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N.Y. LLC Law § 1213 — New York Code / Act LLC / Article 12 / Section 1213
Limited liability company act applicable
Status: in_force

§ 1213. Limited liability company act applicable. This chapter, except\narticle eight and article thirteen, shall be applicable to a\nprofessional service limited liability company except to the extent that\nthe provisions thereof conflict with this article. A professional\nservice limited liability company may consolidate or merge with another\nlimited liability company formed under this article, a foreign\nprofessional service limited liability company authorized to do business\nunder article thirteen of this chapter or other business entity, only if\nall of the professions practiced by such limited liability company,\nforeign limited liability company or other business entity could be\npracticed by a single limited liability company organized under this\narticle.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 577 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 12-B / Section 577
Interpretation of article
Status: in_force

§ 577. Interpretation of article. This article does not affect: (1)\nthe inclusion of amounts for insurance in retail instalment contracts or\nobligations in accordance with the motor vehicle retail instalment sales\nact or the retail instalment sales act; (2) the inclusion of amounts for\ninsurance in retail lease agreements in accordance with the motor\nvehicle retail leasing act; or (3) the making of loans for the purpose\nof financing insurance premiums:\n  (a) By any person at a rate of interest not greater than the rate\nprescribed by the superintendent of financial services pursuant to\nsection fourteen-a of this chapter, or, if no rate has been so\nprescribed, six per centum per annum; or\n  (b) By a lending institution in accordance with the applicable\nprovisions of other laws authorizing and regulating the making of loans\nby the lending institution.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 234-A — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 7 / Section 234-A
Unauthorized legal fees
Status: in_force

§ 234-a. Unauthorized legal fees. (a) An owner, lessor or agent\nthereof shall be prohibited from assessing a lessee any fee, surcharge\nor other charges for legal services in connection with the operation or\nrental of a residential unit unless the owner, lessor or agent has the\nlegal authority to do so pursuant to a court order. The provisions of\nthis subdivision shall not apply to a shareholder of a cooperative\nhousing corporation, provided, however, that the provisions of this\nsubdivision shall apply with respect to any tenant or subtenant of such\na shareholder.\n  (b) Legal services include, but are not limited to, court fees, legal\nrepresentation, attorney fees, notary public charges, and administrative\nfees incurred by the owner, lessor or agent in connection with\nmanagement of the building, including actions and proceedings in a court\nof law.\n  (c) Any agreement or assessment contrary to this section shall be void\nas contrary to public policy.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 96 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 4 / Section 96
Voluntary dissolution
Status: in_force

§ 96. Voluntary dissolution.  1. Notwithstanding any provisions in\nthis article to the contrary, a housing company organized pursuant to\nthis article after April first, nineteen hundred sixty-two, may\nvoluntarily be dissolved, or in the case of a housing company which is a\ntrust, be terminated, without the consent of the commissioner, not less\nthan twenty years after the occupancy date upon the payment in full of\nthe remaining balance of principal and interest due and unpaid upon the\nmortgage or mortgages and of any and all expenses incurred in\neffectuating such voluntary dissolution or termination.\n  2. Upon such dissolution or termination, title to the project may be\nconveyed in fee to the owner or owners of its capital or to any\ncorporation, partnership or trust designated by it or them for the\npurpose, or the company may be reconstituted pursuant to appropriate\nlaws relating to the formation and conduct of corporations, partnerships\nor trusts, provided, however, that prior to any such dissolution or\ntermination and conveyance or reconstitution payment shall be made of\nall current operating expenses, taxes, indebtedness and all accrued\ninterest thereon and the par value of the shares or amount of the\ncapital of such company and accrued distributions in respect thereof.\nIf after making such payments and after conveyance of the project, a\nsurplus remains in the treasury of the housing company, such surplus\nshall, upon dissolution or termination be distributed to the\nshareholders, partners or beneficiaries, as their interests may appear.\nAfter such dissolution or termination and conveyance, or such\nreconstitution, the provisions of this article shall become and be\ninapplicable to any such project and its owner or owners, and any tax\nexemption granted with respect to such project pursuant to section\nninety-three hereof shall cease and terminate.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 326 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 3 / Section 326
Procedure on removal
Status: in_force

Rule 326. Procedure on removal.  (a) Stay of proceedings.  An order to\nstay proceedings for the purpose of moving for removal may be made by\nthe court in which the action is pending or the court to which removal\nis sought.\n  (b) Order and subsequent proceedings.  Where an order of removal is\nmade by a court other than the court in which the action is pending, a\ncertified copy of the order shall be filed with the clerk of the court\nin which the action is pending.  Upon such filing or upon entry of an\norder of removal by him, the clerk of the court in which an action is\npending shall forthwith deliver to the clerk of the court to which it\nhas been ordered removed all papers and records in the action and\ncertified copies of all minutes and entries which shall be filed,\nentered or recorded, as the case requires, in the office of the latter\nclerk. Subsequent proceedings shall be had in the court to which it has\nbeen ordered removed as if the action had been originally commenced\nthere and no process, provisional remedy or other proceeding taken in\nthe court from which the action was removed shall be invalid as the\nresult of the removal.\n  (c) Fees and disbursements.  If at the time the order of removal is\nentered any filing, trial or jury demand fees have been paid, such fees\nshall be credited against the fees which, for the same purpose, shall be\nrequired in the court to which the action has been ordered removed. A\nparty entitled to tax disbursements after the removal may include fees\npaid by him prior to the time the order of removal is entered.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 500 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 16 / Section 500
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

§ 500. Declaration of policy. It is the policy of this state that all\nlitigants in the courts of this state entitled to trial by jury shall\nhave the right to grand and petit juries selected at random from a fair\ncross-section of the community in the county or other governmental\nsubdivision wherein the court convenes; and that all eligible citizens\nshall have the opportunity to serve on grand and petit juries in the\ncourts of this state, and shall have an obligation to serve when\nsummoned for that purpose, unless excused.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1300 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 13 / Section 1300
Unclaimed surplus from sale of pledged property
Status: in_force

§ 1300. Unclaimed surplus from sale of pledged property. 1. Any\nunclaimed moneys arising from the sale of any personal property which\nshall have been pledged or mortgaged as security for the loan of money\nwith a corporation, except a banking organization or a licensed lender,\nheretofore or hereafter organized by or pursuant to a special statute\nfor the purpose of, and principally engaged in, giving aid to\nindividuals by loans of money at interest upon the pledge or mortgage of\npersonal property, and which has subjected itself to special provisions\nof the banking law, after deducting the amount of the loan, the interest\nthen due on the same and any other lawful charges, which shall have\nremained in its possession for three years from the date of such sale,\nshall be deemed abandoned property.\n  2. Any such abandoned property held or owing by a corporation to which\nthe right to receive the same is established to the satisfaction of such\ncorporation shall cease to be deemed abandoned.\n  3. On or before the first day of June in each year every such\ncorporation shall report and pay over to the state comptroller all\nabandoned property specified in subdivision one, which is in its\npossession and which shall have become abandoned prior to the preceding\nfirst day of January.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 169 — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 10 / Section 169
Opinion to be issued with decision
Status: in_force

§ 169. Opinion to be issued with decision. In rendering a decision on\nan application for a certificate, the board shall issue an opinion\nstating its reasons for the action taken. If the board has found that\nany local ordinance, law, resolution, regulation or other action issued\nthereunder or any other local standard or requirement which would be\notherwise applicable is unreasonably burdensome pursuant to paragraph\n(e) of subdivision three of section one hundred sixty-eight of this\narticle, it shall state in its opinion the reasons therefor.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 16 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 2 / Section 16
Liabilities of noncitizen holders of real property
Status: in_force

§ 16. Liabilities of noncitizen holders of real property. Every\nnoncitizen holding real property in this state is subject to duties,\nassessments, taxes and burdens as if such noncitizen were a citizen of\nthe state.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 120 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 7 / Section 120
Discrimination against employees
Status: in_force

§ 120. Discrimination against employees. It shall be unlawful for any\nemployer or his or her duly authorized agent to discharge or fail to\nreinstate pursuant to section two hundred three-b of this chapter, or in\nany other manner discriminate against an employee as to his or her\nemployment because such employee has claimed or attempted to claim\ncompensation from such employer, requested a claim form for injuries\nreceived in the course of employment, or claimed or attempted to claim\nany benefits provided under this chapter or because he or she has\ntestified or is about to testify in a proceeding under this chapter and\nno other valid reason is shown to exist for such action by the employer.\n  Any complaint alleging such an unlawful discriminatory practice must\nbe filed within two years of the commission of such practice. Upon\nfinding that an employer has violated this section, the board shall make\nan order that any employee so discriminated against shall be restored to\nemployment or otherwise restored to the position or privileges he or she\nwould have had but for the discrimination and shall be compensated by\nhis or her employer for any loss of compensation arising out of such\ndiscrimination together with such fees or allowances for services\nrendered by an attorney or licensed representative as fixed by the\nboard. Any employer who violates this section shall be liable to a\npenalty of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred\ndollars, as may be determined by the board. All such penalties shall be\npaid into the state treasury. All penalties, compensation and fees or\nallowances shall be paid solely by the employer. The employer alone and\nnot his or her carrier shall be liable for such penalties and payments.\nAny provision in an insurance policy undertaking to relieve the employer\nfrom liability for such penalties and payments shall be void.\n  An employer found to be in violation of this section and the aggrieved\nemployee must report to the board as to the manner of the employer's\ncompliance within thirty days of receipt of a final determination. In\ncase of failure to report on compliance, or failure to comply with an\norder or penalty of the board within thirty days after the order or\nnotice of penalty is served, except where timely application to the\nboard for a modification, rescission or review of such order or penalty\nhas been filed under section twenty-three of this chapter, the chair in\nany such case or, on the chair's consent, any party may enforce the\norder or penalty in a like manner as an award of compensation.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 258-N — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 21 / Section 258-N
Interstate and federal compacts
Status: in_force

§ 258-n. Interstate and federal compacts. The commissioner is hereby\nauthorized to confer with legally constituted authorities of other\nstates and of the United States with respect to uniform milk control,\nincluding sanitary requirements with states and/or as between states,\nand with the federal government in its control of milk handled in\ninterstate commerce, and may exercise his powers hereunder to effect\nsuch uniform milk control. He may join with such other authorities\nfederal and state in conducting joint investigations, holding joint\nhearings and issue joint or concurrent orders, or orders supplementary\nto those of the federal government, and shall have the power to employ\nor designate a joint agent or joint agencies to carry out and enforce\nsuch joint, concurrent or supplementary orders.\n  In order to carry out the policies set forth in sections two hundred\nfifty-eight-k and two hundred fifty-eight-p, the commissioner is hereby\nvested with the authority to enter into a compact or compacts or other\ntypes of agreements, with the legally constituted authorities of other\nstates and/or the United States to provide for uniform milk control and,\nin order to effectuate such uniform milk control, he may join with an\nagent or agencies to exercise under such compact or compacts or other\ntypes of agreements the powers conferred upon him by this article with\nrespect to the administration of uniform milk control. In the case of\nmarket orders including those covering prices, any such compact or\ncompacts or other types of agreements may provide for necessary\nassessments upon the handlers regulated thereunder, in order to cover\nthe cost of administering such uniform milk control, including, without\nlimitation, the cost of auditing milk dealers' classifications.\n  The commissioner may effectuate this section by any type of agreement\nother than a formal compact if a formal compact is not constitutionally\nrequired.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 238 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 13 / Section 238
Expenses in enforcement and modification proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 238. Expenses in enforcement and modification proceedings. In any\naction or proceeding to enforce or modify any provision of a judgment or\norder entered in an action for divorce, separation, annulment,\ndeclaration of nullity of a void marriage, declaration of validity or\nnullity of a judgement of divorce rendered against a spouse who was the\ndefendant in any action outside the state of New York and did not appear\ntherein where such spouse asserts the nullity of such foreign judgment,\nor an injunction restraining the prosecution in any other jurisdiction\nof an action for a divorce, or in any proceeding pursuant to section two\nhundred forty-three, two hundred forty-four, two hundred forty-five, or\ntwo hundred forty-six of this article, the court may in its discretion\nrequire either party to pay counsel fees and fees and expenses of\nexperts directly to the attorney of the other party to enable the other\nparty to carry on or defend the action or proceeding as, in the court's\ndiscretion, justice requires having regard to the circumstances of the\ncase and of the respective parties. There shall be a rebuttable\npresumption that counsel fees shall be awarded to the less monied\nspouse. In any such action or proceeding, applications for fees and\nexpenses may be maintained by the attorney for the respective parties in\ncounsel's own name and in counsel's own behalf. In exercising the\ncourt's discretion, the court shall seek to assure that each party shall\nbe adequately represented and that where fees and expenses are to be\nawarded, they shall be awarded on a timely basis, pendente lite, so as\nto enable adequate representation from the commencement of the\nproceeding. Applications for the award of fees and expenses may be made\nat any time or times prior to final judgment. Both parties to the action\nor proceeding and their representative attorneys, shall file an\naffidavit with the court detailing the financial agreement between the\nparty and the attorney. Such affidavit shall include the amount of any\nretainer, the amounts paid and still owing thereunder, the hourly amount\ncharged by the attorney, the amounts paid, or to be paid, any experts,\nand any additional costs, disbursements or expenses. Payment of any\nretainer fees to the attorney for the petitioning party shall not\npreclude any awards of fees and expenses to an applicant which would\notherwise be allowed under this section.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 302 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 9 / Section 302
Stenographers must furnish copies of proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 302. Stenographers must furnish copies of proceedings. 1. Every\nstenographer in a court of record must, upon request, furnish, with all\nreasonable diligence, to the defendant in a criminal case, or a party,\nor his attorney in a civil cause, a copy, written out at length from his\nstenographic notes, of the testimony and proceedings, or a part thereof,\nupon the trial or hearing, upon payment, by the person requiring the\nsame, of the fees allowed by law.\n  2. Except as provided in subdivision three of this section, in any\ncivil or criminal case, if the district attorney, the attorney general\nor the judge presiding at the trial, or any appellate court or judge\nthereof, requires such a copy, the stenographer is entitled to his fees\ntherefor; but he must furnish it, upon receiving a certificate of the\nsum to which he is entitled. The amount thereof must be paid by the\ntreasurer of the county or city, as the case may be, where the trial or\nhearing is held, upon the certificate of the district attorney, attorney\ngeneral, the judge presiding at the trial or hearing, or the appellate\ncourt or judge thereof, from the court fund, or the fund from which\njurors are paid, or from any other available fund.\n  3. In any civil case when a transcript may be necessary, if the\nattorney general requires such a copy, the cost of such copy shall be\npaid out of funds appropriated to the department of law for that\npurpose.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 980-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 19-A / Section 980-A
Contents of the district plan
Status: in_force

§ 980-a. Contents of the district plan. The district plan shall\ncontain the following:\n  (a) a map of the district;\n  (b) the written report or reports of the legislative body containing:\n(1) a description of the boundaries of the district proposed for\nestablishment or extension in a manner sufficient to identify the lands\nincluded;\n  (2) a description of the present and proposed uses of these lands;\n  (3) the improvements proposed and the maximum cost thereof;\n  (4) the total annual amount proposed to be expended for improvements,\nmaintenance and operation;\n  (5) the proposed source or sources of financing;\n  (6) the proposed time for implementation and completion of the\ndistrict plan;\n  (7) any proposed rules and regulations to be applicable to the\ndistrict;\n  (8) a list of the properties to be benefited, and a statement of the\nmethod or methods by which the expenses of a district will be imposed\nupon benefited real property, in proportion to the benefit received by\nsuch property, to defray the cost thereof, including operation and\nmaintenance. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of section nine\nhundred eighty-f of this article, the plan may provide that all or any\nclass or category of real property which is exempt by law from real\nproperty taxation and which would not benefit from the establishment or\nextension of the district may nevertheless be included within the\nboundaries of the district but such property shall not be subject to any\ndistrict charge;\n  (9) a statement identifying the district management association for\nthe district; and\n  (10) any other item or matter required to be incorporated therein by\nthe legislative body.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 11-1124 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 11 / Section 11-1124
Contracts for purchase and sale of water
Status: in_force

§ 11-1124 Contracts for purchase and sale of water. 1. The board of\nwater commissioners may contract with the town board on behalf of the\ntown or a water supply, fire alarm or fire protection district thereof,\nor with the board of trustees of a village or the board of fire\ncommissioners of a fire district, respectively, to furnish water for the\nextinguishment of fires, including the furnishing, erection,\nmaintenance, care and replacement of fire hydrants, the erection and\nmaintenance of markers therefor, and the removal of snow and ice to\nprovide access thereto, or for sanitary or other public purposes, for\nany period not exceeding ten years. The amount payable each year under\nsuch a contract shall be raised as a part of the expenses of such town\nor water supply, fire alarm or fire protection district thereof, village\nor fire district, and paid to the treasurer of the village owning such\nsystem of water works. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to alter\nor remove any of the limitations, restrictions or procedural\nrequirements provided in sections one hundred eighty-four-a and one\nhundred eighty-four-b of the town law.\n  2. The board of water commissioners of any village maintaining its own\nwater distribution system may contract in the name of such village with\nany public corporation or improvement district which possesses the power\nto sell a supply of water, for the purpose of purchasing all or any\nportion of the water supply of such village from such public corporation\nor improvement district for such period as may be deemed necessary, but\nnot in excess of forty years. The term "public corporation" as used in\nthis subdivision shall mean a public corporation as defined in the\ngeneral corporations law and also any joint water works corporation\nformed under the provisions of chapter six hundred fifty-four of the\nlaws of nineteen hundred twenty-seven, as amended.\n