14 Bills Authored by Senator Andrew Lanza Pass in New York Senate Today

The New York State Senate today gave final passage to the following bills sponsored by Senator Andrew Lanza:

S 5879-B  LANZA, GALLIVAN, SAVINO, HANNON   Same as A 2240-D  Paulin (MS) 
Penal Law
Enacts the trafficking victims protection and justice act

S3621-B  LANZA   No Same as
Tax Law
Exempts institutions of higher education from the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax

S 5970  LANZA   Same as A 8274  Cusick (MS) 
Tax Law
Exempts mortgages of residential real property from taxation when property is purchased by owners receiving state or federal buyout of prior residence destroyed in hurricane Sandy

S 6803  LANZA   Same as A 8812  Paulin (MS) 
Criminal Procedure Law
Requires the court to waive any mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee when it is found that the defendant is a victim of sex trafficking

S 5957  LANZA   Same as A 8196  Fahy (MS)
Penal Law
Establishes the crime of public lewdness in the first degree

S 4156  LANZA   Same as A 3874  Titone (MS) 
Penal Law
Establishes the class E felony of dissemination of false missing child information

S 4994  LANZA   Same as A 7001  Lentol 
Correction Law
Increases the in-person appearance requirements for level two sex offenders

S 2458  LANZA   Same as A 9102  Crespo (MS) 
Penal Law
Establishes the class D felony of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds

S2460-A  LANZA   No Same as
Education Law
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop guidelines for transportation of students students on field trips

S 2464  LANZA   Same as A 5271  Cusick 
Education Law
Requires elementary schools to report the results of English/language arts and mathematics assessments to parents of pupils by the last day of classes

S4158  LANZA   No Same as
Penal Law
Provides that conviction of assault on a social worker which prevents him or her from performing a lawful duty is a felony

S 5518-A  LANZA   Same as A 7320-A  Paulin (MS) 
Penal Law
Relates to female genital mutilation

S 7345  LANZA   Same as A 8436  O'Donnell 
Education Law
Relates to vacancies on the community district education council

S 7367  LANZA   Same as A 9861  Farrell 
Local Finance Law
Provides for the issuance of local refunding bonds which do not exceed the amounts and maturity of the bonds which they refund

          For additional information on any of these bills please contact Nancy Probst at 518-455-3215 or nprobst@nysenate.gov.

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