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N.Y. UDA Law § 34 — New York Code / Act UDA / Section 34
Construction
Status: in_force

§ 34. Construction. This act, being necessary for the welfare of the\nstate and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed so as to\neffectuate its purposes.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2114 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 21 / Section 2114
Life, accident and health insurance agents; commissions
Status: in_force

§ 2114. Life, accident and health insurance agents; commissions. (a)\n(1) No insurer or fraternal benefit society doing business in this state\nshall pay any commission or other compensation to any person, firm or\ncorporation, for any services in obtaining in this state any new\ncontract of life insurance or any new annuity contract, except to a\nlicensed life insurance agent of such insurer or of such society or to\nan insurance broker licensed under subparagraph (A) of paragraph one of\nsubsection (b) of section two thousand one hundred four of this article,\nand except to a person described in paragraph two or three of subsection\n(a) of section two thousand one hundred one of this article.\n  (2) No agent or other representative of any such life insurer or\nfraternal benefit society shall pay any commission or other compensation\nto any person for any services of the kind specified in paragraph one\nhereof, except to a licensed life insurance agent of such insurer or of\nsuch society as the case may be.\n  (3) No insurer, fraternal benefit society or health maintenance\norganization doing business in this state and no agent or other\nrepresentative thereof shall pay any commission or other compensation to\nany person, firm, association or corporation for services in soliciting,\nnegotiating or selling in this state any new contract of accident or\nhealth insurance or any new health maintenance organization contract,\nexcept to a licensed accident and health insurance agent of such\ninsurer, such society or health maintenance organization, or to a\nlicensed insurance broker of this state, and except to a person\ndescribed in paragraph two or three of subsection (a) of section two\nthousand one hundred one of this article.\n  * (4) Services of the kind specified in this subsection shall not\ninclude the referral of a person to a licensed insurance agent or broker\nthat does not include a discussion of specific insurance policy terms\nand conditions and where the compensation for referral is not based upon\nthe purchase of insurance by such person.\n  * NB Repealed September 10, 2029\n  (b) If any licensed life insurance agent who or which has received an\napplication for a life insurance or annuity contract is unable after\nreasonable diligence to obtain all or any part of such insurance from\nthe life insurer or insurers which he or it is licensed to represent,\nsuch agent may solicit, negotiate or sell such insurance, to the extent\nto which it is declined by such insurer or insurers, from any other\nauthorized life insurer or insurers, with the consent of the person\nmaking such application; but no such agent shall receive any commission\nor other compensation for his services in connection therewith from any\ninsurer unless he is licensed as agent of such insurer at the time when\nhe receives such compensation.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 45-AAA — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 45-AAA
Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay
Status: in_force

§ 45-aaa. Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay. 1.\nNo vessel shall be operated on Irondequoit bay, which is located within\nMonroe county, at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles per hour unless\nsuch vessel is being operated for the purpose of enabling a person\nengaged in water skiing or other water sport to be towed, in which case\nno such vessel shall be operated at a speed exceeding thirty-five miles\nper hour.\n  2. No vessel shall be operated in the channel between Irondequoit Bay\nand Lake Ontario or within three hundred feet of the shore, the channel,\na dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner\nor at a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or\nendangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel\nbut in no event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the\npurpose of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or\nland.\n  3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel\ncompeting in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified\ncourse held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due\nwritten notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate\nlaw enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race,\npursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and\nall provisions of this section have been complied with.\n  4. Any person who operates a vessel in violation of any of the\nprovisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable as\nset forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.\n  5. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town\nor county from continuing, adopting or enacting any other local laws,\nresolutions or ordinances related to persons operating a vessel within\nits limits, but no such municipality shall have the power to make less\nrestrictive any of such provisions.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 1600 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 46 / Section 1600
Laws repealed
Status: in_force

§ 1600. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto\nannexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 200.56 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 200 / Section 200.56
Corrupt use of position or authority
Status: in_force

§ 200.56 Corrupt use of position or authority.\n  A person is guilty of corrupt use of position or authority if such\nperson:\n  1. While holding public office, or being nominated or seeking a\nnomination therefor, corruptly uses or promises to use, directly, or\nindirectly, any official authority or influence possessed or\nanticipated, in the way of conferring upon any person, or in order to\nsecure, or aid any person in securing, any office or public employment,\nor any nomination, confirmation, promotion or increase of salary, upon\nconsideration that the vote or political influence or action of the\nperson so to be benefited or of any other person, shall be given or used\nin behalf of any candidate, officer or party or upon any other corrupt\ncondition or consideration; or\n  2. Being a public officer or employee of the state or a political\nsubdivision having, or claiming to have, any authority or influence\naffecting the nomination, public employment, confirmation, promotion,\nremoval or increase or decrease of salary of any public officer or\nemployee, corruptly promises or threatens to use any such authority or\ninfluence, directly or indirectly to affect the vote or political action\nof any such public officer or employee, or on account of the vote or\npolitical action of such officer or employee; or\n  3. Corruptly makes, tenders or offers to procure, or cause any\nnomination or appointment for any public office or place, or accepts or\nrequests any such nomination or appointment, upon the payment or\ncontribution of any valuable consideration, or upon an understanding or\npromise thereof; or\n  4. Corruptly makes any gift, promise or contribution to any person,\nupon the condition or consideration of receiving an appointment or\nelection to a public office or a position of public employment, or for\nreceiving or retaining any such office or position, or promotion,\nprivilege, increase of salary or compensation therein, or exemption from\nremoval or discharge therefrom.\n  Corrupt use of position or authority is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 160-G — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6-E / Section 160-G
Certification and licensing process
Status: in_force

§ 160-g. Certification and licensing process. 1. Applications for\noriginal certification and recertification, original license and renewal\nof license, and examinations shall be made in writing to the department\non forms approved by the board.\n  2. The fees, as fixed by the department pursuant to section one\nhundred sixty-f of this article, must accompany all applications for\noriginal certification and recertification, original license and renewal\nof license, and examination.\n  3. At the time of filing an application for certification or license,\neach applicant shall sign a pledge to comply with the standards set\nforth in this article and state that he or she understands the types of\nmisconduct for which disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against a\nstate certified real estate appraiser, or a state licensed real estate\nappraiser, as set forth in this article.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 325 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 18 / Section 325
Application of article
Status: in_force

§ 325. Application of article. The villages and cities of this state\nshall be considered towns for the purpose of construing provisions of\nthis article relating to strays; and the trustees of the village and the\nalderpersons, council members or members of the legislative body of the\ncity shall be fence viewers therein for such purposes.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 664 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 6 / Part 4 / Section 664
Recording in camera interviews of infants
Status: in_force

§ 664. Recording in camera interviews of infants. (a) The court shall\nnot conduct an in camera interview of an infant in any action or\nproceeding to fix temporary or permanent custody or to modify judgments\nand orders of custody concerning marital separation, divorce, annulment\nof marriage and dissolution of marriage unless a stenographic record of\nsuch interview is made.\n  (b) If an appeal is taken to the appellate division from a judgment or\norder of the court on any such action or proceeding, the stenographic\nrecord of any such interview shall be made a part of the record and\nforwarded under seal to the appellate division.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 11-4.4 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 11 / Part 4 / Section 11-4.4
Commencement of action against personal representatives; rule
Status: in_force

§ 11-4.4 Commencement of action against personal representatives; rule\n           when some of representatives not served\n  Where an action or proceeding is commenced against two or more\npersonal representatives in their representative capacities,\njurisdiction of all is obtained by service of process upon any one of\nthem and any judgment recovered may be entered and execution issued\nthereon against all of them, in their representative capacities, as if\nall had been served.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 11 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 2 / Section 11
Other officers and employees
Status: in_force

§ 11. Other officers and employees. There shall be such agents,\ninspectors, chemists, experts, statisticians, accountants and other\nassistants and employees, as the commissioner shall deem necessary for\nthe exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of the\ndepartment under this chapter.\n  Such officers and employees shall be appointed by the commissioner and\nhold office during the pleasure of the commissioner. The officers and\nemployees of the department who are in office when this chapter takes\neffect shall continue in office during the pleasure of the commissioner.\n  The commissioner may transfer officers or employees from their\npositions to other positions in the department, or abolish or\nconsolidate such positions.\n  Prior to the appointment of inspectors and investigators by the\ndepartment, applicants for such positions shall be fingerprinted as a\ncondition of employment. Such fingerprints shall be submitted to the\ndivision of criminal justice services for a state criminal history\nrecord check, as defined in subdivision one of section three thousand\nthirty-five of the education law, and may be submitted to the federal\nbureau of investigation for a national criminal history record check.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1177 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 28-B / Section 1177
Limited binding and beneficial effect
Status: in_force

§ 1177. Limited binding and beneficial effect. (a) The agreement\nauthorized by this article binds and inures only to the benefit of New\nYork state and the other member states. No person, other than a member\nstate, is an intended beneficiary of the agreement. Any benefit to a\nperson other than a state is established by the laws of New York state\nand the other member states and not by the terms of the agreement.\n  (b) Consistent with subdivision (a) of this section, no person shall\nhave any cause of action or defense under the agreement or by virtue of\nNew York state's approval of the agreement. No person may challenge, in\nany action brought under any provision of law, any action or inaction by\nany department, agency, or other instrumentality of New York state, or\nany political subdivision of New York state on the ground that the\naction or inaction is inconsistent with the agreement.\n  (c) No law of New York state, or the application thereof, may be\ndeclared invalid as to any person or circumstance on the ground that the\nprovision or application is inconsistent with the agreement.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 150 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6-B / Section 150
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

§ 150. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares\nthat:\n  1. Strong local government has been a major positive factor in the\npolitical, economic and social development of the state;\n  2. The future welfare of the state depends in large measure on the\neffectiveness of local government and of its relationships to state\ngovernment;\n  3. Population shifts and other economic and social trends have brought\nnew problems to local government;\n  4. The state has the responsibility toward local government to\ncoordinate state services and information for the benefit of local\ngovernment, to assist in the solution of its problems, and otherwise to\nhelp local government in making itself as strong and effective as\npossible;\n  5. The need for a more rational planning process requires a high\ndegree of local, state and interstate cooperation;\n  6. The need for a single state agency to review and comment on local\nplanning efforts of statewide significance, state agency planning and\ninterstate planning commission programs is recognized;\n  7. A common data base developed by the official state planning agency\nin conjunction with planning efforts at all levels of government is\nessential to effective planning; and\n  8. State planning and development policies should promote planning\nprograms among state agencies and between levels of government that\nmaximize environmental and economic benefits to the localities.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 70-0121 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 70 / Section 70-0121
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 70-0121. Severability.\n  The provisions of this article shall be severable, and if any clause,\nsentence, paragraph, subdivision or part of this article shall be\nadjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such\njudgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder, but shall\nbe confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,\nsubdivision or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in\nwhich such judgment shall have been rendered.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 28 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 2 / Section 28
Gifts and bequests
Status: in_force

§ 28.  Gifts and bequests.  The department may receive and retain any\nmoney or other personal property given or bequeathed to the department\nor a division or bureau thereof and shall expend the same in accordance\nwith the general powers and duties of the department for the purposes\nfor which it is given or, if unaccompanied by conditions or limitations,\nfor such purposes as it may determine.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 142-AA — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 9-A / Section 142-AA
Definitions and standards
Status: in_force

§ 142-aa. Definitions and standards. (a) "Agricultural liming\nmaterial," means all materials and all calcium and magnesium products in\nthe oxide, hydrate, carbonate or silicate form or combinations thereof\nand intended for use in the correction of soil acidity, including such\nforms of material designated as burned lime, hydrated lime, carbonate of\nlime, agricultural limestone, slag and marl.\n  (b) "Brand" means each agricultural liming material identified by and\ndiffering from others either in name, trademark, descriptive designation\nor other method of marking, composition, and total neutralizing value or\nfineness.\n  (c) "Total neutralizing value" means the neutralizing value of an\nagricultural liming material expressed as calcium carbonate equivalence\nas determined in accordance with methods adopted by the commissioner.\n  (d) "Fineness" means the percentage by weight of the material which\nwill pass sieves of specified number or mesh as established by the\ncommissioner. Fineness shall be measured in reference to a twenty mesh,\nsixty mesh, and a one hundred mesh sieve, in accordance with methods\nadopted by the commissioner.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 599-Q — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 12-E / Section 599-Q
Confidentiality
Status: in_force

§ 599-q. Confidentiality. In order to promote more effective\nregulation and reduce regulatory burden through supervisory information\nsharing, information provided to the superintendent by an MLO shall be\nsubject to the following:\n  1. Except as otherwise provided in public law 110-289, section 1512,\nthe requirements under any federal law, the freedom of information law\n("FOIL") or other law of this state regarding the privacy or\nconfidentiality of any information or material provided to the NMLSR,\nand any privilege arising under federal or state law (including the\nrules of any federal or state court) with respect to such information or\nmaterial, shall continue to apply to such information or material after\nthe information or material has been disclosed to the NMLSR. Such\ninformation and material may be shared with all state and federal\nregulatory officials with mortgage industry oversight authority without\nthe loss of privilege of the loss of confidentiality protections\nprovided by federal law, FOIL or this chapter.\n  2. For these purposes, the superintendent is authorized to enter into\nagreements or sharing arrangements with other governmental agencies, the\nConference of State Bank Supervisors, the American Association of\nResidential Mortgage Regulators or other associations representing\ngovernmental agencies as established by rule, regulation or order of the\nsuperintendent.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 221-F — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 7-B / Section 221-F
Salary of judges of the surrogate's court
Status: in_force

§ 221-f. Salary of judges of the surrogate's court.  The annual salary\nof each judge of a surrogate's court shall be as follows:\nCounty\nAlbany                 119,800\nBroome                 119,800\nBronx                  136,700\nCayuga                 119,800\nChautauqua             119,800\nClinton                121,200\nDutchess               135,800\nErie                   129,900\nJefferson              119,800\nKings                  136,700\nMonroe                 135,800\nMontgomery             119,800\nNassau                 136,700\nNew York               136,700\nOneida                 119,800\nOnondaga               135,800\nOntario                119,800\nOrange                 125,600\nOswego                 119,800\nQueens                 136,700\nRensselaer             119,800\nRichmond               136,700\nRockland               125,600\nSt. Lawrence           119,800\nSaratoga               119,800\nSchenectady            119,800\nSteuben                119,800\nSuffolk                136,700\nUlster                 119,800\nWestchester            136,700\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 1 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Judiciary Law."\n
N.Y. STF Law § 78 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 78
New York state college choice tuition savings program trust fund
Status: in_force

§ 78. New York state college choice tuition savings program trust\nfund.  1. There is hereby established in the sole custody of the state\ncomptroller a special fund to be known as the New York state college\nchoice tuition savings program trust fund. All payments from such fund\nshall be made in accordance with article fourteen-A of the education law\nand the memorandum of understanding entered into pursuant thereto on the\naudit of the state comptroller.\n  2. The fund shall be a trust fund and shall consist of a trust account\nand an operating account. The trust account shall include amounts\nreceived by the New York state college choice tuition savings program\npursuant to tuition savings agreements, administrative charges, fees,\nand all other amounts received by the program from other sources, and\ninterest and investment income earned by the trust fund. The comptroller\nshall, from time to time, make transfers from the trust account to the\noperating account for the immediate payment of obligations under tuition\nsavings agreements, operating expenses and administrative costs of the\nNew York state college choice tuition savings program. Administrative\ncosts shall be paid out of the operating account according to the terms\nand conditions established pursuant to the provisions of section six\nhundred ninety-five-c of the education law.\n  3. (a) The comptroller, as trustee, shall invest the assets of the\ntrust fund with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the\ncircumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like\ncapacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an\nenterprise of a like character and with like aims.\n  (b) Trust fund assets shall be kept separate and shall not be\ncommingled with other assets, except as provided herein. The comptroller\nmay enter into contracts to provide for investment advice and\nmanagement, custodial services, and other professional services for the\nadministration and investment of the program. Administrative fees, costs\nand expenses, including investment fees and expenses, shall be paid from\nthe assets of the fund.\n  4. The comptroller shall provide for the administration of the trust\nfund, including maintaining participant records and accounts, and\nproviding annual audited reports. The comptroller may enter into\ncontracts to provide administrative services and reporting.\n