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N.Y. VIL Law § 7-704 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 7 / Section 7-704
Purposes in view
Status: in_force

§ 7-704 Purposes in view. Such regulations shall be made in accordance\nwith a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the\nstreets; to secure safety from fire, panic, floods and other dangers; to\npromote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and\nair; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration\nof population; to make provision for, so far as conditions may permit,\nthe accommodation of solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, hydroelectric,\ngeothermal electric, geothermal ground source heat, tidal energy, wave\nenergy, ocean thermal, farm waste electric generating equipment as\ndefined in paragraph (e) of subdivision one of section sixty-six-j of\nthe public service law and fuel cells; to facilitate the adequate\nprovision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other\npublic requirements. Such regulations shall be made with reasonable\nconsideration, among other things, as to the character of the district\nand its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to\nconserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate\nuse of land throughout such municipality.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 462 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 11 / Section 462
Foreign credit unions
Status: in_force

§ 462. Foreign credit unions. Subject to such regulations as the\nsuperintendent may adopt, any credit union located in a state other than\nthis state may open and maintain in this state, in any locality in which\na substantial portion of its actual or potential membership is employed\nor residing, one or more stations for the conduct of its business\nprovided that before any such station or stations shall be opened or\nmaintained or removed to a new location:\n  1. Its board of directors shall submit to the superintendent a written\napplication setting forth the reasons therefor and the proposed location\nof such station or stations. The application for each such station shall\nbe accompanied by a fee as prescribed pursuant to section eighteen-a of\nthis chapter.\n  2. The superintendent shall have given his written approval thereto.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 205.05 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 205 / Section 205.05
Escape in the third degree
Status: in_force

§ 205.05 Escape in the third degree.\n  A person is guilty of escape in the third degree when he escapes from\ncustody.\n  Escape in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 750-R — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-C / Section 750-R
Endowment care or similar trust funds
Status: in_force

§ 750-r. Endowment care or similar trust funds. 1. A pet cemetery\nwhich commenced operations prior to the effective date of this article\nshall establish an endowment care or similar trust fund, the balance of\nwhich shall not be less then twelve thousand dollars, by January first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-five. The secretary of state may grant a waiver\nto the provisions of this subdivision if an endowment care or similar\ntrust fund is established and twelve thousand dollars is placed in such\nfund within a reasonable amount of time not to exceed ten years from the\neffective date of this article and the provisions of this section will\npresent a significant financial hardship to the pet cemetery owner or\noperator.\n  2. A pet cemetery which commences operations on or after the effective\ndate of this article, shall, prior to the acceptance of any moneys as\nannual maintenance fees, establish an endowment care or similar trust\nfund for the permanent operation and maintenance of the pet cemetery, in\nan amount of not less than twelve thousand dollars.\n  3. The fiduciary holding such endowment care or similar trust fund\nshall have such power to invest such fund as set forth in section 11-2.2\nof the estates, powers and trusts law. The interest earnings of such\ntrust fund shall be used exclusively for the operation and maintenance\nof such pet cemetery. Any distribution of principal of such option and\ntrust fund shall only be upon order of the supreme court of the county\nwhere the pet cemetery is located, for good cause and exclusively for\nthe operation and benefit of such pet cemetery. Unless such distribution\nof principal shall be as part of a removal of dedication for such pet\ncemetery, such order shall additionally make adequate provision for the\npermanent maintenance of the pet cemetery.\n  4. A pet cemetery, owned and operated by a not-for-profit corporation\nthat has in excess of one million dollars in its endowment care or\nsimilar trust fund, may use any surplus income in such trust fund above\nand beyond its costs for pet cemetery operation and maintenance in any\nmanner allowed by the not-for-profit corporation's charter or by-laws,\nprovided that the use of such surplus does not endanger the integrity of\nsuch trust fund.\n  5. A pet cemetery, owned and operated by a not-for-profit corporation\nthat is a humane society may be granted a waiver of the provisions of\nthis section by the secretary of state if the secretary determines that\nthe interests of the pet owners will be adequately protected and the\nprovisions of this section present a significant financial hardship to\nthe pet cemetery owner.\n  6. Such trust funds are not invalid by reason of any indefiniteness or\nuncertainty of the persons designated as beneficiaries, nor shall they\nbe invalid as violating any existing rule against perpetuities.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-402 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2 / Part 4 / Section 2-402
Rights of Seller's Creditors Against Sold Goods
Status: in_force

Section 2--402. Rights of Seller's Creditors Against Sold Goods.\n  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), rights of unsecured\ncreditors of the seller with respect to goods which have been identified\nto a contract for sale are subject to the buyer's rights to recover the\ngoods under this Article (Sections 2--502 and 2--716).\n  (2) A creditor of the seller may treat a sale or an identification of\ngoods to a contract for sale as void if as against him a retention of\npossession by the seller as fraudulent under any rule of law of the\nstate where the goods are situated, except that retention of possession\nin good faith and current course of trade by a merchant-seller for a\ncommercially reasonable time after a sale or identification is not\nfraudulent.\n  (3) Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to impair the rights of\ncreditors of the seller\n       (a) under the provisions of the Article on Secured Transactions\n           (Article 9); or\n       (b) where identification to the contract or delivery is made not\n           in current course of trade but in satisfaction of or as\n           security for a pre-existing claim for money, security or the\n           like and is made under circumstances which under any rule of\n           law of the state where the goods are situated would apart\n           from this Article constitute the transaction a fraudulent\n           transfer or voidable preference.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 203 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 10 / Section 203
Conveyance or incumbrance of trust property of Friends
Status: in_force

§ 203. Conveyance or incumbrance of trust property of Friends.  The\ntrustee or trustees, or survivor of any trustees, of any meeting of the\nReligious Society of Friends, appointed pursuant to the last preceding\nsection, may sell, convey and grant, mortgage, or demise any or all of\nthe trust property described in said trust deed or declaration of trust,\nto any person absolutely or in trust for such meeting, whenever any\nmeeting of said society by resolution so directs. Any conveyance or\nmortgage of real estate or property so held in trust by any meeting of\nthe Religious Society of Friends, which is hereafter made in pursuance\nof a resolution of such meeting as provided herein, shall be as valid\nand effectual for the conveyance or mortgage of the title of any real\nestate so held in trust, as if the heirs of any trustee who has died\nprior to the passage of such resolution had joined in the execution of\nsuch conveyance, mortgage or demise. Any instrument for the sale,\nmortgage or demise of such property shall embody such resolution, and be\nexecuted and acknowledged by such trustee or trustees; and in such\nacknowledgment such trustee or trustees shall make an affidavit that the\nperson or persons executing such conveyance, mortgage or demise are the\ntrustee or trustees of the trust property, and that the resolution\nembodied in such conveyance, mortgage or demise was duly passed by such\nmeeting. Such affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of the facts\ntherein stated.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 305 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 3 / Section 305
Pari-mutuel betting at harness races
Status: in_force

§ 305. Pari-mutuel betting at harness races. No more than eight\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 § 316 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 13 / Section 316
Policies of insurance; policies not to lapse or be forfeited
Status: in_force

§ 316. Policies of insurance; policies not to lapse or be forfeited.\n1. No policy which insures the life of a member of a reserve component\nof the armed forces of the United States, including the National Guard,\nwho is called to active duty, or no policy which has been brought within\nthe benefits of the federal "soldiers' and sailors' civil relief act"\nshall lapse or be forfeited for the nonpayment of premium during the\nperiod of such service, or during two years after the expiration of such\nperiod; provided that any such policy has not lapsed for the nonpayment\nof premium before the commencement of the period of military service of\nthe insured, provided that in no case shall this prohibition extend for\nmore than one year after this article ceases to be in force.\n  2. For the purposes of this section, the term "policy" shall include\nany contract of life insurance as defined in paragraph one of subsection\n(a) of section one thousand one hundred thirteen of the insurance law.\nIt shall also include any benefit in the nature of life insurance\narising out of membership in any fraternal benefit society as defined in\nsubsection (a) of section four thousand five hundred one of the\ninsurance law. In no case, however, shall the term "policy" include\ninsurance exceeding a total face value of one hundred thousand dollars\nwhether in one or more companies, but shall not include a policy insured\nunder Servicemen's Group Life Insurance. The term "premium" shall\ninclude membership dues or assessments in such society, and the date of\nissuance of policy as herein limited shall refer to the date of\nadmission to membership in such association; the term "insured" shall\ninclude any person who is the holder of a policy as defined in this\nsection; the term "insurer" shall include any corporation, partnership,\nor other form of association which secures or provides insurance under\nany policy as defined herein.\n  3. No individual accident and health insurance policy, defined in\nparagraph three of subsection (a) of section one thousand one hundred\nthirteen of the insurance law, which policy insures a member of the\norganized militia of the state, and has not lapsed for the non-payment\nof premiums before the commencement of a period of active duty in the\nmilitary service of the state of New York by such member, pursuant to an\norder of the governor issued under the authority of section six or seven\nof this chapter, shall lapse or be forfeited for the non-payment of\npremiums during a period of sixty days from the date that said member\nbegins such active duty provided the insurer is furnished with written\nnotice of said duty within thirty days after the commencement thereof.\nAn insurer shall have the right to deduct the amount of due and unpaid\npremiums from any benefit that may become payable as a result of this\nsubdivision.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 105 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 1 / Section 105
Powers and duties of non-judicial personnel
Status: in_force

§ 105. Powers and duties of non-judicial personnel.\n  (a) Clerks. The chief clerk and such other non-judicial personnel as\nshall be authorized by rule or order shall each have the power to\nadminister oaths, take acknowledgments and sign the process or mandate\nof the court.\n  (b) Enforcement officers; police officers. The enforcement officers of\nthe court shall perform the same duties as are performed by sheriffs in\ncourts of record and shall have, within their territorial jurisdiction\nand subject to any limitations imposed by this act or by other provision\nof law, such power to serve and execute the processes and mandates of\nthe court as a sheriff has with regard to the processes and mandates of\nthe supreme court. They shall also have, within their territorial\njurisdiction, all of the powers in criminal matters of a constable of a\ntown in the state of New York. It shall also be the duty of the police\nofficers of the county, or of any city, town or village therein, to\nexecute all criminal processes and mandates of the court. Neither an\nenforcement officer nor a police officer shall receive any fee or\ncompensation for the service or execution of any criminal process or\nmandate issued out of the court.\n  (c) Records of enforcement officers. Each of the court's enforcement\nofficers shall keep a record of official acts performed by him upon or\nin conjunction with the court's process or mandate. The rules may\nprescribe the manner in which such records shall be maintained.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 870 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 39-B / Section 870
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

§ 870. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that\nthere exists an unreasonable risk of injury and death associated with\nthe sale of toy weapons which are replica of and cannot be easily\ndistinguished from actual weapons; that in recent years the sale and\npossession of these imitation weapons has grown; that in nineteen\nhundred eighty-seven, more than fourteen hundred toy imitation weapons\ninvolved in criminal incidents were confiscated by the police in New\nYork city alone, nearly eighty percent more than four years earlier;\nthat when such imitation weapons are perceived as actual weapons fear\nand dangerous defensive actions often result. The legislature further\nfinds and declares that the purpose of this article is to safeguard the\npublic from the unreasonable risk of death and injury that may result\nwhen imitation weapons are perceived as real, by banning the\nimportation, manufacture, distribution and sale of such imitation\nweapons.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 279-D — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 17-A / Section 279-D
Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

§ 279-d. Prohibited acts. It is hereby declared unlawful for any\nperson to fill or use, to give, buy, take, destroy, sell or otherwise\ndispose of, or traffic in, vessels, receptacles or utensils, upon which\na name, mark or device which has been filed hereunder is produced, or\nrefuse to return such vessel, receptacle or utensil on demand of the\nowner, or to deface, erase, obliterate, cover up or otherwise remove or\nconceal any such name, mark or device, unless in each case written\nconsent of the owner is obtained or unless the vessels, receptacles or\nutensils shall have been purchased from the said owner.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 88 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 7 / Section 88
Roster of licensees
Status: in_force

§ 88. Roster of licensees. The department of state shall publish at\nleast once in each year, a roster of the names and addresses of all\npersons, firms, limited liability companies and corporations licensed\nunder the provisions of this article. A copy of each roster issued by\nthe department of state shall be mailed by it to any licensee upon\nrequest and without charge.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 434 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 20 / Section 434
Right of affiliation; relationships between churches, district corporations and the general council of the Assemblies of God
Status: in_force

§ 434. Right of affiliation; relationships between churches, district\ncorporations and the general council of the Assemblies of God. Churches\nshall be deemed to be sovereign, autonomous, self governing and self\ndetermining bodies. The affiliation of each church with the general\ncouncil of the Assemblies of God and the New York district of the\nAssemblies of God shall be in matters of doctrine and conduct. In the\nevent determination of disaffiliation with the general council of the\nAssemblies of God is under consideration by an affiliated assembly, the\npastor and/or the church council shall invite the district officiary to\nparticipate in a special called church meeting for the express matter of\ngiving the district officiary the opportunity to present the case for\ncontinued general council affiliation. Final disposition of the matter\nmay then proceed in accordance with the by-laws of the local church not\ninconsistent with this article.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 280-H — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5-B / Section 280-H
Permissive referendum
Status: in_force

§ 280-h. Permissive referendum. The provisions of sections one hundred\none and one hundred two of this chapter and the applicable provisions of\nthe election law as to conduct of elections and qualifications of voters\nshall apply to permissive referenda conducted hereunder, except that\nonly those electors shall be qualified to sign a petition and to vote\nwho are resident within an area included in the proposed county\ndistrict, and provided further that the number of signatures required on\nthe petition shall be five hundred or five per centum of the owners of\ntaxable real property situated within the proposed district, whichever\nshall be less.\n  The clerk of the governing body shall cause to be prepared and have\navailable for distribution proper forms for such petition and shall\ndistribute a supply to any person requesting the same.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 482 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 11 / Section 482
Reports to superintendent; penalty for failure to make
Status: in_force

§ 482. Reports to superintendent; penalty for failure to make. 1.\nCredit unions shall forward to the superintendent all reports required\nby the National Credit Union Administration.\n  2. Every credit union shall also make such other special reports to\nthe superintendent at such times as he may require, which reports shall\nbe in the form and filed on the date prescribed by the superintendent.\n  3. If any credit union shall fail to make any report required by this\nsection on or before the day designated for the making thereof, or shall\nfail to include therein any information required by the superintendent\nto be included, such credit union shall forfeit to the people of the\nstate an amount as determined pursuant to section forty-four-a of this\nchapter for every day that such report shall be delayed or withheld, and\nfor every day that it shall fail to report any such omitted information,\nunless the time therefor shall have been extended by the superintendent.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 235 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 9 / Section 235
Exemptions
Status: in_force

§ 235. Exemptions. Any employee who is receiving or is entitled to\nreceive old-age insurance benefits under title two of the social\nsecurity act, shall be exempt from this article upon filing with the\nchairman and his employer a statement, in such form as the chairman\nshall prescribe, waiving any and all benefits under this article.\nThereafter such employee shall be exempt from any liability to\ncontribute toward the cost of such benefits, and his employer shall be\nrelieved of responsibility to provide for the payment of any benefits to\nsuch employee under this article.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 981 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 9 / Section 981
Costs and expenses
Status: in_force

§ 981. Costs and expenses. 1. The final judgment for the partition of\nthe property must also award that each defendant pay to the plaintiff\nhis proportion of the plaintiff's costs, including the additional\nallowance. The sum to be paid by each must be fixed by the court\naccording to the respective rights of the parties, and specified in the\njudgment.\n  2. If a defendant is unknown, his proportion of the costs shall be\nfixed and specified in like manner. An execution against an unknown\ndefendant may be issued to collect the costs awarded against him as if\nhe were named in the judgment; and his right, share or interest in the\nproperty may be sold by virtue thereof as if he were named in the\nexecution.\n  3. Where final judgment confirming a sale is rendered, the costs of\neach party to the action and the expenses of the sale, including the\nofficer's fees, shall be deducted from the proceeds of the sale and\ndistributed as the court shall order. But the court, in its discretion,\nmay direct that the costs and expenses of any trial, reference or other\nproceeding in the action be paid out of the share of any party in the\nproceeds, or may render judgment against any party therefor. Where a\nproportion of the proceeds is to be paid to or invested for the benefit\nof any person, as prescribed in any provision of this article, the\namount thereof must be determined by the residue of the entire proceeds\nremaining after deducting the costs and expenses chargeable against\nthem.\n  4. The officer making the sale shall pay out of the proceeds, unless\nthe judgment otherwise directs, all taxes, assessments and water rates,\nwhich are liens upon the property sold, and redeem the property sold\nfrom any sales for unpaid taxes, assessments or water rates, which have\nnot apparently become absolute. The sums necessary to make those\npayments and redemptions are deemed expenses of the sale.\n  5. After actual partition, the fees and expenses of the commissioners,\nincluding the expense of a survey when it is made, shall be taxed under\nthe direction of the court, and the amount thereof shall be paid by the\nplaintiff and allowed as part of his costs.\n  6. Fees of surveyor or commissioner in action for partition. The fees\nof a surveyor and a surveyor's assistant, employed as prescribed by law\nin an action for partition, and of a commissioner appointed as\nprescribed by law to make partition, shall be the same as those provided\nby section 1052 of this chapter for services rendered in an action for\ndower.\n