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N.Y. ISC Law § 6703 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 67 / Section 6703
Organization of nonprofit property/casualty insurance companies
Status: in_force

§ 6703. Organization of nonprofit property/casualty insurance\ncompanies.  (a) A corporation may be organized as a charitable\ncorporation pursuant to paragraph (a) of section two hundred one of the\nnot-for-profit corporation law or as a nonprofit reciprocal insurer\nunder article sixty-one of this chapter to write the kinds of insurance\nspecified in subsection (a) of section one thousand one hundred thirteen\nof this chapter other than (1) those types of insurance specified in\nparagraphs one, two, eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-five\nof such subsection, (2) insurance against legal liability of the\ninsured, and against loss, damage or expense incident to a claim of such\nliability arising out of death or injury of any person, due to medical\nor hospital malpractice by any licensed physician or hospital, and (3)\ninsurance subject to section three thousand four hundred twenty-five of\nthis chapter.\n  (b) A corporation organized pursuant to subsection (a) of this section\nshall (1) be organized and operated exclusively for a purpose or\npurposes for which a corporation may be formed under the not-for-profit\ncorporation law and this chapter, not for pecuniary profit or financial\ngain, and no part of its assets, income or profit is distributable to or\nenures to the benefit of its members, directors or officers except to\nthe extent permitted under the not-for-profit corporation law and this\nchapter, in a manner acceptable to the superintendent, and (2) insure no\norganizations or corporations other than nonprofit organizations.\n  (c) Notwithstanding any provision of the not-for-profit corporation\nlaw, no nonprofit property/casualty insurance company licensed pursuant\nto this article shall be converted into a corporation or other entity\norganized for pecuniary profit or into a for-profit organization of any\nkind.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 653 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 22-B / Section 653
Transmittal of record to the governor
Status: in_force

§ 653. Transmittal of record to the governor. Within a reasonable time\nfollowing the issuance of the warrant as provided in section six hundred\nfifty of this article, the clerk of the court in the county in which the\nperson was sentenced to death shall transmit to the governor a statement\nof conviction and sentence, and the transcripts of both the trial and\nthe sentencing proceedings, including, to the extent practicable, any\nexhibits introduced therein.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 106 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 1 / Section 106
Certificates as evidence
Status: in_force

§ 106. Certificates as evidence.\n  (a) Any certificate or other instrument filed by the department of\nstate relating to a domestic or foreign corporation and containing\nstatements of fact required or permitted by law to be contained therein,\nshall be received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as\nprima facie evidence of such facts and of the execution of such\ninstrument.\n  (b) Whenever by the laws of any jurisdiction other than this state,\nany certificate by any officer in such jurisdiction or a copy of any\ninstruments certified or exemplified by any such officer, may be\nreceived as prima facie evidence of the incorporation, existence or\ncapacity of any foreign corporation incorporated in such jurisdiction,\nor claiming so to be, such certificate when exemplified, or such copy of\nsuch instrument when exemplified shall be received in all courts, public\noffices and official bodies of this state, as prima facie evidence with\nthe same force as in such jurisdiction. Such certificate or certified\ncopy of such instrument shall be so received, without being exemplified,\nif it is certified by the secretary of state, or official performing the\nequivalent function as to corporate records, of such jurisdiction.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 450-A — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 28-A / Section 450-A
Unauthorized sale of cemetery markers and flag holders
Status: in_force

§ 450-a. Unauthorized sale of cemetery markers and flag holders.\nExcept for a veterans' organization, those businesses which normally\ncarry on such trade, or are authorized by veterans' organizations to do\nso, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or\ncorporation to engage in the buying or selling of metal cemetery markers\nand flag holders bearing the insignia of any veterans' organization\nplaced upon the graves of veterans. A violation of the provisions of\nthis section shall constitute a violation and shall be punishable by a\nfine of not more than five hundred dollars or not more than fifteen days\nimprisonment or both.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 5518 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 55 / Section 5518
Preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order by appellate division
Status: in_force

§ 5518. Preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order by\nappellate division. The appellate division may grant, modify or limit a\npreliminary injunction or temporary restraining order pending an appeal\nor determination of a motion for permission to appeal in any case\nspecified in section 6301.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 478 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 25 / Section 478
Reporting
Status: in_force

§ 478. Reporting. Each business entity participating in this program\nmust submit a performance report to the department at a time prescribed\nin regulations by the commissioner. The commissioner shall on or before\nApril first, two thousand twenty-two and every quarter thereafter, until\nprogram funds are fully expended, submit a report to the governor, the\ntemporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the\nchair of the senate finance committee, and the chair of the assembly\nways and means committee, setting forth the activities undertaken by the\nprogram. Such report shall include, but not necessarily be limited to,\nthe following in each reporting period: total number of participants\napproved and the economic development region in which the business is\nlocated; total amount of advance payments disbursed and tax credits\nclaimed, and average amount of advance payments disbursed and tax credit\nclaimed; names of advance payment recipients and tax credits claimed;\ntotal number of rehired jobs created; and such other information as the\ncommissioner determines necessary and appropriate to effectuate the\npurpose of the program. Such reports shall, at the same time, be\nincluded on the department's website and any other publicly accessible\ndatabase that list economic development programs as determined by the\ndepartment.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1449-DDD — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-E / Section 1449-DDD
Liability for tax
Status: in_force

§ 1449-ddd. Liability for tax.  1. The real estate transfer tax shall\nbe paid by the grantor. If the grantor has failed to pay the tax imposed\npursuant to this article or if the grantor is exempt from such tax, the\ngrantee shall have the duty to pay the tax. Where the grantee has the\nduty to pay the tax because the grantor has failed to pay, such tax\nshall be the joint and several liability of the grantor and the grantee.\n  2. For the purpose of the proper administration of this article and to\nprevent evasion of the tax hereby authorized, it shall be presumed that\nall conveyances are taxable.  Where the consideration includes property\nother than money, it shall be presumed that the consideration is the\nfair market value of the real property or interest therein. These\npresumptions shall prevail until the contrary is proven, and the burden\nof proving the contrary shall be on the person liable for payment of the\ntax.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 122 — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 8 / Title A / Section 122
Eligibility of incumbents of positions not heretofore classified
Status: in_force

§ 122. Eligibility of incumbents of positions not heretofore\nclassified.  A position to which the provisions of this article are\nhereafter extended shall be classified under an appropriate title. For\nthe purpose of continuing the essential activities of the state without\ninterruption, and notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this\nchapter, the president of the state civil service commission is\nempowered, without requiring an examination, to approve the continued\nemployment of the permanent incumbent of such position under its\nclassified title upon the certification of the director of the\nclassification and compensation division that such incumbent has been\nsatisfactorily performing the duties of such position for a period of at\nleast one year immediately prior to such extension. After such\nclassification becomes effective, such incumbent shall be entitled to\nthe same salary, status, rights, privileges and benefits as if he had\nbeen originally appointed under this chapter to the position designated\nby the classified title. No such incumbent, by reason of any change in\ntitle, shall be deprived of any rights he might previously have acquired\nunder this chapter for appointment, transfer, reinstatement or\npromotion.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 165-E — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 5 / Section 165-E
Power of supreme court justices in Westchester county to appoint secretarial assistants
Status: in_force

§ 165-e. Power of supreme court justices in Westchester county to\nappoint secretarial assistants.  The justices of the supreme court\nresiding in Westchester county, or a majority of them, may appoint and\nat pleasure remove and prescribe the duties of six secretarial\nassistants, who shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the\nboard of supervisors of such county.  Such compensation shall be a\ncharge against such county and shall be paid by the commissioner of\nfinance thereof in bi-weekly installments upon the certificate of such\njustices, or a majority of them.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 70 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 70
Rights and liabilities as common carriers
Status: in_force

§ 70. Rights and liabilities as common carriers. Every railroad\ncorporation doing business in this state shall be a common carrier. Any\none of two or more corporations owning or operating connecting roads,\nwithin this state, or partly within and partly without the state, shall\nbe liable as a common carrier, for the transportation of passengers or\ndelivery of freight received by it to be transported by it to any place\non the line of a connecting road; and if it shall become liable to pay\nany sum by reason of neglect or misconduct of any other corporation it\nmay collect the same of the corporation by reason of whose neglect or\nmisconduct it became liable.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 68 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 3-A / Section 68
State/city allocations of permanent housing projects for homeless families
Status: in_force

§ 68. State/city allocations of permanent housing projects for\nhomeless families. 1. No contract shall be entered into by the agency or\nits designee in connection with the administration of projects,\nincluding the payment of project costs, unless the agency is assured to\nits satisfaction that the city has provided or will provide fifty\npercent of such costs to the agency or its designee.  Moneys received\nfrom sources other than the city or the state may, at the agency's\ndiscretion, be expended without regard to such limitation.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, payments, grants and loans\nmay be deposited by the agency directly with a lending institution at or\nbefore the time of initial loan closing pursuant to an escrow agreement\nsatisfactory to the agency.\n  2. Moneys expended by the agency for the purposes of this article\nshall not substitute for locally funded operating or capital\nexpenditures which the city would have allocated through its normal\nbudgetary process to programs that provide permanent housing for\nhomeless families in the absence of the funds provided for this program.\nAll such moneys shall be used to increase locally funded operating or\ncapital expenditures for permanent housing for homeless families to a\nlevel which is greater than the level which would have existed if such\nmoneys had not been provided by the state.  Nothing in this subdivision\nshall require the city to allocate funds for housing programs if in the\ncity's judgment such allocation would require an increase in taxation or\na reduction in other city services.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 48-A — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 3-A / Section 48-A
Manner of collection; percentage of earnings deductible; restriction against multiple deductions
Status: in_force

§ 48-a. Manner of collection; percentage of earnings deductible;\nrestriction against multiple deductions.  Subject to subdivision two of\nthis section, any assignment of future earnings shall be collectible\nfrom the assignor's employer at the time of each payment of such\nearnings commencing with the first payment thereof made after the\nexpiration of ten days from the date of filing with the employer of a\ntrue copy of such assignment, authenticated by a notary public or a\ncommissioner of deeds, together with an itemized statement of the amount\nthen due the assignee, which statement shall set forth the following\ninformation (1) the date and amount of each payment theretofore made\nupon the indebtedness and (2) in case public filing is required, the\ndate upon which such assignment or true copy thereof was filed with the\nfiling officer as described in section forty-seven-a, of this chapter.\n  2. The following limitations set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)\nof this subdivision shall apply to the collection of assignments of\nfuture earnings securing or relating to any indebtedness aggregating\nless than one thousand dollars;\n  (a) the amount collectible in any month shall not exceed ten per\ncentum of the assignor's future earnings payable in such month;\n  (b) if at the time of the filing with the employer (1) any other\nassignment of future earnings is subject to payment, or (2) any\ngarnishment against such earnings or order against the assignor for\ninstallment payments to a judgment creditor, is in force, no amount\nshall be collectible while such other assignment is subject to payment\nor such garnishment or order is in force;\n  (c) no portion of future earnings shall be withheld from the assignor\nor paid to satisfy such assignment in whole or in part while any portion\nof the indebtedness secured by any valid assignment securing or relating\nto an indebtedness aggregating less than one thousand dollars,\npreviously filed with the employer in accordance with this section,\nshall remain unpaid.\n  3. No portion of future earnings shall be withheld from the assignor\nor paid to satisfy in whole or in part any subsequent garnishment while\nany portion of the indebtedness secured by any valid assignment securing\nor relating to an indebtedness aggregating less than one thousand\ndollars filed with the employer in accordance with this section shall\nremain unpaid, but nothing contained herein shall exempt the earnings of\na judgment debtor from the application of an order for installment\npayments to a judgment creditor.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-A*4 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-A*4
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "General Philip Schuyler Commemorative Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 343-a. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"General Philip Schuyler Commemorative Highway". All that portion of the\nstate highway system known as state route 29, bounded on the east by the\nintersection of U.S. routes 4 and 32 and bounded on the west by the\nintersection of Henning Road and state route 29, in the county of\nSaratoga shall be designated and known as the "General Philip Schuyler\nCommemorative Highway".\n  * NB There are 4 § 343-a's\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 412-A — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 10 / Section 412-A
Cancellation of contracts for future consumer services
Status: in_force

§ 412-a. Cancellation of contracts for future consumer services.  1.\nContract for future consumer services. As referred to in this section,\nthe term "contract for future consumer services" shall mean any contract\nentered into for consumer services to be performed in the future on a\nlesson-by-lesson or class-by-class basis and offered, sold or provided\nby correspondence schools which for the purposes of this section shall\nmean any plan or method used by any person or persons, firm, corporation\nor other organization for giving instruction in any form or manner by\ncorrespondence under contract.\n  2. No person, including any business entity, may contract to receive,\nor demand, in the event of cancellation of a contract for future\nservices, more than the total of:\n  (a) five percent of the cash price, but not to exceed fifty dollars,\nand\n  (b) a pro rata portion of the total price, representing the proportion\nof services used or completed.\n  In addition, the seller may receive or demand the cost of any\nancillary goods which the buyer has consumed or wishes to retain after\ncancellation of the contract.  In no instance shall the seller collect\nmore than the full contract price from the buyer.\n  3. Within ten days after a contract for future consumer services has\nbeen cancelled, the seller shall tender to the buyer any payments made\nin excess of the amounts permitted to be retained pursuant to\nsubdivision two of this section.\n  4. Cancellation. Cancellation shall occur:\n  (a) when the buyer mails to the seller notice of his intent to cancel,\nor\n  (b) where the seller has actual notice of the buyer's intention to\ncancel, or\n  (c) where the buyer fails to attend consecutive scheduled classes or\nlessons constituting at least twenty-five percent of the total lessons\nor time contracted for, without informing the seller in writing that he\nintends to remain enrolled.\n  5. The contract forms used by the seller shall conspicuously disclose\nthe seller's cancellation provisions in compliance with subdivisions\ntwo, three, and four of this section and shall contain the following\nnotice in ten point bold face type:\n  If you cancel this contract (the seller) may keep only five percent of\nthe cash price, but not to exceed fifty dollars, and a portion of the\ncontract price based upon the lessons or services you have used. You may\nnotify the seller of your intent to cancel by mail, addressed to (the\nseller) at (seller's address).\n  6. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to nullify or\nimpair any right or rights which a buyer may have against a seller at\ncommon law, by statute, or otherwise.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 718 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 17 / Section 718
Construction
Status: in_force

§ 718. Construction. 1. References in other laws, etc. With respect to\nannexation proceedings commenced on or after January first, nineteen\nhundred sixty-four, reference in any general, special or local law,\ncounty, city or village charter, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation\nor document to any provision of the general city law, village law, town\nlaw, county law, or other law repealed by this chapter, in force at the\ntime this chapter shall take effect, shall be deemed and construed to\nrefer to the corresponding provision of this article to the extent\nconsistent with the provisions of this article.\n  2. Pending actions and proceedings.  No action or proceeding pending\nat the time when this chapter shall take effect shall be affected by any\nprovision of this chapter, but the same may be prosecuted, defended or\nenforced as if this chapter had not been enacted.\n  3. Existing rights and remedies preserved.  No existing right or\nremedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of\nthis article, nor shall the validity of any action taken by any public\nofficial under the law in force immediately prior to the time this\narticle shall take effect be affected by the enactment of this article.\n  4. Severability.  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part\nof this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction\nto be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the\nremainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,\nsentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the\ncontroversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.\n  5. Article controlling.  The provisions of this article shall be\ncontrolling notwithstanding any inconsistent act of the legislature to\nthe contrary.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 503 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 16 / Section 503
County jury board
Status: in_force

§ 503. County jury board. (a) There shall be established for each\ncounty a jury board composed as follows:\n  1. In counties outside cities having a population of one million or\nmore, except in the counties of Albany, Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau,\nthe county jury board shall consist of one justice of the supreme court\nresiding in the county, or if there is no justice residing therein, a\njustice residing in the judicial district embracing the county to be\ndesignated by the appropriate appellate division, who shall act as\nchairman; the judge of the county court, or if there be more than one,\nthen the senior county judge; and a member of the county legislature to\nbe designated by the county legislature, provided that no such member of\nthe county legislature shall be designated if he engages in the practice\nof law.\n  2. In the county of Albany, the county jury board shall consist of the\ncounty judge, the surrogate and a member of the county legislature, all\nto be designated in the manner provided in subdivision one of this\nsection. In the county of Westchester, the county jury board shall\nconsist of the administrative judge of the ninth judicial district if he\nbe a resident of Westchester County, and if not, the senior resident\njustice of the supreme court; the senior county judge; and the county\nexecutive. In the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, the county jury board\nshall consist of the justices of the supreme court residing in the\ncounty, the surrogate and the judges of the county court.\n  3. In counties within cities having a population of one million or\nmore, the county jury board shall consist of the presiding justice of\nthe appellate division of the judicial department embracing the county,\nor his designee from among the justices of the supreme court; two\njustices of the supreme court residing in the county to be designated by\nthe appellate division of such department; and the county clerk of the\ncounty.\n  (b) The county jury board shall meet at least annually and at such\nadditional times as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this\narticle.  The commissioner of jurors shall act as secretary to the\ncounty jury board.\n