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N.Y. LAB Law § 191-C — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 6 / Section 191-C
Payment of sales commission
Status: in_force

§ 191-c. Payment of sales commission. 1. When a contract between a\nprincipal and a sales representative is terminated, all earned\ncommissions shall be paid within five business days after termination or\nwithin five business days after they become due in the case of earned\ncommissions not due when the contract is terminated.\n  2. The earned commission shall be paid to the sales representative at\nthe usual place of payment unless the sales representative requests that\nthe commission be sent to him or her through the mails. If the\ncommissions are sent to the sales representative by mail, the earned\ncommissions shall be deemed to have been paid as of the date of their\npostmark for purposes of this section.\n  3. A principal who fails to comply with the provisions of this section\nconcerning timely payment of all earned commissions shall be liable to\nthe sales representative in a civil action for double damages. The\nprevailing party in any such action shall be entitled to an award of\nreasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and disbursements.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1299-A — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29-C / Section 1299-A
Imposition of tax
Status: in_force

§ 1299-A. Imposition of tax. (a) In addition to any other tax or\nassessment imposed by this chapter or other law, there is hereby\nimposed, beginning on January first, two thousand nineteen, a surcharge\non for-hire transportation trips of two dollars and seventy-five cents\nfor each such trip that originates and terminates in the congestion\nzone, for each such trip that originates anywhere in the state and\nterminates within the congestion zone, for each such trip that\noriginates in the congestion zone and terminates anywhere in this state,\nand for each such trip that originates anywhere in the state, enters\ninto the congestion zone while in transit, and terminates anywhere in\nthe state. For purposes of this subsection, a for-hire transportation\ntrip shall be deemed to originate in the congestion zone when any\nrequesting passenger is picked up there (or if the billing for the ride,\nor any portion thereof, is commenced there), and is deemed to terminate\nin the congestion zone when any requesting passenger is dropped off\nthere. Provided however, if the for-hire transportation trip is provided\nby a for-hire vehicle that is also subject to article twenty-nine-A of\nthis chapter, excluding a HAIL vehicle as defined by such article, the\nrate of surcharge under this subsection shall be two dollars and fifty\ncents for each trip.\n  (b) In addition to any other tax or assessment imposed by this chapter\nor other law, beginning on January first, two thousand nineteen, there\nis hereby imposed on transportation provided by pool vehicles a\nsurcharge of seventy-five cents for each person that both enters and\nexits the pool vehicle in the state, and who is picked up in, dropped\noff in, or travels through the congestion zone.\n  (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the surcharge imposed by this\narticle shall not apply to transportation services that are administered\nby or on behalf of the metropolitan transportation authority, including\nparatransit services.\n  (d) Receipts subject to tax under paragraph ten of subdivision (c) of\nsection eleven hundred five of this chapter, as well as the gross trip\nfare of every TNC prearranged trip as those terms are defined by section\ntwelve hundred ninety-one of this chapter, shall be deemed to exclude\nany surcharge imposed by this article.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 302 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 3 / Section 302
Pleadings 1
Status: in_force

§ 302. Pleadings\n  1. Unless otherwise provided in this act\n  (a) Pleadings shall consist of the petition, answer or objections and\naccount.\n  (b) There shall be no other pleading unless directed by the court.\n  (c) An answer or objection shall be served upon the return of process\nor at such later date as directed by the court.\n  2. Statements in a pleading shall be sufficiently particular to give\nthe court and parties notice of the claim, objection or defense and\nshall contain a demand for the relief sought.\n  3. Copies of all pleadings, except an account, shall be served upon\nany party who has appeared in the proceeding and demanded a copy of all\npapers be served upon him, and upon all parties upon whom the court by\norder or oral direction entered in the minutes directs that service be\nmade. A party who fails to comply with this requirement may be treated\nas a party in default.\n
N.Y. CCO Law § 46 — New York Code / Act CCO / Article 3 / Section 46
Proportionate voting
Status: in_force

§ 46. Proportionate voting. A corporation incorporated under this\nchapter may provide in its certificate of incorporation for\nproportionate or unequal voting rights of all its members, based upon\nthe patronage of said members, which shall be exercised when and as\nprovided in the by-laws of the corporation, except that no members shall\nbe entitled to more than one vote in any case in which a statute\nrequires the affirmative vote of a majority or more of the members. The\ncertificate of incorporation shall state the method by which such\nproportionate voting rights shall be determined and fixed.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 470 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 4-B / Section 470
Prohibition of tongue-splitting
Status: in_force

§ 470. Prohibition of tongue-splitting. 1. For the purposes of this\nsection, "tongue-splitting" shall mean the cutting of a person's tongue\ninto two or more parts.\n  2. No person shall perform a tongue-splitting on another person,\nunless the person performing such tongue-splitting is licensed to\npractice medicine pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of the\neducation law or licensed to practice dentistry pursuant to article one\nhundred thirty-three of the education law.\n  3. A violation of subdivision two of this section shall constitute a\nclass A misdemeanor; provided, however, that a second or subsequent\nviolation of such subdivision committed within five years of the date of\nconviction for a prior offense shall constitute a class E felony.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1436 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A / Section 1436
Returns to be secret
Status: in_force

§ 1436. Returns to be secret. (a) Except in accordance with proper\njudicial order or as otherwise provided by law, it shall be unlawful for\nthe treasurer or any officer or employee of Erie County or any person\nengaged or retained by such county on an independent contract basis to\ndivulge or make known in any manner the particulars set forth or\ndisclosed in any return required under a local law enacted pursuant to\nthis article. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall\nprohibit the recording officer from making a notation on an instrument\neffecting a conveyance indicating the amount of tax paid. No recorded\ninstrument effecting a conveyance shall be considered a return for\npurposes of this section.\n  (b) The officers charged with the custody of such returns shall not be\nrequired to produce any of them or evidence of anything contained in\nthem in any action or proceeding in any court, except on behalf of the\ncounty in any action or proceeding involving the collection of a tax due\nunder a local law enacted pursuant to this article to which such county\nor an officer or employee of such county is a party or a claimant, or on\nbehalf of any party to any action or proceeding under the provisions of\na local law enacted pursuant to this article when the returns or facts\nshown thereby are directly involved in such action or proceeding, in any\nof which events the court may require the production of, and may admit\nin evidence, so much of said returns or of the facts shown thereby, as\nare pertinent to the action or proceeding and no more.\n  (c) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the delivery to a\ngrantor or grantee of an instrument effecting a conveyance or the duly\nauthorized representative of a grantor or grantee of a certified copy of\nany return filed in connection with such instrument or to prohibit the\npublication of statistics so classified as to prevent the identification\nof particular returns and the items thereof, or the inspection by the\nlegal representatives of such county of the return of any taxpayer who\nshall bring action to set aside or review the tax based thereon.\n  (d) Any officer or employee of such county who willfully violates the\nprovisions of this section shall be dismissed from office and be\nincapable of holding any public office in this state for a period of\nfive years thereafter.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 100 — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 7 / Section 100
Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

§ 100. Legislative declaration. It is essential to the maintenance of\na democratic society that the public business be performed in an open\nand public manner and that the citizens of this state be fully aware of\nand able to observe the performance of public officials and attend and\nlisten to the deliberations and decisions that go into the making of\npublic policy. The people must be able to remain informed if they are to\nretain control over those who are their public servants. It is the only\nclimate under which the commonweal will prosper and enable the\ngovernmental process to operate for the benefit of those who created it.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 94 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 4 / Section 94
Notice of the distribution of the proceeds of sale
Status: in_force

§ 94. Notice of the distribution of the proceeds of sale. The justice\ngranting the order of sale, upon receiving such proceeds, shall order a\nnotice to be published once a week for three successive weeks in the\nsame newspaper in which the notice of seizure was published, requiring\nall persons having liens upon the vessel under this article, and the\nmaster, owner, agent or consignee thereof, and all other persons\ninterested therein, to appear before him, or a referee appointed by him,\nat the time and place specified in such notice, not less than thirty nor\nmore than forty days from the first publication thereof to attend a\ndistribution of such proceeds. Such justice may appoint a referee to\nmake such distribution.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 192 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 10 / Section 192
The meeting for incorporation
Status: in_force

§ 192. The meeting for incorporation.  At the meeting for\nincorporation held in pursuance of such notice, the following persons,\nand no others, shall be qualified voters, to wit: All persons of full\nage, who are then members in good and regular standing of such church by\nadmission into full communion or membership therewith, in accordance\nwith the rules and regulations thereof, and of the governing\necclesiastical body, if any, of the denomination or order, to which the\nchurch belongs, or who have statedly worshiped with such church and have\nregularly contributed to the financial support thereof during the year\nnext preceding such meeting, or from the time of the formation thereof.\n  The presence of a majority of such qualified voters, at least six in\nnumber, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum of such meeting.  The\naction of the meeting upon any matter or question shall be decided by a\nmajority of the qualified voters voting thereon, a quorum being present.\n  The first named of the following persons who is present at such\nmeeting shall preside thereat, to wit: The minister of the church, the\nofficiating minister thereof, the elders thereof in the order of their\nage, beginning with the oldest, the deacons thereof in the order of\ntheir age, beginning with the oldest, any qualified voter elected to\npreside. The presiding officer of the meeting shall receive the votes,\nbe the judge of the qualifications of voters and declare the result of\nthe votes cast on any matter. The polls of the meeting shall remain open\nfor one hour, and longer, in the discretion of the presiding officer, or\nif required by a majority of the voters present.\n  Such meeting shall decide whether such unincorporated church shall\nbecome incorporated. If such decision shall be in favor of incorporation\nsuch meeting shall decide upon the name of the proposed corporation, the\nnumber of the trustees thereof, which shall be three, six or nine, and\nshall determine the date, not more than fifteen months thereafter, on\nwhich the first annual election of the trustees thereof after such\nmeeting shall be held. Such meeting shall elect from the persons\nqualified to vote at such meeting, one-third of the number of trustees\nso decided on who shall hold office until the first annual election of\ntrustees thereafter, one-third of such number of trustees to hold office\nuntil the second annual election of trustees thereafter, and one-third\nof such number of trustees to hold office until the third annual\nelection of trustees thereafter.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 617 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 6 / Section 617
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

§ 617. Exemption from taxation. 1. The moneys and property of the\ncorporation and any property under its jurisdiction, control or\nsupervision, and all of its activities and operations shall be exempt\nfrom taxation.\n  2. The state covenants with the purchasers of and with all subsequent\nholders and transferees of bonds and notes issued by the corporation\npursuant to this article, in consideration of the acceptance of and\npayment for the said bonds and notes, that the said bonds and notes and\nthe income therefrom, and all moneys, funds and revenue pledged to pay\nor secure the payment of such bonds and notes shall at all time be free\nfrom taxation, except for estate and gift taxes and taxes on transfers.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 174 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 4 / Section 174
Restrictions on purchases of, and loans on real estate
Status: in_force

§ 174. Restrictions on purchases of, and loans on real estate.  1. No\nprivate banker shall purchase with funds held by him as private banker\nany real estate except a plot upon which there is or may be erected a\nbuilding suitable for the convenient transaction of his business; nor\nmake a loan of such funds upon the security of real estate, if such real\nestate is unimproved, in excess of two-thirds, and if such real estate\nis improved by a building or buildings or is to be improved by a\nbuilding or buildings in the process of construction, the major portion\nof which building or buildings is used, or in the case of a building\nunder construction is to be used, for residential, business,\nmanufacturing or agricultural purposes, in excess of three-fourths, of\nthe appraised value of such real estate, or in an amount which when\nadded to the amount unpaid upon prior mortgages, liens and encumbrances\nupon such real estate exceeds the foregoing respective proportions of\nsuch appraised value, or if such real estate is subject to a prior\nmortgage, lien or encumbrance and the amount unpaid upon such prior\nmortgage, lien or encumbrance or the aggregate amount unpaid upon all\nprior mortgages, liens and encumbrances exceeds ten per centum of the\npermanent capital of such private banker.\n  2. All real estate acquired by a private banker in satisfaction or\nreduction of loans of funds held by him as a private banker, shall be\nsold within five years from the date of its acquisition, unless the\nsuperintendent upon application shall extend the time within which such\nsale shall be made.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 307 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 18 / Section 307
Damages for insufficient fence
Status: in_force

§ 307. Damages for insufficient fence. Whenever the electors of any\ntown shall have made any rule or regulation prescribing what shall be\ndeemed a sufficient division fence in such town, any person who shall\nthereafter neglect to keep a fence according to such rule or regulation\nshall be precluded from recovering compensation for damages done by any\nbeast lawfully kept upon the adjoining lands that may enter therefrom on\nany lands of such person, not fenced in conformity to the said rule or\nregulation, through any such defective fence. When the sufficiency of a\nfence shall come in question in any action, it shall be presumed to have\nbeen sufficient until the contrary be established.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 1112 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 11 / Section 1112
Appealable orders
Status: in_force

§ 1112. Appealable orders. a. An appeal may be taken as of right from\nany order of disposition and, in the discretion of the appropriate\nappellate division, from any other order under this act. An appeal from\nan intermediate or final order in a case involving abuse or neglect may\nbe taken as of right to the appellate division of the supreme court.\nPending the determination of such appeal, such order shall be stayed\nwhere the effect of such order would be to discharge the child, if the\nfamily court or the court before which such appeal is pending finds that\nsuch a stay is necessary to avoid imminent risk to the child's life or\nhealth. A preference in accordance with rule five thousand five hundred\ntwenty-one of the civil practice law and rules shall be afforded,\nwithout the necessity of a motion, for appeals under article three;\nparts one and two of article six; articles seven, ten, and ten-A of this\nact; and sections three hundred fifty-eight-a, three hundred\neighty-three-c, three hundred eighty-four, and three hundred\neighty-four-b of the social services law.\n  b. In any proceeding pursuant to article ten of this act or in any\nproceeding pursuant to article ten-A of this act that originated as a\nproceeding under article ten of this act where the family court issues\nan order which will result in the return of a child previously remanded\nor placed by the family court in the custody of someone other than the\nrespondent, such order shall be stayed until five p.m. of the next\nbusiness day after the day on which such order is issued unless such\nstay is waived by all parties to the proceeding by written stipulation\nor upon the record in family court. Nothing herein shall be deemed to\naffect the discretion of a judge of the family court to stay an order\nreturning a child to the custody of a respondent for a longer period of\ntime than set forth in this subdivision.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 479 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 23 / Section 479
Corporate meetings
Status: in_force

§ 479. Corporate meetings. 1. Each church shall determine the\nrequirements for a quorum in their by-laws that shall not exceed fifty\npercent of the members.\n  2. The action of the meeting upon any matter or question shall be\ndecided in a manner provided by the by-laws.\n  3. The presiding officer of any meeting shall be the senior granthi or\nguru of the church or if none, as shall be set forth in the by-laws of\nthe church.\n
N.Y. PBB Law § 53 — New York Code / Act PBB / Article 4-A / Section 53
Assistive listening systems
Status: in_force

§ 53. Assistive listening systems. 1. All new public buildings,\nconstruction of which commences after January first, nineteen hundred\nninety-one, containing an auditorium, theater, meeting hall, hearing\nroom, amphitheater, or room used in any similar capacity which are so\ndesignated by the appropriate building and fire code shall have equipped\nand installed an assistive listening system for use by persons who are\ndeaf or hard of hearing who require the use of such a system to improve\ntheir reception of sound.\n  2. Standards for such systems shall be developed by the state fire\nprevention and building code council upon receiving recommendations from\nthe advisory board on assistive listening systems in places of public\nassembly.\n  3. For purposes of this section, the term "assistive listening system"\nshall mean situational-personal acoustic communication equipment\ndesigned to improve the transmission and auditory reception of sound.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 833 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 23 / Section 833
Rifle range in Erie county
Status: in_force

§ 833. Rifle range in Erie county. The board of supervisors of Erie\ncounty is hereby authorized to purchase land, construct and maintain\nthereon a rifle, machine gun and pistol range primarily for the use of\nNew York national guard, New York guard and New York naval militia. The\nacquisition of the site, construction and maintenance to be subject to\napproval of the chief of staff in accordance with existing rules and\nregulations. Such board may appropriate annually such sums as it may\ndeem proper. The board may cause such moneys to be raised by taxation\nand levied and collected as other taxes in such county or funds may be\nmade available therefor pursuant to the local finance law.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 50-JJ — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 3-B / Section 50-JJ
Vacancies among trustees
Status: in_force

§ 50-jj. Vacancies among trustees. If any trustee of any such\nincorporated church declines to act, resigns or dies, or ceases to be a\nqualified voter at a corporate meeting thereof, his office shall be\nvacant; and such vacancy may be filled by the remaining trustees until\nthe next annual corporate meeting of such church; at which meeting the\nvacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 18-107 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 18 / Section 18-107
Construction
Status: in_force

§ 18-107. Construction. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this\narticle, the duties of skiers, passengers, and ski area operators shall\nbe governed by common law.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 116 — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 8 / Title A / Section 116
Classification defined
Status: in_force

§ 116. Classification defined. The terms "classification",\n"reclassification", "classify", and "reclassify" where used in this\narticle refer to position classification as defined in section two of\nthis chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context\nrequires a different meaning.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 207 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 6 / Section 207
Application of other corporation laws to redevelopment corporations
Status: in_force

§ 207. Application of other corporation laws to redevelopment\ncorporations. The provisions of the business corporation law as\npresently in effect and as hereafter from time to time amended, shall\napply to redevelopment corporations heretofore or hereafter, except\nwhere such provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this\narticle. In the event that any action with respect to which the holders\nof income debentures shall have the right to vote is proposed to be\ntaken, then notice of any meeting at which such action is proposed to be\ntaken shall be given to such holders in the same manner and to the same\nextent as if they were stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at\nsuch meeting, and any certificate filed pursuant to law in the\ndepartment of state with respect to any such action, whether taken with\nor without meeting, and any affidavit required by law to be annexed to\nsuch certificate, shall contain the same statements or recitals and such\ncertificate shall be subscribed and acknowledged, and such affidavit\nshall be made, in the same manner as if such holders were stockholders\nholding shares of an additional class of stock entitled to vote on such\naction, or with respect to the proceedings provided for in such\ncertificate.\n