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N.Y. TWN Law § 117 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 8 / Section 117
Certain contracts and expenditures prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 117. Certain contracts and expenditures prohibited. Except as\nauthorized by law, no officer, board, department or commission shall\nduring any fiscal year expend or contract to be expended any money or\nincur any liability or enter into any contract which by its terms\ninvolves the expenditure of money for any purpose, unless provision\ntherefor shall have been made in the annual budget, and in no case in\nexcess of the amount appropriated for such year, except pursuant to\nsection one hundred twelve of this chapter and further excepting such\nleases and contracts as may have been entered into by the town for a\nterm exceeding one year in accordance with the provisions of this\nchapter or any other law applicable to such town. Nothing in this\nsection shall be construed to prevent the allowance of any claim by the\ntown board for any lawful town purpose in excess of the amount\nappropriated for such year for such purposes, where the said town board\nhas by resolution transferred sufficient funds to said budgetary fund in\naccordance with section one hundred twelve of this chapter, and nothing\nin this act shall be construed to prevent the town supervisor or the\ntown comptroller from paying amounts in excess of the amounts\nappropriated for such year in the annual budget where such transfer has\nbeen made, nor shall anything in this act be construed to require a town\nwhich has entered into a lease or contract for a term exceeding one year\nto pay during the current year any amounts larger than those which\nbecome due and owing during that year under the terms of such lease or\ncontract. Any contract, verbal or written, made in violation of this\nsection, shall be null and void as to the town and no money belonging to\nthe town shall be paid thereon. Nothing herein contained shall be\nconstrued to prohibit the town board from making contracts for periods\nexceeding one year for the purposes of improvement districts whenever\nauthorized by law.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 321 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 3 / Section 321
Proof of ownership of unoccupied lands and timber thereon
Status: in_force

§ 321. Proof of ownership of unoccupied lands and timber thereon.  In\nall actions to recover the possession of, or otherwise to determine the\ntitle to, or for trespass upon or injury to, unoccupied lands, timber,\ntrees, or underwood thereon, any party seeking such recovery or\ndetermination may show an unbroken chain of title for twenty years, or\nconveyance of the land to himself more than twenty years next preceding\nthe commencement of the action or the assertion of the defense or\ncounterclaim except in actions for trespass, and in actions for trespass\nfor twenty years next preceding the commission of the trespass or\ninjury, and such proof shall be presumptive evidence of ownership at the\ntimes respectively of the commencement of such action or assertion of\nthe defense or counterclaim or commission of such trespass or injury.\nSuch presumption may be rebutted by any other or opposing party by\nshowing ownership of said lands, at the times respectively of the\ncommencement of the action or the commission of the trespass or injury,\nin some person other than the party claiming ownership by virtue of such\npresumption. In any such action wherein the state, or any county or any\nstate officer, board or commission shall be a party, evidence as\naforesaid shall not be deemed to create any presumption of ownership as\nagainst said designated parties.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2914 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 29 / Section 2914
Assessments
Status: in_force

§ 2914. Assessments. Notwithstanding section two hundred six of the\nfinancial services law, pharmacy benefit managers that file a\nregistration with the department or are licensed by the department shall\nbe assessed by the superintendent for the operating expenses of the\ndepartment that are attributable to regulating such pharmacy benefit\nmanagers in such proportions as the superintendent shall deem just and\nreasonable.\n
N.Y. SCT Law § 68 — New York Code / Act SCT / Article 2 / Section 68
Recording of tax deeds; cancellation
Status: in_force

§ 68. Recording of tax deeds; cancellation. All tax deeds executed as\nherein provided may be recorded as other conveyances of land under the\nlaws of this state. Such deeds, and also deeds issued on any prior tax\nsales, if not recorded in the office of the county clerk, may be\nreturned to the county treasurer and cancelled for sufficient cause at\nany time. Such cancellation shall terminate all rights of the purchaser\nthereunder. The owner of any certificate of sale issued or any tax sale\nshall not be required to apply for conveyance of the land described\ntherein within four years after the expiration of one year from the last\nday of sale, as required by the tax law, but may apply for and obtain\nsuch conveyance at any time prior to bringing action for foreclosure. If\nthe owner of any certificate (except the county, and the purchaser at\nthe tax sale who is the owner with a duly recorded title of the land\nsold) does not apply for a conveyance within the period of eight years\nfrom date of sale so allowed for bringing such action, the certificate\nshall become void, and no claim can be maintained under the purchase.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2999-X — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-EE / Section 2999-X
Reimbursement
Status: in_force

§ 2999-x. Reimbursement. 1. The commissioner shall develop and\nimplement, consistent with applicable federal requirements,\nreimbursement rates and methodologies for Medicaid services provided by\na PACE organization to its enrollees.\n  2. The commissioner shall provide, or shall require any independent\nactuary used to review PACE reimbursement rates to provide, to PACE\norganizations the documents and information consistent with the\nrequirements under paragraph (c) of subdivision eighteen of section\nthree hundred sixty-four-j of the social services law.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 13-A-4.1 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 13-A / Part 4 / Section 13-A-4.1
Fiduciary duty and authority
Status: in_force

§ 13-A-4.1 Fiduciary duty and authority\n  (a) The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing\ntangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including:\n  (1) the duty of care;\n  (2) the duty of loyalty; and\n  (3) the duty of confidentiality.\n  (b) A fiduciary's or designated recipient's authority with respect to\na digital asset of a user:\n  (1) except as otherwise provided in section 13-A-2.2, is subject to\nthe applicable terms of service;\n  (2) is subject to other applicable law, including copyright law;\n  (3) in the case of a fiduciary, is limited by the scope of the\nfiduciary's duties; and\n  (4) may not be used to impersonate the user.\n  (c) A fiduciary with authority over the property of a decedent, ward,\nprincipal, or settlor has the right to access any digital asset in which\nthe decedent, ward, principal, or settlor had a right or interest and\nthat is not held by a custodian or subject to a terms-of-service\nagreement.\n  (d) A fiduciary acting within the scope of the fiduciary's duties is\nan authorized user of the property of the decedent, ward, principal, or\nsettlor for the purpose of applicable computer-fraud and\nunauthorized-computer-access laws, including this state's law on\nunauthorized computer access.\n  (e) A fiduciary with authority over the tangible, personal property of\na decedent, ward, principal, or settlor;\n  (1) has the right to access the property and any digital asset stored\nin it; and\n  (2) is an authorized user for the purpose of computer-fraud and\nunauthorized-computer-access laws, including this state's law on\nunauthorized computer access.\n  (f) A custodian may disclose information in an account to a fiduciary\nof the user when the information is required to terminate an account\nused to access digital assets licensed to the user.\n  (g) A fiduciary of a user may request a custodian to terminate the\nuser's account. A request for termination must be in writing, in either\nphysical or electronic form, and accompanied by:\n  (1) if the user is deceased, a copy of the death certificate of the\nuser;\n  (2) a certified copy of the letter of appointment of the executor,\nadministrator, or personal representative or a small-estate affidavit or\ncourt order, power of attorney, or trust giving the fiduciary authority\nover the account; and\n  (3) if requested by the custodian:\n  (A) a number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account\nidentifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user's account;\n  (B) evidence linking the account to the user; or\n  (C) a finding by the court that the user had a specific account with\nthe custodian, identifiable by the information specified in item (A).\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 431 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 18 / Section 431
Program objectives
Status: in_force

§ 431. Program objectives. The objectives of the service enhancement\nprogram, are:\n  1. the continuation of essential rail freight and passenger service;\n  2. the preservation and improvement of railroad infrastructure; and\n  3. the improvement of the quality and quantity of railroad freight and\npassenger service.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 991 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 49-A / Section 991
Family policy guidelines
Status: in_force

§ 991. Family policy guidelines. All state and local government\nprograms should be guided by the following principles:\n  1. Families are best served by comprehensive programs which are\ndirected towards all aspects of individual and family development.\n  2. Families who are the consumers of services should be partners in\nthe planning, delivery and evaluation of those services.\n  3. Families needs can be met best by developing and nurturing their\ninherent strengths.\n  4. Families deserve a realistic level of economic security.\n  5. Families receive the greatest benefit from flexible, accessible and\ncomprehensive services which are delivered in a manner which is\nculturally and linguistically sensitive to their needs.\n  6. Families are best served when intervention occurs as early as\npossible and is designed to give priority to prevention of family\ndisintegration. Primary emphasis should be given to establishing safe,\nnurturing environments which support the healthy growth of all family\nmembers.\n  7. Families who have members placed in care settings outside the\nnuclear family must be provided with services to help them reunite. If\nreturn is not possible, plans for alternative permanent care must be\nmade by agencies caring for the child.\n  8. Families deserve services which are coordinated and where special\nattention is paid to ongoing accessibility to multiple services.\n  9. Families receive the greatest benefit from effective services\ndelivered by a qualified, trained workforce.  This workforce, especially\ndirect caregivers, must receive professional recognition, support and\nappropriate compensation.\n  10. Families need public and voluntary human services systems which\nwork together and are accountable to society, each other and the people\nthey serve.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 466 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 63 / Section 466
Town of Southampton housing authority
Status: in_force

§ 466. Town of Southampton housing authority. A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the town of Southampton housing authority is\nhereby created and established for the town of Southampton in the county\nof Suffolk, for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New\nYork. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and consist of\nfive members. It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter\nconferred by this chapter upon municipal housing authorities. It shall\nbe organized in the manner prescribed by and be subject to the\nprovisions of this chapter, and the authority, its members, officers and\nemployees and its operations and activities shall in all respects be\ngoverned by the provisions of this chapter. Such authority shall have\nperpetual duration; provided, however, that if at the expiration of five\nyears subsequent to the time this section as hereby added takes effect,\nthere shall be outstanding no bonds or other obligations of such\nauthority theretofore issued for any of the purposes authorized in this\nchapter, then its corporate existence shall thereupon terminate and such\nauthority shall thereupon be deemed to be and shall be dissolved.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 489 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-F / Section 489
Temporary assignment or permanent transfer of personnel
Status: in_force

§ 489. Temporary assignment or permanent transfer of personnel. The\ndirector, in consultation with the head of the state agency involved and\nwith the approval of the director of the budget, may provide for the\ntemporary or permanent assignment or transfer of officers and employees\nof state agencies to the office. Employees permanently transferred shall\nbe transferred without further examination or qualification and shall\nretain their respective civil service classification and status. Any\nemployee who, at the time of such transfer, has a temporary or\nprovisional appointment shall be transferred subject to the same right\nof removal, examination or termination as though such transfer had not\nbeen made. No existing right or benefit, including retirement benefits\nor remedy of any character, shall be lost, impaired or affected by\nreason of this article. The director of the budget shall be responsible\nfor timely notification of all such assignments and transfers to the\nchairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the\nassembly ways and means committee. Transfer of employees pursuant to\nthis article shall be governed solely and exclusively by the provisions\nhereof notwithstanding other provisions of the law.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 2016 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 20 / Section 2016
Effective date
Status: in_force

§ 2016.  Effective date.  This act shall take effect October first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-nine.\n
N.Y. LFN Law § 181.00 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 3 / Section 181.00
Separability
Status: in_force

§ 181.00 Separability.  If any clause, sentence, subdivision,\nparagraph, section or part of this chapter be adjudged by any court of\ncompetent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,\nimpair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its\noperation to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or\npart thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment\nshall have been rendered.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 190.84 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 190 / Section 190.84
Defenses
Status: in_force

§ 190.84 Defenses.\n  In any prosecution for identity theft or unlawful possession of\npersonal identification information pursuant to this article, it shall\nbe an affirmative defense that the person charged with the offense:\n  1. was under twenty-one years of age at the time of committing the\noffense and the person used or possessed the personal identifying or\nidentification information of another solely for the purpose of\npurchasing alcohol;\n  2. was under eighteen years of age at the time of committing the\noffense and the person used or possessed the personal identifying or\nidentification information of another solely for the purpose of\npurchasing tobacco products; or\n  3. used or possessed the personal identifying or identification\ninformation of another person solely for the purpose of misrepresenting\nthe person's age to gain access to a place the access to which is\nrestricted based on age.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 6618 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 66 / Section 6618
Suits to recover assessments
Status: in_force

§ 6618. Suits to recover assessments. (a) An assessment corporation\nmay maintain a civil action against any member or former member of such\ncorporation for the unpaid amount of any extraordinary or post\nassessment lawfully levied against him, or against any former member of\nsuch corporation for the earned portion of any advance assessment which\nhe has failed to pay.\n  (b) In any such action the corporation may recover, in addition to\nsuch sum or sums, legal interest thereon and the amount of any penalty\nimposed by such corporation's by-laws for failure to pay such\nassessments; but no such corporation shall provide in its by-laws for\nsuch a penalty in excess of fifty percent of such an assessment.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 620.80 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title R / Article 620 / Section 620.80
Material witness order; witness fee
Status: in_force

§ 620.80  Material witness order; witness fee.\n  A witness held in the custody of the sheriff as a result of a material\nwitness order must be paid the sum of three dollars per day for each day\nof confinement in such custody.  Such compensation is a county charge\nand is payable upon release of such material witness from custody or, in\nthe discretion of the court, at any designated times or intervals during\nthe confinement as the court may deem appropriate.\n
N.Y. FIS Law § 405 — New York Code / Act FIS / Article 4 / Section 405
Immunity
Status: in_force

§ 405. Immunity. In the absence of fraud or bad faith, no person\nsubject to the provisions of this chapter, the banking law or the\ninsurance law shall be subject to civil liability, and no civil cause of\naction of any nature shall arise against such person for any: (a)\ninformation relating to suspected violations of the banking law or the\ninsurance law furnished to law enforcement officials, their agents and\nemployees; (b) information relating to suspected violations of the\nbanking law or the insurance law furnished to other persons subject to\nthe provisions of this chapter; (c) information furnished in reports to\nthe financial frauds and consumer protection unit, its agents or\nemployees or any state agency investigating fraud or misconduct relating\nto financial fraud, its agents or employees; and (d) information\nrelating to insurance fraud as defined in section 176.05 of the penal\nlaw furnished to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. For the purposes\nof this section the National Insurance Crime Bureau is a nonprofit\ndedicated to the prosecution of insurance fraud and vehicle crime. The\nsuperintendent or any employee of the financial frauds and consumer\nprotection unit, in the absence of fraud or bad faith, shall not be\nsubject to civil liability and no civil cause of action of any nature\nshall arise against the superintendent or any such employee by virtue of\nthe publication of any report or bulletin related to the official\nactivities of the financial frauds and consumer protection unit. Nothing\nherein is intended to abrogate or modify in any way any common law\nprivilege or immunity heretofore enjoyed by any person.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 225.70 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 225 / Section 225.70
Possession of unlawful gaming property in the third degree
Status: in_force

§ 225.70 Possession of unlawful gaming property in the third degree.\n  A person is guilty of possession of unlawful gaming property in the\nthird degree when he or she possesses, with intent to use such property\nto commit gaming fraud, unlawful gaming property at a premises being\nused for casino gaming.\n  Possession of unlawful gaming property in the third degree is a class\nA misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 924 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 16-A / Section 924
Transfer of authority, administration and appropriations
Status: in_force

§ 924. Transfer of authority, administration and appropriations. 1. On\nand after the effective date of this article, all obligations of the\ndivision with respect to the division urban initiatives program shall\nbecome the obligations of the corporation and the corporation shall be\nresponsible for the administration of the division urban initiatives\nprogram. The division shall provide for the orderly transfer of all\nmatters, records and things relating to such program to the corporation.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, the\ndirector of the budget is authorized to transfer to the corporation\nfunds otherwise appropriated or reappropriated for the purposes of the\ndivision urban initiatives program from the division of housing and\ncommunity renewal.\n  3. All rules, regulations, acts, determinations and decisions of the\ndivision or the commissioner with respect to the administration of the\ndivision urban initiatives program in force on the effective date of\nthis section shall continue in force and effect as rules, regulations,\nacts, determinations and decisions of the corporation until duly\nmodified or rescinded by the corporation.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 162 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 7 / Section 162
Two or more trustees
Status: in_force

§ 162. Two or more trustees. When there are more trustees than one\nappointed, the debts and property of the debtor may be collected and\nreceived by any one of them; and when there are more than two trustees\nappointed, every power and authority conferred by this chapter on the\ntrustees, may be exercised by any two of them.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 4 — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 2 / Section 4
Commencement of term of office
Status: in_force

§ 4. Commencement of term of office. 1. The term of office of an\nelective officer, unless elected to fill a vacancy then existing, shall\ncommence on the first day of January next after his election, if the\ncommencement thereof be not otherwise fixed by law.\n  2. All terms of city officers, including supervisors, elected in any\ncity or part of a city, and of county officers in the city of New York,\nshall expire at the end of an odd-numbered year. Such officers shall be\nelected, except to fill a vacancy, at the general election in\nodd-numbered years.  This subdivision shall not apply to any judicial\nofficer.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 301-M — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 13-A / Section 301-M
Credit or reimbursement for certain governmental purchases by credit card
Status: in_force

§ 301-m. Credit or reimbursement for certain governmental purchases by\ncredit card. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary,\ntax paid pursuant to this article in respect to motor fuel or diesel\nmotor fuel purchased by a government entity and paid for by such\ngovernment entity with a credit card shall be reimbursed or credited to\nthe issuer of the credit card used for such purchase or the fuel\ndistributor designated in accordance with and subject to the provisions\nof sections eleven hundred thirty-eight, eleven hundred thirty-nine,\neleven hundred forty-two, and eleven hundred forty-five of this chapter\nconcerning such credit card issuers, fuel distributors and government\nentities. Such provisions shall apply with respect to the administration\nof and procedure with respect to the taxes imposed under this article in\nthe same manner and with the same force and effect as if the language of\nsuch provisions had been incorporated in full into this article and had\nexpressly referred to the tax under this article, with such\nmodifications as may be necessary in order to adapt the language of such\nprovisions to the taxes imposed by this article, except to the extent\nthat any such provision is not relevant to this article.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 10-10.2 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 10 / Part 10 / Section 10-10.2
Power to lease in tenant for life; scope
Status: in_force

§ 10-10.2 Power to lease in tenant for life; scope\n  A power may be conferred upon a tenant for life to make leases of real\nproperty for a term of not more than twenty-one years to commence in\npossession during his lifetime.  If the power authorizes, or the life\ntenant makes, a lease for a term in excess of twenty-one years, such\npower or lease is valid for twenty-one years, but is void as to the\nexcess.\n