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N.Y. RCO Law § 346 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 18 / Section 346
Changing number of laymen trustees
Status: in_force

§ 346. Changing number of laymen trustees. An incorporated church to\nwhich this article is applicable may, at its annual corporate meeting\nwhere trustees are elected, by a majority vote of the duly qualified\nvoters at such meeting, change the number of its trustees by adding more\ntrustees, one-third of which shall be elected for three years, one-third\nfor two years and one-third for one year; or by voting to discontinue\nthe offices of certain specified trustees as they expire, one-third of\nsaid offices to be discontinued each year, until the number left is the\nnumber decided upon. No such changes shall affect the terms of the\ntrustees then in office, but each shall hold office until his full term\nhas expired unless his office shall terminate as provided for elsewhere\nin this article.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4660 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 46-A / Section 4660
Withdrawal, death or dismissal of person; refund
Status: in_force

* § 4660. Withdrawal, death or dismissal of person; refund. 1. Upon\nthe giving of written notice of cancellation by certified mail of at\nleast thirty days, the contract may be canceled by a resident for any\nreason, or by an operator if the applicant has willfully mismanaged\nassets needed to pay monthly care fees. A resident shall not be\ndischarged for inability to pay the monthly fee except where a showing\nof the willful mismanagement of assets needed to pay monthly care fees\nhas been made.\n  2. If the notice required by subdivision one of this section is given\nwithin the first ninety days of occupancy, the resident shall receive a\nrefund of not less than the entry fee and any other pre-payments less\nthe actual cost of any services actually provided and the actual cost of\nrefurbishing the unit for resale. After the first ninety days of\noccupancy, any refund shall be not less than the entrance fee, except\nthat the operator may retain no more than two percent per month of\noccupancy by the resident of such fee and no more than a four percent\nfee for processing.\n  3. Refunds upon death will be made on the same basis as refunds upon\nwithdrawal.\n  4. Any refund made pursuant to this section shall be paid no later\nthan thirty days after the formerly occupied unit has been resold, but\nin no event later than one year after the formerly occupied unit has\nbeen vacated.\n  * NB There are 2 § 4660's\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 44 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 3 / Section 44
Changing the number of vestrymen of Protestant Episcopal parishes hereafter incorporated
Status: in_force

§ 44. Changing the number of vestrymen of Protestant Episcopal\nparishes hereafter incorporated. If the vestry of a Protestant Episcopal\nparish, hereafter incorporated, shall, by resolution, recommend that the\nnumber of vestrymen of such parish be changed to either three, six,\nnine, twelve, fifteen, eighteen, twenty-one or twenty-four vestrymen,\nnotice of such recommendation shall be included in the notice of the\nnext annual election of such parish, or in the notice of a special\nmeeting to be held not less than six months before the time fixed for\nholding the next annual election thereafter, and be submitted to such\nannual or special meeting. If such recommendation be ratified by such\nmeeting, the presiding officer thereof, and at least two qualified\nvoters present thereat, shall execute and acknowledge a certificate\nsetting forth such resolution of the vestry, the fact that notice\nthereof had been given with the notice of such annual election, or with\nthe notice of such special meeting as the case may be; that the meeting\nhad ratified the same; and the number of vestrymen so decided on. Such\ncertificate shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in\nwhich the original certificate of incorporation is filed and recorded,\nand such change in the number of vestrymen shall take effect at the time\nof the next annual election thereafter. If the number of vestrymen be\nthereby increased, then, in addition to the number of vestrymen to be\nelected at such annual election, one-third of such increased number of\nvestrymen shall be elected to hold office for one year thereafter,\none-third of such increased number shall be elected to hold office for\ntwo years thereafter, and one-third of such increased number shall be\nelected to hold office for three years thereafter. If the number of\nvestrymen by such change be reduced, such reduction shall not affect the\nterm of office of any vestryman duly elected, and at such next annual\nelection and at each annual election thereafter, one-third of such\nreduced number of vestrymen shall be elected to hold office for three\nyears.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 53 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 3 / Section 53
Exemption from taxation of property and income
Status: in_force

§ 53. Exemption from taxation of property and income. The property of\nthe agency and its income and operations shall be exempt from taxation.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1439-L*2 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-2*2 / Section 1439-L*2
Judicial review
Status: in_force

* § 1439-l. Judicial review. 1. Any final determination of the amount\nof any tax payable under section fourteen hundred thirty-nine-c of this\narticle shall be reviewable for error, illegality or unconstitutionality\nor any other reason whatsoever by a proceeding under article\nseventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules if application\ntherefor is made to the supreme court within four months after the\ngiving of the notice of such final determination, provided, however,\nthat any such proceeding under article seventy-eight of the civil\npractice law and rules shall not be instituted unless (a) the amount of\nany tax sought to be reviewed, with such interest and penalties thereon\nas may be provided for by local law shall be first deposited and there\nis filed an undertaking, issued by a surety company authorized to\ntransact business in this state and approved by the state superintendent\nof financial services as to solvency and responsibility, in such amount\nas a justice of the supreme court shall approve to the effect that if\nsuch proceeding be dismissed or the tax confirmed the petitioner will\npay all costs and charges which may accrue in the prosecution of such\nproceeding or (b) at the option of the petitioner, such undertaking may\nbe in a sum sufficient to cover the taxes, interest and penalties stated\nin such determination, plus the costs and charges which may accrue\nagainst it in the prosecution of the proceeding, in which event the\npetitioner shall not be required to pay such taxes, interest or\npenalties as a condition precedent to the application.\n  2. Where any tax imposed hereunder shall have been erroneously,\nillegally or unconstitutionally assessed or collected and application\nfor the refund or revision thereof duly made to the proper fiscal\nofficer or officers, and such officer or officers shall have made a\ndetermination denying such refund or revision, such determination shall\nbe reviewable by a proceeding under article seventy-eight of the civil\npractice law and rules; provided, however, that (a) such proceeding is\ninstituted within four months after the giving of the notice of such\ndenial, (b) a final determination of tax due was not previously made,\nand (c) an undertaking is filed with the proper fiscal officer or\nofficers in such amount and with such sureties as a justice of the\nsupreme court shall approve to the effect that if such proceeding be\ndismissed or the tax confirmed, the petitioner will pay all costs and\ncharges which may accrue in the prosecution of such proceeding.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2027\n  * NB There are 3 § 1439-l's\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-M*4 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-M*4
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Lost At Sea Memorial Pike"
Status: in_force

* § 343-m. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Lost At Sea Memorial Pike". All that portion of the state highway\nsystem beginning at the intersection of state route 114 and Toilsome\nLane in the town of East Hampton and continuing northerly along route\n114 to the northern boundary line of the village of Sag Harbor shall be\ndesignated and known as the "Lost At Sea Memorial Pike".\n  * NB There are 4 § 343-m's\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 516 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 5 / Section 516
Reduction of stated capital in certain cases
Status: in_force

§ 516. Reduction of stated capital in certain cases.\n  (a) Except as otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation,\nthe board may at any time reduce the stated capital of a corporation in\nany of the following ways:\n  (1) by eliminating from stated capital any portion of amounts\npreviously transferred by the board from surplus to stated capital and\nnot allocated to any designated class or series of shares;\n  (2) by reducing or eliminating any amount of stated capital\nrepresented by issued shares having a par value which exceeds the\naggregate par value of such shares;\n  (3) by reducing the amount of stated capital represented by issued\nshares without par value; or\n  (4) by applying to an otherwise authorized purchase, redemption,\nconversion or exchange of outstanding shares some or all of the stated\ncapital represented by the shares being purchased, redeemed, converted\nor exchanged, or some or all of any stated capital that has not been\nallocated to any particular shares, or both.  Notwithstanding the\nforegoing, if the consideration for the issue of shares without par\nvalue was fixed by the shareholders under section 504 (Consideration and\npayment for shares), the board shall not reduce the stated capital\nrepresented by such shares except to the extent, if any, that the board\nwas authorized by the shareholders to allocate any portion of such\nconsideration to surplus.\n  (b) No reduction of stated capital shall be made under this section\nunless after such reduction the stated capital exceeds the aggregate\npreferential amounts payable upon involuntary liquidation upon all\nissued shares having preferential rights in the assets plus the par\nvalue of all other issued shares with par value.\n  (c) When a reduction of stated capital has been effected under this\nsection, the amount of such reduction shall be disclosed in the next\nfinancial statement covering the period in which such reduction is made\nthat is furnished by the corporation to all its shareholders or, if\npracticable, in the first notice of dividend or share distribution that\nis furnished to the holders of each class or series of its shares\nbetween the date of such reduction and the next such financial\nstatement, and in any event to all its shareholders within six months of\nthe date of such reduction.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 124 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 7 / Section 124
Reporting
Status: in_force

§ 124. Reporting. 1. The chair shall prescribe the form and format for\nthe collection and dissemination of information and data as the\nadministration of this chapter requires. In the event the proper format\nrequires the submission of a complete paper document, the chair shall\nhave distributed such blank forms, including forms of notice and claims\nand forms for processing injury, death, medical or other attendance or\ntreatment, employment or wage earnings as are necessary.\n  2. Insurance carriers shall constantly keep on hand, at their own\nexpense, a sufficient supply of such forms or, in the event of\nelectronic transfer, be responsible for all charges associated with\ntransmission of such information.\n  3. Nothing stated above shall preclude the chair from requiring the\nsubmission or dissemination of notices or reports in an electronic or\ntyped form, with the exact format to be prescribed by the chair.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-N*3 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-N*3
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Cattaraugus County Veterans Memorial Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 343-n. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Cattaraugus County Veterans Memorial Highway". All that portion of the\nstate highway system in the county of Cattaraugus constituting\ninterstate route 86 (Southern Tier Expressway) from the Chautauqua\ncounty border to the Allegany county border shall be designated and\nknown as the "Cattaraugus County Veterans Memorial Highway".\n  * NB There are 3 § 343-n's\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 191 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 12 / Section 191
Pay of jurors
Status: in_force

§ 191. Pay of jurors. Jurors in the police court shall receive the\nsame compensation as jurors in justice's court held by justices of the\npeace except that in the police court of the city of Albany jurors shall\nreceive such compensation as may be provided by the board of estimate\nand apportionment of the city of Albany.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 580-315 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-B / Part 3 / Section 580-315
Nonparentage as defense
Status: in_force

§ 580-315. Nonparentage as defense. A party whose parentage of a child\nhas been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead\nnonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this article.\n
N.Y. BSW Law § 33 — New York Code / Act BSW / Section 33
Misdemeanor
Status: in_force

* § 33. Misdemeanor. Any person or corporation who directly or\nindirectly conducts, holds or gives boxing or sparring matches or\nexhibitions or participates either directly or indirectly in any boxing\nor sparring match or exhibition as a referee, judge, match-maker,\ntimekeeper, corporation treasurer, box office employee, professional\nboxer, manager, trainer, second or announcer without first having\nprocured an appropriate license as prescribed in this act shall be\nguilty of a misdemeanor. Any person, partnership or corporation who\npromotes a professional wrestling match or exhibition in the state\nwithout first having procured an appropriate license in accordance with\nsection 28-b of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n  Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to apply to amateur\nexhibitions.\n  * NB Repealed September 1, 2016\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 7-5.3 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 7 / Part 5 / Section 7-5.3
Payment to beneficiary
Status: in_force

§ 7-5.3 Payment to beneficiary\n  (a) If the beneficiary survives the depositor under the circumstances\nprovided in paragraph four of section 7-5.2, the funds shall be paid to\nthe beneficiary upon his order, if, at the time of his demand for\npayment of all or part of the funds, he is eighteen or more years of\nage.\n  (b) If the beneficiary survives the depositor under the circumstances\nprovided in paragraph four of section 7-5.2, and if the beneficiary is\nunder eighteen years of age at the time demand for payment of any part\nor all of the funds is made, the funds may be paid to the order of the\nparent or parents of the beneficiary to be held for the use and benefit\nof such infant beneficiary or to the order of the duly appointed\nguardian of the property of the beneficiary, if the funds are equal to\nor are less than ten thousand dollars; but if the funds are more than\nten thousand dollars, the funds may be paid only to the order of the\nduly appointed guardian of the property of the beneficiary.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 45-B — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 3 / Section 45-B
Unauthorized possession, sale, or exchange of food order stamps issued under food stamp plan
Status: in_force

§ 45-b. Unauthorized possession, sale, or exchange of food order\nstamps issued under food stamp plan.  Any person, other than a person\nauthorized by the regulations and conditions prescribed by the secretary\nof agriculture of the United States governing the food stamp plan, who\nshall have in his possession, or who shall purchase sell or exchange any\nfood stamps, books, book covers or any other instruments or documents\nrelating to food stamps, for money or for any article or articles other\nthan those foods authorized by the regulations and conditions prescribed\nby the secretary of agriculture of the United States governing the food\nstamp plan, or for food the value of which is less than the face amount\nof such food stamps, or in any other manner in violation of the\nregulations and conditions prescribed by the secretary of agriculture of\nthe United States governing the food stamp plan, shall be guilty of a\nmisdemeanor. As used herein, the word "person" shall mean any\nindividual, partnership, corporation, or association, whether or not\nsuch individual, partnership, corporation or association is eligible to\nparticipate or is participating in the food stamp plan.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 180.55 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 180 / Section 180.55
Rent gouging in the third degree
Status: in_force

§ 180.55 Rent gouging in the third degree.\n  A person is guilty of rent gouging in the third degree when, in\nconnection with the leasing, rental or use of real property, he\nsolicits, accepts or agrees to accept from a person some consideration\nof value, less than two hundred fifty dollars, in addition to lawful\nrental and other lawful charges, upon an agreement or understanding that\nthe furnishing of such consideration will increase the possibility that\nany person may obtain or renew the lease, rental or use of such\nproperty, or that a failure to furnish it will decrease the possibility\nthat any person may obtain or renew the same.\n  Rent gouging in the third degree is a class B misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. CAN Law § 15 — New York Code / Act CAN / Article 2 / Section 15
Disposition of moneys received for license fees
Status: in_force

§ 15. Disposition of moneys received for license fees. The board shall\nestablish a scale of application, licensing, and renewal fees, based\nupon the cost of enforcing this chapter and the size of the cannabis\nbusiness being licensed, as follows:\n  1. The board shall charge each registered organization, licensee and\npermittee a registration, licensure or permit fee, and renewal fee, as\napplicable. The fees may vary depending upon the nature and scope of the\ndifferent registration, licensure and permit activities.\n  2. The total fees assessed pursuant to this chapter shall be set at an\namount that will generate sufficient total revenue to, at a minimum,\nfully cover the total costs of administering this chapter.\n  3. All registration and licensure fees shall be set on a scaled basis\nby the board, dependent on the size and capacity of the business and for\nsocial and economic equity applicants such fees may be assessed to\naccomplish the goals of this chapter.\n  4. The board shall deposit all fees collected in the New York state\ncannabis revenue fund established pursuant to section ninety-nine-ii of\nthe state finance law.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 751 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-D / Section 751
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

§ 751. Legislative intent. It is hereby determined and declared that\nsupervision by the state of the sale of dogs or cats by pet dealers is\nwithin the public interest and for the purpose of safeguarding the\npublic and insuring the humane treatment of such animals by guaranteeing\nthe good health of such dogs or cats in the course of such transactions,\nor providing other alternatives to the consumer.\n
N.Y. CAN Law § 136 — New York Code / Act CAN / Article 6 / Section 136
Illicit cannabis
Status: in_force

§ 136. Illicit cannabis. 1. "Illicit cannabis" means and includes any\ncannabis flower, concentrated cannabis and cannabis product on which any\ntax required to have been paid under any applicable state law, has not\nbeen paid. Illicit cannabis shall not include any cannabis lawfully\npossessed in accordance with this chapter or the penal law.\n  2. Any person holding a license, permit or registration under this\nchapter who shall knowingly possess or have under his or her control any\ncannabis known by the person to be illicit cannabis is guilty of a class\nB misdemeanor.\n  3. Any person holding a license, permit or registration pursuant to\nthis chapter who shall knowingly barter, exchange, give or sell, or\noffer to barter, exchange, give or sell any cannabis known by the person\nto be illicit cannabis is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n  4. Any person holding a license, permit or registration pursuant to\nthis chapter who shall knowingly possess or have under his or her\ncontrol or transport any cannabis known by the person to be illicit\ncannabis with intent to barter, exchange, give or sell such cannabis is\nguilty of a class B misdemeanor.\n  5. Any person who, being the owner, lessee or occupant of any room,\nshed, tenement, booth, building, float, vessel or part thereof who\nknowingly permits the same to be used for the cultivation, processing,\ndistribution, purchase, sale, warehousing or transportation of any\ncannabis, in violation of a possession limit in the penal law, known by\nthe person to be illicit cannabis, is guilty of a violation.\n
N.Y. TCP Law § 115 — New York Code / Act TCP / Article 10 / Section 115
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 115. Definitions. As used in this article, the term:\n  1. "Sewage-works corporation" means a corporation heretofore or\nhereafter organized to provide a sewer system as hereinafter defined for\nthe disposal of sewage, through an established system of pipe lines,\ntreatment plants and other means of disposal, and which erects,\noperates, maintains and performs other necessary acts incidental\nthereto, disposal systems for sewer areas formed within towns or\nvillages and other municipal areas of the state.\n  2. "Sewer system" means all sewer pipes and other appurtenances which\nare used or useful in whole or in part in connection with the\ncollection, treatment or disposal of sewage, and other waste, including\nsewage pumping stations and sewage treatment and disposal plants and\nsites.\n  3. "Local governing body" means the legislative body of a city, town\nor village authorized by law to establish a sewer district or otherwise\nto provide sewage-works facilities in such city, town or village wherein\nis located the area to be served by the sewage-works corporation.\n  4. "Sewer district" means a county sewer district established pursuant\nto article five-A of the county law or a town sewer district established\npursuant to article twelve or article twelve-A of the town law.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 95 — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 7 / Title A / Section 95
Duties of public officers
Status: in_force

§ 95. Duties of public officers. It shall be the duty of all officers\nof the state of New York or of any civil division or city thereof to\nconform to and comply with and to aid in all proper ways in carrying\ninto effect the provisions of this chapter, and the rules and\nregulations prescribed thereunder.  No officer or officers having the\npower of appointment or employment shall appoint or select any person\nfor appointment, employment, promotion or reinstatement except in\naccordance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and\nregulations established thereunder.  Any person employed or appointed\ncontrary to the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and\nregulations established thereunder shall be paid by the officer or\nofficers so employing or appointing, or attempting to employ or appoint\nhim, the compensation agreed upon for any services performed under such\nappointment or employment or, in case no compensation is agreed upon,\nthe actual value of such services and any necessary expenses incurred in\nconnection therewith, and shall have a cause of action against such\nofficer or officers for such sum and for the costs of the action.  No\npublic officer shall be reimbursed by the state or any of its civil\ndivisions for any sums so paid or recovered in any such action.\n