A family day care [providers] PROVIDER OR AN
 ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION
 ONE-A  OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-B OF THIS ARTICLE the director of
 a camp subject to the provisions of article  thirteen-B  of  the  public
 health  law,  a  prospective  successor  guardian  when  a  clearance is
 conducted pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision two of  section  four
 hundred  fifty-eight-b  of  this article, and any person over the age of
 eighteen who resides in the home of a person who has applied  to  become
 an  adoptive  parent  or a foster parent or to operate a family day care
 home or group family day care home or any person over the age  of  eigh-
 teen  residing  in  the  home of a prospective successor guardian when a
 clearance is conducted of a prospective successor guardian  pursuant  to
 this  paragraph, OR ANY PERSON AGE EIGHTEEN OR OLDER THAT RESIDES ON THE
 PREMISES OF WHERE CHILD CARE IS PROVIDED IN A SETTING THAT  IS  NOT  THE
 CHILD'S  OWN HOME BY AN ENROLLED LEGALLY-EXEMPT PROVIDER AS SUCH TERM IS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-B  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE has been or is currently the subject of an indicated child abuse
 and  maltreatment  report on file with the statewide central register of
 child abuse and maltreatment.
   § 15. Subdivision 4 of section 424-a of the social  services  law,  as
 amended  by  section  14 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   4. For purposes of this section, the  term  "licensing  agency"  shall
 mean an authorized agency which has received an application to become an
 adoptive  parent  or an authorized agency which has received an applica-
 tion for a certificate or license to receive, board or  keep  any  child
 pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred seventy-six or three
 hundred  seventy-seven of this article or an authorized agency which has
 received an application from a relative  within  the  second  degree  or
 third  degree  of  consanguinity  of the parent of a child or a relative
 within the second degree or third degree of consanguinity of  the  step-
 parent  of  a  child  or  children,  or  the  child's legal guardian for
 approval to receive, board or keep such child, or an  authorized  agency
 that  conducts  a clearance pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision two
 of section four hundred fifty-eight-b of this article,  or  a  state  or
 local governmental agency which receives an application to provide child
 day  care  services  in  a  child day care center, school-age child care
 program, family day care home or group family day care home OR  ENROLLED
 LEGALLY-EXEMPT  PROVIDER AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  NINETY-B  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  pursuant  to   the
 provisions  of  section  three  hundred  ninety  of this article, or the
 department of health and mental hygiene of the city of  New  York,  when
 such department receives an application for a certificate of approval to
 provide  child  day care services in a child day care center pursuant to
 the provisions of the health code of the city of New York, or the office
 of mental health or the office for people with  developmental  disabili-
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 icate pursuant to the provisions of the mental hygiene law to operate  a
 family care home, or a state or local governmental official who receives
 an  application  for  a permit to operate a camp which is subject to the
 provisions  of article thirteen-B of the public health law or the office
 of children and family services which has received an application for  a
 certificate  to receive, board or keep any child at a foster family home
 pursuant to articles nineteen-G and nineteen-H of the executive  law  or
 any other facility or provider agency, as defined in subdivision four of
 section  four  hundred  eighty-eight  of  this chapter, in regard to any
 licensing or certification function carried  out  by  such  facility  or
 agency.
   §  16.  Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
 section or part contained in any part of this act shall be  adjudged  by
 any  court  of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall
 not affect, impair, or invalidate the remained  thereof,  but  shall  by
 confined  in  its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part contained in any part thereof directly involved in
 the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.  It  is
 hereby  declared to be the intent of the legislature that this act would
 have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had  not  be  included
 herein.
   §  17.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
 sections one, two, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,  fourteen
 and  fifteen  of  this  act  shall  take  effect  September 1, 2019; and
 provided, further that sections three, four, five and six  of  this  act
 shall  take  effect  September 30, 2019; and provided, further, that the
 office of children and family services is authorized to  promulgate  any
 rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date.
 
                                  PART I
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 378-a of the social services law,
 as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  (A)  Every  authorized agency which operates a residential program
 for children licensed or certified by the office of children and  family
 services,  and the office of children and family services in relation to
 any juvenile justice program it operates, shall request that the justice
 center for the protection of people with special needs check,  and  upon
 such  request, such justice center shall request and shall be authorized
 to receive from the division of criminal justice services and the feder-
 al bureau of investigation criminal history information, as such  phrase
 is  defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section eight hundred
 forty-five-b of the executive law concerning each prospective  operator,
 employee  or volunteer of such a residential program who will have regu-
 lar and substantial unsupervised or unrestricted physical  contact  with
 children in such program.
   (B)  EVERY  AUTHORIZED  AGENCY THAT OPERATES A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR
 FOSTER CHILDREN THAT IS LICENSED OR CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF  CHILDREN
 AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL  REQUEST  THAT  THE  JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE
 PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHECK, AND  UPON  SUCH  REQUEST,
 SUCH  JUSTICE  CENTER  SHALL  REQUEST AND SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE
 FROM THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
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 PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THE  SECTION  EIGHT  HUNDRED  FORTY-
 FIVE-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, FOR EVERY:
   (I)  PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OF SUCH PROGRAM THAT IS NOT ALREADY REQUIRED
 TO BE CLEARED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, PRIOR
 TO APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  A  SCHEDULE
 DEVELOPED  BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, ANY PERSON WHO
 IS EMPLOYED IN A RESIDENTIAL FOSTER CARE PROGRAM THAT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY
 HAD A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN CONNECTION TO SUCH
 EMPLOYMENT.
   (C) For the purposes of this section,  "operator"  shall  include  any
 natural person with an ownership interest in the authorized agency.
   (D)  Access  to and the use of [such] information OBTAINED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION shall be governed by the provisions  of  section  eight
 hundred forty-five-b of the executive law.
   §  2.  Paragraph  A  of  subdivision  4  of  section 422 of the social
 services law, is amended by adding a new subparagraph (bb)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (BB)  AN  ENTITY  WITH APPROPRIATE LEGAL AUTHORITY IN ANOTHER STATE TO
 LICENSE, CERTIFY OR OTHERWISE APPROVE RESIDENTIAL  PROGRAMS  FOR  FOSTER
 CHILDREN  WHERE  DISCLOSURE  OF INFORMATION REGARDING ANY PROSPECTIVE OR
 CURRENT EMPLOYEE OF SUCH PROGRAM IS  REQUIRED  BY  PARAGRAPH  TWENTY  OF
 SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF TITLE FORTY-TWO OF
 THE UNITED STATES CODE.
   §  3.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section
 424-a of the social services law, as amended by section 8-a of part D of
 chapter 501 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) (A) Subject  to  the  provisions  of  subdivision  seven  of  this
 section,  a  provider  agency shall inquire of the office and the office
 shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (e) of  this  subdivision,
 inform such agency and the subject of the inquiry whether any person who
 is actively being considered for employment and who will have the poten-
 tial  for regular and substantial contact with individuals who are cared
 for by the agency, is the  subject  of  an  indicated  child  abuse  and
 maltreatment report on file with the statewide central register of child
 abuse  and maltreatment prior to permitting such person to have unsuper-
 vised contact with such individuals. Such  agency  may  inquire  of  the
 office  and  the  office shall inform such agency and the subject of the
 inquiry whether any person who is currently employed  and  who  has  the
 potential  for  regular and substantial contact with individuals who are
 cared for by such agency is the subject of an indicated child abuse  and
 maltreatment report on file with the statewide central register of child
 abuse  and  maltreatment.  A  provider  agency shall also inquire of the
 office and the office shall inform such agency and the  subject  of  the
 inquiry  whether  any  person  who  is employed by an individual, corpo-
 ration, partnership or association which provides goods or  services  to
 such  agency  who  has the potential for regular and substantial contact
 with individuals who are cared for by the agency, is the subject  of  an
 indicated child abuse and maltreatment report on file with the statewide
 central  register  of  child  abuse and maltreatment prior to permitting
 such  person  to  have  unsupervised  contact  with  such   individuals.
 Inquiries made to the office pursuant to this subparagraph by a provider
 agency on current employees shall be made no more often than once in any
 six month period.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE (A) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, WHERE THE PROVID-
 ER  AGENCY  IS  AN AUTHORIZED AGENCY THAT OPERATES A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM

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 FOR FOSTER CHILDREN THAT IS LICENSED OR CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF CHIL-
 DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SUCH AGENCY SHALL INQUIRE OF THE OFFICE AND THE
 OFFICE SHALL, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION, INFORM SUCH AGENCY AND THE SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY WHETHER:
   (I) ANY PERSON WHO IS ACTIVELY BEING CONSIDERED FOR EMPLOYMENT IN SUCH
 PROGRAM WHO IS NOT ALREADY REQUIRED TO BE CLEARED PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (A)
 OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  IS  THE  SUBJECT OF AN INDICATED CHILD ABUSE AND
 MALTREATMENT REPORT ON FILE WITH THE STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF CHILD
 ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT; AND
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, PRIOR
 TO APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  A  SCHEDULE
 DEVELOPED  BY  THE  OFFICE  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, WHETHER ANY
 PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED IN A RESIDENTIAL FOSTER CARE PROGRAM THAT HAS NOT
 PREVIOUSLY HAD A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  IN
 CONNECTION TO SUCH EMPLOYMENT IS THE SUBJECT OF AN INDICATED CHILD ABUSE
 AND  MALTREATMENT  REPORT ON FILE WITH THE STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF
 CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT.
   § 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
 
                                  PART J
 
   Section 1. The section heading and the opening paragraph  of  subdivi-
 sion  1 of section 131-u of the social services law, as amended by chap-
 ter 169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   Domestic violence services [to eligible persons].
   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a  social  services
 district  shall,  in  accordance with the provisions of this section and
 regulations of the department, offer and provide emergency  shelter  and
 services  at  a residential program for victims of domestic violence, as
 defined in article six-A of this chapter, to the extent that such  shel-
 ter  and  services  are  necessary and available to a victim of domestic
 violence, as defined in article six-A of this chapter, and  in  need  of
 emergency  shelter and services, who was residing in the social services
 district at the time of the alleged domestic violence [and who:].
   § 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 131-u  of  the
 social services law are REPEALED.
   §  3.  Subdivision  2  of section 131-u of the social services law, as
 amended by chapter 169 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  The  department  [shall]  MAY  annually  establish, subject to the
 approval of the director of the budget, a daily  rate  of  reimbursement
 for  each  residential  program  for  victims  of  domestic violence, as
 defined in article six-A of this chapter, certified  by  the  department
 which  provides  emergency  shelter and services to persons eligible for
 such emergency shelter and services pursuant to this section.  A  social
 services  district  financially  responsible  for  a  victim of domestic
 violence shall reimburse a residential program for victims  of  domestic
 violence  for  the  costs  of emergency shelter and services provided to
 such victim at the daily reimbursement rate established by  the  depart-
 ment  reduced  by  [the sum of all fees which such victim is able to pay
 toward the costs of such shelter and services as determined  in  accord-
 ance  with  the public assistance budgeting rules set forth in the regu-
 lations of the department and by] any [third party] OTHER  reimbursement
 available for such costs.
   §  4.  Section 459-f of the social services law, as amended by chapter
 169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:

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   § 459-f. [Fees] PAYMENT for services. [Any program defined in subdivi-
 sion four of section four  hundred  fifty-nine-a  of  this  article  may
 charge a service fee to a victim of domestic violence who is able to pay
 all  or part of the costs of the emergency shelter and services provided
 to  the victim.] Payments by a social services district to a residential
 program for victims of domestic violence  for  the  costs  of  emergency
 shelter  and  services  provided to a victim of domestic violence at the
 daily reimbursement rate determined by the department in accordance with
 section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter shall be reduced by the
 sum of [all fees which such victim is able to pay toward  the  costs  of
 such  shelter  and  services as determined in accordance with the public
 assistance budgeting rules set forth in the regulations of  the  depart-
 ment  and  by]  any [third party] OTHER reimbursement available for such
 costs.
   § 5. This act shall take effect April 1, 2019.
 
                                  PART K
 
   Section 1. Section 712 of the family court act, as amended by  chapter
 920 of the laws of 1982, subdivision (a) as amended by section 7 of part
 G of chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, subdivision (b) as amended by chap-
 ter  465 of the laws of 1992, subdivision (g) as amended by section 2 of
 part B of chapter 3 of the laws of 2005, subdivision  (h)  as  added  by
 chapter  7  of the laws of 1999, subdivision (i) as amended and subdivi-
 sions (j), (k), (l) and (m) as added by chapter 38 of the laws of  2014,
 is amended to read as follows:
   § 712. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
 have the following meanings:
   (a) "Person in need of supervision". A person less than eighteen years
 of  age  who does not attend school in accordance with the provisions of
 part one of article sixty-five of the education law or who is incorrigi-
 ble, ungovernable  or  habitually  disobedient  and  beyond  the  lawful
 control of a parent or other person legally responsible for such child's
 care,  or  other  lawful  authority,  or  who violates the provisions of
 section 221.05 or 230.00 of the penal law, or who appears to be a  sexu-
 ally exploited child as defined in paragraph (a), (c) or (d) of subdivi-
 sion  one  of  section four hundred forty-seven-a of the social services
 law, but only if the child consents to the filing of  a  petition  under
 this article.
   (b)  ["Detention". The temporary care and maintenance of children away
 from their own homes as defined in section five hundred two of the exec-
 utive law.
   (c) "Secure detention facility". A  facility  characterized  by  phys-
 ically restricting construction, hardware and procedures.
   (d)  "Non-secure  detention facility". A facility characterized by the
 absence of physically restricting construction, hardware and procedures.
   (e)] "Fact-finding  hearing".  A  hearing  to  determine  whether  the
 respondent did the acts alleged to show that he OR SHE violated a law or
 is  incorrigible,  ungovernable or habitually disobedient and beyond the
 control of his OR HER parents, guardian or legal custodian.
   [(f)] (C) "Dispositional hearing". A hearing to determine whether  the
 respondent requires supervision or treatment.
   [(g)]  (D)  "Aggravated circumstances". Aggravated circumstances shall
 have the same meaning as the definition of such term in subdivision  (j)
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   [(h)]  (E)  "Permanency  hearing".  A  hearing held in accordance with
 paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section seven hundred fifty-four  or
 section  seven  hundred  fifty-six-a  of this article for the purpose of
 reviewing the foster care status of the respondent and the  appropriate-
 ness of the permanency plan developed by the social services official on
 behalf of such respondent.
   [(i)]  (F)  "Diversion  services".   Services provided to children and
 families pursuant to section seven hundred thirty-five of  this  article
 for  the  purpose of avoiding the need to file a petition [or direct the
 detention of the child]. Diversion services shall  include:  efforts  to
 adjust  cases pursuant to this article before a petition is filed, or by
 order of the court, after the petition is filed but before  fact-finding
 is  commenced;  and  preventive  services  provided  in  accordance with
 section four hundred nine-a of the social  services  law  to  avert  the
 placement of the child [into foster care], including crisis intervention
 and  respite  services.    Diversion services may also include, in cases
 where any person is seeking to file a petition  that  alleges  that  the
 child  has a substance use disorder or is in need of immediate detoxifi-
 cation or substance use disorder services, an assessment  for  substance
 use   disorder;   provided,  however,  that  notwithstanding  any  other
 provision of law to the contrary, the designated lead agency  shall  not
 be  required  to pay for all or any portion of the costs of such assess-
 ment or substance use disorder or  detoxification  services,  except  in
 cases  where medical assistance for needy persons may be used to pay for
 all or any portion of the costs of such assessment or services.
   [(j)] (G) "Substance use disorder". The misuse of, dependence  on,  or
 addiction  to  alcohol  and/or legal or illegal drugs leading to effects
 that are detrimental to the person's physical and mental health  or  the
 welfare of others.
   [(k)]  (H)  "Assessment  for  substance use disorder". Assessment by a
 provider that has  been  certified  by  the  office  of  alcoholism  and
 substance  abuse  services  of  a person less than eighteen years of age
 where it is alleged that the youth is suffering  from  a  substance  use
 disorder  which  could  make  a  youth a danger to himself or herself or
 others.
   [(l)] (I) "A substance use disorder which could make a youth a  danger
 to  himself  or  herself  or  others".  A substance use disorder that is
 accompanied by the dependence on, or the repeated use or abuse of, drugs
 or alcohol to the point of intoxication such that the person is in  need
 of immediate detoxification or other substance use disorder services.
   [(m)]  (J)  "Substance  use disorder services". Substance use disorder
 services shall have the same meaning as provided for in section 1.03  of
 the mental hygiene law.
   §  2.  The part heading of part 2 of article 7 of the family court act
 is amended to read as follows:
                          CUSTODY [AND DETENTION]
   § 3. Section 720 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 419 of
 the laws of 1987, subdivision 3 as amended by section 9 of subpart B  of
 part  Q  of  chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, subdivision 5 as amended by
 section 3 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, and paragraph (c)
 of subdivision 5 as added by section 8 of part G of chapter  58  of  the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   § 720. Detention PRECLUDED. [1.] THE DETENTION OF A CHILD SHALL NOT BE
 DIRECTED  UNDER  ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT AS OTHER-
 WISE AUTHORIZED BY THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES. No child to whom
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 on, jail, lockup, or other place used for adults convicted of  crime  or
 under arrest and charged with a crime.
   [2.  The detention of a child in a secure detention facility shall not
 be directed under any of the provisions of this article.
   3. Detention of a person alleged to be or adjudicated as a  person  in
 need  of  supervision  shall,  except as provided in subdivision four of
 this section, be authorized only in a foster care program  certified  by
 the  office  of children and family services, or a certified or approved
 family boarding home, or a non-secure detention  facility  certified  by
 the  office  and in accordance with section seven hundred thirty-nine of
 this article. The setting of the detention shall take into  account  (a)
 the  proximity  to  the  community  in which the person alleged to be or
 adjudicated as a person in need of supervision lives with such  person's
 parents or to which such person will be discharged, and (b) the existing
 educational  setting of such person and the proximity of such setting to
 the location of the detention setting.
   4. Whenever detention is authorized and ordered pursuant to this arti-
 cle, for a person alleged to be or adjudicated as a person  in  need  of
 supervision, a family court in a city having a population of one million
 or  more  shall,  notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of law, direct
 detention in a foster care facility established and maintained  pursuant
 to the social services law. In all other respects, the detention of such
 a  person  in  a  foster care facility shall be subject to the identical
 terms and conditions for detention as are set forth in this article  and
 in section two hundred thirty-five of this act.
   5.  (a) The court shall not order or direct detention under this arti-
 cle, unless the court determines that there is no substantial likelihood
 that the youth and his or her  family  will  continue  to  benefit  from
 diversion services and that all available alternatives to detention have
 been exhausted; and
   (b)  Where the youth is sixteen years of age or older, the court shall
 not order or direct detention  under  this  article,  unless  the  court
 determines  and  states in its order that special circumstances exist to
 warrant such detention.
   (c) If the respondent may be a sexually exploited child as defined  in
 subdivision  one  of  section  four  hundred forty-seven-a of the social
 services law, the court may direct the respondent to an available short-
 term safe house as defined in subdivision two of  section  four  hundred
 forty-seven-a   of   the  social  services  law  as  an  alternative  to
 detention.]
   § 4. Section 727 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   § 5. The section heading and subdivisions (c) and (d) of  section  728
 of  the family court act, subdivision (d) as added by chapter 145 of the
 laws of 2000, paragraph (i) as added and paragraph (ii)  of  subdivision
 (d)  as  renumbered  by section 5 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2005, and paragraph (iii) as amended and paragraph (iv)  of  subdivision
 (d)  as  added by section 10 of subpart B of part Q of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   Discharge[,] OR release [or detention]  by  judge  after  hearing  and
 before filing of petition in custody cases.
   (c)  An  order  of  release  under  this section may, but need not, be
 conditioned upon the giving of a recognizance in accord  with  [sections
 seven  hundred  twenty-four  (b)]  PARAGRAPH  (i)  OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF
 SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.

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   [(d) Upon a finding of facts and reasons  which  support  a  detention
 order pursuant to this section, the court shall also determine and state
 in any order directing detention:
   (i)  that there is no substantial likelihood that the youth and his or
 her family will continue to benefit from diversion services and that all
 available alternatives to detention have been exhausted; and
   (ii) whether continuation of the child in the child's  home  would  be
 contrary  to the best interests of the child based upon, and limited to,
 the facts and circumstances available to the court at the  time  of  the
 hearing held in accordance with this section; and
   (iii) where appropriate, whether reasonable efforts were made prior to
 the  date  of the court hearing that resulted in the detention order, to
 prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the child from his  or  her
 home or, if the child had been removed from his or her home prior to the
 court  appearance  pursuant  to this section, where appropriate, whether
 reasonable efforts were made to make it possible for the child to safely
 return home; and
   (iv) whether the setting of the detention takes into account the prox-
 imity to the community in which the person alleged to be or  adjudicated
 as  a  person in need of supervision lives with such person's parents or
 to which such person will be discharged, and  the  existing  educational
 setting of such person and the proximity of such setting to the location
 of the detention setting.]
   § 6. Section 729 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   §  7.  Subdivisions (b), paragraph (i) of subdivision (d) and subdivi-
 sion (f) of section 735 of the family  court  act,  subdivision  (b)  as
 amended  by chapter 38 of the laws of 2014, paragraph (i) of subdivision
 (d) as amended by chapter 535 of the laws of 2011 and subdivision (f) as
 added by section 7 of part E of chapter 57 of  the  laws  of  2005,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) The designated lead agency shall:
   (i)  confer  with any person seeking to file a petition, the youth who
 may be a potential respondent, his or her family, and  other  interested
 persons, concerning the provision of diversion services before any peti-
 tion may be filed; and
   (ii) diligently attempt to prevent the filing of a petition under this
 article or, after the petition is filed, to prevent the placement of the
 youth into foster care; and
   (iii)  assess whether the youth would benefit from residential respite
 services; and
   (iv) ASSESS WHETHER THE YOUTH IS A SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILD AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AND, IF
 SO, WHETHER SUCH YOUTH SHOULD BE REFERRED TO A SAFE HOUSE; AND
   (V) determine whether alternatives to  detention  are  appropriate  to
 avoid remand of the youth to detention; and
   [(v)]  (VI) determine whether an assessment of the youth for substance
 use disorder by an office of alcoholism  and  substance  abuse  services
 certified provider is necessary when a person seeking to file a petition
 alleges  in  such  petition that the youth is suffering from a substance
 use disorder which could make the youth a danger to himself  or  herself
 or  others.  Provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision
 of law to the contrary, the designated lead agency shall not be required
 to pay for all or any portion of the costs of such assessment or for any
 substance use disorder or detoxification services, except in cases where
 medical assistance for needy persons may be used to pay for all  or  any
 portion of the costs of such assessment or services. The office of alco-

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 holism  and  substance abuse services shall make a list of its certified
 providers available to the designated lead agency.
   (i)  providing,  at the first contact, information on the availability
 of or a referral to services in the geographic area where the youth  and
 his  or  her  family  are located that may be of benefit in avoiding the
 need to file a petition under this article; including the  availability,
 for  up  to  twenty-one  days,  of a residential respite program, if the
 youth and his or her parent or other person legally responsible for  his
 or  her care agree, and the availability of other non-residential crisis
 intervention programs such as family crisis  counseling  or  alternative
 dispute  resolution  programs  or  an  educational program as defined in
 section four hundred fifty-eight-l of the social services law.
   (f) Efforts to prevent the filing  of  a  petition  pursuant  to  this
 section  may  extend  until  the  designated lead agency determines that
 there is no substantial likelihood that the youth and his or her  family
 will  benefit  from  further  attempts. Efforts at diversion pursuant to
 this section may continue after the  filing  of  a  petition  where  the
 designated  lead  agency determines that the youth and his or her family
 will benefit from further attempts to prevent  PLACEMENT  OF  the  youth
 [from  entering  foster  care]  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED
 FIFTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 8. Section 739 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 920 of
 the laws of 1982, subdivision (a) as amended by section 10 of part G  of
 chapter  58 of the laws of 2010, subdivision (c) as added by chapter 145
 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   § 739. Release or [detention] REFERRAL after filing  of  petition  and
 prior  to  order  of  disposition.  [(a)] After the filing of a petition
 under section seven hundred thirty-two of this part, the  court  in  its
 discretion  may release the respondent [or direct his or her detention].
 If the respondent may be a sexually exploited child as defined in subdi-
 vision one of section four hundred forty-seven-a of the social  services
 law, the court may direct the respondent to an available short-term safe
 house  [as  an  alternative  to  detention. However, the court shall not
 direct detention unless it finds and states the facts and reasons for so
 finding that unless the respondent is detained there  is  a  substantial
 probability  that  the respondent will not appear in court on the return
 date and all available alternatives to detention have been exhausted.
   (b) Unless the respondent waives a determination that  probable  cause
 exists  to  believe  that  he  is  a  person  in need of supervision, no
 detention under this section may last more than three  days  (i)  unless
 the  court  finds, pursuant to the evidentiary standards applicable to a
 hearing on a felony complaint in a criminal court,  that  such  probable
 cause exists, or (ii) unless special circumstances exist, in which cases
 such  detention  may  be extended not more than an additional three days
 exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
   (c) Upon a finding of facts and  reasons  which  support  a  detention
 order  pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, the court shall also
 determine and state in any order directing detention:
   (i) whether continuation of the respondent in  the  respondent's  home
 would  be  contrary  to the best interests of the respondent based upon,
 and limited to, the facts and circumstance available to the court at the
 time of the court's determination in accordance with this section; and
   (ii) where appropriate, whether reasonable efforts were made prior  to
 the  date of the court order directing detention in accordance with this
 section, to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the  respondent
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 her home prior to the court appearance pursuant to this  section,  where
 appropriate,  whether  reasonable  efforts were made to make it possible
 for the respondent to safely return home].
   § 9. Section 741-a of the family court act, as amended by section 3 of
 part  B  of  chapter  327  of  the  laws  of 2007, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 741-a. Notice and right to be heard. The foster  parent  caring  for
 [the child] A SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILD PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-SIX  OF THIS ARTICLE or any pre-adoptive parent or
 relative providing care for the respondent shall be provided with notice
 of any permanency hearing held pursuant to this article  by  the  social
 services  official.  Such foster parent, pre-adoptive parent or relative
 shall have the right to be heard at any such hearing; provided, however,
 no  such  foster  parent,  pre-adoptive  parent  or  relative  shall  be
 construed  to  be  a  party  to  the hearing solely on the basis of such
 notice and right to be heard. The failure of the foster  parent,  pre-a-
 doptive  parent, or relative caring for the child to appear at a perman-
 ency hearing shall constitute a waiver of the right to be heard and such
 failure to appear shall not cause a delay of the permanency hearing  nor
 shall  such  failure  to  appear be a ground for the invalidation of any
 order issued by the court pursuant to this section.
   § 10. Section 747 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   § 11. Section 748 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   § 12. Subdivision (b) of section 749  of  the  family  court  act,  as
 amended  by  chapter  806  of  the  laws  of 1973, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) On its own motion,  the  court  may  adjourn  the  proceedings  on
 conclusion  of  a fact-finding hearing or during a dispositional hearing
 to enable it to make  inquiry  into  the  surroundings,  conditions  and
 capacities  of the respondent. An [adjournment on the court's motion may
 not be for a period of more than ten days if the respondent is detained,
 in which case not more than a total of  two  such  adjournments  may  be
 granted  in  the  absence of special circumstances. If the respondent is
 not detained, an] adjournment may be for  a  reasonable  time,  but  the
 total number of adjourned days may not exceed two months.
   §  13.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 754 of the family
 court act, as amended by chapter 7 of the  laws  of  1999,  subparagraph
 (ii)  of  paragraph (a) as amended by section 20 of part L of chapter 56
 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) The order shall state  the  court's  reasons  for  the  particular
 disposition.  If  the  court places the child in accordance with section
 seven hundred fifty-six of this part,  the  court  in  its  order  shall
 determine: (i) whether continuation in the child's home would be contra-
 ry to the best interest of the child and where appropriate, that reason-
 able  efforts  were  made prior to the date of the dispositional hearing
 held pursuant to this article to  prevent  or  eliminate  the  need  for
 removal  of the child from his or her home and, if the child was removed
 from his or her home prior to  the  date  of  such  hearing,  that  such
 removal was in the child's best interest and, where appropriate, reason-
 able efforts were made to make it possible for the child to return safe-
 ly  home.  If the court determines that reasonable efforts to prevent or
 eliminate the need for removal of the child from the home were not  made
 but  that  the  lack  of  such efforts was appropriate under the circum-
 stances, the court order shall include such a finding; and (ii)  in  the
 case of a child who has attained the age of fourteen, the services need-
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 to independent living. [Nothing in this subdivision shall  be  construed
 to  modify  the  standards  for directing detention set forth in section
 seven hundred thirty-nine of this article.]
   §  14.  Section 756 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 920
 of the laws of 1982, paragraph (i) of  subdivision  (a)  as  amended  by
 chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, the opening paragraph of paragraph (ii)
 of  subdivision  (a) as amended by section 11 of part G of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2010, subdivision (b) as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of
 1999, and subdivision (c) as amended by section 10 of part E of  chapter
 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   §  756.  Placement.  (a)  (i)  For  purposes  of section seven hundred
 fifty-four OF THIS PART, the court may place the child in its  own  home
 or  in  the  custody  of  a  suitable relative or other suitable private
 person [or a commissioner of social services], subject to the orders  of
 the court.
   (ii)  [Where the child is placed] IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THE RESPOND-
 ENT IS A SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILD  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, THE COURT
 MAY  PLACE  THE CHILD with the commissioner of the local social services
 district[, the court] AND may direct the commissioner to place the child
 with an authorized agency or class of authorized  agencies,  including[,
 if  the court finds that the respondent is a sexually exploited child as
 defined in subdivision one of section four hundred forty-seven-a of  the
 social  services  law,]  an  available  long-term safe house. Unless the
 dispositional order provides otherwise, the  court  so  directing  shall
 include one of the following alternatives to apply in the event that the
 commissioner is unable to so place the child:
   (1)  the  commissioner  shall apply to the court for an order to stay,
 modify, set aside, or vacate such directive pursuant to  the  provisions
 of  section seven hundred sixty-two or seven hundred sixty-three OF THIS
 PART; or
   (2) the commissioner shall return the child to the family court for  a
 new dispositional hearing and order.
   (b)  Placements  under  this  section  may be for an initial period of
 twelve months. The court may extend  a  placement  pursuant  to  section
 seven  hundred  fifty-six-a.  In its discretion, the court may recommend
 restitution or require services for  public  good  pursuant  to  section
 seven hundred fifty-eight-a OF THIS PART in conjunction with an order of
 placement.  For the purposes of calculating the initial period of place-
 ment,  such placement shall be deemed to have commenced sixty days after
 the date the child was removed from his or her home in  accordance  with
 the provisions of this article. [If the respondent has been in detention
 pending  disposition, the initial period of placement ordered under this
 section shall be credited with and diminished  by  the  amount  of  time
 spent  by  the  respondent in detention prior to the commencement of the
 placement unless the court finds that all or part of such  credit  would
 not serve the best interests of the respondent.
   (c)  A  placement  pursuant  to  this section with the commissioner of
 social services shall not be directed in any detention facility, but the
 court may direct detention pending transfer to  a  placement  authorized
 and  ordered under this section for no more than than fifteen days after
 such order of placement is made. Such  direction  shall  be  subject  to
 extension  pursuant  to subdivision three of section three hundred nine-
 ty-eight of the social services law, upon written documentation  to  the
 office  of  children  and  family  services that the youth is in need of

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 specialized treatment or placement  and  the  diligent  efforts  by  the
 commissioner of social services to locate an appropriate placement.]
   §  15. Section 758-a of the family court act, as amended by chapter 73
 of the laws of 1979, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 4 of  the  laws
 of 1987, paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 575 of the
 laws  of  2007,  subdivision  2 as amended by chapter 309 of the laws of
 1996, and subdivision 3 as separately amended by chapter 568 of the laws
 of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
   § 758-a. Restitution. 1. In cases involving acts of [infants] CHILDREN
 over [ten] TWELVE and less than [sixteen] EIGHTEEN  years  of  age,  the
 court may
   (a)  recommend as a condition of placement, or order as a condition of
 probation or suspended judgment, restitution in an amount representing a
 fair and reasonable cost to replace the property or  repair  the  damage
 caused  by  the  [infant]  CHILD,  not,  however, to exceed one thousand
 dollars. [In the case of a placement, the court may recommend  that  the
 infant  pay  out  of  his  or  her  own  funds or earnings the amount of
 replacement or damage, either in a lump sum or in periodic  payments  in
 amounts  set  by  the agency with which he is placed, and in the case of
 probation or suspended judgment, the] THE court  may  require  that  the
 [infant] CHILD pay out of his or her own funds or earnings the amount of
 replacement  or  damage, either in a lump sum or in periodic payments in
 amounts set by the court; and/or
   (b) order as a condition of placement, probation, or  suspended  judg-
 ment,  services  for  the  public  good including in the case of a crime
 involving willful, malicious, or unlawful damage or destruction to  real
 or personal property maintained as a cemetery plot, grave, burial place,
 or  other  place of interment of human remains, services for the mainte-
 nance and repair thereof, taking into consideration the age and physical
 condition of the [infant] CHILD.
   2. [If the court recommends restitution or requires services  for  the
 public  good  in  conjunction  with  an  order  of placement pursuant to
 section seven hundred fifty-six, the placement shall be made only to  an
 authorized agency which has adopted rules and regulations for the super-
 vision  of  such a program, which rules and regulations shall be subject
 to the approval of the state department of social services.  Such  rules
 and  regulations  shall  include,  but  not be limited to provisions (i)
 assuring that the conditions of work, including wages, meet  the  stand-
 ards  therefor  prescribed  pursuant  to  the  labor law; (ii) affording
 coverage to the child under the workers' compensation law as an employee
 of such agency, department or institution; (iii) assuring that the enti-
 ty receiving such services shall not utilize the  same  to  replace  its
 regular  employees; and (iv) providing for reports to the court not less
 frequently than every six months, unless the order provides otherwise.
   3.] If the court requires restitution or services for the public  good
 [as  a  condition  of probation or suspended judgment], it shall provide
 that an agency or person supervise the restitution or services and  that
 such agency or person report to the court not less frequently than every
 six months, unless the order provides otherwise. Upon the written notice
 sent  by  a  school  district to the court and the appropriate probation
 department or agency which submits probation recommendations or  reports
 to  the  court,  the  court  may provide that such school district shall
 supervise the performance of services for the public good.
   [4.] 3. The court, upon receipt of the reports provided for in  subdi-
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 motion of any party or the agency, hold a hearing to  determine  whether
 the [placement] CONDITION should be altered or modified.
   §  16.  Section  774  of  the  family  court act is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 774. Action on petition for transfer.  On receiving a petition under
 section seven hundred seventy-three OF THIS PART, the court may  proceed
 under sections seven hundred thirty-seven, seven hundred thirty-eight or
 seven  hundred  thirty-nine OF THIS ARTICLE with respect to the issuance
 of a summons or warrant [and sections  seven  hundred  twenty-seven  and
 seven  hundred  twenty-nine govern questions of detention and failure to
 comply with a promise to appear]. Due notice of the petition and a  copy
 of  the  petition  shall  also  be served personally or by mail upon the
 office of the locality chargeable for the support of the person involved
 and upon the person involved and his OR HER parents and other persons.
   § 17. Subdivisions 3, 3-a, 11 and 12 of  section  398  of  the  social
 services  law,  subdivision  3  as amended by chapter 419 of the laws of
 1987, paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 as amended by section 19 of part  E
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, subdivision 3-a as added by section 1
 of subpart B of part G of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012, subdivision 11
 as  added  by  chapter  514  of  the  laws of 1976 and subdivision 12 as
 amended by section 12 of subpart B of part Q of chapter 58 of  the  laws
 of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   3. As to delinquent children [and persons in need of supervision]:
   (a) Investigate complaints as to alleged delinquency of a child.
   (b)  Bring  such case of alleged delinquency when necessary before the
 family court.
   (c) Receive within fifteen days from  the  order  of  placement  as  a
 public  charge  any  delinquent  child committed or placed [or person in
 need of supervision placed] in his or  her  care  by  the  family  court
 provided, however, that the commissioner of the social services district
 with whom the child is placed may apply to the state commissioner or his
 or her designee for approval of an additional fifteen days, upon written
 documentation  to  the  office  of children and family services that the
 youth is in need of specialized treatment or placement and the  diligent
 efforts  by the commissioner of social services to locate an appropriate
 placement.
   [3-a. As to delinquent children:
   (a)] (D) (1) Conditionally release any juvenile delinquent placed with
 the district to aftercare whenever the district  determines  conditional
 release to be consistent with the needs and best interests of such juve-
 nile delinquent, that suitable care and supervision can be provided, and
 that there is a reasonable probability that such juvenile delinquent can
 be  conditionally  released without endangering public safety; provided,
 however, that such conditional release shall be made in accordance  with
 the  regulations  of  the  office  of  children and family services, and
 provided further that no juvenile delinquent while absent from a facili-
 ty or program without the consent of the director of  such  facility  or
 program shall be conditionally released by the district solely by reason
 of the absence.
   (2) It shall be a condition of such release that a juvenile delinquent
 so  released  shall  continue  to  be  the  responsibility of the social
 services district for the period provided in the order of placement.
   (3) The social services district may provide  clothing,  services  and
 other necessities for any conditionally released juvenile delinquent, as
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 such juvenile delinquent as medical assistance for needy persons  pursu-
 ant to title eleven of article five of this chapter.
   (4)  The  social services district, pursuant to the regulations of the
 office of children and family services, may cause a juvenile  delinquent
 to be returned to a facility operated and maintained by the district, or
 an authorized agency under contract with the district, at any time with-
 in the period of placement, where there is a violation of the conditions
 of release or a change of circumstances.
   (5)  Juvenile  delinquents conditionally released by a social services
 district may be provided for as follows:
   (i) If, in the opinion of the social services district,  there  is  no
 suitable  parent, relative or guardian to whom a juvenile delinquent can
 be  conditionally  released,  and  suitable  care  cannot  otherwise  be
 secured, the district may conditionally release such juvenile delinquent
 to the care of any other suitable person; provided that where such suit-
 able  person  has  no legal relationship with the juvenile, the district
 shall advise such person of the  procedures  for  obtaining  custody  or
 guardianship of the juvenile.
   (ii)  If  a  conditionally  released juvenile delinquent is subject to
 article sixty-five of the education law or elects to participate  in  an
 educational program leading to a high school diploma, he or she shall be
 enrolled  in  a  school  or educational program leading to a high school
 diploma following release, or, if such release occurs during the  summer
 recess,  upon  the  commencement  of  the  next school term. If a condi-
 tionally released juvenile delinquent is not subject to  article  sixty-
 five  of  the  education  law,  and  does not elect to participate in an
 educational program leading to a high school  diploma,  steps  shall  be
 taken,  to the extent possible, to facilitate his or her gainful employ-
 ment or enrollment in a vocational program following release.
   [(b)] (E) When a juvenile delinquent placed with the  social  services
 district  is  absent  from placement without consent, such absence shall
 interrupt the calculation of time for his or her placement. Such  inter-
 ruption  shall  continue  until  such juvenile delinquent returns to the
 facility or authorized agency in which he or she was  placed.  Provided,
 however,  that  any  time spent by a juvenile delinquent in custody from
 the date of absence to the date  placement  resumes  shall  be  credited
 against the time of such placement provided that such custody:
   (1) was due to an arrest or surrender based upon the absence; or
   (2)  arose from an arrest or surrender on another charge which did not
 culminate in a conviction, adjudication or adjustment.
   [(c)] (F) In addition to the other requirements of  this  section,  no
 juvenile  delinquent placed with a social services district operating an
 approved juvenile justice services close to home initiative pursuant  to
 section  four  hundred  four  of  this chapter pursuant to a restrictive
 placement under the family court act shall be released  except  pursuant
 to section 353.5 of the family court act.
   11.  In  the  case  of a child who is adjudicated [a person in need of
 supervision or] a juvenile delinquent and is placed by the family  court
 with the [division for youth] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES and
 who is placed by [the division for youth] SUCH OFFICE with an authorized
 agency  pursuant to court order, the social services official shall make
 expenditures in accordance with the regulations of  the  department  for
 the care and maintenance of such child during the term of such placement
 subject  to  state  reimbursement pursuant to SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-
 THREE-K OF this [title, or article nineteen-G of the  executive  law  in
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   12.  A  social  services  official shall be permitted to place persons
 adjudicated [in need of supervision or] delinquent[, and alleged persons
 to be in need of supervision] in detention pending transfer to a  place-
 ment, in the same foster care facilities as are providing care to desti-
 tute,  neglected, abused or abandoned children. Such foster care facili-
 ties shall not provide care to a youth in the care of a social  services
 official as a convicted juvenile offender.
   §  18.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 1 of section 409-a of the social
 services law, as amended by chapter 87 of the laws of 1993, subparagraph
 (i) as amended by chapter 342 of the laws of 2010, and subparagraph (ii)
 as amended by section 22 of part C of chapter 83 of the laws of 2002, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) A social services official shall provide preventive services to  a
 child  and  his  or  her family, in accordance with the family's service
 plan as required by section four hundred nine-e of this [chapter]  ARTI-
 CLE  and  the  social  services  district's  child welfare services plan
 submitted and approved pursuant to section four hundred nine-d  of  this
 [chapter]  ARTICLE, upon a finding by such official that [(i)] the child
 will be placed, returned to or continued  in  foster  care  unless  such
 services  are  provided  and  that  it  is reasonable to believe that by
 providing such services the child will be able  to  remain  with  or  be
 returned  to his or her family, and for a former foster care youth under
 the age of twenty-one who was previously placed in the care and  custody
 or custody and guardianship of the local commissioner of social services
 or  other officer, board or department authorized to receive children as
 public charges where it is reasonable to believe that by providing  such
 services the former foster care youth will avoid a return to foster care
 [or  (ii)  the child is the subject of a petition under article seven of
 the family court act, or has been determined by the  assessment  service
 established  pursuant to section two hundred forty-three-a of the execu-
 tive law, or by the probation service where no such  assessment  service
 has  been designated, to be at risk of being the subject of such a peti-
 tion, and the social services official determines that the child  is  at
 risk of placement into foster care].
   Such  finding  shall  be  entered  in  the child's uniform case record
 established and maintained pursuant to section four  hundred  nine-f  of
 this [chapter] ARTICLE. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to
 assist social services officials in making determinations of eligibility
 for  mandated  preventive services pursuant to this [subparagraph] PARA-
 GRAPH.
   § 18-a. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 409-a of the social services law, as amended by chapter 87 of  the  laws
 of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   [(ii)  the  child  is the subject of a petition under article seven of
 the family court act, or has been determined by the  assessment  service
 established  pursuant to section two hundred forty-three-a of the execu-
 tive law, or by the probation service where no such  assessment  service
 has  been designated, to be at risk of being the subject of such a peti-
 tion, and the social services official determines according to standards
 promulgated pursuant to section three  hundred  ninety-eight-b  of  this
 chapter that the child is at risk of placement into foster care.]
   Such  finding  shall  be  entered  in  the child's uniform case record
 established and maintained pursuant to section four  hundred  nine-f  of
 this [chapter] ARTICLE. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to
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 for mandated preventive services pursuant to [clause (ii) of] this para-
 graph.
   § 19. Subdivision 3 of section 502 of the executive law, as amended by
 section  79 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 read as follows:
   3. "Detention" means the temporary care and maintenance of youth  held
 away from their homes pursuant to article three [or seven] of the family
 court act, or held pending a hearing for alleged violation of the condi-
 tions of release from an office of children and family services facility
 or authorized agency, or held pending a hearing for alleged violation of
 the  condition  of  parole  as a juvenile offender, youthful offender or
 adolescent offender or held pending return to a jurisdiction other  than
 the one in which the youth is held, or held pursuant to a securing order
 of  a  criminal court if the youth named therein as principal is charged
 as a juvenile offender, youthful offender or adolescent offender or held
 pending a hearing on an extension of placement or held pending  transfer
 to  a  facility upon commitment or placement by a court. Only alleged or
 convicted juvenile offenders, youthful offenders or adolescent offenders
 who have not attained their eighteenth or, commencing October first, two
 thousand eighteen, their  twenty-first  birthday  shall  be  subject  to
 detention  in  a detention facility. Commencing October first, two thou-
 sand eighteen, a youth who on or after such date  committed  an  offense
 when  the  youth  was sixteen years of age; or commencing October first,
 two thousand nineteen, a youth who committed an offense on or after such
 date when the youth was seventeen years of age held pursuant to a secur-
 ing order of a criminal court if the youth is charged as  an  adolescent
 offender  or  held pending a hearing for alleged violation of the condi-
 tion of parole as an adolescent offender, must be held in a  specialized
 secure  juvenile  detention  facility  for  older youth certified by the
 state office of children and family services  in  conjunction  with  the
 state commission of correction.
   §  20.  Subdivision  1,  the  opening  paragraph  of subdivision 2 and
 subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section  529-b  of
 the executive law, as amended by section 99 of part WWW of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, eligible
 expenditures by an eligible municipality for services to divert youth at
 risk of, alleged to be,  or  adjudicated  as  juvenile  delinquents  [or
 persons  alleged  or adjudicated to be in need of supervision], or youth
 alleged to be or convicted as juvenile offenders, youthful offenders  or
 adolescent  offenders from placement in detention or in residential care
 shall be subject to state reimbursement under the supervision and treat-
 ment services for juveniles program for up to sixty-two percent  of  the
 municipality's  expenditures,  subject  to  available appropriations and
 exclusive of any federal funds made available for such purposes, not  to
 exceed  the municipality's distribution under the supervision and treat-
 ment services for juveniles program.
   (b) The state funds appropriated for  the  supervision  and  treatment
 services  for juveniles program shall be distributed to eligible munici-
 palities by the office of children and family services based on  a  plan
 developed  by  the  office  which  may  consider  historical information
 regarding the number of youth seen at probation intake  for  an  alleged
 act of delinquency, THE NUMBER OF ALLEGED PERSONS IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
 RECEIVING  DIVERSION SERVICES UNDER SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF
 THE FAMILY COURT ACT, the number of youth  remanded  to  detention,  the
 number  of  juvenile  delinquents  placed with the office, the number of

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 juvenile delinquents [and persons in  need  of  supervision]  placed  in
 residential  care with the municipality, the municipality's reduction in
 the use of detention and residential placements, and  other  factors  as
 determined  by  the  office.  Such plan developed by the office shall be
 subject to the approval of the director of the  budget.  The  office  is
 authorized,  in its discretion, to make advance distributions to a muni-
 cipality in anticipation of state reimbursement.
   As used in this section, the term "municipality" shall mean a  county,
 or  a  city having a population of one million or more, and "supervision
 and  treatment  services  for  juveniles"  shall  mean   community-based
 services  or programs designed to safely maintain youth in the community
 pending a family court disposition or conviction in criminal  court  and
 services  or  programs  provided to youth adjudicated as juvenile delin-
 quents [or persons in need of supervision], or youth alleged to be juve-
 nile offenders, youthful offenders or adolescent  offenders  to  prevent
 residential  placement of such youth or a return to placement where such
 youth have been released to the community from residential placement  OR
 PROGRAMS  PROVIDED TO YOUTH ALLEGED TO BE ADJUDICATED PERSONS IN NEED OF
 SUPERVISION TO PREVENT SUCH YOUTH FROM FURTHER INVOLVEMENT IN THE  JUVE-
 NILE OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS. Supervision and treatment services for
 juveniles may include but are not limited to services or programs that:
   (i)  an analysis that identifies the neighborhoods or communities from
 which the greatest number of juvenile delinquents [and persons  in  need
 of supervision] are remanded to detention or residentially placed;
   §  21.  The  opening  paragraph  and  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2,
 subparagraphs 1 and 4 of paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of  subdivision
 5,  and  subdivision  7 of section 530 of the executive law, the opening
 paragraph and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 and subparagraphs 1  and  4
 of  paragraph  (a)  and  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 5 as amended by
 section 100 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017  and  subdivi-
 sion  7  as amended by section 6 of subpart B of part Q of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   Expenditures made by municipalities in providing care, maintenance and
 supervision to youth in  detention  facilities  designated  pursuant  to
 [sections  seven  hundred  twenty and] section 305.2 of the family court
 act and certified by office of children and family  services,  shall  be
 subject to reimbursement by the state, as follows:
   (a)  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law to the contrary, eligible
 expenditures by a municipality during a particular program year for  the
 care,  maintenance and supervision [in foster care programs certified by
 the office of children and family services, certified or approved family
 boarding homes, and non-secure detention  facilities  certified  by  the
 office  for  those youth alleged to be persons in need of supervision or
 adjudicated persons in need of supervision held pending  transfer  to  a
 facility upon placement; and] in secure and non-secure detention facili-
 ties  certified  by  the  office in accordance with section five hundred
 three of this article for those youth  alleged  to  be  juvenile  delin-
 quents;  adjudicated  juvenile  delinquents  held  pending transfer to a
 facility upon placement, and juvenile delinquents held at the request of
 the office of children and family services pending extension  of  place-
 ment  hearings or release revocation hearings or while awaiting disposi-
 tion of such hearings; and youth alleged to be or convicted as  juvenile
 offenders,  youthful  offenders  and  adolescent  offenders AND PRIOR TO
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, YOUTH ALLEGED TO BE PERSONS IN  NEED
 OF  SUPERVISION OR ADJUDICATED PERSONS IN NEED OF SUPERVISION HELD PEND-
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 FIED BY THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES,  CERTIFIED  OR
 APPROVED  FOSTER  BOARDING  HOMES  AND  NON-SECURE  DETENTION FACILITIES
 CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE, shall be subject to state reimbursement for  up
 to  fifty  percent  of the municipality's expenditures, exclusive of any
 federal funds made available  for  such  purposes,  not  to  exceed  the
 municipality's  distribution  from  funds  that  have  been appropriated
 specifically therefor for that program year. Municipalities shall imple-
 ment the use of  detention  risk  assessment  instruments  in  a  manner
 prescribed  by  the office so as to inform detention decisions. Notwith-
 standing any other provision of state law to the contrary,  data  neces-
 sary  for  completion  of  a detention risk assessment instrument may be
 shared among law enforcement, probation, courts,  detention  administra-
 tors, detention providers, and the attorney for the child upon retention
 or  appointment;  solely  for the purpose of accurate completion of such
 risk assessment instrument, and a copy of the completed  detention  risk
 assessment   instrument  shall  be  made  available  to  the  applicable
 detention provider, the attorney for the child and the court.
   (1) temporary care, maintenance and supervision  provided  to  alleged
 juvenile  delinquents  [and persons in need of supervision] in detention
 facilities certified pursuant to [sections  seven  hundred  twenty  and]
 SECTION  305.2  of  the  family  court act by the office of children and
 family services, pending adjudication of alleged delinquency [or alleged
 need of supervision] by the family court, or pending transfer to  insti-
 tutions  to  which  committed  or placed by such court or while awaiting
 disposition by such court after  adjudication  or  held  pursuant  to  a
 securing  order of a criminal court if the person named therein as prin-
 cipal is under seventeen years of age; or
   (4) PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY temporary care,  main-
 tenance  and  supervision provided youth detained in foster care facili-
 ties or certified or approved family boarding homes pursuant to  article
 seven of the family court act.
   (b)  Payments made for reserved accommodations, whether or not in full
 time use, approved and certified by the office of  children  and  family
 services  and  certified pursuant to [sections seven hundred twenty and]
 SECTION 305.2 of the family court act, in order to assure that  adequate
 accommodations  will be available for the immediate reception and proper
 care therein of youth for which detention costs are reimbursable  pursu-
 ant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, shall be reimbursed as expend-
 itures  for  care,  maintenance  and supervision under the provisions of
 this section, provided the office shall have given  its  prior  approval
 for reserving such accommodations.
   7.  The agency administering detention for each county and the city of
 New York shall submit to the office of children and family services,  at
 such  times  and in such form and manner and containing such information
 as required by the office of children and  family  services,  an  annual
 report on youth remanded pursuant to article three or seven of the fami-
 ly  court  act  who  are  detained  during each calendar year including,
 commencing January first, two thousand twelve, the risk  level  of  each
 detained  youth  as  assessed  by a detention risk assessment instrument
 approved by the office of children and family services PROVIDED,  HOWEV-
 ER, THAT THE REPORT DUE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND THER-
 EAFTER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO CONTAIN ANY INFORMATION ON YOUTH WHO ARE
 SUBJECT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT. The office may require
 that  such  data  on  detention use be submitted to the office electron-
 ically. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the reason for
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 hundred  thirty-nine  of  the  family court act to detain the youth; the
 offense or offenses with which the  youth  is  charged;  and  all  other
 reasons why the youth remains detained. The office shall submit a compi-
 lation of all the separate reports to the governor and the legislature.
   § 22. Subdivision 8 of section 530 of the executive law is REPEALED.
   §  23.  Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
 section or part contained in any part of this act shall be  adjudged  by
 any  court  of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall
 not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof,  but  shall  be
 confined  in  its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part contained in any part thereof directly involved in
 the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.  It  is
 hereby  declared to be the intent of the legislature that this act would
 have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not been  included
 herein.
   §  24.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2020 and shall be deemed
 to be applicable to the detention or  placement  of  youth  pursuant  to
 petitions  filed pursuant to article seven of the family court act on or
 after such effective date; provided, however, that:
   (a) the amendments to subdivision 3-a of section  398  of  the  social
 services  law made by section seventeen of this act shall not affect the
 repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith; and
   (b) the amendments to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a)  of  subdivi-
 sion 1 of section 409-a of the social services law made by section eigh-
 teen  of  this  act  shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of
 such subparagraph pursuant to section 28 of part C of chapter 83 of  the
 laws  of 2002, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section
 eighteen-a of this act shall take effect.
 
                                  PART L
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b),  (c)  and  (d)  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  131-o  of  the  social services law, as amended by section 1 of
 part YY of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2018,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  in  the  case of each individual receiving family care, an amount
 equal to at least [$144.00] $148.00 for each month beginning on or after
 January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN.
   (b) in the case of each  individual  receiving  residential  care,  an
 amount  equal  to at least [$166.00] $171.00 for each month beginning on
 or after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN.
   (c) in the case of  each  individual  receiving  enhanced  residential
 care,  an  amount  equal  to  at  least [$198.00] $204.00 for each month
 beginning on or after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN.
   (d) for the period commencing January first, two  thousand  [nineteen]
 TWENTY, the monthly personal needs allowance shall be an amount equal to
 the  sum  of  the amounts set forth in subparagraphs one and two of this
 paragraph:
   (1) the amounts specified in paragraphs  (a),  (b)  and  (c)  of  this
 subdivision; and
   (2)  the  amount  in subparagraph one of this paragraph, multiplied by
 the percentage of any  federal  supplemental  security  income  cost  of
 living adjustment which becomes effective on or after January first, two
 thousand  [nineteen]  TWENTY,  but prior to June thirtieth, two thousand
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   § 2. Paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f)  of  subdivision  2  of
 section  209 of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of part
 YY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, for
 an eligible individual living  alone,  [$837.00]  $858.00;  and  for  an
 eligible couple living alone, [$1,229.00] $1,261.00.
   (b)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, for
 an eligible individual  living  with  others  with  or  without  in-kind
 income, [$773.00] $794.00; and for an eligible couple living with others
 with or without in-kind income, [$1,171.00] $1,203.00.
   (c)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, (i)
 for an eligible individual receiving family care, [$1,016.48]  $1,037.48
 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or the coun-
 ty of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an eligible
 couple  receiving  family  care in the city of New York or the county of
 Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the amount set forth
 in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an eligible individ-
 ual receiving such care in any other  county  in  the  state,  [$978.48]
 $999.48;  and  (iv)  for  an  eligible couple receiving such care in any
 other county in the state, two times the amount set  forth  in  subpara-
 graph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (d)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, (i)
 for an  eligible  individual  receiving  residential  care,  [$1,185.00]
 $1,206.00 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or
 the  county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an
 eligible couple receiving residential care in the city of  New  York  or
 the  county  of  Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the
 amount set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for  an
 eligible  individual  receiving  such  care  in  any other county in the
 state, [$1,155.00] $1,176.00; and (iv) for an eligible couple  receiving
 such  care  in  any  other county in the state, two times the amount set
 forth in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (e)  [(i)]  On  and  after  January  first,  two  thousand  [eighteen]
 NINETEEN,  (I) for an eligible individual receiving enhanced residential
 care, [$1,444.00] $1,465.00; and (ii) for an eligible  couple  receiving
 enhanced  residential  care,  two times the amount set forth in subpara-
 graph (i) of this paragraph.
   (f) The amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this subdi-
 vision shall be increased to reflect any increases  in  federal  supple-
 mental  security income benefits for individuals or couples which become
 effective on or after January first, two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY  but
 prior to June thirtieth, two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect December 31, 2019.
 
                                  PART M
 
   Section  1.  This Part enacts into law major components of legislation
 which are necessary to improve the foster care system. Each component is
 wholly contained within a Subpart identified as Subparts  A  through  B.
 The  effective  date for each particular provision contained within such
 Subpart is set forth in the last section of such Subpart. Any  provision
 in  any section contained within a Subpart, including the effective date
 of the Subpart, which makes a reference to a section "of this act," when
 used in connection with that particular component, shall  be  deemed  to
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 is found. Section three of this Part sets forth  the  general  effective
 date of this Part.
 
                                 SUBPART A
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 462-c to read as follows:
   § 462-C. APPOINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY OPERATOR OF A FOSTER CARE PROGRAM.
 1. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL HAVE  THE  AUTHORITY
 TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "COMMISSIONER" SHALL MEAN THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OR HIS OR
 HER DESIGNEE.
   (B) "OFFICE" SHALL MEAN THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
   (C) "FOSTER CARE AGENCY" SHALL MEAN AN AUTHORIZED AGENCY AS DEFINED IN
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF
 THIS CHAPTER THAT OPERATES ONE OR MORE FOSTER CARE PROGRAMS.
   (D) "ESTABLISHED OPERATOR" SHALL MEAN A FOSTER CARE AGENCY.
   (E)  "TEMPORARY  OPERATOR" SHALL MEAN ANY FOSTER CARE AGENCY APPOINTED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT:
   (I) AGREES TO PROVIDE FOSTER CARE ON A TEMPORARY  BASIS  IN  THE  BEST
 INTERESTS OF THE FOSTER CARE YOUTH SERVED BY THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR;
   (II)  HAS  A HISTORY OF RECENT COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES,
 AND REGULATIONS AND A RECORD OF PROVIDING FOSTER CARE OF  GOOD  QUALITY,
 AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (III)  PRIOR  TO  APPOINTMENT  AS  TEMPORARY OPERATOR, DEVELOPS A PLAN
 DETERMINED TO BE SATISFACTORY BY THE COMMISSIONER TO ADDRESS THE  ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR'S DEFICIENCIES.
   (F)  "LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES DISTRICT" SHALL INCLUDE ANY LOCAL SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT WITH CARE AND CUSTODY OR CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF A
 FOSTER CARE YOUTH PLACED WITH  THE  ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR  THAT  MAY  BE
 SUBJECT  TO  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF  A TEMPORARY OPERATOR PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION, AS WELL  AS THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT WHERE THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR IS LOCATED.
   3. (A) (I) A TEMPORARY OPERATOR MAY ONLY BE APPOINTED AFTER THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR HAS BEEN PROVIDED NOTICE OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS  AND  THE
 ABILITY TO CURE SUCH VIOLATIONS.
   (II)  THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL ALSO BE NOTIFIED OF THE
 ALLEGED VIOLATIONS PRIOR TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY OPERATOR.
   (III) IF THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR FAILS TO CURE SUCH VIOLATIONS  IN  A
 TIMELY MANNER, A TEMPORARY OPERATOR MAY BE APPOINTED:
   (A)  WHERE  THE  ESTABLISHED OPERATOR IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ENSURE
 THE PROPER OPERATION  OF THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM AND THERE EXIST  CONDI-
 TIONS  THAT  HAVE  THE POTENTIAL TO SERIOUSLY ENDANGER OR JEOPARDIZE THE
 HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE OF FOSTER CARE YOUTH; OR
   (B) WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE  OF  YOUTH
 SERVED BY THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM.
   (IV)  IF  THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOTIFY THE ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR  AND  THE  LOCAL
 SOCIAL  SERVICES DISTRICT OF HIS OR HER INTENTION TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY
 OPERATOR TO ASSUME SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR  THE  ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR'S
 OPERATIONS FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME.
   (V)  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF  A  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR SHALL BE EFFECTUATED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AND SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REMEDIES
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   (B) THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR MAY AT ANY TIME REQUEST THE  COMMISSIONER
 TO  APPOINT  A  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR.  UPON RECEIVING SUCH A REQUEST, THE
 COMMISSIONER MAY, IF HE OR SHE DETERMINES THAT SUCH AN ACTION IS  NECES-
 SARY,  ENTER  INTO  AN  AGREEMENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR FOR THE
 APPOINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY OPERATOR TO RESTORE OR MAINTAIN THE PROVISION
 OF  SERVICES  TO  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILIES  PROVIDED  IN  THE FOSTER CARE
 PROGRAM, UNTIL THE ESTABLISHED   OPERATOR CAN RESUME  OPERATIONS  WITHIN
 THE DESIGNATED TIME PERIOD OR OTHER ACTION IS TAKEN TO  SUSPEND, REVOKE,
 OR LIMIT THE AUTHORITY OF THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR.
   4.  (A)  A TEMPORARY OPERATOR APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
 USE HIS OR HER BEST EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN DEEMED SATISFACTORY BY
 THE COMMISSIONER TO CORRECT OR ELIMINATE ANY CONCERNS REGARDING  HEALTH,
 SAFETY  OR  WELFARE OF THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR, AND PROMOTE THE QUALITY
 AND ACCESSIBILITY OF SERVICES PROVIDED  TO  FOSTER  CHILDREN  AND  THEIR
 FAMILIES IN THE APPLICABLE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM.
   (B)  DURING THE TERM OF APPOINTMENT, THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR SHALL HAVE
 THE AUTHORITY TO DIRECT THE STAFF OF THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR AS  NECES-
 SARY  TO  APPROPRIATELY PROVIDE CARE FOR FOSTER CARE YOUTH IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE PLAN APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.  THE  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR
 SHALL,  DURING  THIS  PERIOD,  PROVIDE  PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR FOSTER
 YOUTH IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO  PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF
 THE YOUTH BY THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR UNTIL EITHER THE ESTABLISHED OPER-
 ATOR CAN RESUME OPERATIONS OR UNTIL THE OFFICE REVOKES THE AUTHORITY  OF
 THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR TO OPERATE A FOSTER CARE PROGRAM.
   (C) THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR SHALL GRANT THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR ACCESS
 TO  THE  ESTABLISHED OPERATOR'S ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
 ANY SERIOUS HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE DEFICIENCIES. THE TEMPORARY OPERA-
 TOR SHALL APPROVE ANY DECISION RELATED TO AN ESTABLISHED  PROVIDER'S DAY
 TO DAY OPERATIONS OR  THE  ESTABLISHED  PROVIDER'S  ABILITY  TO  PROVIDE
 PROGRAMS AND  SERVICES FOR FOSTER YOUTH.
   (D)  THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO FILE ANY BOND. NO
 SECURITY INTEREST IN ANY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY COMPRISING THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR, CONTAINED WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR,  OR  IN  ANY
 FIXTURE  OF THE BUILDING OR BUILDINGS OWNED BY THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR,
 SHALL BE IMPAIRED OR DIMINISHED IN PRIORITY BY THE  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR.
 NEITHER THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR NOR THE OFFICE SHALL ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIV-
 ITY THAT CONSTITUTES A CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY.
   5.  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR, INCLUDING COMPEN-
 SATION, SHALL BE BORNE   BY THE  ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR  AND  FOLLOW  THE
 FINANCING  STRUCTURE  ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ONE HUNDRED
 FIFTY-THREE-K OF THIS CHAPTER AS MODIFIED BY THE CURRENT AID TO  LOCALI-
 TIES  PROVISIONS  FOR  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WITHIN
 THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE. THE  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR  SHALL  BE
 LIABLE  IN  ITS CAPACITY AS TEMPORARY OPERATOR FOR INJURY TO PERSONS AND
 PROPERTY BY REASON OF ITS OPERATION OF SUCH BUILDING; NO LIABILITY SHALL
 INCUR IN THE TEMPORARY  OPERATOR'S PERSONAL CAPACITY, EXCEPT  FOR  GROSS
 NEGLIGENCE AND INTENTIONAL ACTS.
   6.  (A)  THE INITIAL TERM OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR
 SHALL NOT EXCEED NINETY DAYS. AFTER NINETY  DAYS,  IF  THE  COMMISSIONER
 DETERMINES  THAT  TERMINATION  OF  THE  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR  WOULD CAUSE
 SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION OF THE QUALITY OF THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM  RUN
 BY  THE  ESTABLISHED  OPERATOR  OR  THAT  REAPPOINTMENT  IS NECESSARY TO
 CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES THAT REQUIRED  THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TEMPORARY
 OPERATOR, THE COMMISSIONER MAY AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL NINETY DAY TERMS.
   (B) WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE TERMINATION OF EACH TERM OF  THE
 APPOINTMENT  OF  THE  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR,  THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR SHALL

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 SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONER, TO THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES  DISTRICT,  AND
 TO THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR A REPORT DESCRIBING:
   (I) THE ACTIONS TAKEN DURING THE APPOINTMENT TO ADDRESS THE IDENTIFIED
 DEFICIENCIES,  THE RESUMPTION OF OPERATIONS BY THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR,
 OR THE REVOCATION OF AUTHORITY TO OPERATE A FOSTER CARE PROGRAM;
   (II) OBJECTIVES FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE TEMPORARY OPERATORSHIP  IF
 NECESSARY AND A SCHEDULE FOR SATISFACTION OF SUCH OBJECTIVES; AND
   (III) IF APPLICABLE, THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR THE ONGOING PROVISION
 OF FOSTER CARE AFTER THE TEMPORARY OPERATORSHIP IS COMPLETE.
   (C)  THE  TERM  OF THE INITIAL APPOINTMENT AND OF ANY SUBSEQUENT REAP-
 POINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY OPERATOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION MAY BE
 TERMINATED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE DESIGNATED TERM, IF THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR AND THE COMMISSIONER AGREE ON A PLAN OF  CORRECTION  AND
 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH PLAN.
   7.  (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL,  UPON  MAKING A DETERMINATION OF AN
 INTENTION TO APPOINT A   TEMPORARY OPERATOR PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,
 CAUSE  THE  ESTABLISHED OPERATOR AND THE LOCAL SOCIAL  SERVICES DISTRICT
 TO BE  NOTIFIED  OF  THE  INTENTION  BY  REGISTERED  OR  CERTIFIED  MAIL
 ADDRESSED  TO THE   PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR AND THE
 LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT.  SUCH  NOTIFICATION    SHALL  INCLUDE  A
 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FINDINGS UNDERLYING THE INTENTION TO APPOINT
 A  TEMPORARY  OPERATOR, AND THE DATE AND TIME OF A REQUIRED MEETING WITH
 THE COMMISSIONER WITHIN TEN BUSINESS    DAYS  OF  THE  RECEIPT  OF  SUCH
 NOTICE.  AT SUCH MEETING, THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR, AND THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS ALL RELEVANT  FINDINGS.
 AT  SUCH  MEETING,  THE  COMMISSIONER AND THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR SHALL
 ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP A MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY PLAN OF CORRECTION AND SCHED-
 ULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. IF A MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY  PLAN  OF  CORRECTION
 AND  SCHEDULE  FOR  IMPLEMENTATION  IS DEVELOPED, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 NOTIFY THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR THAT THE COMMISSIONER WILL ABSTAIN  FROM
 APPOINTING A TEMPORARY OPERATOR CONTINGENT UPON THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR
 REMEDIATING  THE  IDENTIFIED  DEFICIENCIES WITHIN THE  AGREED UPON TIME-
 FRAME.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, UPON MAKING A DETERMINATION OF  AN  INTEN-
 TION TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, CAUSE THE
 TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY TO
 RECEIVE APPROPRIATE AND TIMELY NOTIFICATION OF THE INTENTION TO  APPOINT
 A TEMPORARY OPERATOR. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE A  DESCRIPTION  OF
 THE  FINDINGS  UNDERLYING THE INTENTION TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR,
 THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR WHEN PRACTICABLE,  AND  THE
 DATE  OF  EXPECTED  TRANSFER OF OPERATIONS. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE MADE AS
 SOON AS PRACTICABLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER, AT ANY TIME HE OR SHE DEEMS  NECESSARY,  AND  TO
 THE  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE, SHALL CONSULT AND MAY INVOLVE THE LOCAL SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT.
   (D) SHOULD THE COMMISSIONER AND THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR BE UNABLE  TO
 ESTABLISH  A  PLAN OF CORRECTION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, OR SHOULD
 THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE  COMMISSIONER'S  INITIAL
 NOTIFICATION,  THERE  SHALL  BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ON THE COMMIS-
 SIONER'S DETERMINATION TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR TO BEGIN NO LATER
 THAN THIRTY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE NOTICE TO THE  ESTABLISHED  OPERA-
 TOR.  ANY SUCH HEARING SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITED TO THE ISSUE OF WHETHER
 THE DETERMINATION OF THE COMMISSIONER TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR IS
 SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. A COPY OF THE DECISION SHALL BE  SENT
 TO THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR AND THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT.

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   (E)  IF  THE  DECISION  TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY OPERATOR IS UPHELD SUCH
 TEMPORARY OPERATOR SHALL BE APPOINTED AS  SOON  AS  IS  PRACTICABLE  AND
 SHALL  PROVIDE  APPROPRIATE CARE AND SERVICES FOR THE  FOSTER CARE YOUTH
 AS WELL AS TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTIONS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 CHAPTER  OR  THE  REGULATIONS  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND FAMILY
 SERVICES.
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING THE APPOINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY OPERATOR, THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR SHALL REMAIN OBLIGATED FOR THE  CONTINUED  PROVISION  OF
 CARE  AND SERVICES FOR THE FOSTER CARE YOUTH.  NO PROVISION CONTAINED IN
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO RELIEVE THE ESTABLISHED OPERATOR OR  ANY
 OTHER  PERSON  OF  ANY CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY INCURRED, OR ANY DUTY
 IMPOSED BY LAW, BY REASON OF ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THE ESTABLISHED OPERA-
 TOR OR ANY OTHER PERSON PRIOR TO THE APPOINTMENT OF ANY TEMPORARY OPERA-
 TOR OF THE BUILDING HEREUNDER; NOR  SHALL  ANYTHING  CONTAINED  IN  THIS
 SECTION  BE   CONSTRUED TO SUSPEND DURING THE TERM OF THE APPOINTMENT OF
 THE TEMPORARY OPERATOR OF THE   BUILDING ANY OBLIGATION  OF  THE  ESTAB-
 LISHED  OPERATOR  OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND  REPAIR OF
 THE BUILDING, PROVISION OF UTILITY SERVICES, PAYMENT OF TAXES  OR  OTHER
 OPERATING  AND   MAINTENANCE EXPENSES OF THE BUILDING, NOR OF THE ESTAB-
 LISHED OPERATOR OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR  THE  PAYMENT  OF  MORTGAGES  OR
 LIENS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                 SUBPART B

   Section  1.  Section  4  of  part W of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016,
 amending the social services law relating to the powers  and  duties  of
 the  commissioner  of  social  services relating to the appointment of a
 temporary operator, is amended to read as follows:
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have  been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2016, provided
 further that this act shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  March  31,
 [2019] 2022.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion,  section  or subpart of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
 impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
 or  subpart  thereof  directly involved in the controversy in which such
 judgment shall have been rendered. It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the
 intent  of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if
 such invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  applicable effective date of Subparts A through B of this act shall
 be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Subparts.
 
                                  PART N
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (n) of subdivision 1 of section 336 of the social
 services law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of  the
 laws  of  1997,  is  amended and a new paragraph (o) is added to read as
 follows:
   (n) educational activities pursuant to section three  hundred  thirty-
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   (O)  TIME-LIMITED  JOB  TRY-OUTS  AS  WORK EXPERIENCE ASSIGNMENTS WITH
 PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT AND PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES THAT  LEAD  TO
 UNSUBSIDIZED FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT.
   §  2.  Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section
 335-b of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of part  J  of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii)  In  the  case of a two-parent family receiving federally funded
 child care assistance and a parent in the  family  is  not  disabled  or
 caring  for  a  severely  disabled  child,  the individual and the other
 parent in the family are participating in work activities for a total of
 at least fifty-five hours per week during  the  month,  not  fewer  than
 fifty  hours  of which are attributable to activities described in para-
 graphs (a) through (h) [and], (l) AND (O) of subdivision one of  section
 three hundred thirty-six of this title.
   §  3.  Subdivision  2  of section 335-b of the social services law, as
 amended by chapter 380 of the laws  of  2004,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2. Engaged in work for a month shall mean participating in work activ-
 ities  identified in subdivision one of section three hundred thirty-six
 of this title for the required number of hours specified in this section
 provided, however, that at least twenty hours of such participation,  or
 thirty  hours  for  two-parent  families,  or fifty hours for two-parent
 families receiving federally funded child care as set forth in  subpara-
 graph  (iii)  of paragraph (d) of subdivision one of this section, shall
 be attributable to the activities described in  paragraphs  (a)  through
 (h) [and], (l) AND (O) of subdivision one of section three hundred thir-
 ty-six  of  this  title, or for households without dependent children at
 least twenty hours of participation shall be attributable to the  activ-
 ities  set  forth  in  paragraphs  (a) through (h) [and], (l) AND (O) of
 subdivision one of section three hundred thirty-six of this  title,  and
 further  provided  that  participation  in  job search and job readiness
 assistance as identified in paragraph (f) of subdivision one of  section
 three  hundred  thirty-six  of  this  title  shall only be determined as
 engaged in work for a maximum period of six weeks, only  four  of  which
 may  be  consecutive as otherwise limited by federal law; and that indi-
 viduals in all families and in two parent families  may  be  engaged  in
 work  for  a  month by reason of participation in vocational training to
 the extent allowed by federal law. Any non-graduate student  participat-
 ing or approved by CUNY, SUNY or another degree granting institution, or
 any  other state or local district approved education, training or voca-
 tional rehabilitation agency to participate in work-study, or in intern-
 ships, externships, or other  work  placements  that  are  part  of  the
 curriculum of that student, shall not be unreasonably denied the ability
 to  participate  in  such  programs and each hour of participation shall
 count toward satisfaction of such student's work  activity  requirements
 of  this  title  provided  that  the  district may consider, among other
 factors, (a) whether the student has voluntarily terminated his  or  her
 employment  or  voluntarily  reduced  his or her earnings to qualify for
 public assistance pursuant to subdivision ten  of  section  one  hundred
 thirty-one  of  this article; (b) whether a comparable job or on the job
 training position can reasonably be expected to exist  in  the  private,
 public or not-for-profit sector; (c) that the student has a cumulative C
 average or its equivalent, which may be waived by the district for undue
 hardship  based  on  (1) the death of a relative of the student, (2) the
 personal injury or illness of the  student,  or  (3)  other  extenuating
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 students attendance and performance and  reports  to  the  local  social
 services  department monthly on each student. Failure of the institution
 to monitor and report monthly to  local  social  services  districts  on
 attendance  and  performance  of  the  student's work study, internship,
 externship or other work placement shall be cause for the department  to
 reasonably  deny  the student's ability to participate in such programs.
 Students shall be subject to sanctions equivalent  to  those  associated
 with failure to adequately satisfy their other required work activities.
 In assigning a non-graduate student participating in work-study, intern-
 ships,  externships  or other work placements, pursuant to this section,
 to other work activities the district shall make  reasonable  effort  to
 assign  the  student  to  hours  that do not conflict with the student's
 academic schedule.
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 336-c of  the  social  services  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES DISTRICT MAY ALSO ESTABLISH TIME-LIMITED, JOB
 TRY-OUT OPPORTUNITIES WITH  PRIVATE  FOR-PROFIT,  NON-PROFIT  OR  PUBLIC
 SECTOR  ENTITIES  LEADING TO UNSUBSIDIZED FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME EMPLOY-
 MENT.
   § 5. Subdivision 2 of section 336-c of the  social  services  law,  as
 amended  by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. A recipient may be assigned to participate in [such] A work experi-
 ence program only if:
   (a) appropriate federal and state  standards  of  health,  safety  and
 other work conditions are maintained;
   (b)  The  MAXIMUM  number  of  hours  a participant in work experience
 activities authorized pursuant to this section shall be required to work
 in such assignment shall not exceed [a number] FORTY HOURS IN  ANY  WEEK
 AND  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  THE  NUMBER OF HOURS which equals the amount of
 assistance payable with respect to such [individual] INDIVIDUAL'S PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE HOUSEHOLD (inclusive of the value of  [food  stamps]  SUPPLE-
 MENTAL  NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS received by such [individ-
 ual] HOUSEHOLD, if any) divided by the [higher] HIGHEST of [(a)] (I) the
 federal minimum wage [provided that such hours shall be limited  as  set
 forth  in  subdivision  four of section three hundred thirty-six of this
 title,]; or [(b)] (II) the APPLICABLE state minimum wage; OR  (III)  FOR
 THOSE  PLACEMENTS  WITH  A FOR-PROFIT ENTITY, THE WAGE NORMALLY PROVIDED
 FOR TRAINEES IN SUCH POSITIONS;
   (c) such recipients are provided appropriate workers' compensation  or
 equivalent protection for on-the-job injuries and tort claims protection
 on  the  same  basis,  but not necessarily at the same benefit level, as
 they are provided to other persons in the  same  or  similar  positions,
 while participating in work experience activities under this section;
   (d) the project to which the participant is assigned [serves] PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MUST SERVE a useful
 public purpose in fields such as health, social services,  environmental
 protection,  education,  urban  and rural development and redevelopment,
 welfare, recreation, operation of public facilities, public safety,  and
 child day care;
   (e)  such  assignment  would not result in (i) the displacement of any
 currently  employed  worker  or  loss  of  position  (including  partial
 displacement  such as reduction in the hours of non-overtime work, wages
 or  employment  benefits)  or  result  in  the  impairment  of  existing
 contracts  for  services  or  collective bargaining agreements; (ii) THE
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 THE WORK PERFORMED BY ANY EMPLOYEES AS PART OF A NEGOTIATING UNIT PURSU-
 ANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW; (III)  the  employment
 or  assignment  of  a  participant or the filling of a position when any
 other  person  is  on  layoff  from  the same or any equivalent position
 CONSISTENT WITH ARTICLE FIVE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW  or  the  employer
 has  terminated  the  employment  of  any  regular employee or otherwise
 reduced its workforce with the effect of filling the vacancy so  created
 with  a  participant assigned pursuant to this section; [(iii)] (IV) any
 infringement of the promotional opportunities of  any  current  employed
 person  WHEN  A  PARTICIPANT  IS  ASSIGNED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; [or (iv)] (V) the performance, by  such
 participant, of a substantial portion of the work ordinarily and actual-
 ly  performed by regular employees WHEN A PARTICIPANT IS ASSIGNED PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; or  [(v)]  (VI)
 the  loss  of  a bargaining unit position as a result of work experience
 participants  performing,  in  part  or  in  whole,  the  work  normally
 performed by the employee in such position;
   (f)  such  assignment  is  not  at  any work site at which the regular
 employees are on a legal  strike  against  the  employer  or  are  being
 subjected to lock out by the employer.
   §  6.  Section 336-c of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. JOB TRY-OUT  PROGRAMS  IN  PRIVATE  FOR-PROFIT,  NON-PROFIT,  AND
 PUBLIC  SECTOR  ENTITIES  LEADING TO UNSUBSIDIZED FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME
 EMPLOYMENT. (A) SOCIAL SERVICES  DISTRICTS  MAY  ENTER  AGREEMENTS  WITH
 PRIVATE  FOR-PROFIT,  NON-PROFIT, OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES TO ESTABLISH
 JOB TRY-OUT PROGRAMS WHICH WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS THE
 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO PERFORM THE  JOB
 DUTIES  FOR  AN  ANTICIPATED  JOB  OPENING.  ANY SUCH AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
 SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS AND PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT  OR  PUBLIC
 SECTOR  ENTITIES  SHALL  PROVIDE THAT PARTICIPANTS WILL BE OFFERED FULL-
 TIME OR PART-TIME UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT FOLLOWING THE END OF  A  NINE-
 TY-DAY  JOB  TRY-OUT PERIOD ABSENT DEMONSTRATED REASONABLE CAUSE FOR NOT
 HIRING THE PARTICIPANTS. AN ENTITY  WHICH  UNREASONABLY  TERMINATES  THE
 NINETY-DAY  JOB  TRY-OUT PERIOD OR FAILS TO OFFER FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME
 UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT TO A PARTICIPANT WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES  THE
 NINETY-DAY JOB TRY-OUT SHALL BECOME INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JOB
 TRY-OUT PROGRAM, AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B)  A PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT MAY BE ASSIGNED TO PARTICIPATE IN A
 JOB TRY-OUT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION ONLY IF:
   (I) THE PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT, OR PUBLIC  SECTOR  ENTITY  HAS
 ENTERED  INTO  AN  AGREEMENT WITH A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (II) THERE IS NO CONFLICT WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS REGARDING  COLLEC-
 TIVE  BARGAINING  IN  THE  PRIVATE  FOR-PROFIT,  NON-PROFIT,  AND PUBLIC
 SECTORS;
   (III) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW, THE JOB TRY-OUT  POSI-
 TION  TO WHICH THE PARTICIPANT IS ASSIGNED SHALL BE UNPAID AND SHALL NOT
 BE CONSIDERED EMPLOYMENT; HOWEVER, THE  FOLLOWING  PROVISIONS  SHALL  BE
 EXCEPTED AND SHALL APPLY TO JOB TRY-OUT PLACEMENTS:
   (A) THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THE EXECU-
 TIVE LAW;
   (B) LICENSURE AND EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF ONE OR
 MORE  CRIMINAL  OFFENSES  AS  SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE-A OF THE
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   (C) ONE DAY OF REST IN SEVEN AS  SET  FORTH  IN  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
 SIXTY-ONE OF THE LABOR LAW;
   (D)  TIME ALLOWED FOR MEALS AS SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-
 TWO OF THE LABOR LAW;
   (E) PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ENGAGEMENT IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES
 AS SET FORTH IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE-D OF THE LABOR LAW; AND
   (F) PROHIBITED RETALIATION AS SET FORTH IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN
 OF THE LABOR LAW;
   (IV) THE HOUSEHOLD OF WHICH THE PARTICIPANT IS A MEMBER WILL  CONTINUE
 TO  RECEIVE  ANY  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE,  SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM, OR OTHER BENEFITS THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR
 THROUGHOUT THE JOB TRY-OUT ASSIGNMENT;
   (V) THE JOB TRY-OUT PROGRAM TO WHICH THE PARTICIPANT IS ASSIGNED SHALL
 BE LIMITED TO NINETY DAYS. THE ASSIGNMENT MAY NOT BE EXTENDED BEYOND THE
 NINETY DAYS, EVEN IF AGREED TO BY THE PARTICIPANT AND THE  PRIVATE  FOR-
 PROFIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITY;
   (VI) PRIOR TO THE JOB TRY-OUT ASSIGNMENT, THE PARTICIPANT WILL RECEIVE
 FROM  THE PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITY A WRIT-
 TEN EXPLANATION OF  HIS  OR  HER  TRAINING  EXPECTATIONS  ALONG  WITH  A
 DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPERVISION AND SKILLS TO BE LEARNED;
   (VII) THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTI-
 TY  IS  REQUIRED  TO PROVIDE TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, AT NO LESS
 THAN  THIRTY-DAY  INTERVALS,  INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  PARTICIPANT'S
 ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE AS PART OF A JOB TRY-OUT ASSIGNMENT;
   (C)  NON-COMPLIANCE.  IF  A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT DETERMINES THAT A
 PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITY  WITHOUT  REASON-
 ABLE CAUSE, HAS NOT RETAINED THE PARTICIPANT FOR THE FULL NINETY DAY JOB
 TRY-OUT  PERIOD  OR  HAS NOT OFFERED FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME UNSUBSIDIZED
 EMPLOYMENT TO THE PARTICIPANT ON OR BEFORE THE END OF THE NINETY DAY JOB
 TRY-OUT PERIOD PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE
 SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS:
   (I)  A  FIRST VIOLATION SHALL RESULT IN A ONE-MONTH BAN ON NEW ASSIGN-
 MENTS WITH THE PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITY;
   (II) A SECOND VIOLATION, WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE FIRST VIOLATION, SHALL
 RESULT IN A THREE-MONTH BAN ON NEW ASSIGNMENTS WITH THE PRIVATE FOR-PRO-
 FIT, NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITY; AND
   (III) A THIRD VIOLATION, AND ANY FURTHER VIOLATIONS, WITHIN TWO  YEARS
 OF THE FIRST VIOLATION, SHALL RESULT IN A ONE-YEAR BAN ON NEW ASSIGNMENT
 PLACEMENTS  WITH  THE  PRIVATE  FOR-PROFIT,  NON-PROFIT OR PUBLIC SECTOR
 ENTITY.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of the office
 of temporary and disability assistance may promulgate any rules or regu-
 lations necessary to implement this act on or before its effective date.
 
                                  PART O
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 198-a of the labor law, as amended
 by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Every employer who does not pay the wages of  all  of  his  OR  HER
 employees  in  accordance  with  the provisions of this chapter, and the
 officers and agents of any corporation, partnership, or limited  liabil-
 ity company who knowingly permit the corporation, partnership, or limit-
 ed liability company to violate this chapter by failing to pay the wages
 of any of its employees in accordance with the provisions thereof, shall
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 therefor shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than  twenty
 thousand  dollars  or imprisoned for not more than one year, and, in the
 event that any second or subsequent offense occurs within six  years  of
 the  date of conviction for a prior offense, shall be guilty of a felony
 for the second or subsequent  offense,  and  upon  conviction  therefor,
 shall  be fined not less than five hundred nor more than twenty thousand
 dollars or imprisoned for not more  than  one  year  plus  one  day,  or
 punished  by  both such fine and imprisonment, for each such offense. An
 indictment of a person or corporation operating a steam surface railroad
 for an offense specified in this section may be found and tried  in  any
 county  within  the state in which such railroad ran at the time of such
 offense] , EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER OR IN THE  PENAL
 LAW,  OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR FOR FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE LESS
 THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND  DOLLARS  TO
 MORE  THAN ONE EMPLOYEE; OF A CLASS E FELONY FOR FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE
 EMPLOYEE GREATER THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR GREATER  THAN  TWENTY-FIVE
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS  TO  MORE  THAN  ONE EMPLOYEE; OF A CLASS D FELONY FOR
 FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE GREATER THAN THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS  OR
 ONE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS TO MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYEE; AND A CLASS C
 FELONY FOR FAILURE TO PAY A SINGLE EMPLOYEE GREATER THAN FIFTY  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  OR  GREATER THAN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MORE THAN ONE
 EMPLOYEE. FURTHER, A COURT MAY ORDER RESTITUTION OF WAGES IN THE  AMOUNT
 OF  THE  UNDERPAYMENT  AND  TOGETHER  WITH  SUCH AMOUNTS PROVIDED FOR BY
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. Section 213 of the labor law, as amended by chapter  729  of  the
 laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
   §  213.  Violations of provisions of labor law; the rules, regulations
 or orders of the industrial commissioner and  the  industrial  board  of
 appeals.  Any  person who violates or does not comply with any provision
 of the labor law, any rule, regulation or lawful order of the industrial
 commissioner or the industrial board of appeals, and  the  officers  and
 agents  of  any  corporation  who  knowingly  permit  the corporation to
 violate such provisions, are guilty of a CLASS A  misdemeanor  and  upon
 conviction  shall  be punished IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENAL LAW, [except
 as in this chapter or in the penal law otherwise provided, for  a  first
 offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, provided, howev-
 er,  that if the first offense is a violation of a rule or provision for
 the protection of the safety or health of employees or persons  lawfully
 frequenting  a place to which this chapter applies, the punishment shall
 be a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or  by  imprisonment  for
 not  more than fifteen days or by both such fine and imprisonment;] AND,
 for a second [offense by a fine of not less than one  hundred  nor  more
 than  five  hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty
 days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a subsequent offense  by
 a  fine  of  not less than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for
 not more than sixty days, or by both  such  fine  and  imprisonment]  OR
 SUBSEQUENT  OFFENSE COMMITTED WITHIN SIX YEARS OF THE DATE OF CONVICTION
 OF A PRIOR OFFENSE, ARE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY AND  UPON  CONVICTION
 SHALL  BE PUNISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENAL LAW.  This section shall
 not apply to any person covered by section twenty-seven-a of this  chap-
 ter.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
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   Section  1. Section 522 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 720 of
 the laws of 1953, is amended to read as follows:
   §  522.  Total  unemployment.  "Total  unemployment" OR "TOTALLY UNEM-
 PLOYED" means the [total] lack of any employment [on] IN any [day] WEEK.
 The term "employment" as used  in  this  section  means  any  employment
 including that not defined in this title.
   §  2.  Section  523 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 675 of the
 laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 523. [Effective day. "Effective day" means a full day of total unem-
 ployment provided such day falls within a week in which a  claimant  had
 four  or  more days of total unemployment and provided further that only
 those days of total unemployment in excess of  three  days  within  such
 week are deemed "effective days". No effective day is deemed to occur in
 a week in which the claimant has days of employment for which he is paid
 compensation  exceeding  the highest benefit rate which is applicable to
 any claimant in such   week. A claimant  who  is  employed  on  a  shift
 continuing  through  midnight is deemed to have been employed on the day
 beginning before midnight with respect to such shift, except where night
 shift employees are regularly scheduled to  start  their  work  week  at
 seven post meridiem or thereafter on Sunday night, their regularly sche-
 duled  starting  time  on  Sunday  shall  be  considered  as starting on
 Monday.] PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT.  "PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT"  OR  "PARTIALLY
 UNEMPLOYED" MEANS ANY WEEK IF THE TOTAL REMUNERATION OF ANY NATURE PAYA-
 BLE  FOR  SERVICES OF ANY KIND DURING SUCH WEEK AMOUNTS TO LESS THAN ONE
 AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE CLAIMANT'S BENEFIT RATE FOR TOTAL    UNEMPLOYMENT
 ROUNDED TO THE LOWEST NEXT DOLLAR. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  REMUN-
 ERATION  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  ANY  HOLIDAY OR VACATION PAY PAYABLE WITH
 RESPECT TO ANY SUCH WEEK, WHETHER  OR  NOT  ANY  SERVICE  WAS  PERFORMED
 DURING  SUCH  WEEK  OR WAS IN ANY OTHER WAY REQUIRED FOR RECEIPT OF SUCH
 HOLIDAY OR VACATION PAY. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  CONSIDER  EARNINGS  DERIVED FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT, BUT ONLY TO THE
 EXTENT SUCH EARNINGS ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVED OR PAYABLE WITH RESPECT TO  A
 GIVEN  WEEK OF PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT.
   §  3.  Section 524 of the labor law, as added by chapter 5 of the laws
 of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   § 524. Week of employment. For purposes  of  this  article,  "week  of
 employment"  shall  mean  a  Monday through Sunday period during which a
 claimant was paid remuneration for employment for an employer or employ-
 ers liable for contributions or for payments in  lieu  of  contributions
 under  this  article.   A CLAIMANT WHO IS EMPLOYED ON A SHIFT CONTINUING
 THROUGH MIDNIGHT IS DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED ON  THE  DAY  BEGINNING
 BEFORE  MIDNIGHT  WITH  RESPECT  TO SUCH SHIFT, EXCEPT WHERE NIGHT SHIFT
 EMPLOYEES ARE REGULARLY SCHEDULED TO START THEIR WORK WEEK AT SEVEN POST
 MERIDIEM OR THEREAFTER ON SUNDAY NIGHT, THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED START-
 ING TIME ON SUNDAY SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS STARTING ON MONDAY.
   § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 527 of the  labor  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter  832 of the laws of 1968 and as renumbered by chapter 381 of the
 laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   4. General condition. A valid original claim may be filed  only  in  a
 week  in which the claimant [has at least one effective day of unemploy-
 ment] IS TOTALLY UNEMPLOYED OR PARTIALLY UNEMPLOYED AS DEFINED  IN  THIS
 ARTICLE.
   §  5. Clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph
 (e) of subdivision 1 of section 581 of the  labor  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 282 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:

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   (i)  In  those instances where the claimant may not utilize wages paid
 to establish entitlement based upon  subdivision  ten  of  section  five
 hundred  ninety  of  this  article and an educational institution is the
 claimant's last employer prior to the filing of the claim for  benefits,
 or  the  claimant  performed services in such educational institution in
 such capacity while employed by an educational service agency  which  is
 the  claimant's last employer prior to the filing of the claim for bene-
 fits, such employer shall not be liable for  benefit  charges  [for  the
 first  twenty-eight  effective days of benefits paid] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL
 TO THE BENEFITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT as  otherwise
 provided  by this section. Under such circumstances, benefits paid shall
 be charged to the general account. In addition, wages  paid  during  the
 base  period  by  such educational institutions, or for services in such
 educational  institutions  for  claimants  employed  by  an  educational
 service  agency shall not be considered base period wages during periods
 that such wages may not be used to gain entitlement to benefits pursuant
 to subdivision ten of section five hundred ninety of this article.
   (ii) In those instances where the claimant may not utilize wages  paid
 to  establish  entitlement based upon subdivision eleven of section five
 hundred ninety of this article and an  educational  institution  is  the
 claimant's  last employer prior to the filing of the claim for benefits,
 or the claimant performed services in such  educational  institution  in
 such  capacity  while employed by an educational service agency which is
 the claimant's last employer prior to the filing of the claim for  bene-
 fits,  such  employer  shall  not be liable for benefit charges [for the
 first twenty-eight effective days of benefits paid] IN AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL
 TO  THE BENEFITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT as otherwise
 provided by this section. Under such circumstances, benefits  paid  will
 be  charged  to  the general account. In addition, wages paid during the
 base period by such educational institutions, or for  services  in  such
 educational  institutions  for  claimants  employed  by  an  educational
 service agency shall not be considered base period wages during  periods
 that such wages may not be used to gain entitlement to benefits pursuant
 to  subdivision  eleven  of section five hundred ninety of this article.
 However, in those instances where a claimant was not afforded an  oppor-
 tunity  to perform services for the educational institution for the next
 academic year or term after  reasonable  assurance  was  provided,  such
 employer  shall  be  liable  for benefit charges as provided for in this
 paragraph for any retroactive payments made to the claimant.
   (iii) In those instances where the federal government  is  the  claim-
 ant's  last  employer  prior to the filing of the claim for benefits and
 such employer is not a  base-period  employer,  payments  [equaling  the
 first twenty-eight effective days of benefits] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
 BENEFITS  PAID  FOR  SEVEN  WEEKS  OF  TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  as otherwise
 prescribed by this section shall be charged to the general  account.  In
 those  instances  where  the  federal  government is the claimant's last
 employer prior to the filing of the claim for benefits and a base-period
 employer, such employer shall be liable for  charges  for  all  benefits
 paid  on such claim in the same proportion that the remuneration paid by
 such employer during the base period bears to the remuneration  paid  by
 all  employers  during  the  base  period.  In addition, benefit payment
 charges [for the first twenty-eight effective days of  benefits]  IN  AN
 AMOUNT  EQUAL TO THE BENEFITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT
 other than those chargeable to  the  federal  government  as  prescribed
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   (iv)  In those instances where a combined wage claim is filed pursuant
 to interstate reciprocal agreements and  the  claimant's  last  employer
 prior  to  the  filing of the claim is an out-of-state employer and such
 employer is not a base-period employer, benefit payments  [equaling  the
 first twenty-eight effective days of benefits] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
 BENEFITS  PAID  FOR  SEVEN  WEEKS  OF  TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  as otherwise
 prescribed by this section shall be charged to the general  account.  In
 those  instances  where  the  out-of-state employer is the last employer
 prior to the filing of the claim for benefits and a base-period employer
 such employer shall be liable for charges for all benefits paid on  such
 claim in the same proportion that the remuneration paid by such employer
 during  the  base period bears to the remuneration paid by all employers
 during the base period. In addition, benefit payment  charges  [for  the
 twenty-eight effective days of benefits] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE BENE-
 FITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT other than those charge-
 able  to  the out-of-state employer as prescribed above shall be made to
 the general account.
   § 6. Subdivisions 1, 3, 4, paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 and subdivi-
 sions 6 and 7 of section 590 of the labor law, subdivisions 1 and  3  as
 amended  by chapter 645 of the laws of 1951, subdivision 4 as amended by
 chapter 457 of the laws of 1987,  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  5  as
 amended by section 8 of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, subdi-
 vision  6  as added by chapter 720 of the laws of 1953 and as renumbered
 by chapter 675 of the laws of 1977, and  subdivision  7  as  amended  by
 chapter  415 of the laws of 1983, are amended and two new paragraphs (c)
 and (d) are added to subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   1. Entitlement to benefits. A claimant shall be entitled  to  [accumu-
 late  effective  days  for the purpose of benefit rights] THE PAYMENT OF
 BENEFITS only if he OR SHE has complied  with  the  provisions  of  this
 article  regarding  the filing of his OR HER claim, including the filing
 of a valid original claim, registered as totally UNEMPLOYED OR PARTIALLY
 unemployed, reported his OR HER subsequent employment and  unemployment,
 and  reported  for  work or otherwise given notice of the continuance of
 his OR HER unemployment.
   3. Compensable periods. Benefits shall be paid for each  [accumulation
 of  effective days within a] week OF PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR TOTAL UNEM-
 PLOYMENT.
   4. Duration. Benefits shall not be paid for more than [one hundred and
 four effective days] AN AMOUNT EXCEEDING TWENTY-SIX TIMES THE CLAIMANT'S
 WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE in any benefit year, except as provided  in  section
 six  hundred one and subdivision two of section five hundred ninety-nine
 of this [chapter] TITLE.
   (a) A claimant's weekly benefit amount shall be  one  twenty-sixth  of
 the  remuneration  paid  during the highest calendar quarter of the base
 period by employers, liable for contributions or  payments  in  lieu  of
 contributions under this article, provided the claimant has remuneration
 paid  in  all  four  calendar  quarters during his or her base period or
 alternate base period. However, for any claimant  who  has  remuneration
 paid  in  all  four  calendar  quarters during his or her base period or
 alternate base period  and  whose  high  calendar  quarter  remuneration
 during  the  base  period  is  three  thousand five hundred seventy-five
 dollars or less, the benefit amount shall be  one  twenty-fifth  of  the
 remuneration paid during the highest calendar quarter of the base period
 by  employers  liable  for contributions or payments in lieu of contrib-
 utions under this article. A claimant's  weekly  benefit  shall  be  one
 twenty-sixth  of  the average remuneration paid in the two highest quar-

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 ters paid during the base period or alternate base period  by  employers
 liable for contributions or payments in lieu of contributions under this
 article when the claimant has remuneration paid in two or three calendar
 quarters  provided  however, that a claimant whose high calendar quarter
 is four thousand dollars or less but greater than  three  thousand  five
 hundred  seventy-five  dollars shall have a weekly benefit amount of one
 twenty-sixth of such high calendar quarter. However,  for  any  claimant
 who  has  remuneration paid in two or three calendar quarters during his
 or her base period or alternate base  period  and  whose  high  calendar
 quarter  remuneration  during  the  base  period  is three thousand five
 hundred seventy-five dollars or less, the benefit amount  shall  be  one
 twenty-fifth  of the remuneration paid during the highest calendar quar-
 ter of the base period by employers liable for contributions or payments
 in lieu of contributions under this article.  Any  claimant  whose  high
 calendar  quarter remuneration during the base period is more than three
 thousand five hundred seventy-five dollars shall not have a weekly bene-
 fit amount less than one hundred forty-three dollars. The weekly benefit
 amount, so computed, that is not a  multiple  of  one  dollar  shall  be
 lowered  to  the  next  multiple  of  one dollar. On the first Monday of
 September, nineteen hundred ninety-eight the weekly benefit amount shall
 not exceed three hundred sixty-five  dollars  nor  be  less  than  forty
 dollars,  until  the  first  Monday of September, two thousand, at which
 time the maximum benefit payable  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  shall
 equal  one-half  of the state average weekly wage for covered employment
 as calculated by the department no sooner than July first, two  thousand
 and no later than August first, two thousand, rounded down to the lowest
 dollar. On and after the first Monday of October, two thousand fourteen,
 the weekly benefit shall not be less than one hundred dollars, nor shall
 it exceed four hundred twenty dollars until the first Monday of October,
 two  thousand  fifteen  when  the  maximum  benefit amount shall be four
 hundred twenty-five dollars, until the  first  Monday  of  October,  two
 thousand  sixteen  when the maximum benefit amount shall be four hundred
 thirty dollars, until the first Monday of October, two  thousand  seven-
 teen  when  the maximum benefit amount shall be four hundred thirty-five
 dollars, until the first Monday of October, two thousand  eighteen  when
 the  maximum  benefit  amount shall be four hundred fifty dollars, until
 the first Monday of October, two  thousand  nineteen  when  the  maximum
 benefit  amount  shall  be thirty-six percent of the average weekly wage
 until the first Monday of October, two thousand twenty when the  maximum
 benefit amount shall be thirty-eight percent of the average weekly wage,
 until the first Monday of October two thousand twenty-one when the maxi-
 mum  benefit  amount  shall be forty percent of the average weekly wage,
 until the first Monday of October,  two  thousand  twenty-two  when  the
 maximum  benefit amount shall be forty-two percent of the average weekly
 wage, until the first Monday of October, two thousand twenty-three  when
 the  maximum  benefit  amount shall be forty-four percent of the average
 weekly wage, until the first Monday of October, two thousand twenty-four
 when the maximum benefit amount shall be forty-six percent of the  aver-
 age  weekly  wage, until the first Monday of October, two thousand twen-
 ty-five when the maximum benefit amount shall be forty-eight percent  of
 the average weekly wage, until the first Monday of October, two thousand
 twenty-six  and each year thereafter on the first Monday of October when
 the maximum benefit amount shall be fifty percent of the average  weekly
 wage  provided,  however,  that  in  no  event shall the maximum benefit
 amount be reduced from the previous year. A CLAIMANT SHALL  RECEIVE  HIS
 OR HER FULL BENEFIT RATE FOR EACH WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT.

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   (C)  ANY  CLAIMANT WHO IS PARTIALLY UNEMPLOYED THROUGHOUT A WEEK SHALL
 BE PAID WITH  RESPECT TO SUCH WEEK AN AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO  THE  CLAIMANT'S
 BENEFIT  RATE FOR TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCED BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWO-
 THIRDS, ROUNDED TO THE NEXT LOWER WHOLE DOLLAR, OF THE  TOTAL  REMUNERA-
 TION,  ROUNDED  TO  THE LOWER WHOLE DOLLAR, OF ANY NATURE PAYABLE TO THE
 CLAIMANT FOR SERVICES OF ANY KIND DURING SUCH WEEK.
   (D) ANY CLAIMANT WHO  IS  PARTIALLY  UNEMPLOYED  WHOSE  EMPLOYMENT  IS
 LIMITED  TO  ONE  OR  TWO DAYS DURING ANY WEEK OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND WHOSE
 PAID OR PAYABLE REMUNERATION FOR SUCH WEEK IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN  THE
 WEEKLY MAXIMUM BENEFIT AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID:
   (1) FOR EMPLOYMENT LIMITED TO ONE DAY, A BENEFIT AMOUNT EQUAL TO THREE
 QUARTERS  OF HIS OR HER WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT, IF THAT AMOUNT IS GREATER
 THAN WHAT THE CLAIMANT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED HAD HIS OR HER BENEFIT AMOUNT
 BEEN COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (2) FOR EMPLOYMENT LIMITED TO TWO DAYS,  A  BENEFIT  AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO
 FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  HIS  OR HER WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT, IF THAT AMOUNT IS
 GREATER THAN WHAT THE CLAIMANT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED HAD HIS OR HER  BENE-
 FIT AMOUNT BEEN COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   6.  Notification  requirement.  [No effective day shall be counted for
 any purposes except effective days as to] BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE ONLY
 FOR ANY  WEEK  FOR  which  notification  has  been  given  in  a  manner
 prescribed by the commissioner.
   7.  Waiting  period.  A  claimant shall not be entitled to [accumulate
 effective days for the purpose of] RECEIVE benefit payments until he  OR
 SHE has [accumulated] COMPLETED a waiting period of [four effective days
 either  wholly  within  the]  ONE  week OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR PARTIAL
 UNEMPLOYMENT in which he OR SHE established [his] A valid original claim
 [or partly within such week and partly] within his OR HER  benefit  year
 initiated by such claim.
   §  7.  Subdivisions  1 and 2, paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 and para-
 graph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 591 of the labor law, subdivisions
 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, paragraph (a)  of
 subdivision  3  as  amended by chapter 794 of the laws of 1963 and para-
 graph (a) of subdivision 6 as added by section 13 of part O  of  chapter
 57 of laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Unemployment. Benefits, except as provided in section five hundred
 ninety-one-a of this title, shall be paid only  to  a  claimant  who  is
 totally  UNEMPLOYED  OR PARTIALLY unemployed and who is unable to engage
 in his OR HER usual employment or in any other for which he  OR  SHE  is
 reasonably  fitted by training and experience. A claimant who is receiv-
 ing benefits under this article shall not be denied such benefits pursu-
 ant to this subdivision or to subdivision two of this section because of
 such claimant's service on a grand or petit jury of any state or of  the
 United States.
   2.  Availability  and  capability.  Except as provided in section five
 hundred ninety-one-a of this title, no benefits shall be payable to  any
 claimant  who  is  not  capable of work or who is not ready, willing and
 able to work in his usual employment or in any other  for  which  he  is
 reasonably  fitted  by  training and experience.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 PROMULGATE REGULATIONS DEFINING A CLAIMANT'S  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  BENEFITS
 WHEN SUCH CLAIMANT IS NOT CAPABLE OF WORK OR NOT READY, WILLING AND ABLE
 TO  WORK  IN HIS OR HER USUAL EMPLOYMENT OR IN ANY OTHER WHICH HE OR SHE
 IS REASONABLY FITTED BY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.
   (a) [No benefits shall be] BENEFITS payable to a claimant for any  day
 during  a  paid  vacation  period, or for a paid holiday, [nor shall any
 such day be considered a day of total unemployment  under  section  five

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 hundred  twenty-two]  SHALL  BE  CALCULATED  AS PROVIDED IN SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE AND SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINETY
 of this article.
   (a)  No  benefits shall be payable to a claimant for any week during a
 dismissal period for which a claimant receives dismissal pay[, nor shall
 any day within such week be considered a day of total unemployment under
 section five  hundred  twenty-two  of  this  article,]  if  such  weekly
 dismissal pay exceeds the maximum weekly benefit rate.
   § 8. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 591 of the labor law, subdivision
 1  as  amended  by  chapter 446 of the laws of 1981 and subdivision 2 as
 amended by section 12 of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of  2013,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  Unemployment.  Benefits  shall  be  paid only to a claimant who is
 totally UNEMPLOYED OR PARTIALLY unemployed and who is unable  to  engage
 in  his  OR  HER usual employment or in any other for which he OR SHE is
 reasonably fitted by training and experience. A claimant who is  receiv-
 ing benefits under this article shall not be denied such benefits pursu-
 ant to this subdivision or to subdivision two of this section because of
 such  claimant's service on a grand or petit jury of any state or of the
 United States.
   2. Availability, capability, and work search.  No  benefits  shall  be
 payable  to any claimant who is not capable of work or who is not ready,
 willing and able to work in his or her usual employment or in any  other
 for  which he or she is reasonably fitted by training and experience and
 who is not actively seeking work. In order to be actively seeking work a
 claimant must be engaged in systematic and  sustained  efforts  to  find
 work.  The commissioner shall promulgate regulations defining systematic
 and sustained efforts to find work and setting standards for  the  proof
 of  work  search efforts.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS
 DEFINING A CLAIMANT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS WHEN SUCH CLAIMANT IS NOT
 CAPABLE OF WORK OR NOT READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK  IN  HIS  OR  HER
 USUAL EMPLOYMENT OR IN ANY OTHER WHICH HE OR SHE IS REASONABLY FITTED BY
 TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.
   §  9.  Subdivision  2  of  section 592 of the labor law, as amended by
 chapter 415 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Concurrent payments prohibited.  No  [days  of  total  unemployment
 shall  be  deemed  to  occur] BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE in any week with
 respect to which or a part of which a claimant has received or is  seek-
 ing  unemployment benefits under an unemployment compensation law of any
 other state or of the United States, provided that this provision  shall
 not apply if the appropriate agency of such other state or of the United
 States  finally  determines that he OR SHE is not entitled to such unem-
 ployment benefits.
   § 10. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1, the opening paragraph of  subdi-
 vision 2 and subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 593 of the labor law, para-
 graph  (a)  of subdivision 1, the opening paragraph of subdivision 2 and
 subdivision 3 as amended by section 15 of part O of chapter  57  of  the
 laws  of 2013 and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 589 of the laws of
 1998, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) No [days of total unemployment shall be deemed to occur]  BENEFITS
 SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR PARTIAL UNEMPLOY-
 MENT  THAT  OCCURS  after a claimant's voluntary separation without good
 cause from employment until he or she has subsequently worked in employ-
 ment and earned remuneration at least equal to  ten  times  his  or  her
 weekly  benefit  rate.  In  addition  to other circumstances that may be
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 set  forth  in  paragraph  (b) of this subdivision, voluntary separation
 from employment shall not in itself disqualify  a  claimant  if  circum-
 stances  have developed in the course of such employment that would have
 justified the claimant in refusing such employment in the first instance
 under  the  terms of subdivision two of this section or if the claimant,
 pursuant to an option provided under a collective  bargaining  agreement
 or  written  employer  plan  which permits waiver of his or her right to
 retain the employment when there is a temporary layoff because  of  lack
 of  work,  has  elected  to  be separated for a temporary period and the
 employer has consented thereto.
   No [days of total unemployment shall  be  deemed  to  occur]  BENEFITS
 SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR PARTIAL UNEMPLOY-
 MENT  beginning  with  the  day on which a claimant, without good cause,
 refuses to accept an offer of employment for which he or she is  reason-
 ably fitted by training and experience, including employment not subject
 to  this  article, until he or she has subsequently worked in employment
 and earned remuneration at least equal to ten times his  or  her  weekly
 benefit rate. Except that claimants who are not subject to a recall date
 or  who do not obtain employment through a union hiring hall and who are
 still unemployed after receiving ten weeks of benefits shall be required
 to accept any employment proffered that such claimants  are  capable  of
 performing,  provided  that  such  employment would result in a wage not
 less than eighty percent of such claimant's high calendar quarter  wages
 received in the base period and not substantially less than the prevail-
 ing  wage  for similar work in the locality as provided for in paragraph
 (d) of this subdivision. No refusal to accept employment shall be deemed
 without good cause nor shall it disqualify any claimant otherwise eligi-
 ble to receive benefits if:
   3. Misconduct. No [days of  total  unemployment  shall  be  deemed  to
 occur]  BENEFITS  SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR
 PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT  THAT  OCCURS  after  a  claimant  lost  employment
 through  misconduct in connection with his or her employment until he or
 she has subsequently worked in employment  and  earned  remuneration  at
 least equal to ten times his or her weekly benefit rate.
   4.  Criminal  acts.  No [days of total unemployment shall be deemed to
 occur during] BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL  UNEMPLOY-
 MENT  OR  PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  FOR  a  period of twelve months after a
 claimant loses employment as a result of an act constituting a felony in
 connection with such employment, provided the claimant is duly convicted
 thereof or has signed a statement admitting that he or she has committed
 such an act.  Determinations regarding a benefit claim may  be  reviewed
 at  any time.   Any benefits paid to a claimant prior to a determination
 that the claimant has lost employment as a result of such act shall  not
 be  considered  to  have been accepted by the claimant in good faith. In
 addition, remuneration paid to the claimant  by  the  affected  employer
 prior  to the claimant's loss of employment due to such criminal act may
 not be utilized for the purpose of establishing entitlement to a  subse-
 quent,  valid  original  claim. The provisions of this subdivision shall
 apply even if the employment lost as a result of such  act  is  not  the
 claimant's last employment prior to the filing of his or her claim.
   § 11. Section 594 of the labor law, as amended by section 16 of part O
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   § 594. [Reduction and recovery] RECOVERY of benefits and penalties for
 wilful  false  statement.  (1)  A claimant who has wilfully made a false
 statement or representation to obtain any benefit under  the  provisions
 of  this article shall [forfeit benefits for at least the first four but

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 not more than the first eighty effective  days  following  discovery  of
 such  offense  for which he or she otherwise would have been entitled to
 receive benefits. Such penalty shall apply only  once  with  respect  to
 each such offense.
   (2) For the purpose of subdivision four of section five hundred ninety
 of  this article, the claimant shall be deemed to have received benefits
 for such forfeited effective days.
   (3) The penalty provided in this section shall not be  confined  to  a
 single  benefit year but shall no longer apply in whole or in part after
 the expiration of two years from the date of  the  final  determination.
 Such  two-year  period shall be tolled during the time period a claimant
 has an appeal pending] BE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES  SET  FORTH  IN  THIS
 SECTION.
   [(4)]  (2) A claimant shall refund all moneys received because of such
 false statement or representation and pay a civil penalty in  an  amount
 equal  to  [the  greater  of one hundred dollars or fifteen] TWENTY-FIVE
 percent of the total  overpaid  benefits  determined  pursuant  to  this
 section.    [The]  IF  A  CLAIMANT  IS FOUND TO HAVE MADE A SECOND FALSE
 STATEMENT OR REPRESENTATION WITHIN FIVE  YEARS  OF  THE  FIRST  DETERMI-
 NATION,  THE  PENALTY SHALL BE FIFTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OVERPAID BENE-
 FITS. FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE penalties collected hereunder FOR THE FIRST
 AND SECOND OCCURRENCES shall be deposited in the fund.    THE  REMAINING
 PERCENTAGE  OF  THE  PENALTIES  SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT
 INSURANCE CONTROL FUND. The penalties assessed  under  this  subdivision
 shall  apply  and  be assessed for any benefits paid under federal unem-
 ployment and extended unemployment programs administered by the  depart-
 ment  in  the  same manner as provided in this article. The penalties in
 this section shall be in addition to any penalties  imposed  under  this
 chapter or any state or federal criminal statute. No penalties or inter-
 est  assessed  pursuant to this section may be deducted or withheld from
 benefits.
   [(5)] (3) (a) Upon a determination based upon a willful  false  state-
 ment  or  representation  becoming  final  through  exhaustion of appeal
 rights or failure  to  exhaust  hearing  rights,  the  commissioner  may
 recover  the  amount found to be due by commencing a civil action, or by
 filing with the county clerk of the county where  the  claimant  resides
 the  final determination of the commissioner or the final decision by an
 administrative law judge, the appeal board, or a  court  containing  the
 amount found to be due including interest and civil penalty. The commis-
 sioner may only make such a filing with the county clerk when:
   (i)  The claimant has responded to requests for information prior to a
 determination and such requests for information notified the claimant of
 his or her rights to a fair hearing as  well  as  the  potential  conse-
 quences  of  an investigation and final determination under this section
 including the notice required by subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b)  of
 this  subdivision. Additionally if the claimant requested a fair hearing
 or appeal subsequent to a determination, that the claimant  was  present
 either  in person or through electronic means at such hearing, or subse-
 quent appeal from which a final determination was rendered;
   (ii) The commissioner has made efforts to collect on such final deter-
 mination; and
   (iii) The commissioner has sent a notice, in accordance with paragraph
 (b) of this subdivision, of intent to docket such final determination by
 first class or certified mail, return receipt requested, ten days  prior
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   (b) The notice required in subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of this
 subdivision shall include the following:
   (i)  That  the  commissioner  intends  to docket a final determination
 against such claimant as a judgment;
   (ii) The total amount to be docketed; and
   (iii) Conspicuous language that reads as  follows:  "Once  entered,  a
 judgment  is good and can be used against you for twenty years, and your
 money, including a portion of your paycheck and/or bank account, may  be
 taken.  Also, a judgment will hurt your credit score and can affect your
 ability to rent a home, find a job, or take out a loan."
   § 11-a. Section 11 of this act shall apply to all false statements and
 representations determined on or after the effective date  of  this  act
 and  all  forfeited  effective days determined prior   to such effective
 date shall remain in full force and effect for two years from the  expi-
 ration  of  the  initial  determination.  For  purposes of applying such
 forfeited benefits, four effective days shall be considered one week  of
 forfeited benefits and any remaining amount of less than four days shall
 not be applied to future benefits.
   §  12.  Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 596 of the labor law, subdivi-
 sion 1 as amended by chapter 204 of the laws of 1982 and  subdivision  4
 as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1944 and as renumbered by section
 148-a  of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, are amended to read
 as follows:
   1. Claim filing and certification to unemployment.  A  claimant  shall
 file  a  claim for benefits [at] WITH the [local state employment office
 serving the area in which he was last employed or in which  he  resides]
 DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR within such time and in such manner as the commis-
 sioner shall prescribe. He OR SHE shall disclose whether he OR SHE  owes
 child  support  obligations,  as hereafter defined. If a claimant making
 such disclosure is eligible for benefits, the commissioner shall  notify
 the  state  or  local  child  support  enforcement  agency, as hereafter
 defined, that the claimant is eligible.
   A claimant shall correctly report any [days  of]  employment  and  any
 compensation  [he] received for such employment, including [employments]
 EMPLOYMENT not subject to this article, and the days on which he OR  SHE
 was  totally  UNEMPLOYED  OR  PARTIALLY  unemployed  and shall make such
 reports in accordance with such regulations as  the  commissioner  shall
 prescribe.
   4.  Registration  and reporting for work. A claimant shall register as
 totally UNEMPLOYED OR PARTIALLY unemployed at a local  state  employment
 office serving the area in which he OR SHE was last employed or in which
 he OR SHE resides in accordance with such regulations as the commission-
 er shall prescribe. After so registering, such claimant shall report for
 work  at the same local state employment office or otherwise give notice
 of the continuance of his OR HER  unemployment  as  often  and  in  such
 manner as the commissioner shall prescribe.
   §  12-a.  Subdivision 3 of section 597 of the labor law, as amended by
 chapter 42 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Limitation on review of determinations. Any determination regarding
 a benefit claim may, in the absence  of  fraud  or  wilful  misrepresen-
 tation, be reviewed only within [one year] TWO YEARS from the date it is
 issued  because  of  new  or corrected information, or, if the review is
 based thereon, within six months from a retroactive payment of remunera-
 tion, provided that no decision on the merits of the case has been  made
 upon hearing or appeal.  Such review shall be conducted and a new deter-
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 regulations and procedure prescribed  thereunder  with  respect  to  the
 adjudication and payment of claims, including the right of appeal.
   §  13. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 599 of the labor law,
 as amended by chapter 593 of the laws of 1991, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this chapter, a claimant
 attending an approved training course or program under this section  may
 receive  additional  benefits of up to [one hundred four effective days]
 TWENTY-SIX TIMES HIS OR HER WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT  following  exhaustion
 of regular and, if in effect, any other extended benefits, provided that
 entitlement  to a new benefit claim cannot be established. Certification
 of continued satisfactory participation and progress  in  such  training
 course  or  program  must  be submitted to the commissioner prior to the
 payment of any such benefits. The [duration] AMOUNT of  such  additional
 benefits  shall  in  no case exceed twice the [number of effective days]
 AMOUNT of regular benefits to which the claimant is entitled at the time
 the claimant is accepted in, or demonstrates application for appropriate
 training.
   § 14. The opening paragraph and paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision  2  of
 section  601  of  the labor law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of
 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   Extended benefits shall be payable to a claimant for  [effective  days
 occurring  in]  any  week  OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT
 within an eligibility period, provided the claimant
   (e) is not claiming benefits pursuant to  an  interstate  claim  filed
 under  the  interstate benefit payment plan in a state where an extended
 benefit period is not in effect, except that this  condition  shall  not
 apply  with  respect  to  the  first [eight effective days] TWO WEEKS OF
 TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT for which  extended  benefits
 shall  otherwise  be payable pursuant to an interstate claim filed under
 the interstate benefit payment plan; and
   § 15. Subdivisions 3 and 4 and paragraphs (b) and (e) of subdivision 5
 of section 601 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of
 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   3. Extended benefit amounts;  rate  and  duration.  Extended  benefits
 shall be paid to a claimant
   (a) at a rate equal to his or her rate for regular benefits during his
 or her applicable benefit year but
   (b) for not more than [fifty-two effective days with respect to his or
 her applicable benefit year, with a total maximum amount equal to] fifty
 percentum  of  the  total  maximum amount of regular benefits payable in
 such benefit year, and
   (c) if a claimant's benefit year ends within an extended benefit peri-
 od, the remaining balance of extended benefits to which he or she  would
 be  entitled, if any, shall be reduced by the [number of effective days]
 AMOUNT OF BENEFITS for which he or she was  entitled  to  receive  trade
 readjustment  allowances under the federal trade act of nineteen hundred
 seventy-four during such benefit year, and
   (d) for periods of high unemployment for not more than [eighty  effec-
 tive days with respect to the applicable benefit year with a total maxi-
 mum amount equal to] eighty percent of the total maximum amount of regu-
 lar benefits payable in such benefit year.
   4.  Charging  of extended benefits. The provisions of paragraph (e) of
 subdivision one of section five hundred eighty-one of this article shall
 apply to benefits paid pursuant to the provisions of this  section,  and
 if  they  were  paid for [effective days] WEEKS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR

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 PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT occurring in weeks following the end of  a  benefit
 year,  they  shall  be  deemed  paid  with respect to that benefit year.
 However, except for governmental entities as  defined  in  section  five
 hundred  sixty-five and Indian tribes as defined in section five hundred
 sixty-six of this article, only one-half of the amount of such  benefits
 shall  be debited to the employers' account; the remainder thereof shall
 be debited to the general account, and such account  shall  be  credited
 with  the  amount  of  payments  received  in  the  fund pursuant to the
 provisions of the federal-state extended unemployment compensation  act.
 Notwithstanding  the  foregoing, where the state has entered an extended
 benefit period triggered pursuant to subparagraph one of  paragraph  (a)
 of  subdivision  one  of this section for which federal law provides for
 one hundred percent federal sharing of the costs of benefits, all charg-
 es shall be debited to the general account and  such  account  shall  be
 credited  with  the  amount of payments received in the fund pursuant to
 the provisions of the federal-state extended  unemployment  compensation
 act or other federal law providing for one hundred percent federal shar-
 ing for the cost of such benefits.
   (b)  No [days of total unemployment shall be deemed to occur in] BENE-
 FITS SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR any week within an eligibility  period  during
 which  a claimant fails to accept any offer of suitable work or fails to
 apply for suitable work to which he or she was referred by  the  commis-
 sioner,  who  shall  make  such  referral  if such work is available, or
 during which he or she fails to  engage  actively  in  seeking  work  by
 making  a  systematic  and sustained effort to obtain work and providing
 tangible evidence of such effort, and until he  or  she  has  worked  in
 employment during at least four subsequent weeks and earned remuneration
 of at least four times his or her benefit rate.
   (e) No [days of total unemployment] BENEFITS shall be [deemed to occur
 in] PAYABLE FOR any week within an eligibility period under section five
 hundred ninety-three of this [article] TITLE, until he or she has subse-
 quently  worked  in  employment  in accordance with the requirements set
 forth in section five hundred ninety-three of this [article] TITLE.
   § 16. Section 603 of the labor law, as amended by section 21 of part O
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   § 603. Definitions. For purposes of this title:  "Total  unemployment"
 AND  "PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT" shall [mean the total lack of any employment
 on any day,] HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS DEFINED IN  THIS  ARTICLE,  other
 than  with  an employer applying for a shared work program. "Work force"
 shall mean the total work force, a clearly identifiable  unit  or  units
 thereof,  or  a  particular  shift  or shifts. The work force subject to
 reduction shall consist of no less than two employees.
   § 17. Severability. If any amendment contained in a clause,  sentence,
 paragraph,  section  or part of this act shall be adjudged by the United
 States Department of Labor to violate requirements for maintaining bene-
 fit standards required of the state in order  to  be  eligible  for  any
 financial benefit offered through federal law or regulation, such amend-
 ments  shall  be  severed  from this act and shall not affect, impair or
 invalidate the remainder thereof.
   § 18. This act shall take  effect  on  the  ninetieth  day  after  the
 commissioner  of  labor  certifies  that  the department of labor has an
 information technology system capable of accommodating the provisions in
 this act; provided that the  commissioner  of  labor  shall  notify  the
 legislative  bill  drafting commission of the date of such certification
 in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effec-
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 in furtherance of effecting the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
 tive law and section 70-b of the public officers  law.  Effective  imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before  such  effective  date.
 Provided  further that the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 of section
 591 of the labor law  made by section seven of this act shall be subject
 to the expiration and reversion of such subdivisions pursuant to section
 10 of chapter 413  of  the  laws  of  2003,  when  upon  such  date  the
 provisions of section eight of this act shall take effect.
 
                                  PART Q
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  296  of the executive law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H) FOR AN EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYMENT AGENCY IN WRITING OR  OTHERWISE,  TO
 RELY  ON,  OR INQUIRE ABOUT, THE SALARY HISTORY INFORMATION OF AN APPLI-
 CANT FOR EMPLOYMENT AS A FACTOR IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO OFFER  EMPLOY-
 MENT  TO  AN  APPLICANT OR WHAT SALARY TO OFFER AN APPLICANT. NOTHING IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL PREVENT AN APPLICANT FROM VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT
 PROMPTING DISCLOSING SALARY HISTORY INFORMATION TO A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOY-
 ER. IF AN APPLICANT VOLUNTEERS SALARY HISTORY INFORMATION, NOTHING SHALL
 PROHIBIT THAT EMPLOYER FROM CONSIDERING OR RELYING ON THAT  INFORMATION.
 NOTHING  IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL PROHIBIT AN EMPLOYER, WITHOUT INQUIR-
 ING ABOUT SALARY HISTORY, FROM ENGAGING IN DISCUSSION WITH THE APPLICANT
 ABOUT THEIR EXPECTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO  SALARY,  BENEFITS,  AND  OTHER
 COMPENSATION.
   § 2. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 194 of the labor
 law, the section heading as added by chapter 548 of the laws of 1966 and
 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 362 of the laws of 2015, are amended
 to read as follows:
   Differential  in  rate  of pay because of [sex] PROTECTED CLASS STATUS
 prohibited.  1. No employee WHO IS A MEMBER OF A PROTECTED  CLASS  shall
 be paid a wage at a rate less than the rate at which an employee [of the
 opposite  sex]  WHO  IS  NOT A MEMBER OF THE PROTECTED CLASS in the same
 establishment is paid for [equal work on a job the performance of  which
 requires  equal skill, effort and responsibility, and which is performed
 under similar  working  conditions]  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR  WORK,  WHEN
 VIEWED  AS  A  COMPOSITE  OF  SKILL,  EFFORT,  AND  RESPONSIBILITY,  AND
 PERFORMED UNDER SIMILAR WORKING CONDITIONS, except where payment is made
 pursuant to a differential based on:
   a. a seniority system;
   b. a merit system;
   c. a  system  which  measures  earnings  by  quantity  or  quality  of
 production; or
   d.  a  bona  fide  factor other than [sex] THE PROTECTED CLASS STATUS,
 such as education, training, or experience. Such factor: (i)  shall  not
 be  based  upon  [or derived from] a [sex-based] differential in compen-
 sation THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DERIVED FROM A  PROTECTED  CLASS  STATUS  and
 (ii)  shall  be job-related with respect to the position in question and
 shall be consistent with business necessity. Such exception  under  this
 paragraph  shall  not  apply  when the employee demonstrates (A) that an
 employer uses a particular employment practice that causes  a  disparate
 impact  on the basis of [sex] PROTECTED CLASS STATUS, (B) that an alter-
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 purpose and not produce such differential, and (C) that the employer has
 refused to adopt such alternative practice.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART R

   Section  1.  Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 291 of the executive law,
 as amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 2010, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. The opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination because
 of  age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, GENDER
 IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, marital status,  or  disa-
 bility, is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right.
   2.  The  opportunity  to obtain education, the use of places of public
 accommodation and the ownership, use and occupancy of  housing  accommo-
 dations  and  commercial  space  without  discrimination because of age,
 race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, GENDER IDENTITY
 OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, marital status, or  disability,  as
 specified  in  section two hundred ninety-six of this article, is hereby
 recognized as and declared to be a civil right.
   § 2. Section 292 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35.  THE  TERM "GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION" MEANS A PERSON'S ACTUAL
 OR PERCEIVED GENDER-RELATED IDENTITY, APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR,  EXPRESSION,
 OR OTHER GENDER-RELATED CHARACTERISTIC REGARDLESS OF THE SEX ASSIGNED TO
 THAT PERSON AT BIRTH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE STATUS OF BEING
 TRANSGENDER.
   §  3.  Subdivisions  8  and  9 of section 295 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 106 of the laws of  2003,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   8. To create such advisory councils, local, regional or state-wide, as
 in  its  judgment  will aid in effectuating the purposes of this article
 and of section eleven of article one of the constitution of this  state,
 and  the  division  may  empower them to study the problems of discrimi-
 nation in all or specific fields of human relationships or  in  specific
 instances of discrimination because of age, race, creed, color, national
 origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR EXPRESSION, military
 status, sex, disability or marital status and  make  recommendations  to
 the  division  for the development of policies and procedures in general
 and in specific instances. The advisory councils also shall  disseminate
 information  about  the division's activities to organizations and indi-
 viduals in their localities. Such advisory councils shall be composed of
 representative citizens, serving without pay, but with reimbursement for
 actual and necessary traveling  expenses;  and  the  division  may  make
 provision for technical and clerical assistance to such councils and for
 the expenses of such assistance.
   9. To develop human rights plans and policies for the state and assist
 in their execution and to make investigations and studies appropriate to
 effectuate  this article and to issue such publications and such results
 of investigations and research as in its judgement will tend  to  inform
 persons  of the rights assured and remedies provided under this article,
 to promote good-will and minimize or eliminate discrimination because of
 age, race, creed, color, national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER
 IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,  military  status,  sex, disability or marital
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   § 4. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of section  296
 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 365 of the laws of 2015, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  For  an  employer or licensing agency, because of an individual's
 age, race, creed, color, national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER
 IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION, military status, sex, disability, predisposing
 genetic characteristics, familial status, marital  status,  or  domestic
 violence  victim  status,  to  refuse  to hire or employ or to bar or to
 discharge from employment such individual  or  to  discriminate  against
 such individual in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of
 employment.
   (b)  For  an  employment agency to discriminate against any individual
 because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, familial status, or marital  status,  in
 receiving,  classifying, disposing or otherwise acting upon applications
 for its services or in  referring  an  applicant  or  applicants  to  an
 employer or employers.
   (c)  For a labor organization, because of the age, race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,
 military  status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics,
 familial status, or marital status of any individual, to exclude  or  to
 expel  from its membership such individual or to discriminate in any way
 against any of its members or against any  employer  or  any  individual
 employed by an employer.
   (d)  For  any  employer  or employment agency to print or circulate or
 cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or publi-
 cation, or to use any form of application for employment or to make  any
 inquiry  in  connection  with  prospective  employment,  which expresses
 directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or  discrimination
 as  to  age,  race,  creed,  color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, familial status, or marital  status,  or
 any intent to make any such limitation, specification or discrimination,
 unless  based  upon  a  bona  fide occupational qualification; provided,
 however, that neither this paragraph nor any provision of  this  chapter
 or  other  law  shall  be  construed to prohibit the department of civil
 service or the department of personnel of any city containing more  than
 one county from requesting information from applicants for civil service
 examinations concerning any of the aforementioned characteristics, other
 than  sexual orientation, for the purpose of conducting studies to iden-
 tify and resolve possible problems in recruitment and testing of members
 of minority groups to insure the fairest  possible  and  equal  opportu-
 nities  for  employment in the civil service for all persons, regardless
 of age, race, creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation  OR
 GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, disability, predis-
 posing genetic characteristics, familial status, or marital status.
   §  5. Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 1-a of section 296 of
 the executive law, as amended by chapter 365 of the laws  of  2015,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  To  deny  to  or withhold from any person because of race, creed,
 color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,   GENDER   IDENTITY   OR
 EXPRESSION,  military  status, sex, age, disability, familial status, or
 marital status, the right to be admitted to or participate in a guidance
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 program,  executive  training program, or other occupational training or
 retraining program;
   (c)  To  discriminate against any person in his or her pursuit of such
 programs or to discriminate against such a person in the  terms,  condi-
 tions  or  privileges  of  such  programs because of race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,
 military  status,  sex,  age,  disability,  familial  status  or marital
 status;
   (d) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for such programs or to make any inquiry in  connection  with  such
 program  which  expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, spec-
 ification or discrimination as to race, creed, color,  national  origin,
 sexual orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex,
 age,  disability, familial status or marital status, or any intention to
 make any such limitation, specification or discrimination, unless  based
 on a bona fide occupational qualification.
   §  6.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of section 296 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  It  shall  be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person,
 being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent,  agent  or
 employee  of  any  place  of  public accommodation, resort or amusement,
 because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orientation,
 GENDER  IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, [or] disability or
 marital status of any person, directly or indirectly, to  refuse,  with-
 hold  from or deny to such person any of the accommodations, advantages,
 facilities or privileges thereof, including the extension of credit, or,
 directly or indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display,  post  or
 mail  any  written or printed communication, notice or advertisement, to
 the effect that any of the accommodations,  advantages,  facilities  and
 privileges  of  any such place shall be refused, withheld from or denied
 to any person on account of race, creed, color, national origin,  sexual
 orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, [or]
 disability or marital status, or that the patronage or custom thereat of
 any person of or purporting to be of any particular race, creed,  color,
 national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION,
 military status, sex or marital status, or having a disability is unwel-
 come, objectionable or not acceptable, desired or solicited.
   § 7. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of  section
 296  of  the  executive  law, paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) as amended and
 paragraph (c-1) as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or  with-
 hold  from  any  person  or group of persons such housing accommodations
 because of the race, creed, color, disability, national  origin,  sexual
 orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, age, sex,
 marital status, or familial status of such  person  or  persons,  or  to
 represent  that  any  housing accommodation or land is not available for
 inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (b) To discriminate against any person because of  his  or  her  race,
 creed,  color,  disability,  national origin, sexual orientation, GENDER
 IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, age, sex,  marital  status,  or
 familial  status in the terms, conditions or privileges of any publicly-
 assisted housing accommodations or in the furnishing  of  facilities  or
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   (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
 ing  the  race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, membership in the  reserve  armed
 forces  of  the  United States or in the organized militia of the state,
 age, sex, marital status, or familial status of a person seeking to rent
 or lease any publicly-assisted housing accommodation; provided, however,
 that  nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a member of the reserve
 armed forces of the United States or in the  organized  militia  of  the
 state from voluntarily disclosing such membership.
   (c-1)  To  print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation or
 to make any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination  as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age,  disa-
 bility,  marital  status,  or familial status, or any intent to make any
 such limitation, specification or discrimination.
   § 8. Subdivision 3-b of section 296 of the executive law,  as  amended
 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   3-b.  It  shall  be  an  unlawful discriminatory practice for any real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent  thereof  or
 any  other  individual, corporation, partnership or organization for the
 purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which any such person
 or any of its stockholders or members may benefit financially, to repre-
 sent that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the  composition
 with respect to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
 GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, disability, marital
 status,  or  familial  status  of  the owners or occupants in the block,
 neighborhood or area in which the  real  property  is  located,  and  to
 represent,  directly  or indirectly, that this change will or may result
 in undesirable consequences in the block, neighborhood or area in  which
 the  real property is located, including but not limited to the lowering
 of property values, an increase in criminal or anti-social behavior,  or
 a decline in the quality of schools or other facilities.
   §  9. Subdivision 4 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   4. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice  for  an  education
 corporation  or  association  which holds itself out to the public to be
 non-sectarian and exempt from taxation pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
 article four of the real property tax law to deny the use of its facili-
 ties  to  any person otherwise qualified, or to permit the harassment of
 any student or applicant, by reason of his race, color, religion,  disa-
 bility,   national   origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR
 EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age or marital status, except that any
 such institution which establishes or maintains a  policy  of  educating
 persons of one sex exclusively may admit students of only one sex.
   § 10. Subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 lessee, sub-lessee, assignee, or managing  agent  of,  or  other  person
 having  the  right  to  sell,  rent  or  lease  a housing accommodation,
 constructed or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold
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 of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orientation,  GENDER
 IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age, disability, marital
 status, or familial status of such person or persons,  or  to  represent
 that  any housing accommodation or land is not available for inspection,
 sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (2) To discriminate against any person because of race, creed,  color,
 national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION,
 military status, sex,  age,  disability,  marital  status,  or  familial
 status  in  the  terms,  conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or
 lease of any such housing accommodation or in the furnishing of  facili-
 ties or services in connection therewith.
   (3)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation or
 to make any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination  as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age,  disa-
 bility,  marital  status,  or familial status, or any intent to make any
 such limitation, specification or discrimination.
   The provisions of this paragraph (a) shall not apply (1) to the rental
 of a housing accommodation in a building which contains housing accommo-
 dations for not more than two  families  living  independently  of  each
 other,  if  the owner resides in one of such housing accommodations, (2)
 to the restriction of the rental of all rooms in a housing accommodation
 to individuals of the same sex or (3) to the rental of a room  or  rooms
 in  a  housing  accommodation,  if such rental is by the occupant of the
 housing accommodation or by the owner of the housing  accommodation  and
 the  owner  resides  in  such  housing  accommodation or (4) solely with
 respect to age and familial status  to  the  restriction  of  the  sale,
 rental  or lease of housing accommodations exclusively to persons sixty-
 two years of age or older and the spouse of  any  such  person,  or  for
 housing  intended  and  operated  for  occupancy  by at least one person
 fifty-five years of age or older per unit. In determining whether  hous-
 ing  is  intended and operated for occupancy by persons fifty-five years
 of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C. 3607 (b) (2) (c)) of the
 federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall apply.
   (b) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory  practice  for  the  owner,
 lessee,  sub-lessee,  or  managing  agent of, or other person having the
 right of ownership or possession of or the right to sell, rent or lease,
 land or commercial space:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise deny  to  or  withhold
 from  any person or group of persons land or commercial space because of
 the race, creed, color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER
 IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age, disability, marital
 status, or familial status of such person or persons,  or  to  represent
 that  any housing accommodation or land is not available for inspection,
 sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available;
   (2) To discriminate against any person because of race, creed,  color,
 national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION,
 military status, sex,  age,  disability,  marital  status,  or  familial
 status  in  the  terms,  conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or
 lease of any such land or commercial space;  or  in  the  furnishing  of
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   (3)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such land or commercial space
 or to make any record or inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  land  or  commercial space which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination  as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age,  disa-
 bility,  marital  status,  or familial status; or any intent to make any
 such limitation, specification or discrimination.
   (4) With respect to age and familial status, the  provisions  of  this
 paragraph  shall  not  apply  to  the restriction of the sale, rental or
 lease of land or commercial  space  exclusively  to  persons  fifty-five
 years  of  age  or  older  and  the spouse of any such person, or to the
 restriction of the sale, rental or lease of land  to  be  used  for  the
 construction,  or  location  of  housing  accommodations exclusively for
 persons sixty-two years of age or older, or intended  and  operated  for
 occupancy  by  at  least one person fifty-five years of age or older per
 unit. In determining whether housing is intended and operated for  occu-
 pancy  by  persons fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c)
 (42 U.S.C. 3607(b) (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988,  as
 amended, shall apply.
   (c)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any real
 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent or lease any housing  accommodation,  land
 or  commercial  space  to any person or group of persons or to refuse to
 negotiate for the sale, rental or lease, of any  housing  accommodation,
 land  or  commercial  space to any person or group of persons because of
 the race, creed, color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER
 IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age, disability, marital
 status, or familial status of such person or persons,  or  to  represent
 that  any  housing accommodation, land or commercial space is not avail-
 able for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so  avail-
 able,  or  otherwise to deny or withhold any housing accommodation, land
 or commercial space or any facilities of any housing accommodation, land
 or commercial space from any person or group of persons because  of  the
 race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, GENDER IDENTITY
 OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, age, disability, marital status, or
 familial status of such person or persons.
   (2)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for  the  purchase,  rental or lease of any housing accommodation,
 land or commercial space or to make any record or inquiry in  connection
 with  the  prospective purchase, rental or lease of any housing accommo-
 dation, land or commercial space which expresses, directly or  indirect-
 ly,  any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, creed,
 color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,   GENDER   IDENTITY   OR
 EXPRESSION,  military  status,  sex, age, disability, marital status, or
 familial status; or any intent to make any such  limitation,  specifica-
 tion or discrimination.
   (3)  With  respect  to age and familial status, the provisions of this
 paragraph shall not apply to the restriction  of  the  sale,  rental  or
 lease of any HOUSING ACCOMMODATION, land or commercial space exclusively
 to  persons  fifty-five years of age or older and the spouse of any such
 person, or to the restriction of the sale, rental or lease of any  hous-
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 housing  accommodations  for persons sixty-two years of age or older, or
 intended and operated for occupancy by at least  one  person  fifty-five
 years  of  age  or  older  per  unit.  In determining whether housing is
 intended  and  operated for occupancy by persons fifty-five years of age
 or older, Sec.  807 (b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C. 3607  (b)  (2)  (c))  of  the
 federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall apply.
   (d)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any real
 estate board, because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status,  age,  sex,
 disability,  marital status, or familial status of any individual who is
 otherwise qualified for membership, to exclude or expel such  individual
 from  membership,  or  to  discriminate  against  such individual in the
 terms, conditions and privileges of membership in such board.
   (e) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory  practice  for  the  owner,
 proprietor  or  managing  agent  of, or other person having the right to
 provide care and services in, a private proprietary nursing home, conva-
 lescent home, or home for adults, or an intermediate care  facility,  as
 defined   in   section  two  of  the  social  services  law,  heretofore
 constructed, or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof,  to
 refuse  to  provide  services  and  care in such home or facility to any
 individual or to discriminate  against  any  individual  in  the  terms,
 conditions, and privileges of such services and care solely because such
 individual  is  a blind person. For purposes of this paragraph, a "blind
 person" shall mean a person who is registered as a blind person with the
 commission for the visually handicapped and who meets the definition  of
 a  "blind  person"  pursuant  to  section  three of chapter four hundred
 fifteen of the laws of nineteen hundred thirteen  entitled  "An  act  to
 establish a state commission for improving the condition of the blind of
 the state of New York, and making an appropriation therefor".
   (f)  The  provisions of this subdivision, as they relate to age, shall
 not apply to persons under the age of eighteen years.
   (g) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory  practice  for  any  person
 offering  or  providing housing accommodations, land or commercial space
 as described in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this subdivision to make
 or cause to be made any written or oral  inquiry  or  record  concerning
 membership  of  any person in the state organized militia in relation to
 the purchase, rental or lease of such housing  accommodation,  land,  or
 commercial  space,  provided,  however, that nothing in this subdivision
 shall prohibit a member of the state organized militia from  voluntarily
 disclosing such membership.
   §  11.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of section 296 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 365 of the laws of 2015, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any fire
 department or fire company therein, through any member or members there-
 of, officers, board of fire commissioners or other body or office having
 power of appointment of volunteer firefighters, directly or  indirectly,
 by ritualistic practice, constitutional or by-law prescription, by tacit
 agreement  among  its  members,  or otherwise, to deny to any individual
 membership in any volunteer fire department or fire company therein,  or
 to  expel or discriminate against any volunteer member of a fire depart-
 ment or fire  company  therein,  because  of  the  race,  creed,  color,
 national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION,
 military status, sex, marital status, or familial status, of such  indi-
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   §  12.  Subdivision 13 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended
 by chapter 365 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   13. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice (i) for any person
 to  boycott  or  blacklist,  or  to refuse to buy from, sell to or trade
 with, or otherwise discriminate against any person, because of the race,
 creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR
 EXPRESSION,  military  status,  sex,  disability, or familial status, of
 such person, or of such person's partners, members, stockholders, direc-
 tors, officers, managers, superintendents, agents,  employees,  business
 associates,  suppliers  or customers, or (ii) for any person wilfully to
 do any act or refrain from doing any act which enables any  such  person
 to take such action. This subdivision shall not apply to:
   (a) Boycotts connected with labor disputes; or
   (b) Boycotts to protest unlawful discriminatory practices.
   §  13.  Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 296-a of the executive law,
 as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any creditor or
 any officer, agent or employee thereof:
   a.  In  the  case  of  applications  for  credit  with  respect to the
 purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair  or  mainte-
 nance of any housing accommodation, land or commercial space to discrim-
 inate  against  any  such  applicant  because of the race, creed, color,
 national origin, sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,
 military  status,  age,  sex,  marital  status,  disability, or familial
 status of such applicant  or  applicants  or  any  member,  stockholder,
 director, officer or employee of such applicant or applicants, or of the
 prospective  occupants or tenants of such housing accommodation, land or
 commercial space, in the granting, withholding, extending  or  renewing,
 or in the fixing of the rates, terms or conditions of, any such credit;
   b.  To  discriminate in the granting, withholding, extending or renew-
 ing, or in the fixing of the rates, terms or conditions of, any form  of
 credit,  on  the  basis  of  race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status,  age,  sex,
 marital status, disability, or familial status;
   c. To use any form of application for credit or use or make any record
 or  inquiry  which  expresses,  directly  or indirectly, any limitation,
 specification, or discrimination as  to  race,  creed,  color,  national
 origin,  sexual  orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR EXPRESSION, military
 status, age, sex, marital status, disability, or familial status;
   d. To make any inquiry of an applicant concerning his or her  capacity
 to reproduce, or his or her use or advocacy of any form of birth control
 or family planning;
   e.  To  refuse  to  consider  sources  of  an applicant's income or to
 subject an applicant's income to  discounting,  in  whole  or  in  part,
 because  of  an  applicant's race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status,  age,  sex,
 marital status, childbearing potential, disability, or familial status;
   f.  To  discriminate  against  a  married  person  because such person
 neither uses nor is known by the surname of his or her spouse.
   This paragraph shall not apply to any situation where  the  use  of  a
 surname would constitute or result in a criminal act.
   2. Without limiting the generality of subdivision one of this section,
 it  shall  be considered discriminatory if, because of an applicant's or
 class of applicants' race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orien-
 tation,  GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, age, sex, mari-

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 tal status or disability, or familial status, (i) an applicant or  class
 of  applicants  is denied credit in circumstances where other applicants
 of like overall credit worthiness are granted credit,  or  (ii)  special
 requirements  or conditions, such as requiring co-obligors or reapplica-
 tion upon marriage, are imposed upon an applicant or class of applicants
 in circumstances  where  similar  requirements  or  conditions  are  not
 imposed upon other applicants of like overall credit worthiness.
   3.  It  shall  not  be  considered  discriminatory if credit differen-
 tiations or decisions are based upon  factually  supportable,  objective
 differences  in applicants' overall credit worthiness, which may include
 reference to such factors as current income,  assets  and  prior  credit
 history  of  such applicants, as well as reference to any other relevant
 factually supportable data; provided, however, that  no  creditor  shall
 consider, in evaluating the credit worthiness of an applicant, aggregate
 statistics  or  assumptions  relating  to  race,  creed, color, national
 origin, sexual orientation,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,  military
 status,  sex,  marital status or disability, or to the likelihood of any
 group of persons bearing or rearing children, or for that reason receiv-
 ing diminished or interrupted income in the future.
   § 14. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 296-b of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 481 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (b) Subject a domestic worker to unwelcome harassment based on gender,
 race,  religion,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,  GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION or
 national origin, where such harassment has  the  purpose  or  effect  of
 unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance by creat-
 ing an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
   § 15. Section 40-c of the civil rights law, as amended by chapter 2 of
 the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   § 40-c. Discrimination. 1. All persons within the jurisdiction of this
 state  shall  be  entitled  to  the equal protection of the laws of this
 state or any subdivision thereof.
   2. No person shall, because of race, creed,  color,  national  origin,
 sex,  marital status, sexual orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION,
 or disability, as such term is defined in section two hundred ninety-two
 of the executive law, be subjected to any discrimination in his  or  her
 civil  rights, or to any harassment, as defined in section 240.25 of the
 penal law, in the exercise thereof, by any other person or by any  firm,
 corporation or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision
 of the state.
   §  16.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 313 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 2 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that the Amer-
 ican  ideal of equality of opportunity requires that students, otherwise
 qualified, be admitted to educational institutions and be  given  access
 to all the educational programs and courses operated or provided by such
 institutions  without regard to race, color, sex, religion, creed, mari-
 tal status, age, sexual orientation as defined in  section  two  hundred
 ninety-two  of  the  executive  law,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR EXPRESSION AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  or
 national origin, except that, with regard to religious or denominational
 educational  institutions, students, otherwise qualified, shall have the
 equal opportunity to attend therein without  discrimination  because  of
 race,  color, sex, marital status, age, sexual orientation as defined in
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 EXPRESSION AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW,  or national origin. It is a fundamental American right for members
 of various religious faiths to establish and maintain educational insti-
 tutions  exclusively  or  primarily  for students of their own religious
 faith or to effectuate the religious principles in furtherance of  which
 they  are  maintained.  Nothing herein contained shall impair or abridge
 that right.
   § 17. Subdivision 3 of section 313 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 2 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   (3) Unfair educational practices. It shall be  an  unfair  educational
 practice for an educational institution after September fifteenth, nine-
 teen hundred forty-eight:
   (a)  To  exclude or limit or otherwise discriminate against any person
 or persons seeking admission as students to such institution or  to  any
 educational  program  or course operated or provided by such institution
 because of race, religion, creed, sex, color, marital status, age, sexu-
 al orientation as defined in section two hundred ninety-two of the exec-
 utive law, GENDER IDENTITY OR  EXPRESSION  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, or national origin; except that
 nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect, in any way, the right
 of  a  religious or denominational educational institution to select its
 students exclusively or primarily  from  members  of  such  religion  or
 denomination or from giving preference in such selection to such members
 or  to  make  such  selection  of  its students as is calculated by such
 institution to promote the religious principles for which it  is  estab-
 lished  or  maintained. Nothing herein contained shall impair or abridge
 the right of an independent institution, which establishes or  maintains
 a  policy of educating persons of one sex exclusively, to admit students
 of only one sex.
   (b) To penalize any individual because he or she has initiated, testi-
 fied, participated or assisted in any proceedings under this section.
   (c) To accept any endowment or gift of money or  property  conditioned
 upon teaching the doctrine of supremacy of any particular race.
   (d)  With  respect  to any individual who withdraws from attendance to
 serve on active duty in the armed forces of the United States in time of
 war, including any individual who withdrew from attendance on  or  after
 August  second,  nineteen  hundred ninety to serve on active duty in the
 armed forces of the United States in the Persian Gulf conflict:  (i)  to
 deny  or limit the readmission of such individual to such institution or
 to any educational program or course operated or provided by such insti-
 tution because of such withdrawal from  attendance  or  because  of  the
 failure  to complete any educational program or course due to such with-
 drawal; (ii) to impose any academic penalty on such  person  because  of
 such  withdrawal  or  because of the failure to complete any educational
 program or course due to such withdrawal; (iii) to reduce  or  eliminate
 any  financial  aid  award granted to such individual which could not be
 used, in whole or part, because of such withdrawal  or  because  of  the
 failure  to complete any educational program or course due to such with-
 drawal; or (iv) to fail to provide a credit or  refund  of  tuition  and
 fees  paid  by  such  individual  for  any semester, term or quarter not
 completed because of such  withdrawal  or  because  of  the  failure  to
 complete any program or course due to such withdrawal.
   (e) It shall not be an unfair educational practice for any educational
 institution  to  use  criteria  other  than  race, religion, creed, sex,
 color, marital status, age, sexual orientation as defined in section two
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 AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, or
 national origin in the admission of students to such institution  or  to
 any of the educational programs and courses operated or provided by such
 institution.
   §  18. Section 485.00 of the penal law, as added by chapter 107 of the
 laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 § 485.00 Legislative findings.
   The legislature finds and determines as follows: criminal acts involv-
 ing violence, intimidation and destruction of property based  upon  bias
 and  prejudice  have  become  more prevalent in New York state in recent
 years.  The intolerable truth is that  in  these  crimes,  commonly  and
 justly referred to as "hate crimes", victims are intentionally selected,
 in  whole  or  in  part,  because of their race, color, national origin,
 ancestry, gender, GENDER IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,  religion,  religious
 practice,  age,  disability  or  sexual orientation. Hate crimes do more
 than threaten the safety and welfare of all citizens.  They  inflict  on
 victims  incalculable physical and emotional damage and tear at the very
 fabric of free society. Crimes  motivated  by  invidious  hatred  toward
 particular  groups  not only harm individual victims but send a powerful
 message of intolerance and discrimination to all members of the group to
 which the victim belongs.  Hate crimes can and do intimidate and disrupt
 entire communities and vitiate the civility that is essential to healthy
 democratic processes.   In a  democratic  society,  citizens  cannot  be
 required  to  approve  of  the beliefs and practices of others, but must
 never commit criminal acts on account of  them.  Current  law  does  not
 adequately recognize the harm to public order and individual safety that
 hate  crimes  cause. Therefore, our laws must be strengthened to provide
 clear recognition of the gravity  of  hate  crimes  and  the  compelling
 importance of preventing their recurrence.
   Accordingly,  the  legislature  finds  and  declares  that hate crimes
 should be prosecuted and punished with appropriate severity.
   § 19. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 4 of section 485.05 of the penal  law,  as
 added  by  chapter  107  of  the  laws  of  2000, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1. A person commits a hate crime when he or she  commits  a  specified
 offense and either:
   (a)  intentionally  selects  the  person  against  whom the offense is
 committed or intended to be committed in whole or  in  substantial  part
 because  of  a  belief or perception regarding the race, color, national
 origin, ancestry, gender, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, religion, reli-
 gious practice, age, disability  or  sexual  orientation  of  a  person,
 regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct, or
   (b)  intentionally commits the act or acts constituting the offense in
 whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding
 the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, GENDER  IDENTITY  OR
 EXPRESSION,  religion,  religious  practice,  age,  disability or sexual
 orientation of a person, regardless of whether the belief or  perception
 is correct.
   2.  Proof  of  race,  color, national origin, ancestry, gender, GENDER
 IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, religion, religious practice, age, disability or
 sexual orientation of the defendant, the victim or of both the defendant
 and the victim  does  not,  by  itself,  constitute  legally  sufficient
 evidence  satisfying  the  people's burden under paragraph (a) or (b) of
 subdivision one of this section.
   4. For purposes of this section:
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   (b) the term "disability" means a physical or mental  impairment  that
 substantially limits a major life activity[.];
   (C)  THE  TERM "GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION" MEANS A PERSON'S ACTUAL
 OR PERCEIVED GENDER-RELATED IDENTITY, APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR,  EXPRESSION,
 OR OTHER GENDER-RELATED CHARACTERISTIC REGARDLESS OF THE SEX ASSIGNED TO
 THAT PERSON AT BIRTH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE STATUS OF BEING
 TRANSGENDER.
   §  20. Subdivision 3 of section 240.30 of the penal law, as amended by
 chapter 188 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   3. With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person,
 he or she strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects  another  person
 to  physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same because of
 a belief or perception regarding such  person's  race,  color,  national
 origin, ancestry, gender, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, religion, reli-
 gious  practice,  age,  disability  or sexual orientation, regardless of
 whether the belief or perception is correct; or
   § 21. The opening paragraph of section 240.31 of  the  penal  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  49  of  the  laws  of  2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   A person is guilty of aggravated harassment in the first  degree  when
 with  intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person, because
 of a belief or perception regarding such person's race, color,  national
 origin, ancestry, gender, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, religion, reli-
 gious  practice,  age,  disability  or sexual orientation, regardless of
 whether the belief or perception is correct, he or she:
   § 22. Section 240.00 of the penal law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  "GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION"  MEANS  A  PERSON'S  ACTUAL  OR
 PERCEIVED GENDER-RELATED IDENTITY, APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR, EXPRESSION,  OR
 OTHER  GENDER-RELATED  CHARACTERISTIC  REGARDLESS OF THE SEX ASSIGNED TO
 THAT PERSON AT BIRTH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE STATUS OF BEING
 TRANSGENDER.
   § 23. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 of section 200.50 of the criminal
 procedure law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (c) in the case of any hate crime, as defined in section 485.05 of the
 penal  law,  specifies,  as applicable, that the defendant or defendants
 intentionally selected the person against whom the offense was committed
 or intended to be committed; or intentionally committed the act or  acts
 constituting  the  offense, in whole or in substantial part because of a
 belief or perception regarding the race, color, national origin,  ances-
 try,  gender,  GENDER  IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, religion, religious prac-
 tice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person; and
   § 24. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law;  provided, however, that sections eighteen through
 twenty-three of this act shall take effect on the first of November next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART S
 
   Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35. THE TERM "EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION" SHALL MEAN:
   (A) ANY EDUCATION CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH HOLDS ITSELF OUT TO
 THE PUBLIC TO BE NON-SECTARIAN AND EXEMPT FROM TAXATION PURSUANT TO  THE
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   (B) ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL, INCLUDING ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPER-
 ATIVE EDUCATION SERVICES, PUBLIC COLLEGE OR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY.
   §  2. Subdivision 4 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   4. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for  an  [education
 corporation  or  association  which holds itself out to the public to be
 non-sectarian and exempt from taxation pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
 article  four  of  the real property tax law] EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION to
 deny the use of its facilities to any person otherwise qualified, or  to
 permit  the  harassment  of  any  student or applicant, by reason of his
 race, color, religion, disability, national origin, sexual  orientation,
 military status, sex, age or marital status, except that any such insti-
 tution  which  establishes or maintains a policy of educating persons of
 one sex exclusively may admit students of only one sex.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART T
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "Lawful Source of Income Non-Discrimination Act of 2019".
   §  2.  Section  292  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35. THE TERM "LAWFUL SOURCE OF  INCOME"  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO,  CHILD  SUPPORT,  ALIMONY,  FOSTER  CARE  SUBSIDIES, INCOME
 DERIVED FROM SOCIAL SECURITY, OR ANY FORM OF FEDERAL,  STATE,  OR  LOCAL
 PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE  OR HOUSING ASSISTANCE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 SECTION 8 VOUCHERS, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE  PAYMENT  OR
 CREDIT  WHETHER  OR  NOT  SUCH  INCOME  OR  CREDIT IS PAID OR ATTRIBUTED
 DIRECTLY TO A LANDLORD, AND ANY OTHER FORMS OF LAWFUL INCOME.
   § 3. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of  section
 296  of  the  executive  law, paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) as amended and
 paragraph (c-1) as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or  with-
 hold  from  any  person  or group of persons such housing accommodations
 because of the race, creed, color, disability, national  origin,  sexual
 orientation, military status, age, sex, marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF
 INCOME  or  familial  status  of such person or persons, or to represent
 that any housing accommodation or land is not available for  inspection,
 sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (b)  To  discriminate  against  any person because of his or her race,
 creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orientation,  military
 status,  age,  sex,  marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME or familial
 status in the terms, conditions or privileges of  any  publicly-assisted
 housing accommodations or in the furnishing of facilities or services in
 connection therewith.
   (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
 ing  the  race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, membership in the reserve armed forces of the United  States  or
 in  the organized militia of the state, age, sex, marital status, LAWFUL
 SOURCE OF INCOME or familial status of a person seeking to rent or lease
 any publicly-assisted housing  accommodation;  provided,  however,  that
 nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a member of the reserve armed
 forces  of  the  United  States or in the organized militia of the state
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   (c-1) To print or circulate or cause to be printed or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation  or
 to  make  any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with the prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination  as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, military status, sex, age, disability,  marital  status,  LAWFUL
 SOURCE  OF  INCOME  or  familial  status, or any intent to make any such
 limitation, specification or discrimination.
   § 4. Subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 of paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  5  of
 section  296 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws
 of 2003, are amended to read as follows:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold
 from any person or group of persons such a housing accommodation because
 of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military
 status, sex, age, disability, marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME or
 familial status of such person or persons,  or  to  represent  that  any
 housing  accommodation  or  land  is not available for inspection, sale,
 rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (2) To discriminate against any person because of race, creed,  color,
 national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, age, disabil-
 ity,  marital  status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME or familial status in the
 terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any such
 housing accommodation or in the furnishing of facilities or services  in
 connection therewith.
   (3)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
 tion  for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation or
 to make any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with  the  prospective
 purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
 expresses, directly or  indirectly,  any  limitation,  specification  or
 discrimination  as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
 tation, military status, sex, age, disability,  marital  status,  LAWFUL
 SOURCE  OF  INCOME  or  familial  status, or any intent to make any such
 limitation, specification or discrimination.
   § 5. Subparagraphs 1 and 2  of  paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  5  of
 section  296 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws
 of 2003, are amended to read as follows:
   (1) To refuse to sell, rent or lease any housing  accommodation,  land
 or  commercial  space  to any person or group of persons or to refuse to
 negotiate for the sale, rental or lease, of any  housing  accommodation,
 land  or  commercial  space to any person or group of persons because of
 the race, creed, color, national origin,  sexual  orientation,  military
 status, sex, age, disability, marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME or
 familial  status  of  such  person  or persons, or to represent that any
 housing accommodation, land or commercial space  is  not  available  for
 inspection,  sale,  rental  or lease when in fact it is so available, or
 otherwise to deny or withhold any housing accommodation, land or commer-
 cial space or any facilities  of  any  housing  accommodation,  land  or
 commercial  space  from  any  person  or group of persons because of the
 race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  military
 status,  sex,  age, disability, marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME,
 or familial status of such person or persons.
   (2) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
 statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-

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 tion for the purchase, rental or lease  of  any  housing  accommodation,
 land  or commercial space or to make any record or inquiry in connection
 with the prospective purchase, rental or lease of any  housing  accommo-
 dation,  land or commercial space which expresses, directly or indirect-
 ly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race,  creed,
 color,  national  origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, age,
 disability, marital status, LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME or familial  status;
 or  any  intent  to make any such limitation, specification or discrimi-
 nation.
   § 6. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 5 of section 296  of  the  executive
 law,  as  amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, amended to read as
 follows:
   (d) It shall be an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  real
 estate board, because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
 orientation,  military  status,  age,  sex,  disability, marital status,
 LAWFUL SOURCE OF INCOME or familial status  of  any  individual  who  is
 otherwise  qualified for membership, to exclude or expel such individual
 from membership, or to  discriminate  against  such  individual  in  the
 terms, conditions and privileges of membership in such board.
   §  7.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 causes of action filed on or after such effective date.
 
                                  PART U
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 7-108 of the  general  obligations
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   (F)  EXCEPT  IN  INSTANCES WHERE STATUTES OR REGULATIONS PROVIDE FOR A
 LESSER PAYMENT, FEE, DEPOSIT OR CHARGE, NO LANDLORD, LESSOR,  SUB-LESSOR
 OR  GRANTOR  MAY DEMAND ANY PAYMENT, FEE, DEPOSIT, OR CHARGE, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY PAYMENT, FEE, DEPOSIT, OR CHARGE THAT IS IMPOSED
 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TENANCY TO BE USED TO REIMBURSE THE LANDLORD FOR
 COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROCESSING A NEW TENANT OR THAT IS IMPOSED  AS  AN
 ADVANCE PAYMENT OF RENT, USED OR TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING A
 SECURITY  DEPOSIT, IN AN AMOUNT OR VALUE IN EXCESS OF AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO
 TWO MONTHS' RENT, INCLUDING THE FIRST MONTH'S RENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

                                  PART V
 
   Section 1. Section 300 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 166
 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   § 300. Construction. The provisions of this article shall be construed
 liberally for the  accomplishment  of  the  purposes  thereof.  JUDICIAL
 INTERPRETATIONS  OF  SIMILARLY WORDED PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS
 LAWS ARE NOT CONTROLLING. SUCH INTERPRETATIONS OF FEDERAL  CIVIL  RIGHTS
 LAWS ESTABLISH A FLOOR BELOW WHICH INTERPRETATION OF THIS ARTICLE CANNOT
 FALL,  RATHER  THAN A CEILING ABOVE WHICH INTERPRETATION OF THIS ARTICLE
 CANNOT RISE. Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed to repeal
 any of the provisions of the civil rights law or any other law  of  this
 state  relating  to  discrimination  because  of  race,  creed, color or
 national origin; but, as  to  acts  declared  unlawful  by  section  two
 hundred ninety-six of this article, the procedure herein provided shall,
 while  pending,  be exclusive; and the final determination therein shall
 exclude any other STATE CIVIL action[, civil or criminal,] based on  the
 same  grievance  of  the individual concerned. If such individual insti-
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 dure provided in this article, he or she may not subsequently resort  to
 the procedure herein.
   § 2. Subdivision 21 of section 296 of the executive law, as renumbered
 by  chapter  536 of the laws of 2010, is renumbered subdivision 22 and a
 new subdivision 21 is added to read as follows:
   21. HARASSMENT ON THE BASIS OF  ANY  PROTECTED  CHARACTERISTIC  IS  AN
 UNLAWFUL  DISCRIMINATORY  PRACTICE  IN  ANY  AREA OF JURISDICTION AS SET
 FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE. HARASSMENT INCLUDES THE  TYPES  OF  ACTIONS  THAT
 HAVE  BEEN  FOUND  BY  THE  COURTS  TO CREATE A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT OR A
 TANGIBLE JOB DETRIMENT. SUCH  ACTIONS  ARE  AN  UNLAWFUL  DISCRIMINATORY
 PRACTICE  WHEN  THEY  RESULT IN A PERSON OR PERSONS BEING TREATED NOT AS
 WELL AS OTHERS BECAUSE OF A PROTECTED CHARACTERISTIC. HARASSMENT IS  NOT
 LIMITED  ONLY  TO THOSE ACTIONS THAT ARE SEVERE OR PERVASIVE. HARASSMENT
 DOES NOT INCLUDE WHAT A REASONABLE PERSON WITH THE SAME PROTECTED  CHAR-
 ACTERISTIC WOULD CONSIDER PETTY SLIGHTS OR TRIVIAL INCONVENIENCES.
   § 3. Section 5-336 of the general obligations law, as added by section
 1  of subpart D of part KK of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
   § 5-336. Nondisclosure agreements. 1. Notwithstanding any other law to
 the contrary, no employer, its officers  or  employees  shall  have  the
 authority to include or agree to include in any settlement, agreement or
 other resolution of any claim, the factual foundation for which involves
 sexual  harassment, any term or condition that would prevent the disclo-
 sure of the underlying facts and circumstances to the  claim  or  action
 unless the condition of confidentiality is the complainant's preference.
 Any  such  term  or  condition  must be provided to all parties, and the
 complainant shall have twenty-one days to consider such term  or  condi-
 tion.   If   after  twenty-one  days  such  term  or  condition  is  the
 complainant's preference, such preference shall be  memorialized  in  an
 agreement  signed  by  all  parties. For a period of at least seven days
 following the execution of such agreement, the  complainant  may  revoke
 the  agreement,  and  the  agreement  shall  not  become effective or be
 enforceable until such revocation period has expired.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PROVISION  IN  A
 CONTRACT  OR  OTHER  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  AN  EMPLOYER  OR AN AGENT OF AN
 EMPLOYER AND ANY EMPLOYEE OR POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THAT EMPLOYER ENTERED
 INTO ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THAT  PREVENTS  THE
 DISCLOSURE  OF FACTUAL INFORMATION RELATED TO ANY FUTURE CLAIM OF SEXUAL
 HARASSMENT, ASSAULT, OR DISCRIMINATION IS VOID OR  UNENFORCEABLE  UNLESS
 SUCH PROVISION INCLUDES LANGUAGE ENSURING THAT THE PARTIES TO THE AGREE-
 MENT  STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT SUCH FACTUAL INFOR-
 MATION WITH A STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY, AND TESTIFY  OR  OTHERWISE  PARTIC-
 IPATE IN A GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION.
   §  4.  Subdivision  3  of section 201-g of the labor law is renumbered
 subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH THE DIVISION OF HUMAN  RIGHTS  TO
 PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE A WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION POSTER.
   A.  SUCH  POSTER  SHALL  INCLUDE  AN  EXPLANATION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
 CONSISTENT WITH GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DIVISION  OF  HUMAN  RIGHTS  AND  INFORMATION CONCERNING EMPLOYEES'
 RIGHTS OF REDRESS AND ALL AVAILABLE FORUMS FOR ADJUDICATING COMPLAINTS.
   B. EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL POST SUCH POSTER OR A POSTER  THAT  EQUALS  OR
 EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF SUCH POSTER IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION.
   § 5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
 
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   Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "pension
 poaching prevention act".
   §  2.  Legislative findings and intent. Nationally, veterans and their
 family members are often subject to a practice commonly  called  pension
 poaching.  This  troubling practice, as described in recent reports from
 the Federal Trade  Commission,  the  Federal  Government  Accountability
 Office,  the  United  States Department of Veterans Affairs, and several
 other entities, generally target elderly or disabled veterans and  their
 family  members. Pension poaching involves dishonest financial planners,
 insurance agents, and other  professionals  luring  veterans  and  their
 family  members to pay substantial funds for veterans' benefits services
 that the offering entity is unqualified to provide and that  can  detri-
 mentally  impact  the future financial situations of the veteran and his
 or her dependents.
   Entities engaging in pension poaching tend to use high-pressure  sales
 tactics  directed toward potential customers, falsely guaranteeing bene-
 fits for veterans and their families even when  the  advertising  entity
 lacks  the federal accreditation required by law to file such claims and
 appeals for federal veterans' benefits. Often,  they  persuade  veterans
 and their family members to abruptly move most or all of their assets to
 potentially  qualify  for  certain federal veterans benefits, frequently
 causing veterans and their family members to  unwittingly  lose  control
 over  their  assets  and adversely affecting the ability of veterans and
 their families to qualify for Medicaid and other important  benefits  in
 the  future.  These  entities  frequently charge extremely high fees for
 these services, even in matters where federal  law  expressly  prohibits
 such fees.
   Through  this  legislation,  the  legislature intends to restrain this
 harmful and deceptive practice within New York State,  providing  neces-
 sary  protections  to  the  men and women of this state who courageously
 served in our nation's armed forces.
   § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 349-f
 to read as follows:
   § 349-F. PENSION POACHING PREVENTION. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) THE TERM "VETERAN" MEANS A PERSON WHO HAS SERVED  ON  ACTIVE  DUTY
 SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, OR SERVICE IN THE ARMY
 NATIONAL  GUARD,  AIR NATIONAL GUARD, COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH SERVICE, COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC
 ADMINISTRATION OR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,  CADET
 AT  A  UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES SERVICE ACADEMY OR PROVISIONS UNDER 38
 U.S.C. § 106, AND WHO HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM SUCH SERVICE  UNDER  HONOR-
 ABLE CONDITIONS.
   (B)  THE TERM "VETERANS' BENEFITS MATTER" MEANS THE PREPARATION, PRES-
 ENTATION, OR PROSECUTION OF ANY CLAIM AFFECTING ANY PERSON WHO HAS FILED
 OR EXPRESSED AN INTENT  TO  FILE  A  CLAIM  FOR  ANY  BENEFIT,  PROGRAM,
 SERVICE, COMMODITY, FUNCTION, OR STATUS, ENTITLEMENT WHICH IS DETERMINED
 UNDER THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPART-
 MENT  OF  VETERANS  AFFAIRS  OR THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS'
 AFFAIRS PERTAINING TO VETERANS, THEIR DEPENDENTS, THEIR  SURVIVORS,  AND
 ANY OTHER PARTY ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH BENEFITS.
   (C) THE TERM "COMPENSATION" MEANS MONEY, PROPERTY, OR ANYTHING ELSE OF
 VALUE.
   (D)  THE  TERM  "ENTITY"  INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, ANY NATURAL
 PERSON, CORPORATION, TRUST,  PARTNERSHIP,  ALLIANCE,  OR  UNINCORPORATED
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   2.  (A) NO ENTITY SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR ADVISING OR ASSISTING
 ANY PARTY WITH ANY VETERANS' BENEFITS MATTER, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED  UNDER
 TITLE  38  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES CODE AND THE CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS
 WITHIN TITLE 38 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
   (B)  NO  ENTITY  SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR REFERRING ANY PARTY TO
 ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TO ADVISE OR ASSIST THIS  PARTY  WITH  ANY  VETERANS'
 BENEFITS MATTER.
   (C) ANY ENTITY SEEKING TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR ADVISING OR ASSIST-
 ING ANY PARTY WITH ANY VETERANS' BENEFITS MATTER SHALL, BEFORE RENDERING
 ANY  SERVICES,  MEMORIALIZE  ALL  TERMS REGARDING THE PARTY'S PAYMENT OF
 FEES FOR SERVICES RENDERED  IN  A  WRITTEN  AGREEMENT,  SIGNED  BY  BOTH
 PARTIES, THAT ADHERES TO ALL CRITERIA SPECIFIED WITHIN TITLE 38, SECTION
 14.636, OF THE UNITED STATES CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
   (D)  NO ENTITY SHALL RECEIVE ANY FEES FOR ANY SERVICES RENDERED BEFORE
 THE DATE ON WHICH A NOTICE OF DISAGREEMENT IS FILED WITH RESPECT TO  THE
 VETERAN'S CASE.
   (E) NO ENTITY SHALL GUARANTEE, EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY IMPLICATION, THAT
 ANY  PARTY IS CERTAIN TO RECEIVE SPECIFIC VETERANS' BENEFITS OR THAT ANY
 PARTY IS CERTAIN TO RECEIVE A SPECIFIC LEVEL, PERCENTAGE, OR  AMOUNT  OF
 VETERANS' BENEFITS.
   (F)  NO ENTITY SHALL RECEIVE EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE FEES AS COMPEN-
 SATION FOR ADVISING OR ASSISTING ANY PARTY WITH ANY  VETERANS'  BENEFITS
 MATTER.  THE  FACTORS ARTICULATED WITHIN TITLE 38, SECTION 14.636 OF THE
 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS SHALL GOVERN DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER A FEE
 IS EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE.
   3. (A) NO ENTITY SHALL ADVISE OR ASSIST  FOR  COMPENSATION  ANY  PARTY
 WITH  ANY  VETERANS'  BENEFITS  MATTER WITHOUT CLEARLY PROVIDING, AT THE
 OUTSET OF THIS BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP,  THE  FOLLOWING  DISCLOSURE,  BOTH
 ORALLY AND IN WRITING: "THIS BUSINESS IS NOT SPONSORED BY, OR AFFILIATED
 WITH,  THE  UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, THE NEW YORK
 STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, OR ANY OTHER CONGRESSIONALLY  CHAR-
 TERED VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION.  OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO  THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, YOUR
 LOCAL COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE AGENCY, AND  OTHER  CONGRESSIONALLY  CHAR-
 TERED  VETERANS  SERVICE  ORGANIZATIONS, MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH
 THIS SERVICE FREE OF CHARGE. PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED BY THIS  BUSI-
 NESS  ARE  NOT  NECESSARILY ENDORSED BY ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.  YOU
 MAY QUALIFY FOR OTHER VETERANS' BENEFITS BEYOND THE BENEFITS  FOR  WHICH
 YOU  ARE RECEIVING SERVICES HERE." THE WRITTEN DISCLOSURE MUST APPEAR IN
 AT LEAST TWELVE-POINT FONT AND MUST APPEAR IN A READILY  NOTICEABLE  AND
 IDENTIFIABLE  PLACE  IN  THE  ENTITY'S  AGREEMENT WITH THE PARTY SEEKING
 SERVICES. THE PARTY MUST VERBALLY ACKNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING OF THE  ORAL
 DISCLOSURE  AND  MUST  PROVIDE  HIS OR HER SIGNATURE TO REPRESENT UNDER-
 STANDING OF THESE PROVISIONS  ON  THE  DOCUMENT  IN  WHICH  THE  WRITTEN
 DISCLOSURE  APPEARS.  THE ENTITY OFFERING SERVICES MUST RETAIN A COPY OF
 THE WRITTEN DISCLOSURE WHILE PROVIDING VETERANS' BENEFITS  SERVICES  FOR
 COMPENSATION  TO  THE  PARTY AND FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE ON
 WHICH THIS SERVICE RELATIONSHIP TERMINATES.
   (B) NO ENTITY SHALL ADVERTISE FOR-COMPENSATION  SERVICES  IN  VETERANS
 BENEFITS MATTERS WITHOUT INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING DISCLOSURE: "THIS BUSI-
 NESS  IS NOT SPONSORED BY, OR AFFILIATED WITH, THE UNITED STATES DEPART-
 MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  DIVISION  OF  VETERANS'
 AFFAIRS,  OR ANY OTHER CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED VETERANS SERVICE ORGAN-
 IZATION. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE NEW  YORK
 STATE  DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, YOUR LOCAL COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE
 AGENCY, AND OTHER CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED VETERANS  SERVICE  ORGANIZA-

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 TIONS,  MAY  BE  ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THESE SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE.
 PRODUCTS OR SERVICES  OFFERED  BY  THIS  BUSINESS  ARE  NOT  NECESSARILY
 ENDORSED BY ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR OTHER VETER-
 ANS'  BENEFITS  BEYOND  THE  SERVICES THAT THIS BUSINESS OFFERS." IF THE
 ADVERTISEMENT IS PRINTED, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO  ADVERTISEMENTS
 VISIBLE TO INTERNET USERS, THE DISCLOSURE MUST APPEAR IN A READILY VISI-
 BLE  PLACE  ON  THE  ADVERTISEMENT.  IF THE ADVERTISEMENT IS VERBAL, THE
 SPOKEN STATEMENT OF THE DISCLOSURE MUST BE CLEAR AND INTELLIGIBLE.
   4. (A) ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONSTITUTE A DECEPTIVE  ACT
 IN  THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS, TRADE, OR COMMERCE, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
 THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED  FORTY  NINE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 INCLUDING  ANY  RIGHT  OF  ACTION  AND CORRESPONDING PENALTIES DESCRIBED
 WITHIN SUCH SECTION.
   (B) IF AN ENTITY'S VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION CONCERNS A PARTY  WHO  IS
 SIXTY-FIVE  YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, SAID ENTITY MAY BE LIABLE FOR SUPPLE-
 MENTAL CIVIL PENALTIES AS ESTABLISHED WITHIN, AND SUBJECT OF  THE  TERMS
 OF, SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE-C OF THIS ARTICLE.
   5.  IF  ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ITS APPLICATION TO ANY PERSON
 OR CIRCUMSTANCE IS EVER HELD INVALID, THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT  OR  THE
 APPLICATION  OF  ITS  PROVISIONS TO OTHER PERSONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL
 REMAIN UNAFFECTED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART X
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 21-f of section 292 of the  executive  law,  as
 added by chapter 369 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   21-f. The term "pregnancy-related condition" means a medical condition
 related  to  pregnancy  or  childbirth  that  inhibits the exercise of a
 normal bodily function or is demonstrable by medically accepted clinical
 or laboratory diagnostic techniques, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LACTA-
 TION; provided, however, that in all provisions of this article  dealing
 with employment, the term shall be limited to conditions which, upon the
 provision  of  reasonable accommodations, do not prevent the complainant
 from performing in a reasonable manner the activities  involved  in  the
 job  or  occupation  sought or held; and provided further, however, that
 pregnancy-related conditions shall be treated as temporary  disabilities
 for the purposes of this article.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Y

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6509-e
 to read as follows:
   §  6509-E.  ADDITIONAL  DEFINITION  OF PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; MENTAL
 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   A.  "MENTAL  HEALTH  PROFESSIONAL"  MEANS  A  PERSON  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OR
 ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE; OR ANY OTHER PERSON DESIGNATED AS
 A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PURSUANT TO LAW, RULE OR REGULATION.
   B.  "SEXUAL  ORIENTATION  CHANGE  EFFORTS" (I) MEANS ANY PRACTICE BY A
 MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL THAT SEEKS TO CHANGE AN  INDIVIDUAL'S  SEXUAL
 ORIENTATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EFFORTS TO CHANGE BEHAVIORS,
 GENDER IDENTITY, OR GENDER EXPRESSIONS, OR TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE SEXUAL
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 AND (II) SHALL NOT INCLUDE COUNSELING FOR A PERSON SEEKING TO TRANSITION
 FROM ONE GENDER TO ANOTHER, OR PSYCHOTHERAPIES THAT: (A) PROVIDE ACCEPT-
 ANCE, SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING  OF  PATIENTS  OR  THE  FACILITATION  OF
 PATIENTS'  COPING,  SOCIAL SUPPORT AND IDENTITY EXPLORATION AND DEVELOP-
 MENT, INCLUDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION-NEUTRAL INTERVENTIONS TO  PREVENT  OR
 ADDRESS UNLAWFUL CONDUCT OR UNSAFE SEXUAL PRACTICES; AND (B) DO NOT SEEK
 TO CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
   2.  IT  SHALL  BE  PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT FOR A MENTAL HEALTH PROFES-
 SIONAL TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ORIENTATION CHANGE EFFORTS UPON  ANY  PATIENT
 UNDER  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  YEARS, AND ANY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
 FOUND GUILTY OF SUCH  MISCONDUCT  UNDER  THE  PROCEDURES  PRESCRIBED  IN
 SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  TEN OF THIS SUBARTICLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
 THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF  THIS
 SUBARTICLE.
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6531-a to
 read as follows:
   § 6531-A. ADDITIONAL DEFINITION  OF  PROFESSIONAL  MISCONDUCT;  MENTAL
 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   A.  "MENTAL  HEALTH  PROFESSIONAL"  MEANS  A  PERSON  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE.
   B. "SEXUAL ORIENTATION CHANGE EFFORTS" (I) MEANS  ANY  PRACTICE  BY  A
 MENTAL  HEALTH  PROFESSIONAL THAT SEEKS TO CHANGE AN INDIVIDUAL'S SEXUAL
 ORIENTATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EFFORTS TO CHANGE BEHAVIORS,
 GENDER IDENTITY, OR GENDER EXPRESSIONS, OR TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE SEXUAL
 OR ROMANTIC ATTRACTIONS OR FEELINGS TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SEX;
 AND (II) SHALL NOT INCLUDE COUNSELING FOR A PERSON SEEKING TO TRANSITION
 FROM ONE GENDER TO ANOTHER, OR PSYCHOTHERAPIES THAT: (A) PROVIDE ACCEPT-
 ANCE, SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING  OF  PATIENTS  OR  THE  FACILITATION  OF
 PATIENTS'  COPING, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND IDENTITY EXPLORATION AND DEVELOP-
 MENT, INCLUDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION-NEUTRAL INTERVENTIONS TO  PREVENT  OR
 ADDRESS UNLAWFUL CONDUCT OR UNSAFE SEXUAL PRACTICES; AND (B) DO NOT SEEK
 TO CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
   2.  IT  SHALL  BE  PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT FOR A MENTAL HEALTH PROFES-
 SIONAL TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ORIENTATION CHANGE EFFORTS UPON  ANY  PATIENT
 UNDER  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  YEARS, AND ANY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
 FOUND GUILTY OF SUCH MISCONDUCT UNDER THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN TITLE
 TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW SHALL BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PENALTIES  PRESCRIBED  IN  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  THIRTY-A OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE LAWS OF  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED NINETY-ONE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Z
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "rent regulation act of 2019".
   § 2. Rent regulation act of 2019. Notwithstanding any other  provision
 of  law  to  the  contrary, the New York state system of rent regulation
 pursuant to chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, chapter 274 of the laws  of
 1946,  chapter 329 of the laws of 1963, chapter 555 of the laws of 1982,
 chapter 402 of the laws of 1983, chapter 116 of the laws  of  1997,  and
 sections  26-501,  26-502,  and 26-520 of the administrative code of the
 city of New York, shall be extended pursuant to a chapter of the laws of
 2019. Provided, however, such extension shall  include  rent  regulation
 reforms  to end vacancy decontrol, amend the application of preferential
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 regulation delivered to the governor by the commissioner of the division
 of  housing  and community renewal ("the division") on or after March 1,
 2019 which shall include (i)  the  number  of  rent  stabilized  housing
 accommodations  within  the  city  of  New York; (ii) the number of rent
 stabilized housing accommodations outside the city of  New  York;  (iii)
 the  number of rent controlled housing accommodations in the city of New
 York; (iv) the number of rent controlled housing accommodations  outside
 the  city  of New York; (v) the number of applications for major capital
 improvements filed with such division; (vi) the number  of  units  which
 are  registered  with such division where the amount charged to and paid
 by the tenant is less than the registered rent for the housing  accommo-
 dation;  (vii)  for housing accommodations that are registered with such
 division where the amount charged to and paid by the tenant is less than
 the registered rent for the housing accommodation  the  average  of  the
 difference  between  the registered rent for a housing accommodation and
 the amount charged to and paid by the tenant; (viii) the number of  rent
 overcharge  complaints processed by the division; and (ix) the number of
 final overcharge orders granting an overcharge.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART AA

   Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 5-211 of the election law,
 as amended by chapter 265 of the laws of 2013, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Each  agency designated as a participating agency under the provisions
 of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution
 of voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this  section.
 The  following  offices  which  provide public assistance and/or provide
 state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons
 with disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration  agencies:
 designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the
 office  of  children  and  family  services, the office of temporary and
 disability assistance and the department of health. Also  designated  as
 public  assistance  agencies  are  all agencies of local government that
 provide such assistance.  Designated  as  state  agencies  that  provide
 programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabil-
 ities  are  the  department  of labor, office for the aging, division of
 veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, office of mental health, office  of  voca-
 tional  and  educational  services  for  individuals  with disabilities,
 commission on quality of care  for  the  mentally  disabled,  office  of
 mental  retardation  and  developmental disabilities, commission for the
 blind, office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, the office  of
 the  advocate for the disabled and all offices which administer programs
 established or funded by such agencies. Additional state agencies desig-
 nated as voter registration offices are the department of state and  the
 division  of  workers'  compensation. Such agencies shall be required to
 offer voter registration forms to persons upon initial  application  for
 services,  renewal or recertification for services and change of address
 relating to such services. Such agencies shall also be  responsible  for
 providing  assistance  to  applicants  in  completing voter registration
 forms, receiving and transmitting the completed  application  form  from
 all applicants who wish to have such form transmitted to the appropriate
 board  of  elections.  The state board of elections shall, together with
 representatives of the department  of  defense,  develop  and  implement
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 United States as voter registration offices when  such  offices  are  so
 designated  by  federal  law. The state board shall also make request of
 the United States Immigration  and  Naturalization  Service  to  include
 applications for registration by mail with any materials which are given
 to  new  citizens.  All institutions of the state university of New York
 and the city university of New York, shall,  at  the  beginning  of  the
 school  year,  and  again in January of a year in which the president of
 the United States is to be elected, provide an application for registra-
 tion to each student in  each  such  institution.  The  state  board  of
 elections  may,  by  regulation,  grant  a waiver from any or all of the
 requirements of this section to any office or program of an  agency,  if
 it  determines  that  it  is  not feasible for such office or program to
 administer such requirement.
   § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 31 of the executive law, as  amended  by
 section 106 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   8. The division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   §  2-a. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 169 of the executive
 law, as amended by section 9 of part A of chapter  60  of  the  laws  of
 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (e)  chairman  of state athletic commission, director of the office of
 victim services, chairman of human rights appeal board, chairman of  the
 industrial  board  of  appeals,  chairman  of  the  state  commission of
 correction, members of the board of parole, member-chairman of unemploy-
 ment insurance appeal board, director of veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES,
 and vice-chairman of the workers' compensation board;
   §  3.  Subdivision  1 of section 191 of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 285 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   1. There is hereby established within the  division  of  military  and
 naval  affairs  a  temporary  advisory  committee on the restoration and
 display of New York state's military battle flags (hereinafter  referred
 to  as  the  "committee").  The committee shall have thirteen members as
 follows: the adjutant general, the director of the New York state  mili-
 tary  heritage  museum, the commissioners of education and parks, recre-
 ation and historic preservation and the  director  of  the  division  of
 veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES, or their designated representatives, two
 members appointed each by the governor,  speaker  of  the  assembly  and
 majority  leader  of  the  senate  and  one member each appointed by the
 minority leaders of the senate and assembly and shall serve at the plea-
 sure of the appointing authority.  Appointed members shall include indi-
 viduals with experience in restoration of historical memorabilia, exper-
 tise in military history, or a background in historical  restoration  or
 fine  arts  conservation.  No  appointed member shall be a member of the
 executive, legislative or judicial branch of the state government at the
 time of his/her appointment.  The advisory committee shall meet at least
 four times a year.  No  members  shall  receive  any  compensation,  but
 members  who  are  not  state officials may receive actual and necessary
 expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
   § 4. The article heading of article 17 of the executive law is amended
 to read as follows:
                       VETERANS' [AFFAIRS] SERVICES
   § 5. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 350  of  the  executive  law  are
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  term  "division"  means  the  division of veterans' [affairs]
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   2. The term "state director" means the  New  York  state  director  of
 veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   § 6. Section 351 of the executive law is amended to read as follows:
   § 351. Division  of  veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES.   There is hereby
 created in the executive department a division  of  veterans'  [affairs]
 SERVICES.   The head of such division shall be the New York state direc-
 tor of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES who shall be a veteran. He shall  be
 appointed  by  the  governor  and shall hold office during his pleasure.
 Such state director shall receive an annual salary to be  fixed  by  the
 governor  within  the limitation provided by law. He shall also be enti-
 tled to receive his expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him in
 the performance of his duties. The state director, with the approval  of
 the  governor,  may  establish  such  bureaus within the division as are
 necessary and appropriate to carrying out its functions and may  consol-
 idate or abolish such bureaus. The state director may appoint such offi-
 cers,  consultants, clerks and other employees and agents as he may deem
 necessary, fix their compensation within the limitation provided by law,
 and prescribe their duties.
   § 7. The section heading and subdivisions 1 and 5 of  section  352  of
 the  executive  law,  as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 1993, are
 amended to read as follows:
   Veterans' [affairs] SERVICES commission.   1. There shall  be  in  the
 division  a veterans' [affairs] SERVICES commission, which shall consist
 of the members and the ex officio members provided for in this section.
   5. The commission shall have power, and  it  shall  be  its  duty,  to
 assist  the  state  director  in  the  formulation of policies affecting
 veterans and in the coordination of all  operations  of  state  agencies
 relating to veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   §  8.  Section 354-a of the executive law, as amended by section 95 of
 subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   § 354-a. Information  on  status  of  veterans  receiving  assistance.
 Departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the
 state and political  subdivisions  thereof,  which  provide  assistance,
 treatment,  counseling,  care,  supervision  or custody in service areas
 involving health, mental health, family services,  criminal  justice  or
 employment,  including  but  not limited to the office of alcoholism and
 substance abuse services, office of mental health, office  of  probation
 and  correctional  alternatives, office of children and family services,
 office of temporary and disability  assistance,  department  of  health,
 department  of  labor,  local  workforce  investment  boards, office for
 people with developmental disabilities, and  department  of  corrections
 and  community  supervision,  shall  request assisted persons to provide
 information with regard to their veteran  status  and  military  experi-
 ences.  Individuals  identifying themselves as veterans shall be advised
 that the division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES  and  local  veterans'
 service  agencies  established  pursuant to section three hundred fifty-
 seven of this article provide assistance to veterans regarding  benefits
 under  federal  and state law. Information regarding veterans status and
 military service provided by assisted persons solely to  implement  this
 section  shall  be  protected as personal confidential information under
 article six-A of the public officers law against disclosure of confiden-
 tial material, and used only to  assist  in  the  diagnosis,  treatment,
 assessment  and  handling  of  the  veteran's problems within the agency
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 of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES  for  information  and  assistance  with
 regard to benefits and entitlements under federal and state law.
   §  9. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 361-b of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 515 of the laws of 2011, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  "Division"  shall  mean the state division of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES.
   § 10. Section 362 of the executive law, as amended by chapter  251  of
 the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   § 362. Creation  of annuity. 1. Payment to veterans. a. Any veteran as
 defined in this article who has been or is hereafter classified  by  the
 New York State commission for the visually handicapped as a blind person
 as  defined in section three of chapter four hundred fifteen of the laws
 of nineteen hundred thirteen, as amended, and continues to  be  a  blind
 person  within  the  meaning of that section, shall, upon application to
 the director of the division of veterans' [affairs]  SERVICES,  be  paid
 out  of the treasury of the state for such term as such veteran shall be
 entitled thereto under the provisions of this article, the  sum  of  one
 thousand  dollars  annually,  plus  any applicable annual adjustment, as
 provided in this section.
   b. The entitlement of  any  veteran  to  receive  the  annuity  herein
 provided  shall  terminate  upon  his or her ceasing to continue to be a
 resident of and domiciled in the state,  but  such  entitlement  may  be
 reinstated  upon  application  to  the  director  of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES, if such veteran shall thereafter resume his or  her  residence
 and domicile in the state.
   c. The effective date of an award of the annuity to a veteran shall be
 the  date  of  receipt  of  the  application therefor by the director of
 veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, except that if the application  is  denied
 but  is  granted at a later date upon an application for reconsideration
 based upon new evidence, the effective date of the award of the  annuity
 to  a veteran shall be the date of receipt of the application for recon-
 sideration by the director of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   2. Payment to widows and widowers of blind veterans. a.  The  unremar-
 ried  spouse  of  a  veteran  who heretofore has died or the unremarried
 spouse of a veteran dying hereafter, such veteran being at the  time  of
 her  or  his  death  a recipient of, or eligible for, the benefits above
 provided, shall, upon application to the director of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES, also be paid out of the treasury of the state the sum  of  one
 thousand  dollars  annually,  plus any applicable annual adjustment, for
 such term as such unremarried spouse shall be entitled thereto under the
 provisions of this article.
   b. The entitlement of any widow or  widower  to  receive  the  annuity
 herein  provided shall terminate upon her or his death or re-marriage or
 upon her or his ceasing to continue to be a resident of and domiciled in
 the state of New York, but  such  entitlement  may  be  reinstated  upon
 application  to  the  director  of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, if such
 widow or widower shall thereafter resume her or his residence and  domi-
 cile in the state.
   c. The effective date of an award of the annuity to a widow or widower
 shall  be the day after the date of death of the veteran if the applica-
 tion therefor is received within one year from such date  of  death.  If
 the  application  is  received  after  the  expiration of the first year
 following the date of the death of the veteran, the effective date of an
 award of the annuity to a widow or widower shall be the date of  receipt
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 an application is denied but is granted at a later date upon an applica-
 tion for reconsideration based upon new evidence, the effective date  of
 the  award  of  the  annuity  to a widow or widower shall be the date of
 receipt of the application for reconsideration by the director of veter-
 ans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   3.  Annual  adjustment.  Commencing in the year two thousand five, and
 for each year thereafter, the amount of any annuity payable  under  this
 section shall be the same amount as the annuity payable in the preceding
 year  plus  a  percentage  adjustment  equal  to  the  annual percentage
 increase, if any, for compensation and pension benefits administered  by
 the  United States Department of Veterans' Affairs in the previous year.
 Such percentage increase shall be rounded up to the  next  highest  one-
 tenth  of  one  percent  and shall not be less than one percent nor more
 than four percent. Commencing in the year two thousand five, the  direc-
 tor  of  veterans'  [affairs] SERVICES, not later than February first of
 each year, shall publish by any reasonable means the amount of the annu-
 ity as adjusted payable under this section.
   § 10-a. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section  363  of  the  executive  law,
 subdivision  1 as added by chapter 424 of the laws of 1961, and subdivi-
 sion 2 as amended by chapter 1052 of the laws of 1971,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1. The evidence of such service, blindness, residence and domicile, or
 of  such  marriage, widowhood, residence and domicile in each case shall
 be furnished in the manner and form prescribed by the director of veter-
 ans' [affairs] SERVICES who shall examine the same.
   2. Upon being satisfied that such service was  performed,  that  other
 facts  and  statements  in  the application of such veteran or widow are
 true and that the said veteran has been classified by the New York state
 commission for the visually handicapped as a blind  person,  where  such
 veteran  is  not receiving or not entitled to receive a benefit from any
 existing retirement system to which the state is a  contributor,  unless
 such  veteran  shall  have  become  disabled by reason of loss of sight,
 while engaged in employment entitling him to receive a benefit from  any
 existing retirement system to which the state is a contributor, and as a
 result  of  such  disability  has  retired  from  such employment and is
 receiving or is entitled to  receive  a  benefit  from  such  retirement
 system the director of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES shall certify to the
 state comptroller the name and address of such veteran or widow.
   §  10-b.  Subdivisions  3  and  5 of section 364 of the executive law,
 subdivision 3 as added by chapter 424 of the laws of 1961, and  subdivi-
 sion  5  as  amended  by chapter 115 of the laws of 1981, are amended to
 read as follows:
   3. Where any veteran is disqualified for the annuity  for  any  period
 solely  by  reason of the provisions of subdivision two of this section,
 the director of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES shall pay to his [wife]  OR
 HER  SPOUSE,  if  any,  the annuity which such veteran would receive for
 that period but for said subdivision two.
   5. Where payment of the annuity as hereinbefore authorized  is  to  be
 made to a mentally incompetent person or a conservatee, such payment may
 be  authorized  by  the  director of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES of the
 state to be paid only to a duly qualified court-appointed  committee  or
 conservator,  legally  vested with the care of such incompetent's person
 or property or of such conservatee's property, except that in  the  case
 of  an incompetent annuitant for whom a committee has not been appointed
 or a person under a substantial impairment [within the  meaning  of  the
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 hygiene law] for whom a conservator has not been appointed  and  who  is
 hospitalized  in a United States veterans' administration hospital or in
 a hospital under the jurisdiction of the state of New York, the director
 of  veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES  of  the  state may in his discretion
 certify payment of the  annuity,  as  hereinbefore  authorized,  to  the
 manager  of such veterans' administration hospital or to the director of
 such state hospital for the account of the said incompetent or  substan-
 tially impaired annuitant.
   §  11. The third undesignated paragraph of subdivision 1 and the open-
 ing paragraphs of paragraphs (a) and (b),  paragraph  (g),  the  opening
 paragraph and clause 6 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (h) of subdivi-
 sion  2  of  section  365 of the executive law, as added by section 5 of
 part W of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2013,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   The legislature additionally finds and determines that it is therefore
 necessary  to  provide  for the construction and establishment of one or
 more New York state veterans cemeteries, and that to thereafter, provide
 for the expansion, improvement, support, operation, maintenance and  the
 provision  of  perpetual  care of all such cemeteries so constructed and
 established. The legislature also finds and determines that it is appro-
 priate to have the responsibility for the  construction,  establishment,
 expansion,   improvement,   support,   operation,  maintenance  and  the
 provision of perpetual care for veterans cemeteries in this state, to be
 under the oversight and direction of  the  state  division  of  veterans
 [affairs]  SERVICES, and its director, individually, and as chair of the
 management board, for each such veterans  cemetery  so  constructed  and
 established.
   The  division,  in  cooperation  with  the United States department of
 veterans affairs, and in consultation with, and upon the support of  the
 department  of  state  division  of  cemeteries,  is  hereby directed to
 conduct an investigation and study on the issue of the construction  and
 establishment of the first New York state [veterans] VETERANS' cemetery.
 Such investigation and study shall include, but not be limited to:
   Prior  to  the commencement of the investigation and study pursuant to
 paragraph (a) of this subdivision,  the  director  of  the  division  of
 veterans'  [affairs] SERVICES, the director of the division of the budg-
 et, the director of the department of state's  division  of  cemeteries,
 and  the  office  of the state comptroller must certify to the governor,
 the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,  the
 chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways
 and  means  committee that the veterans remembrance and cemetery mainte-
 nance and operation fund, created pursuant to section  ninety-seven-mmmm
 of  the  state  finance  law,  contains  moneys  sufficient, adjusted to
 reflect projected future inflation, to fund the  operation,  maintenance
 and  the provision of perpetual care of a state veterans' cemetery for a
 period of not less than fifteen years, provided that such  amount  shall
 not  include  any  amount that shall be reimbursed or contributed to the
 cemetery from the government of the United States  or  any  amount  that
 would be recoverable by the cemetery pursuant to a charge of fee for the
 provision  of a grave site for a non-veteran spouse or family member. In
 making such a certification, the director of the division  of  veterans'
 [affairs]  SERVICES,  the  director  of  the division of the budget, the
 director of the department of state's division of  cemeteries,  and  the
 office  of the state comptroller shall consider, but are not limited to,
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   (g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the  divi-
 sion  of  veterans'  [affairs] SERVICES to commence an investigation and
 study pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, issuing  a  request
 for proposals pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision, selecting a
 site for the first New York state [veterans] VETERANS' cemetery pursuant
 to  paragraph (d) of this subdivision, or submitting any application for
 funding from the government of the United States in accordance with  the
 grant  requirements  specified in section 2408 of title 38 of the United
 States code, part 30 of title 38 of the code of federal regulations, and
 other relevant federal statutes or regulations, for the purpose of seek-
 ing  funds  to  support  the  construction,  establishment,   expansion,
 improvement,  support,  operation,  maintenance  and  the  provision  of
 perpetual care of New York state's first [veterans]  VETERANS'  cemetery
 pursuant  to  paragraph  (e)  of this subdivision until the funds in the
 veterans remembrance and cemetery maintenance and  operation  fund  have
 been certified pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
   Guidelines  and  standards for the request for proposals for any local
 government desiring to have the first state [veterans]  VETERANS'  ceme-
 tery located within its political subdivision, pursuant to paragraph (b)
 of this subdivision, including, but not limited to:
   (6) The requirement that a response shall require the local government
 to agree to authorize the state of New York, in the event that the local
 government  fails to perform its obligations under the contract with the
 state of New York, that the state director of the division of  veterans'
 [affairs]  SERVICES  shall certify to the comptroller any unpaid amounts
 or any amounts necessary for the state to assume the  obligations  which
 the  local  government  failed to perform, and the comptroller shall, to
 the extent not otherwise prohibited by law, withhold  such  amount  from
 any  state  aid or other amount payable to such local government; to the
 extent that sufficient funds are not available for such withholding, the
 state may pursue any and all available legal  remedies  to  enforce  the
 terms of the contract entered into between the state and a local govern-
 ment pursuant to this subdivision; and
   § 12. Subdivision 3 of section 369-d of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 557 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  establish and maintain, together with the director of the division
 of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, a program to educate separating service
 members as to the benefits available to veterans under this article.
   § 13. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 369-i of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 22 of the laws of 2014, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   (c)  Evaluate  and  assess  availability  of  firms for the purpose of
 increasing participation of such firms in state contracting in consulta-
 tion with relevant state entities including, but not limited to, the New
 York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   § 14. Subdivision 1 of section 643 of the executive law, as amended by
 section 107 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. As used in this section, "crime victim-related  agency"  means  any
 agency  of state government which provides services to or deals directly
 with crime victims, including (a) the  office  of  children  and  family
 services,  the  office for the aging, the division of [veterans affairs]
 VETERANS' SERVICES, the office of probation  and  correctional  alterna-
 tives,  the  department  of  corrections  and community supervision, the
 office of victim services, the department of motor vehicles, the  office
 of  vocational  rehabilitation,  the  workers'  compensation  board, the

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 department of health, the division of  criminal  justice  services,  the
 office of mental health, every transportation authority and the division
 of  state police, and (b) any other agency so designated by the governor
 within ninety days of the effective date of this section.
   §  15.  Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 95-f of the state finance law,
 as added by chapter 266 of the laws of 2005,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3. Monies of the fund shall be expended for the provision of veterans'
 counseling  services provided by local veterans' service agencies pursu-
 ant to section three hundred fifty-seven of the executive law under  the
 direction of the division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   4.  To  the extent practicable, the director of the division of veter-
 ans' [affairs] SERVICES shall ensure that all monies received  during  a
 fiscal year are expended prior to the end of that fiscal year.
   §  16.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 2-a and subdivision 5 of
 section 97-mmmm of the state  finance  law,  the  opening  paragraph  of
 subdivision  2-a  as amended by section 27-c of part UU of chapter 54 of
 the laws of 2016, and subdivision 5 as added by section 2 of part  W  of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   On  or before the first day of February each year, the director of the
 New York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES shall provide  a
 written  report to the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the
 assembly, chair of the senate finance committee, chair of  the  assembly
 ways  and  means  committee,  chair of the senate committee on veterans,
 homeland security and military affairs, chair of the assembly  veterans'
 affairs  committee,  the  state  comptroller and the public. Such report
 shall include how the monies  of  the  fund  were  utilized  during  the
 preceding calendar year, and shall include:
   5.  Moneys  shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by  the  director  of
 the division of [veterans affairs] VETERANS' SERVICES.
   §  17.  Subdivision  1,  the  opening paragraph of subdivision 2-a and
 subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 99-v of the state finance law,  subdivi-
 sions  1,  4  and 5 as added by chapter 428 of the laws of 2014, and the
 opening paragraph of subdivision 2-a as amended by section 27-d of  part
 UU of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
   1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the commission-
 er  of  taxation  and  finance, the New York state director of [veterans
 affairs] VETERANS' SERVICES and the comptroller, a special  fund  to  be
 known as the "homeless veterans assistance fund".
   On  or before the first day of February each year, the director of the
 New York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES shall provide  a
 written  report to the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the
 assembly, chair of the senate finance committee, chair of  the  assembly
 ways  and  means  committee,  chair of the senate committee on veterans,
 homeland security and military affairs, chair of the assembly  veterans'
 affairs  committee,  the  state  comptroller and the public. Such report
 shall include how the monies  of  the  fund  were  utilized  during  the
 preceding calendar year, and shall include:
   4.  Moneys  of  the fund shall be expended only for the assistance and
 care of homeless veterans, for housing and housing-related expenses,  as
 determined by the division of [veterans affairs] VETERANS' SERVICES.
   5.  Moneys  shall  be paid out of the fund on the audit and warrant of
 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the New York state
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 received  by the comptroller on moneys on deposit in the homeless veter-
 ans assistance fund shall be retained in and become part of such fund.
   §  18.  Subdivision  1  of section 168 of the labor law, as amended by
 section 117 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. This section shall apply to all persons employed by  the  state  in
 the  ward,  cottage,  colony, kitchen and dining room, and guard service
 personnel in any hospital, school, prison, reformatory or other institu-
 tion within or subject to  the  jurisdiction,  supervision,  control  or
 visitation  of  the department of corrections and community supervision,
 the department of health, the department of mental hygiene, the  depart-
 ment  of  social welfare or the division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES
 in the executive department, and engaged  in  the  performance  of  such
 duties as nursing, guarding or attending the inmates, patients, wards or
 other  persons kept or housed in such institutions, or in protecting and
 guarding the buildings and/or grounds thereof, or in preparing or  serv-
 ing food therein.
   §  19.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 266 of the laws of 2005, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 in  the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the regu-
 lar registration fee prescribed by section  four  hundred  one  of  this
 article,  provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of
 fifteen dollars shall be charged for such  plate.  Such  annual  service
 charge  shall be deposited to the credit of the Eighth Air Force Histor-
 ical Society fund established pursuant to section ninety-five-f  of  the
 state  finance  law  and shall be used for veterans' counseling services
 provided by local veterans' service agencies pursuant to  section  three
 hundred  fifty-seven  of  the  executive  law under the direction of the
 division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES. Provided,  however,  that  one
 year  after  the  effective  date of this section funds in the amount of
 five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall  be
 allocated  to  the  department  to  offset  costs  associated  with  the
 production of such license plates.
   § 20. Subdivision 3 of section 11-0707 of the environmental  conserva-
 tion  law, as amended by section 92 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62
 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Any person who is a patient at any facility  in  this  state  main-
 tained  by the United States Veterans' Administration or at any hospital
 or sanitorium for treatment of tuberculosis maintained by the  state  or
 any municipal corporation thereof or resident patient at any institution
 of the department of Mental Hygiene, or resident patient at the rehabil-
 itation  hospital of the department of Health, or at any rest camp main-
 tained by the state through the Division of Veterans' [Affairs] SERVICES
 in the Executive Department or any inmate of a  conservation  work  camp
 within   the   youth   rehabilitation  facility  of  the  department  of
 corrections and community supervision, or any inmate of a youth opportu-
 nity or youth rehabilitation center within the Office  of  Children  and
 Family  Services,  any  resident of a nursing home or residential health
 care facility as defined in subdivisions two and three of section  twen-
 ty-eight  hundred  one  of the public health law, or any staff member or
 volunteer accompanying or assisting one or more residents of such  nurs-
 ing  home or residential health care facility on an outing authorized by
 the administrator of such nursing home or residential health care facil-
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 not  take  bait fish by net or trap, if he has on his person an authori-
 zation upon a form furnished by the department containing such identify-
 ing information and data as may be required by it,  and  signed  by  the
 superintendent  or  other  head of such facility, institution, hospital,
 sanitarium, nursing home, residential health care facility or rest camp,
 as the case may be, or by a staff physician thereat duly  authorized  so
 to  do  by  the superintendent or other head thereof. Such authorization
 with respect to inmates of said conservation work camps shall be limited
 to areas under the care, custody and control of the department.
   § 21. Subdivision 5 of section 2805-b of the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  64  of  the  laws  of  2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. The staff of a general hospital shall: (a) inquire whether  or  not
 the  person  admitted has served in the United States armed forces. Such
 information shall be listed on  the  admissions  form;  (b)  notify  any
 admittee  who is a veteran of the possible availability of services at a
 hospital operated by the veterans administration, and, upon  request  by
 the  admittee,  such  staff shall make arrangements for the individual's
 transfer to  a  veterans  administration  operated  hospital,  provided,
 however,  that  transfers  shall  be  authorized  only after it has been
 determined, according to accepted clinical and medical  standards,  that
 the  patient's condition has stabilized and transfer can be accomplished
 safely and without complication; and (c) provide any  admittee  who  has
 served in the United States armed forces with a copy of the "Information
 for  Veterans  concerning Health Care Options" fact sheet, maintained by
 the division of veterans' [affairs]  SERVICES  pursuant  to  subdivision
 twenty-three  of  section three hundred fifty-three of the executive law
 prior to discharging or transferring the patient. The commissioner shall
 promulgate rules and regulations for notifying such admittees of  possi-
 ble available services and for arranging a requested transfer.
   § 22. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 2805-o of the public health law,
 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 95 of the laws of 2004, and subdivi-
 sion  3 as added by chapter 158 of the laws of 1993, are amended to read
 as follows:
   2. Every nursing home and residential health care  facility  shall  in
 writing  advise  all  individuals  identifying themselves as veterans or
 spouses of veterans that the division of  veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES
 and  local  veterans'  service  agencies established pursuant to section
 three hundred fifty-seven of the executive law to provide assistance  to
 veterans  and  their  spouses regarding benefits under federal and state
 law. Such written information shall include the name, address and  tele-
 phone  number  of  the  New  York  state division of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES, the nearest division of veterans' [affairs]  SERVICES  office,
 the  nearest  county  or  city  veterans' service agency and the nearest
 accredited veterans' service officer.
   3. Every nursing home  and  residential  health  care  facility,  upon
 request  of individuals identifying themselves as veterans or spouses of
 veterans, shall transmit such veteran status information to the division
 of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   § 23. Subdivision 2 of section 3802 of the public health law, as added
 by chapter 1135 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   2. In the exercise of the foregoing powers and duties the commissioner
 shall consult with the director of the division of  veterans'  [affairs]
 SERVICES and the heads of state agencies charged with responsibility for
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   §  24.  Subdivision  3  of  section  3803 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 743 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  In  exercising  any  of  his or her powers under this section, the
 commissioner shall consult with appropriate health  care  professionals,
 providers,  veterans or organizations representing them, the division of
 veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES,  the  federal  department  of  veterans'
 affairs and the United States defense department.
   §  25.  Section 99-v of the general municipal law, as added by chapter
 16 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   § 99-v. Veterans [affairs] SERVICES; display of events.  Each  county,
 city,  town or village may adopt a local law to provide a bulletin board
 to be conspicuously displayed in such  county,  city,  town  or  village
 building  holding  its local legislative body or municipal offices. Such
 bulletin board shall be used by veterans  organizations,  the  New  York
 state  division  of  veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES, the county veterans
 service agency or city veterans service agency  to  display  information
 regarding  veterans in such county, city, town or village. Such informa-
 tion may include, but not be limited to, benefits or  upcoming  veterans
 related events in the community.
   §  26. Subdivision 1-b of section 247 of the military law, as added by
 chapter 477 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   1-b. The adjutant general is hereby authorized to present in the  name
 of  the legislature of the state of New York, a certificate, to be known
 as the "Cold War Certificate", bearing a suitable  inscription,  to  any
 person:  (i) who is a citizen of the state of New York or (ii) who was a
 citizen of the state of New York while serving in the  armed  forces  of
 the  United  States;  (iii) who served in the United States Armed Forces
 during the period  of  time  from  September  second,  nineteen  hundred
 forty-five  through  December twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred ninety-one,
 commonly known  as  the  Cold  War  Era;  and  (iv)  who  was  honorably
 discharged or released under honorable circumstances during the Cold War
 Era.  Not  more  than  one  Cold  War  Certificate  shall  be awarded or
 presented, under the provisions of this subdivision, to any person whose
 entire service subsequent to the time of the receipt of such medal shall
 not have been honorable. In the event of the death of any person  during
 or  subsequent  to the receipt of such certificate it shall be presented
 to such representative of the deceased as may be designated.  The  adju-
 tant  general,  in  consultation  with  the  director of the division of
 veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, shall make such rules and  regulations  as
 may  be deemed necessary for the proper presentation and distribution of
 the certificate.
   § 27. Subdivision 3 of section 14-a of the domestic relations law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  297  of  the  laws  of 1963, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. No fee shall be charged for any certificate when  required  by  the
 veterans  administration  or  by  the  division  of  veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES of the state of New York to be used in determining  the  eligi-
 bility  of  any  person to participate in the benefits made available by
 the veterans administration or by the state of New York.
   § 28. Subdivision 1 of section 19 of the domestic  relations  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  674  of  the  laws  of 1985, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Each town  and  city  clerk  hereby  empowered  to  issue  marriage
 licenses shall keep a book supplied by the state department of health in
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 therein, which book shall be kept and preserved as a part of the  public
 records  of  his office. Whenever an application is made for a search of
 such records the city or town clerk, excepting the  city  clerk  of  the
 city  of New York, may make such search and furnish a certificate of the
 result to the applicant upon the payment of a fee of five dollars for  a
 search  of  one year and a further fee of one dollar for the second year
 for which such search is requested and fifty cents for  each  additional
 year  thereafter,  which  fees  shall be paid in advance of such search.
 Whenever an application is made for a search of such records in the city
 of New York, the city clerk of the city of New York may make such search
 and furnish a certificate of  the  result  to  the  applicant  upon  the
 payment  of a fee of five dollars for a search of one year and a further
 fee of one dollar for the second year for which search is requested  and
 fifty  cents  each additional year thereafter. Notwithstanding any other
 provision of this article, no fee shall be charged  for  any  search  or
 certificate when required by the veterans administration or by the divi-
 sion of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES of the state of New York to be used
 in determining the eligibility of any person to participate in the bene-
 fits  made  available  by the veterans administration or by the state of
 New York. All such affidavits, statements and consents, immediately upon
 the taking or receiving of the same by the town or city clerk, shall  be
 recorded  and indexed as provided herein and shall be public records and
 open to public inspection whenever the same may be necessary or required
 for judicial or other proper purposes. At such times as the commissioner
 shall direct, the said town or city clerk, excepting the city  clerk  of
 the  city  of New York, shall file in the office of the state department
 of health the original of each affidavit, statement, consent, order of a
 justice  or  judge  authorizing  immediate  solemnization  of  marriage,
 license and certificate, filed with or made before such clerk during the
 preceding  month.  Such  clerk shall not be required to file any of said
 documents with the state department  of  health  until  the  license  is
 returned  with  the  certificate showing that the marriage to which they
 refer has been actually performed.
   The county clerks of the counties comprising  the  city  of  New  York
 shall  cause  all  original  applications and original licenses with the
 marriage solemnization statements thereon heretofore  filed  with  each,
 and  all  papers and records and binders relating to such original docu-
 ments pertaining to marriage licenses issued  by  said  city  clerk,  in
 their  custody  and possession to be removed, transferred, and delivered
 to the borough offices of the city clerk in each of said counties.
   § 29. Subdivision 1 of section 3308 of the education law, as added  by
 section  1  of  part A of chapter 328 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. Each member state shall, through the creation of a state council or
 use of an existing body or board, provide for the coordination among its
 agencies of government, local educational agencies and military  instal-
 lations  concerning  the  state's participation in, and compliance with,
 this compact and interstate commission  activities.  In  New  York,  the
 state council shall include the commissioner or his or her designee, the
 director  of the New York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES
 or his or her designee, the adjutant general of the state of New York or
 his or her designee, a superintendent of a school district with  a  high
 concentration  of  military  children  appointed  by the commissioner, a
 district superintendent of schools of a board of cooperative educational
 services serving an area with a high concentration of military  children
 appointed  by the commissioner, a representative from a military instal-

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 lation appointed by the governor, a representative of military  families
 appointed by the governor, a public member appointed by the governor and
 one  representative  each  appointed by the speaker of the assembly, the
 temporary president of the senate and the governor.
   §  30.  Subdivision 1 of section 6505-c of the education law, as added
 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   1. The commissioner shall develop, jointly with the  director  of  the
 division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, a program to facilitate artic-
 ulation  between  participation  in  the  military service of the United
 States or the military service of the state and admission to practice of
 a profession. The commissioner and the director shall  identify,  review
 and  evaluate  professional training programs offered through either the
 military service of the United States or the  military  service  of  the
 state  which  may,  where  applicable,  be accepted by the department as
 equivalent education and training in lieu of all or part of an  approved
 program.  Particular  emphasis  shall be placed on the identification of
 military programs which have previously been deemed  acceptable  by  the
 department  as  equivalent  education  and  training, programs which may
 provide, where applicable, equivalent education and training  for  those
 professions  which are critical to public health and safety and programs
 which may provide, where applicable, equivalent education  and  training
 for  those  professions  for  which  shortages exist in the state of New
 York.
   § 31. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (b) of section  5.06  of  the  mental
 hygiene  law,  as added by section 2 of part N of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (5) one member appointed on the recommendation of the  state  director
 of the division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES and one member appointed
 on  the  recommendation of the adjutant general of the division of mili-
 tary and naval affairs, at least one of  whom  shall  be  a  current  or
 former  consumer  of  mental  health  services or substance use disorder
 services who is a veteran who has served in a combat theater  or  combat
 zone of operations and is a member of a veterans organization;
   § 31-a. Subdivision (i) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law, as
 added by chapter 358 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  The office of alcoholism and substance abuse services shall peri-
 odically, in consultation with the state director of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES: (1) review the programs operated by the office to ensure  that
 the  needs  of  the state's veterans who served in the U.S. armed forces
 and who are recovering from alcohol and/or substance abuse are being met
 and to develop improvements to programs to meet such needs; and  (2)  in
 collaboration  with  the  state director of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES
 and the commissioner of the office of mental  health,  review  and  make
 recommendations  to  improve  programs that provide treatment, rehabili-
 tation, relapse prevention, and recovery services to veterans  who  have
 served  in  a  combat  theatre  or  combat zone of operations and have a
 co-occurring mental health and alcoholism or substance abuse disorder.
   § 31-b. Subdivision 15 of section 202 of the elder law, as amended  by
 chapter 455 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   15. to periodically, in consultation with the state director of veter-
 ans'  [affairs]  SERVICES, review the programs operated by the office to
 ensure that the needs of the state's aging veteran population are  being
 met and to develop improvements to programs to meet such needs; and
   §  32.  Paragraph  (j)  of  subdivision  3 of section 20 of the social
 services law, as added by chapter 407 of the laws of 2016, is amended to
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   (j) to ensure the provision, on any form required to be  completed  at
 application  or  recertification  for the purpose of obtaining financial
 assistance pursuant to this chapter, the form shall contain a  check-off
 question asking whether the applicant or recipient or a member of his or
 her family served in the United States military, and an option to answer
 in  the  affirmative.  Where  the  applicant or recipient answers in the
 affirmative to such question, the office  of  temporary  and  disability
 assistance  shall ensure that contact information for the state division
 of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES is provided to such applicant or recipi-
 ent, in addition to any other materials provided.
   § 33. Paragraph (g) of section 202 of the  not-for-profit  corporation
 law,  as added by chapter 407 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (g) Every corporation receiving any kind of state funding shall ensure
 the provision on any form required to be  completed  at  application  or
 recertification for the purpose of obtaining financial assistance pursu-
 ant to this chapter, that the application form shall contain a check-off
 question asking whether the applicant or recipient or a member of his or
 her family served in the United States military, and an option to answer
 in  the  affirmative.  Where  the  applicant or recipient answers in the
 affirmative to  such  question,  the  not-for-profit  corporation  shall
 ensure  that  contact  information  for  the state division of veterans'
 [affairs] SERVICES is provided to such applicant or recipient  in  addi-
 tion to any other materials provided.
   §  34. Paragraph (b) of section 1401 of the not-for-profit corporation
 law, as amended by chapter 675 of the laws of 2004, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  Removal  of  remains from private cemeteries to other cemeteries.
 The supervisor of any town containing a private cemetery may remove  any
 body interred in such cemetery to any other cemetery within the town, if
 the  owners  of  such  cemeteries  and  the  next of kin of the deceased
 consent to such removal. The owners of a private cemetery may remove the
 bodies interred therein to any other cemetery within such  town,  or  to
 any  cemetery  designated  by the next of kin of the deceased. Notice of
 such removal shall be given  within  twenty  days  before  such  removal
 personally  or  by  certified mail to the next of kin of the deceased if
 known and to the clerk and historian of the county in  which  such  real
 property  is  situated  and  notice shall be given to the New York state
 department of state, division of cemeteries. If any of the deceased  are
 known  to  be  veterans,  the  owners  shall also notify the division of
 veterans' [affairs] SERVICES. In the absence of the  next  of  kin,  the
 county  clerk,  county  historian or the division of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES may act as a guardian to ensure proper reburial.
   § 35. Subdivision 10 of section 458 of the real property tax  law,  as
 added by chapter 426 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   10.  The  commissioner shall develop in consultation with the director
 of the New York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES a listing
 of documents to be used to establish  eligibility  under  this  section,
 including  but not limited to a certificate of release or discharge from
 active duty also  known  as  a  DD-214  form  or  an  Honorable  Service
 Certificate/Report  of  Causality  from  the department of defense. Such
 information shall be made  available  to  each  county,  city,  town  or
 village  assessor's  office, or congressional chartered veterans service
 officers who request such information. The listing of  acceptable  mili-
 tary  records  shall  be  made available on the internet websites of the

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 division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES and the office of real property
 tax services.
   §  36. Subdivision 9 of section 458-a of the real property tax law, as
 added by chapter 426 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   9. The commissioner shall develop in consultation with the director of
 the New York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES a listing of
 documents to be  used  to  establish  eligibility  under  this  section,
 including  but not limited to a certificate of release or discharge from
 active duty also  known  as  a  DD-214  form  or  an  Honorable  Service
 Certificate/Report  of  Causality  from  the department of defense. Such
 information shall be made  available  to  each  county,  city,  town  or
 village  assessor's  office, or congressional chartered veterans service
 officers who request such information. The listing of  acceptable  mili-
 tary  records  shall  be  made available on the internet websites of the
 division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES and the office of real property
 tax services.
   § 37. Subdivision 8 of section 458-b of the real property tax law,  as
 added by chapter 426 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   8. The commissioner shall develop in consultation with the director of
 the New York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES a listing of
 documents  to  be  used  to  establish  eligibility  under this section,
 including but not limited to a certificate of release or discharge  from
 active  duty  also  known  as  a  DD-214  form  or  an Honorable Service
 Certificate/Report of Causality from the  department  of  defense.  Such
 information  shall  be  made  available  to  each  county, city, town or
 village assessor's office, or congressional chartered  veterans  service
 officers  who  request such information. The listing of acceptable mili-
 tary records shall be made available on the  internet  websites  of  the
 division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES and the office of real property
 tax services.
   §  38. Subdivision 1 of section 20 of chapter 784 of the laws of 1951,
 constituting the New York  state  defense  emergency  act  of  1951,  as
 amended  by  section  85 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. There is hereby continued in the division  of  military  and  naval
 affairs  in the executive department a state civil defense commission to
 consist of the same members as the members of the disaster  preparedness
 commission  as  established  in  article  two-B of the executive law. In
 addition, the superintendent of financial services, the chairman of  the
 workers'  compensation  board and the director of the division of veter-
 ans' [affairs] SERVICES shall be members. The governor  shall  designate
 one  of  the  members  of the commission to be the chairman thereof. The
 commission may provide for  its  division  into  subcommittees  and  for
 action by such subcommittees with the same force and effect as action by
 the full commission. The members of the commission, except for those who
 serve  ex  officio, shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties under this article but shall
 receive no additional compensation for  services  rendered  pursuant  to
 this article.
   §  39.  Paragraph 2 of subdivision b of section 31-102 of the adminis-
 trative code of the city of New York, as added by local law  number  113
 of  the  city  of  New  York  for  the  year 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. links to websites describing veteran employment  services  provided
 by  the federal government and New York state government, including, but
 not limited to, the websites of the United States department  of  labor,

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 the  New York state department of labor, the United States department of
 veterans affairs, and the New York state division of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES; and
   §  40.  Subdivision a of section 3102 of the New York city charter, as
 added by local law number 113 of the city of New York for the year 2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
   a. Except as otherwise provided by law, the  commissioner  shall  have
 such  powers  as provided by the director of the state veterans' service
 agency and shall have the duty to inform military and naval  authorities
 of  the  United States and assist members of the armed forces and veter-
 ans, who are residents of the city, and their families, in relation  to:
 (1)  matters  pertaining to educational training and retraining services
 and facilities, (2)  health,  medical  and  rehabilitation  service  and
 facilities,  (3)  provisions  of federal, state and local laws and regu-
 lations affording special rights and privileges to members of the  armed
 forces and veterans and their families, (4) employment and re-employment
 services,  and  (5)  other  matters  of  similar, related or appropriate
 nature. The commissioner shall also assist families of  members  of  the
 reserve components of the armed forces and the organized militia ordered
 into active duty to ensure that they are made aware of and are receiving
 all  appropriate  support  available  to them. The department also shall
 perform such other duties as may be assigned by the  state  director  of
 the division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   §  41.  The  section  heading  and subdivision 1 of section 352 of the
 executive law, as amended by chapter  501  of  the  laws  of  1993,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   Veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES  commission.  1.  There shall be in the
 division a veterans' [affairs] SERVICES commission, which shall  consist
 of the members and the ex officio members provided for in this section.
   § 42. Subdivision 1 of section 359 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 196 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  local  director  shall  designate the location of the local and
 branch offices of the local veterans' service agency within  his  juris-
 diction,  which offices shall be open during convenient hours.  The cost
 of maintenance and operation of a county veterans' service agency  shall
 be  a  county charge and the cost of maintenance and operation of a city
 veterans' service agency shall be a  city  charge,  excepting  that  the
 state  director  with  the  approval of the veterans' [affairs] SERVICES
 commission shall allot and pay, from state moneys made available to  him
 for such purposes, to each county veterans' service agency and each city
 veterans'  service  agency,  an  amount equal to fifty per centum of its
 expenditures for maintenance and operation approved by the state  direc-
 tor,  provided  that  in no event shall the amount allotted and paid for
 such approved expenditures incurred in any given year exceed (1) in  the
 case  of  any county veterans' service agency in a county having a popu-
 lation of not more than one hundred thousand or in the case of any  city
 veterans'  service agency in a city having a population of not more than
 one hundred thousand, the sum of ten thousand dollars, nor  (2)  in  the
 case  of  any county veterans' service agency in a county having a popu-
 lation in excess of one hundred thousand excluding the population of any
 city therein which has a city veterans' service agency, the sum  of  ten
 thousand  dollars,  and,  in  addition thereto, the sum of five thousand
 dollars for each one hundred thousand, or major portion thereof, of  the
 population of the county in excess of one hundred thousand excluding the
 population  of any city therein which has a city veterans' service agen-
 cy, nor (3) in the case of any city veterans' service agency in  a  city

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 having  a  population  in excess of one hundred thousand, the sum of ten
 thousand dollars, and, in addition thereto, the  sum  of  five  thousand
 dollars  for each one hundred thousand, or major portion thereof, of the
 population  of  the  city  in excess of one hundred thousand. Such popu-
 lation shall be certified in the same  manner  as  provided  by  section
 fifty-four of the state finance law.
   § 43. Terms occurring in laws, contracts and other documents.  Whenev-
 er  the functions, powers, obligations, duties and officials relating to
 the division of veterans' affairs, the veterans' affairs  commission  or
 the  director  of  veterans' affairs is referred to or designated in any
 other law, regulation, contract or document, such  reference  or  desig-
 nation  shall  be  deemed to refer to the appropriate functions, powers,
 obligations, duties, officials and director of the division of veterans'
 services or the veterans' services commission,  as  designated  by  this
 act.
   §  44.  Existing  rights  and remedies preserved. No existing right or
 remedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of
 this act.
   § 45. Severability. If any clause, sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,
 section  or  part contained in any part of this act shall be adjudged by
 any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such  judgment  shall
 not  affect,  impair,  or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be
 confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,  paragraph,  subdivi-
 sion, section or part contained in any part thereof directly involved in
 the  controversy  in which such judgment shall have been rendered. It is
 hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that this act  would
 have  been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not been included
 herein.
   § 46. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however,  that
 the amendments to paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 369-i of the
 executive  law made by section thirteen of this act shall not affect the
 repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Parts A through AA of this act shall be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.

                            
 
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 A  BUDGET  BILL,  submitted by the Governor pursuant to article seven of
   the Constitution -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
   to  be  committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  school  districts
   submission of a contract for excellence, and in relation to establish-
   ing  regional  STEM  magnet  schools;  to  amend the education law, in
   relation to supplemental public excess cost aid; to amend  the  educa-
   tion  law, in relation to high tax aid; to amend the education law, in
   relation to the statewide universal full-day pre-kindergarten program;
   to amend the education law, in relation to the  teachers  of  tomorrow
   teacher recruitment and retention program; to amend the education law,
   in  relation  to  class  sizes  for special classes containing certain
   students with disabilities; to amend the education law, in relation to
   school safety plans; to  amend  the  education  law,  in  relation  to
   including  healthy relationships in health education; to amend chapter
   756 of the laws of 1992, relating to funding a program for work  force
   education conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York
   city,  in relation to reimbursements for the 2019-2020 school year; to
   amend chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to funding  a  program
   for work force education conducted by the consortium for worker educa-
   tion in New York city, in relation to withholding a portion of employ-
   ment  preparation  education  aid and in relation to the effectiveness
   thereof; to amend chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, amending the  educa-
   tion  law and other laws relating to state aid to school districts and
   the appropriation of funds for the support of government, in  relation
   to  the  effectiveness  thereof;  to  amend chapter 147 of the laws of
   2001, amending the education law relating to  conditional  appointment
   of  school district, charter school or BOCES employees, in relation to
   the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 425 of the laws  of  2002,
   amending  the  education law relating to the provision of supplemental
   educational services, attendance at  a  safe  public  school  and  the
   suspension  of pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at a
   school, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 101
   of the laws of 2003, amending the education law relating to  implemen-
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   tation  of  the  No  Child Left Behind Act of 2001, in relation to the
   effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, amend-
   ing the education law and other laws relating to reorganization of the
   New  York  city  school construction authority, board of education and
   community boards, in relation to the effectiveness thereof;  to  amend
   chapter  345 of the laws of 2009, amending the education law and other
   laws relating to the New York city  board  of  education,  chancellor,
   community  councils, and community superintendents, in relation to the
   effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter  472  of  the  laws  of  1998,
   amending  the  education  law relating to the lease of school buses by
   school districts, in relation to the effectiveness thereof;  to  amend
   chapter  552  of the laws of 1995, amending the education law relating
   to contracts for the transportation of school children, in relation to
   the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 97 of the  laws  of  2011,
   amending  the  education law relating to census reporting, in relation
   to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 121 of the laws of 1996
   relating to authorizing the Roosevelt union free  school  district  to
   finance  deficits  by  the  issuance  of  serial bonds, in relation to
   certain apportionments; to amend chapter  670  of  the  laws  of  2007
   amending  the  education law relating to directing the commissioner of
   education to promulgate regulations limiting  the  engines  of  school
   vehicles  to remain idling while parked or standing on school grounds,
   in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 396 of  the
   laws  of 2012 amending the education law, relating to services to out-
   of-state  school  districts  by  boards  of  cooperative   educational
   services,  in  relation  to extending the provisions thereof; to amend
   chapter 371 of the laws of 2014 amending the education law relating to
   the leasing of real property  by  boards  of  cooperative  educational
   services,  in  relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter
   89 of the laws of 2016 relating to supplementary funding for dedicated
   programs for public school students in the East Ramapo central  school
   district,  in  relation  to  the effectiveness thereof; in relation to
   school bus driver training; in relation to special  apportionment  for
   salary  expenses  and public pension accruals; in relation to the city
   school district of the city of Rochester; in relation to total founda-
   tion aid for the purpose of the development, maintenance or  expansion
   of  certain magnet schools or magnet school programs for the 2019-2020
   school year; in relation to the support of public  libraries;  and  to
   repeal  section  3614  of the education law relating to a statement of
   the total funding allocation (Part A); to amend the education law,  in
   relation  to  community  schools  aid  set-aside; the apportionment of
   public aid to certain  school  districts;  academic  enhancement  aid;
   foundation  aid;  supplemental education improvement grants; to ratify
   and validate certain school district building projects;  to  legalize,
   validate,  ratify  and confirm certain acts relating to transportation
   contracts; to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  state  aid
   adjustments; providing for the increase of tuition rates; to amend the
   education  law, in relation to increasing the limit of certain funding
   by the dormitory authority for financing  of  capital  facilities  for
   state-supported  schools  for  blind  and  deaf students; to amend the
   education law, in relation to the effectiveness of provisions relating
   to BOCES intermediate  districts;  to  amend  the  education  law,  in
   relation  to  the  salary of certain teachers providing instruction in
   career and technical education to school age students;  to  amend  the
   education  law,  in relation to aid for career education; to amend the
   education law, in relation to  contracts  for  the  transportation  of

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   school children; to amend the education law, in relation to the amount
   of  the  supplemental  basic tuition for charter schools; to amend the
   general  municipal  law,  in  relation  to  allowing  certain   school
   districts  and boards of cooperative educational services to establish
   a retirement contribution reserve fund for the  purposes  of  the  New
   York state teachers' retirement system; to amend the education law, in
   relation to building condition surveys; to amend the education law, in
   relation  to  building  aid for approved expenditures for debt service
   for tax certiorari financing; and to amend chapter 437 of the laws  of
   2014,  amending the education law relating to removing the requirement
   for annual visual inspections of school buildings, in relation to  the
   effectiveness  thereof  (Part  A-1);  to  amend the education law, the
   business corporation law, the partnership law and the limited  liabil-
   ity company law, in relation to certified public accountants (Part B);
   to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing school bus stop
   cameras;  and  to  amend  the  vehicle and traffic law, in relation to
   owner liability for operator illegally overtaking or passing a  school
   bus  and  increasing  fines for passing a stopped school bus (Part C);
   intentionally omitted (Part D); intentionally  omitted  (Part  E);  to
   amend  the  state  finance law, in relation to the arts capital grants
   fund (Part F); to utilize reserves in the mortgage insurance fund  for
   various  housing purposes (Part G); intentionally omitted (Part H); to
   amend the social services law, in relation to federally required back-
   ground clearances for  persons  working  in  residential  foster  care
   programs  (Part  I);  to amend the social services law, in relation to
   residential programs for  domestic  violence  victims;  and  repealing
   certain provisions of such law relating thereto (Part J); to amend the
   family  court  act,  the social services law and the executive law, in
   relation to persons in need of  supervision;  and  to  repeal  certain
   provisions  of  the  family  court  act and the executive law relating
   thereto (Part K); to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to
   increasing  the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled
   persons living  in  the  community  (Part  L);  intentionally  omitted
   (Subpart  A);  and  to amend part W of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016,
   amending the social services law relating to the powers and duties  of
   the  commissioner  of social services relating to the appointment of a
   temporary operator, in relation to the effectiveness thereof  (Subpart
   B) (Part M); intentionally omitted (Part N); to amend the lien law, in
   relation  to  employee  liens;  to amend the labor law, in relation to
   employee complaints; to amend the civil practice  law  and  rules,  in
   relation  to grounds for attachment; to amend the business corporation
   law, in relation to streamlining procedures where employees  may  hold
   shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for
   wage  theft;  and  to  amend  the  limited  liability  company law, in
   relation to creating a right for victims of wage theft to hold the ten
   members with the largest ownership interests in a  company  personally
   liable for wage theft (Subpart A); and to amend the criminal procedure
   law and the penal law, in relation to wage theft (Subpart B) (Part O);
   to amend the labor law, in relation to amending unemployment insurance
   benefits  for earnings disregard (Part P); to amend the executive law,
   in relation to prohibiting wage or salary history  inquiries;  and  to
   amend  the labor law, in relation to the prohibition of a differential
   rate of pay on the basis of protected class status  (Part  Q);  inten-
   tionally  omitted (Part R); to amend the executive law, in relation to
   expanding the scope of unlawful discriminatory  practices  to  include
   public  educational institutions (Part S); intentionally omitted (Part

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   T); intentionally omitted (Part U); intentionally omitted (Part V); to
   amend the general business law, in relation to  enacting  the  pension
   poaching  prevention  act  (Part  W);  to  amend the executive law, in
   relation  to  amending  the  definition of pregnancy-related condition
   (Part X); intentionally omitted (Part Y); intentionally omitted  (Part
   Z);  to  amend  the election law, the executive law, the state finance
   law, the labor law, the vehicle and  traffic  law,  the  environmental
   conservation  law,  the  public health law, the general municipal law,
   the military law, the domestic relations law, the education  law,  the
   mental  hygiene  law, the elder law, the social services law, the not-
   for-profit corporation law, the real property tax law, chapter 784  of
   the  laws  of  1951, constituting the New York state defense emergency
   act of 1951, the administrative code of the city of New York, and  the
   New  York  city  charter,  in relation to changing the name of the New
   York state division of veterans' affairs to the New York  state  divi-
   sion  of  veterans'  services;  and  to  amend  the  executive law, in
   relation to changing the name of the veterans' affairs  commission  to
   the  veterans'  services  commission (Part AA); to amend the education
   law, in relation to  increasing the minimum tuition assistance program
   award and increasing the tuition assistance program  income  threshold
   (Part BB); to amend the education law, in relation to requiring health
   care  practitioners  to  provide and the state education department to
   collect information about the practice of  their  professions  and  in
   relation  to  providing practitioners with information on enrolling in
   the New York state donate life registry  for  organ,  eye  and  tissue
   donations  (Part  CC); authorizing the State University of New York at
   Albany to enter into certain leases and contracts (Part DD); to  amend
   the  general  business law, in relation to permitting certain audiolo-
   gists and hearing aid dispensers to dispense hearing aids for a profit
   (Part EE); to amend the labor law, in relation  to  hours,  wages  and
   supplements  in  contracts  for  public  work  (Part FF); to amend the
   public authorities law, in relation to certain contracts  of  the  New
   York  city  school construction authority; and to amend chapter 738 of
   the laws of 1988, amending the administrative code of the city of  New
   York, the public authorities law and other laws relating to establish-
   ing  the  New  York city school construction authority, in relation to
   extending certain provisions  of  such  chapter  relating  to  certain
   contracts  of  the  New  York city school construction authority (Part
   GG); to amend the labor law, in relation to  enacting  the  "New  York
   state  YouthBuild  act"; setting program requirements; authorizing the
   commissioner of labor to make grants to eligible  YouthBuild  programs
   and to establish application requirements; and expanding the number of
   YouthBuild  programs  in  New  York  state (Part HH); and to amend the
   labor law, in relation to prevailing  wage  requirements  for  covered
   development projects (Part II)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act enacts into law major  components  of  legislation
 which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2019-2020
 state  fiscal  year.  Each  component  is wholly contained within a Part
 identified as Parts A through II. The effective date for each particular
 provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of
 such Part.   Any provision in  any  section  contained  within  a  Part,

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 including  the  effective date of the Part, which makes a reference to a
 section "of this act", when used  in  connection  with  that  particular
 component,  shall  be  deemed  to  mean  and  refer to the corresponding
 section of the Part in which it is found. Section three of this act sets
 forth the general effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section  1.    Paragraph  e  of  subdivision 1 of section 211-d of the
 education law, as amended by section 1 of part CCC of chapter 59 of  the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Notwithstanding  paragraphs  a and b of this subdivision, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 eight--two  thousand nine school year shall submit a contract for excel-
 lence for the  two  thousand  nine--two  thousand  ten  school  year  in
 conformity  with the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section unless all schools in the  district  are
 identified  as  in  good  standing  and  provided further that, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 nine--two  thousand  ten school year, unless all schools in the district
 are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract  for  excel-
 lence for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year which
 shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the  expenditure
 of  an  amount  which  shall  be not less than the product of the amount
 approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the  two
 thousand   nine--two   thousand  ten  school  year,  multiplied  by  the
 district's gap elimination adjustment percentage  and  provided  further
 that, a school district that submitted a contract for excellence for the
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year, unless all schools
 in  the  district  are  identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a
 contract for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand  thir-
 teen  school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of
 subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two  of  this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand  eleven--two  thousand  twelve  school  year and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two
 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not  less  than  the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract
 for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year and provided further that,  a  school  district  that  submitted  a
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two thousand thirteen--two thousand
 fourteen school year, unless all schools in the district are  identified
 as  in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year  which   shall,
 notwithstanding  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section,  provide  for  the  expenditure  of  an
 amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand thirteen--two
 thousand fourteen school year;  and  provided  further  that,  a  school

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 district  that  submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year, unless all  schools  in  the
 district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school
 year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph  (vi)
 of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  two  of this section, provide for the
 expenditure of an amount  which  shall  be  not  less  than  the  amount
 approved  by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year;  and  provided
 further  that a school district that submitted a contract for excellence
 for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school  year,  unless
 all  schools  in  the district are identified as in good standing, shall
 submit a contract for excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thou-
 sand seventeen school year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements
 of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand sixteen school year; and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year which shall,  notwithstand-
 ing  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision
 two of this section, provide for the  expenditure  of  an  amount  which
 shall  be  not  less than the amount approved by the commissioner in the
 contract for excellence  for  the  two  thousand  sixteen--two  thousand
 seventeen  school year; and provided further that a school district that
 submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand  seventeen--two
 thousand  eighteen  school  year, unless all schools in the district are
 identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year which
 shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph  (vi)  of  para-
 graph  a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the expenditure
 of an amount which shall be not less than the  amount  approved  by  the
 commissioner  in the contract for excellence for the two thousand seven-
 teen--two thousand eighteen school year; AND PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  NO
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL  BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE
 FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND THER-
 EAFTER.  For purposes of this paragraph, the "gap elimination adjustment
 percentage" shall be calculated as the sum of one minus the quotient  of
 the  sum of the school district's net gap elimination adjustment for two
 thousand ten--two thousand eleven computed pursuant  to  chapter  fifty-
 three  of  the  laws  of two thousand ten, making appropriations for the
 support of  government,  plus  the  school  district's  gap  elimination
 adjustment  for  two  thousand  eleven--two  thousand twelve as computed
 pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the  laws  of  two  thousand  eleven,
 making  appropriations  for  the support of the local assistance budget,
 including support for general support for public schools, divided by the
 total aid for adjustment computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the
 laws of two thousand eleven, making appropriations for the local assist-
 ance budget, including support for general support for  public  schools.
 Provided,  further,  that  such  amount shall be expended to support and
 maintain allowable programs and activities approved in the two  thousand
 nine--two  thousand ten school year or to support new or expanded allow-
 able programs and activities in the current year.

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   § 2. Intentionally omitted.
   § 2-a. Section 3614 of the education law is REPEALED.
   § 3. Intentionally omitted.
   § 4. Intentionally omitted.
   § 5. Intentionally omitted.
   §  5-a.  Clause (ii) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph b of subdivision 4
 of section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 9-b of  part
 CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  Phase-in  foundation  increase  factor.  For  the  two  thousand
 eleven--two  thousand  twelve  school  year,  the  phase-in   foundation
 increase  factor  shall  equal thirty-seven and one-half percent (0.375)
 and the phase-in due minimum percent shall equal nineteen and  forty-one
 hundredths  percent  (0.1941), for the two thousand twelve--two thousand
 thirteen school year the phase-in foundation increase factor shall equal
 one and seven-tenths percent (0.017), for the two thousand thirteen--two
 thousand fourteen school year the phase-in  foundation  increase  factor
 shall equal (1) for a city school district in a city having a population
 of  one  million  or  more,  five  and  twenty-three  hundredths percent
 (0.0523) or (2) for all other school districts zero percent, for the two
 thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year the phase-in founda-
 tion increase factor shall equal (1) for a city  school  district  of  a
 city  having  a  population  of one million or more, four and thirty-two
 hundredths percent (0.0432) or (2) for a school district  other  than  a
 city  school  district  having  a  population of one million or more for
 which (A) the quotient of the  positive  difference  of  the  foundation
 formula aid minus the foundation aid base computed pursuant to paragraph
 j  of  subdivision one of this section divided by the foundation formula
 aid is greater than twenty-two percent (0.22) and (B) a combined  wealth
 ratio  less  than thirty-five hundredths (0.35), seven percent (0.07) or
 (3) for all other  school  districts,  four  and  thirty-one  hundredths
 percent (0.0431), and for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen
 school year the phase-in foundation increase factor shall equal: (1) for
 a  city  school district of a city having a population of one million or
 more,  thirteen  and  two  hundred  seventy-four   thousandths   percent
 (0.13274);  or  (2)  for  districts  where  the quotient arrived at when
 dividing (A) the product of the total  aidable  foundation  pupil  units
 multiplied  by  the  district's  selected  foundation aid less the total
 foundation aid base computed pursuant to paragraph j of subdivision  one
 of  this section divided by (B) the product of the total aidable founda-
 tion pupil units multiplied by the district's selected foundation aid is
 greater than nineteen percent (0.19), and where the district's  combined
 wealth  ratio  is  less  than  thirty-three hundredths (0.33), seven and
 seventy-five hundredths percent (0.0775); or (3) for any other  district
 designated  as  high  need pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two of
 paragraph c of subdivision six  of  this  section  for  the  school  aid
 computer  listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted
 budget for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight  school  year  and
 entitled  "SA0708",  four  percent  (0.04);  or  (4)  for  a city school
 district in a city having a population of one hundred twenty-five  thou-
 sand  or more but less than one million, fourteen percent (0.14); or (5)
 for school districts that were designated as small city school districts
 or central school districts whose boundaries  include  a  portion  of  a
 small  city  for the school aid computer listing produced by the commis-
 sioner in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand  fourteen--
 two  thousand  fifteen school year and entitled "SA1415", four and seven
 hundred fifty-one thousandths percent (0.04751); or (6)  for  all  other

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 districts  one  percent  (0.01),  and  for the two thousand sixteen--two
 thousand seventeen school year  the  foundation  aid  phase-in  increase
 factor  shall  equal for an eligible school district the greater of: (1)
 for a city school district in a city with a population of one million or
 more, seven and seven hundred eighty four thousandths percent (0.07784);
 or  (2)  for  a city school district in a city with a population of more
 than two hundred fifty thousand but less than one million as of the most
 recent federal decennial census,  seven  and  three  hundredths  percent
 (0.0703);  or (3) for a city school district in a city with a population
 of more than two hundred thousand but less than two hundred fifty  thou-
 sand as of the most recent federal decennial census, six and seventy-two
 hundredths percent (0.0672); or (4) for a city school district in a city
 with  a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand but less than
 two hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census, six
 and seventy-four hundredths percent (0.0674); or (5) for a  city  school
 district  in  a  city with a population of more than one hundred twenty-
 five thousand but less than one hundred fifty thousand as  of  the  most
 recent  federal decennial census, nine and fifty-five hundredths percent
 (0.0955); or (6) for school districts that were designated as small city
 school districts or central school districts whose boundaries include  a
 portion  of a small city for the school aid computer listing produced by
 the commissioner in support of the enacted budget for the  two  thousand
 fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year and entitled "SA141-5" with a
 combined  wealth ratio less than one and four tenths (1.4), nine percent
 (0.09), provided,  however,  that  for  such  districts  that  are  also
 districts  designated as high need urban-suburban pursuant to clause (c)
 of subparagraph two of paragraph c of subdivision six  of  this  section
 for  the  school  aid  computer  listing produced by the commissioner in
 support of the enacted budget for the two thousand  seven--two  thousand
 eight  school  year  and  entitled  "SA0708", nine and seven hundred and
 nineteen thousandths percent (0.09719);  or  (7)  for  school  districts
 designated as high need rural pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two
 of  paragraph  c  of  subdivision six of this section for the school aid
 computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  enacted
 budget  for  the  two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and
 entitled "SA0708", thirteen and six tenths percent (0.136); or  (8)  for
 school  districts  designated  as  high  need urban-suburban pursuant to
 clause (c) of subparagraph two of paragraph c of subdivision six of this
 section for the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner
 in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand  seven--two  thou-
 sand  eight  school  year  and entitled "SA0708", seven hundred nineteen
 thousandths percent (0.00719); or (9)  for  all  other  eligible  school
 districts,  forty-seven  hundredths  percent  (0.0047), provided further
 that for the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen  school  year
 the  foundation  aid increase phase-in factor shall equal (1) for school
 districts with a census 2000 poverty rate computed pursuant to paragraph
 q of subdivision one of this section equal to or greater than twenty-six
 percent (0.26), ten and three-tenths  percent  (0.103),  or  (2)  for  a
 school  district in a city with a population in excess of one million or
 more, seventeen and seventy-seven one-hundredths  percent  (0.1777),  or
 (3)  for a city school district in a city with a population of more than
 two hundred fifty thousand but less than one million,  as  of  the  most
 recent  decennial  census,  twelve  and  sixty-nine  hundredths  percent
 (0.1269) or (4) for a city school district in a city with  a  population
 of  more than one hundred fifty thousand but less than two hundred thou-
 sand, as of the most recent federal decennial census, ten  and  seventy-

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 eight one hundredths percent (0.1078), or (5) for a city school district
 in  a  city with a population of more than one hundred twenty-five thou-
 sand but less than one hundred fifty thousand  as  of  the  most  recent
 federal decennial census, nineteen and one hundred eight one-thousandths
 percent  (0.19108),  or  (6) for a city school district in a city with a
 population of more than two hundred thousand but less than  two  hundred
 fifty  thousand  as of the most recent federal decennial census, ten and
 six-tenths percent (0.106), or (7) for all  other  districts,  four  and
 eighty-seven  one-hundredths  percent (0.0487), and for the two thousand
 [nineteen] TWENTY--two thousand [twenty]  TWENTY-ONE  school  year  [and
 thereafter  the commissioner shall annually determine the phase-in foun-
 dation increase factor subject to allocation pursuant to the  provisions
 of  subdivision eighteen of this section and any provisions of a chapter
 of the laws of New York as described therein] THE FOUNDATION AID  PHASE-
 IN INCREASE FACTOR SHALL BE THIRTY-THREE PERCENT (0.33), AND FOR THE TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR THE FOUNDATION
 AID PHASE-IN INCREASE FACTOR SHALL BE FIFTY PERCENT (0.5), AND  FOR  THE
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR AND THER-
 EAFTER  THE FOUNDATION AID PHASE-IN INCREASE FACTOR SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED
 PERCENT (1.0).
   § 6. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section  3602  of  the  education
 law,  as amended by section 9-b of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   d. For the two thousand fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  through  two
 thousand  [eighteen]  NINETEEN--two  thousand  [nineteen]  TWENTY school
 years a city school district of  a  city  having  a  population  of  one
 million or more may use amounts apportioned pursuant to this subdivision
 for afterschool programs.
   § 7. Intentionally omitted.
   § 8. Intentionally omitted.
   § 9. Intentionally omitted.
   § 10. Intentionally omitted.
   § 11. Intentionally omitted.
   § 12. Intentionally omitted.
   § 13. Intentionally omitted.
   § 14. Intentionally omitted.
   § 14-a. Intentionally omitted.
   §  15.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new article 39-A to
 read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 39-A
                       REGIONAL STEM MAGNET SCHOOLS
 SECTION 1918. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL STEM MAGNET SCHOOLS.
   § 1918. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL  STEM  MAGNET  SCHOOLS.    1.  A.  A
 REGIONAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) MAGNET
 SCHOOL MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE, AND
 SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
   B.  A  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL SUBMIT TO THE
 COMMISSIONER A PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE OPERATION OF SUCH SCHOOL FOR HIS OR
 HER APPROVAL, IN A FORM AND MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   C. SUCH SCHOOL SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OF  THE
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
   D.  THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL HAVE RESPONSI-
 BILITY FOR THE OPERATION, SUPERVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SCHOOL  AND
 SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL, INCLUDING
 CURRICULUM, GRADING, AND STAFFING.

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   E. THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED
 TO  ENTER  INTO  CONTRACTS  AS  NECESSARY  OR CONVENIENT TO OPERATE SUCH
 SCHOOL.
   F.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES SHALL BE DEEMED A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES.
   G. STUDENTS ATTENDING SUCH SCHOOL SHALL CONTINUE  TO  BE  ENROLLED  IN
 THEIR  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF RESIDENCE, AND EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESI-
 DENCE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA  TO
 THEIR  RESIDENT STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED THE SCHOOL BASED ON SUCH STUDENTS'
 SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE SCHOOL'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
   H. FOR PURPOSES OF ALL STATE AID CALCULATIONS PURSUANT TO  THIS  CHAP-
 TER,  STUDENTS    ATTENDING SUCH SCHOOL SHALL CONTINUE TO BE TREATED AND
 COUNTED AS STUDENTS OF THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE.
   I. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  EACH
 STUDENT'S  SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVID-
 ING OR ARRANGING FOR TRANSPORTATION TO ITS RESIDENT  STUDENTS  ATTENDING
 SUCH  SCHOOL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY, BUT WITHOUT
 REGARD TO ANY MAXIMUM MILEAGE LIMITATION.
   J. ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL SHALL BE CONSIDERED  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
   K.  THE  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY ENTER INTO A
 LEASE WITH RESPECT TO SUITABLE LAND, CLASSROOMS, OFFICES OR BUILDINGS IN
 WHICH TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT SUCH SCHOOL PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  FOUR
 OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS TITLE.
   L.  THE  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL ESTABLISH A
 METHODOLOGY FOR THE  APPORTIONMENT  OF  OPERATIONAL  AND  ADMINISTRATIVE
 COSTS  OF  SUCH SCHOOL BETWEEN PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  NO  COSTS  SHALL  BE  APPORTIONED  TO  COMPONENT  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS THAT ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH SCHOOL.
   M.  THE  TRUSTEES  OR  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OF A NON-COMPONENT SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, INCLUDING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF CITIES  IN  EXCESS  OF  ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS, MAY ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF
 UNDERSTANDING  WITH  A  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES TO
 PARTICIPATE IN SUCH SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED FIVE YEARS
 UPON SUCH TERMS AS SUCH TRUSTEES OR BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD  OF
 COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY MUTUALLY AGREE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
 AGREEMENT MAY PROVIDE FOR A CHARGE  FOR  ADMINISTRATION  COSTS  OF  SUCH
 PROGRAM,  BUT  PARTICIPATING NON-COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE
 LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH  B
 OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS TITLE.
   N.  A  SCHOOL  MAY  BE  JOINTLY  OPERATED BY TWO BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PURSUANT TO  AN  INTERMUNICIPAL  SHARING  AGREEMENT
 ENTERED  INTO  PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-O OF THE GENERAL
 MUNICIPAL LAW. UPON ADOPTION OF A BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM  FOR  A  SCHOOL
 YEAR,  COSTS SHALL BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN EACH BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCA-
 TIONAL SERVICES IN A  MANNER  PROVIDED  IN  THE  INTERMUNICIPAL  SHARING
 AGREEMENT  AND  INCLUDED  IN  THE  BUDGETS  OF EACH BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICE.
   O. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND  REGULATIONS
 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  16. The closing paragraph of subdivision 5-a of section 3602 of the
 education law, as amended by section 10 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   For the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, each school
 district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the  product  of
 fifteen  percent  and  the additional apportionment computed pursuant to

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 this subdivision for the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year.  For  the two thousand nine--two thousand ten through two thousand
 [eighteen] NINETEEN--two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY school  years,  each
 school  district  shall  be  entitled  to  an apportionment equal to the
 amount set forth for such school district as  "SUPPLEMENTAL  PUB  EXCESS
 COST"  under  the  heading  "2008-09  BASE  YEAR AIDS" in the school aid
 computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of  the  budget
 for  the  two  thousand  nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled
 "SA0910".
   § 17. Intentionally omitted.
   § 18. The opening paragraph of subdivision 16 of section 3602  of  the
 education law, as amended by section 14 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   Each  school  district  shall  be  eligible  to receive a high tax aid
 apportionment in the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school  year,
 which  shall equal the greater of (i) the sum of the tier 1 high tax aid
 apportionment, the tier 2 high tax aid apportionment and the tier 3 high
 tax aid apportionment or (ii) the product of the apportionment  received
 by  the school district pursuant to this subdivision in the two thousand
 seven--two thousand eight school year,  multiplied  by  the  due-minimum
 factor,  which shall equal, for districts with an alternate pupil wealth
 ratio computed pursuant to paragraph b  of  subdivision  three  of  this
 section that is less than two, seventy percent (0.70), and for all other
 districts,  fifty percent (0.50). Each school district shall be eligible
 to receive a high tax aid apportionment in the  two  thousand  nine--two
 thousand  ten  through two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 years in the amount set forth for such school district as "HIGH TAX AID"
 under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year and  entitled  "SA0910".
 Each  school district shall be eligible to receive a high tax aid appor-
 tionment in the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen through two
 thousand [eighteen]  NINETEEN--two  thousand  [nineteen]  TWENTY  school
 years  equal  to the greater of (1) the amount set forth for such school
 district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in
 the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in  support
 of  the  budget  for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year
 and entitled "SA0910" or (2)  the  amount  set  forth  for  such  school
 district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2013-14 ESTIMATED AIDS" in
 the  school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in support
 of the executive  budget  for  the  2013-14  fiscal  year  and  entitled
 "BT131-4".
   §  19.  Subdivision  16  of  section  3602-ee of the education law, as
 amended by section 19 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   16.  The authority of the department to administer the universal full-
 day pre-kindergarten program shall expire June thirtieth,  two  thousand
 [nineteen]  TWENTY-FOUR;  provided  that  the program shall continue and
 remain in full effect.
   § 20. Intentionally omitted.
   § 21. Intentionally omitted.
   § 22. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 3612  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by section 22 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   b. Such grants shall be awarded to school districts, within the limits
 of funds appropriated therefor, through a competitive process that takes

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 into consideration the magnitude of any  shortage  of  teachers  in  the
 school  district, the number of teachers employed in the school district
 who hold temporary licenses to teach in the public schools of the state,
 the  number of provisionally certified teachers, the fiscal capacity and
 geographic sparsity of the district, the  number  of  new  teachers  the
 school district intends to hire in the coming school year and the number
 of summer in the city student internships proposed by an eligible school
 district,  if applicable. Grants provided pursuant to this section shall
 be used only for the purposes enumerated in this section.  Notwithstand-
 ing any other provision of law to the contrary, a city  school  district
 in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants receiv-
 ing a grant pursuant to this section may use no more than eighty percent
 of  such  grant  funds  for any recruitment, retention and certification
 costs associated with transitional certification of  teacher  candidates
 for  the  school  years  two  thousand one--two thousand two through two
 thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN--two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY.
   § 23. Subdivision 6 of section 4402 of the education law,  as  amended
 by  section 23 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
   6. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the  contrary,
 the  board  of  education of a city school district with a population of
 one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants shall be  permitted
 to  establish  maximum  class  sizes  for  special  classes  for certain
 students with disabilities in accordance with  the  provisions  of  this
 subdivision. For the purpose of obtaining relief from any adverse fiscal
 impact  from under-utilization of special education resources due to low
 student attendance in  special  education  classes  at  the  middle  and
 secondary level as determined by the commissioner, such boards of educa-
 tion  shall, during the school years nineteen hundred ninety-five--nine-
 ty-six through June thirtieth, two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY of the two
 thousand [eighteen]  NINETEEN--two  thousand  [nineteen]  TWENTY  school
 year,  be authorized to increase class sizes in special classes contain-
 ing students with disabilities whose age ranges are equivalent to  those
 of  students  in  middle and secondary schools as defined by the commis-
 sioner for purposes of this section by up to but not to exceed  one  and
 two  tenths  times  the applicable maximum class size specified in regu-
 lations of the commissioner rounded up  to  the  nearest  whole  number,
 provided  that  in  a  city  school  district having a population of one
 million or more, classes that have a maximum class size of  fifteen  may
 be increased by no more than one student and provided that the projected
 average  class size shall not exceed the maximum specified in the appli-
 cable regulation, provided that such authorization  shall  terminate  on
 June  thirtieth,  two thousand. Such authorization shall be granted upon
 filing of a notice by such a board of education  with  the  commissioner
 stating the board's intention to increase such class sizes and a certif-
 ication  that  the  board will conduct a study of attendance problems at
 the secondary level and will  implement  a  corrective  action  plan  to
 increase  the rate of attendance of students in such classes to at least
 the rate for students attending regular education classes  in  secondary
 schools  of the district. Such corrective action plan shall be submitted
 for approval by the commissioner by a date during  the  school  year  in
 which  such  board  increases  class  sizes as provided pursuant to this
 subdivision to be prescribed by the commissioner. Upon at  least  thirty
 days  notice  to  the board of education, after conclusion of the school
 year in which such board increases class sizes as provided  pursuant  to
 this subdivision, the commissioner shall be authorized to terminate such

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 authorization  upon  a  finding  that the board has failed to develop or
 implement an approved corrective action plan.
   § 24. Intentionally omitted.
   § 25. Intentionally omitted.
   § 26. Intentionally omitted.
   § 27. Intentionally omitted.
   § 28. Intentionally omitted.
   § 29. Intentionally omitted.
   § 30. Intentionally omitted.
   § 31. Intentionally omitted.
   §  32.  Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. EVERY SCHOOL SHALL DEFINE THE ROLES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY OF
 SCHOOL PERSONNEL, SECURITY PERSONNEL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN RESPONSE  TO
 STUDENT  MISCONDUCT THAT VIOLATES THE CODE OF CONDUCT. A SCHOOL DISTRICT
 OR CHARTER SCHOOL THAT EMPLOYS, CONTRACTS WITH, OR OTHERWISE RETAINS LAW
 ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECURITY  PERSONNEL,  INCLUDING  SCHOOL
 RESOURCE  OFFICERS,  SHALL ESTABLISH A WRITTEN CONTRACT OR MEMORANDUM OF
 UNDERSTANDING THAT IS DEVELOPED WITH  STAKEHOLDER  INPUT.  SUCH  WRITTEN
 CONTRACT  OR  MEMORANDUM  OF UNDERSTANDING SHALL DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP
 BETWEEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL, SCHOOL PERSONNEL, STUDENTS,
 VISITORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND PUBLIC  OR  PRIVATE  SECURITY  PERSONNEL.
 SUCH  CONTRACT  OR  MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH
 THE CODE OF CONDUCT, DEFINE  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OR  SECURITY  PERSONNEL'S
 ROLES,  RESPONSIBILITIES  AND  INVOLVEMENT  WITHIN  A SCHOOL AND CLEARLY
 DELEGATE THE ROLE OF SCHOOL DISCIPLINE  TO  THE  SCHOOL  ADMINISTRATION.
 SUCH  WRITTEN  CONTRACT OR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SHALL BE INCORPO-
 RATED INTO AND PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE DISTRICT SAFETY PLAN.
   § 33. The section heading of section 804  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by chapter 390 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdi-
 vision 7-a is added to read as follows:
   Health education regarding  mental  health,  alcohol,  drugs,  tobacco
 abuse,  AND  HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIPS  and the prevention and detection of
 certain cancers.
   7-A. (A) A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION INSTRUCTION  PROGRAM  SHALL
 BE  INCLUDED  WITHIN  THE  HEALTH  EDUCATION PROVIDED TO ALL STUDENTS IN
 GRADES SIX THROUGH TWELVE. SUCH  PROGRAMS  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO  AGE-APPROPRIATE,  MEDICALLY  ACCURATE  INSTRUCTION TEACHING
 COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION, SEXUAL HEALTH AND  HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIP
 PRACTICES.  SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE INCLUSIVE AND RESPECTFUL OF ALL PUPILS
 REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, DISABILITY,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,
 OR GENDER IDENTITY AND INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I)  IDENTIFICATION  AND  EXAMINATION OF IDEAS ABOUT HEALTHY RELATION-
 SHIPS AND BEHAVIORS LEARNED FROM HOME, FAMILY AND THE MEDIA;
   (II) SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-WORTH;
   (III) FRIENDSHIP AND EMPATHY;
   (IV) A DEFINITION OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE;
   (V) RECOGNITION OF WARNING SIGNS ESTABLISHED BY A DATING PARTNER;
   (VI) CHARACTERISTICS OF A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP;
   (VII) LINKS BETWEEN BULLYING AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE;
   (VIII) SAFE USE OF TECHNOLOGY;
   (IX) A DISCUSSION OF LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR  THOSE  IN  A  TEEN
 DATING VIOLENCE RELATIONSHIP;
   (X)  AN  AGE-APPROPRIATE  DEFINITION OF AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT CONSISTENT
 WITH THAT USED IN SECTION SIXTY-FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (XI) AGE-APPROPRIATE, MEDICALLY ACCURATE SEXUAL HEALTH;

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   (XII)  AGE-APPROPRIATE  INSTRUCTING  TO  IDENTIFY  AND  REPORT  SEXUAL
 EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE; AND
   (XIII) INSTRUCTION TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
   (B)  THE  EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE ADDED TO THE
 HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARDS AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 HEALTH  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  CHILDREN  AND FAMILY SERVICES AND BE
 DESIGNED TO EDUCATE  STUDENTS  ABOUT  HEALTHY  RELATIONSHIPS.  PRIOR  TO
 ADOPTING  THE  EDUCATION  STANDARDS,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A
 TASK FORCE TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS  REGARDING  THE  SCOPE  AND
 SUBSTANCE OF THE STANDARDS. THE TASK FORCE SHALL:
   (I)  SEEK  THE  RECOMMENDATIONS  OF  TEACHERS,  SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS,
 TEACHER EDUCATORS AND OTHERS WITH EDUCATIONAL EXPERTISE IN THE  PROPOSED
 SUBJECT AREAS;
   (II) SEEK THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF EXPERTS AND ORGANIZATIONS EXPERIENCED
 IN THE PROPOSED SUBJECT AREAS; AND
   (III)  SEEK  COMMENT  FROM  PARENTS,  STUDENTS  AND  OTHER  INTERESTED
 PARTIES.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AGE-APPROPRIATE MODEL INSTRUCTIONAL
 RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND EDUCATORS FOR  POTENTIAL  USE  IN  INSTRUCTING
 STUDENTS  ABOUT  PHYSICAL SELF-AWARENESS AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. SUCH
 RESOURCES SHALL BE DEVELOPED AFTER  CONSULTATION  WITH  EXPERTS  IN  THE
 FIELD.
   (D)  A  WEBPAGE  ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE  SHALL BE DEDICATED TO
 PROVIDING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO PARENTS, STUDENTS,  TEACHERS  AND
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT OFFICIALS RELATED TO COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION AND
 HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
   (E) FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION  "AGE-APPROPRIATE"  SHALL  MEAN
 TOPICS,  MESSAGES,  AND  TEACHING METHODS SUITABLE TO PARTICULAR AGE AND
 DEVELOPMENTAL LEVELS, BASED ON COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND  EXPERI-
 ENCE  LEVEL OF MOST STUDENTS AT THAT AGE LEVEL, AND "MEDICALLY ACCURATE"
 SHALL  MEAN  INFORMATION  SUPPORTED  BY  PEER  REVIEWED,  EVIDENCE-BASED
 RESEARCH  RECOGNIZED  AS  ACCURATE BY LEADING PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
 AND AGENCIES WITH RELEVANT EXPERIENCE SUCH AS THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSO-
 CIATION AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
   (F) NOTWITHSTANDING THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  A  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  SHALL  PROVIDE  REASONABLE  NOTICE TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF
 STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH TWELVE  THAT  SUCH  INSTRUCTION  WILL  BE
 GIVEN  AND  THE  NATURE  OF  THE CURRICULUM. ANY PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A
 STUDENT IN GRADES SIX THROUGH TWELVE  MAY  DIRECT  THE  REMOVAL  OF  THE
 STUDENT  FROM  THE  COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUAL  EDUCATION  AND  SEXUAL HEALTH
 PORTIONS OF SUCH INSTRUCTION UPON WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 34. Intentionally omitted.
   § 35. Subdivision b of section 2 of chapter 756 of the laws  of  1992,
 relating  to funding a program for work force education conducted by the
 consortium for worker education in New York city, as amended by  section
 25  of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
   b. Reimbursement for programs approved in accordance with  subdivision
 a  of  this section for the 2016--2017 school year shall not exceed 60.3
 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per contact hour or thir-
 teen dollars ninety cents per contact hour, reimbursement for the  2017-
 -2018  school  year  shall not exceed 60.4 percent of the lesser of such
 approvable costs per contact hour or thirteen dollars and  ninety  cents
 per  contact  hour,  [and]  reimbursement for the 2018--2019 school year
 shall not exceed 59.4 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per
 contact hour or fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents per contact hour,

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 AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE 2019--2020 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL NOT  EXCEED  57.7
 PERCENT  OF  THE  LESSER  OF  SUCH  APPROVABLE COSTS PER CONTACT HOUR OR
 FIFTEEN DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS PER CONTACT HOUR, where a  contact  hour
 represents sixty minutes of instruction services provided to an eligible
 adult.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for
 the 2016--2017 school year such  contact  hours  shall  not  exceed  one
 million   five   hundred   fifty-one   thousand   three  hundred  twelve
 (1,551,312); whereas for the 2017--2018 school year such  contact  hours
 shall  not  exceed  one  million  five  hundred forty-nine thousand four
 hundred sixty-three (1,549,463); [and] WHEREAS for the 2018--2019 school
 year such contact hours  shall  not  exceed  one  million  four  hundred
 sixty-three  thousand  nine hundred sixty-three (1,463,963), AND FOR THE
 2019--2020 SCHOOL YEAR SUCH CONTACT HOURS SHALL NOT EXCEED  ONE  MILLION
 FOUR  HUNDRED  FORTY-FOUR  THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR (1,444,444).
 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  the  appor-
 tionment calculated for the city school district of the city of New York
 pursuant to subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the education law shall be
 computed  as if such contact hours provided by the consortium for worker
 education, not to exceed the contact hours set forth herein, were eligi-
 ble for aid in accordance with the provisions of such subdivision 11  of
 section 3602 of the education law.
   §  36. Section 4 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker  education  in New York city, is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion x to read as follows:
   X. THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  AFTER  THE
 COMPLETION  OF  PAYMENTS FOR THE 2019--2020 SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION  SHALL
 WITHHOLD  A  PORTION  OF EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCATION AID DUE TO THE
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF THE
 COSTS OF THE WORK FORCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE CREDITED
 TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FUND-LOCAL ASSISTANCE  ACCOUNT
 AND SHALL NOT EXCEED THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($13,000,000).
   §  37. Section 6 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker  education in New York city, as amended by section 27 of part CCC
 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6. This act shall take effect July 1,  1992,  and  shall  be  deemed
 repealed on June 30, [2019] 2020.
   §  38. Subdivisions 22 and 24 of section 140 of chapter 82 of the laws
 of 1995, amending the education law and other laws relating to state aid
 to school districts and the appropriation of funds for  the  support  of
 government,  as  amended  by section 28 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2018, are amended to read as follows:
   (22) sections one hundred twelve, one hundred  thirteen,  one  hundred
 fourteen,  one hundred fifteen and one hundred sixteen of this act shall
 take effect on July 1, 1995; provided, however, that section one hundred
 thirteen of this act shall remain in full force and effect until July 1,
 [2019] 2020 at which time it shall be deemed repealed;
   (24) sections one hundred eighteen through one hundred thirty of  this
 act  shall  be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after
 July 1, 1995; provided further, however, that the amendments made pursu-
 ant to section one hundred twenty-four of this act shall be deemed to be
 repealed on and after July 1, [2019] 2020;
   § 39. Section 12 of chapter 147 of the  laws  of  2001,  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to conditional appointment of school district,

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 charter school or BOCES employees, as amended by section 31 of part  CCC
 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   §  12.  This  act shall take effect on the same date as chapter 180 of
 the laws of 2000 takes effect, and shall expire July 1, [2019] 2020 when
 upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   § 40. Section 4 of chapter 425 of  the  laws  of  2002,  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to  the  provision of supplemental educational
 services, attendance at a safe  public  school  and  the  suspension  of
 pupils  who  bring  a  firearm  to  or possess a firearm at a school, as
 amended by section 33 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002 and SECTION ONE OF THIS
 ACT shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, 2019, AND SECTIONS  TWO
 AND  THREE  OF  THIS ACT SHALL EXPIRE AND BE DEEMED REPEALED ON JUNE 30,
 2020.
   § 41. Section 5 of chapter 101 of  the  laws  of  2003,  amending  the
 education law relating to implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act
 of  2001, as amended by section 34 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided  that  sections
 one,  two  and  three of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on
 June 30, [2019] 2020.
   § 42. Section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002 amending the educa-
 tion law and other laws relating to reorganization of the New York  city
 school  construction authority, board of education and community boards,
 as amended by section 1 of part G of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 34. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002; provided, that sections
 one  through  twenty, twenty-four, and twenty-six through thirty of this
 act shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, [2019]  2022  provided,
 further,  that notwithstanding any provision of article 5 of the general
 construction law, on June 30, [2019] 2022 the provisions of subdivisions
 3, 5, and 8, paragraph b of subdivision 13, subdivision  14,  paragraphs
 b,  d,  and  e  of subdivision 15, and subdivisions 17 and 21 of section
 2554 of the education law as repealed by  section  three  of  this  act,
 subdivision  1  of  section  2590-b  of the education law as repealed by
 section six of this act, paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  2  of  section
 2590-b  of  the  education law as repealed by section seven of this act,
 section 2590-c of the education law as repealed by section eight of this
 act, paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 2590-d of the education law
 as repealed by section twenty-six of this act, subdivision 1 of  section
 2590-e  of the education law as repealed by section twenty-seven of this
 act, subdivision 28 of section 2590-h of the education law  as  repealed
 by section twenty-eight of this act, subdivision 30 of section 2590-h of
 the education law as repealed by section twenty-nine of this act, subdi-
 vision  30-a  of  section  2590-h  of  the  education law as repealed by
 section thirty of this  act  shall  be  revived  and  be  read  as  such
 provisions  existed  in law on the date immediately preceding the effec-
 tive date of this act; provided, however, that sections seven and  eight
 of  this  act  shall  take effect on November 30, 2003; provided further
 that the amendments to subdivision 25 of section 2554 of  the  education
 law  made  by section two of this act shall be subject to the expiration
 and reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 12 of chapter  147
 of  the  laws of 2001, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of
 section four of this act shall take effect.

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   § 43. Subdivision 12 of section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws of  2009
 amending  the education law and other laws relating to the New York city
 board of education, chancellor, community councils, and community super-
 intendents, as amended by section 2 of part G of chapter 61 of the  laws
 of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   12. any provision in sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
 eight,  nine,  ten  and  eleven  of this act not otherwise set to expire
 pursuant to section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, as amended, or
 section 17 of chapter 123 of the laws of 2003, as amended, shall  expire
 and be deemed repealed June 30, [2019] 2022.
   §  44.  Section  7  of  chapter  472 of the laws of 1998, amending the
 education law relating to the lease of school buses by school districts,
 as amended by section 40 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of  2017,
 is amended to read as follows:
   §  7.  This  act shall take effect September 1, 1998, and shall expire
 and be deemed repealed September 1, [2019] 2021.
   § 45. Section 2 of chapter 552 of  the  laws  of  1995,  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to  contracts for the transportation of school
 children, as amended by section 25 of part A of chapter 54 of  the  laws
 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the first day of January next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall remain
 in full force and effect until January 1, [2020] 2023,  when  upon  such
 date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
   §  46.  Section 26 of subpart F of part C of chapter 97 of the laws of
 2011 amending the education law relating to census reporting, as amended
 by section 21-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   §  26.  This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 the provisions of section three of this act shall expire June 30, [2019]
 2024 when upon such date the provisions of such section shall be  deemed
 repealed; provided, further that the provisions of sections eight, elev-
 en,  twelve,  thirteen  and twenty of this act shall expire July 1, 2014
 when upon such date the provisions of  such  sections  shall  be  deemed
 repealed.
   §  46-a. Paragraph a-1 of subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by section 27-a of part CCC of chapter  59  of  the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   a-1.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of paragraph a of this subdivi-
 sion, for aid payable in the school years two thousand--two thousand one
 through two thousand nine--two thousand ten, and two  thousand  eleven--
 two  thousand twelve through two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN--two thou-
 sand [nineteen] TWENTY, the commissioner may set aside an amount not  to
 exceed  two  million five hundred thousand dollars from the funds appro-
 priated for purposes of this subdivision  for  the  purpose  of  serving
 persons  twenty-one  years of age or older who have not been enrolled in
 any school for the preceding school year,  including  persons  who  have
 received  a  high  school diploma or high school equivalency diploma but
 fail to demonstrate basic educational competencies as defined  in  regu-
 lation  by  the  commissioner,  when  measured  by accepted standardized
 tests, and who shall be eligible to attend employment preparation educa-
 tion programs operated pursuant to this subdivision.
   § 46-b. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 8 of section
 3602-ee of the education law, as amended by section 18-b of part CCC  of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:

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   (ii)  Provided  that, notwithstanding any provisions of this paragraph
 to the contrary, for the two thousand  seventeen-two  thousand  eighteen
 [and  two  thousand eighteen-two thousand nineteen] THROUGH TWO THOUSAND
 NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY school years an exemption to  the  certif-
 ication  requirement  of  subparagraph (i) of this paragraph may be made
 for a teacher without certification  valid  for  service  in  the  early
 childhood  grades  who  possesses a written plan to obtain certification
 and who has registered in the  ASPIRE  workforce  registry  as  required
 under  regulations  of  the  commissioner  of the office of children and
 family services. Notwithstanding any exemption provided by this subpara-
 graph, certification shall be required for employment no later than June
 thirtieth, two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY.
   § 46-c. The opening paragraph of section 3609-a of the education  law,
 as  amended by section 21 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018,
 is amended to read as follows:
   For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year  through  the two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN--two thousand [nine-
 teen] TWENTY school year, "moneys apportioned" shall mean the lesser  of
 (i)  the  sum  of one hundred percent of the respective amount set forth
 for each school district as payable pursuant  to  this  section  in  the
 school aid computer listing for the current year produced by the commis-
 sioner in support of the budget which includes the appropriation for the
 general support for public schools for the prescribed payments and indi-
 vidualized  payments  due prior to April first for the current year plus
 the apportionment payable during the current  school  year  pursuant  to
 subdivision  six-a and subdivision fifteen of section thirty-six hundred
 two of this part minus any reductions to current year aids  pursuant  to
 subdivision seven of section thirty-six hundred four of this part or any
 deduction  from  apportionment  payable  pursuant  to  this  chapter for
 collection of a school district basic contribution as defined in  subdi-
 vision eight of section forty-four hundred one of this chapter, less any
 grants  provided pursuant to subparagraph two-a of paragraph b of subdi-
 vision four of section ninety-two-c of the state finance law,  less  any
 grants provided pursuant to subdivision six of section ninety-seven-nnnn
 of  the state finance law, less any grants provided pursuant to subdivi-
 sion twelve of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article,  or
 (ii)  the  apportionment calculated by the commissioner based on data on
 file at the time the payment is processed; provided  however,  that  for
 the  purposes of any payments made pursuant to this section prior to the
 first business day of June of the current year, moneys apportioned shall
 not include any aids payable pursuant to subdivisions six and  fourteen,
 if applicable, of section thirty-six hundred two of this part as current
 year  aid for debt service on bond anticipation notes and/or bonds first
 issued in the current year or any aids payable for full-day kindergarten
 for the current year pursuant to subdivision nine of section  thirty-six
 hundred  two  of  this part. The definitions of "base year" and "current
 year" as set forth in subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred  two
 of  this  part  shall  apply to this section. For aid payable in the two
 thousand [eighteen]  NINETEEN--two  thousand  [nineteen]  TWENTY  school
 year,  reference  to  such  "school aid computer listing for the current
 year" shall mean the printouts entitled ["SA181-9"] "SA192-0".
   § 46-d. Subdivision a of section 5 of chapter 121 of the laws of 1996,
 relating to authorizing the Roosevelt  union  free  school  district  to
 finance deficits by the assurance of serial bonds, as amended by section
 42-a  of  part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read
 as follows:

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   a. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,  upon  application  to
 the  commissioner of education submitted not sooner than April first and
 not later than June thirtieth of the applicable school year, the  Roose-
 velt  union  free school district shall be eligible to receive an appor-
 tionment pursuant to this chapter for salary expenses, including related
 benefits, incurred between April first and June thirtieth of such school
 year.   Such apportionment shall not exceed: for the 1996-97 school year
 through  the  [2018-19]  2019-20  school  year,  four  million   dollars
 ($4,000,000);  for  the  [2019-20]  2020-21  school  year, three million
 dollars ($3,000,000); for the [2020-21] 2021-22 school year, two million
 dollars ($2,000,000); for the [2021-22] 2022-23 school year, one million
 dollars ($1,000,000); and for the [2022-23] 2023-24  school  year,  zero
 dollars.    Such  annual  application  shall  be made after the board of
 education has adopted a resolution to do so with  the  approval  of  the
 commissioner of education.
   §  46-e.  Section  2  of  chapter 670 of the laws of 2007 amending the
 education law relating to directing the  commissioner  of  education  to
 promulgate regulations limiting the engines of school vehicles to remain
 idling while parked or standing on school grounds, as amended by chapter
 74 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately and shall be deemed
 repealed June 30, [2019] 2025.
   § 46-f. Section 4 of chapter 396 of the laws  of  2012,  amending  the
 education  law, relating to services to out-of-state school districts by
 boards of cooperative educational services, as amended by chapter 28  of
 the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed July 1, [2019] 2024.
   § 46-g. Section 4 of chapter 374 of the  laws  of  2014  amending  the
 education law relating to he leasing of real property by boards of coop-
 erative educational services, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed  July  1,  [2019]  2024,  provided,  however,  that  any
 contracts entered pursuant to this act shall not be impaired or modified
 by  such  expiration and repeal; provided further that the provisions of
 this act shall only apply to contracts entered into after the  effective
 date of this act.
   §  46-h.  Section  8  of  chapter  89  of the laws of 2016 relating to
 supplementary funding for dedicated programs for public school  students
 in  the East Ramapo central school district, as amended by section 30 of
 part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2018,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  8.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2016 and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 30, [2019]  2020,  except  that  paragraph  (b)  of
 section  five of this act and section seven of this act shall expire and
 be deemed repealed June 30, 2021.
   § 47. School bus driver training. In addition to apportionments other-
 wise provided by section 3602 of the education law, for aid  payable  in
 the 2019--2020 school year, the commissioner of education shall allocate
 school  bus  driver  training  grants  to school districts and boards of
 cooperative educational services pursuant to sections 3650-a, 3650-b and
 3650-c of the education law, or for contracts directly with not-for-pro-
 fit educational organizations for the purposes  of  this  section.  Such
 payments  shall  not exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) per
 school year.

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   § 48. Special apportionment for salary  expenses.  a.  Notwithstanding
 any  other  provision  of  law,  upon application to the commissioner of
 education, not sooner than the first day of  the  second  full  business
 week  of  June  2020  and  not later than the last day of the third full
 business week of June 2020, a school district eligible for an apportion-
 ment  pursuant to section 3602 of the education law shall be eligible to
 receive an apportionment pursuant to this section, for the  school  year
 ending  June  30, 2020, for salary expenses incurred between April 1 and
 June 30, 2019 and such apportionment shall not exceed the sum of (i) the
 deficit reduction assessment of 1990--1991 as determined by the  commis-
 sioner of education, pursuant to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section
 3602 of the education law, as in effect through June 30, 1993, plus (ii)
 186  percent  of such amount for a city school district in a city with a
 population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, plus (iii) 209 percent of
 such amount for a city school district in a city with  a  population  of
 more  than 195,000 inhabitants and less than 219,000 inhabitants accord-
 ing to the latest federal census, plus  (iv)  the  net  gap  elimination
 adjustment  for  2010--2011, as determined by the commissioner of educa-
 tion pursuant to chapter 53 of the laws of 2010, plus (v) the gap elimi-
 nation adjustment for 2011--2012 as determined by  the  commissioner  of
 education  pursuant  to  subdivision 17 of section 3602 of the education
 law, and provided further that such apportionment shall not exceed  such
 salary  expenses.  Such  application shall be made by a school district,
 after the board of education or trustees have adopted a resolution to do
 so and in the case of a city school district in a city with a population
 in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the approval of the mayor of such
 city.
   b. The claim for an apportionment to be  paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  subdivision  a  of  this section shall be submitted to the
 commissioner of education on a form prescribed  for  such  purpose,  and
 shall  be  payable upon determination by such commissioner that the form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on the same day in September of the school year following  the  year  in
 which  application  was  made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph
 (4) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
 law, on the audit and warrant  of  the  state  comptroller  on  vouchers
 certified  or  approved  by  the commissioner of education in the manner
 prescribed by law from moneys in the state lottery  fund  and  from  the
 general  fund  to  the  extent that the amount paid to a school district
 pursuant to this section exceeds the amount, if  any,  due  such  school
 district pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section  3609-a  of  the  education law in the school year following the
 year in which application was made.
   c. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3609-a of  the  education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions  a  and  b of this section shall first be deducted from the
 following payments due  the  school  district  during  the  school  year
 following  the  year  in which application was made pursuant to subpara-
 graphs (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of paragraph a  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  3609-a of the education law in the following order: the lottery
 apportionment payable pursuant to subparagraph  (2)  of  such  paragraph
 followed by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph (4)
 of  such  paragraph  and then followed by the district's payments to the
 teachers' retirement system pursuant to subparagraph (1) of  such  para-
 graph, and any remainder to be deducted from the individualized payments
 due  the  district  pursuant to paragraph b of such subdivision shall be

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 deducted on a chronological basis starting with the earliest payment due
 the district.
   §  49. Special apportionment for public pension accruals. a.  Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, upon application to the commission-
 er of education, not later than June 30, 2020, a school district  eligi-
 ble  for  an apportionment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law
 shall be eligible to receive an apportionment pursuant to this  section,
 for  the  school  year ending June 30, 2020 and such apportionment shall
 not exceed the  additional  accruals  required  to  be  made  by  school
 districts  in the 2004--2005 and 2005--2006 school years associated with
 changes for such public pension liabilities. The amount  of  such  addi-
 tional  accrual  shall  be certified to the commissioner of education by
 the president of the board of education or the trustees or, in the  case
 of  a  city  school  district  in  a city with a population in excess of
 125,000 inhabitants, the mayor of such city. Such application  shall  be
 made by a school district, after the board of education or trustees have
 adopted  a resolution to do so and in the case of a city school district
 in a city with a population in excess of 125,000 inhabitants,  with  the
 approval of the mayor of such city.
   b.  The  claim  for  an  apportionment to be paid to a school district
 pursuant to subdivision a of this section  shall  be  submitted  to  the
 commissioner  of  education  on  a form prescribed for such purpose, and
 shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner that  the  form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on  the  same  day in September of the school year following the year in
 which application was made as funds provided  pursuant  to  subparagraph
 (4) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
 law,  on  the  audit  and  warrant  of the state comptroller on vouchers
 certified or approved by the commissioner of  education  in  the  manner
 prescribed  by  law  from  moneys in the state lottery fund and from the
 general fund to the extent that the amount paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  this  section  exceeds the amount, if any, due such school
 district pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 3609-a of the education law in the  school  year  following  the
 year in which application was made.
   c.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of section 3609-a of the education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions a and b of this section shall first be  deducted  from  the
 following  payments  due  the  school  district  during  the school year
 following the year in which application was made  pursuant  to  subpara-
 graphs  (1),  (2),  (3),  (4) and (5) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 3609-a of the education law in the following order: the  lottery
 apportionment  payable  pursuant  to  subparagraph (2) of such paragraph
 followed by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph (4)
 of such paragraph and then followed by the district's  payments  to  the
 teachers'  retirement  system pursuant to subparagraph (1) of such para-
 graph, and any remainder to be deducted from the individualized payments
 due the district pursuant to paragraph b of such  subdivision  shall  be
 deducted on a chronological basis starting with the earliest payment due
 the district.
   § 50. Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule, or regulation to
 the  contrary,  the  city school district of the city of Rochester, upon
 the consent of the board of  cooperative  educational  services  of  the
 supervisory  district  serving  its  geographic region may purchase from
 such board for the 2019--2020 school year,  as  a  non-component  school
 district, services required by article 19 of the education law.

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   §  51. The amounts specified in this section shall be a set-aside from
 the state funds which each such district is  receiving  from  the  total
 foundation aid:
   a.  for the development, maintenance or expansion of magnet schools or
 magnet school programs for the 2019--2020  school  year.  For  the  city
 school  district  of  the  city of New York there shall be a setaside of
 foundation aid equal to forty-eight  million  one  hundred  seventy-five
 thousand  dollars  ($48,175,000) including five hundred thousand dollars
 ($500,000) for the Andrew Jackson High  School;  for  the  Buffalo  city
 school   district,   twenty-one  million  twenty-five  thousand  dollars
 ($21,025,000); for the Rochester city school district,  fifteen  million
 dollars  ($15,000,000);  for the Syracuse city school district, thirteen
 million dollars ($13,000,000); for the  Yonkers  city  school  district,
 forty-nine  million five hundred thousand dollars ($49,500,000); for the
 Newburgh city school district, four million six hundred forty-five thou-
 sand dollars ($4,645,000); for the Poughkeepsie  city  school  district,
 two million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($2,475,000); for
 the Mount Vernon city school district, two million dollars ($2,000,000);
 for  the New Rochelle city school district, one million four hundred ten
 thousand dollars ($1,410,000); for the Schenectady city school district,
 one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000);  for  the  Port
 Chester  city  school  district,  one million one hundred fifty thousand
 dollars ($1,150,000); for the White Plains city  school  district,  nine
 hundred  thousand  dollars ($900,000); for the Niagara Falls city school
 district, six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000); for the  Albany  city
 school  district,  three  million  five  hundred  fifty thousand dollars
 ($3,550,000); for the Utica city school district,  two  million  dollars
 ($2,000,000);  for  the Beacon city school district, five hundred sixty-
 six  thousand  dollars  ($566,000);  for  the  Middletown  city   school
 district,  four  hundred  thousand  dollars ($400,000); for the Freeport
 union free school district, four hundred  thousand  dollars  ($400,000);
 for  the  Greenburgh  central  school  district,  three hundred thousand
 dollars ($300,000);  for  the  Amsterdam  city  school  district,  eight
 hundred  thousand  dollars  ($800,000);  for  the  Peekskill city school
 district, two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000); and  for  the  Hudson
 city school district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000).
   b.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary,
 a school district setting aside such foundation  aid  pursuant  to  this
 section  may  use  such  setaside  funds  for:  (i) any instructional or
 instructional support costs associated with the operation  of  a  magnet
 school; or
   (ii)  any instructional or instructional support costs associated with
 implementation of an alternative approach to  promote  diversity  and/or
 enhancement  of  the  instructional  program and raising of standards in
 elementary and secondary schools of school districts having  substantial
 concentrations of minority students.
   c.  The  commissioner of education shall not be authorized to withhold
 foundation aid from a school district that used such funds in accordance
 with this paragraph, notwithstanding any inconsistency  with  a  request
 for  proposals issued by such commissioner for the purpose of attendance
 improvement and dropout prevention for the 2019--2020 school  year,  and
 for  any city school district in a city having a population of more than
 one  million,  the  setaside  for  attendance  improvement  and  dropout
 prevention  shall  equal  the amount set aside in the base year. For the
 2019--2020 school year, it is further  provided  that  any  city  school
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 allocate at least one-third of any increase from  base  year  levels  in
 funds set aside pursuant to the requirements of this section to communi-
 ty-based  organizations.  Any increase required pursuant to this section
 to  community-based  organizations  must  be  in addition to allocations
 provided to community-based organizations in the base year.
   d. For the purpose of teacher support for the 2019--2020 school  year:
 for  the city school district of the city of New York, sixty-two million
 seven hundred seven thousand dollars ($62,707,000); for the Buffalo city
 school district, one million seven hundred  forty-one  thousand  dollars
 ($1,741,000); for the Rochester city school district, one million seven-
 ty  six  thousand  dollars  ($1,076,000);  for  the  Yonkers city school
 district,  one  million  one  hundred   forty-seven   thousand   dollars
 ($1,147,000);  and  for the Syracuse city school district, eight hundred
 nine thousand dollars ($809,000). All funds made available to  a  school
 district  pursuant  to  this section shall be distributed among teachers
 including prekindergarten teachers and teachers of adult vocational  and
 academic  subjects in accordance with this section and shall be in addi-
 tion to salaries heretofore or hereafter negotiated or  made  available;
 provided,  however,  that all funds distributed pursuant to this section
 for the current year shall be deemed to incorporate all  funds  distrib-
 uted  pursuant to former subdivision 27 of section 3602 of the education
 law for prior years. In school districts where the teachers are  repres-
 ented  by  certified  or  recognized  employee organizations, all salary
 increases funded pursuant to this section shall be determined  by  sepa-
 rate  collective  negotiations  conducted pursuant to the provisions and
 procedures of article 14 of the civil service law,  notwithstanding  the
 existence  of  a  negotiated  agreement  between a school district and a
 certified or recognized employee organization.
   § 52. Support of public libraries. The  moneys  appropriated  for  the
 support  of  public  libraries by a chapter of the laws of 2018 enacting
 the aid to localities budget shall be  apportioned  for  the  2019--2020
 state  fiscal  year  in  accordance with the provisions of sections 271,
 272, 273, 282, 284, and 285 of the  education  law  as  amended  by  the
 provisions  of this chapter and the provisions of this section, provided
 that library construction aid pursuant to section 273-a of the education
 law shall not be payable from the  appropriations  for  the  support  of
 public libraries and provided further that no library, library system or
 program, as defined by the commissioner of education, shall receive less
 total  system  or  program  aid than it received for the year 2001--2002
 except as a result of a reduction adjustment necessary to conform to the
 appropriations for support of public libraries.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary the  moneys
 appropriated for the support of public libraries for the year 2019--2020
 by a chapter of the laws of 2019 enacting the education, labor and fami-
 ly  assistance  budget  shall  fulfill the state's obligation to provide
 such aid and, pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner of educa-
 tion and approved by the director of the  budget,  the  aid  payable  to
 libraries  and  library systems pursuant to such appropriations shall be
 reduced proportionately to assure that the total amount of  aid  payable
 does not exceed the total appropriations for such purpose.
   § 53. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable, and
 if  the  application  of  any  clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
 section or part of this act to  any  person  or  circumstance  shall  be
 adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
 judgment shall not necessarily affect, impair or invalidate the applica-
 tion of any such clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, part

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 of this act or remainder thereof, as the  case  may  be,  to  any  other
 person  or  circumstance,  but shall be confined in its operation to the
 clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or  part  thereof
 directly  involved  in the controversy in which such judgment shall have
 been rendered.
   § 54. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2019, provided,
 however, that:
   1.  Sections  five-a,  six,  sixteen,  eighteen, nineteen, twenty-two,
 twenty-three, thirty-two, forty-six-a, forty-six-b, forty-six-c,  forty-
 six-d,  forty-seven,  fifty  and fifty-one of this act shall take effect
 July 1, 2019;
   2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7-a of section 804  of  the  education
 law,  as  added  by  section thirty-three of this act, shall take effect
 July 1, 2019; and
   3. The amendments to chapter 756 of the  laws  of  1992,  relating  to
 funding  a  program for work force education conducted by the consortium
 for worker education in New York City made by sections  thirty-five  and
 thirty-six  of  this act shall not affect the repeal of such chapter and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                 PART A-1
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the  educa-
 tion  law,  as  amended  by section 9-b of part CCC of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   e. Community schools aid set-aside. Each  school  district  shall  set
 aside from its total foundation aid computed for the current year pursu-
 ant to this subdivision an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount, if
 any, set forth for such district as "COMMUNITY SCHL AID (BT1617)" in the
 data  file produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted budget
 for the two thousand sixteen--two thousand  seventeen  school  year  and
 entitled "SA161-7", (ii) the amount, if any, set forth for such district
 as  "COMMUNITY  SCHL INCR" in the data file produced by the commissioner
 in support of the executive budget request for the two  thousand  seven-
 teen--two  thousand  eighteen  school year and entitled "BT171-8", [and]
 (iii) the amount, if any, set forth  for  such  district  as  "COMMUNITY
 SCHOOLS  INCREASE"  in  the  data  file  produced by the commissioner in
 support of the executive budget for the two thousand eighteen--two thou-
 sand nineteen school year and entitled "BT181-9", AND (IV)  THE  AMOUNT,
 IF ANY, SET FORTH FOR SUCH DISTRICT AS "19-20 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INCR" IN
 THE  DATA  FILE PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE
 BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR
 AND  ENTITLED  "BT192-0". Each school district shall use such "COMMUNITY
 SCHL AID (BT1617)" amount to support the transformation of school build-
 ings into community hubs to deliver co-located or school-linked  academ-
 ic,  health,  mental  health,  nutrition, counseling, legal and/or other
 services to students and their families, including but  not  limited  to
 providing a community school site coordinator, or to support other costs
 incurred   to  maximize  students'  academic  achievement.  Each  school
 district shall use such "COMMUNITY SCHL  INCR"  amount  to  support  the
 transformation of school buildings into community hubs to deliver co-lo-
 cated  or  school  linked  academic,  health, mental health services and
 personnel, after-school programming, dual language programs,  nutrition,
 counseling,  legal and/or other services to students and their families,
 including but not limited to providing a community school site coordina-

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 tor and programs for English language  learners,  or  to  support  other
 costs  incurred  to  maximize  students'  academic achievement, provided
 however that a  school  district  whose  "COMMUNITY  SCHL  INCR"  amount
 exceeds  one  million  dollars ($1,000,000) shall use an amount equal to
 the greater of one hundred fifty  thousand  dollars  ($150,000)  or  ten
 percent of such "COMMUNITY SCHL INCR" amount to support such transforma-
 tion  at schools with extraordinary high levels of student need as iden-
 tified by the commissioner, subject to the approval of the  director  of
 the  budget.  Each  school  district  shall  use such "COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
 INCREASE" to support the transformation of school buildings into  commu-
 nity  hubs  to  deliver  co-located  or  school linked academic, health,
 mental health services and  personnel,  after-school  programming,  dual
 language programs, nutrition, counseling, legal and/or other services to
 students  and  their  families, including but not limited to providing a
 community school site coordinator  and  programs  for  English  language
 learners,  or  to  support  other  costs  incurred to maximize students'
 academic achievement. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL USE SUCH "19-20  COMMU-
 NITY  SCHOOLS  INCR"  TO  SUPPORT THE TRANSFORMATION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS
 INTO COMMUNITY HUBS TO DELIVER CO-LOCATED  OR  SCHOOL  LINKED  ACADEMIC,
 HEALTH,  MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PERSONNEL, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING,
 DUAL  LANGUAGE  PROGRAMS,  NUTRITION,  COUNSELING,  LEGAL  AND/OR  OTHER
 SERVICES  TO  STUDENTS  AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 PROVIDING A COMMUNITY SCHOOL SITE COORDINATOR AND PROGRAMS  FOR  ENGLISH
 LANGUAGE  LEARNERS,  OR  TO  SUPPORT  OTHER  COSTS  INCURRED TO MAXIMIZE
 STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
   § 1-a. Subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph ii to read as follows:
   II.  (I)  "DIRECT CERTIFICATION COUNT" SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF
 CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR FREE MEALS  OR  FREE  MILK  BASED  ON  INFORMATION
 OBTAINED DIRECTLY FROM THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
 ADMINISTERING  THE  SUPPLEMENTAL  NUTRITION  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM AND THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ADMINISTERING MEDICAID AND PROVIDING  DATA  AS  PER
 THE  UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE  MEDICAID DEMONSTRATION
 PROJECT.
   (II) "DIRECT CERTIFICATION ENROLLMENT" SHALL MEAN ENROLLMENT COLLECTED
 FOR PURPOSES OF THE DIRECT CERTIFICATION MATCHING PROCESS.
   (III) "DIRECT CERTIFICATION PERCENT" SHALL MEAN THE  QUOTIENT  ARRIVED
 AT  WHEN DIVIDING THE DIRECT CERTIFICATION COUNT BY DIRECT CERTIFICATION
 ENROLLMENT.
   (IV) "THREE-YEAR  DIRECT  CERTIFICATION  PERCENTAGE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE
 QUOTIENT  OF  (A) THE SUM OF THE DIRECT CERTIFICATION COUNT FOR THE BASE
 YEAR, PLUS SUCH DIRECT CERTIFICATION COUNT COMPUTED FOR THE  YEAR  PRIOR
 TO  THE BASE YEAR, PLUS SUCH DIRECT CERTIFICATION COUNT COMPUTED FOR THE
 YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR, DIVIDED BY (B) THE DIRECT CERTIF-
 ICATION ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR,  PLUS  SUCH  DIRECT  CERTIFICATION
 ENROLLMENT  COMPUTED  FOR  THE  YEAR  PRIOR  TO THE BASE YEAR, PLUS SUCH
 DIRECT CERTIFICATION ENROLLMENT COMPUTED FOR THE YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO
 THE BASE YEAR.
   § 1-b. Subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph jj to read as follows:
   JJ. "SMALL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS" SHALL MEAN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT
 WERE  DESIGNATED  AS  SMALL  CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  OR  CENTRAL SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS WHOSE BOUNDARIES INCLUDE A PORTION OF A  SMALL  CITY  FOR  THE
 SCHOOL  AID  COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF
 THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN
 SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA141-5".

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   § 1-c. Subdivision 12 of section 3602 of the education law, as amended
 by  section 13 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
   12.  Academic  enhancement  aid. A. A school district that as of April
 first of the base year has been continuously identified as a district in
 need of improvement for at least five years shall, for the two  thousand
 eight--two  thousand  nine  school  year,  be  entitled to an additional
 apportionment equal to the positive remainder, if any, of (a) the lesser
 of fifteen million dollars or the product of the  total  foundation  aid
 base,  as  defined  by  paragraph  j of subdivision one of this section,
 multiplied by ten percent (0.10), less (b) the positive remainder of (i)
 the sum of the total foundation aid apportioned pursuant to  subdivision
 four of this section and the supplemental educational improvement grants
 apportioned  pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six hundred
 forty-one of this article, less (ii) the total foundation aid base.
   B. For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten  through  two  thousand
 fourteen--two  thousand fifteen school years, each school district shall
 be entitled to an apportionment equal to the amount set forth  for  such
 school  district  as  "EDUCATION  GRANTS, ACADEMIC EN" under the heading
 "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced  by
 the commissioner in support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two
 thousand  ten  school year and entitled "SA0910", and such apportionment
 shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to provide an apportion-
 ment pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six hundred  forty-
 one of this article.
   C.  For  the  two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand sixteen year, each
 school district shall be entitled  to  an  apportionment  equal  to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen  school  year  and  entitled
 "SA141-5",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   D.  For  the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2015-16 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand fifteen--two thousand  sixteen  school  year  and  entitled
 "SA151-6",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   E.  For the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2016-17 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer
 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school  year  and  entitled
 "SA161-7",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight  of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   F.  For  the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year,
 each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to  the
 amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
 under the heading "2017-18 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the  school  aid  computer

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 listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the budget for the
 two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year  and  entitled
 "SA171-8",  and  such apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state
 obligation  to provide an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight of
 section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article.
   G. FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR,
 EACH  SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AN APPORTIONMENT EQUAL TO THE
 AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AS  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT"
 UNDER  THE  HEADING  "2017-18 ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER
 LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE  BUDGET  FOR  THE
 TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED
 "SA171-8", LESS THE APPORTIONMENT DEEMED TO SATISFY THE STATE OBLIGATION
 TO PROVIDE AN APPORTIONMENT PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  EIGHT  OF  SECTION
 THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGH-
 TEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR.
   § 1-d. Subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
   G.  FOUNDATION  AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRA-
 RY,  FOUNDATION  AID  PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR SHALL EQUAL THE SUM OF
   (1) THE FOUNDATION AID BASE PLUS  (2)  THE  EXECUTIVE  FOUNDATION  AID
 INCREASE PLUS (3) THE GREATER OF TIERS A THROUGH J.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS  PARAGRAPH,  "FOUNDATION  AID  REMAINING"  SHALL  MEAN THE POSITIVE
 DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF (1) TOTAL FOUNDATION  AID  COMPUTED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SUBDIVISION LESS (2) THE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID BASE COMPUTED PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH:
   (I) "TIER A" SHALL EQUAL, THE GREATER OF (A) THE POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE,
 IF  ANY, OF THE PRODUCT OF THE FOUNDATION AID BASE MULTIPLIED BY TWENTY-
 THREE ONE-THOUSANDTHS (0.023) LESS THE EXECUTIVE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE
 OR (B) THE PRODUCT OF THE EXECUTIVE FOUNDATION AID  INCREASE  MULTIPLIED
 BY FIVE-TENTHS (0.5).
   (II)  "TIER  B"  SHALL  EQUAL  THE PRODUCT OF FOUNDATION AID REMAINING
 MULTIPLIED BY (A) FOR A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION
 OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE  ONE-THOUSANDTHS  (0.255)
 AND  (B)  FOR  ALL  OTHER  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS, FIFTY-FOUR ONE-THOUSANDTHS
 (0.054).
   (III) "TIER C"  SHALL  EQUAL,  FOR  ALL  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  WHERE  THE
 QUOTIENT  ARRIVED  AT  WHEN  DIVIDING THE SUM OF THE FOUNDATION AID BASE
 PLUS THE EXECUTIVE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE BY TOTAL  FOUNDATION  AID  IS
 LESS  THAN  FIVE-TENTHS  (0.5),  THE  DIFFERENCE OF THE PRODUCT OF TOTAL
 FOUNDATION AID MULTIPLIED BY FIVE-TENTHS (0.5) LESS THE SUM OF THE FOUN-
 DATION AID BASE AND THE EXECUTIVE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE.
   (IV) "TIER D" SHALL EQUAL, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE (A) THE QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED AT WHEN  DIVIDING  THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ENROLLMENT  AS
 COMPUTED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR
 THE BASE YEAR BY SUCH ENROLLMENT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  EIGHT--TWO  THOU-
 SAND  NINE  SCHOOL YEAR IS GREATER THAN ONE AND ONE-TENTH (1.1), (B) THE
 THREE-YEAR DIRECT CERTIFICATION PERCENTAGE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH II OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION IS GREATER THAN FIVE-TENTHS  (0.5),  AND
 (C)  THE  QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER
 COUNT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  O  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION  FOR THE BASE YEAR BY SUCH COUNT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN--
 TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN SCHOOL YEAR IS GREATER  THAN  ONE  AND  SIX-TENTHS
 (1.6)  OR THE DIFFERENCE OF SUCH BASE YEAR PUPILS LESS SUCH TWO THOUSAND

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 SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR PUPILS IS GREATER THAN  ONE
 HUNDRED,  THE  PRODUCT  OF  FOUNDATION AID REMAINING MULTIPLIED BY THREE
 THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE TEN-THOUSANDTHS (0.3333).
   (V)  "TIER E" SHALL EQUAL, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE (A) THE QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED AT WHEN  DIVIDING  THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ENROLLMENT  AS
 COMPUTED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR
 THE BASE YEAR BY SUCH ENROLLMENT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  EIGHT--TWO  THOU-
 SAND  NINE  SCHOOL  YEAR  IS GREATER THAN ONE AND FIFTEEN ONE-HUNDREDTHS
 (1.15), (B) THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE
 LEARNER  COUNT  COMPUTED  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH O OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION FOR THE BASE YEAR BY SUCH COUNT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHT-
 -TWO THOUSAND NINE SCHOOL YEAR IS  GREATER  THAN  ONE  AND  THREE-TENTHS
 (1.3), AND (C) THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE COMBINED WEALTH
 RATIO  COMPUTED  PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVI-
 SION THREE OF THIS SECTION FOR THE CURRENT YEAR BY THE  COMBINED  WEALTH
 RATIO FOR THE TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN--TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SCHOOL YEAR IS
 LESS  THAN ONE AND FIFTEEN ONE-HUNDREDTHS (1.15), THE PRODUCT OF FOUNDA-
 TION AID REMAINING  MULTIPLIED  BY  ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHT  ONE-THOUSANDTHS
 (0.108).
   (VI) "TIER F" SHALL EQUAL, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE (A) THE QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED  AT  WHEN  DIVIDING  THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT ENROLLMENT AS
 COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION  FOR
 THE  BASE  YEAR  BY  SUCH  ENROLLMENT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND FOURTEEN SCHOOL YEAR IS LESS THAN ONE,  AND  (B)  THE  QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED  AT  WHEN  DIVIDING  THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER COUNT COMPUTED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH O OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR THE  BASE
 YEAR  BY SUCH COUNT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN--TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN
 SCHOOL YEAR IS GREATER THAN ONE AND TWENTY-FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS (1.25) OR
 THE DIFFERENCE OF SUCH BASE YEAR PUPILS LESS SUCH  PUPILS  FOR  THE  TWO
 THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR IS GREATER THAN
 ONE HUNDRED, THE GREATER OF (A) THE PRODUCT OF FOUNDATION AID  REMAINING
 MULTIPLIED  BY  EIGHTY-FIVE  ONE-THOUSANDTHS (0.085) OR (B) THE POSITIVE
 DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF THE PRODUCT OF THE FOUNDATION AID BASE MULTIPLIED
 BY THIRTY-TWO ONE-THOUSANDTHS (0.032) LESS THE EXECUTIVE FOUNDATION  AID
 INCREASE.
   (VII)  "TIER  G"  SHALL  EQUAL,  FOR  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  WHERE (A) THE
 QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE FOUNDATION AID BASE BY TOTAL FOUN-
 DATION AID IS LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS (0.75), AND (B)  THE
 THREE-YEAR DIRECT CERTIFICATION PERCENTAGE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH II OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION IS GREATER THAN SIXTY-TWO ONE-HUNDREDTHS
 (0.62),  THE  POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF THE PRODUCT OF FOUNDATION
 AID REMAINING MULTIPLIED BY ONE HUNDRED  EIGHT  ONE-THOUSANDTHS  (0.108)
 LESS THE EXECUTIVE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE.
   (VIII)  "TIER  H" SHALL EQUAL, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE THE QUOTIENT
 ARRIVED AT WHEN  DIVIDING  THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ENROLLMENT  AS
 COMPUTED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR
 THE BASE YEAR BY SUCH ENROLLMENT FOR THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR  IS
 GREATER THAN ONE, THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF THE PRODUCT OF THE
 FOUNDATION  AID  BASE MULTIPLIED BY THIRTY-SEVEN ONE-THOUSANDTHS (0.037)
 LESS THE EXECUTIVE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE.
   (IX) "TIER I" SHALL EQUAL, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH A COMBINED WEALTH
 RATIO FOR TOTAL FOUNDATION AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO  OF
 PARAGRAPH  C  OF  SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION LESS THAN ONE (1.0),
 THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF THE PRODUCT OF  THE  FOUNDATION  AID
 BASE  MULTIPLIED BY THE TIER I PERCENT LESS THE EXECUTIVE FOUNDATION AID
 INCREASE, WHERE (A) THE "TIER I PERCENT" SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF  THE

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 TIER  I  RATIO  MULTIPLIED  BY EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE TEN-THOUSANDTHS
 (0.0895), AND (B) THE "TIER I RATIO" SHALL EQUAL THE DIFFERENCE OF  NINE
 HUNDRED  NINETY-ONE ONE-THOUSANDTHS (0.991) LESS THE PRODUCT OF SEVENTY-
 FIVE  ONE-HUNDREDTHS (0.75) MULTIPLIED BY THE DIFFERENCE OF ONE LESS THE
 THREE-YEAR DIRECT CERTIFICATION PERCENTAGE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH II OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH RATIO SHALL  NOT  BE
 LESS THAN ZERO NOR GREATER THAN ONE.
   (X)  "TIER  J"  SHALL  EQUAL, FOR SMALL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS COMPUTED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH JJ OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,  THE  POSI-
 TIVE  DIFFERENCE,  IF  ANY,  OF  THE  PRODUCT OF THE FOUNDATION AID BASE
 MULTIPLIED BY NINE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX TEN-THOUSANDTHS (0.0966)  LESS  THE
 EXECUTIVE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE.
   (XI)  THE  "EXECUTIVE  FOUNDATION  AID INCREASE" SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE
 DIFFERENCE OF (A) THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH  FOR  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AS
 "FOUNDATION  AID"  UNDER  THE  HEADING  "2019-20  ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE
 SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN  SUPPORT  OF
 THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "BT192-0" LESS (B) THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH
 FOR  EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "FOUNDATION AID" UNDER THE HEADING "2018-19
 BASE YEAR AIDS" IN SUCH COMPUTER LISTING.
   § 1-e. Subdivision 8 of section 3641 of the education law, as added by
 section 38 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, paragraph  b  as
 amended  by  section  29 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is
 amended to read as follows:
   8. Supplemental educational improvement  grants.  a.  In  addition  to
 apportionments  otherwise  provided by section thirty-six hundred two of
 this article, for aid payable in the two  thousand  seven--two  thousand
 eight  school  year and thereafter, the amounts specified in paragraph b
 of this subdivision shall be paid for the  purpose  of  providing  addi-
 tional  funding  for the costs of educational improvement plans required
 as a result of a court-ordered settlement in a school desegregation case
 to which the state was a party. Grant funds  awarded  pursuant  to  this
 subdivision shall be used exclusively for services and expenses incurred
 by the school district to implement such educational improvement plans.
   b.  To  the Yonkers city school district, FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN--
 TWO THOUSAND EIGHT THROUGH TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN
 SCHOOL  YEARS,  there shall be paid seventeen million five hundred thou-
 sand dollars ($17,500,000) on an annual basis, AND FOR THE TWO  THOUSAND
 NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER THERE SHALL BE
 PAID  TWENTY-ONE  MILLION   SEVEN   HUNDRED   FIFTY   THOUSAND   DOLLARS
 ($21,750,000)  ON  AN  ANNUAL  BASIS.   Such grant shall be payable from
 funds appropriated for such purpose and  shall  be  apportioned  to  the
 Yonkers  city  school  district in accordance with the payment schedules
 contained in section thirty-six hundred nine-a of this article, notwith-
 standing any provision of law to the contrary.
   § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the  contrary,  the
 actions  or  omissions  of  any school district which failed to submit a
 final building project cost report by June thirtieth of the school  year
 following  June thirtieth of the school year in which the certificate of
 substantial completion of the project is  issued  by  the  architect  or
 engineer, or six months after issuance of such certificate, whichever is
 later,  are  hereby  ratified and validated, provided that such building
 project was eligible for aid in a year for which the commissioner of the
 department of education is required to prepare an estimate of apportion-
 ments due and owing pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision 21 of section
 305 of the education law, provided further  that  such  school  district

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 submits  a  final cost report and such report is approved by the commis-
 sioner of education, and provided further that any amount due and  paya-
 ble  for  school years prior to the 2020-2021 school year as a result of
 this  act  shall  be  paid  pursuant to the provisions of paragraph c of
 subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education law.
   § 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
 department of education shall provide notice  to  all  school  districts
 that  may  have projects eligible under section one of this act no later
 than July 1, 2019.
   § 3. a. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken  or
 caused  to  be  had  and taken by a school district and by all officers,
 employees or agents of each such  school  district  relating  to  or  in
 connection  with  transportation  contracts  (1) identified by the state
 education department as having been filed or executed late on or  before
 July  1,  2019,  and (2) for which an aid adjustment or recovery has not
 been initiated by the state education department  as  of  the  effective
 date   of  this  act  are  hereby  legalized,  validated,  ratified  and
 confirmed, notwithstanding any  failure  to  comply  with  the  contract
 filing  provisions  of  the  education  law,  other  than  those  filing
 provisions defined in paragraph a of subdivision 5 of  section  3604  of
 the  education  law,  in relation to any omission, error, defect, irreg-
 ularity or illegality in such proceeding had and taken.
   b. The education department is hereby directed to consider the  afore-
 mentioned  contracts  for  transportation  aid as valid and proper obli-
 gations of such school district.
   § 4. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section  3604  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. State aid adjustments. All errors or omissions in the apportionment
 shall be corrected by the commissioner. Whenever a school  district  has
 been  apportioned  less  money  than  that  to which it is entitled, the
 commissioner may allot to such district the balance to which it is enti-
 tled. Whenever a school district has been apportioned  more  money  than
 that  to which it is entitled, the commissioner may, by an order, direct
 such moneys to be paid back to the state to be credited to  the  general
 fund  local  assistance  account  for  state  aid to the schools, or may
 deduct such amount from the  next  apportionment  to  be  made  to  said
 district, PROVIDED THAT ANY RECOVERY INITIATED BY THE COMMISSIONER UNDER
 THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL FIRST BE OFFSET BY ANY PENDING PAYMENT OF MONEYS
 DUE TO SAID DISTRICT AS A PRIOR  YEAR  ADJUSTMENT  PAYABLE  PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH  C OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AND THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REMOVE
 SUCH CLAIM FROM THE ORDERED LIST HE OR SHE PREPARES FOR  SUCH  PARAGRAPH
 C,  AND provided, however, that, upon notification of excess payments of
 aid for which a recovery must be made by the state through deduction  of
 future  aid  payments,  a  school  district may request that such excess
 payments be  recovered  by  deducting  such  excess  payments  from  the
 payments due to such school district and payable in the month of June in
 (i) the school year in which such notification was received and (ii) the
 two  succeeding  school  years,  provided further that there shall be no
 interest penalty assessed against such  district  or  collected  by  the
 state.  Such  request  shall be made to the commissioner in such form as
 the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be  based  on  documentation
 that the total amount to be recovered is in excess of one percent of the
 district's  total  general  fund  expenditures  for the preceding school
 year. The amount to be deducted in the first year shall be  the  greater
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 as a liability due to other governments by the district for the  preced-
 ing  school year and the positive remainder of the district's unreserved
 fund balance at the close of the preceding school year less the  product
 of  the  district's  total  general  fund expenditures for the preceding
 school year multiplied by five percent, or (ii) one-third of such excess
 payments. The amount to be recovered in the second year shall equal  the
 lesser  of  the remaining amount of such excess payments to be recovered
 or one-third of such excess payments, and the remaining amount  of  such
 excess  payments  shall be recovered in the third year. Provided further
 that, notwithstanding any other  provisions  of  this  subdivision,  any
 pending  payment  of moneys due to such district as a prior year adjust-
 ment payable pursuant to paragraph c of this subdivision for aid  claims
 that  had been previously paid as current year aid payments in excess of
 the amount to which the district is entitled and for which  recovery  of
 excess  payments  is  to  be  made  pursuant to this paragraph, shall be
 reduced at the time of  actual  payment  by  any  remaining  unrecovered
 balance  of such excess payments, and the remaining scheduled deductions
 of such excess payments pursuant to this paragraph shall be  reduced  by
 the  commissioner  to  reflect the amount so recovered. The commissioner
 shall certify no payment to a school district based on a claim submitted
 later than three years after the close of the school year in which  such
 payment  was first to be made.  For claims for which payment is first to
 be made in the nineteen hundred  ninety-six--ninety-seven  school  year,
 the  commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district based on
 a claim submitted later than two years after the close  of  such  school
 year.  For  claims for which payment is first to be made in the nineteen
 hundred  ninety-seven--ninety-eight  school  year  and  thereafter,  the
 commissioner  shall  certify  no payment to a school district based on a
 claim submitted later than one year after the close of such school year.
 Provided, however, no payments shall be barred  or  reduced  where  such
 payment  is  required  as  a result of a final audit of the state. It is
 further provided that, until June thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-
 six,  the  commissioner  may  grant a waiver from the provisions of this
 section for any school district if it is in the best educational  inter-
 ests of the district pursuant to guidelines developed by the commission-
 er and approved by the director of the budget.
   § 5. Tuition rates approved for the 2019--2020 school year for special
 services  or  programs  provided  to  school-age students by special act
 school  districts;  approved  private  residential  or   non-residential
 schools for the education of students with disabilities that are located
 within  the state; and providers of education to preschool children with
 disabilities pursuant to section 4410 of the education law shall provide
 for an increase of at least four percent in reimbursable costs.
   § 6. Subdivision 10 of section 407-b of the education law, as  amended
 by chapter 31 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   10.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law to the contrary, the
 dormitory authority may execute leases, subleases, or  other  agreements
 with  state supported schools for financing of the design, construction,
 rehabilitation,  improvement,  renovation,  acquisition  or   provision,
 furnishing  or  equipping of capital facilities; provided, however, that
 during the two year period commencing July first, nineteen hundred nine-
 ty-five, the amount of bonds inclusive of principal, interest and  issu-
 ance  costs  to  be issued for each individual lease, sublease, or other
 agreement shall not exceed fifteen million  dollars  annually;  provided
 further  that  the  interest  on  such bonds may not be deferred through
 additional borrowing; and provided finally that the total amount of such

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 bonds for all such leases, subleases, or agreements with state supported
 schools during such period shall not  exceed  [sixty-five]  ONE  HUNDRED
 million dollars.
   On  or  before  September  first  of each year, the commissioner shall
 submit to the chairs of the  assembly  ways  and  means  committee,  the
 senate  finance committee and the director of the budget, a capital plan
 for those projects expected to be bonded  for  state  supported  schools
 pursuant  to  this section, within such [sixty-five] ONE HUNDRED million
 dollar allowance. After application of the  principles  of  the  capital
 assets  preservation  program, such plan shall accord priority to health
 and safety considerations and shall specify the  name,  location,  esti-
 mated  total  cost  of the project at the time the project is to be bid,
 the anticipated bid date and the anticipated  completion  date  and  may
 contain  any further recommendations the commissioner may deem appropri-
 ate.
   § 7. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of
 the education law, as amended by chapter 698 of the  laws  of  2003,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (2)  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of law in no event
 shall the total salary including amounts paid pursuant to section  twen-
 ty-two  hundred  nine  of this chapter for district superintendents [for
 each school year through the two thousand two--two thousand three school
 year exceed ninety-eight percent of that earned by the commissioner  for
 state  fiscal  year nineteen hundred ninety-two--ninety-three, and in no
 event shall such total salary for a district superintendent] for the two
 thousand [three] NINETEEN--two thousand [four] TWENTY school year or any
 subsequent school year exceed: (i) one hundred six percent of the salary
 cap applicable in  the  preceding  school  year,  or  (ii)  ninety-eight
 percent  of  that earned by the commissioner in the two thousand [three]
 NINETEEN--two thousand [four] TWENTY state  fiscal  year,  whichever  is
 less.  In  no  event  shall  any district superintendent be permitted to
 accumulate vacation or sick leave credits in excess of the vacation  and
 sick  leave  credits  managerial/confidential employees of the state are
 permitted to accumulate pursuant to regulations promulgated by the state
 civil service commission, nor may any  district  superintendent  at  the
 time  of  separation  from service be compensated for accrued and unused
 vacation credits or sick leave, or use accrued and unused sick leave for
 retirement service credit or to pay for health insurance in  retirement,
 at  a  rate  in  excess of the rate permitted to managerial/confidential
 employees of the state  pursuant  to  regulations  of  the  state  civil
 service  commission. In addition to the payment of supplementary salary,
 a board of cooperative educational services may provide for the  payment
 of  all  or a portion of the cost of insurance benefits for the district
 superintendent of schools, including but not limited  to  health  insur-
 ance,  disability  insurance, life insurance or any other form of insur-
 ance benefit made available to managerial/confidential employees of  the
 state;  provided  that any such payments for whole life, split dollar or
 other life insurance policies having a cash value shall be  included  in
 the  total  salary  of  the district superintendent for purposes of this
 subparagraph, and provided further that any payments  for  the  employee
 contribution, co-pay or uncovered medical expenses under a health insur-
 ance  plan  also  shall  be included in the total salary of the district
 superintendent.  Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  payments
 for  such  insurance  benefits  may be based on the district superinten-
 dent's total salary or the amount of his  or  her  supplementary  salary
 only.  Any  payments  for transportation or travel expenses in excess of

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 actual, documented expenses incurred in the performance  of  duties  for
 the  board  of  cooperative  educational  services or the state, and any
 other lump sum payment  not  specifically  excluded  from  total  salary
 pursuant  to this subparagraph, shall be included in the total salary of
 the district superintendent for purposes of this  subparagraph.  Nothing
 herein  shall prohibit a district superintendent from waiving any rights
 provided for in an existing contract or agreement as hereafter prohibit-
 ed in favor of revised compensation or benefit provisions  as  permitted
 herein.  In  no  event  shall the terms of the district superintendent's
 contract, including any provisions relating to an  increase  in  salary,
 compensation  or  other  benefits,  be  contingent upon the terms of any
 contract or collective bargaining agreement between the board of cooper-
 ative educational services and its  teachers  or  other  employees.  The
 commissioner  may  adopt regulations for the purpose of implementing the
 provisions of this paragraph.
   § 8. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section  1950  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 296 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read
 as follows:
   b. The cost of services herein referred to shall be the  amount  allo-
 cated  to  each  component  school  district by the board of cooperative
 educational  services  to  defray  expenses  of  such  board,  including
 approved  expenses from the testing of potable water systems of occupied
 school buildings under the board's jurisdiction as required pursuant  to
 section  eleven  hundred  ten of the public health law, except that that
 part of the salary paid any teacher, supervisor or other employee of the
 board of cooperative educational services which is in excess  of  thirty
 thousand  dollars shall not be such an approved expense, and except also
 that administrative and clerical expenses shall not exceed  ten  percent
 of the total expenses for purposes of this computation.  PROVIDED HOWEV-
 ER,  THAT  FOR  TEACHERS  PROVIDING  INSTRUCTION IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL
 EDUCATION TO SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS, THE SALARY, TO  BE  CONSIDERED  AS  AN
 APPROVED  EXPENSE, SHALL NOT EXCEED THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE
 TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY  SCHOOL  YEAR;  THIRTY-EIGHT
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
 SCHOOL YEAR; FORTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE-
 -TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR; FORTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL  YEAR;  AND
 FIFTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEREAFTER. Any gifts, donations or  inter-
 est earned by the board of cooperative educational services or on behalf
 of  the  board  of  cooperative  educational  services  by the dormitory
 authority or any other source shall not be deducted in  determining  the
 cost  of  services  allocated  to  each  component  school district. Any
 payments made to a component school district by the board of cooperative
 educational services pursuant to subdivision eleven of section six-p  of
 the  general  municipal  law attributable to an approved cost of service
 computed pursuant to this subdivision shall be deducted from the cost of
 services allocated to such component school district.   The  expense  of
 transportation provided by the board of cooperative educational services
 pursuant  to  paragraph  q  of subdivision four of this section shall be
 eligible for aid apportioned pursuant to subdivision  seven  of  section
 thirty-six  hundred  two  of  this  chapter  and no board of cooperative
 educational services transportation expense shall be an approved cost of
 services for the computation of aid under this subdivision.  Transporta-
 tion expense pursuant to paragraph q of subdivision four of this section

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 shall  be  included  in the computation of the ten percent limitation on
 administrative and clerical expenses.
   §  9.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 10 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 16 of part B of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Aid  for career education. There shall be apportioned to such city
 school districts and other school districts which were not components of
 a board of cooperative educational services in the base year for  pupils
 in  grades  [ten]  NINE through twelve in attendance in career education
 programs as such programs are defined by the commissioner,  subject  for
 the  purposes  of  this paragraph to the approval of the director of the
 budget, an amount for each such pupil to be computed by multiplying  the
 career  education  aid ratio by [three] FOUR thousand [nine] ONE hundred
 dollars. Such aid will be payable for weighted pupils  attending  career
 education  programs  operated  by  the  school district and for weighted
 pupils for whom such school district contracts with  boards  of  cooper-
 ative  educational services to attend career education programs operated
 by a board of cooperative educational services. Weighted pupils for  the
 purposes  of this paragraph shall mean the sum of (I) THE PRODUCT OF the
 attendance of STUDENTS IN GRADE NINE MULTIPLIED BY THE SPECIAL  SERVICES
 PHASE-IN  FACTOR  PLUS  (II)  THE  ATTENDANCE  OF students in grades ten
 through twelve in career education sequences in trade, industrial, tech-
 nical, agricultural or health  programs  plus  the  product  of  sixteen
 hundredths multiplied by THE SUM OF (I) THE PRODUCT of the attendance of
 STUDENTS  IN  GRADE  NINE  MULTIPLIED  BY  THE SPECIAL SERVICES PHASE-IN
 FACTOR PLUS (II) THE ATTENDANCE OF students in grades ten through twelve
 in career education sequences in business and marketing  as  defined  by
 the  commissioner  in  regulations;  PROVIDED  THAT THE SPECIAL SERVICES
 PHASE-IN FACTOR SHALL BE (I) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE  SCHOOL  YEAR,  TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT (0.25), (II) FOR THE TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, FIFTY  PERCENT
 (0.5),  (III) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
 SCHOOL YEAR, SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT (0.75), AND (IV) FOR THE TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, ONE
 HUNDRED PERCENT (1.0). The career education aid ratio shall be  computed
 by  subtracting  from one the product obtained by multiplying fifty-nine
 percent by the combined wealth ratio. This aid ratio shall be  expressed
 as a decimal carried to three places without rounding, but not less than
 thirty-six percent.
   Any school district that receives aid pursuant to this paragraph shall
 be  required  to use such amount to support career education programs in
 the current year.
   A board of education which spends less than its local funds as defined
 by regulations of the commissioner for career education in the base year
 during the current year shall have its apportionment under this subdivi-
 sion reduced in an amount equal to such deficiency in the current  or  a
 succeeding school year, provided however that the commissioner may waive
 such reduction upon determination that overall expenditures per pupil in
 support  of career education programs were continued at a level equal to
 or greater than the level of such overall expenditures per pupil in  the
 preceding school year.
   §  10.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 1999, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a.  (1)  All  contracts for the transportation of school children, all
 contracts to maintain school buses owned or leased by a school  district

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 that  are  used for the transportation of school children, all contracts
 for mobile instructional units, and all contracts to  provide,  maintain
 and  operate  cafeteria  or restaurant service by a private food service
 management company shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner,
 who  may  disapprove  a proposed contract if, in his OR HER opinion, the
 best interests of the district  will  be  promoted  thereby.  Except  as
 provided  in paragraph e of this subdivision, all such contracts involv-
 ing an annual expenditure in excess of the amount specified for purchase
 contracts in the bidding requirements of the general municipal law shall
 be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, which responsibility  shall
 be  determined  by  the board of education or the trustee of a district,
 with power hereby vested in the commissioner to reject any or  all  bids
 if,  in  his  OR HER opinion, the best interests of the district will be
 promoted thereby and, upon such rejection of all bids, the  commissioner
 shall  order  the board of education or trustee of the district to seek,
 obtain and consider new proposals. All proposals  for  such  transporta-
 tion,  maintenance, mobile instructional units, or cafeteria and restau-
 rant service shall be in such form as the  commissioner  may  prescribe.
 Advertisement  for  bids shall be published in a newspaper or newspapers
 designated by the board of education or trustee of the  district  having
 general  circulation  within  the district for such purpose. Such adver-
 tisement shall contain a statement of the time when and place where  all
 bids received pursuant to such advertisement will be publicly opened and
 read  either  by the school authorities or by a person or persons desig-
 nated by them. All bids received shall be publicly opened  and  read  at
 the time and place so specified. At least five days shall elapse between
 the  first  publication  of such advertisement and the date so specified
 for the opening and reading of bids.  The  requirement  for  competitive
 bidding shall not apply to an award of a contract for the transportation
 of pupils or a contract for mobile instructional units, if such award is
 based  on  an  evaluation  of  proposals  in  response  to a request for
 proposals pursuant to paragraph e of this subdivision.  The  requirement
 for competitive bidding shall not apply to annual, biennial, or trienni-
 al  extensions  of  a contract nor shall the requirement for competitive
 bidding apply to  quadrennial  or  quinquennial  year  extensions  of  a
 contract involving transportation of pupils, maintenance of school buses
 or mobile instructional units secured either through competitive bidding
 or  through  evaluation  of  proposals  in  response  to  a  request for
 proposals pursuant to paragraph e of this subdivision, when such  exten-
 sions  [(1)]  (I) are made by the board of education or the trustee of a
 district, under rules and regulations prescribed  by  the  commissioner,
 and,  [(2)]  (II) do not extend the original contract period beyond five
 years from the date cafeteria and restaurant  service  commenced  there-
 under and in the case of contracts for the transportation of pupils, for
 the  maintenance of school buses or for mobile instructional units, that
 such contracts may be extended, except that power is  hereby  vested  in
 the commissioner, in addition to his OR HER existing statutory authority
 to  approve or disapprove transportation or maintenance contracts, [(i)]
 (A) to reject any extension of a contract beyond the initial term there-
 of if he OR SHE finds that amount to be paid  by  the  district  to  the
 contractor  in  any year of such proposed extension fails to reflect any
 decrease  in  the  regional  consumer  price   index   for   the   N.Y.,
 N.Y.-Northeastern, N.J. area, based upon the index for all urban consum-
 ers  (CPI-U) during the preceding twelve month period; and [(ii)] (B) to
 reject any extension of a contract after ten years from the date  trans-
 portation   or  maintenance  service  commenced  thereunder,  or  mobile

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 instructional units were first provided, if in his OR HER  opinion,  the
 best  interests  of  the  district  will  be promoted thereby. Upon such
 rejection of any proposed extension,  the  commissioner  may  order  the
 board  of  education  or  trustee  of  the  district to seek, obtain and
 consider bids pursuant to the provisions of this section. The  board  of
 education  or  the  trustee  of  a  school district electing to extend a
 contract as provided herein, may, in its discretion, increase the amount
 to be paid in each year of the contract extension by an  amount  not  to
 exceed  the  regional  consumer  price  index  increase  for  the  N.Y.,
 N.Y.-Northeastern, N.J. area, based upon the index for all urban consum-
 ers (CPI-U), during the preceding twelve month period, provided  it  has
 been satisfactorily established by the contractor that there has been at
 least  an equivalent increase in the amount of his OR HER cost of opera-
 tion, during the period of the contract.
   (2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE BOARD
 OF EDUCATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED IN A CITY WITH  AT  LEAST  ONE
 MILLION INHABITANTS SHALL INCLUDE IN CONTRACTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF
 SCHOOL  CHILDREN  IN  KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE, WHETHER AWARDED
 THROUGH COMPETITIVE  BIDDING  OR  THROUGH  EVALUATION  OF  PROPOSALS  IN
 RESPONSE  TO  A  REQUEST  FOR  PROPOSALS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH E OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, PROVISIONS FOR THE RETENTION OR  PREFERENCE  IN  HIRING  OF
 SCHOOL  BUS  WORKERS  AND FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WAGES, HEALTH, WELFARE
 AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND SENIORITY FOR SCHOOL  BUS  WORKERS  WHO  ARE
 HIRED PURSUANT TO SUCH PROVISIONS FOR RETENTION OR PREFERENCE IN HIRING,
 IN  CONNECTION  WITH  SUCH CONTRACTS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH,
 "SCHOOL BUS WORKER" SHALL MEAN  AN  OPERATOR,  MECHANIC,  DISPATCHER  OR
 ATTENDANT  WHO:  (I) WAS EMPLOYED AS OF JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TEN
 OR AT ANY TIME THEREAFTER BY (A) A CONTRACTOR THAT  WAS  A  PARTY  TO  A
 CONTRACT  WITH  THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED IN A
 CITY WITH AT LEAST ONE MILLION INHABITANTS  FOR  THE  TRANSPORTATION  OF
 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE, IN CONNECTION WITH
 SUCH  CONTRACT,  OR (B) A SUBCONTRACTOR OF A CONTRACTOR THAT WAS A PARTY
 TO A CONTRACT WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A SCHOOL  DISTRICT  LOCATED
 IN  A  CITY WITH AT LEAST ONE MILLION INHABITANTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION
 OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE,  IN  CONNECTION
 WITH SUCH CONTRACT; AND (II) HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED OR BECOME UNEMPLOYED AS
 A RESULT OF A LOSS OF SUCH CONTRACT, OR A PART OF SUCH CONTRACT, BY SUCH
 CONTRACTOR  OR  SUCH  SUBCONTRACTOR,  OR AS THE RESULT OF A REDUCTION IN
 SERVICE DIRECTED BY SUCH BOARD OF EDUCATION  DURING  THE  TERM  OF  SUCH
 CONTRACT.
   §  11. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the education
 law, as amended by section 4 of part YYY of chapter 59 of  the  laws  of
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (d)  School  districts  shall  be eligible for an annual apportionment
 equal to the amount of the supplemental basic tuition  for  the  charter
 school  in  the  base year for the expenses incurred in the two thousand
 fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen,  two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand
 sixteen,  two  thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school years and
 THEREAFTER, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT FOR  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  HAVING  A
 POPULATION  OF  LESS THAN ONE MILLION, SUCH PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE IN THE
 CURRENT YEAR FOR EXPENSES INCURRED IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND thereafter.
   §  12. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the education
 law, as amended by section 4-a of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws  of
 2017, is amended to read as follows:

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   (c)  School  districts  shall  be eligible for an annual apportionment
 equal to the amount of the supplemental basic tuition  for  the  charter
 school  in  the  base year for the expenses incurred in the two thousand
 fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen,  two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand
 sixteen,  two  thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school years and
 THEREAFTER, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT FOR  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  HAVING  A
 POPULATION  OF  LESS THAN ONE MILLION, SUCH PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE IN THE
 CURRENT YEAR OF EXPENSES INCURRED  IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND thereafter.
   § 13. Paragraphs b and c of subdivision 1 of section 6-r of the gener-
 al  municipal  law,  as  added  by  chapter 260 of the laws of 2004, are
 amended to read as follows:
   b. "Participating employer" means: (I)  a  participating  employer  as
 defined  in  subdivision  twenty  of  section  two of the retirement and
 social security law or in subdivision twenty of  section  three  hundred
 two of such law; OR (II) A PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   c.  "Retirement  contribution"  shall  mean  all or any portion of the
 amount payable by a municipal corporation to:(I)  either  the  New  York
 state  and  local employees' retirement system or the New York state and
 local police and fire retirement system pursuant to section seventeen or
 three hundred seventeen of the retirement and social  security  law;  OR
 (II)  THE NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PURSUANT TO SECTION
 FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   § 14. Subdivision 2 of section 6-r of the general  municipal  law,  as
 added by chapter 260 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The  governing  board of any municipal corporation which is also a
 participating employer by resolution may establish a retirement contrib-
 ution reserve fund for the purpose of (A) financing retirement  contrib-
 utions,  AND/OR  (B)  IN  THE CASE OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH IS A
 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF  SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, FINANCING APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED BY
 LAW  IN ORDER TO OFFSET ALL OR A PORTION OF THE AMOUNT DEDUCTED FROM THE
 MONEYS APPORTIONED TO THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION FROM THE STATE  FOR  THE
 SUPPORT OF COMMON SCHOOLS PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW.
   §  15. Section 6-r of the general municipal law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. WITH RESPECT TO A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH IS A  PARTICIPATING
 EMPLOYER  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW, WHICH ELECTS TO  UTILIZE  A  RETIREMENT  CONTRIBUTION
 RESERVE  FUND  (A)  TO  FINANCE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEW YORK
 STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWEN-
 TY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND/OR (B) TO OFFSET ALL OR A PORTION OF THE
 AMOUNT DEDUCTED FROM THE MONEYS APPORTIONED TO THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
 FROM THE STATE FOR THE SUPPORT OF COMMON  SCHOOLS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
 SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  SUB-FUND WITHIN THE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION RESERVE
 FUND,  WHICH  SHALL  BE  SEPARATELY  ADMINISTERED  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY PAY INTO SUCH
 SUB-FUND  DURING  ANY PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO
 PER CENTUM OF THE TOTAL COMPENSATION OR SALARIES OF ALL TEACHERS IN  THE
 EMPLOY  OF  SAID  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK
 STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PAID DURING THE IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING
 FISCAL  YEAR. THE BALANCE OF SUCH SUB-FUND MAY NOT EXCEED TEN PER CENTUM
 OF THE TOTAL COMPENSATION OR SALARIES OF ALL TEACHERS IN THE  EMPLOY  OF

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 THE  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE TEACH-
 ERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PAID  DURING  THE  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING  FISCAL
 YEAR.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "TEACHER" SHALL
 HAVE  THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
 SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   § 16. Subdivision 5 of section 6-r of the general  municipal  law,  as
 added by chapter 260 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   5. The governing board of such municipal corporation by resolution may
 authorize  expenditures  from  a  retirement  contribution reserve fund.
 Except as otherwise provided by law, moneys in a retirement contribution
 reserve fund may only be expended (A)  to  finance  retirement  contrib-
 utions,  AND/OR  (B)  IN  THE CASE OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH IS A
 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF THE EDUCATION LAW, FOR APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
 IN ORDER TO OFFSET ALL OR A PORTION OF  THE  AMOUNT  DEDUCTED  FROM  THE
 MONEYS  APPORTIONED TO THE PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER FROM THE STATE FOR THE
 SUPPORT OF COMMON SCHOOLS PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW. WITH RESPECT TO A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION  WHICH  IS  A
 PARTICIPATING  EMPLOYER  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED ONE OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  EXPENDITURES  FROM  THE  RETIREMENT
 CONTRIBUTION RESERVE FUND TO FINANCE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEW
 YORK  STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED
 TWENTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND/OR TO OFFSET ALL OR A PORTION OF THE
 AMOUNT DEDUCTED FROM THE MONEYS APPORTIONED TO THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
 FROM THE STATE FOR THE SUPPORT OF COMMON  SCHOOLS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 FIVE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW MAY ONLY BE MADE FROM THE
 SUB-FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO-A OF THIS SECTION.
   § 17. Section 6-r of the general municipal law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11.  THE GOVERNING BOARD OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH IS A PARTIC-
 IPATING EMPLOYER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED
 ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW BY RESOLUTION MAY (A) AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF
 ALL OR A PORTION OF THE MONIES IN THE SEPARATELY  ADMINISTERED  SUB-FUND
 AS ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO-A OF THIS SECTION TO THE RETIREMENT
 CONTRIBUTION RESERVE FUND, AND/OR (B) AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF ALL OR A
 PORTION OF THE MONIES IN THE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION RESERVE FUND TO THE
 SEPARATELY  ADMINISTERED  SUB-FUND  AS  PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO-A OF
 THIS SECTION, SUBJECT TO THE LIMITS ON ANNUAL PAYMENTS INTO THE SUB-FUND
 AND THE BALANCE OF THE SUB-FUND SPECIFIED BY THE  SUBDIVISION  TWO-A  OF
 THIS SECTION.
   §  18.  Paragraph  c of subdivision 4 of section 3641 of the education
 law, as amended by section 48 of part C of chapter 58  of  the  laws  of
 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  Powers  and duties of the commissioner. (1) The commissioner shall
 develop a building condition survey matrix which would be used to assist
 public school districts to develop long  range  facilities  plans  in  a
 consistent format.
   (1-A)  COMMENCING  WITH THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
 SCHOOL YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO  CONDUCT
 BUILDING CONDITION SURVEYS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH A
 STAGGERED  SCHEDULE AS ASSIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONER, TO BE STRUCTURED AS
 FOLLOWS, AND EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER. IN ASSIGNING SCHOOL  DISTRICTS
 TO A SCHEDULED YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT NO REGION OF THE
 STATE  IS  OVER  REPRESENTED IN A GIVEN SCHEDULED YEAR. THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL ASSIGN SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO CONDUCT BUILDING CONDITION  SURVEYS  IN
 THE FOLLOWING MANNER:

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   (I)  SCHEDULE A: ONE-FIFTH OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS ASSIGNED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER, SHALL CONDUCT A BUILDING CONDITION SURVEY IN THE TWO THOU-
 SAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL  YEAR.  THE  REMAINING  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS  SHALL  CONDUCT  A  VISUAL  INSPECTION AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
 SECTIONS  FOUR HUNDRED NINE-D AND FOUR HUNDRED NINE-E OF THIS CHAPTER IN
 THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR;
   (II) SCHEDULE B: ONE-FIFTH OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS ASSIGNED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER AND EXCLUDING THOSE SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  THAT  SHALL  CONDUCT
 THEIR  BUILDING CONDITION SURVEY PURSUANT TO SCHEDULE A, SHALL CONDUCT A
 BUILDING CONDITION SURVEY IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR. THE REMAINING SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  OTHER  THAN  THOSE
 ASSIGNED  TO  SCHEDULE  A, SHALL CONDUCT A VISUAL INSPECTION AS REQUIRED
 PURSUANT TO SECTIONS FOUR HUNDRED NINE-D AND FOUR HUNDRED NINE-E OF THIS
 CHAPTER IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR;
   (III) SCHEDULE C: ONE-FIFTH OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS,  AS  ASSIGNED  BY
 THE COMMISSIONER AND EXCLUDING THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SHALL CONDUCT
 THEIR  BUILDING  CONDITION  SURVEY PURSUANT TO SCHEDULE A OR SCHEDULE B,
 SHALL CONDUCT A BUILDING CONDITION SURVEY IN THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 ONE--TWO   THOUSAND   TWENTY-TWO   SCHOOL  YEAR.  THE  REMAINING  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS, OTHER THAN THOSE ASSIGNED TO SCHEDULE A AND SCHEDULE B, SHALL
 CONDUCT A VISUAL  INSPECTION  AS  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS  FOUR
 HUNDRED  NINE-D AND FOUR HUNDRED NINE-E OF THIS CHAPTER IN THE TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR;
   (IV) SCHEDULE D: ONE-FIFTH OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS ASSIGNED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER AND EXCLUDING THOSE SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  THAT  SHALL  CONDUCT
 THEIR  BUILDING CONDITION SURVEY PURSUANT TO SCHEDULE A, SCHEDULE B, AND
 SCHEDULE C, SHALL CONDUCT A BUILDING CONDITION SURVEY IN THE  TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR.  THE REMAINING
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OTHER THAN THOSE ASSIGNED TO SCHEDULE A,  SCHEDULE  B,
 AND  SCHEDULE  C, SHALL CONDUCT A VISUAL INSPECTION AS REQUIRED PURSUANT
 TO SECTIONS FOUR HUNDRED NINE-D AND FOUR HUNDRED NINE-E OF THIS  CHAPTER
 IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR;
   (V)  SCHEDULE E: ONE-FIFTH OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS ASSIGNED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER AND EXCLUDING THOSE SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  THAT  SHALL  CONDUCT
 THEIR  BUILDING  CONDITION  SURVEY  PURSUANT  TO SCHEDULE A, SCHEDULE B,
 SCHEDULE C, AND SCHEDULE D, SHALL CONDUCT A BUILDING CONDITION SURVEY IN
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR.
   (2) The commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into the  necessary
 contractual  agreements  with  architects and/or engineers to state-wide
 contracts to provide building construction surveys on a  regional  basis
 for  a  fixed fee per square foot. Such building condition surveys shall
 be used to assist school districts with the development of  their  five-
 year capital facilities plan.
   § 19. Subdivision 6-e of section 3602 of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 296 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   6-e.  Additional  apportionment of building aid for building condition
 surveys of school buildings. In addition to the  apportionments  payable
 to  a  school  district pursuant to subdivision six of this section, the
 commissioner is hereby authorized to apportion to  any  school  district
 additional  building  aid  in  accordance  with this subdivision for its
 approved expenses in the base year for  building  condition  surveys  of
 school  buildings  that  are  conducted pursuant to this subdivision and
 subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of  this  arti-
 cle.  The  amount  of  such apportionment shall equal the product of the
 building aid ratio defined pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision six of
 this section and the actual approved expenses incurred by  the  district

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 in  the  base  year for each school building so inspected, provided that
 the amount of such apportionment shall not exceed the building condition
 survey aid ceiling[, and provided further that  such  approved  expenses
 shall include approved expenses for testing of potable water systems for
 lead  contamination pursuant to section eleven hundred ten of the public
 health law]. For surveys conducted in the nineteen hundred ninety-eight-
 -ninety-nine school year, the building condition aid  ceiling  shall  be
 twenty  cents gross per square foot of floor area. For surveys conducted
 in the nineteen hundred ninety-nine--two thousand school year and there-
 after, the inspection aid ceiling shall be twenty cents gross per square
 foot of floor area, plus an  amount  computed  by  the  commissioner  in
 accordance with regulations adopted for such purpose, on the basis of an
 index number reflecting changes in the costs of labor and materials from
 July first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight.
   §  20.  Subdivision 6-h of section 3602 of the education law, as added
 by chapter 296 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   6-h. Building aid for testing and filtering of potable  water  systems
 for  lead  contamination. In addition to the apportionments payable to a
 school district pursuant to subdivision six of this section, the commis-
 sioner is hereby authorized to apportion to any  school  district  addi-
 tional  building  aid  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  for its approved
 expenditures, otherwise ineligible for building aid, in  the  base  year
 for  the  testing  of potable water systems required pursuant to section
 eleven hundred ten of the public health law and for the installation  of
 filters  and/or  other effective remedial measures for immediate remedi-
 ation in cases where a finding of lead contamination is made pursuant to
 such section and verified by confirmatory sampling,  provided  that  the
 cost  of  installation  of  such filters and/or other effective remedial
 measures shall be deemed  an  approved  expenditure  only  if  (i)  such
 installation and/or other effective remedial measures have been approved
 or reviewed by a professional with expertise in the field of water qual-
 ity  and remediation and (ii) such cost is incurred prior to July first,
 two thousand nineteen. Such aid shall equal the product of the  building
 aid  ratio  defined  pursuant  to paragraph c of subdivision six of this
 section and the actual approved expenditures incurred in the  base  year
 pursuant  to this subdivision. COMMENCING IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND EVERY  YEAR  THEREAFTER,  ADDITIONAL
 BUILDING  AID  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  INCLUDE  APPROVED
 EXPENSES FOR TESTING OF POTABLE WATER  SYSTEMS  FOR  LEAD  CONTAMINATION
 PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED TEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   §  21.  Section  3602  of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6-i to read as follows:
   6-I. BUILDING AID FOR PERIODIC INSPECTIONS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
 IN ADDITION TO THE APPORTIONMENTS PAYABLE TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT  PURSUANT
 TO  SUBDIVISION  SIX OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHOR-
 IZED TO APPORTION OF ANY SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ADDITIONAL  BUILDING  AID  IN
 ACCORDANCE  WITH  THIS  SUBDIVISION  FOR  PERIODIC INSPECTIONS OF PUBLIC
 SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAT ARE CONDUCTED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
 NINE-D  AND SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINE-E OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH ARE OTHER-
 WISE INELIGIBLE FOR BUILDING AID, PROVIDED  THAT  ANY  SUCH  INSPECTIONS
 SHALL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE.
   § 22. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 409-e of the education
 law,  as added by section 1 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 1998,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (a) [Every public school  building  shall  be  inspected  annually  in
 accordance  with  the  code, provided however, the] THE commissioner may

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 require [more frequent] PERIODIC inspections OF PUBLIC SCHOOL  BUILDINGS
 as  deemed  necessary to maintain the safety of school buildings and the
 welfare of their occupants.
   §  23. Subdivision 1 of section 409-d of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 437 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Program establishment. The commissioner is authorized and  directed
 to establish, develop and monitor a comprehensive public school building
 safety  program  which shall include a uniform inspection, safety rating
 and monitoring system. [Such] UNDER SUCH PROGRAM, THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY
 REQUIRE PERIODIC INSPECTIONS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS AS DEEMED NECES-
 SARY  TO  MAINTAIN THE SAFETY OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND THE WELFARE OF THE
 OCCUPANTS, AND SUCH program shall establish a safety rating  system  for
 such school buildings to assess the need for maintenance, repairs, reha-
 bilitation,  reconstruction, construction and other improvements related
 to the structural integrity and overall safety of public  school  build-
 ings  including  but  not  limited  to building systems related to elec-
 trical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, sanitation
 and health, fire and accident protection; and require that such  ratings
 be  used  for  the purpose of developing a buildings condition survey as
 required pursuant to subdivision  four  of  section  thirty-six  hundred
 forty-one  of  this  chapter and a five year facilities plan as required
 pursuant to clause (i) of subparagraph two of paragraph b of subdivision
 six of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.
   § 24. Subdivision 1 of section 409-d of the education law, as added by
 section 1 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of  1998,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  Program establishment. The commissioner is authorized and directed
 to establish, develop and monitor a comprehensive public school building
 safety program which shall include a uniform inspection,  safety  rating
 and monitoring system. [Such program shall require the annual inspection
 of  all  public  school buildings throughout New York state;] UNDER SUCH
 PROGRAM, THE COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE  PERIODIC  INSPECTIONS  OF  PUBLIC
 SCHOOL  BUILDINGS  AS  DEEMED NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE SAFETY OF SCHOOL
 BUILDINGS AND THE WELFARE OF  THE  OCCUPANTS,  AND  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL
 establish a safety rating system for such school buildings to assess the
 need   for   maintenance,   repairs,   rehabilitation,   reconstruction,
 construction and other improvements related to the structural  integrity
 and  overall safety of public school buildings including but not limited
 to building systems related to  electrical,  plumbing,  heating,  venti-
 lation,  and  air conditioning, sanitation and health, fire and accident
 protection; and require that such ratings be used  for  the  purpose  of
 developing a buildings condition survey as required pursuant to subdivi-
 sion  four of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this chapter and a
 five year facilities plan as required pursuant to clause (i) of subpara-
 graph two of paragraph  b  of  subdivision  six  of  section  thirty-six
 hundred two of this chapter.
   § 25. Section 3 of chapter 437 of the laws of 2014 amending the educa-
 tion  law  relating  to  removing  the  requirements  for  annual visual
 inspections of school buildings, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately,  provided  however,  that
 the  provisions  of  section  one of this act shall expire and be deemed
 repealed June 30, [2019] 2023.
   § 26. Section 3602 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 6-j to read as follows:
   6-J.  BUILDING  AID FOR APPROVED EXPENDITURES FOR DEBT SERVICE FOR TAX
 CERTIORARI FINANCING. IN ADDITION TO THE  APPORTIONMENTS  PAYABLE  TO  A

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 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION, BEGINNING
 WITH DEBT SERVICE IN THE  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY
 SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  THEREAFTER,  THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO
 APPORTION  TO  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT ADDITIONAL BUILDING AID PURSUANT TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ITS APPROVED DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES FOR  FINANC-
 ING  THE  COST  OF  A  TAX CERTIORARI, WHERE THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE BOND
 EXCEEDS THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT  FOR
 THE  YEAR  PRIOR TO THE YEAR IN WHICH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FIRST RECEIVES
 BOND PROCEEDS. IN ORDER TO HAVE SUCH DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES APPROVED,
 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONER, IN A  FORM  HE  OR
 SHE  PRESCRIBES,  DOCUMENTATION  RELATING  TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BOND,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ORIGINAL TAX  CERTIORARI,  THE  AMORTI-
 ZATION  SCHEDULE OF SUCH BOND, AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION DEEMED NECES-
 SARY. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN THE EVENT IT REFUNDS THE ORIGINAL  BOND
 AT  ANY POINT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE SUCH UPDATED DOCUMENTA-
 TION AS REQUIRED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  WHO  SHALL  ADJUST  THE  ANNUAL
 APPROVED  EXPENDITURES  ACCORDINGLY. SUCH AID SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF
 THE SUM OF (1) THE BUILDING AID RATIO DEFINED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF
 SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION PLUS (2) ONE-TENTH (0.1)  MULTIPLIED  BY
 THE  ACTUAL APPROVED DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES INCURRED IN THE BASE YEAR
 PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 27. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that:
   (a) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 2856 of  the  education
 law  made  by section eleven of this act shall be subject to the expira-
 tion and reversion of such subdivision  pursuant  to  subdivision  d  of
 section  27  of  chapter  378 of the laws of 2007, as amended, when upon
 such date the provisions of  section  twelve  of  this  act  shall  take
 effect;
   (b)  the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 409-d of the education
 law made by section twenty-three of this act shall  be  subject  to  the
 expiration  and  reversion  of such subdivision pursuant to section 3 of
 chapter 437 of the laws of 2014, as amended, when  upon  such  date  the
 provisions of section twenty-four of this act shall take effect; and
   (c) sections one, one-a, one-b, one-c, one-d, one-e, and twenty-two of
 this act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.
   Effective  immediately,  the  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.

                                  PART B
 
   Section  1.  Section  7408 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED TO
 LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY PURSUANT TO  ARTI-
 CLE FIFTEEN OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW, ARTICLES ONE AND EIGHT-B OF
 THE  PARTNERSHIP  LAW,  OR  ARTICLES  TWELVE AND THIRTEEN OF THE LIMITED
 LIABILITY COMPANY LAW SHALL BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION.
   § 2. Section 1503 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H)  ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION FORMED  TO  LAWFULLY  ENGAGE  IN  THE
 PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED
 UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  FORTY-NINE  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE

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 REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF  THE
 FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNERSHIP-BASED COMPEN-
 SATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO INDIVID-
 UALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT
 ALL  SHAREHOLDERS  OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL
 PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE  PRACTICE
 OF  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER
 SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EDUCATION  LAW  OR  ARE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS  LICENSED  UNDER  SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR  HUNDRED FIVE OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE  FIRM
 AND  ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
 REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  A  FIRM
 INCORPORATED  UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR  "CPAS".    EACH
 NON-LICENSEE  OWNER  OF  A  FIRM THAT IS INCORPORATED UNDER THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE  BUSINESS  OF
 THE  FIRM  OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHER-
 WISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT  OF
 THE FIRM. SUCH A FIRM SHALL HAVE ATTACHED TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF INCORPO-
 RATION A CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES DEMONSTRATING THE FIRM'S COMPLIANCE
 WITH THIS PARAGRAPH, IN LIEU OF THE CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES REQUIRED
 BY SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. Section 1507 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF  SECTION
 FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE  OF THIS ARTICLE MAY ISSUE SHARES TO INDIVIDUALS
 WHO ARE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE A  PROFESSION  WHICH
 SUCH  CORPORATION  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE AND WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN
 ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF SUCH PROFESSION  IN  SUCH  CORPORATION  OR  A
 PREDECESSOR  ENTITY,  OR WHO WILL ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF SUCH PROFES-
 SION IN SUCH CORPORATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE DATE SUCH SHARES  ARE
 ISSUED  AND  MAY  ALSO  ISSUE SHARES TO EMPLOYEES OF THE CORPORATION NOT
 LICENSED AS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, PROVIDED THAT:
   (I) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF  STOCK  OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II)  AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE DIRECTORS ARE CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS ARE CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,
   (IV)  THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR OFFICERS ARE  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS.
 NO  SHAREHOLDER OF A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCOR-
 PORATING AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H)
 OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  ENTER  INTO  A
 VOTING  TRUST AGREEMENT, PROXY OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF AGREEMENT VESTING IN
 ANOTHER PERSON, OTHER THAN ANOTHER SHAREHOLDER OF THE SAME  CORPORATION,
 THE  AUTHORITY  TO  EXERCISE  VOTING  POWER  OF ANY OR ALL OF HIS OR HER
 SHARES. ALL  SHARES  ISSUED,  AGREEMENTS  MADE  OR  PROXIES  GRANTED  IN
 VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE VOID.
   § 4. Section 1508 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  THE  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSI-
 NESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING  AS  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION

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 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE  MAY  INCLUDE  INDIVIDUALS  WHO  ARE NOT LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT AT LEAST  FIFTY-ONE  PERCENT  OF  THE
 DIRECTORS, AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS AND THE PRESIDENT,
 THE  CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFI-
 CER OR OFFICERS ARE AUTHORIZED BY  LAW  TO  PRACTICE  IN  THIS  STATE  A
 PROFESSION  WHICH  SUCH  CORPORATION  IS AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE, AND ARE
 EITHER SHAREHOLDERS OF SUCH CORPORATION OR ENGAGED IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF
 THEIR PROFESSIONS IN SUCH CORPORATION.
   § 5. Section 1509 of the business corporation law, as amended by chap-
 ter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 § 1509. Disqualification   of   shareholders,  directors,  officers  and
           employees.
   If any shareholder, director, officer or employee  of  a  professional
 service  corporation,  including  a  design  professional service corpo-
 ration, OR ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF  INCORPORAT-
 ING  AS  A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF
 SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, who  has  been  rendering
 professional service to the public becomes legally disqualified to prac-
 tice  his  profession  within  this state, he shall sever all employment
 with, and financial interests (other than interests as a  creditor)  in,
 such  corporation  forthwith or as otherwise provided in section 1510 of
 this article. All provisions of law regulating the rendering of  profes-
 sional  services  by  a  person  elected or appointed to a public office
 shall be applicable to a shareholder, director, officer and employee  of
 such  corporation  in the same manner and to the same extent as if fully
 set forth herein. Such legal disqualification to practice his profession
 within this state shall be deemed to constitute an irrevocable offer  by
 the  disqualified  shareholder  to  sell  his shares to the corporation,
 pursuant to the provisions of section 1510 of this  article  or  of  the
 certificate of incorporation, by-laws or agreement among the corporation
 and all shareholders, whichever is applicable. Compliance with the terms
 of  such  offer  shall be specifically enforceable in the courts of this
 state. A professional service corporation's failure to  enforce  compli-
 ance with this provision shall constitute a ground for forfeiture of its
 certificate of incorporation and its dissolution.
   § 6. Paragraph (a) of section 1511 of the business corporation law, as
 amended  by  chapter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new para-
 graph (c) is added to read as follows:
   (a) No shareholder of a professional service corporation [or], INCLUD-
 ING a design professional service corporation, OR ANY  FIRM  ESTABLISHED
 FOR  THE  BUSINESS  PURPOSE  OF  INCORPORATING AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
 CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  may  sell or transfer his shares in such corporation
 except to another individual who is eligible to have  shares  issued  to
 him  by  such  corporation  or except in trust to another individual who
 would be eligible to receive shares if he were employed  by  the  corpo-
 ration.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be construed to prohibit the
 transfer of shares by operation of law or by court decree.  No transfer-
 ee of shares by operation of law or court decree may vote the shares for
 any purpose whatsoever except with respect  to  corporate  action  under
 sections  909 and 1001 of this chapter. The restriction in the preceding
 sentence shall not apply, however, where such transferee would be eligi-
 ble to have shares issued to him if he were an employee  of  the  corpo-
 ration  and,  if  there are other shareholders, a majority of such other
 shareholders shall fail to redeem the shares so transferred, pursuant to

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 section 1510 of this article, within sixty  days  of  receiving  written
 notice  of  such  transfer. Any sale or transfer, except by operation of
 law or court decree or except for a corporation having only  one  share-
 holder,  may be made only after the same shall have been approved by the
 board of directors, or at a shareholders' meeting specially  called  for
 such  purpose  by  such  proportion,  not  less  than a majority, of the
 outstanding shares as may be provided in  the  certificate  of  incorpo-
 ration  or  in  the by-laws of such professional service corporation. At
 such shareholders' meeting the shares held by the shareholder  proposing
 to  sell  or  transfer  his  shares  may not be voted or counted for any
 purpose, unless all shareholders consent that such shares  be  voted  or
 counted.  The certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the profes-
 sional service corporation, or the professional service corporation  and
 the  shareholders  by  private  agreement, may provide, in lieu of or in
 addition to the foregoing provisions, for the alienation of  shares  and
 may  require  the  redemption  or purchase of such shares by such corpo-
 ration at prices and in a manner specifically  set  forth  therein.  The
 existence  of  the  restrictions  on  the sale or transfer of shares, as
 contained in this article and, if  applicable,  in  the  certificate  of
 incorporation,  by-laws,  stock  purchase or stock redemption agreement,
 shall be noted conspicuously on the face or back  of  every  certificate
 for  shares  issued  by  a professional service corporation. Any sale or
 transfer in violation of such restrictions shall be void.
   (C) A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS  A
 PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION
 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE,  SHALL  PURCHASE  OR  REDEEM  THE
 SHARES  OF A NON-LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SHAREHOLDER IN THE CASE OF HIS OR
 HER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH TERMINATION.
 A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR  THE  BUSINESS  PURPOSE  OF  INCORPORATING  AS  A
 PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION
 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE
 OR REDEEM THE SHARES OF A TERMINATED  NON-LICENSED  PROFESSIONAL  SHARE-
 HOLDER  IF  SUCH  SHARES, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH TERMINATION, ARE
 SOLD OR TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE CORPORATION  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 7. Paragraph (a) of section 1512 of the business corporation law, as
 amended  by  chapter  550  of  the  laws  of 2011, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the name of a  profes-
 sional  service  corporation,  including  a  design professional service
 corporation AND ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF  INCOR-
 PORATING AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H)
 OF  SECTION  FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, may contain any word
 which, at the time of incorporation, could be used  in  the  name  of  a
 partnership  practicing a profession which the corporation is authorized
 to practice, and may not contain any word which could  not  be  used  by
 such  a  partnership.    Provided,  however,  the name of a professional
 service corporation may not contain the name of a deceased person unless
   (1) such person's name was part of the corporate name at the  time  of
 such person's death; or
   (2) such person's name was part of the name of an existing partnership
 and at least two-thirds of such partnership's partners become sharehold-
 ers of the corporation.
   § 8. Section 1514 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:

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   (C) EACH FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A  PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION
 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, AT LEAST ONCE  EVERY  THREE
 YEARS  ON  OR  BEFORE  THE  DATE  PRESCRIBED BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY,
 FURNISH  A  STATEMENT  TO  THE LICENSING AUTHORITY LISTING THE NAMES AND
 RESIDENCE ADDRESSES OF EACH SHAREHOLDER, DIRECTOR AND  OFFICER  OF  SUCH
 CORPORATION  AND  CERTIFY  AS THE DATE OF CERTIFICATION AND AT ALL TIMES
 OVER THE ENTIRE THREE YEAR PERIOD THAT:
   (I) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF  STOCK  OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE AND WERE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II)  AT  LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE DIRECTORS ARE AND WERE CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III) AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS ARE AND  WERE  CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (IV)  THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  OR  OFFICERS  ARE  AND  WERE  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS.
 THE  STATEMENT  SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OR ANY CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANT VICE-PRESIDENT AND  ATTESTED  TO  BY  THE  SECRETARY  OR  ANY
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION.
   § 9. Paragraph (d) of section 1525 of the business corporation law, as
 added by chapter 505 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) "Foreign  professional  service  corporation" means a professional
 service corporation, whether or not denominated as such, organized under
 the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state, all of the  sharehold-
 ers,  directors  and  officers  of  which are authorized and licensed to
 practice the profession for which such corporation  is  licensed  to  do
 business;  except  that  all  shareholders,  directors and officers of a
 foreign professional service corporation which provides health  services
 in this state shall be licensed in this state. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION  OF  LAW  A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION FORMED TO
 LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH  PRACTICE
 IS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, OR
 EQUIVALENT STATE LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJOR-
 ITY  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF  THE  FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS,
 INCLUDING OWNERSHIP-BASED COMPENSATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE
 FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL SHAREHOLDERS  OF  A  FOREIGN
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN
 THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN
 THIS  STATE,  HOLD  A  VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR  ARE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS  LICENSED
 UNDER  SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH
 FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE  FIRM  AND  ITS  OWNERS  MUST
 COMPLY  WITH  RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER  THIS  SECTION  MAY  NOT
 HAVE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT,"  OR  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR  THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 OPERATING  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED  ENTITIES,
 PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A
 NATURAL  PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY
 THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHER-

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 WISE  INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF
 THE FIRM.
   §  10.  Subdivision (q) of section 121-1500 of the partnership law, as
 amended by chapter 475 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (q)  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide medical services in this state must be licensed  pursuant  to
 article  131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state and
 each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership  formed  to
 provide dental services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
 cle  133 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.  Each
 partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed to  provide
 veterinary  services  in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 135 of the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this  state.
 EACH  PARTNER  OF  A  REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO
 PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE  OF  BUSINESS
 IS  IN  THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST BE
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. Each partner of a registered limited  liabil-
 ity partnership formed to provide professional engineering, land survey-
 ing,  geological  services, architectural and/or landscape architectural
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 145, article
 147 and/or article 148 of the education law to practice one or  more  of
 such  professions  in  this  state. Each partner of a registered limited
 liability partnership formed to provide licensed  clinical  social  work
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the
 education law to practice clinical social work in this state. Each part-
 ner of a registered limited  liability  partnership  formed  to  provide
 creative  arts  therapy services in this state must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this state. Each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership
 formed  to  provide  marriage  and family therapy services in this state
 must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law  to  prac-
 tice marriage and family therapy in this state. Each partner of a regis-
 tered  limited  liability  partnership  formed  to provide mental health
 counseling services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 163  of  the  education law to practice mental health counseling in this
 state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursu-
 ant to article 163 of the education law to  practice  psychoanalysis  in
 this  state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership
 formed to provide applied behavior analysis service in this  state  must
 be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice  applied  behavior  analysis in this state. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 OTHER PROVISIONS OF  LAW  A  LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO
 LAWFULLY  ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE
 IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF  THE
 FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNERSHIP-BASED COMPEN-
 SATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO INDIVID-
 UALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT
 ALL PARTNERS OF A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
 BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY  IN  THIS  STATE,  HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION
 7404 OF THE EDUCATION LAW  OR  ARE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS  LICENSED  UNDER
 SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICEN-

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 SEE  OWNERS,  THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED
 BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  FOREGOING,  A  FIRM
 REGISTERED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH NON-
 LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS INCORPORATED UNDER THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE
 FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR  PROFESSIONAL  CORPORATION,  PROVIDED  EACH
 BENEFICIAL  OWNER  OF  AN  EQUITY  INTEREST  IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL
 PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY  THE  FIRM
 OR  ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE  INDI-
 VIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   §  11.  Subdivision (q) of section 121-1502 of the partnership law, as
 amended by chapter 475 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (q)  Each  partner  of  a  foreign limited liability partnership which
 provides medical services in this state must  be  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  131  of the education law to practice medicine in the state and
 each partner of a foreign limited liability partnership  which  provides
 dental services in the state must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of
 the education law to practice dentistry in this state. Each partner of a
 foreign  limited liability partnership which provides veterinary service
 in the state shall be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the  education
 law  to  practice  veterinary  medicine in this state. Each partner of a
 foreign limited liability partnership which provides professional  engi-
 neering, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or land-
 scape  architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 145, article 147 and/or article 148  of  the  education  law  to
 practice  one  or  more of such professions.   EACH PARTNER OF A FOREIGN
 REGISTERED  LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO  PROVIDE  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE
 AND  WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  IN
 THIS  STATE.  Each  partner  of  a foreign limited liability partnership
 which provides licensed clinical social work services in this state must
 be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the  education  law  to  practice
 licensed  clinical  social work in this state. Each partner of a foreign
 limited liability  partnership  which  provides  creative  arts  therapy
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the
 education law to practice creative arts  therapy  in  this  state.  Each
 partner  of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which provides
 marriage and family therapy services in  this  state  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. Each partner of a foreign limited  liabil-
 ity partnership which provides mental health counseling services in this
 state  must  be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice mental health counseling in  this  state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which  provides psychoanalysis
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the
 education  law to practice psychoanalysis in this state. Each partner of
 a foreign limited liability partnership which provides applied  behavior
 analysis  services  in this state must be licensed or certified pursuant
 to article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior  analy-
 sis  in  this  state.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW A

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 FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE  IN  THE
 PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED
 UNDER  ARTICLE  149  OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1)
 THAT  A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINAN-
 CIAL  INTERESTS,  INCLUDING  OWNERSHIP-BASED  COMPENSATION,  AND  VOTING
 RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE  FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO
 PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL PARTNERS  OF
 A  FOREIGN  LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY  IN  THIS  STATE,  HOLD A VALID LICENCE ISSUED UNDER SECTION
 7404 OF THE EDUCATION LAW  OR  ARE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS  LICENSED  UNDER
 SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICEN-
 SEE  OWNERS,  THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED
 BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  FOREGOING,  A  FIRM
 REGISTERED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR  "CPAS."    EACH
 NON-LICENSEE  OWNER  OF  A  FIRM THAT IS INCORPORATED UNDER THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE  BUSINESS
 OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH
 BENEFICIAL  OWNER  OF  AN  EQUITY  INTEREST  IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL
 PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY  THE  FIRM
 OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE"  MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDI-
 VIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 12. Subdivision (h) of section 121-101 of the  partnership  law,  as
 added by chapter 950 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   (h)  "Limited  partnership"  and  "domestic limited partnership" mean,
 unless the context otherwise requires, a partnership (i) formed  by  two
 or more persons pursuant to this article or which complies with subdivi-
 sion (a) of section 121-1202 of this article and (ii) having one or more
 general  partners and one or more limited partners.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OR DOMESTIC LIMITED  PART-
 NERSHIP FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY,
 AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCA-
 TION  LAW  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE
 OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNER-
 SHIP-BASED COMPENSATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY  THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,
 BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME
 STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL PARTNERS OF A LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP  OR  DOMESTIC
 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE,
 AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE,
 HOLD  A  VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7404 OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR
 ARE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED UNDER SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
 ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, THE FIRM AND ITS  OWNERS
 MUST  COMPLY  WITH  RULES  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION  MAY
 NOT  HAVE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS  IF  THE  FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS
 "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES,  OR
 (2)  AN  ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFES-
 SIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST
 IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE

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 BUSINESS  CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
 CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE  DAY-TO-DAY  BUSI-
 NESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 13. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability company
 law,  as  amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) With respect to a professional service limited  liability  company
 formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle  131  of  the  education  law, each member of such limited liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to
 practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  dental  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of
 such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133
 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.  With  respect
 to  a  professional  service limited liability company formed to provide
 veterinary services as such services are defined in article 135  of  the
 education  law,  each  member  of such limited liability company must be
 licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education law to practice veter-
 inary medicine in this state. With respect  to  a  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  formed to provide professional engineering,
 land surveying, architectural, landscape architectural and/or geological
 services as such services are defined in article 145,  article  147  and
 article  148 of the education law, each member of such limited liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article  145,  article  147  and/or
 article  148  of  the  education  law  to  practice  one or more of such
 professions in this state.   WITH  RESPECT  TO  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE
 LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES
 AS SUCH SERVICES ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW  EACH
 MEMBER  OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST
 BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW  TO  PRACTICE
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a professional service
 limited  liability  company  formed  to provide licensed clinical social
 work services as such services are defined in article 154 of the  educa-
 tion  law,  each  member  of  such  limited  liability  company shall be
 licensed pursuant to article  154  of  the  education  law  to  practice
 licensed  clinical  social work in this state. With respect to a profes-
 sional service limited liability company formed to provide creative arts
 therapy services as such services are defined  in  article  163  of  the
 education  law,  each  member  of such limited liability company must be
 licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  crea-
 tive  arts therapy in this state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to provide marriage and family  therapy
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 163 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. With respect  to  a  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  formed  to provide mental health counseling
 services as such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  mental  health
 counseling in this state. With respect to a professional service limited
 liability  company  formed  to  provide  psychoanalysis services as such
 services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of

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 such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article  163
 of  the  education  law  to  practice psychoanalysis in this state. With
 respect to a professional service limited liability  company  formed  to
 provide  applied behavior analysis services as such services are defined
 in article 167 of the education law, each member of such limited liabil-
 ity company must be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the
 education law to practice  applied  behavior  analysis  in  this  state.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW  A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE  PRACTICE  OF
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTI-
 CLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE
 MAJORITY  OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS,
 INCLUDING OWNERSHIP-BASED COMPENSATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE
 FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (2) THAT ALL MEMBERS OF A LIMITED PROFES-
 SIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY  IN  THIS  STATE,  HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION
 7404 OF THE EDUCATION LAW  OR  ARE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS  LICENSED  UNDER
 SECTION 7405 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICEN-
 SEE  OWNERS,  THE FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED
 BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING,  A  FIRM
 REGISTERED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS  "CPA"  OR  "CPAS."  EACH
 NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE (1) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE
 FIRM  OR  ITS  AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR  PROFESSIONAL  CORPORATION,  PROVIDED  EACH
 BENEFICIAL  OWNER  OF  AN  EQUITY  INTEREST  IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL
 PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY  THE  FIRM
 OR  ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE  INDI-
 VIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 14. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability company
 law,  as  amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) "Foreign professional service limited liability company"  means  a
 professional  service  limited liability company, whether or not denomi-
 nated as such, organized under the laws of  a  jurisdiction  other  than
 this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes-
 sional  authorized  by  law to render a professional service within this
 state and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such  profession
 in  such professional service limited liability company or a predecessor
 entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes-
 sional service limited liability company within thirty days of the  date
 such  professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and manag-
 ers, if any, is a professional at least one of such members  is  author-
 ized  by  law to render a professional service within this state and who
 is or has been engaged in  the  practice  of  such  profession  in  such
 professional  service limited liability company or a predecessor entity,
 or will engage in the practice of such profession  in  the  professional
 service  limited  liability  company within thirty days of the date such
 professional becomes a member, or  (ii)  authorized  by,  or  holding  a
 license,  certificate,  registration  or  permit issued by the licensing
 authority pursuant to,  the  education  law  to  render  a  professional

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 service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any,
 of  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  that
 provides health services in this state shall be licensed in this  state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle  135  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
 service limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to  article
 135  of  the education law to practice veterinary medicine. With respect
 to a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  which
 provides medical services as such services are defined in article 131 of
 the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
 limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to  article  131  of
 the education law to practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a
 foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
 dental services as such services are  defined  in  article  133  of  the
 education  law, each member of such foreign professional service limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the educa-
 tion law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect to a  foreign
 professional  service  limited  liability company which provides profes-
 sional engineering, land surveying, geologic, architectural and/or land-
 scape architectural services as such services  are  defined  in  article
 145,  article  147  and article 148 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the
 education law to practice one or more of such professions in this state.
 WITH RESPECT TO A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 WHICH PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES AS SUCH SERVICES ARE  DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, EACH MEMBER OF SUCH FOREIGN PROFES-
 SIONAL  SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND  WHO  PROVIDES  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  SERVICES,
 SHALL  BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRAC-
 TICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a foreign profes-
 sional service limited liability company which provides  licensed  clin-
 ical social work services as such services are defined in article 154 of
 the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
 limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article  154  of
 the  education  law to practice clinical social work in this state. With
 respect to a foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company
 which  provides  creative  arts  therapy  services  as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this state. With respect  to  a  foreign  professional  service  limited
 liability company which provides marriage and family therapy services as
 such  services  are  defined  in  article 163 of the education law, each
 member of such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company
 must  be  licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to prac-
 tice marriage and family therapy  in  this  state.  With  respect  to  a
 foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
 mental health counseling services as such services are defined in  arti-
 cle  163  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
 service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 163  of  the  education law to practice mental health counseling in this
 state. With respect to a foreign professional service limited  liability
 company  which  provides  psychoanalysis  services  as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign

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 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis  in  this
 state.  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability
 company  which  provides  applied  behavior  analysis  services  as such
 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  or  certified  pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this  state.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY,
 AS SUCH PRACTICE IS RESPECTIVELY DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCA-
 TION  LAW  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED TO SHOW (1) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE
 OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING OWNER-
 SHIP-BASED COMPENSATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY  THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,
 BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME
 STATE, AND (2) THAT  ALL  MEMBERS  OF  A  FOREIGN  LIMITED  PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS
 IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
 IN THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER  SECTION  7404  OF  THE
 EDUCATION  LAW  OR ARE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS LICENSED UNDER SECTION 7405 OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW. ALTHOUGH FIRMS MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,  THE
 FIRM  AND  ITS  OWNERS  MUST  COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE
 BOARD OF REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE  FOREGOING,  A  FIRM  REGISTERED
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME
 INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR  "CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR  THE  ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS." EACH NON-LICENSEE
 OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  (1)  A
 NATURAL  PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR
 ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (2) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO,  A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL
 OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST IN SUCH  ENTITY  IS  A  NATURAL  PERSON  WHO
 ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE  BUSINESS  CONDUCTED  BY THE FIRM OR ITS
 AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTIC-
 IPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY
 TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM.
   § 15. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART C
 
   Section 1. Section 1604 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 43 to read as follows:
   43. TO PASS, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZ-
 ING  THE  USE  OF  SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 EIGHTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES  MAY
 ALSO  ENTER  INTO  CONTRACTS  WITH  A  THIRD PARTY FOR THE INSTALLATION,
 ADMINISTRATION, OPERATION, NOTICE PROCESSING, AND  MAINTENANCE  OF  SUCH
 CAMERAS, AND FOR THE SHARING OF REVENUE DERIVED FROM SUCH CAMERAS PURSU-
 ANT  TO  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,
 PROVIDED THAT THE PURCHASE, LEASE, INSTALLATION, OPERATION  AND  MAINTE-
 NANCE,  OR ANY OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH CAMERAS SHALL BE CONSID-
 ERED AN AIDABLE EXPENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWENTY-
 THREE-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  Section  1709  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 43 to read as follows:
   43. TO PASS A RESOLUTION, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD,  AUTHORIZING
 THE  USE  OF SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGH-

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 TEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED THAT THE  BOARD  MAY  ALSO
 ENTER  INTO  CONTRACTS WITH A THIRD PARTY FOR THE INSTALLATION, ADMINIS-
 TRATION, OPERATION, NOTICE PROCESSING, AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH  CAMERAS,
 AND  FOR  THE  SHARING  OF REVENUE DERIVED FROM SUCH CAMERAS PURSUANT TO
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED
 THAT THE PURCHASE, LEASE, INSTALLATION, OPERATION  AND  MAINTENANCE,  OR
 ANY  OTHER  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  SUCH CAMERAS SHALL BE CONSIDERED AN
 AIDABLE EXPENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE-A OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2-a. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 3623-a of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 453 of the laws of 2005, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   c.  The purchase of equipment deemed a proper school district expense,
 including: (i) the purchase of two-way radios to be used on old and  new
 school  buses, (ii) the purchase of stop-arms, to be used on old and new
 school buses, (iii) the purchase and installation of seat  safety  belts
 on  school buses in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-six
 hundred thirty-five-a of this article, (iv) the purchase of  school  bus
 back  up  beepers,  (v)  the purchase of school bus front crossing arms,
 (vi) the purchase  of  school  bus  safety  sensor  devices,  (vii)  the
 purchase  and  installation  of  exterior  reflective  marking on school
 buses, (viii)  the  purchase  of  automatic  engine  fire  extinguishing
 systems  for school buses used to transport students who use wheelchairs
 or other assistive mobility devices, [and] (ix) THE PURCHASE  OF  SCHOOL
 BUS  CAMERAS,  AND  (X) the purchase of other equipment as prescribed in
 the regulations of the commissioner; and
   § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1118 to read as follows:
   § 1118. OWNER LIABILITY FOR OPERATOR ILLEGALLY OVERTAKING OR PASSING A
 SCHOOL  BUS.  (A)  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, EACH
 BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED
 AND EMPOWERED TO ADOPT AND AMEND A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL  BUS
 SAFETY  CAMERA  PROGRAM  IMPOSING  MONETARY  LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A
 VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SECTION ELEVEN
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL EMPOWER  A  BOARD
 OF  EDUCATION OR SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTOR
 THAT HAS CONTRACTED WITH SUCH SCHOOL  DISTRICT  TO  INSTALL  SCHOOL  BUS
 SAFETY  CAMERAS  UPON  SCHOOL  BUSES OPERATED BY OR CONTRACTED WITH SUCH
 DISTRICT.
   2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL UTILIZE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE, TO THE
 EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THAT PHOTOGRAPHS PRODUCED BY SUCH SCHOOL BUS  SAFETY
 CAMERAS  SHALL  NOT INCLUDE IMAGES THAT IDENTIFY THE DRIVER, THE PASSEN-
 GERS, OR THE CONTENTS OF THE VEHICLE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO  NOTICE
 OF  LIABILITY  ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISMISSED SOLELY
 BECAUSE A PHOTOGRAPH OR PHOTOGRAPHS ALLOW FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF  THE
 CONTENTS  OF  A  VEHICLE,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MADE A
 REASONABLE EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (B) IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH HAS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE SHALL BE LIABLE
 FOR A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IF SUCH VEHICLE WAS  USED
 OR  OPERATED  WITH  THE  PERMISSION OF THE OWNER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN
 VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF
 THIS TITLE, AND SUCH VIOLATION IS EVIDENCED BY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM
 A  SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERA; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT NO OWNER OF A VEHICLE
 SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHERE THE

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 OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF THE UNDERLYING  VIOLATION
 OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   (C)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "OWNER" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING
 PROVIDED IN ARTICLE TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 "SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERA" SHALL  MEAN  AN  AUTOMATED  PHOTO  MONITORING
 DEVICE  AFFIXED  TO THE OUTSIDE OF A SCHOOL BUS AND DESIGNATED TO DETECT
 AND STORE VIDEOTAPE AND ONE OR MORE IMAGES OF MOTOR VEHICLES THAT  OVER-
 TAKE  OR  PASS  SCHOOL  BUSES IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   (D) NO SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL BUS  TRANSPORTATION  CONTRACTOR  THAT
 HAS  INSTALLED  CAMERAS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL ACCESS THE IMAGES
 FROM SUCH CAMERAS BUT SHALL PROVIDE, PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT  WITH  THE
 APPROPRIATE  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR AGENCIES, FOR THE PROPER HANDLING
 AND CUSTODY OF SUCH IMAGES FOR THE FORWARDING OF SUCH IMAGES  FROM  SUCH
 CAMERAS  TO  A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION IN THE AREA IN
 WHICH THE VIOLATION  OCCURRED  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  IMPOSING  MONETARY
 LIABILITY  ON  THE  OWNER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR ILLEGALLY OVERTAKING OR
 PASSING A SCHOOL BUS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF  SECTION  ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  TITLE.   AFTER RECEIPT OF SUCH IMAGES A
 POLICE OFFICER SHALL INSPECT SUCH  VIDEOTAPE  AND  IMAGES  TO  DETERMINE
 WHETHER  A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN-
 TY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE WAS COMMITTED. UPON SUCH A FINDING A  CERTIFICATE,
 SWORN TO OR AFFIRMED BY AN OFFICER OF SUCH AGENCY, OR A FACSIMILE THERE-
 OF, BASED UPON INSPECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR
 OTHER  RECORDED  IMAGES PRODUCED BY A SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERA, SHALL BE
 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS CONTAINED  THEREIN.  ANY  PHOTOGRAPHS,
 MICROPHOTOGRAPHS,  VIDEOTAPE  OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES EVIDENCING SUCH A
 VIOLATION SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING TO ADJUDI-
 CATE THE LIABILITY FOR SUCH VIOLATION.
   (E) AN OWNER FOUND LIABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR A VIOLATION  OF
 SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE
 SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A MONETARY PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
   (E-1) PAYMENT OF THE MONETARY PENALTY IMPOSED BY  SUBDIVISION  (E)  OF
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  PAYABLE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOTHING HEREIN
 SHALL PREVENT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM ENTERING  INTO  A  MEMORANDUM  OF
 UNDERSTANDING WITH A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RETURN A PORTION OF
 SUCH  PENALTY  RECEIVED  TO  THE  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, PROVIDED
 HOWEVER, IN NO CASE SHALL SUCH PORTION RETURNED TO A LOCAL LAW  ENFORCE-
 MENT  AGENCY  EXCEED TWENTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT RECEIVED BY THE SCHOOL
 DISTRICT.
   (F) AN IMPOSITION OF LIABILITY UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE  DEEMED
 A  CONVICTION AS AN OPERATOR AND SHALL NOT BE MADE PART OF THE OPERATING
 RECORD OF THE PERSON UPON WHOM SUCH LIABILITY IS IMPOSED NOR SHALL IT BE
 USED FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES IN THE PROVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLE  INSURANCE
 COVERAGE.
   (G)  1.  A  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  SHALL BE SENT BY THE RESPECTIVE LAW
 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO  EACH  PERSON  ALLEGED  TO  BE
 LIABLE  AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION.  PERSONAL
 DELIVERY  ON  THE  OWNER  SHALL  NOT  BE REQUIRED. A MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC
 RECORD OF MAILING PREPARED IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS  SHALL  BE
 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS CONTAINED THEREIN.
   2.  A  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY SHALL CONTAIN THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
 PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION
 (A)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION, THE REGISTRATION NUMBER OF THE VEHICLE  INVOLVED  IN  SUCH

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 VIOLATION,  THE  LOCATION  WHERE SUCH VIOLATION TOOK PLACE, THE DATE AND
 TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION AND THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE CAMERA WHICH
 RECORDED THE VIOLATION OR OTHER DOCUMENT LOCATOR NUMBER.
   3.  THE  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION ADVISING THE
 PERSON CHARGED OF THE MANNER AND THE TIME IN WHICH HE  MAY  CONTEST  THE
 LIABILITY  ALLEGED  IN  THE  NOTICE. SUCH NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL ALSO
 CONTAIN A WARNING TO ADVISE THE PERSONS CHARGED THAT FAILURE TO  CONTEST
 IN  THE MANNER AND TIME PROVIDED SHALL BE DEEMED AN ADMISSION OF LIABIL-
 ITY AND THAT A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED THEREON.
   4. THE NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL BE PREPARED AND MAILED BY THE RESPEC-
 TIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE LOCATION  WHERE
 THE VIOLATION OCCURRED.
   (H)  ADJUDICATION OF THE LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON OWNERS BY THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE BY A TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OR, IF THERE BE NONE,
 BY  THE  COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS, EXCEPT THAT
 ANY CITY WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED OR DESIGNATED AN ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL
 TO  HEAR  AND  DETERMINE OWNER LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR
 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS SHALL USE SUCH TRIBU-
 NAL TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION.
   (I) IF AN OWNER RECEIVES  A  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  FOR  ANY TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO A
 POLICE DEPARTMENT AS HAVING BEEN STOLEN, IT SHALL BE A VALID DEFENSE  TO
 AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT
 THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE POLICE AS STOLEN PRIOR TO THE  TIME
 THE  VIOLATION  OCCURRED  AND  HAD  NOT BEEN RECOVERED BY SUCH TIME. FOR
 PURPOSES OF ASSERTING THE DEFENSE PROVIDED BY THIS SUBDIVISION IT  SHALL
 BE  SUFFICIENT  THAT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT ON THE STOLEN
 VEHICLE BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO THE  TRAFFIC  VIOLATIONS  BUREAU,
 COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OR PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU.
   (J)  WHERE  THE ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON OWNERS PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION IS BY AN  ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL,  TRAFFIC  VIOLATIONS
 BUREAU,  OR  A  COURT HAVING JURISDICTION, AN OWNER WHO IS A LESSOR OF A
 VEHICLE TO WHICH A NOTICE OF LIABILITY WAS ISSUED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVI-
 SION (G) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUBDI-
 VISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS TITLE,
 PROVIDED THAT HE OR SHE SENDS TO THE  ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL,  TRAFFIC
 VIOLATIONS  BUREAU,  OR  COURT HAVING JURISDICTION A COPY OF THE RENTAL,
 LEASE OR OTHER SUCH CONTRACT DOCUMENT COVERING SUCH VEHICLE ON THE  DATE
 OF  THE VIOLATION, WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE LESSEE CLEARLY LEGI-
 BLE, WITHIN THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE FROM THE BUREAU  OR
 COURT  OF  THE  DATE AND TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER
 INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF  LIABILITY.  FAILURE  TO
 SEND  SUCH  INFORMATION  WITHIN  SUCH THIRTY-SEVEN DAY TIME PERIOD SHALL
 RENDER THE OWNER LIABLE FOR THE  PENALTY  PRESCRIBED  BY  THIS  SECTION.
 WHERE  THE  LESSOR  COMPLIES  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE
 LESSEE OF SUCH VEHICLE ON THE DATE OF SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED  TO
 BE  THE  OWNER  OF  SUCH  VEHICLE FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO LIABILITY FOR THE VIOLATION OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND
 SHALL BE SENT A NOTICE OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   (K)  1.  IF  THE  OWNER  LIABLE  FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  TITLE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  WAS  NOT  THE  OPERATOR  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AT  THE  TIME OF THE

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 VIOLATION, THE OWNER MAY MAINTAIN AN ACTION FOR INDEMNIFICATION  AGAINST
 THE OPERATOR.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, NO OWNER OF A
 VEHICLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A MONETARY FINE  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION IF THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS OPERATING SUCH VEHICLE WITH-
 OUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH OPERATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE
 BEEN  OVERTAKING  OR PASSING A SCHOOL BUS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION THERE SHALL BE A PRESUMPTION THAT THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE  WAS
 OPERATING  SUCH  VEHICLE  WITH THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH
 OPERATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN OVERTAKING OR PASSING A SCHOOL BUS.
   (L) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE  LIABILITY
 OF  AN  OPERATOR  OF  A  VEHICLE FOR ANY VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   (M) IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH ADOPTS A  SCHOOL  BUS  SAFETY  CAMERA
 PROGRAM  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS  SECTION,  SUCH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF  ITS
 SCHOOL  BUS  SAFETY  CAMERAS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
 THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  NINETEEN AND ON THE SAME DATE IN EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR IN WHICH
 THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IS OPERABLE. SUCH REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   1.  A  DESCRIPTION OF THE NUMBER OF BUSSES AND ROUTES WHERE SCHOOL BUS
 SAFETY CAMERAS WERE USED;
   2. THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF ANNUAL INCIDENTS OF VIOLATIONS OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE WITHIN THE
 DISTRICT;
   3.  THE  NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS RECORDED BY SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERAS IN
 THE AGGREGATE AND ON A DAILY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY BASIS;
   4. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NOTICES  OF  LIABILITY  ISSUED  FOR  VIOLATIONS
 RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   5.  THE  NUMBER  OF  FINES  AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF FINES PAID AFTER FIRST
 NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   6. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS ADJUDICATED AND RESULTS  OF  SUCH  ADJUDI-
 CATIONS   INCLUDING  BREAKDOWNS  OF  DISPOSITIONS  MADE  FOR  VIOLATIONS
 RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   7. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE REALIZED BY SUCH SCHOOL  DISTRICT  FROM
 SUCH ADJUDICATIONS;
   8.  EXPENSES  INCURRED  BY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CONNECTION WITH THE
 PROGRAM; AND
   9. QUALITY OF THE ADJUDICATION PROCESS AND ITS RESULTS.
   (N) IT SHALL BE A DEFENSE TO ANY PROSECUTION FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDI-
 VISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  TITLE  THAT
 SUCH  SCHOOL  BUS  SAFETY CAMERAS WERE MALFUNCTIONING AT THE TIME OF THE
 ALLEGED VIOLATION.
   § 4. Subdivision (c) of section 1174 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  254 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (c) Every person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a)  of  this
 section  shall: for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
 not less than [two hundred fifty] FIVE HUNDRED  dollars  nor  more  than
 [four]  SEVEN hundred FIFTY dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
 thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a conviction of a
 second violation, both of which were committed within a period of  three
 years,  such  person  shall  be punished by a fine of not less than [six
 hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars nor more than  [seven]  ONE  THOUSAND  TWO
 hundred  fifty  dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred

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 eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction  of
 a  third  or  subsequent violation, all of which were committed within a
 period of three years, such person shall be punished by a  fine  of  not
 less  than  [seven hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY dollars
 nor more than one thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars or by  imprisonment  for
 not more than one hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprison-
 ment.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART D
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART E
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART F
 
   Section  1. Section 97-z of the state finance law, as added by chapter
 625 of the laws of 1987, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 83  of  the
 laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   §  97-z. Arts capital [revolving] GRANTS fund. 1. A special fund to be
 known as the "arts capital [revolving] GRANTS  fund"  is  hereby  estab-
 lished  in  the custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of
 taxation and finance.
   2. The fund shall consist of all monies appropriated for its  purpose,
 all monies transferred to such fund pursuant to law, all monies required
 by this section or any other provision of law to be paid into or credit-
 ed  to  the  fund[,  including  payments of principal of and interest on
 loans made from the fund] and any interest  earnings  which  may  accrue
 from  the  investment  of  monies  in the fund. Nothing contained herein
 shall prevent the New York state council  on  the  arts  from  receiving
 grants,  gifts  or  bequests  for the purposes of the fund as defined in
 this section and depositing them into the fund according to law.
   3. Monies of the fund, when allocated, shall be available for adminis-
 trative costs of the council and to  make  [loans]  GRANTS  to  eligible
 not-for-profit  arts  organizations  as  provided in section 3.07 of the
 arts and cultural affairs law [and to pay the reasonable  administrative
 costs  of the dormitory authority incurred in monitoring construction on
 eligible projects and costs associated with contracts with outside enti-
 ties to disburse loans and receive payments on such loans,  as  provided
 in such section].
   4.  Monies  shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by  the  chairman  of
 the New York state council on the arts.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART G
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, the housing
 trust fund corporation may provide, for  purposes  of  the  neighborhood
 preservation program, a sum not to exceed $8,479,000 for the fiscal year
 ending  March 31, 2020.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
 subject to the approval of the New York state director  of  the  budget,
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 authorize the transfer to the housing trust fund  corporation,  for  the
 purposes of reimbursing any costs associated with neighborhood preserva-
 tion  program  contracts  authorized by this section, a total sum not to
 exceed $8,479,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account
 of the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the
 public  authorities  law,  in  an amount not to exceed the actual excess
 balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as deter-
 mined and certified by the state of New York  mortgage  agency  for  the
 fiscal  year  2018-2019  in accordance with section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves  in  the
 project  pool  insurance  account of the mortgage insurance fund created
 pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law are  sufficient
 to  attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined by the state of
 New York mortgage agency) required to accomplish the  purposes  of  such
 account,  the  project  pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable but no later  than
 June 30, 2019.
   §  2.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, the housing trust
 fund corporation may provide, for purposes  of  the  rural  preservation
 program, a sum not to exceed $3,539,000 for the fiscal year ending March
 31,  2020.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to
 the approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board  of
 directors  of  the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the
 transfer to the housing trust fund  corporation,  for  the  purposes  of
 reimbursing   any  costs  associated  with  rural  preservation  program
 contracts authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to  exceed
 $3,539,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account of the
 mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in
 the  special  account  of the mortgage insurance fund, as determined and
 certified by the state of New York mortgage agency for the  fiscal  year
 2018-2019  in  accordance  with section 2429-b of the public authorities
 law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the project  pool
 insurance  account  of  the  mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to
 section 2429-b of the public authorities law are  sufficient  to  attain
 and  maintain  the credit rating (as determined by the state of New York
 mortgage agency) required to accomplish the purposes  of  such  account,
 the  project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund, such
 transfer to be made as soon as practicable but no later  than  June  30,
 2019.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART H
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART I
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 378-a of the social services law,
 as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  (A)  Every  authorized agency which operates a residential program
 for children licensed or certified by the office of children and  family
 services,  and the office of children and family services in relation to
 any juvenile justice program it operates, shall request that the justice
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 such  request, such justice center shall request and shall be authorized
 to receive from the division of criminal justice services and the feder-
 al bureau of investigation criminal history information, as such  phrase
 is  defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section eight hundred
 forty-five-b of the executive law concerning each prospective  operator,
 employee  or volunteer of such a residential program who will have regu-
 lar and substantial unsupervised or unrestricted physical  contact  with
 children in such program.
   (B)  EVERY  AUTHORIZED  AGENCY THAT OPERATES A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR
 FOSTER CHILDREN THAT IS LICENSED OR CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF  CHILDREN
 AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL  REQUEST  THAT  THE  JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE
 PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHECK, AND  UPON  SUCH  REQUEST,
 SUCH  JUSTICE  CENTER  SHALL  REQUEST AND SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE
 FROM THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
 INVESTIGATION CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION, AS SUCH PHRASE IS DEFINED IN
 PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THE  SECTION  EIGHT  HUNDRED  FORTY-
 FIVE-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, FOR EVERY:
   (I)  PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OF SUCH PROGRAM THAT IS NOT ALREADY REQUIRED
 TO BE CLEARED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, PRIOR
 TO APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  A  SCHEDULE
 DEVELOPED  BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, ANY PERSON WHO
 IS EMPLOYED IN A RESIDENTIAL FOSTER CARE PROGRAM THAT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY
 HAD A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN CONNECTION TO SUCH
 EMPLOYMENT.
   (C) For the purposes of this section,  "operator"  shall  include  any
 natural person with an ownership interest in the authorized agency.
   (D)  Access  to and the use of [such] information OBTAINED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION shall be governed by the provisions  of  section  eight
 hundred forty-five-b of the executive law.
   §  2.  Paragraph  A  of  subdivision  4  of  section 422 of the social
 services law, is amended by adding a new subparagraph (bb)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (BB)  AN  ENTITY  WITH APPROPRIATE LEGAL AUTHORITY IN ANOTHER STATE TO
 LICENSE, CERTIFY OR OTHERWISE APPROVE RESIDENTIAL  PROGRAMS  FOR  FOSTER
 CHILDREN  WHERE  DISCLOSURE  OF INFORMATION REGARDING ANY PROSPECTIVE OR
 CURRENT EMPLOYEE OF SUCH PROGRAM IS  REQUIRED  BY  PARAGRAPH  TWENTY  OF
 SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF TITLE FORTY-TWO OF
 THE UNITED STATES CODE.
   §  3.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section
 424-a of the social services law, as amended by section 8-a of part D of
 chapter 501 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) (A) Subject  to  the  provisions  of  subdivision  seven  of  this
 section,  a  provider  agency shall inquire of the office and the office
 shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (e) of  this  subdivision,
 inform such agency and the subject of the inquiry whether any person who
 is actively being considered for employment and who will have the poten-
 tial  for regular and substantial contact with individuals who are cared
 for by the agency, is the  subject  of  an  indicated  child  abuse  and
 maltreatment report on file with the statewide central register of child
 abuse  and maltreatment prior to permitting such person to have unsuper-
 vised contact with such individuals. Such  agency  may  inquire  of  the
 office  and  the  office shall inform such agency and the subject of the
 inquiry whether any person who is currently employed  and  who  has  the
 potential  for  regular and substantial contact with individuals who are
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 maltreatment report on file with the statewide central register of child
 abuse  and  maltreatment.  A  provider  agency shall also inquire of the
 office and the office shall inform such agency and the  subject  of  the
 inquiry  whether  any  person  who  is employed by an individual, corpo-
 ration, partnership or association which provides goods or  services  to
 such  agency  who  has the potential for regular and substantial contact
 with individuals who are cared for by the agency, is the subject  of  an
 indicated child abuse and maltreatment report on file with the statewide
 central  register  of  child  abuse and maltreatment prior to permitting
 such  person  to  have  unsupervised  contact  with  such   individuals.
 Inquiries made to the office pursuant to this subparagraph by a provider
 agency on current employees shall be made no more often than once in any
 six month period.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE (A) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, WHERE THE PROVID-
 ER  AGENCY  IS  AN AUTHORIZED AGENCY THAT OPERATES A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM
 FOR FOSTER CHILDREN THAT IS LICENSED OR CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF CHIL-
 DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SUCH AGENCY SHALL INQUIRE OF THE OFFICE AND THE
 OFFICE SHALL, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION, INFORM SUCH AGENCY AND THE SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY WHETHER:
   (I) ANY PERSON WHO IS ACTIVELY BEING CONSIDERED FOR EMPLOYMENT IN SUCH
 PROGRAM WHO IS NOT ALREADY REQUIRED TO BE CLEARED PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (A)
 OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  IS  THE  SUBJECT OF AN INDICATED CHILD ABUSE AND
 MALTREATMENT REPORT ON FILE WITH THE STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF CHILD
 ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT; AND
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, PRIOR
 TO APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  A  SCHEDULE
 DEVELOPED  BY  THE  OFFICE  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, WHETHER ANY
 PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED IN A RESIDENTIAL FOSTER CARE PROGRAM THAT HAS NOT
 PREVIOUSLY HAD A CLEARANCE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  IN
 CONNECTION TO SUCH EMPLOYMENT IS THE SUBJECT OF AN INDICATED CHILD ABUSE
 AND  MALTREATMENT  REPORT ON FILE WITH THE STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF
 CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT.
   § 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
 
                                  PART J
 
   Section 1. The section heading and the opening paragraph  of  subdivi-
 sion  1 of section 131-u of the social services law, as amended by chap-
 ter 169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   Domestic violence services [to eligible persons].
   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a  social  services
 district  shall,  in  accordance with the provisions of this section and
 regulations of the department, offer and provide emergency  shelter  and
 services  at  a residential program for victims of domestic violence, as
 defined in article six-A of this chapter, to the extent that such  shel-
 ter  and  services  are  necessary and available to a victim of domestic
 violence, as defined in article six-A of this chapter, and  in  need  of
 emergency  shelter and services, who was residing in the social services
 district at the time of the alleged domestic violence [and who:].
   § 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 131-u  of  the
 social services law are REPEALED.
   §  3.  Subdivision  2  of section 131-u of the social services law, as
 amended by chapter 169 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  The  department  [shall]  MAY  annually  establish, subject to the
 approval of the director of the budget, a daily  rate  of  reimbursement

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 for  each  residential  program  for  victims  of  domestic violence, as
 defined in article six-A of this chapter, certified  by  the  department
 which  provides  emergency  shelter and services to persons eligible for
 such  emergency shelter and services pursuant to this section.  A social
 services district financially  responsible  for  a  victim  of  domestic
 violence  shall  reimburse a residential program for victims of domestic
 violence for the costs of emergency shelter  and  services  provided  to
 such  victim  at the daily reimbursement rate established by the depart-
 ment reduced by [the sum of all fees which such victim is  able  to  pay
 toward  the  costs of such shelter and services as determined in accord-
 ance with the public assistance budgeting rules set forth in  the  regu-
 lations  of the department and by] any [third party] OTHER reimbursement
 available for such costs.
   § 4. Section 459-f of the social services law, as amended  by  chapter
 169 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   § 459-f. [Fees] PAYMENT for services. [Any program defined in subdivi-
 sion  four  of  section  four  hundred  fifty-nine-a of this article may
 charge a service fee to a victim of domestic violence who is able to pay
 all or part of the costs of the emergency shelter and services  provided
 to  the victim.] Payments by a social services district to a residential
 program for victims of domestic violence  for  the  costs  of  emergency
 shelter  and  services  provided to a victim of domestic violence at the
 daily reimbursement rate determined by the department in accordance with
 section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter shall be reduced by the
 sum of [all fees which such victim is able to pay toward  the  costs  of
 such  shelter  and  services as determined in accordance with the public
 assistance budgeting rules set forth in the regulations of  the  depart-
 ment  and  by]  any [third party] OTHER reimbursement available for such
 costs.
   § 5. This act shall take effect April 1, 2019.
 
                                  PART K
 
   Section 1. Section 712 of the family court act, as amended by  chapter
 920 of the laws of 1982, subdivision (a) as amended by section 7 of part
 G of chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, subdivision (b) as amended by chap-
 ter  465 of the laws of 1992, subdivision (g) as amended by section 2 of
 part B of chapter 3 of the laws of 2005, subdivision  (h)  as  added  by
 chapter  7  of the laws of 1999, subdivision (i) as amended and subdivi-
 sions (j), (k), (l) and (m) as added by chapter 38 of the laws of  2014,
 is amended to read as follows:
   § 712. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
 have the following meanings:
   (a) "Person in need of supervision". A person less than eighteen years
 of  age  who does not attend school in accordance with the provisions of
 part one of article sixty-five of the education law or who is incorrigi-
 ble, ungovernable  or  habitually  disobedient  and  beyond  the  lawful
 control of a parent or other person legally responsible for such child's
 care,  or  other  lawful  authority,  or  who violates the provisions of
 section 221.05 or 230.00 of the penal law, or who appears to be a  sexu-
 ally exploited child as defined in paragraph (a), (c) or (d) of subdivi-
 sion  one  of  section four hundred forty-seven-a of the social services
 law, but only if the child consents to the filing of  a  petition  under
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   (b)  ["Detention". The temporary care and maintenance of children away
 from their own homes as defined in section five hundred two of the exec-
 utive law.
   (c)  "Secure  detention  facility".  A facility characterized by phys-
 ically restricting construction, hardware and procedures.
   (d) "Non-secure detention facility". A facility characterized  by  the
 absence of physically restricting construction, hardware and procedures.
   (e)]  "Fact-finding  hearing".  A  hearing  to  determine  whether the
 respondent did the acts alleged to show that he OR SHE violated a law or
 is incorrigible, ungovernable or habitually disobedient and  beyond  the
 control of his OR HER parents, guardian or legal custodian.
   [(f)]  (C) "Dispositional hearing". A hearing to determine whether the
 respondent requires supervision or treatment.
   [(g)] (D) "Aggravated circumstances". Aggravated  circumstances  shall
 have  the same meaning as the definition of such term in subdivision (j)
 of section one thousand twelve of this act.
   [(h)] (E) "Permanency hearing". A  hearing  held  in  accordance  with
 paragraph  (b) of subdivision two of section seven hundred fifty-four or
 section seven hundred fifty-six-a of this article  for  the  purpose  of
 reviewing  the foster care status of the respondent and the appropriate-
 ness of the permanency plan developed by the social services official on
 behalf of such respondent.
   [(i)] (F) "Diversion services".   Services provided  to  children  and
 families  pursuant  to section seven hundred thirty-five of this article
 for the purpose of avoiding the need to file a petition [or  direct  the
 detention  of  the  child]. Diversion services shall include: efforts to
 adjust cases pursuant to this article before a petition is filed, or  by
 order  of the court, after the petition is filed but before fact-finding
 is commenced;  and  preventive  services  provided  in  accordance  with
 section  four  hundred  nine-a  of  the social services law to avert the
 placement of the child into foster care, including  crisis  intervention
 and  respite  services.    Diversion services may also include, in cases
 where any person is seeking to file a petition  that  alleges  that  the
 child  has a substance use disorder or is in need of immediate detoxifi-
 cation or substance use disorder services, an assessment  for  substance
 use   disorder;   provided,  however,  that  notwithstanding  any  other
 provision of law to the contrary, the designated lead agency  shall  not
 be  required  to pay for all or any portion of the costs of such assess-
 ment or substance use disorder or  detoxification  services,  except  in
 cases  where medical assistance for needy persons may be used to pay for
 all or any portion of the costs of such assessment or services.
   [(j)] (G) "Substance use disorder". The misuse of, dependence  on,  or
 addiction  to  alcohol  and/or legal or illegal drugs leading to effects
 that are detrimental to the person's physical and mental health  or  the
 welfare of others.
   [(k)]  (H)  "Assessment  for  substance use disorder". Assessment by a
 provider that has  been  certified  by  the  office  of  alcoholism  and
 substance  abuse  services  of  a person less than eighteen years of age
 where it is alleged that the youth is suffering  from  a  substance  use
 disorder  which  could  make  a  youth a danger to himself or herself or
 others.
   [(l)] (I) "A substance use disorder which could make a youth a  danger
 to  himself  or  herself  or  others".  A substance use disorder that is
 accompanied by the dependence on, or the repeated use or abuse of, drugs
 or alcohol to the point of intoxication such that the person is in  need
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   [(m)]  (J)  "Substance  use disorder services". Substance use disorder
 services shall have the same meaning as provided for in section 1.03  of
 the mental hygiene law.
   §  2.  The part heading of part 2 of article 7 of the family court act
 is amended to read as follows:
                          CUSTODY [AND DETENTION]
   § 3. Section 720 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 419 of
 the laws of 1987, subdivision 3 as amended by section 9 of subpart B  of
 part  Q  of  chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, subdivision 5 as amended by
 section 3 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, and paragraph (c)
 of subdivision 5 as added by section 8 of part G of chapter  58  of  the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   § 720. Detention PRECLUDED. [1.] THE DETENTION OF A CHILD SHALL NOT BE
 DIRECTED  UNDER  ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT AS OTHER-
 WISE AUTHORIZED BY THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES. No child to whom
 the provisions of this article may apply, shall be detained in any pris-
 on, jail, lockup, or other place used for adults convicted of  crime  or
 under arrest and charged with a crime.
   [2.  The detention of a child in a secure detention facility shall not
 be directed under any of the provisions of this article.
   3. Detention of a person alleged to be or adjudicated as a  person  in
 need  of  supervision  shall,  except as provided in subdivision four of
 this section, be authorized only in a foster care program  certified  by
 the  office  of children and family services, or a certified or approved
 family boarding home, or a non-secure detention  facility  certified  by
 the  office  and in accordance with section seven hundred thirty-nine of
 this article. The setting of the detention shall take into  account  (a)
 the  proximity  to  the  community  in which the person alleged to be or
 adjudicated as a person in need of supervision lives with such  person's
 parents or to which such person will be discharged, and (b) the existing
 educational  setting of such person and the proximity of such setting to
 the location of the detention setting.
   4. Whenever detention is authorized and ordered pursuant to this arti-
 cle, for a person alleged to be or adjudicated as a person  in  need  of
 supervision, a family court in a city having a population of one million
 or  more  shall,  notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of law, direct
 detention in a foster care facility established and maintained  pursuant
 to the social services law. In all other respects, the detention of such
 a  person  in  a  foster care facility shall be subject to the identical
 terms and conditions for detention as are set forth in this article  and
 in section two hundred thirty-five of this act.
   5.  (a) The court shall not order or direct detention under this arti-
 cle, unless the court determines that there is no substantial likelihood
 that the youth and his or her  family  will  continue  to  benefit  from
 diversion services and that all available alternatives to detention have
 been exhausted; and
   (b)  Where the youth is sixteen years of age or older, the court shall
 not order or direct detention  under  this  article,  unless  the  court
 determines  and  states in its order that special circumstances exist to
 warrant such detention.
   (c) If the respondent may be a sexually exploited child as defined  in
 subdivision  one  of  section  four  hundred forty-seven-a of the social
 services law, the court may direct the respondent to an available short-
 term safe house as defined in subdivision two of  section  four  hundred
 forty-seven-a   of   the  social  services  law  as  an  alternative  to
 detention.]

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   § 4. Section 727 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   §  5.  The section heading and subdivisions (c) and (d) of section 728
 of the family court act, subdivision (d) as added by chapter 145 of  the
 laws  of  2000, paragraph (i) as added and paragraph (ii) of subdivision
 (d) as renumbered by section 5 of part E of chapter 57 of  the  laws  of
 2005,  and  paragraph (iii) as amended and paragraph (iv) of subdivision
 (d) as added by section 10 of subpart B of part Q of chapter 58  of  the
 laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   Discharge[,]  OR  release  [or  detention]  by judge after hearing and
 before filing of petition in custody cases.
   (c) An order of release under this  section  may,  but  need  not,  be
 conditioned  upon  the giving of a recognizance in accord with [sections
 seven hundred twenty-four (b)]  PARAGRAPH  (i)  OF  SUBDIVISION  (B)  OF
 SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
   [(d)  Upon  a  finding  of facts and reasons which support a detention
 order pursuant to this section, the court shall also determine and state
 in any order directing detention:
   (i) that there is no substantial likelihood that the youth and his  or
 her family will continue to benefit from diversion services and that all
 available alternatives to detention have been exhausted; and
   (ii)  whether  continuation  of the child in the child's home would be
 contrary to the best interests of the child based upon, and limited  to,
 the  facts  and  circumstances available to the court at the time of the
 hearing held in accordance with this section; and
   (iii) where appropriate, whether reasonable efforts were made prior to
 the date of the court hearing that resulted in the detention  order,  to
 prevent  or  eliminate the need for removal of the child from his or her
 home or, if the child had been removed from his or her home prior to the
 court appearance pursuant to this section,  where  appropriate,  whether
 reasonable efforts were made to make it possible for the child to safely
 return home; and
   (iv) whether the setting of the detention takes into account the prox-
 imity  to the community in which the person alleged to be or adjudicated
 as a person in need of supervision lives with such person's  parents  or
 to  which  such  person will be discharged, and the existing educational
 setting of such person and the proximity of such setting to the location
 of the detention setting.]
   § 6. Section 729 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   § 7. Subdivisions (b) and (f) of section 735 of the family court  act,
 subdivision  (b) as amended by chapter 38 of the laws of 2014 and subdi-
 vision (f) as added by section 7 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws  of
 2005, are amended to read as follows:
   (b) The designated lead agency shall:
   (i)  confer  with any person seeking to file a petition, the youth who
 may be a potential respondent, his or her family, and  other  interested
 persons, concerning the provision of diversion services before any peti-
 tion may be filed; and
   (ii) diligently attempt to prevent the filing of a petition under this
 article or, after the petition is filed, to prevent the placement of the
 youth into foster care; and
   (iii)  assess whether the youth would benefit from residential respite
 services; and
   (iv) [determine whether alternatives to detention are  appropriate  to
 avoid  remand  of  the youth to detention] ASSESS WHETHER THE YOUTH IS A
 SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR  HUNDRED  FORTY-SEV-

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 EN-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AND, IF SO, WHETHER SUCH YOUTH SHOULD BE
 REFERRED TO A SAFE HOUSE; and
   (v)  determine  whether  an  assessment of the youth for substance use
 disorder by an office of alcoholism and substance abuse services  certi-
 fied  provider  is  necessary  when  a person seeking to file a petition
 alleges in such petition that the youth is suffering  from  a  substance
 use  disorder  which could make the youth a danger to himself or herself
 or others. Provided, however, that notwithstanding any  other  provision
 of law to the contrary, the designated lead agency shall not be required
 to pay for all or any portion of the costs of such assessment or for any
 substance use disorder or detoxification services, except in cases where
 medical  assistance  for needy persons may be used to pay for all or any
 portion of the costs of such assessment or services. The office of alco-
 holism and substance abuse services shall make a list of  its  certified
 providers available to the designated lead agency.
   (f)  Efforts  to  prevent  the  filing  of a petition pursuant to this
 section may extend until the  designated  lead  agency  determines  that
 there  is no substantial likelihood that the youth and his or her family
 will benefit from further attempts. Efforts  at  diversion  pursuant  to
 this  section  may  continue  after  the  filing of a petition where the
 designated lead agency determines that the youth and his or  her  family
 will  benefit  from  further  attempts to prevent PLACEMENT OF the youth
 from entering foster care  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  SEVEN  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 8. Section 739 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 920 of
 the  laws of 1982, subdivision (a) as amended by section 10 of part G of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, subdivision (c) as added by chapter  145
 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   §  739.  Release  or [detention] REFERRAL after filing of petition and
 prior to order of disposition. [(a)] After  the  filing  of  a  petition
 under  section  seven  hundred thirty-two of this part, the court in its
 discretion may release the respondent [or direct his or her  detention].
 If the respondent may be a sexually exploited child as defined in subdi-
 vision  one of section four hundred forty-seven-a of the social services
 law, the court may direct the respondent to an available short-term safe
 house [as an alternative to detention.  However,  the  court  shall  not
 direct detention unless it finds and states the facts and reasons for so
 finding  that  unless  the respondent is detained there is a substantial
 probability that the respondent will not appear in court on  the  return
 date and all available alternatives to detention have been exhausted.
   (b)  Unless  the respondent waives a determination that probable cause
 exists to believe that he  is  a  person  in  need  of  supervision,  no
 detention  under  this  section may last more than three days (i) unless
 the court finds, pursuant to the evidentiary standards applicable  to  a
 hearing  on  a  felony complaint in a criminal court, that such probable
 cause exists, or (ii) unless special circumstances exist, in which cases
 such detention may be extended not more than an  additional  three  days
 exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
   (c)  Upon  a  finding  of  facts and reasons which support a detention
 order pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, the court shall  also
 determine and state in any order directing detention:
   (i)  whether  continuation  of the respondent in the respondent's home
 would be contrary to the best interests of the  respondent  based  upon,
 and limited to, the facts and circumstance available to the court at the
 time of the court's determination in accordance with this section; and

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   (ii)  where appropriate, whether reasonable efforts were made prior to
 the date of the court order directing detention in accordance with  this
 section,  to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the respondent
 from his or her home or, if the respondent had been removed from his  or
 her  home  prior to the court appearance pursuant to this section, where
 appropriate, whether reasonable efforts were made to  make  it  possible
 for the respondent to safely return home].
   § 9. Intentionally omitted.
   § 10. Section 747 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   § 11. Section 748 of the family court act is REPEALED.
   §  12.  Subdivision  (b)  of  section  749 of the family court act, as
 amended by chapter 806 of the laws  of  1973,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (b)  On  its  own  motion,  the  court  may adjourn the proceedings on
 conclusion of a fact-finding hearing or during a  dispositional  hearing
 to  enable  it  to  make  inquiry  into the surroundings, conditions and
 capacities of the respondent. An [adjournment on the court's motion  may
 not be for a period of more than ten days if the respondent is detained,
 in  which  case  not  more  than a total of two such adjournments may be
 granted in the absence of special circumstances. If  the  respondent  is
 not  detained,  an]  adjournment  may  be for a reasonable time, but the
 total number of adjourned days may not exceed two months.
   § 13. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of  section  754  of  the  family
 court  act,  as  amended  by chapter 7 of the laws of 1999, subparagraph
 (ii) of paragraph (a) as amended by section 20 of part L of  chapter  56
 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  order  shall  state  the  court's reasons for the particular
 disposition. If the court places the child in  accordance  with  section
 seven  hundred  fifty-six  of  this  part,  the court in its order shall
 determine: (i) whether continuation in the child's home would be contra-
 ry to the best interest of the child and where appropriate, that reason-
 able efforts were made prior to the date of  the  dispositional  hearing
 held  pursuant  to  this  article  to  prevent or eliminate the need for
 removal of the child from his or her home and, if the child was  removed
 from  his  or  her  home  prior  to  the date of such hearing, that such
 removal was in the child's best interest and, where appropriate, reason-
 able efforts were made to make it possible for the child to return safe-
 ly home. If the court determines that reasonable efforts to  prevent  or
 eliminate  the need for removal of the child from the home were not made
 but that the lack of such efforts  was  appropriate  under  the  circum-
 stances,  the  court order shall include such a finding; and (ii) in the
 case of a child who has attained the age of fourteen, the services need-
 ed, if any, to assist the child to make the transition from foster  care
 to  independent  living. [Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed
 to modify the standards for directing detention  set  forth  in  section
 seven hundred thirty-nine of this article.]
   § 14. Subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 756 of the family court act,
 subdivision  (b) as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 1999, and subdi-
 vision (c) as amended by section 10 of part E of chapter 57 of the  laws
 of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Placements  under  this  section  may be for an initial period of
 twelve months. The court may extend  a  placement  pursuant  to  section
 seven  hundred  fifty-six-a.  In its discretion, the court may recommend
 restitution or require services for  public  good  pursuant  to  section
 seven hundred fifty-eight-a OF THIS PART in conjunction with an order of
 placement.  For the purposes of calculating the initial period of place-

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 ment,  such placement shall be deemed to have commenced sixty days after
 the date the child was removed from his or her home in  accordance  with
 the provisions of this article. [If the respondent has been in detention
 pending  disposition, the initial period of placement ordered under this
 section shall be credited with and diminished  by  the  amount  of  time
 spent  by  the  respondent in detention prior to the commencement of the
 placement unless the court finds that all or part of such  credit  would
 not serve the best interests of the respondent.
   (c)  A  placement  pursuant  to  this section with the commissioner of
 social services shall not be directed in any detention facility, but the
 court may direct detention pending transfer to  a  placement  authorized
 and  ordered under this section for no more than than fifteen days after
 such order of placement is made. Such  direction  shall  be  subject  to
 extension  pursuant  to subdivision three of section three hundred nine-
 ty-eight of the social services law, upon written documentation  to  the
 office  of  children  and  family  services that the youth is in need of
 specialized treatment or placement  and  the  diligent  efforts  by  the
 commissioner of social services to locate an appropriate placement.]
   §  15.  Subdivision  1  of  section  758-a of the family court act, as
 amended by chapter 4 of the laws of 1987, and paragraph (b)  as  amended
 by chapter 575 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   1. In cases involving acts of [infants] CHILDREN over [ten] TWELVE and
 less than [sixteen] EIGHTEEN years of age, the court may
   (a)  recommend as a condition of placement, or order as a condition of
 probation or suspended judgment, restitution in an amount representing a
 fair and reasonable cost to replace the property or  repair  the  damage
 caused  by  the  [infant]  CHILD,  not,  however, to exceed one thousand
 dollars. [In the case of a placement, the court may recommend  that  the
 infant  pay  out  of  his  or  her  own  funds or earnings the amount of
 replacement or damage, either in a lump sum or in periodic  payments  in
 amounts  set  by  the agency with which he is placed, and in the case of
 probation or suspended judgment, the] THE court  may  require  that  the
 [infant] CHILD pay out of his or her own funds or earnings the amount of
 replacement  or  damage, either in a lump sum or in periodic payments in
 amounts set by the court; and/or
   (b) order as a condition of placement, probation, or  suspended  judg-
 ment,  services  for  the  public  good including in the case of a crime
 involving willful, malicious, or unlawful damage or destruction to  real
 or personal property maintained as a cemetery plot, grave, burial place,
 or  other  place of interment of human remains, services for the mainte-
 nance and repair thereof, taking into consideration the age and physical
 condition of the [infant] CHILD.
   § 16. Section 774 of the family  court  act  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 774. Action on petition for transfer.  On receiving a petition under
 section  seven hundred seventy-three OF THIS PART, the court may proceed
 under sections seven hundred thirty-seven, seven hundred thirty-eight or
 seven hundred thirty-nine OF THIS ARTICLE with respect to  the  issuance
 of  a  summons  or  warrant [and sections seven hundred twenty-seven and
 seven hundred twenty-nine govern questions of detention and  failure  to
 comply  with a promise to appear]. Due notice of the petition and a copy
 of the petition shall also be served personally  or  by  mail  upon  the
 office of the locality chargeable for the support of the person involved
 and upon the person involved and his OR HER parents and other persons.
   §  17.  Subdivisions  11  and 12 of section 398 of the social services
 law, subdivision 11 as added by chapter 514 of  the  laws  of  1976  and

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 subdivision  12 as amended by section 12 of subpart B of part Q of chap-
 ter 58 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   11.  In  the  case  of  a child who is adjudicated a person in need of
 supervision or a juvenile delinquent and is placed by the  family  court
 with the [division for youth] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES and
 who is placed by [the division for youth] SUCH OFFICE with an authorized
 agency  pursuant to court order, the social services official shall make
 expenditures in accordance with the regulations of  the  department  for
 the care and maintenance of such child during the term of such placement
 subject  to  state  reimbursement pursuant to SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-
 THREE-K OF this [title, or article nineteen-G of the  executive  law  in
 applicable cases] ARTICLE.
   12.  A  social  services  official shall be permitted to place persons
 adjudicated [in need of supervision or] delinquent[, and alleged persons
 to be in need of supervision] in detention pending transfer to a  place-
 ment, in the same foster care facilities as are providing care to desti-
 tute,  neglected, abused or abandoned children. Such foster care facili-
 ties shall not provide care to a youth in the care of a social  services
 official as a convicted juvenile offender.
   § 18. Intentionally omitted.
   § 18-a. Intentionally omitted.
   § 19. Subdivision 3 of section 502 of the executive law, as amended by
 section  79 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 read as follows:
   3. "Detention" means the temporary care and maintenance of youth  held
 away from their homes pursuant to article three [or seven] of the family
 court act, or held pending a hearing for alleged violation of the condi-
 tions of release from an office of children and family services facility
 or authorized agency, or held pending a hearing for alleged violation of
 the  condition  of  parole  as a juvenile offender, youthful offender or
 adolescent offender or held pending return to a jurisdiction other  than
 the one in which the youth is held, or held pursuant to a securing order
 of  a  criminal court if the youth named therein as principal is charged
 as a juvenile offender, youthful offender or adolescent offender or held
 pending a hearing on an extension of placement or held pending  transfer
 to  a  facility upon commitment or placement by a court. Only alleged or
 convicted juvenile offenders, youthful offenders or adolescent offenders
 who have not attained their eighteenth or, commencing October first, two
 thousand eighteen, their  twenty-first  birthday  shall  be  subject  to
 detention  in  a detention facility. Commencing October first, two thou-
 sand eighteen, a youth who on or after such date  committed  an  offense
 when  the  youth  was sixteen years of age; or commencing October first,
 two thousand nineteen, a youth who committed an offense on or after such
 date when the youth was seventeen years of age held pursuant to a secur-
 ing order of a criminal court if the youth is charged as  an  adolescent
 offender  or  held pending a hearing for alleged violation of the condi-
 tion of parole as an adolescent offender, must be held in a  specialized
 secure  juvenile  detention  facility  for  older youth certified by the
 state office of children and family services  in  conjunction  with  the
 state commission of correction.
   §  20.  Subparagraph  (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
 529-b of the executive law, as amended by section  99  of  part  WWW  of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  an analysis that identifies the neighborhoods or communities from
 which the greatest number of juvenile delinquents [and persons  in  need
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   §  21.  The  opening  paragraph  and  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2,
 subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of subdivision 5,  and
 subdivision 7 of section 530 of the executive law, the opening paragraph
 and  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 and subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a)
 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 as amended by section 100 of part WWW
 of  chapter  59  of  the  laws  of  2017 and subdivision 7 as amended by
 section 6 of subpart B of part Q of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   Expenditures made by municipalities in providing care, maintenance and
 supervision  to  youth  in  detention  facilities designated pursuant to
 [sections seven hundred twenty and] section 305.2 of  the  family  court
 act  and  certified  by office of children and family services, shall be
 subject to reimbursement by the state, as follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law  to  the  contrary,  eligible
 expenditures  by a municipality during a particular program year for the
 care, maintenance and supervision in foster care programs  certified  by
 the office of children and family services, certified or approved family
 boarding  homes,  [and  non-secure detention facilities certified by the
 office for those youth alleged to be persons in need of  supervision  or
 adjudicated  persons  in  need of supervision held pending transfer to a
 facility upon placement;] and in secure and non-secure detention facili-
 ties certified by the office in accordance  with  section  five  hundred
 three  of  this  article  for  those youth alleged to be juvenile delin-
 quents; adjudicated juvenile delinquents  held  pending  transfer  to  a
 facility upon placement, and juvenile delinquents held at the request of
 the  office  of children and family services pending extension of place-
 ment hearings or release revocation hearings or while awaiting  disposi-
 tion  of such hearings; and youth alleged to be or convicted as juvenile
 offenders, youthful offenders and adolescent offenders, YOUTH ALLEGED TO
 BE PERSONS IN NEED OF SUPERVISION OR  ADJUDICATED  PERSONS  IN  NEED  OF
 SUPERVISION HELD PENDING TRANSFER TO A FACILITY UPON PLACEMENT IN FOSTER
 CARE  PROGRAMS  CERTIFIED  BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
 AND CERTIFIED OR APPROVED FOSTER BOARDING HOMES,  shall  be  subject  to
 state  reimbursement  for  up  to  fifty  percent  of the municipality's
 expenditures, exclusive of any federal funds  made  available  for  such
 purposes,  not to exceed the municipality's distribution from funds that
 have been appropriated specifically  therefor  for  that  program  year.
 Municipalities  shall  implement  the  use  of detention risk assessment
 instruments in a manner  prescribed  by  the  office  so  as  to  inform
 detention decisions. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to
 the  contrary, data necessary for completion of a detention risk assess-
 ment instrument may be shared among law enforcement, probation,  courts,
 detention  administrators, detention providers, and the attorney for the
 child upon retention or appointment; solely for the purpose of  accurate
 completion  of  such  risk  assessment  instrument,  and  a  copy of the
 completed detention risk assessment instrument shall be  made  available
 to the applicable detention provider, the attorney for the child and the
 court.
   (1)  temporary  care,  maintenance and supervision provided to alleged
 juvenile delinquents [and persons in need of supervision]  in  detention
 facilities  certified  pursuant  to  [sections seven hundred twenty and]
 SECTION 305.2 of the family court act by  the  office  of  children  and
 family services, pending adjudication of alleged delinquency [or alleged
 need  of supervision] by the family court, or pending transfer to insti-
 tutions to which committed or placed by such  court  or  while  awaiting
 disposition  by  such  court  after  adjudication  or held pursuant to a

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 securing order of a criminal court if the person named therein as  prin-
 cipal is under seventeen years of age; or
   (b)  Payments made for reserved accommodations, whether or not in full
 time use, approved and certified by the office of  children  and  family
 services  and  certified pursuant to [sections seven hundred twenty and]
 SECTION 305.2 of the family court act, in order to assure that  adequate
 accommodations  will be available for the immediate reception and proper
 care therein of youth for which detention costs are reimbursable  pursu-
 ant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, shall be reimbursed as expend-
 itures  for  care,  maintenance  and supervision under the provisions of
 this section, provided the office shall have given  its  prior  approval
 for reserving such accommodations.
   7.  The agency administering detention for each county and the city of
 New York shall submit to the office of children and family services,  at
 such  times  and in such form and manner and containing such information
 as required by the office of children and  family  services,  an  annual
 report on youth remanded pursuant to article three or seven of the fami-
 ly  court  act  who  are  detained  during each calendar year including,
 commencing January first, two thousand twelve, the risk  level  of  each
 detained  youth  as  assessed  by a detention risk assessment instrument
 approved by the office of children and family services PROVIDED,  HOWEV-
 ER, THAT THE REPORT DUE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND THER-
 EAFTER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO CONTAIN ANY INFORMATION ON YOUTH WHO ARE
 SUBJECT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT. The office may require
 that  such  data  on  detention use be submitted to the office electron-
 ically. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the reason for
 the court's determination in accordance  with  section  320.5  or  seven
 hundred  thirty-nine  of  the  family court act to detain the youth; the
 offense or offenses with which the  youth  is  charged;  and  all  other
 reasons why the youth remains detained. The office shall submit a compi-
 lation of all the separate reports to the governor and the legislature.
   § 22. Subdivision 8 of section 530 of the executive law is REPEALED.
   §  23.  Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
 section or part contained in any part of this act shall be  adjudged  by
 any  court  of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall
 not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof,  but  shall  be
 confined  in  its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part contained in any part thereof directly involved in
 the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.  It  is
 hereby  declared to be the intent of the legislature that this act would
 have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not been  included
 herein.
   §  24.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2020 and shall be deemed
 to be applicable to the detention or  placement  of  youth  pursuant  to
 petitions  filed pursuant to article seven of the family court act on or
 after such effective date.
 
                                  PART L

   Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b),  (c)  and  (d)  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  131-o  of  the  social services law, as amended by section 1 of
 part YY of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2018,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  in  the  case of each individual receiving family care, an amount
 equal to at least [$144.00] $148.00 for each month beginning on or after
 January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN.

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   (b) in the case of each  individual  receiving  residential  care,  an
 amount  equal  to at least [$166.00] $171.00 for each month beginning on
 or after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN.
   (c)  in  the  case  of  each individual receiving enhanced residential
 care, an amount equal to at  least  [$198.00]  $204.00  for  each  month
 beginning on or after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN.
   (d)  for  the period commencing January first, two thousand [nineteen]
 TWENTY, the monthly personal needs allowance shall be an amount equal to
 the sum of the amounts set forth in subparagraphs one and  two  of  this
 paragraph:
   (1)  the  amounts  specified  in  paragraphs  (a), (b) and (c) of this
 subdivision; and
   (2) the amount in subparagraph one of this  paragraph,  multiplied  by
 the  percentage  of  any  federal  supplemental  security income cost of
 living adjustment which becomes effective on or after January first, two
 thousand [nineteen] TWENTY, but prior to June  thirtieth,  two  thousand
 [nineteen] TWENTY, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
   §  2.  Paragraphs  (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of
 section 209 of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of  part
 YY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, for
 an eligible individual living  alone,  [$837.00]  $858.00;  and  for  an
 eligible couple living alone, [$1,229.00] $1,261.00.
   (b)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, for
 an eligible individual  living  with  others  with  or  without  in-kind
 income, [$773.00] $794.00; and for an eligible couple living with others
 with or without in-kind income, [$1,171.00] $1,203.00.
   (c)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, (i)
 for an eligible individual receiving family care, [$1,016.48]  $1,037.48
 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or the coun-
 ty of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an eligible
 couple  receiving  family  care in the city of New York or the county of
 Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the amount set forth
 in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an eligible individ-
 ual receiving such care in any other  county  in  the  state,  [$978.48]
 $999.48;  and  (iv)  for  an  eligible couple receiving such care in any
 other county in the state, two times the amount set  forth  in  subpara-
 graph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (d)  On and after January first, two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN, (i)
 for an  eligible  individual  receiving  residential  care,  [$1,185.00]
 $1,206.00 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or
 the  county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an
 eligible couple receiving residential care in the city of  New  York  or
 the  county  of  Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the
 amount set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for  an
 eligible  individual  receiving  such  care  in  any other county in the
 state, [$1,155.00] $1,176.00; and (iv) for an eligible couple  receiving
 such  care  in  any  other county in the state, two times the amount set
 forth in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (e) (i) On and after January first, two thousand  [eighteen]  NINETEEN
 TO  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN, (1) for an eligible
 individual receiving enhanced residential care,  [$1,444.00]  $1,465.00;
 and  [(ii)]  (2)  for  an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential
 care, two times the amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] CLAUSE ONE of
 this [paragraph] SUBPARAGRAPH; AND (II)  (1)  FROM  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY  TO  MARCH  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY, FOR AN

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 ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,585.00;  AND
 (2)  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  COUPLE  RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO
 TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (f) The amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this subdi-
 vision  shall  be  increased to reflect any increases in federal supple-
 mental security income benefits for individuals or couples which  become
 effective  on or after January first, two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY but
 prior to June thirtieth, two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect December 31, 2019.
 
                                  PART M
 
   Section 1. This Part enacts into law major components  of  legislation
 which are necessary to improve the foster care system. Each component is
 wholly  contained  within  a Subpart identified as Subparts A through B.
 The effective date for each particular provision contained  within  such
 Subpart  is set forth in the last section of such Subpart. Any provision
 in any section contained within a Subpart, including the effective  date
 of the Subpart, which makes a reference to a section "of this act," when
 used  in  connection  with that particular component, shall be deemed to
 mean and refer to the corresponding section of the Subpart in  which  it
 is  found.  Section  three of this Part sets forth the general effective
 date of this Part.
 
                                 SUBPART A
 
                          Intentionally omitted.
 
                                 SUBPART B
 
   Section 1. Section 4 of part W of chapter 54  of  the  laws  of  2016,
 amending  the  social  services law relating to the powers and duties of
 the commissioner of social services relating to  the  appointment  of  a
 temporary operator, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2016,  provided
 further  that  this  act  shall  expire and be deemed repealed March 31,
 [2019] 2022.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or subpart of this act shall be adjudged by any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or subpart thereof directly involved in the controversy  in  which  such
 judgment  shall  have  been  rendered.  It  is hereby declared to be the
 intent of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even  if
 such invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Subparts A through B of this act  shall
 be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Subparts.
 
                                  PART N
 
                           Intentionally Omitted

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                                  PART O
 
   Section  1.  This Part enacts into law major components of legislation
 which are necessary to improve employee rights. Each component is wholly
 contained within a Subpart identified  as  Subparts  A  through  B.  The
 effective  date  for  each  particular  provision  contained within such
 Subpart is set forth in the last section of such Subpart. Any  provision
 in  any section contained within a Subpart, including the effective date
 of the Subpart; which makes a reference to a section "of this act," when
 used in connection with that particular component, shall  be  deemed  to
 mean  and  refer to the corresponding section of the Subpart in which it
 is found. Section three of this Part sets forth  the  general  effective
 date of this Part.
 
                                 SUBPART A
 
   Section  1.  Section  2 of the lien law is amended by adding three new
 subdivisions 21, 22 and 23 to read as follows:
   21. EMPLOYEE. THE TERM "EMPLOYEE", WHEN USED IN  THIS  CHAPTER,  SHALL
 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS "EMPLOYEE" PURSUANT TO ARTICLES ONE, SIX, NINE-
 TEEN  AND  NINETEEN-A OF THE LABOR LAW, AS APPLICABLE, OR THE FAIR LABOR
 STANDARDS ACT, 29 U.S.C. § 201 ET. SEQ., AS APPLICABLE.
   22. EMPLOYER. THE TERM "EMPLOYER", WHEN USED IN  THIS  CHAPTER,  SHALL
 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS "EMPLOYER" PURSUANT TO ARTICLES ONE, SIX, NINE-
 TEEN  AND  NINETEEN-A OF THE LABOR LAW, AS APPLICABLE, OR THE FAIR LABOR
 STANDARDS ACT, 29 U.S.C. § 201 ET. SEQ., AS APPLICABLE.
   23. WAGE CLAIM. THE TERM "WAGE CLAIM",  WHEN  USED  IN  THIS  CHAPTER,
 MEANS  A CLAIM THAT AN EMPLOYEE HAS SUFFERED A VIOLATION OF SECTIONS ONE
 HUNDRED SEVENTY, ONE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE, ONE HUNDRED  NINETY-THREE,  ONE
 HUNDRED NINETY-SIX-D, SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OR SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE
 OF  THE LABOR LAW OR THE RELATED REGULATIONS AND WAGE ORDERS PROMULGATED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER, A CLAIM FOR WAGES DUE TO AN EMPLOYEE PURSUANT TO AN
 EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT THAT WERE UNPAID IN VIOLATION OF THAT CONTRACT, OR A
 CLAIM THAT AN EMPLOYEE HAS SUFFERED A VIOLATION OF 29 U.S.C.  §  206  OR
 207.
   §  2. Section 3 of the lien law, as amended by chapter 137 of the laws
 of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3. Mechanic's lien  AND  EMPLOYEE'S  LIEN  on  [real]  property.  1.
 MECHANIC'S  LIEN.  A  contractor,  subcontractor,  laborer, materialman,
 landscape gardener, nurseryman or person or corporation selling fruit or
 ornamental trees, roses, shrubbery, vines and small fruits, who performs
 labor or furnishes materials for the improvement of real  property  with
 the  consent  or  at  the request of the owner thereof, or of his agent,
 contractor or subcontractor, and any trust fund to  which  benefits  and
 wage  supplements  are  due or payable for the benefit of such laborers,
 shall have a lien for the principal and interest, of the value,  or  the
 agreed price, of such labor, including benefits and wage supplements due
 or  payable  for  the benefit of any laborer, or materials upon the real
 property improved or to be improved and upon such improvement, from  the
 time  of  filing  a  notice  of such lien as prescribed in this chapter.
 Where the contract for an improvement is made with a husband or wife and
 the property belongs to the other or both, the husband or wife contract-
 ing shall also be presumed to be the agent of  the  other,  unless  such
 other  having  knowledge of the improvement shall, within ten days after
 learning of the contract give the contractor written notice  of  his  or
 her  refusal  to  consent  to the improvement. Within the meaning of the

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 provisions of this chapter, materials actually manufactured for but  not
 delivered  to  the  real  property, shall also be deemed to be materials
 furnished.
   2.  EMPLOYEE'S  LIEN. AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS A WAGE CLAIM AS THAT TERM IS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL
 HAVE A LIEN ON HIS OR HER EMPLOYER'S INTEREST IN PROPERTY FOR THE  VALUE
 OF  THE  WAGE  CLAIM ARISING OUT OF THE EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING LIQUIDATED
 DAMAGES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  NINETY-
 EIGHT, SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OR SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE
 OF  THE  LABOR  LAW,  OR  29 U.S.C. § 216 (B), FROM THE TIME OF FILING A
 NOTICE OF SUCH LIEN AS PRESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER.  AN  EMPLOYEE'S  LIEN
 BASED ON A WAGE CLAIM MAY BE HAD AGAINST THE EMPLOYER'S INTEREST IN REAL
 PROPERTY  AND  AGAINST THE EMPLOYER'S INTEREST IN PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT
 CAN BE SUFFICIENTLY DESCRIBED WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 9-108 OF THE
 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE, EXCEPT THAT AN EMPLOYEE'S LIEN SHALL NOT EXTEND
 TO DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS OR GOODS AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 9-102
 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.  THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND THE  ATTOR-
 NEY  GENERAL  MAY OBTAIN AN EMPLOYEE'S LIEN FOR THE VALUE OF WAGE CLAIMS
 OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE THE  SUBJECT  OF  THEIR  INVESTIGATIONS,  COURT
 ACTIONS OR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY ACTIONS.
   3.  AS  USED  IN  THIS  ARTICLE AND UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, A LIEN
 SHALL MEAN AN EMPLOYEE'S LIEN OR A MECHANIC'S LIEN.
   § 3. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 4 of the lien law, subdivision  1
 as amended by chapter 515 of the laws of 1929 and subdivision 2 as added
 by chapter 704 of the laws of 1985, are amended to read as follows:
   (1) [Such] A MECHANIC'S OR EMPLOYEE'S lien AND EMPLOYEE'S LIEN AGAINST
 REAL  PROPERTY  shall  extend to the owner's right, title or interest in
 the real property and improvements, existing at the time of  filing  the
 notice  of  lien,  or thereafter acquired, except as hereinafter in this
 article provided. If an owner assigns his interest in such real property
 by a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, within thirty days
 prior to such filing,  the  lien  shall  extend  to  the  interest  thus
 assigned.  If  any  part  of the real property subjected to such lien be
 removed by the owner or by any other person,  at  any  time  before  the
 discharge  thereof,  such  removal  shall  not  affect the rights of the
 lienor, either in respect to the remaining real property, or the part so
 removed. If labor  is  performed  for,  or  materials  furnished  to,  a
 contractor  or  subcontractor  for  an  improvement, the MECHANIC'S lien
 shall not be for a sum greater than the sum earned  and  unpaid  on  the
 contract  at  the  time of filing the notice of lien, and any sum subse-
 quently earned thereon. In no case shall the owner be liable to  pay  by
 reason  of  all  MECHANIC'S liens created pursuant to this article a sum
 greater than the value or  agreed  price  of  the  labor  and  materials
 remaining unpaid, at the time of filing notices of such liens, except as
 hereinafter provided.
   (2)  [Such]  A  MECHANIC'S  OR EMPLOYEE'S lien shall not extend to the
 owner's right, title or interest  in  real  property  and  improvements,
 existing  at  the  time of filing the notice of lien if such lien arises
 from the failure of a lessee of the right to explore, develop or produce
 natural gas or oil, to pay for, compensate or render value for  improve-
 ments  made  with  the  consent  or  at  the request of such lessee by a
 contractor, subcontractor, materialman,  equipment  operator  or  owner,
 landscaper,  nurseryman,  or person or corporation who performs labor or
 furnishes materials for the exploration, development, or  production  of
 oil  or  natural  gas  or  otherwise improves such leased property. Such
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 the  exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas, and
 the working interest held by a lessee of the right to  explore,  develop
 or produce oil and natural gas.
   §  4. The opening paragraph of section 4-a of the lien law, as amended
 by chapter 696 of the laws of 1959, is amended to read as follows:
   The proceeds of any insurance which by the terms  of  the  policy  are
 payable to the owner of real property improved, and actually received or
 to  be  received by him because of the destruction or removal by fire or
 other casualty of an improvement on which lienors have  performed  labor
 or services or for which they have furnished materials, OR UPON WHICH AN
 EMPLOYEE  HAS  ESTABLISHED AN EMPLOYEE'S LIEN, shall after the owner has
 been reimbursed therefrom for premiums paid by him,  if  any,  for  such
 insurance,  be  subject to liens provided by this act to the same extent
 and in the same order of priority as the real property would  have  been
 had such improvement not been so destroyed or removed.
   §  5. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 5 of section 9 of the lien law, as amended
 by chapter 515 of the laws of 1929, are amended to read as follows:
   1. The name OF THE LIENOR, and EITHER THE residence of the  lienor  OR
 THE  NAME  AND BUSINESS ADDRESS OF THE LIENOR'S ATTORNEY, IF ANY; and if
 the lienor is a partnership or a corporation, the  business  address  of
 such  firm, or corporation, the names of partners and principal place of
 business, and if a foreign corporation, its principal place of  business
 within the state.
   2. The name of the owner of the [real] property against whose interest
 therein a lien is claimed, and the interest of the owner as far as known
 to the lienor.
   5. The amount unpaid to the lienor for such labor or materials, OR THE
 AMOUNT  OF THE WAGE CLAIM IF A WAGE CLAIM IS THE BASIS FOR ESTABLISHMENT
 OF THE LIEN, THE ITEMS OF THE WAGE CLAIM AND  THE  VALUE  THEREOF  WHICH
 MAKE UP THE AMOUNT FOR WHICH THE LIENOR CLAIMS A LIEN.
   §  6. Subdivision 1 of section 10 of the lien law, as amended by chap-
 ter 367 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1. (A) Notice of MECHANIC'S lien may be filed at any time  during  the
 progress  of  the  work  and the furnishing of the materials, or, within
 eight months after the completion of the contract, or the final perform-
 ance of the work, or the final furnishing of the materials, dating  from
 the last item of work performed or materials furnished; provided, howev-
 er,  that  where the improvement is related to real property improved or
 to be improved with a single family dwelling, the notice  of  MECHANIC'S
 lien  may  be  filed at any time during the progress of the work and the
 furnishing of the materials, or, within four months after the completion
 of the contract, or the final performance of  the  work,  or  the  final
 furnishing of the materials, dating from the last item of work performed
 or materials furnished; and provided further where the notice of MECHAN-
 IC'S  lien  is for retainage, the notice of MECHANIC'S lien may be filed
 within ninety days after the date the retainage was due to be  released;
 except  that  in  the case of a MECHANIC'S lien by a real estate broker,
 the notice of MECHANIC'S lien may be filed only after the performance of
 the brokerage services and execution of lease by both lessor and  lessee
 and  only  if  a  copy of the alleged written agreement of employment or
 compensation is annexed to the notice of lien, provided that  where  the
 payment  pursuant to the written agreement of employment or compensation
 is to be made in installments, then a notice of lien may be filed within
 eight months after the final payment is due, but in no event later  than
 a date five years after the first payment was made. For purposes of this
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 unit which is a part of a subdivision that has been filed with a munici-
 pality in which the subdivision is located when at the time the lien  is
 filed,  such  property  in the subdivision is owned by the developer for
 purposes  other  than  his  personal  residence.  For  purposes  of this
 section, "developer" shall mean  and  include  any  private  individual,
 partnership,  trust or corporation which improves two or more parcels of
 real property with single family dwellings pursuant to a  common  scheme
 or plan. [The]
   (B)  NOTICE OF EMPLOYEE'S LIEN MAY BE FILED AT ANY TIME NOT LATER THAN
 THREE YEARS FOLLOWING THE END OF THE EMPLOYMENT GIVING RISE TO THE  WAGE
 CLAIM.
   (C) A notice of lien, OTHER THAN FOR A LIEN ON PERSONAL PROPERTY, must
 be filed in the clerk's office of the county where the property is situ-
 ated.  If  such property is situated in two or more counties, the notice
 of lien shall be filed in the office of the clerk of each of such  coun-
 ties.  The  county clerk of each county shall provide and keep a book to
 be called the "lien docket," which shall be suitably  ruled  in  columns
 headed  "owners,"  "lienors," "lienor's attorney," "property," "amount,"
 "time of filing," "proceedings had," in each of which he shall enter the
 particulars of the notice, properly belonging therein.  The  date,  hour
 and  minute of the filing of each notice of lien shall be entered in the
 proper column. Except where the county clerk maintains  a  block  index,
 the  names  of the owners shall be arranged in such book in alphabetical
 order. The validity of the lien and the right to file a  notice  thereof
 shall  not  be  affected  by the death of the owner before notice of the
 lien is filed.  A NOTICE OF EMPLOYEE'S LIEN ON PERSONAL PROPERTY MUST BE
 FILED, TOGETHER WITH A FINANCING STATEMENT, IN THE FILING OFFICE AS  SET
 FORTH IN SECTION 9-501 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.
   § 7. Section 11 of the lien law, as amended by chapter 147 of the laws
 of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   §  11.  Service of copy of notice of lien.  1. Within five days before
 or thirty days after filing the notice of A MECHANIC'S lien, the  lienor
 shall  serve  a copy of such notice upon the owner, if a natural person,
 (a) by delivering the same to him personally, or if the owner cannot  be
 found,  to his agent or attorney, or (b) by leaving it at his last known
 place of residence in the city or town in which  the  real  property  or
 some  part  thereof  is  situated,  with  a  person  of suitable age and
 discretion, or (c) by registered or certified mail addressed to his last
 known place of residence, or (d) if such owner has no such residence  in
 such  city or town, or cannot be found, and he has no agent or attorney,
 by affixing a copy thereof conspicuously on such property,  between  the
 hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon;
 if  the owner be a corporation, said service shall be made (i) by deliv-
 ering such copy to and leaving the same with the president,  vice-presi-
 dent, secretary or clerk to the corporation, the cashier, treasurer or a
 director  or  managing  agent  thereof, personally, within the state, or
 (ii) if such officer cannot be found within the state by affixing a copy
 thereof conspicuously on such property between the hours of nine o'clock
 in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon, or  (iii)  by  regis-
 tered  or  certified mail addressed to its last known place of business.
 Failure to file proof of such a service with  the  county  clerk  within
 thirty-five  days  after the notice of lien is filed shall terminate the
 notice as a lien. Until service of the notice has been  made,  as  above
 provided, an owner, without knowledge of the lien, shall be protected in
 any  payment made in good faith to any contractor or other person claim-
 ing a lien.

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   2. WITHIN FIVE DAYS BEFORE OR THIRTY DAYS AFTER FILING THE  NOTICE  OF
 AN  EMPLOYEE'S  LIEN,  THE LIENOR SHALL SERVE A COPY OF SUCH NOTICE UPON
 THE EMPLOYER, IF A NATURAL PERSON, (A) BY DELIVERING  THE  SAME  TO  HIM
 PERSONALLY,  OR  IF THE EMPLOYER CANNOT BE FOUND, TO HIS AGENT OR ATTOR-
 NEY,  OR (B) BY LEAVING IT AS HIS LAST KNOWN PLACE OF RESIDENCE OR BUSI-
 NESS, WITH A PERSON OF SUITABLE AGE AND DISCRETION, OR (C) BY REGISTERED
 OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO HIS LAST  KNOWN  PLACE  OF  RESIDENCE  OR
 BUSINESS, OR (D) IF SUCH EMPLOYER OWNS REAL PROPERTY, BY AFFIXING A COPY
 THEREOF  CONSPICUOUSLY  ON  SUCH  PROPERTY,  BETWEEN  THE  HOURS OF NINE
 O'CLOCK IN THE FORENOON AND FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE  AFTERNOON.  THE  LIENOR
 ALSO  SHALL,  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS AFTER FILING THE NOTICE OF EMPLOYEE'S
 LIEN, AFFIX A COPY THEREOF CONSPICUOUSLY ON THE REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED
 IN THE NOTICE OF EMPLOYEE'S LIEN, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF NINE  O'CLOCK  IN
 THE  FORENOON  AND  FOUR  O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. IF THE EMPLOYER BE A
 CORPORATION, SAID SERVICE SHALL BE MADE (I) BY DELIVERING SUCH  COPY  TO
 AND  LEAVING  THE  SAME WITH THE PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT, SECRETARY OR
 CLERK TO THE CORPORATION, THE CASHIER, TREASURER OR A DIRECTOR OR MANAG-
 ING AGENT THEREOF, PERSONALLY, WITHIN THE STATE, OR (II) IF SUCH OFFICER
 CANNOT BE FOUND WITHIN THE STATE BY AFFIXING A COPY THEREOF CONSPICUOUS-
 LY ON SUCH PROPERTY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF NINE O'CLOCK  IN  THE  FORENOON
 AND  FOUR  O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, OR (III) BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED
 MAIL ADDRESSED TO ITS LAST KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS, OR (IV) BY  DELIVERY
 TO  THE  SECRETARY  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE IN THE SAME MANNER AS
 REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 SIX  OF  THE  BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW.  FAILURE TO FILE PROOF OF SUCH A
 SERVICE WITH THE COUNTY CLERK WITHIN THIRTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER  THE  NOTICE
 OF  LIEN IS FILED SHALL TERMINATE THE NOTICE AS A LIEN. UNTIL SERVICE OF
 THE NOTICE HAS BEEN MADE, AS ABOVE PROVIDED, AN OWNER, WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE
 OF THE LIEN, SHALL BE PROTECTED IN ANY PAYMENT MADE IN GOOD FAITH TO ANY
 OTHER PERSON CLAIMING A LIEN.
   § 8. Section 11-b of the lien law, as amended by chapter  147  of  the
 laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   §  11-b.  Copy of notice of MECHANIC'S lien to a contractor or subcon-
 tractor.  Within five days before or thirty days after filing  a  notice
 of MECHANIC'S lien in accordance with section ten of this chapter or the
 filing  of  an amendment of notice of MECHANIC'S lien in accordance with
 section twelve-a of this [chapter] ARTICLE the lienor shall serve a copy
 of such notice or amendment by certified mail on the contractor, subcon-
 tractor, assignee or legal representative for whom he was employed or to
 whom he furnished materials or if the lienor is a contractor or  subcon-
 tractor  to  the  person, firm or corporation with whom the contract was
 made. A lienor having a direct contractual relationship with  a  subcon-
 tractor  or  a  sub-subcontractor  but  not with a contractor shall also
 serve a copy of such notice  or  amendment  by  certified  mail  to  the
 contractor.  Failure  to  file  proof  of such a service with the county
 clerk within thirty-five days after the notice of lien  is  filed  shall
 terminate the notice as a lien. Any lienor, or a person acting on behalf
 of  a lienor, who fails to serve a copy of the notice of MECHANIC'S lien
 as required by this section shall be liable  for  reasonable  attorney's
 fees,  costs  and  expenses,  as  determined  by  the court, incurred in
 obtaining such copy.
   § 9. Subdivision 1 of section 12-a of the  lien  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 1048 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Within sixty days after the original filing, a lienor may amend his
 lien  upon  twenty  days  notice to existing lienors, mortgagees and the
 owner, provided that no action or proceeding to enforce  or  cancel  the

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 mechanics'  lien  OR  EMPLOYEE'S  LIEN  has been brought in the interim,
 where the purpose of the amendment is to reduce the amount of the  lien,
 except the question of wilful exaggeration shall survive such amendment.
   § 10. Subdivision 1 of section 13 of the lien law, as amended by chap-
 ter 878 of the laws of 1947, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) [A] AN EMPLOYEE'S LIEN, OR A lien for materials furnished or labor
 performed  in the improvement of real property, shall have priority over
 a conveyance, mortgage, judgment or other claim  against  such  property
 not  recorded, docketed or filed at the time of the filing of the notice
 of such lien, except as  hereinafter  in  this  chapter  provided;  over
 advances  made upon any mortgage or other encumbrance thereon after such
 filing, except as hereinafter in this article  provided;  and  over  the
 claim  of  a creditor who has not furnished materials or performed labor
 upon such property, if such property has been assigned by the owner by a
 general assignment for the benefit  of  creditors,  within  thirty  days
 before the filing of either of such notices; and also over an attachment
 hereafter  issued  or a money judgment hereafter recovered upon a claim,
 which, in whole or in part,  was  not  for  materials  furnished,  labor
 performed  or moneys advanced for the improvement of such real property;
 and over any claim or lien acquired in any proceedings upon  such  judg-
 ment.  Such  liens  shall  also  have priority over advances made upon a
 contract by an owner for an improvement of real property which  contains
 an  option  to  the contractor, his successor or assigns to purchase the
 property, if such advances were made after the time when the labor began
 or the first item of material was furnished, as stated in the notice  of
 lien. If several buildings are demolished, erected, altered or repaired,
 or  several  pieces  or parcels of real property are improved, under one
 contract, and there are conflicting liens  thereon,  each  lienor  shall
 have  priority upon the particular part of the real property or upon the
 particular building or premises where his  labor  is  performed  or  his
 materials  are  used.  Persons  shall have no priority on account of the
 time of filing their respective notices of liens, but all liens shall be
 on a parity except as hereinafter in section fifty-six of  this  chapter
 provided;  and  except  that  in  all cases laborers for daily or weekly
 wages WITH A MECHANIC'S LIEN, AND EMPLOYEES  WITH  AN  EMPLOYEE'S  LIEN,
 shall have preference over all other claimants under this article.
   §  11.  Section  17  of the lien law, as amended by chapter 324 of the
 laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   § 17. Duration of lien. 1. (A) No MECHANIC'S lien  specified  in  this
 article  shall  be  a  lien  for a longer period than one year after the
 notice of lien has been filed, unless within  that  time  an  action  is
 commenced  to  foreclose  the lien, and a notice of the pendency of such
 action, whether in a court of record or in a court  not  of  record,  is
 filed with the county clerk of the county in which the notice of lien is
 filed,  containing the names of the parties to the action, the object of
 the action, a brief description of the real property  affected  thereby,
 and  the  time  of  filing the notice of lien; or unless an extension to
 such lien, except for a lien on real property improved or to be improved
 with a single family dwelling, is filed with the  county  clerk  of  the
 county  in  which  the  notice of lien is filed within one year from the
 filing of the original notice of lien, continuing  such  lien  and  such
 lien  shall  be redocketed as of the date of filing such extension. Such
 extension shall contain the names of the lienor and  the  owner  of  the
 real  property  against  whose  interest therein such lien is claimed, a
 brief description of the real property affected by such lien, the amount
 of such lien, and the date of filing the notice of lien. No  lien  shall

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 be  continued  by  such extension for more than one year from the filing
 thereof. In the event an action is not commenced to foreclose  the  lien
 within  such  extended period, such lien shall be extinguished unless an
 order  be  granted  by  a court of record or a judge or justice thereof,
 continuing such lien, and such lien shall be redocketed as of  the  date
 of  granting such order and a statement made that such lien is continued
 by virtue of such order. A lien on  real  property  improved  or  to  be
 improved  with a single family dwelling may only be extended by an order
 of a court of record, or a judge or justice thereof. No  lien  shall  be
 continued by court order for more than one year from the granting there-
 of,  but  a  new  order  and entry may be made in each of two successive
 years. If a lienor is made a party defendant in  an  action  to  enforce
 another  lien, and the plaintiff or such defendant has filed a notice of
 the pendency of the action within the time prescribed in  this  section,
 the  lien  of  such defendant is thereby continued. Such action shall be
 deemed an action to enforce the lien of such defendant lienor. The fail-
 ure to file a notice of pendency of action shall not abate the action as
 to any person liable for the payment of the debt specified in the notice
 of lien, and the action may  be  prosecuted  to  judgment  against  such
 person.  The  provisions  of  this section in regard to continuing liens
 shall apply to liens discharged by deposit or by order on the filing  of
 an  undertaking.  Where  a  lien is discharged by deposit or by order, a
 notice of pendency of action shall not be filed.
   (B) A lien, the duration of which has been extended by the filing of a
 notice of the pendency of an action as above provided,  shall  neverthe-
 less terminate as a lien after such notice has been canceled as provided
 in  section  sixty-five  hundred  fourteen of the civil practice law and
 rules or has ceased to be effective as constructive notice  as  provided
 in  section  sixty-five  hundred  thirteen of the civil practice law and
 rules.
   2. (A) NO EMPLOYEE'S LIEN ON REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE A LIEN FOR A LONG-
 ER PERIOD THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE NOTICE OF LIEN HAS BEEN FILED,  UNLESS
 AN  EXTENSION  TO SUCH LIEN IS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF THE COUNTY
 IN WHICH THE NOTICE OF LIEN IS FILED WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE FILING  OF
 THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF LIEN, CONTINUING SUCH LIEN AND SUCH LIEN SHALL BE
 REDOCKETED AS OF THE DATE OF FILING SUCH EXTENSION. SUCH EXTENSION SHALL
 CONTAIN  THE  NAMES  OF  THE  LIENOR  AND THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY
 AGAINST WHOSE INTEREST THEREIN SUCH LIEN IS CLAIMED, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION
 OF THE PROPERTY AFFECTED BY SUCH LIEN, THE AMOUNT OF SUCH LIEN, AND  THE
 DATE  OF  FILING THE NOTICE OF LIEN.  NO LIEN SHALL BE CONTINUED BY SUCH
 EXTENSION FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE FILING THEREOF. IN  THE  EVENT
 AN  ACTION  IS  NOT COMMENCED TO OBTAIN JUDGMENT ON THE WAGE CLAIM OR TO
 FORECLOSE THE LIEN WITHIN SUCH  EXTENDED  PERIOD,  SUCH  LIEN  SHALL  BE
 EXTINGUISHED  UNLESS AN ORDER BE GRANTED BY A COURT OF RECORD OR A JUDGE
 OR JUSTICE THEREOF, CONTINUING SUCH LIEN, AND SUCH LIEN SHALL BE REDOCK-
 ETED AS OF THE DATE OF GRANTING SUCH ORDER AND  A  STATEMENT  MADE  THAT
 SUCH LIEN IS CONTINUED BY VIRTUE OF SUCH ORDER.
   (B)  NO  EMPLOYEE'S  LIEN  ON  PERSONAL PROPERTY SHALL BE A LIEN FOR A
 LONGER PERIOD THAN ONE YEAR  AFTER  THE  FINANCING  STATEMENT  HAS  BEEN
 RECORDED,  UNLESS  AN  EXTENSION  TO SUCH LIEN, IS FILED WITH THE FILING
 OFFICE IN WHICH THE FINANCING STATEMENT IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED PURSUANT
 TO SECTION 9-501 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE
 FILING OF THE ORIGINAL FINANCING STATEMENT, CONTINUING SUCH  LIEN.  SUCH
 EXTENSION  SHALL  CONTAIN  THE  NAMES OF THE LIENOR AND THE OWNER OF THE
 PROPERTY AGAINST WHOSE INTEREST THEREIN SUCH LIEN IS  CLAIMED,  A  BRIEF
 DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  PRIOR  FINANCING STATEMENT TO BE EXTENDED, AND THE

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 DATE OF FILING THE PRIOR FINANCING STATEMENT.  NO LIEN SHALL BE  CONTIN-
 UED BY SUCH EXTENSION FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE FILING THEREOF. IN
 THE  EVENT  AN  ACTION  IS  NOT COMMENCED TO OBTAIN JUDGMENT ON THE WAGE
 CLAIM  OR  TO  FORECLOSE THE LIEN WITHIN SUCH EXTENDED PERIOD, SUCH LIEN
 SHALL BE EXTINGUISHED UNLESS AN ORDER BE GRANTED BY A COURT OF RECORD OR
 A JUDGE OR JUSTICE THEREOF, CONTINUING SUCH LIEN, AND SUCH LIEN SHALL BE
 REFILED AS OF THE DATE OF GRANTING SUCH ORDER AND A STATEMENT MADE  THAT
 SUCH LIEN IS CONTINUED BY VIRTUE OF SUCH ORDER.
   (C)  IF  A  LIENOR  IS  MADE A PARTY DEFENDANT IN AN ACTION TO ENFORCE
 ANOTHER LIEN, AND THE PLAINTIFF OR SUCH DEFENDANT HAS FILED A NOTICE  OF
 THE  PENDENCY  OF THE ACTION WITHIN THE TIME PRESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION,
 THE LIEN OF SUCH DEFENDANT IS THEREBY CONTINUED. SUCH  ACTION  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED AN ACTION TO ENFORCE THE LIEN OF SUCH DEFENDANT LIENOR. THE FAIL-
 URE TO FILE A NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION SHALL NOT ABATE THE ACTION AS
 TO ANY PERSON LIABLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE DEBT SPECIFIED IN THE NOTICE
 OF  LIEN,  AND  THE  ACTION  MAY  BE PROSECUTED TO JUDGMENT AGAINST SUCH
 PERSON.  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IN REGARD  TO  CONTINUING  LIENS
 SHALL  APPLY TO LIENS DISCHARGED BY DEPOSIT OR BY ORDER ON THE FILING OF
 AN UNDERTAKING. WHERE A LIEN IS DISCHARGED BY DEPOSIT  OR  BY  ORDER,  A
 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION SHALL NOT BE FILED.
   (D) NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IF A LIENOR COMMENCES A FORECLOSURE
 ACTION  OR  AN  ACTION TO OBTAIN A JUDGMENT ON THE WAGE CLAIM WITHIN ONE
 YEAR FROM THE FILING OF THE NOTICE OF  LIEN  ON  REAL  PROPERTY  OR  THE
 RECORDING OF THE FINANCING STATEMENT CREATING LIEN ON PERSONAL PROPERTY,
 THE LIEN SHALL BE EXTENDED DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE ACTION AND FOR ONE
 HUNDRED  TWENTY  DAYS  FOLLOWING  THE  ENTRY  OF  FINAL JUDGMENT IN SUCH
 ACTION, UNLESS THE ACTION RESULTS IN A FINAL JUDGMENT OR  ADMINISTRATIVE
 ORDER  IN THE LIENOR'S FAVOR ON THE WAGE CLAIMS AND THE LIENOR COMMENCES
 A FORECLOSURE ACTION, IN WHICH INSTANCE THE LIEN SHALL BE  VALID  DURING
 THE PENDENCY OF THE FORECLOSURE ACTION. IF A LIEN IS EXTENDED DUE TO THE
 PENDENCY  OF  A  FORECLOSURE ACTION OR AN ACTION TO OBTAIN A JUDGMENT ON
 THE WAGE CLAIM, THE LIENOR SHALL FILE A  NOTICE  OF  SUCH  PENDENCY  AND
 EXTENSION  WITH  THE  COUNTY  CLERK OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE NOTICE OF
 LIEN IS FILED, CONTAINING THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO  THE  ACTION,  THE
 OBJECT  OF  THE  ACTION,  A  BRIEF  DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY AFFECTED
 THEREBY, AND THE TIME OF FILING THE NOTICE OF LIEN, OR IN THE CASE OF  A
 LIEN ON PERSONAL PROPERTY SHALL FILE SUCH NOTICE WITH THE OFFICE AUTHOR-
 IZED  TO  ACCEPT  FINANCING  STATEMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 9-501 OF THE
 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  AN  ACTION  TO
 OBTAIN  JUDGMENT ON A WAGE CLAIM INCLUDES AN ACTION BROUGHT IN ANY COURT
 OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, THE SUBMISSION OF A COMPLAINT TO THE  DEPART-
 MENT OF LABOR OR THE SUBMISSION OF A CLAIM TO ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO AN
 ARBITRATION  AGREEMENT. AN ACTION ALSO INCLUDES AN INVESTIGATION OF WAGE
 CLAIMS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE
 OF NEW YORK, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH INVESTIGATION WAS INITIATED BY A
 COMPLAINT.
   (E) A LIEN, THE DURATION OF WHICH HAS BEEN EXTENDED BY THE FILING OF A
 NOTICE OF THE PENDENCY OF AN ACTION AS ABOVE PROVIDED,  SHALL  NEVERTHE-
 LESS TERMINATE AS A LIEN AFTER SUCH NOTICE HAS BEEN CANCELED AS PROVIDED
 IN  SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND
 RULES OR HAS CEASED TO BE EFFECTIVE AS CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE  AS  PROVIDED
 IN  SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  THIRTEEN OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND
 RULES.
   § 12. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 19 of the lien law,  subdivision
 2  as amended by chapter 310 of the laws of 1962, subdivision 4 as added
 by chapter 582 of the laws of 2002 and paragraph a of subdivision  4  as

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 further  amended  by  section 104 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of
 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   (2)  By failure to begin an action to foreclose such lien or to secure
 an order continuing it, within one year from  the  time  of  filing  the
 notice  of lien, unless (I) an action be begun within the same period to
 foreclose a mortgage or another mechanic's lien upon the  same  property
 or  any  part  thereof  and a notice of pendency of such action is filed
 according to law, OR (II) AN ACTION IS COMMENCED TO OBTAIN A JUDGMENT ON
 A WAGE CLAIM PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION  SEVENTEEN  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE,  but  a  lien,  the  duration of which has been extended by the
 filing of a notice of the pendency of  an  action  as  herein  provided,
 shall  nevertheless  terminate  as  a  lien  after  such notice has been
 cancelled or has ceased to be effective as constructive notice.
   (4) Either before or after the beginning of an action by the EMPLOYER,
 owner or contractor executing a bond or undertaking in an  amount  equal
 to  one  hundred ten percent of such lien conditioned for the payment of
 any judgment which may be rendered against the property OR EMPLOYER  for
 the enforcement of the lien:
   a.  The  execution  of any such bond or undertaking by any fidelity or
 surety company authorized by the laws of this state  to  transact  busi-
 ness,  shall be sufficient; and where a certificate of qualification has
 been issued by  the  superintendent  of  financial  services  under  the
 provisions  of  section one thousand one hundred eleven of the insurance
 law, and has not been revoked, no justification or notice thereof  shall
 be  necessary. Any such company may execute any such bond or undertaking
 as surety by the hand of its  officers,  or  attorney,  duly  authorized
 thereto  by  resolution  of  its board of directors, a certified copy of
 which resolution, under the seal of said company, shall  be  filed  with
 each  bond  or  undertaking. Any such bond or undertaking shall be filed
 with the clerk of the county in which the notice of lien is filed, and a
 copy shall be served upon the adverse party. The undertaking  is  effec-
 tive  when so served and filed. If a certificate of qualification issued
 pursuant to subsections (b), (c) and (d) of  section  one  thousand  one
 hundred eleven of the insurance law is not filed with the undertaking, a
 party may except, to the sufficiency of a surety and by a written notice
 of  exception  served  upon  the  adverse  party  within  ten days after
 receipt, a copy of the undertaking. Exceptions deemed by  the  court  to
 have  been  taken  unnecessarily,  or  for  vexation or delay, may, upon
 notice, be set aside, with costs. Where  no  exception  to  sureties  is
 taken  within  ten  days  or  where  exceptions taken are set aside, the
 undertaking shall be allowed.
   b. In the case of bonds or undertakings not executed pursuant to para-
 graph a of this subdivision, the EMPLOYER,  owner  or  contractor  shall
 execute  an  undertaking with two or more sufficient sureties, who shall
 be free holders, to the clerk of the county where the premises are situ-
 ated. The sureties must together justify in  at  least  double  the  sum
 named  in  the  undertaking. A copy of the undertaking, with notice that
 the sureties will justify before the court, or a judge or justice there-
 of, at the time and place therein mentioned, must  be  served  upon  the
 lienor  or  his attorney, not less than five days before such time. Upon
 the approval of the undertaking by the court, judge or justice an  order
 shall be made by such court, judge or justice discharging such lien.
   c.  If  the  lienor  cannot  be found, or does not appear by attorney,
 service under this subsection may be made by  leaving  a  copy  of  such
 undertaking  and  notice  at  the  lienor's  place of residence, or if a
 corporation at its principal place of business within the state as stat-

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 ed in the notice of lien, with a person of suitable age  and  discretion
 therein,  or  if  the house of his abode or its place of business is not
 stated in said notice of lien and is not known, then in such  manner  as
 the  court  may direct. The premises, if any, described in the notice of
 lien as the lienor's residence or place of business shall be  deemed  to
 be  his said residence or its place of business for the purposes of said
 service at the time thereof, unless it is shown affirmatively  that  the
 person  servicing  the  papers or directing the service had knowledge to
 the contrary. Notwithstanding the other provisions of  this  subdivision
 relating  to service of notice, in any case where the mailing address of
 the lienor is outside the state such service may be made  by  registered
 or certified mail, return receipt requested, to such lienor at the mail-
 ing address contained in the notice of lien.
   d. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the provisions of
 article  twenty-five  of  the  civil  practice  law and rules regulating
 undertakings is applicable to  a  bond  or  undertaking  given  for  the
 discharge  of a lien on account of private improvements OR OF AN EMPLOY-
 EE'S LIEN.
   § 13. Section 24 of the lien law, as amended by  chapter  515  of  the
 laws of 1929, is amended to read as follows:
   §  24.  Enforcement  of  [mechanic's]  lien.  (1)  REAL  PROPERTY. The
 [mechanics'] liens ON REAL PROPERTY specified in  this  article  may  be
 enforced  against the property specified in the notice of lien and which
 is subject thereto and against any person liable for the debt upon which
 the lien is founded, as prescribed in article three of this chapter.
   (2) PERSONAL PROPERTY. AN EMPLOYEE'S LIEN ON PERSONAL PROPERTY  SPECI-
 FIED  IN  THIS  ARTICLE MAY IMMEDIATELY BE ENFORCED AGAINST THE PROPERTY
 THROUGH A FORECLOSURE AS PRESCRIBED  IN  ARTICLE  NINE  OF  THE  UNIFORM
 COMMERCIAL CODE, OR UPON JUDGMENT OBTAINED BY THE EMPLOYEE, COMMISSIONER
 OF  LABOR  OR ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, MAY BE ENFORCED
 IN ANY MANNER AVAILABLE TO THE JUDGMENT  CREDITOR  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 NINE OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.
   §  14.  Section  26  of the lien law, as amended by chapter 373 of the
 laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 26. Subordination of liens after agreement with owner.  In  case  an
 owner of real property shall execute to one or more persons, or a corpo-
 ration,  as trustee or trustees, a bond and mortgage or a note and mort-
 gage affecting such property in whole or in part, or  an  assignment  of
 the  moneys due or to become due under a contract for a building loan in
 relation to such property, and in case such mortgage, if any,  shall  be
 recorded  in  the  office  of the register of the county where such real
 property is situated, or if such county has  no  register  then  in  the
 office of the clerk of such county, and in case such assignment, if any,
 shall  be filed in the office of the clerk of the county where such real
 property is situated; and in  case  lienors  having  [mechanics']  liens
 against  said  real property, notices of which have been filed up to and
 not later than fifteen days after the recording of such mortgage or  the
 filing  of  such assignment, and which liens have not been discharged as
 in this article provided, shall, to the extent of  at  least  fifty-five
 per  centum of the aggregate amount for which such notices of liens have
 been so filed, approve such bond and mortgage or such note and mortgage,
 if any, and such assignment, if any, by an instrument or instruments  in
 writing, duly acknowledged and filed in the office of such county clerk,
 then  all  mechanics'  liens  for  labor performed or material furnished
 prior to the recording of such mortgage or filing  of  such  assignment,
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 and which have not been discharged as in this article provided, shall be
 subordinate to the lien of such trust bond and mortgage  or  such  trust
 note  and  mortgage to the extent of the aggregate amount of all certif-
 icates  of interest therein issued by such trustee or trustees, or their
 successors, for moneys loaned, materials furnished, labor performed  and
 any  other  indebtedness  incurred  after said trust mortgage shall have
 been recorded, and for expenses in connection with said trust  mortgage,
 and  shall  also  be subordinate to the lien of the bond and mortgage or
 note and mortgage, given to secure the  amount  agreed  to  be  advanced
 under  such  contract  for  a  building loan to the extent of the amount
 which shall be advanced by the holder of such bond and mortgage or  such
 note and mortgage to the trustee or trustees, or their successors, under
 such assignment. The provisions of this section shall apply to all bonds
 and mortgages and notes and mortgages and all assignments of moneys due,
 or  to  become due under building loan contracts executed by such owner,
 in like manner, and recorded or filed, from time to time as hereinbefore
 provided. In case of an assignment to trustees under the  provisions  of
 this  section,  the trustees and their successors shall be the agents of
 the assignor to receive and receipt for any and all sums advanced by the
 holder of the building loan bond and mortgage or the building loan  note
 and  mortgage  under  the building loan contract and such assignment. No
 lienor shall have any priority over the bond and mortgage  or  note  and
 mortgage  given to secure the money agreed to be advanced under a build-
 ing loan contract or over the advances made thereunder, by reason of any
 act preceding the making and approval of such assignment.
   § 15. Section 38 of the lien law, as amended by  chapter  859  of  the
 laws of 1930, is amended to read as follows:
   §  38.  Itemized statement may be required of lienor. A lienor who has
 filed a notice of MECHANIC'S lien shall, on demand in  writing,  deliver
 to  the  owner  or  contractor making such demand a statement in writing
 which shall set forth the items of labor and/or material and  the  value
 thereof  which  make up the amount for which he claims a lien, and which
 shall also set forth the terms of the contract under  which  such  items
 were  furnished.    The statement shall be verified by the lienor or his
 agent in the form required for the verification of  notices  in  section
 nine  of this [chapter] ARTICLE. If the lienor shall fail to comply with
 such a demand within five days after the same shall have  been  made  by
 the  owner  or  contractor,  or  if  the lienor delivers an insufficient
 statement, the person aggrieved may petition the supreme court  of  this
 state  or  any  justice thereof, or the county court of the county where
 the premises are situated, or the county judge of  such  county  for  an
 order  directing  the  lienor  within  a  time specified in the order to
 deliver to the petitioner the statement required by  this  section.  Two
 days'  notice  in  writing  of such application shall be served upon the
 lienor. Such service shall be made in the manner provided by law for the
 personal service of a summons. The court or a justice or  judge  thereof
 shall  hear  the  parties  and  upon being satisfied that the lienor has
 failed, neglected or refused to comply with  the  requirements  of  this
 section  shall  have  an appropriate order directing such compliance. In
 case the lienor fails to comply with the order so made within  the  time
 specified,  then  upon  five  days'  notice to the lienor, served in the
 manner provided by law for the personal service of a summons, the  court
 or a justice or judge thereof may make an order cancelling the lien.
   §  16. Section 39 of the lien law, as added by chapter 859 of the laws
 of 1930, is amended to read as follows:

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   § 39. Lien wilfully exaggerated is void. In any action  or  proceeding
 to  enforce  a [mechanic's] lien upon a private or public improvement or
 in which the validity of the lien is an issue, if the court  shall  find
 that  a lienor has wilfully exaggerated the amount for which he claims a
 lien  as  stated in his notice of lien, his lien shall be declared to be
 void and no recovery shall be had thereon. No such lienor shall  have  a
 right  to file any other or further lien for the same claim. A second or
 subsequent lien filed in contravention of this section  may  be  vacated
 upon application to the court on two days' notice.
   §  17.  Section  40  of the lien law, as amended by chapter 515 of the
 laws of 1929, is amended to read as follows:
   § 40. Construction of article. This article  is  to  be  construed  in
 connection  with  article  two of this chapter, and provides proceedings
 for the enforcement of EMPLOYEE'S LIENS ON REAL  PROPERTY,  AS  WELL  AS
 liens  for labor performed and materials furnished in the improvement of
 real property, created by virtue of such article.
   § 18. Section 41 of the lien law, as amended by  chapter  807  of  the
 laws of 1952, is amended to read as follows:
   § 41. Enforcement of mechanic's OR EMPLOYEE'S lien on real property. A
 mechanic's  lien  OR  EMPLOYEE'S  LIEN  on real property may be enforced
 against such property, and against a person liable  for  the  debt  upon
 which  the lien is founded, by an action, by the lienor, his assignee or
 legal representative, in the supreme court or in a county  court  other-
 wise having jurisdiction, regardless of the amount of such debt, or in a
 court  which  has  jurisdiction in an action founded on a contract for a
 sum of money equivalent to the amount of such debt.
   § 19. Section 43 of the lien law, as amended by  chapter  310  of  the
 laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:
   §  43.  Action  in  a  court  of record; consolidation of actions. The
 provisions of the real property actions and proceedings law relating  to
 actions  for  the  foreclosure of a mortgage upon real property, and the
 sale and the distribution of the proceeds thereof apply to actions in  a
 court  of  record,  to  enforce mechanics' liens AND EMPLOYEES' LIENS on
 real property, except as otherwise provided in this article. If  actions
 are  brought  by  different  lienors  in a court of record, the court in
 which the first action was brought, may, upon its own  motion,  or  upon
 the  application of any party in any of such actions, consolidate all of
 such actions.
   § 20. Section 46 of the lien law, as amended by  chapter  515  of  the
 laws of 1929, is amended to read as follows:
   §  46.  Action  in  a  court  not of record. If an action to enforce a
 mechanic's lien OR EMPLOYEE'S LIEN against real property is brought in a
 court not of record, it shall be commenced by the personal service  upon
 the  owner  of  a summons and complaint verified in the same manner as a
 complaint in an action in a court of  record.  The  complaint  must  set
 forth  substantially  the facts contained in the notice of lien, and the
 substance of the agreement under which the labor was  performed  or  the
 materials  were  furnished, OR IF THE LIEN IS BASED UPON A WAGE CLAIM AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, THE BASIS FOR SUCH  WAGE  CLAIM.
 The  form  and  contents of the summons shall be the same as provided by
 law for the commencement of an action upon a contract in such court. The
 summons must be returnable not less than twelve  nor  more  than  twenty
 days  after  the  date of the summons, or if service is made by publica-
 tion, after the day of the last publication of  the  summons.    Service
 must be made at least eight days before the return day.

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   §  21.  Section  50  of the lien law, as amended by chapter 515 of the
 laws of 1929, is amended to read as follows:
   §  50.  Execution. Execution may be issued upon a judgment obtained in
 an action to enforce a mechanic's lien OR  AN  EMPLOYEE'S  LIEN  against
 real  property  in a court not of record, which shall direct the officer
 to sell the title and interest of the owner in the premises, upon  which
 the  lien  set  forth in the complaint existed at the time of filing the
 notice of lien.
   § 22. Section 53 of the lien law, as amended by  chapter  515  of  the
 laws of 1929, is amended to read as follows:
   §  53.  Costs  and disbursements. If an action is brought to enforce a
 mechanic's lien OR AN EMPLOYEE'S LIEN against real property in  a  court
 of  record,  the costs and disbursements shall rest in the discretion of
 the court, and may be awarded to  the  prevailing  party.  The  judgment
 rendered  in  such  an action shall include the amount of such costs and
 specify to whom and by whom the costs are to be paid. If such action  is
 brought  in  a court not of record, they shall be the same as allowed in
 civil actions in such  court.  The  expenses  incurred  in  serving  the
 summons  by  publication may be added to the amount of costs now allowed
 in such court.
   § 23. Section 59 of the lien law, as amended by  chapter  515  of  the
 laws of 1929, is amended to read as follows:
   § 59. Vacating of a [mechanic's] lien; cancellation of bond; return of
 deposit,  by  order  of  court. 1. A mechanic's lien notice of which has
 been filed on real property or a bond given to discharge the same may be
 vacated and cancelled or a deposit made to discharge a lien pursuant  to
 section  twenty  OF THIS CHAPTER may be returned, by an order of a court
 of record. Before such order shall be granted, a notice shall be  served
 upon  the  lienor,  either personally or by leaving it as his last known
 place of residence, with a person of suitable age,  with  directions  to
 deliver  it  to  the  lienor.  Such  notice  shall require the lienor to
 commence an action to enforce the lien, within a time specified  in  the
 notice,  not  less  than  thirty  days from the time of service, or show
 cause at a special term of a court of record, or at a county court, in a
 county in which the property is situated, at a time and place  specified
 therein,  why  the  notice of lien filed or the bond given should not be
 vacated and cancelled, or the deposit returned,  as  the  case  may  be.
 Proof  of  such service and that the lienor has not commenced the action
 to foreclose such lien, as directed in the  notice,  shall  be  made  by
 affidavit, at the time of applying for such order.
   2.  AN EMPLOYEE'S LIEN NOTICE OF WHICH HAS BEEN FILED ON REAL PROPERTY
 OR A BOND GIVEN TO DISCHARGE THE SAME MAY BE VACATED AND CANCELLED OR  A
 DEPOSIT  MADE  TO  DISCHARGE  A  LIEN PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY OF THIS
 CHAPTER MAY BE RETURNED, BY AN ORDER OF A COURT OF RECORD.  BEFORE  SUCH
 ORDER SHALL BE GRANTED, A NOTICE SHALL BE SERVED UPON THE LIENOR, EITHER
 PERSONALLY  OR  BY  LEAVING  IT  AT HIS LAST KNOWN PLACE OF RESIDENCE OR
 ATTORNEY'S PLACE OF BUSINESS,  WITH  A  PERSON  OF  SUITABLE  AGE,  WITH
 DIRECTIONS  TO  DELIVER  IT TO THE LIENOR. SUCH NOTICE SHALL REQUIRE THE
 LIENOR TO COMMENCE AN ACTION TO ENFORCE THE  LIEN,  OR  TO  COMMENCE  AN
 ACTION  TO  OBTAIN  JUDGMENT  ON  THE WAGE CLAIM UPON WHICH THE LIEN WAS
 ESTABLISHED, WITHIN A TIME SPECIFIED IN THE NOTICE, NOT LESS THAN NINETY
 DAYS FROM THE TIME OF SERVICE, OR SHOW CAUSE AT  A  SPECIAL  TERM  OF  A
 COURT OF RECORD, OR AT A COUNTY COURT, IN A COUNTY IN WHICH THE PROPERTY
 IS  SITUATED,  AT  A TIME AND PLACE SPECIFIED THEREIN, WHY THE NOTICE OF
 LIEN FILED OR THE BOND GIVEN SHOULD NOT BE VACATED AND CANCELLED, OR THE
 DEPOSIT RETURNED, AS THE CASE MAY BE. PROOF OF SUCH SERVICE AND THAT THE

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 LIENOR HAS NOT COMMENCED THE ACTION TO FORECLOSE SUCH LIEN OR AN  ACTION
 TO  OBTAIN  JUDGMENT  ON  THE  WAGE CLAIM UPON WHICH THE LIEN WAS ESTAB-
 LISHED, AS DIRECTED IN THE NOTICE, SHALL BE MADE BY  AFFIDAVIT,  AT  THE
 TIME OF APPLYING FOR SUCH ORDER.
   §  24.  Section  62  of the lien law, as amended by chapter 697 of the
 laws of 1934, is amended to read as follows:
   § 62. Bringing in new parties. A lienor who has filed a notice of lien
 after the commencement of an action in a court of record to foreclose or
 enforce AN EMPLOYEE'S LIEN OR a mechanic's lien against real property or
 a public improvement, may at any  time  up  to  and  including  the  day
 preceding  the  day on which the trial of such action is commenced, make
 application upon notice to the plaintiff or his attorney in such action,
 to be made a party therein. Upon good cause shown, the court must  order
 such lienor to be brought in by amendment. If the application is made by
 any  other  party  in  said action to make such lienor or other person a
 party, the court may in its  discretion  direct  such  lienor  or  other
 person  to  be  brought in by like amendment. The order to be entered on
 such application shall provide the time for and manner  of  serving  the
 pleading of such additional lienor or other person and shall direct that
 the  pleadings,  papers  and proceedings of the other several parties in
 such action, shall be deemed amended, so as not to require the making or
 serving of papers other than said order to  effectuate  such  amendment,
 and  shall  further  provide  that the allegations in the answer of such
 additional lienor or other person shall, for the purposes of the action,
 be deemed denied by the other parties therein. The action  shall  be  so
 conducted  by  the  court as not to cause substantially any delay in the
 trial thereof.   The bringing in of  such  additional  lienor  or  other
 person  shall  be  without  prejudice to the proceedings had, and if the
 action be on the calendar of the court, same shall retain its  place  on
 such  calendar  without the necessity of serving a new note of issue and
 new notices of trial.
   § 25. Subdivision 3 of section 199-a of the labor law, as  amended  by
 chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Each  employee  and  his or her authorized representative shall be
 notified in writing, OF THE TERMINATION OF THE  COMMISSIONER'S  INVESTI-
 GATION OF THE EMPLOYEE'S COMPLAINT AND THE RESULT OF SUCH INVESTIGATION,
 of  any  award  and collection of back wages and civil penalties, and of
 any intent to seek criminal penalties. In the event that criminal penal-
 ties are sought the employee and his or  her  authorized  representative
 shall be notified of the outcome of prosecution.
   §  26.  Subdivision  2  of section 663 of the labor law, as amended by
 chapter 564 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   2. By commissioner. On behalf of any employee paid less than the  wage
 to  which the employee is entitled under the provisions of this article,
 the commissioner may bring any legal action necessary, including  admin-
 istrative  action,  to  collect  such  claim,  and the employer shall be
 required to pay the full amount of the  underpayment,  plus  costs,  and
 unless the employer proves a good faith basis to believe that its under-
 payment  was  in compliance with the law, an additional amount as liqui-
 dated damages. Liquidated damages shall be calculated by the commission-
 er as  no  more  than  one  hundred  percent  of  the  total  amount  of
 underpayments found to be due the employee. In any action brought by the
 commissioner  in  a  court of competent jurisdiction, liquidated damages
 shall be calculated as an amount equal to one hundred percent of  under-
 payments  found  to  be  due  the  employee. EACH EMPLOYEE OR HIS OR HER
 AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING OF THE OUTCOME OF

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 ANY LEGAL ACTION BROUGHT ON  THE  EMPLOYEE'S  BEHALF  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION.
   §  27.  Subdivision  5  of  section 6201 of the civil practice law and
 rules, as amended by chapter 860 of the laws of 1977 and  as  renumbered
 by  chapter  618 of the laws of 1992, is amended and a new subdivision 6
 is added to read as follows:
   5. the cause of action is based on a judgment, decree or  order  of  a
 court  of  the  United States or of any other court which is entitled to
 full faith and credit in this state, or on a  judgment  which  qualifies
 for  recognition  under the provisions of article 53[.] OF THIS CHAPTER;
 OR
   6. THE CAUSE OF ACTION IS BASED ON WAGE CLAIMS.  "WAGE  CLAIMS,"  WHEN
 USED IN THIS CHAPTER, SHALL INCLUDE ANY CLAIMS OF VIOLATIONS OF ARTICLES
 FIVE, SIX, AND NINETEEN OF THE LABOR LAW, SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF
 THE LABOR LAW, AND THE RELATED REGULATIONS OR WAGE ORDERS PROMULGATED BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  LABOR, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY CLAIMS OF
 UNPAID, MINIMUM, OVERTIME, AND SPREAD-OF-HOURS PAY, UNLAWFULLY  RETAINED
 GRATUITIES,  UNLAWFUL  DEDUCTIONS FROM WAGES, UNPAID COMMISSIONS, UNPAID
 BENEFITS AND WAGE SUPPLEMENTS, AND RETALIATION, AND ANY CLAIMS  PURSUANT
 TO 18 U.S.C. § 1595, 29 U.S.C. § 201 ET SEQ., AND/OR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
 AS  WELL  AS THE CONCOMITANT LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AND PENALTIES AUTHORIZED
 PURSUANT TO THE LABOR LAW, THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT, OR ANY  EMPLOY-
 MENT CONTRACT.
   §  28.  Section  6210 of the civil practice law and rules, as added by
 chapter 860 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6210. Order of attachment on notice;  temporary  restraining  order;
 contents.  Upon a motion on notice for an order of attachment, the court
 may, without notice to the  defendant,  grant  a  temporary  restraining
 order  prohibiting  the transfer of assets by a garnishee as provided in
 subdivision (b) of section 6214. WHEN ATTACHMENT IS SOUGHT  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF  SECTION  6201,  AND  IF  THE EMPLOYER CONTESTS THE
 MOTION, THE COURT SHALL HOLD A HEARING  WITHIN  TEN  DAYS  OF  WHEN  THE
 EMPLOYER'S  RESPONSE  TO  PLAINTIFFS'  MOTION FOR ATTACHMENT IS DUE. The
 contents of the order of attachment granted  pursuant  to  this  section
 shall be as provided in subdivision (a) of section 6211.
   §  29.  Subdivision  (b) of section 6211 of the civil practice law and
 rules, as amended by chapter 566 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) Confirmation of order. Except where  an  order  of  attachment  is
 granted  on  the  ground  specified in subdivision one OR SIX of section
 6201, an order of attachment granted without notice shall  provide  that
 within  a period not to exceed five days after levy, the plaintiff shall
 move, on such notice as the court shall direct  to  the  defendant,  the
 garnishee, if any, and the sheriff, for an order confirming the order of
 attachment.  Where  an  order of attachment without notice is granted on
 the ground specified in subdivision one OR  SIX  of  section  6201,  the
 court shall direct that the statement required by section 6219 be served
 within  five days, that a copy thereof be served upon the plaintiff, and
 the plaintiff shall move  within  ten  days  after  levy  for  an  order
 confirming  the  order  of attachment. If the plaintiff upon such motion
 shall show that the statement has not been served and that the plaintiff
 will be unable to satisfy the requirement of subdivision (b) of  section
 6223 until the statement has been served, the court may grant one exten-
 sion of the time to move for confirmation for a period not to exceed ten
 days. If plaintiff fails to make such motion within the required period,
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 effect and shall be vacated upon motion. Upon the motion to confirm, the
 provisions of subdivision (b) of section 6223 shall apply. An  order  of
 attachment  granted  without notice may provide that the sheriff refrain
 from  taking  any  property levied upon into his actual custody, pending
 further order of the court.
   § 30. Subdivisions (b) and (e) of rule 6212 of the civil practice  law
 and  rules, subdivision (b) as separately amended by chapters 15 and 860
 of the laws of 1977 and subdivision (e) as added by chapter 860  of  the
 laws of 1977, are amended to read as follows:
   (b) Undertaking. [On] 1. EXCEPT WHERE AN ORDER OF ATTACHMENT IS SOUGHT
 ON  THE GROUND SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 6201, ON a motion
 for an order of attachment, the plaintiff shall give an undertaking,  in
 a  total  amount  fixed  by  the  court,  but not less than five hundred
 dollars, a specified part thereof conditioned that the  plaintiff  shall
 pay  to the defendant all costs and damages, including reasonable attor-
 ney's fees, which may be sustained by reason of the  attachment  if  the
 defendant  recovers judgment or if it is finally decided that the plain-
 tiff was not entitled to an attachment of the defendant's property,  and
 the  balance conditioned that the plaintiff shall pay to the sheriff all
 of his allowable fees.
   2. ON A MOTION FOR  AN  ATTACHMENT  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF
 SECTION  6201, THE COURT SHALL ORDER THAT THE PLAINTIFF GIVE AN ACCESSI-
 BLE UNDERTAKING OF NO MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR IN THE ALTERNA-
 TIVE, MAY WAIVE THE UNDERTAKING ALTOGETHER. The attorney for the  plain-
 tiff shall not be liable to the sheriff for such fees. The surety on the
 undertaking shall not be discharged except upon notice to the sheriff.
   (e)  Damages.  [The]  EXCEPT WHERE AN ORDER OF ATTACHMENT IS SOUGHT ON
 THE GROUND SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 6201,  THE  plaintiff
 shall  be  liable  to the defendant for all costs and damages, including
 reasonable attorney's fees, which may be  sustained  by  reason  of  the
 attachment  if  the  defendant  recovers  judgment,  or if it is finally
 decided that the plaintiff was not entitled  to  an  attachment  of  the
 defendant's  property. Plaintiff's liability shall not be limited by the
 amount of the undertaking.
   § 31. Section 6223 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended  by
 chapter 860 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   §  6223.  Vacating  or  modifying  attachment. (a) Motion to vacate or
 modify.  Prior to the application of property or debt to  the  satisfac-
 tion of a judgment, the defendant, the garnishee or any person having an
 interest  in  the property or debt may move, on notice to each party and
 the sheriff, for an order vacating or modifying the order of attachment.
 Upon the motion, the court may give the plaintiff a reasonable  opportu-
 nity  to  correct  any defect. [If] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED UNDER SUBDIVISION
 (B), IF, after the defendant has  appeared  in  the  action,  the  court
 determines  that  the  attachment  is unnecessary to the security of the
 plaintiff, it shall vacate the order of attachment.  Such a motion shall
 not of itself constitute an appearance in the action.
   (b) Burden of proof. [Upon] EXCEPT WHERE AN  ORDER  OF  ATTACHMENT  IS
 GRANTED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 6201, UPON a motion to
 vacate or modify an order of attachment the  plaintiff  shall  have  the
 burden  of  establishing  the  grounds  for the attachment, the need for
 continuing the levy and the probability that  he  will  succeed  on  the
 merits. UPON A MOTION TO VACATE OR MODIFY AN ORDER OF ATTACHMENT GRANTED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  SIX OF SECTION 6201, THE DEFENDANT SHALL HAVE
 THE BURDEN TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE  ATTACHMENT  IS  UNNECESSARY  TO  THE

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 SECURITY  OF  THE PLAINTIFF, IN ORDER TO VACATE OR MODIFY THE ATTACHMENT
 ORDER.
   § 32. Paragraph (b) of section 624 of the business corporation law, as
 amended  by  chapter  449  of  the  laws  of 1997, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) Any person who shall have been a shareholder of record of a corpo-
 ration, OR WHO IS OR SHALL HAVE BEEN A  LABORER,  SERVANT  OR  EMPLOYEE,
 upon  at least five days' written demand shall have the right to examine
 in person or by agent or attorney,  during  usual  business  hours,  its
 minutes  of the proceedings of its shareholders and record of sharehold-
 ers and to make extracts therefrom for any purpose reasonably related to
 such person's interest as a shareholder, LABORER, SERVANT  OR  EMPLOYEE.
 Holders  of  voting trust certificates representing shares of the corpo-
 ration shall be  regarded  as  shareholders  for  the  purpose  of  this
 section.    Any  such agent or attorney shall be authorized in a writing
 that satisfies the requirements of a  writing  under  paragraph  (b)  of
 section  609  (Proxies).  A corporation requested to provide information
 pursuant to this paragraph shall  make  available  such  information  in
 written  form and in any other format in which such information is main-
 tained by the corporation and shall not  be  required  to  provide  such
 information  in  any  other  format.  If a request made pursuant to this
 paragraph includes a request to furnish information regarding beneficial
 owners, the corporation shall make available  such  information  in  its
 possession regarding beneficial owners as is provided to the corporation
 by  a registered broker or dealer or a bank, association or other entity
 that exercises fiduciary powers in connection  with  the  forwarding  of
 information  to  such  owners.  The corporation shall not be required to
 obtain information about beneficial owners not in its possession.
   § 33. Section 630 of the business corporation law,  paragraph  (a)  as
 amended  by  chapter  5 of the laws of 2016, paragraph (c) as amended by
 chapter 746 of the laws of 1963, is amended to read as follows:
 § 630. Liability of shareholders for wages due to laborers, servants  or
          employees.
   (a) The  ten  largest shareholders, as determined by the fair value of
 their beneficial interest as of the beginning of the period during which
 the unpaid services referred to in this section are performed, of  every
 domestic  corporation  or  of  any  foreign corporation, when the unpaid
 services were performed in the state, no shares of which are listed on a
 national securities exchange or regularly quoted in an  over-the-counter
 market  by one or more members of a national or an affiliated securities
 association, shall jointly and severally be personally  liable  for  all
 debts,  wages or salaries due and owing to any of its laborers, servants
 or employees other than contractors, for services performed by them  for
 such corporation. [Before such laborer, servant or employee shall charge
 such  shareholder  for such services, he shall give notice in writing to
 such shareholder that he intends to hold him liable under this  section.
 Such  notice  shall  be  given  within one hundred and eighty days after
 termination of such services, except that if, within  such  period,  the
 laborer,  servant  or  employee  demands an examination of the record of
 shareholders under paragraph (b) of  section  624  (Books  and  records;
 right  of inspection, prima facie evidence) of this article, such notice
 may be given within sixty days after he has been given  the  opportunity
 to examine the record of shareholders. An action to enforce such liabil-
 ity  shall  be  commenced  within  ninety  days  after  the return of an
 execution unsatisfied against the corporation upon a judgment  recovered
 against  it  for  such services.] The provisions of this paragraph shall

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 not apply to an investment company registered as such under  an  act  of
 congress entitled "Investment Company Act of 1940."
   (b) For the purposes of this section, wages or salaries shall mean all
 compensation  and  benefits payable by an employer to or for the account
 of the employee for personal services rendered by such employee  INCLUD-
 ING  ANY CONCOMITANT LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, PENALTIES, INTEREST, ATTORNEY'S
 FEES OR COSTS.  These shall specifically include but not be  limited  to
 salaries,  overtime,  vacation,  holiday  and  severance  pay;  employer
 contributions to or payments of insurance or welfare benefits;  employer
 contributions to pension or annuity funds; and any other moneys properly
 due or payable for services rendered by such employee.
   (c) A shareholder who has paid more than his pro rata share under this
 section shall be entitled to contribution pro rata from the other share-
 holders  liable  under  this section with respect to the excess so paid,
 over and above his pro rata share, and may sue them jointly or severally
 or any number of them to recover the amount due from them.  Such  recov-
 ery  may  be  had  in a separate action. As used in this paragraph, "pro
 rata" means in proportion to beneficial share interest. Before a  share-
 holder  may  claim contribution from other shareholders under this para-
 graph, he shall[, unless they have been given notice by a laborer, serv-
 ant or employee under paragraph (a),] give them notice in  writing  that
 he  intends to hold them so liable to him. Such notice shall be given by
 him within twenty days after the date that [notice was given to him  by]
 HE BECAME AWARE THAT a laborer, servant or employee MAY SEEK TO HOLD HIM
 LIABLE under paragraph (a).
   §  34. Subdivision (c) of section 609 of the limited liability company
 law, as added by chapter 537 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (b) of this
 section, the ten members with the largest percentage ownership interest,
 as  determined as of the beginning of the period during which the unpaid
 services referred to in this section are  performed,  of  every  limited
 liability  company, shall jointly and severally be personally liable for
 all debts, wages or salaries due and owing to any of its laborers, serv-
 ants or employees, for services  performed  by  them  for  such  limited
 liability  company.  [Before  such  laborer,  servant  or employee shall
 charge such member for such services, he or she  shall  give  notice  in
 writing to such member that he or she intends to hold such member liable
 under this section. Such notice shall be given within one hundred eighty
 days  after  termination  of  such  services.  An action to enforce such
 liability shall be commenced within ninety days after the return  of  an
 execution unsatisfied against the limited liability company upon a judg-
 ment recovered against it for such services.] A member who has paid more
 than  his  or her pro rata share under this section shall be entitled to
 contribution pro rata from the other members liable under  this  section
 with  respect  to the excess so paid, over and above his or her pro rata
 share, and may sue them jointly or severally or any number  of  them  to
 recover the amount due from them. Such recovery may be had in a separate
 action.  As  used in this subdivision, "pro rata" means in proportion to
 percentage ownership interest. Before a member  may  claim  contribution
 from  other members under this section, he or she shall give them notice
 in writing that he or she intends to hold them so liable to him or her.
   § 35. Section 1102 of the limited liability company law is amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
   (E) ANY PERSON WHO IS OR SHALL HAVE BEEN A LABORER, SERVANT OR EMPLOY-
 EE  OF  A  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY, UPON AT LEAST FIVE DAYS' WRITTEN

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 DEMAND SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE IN PERSON OR BY AGENT  OR  ATTOR-
 NEY,  DURING USUAL BUSINESS HOURS, RECORDS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF
 SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION THROUGHOUT THE  PERIOD  OF  TIME  DURING
 WHICH SUCH LABORER, SERVANT OR EMPLOYEE PROVIDED SERVICES TO SUCH COMPA-
 NY.  A  COMPANY  REQUESTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS PARA-
 GRAPH SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE SUCH RECORDS IN WRITTEN FORM AND IN ANY OTHER
 FORMAT IN WHICH SUCH INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE COMPANY AND  SHALL
 NOT  BE  REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION IN ANY OTHER FORMAT.  UPON
 REFUSAL BY THE COMPANY OR BY AN OFFICER  OR  AGENT  OF  THE  COMPANY  TO
 PERMIT  AN  INSPECTION  OF  THE RECORDS DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, THE
 PERSON MAKING THE DEMAND FOR INSPECTION MAY APPLY TO THE  SUPREME  COURT
 IN  THE  JUDICIAL  DISTRICT  WHERE THE OFFICE OF THE COMPANY IS LOCATED,
 UPON SUCH NOTICE AS THE COURT MAY DIRECT, FOR  AN  ORDER  DIRECTING  THE
 COMPANY,  ITS  MEMBERS OR MANAGERS TO SHOW CAUSE WHY AN ORDER SHOULD NOT
 BE GRANTED PERMITTING SUCH INSPECTION BY THE APPLICANT.  UPON THE RETURN
 DAY OF THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE, THE COURT SHALL HEAR THE PARTIES SUMMAR-
 ILY, BY AFFIDAVIT OR OTHERWISE, AND IF IT APPEARS THAT THE APPLICANT  IS
 QUALIFIED  AND  ENTITLED  TO  SUCH  INSPECTION, THE COURT SHALL GRANT AN
 ORDER COMPELLING SUCH INSPECTION AND AWARDING SUCH FURTHER RELIEF AS  TO
 THE  COURT  MAY  SEEM  JUST  AND PROPER. IF THE APPLICANT IS FOUND TO BE
 QUALIFIED AND ENTITLED TO SUCH INSPECTION, THE  COMPANY  SHALL  PAY  ALL
 REASONABLE  ATTORNEY'S  FEES  AND COSTS OF SAID APPLICANT RELATED TO THE
 DEMAND FOR INSPECTION OF THE RECORDS.
   § 36. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
 have  become a law. The procedures and rights created in this act may be
 used by employees, laborers or servants in connection  with  claims  for
 liabilities that arose prior to the effective date.
 
                                 SUBPART B
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4 of section 20.40 of the criminal procedure
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (o) to read as follows:
   (O) AN OFFENSE OF WAGE THEFT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.50 OF THE PENAL
 LAW MAY BE PROSECUTED IN ANY COUNTY WHERE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED  OR  IN
 ANY  COUNTY  WHERE THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO PAY SUCH WAGES, REGARDLESS OF
 WHETHER WITHHELD WAGES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED IN  TWO  OR  MORE  COUNTIES
 WERE CHARGED AS AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT.
   §  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 155.50 to read
 as follows:
 § 155.50 WAGE THEFT; DEFINITION.
   FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 155.55, 155.60, 155.65, 155.70 AND 155.75
 OF THIS ARTICLE, A PERSON COMMITS WAGE THEFT WHEN HE  OR  SHE  WITHHOLDS
 AGREED-UPON  WAGES THAT WERE PROMISED IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF
 SERVICES BY ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS PERFORMED THE  AGREED-UPON  SERVICES,
 WITH  AN INTENT TO DEPRIVE SUCH PERSON OF PROPERTY OR TO APPROPRIATE THE
 SAME TO HIMSELF OR HERSELF OR A THIRD PERSON.
   § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 155.55  to  read
 as follows:
 § 155.55 WAGE THEFT IN THE FIFTH DEGREE.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF WAGE THEFT IN THE FIFTH DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE
 COMMITS WAGE THEFT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.50 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   WAGE THEFT IN THE FIFTH DEGREE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   § 4. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 155.60  to  read
 as follows:
 § 155.60 WAGE THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE.

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   A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF WAGE THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE
 COMMITS WAGE THEFT AS DEFINED IN SECTION  155.50  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND
 WHEN:
   1.  THE  AGGREGATE VALUE OF THE WAGES WITHHELD FROM ONE PERSON EXCEEDS
 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS; OR
   2. HE OR SHE WITHHOLDS WAGES FROM TEN OR MORE PEOPLE.
   WAGE THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 5. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 155.65  to  read
 as follows:
 § 155.65 WAGE THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF WAGE THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE
 COMMITS WAGE THEFT AS DEFINED IN SECTION  155.50  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND
 WHEN:
   1.  THE  AGGREGATE VALUE OF THE WAGES WITHHELD FROM ONE PERSON EXCEEDS
 THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS; OR
   2. HE OR SHE WITHHOLDS WAGES FROM TWENTY-FIVE OR MORE PEOPLE.
   WAGE THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
   § 6. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 155.70  to  read
 as follows:
 § 155.70 WAGE THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
   A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF WAGE THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE
 COMMITS WAGE THEFT AS DEFINED IN SECTION  155.50  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND
 WHEN:
   1.  THE  AGGREGATE VALUE OF THE WAGES WITHHELD FROM ONE PERSON EXCEEDS
 FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS; OR
   2. HE OR SHE WITHHOLDS WAGES FROM FIFTY OR MORE PEOPLE.
   WAGE THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS C FELONY.
   § 7. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 155.75  to  read
 as follows:
 § 155.75 WAGE THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF WAGE THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE
 COMMITS WAGE THEFT AS DEFINED IN SECTION  155.50  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND
 WHEN:
   1.  THE  AGGREGATE VALUE OF THE WAGES WITHHELD FROM ONE PERSON EXCEEDS
 ONE MILLION DOLLARS; OR
   2. HE OR SHE WITHHOLDS WAGES FROM SEVENTY-FIVE OR MORE PEOPLE.
   WAGE THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS B FELONY.
   § 8. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 20.20 of the penal law,
 as amended by chapter 671 of the laws of 1986, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (c)  The conduct constituting the offense is engaged in by an agent of
 the corporation while acting within the scope of his employment  and  in
 behalf  of  the  corporation,  and the offense is (i) a misdemeanor or a
 violation, (ii) one defined by  a  statute  which  clearly  indicates  a
 legislative  intent  to impose such criminal liability on a corporation,
 [or] (iii) any offense set forth in title twenty-seven of article seven-
 ty-one of the environmental conservation law, OR (IV)  ANY  OFFENSE  SET
 FORTH  IN SECTION 155.55, 155.60, 155.65, 155.70 OR 155.75 OF THIS CHAP-
 TER.
   § 9. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion,  section  or subpart of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
 impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section

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 or  subpart  thereof  directly involved in the controversy in which such
 judgment shall have been rendered. It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the
 intent  of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if
 such invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Subparts A through B of this act  shall
 be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Subparts.
 
                                  PART P
 
   Section  1. Section 522 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 720 of
 the laws of 1953, is amended to read as follows:
   § 522. Total unemployment.  "Total  unemployment"  OR  "TOTALLY  UNEM-
 PLOYED" means the [total] lack of any employment [on] IN any [day] WEEK.
 The  term  "employment"  as  used  in  this section means any employment
 including that not defined in this title.
   § 2. Section 523 of the labor law, as amended by chapter  675  of  the
 laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 523. [Effective day. "Effective day" means a full day of total unem-
 ployment  provided  such day falls within a week in which a claimant had
 four or more days of total unemployment and provided further  that  only
 those  days  of  total  unemployment in excess of three days within such
 week are deemed "effective days". No effective day is deemed to occur in
 a week in which the claimant has days of employment for which he is paid
 compensation exceeding the highest benefit rate which is  applicable  to
 any  claimant  in  such    week.  A  claimant who is employed on a shift
 continuing through midnight is deemed to have been employed on  the  day
 beginning before midnight with respect to such shift, except where night
 shift  employees  are  regularly  scheduled  to start their work week at
 seven post meridiem or thereafter on Sunday night, their regularly sche-
 duled starting time  on  Sunday  shall  be  considered  as  starting  on
 Monday.]  PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT.  "PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT"  OR "PARTIALLY
 UNEMPLOYED" MEANS ANY WEEK IF THE TOTAL REMUNERATION OF ANY NATURE PAYA-
 BLE FOR SERVICES OF ANY KIND DURING SUCH WEEK AMOUNTS TO LESS  THAN  ONE
 AND  ONE-HALF  TIMES THE CLAIMANT'S BENEFIT RATE FOR TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT
 ROUNDED TO THE LOWEST NEXT DOLLAR. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  REMUN-
 ERATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ANY HOLIDAY  OR  VACATION  PAY  PAYABLE  WITH
 RESPECT  TO  ANY  SUCH  WEEK,  WHETHER  OR NOT ANY SERVICE WAS PERFORMED
 DURING SUCH WEEK OR WAS IN ANY OTHER WAY REQUIRED FOR  RECEIPT  OF  SUCH
 HOLIDAY  OR VACATION PAY. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL CONSIDER EARNINGS DERIVED FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT, BUT  ONLY  TO  THE
 EXTENT  SUCH EARNINGS ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVED OR PAYABLE WITH RESPECT TO A
 GIVEN  WEEK OF PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT.
   § 3. Section 524 of the labor law, as added by chapter 5 of  the  laws
 of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   §  524.  Week  of  employment.  For purposes of this article, "week of
 employment" shall mean a Monday through Sunday  period  during  which  a
 claimant was paid remuneration for employment for an employer or employ-
 ers  liable  for  contributions or for payments in lieu of contributions
 under this article.  A CLAIMANT WHO IS EMPLOYED ON  A  SHIFT  CONTINUING
 THROUGH  MIDNIGHT  IS  DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED ON THE DAY BEGINNING
 BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SHIFT,  EXCEPT  WHERE  NIGHT  SHIFT
 EMPLOYEES ARE REGULARLY SCHEDULED TO START THEIR WORK WEEK AT SEVEN POST
 MERIDIEM OR THEREAFTER ON SUNDAY NIGHT, THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED START-
 ING TIME ON SUNDAY SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS STARTING ON MONDAY.

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   §  4.  Subdivision  4  of  section 527 of the labor law, as amended by
 chapter 832 of the laws of 1968 and as renumbered by chapter 381 of  the
 laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  General  condition.  A valid original claim may be filed only in a
 week in which the claimant [has at least one effective day of  unemploy-
 ment]  IS  TOTALLY UNEMPLOYED OR PARTIALLY UNEMPLOYED AS DEFINED IN THIS
 ARTICLE.
   § 5. Clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph 2 of  paragraph
 (e)  of  subdivision  1  of  section 581 of the labor law, as amended by
 chapter 282 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
   (i) In those instances where the claimant may not utilize  wages  paid
 to  establish  entitlement  based  upon  subdivision ten of section five
 hundred ninety of this article and an  educational  institution  is  the
 claimant's  last employer prior to the filing of the claim for benefits,
 or the claimant performed services in such  educational  institution  in
 such  capacity  while employed by an educational service agency which is
 the claimant's last employer prior to the filing of the claim for  bene-
 fits,  such  employer  shall  not be liable for benefit charges [for the
 first twenty-eight effective days of benefits paid] IN AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL
 TO  THE BENEFITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT as otherwise
 provided by this section. Under such circumstances, benefits paid  shall
 be  charged  to  the general account. In addition, wages paid during the
 base period by such educational institutions, or for  services  in  such
 educational  institutions  for  claimants  employed  by  an  educational
 service agency shall not be considered base period wages during  periods
 that such wages may not be used to gain entitlement to benefits pursuant
 to subdivision ten of section five hundred ninety of this article.
   (ii)  In those instances where the claimant may not utilize wages paid
 to establish entitlement based upon subdivision eleven of  section  five
 hundred  ninety  of  this  article and an educational institution is the
 claimant's last employer prior to the filing of the claim for  benefits,
 or  the  claimant  performed services in such educational institution in
 such capacity while employed by an educational service agency  which  is
 the  claimant's last employer prior to the filing of the claim for bene-
 fits, such employer shall not be liable for  benefit  charges  [for  the
 first  twenty-eight  effective days of benefits paid] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL
 TO THE BENEFITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT as  otherwise
 provided  by  this section. Under such circumstances, benefits paid will
 be charged to the general account. In addition, wages  paid  during  the
 base  period  by  such educational institutions, or for services in such
 educational  institutions  for  claimants  employed  by  an  educational
 service  agency shall not be considered base period wages during periods
 that such wages may not be used to gain entitlement to benefits pursuant
 to subdivision eleven of section five hundred ninety  of  this  article.
 However,  in those instances where a claimant was not afforded an oppor-
 tunity to perform services for the educational institution for the  next
 academic  year  or  term  after  reasonable assurance was provided, such
 employer shall be liable for benefit charges as  provided  for  in  this
 paragraph for any retroactive payments made to the claimant.
   (iii)  In  those  instances where the federal government is the claim-
 ant's last employer prior to the filing of the claim  for  benefits  and
 such  employer  is  not  a  base-period employer, payments [equaling the
 first twenty-eight effective days of benefits] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
 BENEFITS PAID  FOR  SEVEN  WEEKS  OF  TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  as  otherwise
 prescribed  by  this section shall be charged to the general account. In
 those instances where the federal  government  is  the  claimant's  last

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 employer prior to the filing of the claim for benefits and a base-period
 employer,  such  employer  shall  be liable for charges for all benefits
 paid on such claim in the same proportion that the remuneration paid  by
 such  employer  during the base period bears to the remuneration paid by
 all employers during the  base  period.  In  addition,  benefit  payment
 charges  [for  the  first twenty-eight effective days of benefits] IN AN
 AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE BENEFITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT
 other  than  those  chargeable  to  the federal government as prescribed
 above shall be made to the general account.
   (iv) In those instances where a combined wage claim is filed  pursuant
 to  interstate  reciprocal  agreements  and the claimant's last employer
 prior to the filing of the claim is an out-of-state  employer  and  such
 employer  is  not a base-period employer, benefit payments [equaling the
 first twenty-eight effective days of benefits] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
 BENEFITS PAID  FOR  SEVEN  WEEKS  OF  TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  as  otherwise
 prescribed  by  this section shall be charged to the general account. In
 those instances where the out-of-state employer  is  the  last  employer
 prior to the filing of the claim for benefits and a base-period employer
 such  employer shall be liable for charges for all benefits paid on such
 claim in the same proportion that the remuneration paid by such employer
 during the base period bears to the remuneration paid by  all  employers
 during  the  base  period. In addition, benefit payment charges [for the
 twenty-eight effective days of benefits] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE BENE-
 FITS PAID FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT other than those charge-
 able to the out-of-state employer as prescribed above shall be  made  to
 the general account.
   § 6. Subdivisions 1, 3, 4, paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 and subdivi-
 sions  6  and 7 of section 590 of the labor law, subdivisions 1 and 3 as
 amended by chapter 645 of the laws of 1951, subdivision 4 as amended  by
 chapter  457  of  the  laws  of  1987, paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 as
 amended by section 8 of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, subdi-
 vision 6 as added by chapter 720 of the laws of 1953 and  as  renumbered
 by  chapter  675  of  the  laws of 1977, and subdivision 7 as amended by
 chapter 415 of the laws of 1983, are amended and two new paragraphs  (c)
 and (d) are added to subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   1.  Entitlement  to benefits. A claimant shall be entitled to [accumu-
 late effective days for the purpose of benefit rights]  THE  PAYMENT  OF
 BENEFITS  only  if  he  OR  SHE has complied with the provisions of this
 article regarding the filing of his OR HER claim, including  the  filing
 of a valid original claim, registered as totally UNEMPLOYED OR PARTIALLY
 unemployed,  reported his OR HER subsequent employment and unemployment,
 and reported for work or otherwise given notice of  the  continuance  of
 his OR HER unemployment.
   3.  Compensable periods. Benefits shall be paid for each [accumulation
 of effective days within a] week OF PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR TOTAL  UNEM-
 PLOYMENT.
   4. Duration. Benefits shall not be paid for more than [one hundred and
 four effective days] AN AMOUNT EXCEEDING TWENTY-SIX TIMES THE CLAIMANT'S
 WEEKLY  BENEFIT  RATE in any benefit year, except as provided in section
 six hundred one and subdivision two of section five hundred  ninety-nine
 of this [chapter] TITLE.
   (a)  A  claimant's  weekly benefit amount shall be one twenty-sixth of
 the remuneration paid during the highest calendar quarter  of  the  base
 period  by  employers,  liable  for contributions or payments in lieu of
 contributions under this article, provided the claimant has remuneration
 paid in all four calendar quarters during his  or  her  base  period  or

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 alternate  base  period.  However, for any claimant who has remuneration
 paid in all four calendar quarters during his  or  her  base  period  or
 alternate  base  period  and  whose  high  calendar quarter remuneration
 during  the  base  period  is  three  thousand five hundred seventy-five
 dollars or less, the benefit amount shall be  one  twenty-fifth  of  the
 remuneration paid during the highest calendar quarter of the base period
 by  employers  liable  for contributions or payments in lieu of contrib-
 utions under this article. A claimant's  weekly  benefit  shall  be  one
 twenty-sixth  of  the average remuneration paid in the two highest quar-
 ters paid during the base period or alternate base period  by  employers
 liable for contributions or payments in lieu of contributions under this
 article when the claimant has remuneration paid in two or three calendar
 quarters  provided  however, that a claimant whose high calendar quarter
 is four thousand dollars or less but greater than  three  thousand  five
 hundred  seventy-five  dollars shall have a weekly benefit amount of one
 twenty-sixth of such high calendar quarter. However,  for  any  claimant
 who  has  remuneration paid in two or three calendar quarters during his
 or her base period or alternate base  period  and  whose  high  calendar
 quarter  remuneration  during  the  base  period  is three thousand five
 hundred seventy-five dollars or less, the benefit amount  shall  be  one
 twenty-fifth  of the remuneration paid during the highest calendar quar-
 ter of the base period by employers liable for contributions or payments
 in lieu of contributions under this article.  Any  claimant  whose  high
 calendar  quarter remuneration during the base period is more than three
 thousand five hundred seventy-five dollars shall not have a weekly bene-
 fit amount less than one hundred forty-three dollars. The weekly benefit
 amount, so computed, that is not a  multiple  of  one  dollar  shall  be
 lowered  to  the  next  multiple  of  one dollar. On the first Monday of
 September, nineteen hundred ninety-eight the weekly benefit amount shall
 not exceed three hundred sixty-five  dollars  nor  be  less  than  forty
 dollars,  until  the  first  Monday of September, two thousand, at which
 time the maximum benefit payable  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  shall
 equal  one-half  of the state average weekly wage for covered employment
 as calculated by the department no sooner than July first, two  thousand
 and no later than August first, two thousand, rounded down to the lowest
 dollar. On and after the first Monday of October, two thousand fourteen,
 the weekly benefit shall not be less than one hundred dollars, nor shall
 it exceed four hundred twenty dollars until the first Monday of October,
 two  thousand  fifteen  when  the  maximum  benefit amount shall be four
 hundred twenty-five dollars, until the  first  Monday  of  October,  two
 thousand  sixteen  when the maximum benefit amount shall be four hundred
 thirty dollars, until the first Monday of October, two  thousand  seven-
 teen  when  the maximum benefit amount shall be four hundred thirty-five
 dollars, until the first Monday of October, two thousand  eighteen  when
 the  maximum  benefit  amount shall be four hundred fifty dollars, until
 the first Monday of October, two  thousand  nineteen  when  the  maximum
 benefit  amount  shall  be thirty-six percent of the average weekly wage
 until the first Monday of October, two thousand twenty when the  maximum
 benefit amount shall be thirty-eight percent of the average weekly wage,
 until the first Monday of October two thousand twenty-one when the maxi-
 mum  benefit  amount  shall be forty percent of the average weekly wage,
 until the first Monday of October,  two  thousand  twenty-two  when  the
 maximum  benefit amount shall be forty-two percent of the average weekly
 wage, until the first Monday of October, two thousand twenty-three  when
 the  maximum  benefit  amount shall be forty-four percent of the average
 weekly wage, until the first Monday of October, two thousand twenty-four

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 when the maximum benefit amount shall be forty-six percent of the  aver-
 age  weekly  wage, until the first Monday of October, two thousand twen-
 ty-five when the maximum benefit amount shall be forty-eight percent  of
 the average weekly wage, until the first Monday of October, two thousand
 twenty-six  and each year thereafter on the first Monday of October when
 the maximum benefit amount shall be fifty percent of the average  weekly
 wage  provided,  however,  that  in  no  event shall the maximum benefit
 amount be reduced from the previous year. A CLAIMANT SHALL  RECEIVE  HIS
 OR HER FULL BENEFIT RATE FOR EACH WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT.
   (C)  ANY  CLAIMANT WHO IS PARTIALLY UNEMPLOYED THROUGHOUT A WEEK SHALL
 BE PAID WITH  RESPECT TO SUCH WEEK AN AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO  THE  CLAIMANT'S
 BENEFIT  RATE FOR TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCED BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWO-
 THIRDS, ROUNDED TO THE NEXT LOWER WHOLE DOLLAR, OF THE  TOTAL  REMUNERA-
 TION,  ROUNDED  TO  THE LOWER WHOLE DOLLAR, OF ANY NATURE PAYABLE TO THE
 CLAIMANT FOR SERVICES OF ANY KIND DURING SUCH WEEK.
   (D) ANY CLAIMANT WHO  IS  PARTIALLY  UNEMPLOYED  WHOSE  EMPLOYMENT  IS
 LIMITED  TO  ONE  OR  TWO DAYS DURING ANY WEEK OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND WHOSE
 PAID OR PAYABLE REMUNERATION FOR SUCH WEEK IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN  THE
 WEEKLY MAXIMUM BENEFIT AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID:
   (1) FOR EMPLOYMENT LIMITED TO ONE DAY, A BENEFIT AMOUNT EQUAL TO THREE
 QUARTERS  OF HIS OR HER WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT, IF THAT AMOUNT IS GREATER
 THAN WHAT THE CLAIMANT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED HAD HIS OR HER BENEFIT AMOUNT
 BEEN COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (2) FOR EMPLOYMENT LIMITED TO TWO DAYS,  A  BENEFIT  AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO
 FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  HIS  OR HER WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT, IF THAT AMOUNT IS
 GREATER THAN WHAT THE CLAIMANT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED HAD HIS OR HER  BENE-
 FIT AMOUNT BEEN COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   6.  Notification  requirement.  [No effective day shall be counted for
 any purposes except effective days as to] BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE ONLY
 FOR ANY  WEEK  FOR  which  notification  has  been  given  in  a  manner
 prescribed by the commissioner.
   7.  Waiting  period.  A  claimant shall not be entitled to [accumulate
 effective days for the purpose of] RECEIVE benefit payments until he  OR
 SHE has [accumulated] COMPLETED a waiting period of [four effective days
 either  wholly  within  the]  ONE  week OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR PARTIAL
 UNEMPLOYMENT in which he OR SHE established [his] A valid original claim
 [or partly within such week and partly] within his OR HER  benefit  year
 initiated by such claim.
   §  7.  Subdivision 1, paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 and paragraph (a)
 of subdivision 6 of section 591 of  the  labor  law,  subdivision  1  as
 amended by chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, paragraph (a) of subdivision
 3  as  amended  by  chapter 794 of the laws of 1963 and paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 6 as added by section 13 of part O of chapter 57 of laws  of
 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Unemployment. Benefits, except as provided in section five hundred
 ninety-one-a of this title, shall be paid only  to  a  claimant  who  is
 totally  UNEMPLOYED  OR PARTIALLY unemployed and who is unable to engage
 in his OR HER usual employment or in any other for which he  OR  SHE  is
 reasonably  fitted by training and experience. A claimant who is receiv-
 ing benefits under this article shall not be denied such benefits pursu-
 ant to this subdivision or to subdivision two of this section because of
 such claimant's service on a grand or petit jury of any state or of  the
 United States.
   (a)  [No benefits shall be] BENEFITS payable to a claimant for any day
 during a paid vacation period, or for a paid  holiday,  [nor  shall  any
 such  day  be  considered a day of total unemployment under section five

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 hundred twenty-two] SHALL BE CALCULATED  AS  PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE AND SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINETY
 of this article.
   (a)  No  benefits shall be payable to a claimant for any week during a
 dismissal period for which a claimant receives dismissal pay[, nor shall
 any day within such week be considered a day of total unemployment under
 section five  hundred  twenty-two  of  this  article,]  if  such  weekly
 dismissal pay exceeds the maximum weekly benefit rate.
   §  8.  Subdivision  1  of  section 591 of the labor law, as amended by
 chapter 446 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Unemployment. Benefits shall be paid only  to  a  claimant  who  is
 totally  UNEMPLOYED  OR PARTIALLY unemployed and who is unable to engage
 in his OR HER usual employment or in any other for which he  OR  SHE  is
 reasonably  fitted by training and experience. A claimant who is receiv-
 ing benefits under this article shall not be denied such benefits pursu-
 ant to this subdivision or to subdivision two of this section because of
 such claimant's service on a grand or petit jury of any state or of  the
 United States.
   §  9.  Subdivision  2  of  section 592 of the labor law, as amended by
 chapter 415 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Concurrent payments prohibited.  No  [days  of  total  unemployment
 shall  be  deemed  to  occur] BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE in any week with
 respect to which or a part of which a claimant has received or is  seek-
 ing  unemployment benefits under an unemployment compensation law of any
 other state or of the United States, provided that this provision  shall
 not apply if the appropriate agency of such other state or of the United
 States  finally  determines that he OR SHE is not entitled to such unem-
 ployment benefits.
   § 10. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1, the opening paragraph of  subdi-
 vision 2 and subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 593 of the labor law, para-
 graph  (a)  of subdivision 1, the opening paragraph of subdivision 2 and
 subdivision 3 as amended by section 15 of part O of chapter  57  of  the
 laws  of 2013 and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 589 of the laws of
 1998, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) No [days of total unemployment shall be deemed to occur]  BENEFITS
 SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR PARTIAL UNEMPLOY-
 MENT  THAT  OCCURS  after a claimant's voluntary separation without good
 cause from employment until he or she has subsequently worked in employ-
 ment and earned remuneration at least equal to  ten  times  his  or  her
 weekly  benefit  rate.  In  addition  to other circumstances that may be
 found to constitute good cause, including a compelling family reason  as
 set  forth  in  paragraph  (b) of this subdivision, voluntary separation
 from employment shall not in itself disqualify  a  claimant  if  circum-
 stances  have developed in the course of such employment that would have
 justified the claimant in refusing such employment in the first instance
 under the terms of subdivision two of this section or if  the  claimant,
 pursuant  to  an option provided under a collective bargaining agreement
 or written employer plan which permits waiver of his  or  her  right  to
 retain  the  employment when there is a temporary layoff because of lack
 of work, has elected to be separated for  a  temporary  period  and  the
 employer has consented thereto.
   No  [days  of  total  unemployment  shall be deemed to occur] BENEFITS
 SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR PARTIAL UNEMPLOY-
 MENT beginning with the day on which a  claimant,  without  good  cause,
 refuses  to accept an offer of employment for which he or she is reason-
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 to this article, until he or she has subsequently worked  in  employment
 and  earned  remuneration  at least equal to ten times his or her weekly
 benefit rate. Except that claimants who are not subject to a recall date
 or  who do not obtain employment through a union hiring hall and who are
 still unemployed after receiving ten weeks of benefits shall be required
 to accept any employment proffered that such claimants  are  capable  of
 performing,  provided  that  such  employment would result in a wage not
 less than eighty percent of such claimant's high calendar quarter  wages
 received in the base period and not substantially less than the prevail-
 ing  wage  for similar work in the locality as provided for in paragraph
 (d) of this subdivision. No refusal to accept employment shall be deemed
 without good cause nor shall it disqualify any claimant otherwise eligi-
 ble to receive benefits if:
   3. Misconduct. No [days of  total  unemployment  shall  be  deemed  to
 occur]  BENEFITS  SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT OR
 PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT  THAT  OCCURS  after  a  claimant  lost  employment
 through  misconduct in connection with his or her employment until he or
 she has subsequently worked in employment  and  earned  remuneration  at
 least equal to ten times his or her weekly benefit rate.
   4.  Criminal  acts.  No [days of total unemployment shall be deemed to
 occur during] BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR ANY WEEK OF TOTAL  UNEMPLOY-
 MENT  OR  PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  FOR  a  period of twelve months after a
 claimant loses employment as a result of an act constituting a felony in
 connection with such employment, provided the claimant is duly convicted
 thereof or has signed a statement admitting that he or she has committed
 such an act.  Determinations regarding a benefit claim may  be  reviewed
 at  any time.   Any benefits paid to a claimant prior to a determination
 that the claimant has lost employment as a result of such act shall  not
 be  considered  to  have been accepted by the claimant in good faith. In
 addition, remuneration paid to the claimant  by  the  affected  employer
 prior  to the claimant's loss of employment due to such criminal act may
 not be utilized for the purpose of establishing entitlement to a  subse-
 quent,  valid  original  claim. The provisions of this subdivision shall
 apply even if the employment lost as a result of such  act  is  not  the
 claimant's last employment prior to the filing of his or her claim.
   § 11. Section 594 of the labor law, as amended by section 16 of part O
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   § 594. [Reduction and recovery] RECOVERY of benefits and penalties for
 wilful  false  statement.  (1)  A claimant who has wilfully made a false
 statement or representation to obtain any benefit under  the  provisions
 of  this article shall [forfeit benefits for at least the first four but
 not more than the first eighty effective  days  following  discovery  of
 such  offense  for which he or she otherwise would have been entitled to
 receive benefits. Such penalty shall apply only  once  with  respect  to
 each such offense.
   (2) For the purpose of subdivision four of section five hundred ninety
 of  this article, the claimant shall be deemed to have received benefits
 for such forfeited effective days.
   (3) The penalty provided in this section shall not be  confined  to  a
 single  benefit year but shall no longer apply in whole or in part after
 the expiration of two years from the date of  the  final  determination.
 Such  two-year  period shall be tolled during the time period a claimant
 has an appeal pending] BE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES  SET  FORTH  IN  THIS
 SECTION.
   [(4)]  (2) A claimant shall refund all moneys received because of such
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 equal  to  the  greater of one hundred dollars or fifteen percent of the
 total overpaid benefits determined pursuant to this section.  The penal-
 ties collected hereunder shall be deposited in the fund.  The  penalties
 assessed  under  this  subdivision  shall  apply and be assessed for any
 benefits paid  under  federal  unemployment  and  extended  unemployment
 programs  administered  by the department in the same manner as provided
 in this article. The penalties in this section shall be in  addition  to
 any  penalties imposed under this chapter or any state or federal crimi-
 nal statute. No penalties or interest assessed pursuant to this  section
 may be deducted or withheld from benefits.
   [(5)]  (3)  (a) Upon a determination based upon a willful false state-
 ment or representation  becoming  final  through  exhaustion  of  appeal
 rights  or  failure  to  exhaust  hearing  rights,  the commissioner may
 recover the amount found to be due by commencing a civil action,  or  by
 filing  with  the  county clerk of the county where the claimant resides
 the final determination of the commissioner or the final decision by  an
 administrative  law  judge,  the appeal board, or a court containing the
 amount found to be due including interest and civil penalty. The commis-
 sioner may only make such a filing with the county clerk when:
   (i) The claimant has responded to requests for information prior to  a
 determination and such requests for information notified the claimant of
 his  or  her  rights  to  a fair hearing as well as the potential conse-
 quences of an investigation and final determination under  this  section
 including  the notice required by subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of
 this subdivision. Additionally if the claimant requested a fair  hearing
 or  appeal  subsequent to a determination, that the claimant was present
 either in person or through electronic means at such hearing, or  subse-
 quent appeal from which a final determination was rendered;
   (ii) The commissioner has made efforts to collect on such final deter-
 mination; and
   (iii) The commissioner has sent a notice, in accordance with paragraph
 (b) of this subdivision, of intent to docket such final determination by
 first  class or certified mail, return receipt requested, ten days prior
 to the docketing of such determination.
   (b) The notice required in subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of this
 subdivision shall include the following:
   (i) That the commissioner intends  to  docket  a  final  determination
 against such claimant as a judgment;
   (ii) The total amount to be docketed; and
   (iii)  Conspicuous  language  that  reads as follows: "Once entered, a
 judgment is good and can be used against you for twenty years, and  your
 money,  including a portion of your paycheck and/or bank account, may be
 taken. Also, a judgment will hurt your credit score and can affect  your
 ability to rent a home, find a job, or take out a loan."
   § 11-a. Section eleven of this act shall apply to all false statements
 and  representations  determined  on or after the effective date of this
 act and all forfeited effective days determined prior  to such effective
 date shall remain in full force and effect for two years from the  expi-
 ration  of  the  initial  determination.  For  purposes of applying such
 forfeited benefits, four effective days shall be considered one week  of
 forfeited benefits and any remaining amount of less than four days shall
 not be applied to future benefits.
   §  12.  Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 596 of the labor law, subdivi-
 sion 1 as amended by chapter 204 of the laws of 1982 and  subdivision  4
 as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1944 and as renumbered by section

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 148-a  of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, are amended to read
 as follows:
   1.  Claim  filing  and certification to unemployment. A claimant shall
 file a claim for benefits [at] WITH the [local state  employment  office
 serving  the  area in which he was last employed or in which he resides]
 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR within such time and in such manner as  the  commis-
 sioner  shall prescribe. He OR SHE shall disclose whether he OR SHE owes
 child support obligations, as hereafter defined. If  a  claimant  making
 such  disclosure is eligible for benefits, the commissioner shall notify
 the state or  local  child  support  enforcement  agency,  as  hereafter
 defined, that the claimant is eligible.
   A  claimant  shall  correctly  report any [days of] employment and any
 compensation [he] received for such employment, including  [employments]
 EMPLOYMENT  not subject to this article, and the days on which he OR SHE
 was totally UNEMPLOYED OR  PARTIALLY  unemployed  and  shall  make  such
 reports  in  accordance  with such regulations as the commissioner shall
 prescribe.
   4. Registration and reporting for work. A claimant shall  register  as
 totally  UNEMPLOYED  OR PARTIALLY unemployed at a local state employment
 office serving the area in which he OR SHE was last employed or in which
 he OR SHE resides in accordance with such regulations as the commission-
 er shall prescribe. After so registering, such claimant shall report for
 work at the same local state employment office or otherwise give  notice
 of  the  continuance  of  his  OR  HER unemployment as often and in such
 manner as the commissioner shall prescribe.
   § 12-a. Intentionally omitted.
   § 13. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 599 of the labor  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  593 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this  chapter,  a  claimant
 attending  an approved training course or program under this section may
 receive additional benefits of up to [one hundred four  effective  days]
 TWENTY-SIX  TIMES  HIS OR HER WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT following exhaustion
 of regular and, if in effect, any other extended benefits, provided that
 entitlement to a new benefit claim cannot be established.  Certification
 of  continued  satisfactory  participation and progress in such training
 course or program must be submitted to the  commissioner  prior  to  the
 payment  of  any such benefits. The [duration] AMOUNT of such additional
 benefits shall in no case exceed twice the [number  of  effective  days]
 AMOUNT of regular benefits to which the claimant is entitled at the time
 the claimant is accepted in, or demonstrates application for appropriate
 training.
   §  14.  The  opening  paragraph  and paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of
 section 601 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 35 of  the  laws  of
 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   Extended  benefits  shall be payable to a claimant for [effective days
 occurring in] any week OF TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  OR  PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT
 within an eligibility period, provided the claimant
   (e)  is  not  claiming  benefits pursuant to an interstate claim filed
 under the interstate benefit payment plan in a state where  an  extended
 benefit  period  is  not in effect, except that this condition shall not
 apply with respect to the first [eight  effective  days]  TWO  WEEKS  OF
 TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  OR PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT for which extended benefits
 shall otherwise be payable pursuant to an interstate claim  filed  under
 the interstate benefit payment plan; and

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   § 15. Subdivisions 3 and 4 and paragraphs (b) and (e) of subdivision 5
 of section 601 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of
 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   3.  Extended  benefit  amounts;  rate  and duration. Extended benefits
 shall be paid to a claimant
   (a) at a rate equal to his or her rate for regular benefits during his
 or her applicable benefit year but
   (b) for not more than [fifty-two effective days with respect to his or
 her applicable benefit year, with a total maximum amount equal to] fifty
 percentum of the total maximum amount of  regular  benefits  payable  in
 such benefit year, and
   (c) if a claimant's benefit year ends within an extended benefit peri-
 od,  the remaining balance of extended benefits to which he or she would
 be entitled, if any, shall be reduced by the [number of effective  days]
 AMOUNT  OF  BENEFITS  for  which he or she was entitled to receive trade
 readjustment allowances under the federal trade act of nineteen  hundred
 seventy-four during such benefit year, and
   (d)  for periods of high unemployment for not more than [eighty effec-
 tive days with respect to the applicable benefit year with a total maxi-
 mum amount equal to] eighty percent of the total maximum amount of regu-
 lar benefits payable in such benefit year.
   4. Charging of extended benefits. The provisions of paragraph  (e)  of
 subdivision one of section five hundred eighty-one of this article shall
 apply  to  benefits paid pursuant to the provisions of this section, and
 if they were paid for [effective days] WEEKS OF  TOTAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  OR
 PARTIAL  UNEMPLOYMENT  occurring in weeks following the end of a benefit
 year, they shall be deemed paid  with  respect  to  that  benefit  year.
 However,  except  for  governmental  entities as defined in section five
 hundred sixty-five and Indian tribes as defined in section five  hundred
 sixty-six  of this article, only one-half of the amount of such benefits
 shall be debited to the employers' account; the remainder thereof  shall
 be  debited  to  the general account, and such account shall be credited
 with the amount of  payments  received  in  the  fund  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of the federal-state extended unemployment compensation act.
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the state has entered  an  extended
 benefit  period  triggered pursuant to subparagraph one of paragraph (a)
 of subdivision one of this section for which federal  law  provides  for
 one hundred percent federal sharing of the costs of benefits, all charg-
 es  shall  be  debited  to the general account and such account shall be
 credited with the amount of payments received in the  fund  pursuant  to
 the  provisions  of the federal-state extended unemployment compensation
 act or other federal law providing for one hundred percent federal shar-
 ing for the cost of such benefits.
   (b) No [days of total unemployment shall be deemed to occur in]  BENE-
 FITS  SHALL  BE PAYABLE FOR any week within an eligibility period during
 which a claimant fails to accept any offer of suitable work or fails  to
 apply  for  suitable work to which he or she was referred by the commis-
 sioner, who shall make such referral  if  such  work  is  available,  or
 during  which  he  or  she  fails  to engage actively in seeking work by
 making a systematic and sustained effort to obtain  work  and  providing
 tangible  evidence  of  such  effort,  and until he or she has worked in
 employment during at least four subsequent weeks and earned remuneration
 of at least four times his or her benefit rate.
   (e) No [days of total unemployment] BENEFITS shall be [deemed to occur
 in] PAYABLE FOR any week within an eligibility period under section five
 hundred ninety-three of this [article] TITLE, until he or she has subse-

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 quently worked in employment in accordance  with  the  requirements  set
 forth in section five hundred ninety-three of this [article] TITLE.
   § 16. Section 603 of the labor law, as amended by section 21 of part O
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   §  603.  Definitions. For purposes of this title: "Total unemployment"
 AND "PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT" shall [mean the total lack of any  employment
 on  any  day,]  HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE, other
 than with an employer applying for a shared work program.  "Work  force"
 shall  mean  the  total work force, a clearly identifiable unit or units
 thereof, or a particular shift or shifts.  The  work  force  subject  to
 reduction shall consist of no less than two employees.
   §  17. Severability. If any amendment contained in a clause, sentence,
 paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by  the  United
 States Department of Labor to violate requirements for maintaining bene-
 fit  standards  required  of  the  state in order to be eligible for any
 financial benefit offered through federal law or regulation, such amend-
 ments shall be severed from this act and shall  not  affect,  impair  or
 invalidate the remainder thereof.
   §  18.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on the ninetieth day after the
 commissioner of labor certifies that the  department  of  labor  has  an
 information technology system capable of accommodating the provisions in
 this  act;  provided  that  the  commissioner  of labor shall notify the
 legislative bill drafting commission of the date of  such  certification
 in  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec-
 tive database of the official text of the laws of the state of New  York
 in furtherance of effecting the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
 tive  law  and  section 70-b of the public officers law. Effective imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized  to  be  made and completed on or before such effective date.
 Provided further that the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 591  of
 the labor law  made by section seven of this act shall be subject to the
 expiration  and  reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 10 of
 chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, when upon such date the  provisions  of
 section eight of this act shall take effect.
 
                                  PART Q
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  296  of the executive law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H) FOR AN EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYMENT AGENCY IN WRITING OR  OTHERWISE,  TO
 RELY  ON,  OR INQUIRE ABOUT, THE SALARY HISTORY INFORMATION OF AN APPLI-
 CANT FOR EMPLOYMENT AS A FACTOR IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO OFFER  EMPLOY-
 MENT  TO  AN  APPLICANT OR WHAT SALARY TO OFFER AN APPLICANT. NOTHING IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL PREVENT AN APPLICANT FROM VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT
 PROMPTING DISCLOSING SALARY HISTORY INFORMATION TO A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOY-
 ER. IF AN APPLICANT VOLUNTEERS SALARY HISTORY INFORMATION, NOTHING SHALL
 PROHIBIT THAT EMPLOYER FROM CONSIDERING OR RELYING ON THAT  INFORMATION.
 NOTHING  IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL PROHIBIT AN EMPLOYER, WITHOUT INQUIR-
 ING ABOUT SALARY HISTORY, FROM ENGAGING IN DISCUSSION WITH THE APPLICANT
 ABOUT THEIR EXPECTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO  SALARY,  BENEFITS,  AND  OTHER
 COMPENSATION.  THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY ACTIONS TAKEN BY AN
 EMPLOYER, EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, OR EMPLOYEE OR AGENT  THEREOF  PURSUANT  TO
 ANY  FEDERAL,  STATE,  OR  LOCAL  LAW  THAT  SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZES THE
 DISCLOSURE OR VERIFICATION OF SALARY HISTORY INFORMATION FOR  EMPLOYMENT
 PURPOSES,  OR SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF SALARY HISTORY INFORMA-

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 TION TO DETERMINE AN EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 PARAGRAPH  SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO PREEMPT OR SUPERSEDE ANY LOCAL LAW,
 THE PROVISIONS OF WHICH ARE NO LESS STRINGENT OR  RESTRICTIVE  THAN  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 194 of the labor
 law, the section heading as added by chapter 548 of the laws of 1966 and
 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 362 of the laws of 2015, are amended
 to read as follows:
   Differential  in  rate  of pay because of [sex] PROTECTED CLASS STATUS
 prohibited. 1. No employee WHO IS A MEMBER OF A PROTECTED CLASS shall be
 paid a wage at a rate less than the rate at which an  employee  [of  the
 opposite  sex]  WHO  IS  NOT A MEMBER OF THE PROTECTED CLASS in the same
 establishment is paid for [equal work on a job the performance of  which
 requires  equal skill, effort and responsibility, and which is performed
 under similar  working  conditions]  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR  WORK,  WHEN
 VIEWED  AS  A  COMPOSITE  OF  SKILL,  EFFORT,  AND  RESPONSIBILITY,  AND
 PERFORMED UNDER SIMILAR WORKING CONDITIONS, except where payment is made
 pursuant to a differential based on:
   a. a seniority system;
   b. a merit system;
   c. a  system  which  measures  earnings  by  quantity  or  quality  of
 production; or
   d.  a  bona  fide  factor other than [sex] THE PROTECTED CLASS STATUS,
 such as education, training, or experience. Such factor: (i)  shall  not
 be  based  upon  [or derived from] a [sex-based] differential in compen-
 sation THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DERIVED FROM A  PROTECTED  CLASS  STATUS  and
 (ii)  shall  be job-related with respect to the position in question and
 shall be consistent with business necessity. Such exception  under  this
 paragraph  shall  not  apply  when the employee demonstrates (A) that an
 employer uses a particular employment practice that causes  a  disparate
 impact  on the basis of [sex] PROTECTED CLASS STATUS, (B) that an alter-
 native employment practice exists that would  serve  the  same  business
 purpose and not produce such differential, and (C) that the employer has
 refused to adopt such alternative practice.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART R
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART S

   Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35. THE TERM "EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION" SHALL MEAN:
   (A) ANY EDUCATION CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH HOLDS ITSELF OUT TO
 THE  PUBLIC TO BE NON-SECTARIAN AND EXEMPT FROM TAXATION PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW; OR
   (B) ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL, INCLUDING ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPER-
 ATIVE EDUCATION SERVICES, PUBLIC COLLEGE OR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended  by
 chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  It  shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an [education
 corporation or association which holds itself out to the  public  to  be
 non-sectarian  and  exempt  from  taxation pursuant to the provisions of

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 article four of the real property tax law]  EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTION  to
 deny  the use of its facilities to any person otherwise qualified, or to
 permit the harassment of any student or  applicant,  by  reason  of  his
 race,  color, religion, disability, national origin, sexual orientation,
 military status, sex, age or marital status, except that any such insti-
 tution which establishes or maintains a policy of educating  persons  of
 one sex exclusively may admit students of only one sex.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART T
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART U

                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART V
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART W
 
   Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "pension
 poaching prevention act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent. Nationally, veterans  and  their
 family  members  are often subject to a practice commonly called pension
 poaching. This troubling practice, as described in recent  reports  from
 the  Federal  Trade  Commission,  the  Federal Government Accountability
 Office, the United States Department of Veterans  Affairs,  and  several
 other  entities, generally target elderly or disabled veterans and their
 family members. Pension poaching involves dishonest financial  planners,
 insurance  agents,  and  other  professionals  luring veterans and their
 family members to pay substantial funds for veterans' benefits  services
 that  the  offering entity is unqualified to provide and that can detri-
 mentally impact the future financial situations of the veteran  and  his
 or her dependents.
   Entities  engaging in pension poaching tend to use high-pressure sales
 tactics directed toward potential customers, falsely guaranteeing  bene-
 fits  for  veterans  and their families even when the advertising entity
 lacks the federal accreditation required by law to file such claims  and
 appeals  for  federal  veterans' benefits. Often, they persuade veterans
 and their family members to abruptly move most or all of their assets to
 potentially qualify for certain federal  veterans  benefits,  frequently
 causing  veterans  and  their family members to unwittingly lose control
 over their assets and adversely affecting the ability  of  veterans  and
 their  families  to qualify for Medicaid and other important benefits in
 the future. These entities frequently charge  extremely  high  fees  for
 these  services,  even  in matters where federal law expressly prohibits
 such fees.
   Through this legislation, the legislature  intends  to  restrain  this
 harmful  and  deceptive practice within New York State, providing neces-
 sary protections to the men and women of  this  state  who  courageously
 served in our nation's armed forces.
   § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 349-f
 to read as follows:

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   § 349-F. PENSION POACHING PREVENTION. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  THE TERM "VETERANS' BENEFITS MATTER" MEANS THE PREPARATION, PRES-
 ENTATION, OR PROSECUTION OF ANY CLAIM AFFECTING ANY PERSON WHO HAS FILED
 OR EXPRESSED AN INTENT  TO  FILE  A  CLAIM  FOR  ANY  BENEFIT,  PROGRAM,
 SERVICE, COMMODITY, FUNCTION, OR STATUS, ENTITLEMENT WHICH IS DETERMINED
 UNDER THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPART-
 MENT  OF  VETERANS  AFFAIRS  OR THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS'
 AFFAIRS PERTAINING TO VETERANS, THEIR DEPENDENTS, THEIR  SURVIVORS,  AND
 ANY OTHER PARTY ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH BENEFITS.
   (B) THE TERM "COMPENSATION" MEANS MONEY, PROPERTY, OR ANYTHING ELSE OF
 VALUE.
   (C)  THE  TERM  "ENTITY"  INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, ANY NATURAL
 PERSON, CORPORATION, TRUST,  PARTNERSHIP,  ALLIANCE,  OR  UNINCORPORATED
 ASSOCIATION.
   2.  (A) NO ENTITY SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR ADVISING OR ASSISTING
 ANY PARTY WITH ANY VETERANS' BENEFITS MATTER, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED  UNDER
 TITLE  38  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES CODE AND THE CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS
 WITHIN TITLE 38 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
   (B) NO ENTITY SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR REFERRING  ANY  PARTY  TO
 ANOTHER  INDIVIDUAL  TO  ADVISE  OR ASSIST THIS PARTY WITH ANY VETERANS'
 BENEFITS MATTER.
   (C) ANY ENTITY SEEKING TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR ADVISING OR ASSIST-
 ING ANY PARTY WITH ANY VETERANS' BENEFITS MATTER SHALL, BEFORE RENDERING
 ANY SERVICES, MEMORIALIZE ALL TERMS REGARDING  THE  PARTY'S  PAYMENT  OF
 FEES  FOR  SERVICES  RENDERED  IN  A  WRITTEN  AGREEMENT, SIGNED BY BOTH
 PARTIES, THAT ADHERES TO ALL CRITERIA SPECIFIED WITHIN TITLE 38, SECTION
 14.636, OF THE UNITED STATES CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
   (D) NO ENTITY SHALL RECEIVE ANY FEES FOR ANY SERVICES RENDERED  BEFORE
 THE  DATE ON WHICH A NOTICE OF DISAGREEMENT IS FILED WITH RESPECT TO THE
 PARTY'S CASE.
   (E) NO ENTITY SHALL GUARANTEE, EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY IMPLICATION, THAT
 ANY PARTY IS CERTAIN TO RECEIVE SPECIFIC VETERANS' BENEFITS OR THAT  ANY
 PARTY  IS  CERTAIN TO RECEIVE A SPECIFIC LEVEL, PERCENTAGE, OR AMOUNT OF
 VETERANS' BENEFITS.
   (F) NO ENTITY SHALL RECEIVE EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE FEES AS  COMPEN-
 SATION  FOR  ADVISING OR ASSISTING ANY PARTY WITH ANY VETERANS' BENEFITS
 MATTER. THE FACTORS ARTICULATED WITHIN TITLE 38, SECTION 14.636  OF  THE
 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS SHALL GOVERN DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER A FEE
 IS EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE.
   3.  (A)  NO  ENTITY  SHALL ADVISE OR ASSIST FOR COMPENSATION ANY PARTY
 WITH ANY VETERANS' BENEFITS MATTER WITHOUT  CLEARLY  PROVIDING,  AT  THE
 OUTSET  OF  THIS  BUSINESS  RELATIONSHIP, THE FOLLOWING DISCLOSURE, BOTH
 ORALLY AND IN WRITING: "THIS BUSINESS IS NOT SPONSORED BY, OR AFFILIATED
 WITH, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS  AFFAIRS,  THE  NEW  YORK
 STATE  DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, OR ANY OTHER CONGRESSIONALLY CHAR-
 TERED VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION.  OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF  VETERANS'  AFFAIRS,  YOUR
 LOCAL  COUNTY  VETERANS  SERVICE AGENCY, AND OTHER CONGRESSIONALLY CHAR-
 TERED VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, MAY BE ABLE TO  PROVIDE  YOU  WITH
 THIS  SERVICE FREE OF CHARGE. PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED BY THIS BUSI-
 NESS ARE NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSED BY ANY OF THESE  ORGANIZATIONS.    YOU
 MAY  QUALIFY  FOR OTHER VETERANS' BENEFITS BEYOND THE BENEFITS FOR WHICH
 YOU ARE RECEIVING SERVICES HERE." THE WRITTEN DISCLOSURE MUST APPEAR  IN
 AT  LEAST  TWELVE-POINT FONT AND MUST APPEAR IN A READILY NOTICEABLE AND
 IDENTIFIABLE PLACE IN THE ENTITY'S  AGREEMENT  WITH  THE  PARTY  SEEKING
 SERVICES.  THE PARTY MUST VERBALLY ACKNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORAL

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 DISCLOSURE AND MUST PROVIDE HIS OR HER  SIGNATURE  TO  REPRESENT  UNDER-
 STANDING  OF  THESE  PROVISIONS  ON  THE  DOCUMENT  IN WHICH THE WRITTEN
 DISCLOSURE APPEARS. THE ENTITY OFFERING SERVICES MUST RETAIN A  COPY  OF
 THE  WRITTEN  DISCLOSURE WHILE PROVIDING VETERANS' BENEFITS SERVICES FOR
 COMPENSATION TO THE PARTY AND FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR AFTER  THE  DATE  ON
 WHICH THIS SERVICE RELATIONSHIP TERMINATES.
   (B)  NO  ENTITY  SHALL ADVERTISE FOR-COMPENSATION SERVICES IN VETERANS
 BENEFITS MATTERS WITHOUT INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING DISCLOSURE: "THIS BUSI-
 NESS IS NOT SPONSORED BY, OR AFFILIATED WITH, THE UNITED STATES  DEPART-
 MENT  OF  VETERANS  AFFAIRS,  THE  NEW  YORK STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS'
 AFFAIRS, OR ANY OTHER CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED VETERANS SERVICE  ORGAN-
 IZATION.  OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE NEW YORK
 STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, YOUR LOCAL COUNTY VETERANS  SERVICE
 AGENCY,  AND  OTHER CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZA-
 TIONS, MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THESE SERVICES  FREE  OF  CHARGE.
 PRODUCTS  OR  SERVICES  OFFERED  BY  THIS  BUSINESS  ARE NOT NECESSARILY
 ENDORSED BY ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR OTHER VETER-
 ANS' BENEFITS BEYOND THE SERVICES THAT THIS  BUSINESS  OFFERS."  IF  THE
 ADVERTISEMENT  IS  PRINTED,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVERTISEMENTS
 VISIBLE TO INTERNET USERS, THE DISCLOSURE MUST APPEAR IN A READILY VISI-
 BLE PLACE ON THE ADVERTISEMENT. IF  THE  ADVERTISEMENT  IS  VERBAL,  THE
 SPOKEN STATEMENT OF THE DISCLOSURE MUST BE CLEAR AND INTELLIGIBLE.
   4.  (A) ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONSTITUTE A DECEPTIVE ACT
 IN THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS, TRADE, OR COMMERCE, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED FORTY NINE OF THIS ARTICLE,
 INCLUDING ANY RIGHT OF  ACTION  AND  CORRESPONDING  PENALTIES  DESCRIBED
 WITHIN SUCH SECTION.
   (B)  IF  AN ENTITY'S VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION CONCERNS A PARTY WHO IS
 SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, SAID ENTITY MAY BE LIABLE FOR  SUPPLE-
 MENTAL  CIVIL  PENALTIES AS ESTABLISHED WITHIN, AND SUBJECT OF THE TERMS
 OF, SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE-C OF THIS ARTICLE.
   5. IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ITS APPLICATION TO  ANY  PERSON
 OR  CIRCUMSTANCE  IS EVER HELD INVALID, THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT OR THE
 APPLICATION OF ITS PROVISIONS TO OTHER PERSONS  OR  CIRCUMSTANCES  SHALL
 REMAIN UNAFFECTED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART X
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  21-f of section 292 of the executive law, as
 added by chapter 369 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   21-f. The term "pregnancy-related condition" means a medical condition
 related to pregnancy or childbirth  that  inhibits  the  exercise  of  a
 normal bodily function or is demonstrable by medically accepted clinical
 or laboratory diagnostic techniques, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LACTA-
 TION;  provided, however, that in all provisions of this article dealing
 with employment, the term shall be limited to conditions which, upon the
 provision of reasonable accommodations, do not prevent  the  complainant
 from  performing  in  a reasonable manner the activities involved in the
 job or occupation sought or held; and provided  further,  however,  that
 pregnancy-related  conditions shall be treated as temporary disabilities
 for the purposes of this article.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Y

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                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART Z
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART AA

   Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 5-211 of the election law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  265 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   Each agency designated as a participating agency under the  provisions
 of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution
 of  voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this section.
 The following offices which provide  public  assistance  and/or  provide
 state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons
 with  disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration agencies:
 designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the
 office of children and family services,  the  office  of  temporary  and
 disability  assistance  and the department of health. Also designated as
 public assistance agencies are all agencies  of  local  government  that
 provide  such  assistance.  Designated  as  state  agencies that provide
 programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabil-
 ities are the department of labor, office for  the  aging,  division  of
 veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES, office of mental health, office of voca-
 tional and  educational  services  for  individuals  with  disabilities,
 commission  on  quality  of  care  for  the mentally disabled, office of
 mental retardation and developmental disabilities,  commission  for  the
 blind,  office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, the office of
 the advocate for the disabled and all offices which administer  programs
 established or funded by such agencies. Additional state agencies desig-
 nated  as voter registration offices are the department of state and the
 division of workers' compensation. Such agencies shall  be  required  to
 offer  voter  registration forms to persons upon initial application for
 services, renewal or recertification for services and change of  address
 relating  to  such services. Such agencies shall also be responsible for
 providing assistance to  applicants  in  completing  voter  registration
 forms,  receiving  and  transmitting the completed application form from
 all applicants who wish to have such form transmitted to the appropriate
 board of elections. The state board of elections  shall,  together  with
 representatives  of  the  department  of  defense, develop and implement
 procedures for including recruitment offices of the armed forces of  the
 United  States  as  voter  registration offices when such offices are so
 designated by federal law. The state board shall also  make  request  of
 the  United  States  Immigration  and  Naturalization Service to include
 applications for registration by mail with any materials which are given
 to new citizens. All institutions of the state university  of  New  York
 and  the  city  university  of  New York, shall, at the beginning of the
 school year, and again in January of a year in which  the  president  of
 the United States is to be elected, provide an application for registra-
 tion  to  each  student  in  each  such  institution. The state board of
 elections may, by regulation, grant a waiver from  any  or  all  of  the
 requirements  of  this section to any office or program of an agency, if
 it determines that it is not feasible for  such  office  or  program  to
 administer such requirement.

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   §  2.  Subdivision 8 of section 31 of the executive law, as amended by
 section 106 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   8. The division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   §  2-a. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 169 of the executive
 law, as amended by section 9 of part A of chapter  60  of  the  laws  of
 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (e)  chairman  of state athletic commission, director of the office of
 victim services, chairman of human rights appeal board, chairman of  the
 industrial  board  of  appeals,  chairman  of  the  state  commission of
 correction, members of the board of parole, member-chairman of unemploy-
 ment insurance appeal board, director of veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES,
 and vice-chairman of the workers' compensation board;
   §  3.  Subdivision  1 of section 191 of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 285 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   1. There is hereby established within the  division  of  military  and
 naval  affairs  a  temporary  advisory  committee on the restoration and
 display of New York state's military battle flags (hereinafter  referred
 to  as  the  "committee").  The committee shall have thirteen members as
 follows: the adjutant general, the director of the New York state  mili-
 tary  heritage  museum, the commissioners of education and parks, recre-
 ation and historic preservation and the  director  of  the  division  of
 veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES, or their designated representatives, two
 members appointed each by the governor,  speaker  of  the  assembly  and
 majority  leader  of  the  senate  and  one member each appointed by the
 minority leaders of the senate and assembly and shall serve at the plea-
 sure of the appointing authority.  Appointed members shall include indi-
 viduals with experience in restoration of historical memorabilia, exper-
 tise in military history, or a background in historical  restoration  or
 fine  arts  conservation.  No  appointed member shall be a member of the
 executive, legislative or judicial branch of the state government at the
 time of his/her appointment.  The advisory committee shall meet at least
 four times a year.  No  members  shall  receive  any  compensation,  but
 members  who  are  not  state officials may receive actual and necessary
 expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
   § 4. The article heading of article 17 of the executive law is amended
 to read as follows:
                       VETERANS' [AFFAIRS] SERVICES
   § 5. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 350  of  the  executive  law  are
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  term  "division"  means  the  division of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES.
   2. The term "state director" means the  New  York  state  director  of
 veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   § 6. Section 351 of the executive law is amended to read as follows:
   § 351. Division  of  veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES.   There is hereby
 created in the executive department a division  of  veterans'  [affairs]
 SERVICES.   The head of such division shall be the New York state direc-
 tor of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES who shall be a veteran. He shall  be
 appointed  by  the  governor  and shall hold office during his pleasure.
 Such state director shall receive an annual salary to be  fixed  by  the
 governor  within  the limitation provided by law. He shall also be enti-
 tled to receive his expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him in
 the performance of his duties. The state director, with the approval  of
 the  governor,  may  establish  such  bureaus within the division as are
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 idate or abolish such bureaus. The state director may appoint such offi-
 cers,  consultants, clerks and other employees and agents as he may deem
 necessary, fix their compensation within the limitation provided by law,
 and prescribe their duties.
   §  7.  The  section heading and subdivisions 1 and 5 of section 352 of
 the executive law, as amended by chapter 501 of the laws  of  1993,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   Veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES  commission.   1. There shall be in the
 division a veterans' [affairs] SERVICES commission, which shall  consist
 of the members and the ex officio members provided for in this section.
   5.  The  commission  shall  have  power,  and it shall be its duty, to
 assist the state director  in  the  formulation  of  policies  affecting
 veterans  and  in  the  coordination of all operations of state agencies
 relating to veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   § 8. Section 354-a of the executive law, as amended by section  95  of
 subpart  B  of  part  C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 354-a. Information  on  status  of  veterans  receiving  assistance.
 Departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the
 state  and  political  subdivisions  thereof,  which provide assistance,
 treatment, counseling, care, supervision or  custody  in  service  areas
 involving  health,  mental  health, family services, criminal justice or
 employment, including but not limited to the office  of  alcoholism  and
 substance  abuse  services, office of mental health, office of probation
 and correctional alternatives, office of children and  family  services,
 office  of  temporary  and  disability assistance, department of health,
 department of labor,  local  workforce  investment  boards,  office  for
 people  with  developmental  disabilities, and department of corrections
 and community supervision, shall request  assisted  persons  to  provide
 information  with  regard  to  their veteran status and military experi-
 ences. Individuals identifying themselves as veterans shall  be  advised
 that  the  division  of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES and local veterans'
 service agencies established pursuant to section  three  hundred  fifty-
 seven  of this article provide assistance to veterans regarding benefits
 under federal and state law. Information regarding veterans  status  and
 military  service  provided by assisted persons solely to implement this
 section shall be protected as personal  confidential  information  under
 article six-A of the public officers law against disclosure of confiden-
 tial  material,  and  used  only  to assist in the diagnosis, treatment,
 assessment and handling of the  veteran's  problems  within  the  agency
 requesting such information and in referring the veteran to the division
 of  veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES  for  information and assistance with
 regard to benefits and entitlements under federal and state law.
   § 9. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 361-b of the  executive
 law,  as  amended by chapter 515 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) "Division" shall mean the state division  of  veterans'  [affairs]
 SERVICES.
   §  10.  Section 362 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 251 of
 the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   § 362. Creation of annuity. 1. Payment to veterans. a. Any veteran  as
 defined  in  this article who has been or is hereafter classified by the
 New York State commission for the visually handicapped as a blind person
 as defined in section three of chapter four hundred fifteen of the  laws
 of  nineteen  hundred  thirteen, as amended, and continues to be a blind
 person within the meaning of that section, shall,  upon  application  to

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 the  director  of  the division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, be paid
 out of the treasury of the state for such term as such veteran shall  be
 entitled  thereto  under  the provisions of this article, the sum of one
 thousand  dollars  annually,  plus  any applicable annual adjustment, as
 provided in this section.
   b. The entitlement of  any  veteran  to  receive  the  annuity  herein
 provided  shall  terminate  upon  his or her ceasing to continue to be a
 resident of and domiciled in the state,  but  such  entitlement  may  be
 reinstated  upon  application  to  the  director  of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES, if such veteran shall thereafter resume his or  her  residence
 and domicile in the state.
   c. The effective date of an award of the annuity to a veteran shall be
 the  date  of  receipt  of  the  application therefor by the director of
 veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, except that if the application  is  denied
 but  is  granted at a later date upon an application for reconsideration
 based upon new evidence, the effective date of the award of the  annuity
 to  a veteran shall be the date of receipt of the application for recon-
 sideration by the director of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   2. Payment to widows and widowers of blind veterans. a.  The  unremar-
 ried  spouse  of  a  veteran  who heretofore has died or the unremarried
 spouse of a veteran dying hereafter, such veteran being at the  time  of
 her  or  his  death  a recipient of, or eligible for, the benefits above
 provided, shall, upon application to the director of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES, also be paid out of the treasury of the state the sum  of  one
 thousand  dollars  annually,  plus any applicable annual adjustment, for
 such term as such unremarried spouse shall be entitled thereto under the
 provisions of this article.
   b. The entitlement of any widow or  widower  to  receive  the  annuity
 herein  provided shall terminate upon her or his death or re-marriage or
 upon her or his ceasing to continue to be a resident of and domiciled in
 the state of New York, but  such  entitlement  may  be  reinstated  upon
 application  to  the  director  of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, if such
 widow or widower shall thereafter resume her or his residence and  domi-
 cile in the state.
   c. The effective date of an award of the annuity to a widow or widower
 shall  be the day after the date of death of the veteran if the applica-
 tion therefor is received within one year from such date  of  death.  If
 the  application  is  received  after  the  expiration of the first year
 following the date of the death of the veteran, the effective date of an
 award of the annuity to a widow or widower shall be the date of  receipt
 of  the  application by the director of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES. If
 an application is denied but is granted at a later date upon an applica-
 tion for reconsideration based upon new evidence, the effective date  of
 the  award  of  the  annuity  to a widow or widower shall be the date of
 receipt of the application for reconsideration by the director of veter-
 ans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   3. Annual adjustment. Commencing in the year two  thousand  five,  and
 for  each  year thereafter, the amount of any annuity payable under this
 section shall be the same amount as the annuity payable in the preceding
 year plus  a  percentage  adjustment  equal  to  the  annual  percentage
 increase,  if any, for compensation and pension benefits administered by
 the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs in the previous  year.
 Such  percentage  increase  shall be rounded up to the next highest one-
 tenth of one percent and shall not be less than  one  percent  nor  more
 than  four percent. Commencing in the year two thousand five, the direc-
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 each year, shall publish by any reasonable means the amount of the annu-
 ity as adjusted payable under this section.
   §  10-a.  Subdivisions  1  and  2 of section 363 of the executive law,
 subdivision 1 as added by chapter 424 of the laws of 1961, and  subdivi-
 sion  2  as  amended by chapter 1052 of the laws of 1971, are amended to
 read as follows:
   1. The evidence of such service, blindness, residence and domicile, or
 of such marriage, widowhood, residence and domicile in each  case  shall
 be furnished in the manner and form prescribed by the director of veter-
 ans' [affairs] SERVICES who shall examine the same.
   2.  Upon  being  satisfied that such service was performed, that other
 facts and statements in the application of such  veteran  or  widow  are
 true and that the said veteran has been classified by the New York state
 commission  for  the  visually handicapped as a blind person, where such
 veteran is not receiving or not entitled to receive a benefit  from  any
 existing  retirement  system to which the state is a contributor, unless
 such veteran shall have become disabled by  reason  of  loss  of  sight,
 while  engaged in employment entitling him to receive a benefit from any
 existing retirement system to which the state is a contributor, and as a
 result of such disability  has  retired  from  such  employment  and  is
 receiving  or  is  entitled  to  receive  a benefit from such retirement
 system the director of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES shall certify to the
 state comptroller the name and address of such veteran or widow.
   § 10-b. Subdivisions 3 and 5 of section  364  of  the  executive  law,
 subdivision  3 as added by chapter 424 of the laws of 1961, and subdivi-
 sion 5 as amended by chapter 115 of the laws of  1981,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   3.  Where  any  veteran is disqualified for the annuity for any period
 solely by reason of the provisions of subdivision two of  this  section,
 the  director of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES shall pay to his [wife] OR
 HER SPOUSE, if any, the annuity which such  veteran  would  receive  for
 that period but for said subdivision two.
   5.  Where  payment  of the annuity as hereinbefore authorized is to be
 made to a mentally incompetent person or a conservatee, such payment may
 be authorized by the director of veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES  of  the
 state  to  be paid only to a duly qualified court-appointed committee or
 conservator, legally vested with the care of such  incompetent's  person
 or  property  or of such conservatee's property, except that in the case
 of an incompetent annuitant for whom a committee has not been  appointed
 or  a  person  under a substantial impairment [within the meaning of the
 conservatorship  provisions  of  article  seventy-seven  of  the  mental
 hygiene  law]  for  whom a conservator has not been appointed and who is
 hospitalized in a United States veterans' administration hospital or  in
 a hospital under the jurisdiction of the state of New York, the director
 of  veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES  of  the  state may in his discretion
 certify payment of the  annuity,  as  hereinbefore  authorized,  to  the
 manager  of such veterans' administration hospital or to the director of
 such state hospital for the account of the said incompetent or  substan-
 tially impaired annuitant.
   §  11. The third undesignated paragraph of subdivision 1 and the open-
 ing paragraphs of paragraphs (a) and (b),  paragraph  (g),  the  opening
 paragraph and clause 6 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (h) of subdivi-
 sion  2  of  section  365 of the executive law, as added by section 5 of
 part W of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2013,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:

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   The legislature additionally finds and determines that it is therefore
 necessary  to  provide  for the construction and establishment of one or
 more New York state veterans cemeteries, and that to thereafter, provide
 for the expansion, improvement, support, operation, maintenance and  the
 provision  of  perpetual  care of all such cemeteries so constructed and
 established. The legislature also finds and determines that it is appro-
 priate to have the responsibility for the  construction,  establishment,
 expansion,   improvement,   support,   operation,  maintenance  and  the
 provision of perpetual care for veterans cemeteries in this state, to be
 under the oversight and direction of  the  state  division  of  veterans
 [affairs]  SERVICES, and its director, individually, and as chair of the
 management board, for each such veterans  cemetery  so  constructed  and
 established.
   The  division,  in  cooperation  with  the United States department of
 veterans affairs, and in consultation with, and upon the support of  the
 department  of  state  division  of  cemeteries,  is  hereby directed to
 conduct an investigation and study on the issue of the construction  and
 establishment of the first New York state [veterans] VETERANS' cemetery.
 Such investigation and study shall include, but not be limited to:
   Prior  to  the commencement of the investigation and study pursuant to
 paragraph (a) of this subdivision,  the  director  of  the  division  of
 veterans'  [affairs] SERVICES, the director of the division of the budg-
 et, the director of the department of state's  division  of  cemeteries,
 and  the  office  of the state comptroller must certify to the governor,
 the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,  the
 chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways
 and  means  committee that the veterans remembrance and cemetery mainte-
 nance and operation fund, created pursuant to section  ninety-seven-mmmm
 of  the  state  finance  law,  contains  moneys  sufficient, adjusted to
 reflect projected future inflation, to fund the  operation,  maintenance
 and  the provision of perpetual care of a state veterans' cemetery for a
 period of not less than fifteen years, provided that such  amount  shall
 not  include  any  amount that shall be reimbursed or contributed to the
 cemetery from the government of the United States  or  any  amount  that
 would be recoverable by the cemetery pursuant to a charge of fee for the
 provision  of a grave site for a non-veteran spouse or family member. In
 making such a certification, the director of the division  of  veterans'
 [affairs]  SERVICES,  the  director  of  the division of the budget, the
 director of the department of state's division of  cemeteries,  and  the
 office  of the state comptroller shall consider, but are not limited to,
 the following factors:
   (g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the  divi-
 sion  of  veterans'  [affairs] SERVICES to commence an investigation and
 study pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, issuing  a  request
 for proposals pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision, selecting a
 site for the first New York state [veterans] VETERANS' cemetery pursuant
 to  paragraph (d) of this subdivision, or submitting any application for
 funding from the government of the United States in accordance with  the
 grant  requirements  specified in section 2408 of title 38 of the United
 States code, part 30 of title 38 of the code of federal regulations, and
 other relevant federal statutes or regulations, for the purpose of seek-
 ing  funds  to  support  the  construction,  establishment,   expansion,
 improvement,  support,  operation,  maintenance  and  the  provision  of
 perpetual care of New York state's first [veterans]  VETERANS'  cemetery
 pursuant  to  paragraph  (e)  of this subdivision until the funds in the

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 veterans remembrance and cemetery maintenance and  operation  fund  have
 been certified pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
   Guidelines  and  standards for the request for proposals for any local
 government desiring to have the first state [veterans]  VETERANS'  ceme-
 tery located within its political subdivision, pursuant to paragraph (b)
 of this subdivision, including, but not limited to:
   (6) The requirement that a response shall require the local government
 to agree to authorize the state of New York, in the event that the local
 government  fails to perform its obligations under the contract with the
 state of New York, that the state director of the division of  veterans'
 [affairs]  SERVICES  shall certify to the comptroller any unpaid amounts
 or any amounts necessary for the state to assume the  obligations  which
 the  local  government  failed to perform, and the comptroller shall, to
 the extent not otherwise prohibited by law, withhold  such  amount  from
 any  state  aid or other amount payable to such local government; to the
 extent that sufficient funds are not available for such withholding, the
 state may pursue any and all available legal  remedies  to  enforce  the
 terms of the contract entered into between the state and a local govern-
 ment pursuant to this subdivision; and
   § 12. Subdivision 3 of section 369-d of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 557 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  establish and maintain, together with the director of the division
 of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, a program to educate separating service
 members as to the benefits available to veterans under this article.
   § 13. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 369-i of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 22 of the laws of 2014, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   (c)  Evaluate  and  assess  availability  of  firms for the purpose of
 increasing participation of such firms in state contracting in consulta-
 tion with relevant state entities including, but not limited to, the New
 York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   § 14. Subdivision 1 of section 643 of the executive law, as amended by
 section 107 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. As used in this section, "crime victim-related  agency"  means  any
 agency  of state government which provides services to or deals directly
 with crime victims, including (a) the  office  of  children  and  family
 services,  the  office for the aging, the division of [veterans affairs]
 VETERANS' SERVICES, the office of probation  and  correctional  alterna-
 tives,  the  department  of  corrections  and community supervision, the
 office of victim services, the department of motor vehicles, the  office
 of  vocational  rehabilitation,  the  workers'  compensation  board, the
 department of health, the division of  criminal  justice  services,  the
 office of mental health, every transportation authority and the division
 of  state police, and (b) any other agency so designated by the governor
 within ninety days of the effective date of this section.
   § 15. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 95-f of the state  finance  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  266  of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as
 follows:
   3. Monies of the fund shall be expended for the provision of veterans'
 counseling services provided by local veterans' service agencies  pursu-
 ant  to section three hundred fifty-seven of the executive law under the
 direction of the division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   4. To the extent practicable, the director of the division  of  veter-
 ans'  [affairs]  SERVICES shall ensure that all monies received during a
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   § 16. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2-a and  subdivision  5  of
 section  97-mmmm  of  the  state  finance  law, the opening paragraph of
 subdivision 2-a as amended by section 27-c of part UU of chapter  54  of
 the  laws  of 2016, and subdivision 5 as added by section 2 of part W of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   On  or before the first day of February each year, the director of the
 New York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES shall provide  a
 written  report to the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the
 assembly, chair of the senate finance committee, chair of  the  assembly
 ways  and  means  committee,  chair of the senate committee on veterans,
 homeland security and military affairs, chair of the assembly  veterans'
 affairs  committee,  the  state  comptroller and the public. Such report
 shall include how the monies  of  the  fund  were  utilized  during  the
 preceding calendar year, and shall include:
   5.  Moneys  shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by  the  director  of
 the division of [veterans affairs] VETERANS' SERVICES.
   §  17.  Subdivision  1,  the  opening paragraph of subdivision 2-a and
 subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 99-v of the state finance law,  subdivi-
 sions  1,  4  and 5 as added by chapter 428 of the laws of 2014, and the
 opening paragraph of subdivision 2-a as amended by section 27-d of  part
 UU of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
   1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the commission-
 er  of  taxation  and  finance, the New York state director of [veterans
 affairs] VETERANS' SERVICES and the comptroller, a special  fund  to  be
 known as the "homeless veterans assistance fund".
   On  or before the first day of February each year, the director of the
 New York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES shall provide  a
 written  report to the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the
 assembly, chair of the senate finance committee, chair of  the  assembly
 ways  and  means  committee,  chair of the senate committee on veterans,
 homeland security and military affairs, chair of the assembly  veterans'
 affairs  committee,  the  state  comptroller and the public. Such report
 shall include how the monies  of  the  fund  were  utilized  during  the
 preceding calendar year, and shall include:
   4.  Moneys  of  the fund shall be expended only for the assistance and
 care of homeless veterans, for housing and housing-related expenses,  as
 determined by the division of [veterans affairs] VETERANS' SERVICES.
   5.  Moneys  shall  be paid out of the fund on the audit and warrant of
 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the New York state
 director  of  [veterans  affairs]  VETERANS'  SERVICES.    Any  interest
 received  by the comptroller on moneys on deposit in the homeless veter-
 ans assistance fund shall be retained in and become part of such fund.
   § 18. Subdivision 1 of section 168 of the labor  law,  as  amended  by
 section 117 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  This  section  shall apply to all persons employed by the state in
 the ward, cottage, colony, kitchen and dining room,  and  guard  service
 personnel in any hospital, school, prison, reformatory or other institu-
 tion  within  or  subject  to  the jurisdiction, supervision, control or
 visitation of the department of corrections and  community  supervision,
 the  department of health, the department of mental hygiene, the depart-
 ment of social welfare or the division of veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES
 in  the  executive  department,  and  engaged in the performance of such
 duties as nursing, guarding or attending the inmates, patients, wards or
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 guarding  the buildings and/or grounds thereof, or in preparing or serv-
 ing food therein.
   §  19.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 266 of the laws of 2005, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 in  the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the regu-
 lar registration fee prescribed by section  four  hundred  one  of  this
 article,  provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of
 fifteen dollars shall be charged for such  plate.  Such  annual  service
 charge  shall be deposited to the credit of the Eighth Air Force Histor-
 ical Society fund established pursuant to section ninety-five-f  of  the
 state  finance  law  and shall be used for veterans' counseling services
 provided by local veterans' service agencies pursuant to  section  three
 hundred  fifty-seven  of  the  executive  law under the direction of the
 division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES. Provided,  however,  that  one
 year  after  the  effective  date of this section funds in the amount of
 five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall  be
 allocated  to  the  department  to  offset  costs  associated  with  the
 production of such license plates.
   § 20. Subdivision 3 of section 11-0707 of the environmental  conserva-
 tion  law, as amended by section 92 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62
 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Any person who is a patient at any facility  in  this  state  main-
 tained  by the United States Veterans' Administration or at any hospital
 or sanitorium for treatment of tuberculosis maintained by the  state  or
 any municipal corporation thereof or resident patient at any institution
 of the department of Mental Hygiene, or resident patient at the rehabil-
 itation  hospital of the department of Health, or at any rest camp main-
 tained by the state through the Division of Veterans' [Affairs] SERVICES
 in the Executive Department or any inmate of a  conservation  work  camp
 within   the   youth   rehabilitation  facility  of  the  department  of
 corrections and community supervision, or any inmate of a youth opportu-
 nity or youth rehabilitation center within the Office  of  Children  and
 Family  Services,  any  resident of a nursing home or residential health
 care facility as defined in subdivisions two and three of section  twen-
 ty-eight  hundred  one  of the public health law, or any staff member or
 volunteer accompanying or assisting one or more residents of such  nurs-
 ing  home or residential health care facility on an outing authorized by
 the administrator of such nursing home or residential health care facil-
 ity may take fish as if he held a fishing license, except  that  he  may
 not  take  bait fish by net or trap, if he has on his person an authori-
 zation upon a form furnished by the department containing such identify-
 ing information and data as may be required by it,  and  signed  by  the
 superintendent  or  other  head of such facility, institution, hospital,
 sanitarium, nursing home, residential health care facility or rest camp,
 as the case may be, or by a staff physician thereat duly  authorized  so
 to  do  by  the superintendent or other head thereof. Such authorization
 with respect to inmates of said conservation work camps shall be limited
 to areas under the care, custody and control of the department.
   § 21. Subdivision 5 of section 2805-b of the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  64  of  the  laws  of  2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. The staff of a general hospital shall: (a) inquire whether  or  not
 the  person  admitted has served in the United States armed forces. Such
 information shall be listed on  the  admissions  form;  (b)  notify  any

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 admittee  who is a veteran of the possible availability of services at a
 hospital operated by the veterans administration, and, upon  request  by
 the  admittee,  such  staff shall make arrangements for the individual's
 transfer  to  a  veterans  administration  operated  hospital, provided,
 however, that transfers shall be  authorized  only  after  it  has  been
 determined,  according  to accepted clinical and medical standards, that
 the patient's condition has stabilized and transfer can be  accomplished
 safely  and  without  complication; and (c) provide any admittee who has
 served in the United States armed forces with a copy of the "Information
 for Veterans concerning Health Care Options" fact sheet,  maintained  by
 the  division  of  veterans'  [affairs] SERVICES pursuant to subdivision
 twenty-three of section three hundred fifty-three of the  executive  law
 prior to discharging or transferring the patient. The commissioner shall
 promulgate  rules and regulations for notifying such admittees of possi-
 ble available services and for arranging a requested transfer.
   § 22. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 2805-o of the public health law,
 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 95 of the laws of 2004, and subdivi-
 sion 3 as added by chapter 158 of the laws of 1993, are amended to  read
 as follows:
   2.  Every  nursing  home and residential health care facility shall in
 writing advise all individuals identifying  themselves  as  veterans  or
 spouses  of  veterans  that the division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES
 and local veterans' service agencies  established  pursuant  to  section
 three  hundred fifty-seven of the executive law to provide assistance to
 veterans and their spouses regarding benefits under  federal  and  state
 law.  Such written information shall include the name, address and tele-
 phone number of the New  York  state  division  of  veterans'  [affairs]
 SERVICES,  the  nearest division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES office,
 the nearest county or city veterans'  service  agency  and  the  nearest
 accredited veterans' service officer.
   3.  Every  nursing  home  and  residential  health care facility, upon
 request of individuals identifying themselves as veterans or spouses  of
 veterans, shall transmit such veteran status information to the division
 of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   § 23. Subdivision 2 of section 3802 of the public health law, as added
 by chapter 1135 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   2. In the exercise of the foregoing powers and duties the commissioner
 shall  consult  with the director of the division of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES and the heads of state agencies charged with responsibility for
 manpower and health resources.
   § 24. Subdivision 3 of section 3803  of  the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  743  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. In exercising any of his or her  powers  under  this  section,  the
 commissioner  shall  consult with appropriate health care professionals,
 providers, veterans or organizations representing them, the division  of
 veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES,  the  federal  department  of  veterans'
 affairs and the United States defense department.
   § 25. Section 99-v of the general municipal law, as added  by  chapter
 16 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   §  99-v.  Veterans [affairs] SERVICES; display of events. Each county,
 city, town or village may adopt a local law to provide a bulletin  board
 to  be  conspicuously  displayed  in  such county, city, town or village
 building holding its local legislative body or municipal  offices.  Such
 bulletin  board  shall  be  used by veterans organizations, the New York
 state division of veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES,  the  county  veterans

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 service  agency  or  city veterans service agency to display information
 regarding veterans in such county, city, town or village. Such  informa-
 tion  may  include, but not be limited to, benefits or upcoming veterans
 related events in the community.
   §  26. Subdivision 1-b of section 247 of the military law, as added by
 chapter 477 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   1-b. The adjutant general is hereby authorized to present in the  name
 of  the legislature of the state of New York, a certificate, to be known
 as the "Cold War Certificate", bearing a suitable  inscription,  to  any
 person:  (i) who is a citizen of the state of New York or (ii) who was a
 citizen of the state of New York while serving in the  armed  forces  of
 the  United  States;  (iii) who served in the United States Armed Forces
 during the period  of  time  from  September  second,  nineteen  hundred
 forty-five  through  December twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred ninety-one,
 commonly known  as  the  Cold  War  Era;  and  (iv)  who  was  honorably
 discharged or released under honorable circumstances during the Cold War
 Era.  Not  more  than  one  Cold  War  Certificate  shall  be awarded or
 presented, under the provisions of this subdivision, to any person whose
 entire service subsequent to the time of the receipt of such medal shall
 not have been honorable. In the event of the death of any person  during
 or  subsequent  to the receipt of such certificate it shall be presented
 to such representative of the deceased as may be designated.  The  adju-
 tant  general,  in  consultation  with  the  director of the division of
 veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, shall make such rules and  regulations  as
 may  be deemed necessary for the proper presentation and distribution of
 the certificate.
   § 27. Subdivision 3 of section 14-a of the domestic relations law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  297  of  the  laws  of 1963, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. No fee shall be charged for any certificate when  required  by  the
 veterans  administration  or  by  the  division  of  veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES of the state of New York to be used in determining  the  eligi-
 bility  of  any  person to participate in the benefits made available by
 the veterans administration or by the state of New York.
   § 28. Subdivision 1 of section 19 of the domestic  relations  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  674  of  the  laws  of 1985, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Each town  and  city  clerk  hereby  empowered  to  issue  marriage
 licenses shall keep a book supplied by the state department of health in
 which  such clerk shall record and index such information as is required
 therein, which book shall be kept and preserved as a part of the  public
 records  of  his office. Whenever an application is made for a search of
 such records the city or town clerk, excepting the  city  clerk  of  the
 city  of New York, may make such search and furnish a certificate of the
 result to the applicant upon the payment of a fee of five dollars for  a
 search  of  one year and a further fee of one dollar for the second year
 for which such search is requested and fifty cents for  each  additional
 year  thereafter,  which  fees  shall be paid in advance of such search.
 Whenever an application is made for a search of such records in the city
 of New York, the city clerk of the city of New York may make such search
 and furnish a certificate of  the  result  to  the  applicant  upon  the
 payment  of a fee of five dollars for a search of one year and a further
 fee of one dollar for the second year for which search is requested  and
 fifty  cents  each additional year thereafter. Notwithstanding any other
 provision of this article, no fee shall be charged  for  any  search  or
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 sion of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES of the state of New York to be used
 in determining the eligibility of any person to participate in the bene-
 fits  made  available  by the veterans administration or by the state of
 New York. All such affidavits, statements and consents, immediately upon
 the  taking or receiving of the same by the town or city clerk, shall be
 recorded and indexed as provided herein and shall be public records  and
 open to public inspection whenever the same may be necessary or required
 for judicial or other proper purposes. At such times as the commissioner
 shall  direct,  the said town or city clerk, excepting the city clerk of
 the city of New York, shall file in the office of the  state  department
 of health the original of each affidavit, statement, consent, order of a
 justice  or  judge  authorizing  immediate  solemnization  of  marriage,
 license and certificate, filed with or made before such clerk during the
 preceding month. Such clerk shall not be required to file  any  of  said
 documents  with  the  state  department  of  health until the license is
 returned with the certificate showing that the marriage  to  which  they
 refer has been actually performed.
   The  county  clerks  of  the  counties comprising the city of New York
 shall cause all original applications and  original  licenses  with  the
 marriage  solemnization  statements  thereon heretofore filed with each,
 and all papers and records and binders relating to such  original  docu-
 ments  pertaining  to  marriage  licenses  issued by said city clerk, in
 their custody and possession to be removed, transferred,  and  delivered
 to the borough offices of the city clerk in each of said counties.
   §  29. Subdivision 1 of section 3308 of the education law, as added by
 section 1 of part A of chapter 328 of the laws of 2014,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1. Each member state shall, through the creation of a state council or
 use of an existing body or board, provide for the coordination among its
 agencies  of government, local educational agencies and military instal-
 lations concerning the state's participation in,  and  compliance  with,
 this  compact  and  interstate  commission  activities. In New York, the
 state council shall include the commissioner or his or her designee, the
 director of the New York state division of veterans' [affairs]  SERVICES
 or his or her designee, the adjutant general of the state of New York or
 his  or  her designee, a superintendent of a school district with a high
 concentration of military children  appointed  by  the  commissioner,  a
 district superintendent of schools of a board of cooperative educational
 services  serving an area with a high concentration of military children
 appointed by the commissioner, a representative from a military  instal-
 lation  appointed by the governor, a representative of military families
 appointed by the governor, a public member appointed by the governor and
 one representative each appointed by the speaker of  the  assembly,  the
 temporary president of the senate and the governor.
   §  30.  Subdivision 1 of section 6505-c of the education law, as added
 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   1. The commissioner shall develop, jointly with the  director  of  the
 division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES, a program to facilitate artic-
 ulation  between  participation  in  the  military service of the United
 States or the military service of the state and admission to practice of
 a profession. The commissioner and the director shall  identify,  review
 and  evaluate  professional training programs offered through either the
 military service of the United States or the  military  service  of  the
 state  which  may,  where  applicable,  be accepted by the department as
 equivalent education and training in lieu of all or part of an  approved
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 military programs which have previously been deemed  acceptable  by  the
 department  as  equivalent  education  and  training, programs which may
 provide, where applicable, equivalent education and training  for  those
 professions  which are critical to public health and safety and programs
 which may provide, where applicable, equivalent education  and  training
 for  those  professions  for  which  shortages exist in the state of New
 York.
   § 31. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (b) of section  5.06  of  the  mental
 hygiene  law,  as added by section 2 of part N of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (5) one member appointed on the recommendation of the  state  director
 of the division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES and one member appointed
 on  the  recommendation of the adjutant general of the division of mili-
 tary and naval affairs, at least one of  whom  shall  be  a  current  or
 former  consumer  of  mental  health  services or substance use disorder
 services who is a veteran who has served in a combat theater  or  combat
 zone of operations and is a member of a veterans organization;
   § 31-a. Subdivision (i) of section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law, as
 added by chapter 358 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  The office of alcoholism and substance abuse services shall peri-
 odically, in consultation with the state director of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES: (1) review the programs operated by the office to ensure  that
 the  needs  of  the state's veterans who served in the U.S. armed forces
 and who are recovering from alcohol and/or substance abuse are being met
 and to develop improvements to programs to meet such needs; and  (2)  in
 collaboration  with  the  state director of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES
 and the commissioner of the office of mental  health,  review  and  make
 recommendations  to  improve  programs that provide treatment, rehabili-
 tation, relapse prevention, and recovery services to veterans  who  have
 served  in  a  combat  theatre  or  combat zone of operations and have a
 co-occurring mental health and alcoholism or substance abuse disorder.
   § 31-b. Subdivision 15 of section 202 of the elder law, as amended  by
 chapter 455 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   15. to periodically, in consultation with the state director of veter-
 ans'  [affairs]  SERVICES, review the programs operated by the office to
 ensure that the needs of the state's aging veteran population are  being
 met and to develop improvements to programs to meet such needs; and
   §  32.  Paragraph  (j)  of  subdivision  3 of section 20 of the social
 services law, as added by chapter 407 of the laws of 2016, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (j) to ensure the provision, on any form required to be  completed  at
 application  or  recertification  for the purpose of obtaining financial
 assistance pursuant to this chapter, the form shall contain a  check-off
 question asking whether the applicant or recipient or a member of his or
 her family served in the United States military, and an option to answer
 in  the  affirmative.  Where  the  applicant or recipient answers in the
 affirmative to such question, the office  of  temporary  and  disability
 assistance  shall ensure that contact information for the state division
 of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES is provided to such applicant or recipi-
 ent, in addition to any other materials provided.
   § 33. Paragraph (g) of section 202 of the  not-for-profit  corporation
 law,  as added by chapter 407 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (g) Every corporation receiving any kind of state funding shall ensure
 the provision on any form required to be  completed  at  application  or
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 ant to this chapter, that the application form shall contain a check-off
 question asking whether the applicant or recipient or a member of his or
 her family served in the United States military, and an option to answer
 in  the  affirmative.  Where  the  applicant or recipient answers in the
 affirmative to  such  question,  the  not-for-profit  corporation  shall
 ensure  that  contact  information  for  the state division of veterans'
 [affairs] SERVICES is provided to such applicant or recipient  in  addi-
 tion to any other materials provided.
   §  34. Paragraph (b) of section 1401 of the not-for-profit corporation
 law, as amended by chapter 675 of the laws of 2004, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  Removal  of  remains from private cemeteries to other cemeteries.
 The supervisor of any town containing a private cemetery may remove  any
 body interred in such cemetery to any other cemetery within the town, if
 the  owners  of  such  cemeteries  and  the  next of kin of the deceased
 consent to such removal. The owners of a private cemetery may remove the
 bodies interred therein to any other cemetery within such  town,  or  to
 any  cemetery  designated  by the next of kin of the deceased. Notice of
 such removal shall be given  within  twenty  days  before  such  removal
 personally  or  by  certified mail to the next of kin of the deceased if
 known and to the clerk and historian of the county in  which  such  real
 property  is  situated  and  notice shall be given to the New York state
 department of state, division of cemeteries. If any of the deceased  are
 known  to  be  veterans,  the  owners  shall also notify the division of
 veterans' [affairs] SERVICES. In the absence of the  next  of  kin,  the
 county  clerk,  county  historian or the division of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES may act as a guardian to ensure proper reburial.
   § 35. Subdivision 10 of section 458 of the real property tax  law,  as
 added by chapter 426 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   10.  The  commissioner shall develop in consultation with the director
 of the New York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES a listing
 of documents to be used to establish  eligibility  under  this  section,
 including  but not limited to a certificate of release or discharge from
 active duty also  known  as  a  DD-214  form  or  an  Honorable  Service
 Certificate/Report  of  Causality  from  the department of defense. Such
 information shall be made  available  to  each  county,  city,  town  or
 village  assessor's  office, or congressional chartered veterans service
 officers who request such information. The listing of  acceptable  mili-
 tary  records  shall  be  made available on the internet websites of the
 division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES and the office of real property
 tax services.
   § 36. Subdivision 9 of section 458-a of the real property tax law,  as
 added by chapter 426 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   9. The commissioner shall develop in consultation with the director of
 the New York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES a listing of
 documents  to  be  used  to  establish  eligibility  under this section,
 including but not limited to a certificate of release or discharge  from
 active  duty  also  known  as  a  DD-214  form  or  an Honorable Service
 Certificate/Report of Causality from the  department  of  defense.  Such
 information  shall  be  made  available  to  each  county, city, town or
 village assessor's office, or congressional chartered  veterans  service
 officers  who  request such information. The listing of acceptable mili-
 tary records shall be made available on the  internet  websites  of  the
 division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES and the office of real property
 tax services.

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   §  37. Subdivision 8 of section 458-b of the real property tax law, as
 added by chapter 426 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   8. The commissioner shall develop in consultation with the director of
 the New York state division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES a listing of
 documents  to  be  used  to  establish  eligibility  under this section,
 including but not limited to a certificate of release or discharge  from
 active  duty  also  known  as  a  DD-214  form  or  an Honorable Service
 Certificate/Report of Causality from the  department  of  defense.  Such
 information  shall  be  made  available  to  each  county, city, town or
 village assessor's office, or congressional chartered  veterans  service
 officers  who  request such information. The listing of acceptable mili-
 tary records shall be made available on the  internet  websites  of  the
 division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES and the office of real property
 tax services.
   §  38. Subdivision 1 of section 20 of chapter 784 of the laws of 1951,
 constituting the New York  state  defense  emergency  act  of  1951,  as
 amended  by  section  85 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. There is hereby continued in the division  of  military  and  naval
 affairs  in the executive department a state civil defense commission to
 consist of the same members as the members of the disaster  preparedness
 commission  as  established  in  article  two-B of the executive law. In
 addition, the superintendent of financial services, the chairman of  the
 workers'  compensation  board and the director of the division of veter-
 ans' [affairs] SERVICES shall be members. The governor  shall  designate
 one  of  the  members  of the commission to be the chairman thereof. The
 commission may provide for  its  division  into  subcommittees  and  for
 action by such subcommittees with the same force and effect as action by
 the full commission. The members of the commission, except for those who
 serve  ex  officio, shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties under this article but shall
 receive no additional compensation for  services  rendered  pursuant  to
 this article.
   §  39.  Paragraph 2 of subdivision b of section 31-102 of the adminis-
 trative code of the city of New York, as added by local law  number  113
 of  the  city  of  New  York  for  the  year 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. links to websites describing veteran employment  services  provided
 by  the federal government and New York state government, including, but
 not limited to, the websites of the United States department  of  labor,
 the  New York state department of labor, the United States department of
 veterans affairs, and the New York state division of veterans' [affairs]
 SERVICES; and
   § 40. Subdivision a of section 3102 of the New York city  charter,  as
 added by local law number 113 of the city of New York for the year 2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Except  as  otherwise provided by law, the commissioner shall have
 such powers as provided by the director of the state  veterans'  service
 agency  and shall have the duty to inform military and naval authorities
 of the United States and assist members of the armed forces  and  veter-
 ans,  who are residents of the city, and their families, in relation to:
 (1) matters pertaining to educational training and  retraining  services
 and  facilities,  (2)  health,  medical  and  rehabilitation service and
 facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state and local  laws  and  regu-
 lations  affording special rights and privileges to members of the armed
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 services, and (5) other  matters  of  similar,  related  or  appropriate
 nature.  The  commissioner  shall also assist families of members of the
 reserve components of the armed forces and the organized militia ordered
 into active duty to ensure that they are made aware of and are receiving
 all  appropriate  support  available  to them. The department also shall
 perform such other duties as may be assigned by the  state  director  of
 the division of veterans' [affairs] SERVICES.
   §  41.  The  section  heading  and subdivision 1 of section 352 of the
 executive law, as amended by chapter  501  of  the  laws  of  1993,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   Veterans'  [affairs]  SERVICES  commission.  1.  There shall be in the
 division a veterans' [affairs] SERVICES commission, which shall  consist
 of the members and the ex officio members provided for in this section.
   § 42. Subdivision 1 of section 359 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 196 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  local  director  shall  designate the location of the local and
 branch offices of the local veterans' service agency within  his  juris-
 diction,  which offices shall be open during convenient hours.  The cost
 of maintenance and operation of a county veterans' service agency  shall
 be  a  county charge and the cost of maintenance and operation of a city
 veterans' service agency shall be a  city  charge,  excepting  that  the
 state  director  with  the  approval of the veterans' [affairs] SERVICES
 commission shall allot and pay, from state moneys made available to  him
 for such purposes, to each county veterans' service agency and each city
 veterans'  service  agency,  an  amount equal to fifty per centum of its
 expenditures for maintenance and operation approved by the state  direc-
 tor,  provided  that  in no event shall the amount allotted and paid for
 such approved expenditures incurred in any given year exceed (1) in  the
 case  of  any county veterans' service agency in a county having a popu-
 lation of not more than one hundred thousand or in the case of any  city
 veterans'  service agency in a city having a population of not more than
 one hundred thousand, the sum of ten thousand dollars, nor  (2)  in  the
 case  of  any county veterans' service agency in a county having a popu-
 lation in excess of one hundred thousand excluding the population of any
 city therein which has a city veterans' service agency, the sum  of  ten
 thousand  dollars,  and,  in  addition thereto, the sum of five thousand
 dollars for each one hundred thousand, or major portion thereof, of  the
 population of the county in excess of one hundred thousand excluding the
 population  of any city therein which has a city veterans' service agen-
 cy, nor (3) in the case of any city veterans' service agency in  a  city
 having  a  population  in excess of one hundred thousand, the sum of ten
 thousand dollars, and, in addition thereto, the  sum  of  five  thousand
 dollars  for each one hundred thousand, or major portion thereof, of the
 population of the city in excess of one  hundred  thousand.  Such  popu-
 lation  shall  be  certified  in  the same manner as provided by section
 fifty-four of the state finance law.
   § 43. Terms occurring in laws, contracts and other documents.  Whenev-
 er the functions, powers, obligations, duties and officials relating  to
 the  division  of veterans' affairs, the veterans' affairs commission or
 the director of veterans' affairs is referred to or  designated  in  any
 other  law,  regulation,  contract or document, such reference or desig-
 nation shall be deemed to refer to the  appropriate  functions,  powers,
 obligations, duties, officials and director of the division of veterans'
 services  or  the  veterans'  services commission, as designated by this
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   § 44. Existing rights and remedies preserved.  No  existing  right  or
 remedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of
 this act.
   §  45.  Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
 section or part contained in any part of this act shall be  adjudged  by
 any  court  of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall
 not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof,  but  shall  be
 confined  in  its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part contained in any part thereof directly involved in
 the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.  It  is
 hereby  declared to be the intent of the legislature that this act would
 have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not been  included
 herein.
   §  46. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 369-i of the
 executive law made by section thirteen of this act shall not affect  the
 repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART BB
 
   Section  1. Subitem (c) of item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of
 paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 667 of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  1  of part U of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c) For students first receiving aid in two thousand--two thousand one
 and thereafter, five thousand [dollars, except starting in two  thousand
 fourteen-two thousand fifteen and thereafter such students shall receive
 five thousand one] THREE hundred [sixty-five] TEN dollars; or
   §  2.  Section  689-a of the education law, as added by chapter 260 of
 the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   § 689-a. Tuition credits. 1.  The  New  York  state  higher  education
 services  corporation shall calculate a tuition credit for each resident
 undergraduate student who has filed an application with such corporation
 for a tuition assistance program award pursuant to section  six  hundred
 sixty-seven of this article, and is determined to be eligible to receive
 such  award, and is also enrolled in a program of undergraduate study at
 a state operated or senior college of the state university of  New  York
 or the city university of New York where the annual resident undergradu-
 ate  tuition  rate  will exceed five thousand THREE HUNDRED TEN dollars.
 Such tuition credit shall be calculated for each  semester,  quarter  or
 term  of study that tuition is charged and tuition for the corresponding
 semester, quarter or term shall not be due for any student  eligible  to
 receive such tuition credit until such credit is calculated, the student
 and  school  where  the  student  is enrolled is notified of the tuition
 credit amount, and such tuition credit is  applied  toward  the  tuition
 charged.
   2.  Each  tuition  credit  pursuant to this section shall be an amount
 equal to the product of the total annual resident undergraduate  tuition
 rate minus five thousand THREE HUNDRED TEN dollars then multiplied by an
 amount  equal  to  the product of the total annual award for the student
 pursuant to section six hundred sixty-seven of this article  divided  by
 an  amount  equal to the maximum amount the student qualifies to receive
 pursuant to clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision
 three of section six hundred sixty-seven of this article.

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   § 3. Clause (D) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a of  subdivision  3
 of  section  667 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B
 of chapter 60 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 
 (D) Eighteen thousand dollars or    Nine hundred eighty dollars
     more, but not more than         plus twelve per centum of
     [eighty] ONE HUNDRED TEN        excess over eighteen
     thousand dollars                thousand dollars

   §  4. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 667
 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 60 of
 the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   (vi) For the two thousand two--two thousand three  academic  year  and
 thereafter,  the award shall be the net amount of the base amount deter-
 mined pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reduced pursuant to
 subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph but the award shall not  be
 reduced below [five hundred] SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY dollars.
   §  5.  This  act shall take effect June 1, 2019; provided however that
 the amendments to section 689-a of the education law made by section two
 of this act shall not affect the repeal of such  section  and  shall  be
 deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART CC

   Section  1.  Section  6541 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL  REGISTRA-
 TION,  EACH PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PRACTICES AND  OTHER
 INFORMATION  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN
 THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE  DONATION,  INCLUDING  THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  2.  Section  6548  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL  REGISTRA-
 TION, EACH SPECIALIST ASSISTANT SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE SPECIALIST ASSISTANT PRACTICES AND OTHER
 INFORMATION  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN

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 THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE  DONATION,  INCLUDING  THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 3. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 6554 of the education law, subdi-
 vision  7  as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and subdivision 8
 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989,  are  amended  and  a  new
 subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the depart-
 ment  for  admission  to  a  department conducted examination and for an
 initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination,  a
 fee  of  one  hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons
 not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee
 of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration  peri-
 od[.]; AND
   (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CHIROPRACTOR PRACTICES AND OTHER  INFOR-
 MATION  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
 DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED
 FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH
 EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE
 DONATE LIFE REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND  TISSUE  DONATION,  INCLUDING  THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 4. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 6604 of the education law, subdi-
 vision  7  as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and subdivision 8
 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989,  are  amended  and  a  new
 subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (8)  Fees:  pay  a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department
 for admission to a department conducted examination and for  an  initial
 license,  a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a
 fee of one hundred  thirty-five  dollars  for  an  initial  license  for
 persons  not  requiring admission to a department conducted examination,
 and a fee of two hundred ten dollars  for  each  triennial  registration
 period[.]; AND
   (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE DENTIST PRACTICES AND OTHER  INFORMATION
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS
 RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT,
 SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTIFIED  FORM  ON  A
 PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE.  ADDITIONALLY,  IN  CONJUNCTION WITH EACH
 TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN  THE  DONATE

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 LIFE  REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND  TISSUE  DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE
 ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  5.  Subdivisions  4  and  5 of section 6608-b of the education law,
 subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 300 of the laws of 2006 and subdivi-
 sion 5 as amended by chapter 565 of the laws of 1995, are amended and  a
 new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
   (4) Education and experience: (A) have received a high school diploma,
 or  its  equivalent,  and (B) have successfully completed, in accordance
 with the commissioner's regulations, (i) an approved one-year course  of
 study in dental assisting in a degree-granting institution or a board of
 cooperative  educational  services  program  which includes at least two
 hundred hours of clinical experience, or an equivalent  approved  course
 of  study in dental assisting in a non-degree granting institution which
 shall not be a professional association or professional organization  or
 (ii)  an alternate course of study in dental assisting acceptable to the
 department which shall be provided by a degree-granting institution or a
 board of cooperative educational  services  program  which  includes  at
 least one thousand hours of relevant work experience; [and]
   (5)  Examination:  pass  an examination given by an organization which
 administers examinations for certifying dental assistants and  which  is
 acceptable to the department[.]; AND
   (6) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CERTIFIED DENTAL ASSISTANT PRACTICES AND
 OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE.   ADDITIONALLY, IN  CONJUNC-
 TION  WITH  EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON  REGISTERING
 IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 6. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 6609 of the education law, subdi-
 vision  7  as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and subdivision 8
 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989,  are  amended  and  a  new
 subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (8)  Fees:  pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department
 for admission to a department conducted examination and for  an  initial
 license, a fee of fifty dollars for each reexamination, a fee of seventy
 dollars  for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a
 department conducted examination, and a fee of fifty  dollars  for  each
 triennial registration period[.]; AND
   (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE DENTAL  HYGIENIST  PRACTICES  AND  OTHER
 INFORMATION  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF

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 HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT.  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE.   ADDITIONALLY, IN  CONJUNC-
 TION  WITH  EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON  REGISTERING
 IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  7.  Subdivision 6 of section 6632 of the education law, as added by
 chapter 409 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a new subdivision  7  is
 added to read as follows:
   6.  [Fee] FEE:   pay a fee determined by the department for an initial
 license and for each triennial registration period[.]; AND
   7. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A  CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN  THE  LICENSED  PERFUSIONIST  PRACTICES  AND
 OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH,  DEEMS  RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH  EACH  TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN
 THE  DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 8. Subdivisions f and g of section 6734 of the education law, subdi-
 vision f as added by chapter 618 of the laws of 1980 and  subdivision  g
 as  amended  by  chapter  62  of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new
 subdivision h is added to read as follows:
   f. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the  depart-
 ment; [and]
   g.  Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the depart-
 ment for admission to a department  conducted  examination  and  for  an
 initial  license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination; a
 fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial  license  for  persons
 not requiring admission to a department conducted examination; and a fee
 of  one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration peri-
 od[.]; AND
   H. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A  CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST PRACTICES  AND  OTHER
 INFORMATION  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN
 THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE  DONATION,  INCLUDING  THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.

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   § 9. Subdivision g of section 6740 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter  62  of  the laws of 1989, is amended and a new subdivision h is
 added to read as follows:
   g.  Fees:  pay a fee for an initial certificate of forty-five dollars,
 and for the biennial registration period ending  December  thirty-first,
 nineteen  hundred  eighty-two a fee of twenty dollars and a fee of fifty
 dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND
   H. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A  CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST  ASSISTANT  PRACTICES
 AND  OTHER  INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,  IN  CONSULTA-
 TION  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE,
 DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE.  ADDITIONALLY,  IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSUL-
 TATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON
 REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND  TISSUE  DONATION,
 INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  10.  Paragraphs  7  and  8  of subdivision 1 of section 6805 of the
 education law, paragraph 7 as added by chapter 987 of the laws  of  1971
 and  paragraph  8  as  amended  by  chapter  62 of the laws of 1989, are
 amended and a new paragraph 9 is added to read as follows:
   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the depart-
 ment for admission to a department  conducted  examination  and  for  an
 initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each re-examination, a
 fee  of  one  hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons
 not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee
 of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration  peri-
 od[.]; AND
   (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PHARMACIST PRACTICES AND OTHER  INFORMA-
 TION  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
 DEEMS RELEVANT.   THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED
 FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE.    ADDITIONALLY,  IN  CONJUNCTION
 WITH  EACH  TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN
 THE  DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 11. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of  section  6905  of  the  education  law,
 subdivision  7  as  amended  by chapter 994 of the laws of 1971 and such
 section as renumbered by chapter 50 of the laws of 1972, and subdivision
 8 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended  and  a  new
 subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:

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   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (8)  Fees:  pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department
 for admission to a department conducted examination and for  an  initial
 license,  a  fee  of forty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of
 seventy dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring  admis-
 sion  to  a department conducted examination, and a fee of fifty dollars
 for each triennial registration period[.]; AND
   (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE PRACTICES,
 WHETHER  THE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE IS CERTIFIED TO PRACTICE AS A
 CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST UNDER SECTION  SIXTY-NINE  HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF
 THIS ARTICLE, AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL  MAKE  SUCH  DATA  AVAILABLE  IN
 AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTIFIED  FORM  ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI-
 TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION,  THE  DEPART-
 MENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE
 INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE  REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  12.  Subdivisions  7  and  8  of section 6906 of the education law,
 subdivision 7 as amended by chapter 330 of the laws of 1981 and subdivi-
 sion 8 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended  and  a
 new subdivision 8-a is added to read as follows:
   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (8)  Fees:  pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department
 for admission to a department conducted examination and for  an  initial
 license,  a  fee  of forty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of
 seventy dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring  admis-
 sion  to  a department conducted examination, and a fee of fifty dollars
 for each triennial registration period[.]; AND
   (8-A) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  AND  AS  A
 CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND
 THE   DEPARTMENT  SHALL  COLLECT,  SUCH  INFORMATION  AND  DOCUMENTATION
 REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH,  AS  IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE
 ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,
 THE  LOCATION  AND  TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
 PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS  RELEVANT.  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN
 AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE.  ADDI-
 TIONALLY,  IN  CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART-
 MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL  PROVIDE
 INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN  THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 13. Section 6955 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE

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 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE MIDWIFE PRACTICES AND OTHER  INFORMATION
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS
 RELEVANT.  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPART-
 MENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON
 A  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE.  ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH
 TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN  THE  DONATE
 LIFE  REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND  TISSUE  DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE
 ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 14. Section 7004 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   (10)  INFORMATION  AND  DOCUMENTATION:  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH AND AS A
 CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND
 THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  COLLECT,  SUCH  INFORMATION  AND   DOCUMENTATION
 REQUIRED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH  TO  EVALUATE
 ACCESS  TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 THE LOCATION AND TYPE  OF  SETTING  WHEREIN  THE  PODIATRIST  PRACTICES,
 WHETHER  THE PODIATRIST HAS BEEN ISSUED A PRIVILEGE TO PERFORM PODIATRIC
 STANDARD ANKLE SURGERY PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN THOUSAND NINE  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE,  AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS  RELEVANT.  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN
 AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE.  ADDI-
 TIONALLY,  IN  CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART-
 MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL  PROVIDE
 INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN  THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 15. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of  section  7104  of  the  education  law,
 subdivision  7  as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and subdivi-
 sion 8 as amended by chapter 517 of the laws of 1995, are amended and  a
 new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (8)  Fees:  pay  a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department
 for admission to a department conducted examination and for  an  initial
 license,  a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a
 fee of one hundred  thirty-five  dollars  for  an  initial  license  for
 persons  not  requiring admission to a department conducted examination,
 and a fee of two hundred ten dollars  for  each  triennial  registration
 period,  and  for  additional authorization for the purpose of utilizing
 diagnostic pharmaceutical agents, a fee of sixty dollars[.]; AND
   (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE OPTOMETRIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMA-
 TION  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
 DEEMS RELEVANT.   THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED

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 FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE.    ADDITIONALLY,  IN  CONJUNCTION
 WITH  EACH  TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN
 THE  DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 16. Paragraphs 7 and 8 of subdivision  a  of  section  7124  of  the
 education law, paragraph 7 as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 1973
 and  paragraph  8  as  amended  by  chapter  62 of the laws of 1989, are
 amended and a new paragraph 9 is added to read as follows:
   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to  the  department
 for  admission  to a department conducted examination and for an initial
 license, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination,  a  fee  of
 fifty dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission
 to  a  department  conducted examination, and a fee of fifty dollars for
 each triennial registration period[.]; AND
   (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  LOCATION
 AND  TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE OPHTHALMIC DISPENSER PRACTICES, WHETHER
 THE OPHTHALMIC DISPENSER IS PERMITTED TO FIT CONTACT LENSES,  AND  OTHER
 INFORMATION  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE.   ADDITIONALLY, IN  CONJUNC-
 TION  WITH  EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON  REGISTERING
 IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  17.  Subdivisions  7  and  8  of section 7603 of the education law,
 subdivision 7 as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971  and  subdivi-
 sion  8  as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a
 new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy dollars to  the  department
 for  admission  to a department conducted examination and for an initial
 license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination, a  fee  of
 one  hundred  fifteen  dollars  for  an  initial license for persons not
 requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee  of
 one   hundred   fifty-five   dollars  for  each  triennial  registration
 period[.]; AND
   (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE
 OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO  ENABLE  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH  AND  THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED
 SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION  AND
 TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PSYCHOLOGIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE
 OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  IN

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 CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL
 MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A  PUBLICLY
 ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE.    ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL
 REGISTRATION,  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON  REGISTERING  IN  THE  DONATE  LIFE
 REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS
 FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 18. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 1 of section 7704  of  the
 education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 420 of the laws of 2002
 and paragraph (g) as amended by section 2 of part J of chapter 57 of the
 laws  of  2005,  are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as
 follows:
   (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (g) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to  the  department
 for  an initial license, and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for
 each triennial registration  period.  An  additional  surcharge  in  the
 amount  of  five  dollars shall be paid with each triennial registration
 fee and shall be used for the marketing and evaluation  of  the  regents
 licensed  social  worker loan forgiveness program established by section
 six hundred five of this chapter[.]; AND
   (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE
 OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE
 SERVICES  AND  ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE, AS IS NECESSARY TO
 ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE
 OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS
 APPROPRIATE TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUD-
 ING, BUT NOT LIMITED, TO THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF  SETTING  WHEREIN  THE
 LICENSED  MASTER  SOCIAL  WORKER  PRACTICES  AND  OTHER  INFORMATION THE
 DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF
 MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND
 ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT,  THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL
 HEALTH,  THE  OFFICE  OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND ANY
 OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE, SHALL MAKE  SUCH  DATA  AVAILABLE  IN
 AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTIFIED  FORM  ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI-
 TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION,  THE  DEPART-
 MENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE
 INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE  REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  19.  Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 2 of section 7704 of the
 education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 420 of the laws of 2002
 and paragraph (g) as amended by chapter 230 of the  laws  of  2004,  are
 amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:
   (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (g)  Fees:  pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department
 for an initial license and a fee of one hundred fifty-five  dollars  for
 each triennial registration period[.]; AND
   (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  THE

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 OFFICE  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 SERVICES AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE, AS IS  NECESSARY  TO
 ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE
 OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS
 APPROPRIATE TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUD-
 ING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE
 LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER  PRACTICES  AND  OTHER  INFORMATION  THE
 DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF
 MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND
 ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT,  THE  OFFICE OF MENTAL
 HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE  SERVICES  AND  ANY
 OTHER  STATE  AGENCY  AS  APPROPRIATE, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN
 AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE.  ADDI-
 TIONALLY,  IN  CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART-
 MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL  PROVIDE
 INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN  THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 20. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 7804 of the  education  law,  as
 amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 1997, are amended and a new subdi-
 vision 8 is added to read as follows:
   (6) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (7)  Fees:  pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department
 for admission to a department conducted examination and for  an  initial
 license,  a  fee  of forty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of
 fifty dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission
 to a department conducted examination, and a fee of  fifty  dollars  for
 each triennial registration period[.]; AND
   (8) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY  TO  EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUD-
 ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF  SETTING  WHEREIN  THE
 MASSAGE  THERAPIST  PRACTICES  AND  OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE  DEPART-
 MENT  OF  HEALTH,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH
 DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
 WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL  REGISTRATION,
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL
 PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN
 AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 21. Section 7904 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   (9) IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRA-
 TION,  THE  OCCUPATIONAL  THERAPIST SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND
 THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  COLLECT,  SUCH  INFORMATION  AND   DOCUMENTATION
 REQUIRED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH  TO  EVALUATE
 ACCESS  TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF  SETTING  WHEREIN  THE  OCCUPATIONAL  THERAPIST
 PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  DEEMS  RELEVANT.  THE  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL  MAKE  SUCH  DATA  AVAILABLE  IN
 AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTIFIED  FORM  ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI-

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 TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION,  THE  DEPART-
 MENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE
 INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE  REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 22. Subdivisions (f) and (g) of section 7904-a of the education law,
 as  added  by  chapter  470  of  the laws of 2015, are amended and a new
 subdivision (h) is added to read as follows:
   (f) pay a fee for an initial license and  a  fee  for  each  triennial
 registration  period  that  shall  be  one-half  of  the fee for initial
 license and for each triennial registration period established for occu-
 pational therapists; [and]
   (g) except as otherwise provided by subdivision two of section  seven-
 ty-nine hundred seven of this article, pass an examination acceptable to
 the department[.]; AND
   (H) IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRA-
 TION,  PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH
 INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTA-
 TION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE  ACCESS  TO  NEEDED  SERVICES  IN  THIS
 STATE,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING
 WHEREIN THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT PRACTICES AND OTHER  INFORMA-
 TION  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
 DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED
 FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH
 EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE
 DONATE LIFE REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND  TISSUE  DONATION,  INCLUDING  THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  23. Subdivision 5 of section 8004 of the education law, as added by
 chapter 635 of the laws of 1991, is amended and a new subdivision  6  is
 added to read as follows:
   5. Be at least eighteen years of age[.]; AND
   6.  IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRA-
 TION, THE CERTIFIED DIETITIAN OR CERTIFIED NUTRITIONIST SHALL PROVIDE TO
 THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH  INFORMATION  AND
 DOCUMENTATION  REQUIRED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  THE  LOCATION  AND  TYPE  OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CERTIFIED
 DIETITIAN OR CERTIFIED NUTRITIONIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELE-
 VANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT,
 SHALL  MAKE  SUCH  DATA  AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A
 PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE.  ADDITIONALLY,  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  EACH
 TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT  OF  HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE
 LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN  AND  TISSUE  DONATION,  INCLUDING  THE  WEBSITE
 ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  24.  Subdivisions  6  and  7  of section 8206 of the education law,
 subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 43 of the laws of 1983 and  subdivi-
 sion  7  as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a
 new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
   (6) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]

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   (7) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred forty dollars to the department for
 admission to a department  conducted  examination  and  for  an  initial
 license,  a  fee of seventy dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one
 hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring
 admission  to  a  department  conducted  examination,  and  a fee of one
 hundred fifty-five dollars for each  triennial  registration  period[.];
 AND
   (8) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST OR  AUDIOLO-
 GIST  PRACTICES  AND  OTHER  INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA  AVAILABLE  IN
 AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTIFIED  FORM  ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI-
 TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION,  THE  DEPART-
 MENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE
 INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE  REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  25. Subdivision 8 of section 8214 of the education law, as added by
 chapter 772 of the laws of 1990, is amended and a new subdivision  9  is
 added to read as follows:
   (8)  Registration:  if a license is granted, register triennially with
 the department, including present home and  business  address  and  such
 other pertinent information as the department requires[.]; AND
   (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE ACUPUNCTURIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFOR-
 MATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,
 DEEMS  RELEVANT.  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN  AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTIFIED
 FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH
 EACH  TRIENNIAL  REGISTRATION,  THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON  REGISTERING  IN  THE
 DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND  TISSUE  DONATION, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 26. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 8355 of the  education  law,  as
 added by section 798 of the laws of 1992, are amended and a new subdivi-
 sion 7 is added to read as follows:
   5. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age; [and]
   6. Fees:  pay  a fee for an initial certificate of one hundred dollars
 to the department; and a fee of fifty dollars for each triennial  regis-
 tration period[.]; AND
   7.  INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN  THIS STATE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION

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 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER PRACTICES AND
 OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE.   ADDITIONALLY, IN  CONJUNC-
 TION  WITH  EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON  REGISTERING
 IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  27.  Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 3 of section 8402 of the
 education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 676 of the laws of 2002
 and paragraph (g) as amended by chapter 210 of the  laws  of  2004,  are
 amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:
   (f) Character: Be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (g) Fees: Pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
 license  and  a  fee  of  one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial
 registration period[.]; AND
   (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL
 HEALTH  TO  EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  LOCATION  AND  TYPE  OF  SETTING  WHEREIN  THE
 LICENSED  MENTAL  HEALTH  COUNSELOR  PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE
 DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE
 OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTA-
 TION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF  MENTAL  HEALTH,  SHALL  MAKE
 SUCH  DATA  AVAILABLE  IN  AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTIFIED  FORM ON A PUBLICLY
 ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE.  ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION  WITH  EACH  TRIENNIAL
 REGISTRATION,  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON  REGISTERING  IN  THE  DONATE  LIFE
 REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS
 FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 28. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 3 of section 8403  of  the
 education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 676 of the laws of 2002
 and  paragraph  (g)  as  amended by chapter 210 of the laws of 2004, are
 amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:
   (f) Character: Be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (g) Fees: Pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
 license and a fee of one hundred  seventy  dollars  for  each  triennial
 registration period[.]; AND
   (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH  AND  THE
 OFFICE  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH,  AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH  TO  EVALUATE  ACCESS  TO  NEEDED
 SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND
 TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST PRAC-
 TICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT.
 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  DEPARTMENT  AND  THE
 OFFICE  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE,

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 DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE.  ADDITIONALLY,  IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSUL-
 TATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON
 REGISTERING  IN  THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION,
 INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 29. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 3 of section 8404  of  the
 education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 676 of the laws of 2002
 and  paragraph  (g)  as  amended by chapter 210 of the laws of 2004, are
 amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:
   (f) Character: Be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (g) Fees: Pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
 license and a fee of one hundred  seventy  dollars  for  each  triennial
 registration period[.]; AND
   (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH  AND  THE
 OFFICE  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH,  AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF METAL  HEALTH  TO  EVALUATE  ACCESS  TO  NEEDED
 SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND
 TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST PRACTICES AND  OTHER
 INFORMATION  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT.  THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL
 HEALTH, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED  FORM
 ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH
 TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT  OF  HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE
 LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN  AND  TISSUE  DONATION,  INCLUDING  THE  WEBSITE
 ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  30.  Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 3 of section 8405 of the
 education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 676 of the laws of 2002
 and paragraph (g) as amended by chapter 210 of the  laws  of  2004,  are
 amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:
   (f) Character: Be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (g) Fees: Pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
 license  and  a  fee  of  one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial
 registration period[.]; AND
   (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE
 OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO  ENABLE  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH  AND  THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED
 SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION  AND
 TYPE  OF  SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED PSYCHOANALYST PRACTICES AND OTHER
 INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH  AND  THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT
 OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF  MENTAL
 HEALTH,  SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM
 ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH
 TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN  THE  DONATE

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 LIFE  REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND  TISSUE  DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE
 ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  31.  Subdivisions  6 and 7 of section 8504 of the education law, as
 added by chapter 817 of the laws of 1992, are amended and a new subdivi-
 sion 8 is added to read as follows:
   6. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the  depart-
 ment; [and]
   7.  Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the depart-
 ment for admission to a department  conducted  examination  and  for  an
 initial license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each re-examination; a
 fee  of  one  hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons
 not requiring admission to a department conducted examination and a  fee
 of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period
 commencing  on  and  after June first, nineteen hundred ninety-three[.];
 AND
   8. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A  CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN  THE  RESPIRATORY  THERAPIST  PRACTICES  AND
 OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH,  DEEMS  RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH  EACH  TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN
 THE  DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 32. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 8510 of the  education  law,  as
 added by chapter 817 of the laws of 1992, are amended and a new subdivi-
 sion 8 is added to read as follows:
   6.  Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   7. Fees: pay a fee of ninety dollars to the department  for  admission
 to  a department conducted examination and for an initial license; a fee
 of sixty dollars for each re-examination; a fee of fifty dollars for  an
 initial  license  for  persons  not  requiring admission to a department
 conducted examination and a fee of ninety  dollars  for  each  triennial
 registration period commencing on and after June first, nineteen hundred
 ninety-three[.]; AND
   8.  INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE RESPIRATORY THERAPY TECHNICIAN PRACTICES
 AND  OTHER  INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,  IN  CONSULTA-
 TION  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE,
 DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE.  ADDITIONALLY,  IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSUL-
 TATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON

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 REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND  TISSUE  DONATION,
 INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  33.  Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 1 of section 8605 of the
 education law, as added by chapter 755 of the laws of 2004, are  amended
 and a new paragraph (g) is added to read as follows:
   (e) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (f) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
 license  and  a  fee  of  one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial
 registration period[.]; AND
   (G) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  LOCATION
 AND  TYPE  OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST PRAC-
 TICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  DEEMS  RELEVANT.  THE  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL  MAKE  SUCH  DATA  AVAILABLE  IN
 AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTIFIED  FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE.  ADDI-
 TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION,  THE  DEPART-
 MENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE
 INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE  REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  34.  Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of section 8605 of the
 education law, as added by chapter 755 of the laws of 2004, are  amended
 and a new paragraph (g) is added to read as follows:
   (e) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   (f) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
 license  and  a  fee  of  one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial
 registration period[.]; AND
   (G) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  LOCATION
 AND  TYPE  OF  SETTING  WHEREIN THE CYTOTECHNOLOGIST PRACTICES AND OTHER
 INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH,  DEEMS  RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH  EACH  TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN
 THE  DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 35. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 8606 of the  education  law,  as
 added by chapter 755 of the laws of 2004, are amended and a new subdivi-
 sion 7 is added to read as follows:
   5.  Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   6. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars for  an  initial
 certification and a fee of one hundred twenty dollars for each triennial
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   7.  INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN PRACTICES
 AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPART-
 MENT  OF  HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTA-
 TION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE  IN  AGGREGATE,
 DE-IDENTIFIED  FORM  ON  A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSUL-
 TATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL  PROVIDE  INFORMATION  ON
 REGISTERING  IN  THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION,
 INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 36. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 8606-a of the education law,  as
 added by chapter 204 of the laws of 2008, are amended and a new subdivi-
 sion 7 is added to read as follows:
   5.  Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment; [and]
   6. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars for  an  initial
 certification and a fee of one hundred twenty dollars for each triennial
 registration period[.]; AND
   7.  INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  LOCATION
 AND  TYPE  OF  SETTING WHEREIN THE HISTOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN PRACTICES AND
 OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN
 THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE  DONATION,  INCLUDING  THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  37. Subdivision 6 of section 8705 of the education law, as added by
 chapter 495 of the laws of 2001, is amended and a new subdivision  7  is
 added to read as follows:
   6.  Fee:  pay  a  fee  of  three hundred dollars to the department for
 admission to a department conducted examination for licensure, a fee  of
 one  hundred  fifty dollars for licensure with special competency in the
 first specialty and twenty-five dollars for each  additional  specialty,
 and  a fee of three hundred dollars for each biennial registration peri-
 od[.]; AND
   7. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A  CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL PHYSICIST PRACTICES
 AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPART-
 MENT  OF  HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTA-

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 TION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE  IN  AGGREGATE,
 DE-IDENTIFIED  FORM  ON  A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSUL-
 TATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON
 REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND  TISSUE  DONATION,
 INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  38.  Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 1 of section 8804 of the
 education law, as added by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, are  amended
 and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:
   (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment and submit an attestation of moral character; [and]
   (g) Fee: pay a fee of one hundred fifty dollars for an initial license
 and  a fee of seventy-five dollars for each triennial registration peri-
 od[.]; AND
   (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  LOCATION
 AND  TYPE  OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CERTIFIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYST ASSISTANT
 PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS  RELEVANT.  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN
 AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE.  ADDI-
 TIONALLY,  IN  CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART-
 MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL  PROVIDE
 INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN  THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 39. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 2 of section 8804  of  the
 education  law, as added by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, are amended
 and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:
   (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
 ment and submit an attestation of moral character; [and]
   (g) Fee: pay a fee of two hundred dollars for an initial license and a
 fee of one hundred dollars for each  triennial  registration  period[.];
 AND
   (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED BEHAVIOR ANALYST PRACTICES  AND
 OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH,  DEEMS  RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTI-
 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH  EACH  TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN
 THE  DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   § 40. Section 8852 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT AND  A

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 PATHOLOGIST  ASSISTANT  SHALL PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION
 REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH,  AS  IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE
 ACCESS  TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING  WHEREIN  THE  PATHOLOGISTS'  ASSISTANT
 PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  DEEMS  RELEVANT.  THE  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL  MAKE  SUCH  DATA  AVAILABLE  IN
 AGGREGATE,  DE-IDENTIFIED  FORM  ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI-
 TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION,  THE  DEPART-
 MENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE
 INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE  REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN  AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   §  41.  This  act  shall  take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
 after it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART DD
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that the  State
 University  of  New  York  at Albany ("University") is in the process of
 developing 12 neighboring acres on the W. Averell Harriman State  Office
 Building Campus to build the 245,000-square-foot Emerging Technology and
 Entrepreneurship  Complex  ("ETEC").  This ETEC development is part of a
 long-term development strategy of the University as part of  the  NYSUNY
 2020  Challenge Grant Program.  ETEC will house the University's College
 of Emergency Preparedness,  Homeland  Security  and  Cybersecurity,  the
 Department  of  Atmospheric  and Environmental Sciences, the Atmospheric
 Sciences Research Center and other University academic  departments,  as
 well  as the New York State Mesonet weather-detection system. As part of
 this effort, the University wishes to lease a portion of the space with-
 in ETEC to non-New York State entities, including businesses, to  enable
 collaboration,  research  commercialization, and real world experiential
 learning opportunities for students.
   The legislature further finds that granting the trustees of the  State
 University  of  New  York the authority and power to lease and otherwise
 contract a portion of the ETEC will  promote  the  mission  of  the  new
 facility  to  help  the state be better prepared for emerging threats of
 extreme weather and terrorism.
   § 2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the state  univer-
 sity trustees are authorized and empowered to delegate to the University
 the  authorization  and  empowerment  to  lease or otherwise contract to
 tenants with interests that are  in  alignment  with  the  academic  and
 research  mission  of the University. The University under this authori-
 zation shall be permitted to lease or otherwise contract  up  to  15,000
 square feet of space and facilities at ETEC, without any public bidding.
 Any  lease  or  contract  of  such  space  and facilities at ETEC may be
 subject to applicable approvals of the office of  the  attorney  general
 and  office  of the state comptroller for revenue contracts. Such leases
 or contracts shall be for periods not to exceed 50 years  and  shall  be
 conditioned  upon any terms and conditions determined to be necessary by
 the state university trustees.
   § 3. Any leases entered into by the University pursuant to section two
 of this act shall be considered revenue contracts of the University  and
 subject to review and approval by the office of the attorney general and
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 time of execution of said leases. All proceeds from said leases to shall
 be deposited into accounts of the University.
   §  4.  Insofar as the provisions of this act are inconsistent with the
 provisions of any law, general, special or local, the provisions of this
 act shall be controlling.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART EE
 
   Section 1. Section 802 of the general business law, as added by  chap-
 ter 599 of the laws of 1998, subdivision 1 as designated and subdivision
 2  as  added  by  chapter 301 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 802. Special provisions; not-for-profit sales.  1.  [No]  EXCEPT  AS
 PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE OF THIS SECTION, NO otolaryngologist or
 other licensed physician who has conducted a medical evaluation of hear-
 ing loss shall engage in the business of dispensing hearing aids  for  a
 profit.   No  otolaryngologist  or  other  licensed  physician  who  has
 dispensed a hearing aid shall refuse  or  fail  to  perform  repairs  or
 service on any hearing aid that they have dispensed.
   2.  Every  licensed physician who engages in the dispensing of hearing
 aids in compliance with the provisions of this section shall be required
 to comply with sections seven hundred ninety-one, seven hundred  ninety-
 eight and eight hundred three of this article, in addition to compliance
 with this section.
   3.  AN AUDIOLOGIST OR HEARING AID DISPENSER LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE
 HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW EMPLOYED BY AN  OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
 WHO  HAS  CONDUCTED  A  MEDICAL  EVALUATION OF HEARING LOSS MAY DISPENSE
 HEARING AIDS FOR PROFIT  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  OTOLARYNGOLOGIST  WHO  HAS
 CONDUCTED A MEDICAL EVALUATION OF HEARING LOSS PROVIDES TO THE PATIENT A
 LIST CONTAINING THE NAME AND OFFICE LOCATION OF FIVE HEARING AID DISPEN-
 SERS  WITH  A  PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED WITHIN THE SAME COUNTY IN WHICH
 THE  OTOLARYNGOLOGIST'S  OFFICE  IS  LOCATED  AND  A  WRITTEN  STATEMENT
 DISCLOSING THAT THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST'S OFFICE WILL RECEIVE A PROFIT FROM
 THE  SALE OF ANY HEARING AID DEVICE. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE EXIST FEWER
 THAN FIVE HEARING AID DISPENSERS WITHIN THE SAME  COUNTY  IN  WHICH  THE
 OTOLARYNGOLOGIST  IS  LOCATED, THEN THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST MUST PROVIDE TO
 THE PATIENT A LIST CONTAINING THE NAME AND OFFICE LOCATION OF THE  HEAR-
 ING  AID  DISPENSERS WITH A PLACE OF BUSINESS WITHIN THE COUNTY IN WHICH
 THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST'S OFFICE IS LOCATED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART FF
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 220 of the labor law,  as  amended
 by chapter 678 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  [Each]  EVERY  contract  [to  which  the state or a public benefit
 corporation or a municipal corporation or a commission appointed  pursu-
 ant  to law is a party, and any contract for public work entered into by
 a third party acting in place of, on behalf of and for  the  benefit  of
 such  public  entity  pursuant  to  any lease, permit or other agreement
 between such third party and the public entity, and  which  may  involve
 the  employment of laborers, workers or mechanics] FOR PUBLIC WORK shall
 contain a stipulation that no laborer, worker or mechanic in the  employ
 of the contractor, subcontractor or other person doing or contracting to
 do the whole or a part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be

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 permitted  or required to work more than eight hours in any one calendar
 day or more than five days in any one week except in cases  of  extraor-
 dinary emergency including fire, flood or danger to life or property. No
 such  person  shall  be  so employed more than eight hours in any day or
 more than five days in any one week except in such  emergency.  Extraor-
 dinary  emergency  within the meaning of this section shall be deemed to
 include situations in which sufficient laborers, workers  and  mechanics
 cannot  be employed to carry on public work expeditiously as a result of
 such restrictions upon the number of hours and days  of  labor  and  the
 immediate  commencement or prosecution or completion without undue delay
 of the public work is necessary in the judgment of the commissioner  for
 the preservation of the contract site and for the protection of the life
 and  limb  of  the  persons  using the same. Upon the application of any
 person interested, the commissioner shall make  a  determination  as  to
 whether  or  not  on any public project or on all public projects in any
 area of this state, sufficient laborers, workers and mechanics of any or
 all classifications can be employed to carry on  work  expeditiously  if
 their labor is restricted to eight hours per day and five days per week,
 and  in  the  event  that the commissioner determines that there are not
 sufficient workers, laborers and mechanics of any or all classifications
 which may be employed to carry on such work expeditiously if their labor
 is restricted to eight hours per day and five days  per  week,  and  the
 immediate  commencement or prosecution or completion without undue delay
 of the public work is necessary in the judgment of the commissioner  for
 the preservation of the contract site and for the protection of the life
 and  limb  of the persons using the same, the commissioner shall grant a
 dispensation permitting all laborers,  workers  and  mechanics,  or  any
 classification  of  such  laborers,  workers and mechanics, to work such
 additional hours or days per week on such  public  project  or  in  such
 areas  the commissioner shall determine. Whenever such a dispensation is
 granted, all work in excess of eight hours per day  and  five  days  per
 week  shall  be  considered overtime work, and the laborers, workers and
 mechanics performing such work shall be paid a premium wage commensurate
 with the premium wages prevailing in the  area  in  which  the  work  is
 performed.  No  such dispensation shall be effective with respect to any
 public work unless and until the department of jurisdiction, as  defined
 in  this section, certifies to the commissioner that such public work is
 of an important nature and that a delay in  carrying  it  to  completion
 would  result  in  serious  disadvantage to the public. Time lost in any
 week  because  of  inclement  weather  by  employees  engaged   in   the
 construction,  reconstruction and maintenance of highways outside of the
 limits of cities and villages may be made up during that week and/or the
 succeeding three weeks.
   § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 220 of  the  labor  law  is  amended  by
 adding four new paragraphs m, n, o and p to read as follows:
   M.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, "PUBLIC WORK" MEANS ANY OF THE
 FOLLOWING:
   (I) CONSTRUCTION PAID FOR IN WHOLE OR IN PART OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS;
   (II) CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED UNDER PRIVATE CONTRACT  WHEN  ALL  OF
 THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS EXIST:
   (A) THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS BETWEEN PRIVATE PARTIES;
   (B)  THE  PROPERTY  SUBJECT  TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS PRIVATELY
 OWNED, BUT UPON COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK, ANY PORTION OF  THE
 PROPERTY  IS LEASED OR WILL BE LEASED TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC ENTITY,
 AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS EXIST:

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   (1) THE PUBLIC ENTITY ENTERED INTO OR BARGAINED FOR THE  LEASE  AGREE-
 MENT PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT; OR
   (2)  THE CONSTRUCTION WORK IS PERFORMED ACCORDING TO PLANS, SPECIFICA-
 TIONS, OR CRITERIA FURNISHED BY THE PUBLIC ENTITY, AND THE LEASE  AGREE-
 MENT  BETWEEN  THE  LESSOR AND PUBLIC ENTITY, AS LESSEE, IS ENTERED INTO
 DURING, OR UPON COMPLETION OF, THE  CONSTRUCTION  WORK,  OR  WITHIN  SIX
 MONTHS FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK; OR
   (III) CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED ON PROPERTY OWNED BY A PUBLIC ENTITY
 IN WHOLE OR IN PART OR WILL BE OWNED OR MAINTAINED BY A PUBLIC ENTITY IN
 WHOLE OR IN PART UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.
   (IV)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, "PUBLIC WORK" SHALL NOT MEAN
 ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) CONSTRUCTION WORK ON ONE OR TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS WHERE THE PROPER-
 TY IS THE OWNER'S PRIMARY RESIDENCE OR CONSTRUCTION WORK DONE ON PROPER-
 TY WHERE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY  OWNS  NO  MORE  THAN  FOUR  DWELLING
 UNITS;
   (B)  CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED UNDER A CONTRACT WITH A NON-PROFIT AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW
 WHERE THE VALUE OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS PROVIDED TO THE NON-PROFIT  FOR  THE
 PROJECT IS LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE NON-PROFIT HAS
 GROSS ANNUAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT LESS THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS; OR
   (C)  CONSTRUCTION  WORK PERFORMED ON A MULTIPLE DWELLING WHERE NO LESS
 THAN SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS  ARE  AFFORDABLE  FOR
 HOUSEHOLDS  UP  TO SIXTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR
 FAMILY SIZE, AS CALCULATED BY THE UNITED STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  HOUSING
 AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT ANY CONSTRUCTION PERFORMED
 ON  NON-RESIDENTIAL SPACE IN CONNECTION WITH A MULTIPLE DWELLING PROJECT
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC WORK IF IT MEETS ANY OF THE CRITERIA IN  THIS
 PARAGRAPH.  FURTHER, ANY CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED ON A PROJECT ELIGI-
 BLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER SECTION FOUR HUNDRED  TWENTY-ONE-A  OF  THE  REAL
 PROPERTY TAX LAW SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC WORK FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   N. "PAID FOR IN WHOLE OR IN PART OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS" MEANS ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING:
   (I)  THE  PAYMENT  OF  MONEY OR THE EQUIVALENT OF MONEY, INCLUDING THE
 ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND GRANTS, BY THE STATE OR  A  PUBLIC  ENTITY,  OR  A
 THIRD  PARTY  ACTING  ON  BEHALF  OF AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STATE OR
 PUBLIC ENTITY, DIRECTLY TO OR ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC WORKS  CONTRACTOR,
 SUBCONTRACTOR, OR DEVELOPER.
   (II) PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK BY THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC ENTI-
 TY IN THE EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT.
   (III)  TRANSFER  BY  THE STATE OR A PUBLIC ENTITY OF AN ASSET OF VALUE
 FOR LESS THAN FAIR MARKET VALUE.
   (IV) FEES, COSTS, RENTS, INSURANCE OR BOND PREMIUMS,  LOANS,  INTEREST
 RATES,  TAXES,  OR  OTHER OBLIGATIONS THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE REQUIRED IN
 THE EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT, THAT ARE PAID, REDUCED,  CHARGED  AT  LESS
 THAN FAIR MARKET VALUE, WAIVED, OR FORGIVEN BY THE STATE OR PUBLIC ENTI-
 TY.
   (V) MONEY LOANED BY THE STATE OR PUBLIC ENTITY THAT IS TO BE REPAID ON
 A CONTINGENT BASIS.
   (VI)  CREDITS  THAT  ARE APPLIED BY THE STATE OR PUBLIC ENTITY AGAINST
 REPAYMENT OBLIGATIONS TO THE STATE OR PUBLIC ENTITY.
   O.  "PUBLIC ENTITY" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT  LIMITED  TO,  THE  STATE,  A
 LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION
 EIGHTEEN  HUNDRED  ONE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW OR SECTION FOURTEEN
 HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW,  MUNICIPAL  CORPO-

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 RATION  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED NINETEEN-N OF THE GENERAL
 MUNICIPAL LAW, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES FORMED PURSUANT TO  ARTI-
 CLE  EIGHTEEN-A  OF  THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
 AUTHORITIES  FORMED  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
 LAW, EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION ESTABLISHED UNDER ARTICLE FIFTY-SIX OF  THE
 EDUCATION  LAW,  COMMISSION APPOINTED PURSUANT TO LAW, AS WELL AS STATE,
 LOCAL AND INTERSTATE AND INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITIES AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 TWO OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW; AND SHALL INCLUDE ANY  TRUST  CREATED
 BY ANY SUCH ENTITIES.
   P.  (I)  "CONSTRUCTION"  INCLUDES,  BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION,
 RECONSTRUCTION, EXCAVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, INSTALLATION,  RENO-
 VATION, ALTERATION, AND CUSTOM FABRICATION. "CONSTRUCTION" ALSO INCLUDES
 WORK   PREFORMED   DURING  THE  DESIGN  AND  PRECONSTRUCTION  PHASES  OF
 CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INSPECTION AND LAND  SURVEY-
 ING  WORK  AND  WORK  PERFORMED  DURING  THE POST-CONSTRUCTION PHASES OF
 CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL  CLEANUP  WORK  AT  THE
 JOBSITE.   "CONSTRUCTION" ALSO INCLUDES THE DELIVERY TO AND HAULING FROM
 THE JOBSITE OF AGGREGATE SUPPLY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS,  SUCH  AS  SAND,
 GRAVEL, STONE, DIRT, FILL, AS WELL AS ANY NECESSARY RETURN HAULS, WHETH-
 ER EMPTY OR LOADED.
   (II)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, "CUSTOM FABRICATION" MEANS THE
 FABRICATION AND ALL DRAFTING RELATED TO THE FABRICATION OF  ALL  MASONRY
 PANELS,  WOODWORK,  CASES, CABINETS, OR COUNTERS, AND THE FABRICATION OF
 PLUMBING, HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATION, OR EXHAUST  DUCT  SYSTEMS,  AND
 MECHANICAL  INSULATION  SOLELY  AND SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED
 FOR INSTALLATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, OR RENOVATION OF A  BUILD-
 ING, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE CUSTOM FABRICATION IS PERFORMED. THE APPLI-
 CABLE  PREVAILING WAGE FOR ANY OFF-SITE CUSTOM FABRICATION WORK SHALL BE
 THE ON-SITE PREVAILING WAGE FOR THE PUBLIC WORK SITE.
   § 3. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 224-a to read as
 follows:
   § 224-A. STOP-WORK ORDERS.  WHERE A COMPLAINT IS RECEIVED PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  ARTICLE,  OR WHERE THE FISCAL OFFICER UPON HIS OR HER OWN INVESTI-
 GATION, FINDS CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT ANY PERSON, IN CONNECTION  WITH  THE
 PERFORMANCE OF ANY CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC WORK, HAS SUBSTANTIALLY AND MATE-
 RIALLY  FAILED  TO COMPLY WITH OR INTENTIONALLY EVADED THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMISSIONER MAY NOTIFY SUCH PERSON IN WRITING OF  HIS
 OR  HER  INTENTION  TO ISSUE A STOP-WORK ORDER. SUCH NOTICE SHALL (I) BE
 SERVED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH SECTION THREE HUNDRED  EIGHT  OF  THE
 CIVIL  PRACTICE  LAW  AND  RULES;  (II) NOTIFY SUCH PERSON OF HIS OR HER
 RIGHT TO A HEARING; AND (III) STATE THE FACTUAL  BASIS  UPON  WHICH  THE
 COMMISSIONER  HAS  BASED HIS OR HER DECISION TO ISSUE A STOP-WORK ORDER.
 ANY DOCUMENTS, REPORTS, OR INFORMATION THAT FORM A BASIS FOR SUCH  DECI-
 SION  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED TO SUCH PERSON WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME BEFORE
 THE HEARING. SUCH HEARING SHALL BE EXPEDITIOUSLY CONDUCTED.
   FOLLOWING THE HEARING, IF THE COMMISSIONER ISSUES A  STOP-WORK  ORDER,
 IT  SHALL  BE SERVED BY REGULAR MAIL, AND A SECOND COPY MAY BE SERVED BY
 TELEFACSIMILE OR BY ELECTRONIC MAIL, WITH SERVICE EFFECTIVE UPON RECEIPT
 OF ANY OF SUCH ORDER. SUCH STOP-WORK ORDER SHALL  ALSO  BE  SERVED  WITH
 REGARD  TO  A  WORKSITE BY POSTING A COPY OF SUCH ORDER IN A CONSPICUOUS
 LOCATION AT THE WORKSITE. THE ORDER SHALL REMAIN  IN  EFFECT  UNTIL  THE
 COMMISSIONER  DIRECTS  THAT THE STOP-WORK ORDER BE REMOVED, UPON A FINAL
 DETERMINATION ON THE COMPLAINT OR WHERE SUCH FAILURE TO COMPLY OR  EVADE
 HAS  BEEN  DEEMED  CORRECTED.  IF  THE PERSON AGAINST WHOM SUCH ORDER IS
 ISSUED SHALL WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE OF  THE  STOP-WORK  ORDER
 MAKES  AN  APPLICATION IN AFFIDAVIT FORM FOR A REDETERMINATION REVIEW OF

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 SUCH ORDER THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE A  DECISION  IN  WRITING  ON  THE
 ISSUES  RAISED IN SUCH APPLICATION. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DIRECT A CONDI-
 TIONAL RELEASE FROM A STOP-WORK ORDER UPON A FINDING  THAT  SUCH  PERSON
 HAS  TAKEN MEANINGFUL AND GOOD FAITH STEPS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART GG

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1735  of  the  public  authorities
 law, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph b of subdivision one of
 section  seventeen  hundred  thirty-four  of  this  title,  the award of
 construction contracts by the authority  between  July  first,  nineteen
 hundred  eighty-nine and June thirtieth, two thousand [nineteen] TWENTY-
 FOUR, shall not be subject to the provisions of section one hundred  one
 of the general municipal law.
   §  2.  Section  19  of  chapter  738 of the laws of 1988, amending the
 administrative code of the city of New York, the public authorities  law
 and  other  laws  relating  to  establishing  the  New  York city school
 construction authority, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2014, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 19. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however,  that
 the provisions of subdivision 6 of section 209 of the civil service law,
 as  added  by  section  four  of  this  act,  shall expire and be deemed
 repealed on and after June 30,  1995,  and  further  provided  that  the
 provisions  of  section  1735 of the public authorities law, as added by
 section fourteen of this act, shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  on
 June 30, [2019] 2024.
   §  3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
 ments made to subdivision 1 of section 1735 of  the  public  authorities
 law  by  section  one  of  this  act shall not affect the repeal of such
 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART HH

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "New York state YouthBuild act".
   § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature seeks to support economically
 disadvantaged youth, especially youth who have not finished high school,
 to obtain the education, work experience skills training, personal coun-
 seling,  leadership  development  skills training, job placement assist-
 ance, and long-term follow-up services necessary  for  them  to  achieve
 permanent  economic  self-sufficiency,  while at the same time providing
 valuable community service that addresses urgent community needs includ-
 ing the demand for affordable housing and the need for young role models
 and mentors for younger teenagers and children.
   The legislature further intends to foster the development  of  leader-
 ship skills and a commitment to community development among youth and to
 ensure  maximum  educational achievement of program participants through
 high school diploma or  the  equivalent  attainment  and  transition  to
 institutions of higher education, where appropriate.
   The legislature further intends to provide communities the opportunity
 to establish or rebuild neighborhood stability in economically depressed
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 preservation, while providing economically disadvantaged youth and youth
 who  have  not  finished  high  school  an  opportunity for a meaningful
 participation in society.
   The  legislature  further  intends  to allow communities to expand the
 supply of affordable housing for homeless and other low-income  individ-
 uals by utilizing the energies and talents of economically disadvantaged
 youth and young people who have not graduated from high school.
   The  legislature  also intends to foster the development of leadership
 skills and a commitment to community development among youth.
   § 3. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 42-a to read  as
 follows:
   § 42-A. YOUTHBUILD; PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS SERVICES.  1. THE COMMISSION-
 ER IS AUTHORIZED, SUBJECT TO AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE BY APPROPRIATION, TO
 MAKE  GRANTS  TO  ELIGIBLE  APPLICANTS  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT
 YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS AS APPROVED UNDER THIS SECTION. ALL PROGRAMS  FUNDED
 PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION SHALL USE FUNDS AVAILABLE
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:
   A. THE TRAINING COSTS FOR THE REHABILITATION OR CONSTRUCTION OF  HOUS-
 ING  AND  RELATED  FACILITIES  TO  BE  USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING
 HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR DISADVANTAGED PERSONS, RESIDENTIAL HOUSING  FOR  HOME-
 LESS  INDIVIDUALS, AND LOW-INCOME AND VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, OR TRAN-
 SITIONAL HOUSING FOR PERSONS WHO ARE HOMELESS,  HAVE  DISABILITIES,  ARE
 ILL,  ARE  DEINSTITUTIONALIZED,  OR HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, OR THE REHABILI-
 TATION OR CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES OWNED  BY  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 PUBLIC AGENCIES.
   B. THE COST OF PROVIDING TRAINING AND PLACEMENT IN THE GROWING EMPLOY-
 MENT SECTORS OF HEALTHCARE AND TECHNOLOGY.
   C.  THE COST OF INTEGRATED EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE SKILLS TRAIN-
 ING SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE EVENLY DIVIDED WITHIN THE  PROGRAM
 SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS:
   (1)  AN  EDUCATION COMPONENT WHICH INCLUDES: BASIC SKILLS INSTRUCTION,
 SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICES, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO  LEAD  TO
 THE  ATTAINMENT  OF A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR ITS EQUIVALENT. THE CURRIC-
 ULUM FOR THIS COMPONENT SHALL INCLUDE MATH,  LANGUAGE  ARTS,  VOCATIONAL
 EDUCATION,  LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, SOCIAL STUDIES RELATED TO THE CULTURAL
 AND COMMUNITY HISTORY OF THE  STUDENTS,  LEADERSHIP  SKILLS,  AND  OTHER
 TOPICS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PROGRAMS; AND
   (2) A WORK EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS TRAINING COMPONENT PRE-APPRENTICESHIP
 PROGRAM   THAT   INCLUDES  CONSTRUCTION  AND  REHABILITATION  ACTIVITIES
 DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  A  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.   THE   PROCESS   OF
 CONSTRUCTION  MUST  BE  COUPLED WITH WORK EXPERIENCE SKILLS TRAINING AND
 WITH CLOSE ON-SITE SUPERVISION BY EXPERIENCED TRAINERS.  THE  CURRICULUM
 FOR THIS COMPONENT SHALL CONTAIN A SET OF LOCALLY AGREED UPON SKILLS AND
 COMPETENCIES  THAT  ARE  SYSTEMATICALLY  TAUGHT,  WITH STUDENTS' MASTERY
 ASSESSED INDIVIDUALLY ON A REGULAR, ONGOING BASIS.  THE WORK  EXPERIENCE
 AND SKILLS TRAINING COMPONENT SHALL BE COORDINATED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
 FEASIBLE  WITH  PREAPPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAMS, AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
 AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   D. THE COST OF COUNSELING SERVICES DESIGNED TO ASSIST PARTICIPANTS  TO
 POSITIVELY  PARTICIPATE  IN  SOCIETY,  WHICH  SHOULD  INCLUDE ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING IF NECESSARY: OUTREACH, ASSESSMENT, AND ORIENTATION;  INDIVID-
 UAL  AND  PEER  COUNSELING; LIFE SKILLS TRAINING; DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE
 EDUCATION AND PREVENTION; AND REFERRAL  TO  APPROPRIATE  DRUG  REHABILI-
 TATION,  MEDICAL,  MENTAL HEALTH, LEGAL, HOUSING, AND OTHER SERVICES AND
 RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY.

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   2. A TRAINING SUBSIDY, LIVING ALLOWANCE, OR STIPEND THAT SHALL  BE  NO
 LESS  THAN MINIMUM WAGE MUST BE PROVIDED TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOR THE
 TIME SPENT AT THE WORKSITE IN  CONSTRUCTION  TRAINING,  HEALTH  CARE  OR
 INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  SERVICES. STIPENDS AND WAGES MAY BE DISTRIBUTED
 IN A MANNER THAT OFFERS INCENTIVES FOR GOOD PERFORMANCE.
   A.  FULL  TIME  PARTICIPATION IN A YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM SHALL BE OFFERED
 FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND NOT MORE  THAN  TWENTY-FOUR
 MONTHS.
   B.  A  CONCENTRATED  EFFORT,  FOR THOSE PARTICIPANTS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO
 IMMEDIATELY ENROLL IN AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SHALL BE  MADE
 TO  FIND CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION-RELATED, AND NONCONSTRUCTION JOBS AS
 WELL AS JOBS IN THE FIELDS OF HEALTHCARE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR  ALL  GRADU-
 ATES  OF THE PROGRAM WHO HAVE PERFORMED WELL. THE WORK EXPERIENCE SKILLS
 TRAINING CURRICULUM SHALL PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS  WITH  BASIC  PREPARATION
 FOR  SEEKING  AND MAINTAINING A JOB. FOLLOW-UP COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE
 IN JOB-SEEKING SHALL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO  PARTICIPANTS  FOR  THE  TWELVE
 MONTHS FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM THE PROGRAM.
   C.  ALL PROGRAMS SERVING TWENTY-EIGHT TRAINEES OR MORE ARE REQUIRED TO
 HAVE A FULL-TIME  DIRECTOR  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE  COORDINATION  OF  ALL
 ASPECTS OF THE YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM.
   3.  A. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS ARE YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIXTEEN AND
 TWENTY-FOUR WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AS DEFINED IN  29  UNITED
 STATES CODE 1503, AND WHO ARE PART OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS:
   (1)  PERSONS  WHO ARE NOT ATTENDING ANY SCHOOL AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A
 SECONDARY SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR ITS EQUIVALENT; OR
   (2) PERSONS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A TRADITIONAL OR ALTERNATIVE  SCHOOL
 SETTING  OR A HSE/TASC (HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY/TEST ASSESSING SECONDARY
 COMPLETION) PROGRAM AND WHO ARE IN DANGER OF DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL; OR
   (3) VERY LOW-INCOME PERSONS WHOSE INCOMES ARE AT OR  LESS  THAN  FIFTY
 PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA  MEDIAN INCOME AREA, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AS
 ESTIMATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
   B. AN EXCEPTION MAY BE MADE FOR  INDIVIDUALS  NOT  MEETING  INCOME  OR
 EDUCATIONAL  NEED REQUIREMENTS. NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE
 PARTICIPANTS IN SUCH PROGRAM MAY BE INDIVIDUALS  WHO  DO  NOT  MEET  THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, BUT WHO HAVE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS DESPITE
 THE ATTAINMENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
   4. PRIORITY IN THE AWARDING OF FUNDS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE GIVEN
 TO  APPLICANTS  WITH  EXPERIENCE  IN  OPERATING  YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS AND
 IMPLEMENTING THE YOUTHBUILD MODEL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HOUSING
 CONSTRUCTION SKILLS TRAINING, EDUCATION,  LEADERSHIP  DEVELOPMENT,  LIFE
 SKILLS  TRAINING,  AND COUNSELING SERVICES. PRIORITY SHALL ALSO BE GIVEN
 TO THOSE WHO MEET THE PROGRAM STANDARDS OF YOUTHBUILD USA, INC.
   5. ANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE AGENCIES, OR PUBLIC AGENCIES WITH  EXPE-
 RIENCE  OPERATING  A  YOUTHBUILD  PROGRAM  OR  WITH A PLAN TO INCUBATE A
 YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM UNTIL IT  CAN  BE  ESTABLISHED  AS  A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 PRIVATE  AGENCY ARE ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. ONLY NOT-FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE AGEN-
 CIES OR PUBLIC AGENCIES THAT ARE LICENSED AFFILIATES OF YOUTHBUILD  USA,
 INC.  OR  CURRENTLY  RECEIVE A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR YOUTHBUILD AWARD, ARE
 ELIGIBLE TO USE THE TERM YOUTHBUILD  OR  ELIGIBLE  TO  APPLY  FOR  THESE
 FUNDS.
   6.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE APPLICANTS FOR YOUTHBUILD FUNDS TO
 INCLUDE VARIOUS  INFORMATION  ON  THE  APPLICANT'S  PROGRAMS  AND  SHALL
 PROMULGATE REGULATIONS OUTLINING INFORMATION REQUIRED ON SUCH APPLICANT.
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AT A MINIMUM SUCH APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE:
   A. A REQUEST FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT, SPECIFYING THE AMOUNT OF THE
 GRANT REQUESTED AND ITS PROPOSED USES;

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   B.  A  DESCRIPTION  OF THE APPLICANT AND A STATEMENT OF ITS QUALIFICA-
 TIONS, INCLUDING  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  APPLICANT'S  PAST  EXPERIENCE
 RUNNING  A YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM, AND ITS EXPERIENCE WITH HOUSING REHABILI-
 TATION OR CONSTRUCTION AND WITH YOUTH AND YOUTH EDUCATION, YOUTH LEADER-
 SHIP  DEVELOPMENT  AND WORK EXPERIENCE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND ITS
 RELATIONSHIP WITH LOCAL UNIONS AND YOUTH  APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAMS,  AND
 OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS; AND
   C.  A DESCRIPTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND WORK EXPERIENCE SKILLS TRAIN-
 ING ACTIVITIES, WORK OPPORTUNITIES, AND OTHER  SERVICES  THAT  SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS.
   §  4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.
 
                                  PART II
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 5, 8 and 10 of section 230 of the  labor  law,
 subdivisions 5 and 8 as added by chapter 777 of the laws of 1971, subdi-
 vision  10  as added by chapter 547 of the laws of 1998, are amended and
 seven new subdivisions 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 are added  to  read
 as follows:
   5. "Wage" includes: (a) basic hourly cash rate of pay; and (b) supple-
 ments. The term "supplements" means fringe benefits including medical or
 hospital  care,  pensions on retirement or death, compensation for inju-
 ries or illness resulting from occupational activity,  or  insurance  to
 provide  any  of  the  foregoing, unemployment benefits, life insurance,
 disability and sickness  insurance,  accident  insurance,  vacation  and
 holiday pay, costs of apprenticeship or other similar programs and other
 bona  fide  fringe  benefits not otherwise required by federal, state or
 local law to be provided by the contractor, COVERED  DEVELOPER,  COVERED
 LESSEE OR LESSOR, COVERED EMPLOYER, or subcontractor.
   8.  "Fiscal  officer"  means  the  industrial commissioner, except for
 building service work performed by or on behalf of a city OR  WHERE  THE
 COVERED  DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OR REAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A COVERED LEASE
 IS LOCATED WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE MILLION, in which
 case "fiscal officer" means the comptroller or other  analogous  officer
 of such city.
   10.  "Substantially-owned  affiliated  entity"  shall  mean the parent
 company of the contractor or subcontractor,  OR  COVERED  DEVELOPER,  OR
 COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR any subsidiary of the contractor or subcontrac-
 tor, OR COVERED DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, or any entity in
 which the parent of the contractor or subcontractor, OR COVERED DEVELOP-
 ER,  OR  COVERED  LESSEE  OR  LESSOR owns more than fifty percent of the
 voting stock, or an entity in which one or more of the top  five  share-
 holders  of the contractor or subcontractor individually or collectively
 also owns a controlling share of the voting stock, or  an  entity  which
 exhibits any other indicia of control over the contractor or subcontrac-
 tor, OR COVERED DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR or over which the
 contractor  or subcontractor, OR COVERED DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR
 LESSOR exhibits control, regardless of whether or  not  the  controlling
 party or parties have any identifiable or documented ownership interest.
 Such  indicia  shall  include:  power  or responsibility over employment
 decisions, access to and/or use  of  the  relevant  entity's  assets  or
 equipment, power or responsibility over contracts of the entity, respon-
 sibility for maintenance or submission of certified payroll records, and
 influence over the business decisions of the relevant entity.

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   15.  "COVERED  DEVELOPER" MEANS ANY ENTITY RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSIST-
 ANCE IN RELATION TO A COVERED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, OR  ANY  ASSIGNEE  OR
 SUCCESSOR  IN  INTEREST  OF  REAL  PROPERTY  THAT QUALIFIES AS A COVERED
 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
   16. "COVERED EMPLOYER" MEANS ANY ENTITY, OTHER THAN A COVERED DEVELOP-
 ER WHO EMPLOYS BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS AT A COVERED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
 OR AT ANY REAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A COVERED LEASE.
   17.  "COVERED  LESSEE"  MEANS  ANY ENTITY LEASING REAL PROPERTY FROM A
 PUBLIC AGENCY.
   18. "COVERED LESSOR" MEANS ANY ENTITY FROM WHOM  A  PUBLIC  AGENCY  IS
 LEASING  COMMERCIAL  OFFICE SPACE OR COMMERCIAL OFFICE FACILITIES OF TEN
 THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR MORE PROVIDED THAT  THE  PUBLIC  AGENCY  WHETHER
 THROUGH  A  SINGLE  AGREEMENT  OR MULTIPLE AGREEMENT LEASES NO LESS THAN
 FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING  TO  WHICH
 THE LEASE OR LEASES APPLIES.
   19.  "FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE"  MEANS  ASSISTANCE  THAT IS PROVIDED TO A
 COVERED DEVELOPER FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OR DEVELOPMENT OF  REAL  PROPERTY,
 ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT,  JOB  RETENTION  AND  GROWTH,  OR  OTHER  SIMILAR
 PURPOSES, AND THAT IS PAID IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY  A  PUBLIC  AGENCY  OR
 AGENCIES,  AND  OF A CUMULATIVE TOTAL ANTICIPATED FINANCIAL VALUE OF ONE
 MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE.   FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE  INCLUDES,  BUT  IS  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  CASH PAYMENTS OR GRANTS, BOND FINANCING, TAX ABATEMENTS OR
 EXEMPTIONS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ABATEMENTS OR EXEMPTIONS FROM
 REAL PROPERTY, MORTGAGE RECORDING, SALES AND USES TAXES, OR THE  DIFFER-
 ENCE  BETWEEN ANY PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES AND THE AMOUNT OF REAL PROP-
 ERTY OR OTHER TAXES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DUE IF THE  PROPERTY  WERE  NOT
 EXEMPTED  FROM  THE  PAYMENT  OF  SUCH  TAXES), TAX INCREMENT FINANCING,
 FILING FEE WAIVERS, ENERGY COST  REDUCTIONS,  ENVIRONMENTAL  REMEDIATION
 COSTS, WRITE-DOWNS IN THE MARKET VALUE OF BUILDING, LAND, OR THE COST OF
 CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENTS  RELATED  TO  REAL  PROPERTY  THAT, UNDER ORDINARY
 CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PUBLIC AGENCY WOULD NOT  PAY  FOR.  WHERE  ASSISTANCE
 TAKES  THE  FORM OF LOANS OR BOND FINANCING, THE VALUE OF THE ASSISTANCE
 SHALL BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE  FINANCING  COST
 TO  A  BORROWER AND THE COST TO A SIMILAR BORROWER THAT DOES NOT RECEIVE
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
   20. "COVERED LEASE" MEANS ANY AGREEMENT BY  A  PUBLIC  AGENCY  WITH  A
 COVERED LESSOR OR LESSEE.
   21. "COVERED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT" MEANS A PROJECT THAT HAS RECEIVED OR
 IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
   § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 231-a to read as
 follows:
   §  231-A.  PREVAILING  WAGE FOR COVERED LEASES AND COVERED DEVELOPMENT
 PROJECTS.  1. COVERED DEVELOPERS AND COVERED LESSEES  OR  LESSORS  SHALL
 ENSURE  THAT  ALL BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES PERFORMING BUILDING SERVICE
 WORK IN CONNECTION WITH A COVERED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OR  COVERED  LEASE
 ARE PAID NO LESS THAN THE PREVAILING WAGE.
   2.  THE  OBLIGATION TO PAY PREVAILING SUPPLEMENTS MAY BE DISCHARGED BY
 FURNISHING ANY EQUIVALENT COMBINATIONS OF FRINGE BENEFITS OR  BY  MAKING
 EQUIVALENT  OR DIFFERENTIAL PAYMENTS IN CASH UNDER RULES AND REGULATIONS
 ESTABLISHED BY THE FISCAL OFFICER.
   3. THE PUBLIC AGENCY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR ENTERING INTO A
 COVERED LEASE SHALL REQUIRE, AS A CONTRACTUAL CONDITION OF  SUCH  FINAN-
 CIAL  ASSISTANCE  OR  COVERED  LEASE, THAT ANY BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEE
 PERFORMING BUILDING SERVICE WORK IN CONNECTION WITH A  COVERED  DEVELOP-
 MENT PROJECT OR COVERED LEASE, REGARDLESS OF THE EMPLOYING ENTITY, SHALL
 BE  PAID  NO  LESS THAN THE PREVAILING WAGE; AND ANY LEASE, CONTRACT FOR

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 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, OR CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF  BUILDING
 SERVICES,  ENTERED  INTO  BY  THE COVERED DEVELOPER OR COVERED LESSEE OR
 LESSOR,  AND  ANY  SUBCONTRACT  THEREOF,  SHALL  CONTAIN  THE  FOLLOWING
 PROVISION "ALL BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES SHALL BE PAID NO LESS THAN THE
 PREVAILING  WAGE  AS  PROVIDED  BY  THE  FISCAL  OFFICER AS DESCRIBED IN
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR OF  THE  LABOR  LAW.    ANY  COVERED
 EMPLOYER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY OF THE LABOR LAW,
 SHALL  MAINTAIN  ALL  RECORDS  RELATING  TO  THE  EMPLOYMENT OF BUILDING
 SERVICE WORKERS AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE  OF
 THE  LABOR  LAW  WHICH ARE TO BE PROVIDED TO THE COVERED DEVELOPER. SUCH
 COVERED EMPLOYER SHALL ALSO SUBMIT SUCH  STATEMENTS  AS  REQUIRED  UNDER
 SECTION  TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE LABOR LAW. THIS REQUIREMENT
 SHALL APPLY TO ANY COVERED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OR REAL PROPERTY  SUBJECT
 TO A COVERED LEASE AS PROVIDED BY ARTICLE NINE OF THE LABOR LAW."
   4.  UPON  THE AWARD OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR ENTERING INTO A COVERED
 LEASE BY A PUBLIC AGENCY, THE AWARDING PUBLIC AGENCY  SHALL  IMMEDIATELY
 FURNISH  TO  THE FISCAL OFFICER (A) THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE AWARDEE;
 (B) THE DATE WHEN THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WAS AWARDED  OR  THE  COVERED
 LEASE WAS ENTERED INTO; (C) THE SPECIFIC BUILDING OR FACILITY ADDRESS OR
 ADDRESSES,  OR  LOCALITY TO WHICH THE COVERED LEASE OR FINANCIAL ASSIST-
 ANCE PERTAINS, IF THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS TARGETED TO  A  PARTICULAR
 BUILDING  OR BUILDINGS, FACILITY OR FACILITIES, OR LOCALITY; AND (D) THE
 ANTICIPATED TOTAL VALUE OF THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
   5. WHEN THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE  COVERED  DEVELOPMENT  PROJECT
 APPLIES  TO  A PARTICULAR BUILDING OR BUILDINGS, FACILITY OR FACILITIES,
 OR LOCALITY THE PREVAILING WAGE SHALL APPLY ONLY  TO  SUCH  BUILDING  OR
 BUILDINGS,  FACILITY OR FACILITIES, OR LOCALITY; HOWEVER WHEN THE FINAN-
 CIAL ASSISTANCE IS NOT SO LIMITED, THE COVERED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SHALL
 BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE ANY BUILDING  OR  FACILITY  IN  WHICH  THE  COVERED
 DEVELOPER  OPERATES WITHIN THE STATE AND THE PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENT
 SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY  BUILDING  OR  FACILITY  IN
 WHICH THE COVERED DEVELOPER OPERATES WITHIN THE STATE.
   6.  THE  FISCAL  OFFICER  SHALL MAINTAIN A LIST OF COVERED DEVELOPERS,
 COVERED LESSEES OR LESSORS, AND COVERED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS,  INCLUDING
 THE ADDRESSES OF EACH. SUCH LIST SHALL BE UPDATED AND PUBLISHED AS OFTEN
 AS IS NECESSARY TO KEEP IT CURRENT.
   7. WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR ENTERING INTO
 A  COVERED  LEASE,  A  COVERED  DEVELOPER,  COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR
 COVERED EMPLOYER SHALL POST IN THE SAME LOCATION AND MANNER  THAT  OTHER
 STATUTORILY  REQUIRED  NOTICES ARE POSTED AT EVERY SUCH COVERED DEVELOP-
 MENT PROJECT OR REAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A COVERED  LEASE,  AND  PROVIDE
 EACH BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEE A COPY OF A WRITTEN NOTICE WHICH SHALL BE
 PREPARED BY THE FISCAL OFFICER, DETAILING THE WAGES, BENEFITS, AND OTHER
 PROTECTIONS  TO WHICH BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES ARE ENTITLED UNDER THIS
 SECTION. SUCH NOTICE SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THE NAME, ADDRESS AND  TELEPHONE
 NUMBER  OF  THE FISCAL OFFICER AND A STATEMENT ADVISING BUILDING SERVICE
 EMPLOYEES THAT IF THEY HAVE BEEN PAID LESS THAT THE PREVAILING WAGE THEY
 MAY NOTIFY THE FISCAL OFFICER AND REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION OR BRING SUIT
 IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION. SUCH NOTICES SHALL  BE  POSTED  IN
 ENGLISH  AND  IN  ANY  OTHER  LANGUAGE  WHICH AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF
 EMPLOYEES SPEAK AS A PRIMARY LANGUAGE. SUCH NOTICE SHALL  REMAIN  POSTED
 FOR THE TIME THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY AND SHALL
 BE  ADJUSTED  PERIODICALLY  TO  REFLECT  THE CURRENT PREVAILING WAGE FOR
 BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES. IN ADDITION TO POSTING THE COVERED  DEVELOP-
 ER,  COVERED  LESSEE  OR  LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER SHALL PROVIDE EACH
 INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE A COPY  OF  THE  NOTICE  IN  ENGLISH  OR  ANY  OTHER

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 LANGUAGE  SPOKEN  BY  THE EMPLOYEE AS A PRIMARY LANGUAGE, SO LONG AS THE
 FISCAL OFFICER HAS MADE SUCH  NOTICE  AVAILABLE  TO  EMPLOYERS  IN  SUCH
 LANGUAGE  ON ITS WEBSITE. THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ON ITS
 WEBSITE SAMPLE WRITTEN NOTICES EXPLAINING THE RIGHTS OF BUILDING SERVICE
 EMPLOYEES  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  AND SHALL TRANSLATE SUCH SAMPLE WRITTEN
 NOTICES INTO SUCH LANGUAGES IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
   8. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY FOR THE  TERM  OF  THE
 FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE,  FOR TEN YEARS FROM THE DATE THAT THE FINANCIALLY
 ASSISTED PROJECT OPENS, OR FOR THE DURATION  OF  ANY  WRITTEN  AGREEMENT
 BETWEEN  A PUBLIC AGENCY AND A COVERED DEVELOPER PROVIDING FOR FINANCIAL
 ASSISTANCE, OR FOR THE DURATION OF THE COVERED LEASE, WHICHEVER IS LONG-
 ER.
   9. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT PREEMPT ANY PUBLIC AGENCY FROM  ESTABLISHING
 HIGHER  MINIMUM  WAGES  FOR  COVERED  DEVELOPERS  OR  COVERED LESSEES OR
 LESSORS RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR LEASING FROM OR  TO  A  PUBLIC
 AGENCY.  NOR  SHALL  ANY COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR
 COVERED EMPLOYER BE  PREEMPTED  FROM  PAYING  A  WAGE  HIGHER  THAN  THE
 PREVAILING WAGE.
   § 3. Section 232 of the labor law, as added by chapter 777 of the laws
 of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   §  232. Overtime. An employee, employed by a contractor OR EMPLOYED AT
 A COVERED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OR AT REAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO  A  COVERED
 LEASE, who works more than eight hours in any one day or more than forty
 hours  in  any  workweek shall be paid wages for such overtime at a rate
 not less than one-and-one-half times his prevailing  basic  cash  hourly
 rate.
   § 4. Section 233 of the labor law, as added by chapter 777 of the laws
 of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   §  233.  Record  keeping.  1. In all cases where service work is being
 performed pursuant to a contract therefor OR COVERED LEASE,  OR  COVERED
 DEVELOPMENT  PROJECT,  the  contractor, OR COVERED DEVELOPER, OR COVERED
 LESSEE OR LESSOR shall keep original payrolls  or  transcripts  thereof,
 subscribed  and  confirmed  by  him as true, under penalties of perjury,
 showing the hours and days worked by each employee, the craft, trade  or
 occupation  at  which  he  was  employed, and the wages paid.  A COVERED
 DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR MAY SATISFY THIS  REQUIREMENT  BY
 OBTAINING COPIES OF EMPLOYMENT RECORDS FROM A COVERED EMPLOYER.
   2.  Where  the  wages paid include sums which are not paid directly to
 the workmen weekly and which are expended for supplements,  the  records
 required  to be maintained shall include a record of such hourly payment
 on behalf of such employees, the supplement for which such  payment  has
 been  made,  and the name and address of the person to whom such payment
 has been made. In all such cases, the contractor OR  COVERED  DEVELOPER,
 OR  COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR shall keep a true and inscribed copy of the
 agreement under which such payments  are  made,  a  record  of  all  net
 payments  made  thereunder,  and  a  list  of  all persons for whom such
 payments are made.  A COVERED DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR MAY
 SATISFY THIS REQUIREMENT BY OBTAINING COPIES OF EMPLOYMENT RECORDS  FROM
 A COVERED EMPLOYER.
   3.  The records required to be maintained shall be kept on the site of
 the work during all of the time that work under the contract  OR  OTHER-
 WISE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION is being performed.
   4.  All  records  required  to  be maintained shall be preserved for a
 period of three years after the completion of work.
   5. A COVERED DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR  SHALL  INCLUDE  A
 REQUIREMENT  IN  ALL LEASES, MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS OR SERVICE CONTRACTS,

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 AND ANY SUBCONTRACTS THEREOF, THAT ANY  COVERED  EMPLOYER  SHALL  COMPLY
 WITH THE RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. THE COVERED DEVEL-
 OPER,  OR  COVERED  LESSEE  OR LESSOR SHALL OBTAIN SUCH RECORDS FROM ANY
 COVERED  EMPLOYER  AND  PRESERVE  SUCH RECORDS FOR A PERIOD OF SIX YEARS
 AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE EMPLOYEE'S WORK.
   6. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUCH RECORDS AS REQUIRED SHALL CREATE A REBUTT-
 ABLE PRESUMPTION THAT THE BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES WERE NOT  PAID  THE
 WAGES AND SUPPLEMENTS REQUIRED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   §  5.  Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 234 of the labor law,
 as added by chapter 777 of the laws of  1971,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (f) to require a contractor OR COVERED DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR
 LESSOR  to  file  with the fiscal officer a record of the wages actually
 paid by such contractor OR  COVERED  DEVELOPER,  OR  COVERED  LESSEE  OR
 LESSOR to the employees and of their hours of work;
   § 6. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 235-a to read as
 follows:
   §  235-A.  INVESTIGATIONS,  HEARINGS,  AND PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR
 COVERED LEASES AND COVERED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 1. WHENEVER THE  FISCAL
 OFFICER  HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT A BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEE PERFORM-
 ING BUILDING SERVICE WORK IN CONNECTION WITH A COVERED LEASE OR  COVERED
 DEVELOPMENT  PROJECT  HAS  BEEN PAID LESS THAN THE APPLICABLE PREVAILING
 WAGE AND SUPPLEMENTS OR UPON RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN COMPLAINT, THE  FISCAL
 OFFICER  SHALL  CONDUCT  A  SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE FACTS
 RELATING THERETO.
   2. IF, DESPITE THE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, THE  FISCAL  OFFICER  HAS  NOT
 DETERMINED  THE  PREVAILING WAGE AS REQUIRED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FISCAL
 OFFICER SHALL DETERMINE IN THE PROCEEDING BEFORE HIM OR  HER  THE  WAGES
 PREVAILING  AT THE TIME THE WORK WAS PERFORMED FOR THE CRAFTS, TRADES OR
 OCCUPATIONS OF THE EMPLOYEES INVOLVED.
   3. IN AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION,
 THE INQUIRY OF THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL NOT  EXTEND  TO  WORK  PERFORMED
 MORE  THAN THREE YEARS PRIOR TO: (A) THE FILING OF THE COMPLAINT, OR (B)
 THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE INVESTIGATION  UPON  THE  FISCAL  OFFICER'S  OWN
 VOLITION, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER IN POINT OF TIME.
   4.  (A) THE INVESTIGATION AND HEARING SHALL BE EXPEDITIOUSLY CONDUCTED
 AND  UPON  THE COMPLETION THEREOF THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL DETERMINE THE
 ISSUES RAISED AND SHALL MAKE AND FILE AN ORDER  IN  HIS  OR  HER  OFFICE
 STATING  SUCH  DETERMINATION AND FORTHWITH SERVE PERSONALLY OR BY MAIL A
 COPY OF SUCH ORDER AND DETERMINATION TOGETHER WITH A  NOTICE  OF  FILING
 UPON ALL PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING AND UPON THE FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE
 PUBLIC AGENCY INVOLVED.
   (B)  IN  ADDITION  TO DIRECTING PAYMENT OF WAGES FOUND TO BE DUE, SUCH
 ORDER OF THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL DIRECT PAYMENT OF  LIQUIDATED  DAMAGES
 IN  AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE GREATER OF TWO PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL VALUE OF
 THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR COVERED LEASE, OR TWO-TENTHS OF A PERCENT OF
 THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR COVERED LEASE. WHERE  THE
 FISCAL  OFFICER  IS  THE  COMMISSIONER, THE PENALTY SHALL BE PAID TO THE
 COMMISSIONER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE STATE TREASURY. WHERE THE FISCAL OFFICER
 IS A CITY COMPTROLLER OR OTHER ANALOGOUS OFFICER, THE PENALTY  SHALL  BE
 PAID TO SAID OFFICER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE CITY TREASURY.
   (C)  AN  ORDER  DIRECTING  THE PAYMENT TO SPECIFIED EMPLOYEES OF WAGES
 FOUND TO BE DUE AND UNPAID SHALL INCLUDE INTEREST AT  A  RATE  NOT  LESS
 THAN SIX PER CENTUM PER YEAR AND NOT MORE THAN THE RATE OF INTEREST THEN
 IN  EFFECT  AS  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
 PURSUANT TO SECTION FOURTEEN-A OF THE BANKING LAW  PER  ANNUM  FROM  THE

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 TIME  SUCH  WAGES  SHOULD  HAVE  BEEN PAID.   IN DETERMINING THE RATE OF
 INTEREST TO BE IMPOSED THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL CONSIDER THE SIZE OF THE
 EMPLOYER'S BUSINESS, THE GOOD FAITH OF THE EMPLOYER, THE GRAVITY OF  THE
 VIOLATION, THE HISTORY OF PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS OF THE EMPLOYER, SUCCESSOR
 OR  SUBSTANTIALLY-OWNED  AFFILIATED  ENTITY,  ANY OFFICER OF THE COVERED
 DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER  WHO  KNOWINGLY
 PARTICIPATED  IN  THE VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE, AND ANY OF THE PARTNERS
 IF THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED  EMPLOYER
 IS  A PARTNERSHIP OR ANY OF THE FIVE LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COVERED
 DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR THE COVERED EMPLOYER, AS  DETER-
 MINED  BY THE FISCAL OFFICER, AND THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RECORDKEEP-
 ING OR OTHER NON-WAGE REQUIREMENTS.
   5.  (A) PROVIDED THAT NO PROCEEDING FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW AS PROVIDED IN
 THIS SECTION SHALL THEN BE PENDING AND THE TIME FOR INITIATION  OF  SUCH
 PROCEEDING  SHALL  HAVE  EXPIRED, THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL FILE WITH THE
 COUNTY CLERK OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE EMPLOYER RESIDES OR HAS A PLACE  OF
 BUSINESS  THE ORDER OF THE FISCAL OFFICER CONTAINING THE AMOUNT FOUND TO
 BE DUE. THE FILING OF SUCH ORDER SHALL HAVE THE FULL FORCE AND EFFECT OF
 A JUDGMENT DULY DOCKETED IN THE OFFICE OF SUCH CLERK. THE ORDER  MAY  BE
 ENFORCED  BY  AND  IN THE NAME OF THE FISCAL OFFICER IN THE SAME MANNER,
 AND WITH LIKE EFFECT, AS THAT PRESCRIBED BY THE CIVIL PRACTICE  LAW  AND
 RULES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF A MONEY JUDGMENT.
   (B) WHEN A FINAL DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE IN FAVOR OF A COMPLAINANT
 AND THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER
 FOUND  VIOLATING  THIS ARTICLE HAS FAILED TO MAKE PAYMENT AS REQUIRED BY
 THE ORDER OF THE FISCAL OFFICER, AND PROVIDED THAT NO RELEVANT  PROCEED-
 ING  FOR  JUDICIAL  REVIEW SHALL THEN BE PENDING AND THE TIME FOR INITI-
 ATION OF SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL HAVE EXPIRED, THE FISCAL OFFICER MAY FILE
 A COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE FISCAL OFFICER CONTAINING THE AMOUNT FOUND TO
 BE DUE WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF THE COUNTY  OF  RESIDENCE  OR  PLACE  OF
 BUSINESS OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I)  ANY SUBSTANTIALLY-OWNED AFFILIATED ENTITY OR ANY SUCCESSOR OF THE
 COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER;
   (II) ANY OF THE PARTNERS IF THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED  LESSEE  OR
 LESSOR,  OR COVERED EMPLOYER IS A PARTNERSHIP OR ANY OF THE FIVE LARGEST
 SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COVERED DEVELOPER,  COVERED  LESSEE  OR  LESSOR,  OR
 COVERED EMPLOYER, AS DETERMINED BY THE FISCAL OFFICER; OR
   (III)  ANY OFFICER OF THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR,
 OR COVERED EMPLOYER WHO KNOWINGLY PARTICIPATED IN THE VIOLATION OF  THIS
 ARTICLE;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL WITHIN FIVE
 DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE ORDER PROVIDE NOTICE THEREOF TO THE PARTNER OR
 TOP FIVE SHAREHOLDERS OR  SUCCESSOR  OR  SUBSTANTIALLY-OWNED  AFFILIATED
 ENTITY.  THE  NOTIFIED PARTY MAY CONTEST THE FILING ON THE BASIS THAT IT
 IS NOT A PARTNER OR ONE OF THE FIVE LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS, AN OFFICER  OF
 THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER WHO
 KNOWINGLY  PARTICIPATED IN THE VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE, OR A SUCCESSOR
 OR SUBSTANTIALLY-OWNED AFFILIATED ENTITY. IF, AFTER REVIEWING THE INFOR-
 MATION PROVIDED BY THE NOTIFIED PARTY IN SUPPORT OF  SUCH  CONTEST,  THE
 FISCAL  OFFICER  DETERMINES  THAT  THE  NOTIFIED PARTY IS NOT WITHIN THE
 DEFINITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN, THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL IMMEDIATELY WITH-
 DRAW HIS OR HER FILING OF THE ORDER.
   (C) THE FILING OF SUCH ORDER SHALL HAVE THE FULL FORCE AND EFFECT OF A
 JUDGMENT DULY DOCKETED IN THE OFFICE OF SUCH CLERK.  THE  ORDER  MAY  BE
 ENFORCED  BY  AND  IN THE NAME OF THE FISCAL OFFICER IN THE SAME MANNER,
 AND WITH LIKE EFFECT, AS THAT PRESCRIBED BY THE CIVIL PRACTICE  LAW  AND
 RULES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF A MONEY JUDGMENT.

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   6.  WHEN A FINAL DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE AND SUCH DETERMINATION IS
 IN FAVOR OF AN EMPLOYEE, SUCH EMPLOYEE MAY, IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY  OTHER
 REMEDY  PROVIDED  BY  THIS  ARTICLE, INSTITUTE AN ACTION IN ANY COURT OF
 APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION AGAINST THE ENTITY FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED  THIS
 ARTICLE,  ANY  SUBSTANTIALLY-OWNED AFFILIATED ENTITY, ANY OFFICER OF THE
 COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR,  OR  COVERED  EMPLOYER  WHO
 KNOWINGLY  PARTICIPATED IN THE VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE, AND ANY OF THE
 PARTNERS IF THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR  COVERED
 EMPLOYER IS A PARTNERSHIP OR ANY OF THE FIVE LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS OF THE
 COVERED  DEVELOPER,  COVERED  LESSEE  OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER, AS
 DETERMINED BY THE FISCAL OFFICER, FOR THE  RECOVERY  OF  THE  DIFFERENCE
 BETWEEN  THE  SUM,  IF ANY, ACTUALLY PAID TO HIM OR HER BY THE AFORESAID
 FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SAID ORDER AND THE AMOUNT FOUND TO BE  DUE
 HIM  OR  HER  AS DETERMINED BY SAID ORDER. SUCH ACTION MUST BE COMMENCED
 WITHIN THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE FILING OF SAID ORDER, OR IF  THE
 SAID ORDER IS REVIEWED IN A PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT
 OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, WITHIN THREE YEARS AFTER THE TERMI-
 NATION OF SUCH REVIEW PROCEEDING.
   7.   (A) ANY PERSON CLAIMED TO BE AGGRIEVED BY VIOLATION OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE SHALL HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT  JURISDICTION
 AGAINST  THE  ENTITY ALLEGED TO HAVE VIOLATED THIS ARTICLE, ANY SUBSTAN-
 TIALLY-OWNED AFFILIATED ENTITY, ANY OFFICER OF  THE  COVERED  DEVELOPER,
 COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER WHO KNOWINGLY PARTICIPATED
 IN THE VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE, AND ANY OF THE PARTNERS IF THE COVERED
 DEVELOPER,  COVERED  LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER IS A PARTNER-
 SHIP OR ANY OF THE FIVE LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS OF THE  COVERED  DEVELOPER,
 COVERED  LESSEE  OR  LESSOR,  OR  COVERED EMPLOYER, AS DETERMINED BY THE
 FISCAL OFFICER, FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE  SUM,  IF
 ANY,  ACTUALLY  PAID  TO  HIM  OR HER BY THE AFORESAID FINANCIAL OFFICER
 PURSUANT TO SAID ORDER AND THE AMOUNT FOUND TO BE  DUE  HIM  OR  HER  AS
 DETERMINED  BY SAID ORDER. THE CAUSE OF ACTION MAY SEEK DAMAGES, INCLUD-
 ING PUNITIVE DAMAGES, AND FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND SUCH OTHER  REMEDIES
 AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE, UNLESS SUCH PERSON HAS FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE
 FISCAL  OFFICER  WITH  RESPECT  TO SUCH CLAIM. IN AN ACTION BROUGHT BY A
 BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEE, IF THE COURT FINDS IN FAVOR OF THE  EMPLOYEE,
 IT  SHALL  AWARD  THE  EMPLOYEE, IN ADDITION TO OTHER RELIEF, HIS OR HER
 REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS.
   (B) INVESTIGATION BY THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL NOT BE A PREREQUISITE TO
 NOR A BAR AGAINST A PERSON BRINGING A CIVIL ACTION UNDER  THIS  SECTION.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE THROUGH
 SIX OF THIS SECTION WHERE A COMPLAINT FILED WITH THE FISCAL  OFFICER  IS
 DISMISSED  AN  AGGRIEVED  PERSON SHALL MAINTAIN ALL RIGHTS TO COMMENCE A
 CIVIL ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS ACTION AS IF NO COMPLAINT HAD BEEN FILED.
   (C) NO PROCEDURE OR REMEDY SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION IS INTENDED TO BE
 EXCLUSIVE OR A PREREQUISITE FOR ASSERTING A CLAIM FOR RELIEF TO  ENFORCE
 ANY  RIGHTS  HEREUNDER  IN  A  COURT  OF  LAW. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE
 CONSTRUED TO LIMIT AN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT TO BRING A COMMON  LAW  CAUSE  OF
 ACTION FOR WRONGFUL TERMINATION.
   (D)  ANY  JUDGMENT OR COURT ORDER AWARDING REMEDIES UNDER THIS SECTION
 SHALL PROVIDE THAT IF ANY AMOUNTS REMAIN UNPAID UPON THE  EXPIRATION  OF
 NINETY DAYS FOLLOWING ISSUANCE OF JUDGMENT, OR NINETY DAYS AFTER EXPIRA-
 TION  OF  THE TIME TO APPEAL AND NO APPEAL IS THEN PENDING, WHICHEVER IS
 LATER, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF  JUDGMENT  SHALL  AUTOMATICALLY  INCREASE  BY
 FIFTEEN PERCENT.
   (E)  IN  ANY ACTION INSTITUTED UPON A WAGE CLAIM BY A BUILDING SERVICE
 EMPLOYEE IN WHICH THE  EMPLOYEE  PREVAILS,  THE  COURT  MAY  ALLOW  SUCH

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 EMPLOYEE, IN ADDITION TO ORDINARY COSTS, A REASONABLE SUM, NOT EXCEEDING
 ONE  HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EXPENSES WHICH MAY BE TAXED AS COSTS. NO ASSIG-
 NEE OF A WAGE CLAIM SHALL BE BENEFITED BY THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (F)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, AN ACTION TO RECOVER
 UPON A LIABILITY IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE MUST BE  COMMENCED  WITHIN  THE
 GREATER  OF  SIX  YEARS FROM THE DATE THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUED OR TWO
 YEARS FROM THE TIME THE PLAINTIFF OR THE PERSON UNDER WHOM THE PLAINTIFF
 CLAIMS DISCOVERED THE FRAUD, OR COULD  WITH  REASONABLE  DILIGENCE  HAVE
 DISCOVERED  IT. THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS SHALL BE TOLLED FROM THE DATE
 AN EMPLOYEE FILES A COMPLAINT WITH THE  FISCAL  OFFICER  OR  THE  FISCAL
 OFFICER COMMENCES AN INVESTIGATION, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER, UNTIL AN ORDER
 TO  COMPLY  ISSUED  BY  THE  FISCAL  OFFICER BECOMES FINAL, OR WHERE THE
 FISCAL OFFICER DOES NOT ISSUE AN ORDER, UNTIL  THE  DATE  ON  WHICH  THE
 FISCAL  OFFICER  NOTIFIES  THE  COMPLAINANT  THAT  THE INVESTIGATION HAS
 CONCLUDED.
   8.  (A) NO PERSON SHALL TAKE ANY ADVERSE ACTION  AGAINST  AN  EMPLOYEE
 THAT  PENALIZES  AN  EMPLOYEE  FOR,  OR IS REASONABLY LIKELY TO DETER AN
 EMPLOYEE FROM, EXERCISING OR ATTEMPTING TO EXERCISE  RIGHTS  UNDER  THIS
 ARTICLE  OR  INTERFERE  WITH AN EMPLOYEE'S EXERCISE OF RIGHTS UNDER THIS
 ARTICLE.
   (B) TAKING AN ADVERSE ACTION INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THREATEN-
 ING, INTIMIDATING, DISCIPLINING, DISCHARGING, DEMOTING,  SUSPENDING,  OR
 HARASSING AN EMPLOYEE, REDUCING THE HOURS OF PAY OF AN EMPLOYEE, INFORM-
 ING  ANOTHER  EMPLOYER  THAN  AN  EMPLOYEE  HAS  ENGAGED  IN  ACTIVITIES
 PROTECTED BY THIS ARTICLE, DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THE EMPLOYEE,  INCLUD-
 ING  ACTIONS  RELATED  TO  PERCEIVED IMMIGRATION STATUS OR WORK AUTHORI-
 ZATION, AND MAINTENANCE OR APPLICATION OF AN ABSENCE CONTROL POLICY THAT
 COUNTS PROTECTED LEAVE AS AN ABSENCE THAT MAY LEAD TO OR  RESULT  IN  AN
 ADVERSE ACTION.
   (C) AN EMPLOYEE NEED NOT EXPLICITLY REFER TO A PROVISION OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE TO BE PROTECTED FROM AN ADVERSE ACTION.
   (D)  A  CAUSAL  CONNECTION  MAY  BE  ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE EXERCISE,
 ATTEMPTED EXERCISE, OR ANTICIPATED EXERCISE OF RIGHTS PROTECTED BY  THIS
 ARTICLE  AND AN EMPLOYER'S ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE OR A GROUP
 OF EMPLOYEES BY INDIRECT OR DIRECT EVIDENCE.
   (E) RETALIATION IS ESTABLISHED WHEN  IT  IS  SHOWN  THAT  A  PROTECTED
 ACTIVITY  WAS  A MOTIVATING FACTOR FOR AN ADVERSE ACTION, WHETHER OR NOT
 OTHER FACTORS MOTIVATED THE ADVERSE ACTION.
   9.  (A) WHEN A FINAL DETERMINATION HAS BEEN  MADE  AGAINST  A  COVERED
 EMPLOYER IN FAVOR OF A COMPLAINANT AND THE COVERED DEVELOPER, OR COVERED
 LESSEE  OR  LESSOR  HAS MADE PAYMENT TO THE COMPLAINANT OF ANY WAGES AND
 INTEREST DUE THE COMPLAINANT AND ANY CIVIL PENALTY, AND  PROVIDING  THAT
 NO RELEVANT PROCEEDING FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW SHALL THEN BE PENDING AND THE
 TIME  FOR  INITIATION OF SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL HAVE EXPIRED, THE COVERED
 DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR MAY FILE A COPY OF THE  ORDER  OF
 THE FISCAL OFFICER CONTAINING THE AMOUNT FOUND TO BE DUE WITH THE COUNTY
 CLERK  OF  THE  COUNTY  OF RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF BUSINESS OF THE COVERED
 EMPLOYER. THE FILING OF SUCH ORDER SHALL HAVE THE FULL FORCE AND  EFFECT
 OF  A  JUDGMENT  DULY DOCKETED IN THE OFFICE OF SUCH CLERK. THE JUDGMENT
 MAY BE DOCKETED IN FAVOR OF THE COVERED DEVELOPER WHO MAY PROCEED  AS  A
 JUDGMENT  CREDITOR  AGAINST THE COVERED EMPLOYER FOR THE RECOVERY OF ALL
 MONIES PAID BY THE COVERED DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR  UNDER
 SUCH ORDER.
   (B)  WHEN  A  COVERED  DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR HAS MADE
 PAYMENT TO A COMPLAINANT OF ANY WAGES AND INTEREST DUE  TO  HIM  OR  HER
 BECAUSE  OF  A COVERED EMPLOYER'S VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE, THE COVERED

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 DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR MAY BRING  SUIT  TO  RECOVER  ALL
 MONIES  PAID  BY THE COVERED DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR FROM
 THE COVERED EMPLOYER.
   10.  WHEN  TWO JUDGMENTS OR FINAL ORDERS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN ENTERED  AGAINST  A  COVERED  DEVELOPER,  COVERED
 LESSEE  OR  LESSOR,  COVERED  EMPLOYER, SUCCESSOR, OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY-
 OWNED AFFILIATED ENTITY OF THE  COVERED  DEVELOPER,  COVERED  LESSEE  OR
 LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER, ANY OF THE PARTNERS IF THE COVERED DEVELOP-
 ER,  COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER IS A PARTNERSHIP, ANY
 OF THE FIVE LARGEST  SHAREHOLDERS  OF  THE  COVERED  DEVELOPER,  COVERED
 LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER, ANY OFFICER OF THE COVERED DEVEL-
 OPER,  COVERED  LESSEE  OR  LESSOR,  OR  COVERED  EMPLOYER WHO KNOWINGLY
 PARTICIPATED IN THE VIOLATION OF THIS  ARTICLE  WITHIN  ANY  CONSECUTIVE
 SIX-YEAR  PERIOD DETERMINING THAT SUCH COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE
 OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER AND/OR ITS SUCCESSOR, SUBSTANTIALLY-OWNED
 AFFILIATED ENTITY OF THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR
 COVERED EMPLOYER, ANY OF THE PARTNERS OR ANY OF THE FIVE LARGEST  SHARE-
 HOLDERS  OF  THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED
 EMPLOYER, ANY OFFICER  OF  THE  COVERED  DEVELOPER,  COVERED  LESSEE  OR
 LESSOR,  OR COVERED EMPLOYER WHO KNOWINGLY PARTICIPATED IN THE VIOLATION
 OF THIS ARTICLE HAS WILLFULLY FAILED TO  PAY  THE  PREVAILING  WAGES  IN
 ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, WHETHER SUCH FAILURES
 WERE CONCURRENT OR CONSECUTIVE AND WHETHER OR NOT  SUCH  FINAL  DETERMI-
 NATIONS  CONCERNING  SEPARATE  COVERED  LEASES  OR  AWARDS  OF FINANCIAL
 ASSISTANCE ARE RENDERED SIMULTANEOUSLY, SUCH COVERED DEVELOPER,  COVERED
 LESSEE OR LESSOR, COVERED EMPLOYER, SUCCESSOR, AND IF THE COVERED DEVEL-
 OPER,  COVERED  LESSEE  OR  LESSOR,  COVERED EMPLOYER, SUCCESSOR, OR ANY
 SUBSTANTIALLY-OWNED AFFILIATED ENTITY OF THE COVERED DEVELOPER,  COVERED
 LESSEE  OR  LESSOR,  OR  COVERED  EMPLOYER,  ANY  OF THE PARTNERS IF THE
 COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED  EMPLOYER  IS  A
 PARTNERSHIP,  OR  ANY  OF  THE  FIVE LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COVERED
 DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER, ANY OFFICER OF
 THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER WHO
 KNOWINGLY PARTICIPATED IN THE VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE, OR ANY  SUCCES-
 SOR  IS  A  CORPORATION,  ANY  OFFICER OF SUCH CORPORATION WHO KNOWINGLY
 PARTICIPATED IN SUCH FAILURE, SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO ENTER INTO  COVERED
 LEASES WITH A PUBLIC AGENCY OR RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR A PERIOD
 OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE SECOND ORDER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 WHERE ANY SUCH FINAL ORDER INVOLVES THE FALSIFICATION OF PAYROLL RECORDS
 OR  THE  KICKBACK  OF  WAGES,  THE  COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR
 LESSOR,  COVERED  EMPLOYER,  SUCCESSOR,  SUBSTANTIALLY-OWNED  AFFILIATED
 ENTITY  OF  THE  COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED
 EMPLOYER, ANY PARTNER  IF  THE  COVERED  DEVELOPER,  COVERED  LESSEE  OR
 LESSOR,  OR COVERED EMPLOYER IS A PARTNERSHIP OR ANY OF THE FIVE LARGEST
 SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COVERED DEVELOPER,  COVERED  LESSEE  OR  LESSOR,  OR
 COVERED  EMPLOYER,  ANY OFFICER OF THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE
 OR LESSOR,  OR  COVERED  EMPLOYER  WHO  KNOWINGLY  PARTICIPATED  IN  THE
 VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FOR A PERIOD OF
 FIVE  YEARS  FROM  THE  DATE  OF  THE FIRST FINAL ORDER. NOTHING IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS AFFECTING ANY PROVISION OF  ANY  OTHER
 LAW  OR  REGULATION  RELATING TO THE AWARDING OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR
 ENTERING INTO A COVERED LEASE WITH A  PUBLIC  AGENCY.  THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  MAINTAIN  A  LIST  OF  COVERED DEVELOPERS, AND COVERED LESSEES OR
 LESSORS, WHO ARE INELIGIBLE, INCLUDING THEIR NAMES,  ADDRESS,  DATE  AND
 DURATION  OF  THEIR  INELIGIBILITY.  SUCH  LIST  SHALL  BE  UPDATED  AND
 PUBLISHED AS OFTEN AS IS NECESSARY TO KEEP IT CURRENT.

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   § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 237 of the  labor  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter  698  of the laws of 1988, is amended and a new subdivision 5 is
 added to read as follows:
   1.  Subcontractors  engaged  for  service  work by a contractor or its
 subcontractor AND  COVERED  EMPLOYERS,  shall,  upon  receipt  from  the
 COVERED  DEVELOPER,  OR  COVERED  LESSEE  OR  LESSOR,  contractor or its
 subcontractor of the schedule of wages and supplements specified in  the
 contract  OR  ARTICLE  NINE  PREVAILING  WAGE  SCHEDULE,  provide to the
 COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, contractor or  its  subcon-
 tractor  a  verified  statement  attesting  that the COVERED EMPLOYER OR
 subcontractor has received and  reviewed  such  schedule  of  wages  and
 supplements, and agrees that it will pay the applicable prevailing wages
 and will pay or provide the supplements specified therein. Such verified
 statement shall be filed in the manner described in subdivision three of
 this  section  FOR  SUBCONTRACTORS OF A CONTRACTOR OR ITS SUBCONTRACTOR,
 AND IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS  SECTION  FOR
 COVERED  EMPLOYERS.  It  shall  be  a  violation of this article for any
 COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, contractor or  its  subcon-
 tractor  to fail to provide for its subcontractor a copy of the schedule
 of wages and supplements specified  in  the  contract  OR  ARTICLE  NINE
 PREVAILING WAGE SCHEDULES.
   5.  PRIOR TO RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR ENTERING INTO A COVERED
 LEASE, OR AN EXTENSION, RENEWAL, AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION  OF  A  COVERED
 LEASE,  AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, EVERY COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE
 OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOYER SHALL PROVIDE THE PUBLIC AGENCY PROVIDING
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND THE FISCAL  OFFICER  WITH  AN  ANNUAL  VERIFIED
 STATEMENT  THAT  ALL  BUILDING  SERVICE  EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AT A COVERED
 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OR AT REAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A  COVERED  LEASE  BY
 THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR BY A COVERED EMPLOY-
 ER  TO  PERFORM  BUILDING SERVICE WORK WILL BE AND/OR HAVE BEEN PAID THE
 PREVAILING WAGE. SUCH VERIFIED STATEMENT SHALL INCLUDE A RECORD  OF  THE
 DAYS  AND  HOURS  WORKED  AND  THE  WAGES  PAID TO EACH BUILDING SERVICE
 EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED AT THE COVERED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, OR AT REAL PROPER-
 TY SUBJECT TO A COVERED LEASE. WHERE THE WAGES PAID INCLUDE  SUMS  WHICH
 ARE  NOT  PAID DIRECTLY TO THE WORKMEN WEEKLY AND WHICH ARE EXPENDED FOR
 SUPPLEMENTS, THE  STATEMENT  SHALL  INCLUDE  A  RECORD  OF  SUCH  HOURLY
 PAYMENTS  ON  BEHALF  OF  SUCH  EMPLOYEES, THE SUPPLEMENT FOR WHICH SUCH
 PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE, AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE  PERSON  TO  WHOM
 THE  PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE. SUCH STATEMENT SHALL BE VERIFIED BY THE OATH
 OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE COVERED  DEVEL-
 OPER,  OR  COVERED  LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR THE DESIGNEE OF ANY SUCH PERSON
 THAT HE OR SHE HAS READ SUCH STATEMENTS SUBSCRIBED BY  HIM  OR  HER  AND
 KNOWS  THE CONTENTS THEREOF, AND THAT THE SAME IS TRUE OF HIS OR HER OWN
 KNOWLEDGE, EXCEPT  WITH  RESPECT  TO  WAGES  AND  SUPPLEMENTS  OWING  BY
 CONTRACT WHICH MAY BE CERTIFIED UPON INFORMATION AND BELIEF. A VIOLATION
 OF ANY PROVISION OF THE STATEMENT, OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUCH STATEMENT,
 SHALL  CONSTITUTE  A  VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. THE FISCAL OFFICER OR A
 PUBLIC AGENCY LEASING OR PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE MAY INSPECT  THE
 RECORDS  MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE OF THIS
 ARTICLE TO VERIFY THESE STATEMENTS.
   § 8. Subdivision 1 of section 238 of the labor law, as added by  chap-
 ter 777 of the laws of 1971, is amended and two new subdivisions 3 and 4
 are added to read as follows:
   1.  Any  contractor,  COVERED  DEVELOPER,  COVERED  LESSEE  OR LESSOR,
 COVERED EMPLOYER, or subcontractor who shall upon his  oath  verify  any
 statement  required to be filed under this article which is known by him

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 to be false shall be guilty of perjury and punishable as provided by the
 penal law.
   3. IN THE EVENT OF A FAILURE BY A COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR
 LESSOR,  OR COVERED EMPLOYER TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE, THE COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED EMPLOY-
 ER SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A WRITTEN NOTICE OF FAILURE TO COMPLY  BY  THE
 FISCAL  OFFICER  ALLOWING TEN DAYS TO CURE THE FAILURE TO COMPLY. IF THE
 COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR COVERED  EMPLOYER  FAILS
 TO  TIMELY CURE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REMEDIES AVAILABLE AT LAW OR IN
 EQUITY, THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL BE  PERMITTED  TO  SEEK  THE  FOLLOWING
 REMEDIES:
   (A)  SUSPENSION:  SUSPEND  THE PAYMENTS OF ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
 THE COVERED DEVELOPER UNTIL THE DATE OF CURE.
   (B) LIQUIDATED DAMAGES:   FAILURE TO  PROVIDE  A  REQUIRED  RECORD  OR
 STATEMENT OR TO ALLOW WORK PLACE ACCESS MAY RESULT IN LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
 IN  AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE GREATER OF TWO PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL VALUE OF
 THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR COVERED LEASE, OR TWO-TENTHS OF A PERCENT OF
 THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR COVERED LEASE.
   (C) TERMINATION: A MATERIAL BREACH OF THIS ARTICLE THAT CONTINUES  FOR
 A  PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS OR MORE, SHALL ALLOW THE PUBLIC AGENCY TO TERMI-
 NATE THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR COVERED LEASE.
   (D) PENALTY FOR LATE FILING: LATE FILING OF ANY REPORT REQUIRED  UNDER
 THIS ARTICLE: A PAYMENT OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY FOR EACH DAY THE
 REPORT  IS LATE FOR UP TO FOURTEEN DAYS. AFTER FOURTEEN DAYS, THE REMEDY
 IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY.
   4. WHERE THE FISCAL OFFICER IS THE COMMISSIONER, THE PENALTY SHALL  BE
 PAID  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE STATE TREASURY. WHERE THE
 FISCAL OFFICER IS A CITY COMPTROLLER OR  OTHER  ANALOGOUS  OFFICER,  THE
 PENALTY SHALL BE PAID TO SAID OFFICER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE CITY TREASURY.
   § 9. Section 239 of the labor law, as added by chapter 777 of the laws
 of  1971,  subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 as amended by chapter 770 of the laws
 of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
   § 239. Provisions in contracts prohibiting discrimination  on  account
 of  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin, age or sex. [Every] COVERED
 DEVELOPERS AND COVERED LESSEES OR LESSORS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE  FOLLOW-
 ING  PROVISIONS  AND  EVERY  contract  for  service  work  shall contain
 provisions by which the contractor agrees:
   (1) that in the hiring of employees for the performance of work  under
 the contract or any subcontract thereunder within the territorial limits
 of  this  state,  no contractor, subcontractor, nor any person acting on
 behalf of such contractor or subcontractor, shall  by  reason  of  race,
 creed,  color,  national  origin,  age,  sex or disability, discriminate
 against any citizen of the state of New York who is qualified and avail-
 able to perform the work to which the employment relates;
   (2) that no contractor, subcontractor, nor any person  on  his  behalf
 shall,  in  any  manner, discriminate against or intimidate any employee
 hired for the performance of work under the contract on account of race,
 creed, color, national origin, age, sex or disability;
   (3) that there may be deducted from the amount payable to the contrac-
 tor by the public agency under the contract a penalty of  fifty  dollars
 for  each person for each day during which such person was discriminated
 against or intimidated in violation of the provisions of the contract;
   (4) that the contract, COVERED LEASE, OR GRANT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
 may be cancelled or terminated by the public agency, and all moneys  due
 or  to become due thereunder may be forfeited for a second or any subse-

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 quent violation of the terms  or  conditions  of  this  section  of  the
 contract.
   §  10.  Section 239-a of the labor law, as added by chapter 777 of the
 laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   § 239-a. Enforcement of article. If the  fiscal  officer,  as  defined
 herein,  finds  that any COVERED DEVELOPER, COVERED LESSEE OR LESSOR, OR
 contractor on service work fails to comply with or evades the provisions
 of this article, he shall present  evidence  of  such  noncompliance  or
 evasion  to  the  public  agency  having charge of such work, OR WHO HAS
 ENTERED INTO A COVERED LEASE OR PROVIDED FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  FOR  THE
 COVERED  DEVELOPMENT PROJECT for enforcement.  Where such evidence indi-
 cates a noncompliance or evasion on  the  part  of  a  subcontractor  OR
 COVERED EMPLOYER, the contractor OR COVERED DEVELOPER, OR COVERED LESSEE
 OR  LESSORS, shall be responsible for such noncompliance or evasion.  It
 shall be the duty of the public agency in charge of such  service  work,
 OR WHO HAS ENTERED INTO A COVERED LEASE OR PROVIDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
 FOR  THE  COVERED  DEVELOPMENT PROJECT to enforce the provisions of this
 article.
   § 11. This act shall take effect immediately.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Parts A through II of this act shall be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.