Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state transportation, economic development and environmental conservation budget for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year; extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the financing of mass transportation by certain municipal corporations (Part A); provides for mass transportation payments to the Capital District Transportation District; adds Warren county to such district (Part E); extends provisions of law relating to the accident prevention course internet technology pilot program from April 1, 2024 until April 1, 2026 (Part F); extends certain provisions of law relating to certain motor vehicle transaction fees and costs of the department of motor vehicles (Part G); extends provisions of law relating to motor vehicles equipped with autonomous vehicle technology (Part J); enacts the stretch limousine passenger safety act (Part K); enacts the waterfront commission act to regulate the occupations of longshore workers, stevedores, pier superintendents, hiring agents and security officers to preserve the rights of such workers and the economic stability of the port of New York district; repeals provisions of law relating to waterfront employment and air freight industry regulation (Part L); extends provisions relating to the clean energy resources and development and incentives program until April 19, 2030; relates to renewable energy generation projects and qualified energy storage systems (Part M); authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to finance a portion of its research, development and demonstration, policy and planning, and Fuel NY program, as well as climate change related expenses of the department of environmental conservation from an assessment on gas and electric corporations; directs unused funds to be refunded on a pro-rata basis to such gas and electric corporations (Part N); enacts the "renewable action through project interconnection and deployment (RAPID) act" to timely achieve certain renewable energy and greenhouse gas reduction targets; transfers the functions of the office of renewable energy siting to the department of public service and accelerating the permitting of electric utility transmission facilities; makes related provisions (Part O); authorizes utility and cable television assessments that provide funds to the department of health from cable television assessment revenues and to the department of agriculture and markets, department of environmental conservation, department of state, and the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation from utility assessment revenues (Part Q); authorizes state assistance payments toward climate smart community projects of up to eighty percent to municipalities that meet criteria relating to financial hardship or disadvantaged communities; provides that financial hardship is determined by whether a municipality has a median household income at or below eighty percent of the state median household income (Part S); relates to air quality control program fees and ozone non-attainment fee programs; establishes the air quality improvement fund (Part T); extends provisions of law relating to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority to establish subsidiaries (Part V); relates to the Battery Park city authority's authorization to issue bonds and notes (Part W); increases the cap on grants to entrepreneurship assistance centers (Part X); extends provisions of law relating to the New York state infrastructure trust fund to July 1, 2025 (Part Y); extends the authority of the New York state urban development corporation to administer the empire state economic development fund (Part Z); extends provisions of law relating to the powers of the New York state urban development corporation act to make loans (Part AA); extends provisions of the New York state health insurance continuation assistance demonstration project (Part BB); provides that covered prescription insulin drugs shall not be subject to deductible, copayment, coinsurance or other cost sharing requirements (Part EE); extends certain provisions relating to permitting videoconferencing and remote participation in public meetings (Part KK); relates to reinsurance, credits for assessments paid; relates to credit relating to life and health insurance guaranty corporation assessments (Part LL); enacts the "artificial intelligence deceptive practices act"; provides for privacy rights involving digitization (Subpart A); requires disclosure of the use of digitization in political communications (Subpart B) (Part MM); relates to rates for livery insurance (Part NN); allows regional economic development council awardees to certify that they offer youth internship opportunities (Part OO); establishes a sales tax exemption for residential energy storage systems equipment (Part PP); directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a highway and depot charging needs evaluation (Part QQ); authorizes the state to consent to binding arbitration with respect to certain contracts adopted by the Gateway Development Commission (Part RR); establishes a local authorities searchable subsidy and economic development benefits database (Subpart A); provides for the applicability of open meetings and freedom of information laws to state and local authorities (Subpart B) (Part SS); establishes the New York state empire artificial intelligence research program and the empire AI consortium; sets forth the plan of operation and financial oversight of the empire AI consortium (Subpart A); authorizes the state university of New York at Buffalo to lease a portion of lands to the empire AI consortium to create and launch a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence computing center (Subpart B) (Part TT).

Statutes affected:
S8308: 1204 public authorities law, 1204(5-a) public authorities law, 1266 public authorities law, 1266(4) public authorities law, 165.15 penal law, 165.15(3) penal law, 402 vehicle and traffic law, 402(7) vehicle and traffic law, 402(8) vehicle and traffic law, 510 vehicle and traffic law, 2985 public authorities law, 2985(8) public authorities law, 1704-a vehicle and traffic law, 312-a vehicle and traffic law, 312-a(1) vehicle and traffic law, 313 vehicle and traffic law, 313(3) vehicle and traffic law, 138 transportation law, 138(9) transportation law, 375 vehicle and traffic law, 152 transportation law, 152(2) transportation law, 509-g vehicle and traffic law, 509-m vehicle and traffic law, 401 vehicle and traffic law, 2.10 criminal procedure law, 2.10(34) criminal procedure law, 5 tax law, 5(1) tax law, 1105 tax law, 1105(c) tax law, 94-c executive law, 206 eminent domain procedure law, 6-106 energy law, 6-106(7) energy law, 1014 public authorities law, 1020-s public authorities law, 1020-s(1) public authorities law, 18-a public service law, 18-a(4) public service law, 160 public service law, 160(2) public service law, 11-103 energy law, 11-103(3) energy law, 7208 education law, 7208(l) education law, 4 public service law, 4(1) public service law, 30 public service law, 12 transportation corporations law, 66 public service law, 66(2) public service law, 66-b public service law, 195 agriculture and markets law, 195(2) agriculture and markets law, 1676 public authorities law, 1676(2) public authorities law, 1977-a public authorities law, 1977-a(1) public authorities law, 211 economic development law, 211(6) economic development law, 36 banking law, 36(1) banking law, 36(10) banking law, 39 banking law, 42 banking law, 42(1) banking law, 42(2) banking law, 42(3) banking law, 42(4) banking law, 42(5) banking law, 42(6) banking law, 3420 insurance law, 3420(g) insurance law, 3216 insurance law, 3216(i) insurance law, 4303 insurance law, 4303(u) insurance law, 473 social services law, 7434 insurance law, 7434(a) insurance law, 7709 insurance law, 7709(c) insurance law
S8308A: 1204 public authorities law, 1204(5-a) public authorities law, 1266 public authorities law, 1266(4) public authorities law, 165.15 penal law, 165.15(3) penal law, 402 vehicle and traffic law, 402(7) vehicle and traffic law, 402(8) vehicle and traffic law, 510 vehicle and traffic law, 2985 public authorities law, 2985(8) public authorities law, 1704-a vehicle and traffic law, 312-a vehicle and traffic law, 312-a(1) vehicle and traffic law, 313 vehicle and traffic law, 313(3) vehicle and traffic law, 138 transportation law, 138(9) transportation law, 375 vehicle and traffic law, 152 transportation law, 152(2) transportation law, 509-g vehicle and traffic law, 509-m vehicle and traffic law, 401 vehicle and traffic law, 2.10 criminal procedure law, 2.10(34) criminal procedure law, 5 tax law, 5(1) tax law, 1105 tax law, 1105(c) tax law, 94-c executive law, 206 eminent domain procedure law, 6-106 energy law, 6-106(7) energy law, 1014 public authorities law, 1020-s public authorities law, 1020-s(1) public authorities law, 18-a public service law, 18-a(4) public service law, 160 public service law, 160(2) public service law, 11-103 energy law, 11-103(3) energy law, 7208 education law, 7208(l) education law, 4 public service law, 4(1) public service law, 30 public service law, 12 transportation corporations law, 66 public service law, 66(2) public service law, 66-b public service law, 195 agriculture and markets law, 195(2) agriculture and markets law, 1676 public authorities law, 1676(2) public authorities law, 1977-a public authorities law, 1977-a(1) public authorities law, 211 economic development law, 211(6) economic development law, 36 banking law, 36(1) banking law, 36(10) banking law, 39 banking law, 42 banking law, 42(1) banking law, 42(2) banking law, 42(3) banking law, 42(4) banking law, 42(5) banking law, 42(6) banking law, 3420 insurance law, 3420(g) insurance law, 3216 insurance law, 3216(i) insurance law, 4303 insurance law, 4303(u) insurance law, 473 social services law, 7434 insurance law, 7434(a) insurance law, 7709 insurance law, 7709(c) insurance law, 50 civil rights law, 51 civil rights law, 52-c civil rights law, 52-c(1) civil rights law, 10.00 penal law, 190.78 penal law, 190.79 penal law, 190.80 penal law, 190.80-a penal law, 263.10 penal law, 263.11 penal law, 263.15 penal law, 263.16 penal law, 14-106 election law, 2328 insurance law
S8308B: 402 vehicle and traffic law, 402(8) vehicle and traffic law, 402(7) vehicle and traffic law, 510 vehicle and traffic law, 312-a vehicle and traffic law, 312-a(1) vehicle and traffic law, 313 vehicle and traffic law, 313(3) vehicle and traffic law, 509-g vehicle and traffic law, 509-m vehicle and traffic law, 375 vehicle and traffic law, 138 transportation law, 138(9) transportation law, 94-c executive law, 206 eminent domain procedure law, 6-106 energy law, 6-106(7) energy law, 1014 public authorities law, 1020-s public authorities law, 1020-s(1) public authorities law, 18-a public service law, 18-a(4) public service law, 160 public service law, 160(2) public service law, 11-103 energy law, 11-103(3) energy law, 7208 education law, 7208(l) education law, 3 public service law, 4 public service law, 4(1) public service law, 30 public service law, 1020-cc public authorities law, 1020-cc(1) public authorities law, 12 transportation corporations law, 66 public service law, 66(2) public service law, 66-b public service law, 66-g public service law, 195 agriculture and markets law, 195(2) agriculture and markets law, 3420 insurance law, 3420(g) insurance law, 3216 insurance law, 3216(i) insurance law, 4303 insurance law, 4303(u) insurance law, 350-a general business law, 202-a agriculture and markets law, 7434 insurance law, 7434(a) insurance law, 7709 insurance law, 7709(c) insurance law, 2328 insurance law, 51 public authorities law, 51(6) public authorities law, 2807 public authorities law, 2 public authorities law, 2(2) public authorities law, 2800 public authorities law, 2800(3) public authorities law, 2824 public authorities law, 2824(2) public authorities law, 1266 public authorities law, 2878-a public authorities law, 104 general municipal law, 66-s public service law, 1292 tax law, 1298 tax law, 83 state finance law, 71-0301 environmental conservation law, 71-0707 environmental conservation law, 71-0709 environmental conservation law, 71-0711 environmental conservation law, 71-1105 environmental conservation law, 71-1107 environmental conservation law, 71-1109 environmental conservation law, 71-1111 environmental conservation law, 71-1115 environmental conservation law, 71-1121 environmental conservation law, 71-1123 environmental conservation law, 71-1125 environmental conservation law, 71-1131 environmental conservation law, 71-1203 environmental conservation law, 71-1711 environmental conservation law, 71-1725 environmental conservation law, 71-1905 environmental conservation law, 71-1945 environmental conservation law, 71-2111 environmental conservation law, 71-2505 environmental conservation law, 71-2729 environmental conservation law, 71-3103 environmental conservation law, 71-3307 environmental conservation law, 71-3501 environmental conservation law, 71-3803 environmental conservation law, 71-3903 environmental conservation law, 71-3905 environmental conservation law, 71-4001 environmental conservation law, 71-4003 environmental conservation law, 71-4103 environmental conservation law, 71-4303 environmental conservation law, 71-4402 environmental conservation law, 341 highway law, 341(14) highway law, 8 state finance law, 238 vehicle and traffic law, 238(2) vehicle and traffic law, 242 vehicle and traffic law, 242(6) vehicle and traffic law, 210-B tax law, 606 tax law
S8308C: 138 transportation law, 138(9) transportation law, 375 vehicle and traffic law, 509-g vehicle and traffic law, 509-m vehicle and traffic law, 2.10 criminal procedure law, 2.10(34) criminal procedure law, 5 tax law, 5(1) tax law, 1105 tax law, 1900 public authorities law, 94-c executive law, 206 eminent domain procedure law, 6-106 energy law, 6-106(7) energy law, 1014 public authorities law, 1020-s public authorities law, 1020-s(1) public authorities law, 18-a public service law, 18-a(4) public service law, 160 public service law, 160(2) public service law, 11-103 energy law, 11-103(3) energy law, 1977-a public authorities law, 1977-a(1) public authorities law, 211 economic development law, 211(6) economic development law, 3216 insurance law, 3216(i) insurance law, 4303 insurance law, 4303(u) insurance law, 7434 insurance law, 7434(a) insurance law, 7709 insurance law, 7709(c) insurance law, 50 civil rights law, 51 civil rights law, 14-106 election law, 2328 insurance law, 1115 tax law