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N.Y. MHY Law § 79.11 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 79 / Section 79.11
Prima facie evidence of infancy or incompetency
Status: in_force

§ 79.11 Prima facie evidence of infancy or incompetency.\n  (a) Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian of an\ninfant ward, a certificate of the director, or his representative,\nsetting forth the age of such infant as shown by the records of the\nadministration and the fact that the appointment of a guardian is a\ncondition precedent to the payment of any moneys due the infant by the\nadministration shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for the\nappointment of a guardian to receive benefits from the administration\nand income from such benefits.\n  (b) Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian of a\nmentally incompetent ward, a certificate of the director, or his\nrepresentative, setting forth the fact that such person has been rated\nincompetent by the administration on examination in accordance with the\nlaws and regulations governing such administration and that the\nappointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any\nmoneys due such person by the administration shall be prima facie\nevidence of the necessity for the appointment of a guardian to receive\nbenefits from the administration and income from such benefits.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 750-V — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-C / Section 750-V
Duties of pet cemetery owners and operators
Status: in_force

§ 750-v. Duties of pet cemetery owners and operators. All pet cemetery\nowners and operators shall have the following duties:\n  1. To keep permanently maps and records containing the specific site\nof each pet grave, the grave owner's last known address, the date of\nburial, the size of such grave, the contract for sale of such grave and\npet disposal forms provided however that the provisions of this\nsubdivision shall apply only to individual burials.\n  2. To keep complete records of the names of trustees of any trust\naccounts and complete records of all trust fund money.\n  3. To clearly inform customers of the option of paying maintenance\nfees for care of pet graves, including costs and benefits for permanent\ncare for pet graves and annual care for pet graves.\n  4. To cooperate with all reasonable requests of inspectors appointed\nby the secretary of state to inspect pet cemeteries and pet\ncrematoriums.\n  5. To provide notice to customers about hours that the cemetery will\nopen to customers to view pet graves.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 190 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 12 / Section 190
Establishment or extension of improvement districts
Status: in_force

§ 190. Establishment or extension of improvement districts. Upon a\npetition as hereinafter provided, the town board of any town may\nestablish or extend in said town a sewer, drainage, water, water quality\ntreatment, park, public parking, lighting, snow removal, water supply,\nsidewalk, a fallout shelter district or refuse and garbage district,\naquatic growth control district, ambulance district, watershed\nprotection improvement district, and in any town bordering upon or\ncontaining within its boundaries any navigable waters of this state, a\nharbor improvement district, a public dock district, or beach erosion\ncontrol district, and provide improvements or services, or both, in any\nsuch district, wholly at the expense of the district; but no water\nsupply district shall be established or extended to include lands\nsituate within the boundaries of a water district. No such district\nshall be established or extended in a city or in an incorporated village\nprovided, however, that such a district may be established or extended\nwholly or partly within an incorporated village on consent of the\nvillage expressed in a local law, ordinance or resolution, subject to a\nreferendum on petition under section twenty-four of the municipal home\nrule law or a permissive referendum under article nine of the village\nlaw, as the case may be, and except, in the case of a water quality\ntreatment district, on consent of a village expressed in a local law or\nby resolution of the board of trustees and not subject to any\nreferendum.\n
N.Y. NYW Law § 11 — New York Code / Act NYW / Section 11
Separability
Status: in_force

§ 11. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or\npart of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or\ninvalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation\nto the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly\ninvolved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been\nrendered.\n
N.Y. VAW Law § 44 — New York Code / Act VAW / Article 4 / Section 44
Presumptions
Status: in_force

§ 44. Presumptions. If a claim for benefits is filed within two years\nafter the injury, or, if death results therefrom, is filed within two\nyears after such death, as provided in section forty-one of this\narticle, then in any proceeding for the enforcement of such claim, it\nshall be presumed in the absence of substantial evidence to the\ncontrary:\n  1. That the claim comes within the provisions of this chapter.\n  2. That sufficient notice thereof was given.\n  3. That the injury was not occasioned by the wilful intention of the\ninjured volunteer ambulance worker to bring about the injury or death of\nhimself or another.\n  4. That the injury did not result solely from the intoxication of the\ninjured volunteer ambulance worker while acting in line of duty.\n  5. That the contents of medical and surgical reports introduced in\nevidence by claimants for benefits shall constitute prima facie evidence\nof fact as to the matter contained therein.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1439-MMM — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-4 / Section 1439-MMM
Apportionment
Status: in_force

* § 1439-mmm. Apportionment. A local law adopted by the town of\nChester, pursuant to this article, shall provide for a method of\napportionment for determining the amount of tax due whenever the real\nproperty or interest therein is situated within and without the town.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2045\n  * NB There are 2 § 1439-mmm's\n
N.Y. STL Law § 70 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 6 / Section 70
Description of the arms of the state and the state flag
Status: in_force

§ 70. Description of the arms of the state and the state flag. The\ndevice of arms of this state is hereby declared to be correctly\ndescribed as follows:\n  Charge. Azure, in a landscape, the sun in fess, rising in splendor or,\nbehind a range of three mountains, the middle one the highest; in base a\nship and sloop under sail, passing and about to meet on a river,\nbordered below by a grassy shore fringed with shrubs, all proper.\n  Crest. On a wreath azure and or, an American eagle proper, rising to\nthe dexter from a two-thirds of a globe terrestrial, showing the north\nAtlantic ocean with outlines of its shores.\n  Supporters. On a quasi compartment formed by the extension of the\nscroll.\n  Dexter. The figure of Liberty proper, her hair disheveled and\ndecorated with pearls, vested azure, sandaled gules, about the waist a\ncincture or, fringed gules, a mantle of the last depending from the\nshoulders behind to the feet, in the dexter hand a staff ensigned with a\nPhrygian cap or, the sinister arm embowed, the hand supporting the\nshield at the dexter chief point, a royal crown by her sinister foot\ndejected.\n  Sinister. The figure of Justice proper, her hair disheveled and\ndecorated with pearls, vested or, about the waist a cincture azure,\nfringed gules, sandaled and mantled as Liberty, bound about the eyes\nwith a fillet proper, in the dexter hand a straight sword hilted or,\nerect, resting on the sinister chief point of the shield, the sinister\narm embowed, holding before her her scales proper.\n  Motto. On a scroll below the shield argent, in sable, two lines. On\nline one, Excelsior and on line two, E pluribus unum.\n  State flag. The state flag is hereby declared to be blue, charged with\nthe arms of the state in the colors as described in the blazon of this\nsection.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7112 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 71 / Section 7112
Testimony by deposition to ascertain location of chattel
Status: in_force

§ 7112. Testimony by deposition to ascertain location of chattel. A\nparty to an action to recover a chattel may move, upon such notice as\nthe court may direct, upon a showing that he lacks knowledge of the\nlocation of the chattel or a part thereof, for an order to examine any\nperson for the purpose of obtaining information with reference to such\nlocation. The order may be granted before or after service of summons\nand complaint, or anytime before or after final judgment, and may also\nrestrain the adverse party from acting in violation of whatever rights\nthe moving party may have in the chattel, upon the execution of a\nreasonable undertaking, with sufficient sureties, to reimburse the\nadverse party for all damages wrongfully caused by such restraint.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 66-C — New York Code / Act STF / Article 5-A / Section 66-C
Certificates of participation not debt
Status: in_force

§ 66-c. Certificates of participation not debt. Certificates of\nparticipation or similar instruments issued pursuant to this article and\nthe underlying installment purchase or lease purchase contracts do not\nconstitute or create debt of the state as defined in article seven of\nthe state constitution, nor a contractual obligation in excess of the\namounts appropriated therefor, and the state has no continuing legal or\nmoral obligation to appropriate money for said payments or other\nobligations due under the installment purchase contracts. In the case of\nthe failure to appropriate, the sole security for any remaining periodic\npayments shall be the property subject to the installment purchase or\nlease purchase contract, and debt service reserve funds in the custody\nof the trustee or any other remaining proceeds, subject to the\nprovisions of section sixty-six-h of this article.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 1026 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 10 / Section 1026
Review of determinations by administrative officers of the unified court system
Status: in_force

§ 1026. Review of determinations by administrative officers of the\nunified court system. In any action or proceeding brought to review a\ndetermination of the chief judge of the court of appeals, of the court\nof appeals or of the administrative board of the courts, made pursuant\nto the provisions of article seven-A of the judiciary law or section\ntwenty-eight of article six of the constitution, the only proper party\nto be named therein shall be the chief administrator of the courts, in\nhis representative capacity. No action or proceeding so instituted shall\nname the chief judge, the court of appeals or any member thereof, or the\nadministrative board or any member thereof as a party.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 151-F — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 11-A / Section 151-F
Program funds
Status: in_force

§ 151-f. Program funds. The commissioner is authorized to accept for\ndeposit in an account within the miscellaneous special revenue fund\ncontributions from any source to support the purposes of this article.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 1314 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 24 / Section 1314
Election not collectively bargained
Status: in_force

§ 1314. Election not collectively bargained. The determination to make\nan election in accordance with this article shall not be deemed to be,\nor to relate to or affect, a term and condition of employment within the\nmeaning of article fourteen of the civil service law or any local law\nenacted in furtherance thereof.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 100.15 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title G / Article 100 / Section 100.15
Criminal solicitation; no defense
Status: in_force

§ 100.15 Criminal solicitation; no defense.\n  It is no defense to a prosecution for criminal solicitation that the\nperson solicited could not be guilty of the crime solicited owing to\ncriminal irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption, or to\nunawareness of the criminal nature of the conduct solicited or of the\ndefendant's criminal purpose or to other factors precluding the mental\nstate required for the commission of the crime in question.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 84.11 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 84 / Section 84.11
Distribution requirements
Status: in_force

§ 84.11 Distribution requirements.\n  Designated beneficiaries shall be eligible for a distribution from the\naccumulated funds deferred to their NY ABLE savings account established\npursuant to this article, in full and partial disbursement options for\nqualified expenses.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 581-305 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-C / Part 3 / Section 581-305
Limitation on spouses' dispute of parentage of child of assisted reproduction
Status: in_force

§ 581-305. Limitation on spouses' dispute of parentage of child of\nassisted reproduction. (a) Neither spouse may challenge the marital\npresumption of parentage of a child created by assisted reproduction\nduring the marriage unless the court finds by clear and convincing\nevidence that one spouse used assisted reproduction without the\nknowledge and consent of the other spouse.\n  (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a married individual may use\nassisted reproduction and the marital presumption shall not apply if the\nspouses:\n  (1) are living separate and apart pursuant to a decree or judgment of\nseparation or pursuant to a written agreement of separation subscribed\nby the parties thereto and acknowledged or proved in the form required\nto entitle a deed to be recorded; or\n  (2) have been living separate and apart for at least three years prior\nto the use of assisted reproduction.\n  (c) The limitation provided in this section applies to a spousal\nrelationship that has been declared invalid after assisted reproduction\nor artificial insemination.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 483 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 24 / Section 483
Notice of meeting for incorporation
Status: in_force

§ 483. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for\nthe purpose of incorporating an unincorporated church shall be given as\nfollows:\n  1. The notice shall be in writing and shall state, in substance, that\na meeting of such unincorporated church will be held at its usual place\nof worship at a specified day and hour for the purpose of incorporating\nsuch church and electing three or more trustees, but not to exceed\nfifteen.\n  2. The notice must be signed by at least six qualified voters. A copy\nof such notice shall be publicly read at each of the two consecutive\nmain worship services, of such unincorporated church preceding the\nmeeting to incorporate, by the minister of such church, or if none, by\nthe church member who has been designated by the membership or other\nauthorized body of the church to conduct the worship service that day\n(the "officiating minister"); and at least fifteen days before the\nmeeting for incorporation, a copy of such notice shall be posted at the\nplace of worship.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 6-4.8 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 6 / Part 4 / Section 6-4.8
Definition of a future estate vested subject to open
Status: in_force

§ 6-4.8 Definition of a future estate vested subject to open\n  A future estate vested subject to open is an estate created in favor\nof a class of persons, one or more of whom are ascertained and in being,\nwhich is certain when created to become an estate in possession whenever\nand however the preceding estates end, and is subject to diminution by\nreason of another person becoming entitled to share therein.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2822 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28 / Section 2822
Residential care off-site facility demonstration project
Status: in_force

* § 2822. Residential care off-site facility demonstration project. 1.\nNotwithstanding any law to the contrary, there is hereby created a\ndemonstration program within the department to assess reimbursement\nmethodologies and delivery methods in conjunction with the provision of\nphysical, occupational, and speech therapy and related education\nservices provided by licensed professionals acting within their scope of\npractice and employed by a residential health care facility at an\noff-site facility operated by a residential health care facility. As\npart of the demonstration program, a selected provider shall be\nauthorized to provide such therapy and related services for persons in\nneed of such care.\n  2. The department may approve up to three providers as part of the\ndemonstration program.\n  3. In order to be an eligible provider an applicant must be issued an\noperating certificate for the provision of residential health care\nservices pursuant to this article which shall include a certificate to\nprovide on-site outpatient services and demonstrate that the provision\nof all physical, occupational, and speech therapy and related education\nservices provided at the off-site facility will be in accordance with\nall applicable safety standards set forth in state and local law.\n  4. Any provider selected to participate in the demonstration program\nshall annually report to the department on the number of patients\nserved, the type of services provided, the cost of such services, the\nsources of payment for such services, safety standards in place for the\nprovisions of such services and such other information as required by\nthe department to develop reimbursement methodologies and fee schedules\nfor limited services and to determine the effectiveness of the provision\nof therapy and related services at an off-site facility operated by a\nresidential health care facility. During the demonstration period, an\neligible provider approved for the purposes of this section shall not\nhave their medical assistance rates adjusted for any additional costs\nrelated to such demonstration project.\n  * NB Repealed June 30, 2027\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 100 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5-A / Section 100
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 100. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  1. "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, school\ndistrict, district corporation and board of cooperative educational\nservices.\n  2. "Fire company" means:\n  a. A volunteer fire company of a county, city, town, village or fire\ndistrict fire department, whether or not any such company has been\nincorporated under any general or special law,\n  b. A fire corporation the members of which are volunteer firefighters\nand which was incorporated under or is subject to the provisions of\nsection fourteen hundred two of the not-for-profit corporation law,\nwhich is not included within paragraph a above, if such corporation is\nby law under the general control of, or recognized as a fire corporation\nby, the governing board of a city, town, village or fire district, or\n  c. A fire corporation the members of which are volunteer firefighters\nand which was incorporated under, or established pursuant to the\nprovisions of, any general or special law, which is not included within\nparagraphs a and b above, if such corporation is by law under the\ngeneral control of, or recognized as a fire corporation by, the\ngoverning board of a city, town, village, fire district or a district\ncorporation other than a fire district.\n  3. "Voluntary ambulance service" means a voluntary ambulance service\nas defined in article thirty of the public health law and possessing a\nvalid statement of registration or possessing a valid ambulance service\ncertificate pursuant to article thirty of the public health law.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 31 — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 3 / Section 31
Planning board, general reports
Status: in_force

§ 31. Planning board, general reports.  The planning board shall have\nfull power and authority to make such investigations, maps and reports\nand recommendations in connection therewith relating to the planning and\ndevelopment of the city as to it seems desirable providing the total\nexpenditures of said board shall not exceed the appropriation for its\nexpenses.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 57.53 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title U / Article 57-B / Section 57.53
The Amistad commission; duties and responsibilities
Status: in_force

§ 57.53. The Amistad commission; duties and responsibilities. The\nAmistad commission shall have the following responsibilities and duties:\n  1. to survey and catalog the extent and breadth of education\nconcerning the African slave trade, slavery in America, the vestiges of\nslavery in this country and the contributions of African-Americans to\nour society presently being incorporated into the curricula and\ntextbooks and taught in the school systems of the state; and, to\ninventory those African slave trade, American slavery, or relevant\nAfrican-American history memorials, exhibits and resources which should\nbe incorporated into courses of study at educational institutions and\nschools throughout the state.\n  2. to compile a roster of individual volunteers who are willing to\nshare their knowledge and experience in classrooms, seminars and\nworkshops with students and teachers on the subject of the African slave\ntrade, American slavery and the impact of slavery on our society today,\nand the contributions of African-Americans to our country;\n  3. to increase awareness and encourage school districts to utilize\ncurricula on African-American history by:\n  (a) establishing and administering a program to publicly recognize\nschools that do an outstanding job teaching subjects related to the\nAfrican-American experience through a designation of special status or\nother award as determined by the commission; and\n  (b) offering grants to individual teachers who demonstrate exemplary\npractices teaching subjects related to the African-American experience,\nas determined by the commission, and the commission shall catalog and\npublicize such practices for use by other teachers; and\n  4. to prepare reports for the governor and the legislature regarding\nits findings and recommendations on facilitating the inclusion of the\nAfrican slave trade, American slavery studies, African-American history\nand special programs in the educational system of the state.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 500 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 97 / Section 500
City of Oneonta housing authority
Status: in_force

§ 500. City of Oneonta housing authority.  A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the city of Oneonta housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the city of Oneonta in the county of\nOtsego, for the accomplishment of only those purposes specified in\narticle eighteen of the constitution of the state of New York. It shall\nconstitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in duration and\nconsist of not less than three nor more than five members. It shall have\nthe powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by this chapter upon\nmunicipal housing authorities. It shall be organized in the manner\nprescribed by and subject to the provisions of this chapter, and the\nauthority, its members, officers and employees and its operations and\nactivities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 1309 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 13 / Section 1309
Insolvency of an insurer
Status: in_force

§ 1309. Insolvency of an insurer. (a) Whenever the superintendent\nfinds from a financial statement or report on examination that an\nauthorized insurer is unable to pay its outstanding lawful obligations\nas they mature in the regular course of business, as shown by an excess\nof required reserves and other liabilities over admitted assets, or by\nits not having sufficient assets to reinsure all outstanding risks with\nother solvent authorized assuming insurers after paying all accrued\nclaims owed, such insurer shall be deemed insolvent and the\nsuperintendent may proceed against it pursuant to the provisions of\narticle seventy-four of this chapter.\n  (b) If an insurer deemed insolvent pursuant to subsection (a) hereof\nis a foreign or alien insurer, the superintendent may also revoke or\nsuspend its license to do business in this state.\n