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N.Y. PVH Law § 1051 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 17-B / Section 1051
Legislative findings and statement of policy
Status: in_force

§ 1051. Legislative findings and statement of policy. The legislature\nhereby finds and declares that there exists in many portions of the\nrural areas of the state substantial needs for revitalization and\nimprovement of housing and of local commercial and service facilities,\nand for related community renewal activities. The findings set forth in\narticle seventeen of this chapter, with respect to the special needs and\nproblems of such areas and the significant potential role of locally\nbased not-for-profit organizations in helping to meet such needs, are\nhereby reaffirmed. The legislature hereby determines that, in addition\nto the program of state support to help meet the administrative expenses\nof such organizations under article seventeen, a further public need\nexists for state funding of a portion of the costs of specific\nrevitalization projects carried out by such groups and similar local\norganizations. It is the purpose of this article to encourage community\npreservation and improvement in the rural area of the state by\nestablishing a program of such funding.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 7.01 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title B / Article 7 / Section 7.01
New York state summer school of the arts
Status: in_force

§ 7.01. New York state summer school of the arts. The New York state\nsummer school of the arts under the jurisdiction and control of the\neducation department is hereby continued.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 5308 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 53 / Section 5308
Uniformity of interpretation
Status: in_force

§ 5308. Uniformity of interpretation. This article shall be so\nconstrued as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law\nof those states which enact these provisions.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 55 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 4-A / Section 55
Responsibilities of covered agencies, state officers and employees
Status: in_force

§ 55. Responsibilities of covered agencies, state officers and\nemployees. 1. Every state officer or employee in a covered agency shall\nreport promptly to the state inspector general any information\nconcerning corruption, fraud, criminal activity, conflicts of interest\nor abuse by another state officer or employee relating to his or her\noffice or employment, or by a person having business dealings with a\ncovered agency relating to those dealings. The knowing failure of any\nofficer or employee to so report shall be cause for removal from office\nor employment or other appropriate penalty. Any officer or employee who\nacts pursuant to this subdivision by reporting to the state inspector\ngeneral improper governmental action as defined in section\nseventy-five-b of the civil service law shall not be subject to\ndismissal, discipline or other adverse personnel action.\n  2. The head of any covered agency shall advise the governor within\nninety days of the issuance of a report by the state inspector general\nas to the remedial action that the agency has taken in response to any\nrecommendation for such action contained in such report.\n
N.Y. IND Law § 45 — New York Code / Act IND / Article 4 / Section 45
The clerk
Status: in_force

§ 45. The clerk.  The clerk of each nation shall act as clerk at every\nannual or special meeting thereof, and in the meetings of the council of\nthe nation. He shall have the custody of all the books, papers and\nrecords belonging to such nation. The council of each nation shall\nfurnish the clerk thereof with a book, at the expense of the nation, in\nwhich he shall enter all proceedings and the results of all elections at\nevery annual or special meeting of such nation; and all orders, rules,\nregulations and certificates made or granted by the council of the\nnation, and if of the Tonawanda nation, the names of the chiefs thereof.\nEvery certificate, order or other matter certified by the clerk to be a\ntrue extract from his minutes shall be evidence thereof. The clerk shall\nreceive an annual salary of not exceeding fifty dollars, to be\ndetermined by the council. The clerk of the Tonawanda nation shall also\nact as clerk at all hearings before the peacemakers' courts, or any\nother tribunal established by law on their reservation, and shall enter\nin the record book of the peacemakers' courts all entries required to be\nmade therein.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1602 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 16 / Section 1602
Definition
Status: in_force

§ 1602. Definition.  When used in this article, the term "pesticide"\nmeans any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing,\ndestroying, repelling, or mitigating any insect, rodent, fungi, weeds,\nor other forms of plant or animal life or viruses, except viruses on or\nin living man or animals.\n
N.Y. MCF Law § 12 — New York Code / Act MCF / Section 12
Exemption from taxation of notes and bonds
Status: in_force

§ 12. Exemption from taxation of notes and bonds. It is hereby\ndetermined that the creation of the agency is in all respects for the\nbenefit of the people of the state and for the improvement of their\nhealth, safety, welfare, comfort and security, and that said purposes\nare public purposes and that the agency will be performing an essential\ngovernmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by\nthis act. The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent\nholders and transferees of notes and bonds issued by the agency, in\nconsideration of the acceptance of and payment for the notes and bonds,\nthat the notes and bonds of the agency, issued pursuant to this act and\nthe income therefrom and all its fees, charges, gifts, grants, revenues,\nreceipts, and other monies received or to be received, pledged to pay or\nsecure the payment of such notes or bonds shall at all times be free\nfrom taxation, except for estate and gift taxes and taxes on transfers.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 10-109 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 10 / Section 10-109
Military voters; cancellation of registration
Status: in_force

§ 10-109. Military voters; cancellation of registration. 1. Voters\nregistered pursuant to this article shall be eligible to vote in every\nelection in which military voters are eligible to vote which is held\nmore than ten days after the date of the receipt of their applications\nfor such registration.\n  2. If any ballot, application form or other mail sent to a military\nvoter at his military address by the board of elections is returned by\nthe post office as undeliverable, the board of elections shall ascertain\nwhether the military voter is residing at the address given on his\nregistration records as his permanent address. If he is residing at such\naddress, the board shall not send him any further military ballots\nunless he applies for them in the regular way, giving a new military\naddress. If such military voter is not residing at such permanent\naddress, the board of elections shall send a confirmation notice to such\nmilitary voter at his last military address pursuant to the provisions\nof section 5-712 of this chapter and shall place the registration of\nsuch voter in inactive status.  However, if such a voter notifies the\nboard of elections that he has moved to a new military address, the\nboard shall restore the registration of such voter to active status in\nthe manner prescribed by section 5-213 of this chapter.\n  3. The board of elections shall process and preserve the records of\nsuch registrations, including the original applications for such\nregistrations, in the same manner and for the same period of time as the\nrecords of other voters registered under permanent personal\nregistration.\n  4. A military voter whose registration is cancelled pursuant to the\nprovisions of section 5-400 of this chapter shall be eligible to\nreregister in the manner provided by this article.\n  5. Upon cancelling the registration of a military voter pursuant to\nthe provisions of section 5-400 of this chapter, the board of elections\nshall forthwith notify such voter at his last military address and at\nhis permanent residence address of the fact of the cancellation, the\nreason therefor, and of his right to reregister pursuant to this\narticle.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 211 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 6 / Section 211
Exemption from increase in local taxation
Status: in_force

§ 211. Exemption from increase in local taxation. 1. A local\nlegislative body is hereby authorized, by adopting or enacting an\nordinance or local law, to exempt all or part of the real property held\nby redevelopment corporations during a maximum exemption period, which\nshall not exceed ten years, which represents an increase in any local\ntax over the maximum local tax. After the adoption or enactment of such\nan ordinance or local law, every parcel of real property held by any\nredevelopment corporation in the city shall be exempt during the maximum\nexemption period, from that portion of each and every local tax to the\nextent that such exemption has been granted by such ordinance or local\nlaw. If, during the last year of the maximum exemption period, such\nexemption is in existence on the day such local tax, or installment\nthereof, becomes a lien on such parcel of real property, such exemption\nshall extend for the full tax year for such local tax and shall not be\napportioned because of the expiration of the maximum exemption period\nduring such tax year.\n  2. For the purpose of fixing the date of commencement of the maximum\nexemption period for a group of parcels of real property in a\ndevelopment area, a city is hereby authorized, with the approval of its\nlocal legislative body, except that if there is a board of estimate in\nthe city, then with the approval of the board of estimate, to contract\nwith a redevelopment corporation to place in one or more groups the\nvarious parcels of real property therein. Such a contract may provide\nthat all of the parcels in each group may be deemed to have had a common\nstated date of acquisition by the redevelopment corporation, regardless\nof the actual date of acquisition of each parcel contained therein. Such\nagreed date of acquisition shall thereupon serve as a basis for\ncomputing the maximum exemption period for each parcel of real property\nin the group. Such agreed date of acquisition shall not be later than\nthe date of the actual acquisition of one or more parcels of real\nproperty in the group. After the making of any such contract, all of the\nparcels of real property in any such group shall be treated as a unit\nfor the purposes of the assessment and collection of each local tax, and\nthe maximum exemption period so computed shall be binding with respect\nto each local tax.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 74 — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 4 / Section 74
Energy storage deployment policy
Status: in_force

§ 74. Energy storage deployment policy. 1. As used in this section\n"qualified energy storage system" shall mean commercially available\ntechnology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing it for a period\nof time, and thereafter dispatching the energy using mechanical,\nchemical, or thermal processes to store energy that was generated at one\ntime for use at a later time.\n  2. By December thirty-first, two thousand eighteen, the commission\nshall, in consultation with the New York state energy research and\ndevelopment authority, the Long Island power authority, and the\nfederally designated electric bulk system operator for New York state,\nafter a hearing held on notice, establish by order, rules and\nregulations, both a two thousand thirty energy storage goal for the\nstate and a deployment policy to support that goal. The energy storage\ndeployment policy shall assist with and take the following into\nconsideration:\n  (a) avoided or deferred costs associated with transmission,\ndistribution, and/or generation capacity;\n  (b) minimization of peak load in constrained areas;\n  (c) systems that are connected to customer facilities and systems that\nare directly connected to transmission and distribution facilities;\n  (d) cost-effectiveness;\n  (e) the integration of variable-output energy resources;\n  (f) reducing emissions of greenhouse gases;\n  (g) reducing demand for peak electrical generation;\n  (h) improving the reliable operation of the electrical transmission or\ndistribution systems; and\n  (i) such other issues deemed appropriate by the commission.\n  3. To the extent that the energy storage deployment policy directs the\nprocurement of qualified energy storage systems to encourage their\ndeployment, such procurements shall be awarded through a competitive\nprocess.\n  4. Annual reports on the achievements and effectiveness of the policy\nshall be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the\nsenate, and the speaker of the assembly.\n
N.Y. PAR Law § 19.17 — New York Code / Act PAR / Title C / Article 19-A / Section 19.17
Clarifying title to property on loan
Status: in_force

§ 19.17 Clarifying title to property on loan. Notwithstanding any\nother provisions of law regarding abandoned or lost property the office\nmay, beginning five years from the date the lender last contacted the\noffice, clarify title to property on permanent loan or loaned for an\nindeterminate period or a specified term that has expired.  Proof of the\ndate on which the lender last contacted the office may include\npreviously sent registered letters or loan forms, returned envelopes,\ninventories and other documentary evidence. The procedure for clarifying\ntitle shall be as follows:\n  1. The office must give notice by mail to the lender that it wishes to\nclarify ownership rights in the property.\n  2. In addition to the information described in section 19.16 of this\narticle, the notice shall be entitled "Notice of Termination" and must\ninclude a statement containing substantially the following information:\n"The records of the office of parks, recreation and historic\npreservation indicate that you have property on loan at (name of\nfacility).  The office is seeking to determine whether you wish (i) that\nthe office return the property to you, (ii) that the property remain on\nloan to the office subject to annual renewal, or (iii) that the office\nretain the property permanently as its owner. Please contact (name of\ncontact) in writing within one hundred twenty days, in order to advise\nthe office as to which of the above alternatives you wish to follow."\n  3. If, no later than one hundred twenty days following receipt\nthereof, the lender does not respond to the notice of termination by\nsubmitting a written claim to the property on loan with verifying\ndocumentation the office shall send a second notice to the lender\ncontaining the following information: "On (date of first notice), the\noffice of parks, recreation and historic preservation sent you a notice\nconcerning property that, according to our records, has been loaned to\nthe office. You have not responded to that notice, a copy of which is\nenclosed, and the office will commence proceedings to acquire title to\nthe property if you do not contact (name of contact), in writing within\none hundred twenty days of receiving this second notice."\n  4. If the lender fails to respond to the second notice described in\nsubdivision three of this section within one hundred twenty days of\nreceipt, at the request of the commissioner, the attorney general may\nmake an application to the supreme court pursuant to article thirty of\nthe civil practice law and rules for a declaratory judgment to determine\nthe office's right to such property.  In a case in which there is no\nevidence that the notices previously sent by the office were received by\nthe lender, upon application, the supreme court shall specify the method\nby which service shall be made upon the lender.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 15.10 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 1 / Title B / Article 15 / Section 15.10
Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses of strict liability and mental culpability
Status: in_force

§ 15.10 Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses\n          of strict liability and mental culpability.\n  The minimal requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a\nperson of conduct which includes a voluntary act or the omission to\nperform an act which he is physically capable of performing. If such\nconduct is all that is required for commission of a particular offense,\nor if an offense or some material element thereof does not require a\nculpable mental state on the part of the actor, such offense is one of\n"strict liability." If a culpable mental state on the part of the actor\nis required with respect to every material element of an offense, such\noffense is one of "mental culpability."\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2112 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 21 / Section 2112
Compensation of persons acting under powers of attorney or other instruments 1
Status: in_force

§ 2112. Compensation of persons acting under powers of attorney or other\n          instruments\n  1.  At any time during the administration of an estate and\nirrespective of the pendency of a particular proceeding the court is\nauthorized either on its own initiative or on application by the\nfiduciary or a person interested to fix and determine the compensation,\ncharges and expenses of a person acting under a power of attorney or\nother instrument described in EPTL 13-2.3 for services rendered to his\nprincipal, and to review and determine the validity and reasonableness\nof any such compensation, charge or expense, whether or not it has been\nfixed previously by agreement.\n  2.  In the event any such person has already received or been paid a\nsum in excess of the fair and reasonable value of his services, charges\nand expenses as determined by the court the latter is authorized to\ndirect him to refund the excess.  A proceeding therefor may be commenced\nby the court on its own initiative or by the petition of a person\ninterested.\n  3.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the practice\nof law by an attorney in fact or other person acting under an instrument\ndescribed in EPTL 13-2.3 who is not an attorney of this state.\n
N.Y. REL Law § 21 — New York Code / Act REL / Article 2 / Section 21
Officers
Status: in_force

§ 21. Officers. The officers of a cooperative shall consist of a\npresident, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected\nannually by and from the board of directors. When a person holding any\nsuch office ceases to be a director he shall cease to hold such office.\nThe offices of secretary and of treasurer may be held by the same\nperson. The board of directors may also elect or appoint such other\nofficers, agents, or employees as it deems necessary or advisable and\nshall prescribe their powers and duties. Any officer may be removed from\noffice and his successor elected in the manner prescribed in the\nby-laws.\n
N.Y. LLC Law § 605 — New York Code / Act LLC / Article 6 / Section 605
Liability upon assignment
Status: in_force

§ 605. Liability upon assignment. Whether or not an assignee of a\nmembership interest becomes a member, the assignor of a membership\ninterest is not released from any liability under this chapter or the\noperating agreement, except liabilities that arise after the\neffectiveness of the assignment and are pursuant to section two hundred\nten of this chapter, section five hundred eight of this chapter or, in\nthe event the assignee becomes a member, unless otherwise provided in\nthe operating agreement, section five hundred two of this chapter.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-712 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2 / Part 7 / Section 2-712
"Cover"; Buyer's Procurement of Substitute Goods
Status: in_force

Section 2--712. "Cover"; Buyer's Procurement of Substitute Goods.\n  (1) After a breach within the preceding section the buyer may "cover"\nby making in good faith and without unreasonable delay any reasonable\npurchase of or contract to purchase goods in substitution for those due\nfrom the seller.\n  (2) The buyer may recover from the seller as damages the difference\nbetween the cost of cover and the contract price together with any\nincidental or consequential damages as hereinafter defined (Section\n2--715), but less expenses saved in consequence of the seller's breach.\n  (3) Failure of the buyer to effect cover within this section does not\nbar him from any other remedy.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2312 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 23 / Section 2312
Immigration bond premium
Status: in_force

§ 2312. Immigration bond premium. (a) The premium for giving an\nimmigration bond or depositing money or property as immigration bail in\nany court having immigration jurisdiction or in any immigration action\nor proceeding shall not exceed ten per centum of the amount of such bond\nor deposit in actions where such bonds or deposits do not exceed the sum\nof three thousand dollars. Where such bonds or deposits exceed the sum\nof three thousand dollars, the premium shall not exceed ten per centum\nof the first three thousand dollars and eight per centum of the excess\namount over three thousand dollars up to ten thousand dollars and six\nper centum of the excess amount over ten thousand dollars.\n  (b) No person, firm, corporation, or other entity, including an\ninsurance producer, shall:\n  (1) charge, collect, or receive, directly or indirectly, any fee or\ncompensation in connection with an immigration bail deposit or\nimmigration bond, other than the premium based on rates subject to the\nmaximum specified in subsection (a) of this section and filed with the\nsuperintendent by the insurer pursuant to this article, notwithstanding\nsubsection (c) of section two thousand one hundred nineteen of this\nchapter; or\n  (2) accept any fee or compensation for obtaining a license or for\nobtaining an insurance producer or immigration bond or for an\nimmigration bail deposit.\n  (c) Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that violates this\nsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. An indemnitor may maintain a\ncause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person,\nfirm, corporation, or other entity to recover any fee or compensation in\nexcess of the amount authorized pursuant to this section. The person,\nfirm, corporation, or other entity shall, in any action brought by an\nindemnitor to recover any such overcharge, be liable for treble damages.\n  (d) Any agreement, or portion thereof, entered into requiring the\nwaiving of the requirements of this section or otherwise in violation of\nthis section shall be void and unenforceable.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1606 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 16 / Section 1606
Notice of application
Status: in_force

§ 1606. Notice of application. 1. The notice of an application made\npursuant to the provisions of either section 1601 or section 1602 shall\nbe given to each person in being who has an interest in the affected\nreal property, or in the proceeds to be derived therefrom upon a\ndirected sale thereof; or who is a beneficiary of a trust created\nrelative thereto; or who has a power to appoint or to dispose of an\ninterest therein, or in its proceeds; or who is an appointee under such\na power theretofore exercised.\n  2. Such notice shall be given in the manner following:\n  a. If such person is a competent adult within this state, by service\nupon him personally of a written notice stating the time, place and\npurpose of the application, at least eight days prior to the\npresentation thereof;\n  b. In all other cases in such manner as the court which the\napplication is to be made shall prescribe.\n