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N.Y. VOL Law § 4 — New York Code / Act VOL / Article 1 / Section 4
Removal of civil liability barriers
Status: in_force

§ 4. Removal of civil liability barriers. 1. (a) Liability protection.\n  (1) A fire company or political subdivision, including a person acting\nas an agent thereof, that acts reasonably in donating qualified fire\ncontrol or fire rescue equipment to a volunteer fire company shall not\nbe liable in civil damages under any state law for personal injuries,\nproperty damage, or death proximately caused after the donation by a\ndefect in the equipment.\n  (2) Any state or local agency, including a person acting as an agent\nof such an agency, that acts reasonably in administering the\ndistribution of qualified fire control or fire rescue equipment to a\nvolunteer fire company or political subdivision shall not be liable for\ncivil damages under any state law for personal injuries, property\ndamage, or death proximately caused after the distribution by a defect\nin the equipment.\n  (b) Exceptions to liability protection. Paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision shall not apply to a person or agency if:\n  (1) the defect that proximately causes the injury, damage, or loss\nresulted from an act or omission of the person or agency, that\nconstitutes malice, gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional\nmisconduct;\n  (2) the person or agency is the manufacturer of the qualified fire\ncontrol or fire rescue equipment; or\n  (3) the person or agency modified or altered the equipment after it\nhad been recertified by an authorized technician as meeting the\nmanufacturer's specifications.\n  2. For the purposes of this section the following words and phrases\nshall have the following meanings:\n  (a) "Person" means any individual and any governmental or other\nentity.\n  (b) "Qualified fire control or rescue equipment" means fire control or\nfire rescue equipment that has been recertified by an authorized\ntechnician as meeting the manufacturer's specifications and has been\ndistributed through a state or local agency to the volunteer fire\ncompany.\n  (c) "Authorized technician" means a technician that has been certified\nby the manufacturer of fire control or fire rescue equipment to inspect\nsuch equipment. The technician need not be employed by the state or\nlocal agency administering the distribution of the fire control or fire\nrescue equipment.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 225-A — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 8-A / Section 225-A
General requirements making applicable certain provisions of article eight and providing for enforcement thereof
Status: in_force

§ 225-a. General requirements making applicable certain provisions of\narticle eight and providing for enforcement thereof.  All work of every\nkind to which the preceding section is applicable shall hereafter be\nsubject to application of all the provisions of sections two hundred and\ntwenty, two hundred and twenty-one and two hundred and twenty-two of\narticle eight of this chapter. Every contract hereafter entered into for\nsuch elimination work shall require compliance with the regulations of\nsuch sections. If the fiscal officer as defined herein finds that in the\nperformance of any such elimination work that any person contracting\nwith the state, a municipal corporation, board, any commission appointed\npursuant to law, their agent or other person carrying on such work to\nwhich state funds are applied for payment fails to comply with or evades\nthe provisions of this section, he shall present evidence of such\nnon-compliance or evasion to the officer, department, board or\ncommission having charge of such work for enforcement.  Wherein such\nevidence indicates a non-compliance or evasion on the part of a\nsub-contractor, the contractor shall be responsible for such\nnon-compliance or evasion. It shall be the duty of any officer,\ndepartment, board or commission in charge of the construction of such\ngrade crossing elimination contracts to enforce the provisions of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 365 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 11 / Section 365
Laws repealed
Status: in_force

§ 365. Laws repealed. All statutes of the state and local laws,\nordinances and regulations of cities to which this chapter is or\nhereafter becomes applicable, so far as inconsistent with the provisions\nof this chapter, are hereby repealed; provided that nothing in this\nchapter contained shall be construed as abridging the right of any city\nto adopt local laws, ordinances, resolutions or regulations not less\nrestrictive than the provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 71-J — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 4-A / Section 71-J
Samples of frozen desserts for analysis
Status: in_force

§ 71-j. Samples of frozen desserts for analysis.  A representative\nsample of frozen deserts for analysis shall consist of a quantity to be\ndetermined by the commissioner.\n
N.Y. PBB Law § 18 — New York Code / Act PBB / Article 2 / Section 18
Change in contracts
Status: in_force

§ 18. Change in contracts. Any change, addition or deduction made in\nany contract by reduction in price, by addition in price or otherwise\nmust be done by an order on contract which may be issued by the\ncommissioner of general services. This order shall specifically set\nforth conditions of the change or other modification and shall be\napproved by the board, department, commission or officer having\njurisdiction. After having been approved by him the order shall be\nforthwith filed in the office of the state comptroller.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 210.35 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 210 / Section 210.35
Making an apparently sworn false statement in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 210.35 Making an apparently sworn false statement in the second\n           degree.\n  A person is guilty of making an apparently sworn false statement in\nthe second degree when (a) he subscribes a written instrument knowing\nthat it contains a statement which is in fact false and which he does\nnot believe to be true, and (b) he intends or believes that such\ninstrument will be uttered or delivered with a jurat affixed thereto,\nand (c) such instrument is uttered or delivered with a jurat affixed\nthereto.\n  Making an apparently sworn false statement in the second degree is a\nclass A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 1802 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 18 / Section 1802
Parts for the determination of small claims established
Status: in_force

§ 1802. Parts for the determination of small claims established.\n  The chief administrator shall assign the times and places for holding,\nand the judges who shall hold, one or more parts of the court for the\nhearing of small claims as herein defined, and the rules may regulate\nthe practice and procedure controlling the determination of such claims\nand prescribe and furnish the forms for instituting the same. There\nshall be at least one evening session of each part every month for the\nhearing of small claims, provided however, that the chief administrator\nmay provide for exemption from this requirement where there exists no\ndemonstrated need for evening sessions. Such practice, procedure and\nforms shall differ from the practice, procedure and forms used in the\ncourt for other than small claims, notwithstanding any provision of law\nto the contrary. They shall constitute a simple, informal and\ninexpensive procedure for the prompt determination of such claims in\naccordance with the rules and principles of substantive law.  The\nprocedure established pursuant to this article shall not be exclusive of\nbut shall be alternative to this procedure now or hereafter established\nwith respect to actions commenced in the court by the service of a\nsummons.  No rule to be enacted pursuant to this article shall dispense\nwith or interfere with the taking of stenographic minutes of any hearing\nof any small claim hereunder.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 77-G — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 77-G
Sports field fence leases in the city of Rye, Westchester county
Status: in_force

§ 77-g. Sports field fence leases in the city of Rye, Westchester\ncounty. Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special or local\nlaw or of any charter to the contrary, the city of Rye, Westchester\ncounty, may lease any and all sports field fences at Disbrow Park,\nGagliardo or Recreation Park annually, at a nominal rent, to a\nnot-for-profit corporation or organization, organized under the laws of\nthe state of New York for the purpose of permitting the sale of\nadvertising, with the revenues to be used solely for the care of said\nparks in the city of Rye, Westchester county.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1202 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 12 / Section 1202
Special proceeding for escheat
Status: in_force

§ 1202. Special proceeding for escheat.  Whenever it shall appear,\nafter investigation by the comptroller or otherwise, that there exists\nor may exist escheated property under this article, the attorney-general\nmay institute a special proceeding in the name of the people of the\nstate of New York for an adjudication that an escheat to the state of\nsuch property has occurred, and he shall take appropriate action to\nrecover such funds or property.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 5-532 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 5 / Section 5-532
Inconsistent local laws
Status: in_force

§ 5-532 Inconsistent local laws. No local laws shall be adopted\nchanging, amending or superseding any of the provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 1021 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 10 / Section 1021
Substitution procedure; dismissal for failure to substitute; presentation of appeal
Status: in_force

§ 1021. Substitution procedure; dismissal for failure to substitute;\npresentation of appeal. A motion for substitution may be made by the\nsuccessors or representatives of a party or by any party. If a person\nwho should be substituted does not appear voluntarily he may be made a\nparty defendant. If the event requiring substitution occurs before final\njudgment and substitution is not made within a reasonable time, the\naction may be dismissed as to the party for whom substitution should\nhave been made, however, such dismissal shall not be on the merits\nunless the court shall so indicate.  If the event requiring substitution\noccurs after final judgment, substitution may be made in either the\ncourt from or to which an appeal could be or is taken, or the court of\noriginal instance, and if substitution is not made within four months\nafter the event requiring substitution, the court to which the appeal is\nor could be taken may dismiss the appeal, impose conditions or prevent\nit from being taken. Whether or not it occurs before or after final\njudgment, if the event requiring substitution is the death of a party,\nand timely substitution has not been made, the court, before proceeding\nfurther, shall, on such notice as it may in its discretion direct, order\nthe persons interested in the decedent's estate to show cause why the\naction or appeal should not be dismissed.\n
N.Y. VET Law § 13 — New York Code / Act VET / Article 1 / Section 13
State veterans' service agency
Status: in_force

§ 13. State veterans' service agency. 1. A state veterans' service\nagency established by the department pursuant to this article shall have\npower and it shall be its duty to inform military and naval authorities\nof the United States and assist members of the uniformed services and\nveterans, who are residents of this state, and their families, in\nrelation to (1) matters pertaining to educational training and\nretraining services and facilities, (2) health, medical and\nrehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state\nand local laws and regulations affording special rights and privileges\nto members of the uniformed services and veterans and their families,\n(4) employment and re-employment services, including the employment of\nveterans with disabilities program under section fifty-five-c of the\ncivil service law, and (5) other matters of similar, related or\nappropriate nature. The state veterans' service agency also shall\nperform such other duties as may be assigned by the state commissioner.\n  2. The state commissioner may, with the approval of the governor,\nappoint and remove a director of the state veterans' service agency. The\nstate commissioner may from time to time establish, alter or abolish\nstate veterans' service agency districts within the state, establish or\nabolish offices therefor, and appoint and at pleasure remove a deputy\ndirector of the state veterans' service agency for each such district\noffice. With the approval of the state commissioner, the director of the\nveterans' service agency may appoint such officers, consultants, clerks\nand other employees as may be necessary to administer the functions of\nthe state veterans' service agency, fix their compensation within the\nlimitation provided by law, and prescribe their duties.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 9.29 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title B / Article 9 / Section 9.29
Involuntary admission on medical certification; notice of admission to patients and others
Status: in_force

§ 9.29 Involuntary admission on medical certification; notice of\n         admission to patients and others.\n  (a) The director shall cause written notice of a person's involuntary\nadmission on an application supported by medical certification to be\ngiven forthwith to the mental hygiene legal service.\n  (b) The director shall cause written notice of the admission of such\nperson, including such person's rights under this article, to be given\npersonally or by mail not later than five days, excluding Sunday and\nholidays, after such admission to the following:\n  1. the nearest relative of the person alleged to be mentally ill,\nother than the applicant, if there be any such person known to the\ndirector.\n  2. as many as three additional persons, if designated in writing to\nreceive such notice by the person so admitted.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 396-N — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 396-N
Sales with "money back guarantee" and with "limited guarantee"
Status: in_force

§ 396-n. Sales with "money back guarantee" and with "limited\nguarantee".  1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n  (a) "Seller" shall include any person, firm, partnership or\ncorporation.\n  (b) "Goods" shall mean merchandise that is bought for use primarily\nfor personal, family or household purposes.\n  (c) "Money back guarantee" shall mean a promise made by a seller to a\npurchaser to repay, within the time period specified by the seller and\nupon the return of the merchandise, the full purchase price thereof.\n  (d) "Limited guarantee" shall mean a promise made by a seller to a\npurchaser to repay, within the time period specified by the seller and\nupon the return of the merchandise, a portion of the purchase price, the\ncomputation of which shall be described in the terms of the guarantee.\n  2. Whenever a seller offers or advertises for sale goods with a\nguarantee that promises the return of the purchase price, upon the\nreturn of the merchandise, such guarantee shall be deemed to be a money\nback guarantee unless the term "limited guarantee" is used and the terms\nof limitation of such guarantee are specified.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 602 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 15 / Section 602
Eligibility for service retirement benefits; minimum service requirements
Status: in_force

§ 602. Eligibility for service retirement benefits; minimum service\nrequirements. a. Except as provided in subdivision b-1 of this section,\na member who first joins a public retirement system of this state on or\nafter July first, nineteen hundred seventy-six shall not be eligible for\nservice retirement benefits hereunder until such member has rendered a\nminimum of five years of credited service.\n  b. Except as provided in subdivision b-1 of this section, a member who\npreviously was a member of a public retirement system of this state\nshall not be eligible for service retirement benefits hereunder until\nsuch member has rendered a minimum of five years of service which is\ncredited pursuant to section six hundred nine of this article.\n  b-1. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision a or b of this\nsection or any other provision of law to the contrary, (i) a member of\nthe New York city teachers' retirement system who holds a position\nrepresented by the recognized teacher organization for collective\nbargaining purposes, and who became subject to the provisions of this\narticle after the effective date of this subdivision, or (ii) a member\nof the New York city board of education retirement system who holds a\nposition represented by the recognized teacher organization for\ncollective bargaining purposes, and who became subject to the provisions\nof this article after the effective date of this subdivision, shall not\nbe eligible for service retirement benefits hereunder until such member\nhas rendered a minimum of five years of credited service.\n  (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision a or b of this\nsection or any other provision of law to the contrary, a member who\nfirst joins a public retirement system of the state on or after April\nfirst, two thousand twelve shall not be eligible for service retirement\nbenefits hereunder until such member has rendered a minimum of five\nyears of credited service.\n  c. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if a member\nattains mandatory retirement age, the minimum service requirements\nspecified in this section shall be five years.\n  d. Upon the first day of the month after the attainment of mandatory\nretirement age, a member shall be separated from service whether or not\neligible for service retirement hereunder; provided, however, that this\nrequirement shall not preclude a member from being continued in service\nbeyond such mandatory retirement age pursuant to other applicable\nprovisions of law and provided further, however, that this requirement\nshall not preclude a school district from permitting a teacher to\ncontinue in service to the end of the school year should a teacher\nattain age seventy within the period September first through June\nthirtieth of such school year.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 6302 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 63 / Section 6302
Special license
Status: in_force

§ 6302. Special license. (a) An authorized insurer, as a condition\nprecedent to the obtaining of such exemption, shall obtain a special\nlicense from the superintendent.\n  (b) Before such special license shall be issued or renewed the\nprospective licensee shall file in the office of the superintendent an\napplication in such form and supplements thereto as the superintendent\nprescribes. Such license shall be subject to annual renewal with an\nannual fee of two thousand dollars.\n  (c) Such license may only be issued to:\n  (1) an authorized insurer that maintains at all times a surplus to\npolicyholders of at least two hundred percent of the authorized control\nlevel as set forth in article thirteen of this chapter, except that with\nrespect to a policy issued pursuant to paragraph three of subsection (a)\nof section six thousand three hundred three of this article, an\nauthorized insurer that maintains at all times a surplus to\npolicyholders of at least two hundred fifty percent of the authorized\ncontrol level as set forth in article thirteen of this chapter; or\n  (2) a United States branch that maintains at all times a trusteed\nsurplus of at least two hundred percent of the authorized control level\nas set forth in article thirteen of this chapter, except that with\nrespect to a policy issued pursuant to paragraph three of subsection (a)\nof section six thousand three hundred three of this article, a United\nStates branch that maintains at all times a trusteed surplus of at least\ntwo hundred fifty percent of the authorized control level as set forth\nin article thirteen of this chapter; or\n  (3) until June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-seven, a domestic\nproperty/casualty insurance company that maintains at all times a\nsurplus to policyholders of at least twice the minimum surplus to\npolicyholders required to be maintained for the kinds of insurance that\nit is authorized to write in this state, or an insurer licensed pursuant\nto article sixty-one of this chapter as a reciprocal insurer that\nmaintains at all times a surplus to policyholders of at least the\nminimum surplus to policyholders required to be maintained for the kinds\nof insurance that it is authorized to write in this state, provided that\nthe domestic property/casualty insurance company or reciprocal insurer:\n(A) has total direct premiums comprised of at least ninety percent\nmedical malpractice insurance; (B) assumes reinsurance premiums in an\namount that is less than five percent of total direct premiums written;\nand (C) writes ninety percent of its total direct premiums in this\nstate.\n  (d) The superintendent may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew such\nlicense if, after notice and a hearing, the superintendent finds that\nsuch action will protect the best interests of the people of this state.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 941 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 24 / Section 941
Liability for torts
Status: in_force

§ 941. Liability for torts. The provisions of sections fifty-two,\nfifty-three and fifty-four of this chapter shall apply to the counties\nconstituting the city of New York.\n
N.Y. IND Law § 4 — New York Code / Act IND / Article 2 / Section 4
Marriage and divorce
Status: in_force

§ 4. Marriage and divorce. The laws of the state relating to the\ncapacity to contract marriage, the solemnization of marriage, the\nannulment of the marriage contract, and divorce, are applicable to\nIndians; and subject to the jurisdiction of the peacemakers' courts of\nthe Seneca nation to grant divorces, the same courts shall have\njurisdiction of actions arising thereunder. But Indians who have\nheretofore contracted marriage according to the Indian custom or usage,\nand shall cohabit as husband and wife, shall be deemed lawfully married.\nAs provided by subdivision three-a of section eleven of the domestic\nrelations law, marriages may be solemnized by a judge or peacemaker\njudge of any Indian tribal court, a chief, a headman, or any member of\nany tribal council or other governing body of any nation, tribe or band\nof Indians in this state duly designated by such body for that purpose,\nor any other persons duly designated by such body, in keeping with the\nculture and traditions of any such nation, tribe or band of Indians in\nthis state, to officiate at marriages.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 897 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 39-DD / Section 897
Sale of a firearm, rifle or shotgun at a gun show
Status: in_force

§ 897. Sale of a firearm, rifle or shotgun at a gun show. 1. A\nnational instant criminal background check shall be conducted and no\nperson shall sell or transfer a firearm, rifle or shotgun at a gun show,\nexcept in accordance with the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 922(t), provided\nthat before delivering a firearm, rifle or shotgun to any person, either\n(a) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) or its\nsuccessor has issued a "proceed" response to the seller or transferor,\nor (b) thirty calendar days shall have elapsed since the date the seller\nor transferor contacted NICS to initiate a national instant criminal\nbackground check and NICS has not notified the seller or transferor that\nthe transfer of the firearm, rifle or shotgun to such person should be\ndenied.\n  2. No person shall offer or agree to sell or transfer a firearm, rifle\nor shotgun to another person at a gun show and transfer or deliver such\nfirearm, rifle or shotgun to such person or person acting on his or her\nbehalf thereafter at a location other than the gun show for the purpose\nof evading or avoiding compliance with 18 U.S.C. 922(t).\n  3. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this\nsection shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable as provided\nfor in the penal law.\n