Criminal Law Library Blog

by: David Badertscher

For those who have not visited us, the New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library of New York County (sometimes referred to as the New York Criminal Law Library) is located in lower Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall, and State and Federal courthouses. Like other Supreme Court libraries located throughout the State of New York, it operates under the
auspices of the New York Unified Court System and participates in the various state-wide initiatives sponsored by the OCA Office of Legal Information.

Although the primary focus of this library is to provide reference and research support to personnel of the Criminal Term, its actual responsibilities and obligations are quite broad. Using its various collections in all formats, including digital, in conjunction with various web and online services, including a website and a weblog, this library functions as both an information repository and an information service. These resources and services enable it to reach out to patrons both local and worldwide, as time and resources permit. Part of the library's responsibility is to provide support as needed and operational oversight to the New York County Public Access Law Library, which is charged with serving those members of the public who need law-related information.

In order to discharge these responsibilities with limited staff, it has been necessary for the library to work cooperatively with library consortia and other groups to provide the added resources and services required to maintain an acceptable level of service. One of the organizations that has been especially helpful to us is the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO). The library has been a member of METRO since 1981. It was through METRO that we first learned of QuestionPoint and were invited to participate in a 2002 pilot project. With some initial apprehension we accepted the offer and became an active participant in the latter part of that year. The New York County Public Access Access Law Library has also been very helpful in enabling this library to maintain an acceptable level of web based reference services. Since may of our QuestionPoint users are public patrons a majority of those questions are now handled by that library; Theodore Pollack, the Senior Law Librarian at the Public Access Library also serves as my backup administrator for QuestionPoint. We are grateful for the assistance of Ted and his staff in helping support this effort.

Despite some initial reservations that we might not be able to keep up with expectations and workflow, the use of QuestionPoint has been quite successful for us. It serves as a useful and important adjunct to our other web based services in both reaching out to our patrons and through its referral features. It enables us to augment our resources in ways otherwise impossible. For example on more than one occasion we have used QuestionPoint to search worldwide for materials that would otherwise have been unobtainable. In order to make it work for us, however, we have needed to avoid some of the features that are essential to others. We do not use chat or any form of instant messaging because we simply do not have the appropriate staff resources to make this work satisfactorily for us. We have not, however, found the lack of chat a limitation at all.

Over the past few years many libraries, including this one, have been involved in lively discussions as to how best to respond to demands for digitized information which can be retrieved at any time from a variety of devices, both stationary and mobile. After some experimentation, our response has included the use of blogging technology coupled with rss feeds. In 2004 we introduced the New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library blog powered by Bloglines, http://www.bloglines.com/blog/pll . It incorporates many features including a link to our QuestionPoint form for submitting reference questions, RSS feeds, and the capability of storing online reference, legislative, and other information useful to patrons. This blog based outreach service also serves as a vehicle for sending New York Legislative Activity Reports, updated information regarding appellate court criminal decisions originating from this court, and other relevant updated information directly to the work stations of judges and judicial staff on a regular, ongoing basis. It is popular with both court personnel and public users and remains our most effective outreach service on the web. As of April 29, 2008 it is visited by an average of 153 patrons per day and 1,069 per week. We obtain this and additional statistical information through special software designed to collect statistical information regarding website use. Reports are sent to me weekly.

Although the New York Supreme Court Criminal Term blog remains both useful and popular, we have found it necessary to also create a new blog, www.criminallawlibraryblog.com, to take advantage of added features which cannot be incorporated effectively into the original blog. For example, the new blog includes both a QuestionPoint form for submitting questions and a direct link to the public portion of the QuestionPoint knowledgbase. Using this feature, users are able to type in key words which will in turn retrieve questions/answers in the knowledgbase which correspond to their queries. The global knowledgbase feature is located near the upper left part of the screen of our newest blog. This particularly innovative feature has been developed and included as a direct result of the inspiring online QuestionPoint presentation this summer by Peter Armenti of the Digital Reference Team at the Library of Congress. This blog also includes the capability for uploading documents not currently on the web, a useful feature not included in the original blog. Finally, the Criminal Law Library Blog has substantially greater search capabilities. In order to adequately describe the added features included in the Criminal Law Library Blog, we are calling it an "added value blog."

We are encouraged by the positive responses from library patrons both inside and outside the courts to these services. These responses along with statistics gathered and staff observations demonstrate that by introducing these initiatives along with others sponsored by the Office of Legal Information, the library has been able to meet reference, research, and access needs of patrons far more effectively than in the past. Our hope is to be able to continue developing web based services and to work together with others to improve access and services for all of our libraries. Recently I have taken classes offered by the Unified Court System in the setting up and use of WIKI's, preparing and tabulating web based surveys, aa well training in the development of public access applications using specialized web based software. Only time will tell if we are able to inplement additional services using these applications.
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*This posting is based on an article recently prepared for publication in a future issue of Pro Se the newsletter of the New York State Unified Court Law Libraries Association.

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Primary Research Group has published Library Use of E-books, 2008-09 Edition, (isbn 1-57440-101-7) and would like to share some of the results. *

Data in the report is based on a survey of 75 academic, public and special libraries.. Librarians detail their plans on how they plan to develop their e-book collections, what they think of e-book readers and software, and which e-book aggregators and publishers appeal to them most and why. Other issues covered include: library production of e-books and collection digitization, e-book collection information literacy efforts, use of e-books in course reserves and inter-library loan, e-book pricing and inflation issues, acquisition sources and strategies for e-books and other issues of concern to libraries and book publishers.

Some of the findings of the 110 page report are:

• Libraries in the sample expected to renew over 77% of their current contracts.

• Well over 81% of the sample cataloged their e-book collection and listed it in their online library catalog.

• E-book spending by libraries is growing rapidly in 2008 but by significantly less than in 2007.

• For the most part, librarians in the sample felt that their patrons were less skilled in using e-book collections than they were in using databases of magazine, newspaper and journal articles.

• The libraries in the sample had MARC records for a mean of approximately 74% of the e-books in their collections.

• Many libraries reported significant use of electronic directories. 12.5% reported extensive use and 30% said that use was significant. The larger libraries reported the heaviest use.

• Use of e-books in the hard sciences was particularly high. More than 30% of participants said that use of e-books in the hard sciences (defined as chemistry, physics and biology) was quite extensive and another 26% noted significant use.

• Libraries in the sample maintained a print version for a mean of 24% of the e-books in their e-book collections.

• Nearly 21% of the libraries in our sample have digitized out-of-copyright books in their collections in order to make their contents more available to their patrons.

• E-books account for only about 3.9% of the books on course reserve, with a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 30%.

• Nearly 70% of the sample’s total spending on e-books was with aggregators, while just over 24.6% of the total spending was spent with individual publishers.

Data is broken out by library budget size, for US and non-US libraries and for academic and non-academic libraries. The report presents more than 300 tables of data on e-book use by libraries, as well as analysis and commentary.

For further information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.
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*It would be interesting to know how many, if any, of the respondents to this Survey were law libraries. While doing some work in related legal reference information in digital formats, I was suprised at how few references I found which mentioned e-books.
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The following is a list of New York legislation that has been passed by both houses of the legislature and signed by the governor (Chapter Laws) as of May 4, 2008.:

DayBreak Report: Chapter Law List Run Date: 05/04/08 10:22 PM

Chapter Bill No.:

1. S6422 NOZZOLIO -- Relates to the confinement conditions and treatment of convicted persons with serious mental illness; repealer
BLURB : Cor. confinement of mentally ill
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
1 01/28/2008 provided that:
(a) §§1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and subds 2 and 3 of §401-a of the correction law as added by §6 shall take effect two years after the date that the commissioner of correctional services certifies to the legislative bill drafting commission that the first residential mental health unit constructed by the department of correctional services is completed and ready to receive inmates, provided, however that such sections shall take effect no later than 7/1/2011;
(b) §§6 and 7 shall take effect 7/1/2008; and
(c) the commissioner of mental health and the commissioner of correctional services are immediately authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act on their respective effective dates

Last Act: 01/28/08 SIGNED CHAP.1
01/28/08 APPROVAL MEMO.1

2 S6423A NOZZOLIO -- Exempts county jails from the requirement to divert inmates with serious mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit
BLURB : Cor. county jail: mentally ill
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
2 01/28/2008 takes effect on the same date and in the same manner as §4 of chapter 1/2008, amending the correction law and the mental hygiene law relating to confinement conditions and treatment of convicted persons with serious mental illness, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6422 and A.9342, takes effect
Last Act: 01/28/08 SIGNED CHAP.2

3 S6477 PADAVAN -- Relates to distributing unsolicited advertising on private property in cities with a population of one million or more
BLURB : Gen Bus L. unsolicited advertisng
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
3 01/28/2008 provided that §1 shall take effect on (11/13/2007) the same date and in the same manner as chapter 585/2007, takes effect
Last Act: 01/28/08 SIGNED CHAP.3

4 S6487B MAZIARZ -- Relates to a review of the condition of cafeterias in school districts of N.Y. city; repealer
BLURB : Lab. school cafeterias; NYC; rvw
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
4 01/28/2008 provided that §2 shall expire 3/2/2008 when upon such date the provisions of such section shall be deemed repealed
Last Act: 01/28/08 SIGNED CHAP.4

5 S6495 MALTESE -- Relates to provisional employees of certain public employers
BLURB : Civ Serv. provisional employees
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
5 01/28/2008 and shall expire 12/31/2014 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed
Last Act: 01/28/08 SIGNED CHAP.5

6 S6509 LEIBELL -- Provides a real property tax exemption for Cold War veterans
BLURB : RPT L. Cold War vet; exempt
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
6 01/28/2008 takes effect on (1/03/2008) the same date and in the same manner as chapter 655/2007, takes effect
Last Act: 01/28/08 SIGNED CHAP.6

7 A8582A Alessi (MS) -- Relates to the prevailing wage paid by individuals who are awarded public works contracts
BLURB : Lab. prevailing wage
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
7 01/28/2008 takes effect on (4/27/08) the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law
Last Act: 01/28/08 signed chap.7
01/28/08 approval memo.2

8 S6519A FLANAGAN -- Relates to guaranteeing payment of prevailing wages to the workers of New York state; repealer
BLURB : Lab. prevailing wages for workers
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
8 01/28/2008 takes effect on (4/27/08) the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2007 (became Ch. 7/08), amending the labor law and the general municipal law relating to guaranteeing payment of prevailing wages to the workers of New York state, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5506-A and A. 8582-A, takes effect; provided that the amendments to subpars (iii) and (iv) of par a of subd 3-a of §220 of the labor law made by §3-a shall take effect on (2/24/08) the same date and in the same manner as chapter 629/2007, takes effect, when upon such date the provisions of §3 shall expire and be deemed repealed
Last Act: 01/28/08 SIGNED CHAP.8
01/28/08 APPROVAL MEMO.2

9 S6549 FUSCHILLO -- Relates to special academic grants to the Roosevelt Union Free school district; makes an appropriation to defray the deficit of such school district
BLURB : ED L. Roosevelt UFSD; grants
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
9 01/28/2008 01/28/2008
Last Act: 01/28/08 SIGNED CHAP.9

10 S6773 ROBACH -- Relates to compensation benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers state officers and employees; repealer;appropriation
BLURB : Civ Serv. comp benefits
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
10 01/28/2008 provided that the applicable effective date for Parts A through B shall be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Part
PART A
§ 27. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/2/2007. Appropriations made by this act shall remain in full force and effect for liabilities incurred through 3/31/2009
PART B
§18. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2007. Appropriations made by this act shall remain in full force and effect for liabilities incurred through 3/31/2009
Last Act: 01/28/08 SIGNED CHAP.10

11 A9817 John -- Relates to rates for workers' compensation insurance and sets forth conditions for a workers' compensation rate service organization; repealer
BLURB : Work C. workers' comp rate servc
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
11 01/28/2008 takes effect 2/1/2008; provided that the amendments to par 2 of sub§ (a) of §2316 of the insurance law made by §11 shall take effect on the same date that §68 of chapter 6/2007 takes effect; provided that the amendments to §2316 of the insurance law made by §11 shall not affect the expiration of such section pursuant to §2342 of the insurance law and shall be deemed expired therewith; and provided that §10 shall expire and be deemed repealed 6/2/2013.
Last Act: 01/31/08 signed chap.11

12 A9551A Towns (MS) -- Relates to extending the provisions of chapter 591 of 2001 relating to limiting the check cashing exemption for national banks
BLURB : Banking; extd 591/01; check cash
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
12 02/11/2008 02/11/2008
Last Act: 02/11/08 signed chap.12
02/11/08 approval memo.3

13 A9650 Schimminger (MS) -- Extends the sales and compensating use tax for the county of Erie until November 30, 2010
BLURB : Tax. Erie county sales tx; extndr
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
13 02/11/2008 02/11/2008
Last Act: 02/11/08 signed chap.13

14 S5978A LIBOUS -- Extends provisions relating to rental vehicle provisions
BLURB : Motov extnds rentl vehcl provis
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
14 02/19/2008 02/19/2008
Last Act: 02/19/08 SIGNED CHAP.14

15 S6446A GOLDEN -- Makes certain corrections relating to substantial government assistance, continued affordability, and certain other areas relating to real property
BLURB : RPT L. real property ch amendment
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
15 02/19/2008 provided that §§ 1, 5 and 7 shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on (8/17/07) the same date and in the same manner as ch 619/2007 took effect; and provided that §§ 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on (8/17/07) the same date and in the same manner as ch 618/2007 took effect
Last Act: 02/19/08 SIGNED CHAP.15

16 A9340A Aubry -- Makes a technical amendment relating to the probation detainer warrant pilot program
BLURB : CP L. detainer warrant pilot: cor
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
16 02/19/2008 provided that the amendments to subd 2 of § 410.92 of the criminal procedure law made by § 1 shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith
Last Act: 02/19/08 signed chap.16

17 A9443 Bradley -- Relates to the tax on real estate transfers in towns
BLURB : Tax. real estate trnsfrs in towns
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
17 02/19/2008 takes effect on (1/1/08) the same date and in the same manner as ch 596/2007, takes effect
Last Act: 02/19/08 signed chap.17

18 A9998 Pretlow (MS) -- Relates to racing corporations and associations; simulcasting and imposition of certain taxes
BLURB : RWB. racing corporations
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
18 02/19/2008 provided, that §§ 14 and 16 shall take effect on the same date as the non-profit racing association known as The New York Racing Association, Inc.'s confirmation of a plan of reorganization in the pending
bankruptcy proceeding in the Southern District of New York; provided that the franchise oversight board shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of such confirmation of such plan of reorganization 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 § 44 of the legislative law and § 70-b of the public officers law; provided that the amendments to § 208-b of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law made by § 16 shall be repealed on the same date as such section is repealed pursuant to ch 354/2005, as amended; provided that the amendments to para b of subd 3 of §527 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law made by § 69 shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith; and provided the amendments to § 909 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law made by § 82 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith; provided that the amendments to § 912 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law made by § 85 shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith; provided that the amendments to § 1012 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law made by § 93 shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith; provided that §101 shall take effect 4/1/2008; provided that at the conclusion of each twelve month interval following the effective date of § 101, the lottery division shall make a report to the governor and legislature assessing the impact of the redistribution of video gaming machine revenues as provided for in this act with special attention to evaluating the effects on funding education aid, and making such recommendations as such lottery division analysts believe may enhance the revenue production in support of education from the conduct of video gaming; and §102-a shall take effect on (1/1/09) the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; and the amendments to § 1617-a of the tax law, made by §102, shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith
Last Act: 02/19/08 signed chap.18

19 A9820 Abbate (MS) -- Establishes retirement programs to permit members of the New York city teachers' retirement system and certain others to retire early without a reduction
BLURB : R & SS. nyc tchrs retire incntve
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
19 02/27/2008 provided that:
(a) the amendments to §§ 603 and 613 of the retirement and social security law made by §§3, 3-a, 4 and 6 and the provisions of §5 adding §604-i to the retirement and social security law shall not affect the expiration of and shall expire on the same date as article 15 of such law, pursuant to §615 of the retirement and social security law;
(b) the amendments to subd a of §603 of the retirement and social security law made by §3 shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subdivision pursuant to §13 of chapter 682/2003, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of §3-a shall take effect;
(c) the provisions of §§6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 shall remain in force and effect only so long as, pursuant to federal law, contributions picked up under such sections are not includible as gross income of a member for federal income tax purposes until distributed or made available to the member;
(d) the amendments to §13-521.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York made by §§7, 8, 9 and the amendments made to subd 19 of §2575 of the education law made by §§10, 11, 12 and 13 shall not affect the expiration of such provisions as provided for in chapter 681/1992, as amended; and
(e) the amendments to subd d of §613 of the retirement and social security law made by §6 shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith
Last Act: 02/27/08 signed chap.19
02/27/08 approval memo.4

20 S6421A LIBOUS -- Relates to occupants of school buses between four and seven years of age
BLURB : V & T L. schl bus; 4 to 7 yr olds
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
20 03/04/2008 takes effect on (11/1/07) the same date as chapter 241/2007 took effect
Last Act: 03/04/08 SIGNED CHAP.20

21 A6344B Gunther (MS) -- Requires policy holders to be provided with an annual notice that their policy does not cover damage caused by flooding or mudslides
BLURB : Ins. flood insurance annual notic
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
21 03/04/2008 takes effect on (8/31/08) the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law
Last Act: 03/04/08 signed chap.21

22 A8813A Weprin -- Enacts the fraternal benefit society modernization act of 2008
BLURB : Ins. fraternal beneft soc moderni
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
22 03/04/2008 03/04/2008
Last Act: 03/04/08 signed chap.22

23 A8925 Cahill -- Relates to adding the Esopus creek to the list of state creeks
BLURB : Exec. Esopus creek added
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
23 03/04/2008 03/04/2008
Last Act: 03/04/08 signed chap.23

24 A9357A Ortiz -- Chapter amends S. 6159-A and A. 9191, relating to residential services for the treatment of eating disorders; repealer
BLURB : Pub Heal. residential: eating dis
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
24 03/04/2008 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on (8/28/07) the same date as chapter 676/2007; provided, further that the amendments to subd 2-a of §2799-h of the public health law made by §1 shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith
Last Act: 03/04/08 signed chap.24

25 A9419 Glick -- Provides that no person shall stun to facilitate the killing of a fur-bearing animal by means of an electrical current
BLURB : Ag & Mkts. fur-bearing animals
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
25 03/04/2008 takes effect on (10/27/07) the same date as chapter 642/2007 takes effect
Last Act: 03/04/08 signed chap.25

26 A9462 Sweeney (MS) -- Relates to the New York invasive species council
BLURB : En Con L. NY invasve species cncl
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
26 03/04/2008 takes effect on (12/26/07) the same date and in the same manner as chapter 674/2007, takes effect
Last Act: 03/04/08 signed chap.26

27 S4324B MAZIARZ -- Enacts the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact
BLURB : En Con L. Grt Lks/St. Law compact
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
27 03/04/2008 except that this act shall be deemed repealed on 12/31/2011, if before such date the congress of the United States has not given its consent and approval to the Compact. This act shall be deemed repealed in the event that the Compact is terminated as provided in article 8 of the Compact
Last Act: 03/04/08 SIGNED CHAP.27

28 A9387A Destito -- Increases income eligibility levels for persons employed by Green Thumb Environmental Beautification, Incorporated
BLURB : Exec. Green Thumb; employ income
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
28 03/17/2008 and shall apply only in the case of persons who apply for employment after such effective date
Last Act: 03/17/08 signed chap.28

29 S6404 MALTESE -- Relates to the membership of the New York city transit authority track safety task force
BLURB : Tran. nycta track safety tsk frce
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
29 03/17/2008 takes effect on (10/1/07) the same date and in the same manner as chapter 209/2007, takes effect; provided that if this act shall become a law after such effective date, it shall take effect immediately and be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after such effective date
Last Act: 03/17/08 SIGNED CHAP.29

30 S6447 MAZIARZ -- Clarifies state and local sales and compensating use tax exemptions applicable to city of Niagara Falls public safety and court facility project
BLURB : Niagara Falls pblc sfty/crt prjct
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
30 03/17/2008 shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 8/1/2007 and shall apply in accordance with applicable transitional provisions in §§1106 and 1217 of the tax law
Last Act: 03/17/08 SIGNED CHAP.30

31 S6490 NOZZOLIO -- Relates to permitting employees to use leave time to donate blood
BLURB : Lab. blood donation; leave time
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
31 03/17/2008 takes effect on (12/13/07) the same date and in the same manner as chapter 578/2007, as amended, takes effect
Last Act: 03/17/08 SIGNED CHAP.31

32 S6552 HANNON -- Adds additional members to the health research science board and provides for their appointment
BLURB : Pub Heal. research science board
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
32 03/17/2008 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 8/28/2007
Last Act: 03/17/08 SIGNED CHAP.32

33 A10039 Gunther (MS) -- Increases the dollar amount of bonds which may be issued by the medical care facility finance agency
BLURB : NYS med care facil finac agency
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
33 03/25/2008 03/25/2008
Last Act: 03/25/08 signed chap.33

34 A10199 Budget -- Deficiency budget; makes appropriations for the support of government
BLURB : Deficiency budget
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
34 03/26/2008 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2007
Last Act: 03/26/08 signed chap.34

35 A10200 Budget -- Amends chapter 57 of the laws of 2007 relating to authorizing certain payments and transfers
BLURB : Ch. 57/2007 authorize payments
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
35 03/26/2008 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2007
Last Act: 03/26/08 signed chap.35

36 A10052 Gottfried -- Extends provisions of chapter 426/1983 and 582/1984 relating to regulations of physician activities and physician misconduct proceedings
BLURB : Pub Heal. extend chap. provisions
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
36 03/31/2008 provided however that the amendment to subpar (ii) of par (c) of subd 11 of §230 of the public health law made by §3 shall not affect the expiration of such subpar and shall be deemed to expire therewith
Last Act: 03/31/08 signed chap.36

37 A10418 Rules -- Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year
BLURB : Budget emergency approp art VII
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
37 03/31/2008 shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; provided that this act shall expire upon enactment of legislation constituting the 2008-2009 budget, when, upon such date, the provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed
Last Act: 03/31/08 signed chap.37

38 A10419 Rules -- Makes appropriations for the support of government
BLURB : Budgbi appr.support of government
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
38 03/31/2008 shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; provided that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the comptroller as provided in §10, the appropriations made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed repealed.

Last Act: 03/31/08 signed chap.38

39 S7300 LITTLE -- Authorizes the distribution of certain amounts to counties and cities
BLURB : Stat dist cert amts
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
39 03/31/2008 03/31/2008
Last Act: 03/31/08 SIGNED CHAP.39

40 A9401 Gunther -- Authorizes the submission of the security plan for a museum containing knives that are unlawful to possess to the police department or sheriff's office
BLURB : Ed L. knife museum: security plan
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
40 04/07/2008 takes effect on (2/11/08) the same date and in the same manner as chapter 510/2007 takes effect
Last Act: 04/07/08 signed chap.40

41 S6331A MALTESE -- Relates to annual statements of disclosure for any city with a population of one million or more
BLURB : Gen Mun. disclosure state; 1 mil
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
41 04/07/2008 and shall apply to annual statements of financial disclosure required to be filed for the calendar year 2007
Last Act: 04/07/08 SIGNED CHAP.41

42 S6641 GOLDEN -- Requires a school nurse or physician to administer nebulizers in accordance with a student's patient specific order
BLURB : Ed L. nebulizers
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
42 04/07/2008 takes effect on the same date as chapter 672/2007(check chapter for contingencies), takes effect
Last Act: 04/07/08 SIGNED CHAP.42

43 S6650 FARLEY -- Relates to extending certain provisions of chapter 729 of 1994 relating to health insurance benefits and contributions of retired employees of school districts
BLURB : ch 729/1994; extender
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
43 04/07/2008 takes effect 5/15/2008; provided if this act shall become a law after such date it shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 5/15/2008
Last Act: 04/07/08 SIGNED CHAP.43

44 A10484 Rules -- Makes appropriations for the support of government
BLURB : Budgbi appr.support of government
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
44 04/07/2008 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; provided that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the comptroller as provided in §9, the appropriations made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed repealed
Last Act: 04/07/08 signed chap.44

45 A6011D Pretlow (MS) -- Relates to assaults on city marshals, traffic enforcement officers and traffic enforcement agents and makes certain technical corrections
BLURB : Pen L. asslt NYC traff enf agents
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
45 04/23/2008 takes effect on (7/22/08) the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law
Last Act: 04/23/08 signed chap.45

46 A9471 Weisenberg -- Requires the department of health to establish criteria for determining which foods and food products may pose a significant choking risk in children; repealer
BLURB : Pub Heal. child food choking prev
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
46 04/23/2008 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on (8/28/07) the same date as chapter 628/2007 took effect
Last Act: 04/23/08 signed chap.46

47 A9473 John -- Relates to compliance with new regulations for safety equipment for certain firefighters
BLURB : safety equip; firefighters
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
47 04/23/2008 04/23/2008
Last Act: 04/23/08 signed chap.47

48 A10105 Rosenthal -- Permits the City Center of Music and Drama, Inc. to rename the New York State Theater building; repealer
BLURB : NYS Theater building; rename
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
48 04/23/2008 04/23/2008
Last Act: 04/23/08 signed chap.48

49 A10270 Abbate -- Establishes compensation, benefits and other terms for certain state officers and employees; repealer; appropriation
BLURB : Civ Serv. est comp benfts state
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
49 04/23/2008 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/2/2007. Appropriations made by this act shall remain in full force and effect for liabilities incurred through 3/31/2009
Last Act: 04/23/08 signed chap.49

50 S6800D BUDGET -- Public protection & general government
BLURB : Pub.prot.&gen.govt.
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
50 04/23/2008 deemed effective 4/1/2008
Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.50

51 S6801B BUDGET -- Legislative and Judiciary
BLURB : Leg and Jud Budget
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
51 04/09/2008 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008

Last Act: 04/09/08 SIGNED CHAP.51

52 S6802A BUDGET -- Makes appropriations for the legal requirements of the state debt service and lease purchase payments and other special contractual obligations
BLURB : State Debt
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
52 03/26/2008 03/26/2008
Last Act: 03/26/08 SIGNED CHAP.52

53 S6803D BUDGET -- Education,Labor & Family Assiatance
BLURB : Educ., Lab,& Fam Assist
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
53 04/23/2008 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008, except §§3, 4, and 5 shall take effect on the same date as such chapter of the laws of 2008, takes effect
Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.53

54 S6804D BUDGET -- Health & Mental Hygiene
BLURB : Health & Mental Hygiene
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
54 04/23/2008 deemed effective 4/1/2008
Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.54

55 S6805D BUDGET -- Transportation & Economic Development & Environmental Conservation
BLURB : Trans. & Ec. Dev. & En Con
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
55 04/23/2008 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008, except §3 shall take effect on the same date as such chapter of the laws of 2008, takes effect
Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.55

56 S6806C BUDGET -- Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the public protection and general government budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal plan
BLURB : Budgbi; pub prot & gen govt
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
56 04/23/2008 provided that the applicable effective date of Parts A through EE of this act shall be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts
PART A
§ 4. immediately
PART B
Intentionally omitted
PART C
Intentionally omitted
PART D
§ 12. immediately, provided that the amendments to §380.70 of the criminal procedure law and to subd (a) of §601 of the correction law made by §§3 and 9 shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such provisions pursuant to subd d of §74 of chapter 3/1995, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of §§4 and 10 shall take effect
PART E
Intentionally Omitted
PART F
§ 2. takes effect on (6/22/08) the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to bids issued on or after the first day of the calendar quarter next succeeding the date on which this act shall have become law; provided that the provisions of this act shall not apply to contracts for the purcha se of commodities, services, or technology from small businesses, as defined in §160 of this article, until 7/1/2008, and shall apply to bids issued on or after the first day of the calendar quarter next succeeding such date
PART G
§ 2. immediately
PART H
Intentionally omitted
PART I
§ 2. immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed 12/31/2014
PART J
Intentionally omitted
PART K
Intentionally Omitted
PART L
Intentionally omitted
PART M
§ 6. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 3/31/2008
PART N
Intentionally omitted
PART O
§ 12. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; provided that §§1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2007
PART P
Intentionally omitted
PART Q
Intentionally omitted
PART R
Intentionally omitted
PART S
Intentionally omitted
PART T
Intentionally omitted
PART U
Intentionally omitted
PART V
Intentionally omitted
PART W
§ 2. immediately
PART X
§ 4. immediately provided that §§1 and 2 shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2007
PART Y
§ 3. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on (2/16/05) the same date as part F of chapter 56/2004, took effect
PART Z
§ 2. immediately
PART AA
§ 2. immediately, provided if this act takes effect on or after 6/30/2008 this act shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 6/30/2008
PART BB
§ 2. immediately
PART CC
§ 3. immediately
PART DD
§ 3. takes effect 7/1/2008 and shall apply to offenses committed on or after such date; provided that the amendments to subd 1 of §1809 of the vehicle and traffic law made by §2 shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed and expire therewith
PART EE
§ 2. takes effect 8/1/2008 and shall apply to offenses committed on and after such date
Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.56

57 S6807C BUDGET -- Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the education, labor and family assistance budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal plan
BLURB : Budget ELFA ART VII
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
57 04/23/2008 § 3. provided that the applicable effective date of Parts A through CCC-1 of this act shall be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts
PART A
§ 7. immediately; provided that §2 shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; and provided further that the amendments to §211-d of the education law made by §2 shall first apply to contracts for excellence for the 2008-2009 school year
PART B
§ 51. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; provided that:
1. §§7, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 29-a, 31, 32, 36, 37, 43, 45, 46, and 49 shall take effect 7/1/2008, provided that the amendments to subd 6 of §4402 of the education law made by §31 shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith; provided, further, that the amendments to chapter 756/1992, relating to funding a program for wo rk force education conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York city, made by §§36 and 37 shall not affect the repeal of such chapter and shall be deemed repealed therewith;
2. §§5, 6, 8 through 12, 15-a, 21 and 49-a shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 7/1/2007;
3. intentionally omitted;
4. §23 takes effect 7/1/2008 and shall expire and be deemed repealed 6/30/2010;
5. §27 shall take effect on the same date as the reversion of par b of subd 2 of §3612 of the education law, as provided in §61 of part B of chapter 57/2007; and
6. §47 shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008 and be deemed repealed 3/31/2009
PART C
§ 4. immediately, except that §2 shall take effect 7/1/2010, when upon such date all authority vested in the board of regents immediately prior to the effective date of §3012-b of the education law shall be reinstated thereto
PART D
Intentionally omitted
PART E
Intentionally omitted
PART F
Intentionally omitted
PART G
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART H
Intentionally omitted
PART I
§ 3. immediately
PART J
Intentionally omitted
PART K
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 12/31/2007
PART L
Intentionally omitted
PART M
§ 4. immediately
PART N
§ 6. takes effect 7/1/2008
PART O
Intentionally omitted
PART P
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART Q
§ 2. immediately and shall apply to basic STAR rebates issued for the 2008-09 school year and subsequent school years
PART R
§ 3. immediately
PART S
§ 2. immediately
PART T
Intentionally omitted
PART U
Intentionally omitted
PART V
Intentionally omitted
PART W
&# 167; 6. immediately, provided that §1 shall apply to the administration of the STAR exemption on assessment rolls to be completed in 2008 and thereafter, and that the state board of real property services is hereby authorized and directed to compute and recertify any certified STAR exempt amounts that are not in compliance with §1; and provided further that §4 shall apply to the issuance of "Middle Class STAR" rebates on and after 4/1/2008
PART X
3. takes effect 12/31/2008, and shall apply to benefits and allowances in months beginning after such date; provided that the amendments to par (e) of subd 1 of §131-o and par (g) of subd 2 of §209 of the social services law, made by §§1 and 2, shall not affect the expiration of such paragraphs and shall be deemed to expire therewith
PART Y
Intentionally omitted
PART Z
§ 6. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; provided that:
(a) the o ffice of temporary and disability assistance is immediately authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations, and take any other measures necessary for the timely implementation of the provisions of this act on its effective date, and is specifically authorized to promulgate emergency regulations to implement the collection of the annual service fee from persons receiving child support services pursuant to subd 3 of §111-g of the social services law, as added by §1;
(b) the annual service fee established by subd 3 of §111-g of the social services law, as added by §1, shall not be collected from persons receiving child support services and the state shall be responsible for any portion of such fee owed to the federal government until the deduction of the fee from child support disbursements can be accomplished in an automated fashion;
(c) §§2 and 3 shall take effect 10/1/2008;
(d) §§2-a and 3-a shall take effect 1/1/2010; and (e) §§4 and 5 shall take effect 10/1/2009; and the amendments made by §§4 and 5 shall only apply to applications made on or after 10/1/2009
PART AA
§ 2. immediately
PART BB
§ 2. immediately and shall expire 4/1/2009 when upon such date the process of this act shall be deemed to be repealed
PART CC
Intentionally omitted
PART DD
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART EE
§ 2. immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed on 4/1/2009
PART FF
§ 2. immediately, and shall expire and be deemed repealed 3/31/2011
PART GG
§ 4. immediately
PART HH
§ 2. immediately
PART II
§ 2. immediately
PART JJ
Intentionally omitted
PART KK
§ 2. takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and the same manner as §5 of part O of Chapter 56/08, amending the state finance law relating to special aid and incentives to municipalities as pr oposed in legislative bill numbers S. 6806-C and A. 9806-C, takes effect
PART LL
§ 2. immediately
PART MM
§ 20. takes effect 7/1/2008, and shall control all contracts advertised or solicited for bid on or after the effective date of this act under the provisions of any law requiring contracts to be let pursuant to provisions of law amended by this act
PART NN
§ 4. immediately
PART OO
§ 21. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on 4/1/2008; provided that:
a. §3 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §33 of part B of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
b. §4 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §45 of part C of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
c. §5 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §45-a of part C of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
d. §6 takes effect on(4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §13 of part C of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
e. §7 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §14 of part C of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year , as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
f. §8 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §14-a of part C of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
g. §9 takes effect on(4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §14-b of part C chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
h. §10 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §14-c of part C of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, ta kes effect;
i. §11 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §17 of part B of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
j. §12 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §72 of part C of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
k. §15 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §75-c of part C of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
l. §18 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same dat e and in the same manner as §44-b of part C of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
m. §19 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §18 of part C of chapter 58/08, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
n. §20 takes effect on (4/23/08) the same date and in the same manner as §32 of part A of chapter 58/2008, amending provisions of law implementing the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6808-C and A.9808-C, takes effect;
o. §16 takes effect 1/1/2009 and shall expire and be deemed repealed 3 years after such effective date; and
p §17 takes effect 3/31/2009
PART PP
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART QQ
§ 7. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART RR
§ 51. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; provided that the amendments to subd 6 of §4 and subd 4 of §40 of the state finance law made by §§15 and 16 shall expire on the same date such subdivisions expire; and provided that §34 shall take effect on the same date as the reversion of §69-c of the state finance law as provided in §58 of part T of chapter 57/2007, as amended; provided that such amendments shall expire and be deemed repealed 3/31/2010; and provided that §§1, 3, 4, 14 and 18 through 27 shall expire 3/31/2009 when upon such date the provisions of such sections shall be deemed repealed
PART AA-1

67; 6. immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/2008
PART BB-1
§ 2. immediately
PART CC-1
§ 3. immediately; provided the commissioner of taxation and finance is authorized to promulgate regulations on an emergency basis pursuant to subd 6 of §202 of the state administrative procedure act, in order to implement the provisions of §2
PART DD-1
§ 2. immediately
PART EE-1
§ 4. immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/2008
PART FF-1
§ 18. immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning after 2007 and before 2011; provided the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed 1/1/2011 for taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/2011
PART GG-1
§ 2. immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/2008
PART HH-1
§ 13. immediately and apply to taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/2008; provided that the amendments to sub§ 4 of &# 167;618 of the tax law made by §4 shall expire on the same date as such subsection expires, when upon such date the provisions of §5 shall take effect; provided that the amendments to subd 4 of §11-1718 of the administrative code of the city of New York made by §11 shall expire on the same date as such subdivision expires, when upon such date the provisions of §12 shall take effect
PART II-1
§ 7. immediately
PART JJ-1
§ 5. immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/2009
PART KK-1
§ 2. takes effect 9/1/2008, and shall apply to sales made, uses occurring and services rendered on or after such date, in accordance with applicable transitional provisions in §§1106 and 1217 of the tax law
PART LL-1
§ 2. takes effect 11/1/2008, and apply to certificates of registration required to be filed under section 1134 of the tax law on or after such date
PART MM-1
§ 7. takes effect 7/1/2008; p rovided that any tobacco product manufacturer required to file a certification between 4/16 and 4/30/2008, under subd 1 of §480-b of the tax law, with respect to cigarettes that are first being defined as cigarettes as a result of the amendments made by this act, must file that certification no later than 7/1/2008
PART NN-1
§ 2. immediately.
PART OO-1
§ 3. immediately and shall apply to sales made, uses occurring, and services rendered on or after the date this act shall have become a law in accordance with applicable transition provisions in §§1106 and 1217 of the tax law and without regard as to the date the seller and the resident entered into the agreement described in §1. Provided that the term "the preceding four quarterly periods ending on the last day of February, May, August, and November" as used in §1 may include quarterly periods commencing prior to the effective date of this act
PART PP-1
§ 4. immediately; provided that the amendments to par (v) of subd 1 of §284 of the multiple dwelling law made by §2 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith, pursuant to §3 of chapter 349/1982, as amended
PART QQ-1
§ 4. takes effect 7/1/2008, and shall apply to snuff which first becomes subject to taxation under A 20 of the tax law on or after that date.
PART RR-1
§ 5. takes effect 6/3/2008, and shall apply to all cigarettes possessed in the state by any person for sale and all cigarettes used in the state by any person on or after 6/3/2008
PART SS-1
§ 16. immediately, provided that §§1 through 14 shall take effect 8/1/2008, and shall apply to sales made, uses occurring and services rendered on or after that date in accordance with applicable transitional provisions in §§1106, 1107 and 1217 of the tax law
PART TT-1
§ 2. immediately and apply to offenses committed on and after such effective date
PART UU-1
§ 2. immediately; provided a penalty for failure to electronically file or failure to electronically pay as required under the provisions of this act shall not be imposed for any failure that occurs prior to 60 days succeeding the date on which this act shall have become a law
PART VV-1
§ 2. immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed 90 days after such date
PART WW-1
§ 6. immediately and applies to taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/2008 and shall apply to applications filed on or after the date it becomes law; provided that the amendments to §24 of the tax law made by §1, subd 36 of §210 of the tax law made by §2 and sub§ (gg) of §606 of the tax law made by §3 shall not affect the repeal of such section, subdivision and subsection, respectively, and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith
PART XX-1
§ 2. immediately
PART YY-1
§ 3. immediately
PART ZZ-1
§ 5. immediately; provided that the empire state film production credit under sub§ (gg), the empire state commercial production credit under sub§ (jj) and the credit for companies who provide transportation to handicapped individuals under sub§ (oo) of §606 of the tax law contained in §2 shall expire on the same date as provided in section 9 of part P of chapter 60/2004, as amended, §10 of part V of chapter 62/2006, as amended and §5 of chapter 522/2006, as amended, respectively; and provided further that the amendments to subd 40 of §210 and sub§ (oo) of §606 of the tax law, made by §§1 and 3, respectively, shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision and subsection and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
PART AAA-1
§ 4. immediately
PART BBB-1
§ 3. immediately
PART CCC-1
§ 3. immediately
Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.57

58 S6808C BUDGET -- Enacts major components of legislation necessary to implement the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year
BLURB : Budgbi; HMH Art VII
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
58 04/23/2008 provided that the applicable effective date of Parts A through I of this act shall be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts
PART A
§ 32. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; provided that §§1, 6-a, 19, 20, 24, and 25 take effect 7/1/2008; provided that §§16 and 18 shall expire 4/1/2011; provided that the amendments made by §28 shall take effect on 9/1/08 the same date as §1 of chapter 281/2007 takes effect; provided that §§29, 30, and 31 take effect 10/1/2008; provided that §27 shall take effect 1/1/2009; and provided that §27 shall expire and be deemed repealed 3/31/2011; and provided that the amendments to subd 1 of §241 of the education law made by §29 shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therew ith and provided that the amendments to §272 of the public health law made by §30 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith
PART B
§ 47. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; provided that:
1. §22-a shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2007;
1-a. §28-b takes effect 4/1/2008 and shall expire 4/1/2011 when upon such date the provisions of such section shall be deemed repealed;
1-b. Any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act may be promulgated and any procedures, forms, or instructions
necessary for such implementation may be adopted and issued on or after
the date this act shall have become a law;
2. This act shall not be construed to alter, change, affect, impair or
defeat any rights, obligations, duties or interests accrued, incurred or
conferred prior to the enactment of this act;
3. The commissioner of health and the superintendent of insurance and
any appropriate council may take any steps necessary to implement this
act prior to its effective date;
4. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of the state administrative procedure act or any other provision of law, rule or regulation, the commissioner of health and the superintendent of insurance and any appropriate council is authorized to adopt or amend or promulgate on an
emergency basis any regulation he or she or such council determines
necessary to implement any provision of this act on its effective date;
5. The provisions of this act shall become effective notwithstanding
the failure of the commissioner of health or the superintendent of insurance or any cou ncil to adopt or amend or promulgate regulations
implementing this act;
6. The amendments to subpar (iii) of par (c) of subd 9 of §2510 and subpar (iii) of par (a) of subd 2 of §2511 of the public health law made by §§31 and 32, respectively, shall not affect the expiration of such provisions and shall be deemed to expire therewith;
7. The amendments to §2807-j of the public health law made by §§2, 36, 37, 39 and 40 shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expired therewith;
8. The amendments to §2807-s of the public health law made by §§12, 13, 14 and 15 shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith;
9. The amendments to §2807-t of the public health law made by §§38 and 42 shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith;
10. The amendments to par (i-1) of subd 1 of §2807-v of the public health law made by §5 shall not affect the repeal of such paragraph and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith;
11. Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to affect the application, qualification, expiration, reversion or repeal of any
provision of law amended by any section of this act and the provisions
of this act shall be applied or qualified or shall expire or revert or be deemed repealed in the same manner, to the same extent and on the same date as the case may be as otherwise provided by law
PART C
§ 79. immediately and be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; provided that:
(a) the amendments to subd 9 of §367-a of the social services law, made by §§4, 5 and 10, shall not affe ct the expiration and repeal of such subdivision, and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith;
(b) the amendments to §273 of the public health law, made by §7, shall not affect the repeal of such section, and shall be deemed repealed therewith;
(b-1) provided that the amendments to par (a-2) of subd 1 of §2807-c of the public health law made by §13 shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith;
(b-2) provided that the amendments to par (b-1) of subd 1 of §2807-c of the public health law made by §14 shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith;
(b-3) provided that the amendments to §364-j of the social services law made by §14-a shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith;
(c) the amendments to subd 4 of §366-c of the social services law, made by
67;52, shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall expire therewith;
(d) §4 takes effect 7/1/2008;
(e) §5 takes effect 10/1/2008;
(f) §§7 and 9 take effect 7/1/2008;
(g) §15 takes effect 12/1/2008;
(h) §§28 and 30 take effect 4/1/2009;
(i) §31 takes effect 10/1/2008;
(i-1) §31-a shall be deemed repealed 7/1/2011;
(j) §§32 and 33 take effect 7/1/2008;
(k) §§38 and 39 take effect 10/1/2008;
(l) §40 takes effect 1/1/2009;
(m) §46 takes effect 11/1/2008;
(m-1) §52 shall not apply to any person as to whom federal financial participation is available for the costs of services provided under the provisions of subd 4 of §366-c of the social services law in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this act;
(n) §58 takes effect 6/1/2008;
(o) the amendments to subd 6 of §367-a of the social services law made by §9 shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith;
(p) the amendments to §364-j of the social services law made by §§29 and 30 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith;
(q) the amendments to A 2-A of the public health law made by
§§70-a and 75 shall not affect the repeal of such article and shall be deemed repealed therewith;
(r) any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of
this act may be promulgated and any procedures, forms, or instructions
necessary for such implementation may be adopted and issued on or after
the date this act shall have become a law;
(s) this act shall not be construed to alter, change, affect, impair
or defeat any rights, obligations, duties or interests accrued, incurred
or conferred prior to the enactment of this act;
(t) the commissioner of health and the superintendent of insurance and
any appropriate council may take any steps necessary to implement this
act prior to its effective date;
(u) notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of the state administrative procedure act or any other provision of law, rule or regulation, the commissioner of health and the superintendent of insurance and any appropriate council is authorized to adopt or amend or promulgate on an
emergency basis any regulation he or she or such council determines
necessary to implement any provision of this act on its effective date;
(v) the provisions of this act shall become effective notwithstanding
the failure of the commissioner of health or the superintendent of
insurance or any counc il to adopt or amend or promulgate regulations
implementing this act; and
(w) nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to affect the application, qualification, expiration, reversion or repeal of any provision of law amended by any section of this act and the provisions of this act shall be applied or qualified or shall expire or revert or be deemed repealed in the same manner, to the same extent and on the same dates as the case may be as otherwise provided by law
PART D
§ 3. immediately
PART E
§ 2. immediately
PART F
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART G
Intentionally omitted
Part H
§ 2. immediately
PART I
§ 4. immediately; provided that the amendments made to §1 of part C of chapter 57/2006 by §§1, 2 and 3 shall not affect th e repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith
Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.58

59 S6809C BUDGET -- Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the transportation, economic development and environmental conservation budget for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year
BLURB : Budget; TED Art VII
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
59 04/23/2008 immediately provided that the applicable effective date of Parts A through OO of this act shall be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts
PART A
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART B
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART C
Intentionally omitted
PART D
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART E
Intentionally omitted
PART F
Intentionally omitted
PART G
§ 4. immediately
PART H
Intentionally omitted
PART I
Intentionally omitted
PART J
Intentionally omitted
PART K
Intentionally omitted
PART L
Intentionally omitted
PART M
Intentionally omitted
PART N
Intentionally omitted
PART O
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART P
Intentionally omitted
PART Q
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART R
§ 4. takes effect 9/30/2008; that the amendments to §159-i of the executive law made by §1 shall not affect the expiration of such section as provided in §5 of ch 728/82, as amended, and §7 of ch 710/83, as amended, and shall be deemed to expire therewith
PART S
§ 8. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART T
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART U
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART V
Intentionally omitted
PART W
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART X
Intentionally omitted
PART Y
§ 8. immediately; provided that the amendments to §§ 183 and 189 of the economic development law, subd 9 of § 186-a of the tax law and subpar 2 of par g of the ninth undesignated par of § 1005 of the public authorities law, made by §§ 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7, shall not affect the expiration of such provisions and shall be deemed repealed therewith
PART Z
Intentionally omitted
PART AA
Intentionally omitted
PART BB
Intentionally omitted
PART CC
Intentionally omitted
PART DD
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART EE
Intentionally omitted
PART FF
§ 3. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART GG
Intentionally omitted
PART HH
§ 3. takes effect 4/1/2008; if this act shall become a law after such date it shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008; and provided that §§ 1 and 2
shall expire and be deemed repealed 3/31/2009
PART II
§ 3. immediately
PART JJ
§ 2. immediately
PART KK
§ 2. takes effect 4/1/2008; if this act shall become a law after such date it shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART LL
§ 7. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART MM
§ 4. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2008
PART NN
§ 2. immediately
PART OO
§ 2. immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after 4/1/2006

Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.59

60 S805B SEWARD -- Relates to foreign investments by life insurance companies
BLURB : Ins. life ins co; foreign investm
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
60 04/23/2008 04/23/2008
Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.60

61 S4391B DEFRANCISCO -- Establishes the first Tuesday in May as an annual day of commemoration known as "New York State Teacher Day"
BLURB : Exec. New York state teacher day
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
61 04/23/2008 takes effect on (5/23/08) the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law
Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.61

62 S4473 MALTESE -- Requires the industry apparel special task force to submit annual reports to the governor, legislature and chairpersons of legislative labor committees
BLURB : Lab. task force; annual report
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
62 04/23/2008 04/23/2008
Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.62

63 S6493 LEIBELL -- Provides technical corrections to chapter 629 of the laws of 2007
BLURB : Lab. written notice of wage rates
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
63 04/23/2008 takes effect on (2/24/08) the same date and in the same manner as chapter 629/2007, takes effect
Last Act: 04/23/08 SIGNED CHAP.63

64 S6398A DEFRANCISCO -- Provides for a chapter amendment to chapter 606 of the laws of 2007, amending the court of claims act relating to contents of a claim and notice of intention to file
BLURB : Court of claims
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
64 04/28/2008 04/28/2008
Last Act: 04/28/08 SIGNED CHAP.64

65 A9679 Bradley (MS) -- Authorizes the city of White Plains to impose an additional one-quarter of one percent sales and compensating use tax
BLURB : Tax. city of White Plains
Chapter Signed Date Effective Date
65 04/28/2008 provided that the amendments to subpar (iii) of the opening paragraph of §1210 of the tax law made by §3 shall take effect on (12/1/08) the same date and in the same manner as §5 of chapter 269/2007, takes effect
Last Act: 04/28/08 signed chap.65

66 S6687C SKELOS -- Relates to personal jurisdiction and enforceability of certain foreign judgments in cases involving defamation
BLURB : CPLR. defam; jurisd; enforceabil
Last Act: 04/28/08 SIGNED CHAP.66

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From: William S. Hein & Company, Inc.

Researching Texas Law

Second Edition

This 2008 new edition, titled Legal Research for the Texas Practitioner, focuses on the types of resources and research processes commonly encountered by modern-day practitioners. The work utilizes instructional material from the authors' courses in Legal Analysis, Research, and Communications and Advanced Legal Research and covers the basic skills that are needed to perform legal research in the day-to-day practice of law. This new edition will be available in June 2008.

Reflections of a Lawyer's Soul
The Institutional Experience of Professionalism at Thomas M. Cooley Law School

The editors of this new 2008 publication, and other professionals at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School wanted to evaluate and describe Cooley's professionalism efforts in a series of introductory monographs, in order to share those efforts with the law school community as well as with lawyers, judges, bar leaders, alumni, law students, other law schools, and prospective law students.

The American Doctrine of Judicial Supremacy

The purpose of this reprint, according to author Charles Grove Haines, is to present the history, scope and results of judicial control over legislation in the United States. Haines was a political scientist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles for more than twenty years. Here, he has traced the history of the unique American Doctrine, and its bases and sources.

History of the Formation of the Union Under the Constitution
with Liberty Documents and Reports of the Commission

This new reprint from Hein is the result of the work done by the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission during their preparations, planning and study in regards to the 150th anniversary of the United States Constitution. It serves a dual purpose of containing a report of the Commission's work as well as the special commemorations and a history of the formation of the Union.

Lyrics and the Law

The Constitution of Law in Music

This new Vandeplas publication addresses the role that music plays in constituting law in the United States. The book's first purpose is to introduce readers to the classical jurisprudential schools of thought and connect those philosophies to the lyrics of various songs. The book's second objective is to systematically explain the role that music plays in constituting images of race, gender and class. This book asserts that music creates law and images of law through specific lenses.

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The Organisation of South African Law Libraries (OSALL) is one of the sponssors and will be participating in this Conference:

NINTH Southern African Online Information Meeting
Tuesday 3rd of June to Thursday 5th of June 2008
CSIR Conference Centre
Meiring Naude Road, Pretoria
Organised by Southern African Online User Group
Together with SLIS and OSALL

The 9th SAOIM once again expands over three days in 2008 to include a pre-conference workshop. The meeting provides a forum for the exchange of information on current developments, applications and opportunities in the expanding field of online information in the broadest sense. The aim is to provide an insight into the extent of growth and activity taking place in the information industry. Coverage will include not only the traditional online systems and services, but will extend to some of the newest areas of information transfer and exchange. SLIS and OSALL will also be contributing to this event in 2008.

Keynote speakers already confirmed include:

Derek Law - Head of the Information Resources Directorate, University of Strathclyde.
Derek has worked in several British universities and published almost 200 book chapters, articles and conference papers. Most of his work has been to do with the development of networked resources in higher education and with the creation of national information policy. Recently he has worked on the use of wireless technology in developing new methods of teaching and learning. This has been combined with an active professional life in organisations related to librarianship and computing.

Geoff Hoy - Geoff has been associated with UCT libraries for many years, and is now involved with TENET, the tertiary education network which is used by all tertiary academic institutions in South Africa. From his unique perspective gained on both sides of the computer screen, Geoff will be addressing strategies on how to bridge the communication gap between the librarian and library systems on the one hand, and the computer technicians' understanding and implementation of programs on the other.

Christof Appel - Christof has presented in the UK, USA, Dubai and South Africa. He has wowed audiences with his entertaining and thought provoking business presentations. As a naturally gifted communicator he has proved an ability to connect with audiences ranging from high school students in Soweto to Fortune 500 CEO’s. His business career started at the age 19 when he launched a media and marketing company. After selling the business and its flagship youth magazine he joined Business Day and Financial Mail. During his corporate career he started consulting to companies on their ability to attract, develop and retain top young talent. His new company is assisting organizations in an economy where the business rules have changed considerably.

More details can be found at http://www.saoug.org.za/conferencenote.htm

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The following is a listing of articles which appear in the most recent issue of LLRX at the time of this posting. See http://www.llrx.com:

The Personal Information Trainer, by Stuart Basefsky
http://www.llrx.com/features/personalinfotrainer.htm

Criminal Law Resources: Fingerprint Evidence Challenges, by Ken Strutin
http://www.llrx.com/features/fingerprintevidence.htm

The Social Networking Titans: Facebook and MySpace, by Deborah Ginsberg and Meg Kribble
http://www.llrx.com/features/facebookmyspace.htm

Update to Choosing Law Librarianship: Thoughts for People Contemplating a Career Move, by Mary Whisner
http://www.llrx.com/features/lawlibrarianship.htm

Living With the Asus Eee PC, by Conrad J. Jacoby
http://www.llrx.com/features/asuseepc.htm

Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide, by Sabrina I. Pacifici, completely revised and updated.
http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm

Doing Legal Research in Canada - revised and updated, by Ted Tjaden
http://www.llrx.com/features/ca.htm

The Tao of Law Librarianship: If the Books Go, Will They Still Want Us? by Connie Crosby
http://www.llrx.com/columns/tao13.htm

E-Discovery Update: Minimizing E-Mail Archive Data Conversion Issues, by Conrad J. Jacoby
http://www.llrx.com/columns/emaildataconversion.htm

Reference from Coast to Coast: Making A Federal Case Out of It, by Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen
http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference57.htm

FOIA Facts: Increasing the Quality of FOIA Releases, by Scott A. Hodes
http://www.llrx.com/columns/foia48.htm

The Government Domain: Rich Resources from the Librarians of the Fed, by Peggy Garvin
http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain34.htm

LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips - Jerome Neu’s Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults
http://www.llrx.com/columns/bookreview8.htm

Commentary: Waterboarding, Congress and the President, by Beth Wellington
http://www.llrx.com/extras/waterboarding.htm

**LLRX Court Rules, Forms, and Dockets: the unique, free searchable database, maintained and updated by Margaret Berkland.
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/

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On April 4, 2008 Patricia Barbone sent an e-mail to the Law Library Association of New York (LLAGNY) listserv in which she listed the following two excellent sources where information about judges can be found.:

Judicial Reports is an on-demand service that covers NY Judges. The first profile you request is $600, then second is $500, and the third is $400. All subsequent profiles are $400. Reports generally consist of

1. A sample profile of judge
2 Judge's campaign contributors (since 1999)
3. Judge's financial disclosure form

All this information is public, but some of it may only be available via FOIA or by going directly to the agency. Some may be on the "deep" web by burrowing down in many of the state and city databases...not necessarily reachable by a google search.

Their phone number is 212-766-3201.

The second source Patricia listed is Legal Metric at http://www.legalmetric.com/cgi-n/index.cgi
which reports on U.S. District Court Judges. The report answers these fundamental questions and more:

·How likely is the judge to rule in your favor?

·Which significant motions are granted or denied?

What is the time to termination for cases like yours?

While these sources are excellent, I am adding a third source which can also be helpful for obtaining information about judges and the judiciary in New York State. :

The New York State Unified Court System public website at http://www.nycourts.gov includes under the category of Judges, a Judicial Directory and links to other information as well, including: Judicial Resources, New York State Judicial Institute, Judicial Ethics Opinions, and more. Once you click on the above link and get to the Unified Court System public web site, you will need to go to the list of options on the right side of your screen and click on Judges. This will take you to the site containing link to the above options and more.

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