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N.Y. DCD Law § 175 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 7 / Section 175
Effect of answers on examination
Status: in_force

§ 175. Effect of answers on examination. The person so examined, and\nanswering to the satisfaction of the court, shall not be liable to any\npenalty imposed for concealing and not delivering any property, or\npaying any debt; but his answers on such examination, may be given in\nevidence in the same manner, and with the like effect, as if he had been\nexamined by such trustees in an action brought by them against him for\nthe recovery of such property or debt.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 9-108 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 9 / Part 1 / Subpart 1 / Section 9-108
Sufficiency of Description
Status: in_force

Section 9--108. Sufficiency of Description.\n  (a) Sufficiency of description. Except as otherwise provided in\nsubsections (c), (d), and (e), a description of personal or real\nproperty is sufficient, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably\nidentifies what is described.\n  (b) Examples of reasonable identification. Except as otherwise\nprovided in Section 9--502 and subsection (d), a description of\ncollateral reasonably identifies the collateral if it identifies the\ncollateral by:\n       (1) specific listing;\n       (2) category;\n       (3) except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a type of\n           collateral defined in this chapter;\n       (4) quantity;\n       (5) computational or allocational formula or procedure; or\n       (6) except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), any other\n           method, if the identity of the collateral is objectively\n           determinable.\n  (c) Supergeneric description not sufficient. A description of\ncollateral as "all the debtor's assets" or "all the debtor's personal\nproperty" or using words of similar import does not reasonably identify\nthe collateral.\n  (d) Investment property. Except as otherwise provided in subsection\n(e), a description of a security entitlement, securities account, or\ncommodity account is sufficient if it describes:\n       (1) the collateral by those terms or as investment property; or\n       (2) the underlying financial asset or commodity contract.\n  (e) When description by type insufficient. A description only by type\nof collateral defined in this chapter is an insufficient description of:\n       (1) a commercial tort claim;\n       (2) in a consumer transaction, consumer goods, a security\n           entitlement, a securities account, or a commodity account; or\n       (3) a cooperative interest.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 392-G — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 392-G
Sale of ultraviolet radiation devices
Status: in_force

§ 392-g. Sale of ultraviolet radiation devices. 1. When used in this\nsection, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings\nascribed to them in this section:\n  (a) "Tanning facility" shall mean any establishment where one or more\nultraviolet radiation device is used, offered, or made available for use\nby any human being, for which a fee is charged, directly or indirectly,\nbut shall not include any facility where any such device is used by a\nqualified health care professional for treatment of medical conditions.\n  (b) "Ultraviolet radiation device" shall mean any equipment which is\ndesigned to emit electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength interval of\ntwo hundred to four hundred nanometers in air, and which is intended to\ninduce tanning of the human skin through irradiation, including, but not\nlimited to, a sunlamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed.\n  (c) "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint\nventure, or any business entity.\n  2. No person shall offer for sale any ultraviolet radiation device for\nuse in a tanning facility, or for the personal use of a consumer, unless\nsuch device is conspicuously labeled with a warning stating the health\nhazards associated with the use of such device, and setting forth a safe\nexposure schedule, and such device is equipped with a timing device\nlimiting exposure time to safe exposure levels.\n  3. Each ultraviolet radiation device offered for sale shall be\naccompanied without additional cost therefor by safety goggles.\n  4. Each ultraviolet radiation device offered for sale shall include an\neasily accessible on/off switch permitting an individual, while using\nthe device, to turn off the radiation at any time the device is in use.\n  5. Any person who knowingly fails to comply with the requirements of\nthis section shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed fifty\ndollars for the first violation, one hundred dollars for a second\nviolation, and two hundred fifty dollars for any subsequent violation.\nEach day such offense shall continue shall constitute a separate\nadditional violation. It shall be a defense to the imposition of any\nsuch civil penalty that the device was labeled and equipped as required\nby this section and such label or equipment was removed, defaced, or\nrendered inoperable by vandals, provided the person required to comply\nwith this section subsequently so complies.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 846-I — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 36-A / Section 846-I
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 846-i. Short title. This article shall be known and cited as the\n"New York motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud prevention\ndemonstration program".\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 301.3 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 301.3
Applicability of article to actions and matters occurring before and after effective date
Status: in_force

§ 301.3. Applicability of article to actions and matters occurring\nbefore and after effective date. 1. The provisions of this article apply\nexclusively to:\n  (a) all juvenile delinquency actions and proceedings commenced upon or\nafter the effective date thereof and all appeals and other post-judgment\nproceedings relating or attaching thereto; and\n  (b) all matters of juvenile delinquency procedure prescribed in this\narticle which do not constitute a part of any particular action or case,\noccurring upon or after such effective date.\n  2. The provisions of this article apply to:\n  (a) all juvenile delinquency actions and proceedings commenced prior\nto the effective date thereof but still pending on such date; and\n  (b) all appeals and other post-judgment proceedings commenced upon or\nafter such effective date which relate or attach to juvenile delinquency\nactions and proceedings commenced or concluded prior to such effective\ndate provided that, if application of such provisions in any particular\ncase would not be feasible or would work injustice, the provisions of\narticle seven pertaining to juvenile delinquency actions apply thereto,\nas such article seven read immediately prior to the effective date of\nthis article.\n  3. The provisions of this article do not impair or render ineffectual\nany proceedings or procedural matters which occurred prior to the\neffective date thereof.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2606 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 26 / Section 2606
Chief clerk and deputy chief clerk of the surrogate's court and other personnel in Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond counties 1
Status: in_force

§ 2606. Chief clerk and deputy chief clerk of the surrogate's court and\n          other personnel in Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond\n          counties\n  1. The judge of the surrogate's court in the counties of Bronx, Kings,\nNew York, Queens and Richmond counties may severally appoint and remove\na chief clerk of the court, a deputy chief clerk and such law\nassistants, clerks, court reporters and other officers and employees as\nnecessary.\n  2. The chief clerk shall also be and shall perform all duties of the\nclerk of the surrogate's court.\n  3. Each chief clerk and deputy chief clerk of the court shall, before\nentering upon the performance of his duties, take the constitutional\noath of office and file the same with the county clerk, together with a\nbond in the sum of $50,000 approved by the surrogate conditioned on the\nfaithful performance of the duties of his office.\n  4. Should the chief clerk or deputy chief clerk be absent or unable to\nact or if the office be vacant the surrogate may designate any law\nassistant or other clerk to serve temporarily as chief clerk or deputy\nchief clerk of the court.\n  5. Each surrogate may appoint and remove such attendants, messengers\nand court officers to attend terms and sessions of court and perform\nsuch duties as required. Such officers shall have all the powers of\nofficers designated by sheriffs to attend upon courts of record.\n  6. The compensation of all court personnel in the surrogate's court of\neach county, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, shall be fixed\nby the respective surrogates upon approval of the state administrator\nand shall be a city charge provided that the final determination of the\nestimate of annual financial needs of the court shall be made as\nprovided by article 7-a of the judiciary law and section 29 of article 6\nof the Constitution. The proper appropriating body shall annually\nappropriate the necessary funds for such compensation and other expenses\nof the court.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2352 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 23 / Section 2352
Multiple rating programs
Status: in_force

§ 2352. Multiple rating programs. (a) Subject to the superintendent's\nprior approval, an insurer may establish more than one rating program\nwithin the same company for policies of insurance that are subject to\nsection three thousand four hundred twenty-five or section three\nthousand four hundred twenty-six of this chapter; provided that:\n  (1) each rating program shall apply only to policies newly written on\nor after the effective date of the rating program but prior to the\neffective date of any subsequently approved rating program; provided\nhowever if an insurer terminates a rating program, then the insurer\nshall renew the policies that were subject to the terminated rating\nprogram in a subsequently approved rating program.\n  (2) the provisions of subsection (f) of section three thousand four\nhundred twenty-five and subsection (b) of section two thousand three\nhundred forty-nine of this chapter shall be applied to each rating\nprogram to which they are applicable separately.\n  (b) The superintendent may promulgate rules and regulations to\nimplement the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 219-H — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 10-B / Section 219-H
Tax exemptions
Status: in_force

§ 219-h. Tax exemptions.  The provisions of subdivisions one, two and\nthree of section fifty-two of this chapter shall apply with equal force\nand effect to emergency projects so long as such projects are controlled\nby an authority or a city, provided, however, that any bonds, notes or\nother obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued by an authority or\na city shall at all times be exempt from all taxation by the state or\nany subdivision thereof.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 326 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 9 / Section 326
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 326. Rules and regulations. 1. The commission shall have the power\nto adopt and promulgate rules and regulations carrying into effect such\nprovisions of the sections of this chapter wherein reference is made to\nthe rules and regulations of or to be adopted by the commission, and\nalso in other cases where the approval of the department or the\nexistence of conditions satisfactory to it is a requisite under this\nchapter for compliance with any provision of this chapter or the\nexercise of discretionary powers by the department with respect to\nalternative requirements, is authorized.\n  2. Such rules and regulations shall be designed within the limitations\nof the specifically applicable provisions of this chapter:\n  a. To effectuate the general purposes of this chapter.\n  b. To provide reasonably uniform standards, ratings and requirements,\nconsonant with accepted standards of engineering, fire prevention and\nsafety practices.\n  c. To formulate such standards and requirements, so far as may be\npracticable, in terms of performance objectives, so as to make adequate\nperformance for the use intended the test of acceptability.\n  d. To permit to the fullest extent possible, use of modern technical\nmethods, devices and improvements which tend to reduce costs of\nconstruction, installation and maintenance without substantially\naffecting reasonable requirements for the health, safety and security of\nthe occupants or users of dwellings.\n  3. Every rule or regulation or modification, amendment or repeal of a\nrule or regulation shall, immediately after adoption, be certified by\nthe commission and transmitted to the secretary of state for filing in\nthe office of the department of state. Upon such filing, the rule or\nregulation or modification, amendment or repeal of a rule or regulation,\nshall have the force and effect of law. The commission shall cause\ncopies thereof to be sent to the appropriate department or departments\nof all municipalities having jurisdiction over multiple dwellings\ntherein which are affected thereby.\n  4. The commission shall invite the cooperation and advice of fire\ndepartments and organizations in connection with the promulgation of\nrules and regulations relating to fire protection and fire prevention.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 73-A — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 5 / Section 73-A
Unlawful sale of tuberculous cattle
Status: in_force

§ 73-a. Unlawful sale of tuberculous cattle.  A person who knowingly\nsells, except under the supervision of the commissioner of agriculture\nand markets, any bovine animal in which tuberculosis shall have been\nindicated as a result of the tuberculin test, is guilty of a\nmisdemeanor.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 142 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 1 / Part 4 / Section 142
Authority to visit school or institution
Status: in_force

§ 142. Authority to visit school or institution. Judges of the family\ncourt may officially visit any school or institution to which any person\nwithin the jurisdiction of the court of which he is an officer may be\nremanded or committed, and the authorities responsible for paying their\nrespective salaries are authorized and required to approve and pay the\nnecessary traveling expenses incurred by such judges in making such\nvisits.\n
N.Y. ACG Law § 251 — New York Code / Act ACG / Article 6 / Section 251
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

§ 251. Powers and duties. The director of finance, or county\ntreasurer, as the case may be, subject to the powers and authority of\nthe board of supervisors and of the county executive, shall:\n  1. Be the chief fiscal officer of the county.\n  2. Have charge of the administration of all the financial affairs of\nthe county, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.\n  3. Receive and have custody of all public funds belonging to or\nhandled by the county.\n  4. Collect all taxes, assessments, license fees and other revenues of\nthe county for whose collection the county is responsible, except those\npayable by law to the county clerk or sheriff.\n  5. Deposit all funds coming into his hands in such depositories as may\nbe designated by resolution of the board of supervisors, or if no such\nresolution be adopted then as designated by the county executive,\nsubject to the requirements of law as to depositories and depositories'\nundertakings.\n  6. Have supervision over and be responsible for the disbursement of\nall county funds.\n  7. Require reports of receipts and disbursements from all spending\nagencies of the county to be made daily, or at such intervals as may be\nrequired by county act.\n  8. Submit to the board of supervisors annually on or before the first\nday of February a complete financial statement containing a general\nbalance sheet for the county, and at such other times as may be required\nby county act.\n  9. Have charge of the administration of the function of assessment of\nreal property for taxation, in the event such function shall be\ntransferred from units of local government to the county, unless\notherwise delegated by local law.\n  10. Perform all the duties required by any law to be performed by the\ncounty treasurer, unless such duties shall have been assigned to some\nother county department or officer.\n  11. Have the custody, investment and management of any sinking funds\nprovided for the payment or redemption of county debts.\n  12. Perform such additional and related duties as the board of\nsupervisors shall require by county act.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 8-508 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 8 / Part 5 / Section 8-508
Duty of Securities Intermediary to change Entitlement Holder's Position to Other Form of Security Holding
Status: in_force

Section 8--508. Duty of Securities Intermediary to change Entitlement\n                  Holder's Position to Other Form of Security Holding.\n  A securities intermediary shall act at the direction of an entitlement\nholder to change a security entitlement into another available form of\nholding for which the entitlement holder is eligible, or to cause the\nfinancial asset to be transferred to a securities account of the\nentitlement holder with another securities intermediary. A securities\nintermediary satisfies the duty if:\n       (1) the securities intermediary acts as agreed upon by the\n           entitlement holder and the securities intermediary; or\n       (2) in the absence of agreement, the securities intermediary\n           exercises due care in accordance with reasonable commercial\n           standards to follow the direction of the entitlement holder.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 465 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 14 / Section 465
Liability
Status: in_force

§ 465. Liability. 1. Nothing contained in this article shall be\nconstrued as limiting any existing legal cause of action or remedy at\nlaw, in statute or in equity.\n  2. Any seller who provides a property condition disclosure statement\nor provides or fails to provide a revised property condition disclosure\nstatement shall be liable only for a willful failure to perform the\nrequirements of this article. For such a willful failure, the seller\nshall be liable for the actual damages suffered by the buyer in addition\nto any other existing equitable or statutory remedy.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 160-NNNN — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6-H / Section 160-NNNN
Mandatory reporting
Status: in_force

§ 160-nnnn. Mandatory reporting. An appraisal management company that\nhas a reasonable basis to believe an appraiser within the appraisal\nmanagement company's appraisal panel is failing to comply with the\nuniform standards of professional appraisal practice, is violating\napplicable laws, or is otherwise engaging in unethical or unprofessional\nconduct shall immediately refer such matter to the department.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 15 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 2 / Section 15
Title through noncitizen
Status: in_force

§ 15. Title through noncitizen. The right, title or interest in or to\nreal property in this state now held or hereafter acquired by any person\nentitled to hold the same can not be questioned or impeached by reason\nof the noncitizen status of any person through whom such title may have\nbeen derived. Nothing in this section affects or impairs the right of\nany heir, devisee, mortgagee, or creditor by judgment or otherwise.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 1505-B — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 15 / Section 1505-B
Additional requirements for incorporation of natural organic reduction facilities
Status: in_force

§ 1505-b. Additional requirements for incorporation of natural organic\n            reduction facilities.\n  (a) Approval. A cemetery corporation seeking the approval to operate a\nnatural organic reduction facility shall submit for approval by the\ncemetery board the following:\n  (1) a list of the directors, employees, and certificate holders of the\ncemetery corporation;\n  (2) a certified survey of the site and location within the county it\nwill be situated;\n  (3) a business plan for the operation of the natural organic reduction\nfacility to include, but not be limited to, number of expected natural\norganic reductions per year, number of natural organic reduction units,\nmanufacture, capital costs, financing, anticipated number of employees,\ntypes of services provided, pricing thereof;\n  (4) a description of the impact of the proposed natural organic\nreduction facility on other natural organic reduction facilities, if\nany, within the county or impact on the surrounding community;\n  (5) plans, designs, and costs of any structures to be erected or\nretrofitted for the natural organic reduction facility use; and\n  (6) a description of any approvals or permits required by state or\nlocal law. No natural organic reduction facility shall be approved until\nsuch other approvals or permits have been obtained.\n  (b) Further information. Within thirty-five days following receipt of\nthe information required by paragraph (a) of this section, the cemetery\nboard or the division of cemeteries may request from the cemetery\ncorporation any additional information or documentation and technical\nassistance deemed necessary to review such information. Such information\nshall not be deemed complete until the requested additional information\nhas been received. If no such request is made, the submission shall be\ndeemed complete on the thirty-fifth day after its receipt by the\ndivision of cemeteries.\n  (c) Determination. The cemetery board shall approve or deny the\nproposed natural organic reduction facility within ninety days of the\ncompleted submission.\n  (d) Notification. The cemetery board shall provide written notice of\nits determination to the cemetery corporation. If a negative\ndetermination is made, such notice shall state the reasons therefor.\nNotice shall be made by registered or certified mail addressed to the\ncemetery corporation at its principal office.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 264 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 10 / Section 264
Provision of funds by county or town
Status: in_force

§ 264. Provision of funds by county or town. Whenever the board of\nsupervisors shall have, by resolution, appropriated and made immediately\navailable to the requisition of the department of transportation an\namount sufficient to pay its share of the cost of the construction or\nimprovement which is to be borne by the county within which a state\nhighway or section thereof is located, such amount so appropriated shall\nbe a county charge and shall be paid by the county treasurer of the\ncounty in which such highway or section thereof is located, upon the\nrequisition of the department of transportation.  Such amount may be\nprovided pursuant to the local finance law, and the board of supervisors\nshall provide for the assessment, levy and collection by tax of all or\nany part of the share of the cost of such improvement apportioned to the\ncounty which has not been provided for by the issuance of county\nobligations. Any town may provide pursuant to the local finance law a\nsufficient sum to pay the share of the cost of the construction or\nimprovement of a state highway, which is to be borne by the town as\napportioned by the department of transportation.  The board of\nsupervisors shall, from time to time, impose upon the taxable property\nof the town a tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest of such\ntown obligations, as the same shall become due. The board of supervisors\nshall provide for the assessment, levy and collection by tax of all or\nany part of the share or shares of the town or towns which has not been\nprovided for by the issuance of town obligations.\n