New York Bills

Extends the expiration of provisions relating to the method of disposition of sales and compensating use tax revenue in Westchester county and enacting the Westchester county spending limitation act.

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to permissible fees in connection with open end loans.

Extends the date for provisions of the property/casualty insurance availability act.

Relates to the rate of interest used in the actuarial valuation of liabilities for the purpose of calculating contributions to the New York city employees' retirement system, the New York city teachers' retirement system, the police pension fund, the fire department pension fund and the board of education retirement system of such city by public employers and other obligors required to make employer contributions to such retirement systems, the crediting of special interest and additional interest to members of such retirement systems, and the allowance of supplementary interest on the funds of such retirement systems.

Enacts into law major components of legislation relating to issues deemed necessary for the state; extends certain provisions of law relating to the imposition of sales and compensating use taxes (Part A); extends certain provisions of law relating to the imposition of hotel and motel taxes (Part B); extends provisions relating to mortgage recording taxes (Part C); extends provisions of law relating to additional real estate transfer taxes (Part D); relates to certain abatements of tax payments (Part E); postpones the expiration of certain tax rates and taxes in the city of New York (Part F); extends provisions of law relating to the reorganization of the New York city school construction authority, board of education and community boards, chancellor, community councils and community superintendents (Part G); relates to provisions affecting accidental disability benefits for police/fire members, New York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members and investigator revised plan members (Part H); relates to operational expenses of certain gaming facilities located within Oneida county within 15 miles of a Native American class III gaming facility (Part I); relates to creating the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence Seaway flood relief and recovery grant program; makes certain grants in aid adjustments and tax relief (Part J); relates to the use of state and municipal facilities program funds from the capital projects budget for the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence Seaway flood relief recovery grant program (Part K); relates to the forest preserve health and safety land account and public utility improvements (Part L); and authorizes the renaming or designation of certain state parks, sites, highways and bridges in honor of Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr., Senator William J. Larkin, Jr., and Governor Mario M. Cuomo (Part M).

Relates to the determination of adjusted base proportions in special assessing units which are cities; provides that the current base proportion of any class shall not exceed the adjusted base proportion or adjusted proportion, whichever is appropriate, of the immediately preceding year.

Waives the residency requirement for the town justice in the town of Boylston, in Oswego county.

Extends the expiration of certain provisions of law relating to temporary investments by local governments.

Extends provisions of law relating to the sale of municipal notes and bonds of the county of Erie.

Extends certain provisions of law relating to the resale of tickets to places of entertainment through June 30, 2018.

Extends for three years the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters.

Relates to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of Buffalo.