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N.Y. GMU Law § 77-F — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 77-F
Sports field fence leases in the town of Sweden, Monroe county
Status: in_force

§ 77-f. Sports field fence leases in the town of Sweden, Monroe\ncounty.  Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special or local\nlaw or of any charter to the contrary, the town of Sweden, Monroe\ncounty, may lease any and all sports field fences at the Sweden Town\nPark annually, at a nominal rent, to a not-for-profit corporation or\norganization, organized under the laws of the state of New York for the\npurpose of permitting the sale of advertising, with the revenues to be\nused solely for the care of said Sweden Town Park on Redman Road in the\ntown of Sweden.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 702 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 17 / Section 702
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

§ 702. Legislative intent.  It is the intention of the legislature by\nthe enactment of this article to provide a municipal annexation law\npursuant to the provisions of the bill of rights for local governments\nin subdivision (d) of section one of article nine of the constitution,\nwhich provisions specify basic prerequisites to the annexation of\nterritory from one local government to another including (1) the consent\nof the people, if any, of a territory proposed to be annexed and (2) the\nconsent of the governing board of each local government, the area of\nwhich is affected, upon the basis of its determination that the\nannexation is in the over-all public interest, and which provisions\nrequire the legislature to provide, where such consent of a governing\nboard is not granted, for adjudication and determination, on the law and\nthe facts, in a proceeding initiated in the supreme court, of the issue\nof whether the annexation is in the over-all public interest.\n
N.Y. CAN Law § 18 — New York Code / Act CAN / Article 2 / Section 18
Ethics, transparency and accountability
Status: in_force

§ 18. Ethics, transparency and accountability. No member of the board\nor office or any officer, deputy, assistant, inspector or employee, or\nspouse or minor child of such member, officer, assistant, inspector or\nemployee thereof shall have any interest, direct or indirect, either\nproprietary or by means of any loan, mortgage or lien, or in any other\nmanner, in or on any premises where adult-use cannabis, medical cannabis\nor cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract is cultivated, processed,\ndistributed or sold; nor shall he or she have any interest, direct or\nindirect, in any business wholly or partially devoted to the\ncultivation, processing, distribution, sale, transportation or storage\nof adult-use cannabis, medical cannabis or cannabinoid hemp and hemp\nextract, or own any stock in any corporation which has any interest,\nproprietary or otherwise, direct or indirect, in any premises where\nadult use cannabis, medical cannabis or cannabinoid hemp and hemp\nextract is cultivated, processed, distributed or sold, or in any\nbusiness wholly or partially devoted to the cultivation, processing,\ndistribution, sale, transportation or storage of adult-use cannabis,\nmedical cannabis or cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract, or receive any\ncommission or profit whatsoever, direct or indirect, from any person\napplying for or receiving any license or permit provided for in this\nchapter, or hold any other elected public office in the state or in any\npolitical subdivision. After notice and opportunity to be heard, anyone\nfound to have knowingly violated any of the provisions of this section\nshall, after notice, be removed and shall divest themselves of such\ndirect or indirect interests, in addition to any other penalty provided\nby law.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 89-H — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 89-H
Medical cannabis trust fund
Status: in_force

* § 89-h. Medical cannabis trust fund. 1. There is hereby established\nin the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of\ntaxation and finance a special fund to be known as the "medical cannabis\ntrust fund."\n  2. The medical cannabis trust fund shall consist of all moneys\nrequired to be deposited in the medical cannabis trust fund pursuant to\nthe provisions of section four hundred ninety of the tax law.\n  3. The moneys in the medical cannabis trust fund shall be kept\nseparate and shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the\ncustody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the state\ncomptroller.\n  4. The moneys of the medical cannabis trust fund, following\nappropriation by the legislature, shall be allocated upon a certificate\nof approval of availability by the director of the budget as follows:\n(a) fifty percent of the monies shall be transferred to the counties in\nNew York state in which the medical cannabis was manufactured and\nallocated in proportion to the gross sales originating from medical\ncannabis manufactured in each such county; and (b) fifty percent of the\nmoneys shall be transferred to the counties in New York state in which\nthe medical cannabis was dispensed and allocated in proportion to the\ngross sales occurring in each such county. For purposes of this\nsubdivision, the city of New York shall be deemed to be a county.\n  * NB Repealed July 5, 2028\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 6116 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 61 / Section 6116
Lloyds underwriters
Status: in_force

§ 6116. Lloyds underwriters. (a) Any existing Lloyds underwriters\nheretofore organized under any law of this state and authorized to do an\ninsurance business herein, which has exercised its powers of issuing\ninsurance policies continuously during each of the two years immediately\nprior to January first, nineteen hundred forty, may, by maintaining a\nminimum surplus at least equal to the amount maintained prior to January\nfirst, nineteen hundred forty, continue to do an insurance business in\nthis state of the kind or kinds which it was authorized to do on January\nfirst, nineteen hundred forty, and shall be entitled to exercise all of\nthe powers granted by its existing charter or articles of association.\n  (b) Except as the context otherwise requires, every such Lloyds\nunderwriters shall be subject to all of the provisions of this chapter\nwhich are applicable to reciprocal insurers.\n  (c) No Lloyds underwriters shall hereafter be organized in this state\nand no foreign or alien Lloyds underwriters shall be licensed to do an\ninsurance business in this state.\n  (d) This section shall not alter or abridge any rights of the New York\ninsurance exchange as set forth in article sixty-two of this chapter.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 9-604 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 9 / Part 6 / Subpart 1 / Section 9-604
Procedure If Security Agreement Covers Real Property, Fixtures, or Cooperative Interests
Status: in_force

Section 9--604. Procedure If Security Agreement Covers Real Property,\n                  Fixtures, or Cooperative Interests.\n  (a) Enforcement: personal and real property. If a security agreement\ncovers both personal and real property, a secured party may proceed:\n       (1) under this part as to the personal property without\n           prejudicing any rights with respect to the real property; or\n       (2) as to both the personal property and the real property in\n           accordance with the rights with respect to the real property,\n           in which case the other provisions of this part do not apply.\n  (b) Enforcement: fixtures. Subject to subsection (c), if a security\nagreement covers goods that are or become fixtures, a secured party may\nproceed:\n       (1) under this part; or\n       (2) in accordance with the rights with respect to real property,\n           in which case the other provisions of this part do not apply.\n  (c) Removal of fixtures. Subject to the other provisions of this part,\nif a secured party holding a security interest in fixtures has priority\nover all owners and encumbrancers of the real property, the secured\nparty, after default, may remove the collateral from the real property.\n  (d) Injury caused by removal. A secured party that removes collateral\nshall promptly reimburse any encumbrancer or owner of the real property,\nother than the debtor, for the cost of repair of any physical injury\ncaused by the removal. The secured party need not reimburse the\nencumbrancer or owner for any diminution in value of the real property\ncaused by the absence of the goods removed or by any necessity of\nreplacing them. A person entitled to reimbursement may refuse permission\nto remove until the secured party gives adequate assurance for the\nperformance of the obligation to reimburse.\n  (e) Enforcement: cooperative interests. A security interest in a\ncooperative interest may be enforced only as provided in Section\n9--601(a).\n
N.Y. STF Law § 66-A — New York Code / Act STF / Article 5-A / Section 66-A
Restriction on issuance of certificates of participation
Status: in_force

§ 66-a. Restriction on issuance of certificates of participation. 1.\nNo person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity nor any state\nofficer, employee, agency, department, the city university of New York,\nthe legislature or the judiciary shall issue certificates of\nparticipation or similar instruments representing the right to receive a\nproportionate share in lease, installment or other periodic payments to\nbe made by any state department, agency or the city university of New\nYork except in accordance with the provisions of this article and with\nthe express written approval of the state comptroller. The provisions of\nthis section are hereby made a part of every purchase contract entered\ninto by such a state entity providing for periodic payments by any state\ndepartment, agency or the city university of New York. Every such\ncontract shall contain a clause expressly reciting the provisions of\nthis subdivision, provided, however, that the absence of such clause in\nsuch a contract shall not obviate the duty of all parties thereto to\ncomply with the provisions of this subdivision. Neither this provision,\nnor any other provision of this article shall be construed to prevent\nsuch state entities from entering into installment purchase or lease\npurchase agreements funded without the use of certificates of\nparticipation or similar instruments.\n  2. For the purposes of this article, "state departments and agencies"\nshall not include the legislature or the judiciary, and the provisions\nof this article, unless otherwise specified, shall not apply to\ninstallment purchase or lease purchase contracts entered into by the\nlegislature or the judiciary financed by the issuance of certificates of\nparticipation or similar instruments representing the right to receive a\nproportionate share in lease, installment or other periodic payments to\nbe made by the legislature or judiciary.\n  3. No state officer, employee, department, agency or the city\nuniversity of New York shall enter into any agreement in connection with\nthe issuance of certificates of participation which requires any payment\nby the state to the trustee, on behalf of holders of such certificates,\nduring the month of April of any year.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 7-203 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 7 / Part 2 / Section 7-203
Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription
Status: in_force

Section 7--203. Liability for Nonreceipt or Misdescription.\n  A party to, or purchaser for, value in good faith of a document of\ntitle, other than a bill of lading, that relies upon the description of\nthe goods in the document may recover from the issuer damages caused by\nthe nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent\nthat:\n  (1) the document conspicuously indicates that the issuer does not know\nwhether all or part of the goods in fact were received or conform to the\ndescription, such as a case in which the description is in terms of\nmarks or labels or kind, quantity, or condition, or the receipt or\ndescription is qualified by "contents, condition, and quality unknown",\n"said to contain", or words of similar import, if the indication is\ntrue; or\n  (2) the party or purchaser otherwise has notice of the nonreceipt or\nmisdescription.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3016 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 30 / Section 3016
Continuance of rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 3016. Continuance of rules and regulations.  All rules and\nregulations heretofore adopted by the commissioner pertaining to all\nambulance services shall continue in full force and effect as rules and\nregulations until duly modified or superseded by rules and regulations\nhereafter adopted and enacted by the state council pursuant to section\nthree thousand two of this article.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 179-H — New York Code / Act STF / Article 11-A / Section 179-H
Determination of appropriations against which interest payments are to be charged
Status: in_force

§ 179-h. Determination of appropriations against which interest\npayments are to be charged. Except in situations when federal law or the\nprovisions of section one hundred seventy-nine-o of this article require\notherwise, an interest payment required by this article shall be paid\nfrom the same appropriation as that from which the related proper\ninvoice is paid; provided, however, (1) that the interest payment shall\nnot reduce the amount of money that otherwise will be payable to the\ncontractor under the terms of the relevant contract and (2) that if the\nobligation to make an interest payment is incurred in whole or in part\nbecause it takes the department of audit and control more than eight\ncalendar days, excluding legal holidays, from the date it receives an\napprovable voucher from another state agency to process a contract\npayment, then the portion of the total interest payment that is\nattributable to delays by the department of audit and control shall be\npaid from funds made available to the department of audit and control.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the\namount of money available from any such appropriation to the state\nagency which received the proper invoice is insufficient to pay the\ninterest and if for any reason it is not feasible for the director of\nthe budget to exercise the transfer or interchange authority established\nby section fifty-one or ninety-three of this chapter, the director of\nthe budget may issue a certificate or certificates transferring or\ninterchanging within a fund such amount as is needed to pay the interest\nto said appropriation within such fund from the unspent balance of any\nappropriation that is available to the same state agency. In exercising\nthe latter transfer or interchange authority, the director of the budget\nshall transfer or interchange amounts that are not needed to accomplish\nthe purposes for which the appropriation was made, except, however, the\ndirector of the budget may, to the extent he deems it practicable,\ntransfer or interchange amounts from appropriations that otherwise would\nbe available for the administration and operations of the state agency\nwhich incurred the interest payment. Any such certificate or\ncertificates issued by the director of the budget shall be sent to the\nstate comptroller and copies shall be filed with the chairman of the\nsenate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means\ncommittee.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 1407 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 14 / Section 1407
State tax
Status: in_force

§ 1407. State tax. For the privilege of conducting interactive fantasy\nsports contests in the state, registrants shall pay a tax equivalent to\nfifteen percent of their interactive fantasy sports gross revenue\ngenerated within the state; in addition, registrants shall pay a tax\nequal to one-half of one percent, but not to exceed fifty thousand\ndollars annually.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 442-L — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12-A / Section 442-L
After-the-fact referral fees
Status: in_force

§ 442-l. After-the-fact referral fees. 1. No real estate broker or\nsalesperson, in any place in which this article is applicable, shall\ndemand or receive a referral fee or compensation of any kind for (i) a\nreferral from any person or other entity relative to finding a seller\nafter a bona fide listing agreement has been signed, (ii) a referral\nfrom any person or other entity relative to finding a buyer after a bona\nfide offer to purchase is accepted, or (iii) a referral from any person\nor other entity relative to finding a property after a bona fide buyer's\nagency agreement has been signed, unless reasonable cause for payment of\nsuch compensation exists.\n  2. A violation of this section shall be a violation of this article\nand shall constitute a deceptive act or practice within the meaning of\nsection three hundred forty-nine of the general business law.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 358-A — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 26 / Section 358-A
Live animals as prizes prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 358-a. Live animals as prizes prohibited. 1. For the purposes of\nthis section "livestock" shall mean any domesticated sheep, goat, horse,\ncattle or swine.\n  2. No person shall give or offer to give away as a prize, or exchange\nor offer to exchange for nominal consideration, any live animal other\nthan purebred livestock or fish in any game, drawing, contest,\nsweepstakes or other promotion, except when any live animal is given\naway by individuals or organizations operating in conjunction with a\ncooperative extension education program or agricultural vocational\nprogram sanctioned by the state education department.\n  3. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations which\nprovide guidelines, conditions and requirements when any live animal is\ngiven away under the exceptions provided for in subdivision two of this\nsection.\n  4. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be\nsubject to civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty dollars or\nin lieu thereof shall be guilty of a violation punishable solely by a\nfine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 2 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 1 / Section 2
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 2. Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless otherwise\nexpressly stated, or unless the context or subject matter otherwise\nrequires:\n  1. "Department" means the state department of agriculture and markets;\n  2. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture and markets.\n  3. The terms "food" and food "products," shall include all articles of\nfood, drink, confectionery or condiment, whether simple, mixed or\ncompound, used or intended for use by man or animals, and shall also\ninclude all substances or ingredients to be added to food for any\npurpose;\n  4. The production of foods means the producing of food upon the farm\nor elsewhere by the tillage of the soil, the commercial raising,\nshearing, feeding and management of animals or other agricultural,\nhorticultural, ranching or dairying processes and shall also include the\nmanufacture of foods.\n  5. "Farm product" means any agricultural, dairy or horticultural\nproduct, or any product designed for food manufactured or prepared\nprincipally from an agricultural, dairy or horticultural product and the\ncommercial raising, shearing, feeding and management of animals on a\nranch.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 870-C — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 27 / Section 870-C
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 870-c. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the\nmeanings indicated:\n  1. "Amusement device" means any contrivance that carries and conveys\npassengers along, around or over a fixed or restricted course or within\na defined area for the purpose of amusing or entertaining its\npassengers, and which is of such nature that accidental personal\ninjuries may be incurred in its assembly, disassembly or use.\n  2. "Amusement park" means a tract or area used principally as a\npermanent location for amusement devices or structures.\n  3. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor of the state.\n  4. "Carnival" means an itinerant enterprise consisting principally of\ntemporary amusement devices or mechanical rides, acrobatic or magic\nshows, games, stunts or zoo animals operated to provide entertainment or\namusement to the public.\n  5. "Fair" means an enterprise principally devoted to the exhibition of\nthe products of agriculture or industry and at which amusement devices\nor temporary structures, viewing stands or tents are provided for use by\nthe public.\n  6. "Owner" means a person, corporation, partnership or association who\nowns an amusement device, viewing stand or tent or in the event that the\namusement device, viewing stand or tent is leased, the lessee.\n  7. "Permanent device" means a device which is used, or intended to be\nused, as an amusement device that is erected to remain a lasting part of\nthe premises.\n  8. "Temporary device" means a device which is used as an amusement\ndevice that is regularly relocated from time to time with or without\ndisassembly.\n  9. "Serious injury" means a personal injury which results in death;\ndismemberment; significant disfigurement; a compound or comminuted\nfracture; or permanent loss of use of a body organ, member, function, or\nsystem; or loss of consciousness.\n  10. "Injury" means any personal injury which results in medical\ntreatment.\n  11. "Safety coordinator" means a person suited by training or\nexperience and designated by the owner or operator of an amusement park,\nfair or carnival as being in charge of the safety of all amusement\ndevices located at the park, fair or carnival.\n  12. "Viewing stand" means a bleacher, grandstand or similar structure\nused at carnivals, fairs and amusement parks for public occupation,\nwhich has a capacity of one hundred or more persons, and which is of\nsuch nature that accidental personal injuries may be incurred in its\nassembly, disassembly or use.\n  13. "Permanent stand" means a viewing stand that is erected to remain\na lasting part of the premises.\n  14. "Temporary stand" means a viewing stand that is designed to be\nrelocated from time to time with or without disassembly.\n  15. "Tent" means a tent which has a capacity of three hundred or more\npersons and which is used at carnivals, fairs and amusement parks.\n  16. "Permanent tent" means a tent that is erected to remain a lasting\npart of the premises.\n  17. "Temporary tent" means a tent that is regularly relocated from\ntime to time.\n