nd while we’re proud to have persuaded both the State Senate and the Assembly to approve these bills, there’s a lot more to be done to persuade the governor to sign them into law.

Every one of them was written, sponsored and pushed through both houses of the legislature for the benefit of you and your family. If and when they become law, they will have a significant impact on such issues as the NYPD’s disciplinary system, terminal leave payments and expanding the powers of the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) — the entity that has decided our last two contacts.

There are also bills that would expand the heart bill to cover a stroke as a job-related disability, extend the college-tuition-reimbursement program and require an independent hearing officer when a police officer is facing a charge punishable by dismissal.

The bills listed below have passed both houses of the State Legislature and await the governor’s signature (or veto). Getting them approved by the State Senate and Assembly is an important part of a long and painstaking process by which our lobbying efforts ultimately produce results (witness the many failures to get the PERB law enacted before it won approval of both the legislative and executive branches — as well as successfully fending off legal challenges).

Even if the governor vetoes some bills this time, the Senate and Assembly hurdles have already been surmounted, and the bills will be high on our agenda next year. If the governor does exercise his veto and overrides are impractical, we can always use the governor’s language in his veto statements to help us tinker with the bills so that they satisfy all branches of state government and finally become law.

In the following list, the numbers preceded by an “S” or an “A” signify that bill’s numerical designation in the Senate or the Assembly. The names in parentheses are of the bill’s sponsors in that particular house of the legislature. To read more about the legislation, log on to http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/ and search by the bill’s Senate or Assembly number.

S7441 (Robach); A5397 (Abbate) - Simplifies and broadens the grounds upon which injunctive relief can be granted.

S6310-A (Morahan): A9147-A (Zembrowski) — Authorizes the issuance of distinctive license plates to retired disabled police officers; such plate shall only be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner of motor vehicles, that the applicant is a retired police officer who receives disability benefits

S7377-A (Golden); A10731-A (Abbate) - Relates to presumptive eligibility for accidental disabilities occurring as a result of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

S7855-C (Golden); A11255-A (Silver) — Relates to certain persons being eligible for accidental death benefits; establishes a presumptive eligibility for accidental death benefits related to exposure in connection with the World Trade Center tragedy on September 11, 2001 for certain public employees.

S3034-A (Maltese); A6233-A (Abbate); Terminal leave - Allows member of New York City police force the option of taking a monetary payment in lieu of terminal leave at the rate applicable on the date of retirement.

S3177 (Robach); A6223 (Abbate) - Improper practice - Provides that where there are improper employer practices the last offer of the duly recognized employee representative shall become the agreement between parties.

S3178 (Robach); A6222 (Abbate) - PERB Hearings - Provides employee organizations filing improper practice charge of failure to negotiate in good faith with a right to and expedited determination by PERB.

S3593-A (Leibell); A10646 (Manning) - Increases the earnings limitation for retired persons in positions of public service for the year 2007 and thereafter.

S4458-D (Golden); A7395-B (Abbate) — Expands provisions of the “heart bill” as it applies to police and fire to include disabilities caused by stroke.

S4508 (Robach); A8556 (Abbate) — Establishes it shall be an improper employer practice to fail to provide representation by an attorney in certain circumstances.

S6476; A10837 (Abbate)— Enhances the authority of the Public Employment Relations Board in dealing with unfair labor practices.

S6742 (Padavan); A10894 (Lentol) — Extends tuition waiver program for police officer students of the city university of New York to July 1, 2008.

S6744 (Padavan); A10334 (Markey) — Increases the salary used in the computation of the special accidental death benefit in cases where the date of death was before 2006; applies to surviving spouse and child benefits of certain police and fire personnel.

S7503 (Golden); A11088 (Abbate) — Establishes that public employee discipline is a mandatorily negotiable term and condition of employment; ensures that any provisions pertaining discipline contained within agreements or interest arbitration awards between public employers and public employee organizations are valid and enforceable.

S7842 (Robach); A11261A (Abbate) — Expands availability of injunctive relief incidental to employer and employee organization improper practices and eliminates automatic stay of order granting injunctive relief against municipalities.

S7903 (Spano); A10082 (Lentol) — Requires the use of an independent hearing officer for a hearing whereby a public employee represented by an employee organization may be discharged.

A11935-B (Rules — Christiansen) — Establishes the Craig J. Todeschini unlawful fleeing of a police officer act; creates three new crimes regarding fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle causing physical injury (A misdemeanor); serous physical injury (E felony) and death (D felony).

A11951-A (Rules — Lentol) — Provides for DNA testing in felony cases and for certain misdemeanors.

S6299-A (Maltese); A9242-A (Cymbrowitz) - Health presumption - Presumes certain health impairments (cancer and lung disease) to uniformed members of police departments were incurred in the performance of duty.