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N.Y. MHY Law § 41.27 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 41 / Section 41.27
State aid procedures
Status: in_force

§ 41.27 State aid procedures.\n  (a) State aid shall not be granted for capital costs unless:\n  1. appropriations authorizing them have been requested by the\ncommissioner;\n  2. these appropriations have been recommended by the governor in a\nbudget bill which specifies the facility to be acquired, constructed, or\nimproved, the total estimated cost for each facility, and estimated date\nof completion; and\n  3. the budget bill has been approved by the legislature for the state\nfiscal year for which it was submitted.\n  (b) Claims for state aid shall be made in a manner and on forms\nprescribed by the regulations of the commissioner and shall be for\nexpenditures or costs incurred in accordance with previously approved\nstate aid applications supported by specific budgets as required by this\nchapter.\n  (c) When certified by the commissioner, state aid shall be paid upon\nthe audit and warrant of the comptroller.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 91.05 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 91 / Section 91.05
Time of taking effect
Status: in_force

§ 91.05 Time of taking effect.\n  This act shall take effect on the first day of January next succeeding\nthe date on which it shall have become a law.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1305 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 13 / Section 1305
Number of jurymen
Status: in_force

§ 1305. Number of jurymen.\n  A jury shall be composed of six persons.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 201-D — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 17 / Section 201-D
Notice of violation
Status: in_force

§ 201-d. Notice of violation. In any case where the department, after\nconsultation between the division responsible for kosher law enforcement\nand counsel, determines a violation has occurred of any of the\nprovisions of section two hundred one-a, two hundred one-b, or two\nhundred one-c of this article, it shall notify such person in writing,\nby regular mail, of the violations alleged, the grounds therefor, and\nthe penalty assessed. After such person has been so notified, such\ninformation shall be available to the public, without charge, and shall\ninclude as a minimum the following:\n  1. the name and business address of the alleged violator;\n  2. the date of inspection of the premises by the department;\n  3. the violation that is alleged to have occurred; and\n  4. the amount of the penalty which has been assessed by the\ndepartment.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 87 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 6 / Section 87
Increase or decrease of number of council members
Status: in_force

§ 87. Increase or decrease of number of council members. 1. Whenever a\nproposition shall have been adopted in a town of the first class which\nshall not have established the ward system, to increase the number of\ncouncil members from four to six, party nominations for town council\nmembers may be made and designating petitions filed and four town\ncouncil members shall be elected at the first biennial town election\nheld at least one hundred fifty days thereafter, three for a term of\nfour years each and one for a term of two years and thereafter at each\nbiennial town election in such town there shall be elected three town\ncouncil members for the term of four years each, in the same manner as\nother elective town officers in such town. The term of office of each\nsuch council member shall begin on the first day of January next\nsucceeding the election at which they were elected.\n  2. Whenever a proposition shall have been adopted in a town of the\nfirst class which shall not have established the ward system, to\nincrease the number of council members from two to four, party\nnominations for town council members may be made and designating\npetitions filed and three town council members shall be elected at the\nfirst biennial town election held at least one hundred fifty days\nthereafter, two for terms of four years each and one for a term of two\nyears, and thereafter at each biennial town election in such town, there\nshall be elected two town council members for terms of four years each,\nin the same manner as other elective town officers in such town. The\nterm of office of each such town council member shall begin on the first\nday of January next succeeding the election at which they were elected.\n  3. Whenever a proposition shall have been adopted in a town of the\nfirst class to reduce the number of council members from four to two, no\ntown council members shall be elected at the first biennial town\nelection held at least one hundred fifty days after the adoption of such\nproposition. Party nominations for town council members may be made and\ndesignating petitions filed and two town council members shall be\nelected at the biennial town election next succeeding the biennial town\nelection at which no town council members are elected, one for a term of\ntwo years and one for a term of four years and thereafter at each\nbiennial town election in such town there shall be elected one town\ncouncil member for a term of four years, in the same manner as other\nelective town officers in such town. The term of office of each such\ncouncil member shall begin on the first day of January next succeeding\nthe election at which they were elected.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1404 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31 / Section 1404
Liability for tax
Status: in_force

§ 1404. Liability for tax. * (a) The real estate transfer tax shall be\npaid by the grantor. If the grantor has failed to pay the tax imposed by\nthis article at the time required by section fourteen hundred ten of\nthis article or if the grantor is exempt from such tax, the grantee\nshall have the duty to pay the tax. Where the grantee has the duty to\npay the tax because the grantor has failed to pay, such tax shall be the\njoint and several liability of the grantor and the grantee.\n  * NB Effective until July 1, 2021\n  * (a) The real estate transfer tax imposed pursuant to section\nfourteen hundred two of this article shall be paid by the grantor and\nsuch tax shall not be payable, directly or indirectly, by the grantee\nexcept as provided in a contract between grantor and grantee or as\notherwise provided in this section. If the grantor has failed to pay the\ntax imposed by this article at the time required by section fourteen\nhundred ten of this article or if the grantor is exempt from such tax,\nthe grantee shall have the duty to pay the tax. Where the grantee has\nthe duty to pay the tax because the grantor has failed to pay, such tax\nshall be the joint and several liability of the grantor and the grantee;\nprovided that in the event of such failure, the grantee shall have a\ncause of action against the grantor for recovery of payment of such tax,\ninterest and penalties by the grantee. In the case of a conveyance of\nresidential real property as defined in subdivision (a) of section\nfourteen hundred two-a of this article, if the tax imposed by this\narticle is paid by the grantee pursuant to a contract between the\ngrantor and the grantee, the amount of such tax shall be excluded from\nthe calculation of consideration subject to tax under this article.\n  * NB Effective July 1, 2021\n  (b) For the purpose of the proper administration of this article and\nto prevent evasion of the tax hereby imposed, it shall be presumed that\nall conveyances are taxable. Where the consideration includes property\nother than money, it shall be presumed that the consideration is the\nfair market value of the real property or interest therein. These\npresumptions shall prevail until the contrary is proven, and the burden\nof proving the contrary shall be on the person liable for payment of the\ntax.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1913 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 19 / Section 1913
Witnesses' fees
Status: in_force

§ 1913. Witnesses' fees.\n  Witnesses in an action or a special proceeding or before a\ncommissioner or judge of this court taking a deposition, are entitled to\nthe same fees, including mileage, as a witness in an action in the\nsupreme court.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 208 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 12 / Section 208
Joint administration and operation of special or improvement districts with town functions
Status: in_force

§ 208. Joint administration and operation of special or improvement\ndistricts with town functions. The town board of a town may for use in\ncommon by one or more special or improvement districts therein and one\nor more town functions, or combination thereof:\n  1. Acquire real or personal property.\n  2. Construct and maintain buildings and other structures.\n  3. Purchase and maintain equipment, materials and supplies.\n  4. Contract for services.\n  5. Transfer or reallocate real or personal property, equipment,\nmaterial, supplies and personnel between or among such participating\ndistricts and functions.\n  Whenever the powers hereinbefore provided are exercised by the town\nboard on behalf of one or more districts, such expenditure shall be\nsubject to the limitations provided in section two hundred two-b of this\nchapter and shall be authorized in the manner provided in said section.\n  Any resolution providing for such joint operation and administration\nshall fix a method for equitably allocating the cost and expense between\nor among the various participating districts and functions on a ratio of\nassessed valuations, or on the basis of the amount of services rendered,\nor the cost of materials used or other benefit conferred. Any such\nresolution authorizing the acquisition or transfer of property shall\nprovide for debit, credit or reimbursement of the appropriate fund.  The\naffairs of such joint administration and operation shall be so managed\nand adjusted that each participating district or function shall bear not\nmore than its equitable share of the common cost and expense.\n
N.Y. ACG Law § 653 — New York Code / Act ACG / Article 14 / Section 653
Form of petition or resolution
Status: in_force

§ 653. Form of petition or resolution. The petition or resolution, as\nthe case may be, shall specify: (a) the alternative form of county\ngovernment proposed, unless the form is a continuation of the existing\nform; and (b) the variation or variations proposed, if any, including\nany proposed transfer of functions or other additional arrangement\nauthorized by this chapter.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1801 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 18 / Section 1801
Small claims defined
Status: in_force

§ 1801. Small claims defined.\n  The term "small claim" or "small claims" as used in this act shall\nmean and include any cause of action for money only not in excess of\nfive thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs, or any action\ncommenced by a party aggrieved by an arbitration award rendered pursuant\nto part one hundred thirty-seven of the rules of the chief administrator\nof the courts (22 NYCRR Part 137) in which the amount in dispute does\nnot exceed five thousand dollars, provided that the defendant either\nresides, or has an office for the transaction of business or a regular\nemployment within a district of the court in the county, or where the\nclaimant is or was a tenant or lessee of real property owned by the\ndefendant and the claim relates to such tenancy or lease, and such real\nproperty is situated within a district of the court in the county.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 231 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 11 / Section 231
Uniform identification cards for retired police officers
Status: in_force

§ 231. Uniform identification cards for retired police officers. 1.\nThe superintendent shall develop and distribute uniform identification\ncards to all sworn members of New York state police, upon such members'\nretirement in good standing, which identification cards shall contain\nall the following information:\n  (a) the individual's name;\n  (b) a description of the individual as a retired sworn member of the\nNew York state police;\n  (c) a state police photograph of the person;\n  (d) the New York State Police seal; and\n  (e) any other information the superintendent deems appropriate.\n  2. For purposes of this section "retirement in good standing" shall\nmean that the sworn member of the New York state police retired from his\nor her employment for reasons other than the avoidance of disciplinary\ncharges.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 291 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 15 / Section 291
Application for incorporation
Status: in_force

§ 291. Application for incorporation. An unincorporated congregation,\nchurch, parish or society may apply to the appropriate hierarch, bishop\nor administrator for permission to incorporate under this article.\n  When such permission or sanction for incorporation has been given, in\nwriting, over the seal and signature of the appropriate hierarch, bishop\nor administrator and has been certified by the secretariat of the\nFederated Orthodox Greek Catholic Primary Jurisdictions in America, it\nshall be attached to a certificate of incorporation; and said\ncertificate shall be executed, acknowledged and filed, as hereinafter\nprovided, and thereupon such congregation, parish, church, society or\ncommittee shall become a corporation under this article.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 220.60 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 220 / Section 220.60
Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances
Status: in_force

§ 220.60 Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances.\n  A person is guilty of criminal possession of precursors of con-\ntrolled substances when, with intent to manufacture a controlled sub-\nstance unlawfully, he possesses at the same time:\n  (a) carbamide (urea) and propanedioc and malonic acid or its\nderivatives; or\n  (b) ergot or an ergot derivative and diethylamine or dimethyl-\nformamide or diethylamide; or\n  (c) phenylacetone (1-phenyl-2 propanone) and hydroxylamine or ammonia\nor formamide or benzaldehyde or nitroethane or methylamine.\n  (d) pentazocine and methyliodide; or\n  (e) phenylacetonitrile and dichlorodiethyl methylamine or dichlor-\nodiethyl benzylamine; or\n  (f) diephenylacetonitrile and dimethylaminoisopropyl chloride; or\n  (g) piperidine and cyclohexanone and bromobenzene and lithium or\nmagnesium; or\n  (h) 2, 5-dimethoxy benzaldehyde and nitroethane and a reducing agent.\n  Criminal prossession of precursors of controlled substances is a class\nE felony.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 910 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 9 / Section 910
Simplified procedure for court determination of disputes; action without pleadings
Status: in_force

§ 910. Simplified procedure for court determination of disputes; action\n         without pleadings.\n  The simplified procedure for court determination of disputes set forth\nin CPLR §§ 3031, 3035 and 3037, and rules 3032 and 3036, shall apply in\nthis court insofar as they may be applicable and the relief demanded is\nwithin the jurisdiction of this court.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1971 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 19-A / Section 1971
Certification of abandonment
Status: in_force

§ 1971. Certification of abandonment. 1. The department may make a\nfinding that a dwelling is abandoned if:\n  (a) In the case of an occupied dwelling, the owner has failed for a\nperiod of at least three consecutive months either to collect rent or to\ninstitute summary proceedings for nonpayment of rent, and the department\nfinds that the dwelling has become a danger to life, health or safety as\na result of the owner's failure to assume his responsibility for its\ncondition. Such failure may be shown by such facts as an owner's failure\nto provide services including, but not limited to, the failure to make\nrepairs, supply janitorial service, purchase fuel or other needed\nsupplies, or pay utility bills. The appointment of an administrator\npursuant to article seven-A of this chapter shall not prevent the\ndepartment from making a finding that a dwelling is abandoned; or\n  (b) In the case of a vacant dwelling, it is not sealed or continuously\nguarded as required by law or it was sealed or is continuously guarded\nby a person other than the owner, a mortgagee, lienor or agent thereof,\nand either of the following facts exists:\n  (i) A vacate order of the department or other governmental agency\ncurrently prohibits occupancy of the dwelling; or\n  (ii) The tax on such premises has been due and unpaid for a period of\nat least one year; or\n  (c) In the case of a building for which an administrator has been\nappointed pursuant to article seven-A of this chapter.\n  (i) no motion for the termination of the judgment entered pursuant to\narticle seven-A of this chapter has been granted by the appointing\ncourt;\n  (ii) no mortgagee or lienor has commenced foreclosure proceedings; and\n  (iii) at least six months have passed since the granting of a judgment\nappointing an administrator pursuant to article seven-A of this chapter.\n  2. When the department finds that a dwelling is abandoned within the\nmeaning of this article, it shall make and file among its records a\ncertification containing such finding and the facts on which it is\nbased. Further, it shall immediately affix to the dwelling in a\nprominent and conspicuous location, a notice that the building has been\nfound to be an abandoned building and that it is a crime to take, remove\nor otherwise damage any fixture or part of the building structure.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1755 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 17 / Section 1755
Proceeds of sale deemed real property
Status: in_force

§ 1755. Proceeds of sale deemed real property. A sale of real\nproperty, or of an interest in real property other than a possibility of\nreverter, of an infant or incompetent person, does not give to the\ninfant or incompetent person any other or greater interest in the\nproceeds of the sale than he had in the property or interest sold.\nThose proceeds are deemed property of the same nature as the estate or\ninterest sold until the infant arrives at full age or the incompetency\nis removed. The proceeds of the release of a possibility of reverter\nshall be deemed and treated as if they were proceeds of real property of\nwhich the infant was seized and possessed. If the incompetent person\ndies after the sale, having specifically devised the property sold, the\nprovisions of section thirty-six of the decedent estate law shall apply\nto the devise.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 1205 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 22 / Section 1205
Recalculation of benefits
Status: in_force

§ 1205. Recalculation of benefits. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, any member who has joined the retirement system pursuant to the\nprovisions of article fourteen of this chapter on or after July first,\ntwo thousand nine may elect to have his or her retirement benefits\ncalculated pursuant to this article by filing within one hundred twenty\ndays of the effective date of this section a request for such\ncalculation with the retirement system in the form and manner prescribed\nby the state comptroller.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 315 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 13 / Section 315
Taxes; income taxes
Status: in_force

§ 315. Taxes; income taxes.  The collection from any person in the\nmilitary service of any tax on the income of such person, whether\nfalling due prior to or during his period of military service, shall be\ndeferred for a period extending not more than six months after the\ntermination of his period of military service, if such person's ability\nto pay such tax is materially impaired by reason of such service.  No\ninterest on any amount of tax, collection of which is deferred for any\nperiod under this section, shall accrue for such period of deferment, by\nreason of such non-payment.  The running of any statute of limitations\nagainst collection of such tax, by distraint or otherwise, shall be\nsuspended for the period of military service, of any individual, the\ncollection of whose tax is deferred under this section, and for an\nadditional period of nine months beginning with the day following the\ntermination of his period of military service.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 345-A — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 12-A / Section 345-A
Liability of manufacturers and contractors
Status: in_force

§ 345-a. Liability of manufacturers and contractors. 1. A manufacturer\nor contractor who contracts or subcontracts with another manufacturer or\ncontractor for the performance of any apparel industry service within\nthe meaning of subdivision (c) of section three hundred forty of this\narticle and who knew or should have known with the exercise of\nreasonable care or diligence of such other manufacturer's or\ncontractor's failure to comply with article six or nineteen of this\nchapter in the performance of such service shall be liable for such\nfailure.\n  2. For the purposes of this section, the exercise of reasonable care\nor diligence by a manufacturer or contractor shall be presumed if, prior\nto the execution of such contract or subcontract, and annually\nthereafter, such manufacturer or contractor receives from the department\nwritten assurance of compliance with section three hundred forty-one of\nthis article.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 53 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 3 / Section 53
Consent of creditors to be annexed
Status: in_force

§ 53. Consent of creditors to be annexed. The petitioner must annex to\nhis petition one or more written instruments, executed by one or more of\nhis creditors, residing in the United States, having debts owing to him\nor them in good faith, then due or thereafter to become due, which\namount to not less than two-thirds of all the debts, owing by the\npetitioner to creditors residing within the United States. Each\ninstrument must be to the effect, that the person or corporation,\nexecuting it, consents to the discharge of the petitioner from his\ndebts, upon his complying with the provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 3-205 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 3 / Part 2 / Section 3-205
Restrictive Indorsements
Status: in_force

Section 3--205. Restrictive Indorsements.\n  An indorsement is restrictive which either\n  (a) is conditional; or\n  (b) purports to prohibit further transfer of the instrument; or\n  (c) includes the words "for collection", "for deposit", "pay any\nbank", or like terms signifying a purpose of deposit or collection; or\n  (d) otherwise states that it is for the benefit or use of the indorser\nor of another person.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 803-A — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 18 / Section 803-A
Correction of benefit errors
Status: in_force

§ 803-a. Correction of benefit errors. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, if, pursuant to a\nsettlement agreement or court order arising out of a matrimonial or\ncustody action, a member of the New York state and local employees'\nretirement system or the New York state and local police and fire\nretirement system or retiree agrees or is ordered to select or change a\nretirement option or beneficiary and such member or retiree fails to\ncomply with such agreement or order, the comptroller is hereby\nauthorized, at his or her discretion, to change or correct such\nretirement option or beneficiary consistent with a subsequent order by a\ncourt of competent jurisdiction directing the member or retiree to\ncomply with the original agreement or order.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1424 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 14 / Section 1424
Foreign wills; evidence after lapse of time The exemplification of the record of a will which has been duly proved before a court or offi...
Status: in_force

§ 1424. Foreign wills; evidence after lapse of time\n  The exemplification of the record of a will which has been duly proved\nbefore a court or officer of competent jurisdiction in any other state,\nshall, when certified by the officer having by law custody of the record\nat the time the certificate was made, be admitted in evidence as if the\noriginal will was produced and proved when 20 years have elapsed since\nthe will was so proved.\n