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N.Y. WKC Law § 55 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 4 / Section 55
Acceptance of premium by carrier an estoppel
Status: in_force

§ 55. Acceptance of premium by carrier an estoppel. Acceptance of a\npremium on a policy securing to an employee compensation, either alone\nor in connection with other insurance, shall estop the carrier so\naccepting from pleading that the employment of such employee is not a\nhazardous employment or the employment is not carried on for pecuniary\ngain.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 239-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 12-A / Section 239-A
Construction of article
Status: in_force

§ 239-a. Construction of article. This article shall be construed as\nthe grant of additional power and authority to cities and incorporated\nvillages, and not as intended to limit or impair any existing power or\nauthority of any city or village.\n  Any city or incorporated village in order to appoint a planning\ncommission under this article shall recite, in the ordinance or\nresolution so creating the commission, the fact that it is created under\nthis article.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 290 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 17 / Section 290
Duties of town board
Status: in_force

§ 290. Duties of town board. The town board shall lay out into burial\nlots any burial grounds conveyed to them; and within one year after\nconveyance to them they shall cause to be recorded in the office of the\nclerk of the county in which they reside a plot or plots of the ground\nso laid out by them, which shall clearly indicate the number and\nlocation of the several lots, which plots shall be duly certified to,\nunder the hands and seals of the supervisor and town clerk, and\nacknowledged before an officer authorized to take proof and\nacknowledgment of deeds. They shall designate and set aside certain lots\nwhich shall be free from the interment of the remains of indigent\npersons, deceased, and shall sell and convey, by direction of a majority\nof the board, under the hands and seals of the supervisor and town\nclerk, burial lots, at such terms as may be agreed upon between the\nparties, and expend the moneys realized from such sale in improving and\npreserving the particular burial ground from the sale of whose lots the\nmoneys were received. All moneys realized from the sale of burial lots\nshall, upon the receipt thereof, be paid over to the supervisor of the\ntown to be retained by him as a separate fund and paid out only on the\norder of a majority of such town board.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 225.75 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 225 / Section 225.75
Possession of unlawful gaming property in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 225.75 Possession of unlawful gaming property in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of possession of unlawful gaming property in the\nsecond degree when:\n  1. He or she makes, sells, or possesses with intent to sell, any\nunlawful gaming property at a casino gaming facility, the value of which\nexceeds three hundred dollars, with intent that it be made available to\na person for unlawful use; or\n  2. He or she commits possession of unlawful gaming property in the\nthird degree as defined in section 225.70 of this article, and the face\nvalue of the improper substitute property exceeds five hundred dollars;\nor\n  3. He or she commits the offense of possession of unlawful gaming\nproperty in the third degree and has been previously convicted within\nthe preceding five years of any offense of which an essential element is\npossession of unlawful gaming property.\n  Possession of unlawful gaming property in the second degree is a class\nE felony.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 165-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 8 / Section 165-A
Voluntary municipal assistance to public cemetery corporations
Status: in_force

§ 165-a. Voluntary municipal assistance to public cemetery\ncorporations.  Any municipal corporation may appropriate and provide\nfunding to a public cemetery corporation as defined in article fifteen\nof the not-for-profit corporation law. In lieu of or in addition to\nproviding funding to a public cemetery corporation, any municipal\ncorporation may provide goods and/or services to a public cemetery\ncorporation as defined in article fifteen of the not-for-profit\ncorporation law.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 607-L — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 15 / Section 607-L
Performance of duty disability retirement; division of homeland security and emergency services
Status: in_force

§ 607-l. Performance of duty disability retirement; division of\nhomeland security and emergency services. a. Any employee of the\ndivision of homeland security and emergency services in the title series\nfire protection specialist who becomes physically or mentally\nincapacitated for the performance of duty as the natural and proximate\nresult of an injury sustained in the performance or discharge of his or\nher duties shall be paid a performance of duty disability retirement\nallowance equal to that which is provided in section sixty-three-b of\nthis chapter.\n  b. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any general or\nspecial law to the contrary, any condition of impairment of health\ncaused by diseases of the heart resulting in disability or death to an\nemployee covered by this section presently employed who shall have\nsustained such disability while so employed and who successfully passed\na physical examination on entry into service, which examination failed\nto disclose evidence of any disease or other impairment of the heart,\nshall be presumptive evidence that such disease or impairment was\nincurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary\nbe proved by competent evidence.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 812 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 8 / Section 812
Action for waste by ward against guardian
Status: in_force

§ 812. Action for waste by ward against guardian. Such an action may\nalso be maintained against a guardian by his ward, either before or\nafter the termination of the guardianship, for waste committed upon the\nreal property of the ward during the guardianship.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 458-J — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 28-BB / Section 458-J
Enforcement by attorney general
Status: in_force

§ 458-j. Enforcement by attorney general. In addition to the other\nremedies provided, whenever there shall be a violation of this article,\napplication may be made by the attorney general in the name of the\npeople of the state of New York to a court or justice having\njurisdiction by a special proceeding to issue an injunction, and upon\nnotice to the defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and\nrestrain the continuance of such violations; and if it shall appear to\nthe satisfaction of the court or justice that the defendant has, in\nfact, violated this article, an injunction may be issued by such court\nor justice, enjoining and restraining any further violation, without\nrequiring proof that any person has, in fact, been injured or damaged\nthereby. In any such proceeding, the court may make allowances to the\nattorney general as provided in paragraph six of subdivision (a) of\nsection eighty-three hundred three of the civil practice law and rules,\nand direct restitution. Whenever the court shall determine that a\nviolation of this article has occurred, the court may impose a civil\npenalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation. In\nconnection with any such proposed application, the attorney general is\nauthorized to take proof and make a determination of the relevant facts\nand to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil practice law and\nrules.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 306 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 7 / Section 306
Temporary board of directors
Status: in_force

§ 306. Temporary board of directors. 1. The first annual meeting of\nsuch corporation shall be held at a time and place to be fixed by the\ntemporary board of directors which shall be as soon as reasonably\npossible after a minimum of two and one-half per centum of the capital\nstock of such corporation shall have been paid into its treasury and a\nminimum of ten members of such corporation shall have qualified as\nhereinafter provided, and such meeting shall be called in such manner as\nmay be provided by the temporary board of directors.\n  2. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, until the\nfirst annual meeting of such corporation and the election and\nqualifications of a board of directors as hereinabove provided, all the\ncorporate powers of such corporation shall be exercised by a temporary\nboard of directors consisting of thirteen persons, all of whom shall be\nof full age, citizens of the United States and residents of this state,\nand who shall be designated by the governor. Such designation shall be\nin writing, signed by the officer making it, and transmitted by him to\nthe secretary of state who shall make and record in his office a copy of\nsuch designation and deliver the original to the designee, who, if he\naccepts such designation, shall notify the secretary of state of such\nfact, in writing, and thereupon his designation shall become effective\nand the secretary of state shall record such acceptance in his office.\nIf any vacancy occurs in such temporary board of directors through\ndeath, resignation or otherwise, a person shall be designated to fill\nsuch vacancy by the governor.  Upon the election and qualification of a\nboard of directors pursuant to section three hundred five of this\narticle, the temporary board of directors shall be deemed dissolved.\n  3. As soon as possible after the designation of the directors\ncomprising the temporary board has become effective, the temporary board\nof directors shall meet, elect a chairman, cause stock certificates to\nbe printed, appoint temporary officers and seek to enlist the support,\nmembership and stock subscription of institutional lenders.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 1603 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 16 / Section 1603
Notice of intent to acquire or divest
Status: in_force

§ 1603. Notice of intent to acquire or divest. (a) A domestic insurer\nshall not acquire control of any other domestic insurer, whether by\npurchase of its securities or otherwise, unless:\n  (1) a notice of intention of such proposed acquisition shall have been\nfiled with the superintendent not less than ninety days, or such shorter\nperiod as may be permitted by the superintendent, in advance of such\nproposed acquisition; and\n  (2) the insurer receives the superintendent's prior approval.\n  (b) The superintendent shall disapprove such acquisition if the\nsuperintendent determines that the proposed acquisition is contrary to\nlaw or determines that such proposed acquisition would be contrary to\nthe best interests of the parent insurer's policyholders or of the\npeople of this state. Only the following factors shall be considered in\nmaking the foregoing determination:\n  (1) the availability of the funds or assets required for such\nacquisition;\n  (2) the fairness of any exchange of shares, assets, cash or other\nconsideration for the shares or assets to be received;\n  (3) the impact of the new operation on the parent insurer's surplus\nand existing insurance business and the risks inherent in the parent\ninsurer's investment portfolio and operations;\n  (4) the fairness and adequacy of the financing proposed for the\nsubsidiary;\n  (5) the likelihood of undue concentration of economic power;\n  (6) whether the effect of the acquisition may be substantially to\nlessen competition in any line of commerce in insurance or to tend to\ncreate a monopoly therein; and\n  (7) whether the acquisition might result in an excessive proliferation\nof subsidiaries that would tend to unduly dilute management\neffectiveness or weaken financial strength, or otherwise be contrary to\nthe best interests of the parent insurer's policyholders or of the\npeople of this state.\n  (c) At any time after an acquisition the superintendent may order its\ndisposition if the superintendent finds, after notice and an opportunity\nto be heard, that its continued retention is hazardous or prejudicial to\nthe interests of the parent insurer's policyholders.\n  (d) Any domestic insurer seeking to divest its controlling interest in\nanother domestic insurer, in any manner, shall file with the\nsuperintendent, with a copy to the insurer, notice of its proposed\ndivestiture at least thirty days prior to the cessation of control,\nprovided, however that this subsection shall not apply if notice is\nprovided as required by subsection (a) of this section.\n  (e) The contents of each notice of intention of a proposed acquisition\nor divestiture filed hereunder and information pertaining thereto shall\nbe kept confidential, shall not be subject to subpoena and shall not be\nmade public unless after notice and opportunity to be heard the\nsuperintendent determines that the interests of policyholders,\nshareholders or the public will be served by publication.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 7608 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 76 / Section 7608
Payments from funds; subrogation; limit on payments
Status: in_force

§ 7608. Payments from funds; subrogation; limit on payments. (a)\nPayments from the funds shall be made by the commissioner to the\nsuperintendent acting as liquidator, rehabilitator or conservator\npursuant to article seventy-four of this chapter upon the authority of\nappropriate certificates filed with him by the superintendent acting in\nsuch capacity.\n  (b) (1) Payments from the funds upon allowed claims give no right of\nrecovery by the commissioner as custodian of the funds against\nprincipals or assureds under policies of insurance or surety bonds, for\nthe benefit and reimbursement of the fund.\n  (2) Any assured under such a policy of insurance or surety bond who\npays, in whole or in part, any injured party claim which is eligible for\npayment, in whole or in part, from the funds, shall thereupon be\nsubrogated to the injured party's rights against the fund but not in\nexcess of the subrogee's claim as allowed in the proceeding under\narticle seventy-four of this chapter.\n  (c) No payment from the funds shall exceed the limit of liability\nprovided for in the insurance policy or surety bond.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 405 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 4 / Section 405
Pari-mutuel betting at quarter horse races
Status: in_force

§ 405. Pari-mutuel betting at quarter horse races. No more than five\ncorporations or associations shall be licensed by the commission in any\none year to conduct a pari-mutuel meet or meets. Said pari-mutuel\nbetting conducted at such meetings shall be under the general\nsupervision and control of the commission which shall make rules\nregulating the conduct of such pari-mutuel betting in accordance with\nthe provisions of sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred\nfive of this chapter. The department of taxation and finance is charged\nwith the financial administration of pari-mutuel betting as prescribed\nin this article and as supplemented by the rules and regulations of the\ncommission. The department of taxation and finance shall have authority\nto prescribe the forms and the system of accounting to be employed, and\nthrough its representatives shall at all times have power of access to\nand examination of any equipment relating to such betting.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 130.63 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 7 / Part 9 / Section 130.63
Review by a judge advocate
Status: in_force

§ 130.63. Review by a judge advocate.  (a) Each case in which there\nhas been a finding of guilt that is not reviewed under section 130.65 or\n130.68 of this article shall be reviewed by a judge advocate under\nregulations of the adjutant general. A judge advocate may not review a\ncase under this subdivision if he has acted in the same case as an\naccuser, investigating officer, member of the court, military judge, or\ncounsel or has otherwise acted on behalf of the prosecution or defense.\nThe judge advocate's review shall be in writing and shall contain the\nfollowing:\n  (1) Conclusions as to whether:\n  (A) the court had jurisdiction over the accused and the offense;\n  (B) the charge and specification stated an offense; and\n  (C) the sentence was within the limits prescribed as a matter of law.\n  (2) A response to each allegation of error made in writing by the\naccused.\n  (3) If the case is sent for action under subdivision (b) of this\nsection, a recommendation as to the appropriate action to be taken and\nan opinion as to whether corrective action is required as a matter of\nlaw.\n  (b) The record of trial and related documents in each case reviewed\nunder subdivision (a) of this section shall be sent for action to the\nperson exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the accused at\nthe time the court was convened (or to that person's successor in\ncommand) if:\n  (1) the judge advocate who reviewed the case recommends corrective\naction;\n  (2) the sentence approved under subdivision (c) of section 130.60 of\nthis article extends to dismissal, a bad-conduct or dishonorable\ndischarge or any confinement; or\n  (3) such action is otherwise required by regulations of the adjutant\ngeneral.\n  (c) (1) The person to whom the record of trial and related documents\nare sent under subdivision (b) of this section may:\n  (A) disapprove or approve the findings or sentence, in whole or in\npart;\n  (B) remit, commute, or suspend the sentence in whole or in part;\n  (C) except where the evidence was insufficient at the trial to support\nthe findings, order a rehearing on the findings, on the sentence, or on\nboth; or\n  (D) dismiss the charges.\n  (2) If a rehearing is ordered but the convening authority finds a\nrehearing impracticable, he shall dismiss the charges.\n  (3) If the opinion of the judge advocate's review under subdivision\n(a) of this section is that corrective action is required as a matter of\nlaw and if the person required to take action under subdivision (b) of\nthis section does not take action that is at least as favorable to the\naccused as that recommended by the judge advocate, the record of trial\nand action thereon shall be sent to the state judge advocate for review\nunder section 130.68 of this article.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 151 — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 9 / Section 151
Commission of gas and electricity abolished; effect thereof
Status: in_force

§ 151. Commission of gas and electricity abolished; effect thereof.\nThe commission of gas and electricity was abolished on July first,\nnineteen hundred and seven. All the powers and duties of such commission\nconferred and imposed by any statute of this state shall hereafter be\nexercised and performed by the public service commission.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 470 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 17 / Section 470
General provision as to construction, equipment and maintenance of places of public assembly
Status: in_force

§ 470. General provision as to construction, equipment and maintenance\nof places of public assembly.  All places of public assembly as\nhereinbefore defined shall be so constructed, equipped and maintained as\nto provide reasonable and adequate protection to the lives, health and\nsafety of all persons employed or assembled therein.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2603 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 26 / Section 2603
Issue or circulation of false literature
Status: in_force

§ 2603. Issue or circulation of false literature. No insurance\ncorporation, or any officer, director or agent thereof, shall issue or\ncirculate, or cause or permit to be issued or circulated, in this state\nany illustration, circular or statement indicating the corporation can\ntransact in this state any business of a character except that which it\nis authorized to transact under its certificate of authority issued by\nthe superintendent.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 209-L — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 9-A / Section 209-L
Gift for ALS research and education
Status: in_force

* § 209-L. Gift for ALS research and education. Effective for any tax\nyear commencing on or after January first, two thousand nineteen, a\ntaxpayer in any taxable year may elect to contribute to the support of\nthe New York state ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) research and\neducation fund. Such contribution shall be in any whole dollar amount\nand shall not reduce the amount of the state tax owed by such taxpayer.\nThe commissioner shall include space on the corporate income tax return\nto enable a taxpayer to make such contribution. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law, all revenues collected pursuant to this section\nshall be credited to the New York state ALS research and education fund\nand shall be used only for those purposes enumerated in section\nninety-five-i of the state finance law.\n  * NB There are 3 § 209-L's\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3003-A — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 30 / Section 3003-A
EMS program agencies
Status: in_force

§ 3003-a. EMS program agencies. 1. As provided by agreement with the\ncommissioner or regional councils based on needs identified by the\nregional emergency medical services councils, an EMS program agency may\nbe responsible for facilitating quality improvement of emergency medical\ncare within its region, staffing the regional emergency medical advisory\ncommittees provided for in section three thousand four-a of this\narticle, providing prehospital education programs approved by the\ndepartment, and other activities to support and facilitate regional\nemergency medical services systems.\n  2. The programs developed by the agencies established by subdivision\none of this section shall be implemented beginning in nineteen hundred\nninety-three using funds collected by the New York state emergency\nmedical services training account, established within the miscellaneous\nspecial revenue fund - 339 by section ninety-seven-q of the state\nfinance law.\n  3. The portion of the funds collected by the emergency medical\nservices training New York state account, established and allocated\nwithin the miscellaneous special revenue fund - 339 by section\nninety-seven-q of the state finance law, shall be adequate to support\nthe costs incurred in implementing the programs described in subdivision\none of this section.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 734 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 20-B / Section 734
Practitioner limitations
Status: in_force

§ 734. Practitioner limitations. 1. It shall be unlawful for any\nindividual to knowingly administer or participate in the administration\nof a psychological stress evaluator examination of an employee or\nprospective employee as defined in section seven hundred thirty-three of\nthis chapter.\n  2. Any individual violating any of the provisions of this section\nshall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor upon the first conviction and\nupon any subsequent convictions shall be guilty of a class A\nmisdemeanor.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 341 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 3 / Section 341
Recitals as to heirships in conveyances
Status: in_force

§ 341. Recitals as to heirships in conveyances. Hereafter, in any\nspecial proceeding or action in any of the courts of this state, any\ndeed, mortgage, lease, release, power of attorney or other instrument\nmore than ten years old, executed for the purpose of transferring the\ntitle to or interest in lands, tenements or hereditaments situated\nwithin this state, which contains recitals that the grantors, grantees,\nor either, or both, are the heirs at law of a prior owner of the title\nor interest described in said instrument, or a survivor of a tenancy by\nthe entirety or joint tenancy, shall be presumptive evidence of said\nheirship, or of such survivorship, as therein recited, if such\ninstrument be duly acknowledged or witnessed and proved in any manner\nrequired or permitted at the date of the execution thereof, and be duly\nrecorded in any county where any part of the lands described therein\nshall be located, or duly recorded in the office of the secretary of\nstate of the state of New York.\n