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N.Y. HAY Law § 53 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 3 / Section 53
Highways and bridges on Indian reservations
Status: in_force

§ 53. Highways and bridges on Indian reservations. The Department of\ntransportation shall have supervision and control, in the construction,\nmaintenance and improvement of all highways and bridges constructed or\nto be constructed by the state on any Indian reservations, and may make\nand enforce such reasonable orders, rules and regulations concerning\ntheir use as it shall deem necessary. The cost of such maintenance and\nconstruction and improvement, and removal of snow therefrom, shall be\npaid by the state out of any moneys appropriated for the maintenance,\nconstruction and improvement of highways.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 8 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 2 / Section 8
Terms of contract may be demanded
Status: in_force

§ 8. Terms of contract may be demanded. A statement of the terms of a\ncontract made between an owner and a contractor, pursuant to which an\nimprovement of real property is being made, and, of the amount due or to\nbecome due thereon shall be furnished upon demand in writing by the\nowner, or his duly authorized agent, to a subcontractor, laborer or\nmaterial man performing labor for or furnishing materials to a\ncontractor, or subcontractor, under such contract. If, within thirty\ndays of such demand the owner refuses or neglects to furnish such\nstatement or falsely states the terms of such contract or the amount due\nor to become due thereon, and a subcontractor, laborer or material man\nhas not been paid the amount of his claim against a contractor or\nsubcontractor, under such contract, and a judgment has been obtained and\nexecution issued against such contractor or subcontractor and returned\nwholly or partly unsatisfied, the owner shall be liable for the loss\nsustained by reason of such refusal, neglect or false statement, and the\nlien of such subcontractor, laborer or material man, filed as prescribed\nin this article, against the real property improved for the labor\nperformed or materials furnished after such demand, shall exist to the\nsame extent and be enforced in the same manner as if such labor and\nmaterials had been directly performed for and furnished to such owner.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 131 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 5 / Section 131
Forfeiture; penalties
Status: in_force

§ 131. Forfeiture; penalties. 1. Every common carrier and all\nofficers, and agents of any common carrier shall obey, observe and\ncomply with every order made by the commissioner so long as the same\nshall be and remain in force. Any common carrier which shall violate any\nprovision of law requiring the consent, permission or approval of the\ncommissioner for the performance of an act, or which fails, omits or\nneglects to obey, observe or comply with any order or any direction or\nrequirement of the commissioner, shall forfeit to the people of the\nstate of New York not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars for\neach offense; every violation of any such order or direction or\nrequirement, or of law, shall be a separate and distinct offense, and,\nin case of a continuing violation, every day's continuance thereof shall\nbe a separate and distinct offense.\n  2. Every officer and agent of any such common carrier who shall\nviolate, or who procures, aids or abets any violation by any such common\ncarrier of any provision of law requiring the consent, permission or\napproval of the commissioner for the performance of an act, or who shall\nfail to obey, observe and comply with any order of the commissioner or\nany provision of an order of the commissioner, or who procures, aids or\nabets any such common carrier in its failure to obey, observe and comply\nwith any such order or provision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 980-J — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 19-A / Section 980-J
Expense of the district
Status: in_force

§ 980-j. Expense of the district. (a) The expense incurred in the\nconstruction or operation of any improvement or provision of additional\nservices in a district pursuant to this article shall be financed in\naccordance with the district plan upon which the establishment or\nextension of the district was based. Services for which district\nproperty owners are charged pursuant to the plan must be in addition to\nor an enhancement of those provided by the municipality prior to the\nestablishment of the district. The expense and cost apportioned to\nbenefited real property in accordance with the plan shall be a charge\nupon each benefited parcel of real property within the district.\n  (b) The charge upon benefited real property pursuant to this article\nshall be imposed as provided in the district plan. If the formula\nincludes an ad valorem component, this component shall be determined by\nthe assessed value of each parcel as entered on the latest completed\nassessment roll used by the municipality for the levy of general\nmunicipal taxes. The charge shall be determined, levied and collected in\nthe same manner, at the same time and by the same officers, as general\nmunicipal taxes are levied and collected.\n  (c) Any municipality which has established a district pursuant to this\narticle, may, for the purpose of providing funds for making capital\nimprovements within a district, issue and sell bonds or other municipal\nobligations as provided in the local finance law and other applicable\nlaws and statutes. Principal and interest payments on these bonds or\nother municipal obligations may be made in whole or in part from the\nproceeds of charges imposed upon benefited real property within the\ndistrict.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 104 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 1 / Section 104
Bond and oath of justice
Status: in_force

§ 104. Bond and oath of justice.\n  Upon assuming office, each justice shall file with the county clerk\nhis oath of office and a bond in an amount fixed by the municipal board\nand conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties.  Additional\ncopies of the oath shall be filed with the administrative board and with\nthe clerk of the municipality.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 172 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 11 / Section 172
License required
Status: in_force

§ 172. License required. No person shall open, keep, maintain, own,\noperate or carry on any employment agency unless such person shall have\nfirst procured a license therefor as provided in this article. Such\nlicense shall be issued by the commissioner of labor, except that if the\nemployment agency is to be conducted in the city of New York such\nlicense shall be issued by the commissioner of consumer affairs of such\ncity. Such license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in said\nagency.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 205 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 2 / Section 205
License for running races and steeplechase meetings
Status: in_force

§ 205. License for running races and steeplechase meetings. Any\nnon-franchised corporation desiring to obtain the benefits of the\nprovisions of section two hundred three of this article, if proposing to\nconduct a race course or race meeting for running races or\nsteeplechases, may annually apply to the commission for a license to\nconduct running races and race meetings or steeplechases and\nsteeplechase meetings, as the case may be. If, in the judgment of such\ncommission the public interest, convenience or necessity will be served\nthereby and a proper case for the issuance of such license is shown\nconsistent with the purposes of this article and the best interest of\nracing generally, the commission may grant such license, for a term\nwithin the calendar year, which shall specify the dates and period of\ntime during which, and the place where, the licensee may operate. The\nfee for such license shall be one hundred dollars for each racing day,\npayable upon issuance of license. In considering an application for a\nlicense under this section, the commission may give consideration to the\nnumber of licenses already granted and to the location of the tracks\npreviously licensed. Every such license shall contain a condition that\nall running races or race meetings conducted thereunder shall be subject\nto such reasonable rules and regulations from time to time prescribed by\nthe commission, designated as the "rules of racing". Before promulgating\nsuch rules of racing or modifying or abrogating any of them, the\ncommission shall give the jockey club, a corporation organized under the\nlaws of the state of New York, an opportunity to submit recommendations\nrelative to such rules for running races and race meetings, and to the\nnational steeplechase and hunt association, a corporation organized\nunder the laws of the state of New York, an opportunity to submit\nrecommendations relative to such rules for steeplechases and\nsteeplechase meetings, and the commission may adopt, to the extent that\nit deems appropriate, any rules so submitted by either of such\ncorporations or by any other nationally recognized association or\ncorporation that has for its purpose the improvement of the breed.\n
N.Y. REL Law § 68 — New York Code / Act REL / Article 6 / Section 68
Exemption of securities
Status: in_force

§ 68. Exemption of securities. The provisions of article\ntwenty-three-a of the general business law shall not apply to any note,\nbond or other evidence of indebtedness issued by any cooperative or\nforeign corporation doing business in this state pursuant to this\nchapter to United States of America or any agency or instrumentality\nthereof, or to any mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument executed\nto secure the same. The provisions of said article twenty-three-a shall\nnot apply to the issuance of membership certificates by any cooperative\nor any such foreign corporation.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3405 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 34 / Section 3405
Arbitration of certain claims
Status: in_force

Rule 3405. Arbitration of certain claims. The chief judge of the court\nof appeals may promulgate rules for the arbitration of claims for the\nrecovery of a sum of money not exceeding six thousand dollars, exclusive\nof interest, pending in any court or courts except the civil court of\nthe city of New York, and not exceeding ten thousand dollars, exclusive\nof interest, pending in the civil court of the city of New York. Such\nrules must permit a jury trial de novo upon demand by any party\nfollowing the determination of the arbitrators and may require the\ndemander to pay the cost of arbitration; and shall also provide for all\nprocedures necessary to initiate, conduct and determine the arbitration.\nA judgment may be entered upon the arbitration award. The rules shall\nfurther provide for the recruitment and qualifications of the\narbitrators and for their compensation; except that such rules may\nauthorize use of judicial hearing officers as arbitrators. All expenses\nfor compensation, reimbursement and administration under this rule shall\nbe a state charge to be paid out of funds appropriated to the\nadministrative office for the courts for that purpose.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 969 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 46 / Section 969
Limitations on the regulation of hunting, fishing and recreational activities
Status: in_force

§ 969. Limitations on the regulation of hunting, fishing and\nrecreational activities. Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to\nauthorize the regulation of hunting, fishing, trapping, possession of\nwildlife or other recreational activities in the reserve, except as\notherwise provided by law.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 243 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 11 / Section 243
Continuity of authority
Status: in_force

§ 243. Continuity of authority. For the purpose of succession to all\nfunctions, powers, duties and obligations transferred pursuant to this\narticle, the department shall constitute the continuation of the public\nservice commission and the department of public service, and not a\ndifferent agency or authority.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 581-205 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-C / Part 2 / Section 581-205
Inspection of records
Status: in_force

§ 581-205. Inspection of records. Court records relating to\nproceedings under this article shall be sealed, provided, however, that\nthe office of temporary and disability assistance, a child support unit\nof a social services district or a child support agency of another state\nproviding child support services pursuant to title IV-d of the federal\nsocial security act, when a party to a related support proceeding and to\nthe extent necessary to provide child support services or for the\nadministration of the program pursuant to title IV-d of the federal\nsocial security act, may obtain a copy of a judgment of parentage. The\nparties to the proceeding and the child shall have the right to inspect\nand make copies of the entire court record, including, but not limited\nto, the name of the person acting as surrogate and any known donor.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the county clerk or the\nclerk of the supreme, surrogate's or family court shall not display the\nsurname of the child or parties in any caption, document, index, minutes\nor other record available to the public, whether filed in hard copy or\nelectronically.\n
N.Y. PBL Law § 23 — New York Code / Act PBL / Article 2 / Section 23
Disposition of moneys received from sale of certain state lands and sand and gravel thereon
Status: in_force

§ 23. Disposition of moneys received from sale of certain state lands\nand sand and gravel thereon.  All moneys received by the commissioner of\ngeneral services from the sale of sand and gravel on, or from the sale\nof, any land of the state, or from the grant of rights or easements\ntherein or thereover, not including land under water provision with\nrespect to which is made in section seventy-five of this chapter, and\nnot including abandoned canal lands provision with respect to which is\nmade under article four of this chapter and not including certain\ndetached parcels of forest preserve lands with respect to which\nprovision is made in section twenty-four of this chapter, shall be paid,\nless any refunds made pursuant to section twenty-six of this law, and\nless any sum required to be deposited to the credit of the environmental\nprotection fund provision with respect to which is made by chapter six\nhundred ten of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-three, into the state\ntreasury through the office of general services to the credit of the\ncapital construction fund established by section ninety-three of the\nstate finance law. All such moneys received during a month, less any\nrefunds, shall be so paid on or before the fifteenth day of the\nsucceeding month.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 172 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 10 / Section 172
Co-respondent as party
Status: in_force

§ 172. Co-respondent as party. 1. In an action brought to obtain a\ndivorce on the ground of adultery the plaintiff or defendant may serve a\ncopy of his pleading on a co-respondent named therein. At any time\nwithin twenty days after such service, the co-respondent may appear to\ndefend such action so far as the issues affect him. If no such service\nbe made, then at any time before the entry of judgment a co-respondent\nnamed in any of the pleadings may make a written demand on any party for\na copy of a summons and a pleading served by such party, which must be\nserved within ten days thereafter, and he may appear to defend such\naction so far as the issues affect him.\n  2. In an action for divorce where a co-respondent has appeared and\ndefended, in case no one of the allegations of adultery controverted by\nsuch co-respondent shall be proven, such co-respondent shall be entitled\nto a bill of costs against the person naming him as such co-respondent,\nwhich bill of costs shall consist only of the sum now allowed by law as\na trial fee, and disbursements.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 134 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 7 / Section 134
Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications of voters thereat
Status: in_force

§ 134. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications\nof voters thereat.  At a corporate meeting of an incorporated Baptist\nchurch the qualified voters shall be all persons who are then members of\nsuch church in good and regular standing by admission into full\ncommunion or membership therewith, or who have statedly worshipped with\nsuch church and have regularly contributed to the financial support\nthereof during the year next preceding such meeting; but any\nincorporated Baptist church may at any annual corporate meeting thereof,\nif notice of the intention so to do has been given with the notice of\nsuch meeting, decide that thereafter only members of such church in good\nand regular standing by admission into full communion or membership\ntherewith shall be qualified voters at the corporate meetings. At such\ncorporate meetings the presence of at least six persons qualified to\nvote thereat shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, and all matters\nor questions shall be decided by a majority of the qualified voters\nvoting thereon. There shall be elected at said meeting from the\nqualified voters then present, a presiding officer, a clerk to keep the\nrecords of the proceedings of the meeting and two inspectors of election\nto receive the ballots cast.  The presiding officer and the inspectors\nof election shall declare the result of the ballots cast on any matter\nand shall be the judge of the qualifications of voters. At each annual\ncorporate meeting, successors to those trustees whose terms of office\nthen expire, shall be elected by ballot from the qualified voters, for a\nterm of three years thereafter, and until their successors shall be\nelected.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 120 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 7 / Section 120
Protection of deer
Status: in_force

§ 120. Protection of deer. 1. Whenever the governing body of any\nmunicipality shall determine that the deer population in the\nmunicipality or part thereof is suffering severe depredation due to dogs\nattacking, chasing or worrying deer, such governing body may by order\nrequire that all dogs in such municipality or part thereof shall be\nsecurely confined during the period of time designated in the order or,\nif no time is designated, until the order is revoked.\n  2. Notice of such order shall be given by publication in a newspaper\nor newspapers of general circulation in said municipality which shall be\ndesignated by such governing body and by filing a copy of the order in\nthe office of each clerk in the area affected by such order. Such order\nshall be in full force and effect at the expiration of twenty-four hours\nfollowing publication of such notice.\n  3. If any dog is not confined as required by such order, any dog\ncontrol officer, peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties,\nor police officer shall seize such dog. Any dog so seized shall be\nsubject to the provisions of section one hundred eighteen of this\narticle. A dog shall not be deemed to be in violation of such order if\naccompanied by and under the full control of the owner.\n  4. If any dog, which is not confined as required by such order, shall\nattack, chase or worry any deer, any dog control officer, peace officer,\nacting pursuant to his special duties, or police officer upon witnessing\nthe same, shall destroy, or seize and destroy, such dog, and no\nliability in damages or otherwise shall be incurred on account of such\ndestruction.\n  5. If any dog shall kill or cripple any deer, the owner shall be\nsubject to a civil penalty in the amount of one hundred dollars for the\nfirst deer killed or crippled by the dog or by the pack of dogs, if any,\nof which the dog was a member, and in the amount of one hundred fifty\ndollars for each additional deer killed or crippled, to be recovered in\nan action brought by the commissioner of environmental conservation on\nbehalf of the people of the state of New York.\n  6. This section and any order issued pursuant thereto shall not apply\nto dogs in special dog training areas or shooting preserves enclosed and\nlicensed pursuant to the provisions of the environmental conservation\nlaw, while such dogs are under the control of the owner or trainer.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 11 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 11
Acknowledgment or proof of instrument
Status: in_force

§ 11. Acknowledgment or proof of instrument. When the execution of any\ninstrument or writing is authorized or required by law to be\nacknowledged, or to be proven so as to entitle it to be filed or\nrecorded in a public office, the acknowledgment may be taken or the\nproof made before any officer then and there authorized to take the\nacknowledgment or proof of the execution of a deed of real property to\nentitle it to be recorded in a county clerk's office, and shall be made\nand certified in the same manner as such acknowledgment or proof of such\ndeed.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 1002 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 10 / Section 1002
Motion to dismiss
Status: in_force

§ 1002. Motion to dismiss.\n  (a) CPLR rule 3211, relating to a motion to dismiss, shall apply in\nthis court, except that, with reference to subdivision (e) of said rule,\na party's time to move to dismiss a cause of action contained in a\npleading to which no response is required shall be within ten days after\nthe service of such pleading. A motion based on paragraphs two, seven or\nten of subdivision (a) of said rule may, as provided in its subdivision\n(e), be made at any time.\n  (b) An objection based upon § 213(a) of this act, relative to\nresidence or business within the city, shall be treated, for purposes of\nthis section and CPLR rule 3211, as if it were an objection under CPLR\nrule 3211(a)(8), relative to the court's jurisdiction of the person of\nthe defendant.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 85 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 4 / Section 85
General authorization; good faith of state pledged
Status: in_force

§ 85. General authorization; good faith of state pledged. The\ncommissioner of transportation is hereby authorized, empowered and\ndirected to perform and do such other and further acts not hereby\nspecifically provided as may be necessary to perform the work authorized\nby this article and to comply with federal aid highway and\ntransportation acts hereinbefore referred to and rules and regulations\npromulgated thereunder. The provisions of such acts are hereby assented\nto, the good faith of the state of New York being hereby pledged to make\nsuch provision from time to time as may be necessary to provide its\nshare of the cost of such work.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 12-2.4 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 12 / Part 2 / Section 12-2.4
Effect of judgment
Status: in_force

§ 12-2.4 Effect of judgment\n  A judgment recovered in an action brought under this article is\npreferred, as a lien on any property of the decedent passing to a\ndefendant against whom the judgment was recovered, to a judgment\nobtained against such defendant on his personal obligation.\n