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N.Y. RPP Law § 312 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9 / Section 312
Contents of certificate of authentication
Status: in_force

§ 312. Contents of certificate of authentication. 1. An officer\nauthenticating a certificate of acknowledgment or proof must subjoin or\nattach to the original certificate a certificate under his hand.\n  2. When the certificate of acknowledgment or proof is made by a notary\npublic, without the state but within the United States or within any\nterritory, possession, or dependency of the United States, or within any\nplace over which the United States, at the time when such acknowledgment\nor proof is taken, has or exercises jurisdiction, sovereignty, control,\nor a protectorate, the certificate of authentication must state in\nsubstance that, at the time when such original certificate purports to\nhave been made, the person whose name is subscribed to the certificate\nwas such officer as he is therein represented to be.\n  In every other case the certificate of authentication must state in\nsubstance (a) that, at the time when such original certificate purports\nto have been made, the person whose name is subscribed to the original\ncertificate was such officer as he is therein represented to be; (b)\nthat the authenticating officer is acquainted with the handwriting of\nthe officer making the original certificate, or has compared the\nsignature of such officer upon the original certificate with a specimen\nof his signature filed or deposited in the office of such authenticating\nofficer, or recorded, filed, or deposited, pursuant to law, in any other\nplace, and believes the signature upon the original certificate is\ngenuine; and (c), if the original certificate is required to be under\nseal, that the authenticating officer has compared the impression of the\nseal affixed thereto with a specimen impression thereof filed or\ndeposited in his office, or recorded, filed, or deposited, pursuant to\nlaw, in any other place, and believes the impression of the seal upon\nthe original certificate is genuine.\n  3. When such original certificate is made pursuant to paragraph (e) of\nsubdivision one of section two hundred ninety-nine of this article, such\ncertificate of authentication must also specify that the person making\nsuch original certificate, at the time when it purports to have been\nmade, was authorized, by the laws of the state, District of Columbia,\nterritory, possession, dependency, or other place where the\nacknowledgment or proof was made, to take the acknowledgment or proof of\ndeeds to be recorded therein.\n  4. When such original certificate is made pursuant to subdivision\nseven of section three hundred one of this chapter, such certificate of\nauthentication must also specify that the person making such original\ncertificate, at the time when it purports to have been made, was\nauthorized, by the laws of the country where the acknowledgment or proof\nwas made, to take acknowledgments of conveyances of real estate or to\nadminister oaths in proof of the execution thereof.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 23 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 2 / Section 23
Limitation of preferences
Status: in_force

§ 23. Limitation of preferences. In all general assignments of the\nestates of debtors for the benefit of creditors no preference created\ntherein, other than for the wages or salaries of or moneys held in trust\nfor employees under section twenty-one-a and section twenty-two or cash\ndeposits upon purchases for future delivery of merchandise or services\nunder section twenty-two, shall be valid.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 167 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 4 / Section 167
Supplemental pension fund
Status: in_force

§ 167. Supplemental pension fund.  1. There is hereby established a\nspecial fund to be known as the supplemental pension fund. Such fund\nshall consist of such moneys as may be appropriated thereto by the\nlegislature, and all other moneys received for such fund from any other\nsource pursuant to law.\n  2. Subject to the provisions of the state finance law, the\nsupplemental pension fund shall be under the jurisdiction and control of\nthe comptroller, who shall be the custodian thereof.  The fund shall be\nheld separate and apart from any other funds or moneys of the state and\nshall be used exclusively for the purpose of making supplemental pension\npayments to state retired employees and state retired teachers. The\ncomptroller shall have power to invest and keep invested moneys in the\nfund in accordance with the provisions of section ninety-eight of the\nstate finance law. Moneys of the fund shall be paid out only after audit\nby and on warrant of the comptroller.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 14-1404 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 14 / Section 14-1404
Use by the state, individuals and corporations outside corporate limits
Status: in_force

§ 14-1404 Use by the state, individuals and corporations outside\ncorporate limits. The board of sewer commissioners may sell to a\ncorporation, or to an individual, the right to make connection with its\nsewerage system for the purpose of discharging sewage or wastewater\ntherein from outside the village limits, and fix the term, consideration\nand conditions therefor.  The board shall not sell nor permit the use of\nits sewerage system under this section if thereby such system will be\nrendered inadequate for the village or its inhabitants. The term\n"corporation" shall mean a corporation as defined in section one hundred\ntwo of the business corporation law. The board of sewer commissioners of\nany village may contract with the state of New York or with the state\nauthority having control and supervision of any state institution, and\nthe state of New York or the state authority having control and\nsupervision of any state institution may contract with the board of\nsewer commissioners of any village, to provide sewerage and sewage\ndisposal facilities for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of the\nsewage or wastewater of such state or state institution either within or\nwithout the corporate limit of said village on such conditions and\nconveying such powers to the state or such state authority and for such\nconsideration and such period of time as said sewer commissioners and\nthe state of New York or such state authority may agree. The board of\nsewer commissioners of any village may contract with the United States\nof America or with the federal agency, administration or authority\nhaving control and supervision of any federal institution or\ninstallation to provide sewerage and sewage disposal facilities for the\nconveyance, treatment and disposal of the sewage or wastewater of such\nfederal institution or installation either within or without the\ncorporate limits of the village on such conditions, for such\nconsideration and for such period of time as said sewer commissioners\nand the United States of America or such federal agency, administration\nor authority may agree.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3398-J — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 33-B / Section 3398-J
Transferability; amendment to license; change in ownership or control
Status: in_force

* § 3398-j. Transferability; amendment to license; change in ownership\nor control. 1. Licenses issued under this article are not transferable,\nabsent written consent of the commissioner.\n  2. Upon application of a licensee, a license may be amended to add or\ndelete permitted activities.\n  3. A license shall become void by a change in ownership, substantial\ncorporate change or change of location without prior written approval of\nthe commissioner. The commissioner may make regulations allowing for\ncertain types of changes in ownership without the need for prior written\napproval.\n  * NB Repealed 6 months after the full cannabis control board created\nby Article 2 of the cannabis law has been appointed\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 141 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 9 / Section 141
Chief of police
Status: in_force

§ 141. Chief of police. The chief of police shall have the power and\nit shall be his duty to enforce all rules and regulations of the\ncommissioner of public safety relating to the police department; to\ncommit any person charged with a criminal offense until an examination\nshall be had before the proper magistrate; to administer oaths and take\naffidavits in respect to all matters pertaining to his official duties,\nand to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law, the\ncommissioner of public safety, or ordinance of the common council.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1306 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 13 / Section 1306
Powers 1
Status: in_force

§ 1306. Powers\n  1. If any person to whom a certificate and receipt are presented by a\nvoluntary administrator refuses to pay, deliver, transfer or issue to\nthe voluntary administrator any personal property of the decedent, the\nvoluntary administrator may maintain an action or proceeding to recover\nor compel the delivery of the property, or to enforce a contractual or\nquasi contractual claim owned by decedent, provided the amount claimed,\ntogether with all other assets of the estate to be administered under\nthis article, does not exceed the monetary amount defined as a small\nestate pursuant to subdivision one of section 1301 of this article. In\nsuch action or proceeding, a certified copy of the affidavit shall be\nprima facie proof of the facts therein stated.\n  2. A voluntary administrator may sell for its reasonable value in cash\nany personal property of the decedent coming into the voluntary\nadministrator's possession.\n  3. For the purpose of this article, a voluntary administrator shall be\ndeemed to be the fiduciary of the estate until another fiduciary is\nappointed, and except as hereinafter provided, the voluntary\nadministrator shall have the rights, powers and duties with respect to\npersonal property of an administrator duly appointed for the estate.\nThe voluntary administrator shall have no power to enforce a claim for\nthe wrongful death of or a claim for personal injuries to the decedent.\n  Upon the appointment and qualification of another fiduciary of the\nestate, the powers of the voluntary administrator shall cease.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 4-A — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 2 / Section 4-A
Insurance proceeds liable for demands
Status: in_force

§ 4-a. Insurance proceeds liable for demands. Owner, contractor or\nsubcontractor diverting proceeds, guilty of larceny. The proceeds of any\ninsurance which by the terms of the policy are payable to the owner of\nreal property improved, and actually received or to be received by him\nbecause of the destruction or removal by fire or other casualty of an\nimprovement on which lienors have performed labor or services or for\nwhich they have furnished materials, shall after the owner has been\nreimbursed therefrom for premiums paid by him, if any, for such\ninsurance, be subject to liens provided by this act to the same extent\nand in the same order of priority as the real property would have been\nhad such improvement not been so destroyed or removed.\n  The proceeds of any insurance which by the terms of the policy are\npayable to a contractor or subcontractor, and actually received or to be\nreceived by him because of the destruction or removal by fire or other\ncasualty of an improvement on which he has performed labor or services\nor for which he has furnished materials, shall, after such contractor or\nsubcontractor has been reimbursed therefrom for premiums paid by him, if\nany, for such insurance, be liable for the payment of demands for labor\nor services performed or materials furnished by his order and for which\nhe is liable, in the same manner and under the same conditions as\npayments to him under his contract would have been had such improvement\nnot been so destroyed or removed.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 79.15 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 79 / Section 79.15
Bonds; sureties
Status: in_force

§ 79.15 Bonds; sureties.\n  Before making an appointment under the provisions of this article the\ncourt shall be satisfied that the guardian, whose appointment is sought,\nis a fit and proper person to be appointed. Upon the appointment being\nmade the guardian shall execute and file a bond to be approved by the\ncourt in an amount not less than the sum then due and estimated to\nbecome payable during the ensuing year, if he is to receive only the\nbenefits from the administration and income from such benefits. If the\nguardian is also to receive other property of the ward, the minimum\namount of the said bond shall be increased, in the case of an\nincompetent ward, by the amount of the bond required of a committee\nappointed under article seventy-eight of this chapter, and in the case\nof an infant ward, by the amount of the bond required of a guardian\nappointed under the surrogate's court procedure act; or else the\nguardian shall execute and file an additional bond in the amount\nrequired by the applicable statute. The said bond or bonds shall be in\nthe form and be conditioned as required of guardians appointed under\narticle seventy-eight of this chapter, in the case of an incompetent\nward, and under the surrogate's court procedure act, in the case of an\ninfant ward. The court shall have power from time to time to require the\nguardian to file an additional bond. The necessity of requiring a bank\nor trust company to give bond when acting as guardian shall be governed\nby subdivision five of section one hundred-a of the banking law.\n  Where a bond is tendered by a guardian with personal sureties, such\nsureties shall file with the court a certificate under oath which shall\ndescribe the property owned, both real and personal, and that they are\neach worth the sum named in the bond as the penalty thereof over and\nabove all their debts and liabilities and exclusive of property exempt\nfrom execution.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 24 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 24
Public holidays; half-holidays
Status: in_force

§ 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes\nthe following days in each year: the first day of January, known as New\nYear's day; the third Monday of January, known as Dr. Martin Luther\nKing, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;\nthe third Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last\nMonday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known\nas Flag day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth\nday of July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September,\nknown as Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day;\nthe eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth\nThursday in November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth\nday of December, known as Christmas day, and if any of such days except\nFlag day is Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day,\nand each day appointed by the president of the United States or by the\ngovernor of this state as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting\nand prayer, or other general religious observances. The term\nhalf-holiday includes the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday\nwhich is not a public holiday.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 219-Q — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 11-AAAA / Section 219-Q
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 219-q. Definitions. 1. "Participant" means a participant as defined\nin subdivision six of section two hundred nineteen-c of this chapter,\nsubdivision seven of section two hundred fifteen of this chapter and\nsubdivision eight of section two hundred nineteen-k of this chapter.\nParticipant also includes individuals who served as volunteer\nfirefighters or ambulance workers in the timeframe specified by the\nprogram sponsor, prior to the enactment of the service award program.\n  2. "Supplemental award" means the benefit payable pursuant to a\nsupplemental award program.\n  3. "Supplemental award program" or "program" means a plan established,\nadopted and maintained under this article to provide awards for\nvolunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.\n  4. "Decade of service" means:\n  (a) ten calendar years during which a participant accumulates at least\nfifty points in accordance with the service awards program established\npursuant to article eleven-A, eleven-AA or eleven-AAA of this chapter;\nor\n  (b) ten calendar years for which the participant can demonstrate, to\nthe satisfaction of the sponsor, that he or she substantially met the\nstandards for active service during those ten years.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4113 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 41 / Section 4113
Mutual companies; non-assessable policies
Status: in_force

* § 4113.  Mutual companies; non-assessable policies. (a) Every mutual\nproperty/casualty insurance company licensed to do business in this\nstate, if its charter or by-laws permit or are amended to permit the\nissuance of policies without contingent mutual liability of the\npolicyholder for assessment, may with the permission of the\nsuperintendent issue non-assessable policies in this state upon\ncompliance with the following requirements:\n  (1) It shall maintain a surplus, as determined from its latest filed\nstatement, which together with its unearned premium reserve from its\nlatest filed statement is at least equal to the surplus to policyholders\nrequired to be maintained by a domestic stock property/casualty\ninsurance company licensed to write the same kind or kinds of insurance.\n  (2) It shall have submitted a copy of its proposed non-assessable\npolicy or policies for approval of the superintendent, and shall have\nobtained his approval.\n  (b) Every policy issued by any such company shall clearly state\nwhether or not the holder of the policy is subject to a liability for\nassessment.\n  (c) Any surplus required for the purposes specified in this section\nshall be inclusive of any surplus required by any other sections of this\nchapter.\n  (d) A mutual property/casualty insurance company subject to paragraph\ntwo of subsection (a) of section four thousand one hundred seven of this\narticle and subject to subsection (d) of section four thousand one\nhundred eleven of this article may with the prior approval of the\nsuperintendent amend its charter and by-laws to permit the issuance of\npolicies without contingent mutual liability of the policyholder and may\nwith the permission of the superintendent issue non-assessable policies\nin this state upon compliance with the requirements of this section.\n  (e) The financial requirement specified in paragraph one of subsection\n(a) hereof shall be reduced by fifty percent for a mutual\nproperty/casualty insurance company initially licensed to do business in\nthis state prior to July first, nineteen hundred eighty-two.\n  * SPECIAL NOTE.--Notwithstanding that Chapter 585 of the Laws of 1984:\n  Bill sections 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9 of such chapter amend provisions of\nthe former Insurance Law that are not possible to juxtapose at this time\ndue to the highly technical nature of such changes and will need future\ncorrective legislation to implement such provisions into the new\nInsurance Law as enacted by such Chapter 367 of the Laws of 1984.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 3429-A — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 34 / Section 3429-A
Geographical location of risks in area serviced by a volunteer fire department; fire, fire and extended coverage policies
Status: in_force

§ 3429-a. Geographical location of risks in area serviced by a\nvolunteer fire department; fire, fire and extended coverage policies.\n(a) No insurer shall refuse to issue or renew or shall cancel a\nhomeowner's insurance policy including fire insurance or fire and\nextended coverage insurance based solely on the insured residing in an\narea that is serviced by a volunteer fire department. Such prohibition\nshall not preclude an insurer from refusing to issue or renew or from\ncanceling such policies based on sound underwriting and actuarial\nprinciples reasonably related to actual or anticipated loss experience\nsubject to the applicable provisions of section three thousand four\nhundred twenty-five of this article.\n  (b) The superintendent shall by regulation establish procedures with\nrespect to notification to insureds of the insurer's specific reason or\nreasons for refusal to issue or renew or for cancellation of such\npolicy.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 398-D — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 398-D
Disposal of abandoned molds
Status: in_force

§ 398-d. Disposal of abandoned molds. 1. For the purpose of this\nsection, the term:\n  (a) "Customer" means any individual or entity (1) who causes or caused\na molder to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, or form or\n(2) who causes or caused a molder to use a die, mold, or form to\nmanufacture, assemble, or otherwise make a product or products.\n  (b) "Molder" means any individual or entity, including but not limited\nto, a tool or die maker (1) who fabricates, casts, or otherwise makes a\ndie, mold, or form to produce plastic products or (2) who uses a die,\nmold, or form to manufacture, assemble, or otherwise make a plastic\nproduct or products.\n  2. This section shall not apply where a molder retains title to and\npossession of a die, mold, or form. Nothing in this section shall be\nconstrued to grant a customer any rights, title, or interest to a die,\nmold or form.\n  3. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, if a customer does not take\npossession from a molder of a die, mold, or form as described in this\nsection within three years following the last prior use thereof, all of\nthe customer's rights, title, and interest to such die, mold, or form\nmay be transferred by operation of law to the molder for the sole\npurpose of destroying such die, mold, or form consistent with this\nsection.\n  4. If a molder chooses to have all rights, title, and interest to any\ndie, mold, or form transferred to the molder by operation of law, the\nmolder shall send written notice by registered mail, return receipt\nrequested, to its customer at the address, if any, indicated in the\nagreement pursuant to which the molder obtained possession of the die,\nmold, or form, or to the customer's last known address indicating that\nthe molder intends to terminate all of the customer's rights, title, and\ninterest by having all such rights, title and interest transferred to\nthe molder by operation of law pursuant to this section.\n  5. If a customer does not take possession of the particular die, mold,\nor form within one hundred and twenty days following the date the molder\nreceives acknowledgement or non-acknowledgement of the return receipt of\nsuch notice or does not make other contractual arrangements with the\nmolder for taking possession or for the storage thereof, all rights,\ntitle, and interest of the customer shall transfer by law to the molder.\nThereafter, the molder must destroy the particular mold, die, or form as\nthe molder's own property without any risk of liability to the customer,\nexcept that this section shall not be construed in any manner to affect\nthe right of the customer under federal patent or copyright law, or any\nstate or federal law, pertaining to unfair competition.\n  6. For purposes of this section, the term "within three years\nfollowing the last prior use" shall be construed to include any period\nfollowing the last prior use of a die, mold, or form regardless of\nwhether or not such period precedes the effective date thereof.\n