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N.Y. MIL Law § 92 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 4 / Section 92
Promotion and reduction
Status: in_force

§ 92. Promotion and reduction.  Enlisted personnel of the organized\nmilitia shall be promoted and reduced in grade or rate, as prescribed by\nregulations issued pursuant to this chapter.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 460 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 15 / Section 460
Examination and admission of attorneys
Status: in_force

§ 460. Examination and admission of attorneys. An applicant for\nadmission to practice as an attorney or counsellor in this state, must\nbe examined and licensed to practice as prescribed in this chapter and\nin the rules of the court of appeals. Race, creed, color, national\norigin, noncitizen status or sex shall constitute no cause for refusing\nany person examination or admission to practice.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 3-407 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 3 / Part 4 / Section 3-407
Alteration
Status: in_force

Section 3--407. Alteration.\n  (1) Any alteration of an instrument is material which changes the\ncontract of any party thereto in any respect, including any such change\nin\n       (a) the number or relations of the parties; or\n       (b) an incomplete instrument, by completing it otherwise than as\n           authorized; or\n       (c) the writing as signed, by adding to it or by removing any\n           part of it.\n  (2) As against any person other than a subsequent holder in due course\n       (a) alteration by the holder which is both fraudulent and\n           material discharges any party whose contract is thereby\n           changed unless that party assents or is precluded from\n           asserting the defense;\n       (b) no other alteration discharges any party and the instrument\n           may be enforced according to its original tenor, or as to\n           incomplete instruments according to the authority given.\n  (3) A subsequent holder in due course may in all cases enforce the\ninstrument according to its original tenor, and when an incomplete\ninstrument has been completed, he may enforce it as completed.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 47-0111 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 47 / Section 47-0111
Assistance of department of environmental conservation
Status: in_force

§ 47-0111. Assistance of department of environmental conservation.\n  To assist a council in carrying out its functions, powers and duties\nthe department of environmental conservation may upon request:\n  1. Prepare reports outlining objectives, priorities and proposed\nrelationships of the council to the local governing body;\n  2. Prepare descriptions of work to be undertaken, advantageous\ntechniques to be used and suggested roles of council members;\n  3. Provide research on conservation facts and procedures;\n  4. Provide, on a consulting basis, technical and research assistance\nas may be required to assist the council in carrying out its work and to\nenable the council to offer recommendations to the local governing body;\nand\n  5. Describe particular areas of natural resources within the\nterritorial limits of the council which require particular attention.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 4-A-406 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 4-A / Part 4 / Section 4-A-406
Payment by Originator to Beneficiary; Discharge of Underlying Obligation
Status: in_force

Section 4-A-406. Payment by Originator to Beneficiary; Discharge of\n                   Underlying Obligation.\n  (1) Subject to subsection (5) of Section 4-A-211 and subsections (4)\nand (5) of Section 4-A-405, the originator of a funds transfer pays the\nbeneficiary of the originator's payment order (i) at the time a payment\norder for the benefit of the beneficiary is accepted by the\nbeneficiary's bank in the funds transfer and (ii) in an amount equal to\nthe amount of the order accepted by the beneficiary's bank, but not more\nthan the amount of the originator's order.\n  (2) If payment under subsection (1) is made to satisfy an obligation,\nthe obligation is discharged to the same extent discharge would result\nfrom payment to the beneficiary of the same amount in money, unless (i)\nthe payment under subsection (1) was made by a means prohibited by the\ncontract of the beneficiary with respect to the obligation, (ii) the\nbeneficiary, within a reasonable time after receiving notice of receipt\nof the order by the beneficiary's bank, notified the originator of the\nbeneficiary's refusal of the payment, (iii) funds with respect to the\norder were not withdrawn by the beneficiary or applied to a debt of the\nbeneficiary, and (iv) the beneficiary would suffer a loss that could\nreasonably have been avoided if payment had been made by a means\ncomplying with the contract. If payment by the originator does not\nresult in discharge under this section, the originator is subrogated to\nthe rights of the beneficiary to receive payment from the beneficiary's\nbank under subsection (1) of Section 4-A-404.\n  (3) For the purpose of determining whether discharge of an obligation\noccurs under subsection (2), if the beneficiary's bank accepts a payment\norder in an amount equal to the amount of the originator's payment order\nless charges of one or more receiving banks in the funds transfer,\npayment to the beneficiary is deemed to be in the amount of the\noriginator's order unless upon demand by the beneficiary the originator\ndoes not pay the beneficiary the amount of the deducted charges.\n  (4) Rights of the originator or of the beneficiary of a funds transfer\nunder this section may be varied only by agreement of the originator and\nthe beneficiary.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 1112 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 11 / Section 1112
Certain sales, transfers, security interests and judgments void
Status: in_force

§ 1112. Certain sales, transfers, security interests and judgments void.\n  A sale, mortgage, conveyance or other transfer of, or the creation of\na security interest in any property of a corporation made, without prior\napproval of the court, after service upon the corporation of a summons\nin an action, or of an order to show cause in a special proceeding,\nunder this article in payment of or as security for an existing or prior\ndebt or for any other or for no consideration, or a judgment thereafter\nrendered against the corporation by confession or upon the acceptance of\nany offer, shall be void as against such persons and, to such extent, if\nany, as the court shall determine.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 50-KK — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 3-B / Section 50-KK
Rector; vicar; ministers; their appointment, removal and compensation
Status: in_force

§ 50-kk. Rector; vicar; ministers; their appointment, removal and\ncompensation. The rector or vicar or other ministers of any such church,\nby whatever title they are called in ecclesiastical language, shall be\ncalled, settled or removed and their salaries fixed, only by the vote of\na majority of the members of such corporation duly qualified to vote at\nelections present and voting at a meeting of such corporation\nspecifically called for that purpose, subject to the consent of the\narchbishop who is the ecclesiastical administrator of Metropolitan Synod\nHoly Orthodox Church in America, given in writing. A rector or vicar or\nother minister so called, with the sanction of the archbishop in\nwriting, shall be deemed settled definitely in such church, when he has\naccepted such call in writing. Unless there is sufficient cause to\nterminate the relationship of such clergyman and such church such\nrelationship shall be deemed permanent and governed entirely by the\nrules and usages of the Holy Orthodox Church in America, subject to the\narchbishop and Metropolitan Synod.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 13-1.4 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 13 / Part 1 / Section 13-1.4
Action in supreme court to compromise controversies between
Status: in_force

§ 13-1.4 Action in supreme court to compromise controversies between\n           claimants to estate assets\n  An action may be maintained in the supreme court to compromise\ncontroversies between claimants to the property of an estate in\naccordance with and subject to the provisions of SCPA 2106.\n
N.Y. ACG Law § 201 — New York Code / Act ACG / Article 5 / Section 201
Reorganization of departments
Status: in_force

§ 201. Reorganization of departments. When authorized by local law,\nand in accordance with its provisions, the county executive may\nestablish additional departments or change the functions of existing\ndepartments under his jurisdiction, provide for their organization and\nmaintenance and assign to each the functions it shall perform, including\nfunctions exercised at the time of such reorganization by any other\nadministrative departments, offices or agencies of the county not headed\nby elective officers. Any such department, office or agency, when all of\nits functions are so assigned, may be abolished by local law. County\nfunctions not expressly assigned by this chapter shall be distributed\namong departments as may be provided by local law.\n
N.Y. CCO Law § 134 — New York Code / Act CCO / Article 8 / Section 134
When to take effect
Status: in_force

§ 134. When to take effect. This act shall take effect immediately.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1806-A — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 18-A / Section 1806-A
Trial by jury; how obtained; discretionary costs
Status: in_force

§ 1806-A. Trial by jury; how obtained; discretionary costs.\n  A claimant commencing an action upon a commercial claim under this\narticle shall be deemed to have waived a trial by jury, but if said\naction shall be removed to a regular part of the court, the claimant\nshall have the same right to demand a trial by jury as if such action\nhad originally been begun in such part. Any party to such action, other\nthan the claimant, prior to the day upon which he is notified to appear\nor answer, may file with the court a demand for a trial by jury and his\naffidavit that there are issues of fact in the action requiring such a\ntrial, specifying the same and stating that such trial is desired and\nintended in good faith. Such demand and affidavit shall be accompanied\nwith the jury fee required by law and an undertaking in the sum of fifty\ndollars in such form as may be approved by the rules, payable to the\nother party or parties, conditioned upon the payment of any costs which\nmay be entered against him in the said action or any appeal within\nthirty days after the entry thereof; or, in lieu of said undertaking,\nthe sum of fifty dollars may be deposited with the clerk of the court\nand thereupon the clerk shall forthwith transmit such original papers or\nduly attested copies thereof as may be provided by the rules to the part\nof the court to which the action shall have been transferred and\nassigned and such part may require pleadings in such action as though it\nhad been begun by the service of a summons. Such action may be\nconsidered a preferred cause of action. In any commercial claim which\nmay have been transferred to another part of the court, the court may\naward costs up to twenty-five dollars to the claimant if the claimant\nprevails.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 90 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6 / Section 90
Department of state; secretary of state
Status: in_force

§ 90. Department of state; secretary of state. There shall be in the\nstate government a department of state. The head of the department shall\nbe the secretary of state who shall be appointed by the governor by and\nwith the advice and consent of the senate and hold office until the end\nof the term of the governor by whom he was appointed and until his\nsuccessor is appointed and has qualified. The secretary of state shall\nreceive an annual salary within the amount appropriated therefor and his\nreasonable expenses when necessarily absent on public business\npertaining to the duties of his office.\n  In addition to those divisions created and continued within the\nDepartment of State by other statutes, the secretary of state may\nestablish such other divisions and bureaus in the department of state as\nhe may deem necessary. He may prescribe the duties and powers of such\ndivisions and bureaus which shall be exercised and performed under his\nsupervision.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 241 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 7-C / Section 241
Members of the court
Status: in_force

§ 241. Members of the court. The court is composed of the president of\nthe senate, the senators, or a majority of them, and the judges of the\ncourt of appeals, or a majority of them, but on the trial of an\nimpeachment against the governor or lieutenant-governor, the\nlieutenant-governor can not act as a member of the court.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 713 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 7 / Section 713
Hearing; decree Upon the return of process issued as prescribed in the preceding section the court may make a decree suspending, modifyin...
Status: in_force

§ 713. Hearing; decree\n  Upon the return of process issued as prescribed in the preceding\nsection the court may make a decree suspending, modifying or revoking\nthe letters issued to or removing the respondent or modifying the terms\nof his appointment or may dismiss the proceeding upon such terms as\njustice requires.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 21-A — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 2 / Section 21-A
The industrial commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of the United States, whereby, in...
Status: in_force

* § 21-a. The industrial commissioner is hereby authorized to enter\ninto agreements with the appropriate agencies of the United States,\nwhereby, in accordance with a law of the United States, the commissioner\nshall cooperate with such appropriate agencies of the United States in\nthe administration and operation of programs of vocational training or\nretraining, or the development of job skills, authorized by such law.\nThe commissioner shall cooperate with other departments, divisions and\nagencies of the state in connection with any such programs and perform\nsuch acts and exercise such powers as may be necessary to entitle the\nstate to receive benefits under such agreement. The commissioner is\nfurther authorized to receive and disburse funds from the United States\nor any agency thereof, in accordance with any such agreement.\n  * NB Enacted without section heading.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 449 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 4 / Part 4 / Section 449
Effective date of order of support
Status: in_force

§ 449. Effective date of order of support. 1. Any order of spousal\nsupport made under this article shall be effective as of the date of the\nfiling of the petition therefor, and any retroactive amount of support\ndue shall be paid in one sum or periodic sums, as the court shall\ndirect, to the petitioner, to the custodial parent or to third persons.\nAny amount of temporary support which has been paid shall be taken into\naccount in calculating any amount of retroactive support due.\n  2. Any order of child support made under this article shall be\neffective as of the earlier of the date of the filing of the petition\ntherefor, or, if the children for whom support is sought are in receipt\nof public assistance, the date for which their eligibility for public\nassistance was effective. Any retroactive amount of support due shall be\nsupport arrears/past-due support and shall be paid in one sum or\nperiodic sums, as the court shall direct, to the petitioner, to the\ncustodial parent or to third persons. Any amount of temporary support\nwhich has been paid shall be taken into account in calculating any\namount of retroactive support due. In addition, such retroactive child\nsupport shall be enforceable in any manner provided by law including,\nbut not limited to, an execution for support enforcement pursuant to\nsubdivision (b) of section fifty-two hundred forty-one of the civil\npractice law and rules.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 82 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 4 / Section 82
Notice of lien, when to be filed
Status: in_force

§ 82. Notice of lien, when to be filed. Every debt specified in\nsection eighty shall cease to be a lien upon such vessel unless the\nlienor shall, within ninety days after the debt becomes due, except as\nhereinafter provided, file a notice of lien, containing the name of the\nvessel, the name of the owner, if known, the particulars of the debt and\na statement of the amount claimed to be due from such vessel, and\nverified by the lienor, his legal representative, agent or assignee, to\nbe true and correct. If the debt is based upon a written contract, a\ncopy of such contract shall be attached to such notice. The notice shall\nbe filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the debt is\ncontracted. But if the debt was contracted in the city of New York, such\nnotice shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county of New\nYork. Whenever any debt specified in section eighty is contracted by the\nmaster, owner, charterer, builder or consignee of any ship or vessel\nnavigating the western and northwestern lakes, or any of them, or the\nriver Saint Lawrence, or by the agent of such master, owner, charterer,\nbuilder or consignee, such debt shall not cease to be a lien upon such\nship or vessel if the person to whom such debt may be owing shall, by\nthe first Tuesday of February next succeeding the time such debt becomes\ndue cause to be drawn up, verified and filed, specifications of such\ndebt in the form and comprising the statements in this section\nprescribed.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 518 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-A / Section 518
Credit card surcharge notice requirement
Status: in_force

§ 518. 1. Credit card surcharge notice requirement. Any seller in any\nsales transaction imposing a surcharge on a customer who elects to use a\ncredit card in lieu of payment by cash, check, or similar means shall\nclearly and conspicuously post the total price for using a credit card\nin such transaction, inclusive of surcharge, provided however, any such\nsurcharge may not exceed the amount of the surcharge charged to the\nbusiness by the credit card company for such credit card use. The final\nsales price of any such sales transaction, inclusive of such surcharge,\nshall not amount to a price greater than the posted price for such sales\ntransaction. Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to prohibit\nmerchants from offering a two-tier pricing system. For the purposes of\nthis section, "two-tier pricing system" shall mean the tagging or\nposting of two different prices in which the credit card price,\ninclusive of any surcharge, is posted alongside the cash price.\n  2. Any seller who violates the provisions of this section shall be\nliable for a civil penalty, recoverable in an action or proceeding\nbrought in a court of competent jurisdiction not to exceed five hundred\ndollars for each such violation. The provisions of this subdivision may\nbe enforced concurrently by the director or commissioner of a municipal\nconsumer affairs office, or by the town attorney, city corporation\ncounsel, or other lawful designee of a municipality or local government,\nand all moneys collected thereunder shall be retained by such\nmunicipality or local government.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4311 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 43 / Section 4311
Order of reference
Status: in_force

Rule 4311. Order of reference.  An order of reference shall direct the\nreferee to determine the entire action or specific issues, to report\nissues, to perform particular acts, or to receive and report evidence\nonly. It may specify or limit the powers of the referee and the time for\nthe filing of his report and may fix a time and place for the hearing.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 399-D — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 399-D
Children attending public bowling alleys under certain conditions
Status: in_force

§ 399-d. Children attending public bowling alleys under certain\nconditions. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner,\nlessee, proprietor, operator, attendant or employee of any public\nbowling alley shall admit or allow to remain in any such public bowling\nalley, and to bowl therein, any child between the ages of twelve and\neighteen at all times, and any child under twelve (a) when such child is\naccompanied or directly supervised at such bowling alley by a parent or\nby a responsible adult, or (b) when such child is a member of an\norganized group under the supervision of a responsible adult, or (c)\nwhen such child is participating in an organized bowling league under\nthe supervision of a responsible adult, provided, that no alcoholic\nbeverages of any kind are dispensed on such premises during the time\nthat such child is on the premises as a member or participant of such\norganized group or league, as shall be permitted by a local law or\nordinance heretofore or hereafter adopted by the common council or other\nlegislative body of a city, town or village permitting any such child to\nbe admitted, or allowed to remain or to bowl in any such public bowling\nalley as herein provided.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 90-A — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 5 / Section 90-A
Declaration of policy and purposes
Status: in_force

§ 90-a. Declaration of policy and purposes. Infectious and\ncommunicable disease affecting domestic animals continues to exist in\nthis state, and the existence thereof endangers the health and welfare\nof the people of the state. Despite the moneys spent to control,\nsuppress and eradicate such infection and disease its incidence is the\nconcern of the legislature. The powers of quarantine and condemnation\nheld and exercised by the department of agriculture and markets tend to\nsuppress but do not constitute an adequate control. It is hereby\ndeclared to be a matter of legislative determination that a more\nexacting supervision of those who, as a business, whether for profit or\nnot-for-profit, deal in, handle, transport, and rescue domestic animals\nis needed in the public interest and that in the exercise of the police\npower such persons be required to hold a permit before engaging in such\nactivities.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 741-A — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 7 / Part 4 / Section 741-A
Notice and right to be heard
Status: in_force

§ 741-a. Notice and right to be heard. The foster parent caring for\nthe child or any pre-adoptive parent or relative providing care for the\nrespondent shall be provided with notice of any permanency hearing held\npursuant to this article by the social services official. Such foster\nparent, pre-adoptive parent or relative shall have the right to be heard\nat any such hearing; provided, however, no such foster parent,\npre-adoptive parent or relative shall be construed to be a party to the\nhearing solely on the basis of such notice and right to be heard. The\nfailure of the foster parent, pre-adoptive parent, or relative caring\nfor the child to appear at a permanency hearing shall constitute a\nwaiver of the right to be heard and such failure to appear shall not\ncause a delay of the permanency hearing nor shall such failure to appear\nbe a ground for the invalidation of any order issued by the court\npursuant to this section.\n