N.Y. LFN Law § 121.30 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 121.30
Exclusion of certain indebtedness of school districts other than school districts in a city with one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabit...
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§ 121.30 Exclusion of certain indebtedness of school districts other\nthan school districts in a city with one hundred twenty-five thousand\ninhabitants or more according to the latest federal census. In\nascertaining the power of a school district, other than a school\ndistrict in a city with one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or\nmore according to the latest federal census, to contract indebtedness\nunder section 104.00 of this article, there may be excluded outstanding\nbonds and bond anticipation notes or indebtedness proposed to be\ncontracted and to be evidenced by bonds or bond anticipation notes to\nfinance the acquisition, construction and installation of a shelter or\nfallout shelter by such school district pursuant to section\ntwenty-three-a of the New York state defense emergency act, but only to\nthe extent to which such indebtedness, at the time it was contracted or\nis to be contracted, did not or will not exceed fifty dollars multiplied\nby the planned shelter occupancy of such shelter.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 1809-D — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 9 / Article 45 / Section 1809-D
Mandatory surcharge for violation of maximum speed limits in highway construction or maintenance work areas
Status: in_force

§ 1809-d. Mandatory surcharge for violation of maximum speed limits in\nhighway construction or maintenance work areas. 1. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law, whenever proceedings in an administrative\ntribunal or court result in a finding of liability or conviction for a\nviolation of paragraph two of subdivision (d) or subdivision (f) of\nsection eleven hundred eighty of this chapter or any other statute,\nlocal law, ordinance or rule involving the maximum speed limits in\nhighway construction or maintenance work areas, there shall be levied a\nmandatory surcharge in addition to any other sentence, fine or penalty\notherwise permitted or required, in the amount of fifty dollars. Such\nsurcharge shall not be deemed a monetary penalty for the purposes of\nsection two hundred thirty-seven of this chapter or section 19-203 of\nthe administrative code of the city of New York.\n  2. The mandatory surcharge provided for in subdivision one of this\nsection shall be paid to the clerk of the court or administrative\ntribunal that made the determination of liability. Within the first ten\ndays of the month next succeeding the collection of such surcharge, the\ncollecting authority shall pay such money to the state comptroller to be\ndeposited in the highway construction and maintenance safety education\nfund established by section ninety-nine-n of the state finance law.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1904 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 9-B / Section 1904
Funding
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* § 1904. Funding. 1. The authority may seek funding from any\nauthorized or other available source to administer this program.\n  2. Without limiting the foregoing, the authority shall submit a\npetition or other appropriate filing to the commission describing the\nactivities it has taken and plans to undertake in furtherance of the\npolicy embodied in this title. Such filing may include a request for\nfunding to allow such activities to proceed promptly and for a period of\nat least five years from the date of the order responding to such\npetition. The commission shall, in accordance with and as promptly as\nauthorized by existing law and regulation but in no event more than four\nmonths following the submission of the petition, issue an order\nresponding to such petition subject to any necessary and reasonable\nlimitations based on the public service law.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2030\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 375-J — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 375-J
Improved career retirement plan for employees of participating employers
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§ 375-j. Improved career retirement plan for employees of\nparticipating employers.  a. A participating employer which has elected,\nor which elects, pursuant to section three hundred thirty or three\nhundred thirty-one of this article to provide the benefits of the career\nretirement plan for its employees as specified in section three hundred\nseventy-five-g of this article may elect pursuant to section three\nhundred thirty-three of this article to reduce the number of years of\ntotal service required for career retirement benefits to twenty and have\nthe fraction one-fiftieth of final average salary used to calculate the\nentire benefit for all years of credited service for such eligible\nmembers, provided, however, the maximum pension payable pursuant to this\nsection shall not exceed three-quarters of final average salary. A\nmember eligible for a vested retirement allowance pursuant to the\nprovisions of section three hundred seventy-six of this article who\nseparates from employment on or after April first, nineteen hundred\nseventy with twenty or more years of total service, and who would have\nbeen eligible to have his retirement allowance computed pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section had he at the time of separation attained age\nfifty-five, shall at the time he becomes eligible to receive the vested\nretirement allowance be entitled to have such allowance computed in the\nmanner prescribed by this section. In no event shall such annual service\nbe continued after a member has attained the age of sixty-two.\n  b. The benefits hereinabove provided shall be payable unless the\nmember would otherwise be entitled to a greater benefit under other\nprovisions of this chapter, in which event the greater benefit shall be\npayable.\n  c. In the case of persons who last became members on or after July\nfirst, nineteen hundred seventy-three, the provisions of this section\nshall be applicable only to those retiring or separating in vested\nstatus prior to July first, nineteen hundred eighty-six.\n  d. A demand in collective negotiations for the improved career\nretirement plan provided by this section shall not be subject to the\nprovisions of paragraph (b) or (c) of subdivision four of section two\nhundred nine of the civil service law.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 17-0901 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 17 / Title 9 / Section 17-0901
Hearings
Status: in_force

§ 17-0901. Hearings.\n  1. Public hearings shall be conducted by the commissioner, or his duly\ndesignated representative or representatives prior to issuance of an\norder directing any person to discontinue discharge of sewage,\nindustrial waste or other wastes which contravene the standards\nestablished for any waters of the state or standards, criteria,\nlimitations, rules or regulations promulgated or applied pursuant to\ntitle 8 hereof.\n  2. The hearings herein provided may be conducted by the commissioner,\nor by the duly designated hearing officer or officers, at any time and\nplace.\n  3. A record, or summary thereof, of the proceedings of said hearings\nshall be made and filed with the department. If requested to do so by\nany party concerned with said hearing, the full stenographic notes of\nthe testimony presented at said hearing shall be taken and filed. The\nstenographer shall, upon the payment of his fees allowed by law\ntherefor, furnish a certified transcript of the whole or any part of his\nnotes to any party to the action requiring the same.\n  4. In any such hearing, the hearing officer or any member of the\nhearing panel, may administer oaths, examine witnesses, and issue, in\nthe name of the department, notices of hearings and subpoenas requiring\nthe attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence\nrelevant to any matter involved in any such hearing. A designation of a\nperson or persons by the commissioner to perform the functions herein\nauthorized shall be in writing and filed in the department.\n  5. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a notice of hearing or\nsubpoena issued under this section, the supreme court shall have\njurisdiction, upon application of the commissioner or his duly\ndesignated representative, to issue an order requiring such person to\nappear and testify or produce evidence, as the case may require, and any\nfailure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as\na contempt thereof.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1216 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 1216
Exemption from taxation and fees
Status: in_force

§ 1216. Exemption from taxation and fees. It is hereby found,\ndetermined and declared that the creation of the authority and the\ncarrying out of its purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the\npeople of the state of New York and for the improvement of their health,\nwelfare and prosperity and is a public purpose, and that the authority\nwill be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of\nthe powers conferred upon it by this title. Without limiting the\ngenerality of the following provisions of this section, property owned\nby the authority, and property leased by the authority and used for any\nof its authorized purposes shall be exempt from taxation and special ad\nvalorem levies. The authority shall be required to pay no fees, taxes or\nassessments, whether state or local, including but not limited to fees,\ntaxes or assessments on real estate, franchise taxes, sales taxes or\nother excise taxes, upon any of its property, or upon the use thereof,\nor upon its activities in the operation and maintenance of its\nfacilities or on any fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges or other\nfees, revenues or other income received by the authority and the bonds\nand notes of the authority and the income therefrom shall at all times\nbe exempt from taxation, except for gift and estate taxes and taxes on\ntransfers. This section shall constitute a covenant and agreement with\nthe holders of all bonds and notes issued by the authority. The terms\n"taxation" and "special ad valorem levy" shall have the same meanings as\ndefined in section one hundred two of the real property tax law.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 337 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 9-B / Section 337
Responsibilities of state departments and agencies
Status: in_force

§ 337. Responsibilities of state departments and agencies. 1.\nNotwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary,\nresponsibility for the operation and administration of work, employment\nand training programs in connection with the programs administered\npursuant to this chapter shall be vested in the commissioner subject to\nregulations, procedures and instructions of the department.\n  2. The department is authorized to enter into agreements with any\nstate agency, social services district or other entity for performance\nof activities authorized under this title.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 358 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 358
Acquisition of real property by the commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 358. Acquisition of real property by the commissioner. 1. On\nassuming jurisdiction of a thruway section or connection or any part\nthereof, or of a highway connection, the authority may from time to time\ndetermine what real property is necessary for the construction,\nimprovement and operation thereof, in addition to real property\ntheretofore acquired by the state. If funds are made available by the\nauthority for payment of the cost and expense of the acquisition\nthereof, the commissioner when requested by the authority shall acquire\nsuch real property in the name of the state by appropriation, and, where\nnecessary, remove the owner or occupant thereof and obtain possession\naccording to the procedure provided by section three hundred forty-seven\nof the highway law. The authority shall have the right to possess and\nuse for its corporate purposes so long as its corporate existence shall\ncontinue all such real property and rights in real property so acquired.\n  2. Claims for the value of the property appropriated and for legal\ndamages caused by any such appropriation shall be adjusted and\ndetermined by the commissioner with the approval of the authority, or by\nthe court of claims as provided in said section three hundred\nforty-seven. When a claim has been filed with the court of claims, the\nclaimant shall cause a copy of such claim to be served upon the\nauthority and the authority shall have the right to be represented and\nheard before said court. All awards and judgments arising from such\nclaims shall be paid out of moneys of the authority.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 456 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 9 / Section 456
State reimbursement and payments
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§ 456. State reimbursement and payments. 1. Payments made by social\nservices officials pursuant to the provisions of this title shall, if\napproved by the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state, in\naccordance with the regulations of the department as follows: there\nshall be paid to each social services district (a) the amount of federal\nfunds, if any, properly received or to be received on account of such\npayments; and (b) except as set forth below, seventy-five per centum of\nsuch payments after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly\nreceived or to be received on account thereof; provided, however, that\nwhen payments under section four hundred fifty-three of this title are\nmade to a person or persons residing in a social services district whose\nboard rate exceeds that of the district making such payments, that\nportion of the payments which exceeds the board rate of the district\nmaking the payments shall be subject to reimbursement by the state in\nthe amount of one hundred per centum thereof, or (c) one hundred per\ncentum of such payments after first deducting therefrom any federal\nfunds properly to be received on account of such payments, for children\nplaced out for adoption or being adopted after being placed out for\nadoption by an Indian tribe as referenced in subdivision seven of\nsection four hundred fifty-one of this title.\n  2. (a) Claims for state reimbursement shall be made in such form and\nmanner and at such times and for such periods as the department shall\ndetermine.\n  (b) When certified by the department, state reimbursement shall be\npaid from the state treasury upon the audit and warrant of the\ncomptroller out of funds made available therefor.\n  3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for a\nchild who has been placed for adoption by a voluntary authorized agency\nwith guardianship and custody or care and custody of such child, as\nreferenced in subdivision one of section four hundred fifty-one of this\ntitle, payments available under section four hundred fifty-three, four\nhundred fifty-three-a or four hundred fifty-four of this title shall be\nmade by the state pursuant to a written agreement between an official of\nthe office of children and family services and the persons who applied\nfor such payments prior to adoption. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law to the contrary, the office of children and family services shall\nnot enter into written agreements for, or issue, any such payments in\ninstances where the person or persons applying for such payments reside\noutside of the state of New York at the time the application for such\npayments is made.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 54-0903 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 54 / Title 9 / Section 54-0903
Approval and execution of projects
Status: in_force

§ 54-0903. Approval and execution of projects.\n  1. State historic preservation projects may be undertaken pursuant to\nthe provisions of this article and other applicable provisions of law\nonly with the approval of the commissioner.\n  2. All historic preservation projects, municipal park projects and\nheritage area projects shall be undertaken in the state of New York.\nExcept for state projects undertaken by the office at state historic\nproperties, the total amount of the state assistance payments toward the\ncost of any such project shall in no event exceed fifty percent of the\ncost, provided however, that in the case of a project located in an area\nwhich, according to the most recent census data available, has a poverty\nrate of at least ten percent for the year to which the data relates,\nstate assistance payments toward the cost of any such project shall in\nno event exceed seventy-five percent of the cost. For the purpose of\ndetermining the amount of the state assistance payments, the cost of the\nproject shall not be more than the amount set forth in the application\nfor state assistance payments approved by the commissioner. The state\nassistance payments toward the cost of a project shall be paid on audit\nand warrant of the state comptroller on a certificate of availability of\nthe director of the budget.\n  3. a. The commissioner and a municipality may enter into a contract\nfor the undertaking by the municipality of an historic preservation\nproject.  Such historic preservation projects shall be recommended to\nthe commissioner by the governing body of the municipality and, when\napproved by the commissioner, may be undertaken by the municipality\npursuant to this title and any other applicable provision of law.\n  b. The commissioner and a not-for-profit corporation may enter into a\ncontract for the undertaking by the not-for-profit corporation of an\nhistoric preservation project. Such an historic preservation project\nshall be recommended to the commissioner by the governing body of a\nnot-for-profit corporation which demonstrates to the satisfaction of the\ncommissioner that it is capable of operating and maintaining such\nproperty for the benefit of the public. Upon approval by the\ncommissioner, such project may be undertaken pursuant to the provisions\nof this title and any other applicable provision of law.\n  4. a. The commissioner and a municipality may enter into a contract\nfor the undertaking by the municipality of a municipal park project.\nMunicipal park projects shall be recommended to the commissioner by the\ngoverning body of the municipality, and when approved by the\ncommissioner, may be undertaken by the municipality pursuant to this\ntitle and any other applicable provisions of law. The office shall\nassess existing parks and recreational opportunities in the\nmunicipalities where the municipal park project is located and shall\ngive preference to projects which are in or primarily serve areas where\ndemographic and other relevant data for such areas demonstrate that the\nareas are densely populated and have sustained physical deterioration,\ndecay, neglect or disinvestment, or where a substantial proportion of\nthe residential population is of low income or is otherwise\ndisadvantaged and is underserved with respect to the existing\nrecreational opportunities in the area.\n  b. The commissioner and a not-for-profit corporation may enter into a\ncontract for the undertaking by the not-for-profit corporation of a\nmunicipal park project. Such a contract shall be contingent upon the\napproval of the governing body of each municipality in which the project\nis located. Such a project shall be recommended to the commissioner by\nthe governing body of a not-for-profit corporation which demonstrates to\nthe satisfaction of the commissioner that it is capable of operating and\nmaintaining such project for the benefit of the public. Upon approval by\nthe commissioner, such project may be undertaken pursuant to the\nprovisions of this title and any other applicable provision of law. The\noffice shall assess existing parks and recreational opportunities in the\nmunicipalities where the municipal park project is located and shall\ngive preference to projects which are in or primarily serve areas where\ndemographic and other relevant data for such areas demonstrate that the\nareas are densely populated and have sustained physical deterioration,\ndecay, neglect or disinvestment, or where a substantial proportion of\nthe residential population is of low income or is otherwise\ndisadvantaged and is underserved with respect to the existing\nrecreational opportunities in the area.\n  5. The commissioner and a municipality, public benefit corporation or\nnot-for-profit corporation may enter into a contract, subject to the\napproval of the director of the budget, for the undertaking by or\nthrough the municipality, public benefit corporation or not-for-profit\ncorporation of a local heritage area or urban cultural park project\nincluding parkwide and district projects identified in a management plan\nprepared pursuant to section 35.05 of the parks, recreation and historic\npreservation law. Such projects shall be subject to an agreement by the\nlocal heritage area or urban cultural park management entity to operate\nor cause to be operated any public facility resulting from such project.\n  6. No monies shall be expended for park, recreation and historic\npreservation projects except pursuant to an appropriation therefor.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1220 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 1220
Separability
Status: in_force

§ 1220. Separability. If any section, clause or provision of this\ntitle shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part,\nto the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall\nbe valid and effective and no other section, clause or provision shall\non account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 377 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 377
Provision for servicing state vehicles with petroleum, etc
Status: in_force

§ 377. Provision for servicing state vehicles with petroleum, etc. The\nauthority shall have the power to provide and shall provide to\nstate-owned or leased motor vehicles, gasoline and other petroleum\nby-products that are presently provided or will be provided to motor\nvehicles owned, leased or operated by the authority. The charge for\nproviding such goods and services shall be equal to the cost to provide\nsuch to vehicles owned, leased or used by the authority except that a\nfee may also be charged to cover the necessary operating costs incurred\nas a result of providing such goods and services. Payment shall be\naccomplished by charging such cost-back against the centralized services\nfund established by state finance law section ninety-seven-g.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 379 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 379
Cafeteria plans
Status: in_force

§ 379. Cafeteria plans.  To the extent permitted by section one\nhundred twenty-five of the internal revenue code and any regulations\nadopted pursuant thereto, any salary reduction elected by an employee\nwho is a participant in the New York state and local police and fire\nretirement system under a cafeteria plan or flexible benefit plan shall\nbe considered part of the annual compensation for the purpose of\ncomputing employer and employee retirement plan contributions and for\ncomputing retirement benefits.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 1806 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 9 / Article 45 / Section 1806
Plea of not guilty by a defendant charged with a traffic infraction
Status: in_force

§ 1806. Plea of not guilty by a defendant charged with a traffic\ninfraction. In addition to appearing personally to enter a plea of not\nguilty to a violation of any provision of the tax law or the\ntransportation law regulating traffic, or to a traffic infraction for\nthe violation of any of the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law or\nof any local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation relating to the\noperation of motor vehicles or motorcycles, a defendant may enter a plea\nof not guilty by mailing to the court of appropriate jurisdiction the\nticket making the charge and a signed statement indicating such plea.\nSuch plea must be sent: (a) by registered or certified mail, return\nreceipt requested or by first class mail; and (b) within forty-eight\nhours after receiving such ticket. Upon receipt of such ticket and\nstatement, the court shall advise the violator, by first class mail, of\nan appearance at which no testimony shall be taken. If the motorist\nrequests a trial, the court shall set a trial date on a date subsequent\nto the date of the initial appearance and shall notify the defendant of\nthe date by first class mail but no warrant of arrest for failure to\nappear can be issued until the violator is notified of a new court\nappearance date by registered or certified mail, return receipt\nrequested, and fails to appear.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 54-0905 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 54 / Title 9 / Section 54-0905
Municipal regulations; limitations
Status: in_force

§ 54-0905. Municipal regulations; limitations.\n  A municipality which acquires, develops, improves, restores or\nrehabilitates property with funds made available pursuant to this title\nmay establish reasonable rules and regulations by local law or otherwise\nto assure the proper administration and development thereof, provided\nthat no such rule or regulation which restricts the use of such lands or\nfacilities by non-residents of the municipality shall be effective\nwithout the approval of the commissioner.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1225-D — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9-A / Section 1225-D
Purpose of the fund
Status: in_force

§ 1225-d. Purpose of the fund. The purpose of the fund shall be to\nprovide through agreements with the transportation authority transit\nfacilities, to be used by the transit authority or any subsidiary,\nincluding the planning, design, construction, acquisition, extension,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation, modernization, and other improvement of\nsuch facilities. Such purpose shall be in all respects a public and\ngovernmental purpose.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 89-V*3 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 89-V*3
Retirement of superior correction officers in Rockland county
Status: in_force

* § 89-v. Retirement of superior correction officers in Rockland\ncounty. a. A member employed in Rockland county shall be eligible to\nretire pursuant to the provisions of this section if he is a superior\ncorrection officer. Such eligibility shall be an alternative to the\neligibility provisions available under any other plan of this article to\nwhich such member is subject.\n  b. Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of\ntwenty-five years of total creditable service by filing an application\ntherefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.\n  c. Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service and upon\nretirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together\nwith an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his\naccumulated contributions at the time of his retirement and an\nadditional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the\nreserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he may then be entitled\nshall be sufficient to provide him with a retirement allowance equal to\none-half of his final average salary.\n  d. As used in this section "creditable service" shall include any and\nall services performed as a correction officer of Rockland county.\n  e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as\na paid firefighter, police officer or officer of any organized fire\ndepartment or police force or department of any county, city, village,\ntown, fire district or police district, or as a criminal investigator in\nthe office of a district attorney, provided that service as such\ninvestigator shall have been rendered prior to January first, nineteen\nhundred sixty and that credit therefor shall not exceed five years,\nshall also be deemed to be creditable service and shall be included in\ncomputing years of total service for retirement pursuant to this\nsection, provided such service was performed by the member while\ncontributing to the retirement system pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle or article eight of this chapter.\n  f. The sheriff shall certify to the comptroller, periodically and at\nsuch intervals of time as may be required of him and in such fashion as\nmay be prescribed, the identity of the eligible correction officers.\n  g. A member, contributing on the basis of this section at the time of\nretirement, shall retire after the completion of twenty-five years of\ntotal creditable service. Application therefor may be filed in a manner\nsimilar to that provided in section seventy of this article. Upon\ncompletion of twenty-five years of such service and upon retirement,\neach such member shall receive a pension which, together with an annuity\nwhich shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions\nat the time of his retirement and an additional pension which is the\nactuarial equivalent of the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to which\nhe may then be entitled shall be sufficient to provide him with a\nretirement allowance equal to one-half of his final average salary.\n  h. In computing the twenty-five years of total service of a member\npursuant to this section full credit shall be given and full allowance\nshall be made for service of such member in time of war after World War\nI as defined in section two of this chapter, provided such member at the\ntime of his entrance into the armed forces was in the service of the\ncounty of Rockland.\n  i. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a member, who does not\nretire pursuant to the provisions of this section, from utilizing\nservice which is creditable service pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection for service credit pursuant to the provisions of any other plan\nof this article to which such member is subject.\n  j. The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding\nany other provision in this article to the contrary.\n  * NB There are 3 § 89-v's\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1875 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 1875
Legislative findings and declaration of intent
Status: in_force

§ 1875. Legislative findings and declaration of intent. The\nlegislature hereby finds and declares that energy is essential to\nmaintain the industrial vitality of New York state. The legislature\nfurther finds that, because of the state's limited indigenous energy\nresource, efficient energy use is especially crucial to sustain its\ncompetitive posture.\n  The legislature finds that many of the issues related to energy\nefficiency in industry are associated with high temperature operations\nand that insufficient research has been conducted to discover\ntechnologies to increase the efficiency of these operations.\n  The legislature therefore declares that a coherent research program\nfocused on high temperature technology be established under the auspices\nof the authority within a major university of the state. The legislature\nfurther declares that such program shall further the energy conservation\nobjectives of the state and is an appropriate use of petroleum\novercharge restitution funds.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 5-904 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 5-904
Presumption of innocent authorized error
Status: in_force

§ 5-904. Presumption of innocent authorized error. 1. Notwithstanding\nsubdivision six of section 5-210 of this article or any other law to the\ncontrary, a person who is ineligible to vote who fails to decline to\nregister or pre-register to vote in accordance with the provisions of\nthis section and did not willfully and knowingly seek to register or\npre-register to vote knowing that the person is not eligible to do so:\n  (a) shall not be guilty of any crime as the result of the applicant's\nfailure to make such declination;\n  (b) shall be deemed to have been registered or pre-registered with\nofficial authorization; and\n  (c) such act may not be considered as evidence of a claim to\ncitizenship.\n  2. Notwithstanding subdivision six of section 5-210 of this article or\nany other law to the contrary, a person who is ineligible to vote who\nfails to decline to register or pre-register to vote in accordance with\nthe provisions of this section, who then either votes or attempts to\nvote in an election held after the effective date of that person's\nregistration, and who did not willfully and knowingly seek to register\nor pre-register to vote knowing that the person is not eligible to do\nso, and did not subsequently vote or attempt to vote knowing that the\nperson is not eligible to do so:\n  (a) shall not be guilty of any crime as the result of the applicant's\nfailure to make such declination and subsequent vote or attempt to vote;\n  (b) shall be deemed to have been registered or pre-registered with\nofficial authorization; and\n  (c) such act may not be considered as evidence of a claim to\ncitizenship.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 458 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 9 / Section 458
Availability of subsidy; publicity
Status: in_force

§  458.  Availability of subsidy; publicity.  The department shall\npromulgate regulations providing for the publicizing of the availability\nof payments under this title.  Such regulations shall provide for the\ndissemination of literature and other means in each social services\ndistrict of informing persons, at the time of any inquiry, application\nor other expression of interest in adoption, of the provisions of the\nadoption subsidy program.  Additionally, each social services district\nand authorized agency shall provide information on the adoption subsidy\nprogram to all foster care parents who are caring for a child who is\neligible for adoption.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 372 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 372
Optional retirement at age fifty-five; closed plan
Status: in_force

§ 372. Optional retirement at age fifty-five; closed plan. a. Any\nmember of the police and fire retirement system who, while a member of\nthe state employees' retirement system, elected to contribute on a basis\nof retirement at age fifty-five pursuant to the provisions of section\nseventy-two of this chapter and who did not withdraw his or her election\nas therein provided shall contribute to the police and fire retirement\nsystem at the rate prescribed by such section, and if such member\nretires his or her retirement allowance shall be computed according to\nthe provisions of such section.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 33-0909 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 33 / Title 9 / Section 33-0909
Denial or revocation of certification or registration
Status: in_force

§ 33-0909. Denial or revocation of certification or registration.\n  1. The commissioner, after due notice and opportunity of hearing to an\napplicant, certified applicator, or registered pesticide business or\nagency, may deny an application or revoke a certificate or registration\nupon a determination that:\n  a. any statement in the application or upon which the certificate or\nregistration was issued is or was false or misleading;\n  b. the applicant or certified applicator has been convicted of a\nfelony;\n  c. the applicant, certified applicator, or registered business or\nagency applied or used any pesticide contrary to the registered label\nusage;\n  d. the applicant, certified applicator, or registered business or\nagency has engaged in fraudulent business practices in the application\nof pesticides;\n  e. the applicant, certified applicator, or registered business or\nagency has failed to comply with any provision of this article or rules\nand regulations of the department made pursuant thereto; or\n  f. the applicant or certified applicator has failed to demonstrate\nthat he has sufficient knowledge and experience concerning the proper\nuse and application of pesticides.\n  2. The commissioner's determination to refuse or revoke certification\nor registration shall be final unless the aggrieved party institutes a\nproceeding under article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and\nrules within thirty days of service on him by personal service or by\ncertified mail of the commissioner's order.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1901 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 9-B / Section 1901
Definitions
Status: in_force

* § 1901. Definitions. As used in this title, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n  1. "Authority" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision two of\nsection eighteen hundred fifty-one of this article.\n  2. "Commission" shall mean the public service commission.\n  3. "Departments" shall mean the department of environmental\nconservation, the department of agriculture and markets, the department\nof economic development and the department of public service.\n  4. "Environmental justice area" shall mean a minority or low-income\ncommunity that may bear a disproportionate share of the negative\nenvironmental consequences resulting from industrial, municipal, and\ncommercial operations or the execution of federal, state, local, and\ntribal programs and policies.\n  5. "Host community" shall mean any municipality within which a major\nrenewable energy facility or qualified energy storage system, or any\nportion thereof, has been proposed for development.\n  6. "Renewable energy facility" shall have the same meaning as\nrenewable energy systems defined in section sixty-six-p of the public\nservice law.\n  7. "Municipality" shall mean a county, city, town or village or\npolitical subdivision.\n  8. "Build-ready site" shall mean a site for which the authority has\nsecured permits, property interests, agreements and/or other\nauthorizations necessary to offer such site for further development,\nconstruction and operation of a renewable energy facility, with or\nwithout a paired qualified energy storage system, or a stand-alone\nqualified energy storage system, in accordance with the other provisions\nof this title.\n  9. "Qualified energy storage system" shall have the same meaning as\nqualified energy storage system defined in section seventy-four of the\npublic service law.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2030\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 356-B — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 356-B
Thruway to be designated as a section of a national network of Blue Star memorial highways
Status: in_force

§ 356-b. Thruway to be designated as a section of a national network\nof Blue Star memorial highways. The thruway sections and connections\nconstructed as provided in section three hundred fifty-six,\ncollectively, shall be designated, in addition to any official name, as\nthe New York state section of a national network of Blue Star memorial\nhighways as a living memorial and tribute to those men and women who\nserved in the nation's armed forces in world wars I and II, the Korean\nconflict, the Vietnam conflict, the Grenadan conflict, the Lebanese\nconflicts, the Panamanian conflict and the Persian Gulf War known as\nOperation Desert Shield - Operation Desert Storm.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1207-K — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 1207-K
Purchase, financing and lease of cars and rolling stock by city
Status: in_force

§ 1207-k. Purchase, financing and lease of cars and rolling stock by\ncity. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the city may\npurchase from the authority, by negotiation and without competitive\nbidding, from time to time, all or any part of the cars acquired by the\nauthority pursuant to section twelve hundred seven-a of this title, and\nto pay therefor such price or prices as shall be agreed upon by the city\nand the authority provided, however, that such funds paid to the\nauthority by the city shall be used only for the reimbursement of\nprincipal and interest on the bonds and notes issued by the authority to\nfinance the cost of such cars.\n  2. Serial bonds and notes may be issued by the city, pursuant to the\nlocal finance law, to finance the cost of all cars purchased from the\nauthority pursuant to subdivision one of this section. The maximum\nperiod of probable usefulness of such object or purpose is hereby\ndetermined to be twenty-five years.\n  3. All cars purchased by the city from the authority pursuant to\nsubdivision one of this section may be leased by the city to the\nauthority under the then existing agreement of lease.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 11-0914 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 11 / Title 9 / Section 11-0914
Yearling buck protection program
Status: in_force

§ 11-0914. Yearling buck protection program.\n  1. Definitions. a. An "antlered deer" is defined as a deer with at\nleast one antler measuring three inches or more in length.\n  b. "Wildlife management unit" means wildlife regions as demarcated by\nthe department.\n  2. Restrictions and application. a. Any person who hunts or takes\nantlered deer under a valid permit or license during the bowhunting,\nregular and muzzleloading deer seasons is restricted to the hunting or\ntaking of antlered deer with at least one antler with at least three\npoints. Each point must be at least one inch long measured from the main\nantler beam.\n  b. This program applies to all public and private land within the\nspecified wildlife management units.\n  3. Wildlife management units. These restrictions shall only apply to\nthat portion of wildlife management unit 3A south and west of state\nroute twenty-eight.\n  4. Exemptions from requirements. Hunters under the age of seventeen\nare exempt from the provisions of this section and may take any deer\nwith an antler or antlers measuring three inches or more in length.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-0925 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 9 / Section 27-0925
Local assessments on hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities
Status: in_force

§ 27-0925. Local assessments on hazardous waste treatment, storage and\n             disposal facilities.\n  1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary,\nany city or town of this state, acting through its local legislative\nbody, is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws\nimposing in any such city or town an annual assessment of not more than\nfour per centum of the gross receipts of any commercial hazardous waste\nfacility which is located in such city or town and may make provisions\nfor the collection thereof.\n  (b) In the event that a facility subject to local assessment pursuant\nto this subdivision is located in more than one city or town, the total\nannual assessment imposed shall not exceed four per centum of the gross\nreceipts. The maximum portion of assessment revenues allowed to the\ncities or towns in such a situation shall be determined by multiplying\nthe maximum total of assessment liability which can be imposed on the\nfacility by the ratio of the population of the assessing city or town to\nthe total population of all the cities or towns in which the facility is\nlocated. Population shall be based on the most recent census.\n  2. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the\ncontrary, any school district of this state, acting through its local\nlegislative body, is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt a\nresolution imposing in any such school district an annual assessment of\nnot more than two per centum of the gross receipts of any commercial\nhazardous waste facility which is located in such school district and\nmay make provisions for the collection thereof.\n  (2) Any school district whose boundaries are located within the town\nor city in which a commercial hazardous waste facility is located shall\nbe entitled to a proportionate share of the annual assessment of the\ngross receipts collected.\n  (3) The annual assessment revenues shall be allowed and distributed to\nall school districts located in the town, or city in which the\ncommercial hazardous waste facility is located. The distribution of\nannual assessment revenues among the school districts located in the\ntown or city where the facility is located shall be done on a\nproportionate basis, based upon the number of students of each school\ndistrict residing in the town or city where the facility is located.\n  (4) The distribution from the school district collecting the annual\nassessment revenue to any other district entitled to a proportionate\nbasis shall be made within sixty days of receipt of the annual\nassessment revenues.\n  (b) In the event that a facility subject to local assessment pursuant\nto this subdivision is located in more than one school district, the\ntotal annual assessment imposed shall not exceed two per centum of the\ngross receipts.\n  3. The term "gross receipts" as used in this section means all\nreceipts from the provision of hazardous waste management services\nattributable to a particular industrial hazardous waste treatment\nstorage and disposal facility without deduction therefor due to the cost\nof materials or equipment used, labor or services or other costs,\ninterest or discount paid or any other expense whatsoever; provided,\nhowever, that as used in this section, gross receipts shall not include\nany amounts collected or paid pursuant to section 27-0923 of this title.\n  4. An assessment imposed pursuant to this section shall be in addition\nto any and all other assessments, taxes, agreements or contracts.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 374-A — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 374-A
Applications and elections; issues due to death
Status: in_force

§ 374-a. Applications and elections; issues due to death.\nNotwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, in\nthe event a member dies prior to receipt by the comptroller or the\nretirement system of his or her application for service retirement,\ndisability retirement or a retirement option election form and such\napplication or form was mailed to the comptroller or retirement system\nby United States postal service first class mail prior to date of death,\nthe application or form shall be deemed filed on the date of mailing,\nbased upon the legible postmark on the envelope. The comptroller shall\nhave the sole authority to determine whether a postmark is legible for\nthe purpose of this section. Provided, however, no such retirement\napplication or option election form shall be deemed filed with the\nretirement system on the date of mailing unless actually received by the\nretirement system as a result of such mailing.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 372 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 372
Tax covenant
Status: in_force

§ 372. Tax covenant. The state covenants with the purchasers and with\nall subsequent holders and transferees of notes and bonds issued by the\nauthority, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the\nnotes and bonds, that the notes and bonds of the authority issued\npursuant to this title and the income therefrom and all its fees,\ncharges, rents, gifts, grants, revenues, receipts and other moneys\nreceived or to be received, pledged to pay or secure the payment of such\nnotes or bonds shall at all times be free from taxation except for\nestate or gift taxes and taxes on transfers.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 330 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 9-B / Section 330
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 330. Definitions. 1. Whenever used in this title:\n  a. the term "commissioner" means the commissioner of the state office\nof temporary and disability assistance; and\n  b. the term "department" means the state office of temporary and\ndisability assistance.\n  2. "Net loss of cash income" shall mean the amount by which a family's\ngross income less any necessary work-related expenses is less than the\ncash assistance the individual was receiving at the time of receiving an\noffer of employment. Gross income includes, but is not limited to,\nearnings, unearned income and cash assistance.\n  3. "Child care" shall refer to any lawful form of care of a child, as\ndefined by federal and state law and regulation, for less than\ntwenty-four hours per day.\n  4. "Participant" shall mean an applicant for or recipient of public\nassistance who volunteers for or is required to participate in work\nactivities as provided in this title.\n  5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or the labor\nlaw, recipients of public assistance who are required to participate in\ncommunity service or work experience activities authorized pursuant to\nthis title shall be included within the meaning of the term "public\nemployee" for the purposes of applying section twenty-seven-a of the\nlabor law while engaged in community service or work experience programs\nunder this title. In addition, such recipients shall be provided\nappropriate workers' compensation or equivalent protection for\non-the-job injuries and tort claims protection on the same basis, but\nnot necessarily at the same benefit level, as they are provided to other\npersons in the same or similar positions, while participating in\ncommunity service or work experience activities under this title.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1225-O — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9-A / Section 1225-O
Corporation counsel to be attorney
Status: in_force

§ 1225-o. Corporation counsel to be attorney. The corporation counsel\nof the city shall be attorney and counsel for the fund.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1868-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 1868-A
Actions
Status: in_force

§ 1868-a. Actions. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action\nagainst the authority founded on tort shall not be commenced more than\none year and ninety days after the cause of action therefor shall have\naccrued, nor unless a notice of claim shall have been served on the\nauthority within the time limited by, and in compliance with all the\nrequirements of section fifty-e of the general municipal law. An action\nagainst the authority for wrongful death shall be commenced in\naccordance with the notice of claim and time limitation provisions of\ntitle eleven of article nine of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1201 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 1201
New York city transit authority
Status: in_force

§ 1201. New York city transit authority.--1. A board, to be known as\n"New York City Transit Authority" is hereby created. Such board shall be\na body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation.\nIt shall consist of seventeen members, all serving ex officio. Those\nmembers shall be the persons who from time to time shall hold the\noffices of chairman and members of metropolitan transportation\nauthority.\n  2. The chairman of such board shall be the chairman of metropolitan\ntransportation authority, serving ex officio, and, provided that there\nis an executive director of the metropolitan transportation authority,\nthe executive director of the authority shall be the executive director\nof the metropolitan transportation authority, serving ex officio.\nNotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the chairman shall\nbe the chief executive officer of the authority and shall be responsible\nfor the discharge of the executive and administrative functions and\npowers of the authority. The chairman and executive director, if any,\neach shall be empowered to delegate his or her functions and powers to\none or more officers or employees designated by him or her.\n  3. The chairman, other members of the board and the executive director\nshall not be entitled to compensation for their services but shall be\nentitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses\nincurred in the performance of their official duties.\n  4. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this or any other\nlaw, general, special or local, no officer or employee of the state or\nany public corporation, as defined in the general corporation law, shall\nbe deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his office or employment or\nany benefits provided under the retirement and social security law or\nunder any public retirement system maintained by the state or any of its\nsubdivisions by reason of his being a member or the chairman of the\nauthority.\n  5. A majority of the whole number of members of the authority then in\noffice shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business or\nthe exercise of any power of the authority. Except as otherwise\nspecified in this title, for the transaction of any business or the\nexercise of any power of the authority, the authority shall have the\npower to act by a majority vote of the members present at any meeting at\nwhich a quorum is in attendance. In the event of a tie vote the chairman\nshall cast one additional vote. For the purposes of the voting and\nquorum requirements of this subdivision, the voting and quorum\nrequirements set forth in subdivision three of section twelve hundred\nsixty-three of this article and in any by-law of the metropolitan\ntransportation authority adopted pursuant to the provisions of such\nsubdivision shall be applicable hereto.\n  6. The authority and its corporate existence shall continue until\nterminated by law, provided however, that no such law shall take effect\nso long as the authority or any of its subsidiaries, the metropolitan\ntransportation authority or the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority\nshall have outstanding any notes or bonds or lease, sublease or other\ncontractual obligations issued or incurred pursuant to section twelve\nhundred seven-m of this title or issued or incurred in connection with\nthe transfer of its interest in and the lease from the transferee of any\nproperty furnished to it pursuant to chapter twelve of the laws of\nnineteen hundred seventy-nine or section fifteen of chapter three\nhundred fourteen of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-one, or section\ntwelve hundred sixty-six-c or twelve hundred seventy-d of this article,\nunless adequate provision has been made for the payment or satisfaction\nof such outstanding notes, bonds, lease, sublease or other contractual\nobligations.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1851 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 1851
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1851. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n  1. "Nuclear fission energy" shall mean all forms of energy released in\nthe course of nuclear fission.\n  2. "Authority" shall mean the New York state energy research and\ndevelopment authority continued pursuant to section one thousand eight\nhundred fifty-two of this title.\n  3. "Bonds" and "notes" shall mean such bonds and notes as are issued\nby the authority pursuant to this title.\n  4. "Comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the state.\n  5. "Person" shall mean any natural person, firm, association, public\nor private corporation, public utility, organization, partnership,\ntrust, estate, or joint stock company, or any political subdivision of\nthe state, or any officer or agent thereof.\n  6. "Real property" shall mean lands, waters, rights in lands or\nwaters, structures, franchises, improvements and interests in land,\nincluding lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all other\nthings and rights usually included within said term and includes also\nany and all interests in such property less than full title, such as\neasements permanent or temporary, rights-of-way, uses, leases, licenses\nand all other incorporeal hereditaments in every estate, interest or\nright, legal or equitable.\n  7. "State" shall mean the state of New York.\n  8. "State agency" shall mean any officer, department, board,\ncommission, bureau, division, corporation, agency or instrumentality of\nthe state.\n  9. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of transportation of the\nstate of New York.\n  10. "New energy technologies" shall mean all methods used to produce,\ndistribute, conserve and store energy by methods not in common\ncommercial use, with emphasis on renewable energy sources including but\nnot limited to solar, wind, bioconversion and solid waste.\n  11. "Energy conservation technologies" shall mean all methods of\nconserving energy, of improving the efficiency of energy utilization and\nof preserving and protecting the environment and the public health and\nsafety in connection with the use of energy.\n  13. "Special energy project" shall mean any land, works, system,\nbuilding or other improvement, and all real and personal properties of\nany nature or any interest in any of them deemed necessary or desirable\nin connection therewith or incidental thereto, whether or not now in\nexistence or under construction, which shall be suitable for or related\nto the furnishing, generation, production, exploration, transmission,\ndistribution, conservation, conversion or storage of energy or energy\nresources, or the conversion of oil-burning facilities to alternate\nfuels, or for the acquisition, extraction, conversion, transportation,\nstorage, loading, unloading or reprocessing of fuel of any kind for\nindustrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, storage, research,\nrecreational, educational, dormitory, health, mental hygiene or\nmulti-family housing facilities or purposes and which may, but shall not\nbe required to, employ new energy technologies.\n  14. "Low-level radioactive waste" shall mean radioactive waste that:\n  a. is not high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent\nnuclear fuel, or the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or\nconcentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for\nits source material content; and\n  b. the United States nuclear regulatory commission, consistent with\nfederal law, and in accordance with paragraph a of this subdivision,\nclassifies as low-level radioactive waste.\n  15. "Low-level radioactive waste management facilities" shall mean\nfacilities for permanent disposal of low-level radioactive waste and any\nassociated facilities for treatment and handling of such waste,\nincluding but not limited to, facilities for purposes of stabilization,\nvolume reduction, or the protection of health and safety of workers or\nmembers of the public.\n  16. "Permanent disposal facilities" shall mean low-level radioactive\nwaste management facilities for permanent disposal of low-level\nradioactive waste generated within the state of New York other than such\nwaste which is a federal responsibility pursuant to the provisions of\nfederal law pertaining to state and federal responsibilities for\ndisposal of low-level radioactive waste.\n  17. "Generate" or "generation", when used with respect to low-level\nradioactive waste, shall mean the production, or causing the production\nof, or activity which otherwise results in the creation or increase in\nvolume of low-level radioactive waste. A person who generates low-level\nradioactive waste includes one who personally, or through the actions of\nany agent, employee, or contractor, generates low-level radioactive\nwaste.\n  18. "Generation attribute certificates" shall mean the environmental,\nvintage and other attributes associated with the generation of\nkilowatt-hours and/or megawatt-hours of electrical energy. Generation\nattribute certificates shall exist as a commodity separate and apart\nfrom kilowatt-hours and/or megawatt-hours.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 332-B — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 9-B / Section 332-B
Disability program
Status: in_force

§ 332-b. Disability program. 1. (a) Upon application and\nrecertification for public assistance benefits, or whenever a district\nhas reason to believe that a physical or mental impairment may prevent\nthe individual from fully engaging in work activities, the social\nservices district shall inquire whether the individual has any medical\ncondition which would limit the individual's ability to participate in\nwork activities pursuant to this title.\n  (b) An individual who is eligible to receive comprehensive health\nservices through a special needs plan defined in paragraph (m) or (n) of\nsubdivision one of section three hundred sixty-four-j of this chapter,\nregardless of whether such a plan is operating in the individual's\nsocial services district of residence, shall be considered disabled and\nunable to engage in work activities or shall be considered work-limited.\n  2. (a) Under the circumstances set forth in subdivision one of this\nsection, notice shall be provided to the individual of the opportunity\nto provide, within ten calendar days, any relevant medical\ndocumentation, including but not limited to drug prescriptions and\nreports of the individual's treating health care practitioner, if any;\nsuch documentation must contain a specific diagnosis as evidenced by\nmedically appropriate tests or evaluations and must particularize any\nwork related limitations as a result of any such diagnosis.\n  (b) If, prior to submitting his or her medical documentation, the\nindividual is referred to a health care practitioner certified by the\noffice of disability determinations of the office of temporary and\ndisability assistance or, if applicable, to the contracted agency or\ninstitution by or with which such health care practitioner is employed\nor affiliated for an examination pursuant to subdivision four of this\nsection, such individual shall make best efforts to bring such\ndocumentation to the examination, and in no case shall provide such\nrecords to the examining health care practitioner certified by the\noffice of disability determinations or, if applicable, to the contracted\nagency or institution by or with which such health care practitioner is\nemployed or affiliated later than four business days after such\nexamination; provided that the individual may demonstrate good cause as\ndefined in regulations, for failure to provide such records within the\nspecific time periods.\n  3. The district may in its sole discretion accept such documentation\nas sufficient evidence that the individual cannot fully engage in work\nactivities and in such case shall modify work assignments consistent\nwith the findings in such medical documents.\n  4. In instances where the district determines either that the\ndocumentation is insufficient to support an exemption from or limitation\non work activities or that further medical evaluation is appropriate,\nthe individual shall be referred to a health care practitioner certified\nby the Office of Disability Determinations of the Department of Social\nServices for an examination of such individual's medical condition.\n  The health care practitioner who performs the examination of the\nindividual shall:\n  (a) review and consider all records or information provided by the\nindividual or his or her treating health care practitioner that are\npertinent to the claimed medical condition;\n  (b) make a specific diagnosis as evidenced by medically appropriate\ntests or evaluations in determination of the individual's claimed\ncondition;\n  (c) render to the individual and the social services district, an\nopinion, particularizing the presence or absence of the alleged\ncondition; and\n  (d) In the event that he or she identifies a condition, other than the\nalleged condition, that may interfere with the individual's ability to\nfully engage in work activities, the practitioner shall report such\ncondition; and\n  (e) determine whether the individual is:\n  (i) disabled and unable to engage in work activities pursuant to this\ntitle for a stated period of time, in which case the applicant shall be\nexempt in accordance with paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section\nthree hundred thirty-two of this title;\n  (ii) for a stated period of time, not disabled, but work limited, and\nable to engage in work activities pursuant to this title, with stated\nlimitations, or\n  (iii) neither disabled nor work limited.\n  4-a. If the practitioner to whom the individual is referred pursuant\nto subdivision four or paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section\nissues an opinion that differs from the applicant's treating health care\npractitioner, the practitioner shall provide a written determination\nthat specifies why the practitioner disagrees with the applicant's\ntreating health care practitioner's disability determination and present\nevidence that supports the opinion.\n  5. When an applicant or recipient has requested or a social services\nofficial has directed a determination pursuant to this section, no\nassignment to work activities may be made until completion of such\ndetermination, unless the applicant or recipient agrees to a limited\nwork assignment not inconsistent with the medical condition alleged by\nsuch person.\n  6. When an applicant or recipient receives notification of the\nexamining medical professional's disability determination, he or she\nshall also be notified of his or her right to request a fair hearing\nwithin ten days of such notice. If such applicant timely requests a fair\nhearing, no assignment to work activities pursuant to this title may be\nmade pending such hearing and determination unless the applicant or\nrecipient agrees to a limited work assignment not inconsistent with the\nmedical condition alleged by such person. Provided, however, that if a\nsocial services district has reason to believe that such recipient or\napplicant does not actually suffer from a work limiting condition, the\ndistrict shall provide the applicant or recipient with notice of\npotential sanctions pursuant to subdivision three of section three\nhundred forty-two of this title, and provided further that recipients\nwill be subject to sanctions pursuant to subdivision three of section\nthree hundred forty-two of this title if the district determines, based\non clear medical evidence, that there is no basis for the individual's\nclaim that he or she is unable to fully engage in work activities, and\nthat the individual intentionally misrepresented his or her medical\ncondition.\n  7. Any applicant or recipient determined to be work limited pursuant\nto this section may be assigned to work activities only in accordance\nwith the limitations and protections set forth in paragraph (e) of\nsubdivision five of section three hundred thirty-five-b of this title.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1215 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 1215
Construction of terms
Status: in_force

§ 1215.  Construction of terms.  Whenever the term public service\ncommission, or board of rapid transit railroad commissioners, or transit\nconstruction commissioner, or transit commission or board of\ntransportation, occurs in any law, contract or document relating to\nfacilities conveyed to the authority or their operation or any other\nduty imposed upon the authority pursuant to this title, or when in any\nlaw, contract or document reference is made to such commission, board,\ncommissioner, or board of transportation in connection with such\nfacilities, operations or duties whereof was so conveyed, such term or\nreference shall be deemed to refer to and include the authority, to the\nextent consistent with the provisions of such law, contract or document.\nFor the purposes of subdivision four of section fifty of the workers'\ncompensation law, the term other political subdivision of the state\nshall be deemed to refer to and include the authority.  For the purposes\nof section three hundred twenty-one of the vehicle and traffic law, the\nterm any political subdivision shall be deemed to refer to and include\nthe authority. For the purposes of subparagraph (i) of paragraph three\nof subsection (c) of section six hundred twelve of the tax law, the term\nsubdivisions, referring to subdivisions of the state, shall be deemed to\nrefer to and include the Manhattan and Bronx surface transportation\nauthority.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 54-0909 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 54 / Title 9 / Section 54-0909
Restriction on alienation
Status: in_force

§ 54-0909. Restriction on alienation.\n  1. Real property acquired, developed, improved, restored or\nrehabilitated by or through a municipality pursuant to paragraph a of\nsubdivision four of section 54-0903 of this title or undertaken by or on\nbehalf of the city of New York with funds made available pursuant to\nthis title shall not be sold, leased, exchanged, donated or otherwise\ndisposed of or used for other than public park purposes without the\nexpress authority of an act of the legislature, which shall provide for\nthe substitution of other lands of equal environmental value and fair\nmarket value and reasonably equivalent usefulness and location to those\nto be discontinued, sold or disposed of, and such other requirements as\nshall be approved by the commissioner.\n  2. Real property acquired by a not-for-profit organization with funds\nmade available pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision four of section\n54-0903 of this title shall not be used in violation of an agreement\nentered into pursuant to the provisions of paragraph b of subdivision\ntwo of section 54-0907 of this title, or sold, leased, exchanged,\ndonated or otherwise disposed of without the express authority of an act\nof the legislature.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 450 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 9 / Section 450
Statement of legislative intent
Status: in_force

§ 450.  Statement of legislative intent.  The legislature intends, by\nthe enactment of this title, to promote permanency of family status\nthrough adoption for children who might not otherwise derive the\nbenefits of that status.  By providing for an adoption subsidy program\nwhich will be applied uniformly on a statewide basis, the legislature\nalso intends to eliminate, or at the very least substantially reduce,\nunnecessary and inappropriate long-term foster care situations which\nhave proven financially burdensome to the state and, more importantly,\ninimical to the best interests of many children who have not been placed\nfor adoption because of emotional or physical handicaps, age or other\nfactors, in accordance with regulations of the department.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1212-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 1212-A
Security by authority
Status: in_force

§ 1212-a. Security by authority. 1. Each provision of statute or rule\nrequiring a party to give security for the purpose of procuring an order\nof arrest, an injunction order, or a warrant of attachment, or as a\ncondition of obtaining any other relief, or taking any proceeding; or\nallowing the court or a judge to require such security to be given, is\nto be construed as excluding an action brought by the authority; except\nwhere the security to be given in such an action is specially regulated\nby the provision in question.\n  2. In any action in which the authority shall be excused by statute\nfrom giving security on procuring an order of arrest, an order of\ninjunction or a warrant of attachment, the authority shall be liable for\nall damages that may be sustained by the opposite party by reason of\nsuch order of arrest, attachment or injunction, in the same case and to\nthe same extent as sureties to an undertaking would have been if such an\nundertaking had been given.\n  3. Upon an appeal taken by the authority, the service of the notice of\nappeal perfects the appeal and stays the execution of the judgment or\norder appealed from, without an undertaking or other security.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 371 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 371
Tax exemption
Status: in_force

§ 371. Tax exemption. The property of the authority and its income and\noperations shall be exempt from taxation.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 11-0923 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 11 / Title 9 / Section 11-0923
Dogs
Status: in_force

§ 11-0923. Dogs.\n  1. No owner or trainer of a dog shall:\n  a. allow it to hunt deer, or to run at large on enclosed lands on\nwhich wildlife or domestic game is possessed under license issued\npursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Law or in any state park, state park\nreservation, state-owned game farm or wildlife refuge or state-owned or\nleased wildlife management area;\n  b. allow it to run at large in fields or woods inhabited by deer\noutside the limits of any city or village, except on lands actually\nfarmed or cultivated by the owner or trainer of the dog or a tenant of\nsuch owner or trainer.\n  2. No owner or trainer of a dog shall take it afield for training on\nwild game except from August 16 to April 15 or as otherwise permitted by\ndepartment order.\n  3. Dogs may be trained on artificially propagated game which is\nshackled, or led or confined game, legally possessed, or on training\ndummies or other artificial devices at any time on lands owned or leased\nby the owner or trainer of the dog or on lands for which he has written\npermission of the owner or lessee, provided such training is done in a\nmanner to preclude any disturbances injurious to wildlife.\n  4. During the training of a dog, the trainer and any person in his\ncompany shall not possess afield a firearm loaded with ammunition other\nthan blank shells or blank cartridges, or inflict any injury to animals\nor game birds contrary to law.\n  5. Dogs hunting deer, or hunting any wildlife or domestic game on\nenclosed lands described in paragraph a of subdivision 1 or on a state\ngame farm or wildlife refuge or wildlife management area, may be killed\nas provided in section 11-0529.\n  6. Wildlife, except skunk, deer and bear, may be taken with the aid of\na dog, provided, however, that the department is authorized to establish\na training season during which only persons licensed by the department\npursuant to section 11-0928 of this article may train tracking dogs on\nbear. Such season shall not begin before July first and shall end at\nleast eight days in advance of any open hunting season for bear and no\nperson participating in such training shall possess a firearm of any\nkind or a longbow. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to\ninvalidate or otherwise affect a permit to track or take bear issued\npursuant to subdivision one of section 11-0521 of this article.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 15-0905 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 15 / Title 9 / Section 15-0905
Review
Status: in_force

§ 15-0905. Review.\n  1. The applicant or any person or public corporation, who or which has\nfiled a notice of appearance in the proceedings before the department\nand is affected by a decision made pursuant to this article, may review\nsuch decision under the provisions of article 78 of the Civil Practice\nLaw and Rules.\n  2. A special proceeding for such review must be commenced within sixty\ndays after the service in person or by mail of a copy of the decision\nupon the attorney of record of the applicant and of each person who has\nfiled a notice of appearance, or to such applicant in person directly if\nnot represented by an attorney.\n  3. In the event that upon such review, the judgment of the court\nmodifies the decision of the department or any accompanying documents or\nmaps, the department shall cause such judgment to be filed or recorded,\nas the case may be, in each place where the final decision of the\ndepartment was filed and recorded, and such modified maps and documents\nshall be final and conclusive.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 378 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 378
Specially priced commuter tickets
Status: in_force

§ 378. Specially priced commuter tickets. In the event that the\nauthority offers specially priced commuter tickets for use on its Grand\nIsland bridges, such tickets shall be made available for any vehicle\nregularly operated by a resident of Grand Island, whether such vehicle\nis owned by, leased to or loaned by an employer to such resident.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 71-0923 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 71 / Title 9 / Section 71-0923
Violations
Status: in_force

§ 71-0923. Violations.\n  1. Any offense specified in section 71-0919 of this article, unless\nmade a misdemeanor by section 71-0921 of this article or another\nprovision of such chapter, shall be a violation, punishable, except as\notherwise provided in this section, by imprisonment for not more than\nfifteen days, or by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars,\nor by both such fine and imprisonment.\n  2. A violation of subdivision 1 of section 11-0705 of this chapter\nshall be punishable as follows:\n  a. As provided in subdivision 1 of this section, if the violation\nconsisted of a refusal to exhibit a license on demand of any\nenvironmental conservation officer or other person;\n  b. By forfeiture of the license and by a fine of not more than\ntwenty-five dollars if the violation was committed while exercising the\nprivileges of a special antlerless deer license and consisted of failure\nof the offender to have on his person a license held by him entitling\nhim to exercise those privileges.\n  3. A violation of subdivision 2 of section 11-0705 of this chapter\nshall be punishable by forfeiture of licenses and tags issued pursuant\nto this chapter which authorizes the holder to hunt wildlife and by a\nfine of not more than twenty-five dollars.\n  4. When a license or license tag is forfeited as provided in this\nsection, the licensee shall surrender it to any environmental\nconservation officer, special game protector or any other person\nauthorized by the department to receive it. Such forfeiture does not\nprevent the procurement of another license.\n  5. A violation of subdivision one of section 11-0923 is punishable by\nimprisonment for not more than ten days, or by a fine of not less than\ntwo hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.\n  6. A first conviction for a violation of subdivision eight of section\n13-0309 of this chapter, involving devices for taking shellfish in\nuncertified lands, or a violation of subdivision ten of section 13-0309\nof this chapter, involving possession of a stick dredge, shall be\npunishable as a violation under this section.\n  8. Any violation of sections 13-0329, 13-0330, 13-0331, 13-0333,\n13-0334, 13-0335, subdivision one of section 13-0337, 13-0338, 13-0339,\n13-0339-a, 13-0340, 13-0340-a through 13-0340-g, 13-0341, 13-0342,\n13-0343, 13-0347, and 13-0349 of this chapter, or of any regulation\nadopted pursuant to the foregoing sections, shall be punishable by\nimprisonment of not more than fifteen days or by a fine of the greater\nof two hundred fifty dollars or:\n  a. for violations involving one to five fish, shellfish or\ncrustaceans, twenty-five dollars for each fish, shellfish or crustacean\ntaken or possessed in violation of the above sections;\n  b. for violations involving six to twenty-five fish, shellfish or\ncrustaceans, fifty dollars for each fish, shellfish or crustacean taken\nor possessed in violation of the above sections;\n  c. for violations involving more than twenty-five fish, shellfish or\ncrustaceans, one hundred dollars for each fish, shellfish or crustacean\ntaken or possessed in violation of the above sections; or by both such\nfine and imprisonment.\n  For purposes of determining the applicable fine pursuant to this\nsubdivision, the number of fish, crustaceans or shellfish shall be the\naggregate number involved in the violation, regardless of species.\n  9. A violation of section 11-0110 of this chapter is punishable by\nimprisonment for not more than ten days, or by a fine of not more than\ntwo hundred fifty dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.\n  10. A violation of subdivision twelve of section 11-1101 of this\nchapter is punishable by imprisonment of not more than ten days, or by a\nfine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and\nimprisonment.\n  11. A violation of subdivision eight of section 11-0505 of this\nchapter shall be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.\n  12. A violation of section 11-1906 of this chapter shall be punishable\nby a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 726 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 3 / Title 9 / Section 726
Ogdensburg bridge and port authority
Status: in_force

§ 726. Ogdensburg bridge and port authority. Notwithstanding any other\nprovisions of this chapter, the members of the Ogdensburg bridge\nauthority in office on the effective date of this title shall become and\nbe the members of the board of and shall thereafter constitute, the\nOgdensburg bridge and port authority, and shall hold office for the\nbalance of the terms for which they were severally appointed.\n  All of the provisions of title eight of article three of this chapter,\nrespecting the qualifications, appointment, terms, officers, number of\nmembers and removal of members of the Ogdensburg bridge authority,\nincluding the filling of vacancies occurring for any reason, shall\nhereafter be applicable to the members of the Ogdensburg bridge and port\nauthority, except that all members shall hereafter be appointed by and\nwith the advice and consent of the senate.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 11-0919 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 11 / Title 9 / Section 11-0919
Aid to wildlife in distress
Status: in_force

§ 11-0919. Aid to wildlife in distress.\n  1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the\ncontrary, any person who may discover protected wildlife in distress,\nexcept foxes and skunks, may capture the same and render necessary aid.\nFor the purposes of this section "in distress" shall mean the apparent\ninability to survive in the wild thus requiring human assistance. Such\nperson shall, as soon as possible after capture of such wildlife,\ndeliver it to a person licensed pursuant to section 11-0515 to\nrehabilitate wildlife.\n  2. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the\ncontrary, a wildlife rehabilitator licensed pursuant to section 11-0515\nof this article shall be authorized to capture, transport, rehabilitate,\nrelease and euthanize rabies vector species, provided that such wildlife\nrehabilitator has completed a training course approved by the\ncommissioner or provided by the department. A rabies vector species\nexhibiting signs or symptoms of central nervous system disorder when\nfirst encountered by a wildlife rehabilitator or while under the care of\na wildlife rehabilitator shall be euthanized immediately by such\nrehabilitator and disposed of as directed by the local county health\ndepartment office. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the\ncommissioner of health, promulgate regulations as necessary for the\nimplementation of this subdivision.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 33-0924 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 33 / Title 9-A / Section 33-0924
Certification and registration fees
Status: in_force

§ 33-0924. Certification and registration fees.\n  All fees established by the commissioner for certification and\nregistration pursuant to this title shall be the same as those\nestablished by section 33-0911 of this article.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 1809-C — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 9 / Article 45 / Section 1809-C
Additional surcharge required for certain violations relating to driving while intoxicated and driving while impaired
Status: in_force

§ 1809-c. Additional surcharge required for certain violations\nrelating to driving while intoxicated and driving while impaired.  1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever proceedings in a\ncourt of this state result in a conviction pursuant to section eleven\nhundred ninety-two of this chapter or subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of\nparagraph (a) of subdivision two or subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of\nsubdivision three of section five hundred eleven of this chapter, there\nshall be levied, in addition to any sentence or other surcharge required\nor permitted by law, an additional surcharge of twenty-five dollars.\n  2. The additional surcharge provided for in subdivision one of this\nsection shall be paid to the clerk of the court that rendered the\nconviction. Within the first ten days of the month following collection\nof the surcharge the collecting authority shall determine the amount of\nsurcharge collected and it shall pay such money to the state comptroller\nwho shall deposit such money in the state treasury pursuant to section\none hundred twenty-one of the state finance law to the credit of the\ngeneral fund; provided, however, commencing April first, two thousand\ntwenty-four, all such moneys shall be paid to counties in such manner\nand for such purposes as provided for in section eleven hundred\nninety-seven of this chapter.\n  3. The provisions of subdivision three of section two hundred\ntwenty-seven, subdivision four-a of section five hundred ten, and\nsubdivision three of section five hundred fourteen of this chapter\ngoverning actions which may be taken for failure to pay a fine or\npenalty shall be applicable to the additional surcharge imposed pursuant\nto this section.\n  4. For the purposes of this section, the term conviction means and\nincludes the conviction of a felony or a misdemeanor for a violation of\nsection eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter for which a youthful\noffender finding was substituted and upon such a finding there shall be\nlevied an additional surcharge, in addition to any sentence or other\nsurcharge required or permitted by law, to the same extent and in the\nsame manner and amount provided by this section for conviction of the\nfelony or misdemeanor, as the case may be, for which such youthful\noffender finding was substituted.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 33-0911 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 33 / Title 9 / Section 33-0911
Certification and registration fees
Status: in_force

§ 33-0911. Certification and registration fees.\n  1. Every applicant for pesticide applicator certification shall pay an\nexamination fee of one hundred dollars for each examination.\n  2. Fees for pesticide applicator certification shall be four hundred\nfifty dollars for commercial pesticide applicator certification in one\nindividual category, one hundred fifty dollars for each additional\ncategory and one hundred fifty dollars for each additional sub-category\nchosen. For private applicators a fee of twenty-five dollars for the\ninitial certified private applicator and five dollars for subsequent\napplicators on the same farm or business shall be charged at the time of\ninitial certification, renewal of certification or recertification.\n  3. Pesticide businesses shall pay a registration fee of nine hundred\ndollars. When the applicant regularly maintains or operates more than\none business address a fee may be required for each of the applicant's\nbusiness addresses in the state. Any agency which is a state agency,\nmunicipal corporation, public authority, or college shall be exempt from\nany fee for registration.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1850-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 1850-A
Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

§ 1850-a. Legislative declaration. It is hereby declared that the need\nfor obtaining and maintaining an adequate and continuous supply of safe,\ndependable and economical power and energy is a matter of serious\nconcern to the people of the state; that accelerated development and use\nwithin the state of new energy technologies to supplement energy derived\nfrom existing sources will promote the state's economic growth, protect\nits environmental values and be in the best interests of the health and\nwelfare of the state's population; and that such development and use\nrequires special efforts to foster research, development, and\ndemonstration in the methods of production and use of new energy\ntechnologies. The objective of this title is the development and\nutilization of safe, dependable, renewable and economic energy sources\nand the conservation of energy and energy resources.\n  It is further declared that implementation of this objective can best\nbe effectuated by changing and reconstituting the New York state atomic\nand space development authority into the New York state energy research\nand development authority. While maintaining its present commitments to\nits bondholders, the authority shall direct its efforts toward the\ndevelopment of new energy technologies, with special emphasis on\nrenewable energy sources and energy conservation technologies.\n  It is further declared and found that the objective of this title can\nbe achieved by (1) continuing the authority's authorization to issue\nbonds and notes and to lend or otherwise apply the proceeds therefrom\nfor the benefit of gas and power companies in financing projects\nincluding, without limitation, experimental or developmental facilities\nimplementing new energy technologies, pollution control facilities,\nfacilities required by the public interest in development, health,\nrecreation, safety, conservation of natural resources and aesthetics,\nand facilities for the furnishing of electric energy or gas, and (2)\nempowering the authority to issue bonds and notes and to lend or\notherwise apply the proceeds therefrom to finance special energy\nprojects for the benefit of persons in the state.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 1807 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 9 / Article 45 / Section 1807
Provisions applicable to arraignments for traffic violations
Status: in_force

§ 1807. Provisions applicable to arraignments for traffic violations.\n1. The local criminal court, upon the arraignment in this state of a\nresident of this state charged with a violation of the vehicle and\ntraffic law, or other law or ordinance relating to the operation of\nmotor vehicles or motor cycles, and before accepting a plea, or in the\ncase of such a defendant who has previously pleaded not guilty, as\nprovided in section eighteen hundred six of this chapter, and who wishes\nto change or withdraw such plea, must inform the defendant at the time\nof his arraignment or appearance for trial in substance as follows:\n  A plea of guilty to this charge is equivalent to a conviction after\ntrial.  If you are convicted, not only will you be liable to a penalty,\nbut in addition your license to drive a motor vehicle or motor cycle,\nand your certificate of registration, if any, are subject to suspension\nand revocation as prescribed by law.\n  The giving of the foregoing instructions by means of a statement\nprinted in a noticeably distinct manner and in bold type in a size equal\nto at least twelve point type, upon a summons or ticket issued to a\nperson charged with any such offense shall constitute compliance with\nthe requirements of this section.\n  The foregoing provisions of this section may be waived as provided in\nsection eighteen hundred five of this chapter.\n  2. Upon the arraignment of any person under eighteen years of age who\nresides within the household of his parent or guardian upon a charge of\na violation of the vehicle and traffic law or other law or ordinance\nrelating to the operation of motor vehicles or motor cycles, except a\nviolation relating to parking, stopping or standing, the local criminal\ncourt which arraigns him shall forthwith transmit written notice of such\narraignment to the parent or guardian of such minor person; provided,\nhowever, that if a conviction of such person follows such arraignment\nupon the same day, or in case such person waives arraignment and enters\na plea of guilty to the offense as charged in accordance with the\nprovisions of section eighteen hundred five of this chapter, transmittal\nof notice of his conviction as provided in section five hundred fourteen\nof this chapter shall be sufficient and the notice of arraignment\nhereunder need not be given; provided further that the failure of a\nlocal criminal court to transmit such notice of arraignment shall in no\nmanner affect the validity of a conviction subsequently obtained.\n
N.Y. LFN Law § 121.00 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 121.00
Indebtedness of school districts merged with or annexed to a school district in a city; amount thereof to be included as indebtedness of ...
Status: in_force

§ 121.00 Indebtedness of school districts merged with or annexed to a\nschool district in a city; amount thereof to be included as indebtedness\nof such school district.  In ascertaining the power of a school district\nin a city to contract indebtedness the following indebtedness shall be\nincluded as indebtedness of such school district:\n  1. The amount of outstanding indebtedness of school districts which\nmerged to form such school district, whether or not any of such merged\nschool districts, prior to such merger, was a school district in a city,\nand whether or not any of such merged school districts still exist for\nthe purpose of paying off its indebtedness or distributing its property.\n  2. The amount of outstanding indebtedness of any school district which\nwas annexed to such school district, whether or not such annexed school\ndistrict prior to such annexation, was a school district in a city, and\nwhether or not such annexed school district still exists for the purpose\nof paying off its indebtedness or distributing its property.\n  3. The appropriate proportion of the amount of outstanding\nindebtedness of any school district part of which was annexed to such\nschool district, whether or not such partially annexed school district\nwas a school district in a city. Such appropriate proportion of the\namount of such outstanding indebtedness shall be ascertained by\nmultiplying the total amount of such outstanding indebtedness by the\nratio or percentage, as of the time of the annexation, that the full\nvaluation of the portion of the school district annexed bore to the full\nvaluation of the whole of such partially annexed district as it existed\nprior to such annexation.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1225-B — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9-A / Section 1225-B
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1225-b. Definitions. For the purposes of this title:\n  1. "City" means the city of New York.\n  2. "Director of management and budget" means the director of\nmanagement and budget of the city of New York.\n  3. "Fund" means the transit construction fund as established by this\ntitle.\n  4. "Mayor" means the mayor of the city of New York.\n  5. "State" means the state of New York.\n  6. "Transit authority" means the New York city transit authority\ncreated by section twelve hundred one of this article.\n  7. "Transit facility" means "transit facility" as such term is defined\nfrom time to time in section twelve hundred of this article.\n  8. "Transportation authority" means the metropolitan transportation\nauthority, as created by section twelve hundred sixty-three of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1878 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 1878
State coordination, oversight and technology transfer
Status: in_force

§ 1878. State coordination, oversight and technology transfer. The New\nYork state energy research and development authority shall exercise\noversight over such program; in consultation with Rensselaer Polytechnic\nInstitute, coordinate the direction of the program with other research\nunder the auspices of the authority and insure, where appropriate, the\nexpeditious transfer of technology resulting from such program to New\nYork state industries.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 71-0919 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 71 / Title 9 / Section 71-0919
Punishment of violations of Fish and Wildlife Law
Status: in_force

§ 71-0919. Punishment of violations of Fish and Wildlife Law.\n  1. Any person who violates any provision of the Fish and Wildlife Law\nor any lawful order, rule or regulation of the department promulgated\npursuant thereto or the terms of any permit issued thereunder, and any\nperson, including a public officer, who fails to perform any duty\nthereby imposed on him:\n  a. In the case of offenses specified in section 71-0921 of this\nchapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in that\nsection, and\n  b. In the case of any other offense, is guilty of a violation,\npunishable as provided in section 71-0923 of this chapter, and\n  c. In addition thereto is liable in either case to the penalties\nprovided in the schedule set forth in section 71-0925 or provided\nelsewhere in this chapter; and\n  d. In the cases provided in sections 11-0719 and 11-2115, is liable to\nrevocation of licenses to hunt, fish or trap or for bowhunting privilege\nor muzzle-loading privilege, disqualification for such licenses and/or\nfor bowhunting privilege or muzzle-loading privilege and denial of the\nability to obtain any hunting, fishing or trapping license and\nbowhunting privilege and muzzle-loading privilege, as provided in those\nsections; and\n  e. In the case of violations for which such forfeiture or revocation\nis provided, is subject to revocation or forfeiture of other licenses\nissued pursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Law; and\n  f. In the cases provided in section 71-0909, is liable to forfeiture\nand confiscation of property involved in such violations, as provided in\nthat section.\n  g. In the case of having a license privilege revoked or suspended by a\nparticipating state in the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact enacted\nunder title twenty-five of article eleven of this chapter, the violation\nand subsequent revocation or suspension in the participating state shall\nconstitute the basis for revocation or suspension in this state for the\nsame privileges and period of time.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1225-M — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9-A / Section 1225-M
Actions against fund
Status: in_force

§ 1225-m. Actions against fund. (a) An action against the fund for\npersonal injury or property damage or founded on tort, except an action\nfor wrongful death, shall not be commenced more than one year and ninety\ndays after the cause of action thereof shall have accrued nor unless a\nnotice of claim shall have been served on a trustee of the fund or\nofficer or employee thereof designated by the fund for such purpose,\nwithin the time limited by, and in compliance with the requirements of\nsection fifty-e of the general municipal law. An action against the fund\nfor wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of\nclaim and time limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of\nthis chapter.\n  (b) The venue of every action, suit or special proceeding brought\nagainst the fund shall be laid in the county of New York.\n  (c) Neither any trustee of the fund nor any officer, employee, or\nagent of the fund, while acting within the scope of their authority,\nshall be subject to any personal liability resulting from exercising or\ncarrying out of any of the fund's purposes or powers.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 5-903 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 5-903
Automatic renewal provision of contract for service, maintenance or repair unenforceable by contractor unless notice thereof given to rec...
Status: in_force

§ 5-903. Automatic renewal provision of contract for service,\nmaintenance or repair unenforceable by contractor unless notice thereof\ngiven to recipient of services. 1. As used in this section, "person"\nmeans an individual, firm, company, partnership or corporation.\n  2. No provision of a contract for service, maintenance or repair to or\nfor any real or personal property which states that the term of the\ncontract shall be deemed renewed for a specified additional period\nunless the person receiving the service, maintenance or repair gives\nnotice to the person furnishing such contract service, maintenance or\nrepair of his intention to terminate the contract at the expiration of\nsuch term, shall be enforceable against the person receiving the\nservice, maintenance or repair, unless the person furnishing the\nservice, maintenance or repair, at least fifteen days and not more than\nthirty days previous to the time specified for serving such notice upon\nhim, shall give to the person receiving the service, maintenance or\nrepair written notice, served personally or by certified mail, calling\nthe attention of that person to the existence of such provision in the\ncontract.\n  3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to a contract\nin which the automatic renewal period specified is one month or less.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1882 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 1882
School energy efficiency collaboration program
Status: in_force

§ 1882. School energy efficiency collaboration program. 1. The purpose\nof the school energy collaborative program shall be to reduce\nredundancies, raise awareness and promote the efficient implementation\nof public school energy projects across New York state.\n  2. In developing this multidisciplinary collaborative program, the\nauthority shall work in partnership with the New York power authority,\nthe Long Island power authority, the state education department, the New\nYork association of school business officials, the New York state school\nboards association, energy service companies, utility programs and other\nschool administrators.\n  3. The authority shall serve as the lead agency in developing a\ncollaborative program by November first, two thousand seventeen and\nshall serve as the lead contact for all public schools interested in\npursuing energy efficiency projects.\n  4. The collaborative program may provide support on:\n  (a) developing the technical aspects of energy projects;\n  (b) sharing case studies and other information on completed projects;\n  (c) developing demonstrations;\n  (d) providing training opportunities for building operators;\n  (e) providing a comprehensive catalog of informational and financial\nresources available to schools pursuing energy projects; and\n  (f) anything else the collaborative deems to be appropriate in\nfurthering their purpose.\n  5. The authority shall provide all other collaborative members with\nupdated information regarding the program for further distribution. The\nstate education department may, through regular communications with\nschool districts, promote the existence of the collaboration.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 52-0907 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 52 / Title 9 / Section 52-0907
Restriction on alienation
Status: in_force

§ 52-0907. Restriction on alienation.\n  Real property acquired, developed, improved, restored or rehabilitated\nby a municipality pursuant to subdivision four of section 52-0901 of\nthis title with funds made available pursuant to this title shall not be\nsold or disposed of or used for other than public park purposes without\nthe express authority of an act of the legislature, which shall provide\nfor the substitution of other lands of equal fair market value and\nreasonably equivalent usefulness and location to those to be\ndiscontinued, sold or disposed of, and such other requirements as shall\nbe approved by the commissioner.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1207-G — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 1207-G
Exemptions from taxation
Status: in_force

§ 1207-g. Exemptions from taxation. 1. It is hereby found, determined\nand declared that the authority and the carrying out of its corporate\npurposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state\nof New York, and the authority will be performing an essential\ngovernmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred by this\ntitle, and the state of New York covenants with the purchasers and with\nall subsequent holders and transferees of bonds and notes of the\nauthority issued pursuant to this title, in consideration of the\nacceptance of any payments for such bonds and notes, that such bonds and\nnotes of the authority issued pursuant to this title and the income\ntherefrom, and all moneys, funds, fares and other revenues pledged to\npay or secure the payment of such bonds and notes, shall at all times be\nfree from taxation except for estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or\nin contemplation of death.\n  2. Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or supersede any tax\nexemptions heretofore or hereafter granted by general or other laws.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 17-0907 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 17 / Title 9 / Section 17-0907
Hearings for persons aggrieved
Status: in_force

§ 17-0907. Hearings for persons aggrieved.\n  1. This section shall apply only to titles 1 to 11, inclusive, and\ntitle 19 of this article.\n  2. The commissioner shall grant a hearing to any person not previously\nheard in connection with the making of a determination, or order, who\nwithin twenty days after service upon him of a copy of a notice, order\nor determination of the commissioner, may file a petition with the\ndepartment alleging that the said order or determination is or are\ncontrary to fact and injurious to him, and that said order or\ndetermination cause him damage by the invasion of or interference with a\nprivate right or privilege, particularly appertaining to him. At such\nhearing the petitioner may appear in person or by attorney, present\nwitnesses, submit evidence and be given full opportunity to be heard.\nFollowing such hearing, the commissioner shall make his determination,\nwhich, unless an appeal is taken therefrom, shall be final and\nconclusive.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 37-0907 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 37 / Title 9 / Section 37-0907
Reporting on the use of chemicals
Status: in_force

§ 37-0907. Reporting on the use of chemicals.\n  1. Reporting of chemical use. No later than twelve months after a\nchemical of concern or high-priority chemical appears on the lists\npromulgated pursuant to section 37-0905 of this title, every\nmanufacturer who offers a children's product for sale or distribution in\nthis state that contains a chemical of concern or a high-priority\nchemical shall report such chemical use at or above practical\nquantification limits to the department, provided however, that the\ndepartment may, through regulation, establish an alternative threshold\nfor the reporting of trace contaminants.\n  (a) This report must at a minimum identify the children's product, the\nhigh-priority chemical or chemicals of concern contained in the\nchildren's product and the intended purpose of such chemicals. The\ndepartment may also require reporting of the following information:\n  (i) the amount of such chemical in the children's product; or\n  (ii) information on the likelihood that the chemical will be released\nfrom the children's product to the environment during the product's life\ncycle and the extent to which users of the product are likely to be\nexposed to the chemical.\n  (b) The department is authorized to direct submission of such report\nto the interstate chemicals clearinghouse and may otherwise provide for\nreciprocal data sharing with other states which require reporting of the\nsame information.\n  2. Waiver of reporting. Upon application by a manufacturer, the\ncommissioner may waive all or part of the reporting requirements under\nsubdivision one of this section for one or more specified uses of a\nhigh-priority chemical. In making such determination, the commissioner\nmay consider: (a) if substantially equivalent information is already\npublicly available or that the information is not needed for the\npurposes of this chapter, (b) similar waivers granted by other states,\nand (c) whether the specified use or uses are minor in volume.\n  3. Fees. The manufacturer shall pay a fee upon submission of a report\nof chemical use pursuant to subdivision one of this section or a waiver\nrequest pursuant to subdivision two of this section to cover the\ndepartment's reasonable costs in the administration and enforcement of\nthis title. Exclusive of fines and penalties, the state shall only\nrecover its actual cost of administration and enforcement.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-0919 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 9 / Section 27-0919
Proprietary information
Status: in_force

§ 27-0919. Proprietary information.\n  The department shall hold confidential any information concerning the\nchemical composition, quantity, method of treatment or disposal of\nhazardous waste or any information related thereto when shown by any\nperson that such information, if made public, would divulge competitive\nbusiness information, methods or processes entitled to protection as\ntrade secrets of such person, except that such information may be\ndisclosed to any officers, employees or authorized representatives of\nthe United States or the state concerned with carrying out RCRA or the\nstate hazardous waste program or when relevant in any proceeding\nthereunder.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-0920 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 9 / Section 27-0920
Reports
Status: in_force

§ 27-0920. Reports.\n  1. Subject to the moneys available to the department for such\npurposes, the department shall submit to the governor, the temporary\npresident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on an annual\nbasis a complete and detailed report setting forth:\n  (a) The status of all permits issued and pending for the treatment,\nstorage, transportation or disposal of hazardous wastes pursuant to\nsection 27-0707 and section 27-0913 of this chapter.\n  (b) The types and amounts of financial assurances which have been\nrequired pursuant to this section.\n  (c) Any other matters that the department determines relevant for\ninclusion.\n  2. On-site environmental monitors at commercial hazardous waste\nfacilities which utilize secure landburial facilities as a primary\ndisposal technique shall prepare a calendar-based quarterly report on\nthe facility including a list of any violations observed and the actions\ntaken to correct them, a list of any fines or penalties levied during\nthe period covered, the status of any construction, improvement or\nexpansion projects at the facility, any pertinent information or trends\nderived from monitoring devices and any other information useful to\ndescribing the operational status of the facility. The reports shall be\nmade on a standard form as determined by the department and shall be\nfiled within twenty days after the end of each calendar quarter with the\nappropriate department regional office, with the facility and with any\nmunicipality and county within which the facility is located. Each\nmonitor assigned to the facility during a report period shall sign the\nreport and shall be available to answer questions posed by the\nmunicipalities or facility operator concerning the activities described\nin each such report. Quarterly reports shall be kept on file at the\nappropriate regional office and made available to the public.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 733 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 3 / Title 9 / Section 733
Funds of the authority
Status: in_force

§ 733. Funds of the authority.  Notwithstanding the reconstitution and\ncontinuation of the Ogdensburg bridge authority and the abolition of the\nOgdensburg port authority, effectuated by this title, or any other\nprovision of this chapter, moneys constituting the fund or funds of\neither the Ogdensburg bridge authority or the Ogdensburg port authority\nmay be merged for the payment of debts and obligations, but separate\naccounting records shall be maintained.\n  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as hereinafter\nprovided in section thirteen hundred eighty-seven of this chapter, all\nmoneys hereafter received by the Ogdensburg bridge and port authority\npursuant to the provisions of title eight of article three of this\nchapter, and all moneys hereafter received pursuant to the provisions of\ntitle three of article six of this chapter, may be merged for the\npayment of debts and obligations, but separate accounting records shall\nbe maintained.\n  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, titles eight and nine\nof article three and title three of article six or any other provisions\nof this chapter, any moneys in either the "Ogdensburg bridge fund" or\nthe "Ogdensburg port fund" not necessary or required for cash\nexpenditures, as may be determined and certified from time to time by\nthe state director of the budget, shall, in amounts also to be\ndetermined and certified by him, be available for and may be loaned to\nor from either of the funds above mentioned. Amounts so loaned between\nsuch funds shall be repaid without interest into the fund from which\neach such loan was made.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1863 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 1863
Bonds and notes legal investments for fiduciaries
Status: in_force

§ 1863. Bonds and notes legal investments for fiduciaries. The bonds\nand notes are hereby made securities in which all public officers and\nbodies of the state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions,\nall insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on\nan insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings\nbanks, savings associations, including savings and loan associations and\nbuilding and loan associations, investment companies and other persons\ncarrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians,\nexecutors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons\nwhatsoever who are now or who may hereafter be authorized to invest in\nbonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest\nfunds including capital in their control or belonging to them.\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of law, the bonds and notes of the\nauthority are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with\nand may be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and\nall municipalities and municipal subdivisions for any purpose for which\nthe deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may\nhereafter be authorized.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 386-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 386-A
Financing of metropolitan transportation authority (MTA) transportation facilities
Status: in_force

§ 386-a. Financing of metropolitan transportation authority (MTA)\ntransportation facilities.  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw to the contrary, the authority, the dormitory authority and the\nurban development corporation are hereby authorized to issue bonds or\nnotes in one or more series for the purpose of assisting the\nmetropolitan transportation authority in the financing of transportation\nfacilities as defined in subdivision seventeen of section twelve hundred\nsixty-one of this chapter or other capital projects. The aggregate\nprincipal amount of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this\nsection shall not exceed fifteen billion five hundred fifteen million\neight hundred fifty-six thousand dollars $15,515,856,000, excluding\nbonds issued to fund one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay\ncosts of issuance of such bonds, and to refund or otherwise repay such\nbonds or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of the authority,\nthe dormitory authority and the urban development corporation shall not\nbe a debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor\nshall they be payable out of any funds other than those appropriated by\nthe state to the authority, the dormitory authority and the urban\ndevelopment corporation for principal, interest, and related expenses\npursuant to a service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on\nthe face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for purposes of\ncomplying with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned on\nbond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including\nthe limitations contained in subdivision four of section sixty-seven-b\nof the state finance law, (A) any bonds and notes issued prior to April\nfirst, two thousand twenty-seven pursuant to this section may be issued\nwith a maximum maturity of fifty years, and (B) any bonds issued to\nrefund such bonds and notes may be issued with a maximum maturity of\nfifty years from the respective date of original issuance of such bonds\nand notes.\n  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in\norder to assist the authority, the dormitory authority and the urban\ndevelopment corporation in undertaking the financing of such\ntransportation facilities projects, the director of the budget is hereby\nauthorized to enter into one or more service contracts with the\nauthority, the dormitory authority and the urban development\ncorporation, none of which shall exceed thirty years in duration, upon\nsuch terms and conditions as the director of the budget and the\nauthority, the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation\nagree, so as to annually provide to the authority, the dormitory\nauthority and the urban development corporation, in the aggregate, a sum\nnot to exceed the principal, interest, and related expenses required for\nsuch bonds and notes. Any service contract entered into pursuant to this\nsection shall provide that the obligation of the state to pay the amount\ntherein provided shall not constitute a debt of the state within the\nmeaning of any constitutional or statutory provision and shall be deemed\nexecutory only to the extent of monies available and that no liability\nshall be incurred by the state beyond the monies available for such\npurpose, subject to annual appropriation by the legislature. Any such\nservice contract or any payments made or to be made thereunder may be\nassigned and pledged by the authority, the dormitory authority and the\nurban development corporation as security for such bonds and notes, as\nauthorized by this section.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 24-0901 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 24 / Title 9 / Section 24-0901
Cooperative agreements
Status: in_force

§ 24-0901. Cooperative agreements.\n  1. The commissioner shall confer with local government officials in\neach region to establish a program for the protection of the freshwater\nwetlands of the state.\n  2. The commissioner may enter into cooperative agreements with any\ncity, village, town or county, or with an owner of freshwater wetlands\nor with any one or more of them, for the purpose of preserving and\nmaintaining, in accordance with the policies of this article, those\nfreshwater wetlands which are within the boundaries of such city,\nvillage, town or county.\n  3. The cooperative agreement shall provide that the freshwater\nwetlands be preserved and maintained in their natural state and may\nprovide for access thereto to be retained by such owner for purposes\ncompatible with the purposes of this article.\n  4. A cooperative agreement with any such village, town, city or county\nmay provide for the development by personnel and facilities of the\ndepartment or the payment out of funds appropriated therefor, for the\npurpose of preserving, maintaining, or enhancing such wetlands in\naccordance with the policies of this article, and for the furnishing of\nsuch personnel, facilities or funds as may be agreed upon by the parties\nto the cooperative agreement.\n  5. This section shall not prevent any freshwater wetland from being\ndesignated as part of the natural and historic preserves of the state,\nnor shall it prevent preservation of such lands by dedication as state\nparks. The office of parks and recreation shall outline to the\ncommissioner its plans to preserve freshwater wetlands as parks and\nreserves as soon as possible after the effective date of this article.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1210-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 1210-A
Flexible benefits program
Status: in_force

§ 1210-a. Flexible benefits program. 1. For purposes of this section,\nthe following terms shall have the following meanings:\n  a. "Code" shall mean the United States internal revenue code of\nnineteen hundred eighty-six, as amended, and regulations promulgated\nthereunder.\n  b. "Authority" shall mean (1) the New York city transit authority, (2)\nthe Manhattan and Bronx surface transit operating authority, or (3) the\nStaten Island rapid transit operating authority.\n  c. "Employee" shall mean any officer or employee of any of the\nentities set forth in paragraph c of this subdivision who is not\neligible to receive benefits from the New York city employee benefits\nprogram.\n  For purposes of this section, an independent contractor shall not be\nconsidered an employee.\n  d. "Flexible benefits program" shall mean the program established\npursuant to this section, qualifying as a cafeteria plan as defined in\nsection one hundred twenty-five of the code or any successor section\nthereto providing similar benefits, and provided as a part of an\nemployee benefits program administered by the authority.\n  e. "Program administrator" shall mean that agent, as determined by the\nauthority, responsible for the maintenance and management of the\nflexible benefits program as authorized in subdivision two of this\nsection.\n  2. The authority is authorized to establish and implement a flexible\nbenefits program for its employees who are not eligible to receive\nbenefits from the New York city employee benefits program, consistent\nwith applicable provisions of the code. It may enter into agreements\nwith persons or entities to act as program administrators of the\nflexible benefits program. It shall establish regulations for the\nappropriate administration of such flexible benefits program.\n  3. At the request of an employee, the chief fiscal officer of the\nauthority, or the officer responsible for the administration of the\nauthority's payroll, shall, by payroll deduction, adjust the payment of\nthe compensation of such employee as provided in a written statement by\nthe employee in connection with the establishment and maintenance of the\nflexible benefits program as authorized by subdivision two of this\nsection, and shall transfer the amount so adjusted to the authorized\nprogram administrator.\n  4. Moneys held for employees in any accounts established pursuant to\nthe flexible benefits program, as authorized in subdivision two of this\nsection, shall be held by the program administrator as agent for the\nparticipating employee, shall be accounted for separately and shall\nremain the property of the authority to the extent required by the code.\nNotwithstanding any law to the contrary, moneys may be paid out of such\naccounts without any appropriation by law. Any unexpended balances in\nsuch accounts at the end of a plan year as that term is defined by the\nUnited States internal revenue service shall be returned to the control\nof the authority to the extent required by the code.\n  5. To the extent permitted by the code, any salary deduction or\ndeferral to an employee under the flexible benefits program established\npursuant to this section shall be considered part of such employee's\nannual compensation for the purpose of computing pension contributions\nand retirement benefits by any retirement system or plan to which the\nauthority contributes on behalf of said employee. However, this\nsubdivision shall in no way be construed to supersede the provisions of\nsections four hundred thirty-one, five hundred twelve and six hundred\neight of the retirement and social security law or any other similar\nprovision of law which limits the salary base for computing retirement\nbenefits payable by a public retirement system.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1218 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 1218
Pending actions and proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 1218. Pending actions and proceedings. 1. Provision shall be made in\nthe agreement described in section eighteen hundred three of this title\nfor the assumption by the city of the payment of judgments or claims\nbased upon a cause of action arising prior to the date of transfer of\ntransit facilities.\n  2. This title shall not affect any action or proceeding brought by or\nagainst the board of transportation, transit commission, or the former\ntransit construction commissioner, public service commission for the\nfirst district, or the board of rapid transit railroad commissioners,\nand, upon application by the authority to the court, the authority shall\nbe substituted as a party in such pending action or proceeding and such\naction or proceeding may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the\nauthority. Any investigation, examination or hearing undertaken,\ncommenced or instituted by the board of transportation, transit\ncommission or the former transit construction commissioner or the public\nservice commission for the first district or the board of rapid transit\nrailroad commissioners before the time this title takes effect, and\nrelating to a subject or matter, jurisdiction whereof was conveyed to\nthe authority, may be conducted to final determination by the authority.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 89-W — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 89-W
Optional twenty-five year retirement plan for county fire marshals in the county of Nassau
Status: in_force

§ 89-w. Optional twenty-five year retirement plan for county fire\nmarshals in the county of Nassau.  a. A member who serves as a county\nfire marshal, supervising fire marshal, fire marshal, assistant fire\nmarshal, assistant chief fire marshal, chief fire marshal or division\nsupervising fire marshal and is employed by the county of Nassau shall\nbe eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such\neligibility shall be an alternative to the eligibility provisions\navailable under any other plan of this article to which such member is\nsubject. The county executive of the county of Nassau shall certify to\nthe comptroller, periodically and at such intervals of time as may be\nrequired of him or her and in such fashion as may be prescribed, the\nidentity of the eligible county fire marshal, supervising fire marshals,\nfire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals,\nchief fire marshals and division supervising fire marshals in his or her\nemploy.\n  b. Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of\ntwenty-five years of total creditable service by filing an application\ntherefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.\n  c. Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service and upon\nretirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together\nwith an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his or her\naccumulated contributions at the time of his or her retirement and an\nadditional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the\nreserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he or she may then be\nentitled shall be sufficient to provide him or her with a retirement\nallowance equal to one-half of his or her final average salary.\n  d. As used in this section "creditable service" shall include any and\nall services performed as a county fire marshal, supervising fire\nmarshal, fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, assistant chief fire\nmarshal or chief fire marshal employed by the county of Nassau.\n  e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as\na paid firefighter, police officer or officer of any organized fire\ndepartment or police force or department of any county, city, village,\ntown, fire district or police district, or as a criminal investigator in\nthe office of a district attorney shall also be deemed to be creditable\nservice and shall be included in computing years of total service for\nretirement pursuant to this section.\n  f. A member contributing on the basis of this section at the time of\nretirement, may retire after the completion of twenty-five years of\ntotal creditable service. Application therefor may be filed in a manner\nsimilar to that provided in section seventy of this article. Upon\ncompletion of twenty-five years of such service and upon retirement,\neach such member shall receive a pension which, together with an annuity\nwhich shall be the actuarial equivalent of his or her accumulated\ncontributions at the time of his or her retirement and an additional\npension which is the actuarial equivalent of the\nreserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he or she may then be\nentitled shall be sufficient to provide him or her with a retirement\nallowance equal to one-half of his or her final average salary; for\nservice beyond twenty-five years and for non-fire marshal county service\nthe benefit is increased by one-sixtieth of final average salary for\neach year of additional service credit.\n  g. In computing the twenty-five years of total service of a member\npursuant to this section full credit shall be given and full allowance\nshall be made for service of such member in time of war after World War\nI as defined in section two of this chapter, provided such member at the\ntime of his entrance into the armed forces was in the service of the\ncounty.\n  h. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a member, who\ndoes not retire pursuant to the provisions of this section, from\nutilizing service which is creditable service pursuant to the provisions\nof this section for service credit pursuant to the provisions of any\nother plan of this article to which such member is subject.\n  i. The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding\nany other provision in this article to the contrary.\n  j. Notwithstanding any provision of this section or of any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, county fire marshals, supervising fire\nmarshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire\nmarshals, chief fire marshals and division supervising fire marshals\nmust serve five years within the Nassau county fire marshal department\nafter the effective date of this section before they are eligible to\nretire under the provisions of the twenty-five year retirement plan.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 454 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 9 / Section 454
Medical subsidy
Status: in_force

§ 454. Medical subsidy.  1.  A social services official shall make\npayments for the cost of care, services and supplies payable under the\nstate's program of medical assistance for needy persons, provided to a\nhandicapped child whom he or a voluntary authorized agency has placed\nout for adoption or who has been adopted.  Such payments shall not be\nrestricted to care, services and supplies required for the treatment of\nthe specific condition or disability for which a child was determined to\nbe a handicapped child.  For the purposes of this section, a handicapped\nchild shall include, but not be limited to, a child with special needs\nwhere a social services official has determined the child cannot be\nplaced with an adoptive parent or parents without medical subsidy\nbecause such child has special needs for medical, mental health or\nrehabilitative care.  Such payments also shall be made with respect to a\nhard to place child who has been placed out for adoption with a person\nor persons who is or are sixty-two years old or over or who will be\nsubject to mandatory retirement from his or their present employment\nwithin five years from the date of the adoption placement.\n  2. Payments pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be made\nto or on behalf of the person or persons with whom the child has been\nplaced or who have adopted the child and shall be made without regard to\nthe financial need of such person or persons.\n  3. Payments pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be made\nonly with respect to the cost of care, services and supplies which are\nnot otherwise covered or subject to payment or reimbursement by\ninsurance, medical assistance or other sources.\n  4. An application for payment under this section shall be made prior\nto the child's adoption; provided, however, that an application may be\nmade subsequent to a handicapped child's adoption if the adoptive\nparents first become aware of the child's physical or emotional\ncondition or disability subsequent to the adoption and a physician\ncertifies that the condition or disability existed prior to the child's\nadoption. An approval of an application for payments under this section\nshall not be subject to annual review by the social services official,\nand such approval shall remain in effect until the child's twenty-first\nbirthday. Applications for such subsidies shall be accepted prior to the\ncommitment of the guardianship and custody of the child to an authorized\nagency pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and approval thereof\nmay be granted contingent upon such commitment.\n  5. Upon the death of persons who have adopted the child prior to the\ntwenty-first birthday of the child, payments pursuant to subdivision one\nof this section shall continue to the legal guardian of the child until\nthe child shall attain the age of twenty-one.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1898 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 9-A / Section 1898
Advisory council
Status: in_force

§ 1898. Advisory council. 1. The authority shall establish a green\njobs-green New York advisory council to advise the authority on the\ncreation and implementation of the program. The council shall consist\nof:\n  (a) the president of the authority; the secretary of state; the\ncommissioner of housing and community renewal; the commissioner of\nlabor; the commissioner of temporary and disability assistance; the\nchair of the department of public service; the president of the power\nauthority of the state of New York; the president of the Long Island\npower authority; the commissioner of economic development; the\ncommissioner of environmental conservation; or the designees of such\npersons; and\n  (b) representatives of constituency-based community groups; consumer\nadvocates on utility and housing issues; community-based workforce\ndevelopment groups; unions, including building trades and property\nservices; home performance contractors; large-scale construction\ncontractors; and investment market experts.\n  2. The president of the authority shall serve as the chair of the\ncouncil.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 357 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 357
Right of authority to use state property; payment for improvements
Status: in_force

§ 357. Right of authority to use state property; payment for\nimprovements. On assuming jurisdiction of a thruway highway section or\nconnection or any part thereof, or of a highway connection, the\nauthority shall have the right to possess and use for its corporate\npurposes so long as its corporate existence shall continue, any real\nproperty and rights in real property theretofore acquired by the state,\nincluding all improvements thereon.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 89-X — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 89-X
Retirement of deputy sheriffs-civil in Monroe county
Status: in_force

§ 89-x. Retirement of deputy sheriffs-civil in Monroe county. a. A\nmember employed in Monroe county shall be eligible to retire pursuant to\nthe provisions of section eighty-nine-p of this title if the county of\nMonroe elects to make the benefits provided in section eighty-nine-p of\nthis title available to the sheriff, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and\ncorrection officers of such county and if he or she is a deputy\nsheriff-civil of such county. Such eligibility shall be an alternative\nto the eligibility provisions available under any other plan of this\narticle to which such member is subject.\n  b. The term "creditable service" shall include any and all services\nperformed as a deputy sheriff-civil of Monroe county and other\ncreditable service as defined in subdivisions d and e of section\neighty-nine-p of this title.\n  c. Monroe county is authorized to adopt a resolution on or before\nDecember thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four to extend the provisions\nof this section to those members defined in subdivision a of this\nsection. A certified copy of such resolution must be filed with the\ncomptroller and may contain an election that any past service cost be\npaid over either a five-year or ten-year period. Such resolution shall\nbe accompanied by the affidavit of the chief executive officer of Monroe\ncounty that the county has received an estimate from the retirement\nsystem of the cost of the benefit provided by this section.\n  d. The sheriff shall certify to the comptroller, periodically and at\nsuch intervals of time as may be required of him or her and in such\nfashion as may be prescribed, the identity of the deputy sheriffs-civil\nof Monroe county.\n  e. Unless otherwise indicated in this section, the provisions of\nsection eighty-nine-p of this title shall be controlling.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-0918 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 9 / Section 27-0918
Closure and post-closure plans
Status: in_force

§ 27-0918. Closure and post-closure plans.\n  1. Owners and operators of hazardous waste facilities shall submit to\nthe department for its approval plans for the closure and post-closure\nmonitoring and maintenance of their facilities. The department may\npromulgate rules and regulations concerning the contents of such plans.\nSuch regulations shall reflect due consideration of relevant federal\nrequirements and except where necessary to serve the public interest or\ninconsistent with the purposes of this section, shall conform to\nrelevant federal regulations, but shall in no case be less stringent\nthan such federal requirements and regulations. In the case of new\nfacilities, such plans shall be approved prior to the effective date of\nthe facility's operating permit. In the case of existing facilities,\nsuch plans shall be submitted to the department within six months of the\neffective date of this section, and shall be approved, denied or\nmodified by the department within twelve months of submission.\n  2. Together with the submission of a plan for closure and post-closure\nmonitoring and maintenance, the owner or operator of a hazardous waste\nfacility shall submit to the department for approval a written estimate\nof the costs associated therewith. The estimate of closure costs must\nequal the cost of closure at the point in the facility's operating life\nwhen the extent and manner of its operation would make closure the most\nexpensive, as indicated by its closure plan.\n  3. The owner or operator shall prepare new closure and post-closure\nmonitoring and maintenance cost estimates whenever the department or the\nowner or operator determines that a change in either the closure or\npost-closure monitoring and maintenance requirements affects the cost of\nclosure or post-closure care respectively.\n  4. One year after the approval of the cost estimates as set forth in\nsubdivision two of this section, and annually thereafter until closure\nof the facility, the owner or operator shall adjust the closure and\npost-closure monitoring and maintenance estimates to account for\ninflation.\n  5. All estimates made pursuant to this section and revisions thereto\nshall be subject to the review and approval of the department.\n  6. The department shall periodically review the methods and\ninstruments of financial assurances for permitted hazardous waste\nfacilities to determine whether they are adequate in light of changed\ncircumstances to insure proper closure and post-closure monitoring and\nmaintenance of such facilities.\n  7. The provisions of this section relating to post-closure monitoring\nand maintenance plans and cost estimates associated therewith shall only\napply to owners and operators of disposal facilities.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 333 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 9-B / Section 333
Local plans and requirements
Status: in_force

§ 333. Local plans and requirements.  Each social services district\nshall submit to the commissioner for approval a biennial plan for the\nprovision of education, work, training and supportive services related\nto the operation of work activity programs pursuant to this title.\n  Such plan shall be developed in cooperation and coordination with\npublic and private education institutions, child care providers, child\ncare resource and referral agencies if available in the district, labor\nunions, libraries, public and private employers, employment and training\nagencies and organizations, and private industry councils established in\nservice delivery areas defined in subdivision five of section nine\nhundred seventy-one of the executive law.\n  Such plan shall be generally available to the public for review and\ncomment for a period of thirty days prior to submission to the\ncommissioner.  In accordance with department regulations and consistent\nwith federal law and regulations, such plan shall include, but not be\nlimited to, the following:\n  1. Estimates of the number of participants to be served;\n  2. A description of available supportive services as prescribed by\nsection three hundred thirty-two-a of this title;\n  3. A description of the available activities under this title and the\nestimated capacity of such activities;\n  4. A description of the district's plan to meet federal requirements\nregarding participation and the district's criteria established pursuant\nto the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section three\nhundred thirty-two of this title;\n  5.  A list of education and training providers, such as job training\npartnership act agencies, educational agencies and other public agencies\nor private organizations with which the district expects to enter into\nagreements or contracts with a description of such contracts;\n  6. A description of the orientation to be provided to participants\npursuant to section three hundred thirty-four of this title;\n  7. A description of the assessment tools chosen and the employee\nqualifications, district administrative unit or contracting entity that\nwill be responsible for the assessments and the development of the\nemployability plans;\n  8. A description of the conciliation procedures to be made available\nto participants pursuant to section three hundred forty-one of this\ntitle; and\n  9. Such additional information as is necessary to comply with federal\nrequirements and to provide the report required under section three\nhundred thirty-nine of this title.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-0922 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 9 / Section 27-0922
Prohibitions
Status: in_force

§ 27-0922. Prohibitions.\n  The use of waste oil or used oil or other material which is\ncontaminated or mixed with any chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin, or any\nother hazardous waste identified or listed according to the regulations\npromulgated pursuant to section 27-0903 of this title (other than a\nwaste identified solely on the basis of ignitability), for dust\nsuppression or road treatment is prohibited.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 727 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 3 / Title 9 / Section 727
Ogdensburg port authority abolished; transfer of functions
Status: in_force

§ 727. Ogdensburg port authority abolished; transfer of functions.\nExcept as hereinafter provided, the Ogdensburg port authority, created\npursuant to the provisions of title three of article six of this\nchapter, is hereby abolished, and all of the jurisdiction, functions,\npowers and duties possessed, exercised or performed by such authority,\nof whatsoever nature or kind, are hereby transferred and assigned to,\nand devolved upon, the Ogdensburg bridge and port authority.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 389 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 389
Information concerning services for human trafficking victims in facilities at service areas
Status: in_force

§ 389. Information concerning services for human trafficking victims\nin facilities at service areas. 1. In addition to providing information\nconcerning services for human trafficking victims, including the\nnational human trafficking hotline telephone number on its closed\ncircuit television systems, any service area maintained or operated by\nthe authority shall make available in plain view and in a conspicuous\nplace and manner in the public restrooms and in any lactation rooms,\ninformational cards and/or signs developed by:\n  (a) the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation\nwith the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or\n  (b) the United States Department of Homeland Security.\n  2. All informational cards and signs shall only contain information\nconcerning services for human trafficking victims and shall prominently\ninclude the national human trafficking hotline telephone number.\n  3. For purposes of this section, "lactation room" shall mean a\nhygienic place, other than a restroom, that: (a) is shielded from view;\n(b) is free from intrusion; (c) contains a chair, a working surface,\nand, if the building is otherwise supplied with electricity, an\nelectrical outlet; and (d) is intended to be used for the primary\npurpose of breastfeeding or expressing breast milk.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1857 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 1857
Officers and employees; transfer, promotion and seniority
Status: in_force

§ 1857. Officers and employees; transfer, promotion and seniority. 1.\nOfficers and employees of state departments and agencies may be\ntransferred to the authority and officers and employees of the authority\nmay be transferred to state departments and agencies without examination\nand without loss of any civil service status or rights. No such transfer\nmay, however, be made except with the approval of the head of the state\ndepartment or division involved and the director of the budget and the\nchairman of the authority and in compliance with the rules and\nregulations of the state civil service commission.\n  2. Promotions from positions in state departments and agencies to\npositions in the authority, and vice versa, may be made from\ninterdepartmental promotion lists resulting from promotion examinations\nin which both employees of the authority and employees of the state are\neligible to participate.\n  3. In computing seniority for purposes of promotion or for the\npurposes of suspension or demotion upon the abolition of positions in\nthe service of the authority or in the service of the state, in the case\nof an employee of the authority a period of prior employment in the\nservice of the state shall be counted in the same manner as though such\nperiod of employment had been in the service of the authority, and in\nthe case of an employee of the state a period of prior employment in the\nservice of the authority shall be counted in the same manner as though\nsuch period of employment had been in the service of the state. For the\npurposes of the establishment and certification of preferred lists,\nemployees suspended from the authority shall be eligible for\nreinstatement in the service of the state, and employees suspended from\nthe service of the state shall be eligible for reinstatement in the\nservice of the authority, in the same manner as though the authority\nwere a department of the state.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 1809-AA — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 9 / Article 45 / Section 1809-AA
Mandatory surcharge required for certain parking violations
Status: in_force

§ 1809-aa. Mandatory surcharge required for certain parking\nviolations.  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever\nproceedings in an administrative tribunal or court result in a\nconviction for a violation of section twelve hundred, twelve hundred one\nor twelve hundred two of this chapter, except an adjudication of\nliability of an owner for a violation of bus operation-related traffic\nregulations as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter imposed\npursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the\nowner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with\nsuch bus operation-related traffic regulations through the installation\nand operation of bus operation-related photo devices, in accordance with\narticle twenty-four of this chapter, there shall be levied a mandatory\nsurcharge in addition to any other sentence, fine or penalty otherwise\npermitted or required, in the amount of twenty-five dollars.\n  2. The mandatory surcharge provided for in subdivision one of this\nsection shall be paid to the clerk of the court or administrative\ntribunal that rendered the conviction. Within the first ten days of the\nmonth following collection of the surcharge the collecting authority\nshall pay such money to the state comptroller who shall deposit such\nmoney in the state treasury pursuant to section one hundred twenty-one\nof the state finance law to the credit of the general fund.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 54-0901 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 54 / Title 9 / Section 54-0901
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 54-0901. Definitions.\n  As used in this title the following terms shall mean and include:\n  1. "Municipal park project" means a project undertaken by a\nmunicipality or a not-for-profit corporation for the planning,\nstructural assessment, acquisition, development or improvement of\nrecreational facilities including construction of structures, roads and\nparking facilities.\n  2. "Historic preservation project" means a project undertaken by a\nmunicipality or a not-for-profit corporation to acquire, improve,\nrestore or rehabilitate property listed on the state or national\nregisters of historic places to protect the historic, cultural or\narchitectural significance thereof or a project for planning or\nstructural assessments for such properties. "Historic preservation\nproject" shall also mean a project undertaken by the office to improve,\nrestore or rehabilitate state historic properties listed on the state or\nnational registers of historic places to protect the historical,\ncultural or architectural significance thereof or a project for planning\nrelating to or structural assessments of such properties.\n  3. "Heritage area project" means a project undertaken by or through a\nmunicipality, public benefit corporation or a not-for-profit corporation\nfor the planning, structural assessment, acquisition and development of\nsites and facilities identified in a management plan prepared and/or\napproved by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of\nsection 35.05 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law.\n  4. "Costs" means the cost of an approved project, which shall include\nengineering and architectural services, plans and specifications,\nconsultant and legal services, and other direct expenses incident to\nsuch project.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1200 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 1200
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1200. Definitions. Unless expressly otherwise provided, whenever\nused in this title, the following terms shall mean or include:  1.\n"Authority." The corporation created by section eighteen hundred one of\nthis title.\n  2. "Board." The members of the authority.\n  3. "Board of estimate." The board of estimate of the city.\n  4. "City." The city of New York.\n  5. "Comptroller." The comptroller of the city.\n  6. "Devices and appurtenances." Devices and appurtenances deemed\nnecessary by the authority, to secure the greatest efficiency, public\nconvenience and safety, including the number, location, description and\nplans and specifications for the stations, suitable supports, turnouts,\nswitches, sidings, connections, landing places, garages, repair shops,\nbuildings, structures, platforms, stairways, elevators, telephone,\ntelegraph and signal devices, facilities for access to the surface, and\nother suitable appliances incidental and requisite to what such\nauthority may approve as the best and most efficient system of rapid\ntransit in view of the public needs and requirements, including in its\ndiscretion, operation of a transit facility or some portion thereof by\nany device or means, other than separate cars or trains, in the\nconstruction of which stationary means for guiding a conveyance in a\ndefinite path and means for propelling such conveyance are necessary\nelements.\n  7. "Equipment." Rolling stock, omnibuses, vehicles, motors, boilers,\nengines, wires, ways, conduits and mechanisms, machinery, tools,\nimplements, materials, supplies and devices of every nature whatsoever\nused for the generation or transmission of motive power and including\nall power houses, and all apparatus and all devices for signalling and\nventilation as may be required for the operation of a transit facility.\n  8. "Facilities." Routes, tracks, extensions, connections, terminals or\nfacilities.\n  9. "Fiscal year." A period commencing the first day of January in each\nyear and ending on the succeeding December thirty-first of such year.\n  10. "Governor." The governor of the state of New York.\n  11. "Mayor." The mayor of the city.\n  12. "Person." A natural person, firm or corporation.\n  13. "Property" or "property rights." Real estate, real property,\nlands, rights, terms, interests, privileges, franchises or easements of\nowners, abutting owners or others.\n  14. "Revenues." All monies received by the authority or its\nsubsidiaries from whatever source, derived directly or indirectly from\nor in connection with their operations.\n  15. "Transit facility." A rapid transit railroad, omnibus line or any\nother facility or any railroad in the city used for local service in the\ntransportation of passengers as common carriers for hire or in the\ntransportation of the United States mail or personal property, and any\nportion thereof and the rights, leaseholds or other interests therein,\ntogether with the devices and appurtenances, facilities and equipment\nthereof and power plants and other instrumentalities used or useful\ntherefor or in connection therewith.\n  16. "Street." A public street, marginal street, avenue, road, bridge,\nviaduct, highway, boulevard, driveway, park, parkway, dock, wharf, pier,\nground, river, water, square, place or land within the city.\n  17. "Metropolitan transportation authority." The corporation created\nby section twelve hundred sixty-three of this chapter.\n  18. "Triborough bridge and tunnel authority." The corporation created\nby section five hundred fifty-two of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 729 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 3 / Title 9 / Section 729
Continuity of authority; status of acts
Status: in_force

§ 729. Continuity of authority; status of acts. For the purposes of\nsuccession, all of the functions, powers and duties of the Ogdensburg\nbridge authority, and of the Ogdensburg port authority, as prescribed\nand provided, respectively, by the provisions of title eight of article\nthree, and title three of article six of this chapter, and hereby\ncontinued in, transferred and assigned to, and devolved upon, the\nOgdensburg bridge and port authority, shall be deemed to constitute a\ncontinuation of the same, and all the acts, orders, rules, regulations\nand determinations of either the Ogdensburg bridge authority or the\nOgdensburg port authority shall have, and continue with, the same force\nand effect as though done or made by the Ogdensburg bridge and port\nauthority.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 1810 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 9 / Article 45 / Section 1810
Compensation of officers shall not depend upon apprehension or arrests
Status: in_force

§ 1810. Compensation of officers shall not depend upon apprehension or\narrests. (a) No city or village shall employ any officer, agent or\nperson whose compensation shall in any way depend upon the apprehension\nor arrest of any person or persons for violating any ordinance adopted\npursuant to section sixteen hundred four of this chapter or for reckless\ndriving as defined in section twelve hundred twelve of this chapter. If\nany person be apprehended or arrested or haled before a magistrate for a\nviolation of a local ordinance adopted pursuant to section sixteen\nhundred four or for reckless driving as defined by section twelve\nhundred twelve of this chapter by any officer, agent or employee of any\ncity or village who is so employed, the fact of such employment at the\ntime shall be a defense to any charge made for violation of such\nordinance or for reckless driving.\n  (b) No county or town shall employ any officer, agent or person,\nwhether such employee be elected or appointed, whose compensation shall\nin any way depend upon the apprehension or arrest of any person for\nreckless driving as defined in section twelve hundred twelve of this\nchapter. If any person be apprehended or arrested or haled before a\nmagistrate for reckless driving as so defined, by any officer, agent or\nemployee of any county or town who is so employed, the fact of such\nemployment at the time shall be a defense to any charge made for\nreckless driving as defined in section twelve hundred twelve of this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 9002 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 9 / Article 170 / Section 9002
Saving clause
Status: in_force

§ 9002. Saving clause.  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to\nimpair or in any manner affect or change any special law touching the\nschools or school system of any city or incorporated village unless the\nsame is so stated.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 375-I — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 9 / Section 375-I
Improved career retirement plan for employees of participating employers
Status: in_force

§ 375-i. Improved career retirement plan for employees of\nparticipating employers.  a. A participating employer which has elected,\nor which elects, pursuant to section three hundred thirty or three\nhundred thirty-one of this article to provide the benefits of the career\nretirement plan for its employees as specified in section three hundred\nseventy-five-g of this article may elect pursuant to section three\nhundred thirty-three of this article to reduce the number of years of\ntotal service required for career retirement benefits to twenty and have\nthe fraction one-fiftieth of final average salary used to calculate the\nentire benefit for all years of credited service for such eligible\nmembers, provided, however, the maximum pension payable pursuant to this\nsection shall not exceed three-quarters of final average salary. A\nmember eligible for a vested retirement allowance pursuant to the\nprovisions of section three hundred seventy-six of this chapter who\nseparates from employment on or after April first, nineteen hundred\nseventy with twenty or more years of total service, and who would have\nbeen eligible to have his retirement allowance computed pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section had he at the time of separation attained age\nfifty-five, shall at the time he becomes eligible to receive the vested\nretirement allowance be entitled to have such allowance computed in the\nmanner prescribed by this section.\n  b. The benefits hereinabove provided shall be payable unless the\nmember would otherwise be entitled to a greater benefit under other\nprovisions of this chapter, in which event the greater benefit shall be\npayable.\n  c. In the case of persons who last became members on or after July\nfirst, nineteen hundred seventy-three, the provisions of this section\nshall be applicable only to those retiring or separating in vested\nstatus prior to July first, nineteen hundred seventy-four.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 367 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 2 / Title 9 / Section 367
State's right to require redemption of bonds
Status: in_force

§ 367. State's right to require redemption of bonds. Notwithstanding\nand in addition to any provisions for the redemption of bonds which may\nbe contained in any contract with the holders of the bonds, the state\nmay, upon furnishing sufficient funds therefor, require the authority to\nredeem, prior to maturity, as a whole, any issue of bonds on any\ninterest payment date not less than fifteen years after the date of the\nbonds of such issue at one hundred four per centum of their face value\nand accrued interest or at such lower redemption price as may be\nprovided in the bonds in case of the redemption thereof as a whole on\nthe redemption date. Notice of such redemption shall be published in at\nleast two newspapers published and circulating respectively in the\ncities of Albany and New York at least twice, the first publication to\nbe at least thirty days before the date of redemption. The provisions of\nthis section relating to the state's right to require redemption of\nbonds, shall not apply to state-supported debt, as defined by section\nsixty-seven-a of the state finance law, issued by the authority. Such\nauthority bonds shall remain subject to redemption pursuant to any\ncontract with the holders of such bonds.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1207-C — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 9 / Section 1207-C
Required redemption of bonds
Status: in_force

§ 1207-c. Required redemption of bonds. Notwithstanding and in\naddition to any provisions for the redemption of bonds which may be\ncontained in any contract with the holders of bonds, either the state of\nNew York or the city may, upon furnishing sufficient funds therefor,\nrequire the authority to redeem as a whole any issue of the bonds at the\ntime or times and at the place or places and in accordance with the\nterms upon which such bonds are redeemable.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-0912 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 9 / Section 27-0912
Land disposal of hazardous waste
Status: in_force

§ 27-0912. Land disposal of hazardous waste.\n  1. The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations restricting\nor prohibiting the land disposal of specified hazardous wastes which are\nidentified or listed pursuant to section 27-0903 of this title.  Such\nrules and regulations may also restrict or prohibit the storage of any\nhazardous waste, or classes of hazardous wastes, which is restricted or\nprohibited from one or more methods of land disposal under this section\nunless such storage is solely for the purpose of the accumulation of\nsuch quantities of hazardous waste as are necessary to facilitate proper\nrecovery, treatment, or disposal.\n  2. The commissioner shall make a written determination of each such\nwaste or class of wastes for which land burial may not be adequately\nprotective of public health and the environment. In making any such\ndetermination, the commissioner shall take into account the following\nfactors:\n  a. the long-term containment uncertainties associated with land\nburial, and\n  b. characteristics of the hazardous waste which degrade containment\nmechanisms used in authorized hazardous waste land burial facilities,\nand\n  c. the persistence, toxicity, mobility, and propensity to\nbio-accumulate of such hazardous wastes and their toxic constituents.\n  3. The commissioner may, upon application of any person, certify that\nany specifically identified or listed hazardous waste or class of wastes\nis exempt from a restriction or prohibition against land burial\nestablished in the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this\nsection. Such certification of exemption may be issued only in the event\nthe commissioner makes a written determination that it is not\npracticable, for the reasonably foreseeable future, to manage such\nwastes by any means other than land burial, when public health,\nenvironmental and economic factors are considered together.\nCertificates of exemptions shall be valid for a fixed term not to exceed\none year. Any such certificate of exemption shall be published in the\nenvironmental notice bulletin. Any request for a renewal, reissuance or\nrecertification of exemption shall be treated as an application for a\nnew certificate of exemption.\n  4. As used in this section, the term "land disposal" shall be deemed\nto include, but not be limited to, any placement of hazardous waste in a\nlandfill, surface impoundment, waste pile, injection well, land\ntreatment facility, salt dome formation, salt bed formation, or\nunderground mine or cave; and the term "land burial" means any placement\nof hazardous waste in or on land where the waste will remain after\nclosure. "Land burial" is a form of "land disposal".\n  5. Any rules and regulations, and any amendments thereof adopted\npursuant to the provisions of this section shall be subject to review\npursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.\n