Sen. Fred Akshar

Relates to including the village of Owego in the definition of municipality that can apply to the public service commission to order costs for infrastructure maintenance and access to be charged to all customer classes located in such municipality.

Relates to standards of care for animals held in, or being transported by, animal shelters; establishes an animal shelter regulation fund.

Relates to permitting the Candor central school district to establish an insurance reserve fund.

Authorizes the presentation of the New York State September Eleventh Service Medal to residents of New York who were in the armed forces and participated in the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations at the World Trade Center site in response to the World Trade Center attack on September eleventh, two thousand one.

Provides a testimonial privilege to critical incident stress management/crisis response/peer support team members concerning communications made during critical incident stress management/crisis response services.

Provides the amount of compensation an attorney shall receive from representing a client which was assigned to the attorney through the bar association; increases such amount from seventy-five dollars to one hundred fifty dollars per hour; makes related provisions.

Relates to the issuance of a New York State Korean War Commemorative Medal.

Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "Patrolman David 'DW' Smith Memorial Highway" in the village of Johnson City, county of Broome.

Authorizes the county of Broome to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Joshua Quinn, a deputy sheriff employed by such county.