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N.Y. PBS Law § 92-I — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 5 / Section 92-I
Cramming prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 92-i. Cramming prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section,\n"cramming" means the inclusion and imposition of charges on the invoice\nor bill of a customer from a telephone corporation at the request of a\nthird party or billing aggregator that (a) were not authorized by the\ncustomer, or (b) if authorized, were obtained through misleading or\ndeceptive means.\n  2. A customer shall not be liable for charges appearing on the invoice\nor bill of a telephone corporation that are the result of cramming. No\ncharges for any products or services, other than those provided by the\ntelephone corporation, its affiliates, a third party video provider with\nwhom a telephone corporation or its affiliate jointly market services,\nor otherwise permitted by law, shall be included on any bill or invoice\nof a customer, unless the third party requesting the payment of such\ncharges retains and provides upon request valid proof that:\n  (a) the customer was provided with clear and conspicuous disclosure of\nall material terms and conditions of the product or service being\noffered, including but not limited to all initial and recurring charges\nand the fact that such charges shall appear on the customer's telephone\nbill;\n  (b) after receiving clear and conspicuous disclosure as provided in\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision, the customer explicitly consented to\nthe nature and amount of such charges; and\n  (c) the third party offering the product or service or an agent of\nsuch third party provided the customer with a toll-free telephone number\nthe customer may call and an address to which the customer may write to\nresolve any billing dispute.\n  3. Any charges for third party products or services that are included\non a bill or invoice by a telephone corporation without the consent of\nthe customer having been obtained as provided in subdivision two of this\nsection shall be void and unenforceable, and shall be removed from the\nbill or invoice upon notice from such customer.\n  4. The commission shall supervise and ensure compliance with the\nprovisions of this section, and may promulgate any rules and regulations\nit deems necessary or desirable to ensure such compliance, including but\nnot limited to any additional requirements for verification of customer\norders and any additional standards that third parties or agents must\nmeet to be authorized to receive payment through the inclusion of\ncharges on bills or invoices of telephone corporations. Any failure by a\ntelephone corporation to comply with the provisions of this section may\nbe redressed as provided in subdivision three of section ninety-six of\nthis article or as otherwise authorized by law.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 992 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 49-A / Section 992
Implementation of the family policy
Status: in_force

§ 992. Implementation of the family policy. The family policy shall be\nimplemented by the state council on children and families pursuant to\nparagraph (f) of subdivision two of section 483-b of the social services\nlaw.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 232 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 13 / Section 232
Notice of nature of matrimonial action; proof of service
Status: in_force

§ 232. Notice of nature of matrimonial action; proof of service. a. In\nan action to annul a marriage or for divorce or for separation, if the\ncomplaint is not personally served with the summons, the summons shall\nhave legibly written or printed upon the face thereof: "Action to annul\na marriage", "Action to declare the nullity of a void marriage", "Action\nfor a divorce", or "Action for a separation", as the case may be, and\nshall specify the nature of any ancillary relief demanded. A judgment\nshall not be rendered in favor of the plaintiff upon the defendant's\ndefault in appearing or pleading, unless either (1) the summons and a\ncopy of the complaint were personally delivered to the defendant; or (2)\nthe copy of the summons (a) personally delivered to the defendant, or\n(b) served on the defendant pursuant to an order directing the method of\nservice of the summons in accordance with the provisions of section\nthree hundred eight or three hundred fifteen of the civil practice law\nand rules, shall contain such notice.\n  b. An affidavit or certificate proving service shall state\naffirmatively in the body thereof that the required notice was written\nor printed on the face of the copy of the summons delivered to the\ndefendant and what knowledge the affiant or officer who executed the\ncertificate had that he was the defendant named and how he acquired such\nknowledge. The court may require the affiant or officer who executed the\naffidavit or certificate to appear in court and be examined in respect\nthereto.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 4-101 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 4-101
Short Title
Status: in_force

Section 4--101. Short Title.\n  This Article shall be known and may be cited as Uniform Commercial\nCode--Bank Deposits and Collections.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-ZZZ — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-ZZZ
Cultural education account
Status: in_force

§ 97-zzz. Cultural education account. 1. There is hereby established\nin the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of\ntaxation and finance an account of the miscellaneous special fund to be\nknown as the cultural education account.\n  2. The comptroller is authorized and directed to receive for deposit\nto the credit of the cultural education account revenues designated for\nsuch deposit by law including those derived from the surcharge\nauthorized by the third undesignated paragraph of subdivision (a) of\nsection eight thousand eighteen of the civil practice and law and rules,\nsubparagraph b of paragraph four of subdivision (a) of section eight\nthousand twenty-one of such law, subparagraph b of paragraph eleven of\nsubdivision (b) of section eight thousand twenty-one of such law, and\nsubdivision a of section 7-604, subdivision 1 of section 7-614 of the\nadministrative code of the city of New York.\n  3. Moneys of this account, following appropriation by the legislature,\nshall be available to support the following agencies and programs: (a)\nthe state education department for services and expenses of the cultural\neducation program including operating expenses and capital projects and\nthe New York state summer school of the arts subject to a plan approved\nby the commissioner of education and the director of the budget; and (b)\nthe Nelson A. Rockefeller performing arts center corporation subject to\na plan approved by the director of the budget.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 510 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 12 / Section 510
Restrictions as to entries in books
Status: in_force

§ 510. Restrictions as to entries in books. 1. No investment company\nshall by any system of accounting or any device of bookkeeping, directly\nor indirectly enter any of its assets upon its books in the name of any\nother individual, partnership, unincorporated association or\ncorporation, or under any title or designation that is not truly\ndescriptive thereof.\n  2. Every investment company shall conform its methods of keeping its\nbooks and records to such orders in respect thereto as shall have been\nmade and promulgated by the superintendent pursuant to the provisions of\narticle two of this chapter. Any investment company that refuses or\nneglects to obey such order shall be subject to a penalty in an amount\nas determined pursuant to section forty-four of this chapter for each\nday it so refuses or neglects.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3061 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 30-B / Section 3061
Declaration of purpose
Status: in_force

§ 3061. Declaration of purpose. Trauma is the leading cause of death\nand disability during the first four decades of life. In the aftermath\nof the events of September eleventh, two thousand one, the medical\nresponse to natural and man-made disasters is also recognized as a\npublic concern of the highest order. The furnishing of emergency\nmedical, trauma, and disaster care is therefore a matter of vital\nconcern affecting the public health, safety and welfare. Emergency\nmedical, trauma, and disaster care, the planning and coordination of\nsuch care between prehospital and inhospital personnel and collaborating\npublic health, safety, and welfare officials, the quality management and\nreview of such care, and the development and maintenance of a statewide\nsystem for interfacility transfer, including but not limited to\naeromedical transport, of critically ill or injured patients between\ngeneral hospitals and other health care facilities, are essential public\nhealth services. It is the purpose of this article to promote the public\nhealth, safety and welfare by providing for development and maintenance\nof systems for emergency medical, trauma, and disaster care, and for\nexpeditious transfer of patients in need of such care to facilities\nappropriately staffed and equipped to provide this care in a timely and\neffective manner.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 683 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 19-A / Section 683
Savings clause
Status: in_force

§ 683. Savings clause.  If any portion of this article or the\napplication thereof to any person, employer, occupation or circumstance\nis held invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of\nsuch provision to other persons, employees, occupations, or\ncircumstances shall not be affected thereby.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 680-J — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13-F / Section 680-J
Recoupment or set off
Status: in_force

§ 680-j. Recoupment or set off. 1. Except as provided in subdivision\ntwo or three of this section, a bank shall not exercise a right of\nrecoupment or set off against a special deposit.\n  2. An account agreement may authorize the bank to debit the special\ndeposit:\n  (a) when the bank becomes obligated to pay a beneficiary, in an amount\nthat does not exceed the amount necessary to discharge the obligation;\n  (b) for a fee assessed by the bank that relates to an overdraft in the\nspecial deposit account;\n  (c) for costs incurred by the bank that relate directly to the special\ndeposit; or\n  (d) to reverse an earlier credit posted by the bank to the balance of\nthe special deposit account, if the reversal occurs under an event or\ncircumstance warranted under other law of this state governing mistake\nand restitution.\n  3. The bank holding a special deposit may exercise a right of\nrecoupment or set off against an obligation to pay a beneficiary, even\nif the bank funds payment from the special deposit.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 16-0113 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 16 / Section 16-0113
Municipalities bearing cost
Status: in_force

§ 16-0113. Municipalities bearing cost.\n  The commissioner together with the benefiting municipality or\nmunicipalities as specified in a local cooperation agreement shall carry\nout the relocation and reconstruction of streets, sidewalks, public\ngrounds, parks, cemeteries, water supply systems, sewer systems and\nlighting systems, county roads and town highways, and any other\nstructures or facilities made necessary by the construction of federal\nflood control projects. The total cost of such relocation and\nreconstruction for a flood control project shall be apportioned between\nthe state and the benefiting municipality or municipalities pursuant to\nthe provisions of subdivision three of section 16-0115 of this article.\nThe commissioner of transportation shall approve any such relocation and\nreconstruction on property under his jurisdiction.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 306 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9 / Section 306
Certificate of acknowledgment or proof
Status: in_force

§ 306. Certificate of acknowledgment or proof. A person taking the\nacknowledgement or proof of a conveyance must indorse thereupon or\nattach thereto, a certificate, signed by himself, stating all the\nmatters required to be done, known, or proved on the taking of such\nacknowledgement or proof; together with the name and substance of the\ntestimony of each witness examined before him, and if a subscribing\nwitness, his place of residence.\n  Any conveyance which has heretofore been recorded, or which may\nhereafter be recorded, shall be deemed to have been duly acknowledged or\nproved and properly authenticated, when ten years have elapsed since\nsuch recording; saving, however, the rights of every purchaser in good\nfaith and for a valuable consideration deriving title from the same\nvendor or grantor, his heirs or devisees, to the same property or any\nportion thereof, whose conveyance shall have been duly recorded before\nthe said period of ten years shall have elapsed.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 83.15 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 83 / Section 83.15
Exclusive basis
Status: in_force

§ 83.15 Exclusive basis.\n  Subject to section 81.18 of this title, this article provides the\nexclusive jurisdictional basis for a court of this state to appoint a\nguardian of the person or issue a protective order for an adult.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4808 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 48 / Section 4808
Separability
Status: in_force

§ 4808. Separability. If any section, clause or provision of this\narticle shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part,\nto the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall\nbe valid and effective and no other section, clause or provision shall\non account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.\n
N.Y. LFN Law § 174.00 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 3 / Section 174.00
Previously authorized obligations not affected; redemption of outstanding obligations
Status: in_force

§ 174.00 Previously authorized obligations not affected; redemption of\noutstanding obligations.  The repeal by this chapter of any act\nauthorizing the issuance of bonds, notes, certificates or other\nevidences of indebtedness heretofore authorized, issued or sold shall\nnot be construed to impair the validity or legality of any such\nobligations or to affect in any way, the rights and duties prescribed\ntherein. The provisions of law in force and effect prior to the\neffective date of this chapter, relating to and providing for the means\nfor the payment, other than by refunding, of bonds, notes, certificates\nor other evidences of indebtedness theretofore authorized, issued or\nsold, and interest thereon, shall continue also to apply notwithstanding\nanything contained in the table of repeals hereto annexed.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 341-A — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 341-A
Repayment to state of moneys advanced to counties for the construction of county highways
Status: in_force

§ 341-a. Repayment to state of moneys advanced to counties for the\nconstruction of county highways. Wherever a county highway has been\nconstructed at the joint expense of the state and county and the state\nhas paid the entire cost of construction, including the share of the\ncounty, the board of supervisors of the county in which such a county\nhighway has been constructed and the county's share of the expense\nadvanced by the state, may, by resolution, provide for the payment to\nthe state of its share of the cost so advanced, and appropriate and make\nimmediately available an amount sufficient to pay the same. The clerk of\nthe board of supervisors shall transmit certified copies of such\nresolution to the commissioner of transportation and state comptroller.\nIn case there is due to the county a sum of money from any town located\ntherein, the town board of the town is also authorized to appropriate\nits share of the cost and pay the same to the county treasurer of the\ncounty.\n  All moneys paid to the state pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection shall be deposited by the comptroller with the department of\ntaxation and finance to the credit of the highway improvement fund, from\nwhich fund the said moneys so advanced to said counties were originally\ntaken, and may be expended for the construction of state highways in any\ncounty or counties designated by the commissioner of transportation. The\nterm "county highway" shall mean any highway constructed at the joint\nexpense of the state and county classified or referred to as a county\nhighway under former provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 106 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 9 / Section 106
Issue of warehouse receipt containing false statement
Status: in_force

§ 106. Issue of warehouse receipt containing false statement.  A\nwarehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who\nfraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a warehouse receipts\nfor goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty\nof a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 227 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 10 / Section 227
Federal aid; receipt and expenditure
Status: in_force

§ 227. Federal aid; receipt and expenditure. The comptroller is hereby\nauthorized to accept from the federal government or any department or\nagency thereof any moneys in any way granted, allocated or apportioned\nfor the purpose of highway-railroad grade crossing eliminations or the\nreconstruction or repair of existing grade crossing separation\nstructures and deposit them in accordance with existing federal or state\nlaw or rules or regulations applicable thereto and the same shall be\navailable for the purposes granted, allocated or apportioned. Such\nmoneys shall be available to reimburse the state for its expenses in\nconnection with a grade crossing elimination project including\nincidental improvements rendered necessary or desirable by such project.\nThe expense of net benefit to be borne by the railroad company shall be\nthe lesser of (1) the amount of net benefit determined by the\ncommissioner in accordance with this act or (2) the difference between\nthe cost of the project exclusive of incidental improvements and the\namount of federal aid for the project exclusive of incidental\nimprovements. State moneys made available for federal aid grade crossing\nelimination projects may be used in the first instance to pay the costs\nof said projects.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 101 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6 / Section 101
Accessibility, rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 101. Accessibility, rules and regulations. 1. The secretary of\nstate, in consultation with any other state agency he or she deems\nnecessary, shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to\nremove the word "handicapped" from any signs or other means of\ncommunication where such word appears.\n  2. The secretary of state, in consultation with any other state agency\nhe or she deems necessary, shall promulgate rules and regulations\nnecessary to require that wherever the current universal symbol of\naccess of a figure in a wheelchair appears, such symbol shall instead\ndepict a logo with a dynamic character leaning forward with a sense of\nmovement. Such logo shall be readily identifiable, simply designed with\nno secondary meaning, and provide for equivalent facilitation and\naccessibility as the current universal symbol of access. The provisions\nof this subdivision shall only apply to any new signs being installed or\nreplaced on and after the effective date of this section.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 2307 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 23 / Section 2307
Books, papers and other things of a library, department or bureau of a municipal corporation or of the state
Status: in_force

§ 2307. Books, papers and other things of a library, department or\nbureau of a municipal corporation or of the state.  Issuance by court. A\nsubpoena duces tecum to be served upon a library, or a department or\nbureau of a municipal corporation or of the state, or an officer\nthereof, requiring the production of any books, papers or other things,\nshall be issued by a justice of the supreme court in the district in\nwhich the book, paper or other thing is located or by a judge of the\ncourt in which an action for which it is required is triable. Unless the\ncourt orders otherwise, a motion for such subpoena shall be made on at\nleast one day's notice to the library, department, bureau or officer\nhaving custody of the book, document or other thing and the adverse\nparty. Such subpoena must be served upon such library, or such\ndepartment or bureau of such municipal corporation or of the state or an\nofficer having custody of the book, document or other thing and the\nadverse party at least twenty-four hours before the time fixed for the\nproduction of such records unless in the case of an emergency the court\nshall by order dispense with such notice otherwise required. Compliance\nwith a subpoena duces tecum may be made by producing a full-sized\nlegible reproduction of the item or items required to be produced\ncertified as complete and accurate by the person in charge of such\nlibrary, department or bureau, or a designee of such person, and no\npersonal appearance to certify such item or items shall be required of\nsuch person or designee, unless the court shall order otherwise pursuant\nto subdivision (d) of rule 2214 of this chapter.  Where a stipulation\nwould serve the same purpose as production of the book, document or\nother thing and the subpoena is required because the parties will not\nstipulate, the judge may impose terms on any party, including the cost\nof production of the book or document, and require such cost to be paid\nas an additional fee to the library, department or officer.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 846 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 35 / Section 846
Programs for the aging
Status: in_force

* § 846. Programs for the aging. To provide that the interests of the\nelderly are sufficiently represented in the considerations of the local\ncriminal justice coordinating councils, as may be formed pursuant to the\nfederal omnibus crime control and safe streets act of nineteen hundred\nsixty-eight, as amended, such councils shall include at least one member\nwho is a representative of persons aged sixty and over.\n  * NB There are 2 § 846's\n