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N.Y. CVP Law § 3026 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 30 / Section 3026
Construction
Status: in_force

§ 3026. Construction. Pleadings shall be liberally construed.  Defects\nshall be ignored if a substantial right of a party is not prejudiced.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 173 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 10 / Section 173
Jury trial
Status: in_force

§ 173. Jury trial. In an action for divorce there is a right to trial\nby jury of the issues of the grounds for granting the divorce.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 211 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 11 / Section 211
Employees
Status: in_force

§ 211. Employees. The superintendent may appoint such employees as may\nbe necessary and fix their compensation within such sum as may be\nappropriated by law. Persons appointed to competitive positions within\nthe division who meet the definition of veteran or disabled veteran as\ndefined in section eighty-five of the civil service law shall be\nentitled to additional credit and preference as conferred by that law\nand in the same manner, except that, notwithstanding any law to the\ncontrary, with respect to any candidate applying for credit in a\ncompetitive examination for original appointment as a disabled or\nnon-disabled veteran, such candidate may apply provisionally for such\ncredit while still an active member of the armed forces. The application\nfor provisional credit may be made at any time between the date of his\nor her application for the competitive examination and the date the\neligible list is established. In cases where there has been a\nprovisional application, the superintendent shall grant final credit\nonly if the candidate renews his or her application within ninety days\nfollowing termination of the candidate's military duty, and the\ncandidate's period of eligibility on the list has not expired, and the\ncandidate satisfies the appropriate statutory requirements for\neligibility. Pending the granting of final credit, the candidate's\nranking on any eligible list shall reflect the provisional credit.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 83-F — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 5 / Title E / Section 83-F
Procedures
Status: in_force

§ 83-f. Procedures. a. In making recommendations for the appropriate\nrank to which present police officers will be assigned to the\nconsolidated department, consideration will be given to the examination\nfrom which the present incumbents received their permanent civil service\nstatus, the length of time served in their present position and other\nrelated factors which will be established and promulgated by the board.\n  b. Where there may not be sufficient vacancies in the organization of\nthe consolidated police department for all persons to be assigned to\ntheir rank as determined by the board, the board will determine the\npersons to be selected for existing vacancies in accordance with\ncriteria established by the board.  Those persons not selected to the\nrank to which their previous position has been declared equivalent will\nbe placed on a preferred list for that specific rank.  Such persons will\nhave priority in appointment for the next lower rank position in the\norganization.  Such appointment will not affect their status on the\npreferred list in the higher rank when subsequent vacancies develop.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2777 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 27-E / Section 2777
Research council
Status: in_force

§ 2777. Research council.  1. There shall be established within the\ninstitute a research council composed of seven members to be appointed\nby the commissioner. The members shall be representative of recognized\ncenters engaged in the scientific investigation of acquired\nimmunosuppressive diseases.\n  2. The research council shall be responsible for making\nrecommendations to the institute for the purpose of carrying out the\nprovisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision one of section\ntwenty-seven hundred seventy-six of this article.\n  3. The council shall meet at least four times a year. Special meetings\nmay be called by the chairman, and shall be called by him at the request\nof the commissioner.\n  4. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their\nservices, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses\nincurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 63-FF — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 3-C / Section 63-FF
Powers of the commission in respect to liquid petroleum pipeline safety
Status: in_force

§ 63-ff. Powers of the commission in respect to liquid petroleum\npipeline safety. The commission shall:\n  1. Have general supervision over the safety standards of all liquid\npetroleum pipeline corporations having authority under any general or\nspecial law or under any charter or franchise to lay down and maintain\npipelines, ducts or conduits under or above the surface of any area of\nthe state for the purpose of the conveying, transporting and furnishing\nof liquid petroleum and any other such flammable liquids.\n  2. Examine or investigate the methods employed in the conveying,\ntransporting and furnishing of liquid petroleum in and through the\nstate, and have the power to order such reasonable improvements as would\nbest promote the public interest and preserve and protect the public\nhealth and safety, and in the pursuit of same, establish a basic code of\nliquid petroleum pipeline safety rules and regulations.\n  3. Have the power, either through its members, or inspectors, or\nemployees duly authorized by it, to enter upon and to inspect the\nproperty, pipes, ducts and conduits of any corporation engaged in the\ntransportation of petroleum via pipeline.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7706 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 77 / Section 7706
Order on filing instrument settling account
Status: in_force

§ 7706. Order on filing instrument settling account. Where an\ninstrument described in section seven thousand seven hundred five of\nthis article has been executed by all of the persons who would be\nnecessary parties in a proceeding under section seven thousand seven\nhundred one of this article, none of whom is under the disability of\ninfancy or incompetency, one or more of the trustees may present to the\ncourt a petition showing the names and post office addresses of all\npersons interested in the trust, whether or not the trust has been fully\nexecuted, that the petitioner has fully accounted and made full\ndisclosure in writing of his administration of the trust to all persons\ninterested, and praying that his intermediate or final account be\njudicially settled. There shall be filed with the petition the\ninstrument described in section seven thousand seven hundred five of\nthis article.  The court may thereupon make an order settling the\npetitioner's account and discharging the petitioner and sureties on his\nbond, if any, from any further liability to all persons interested\ntherein.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 7-742 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 7 / Section 7-742
Separability clause
Status: in_force

§ 7-742 Separability clause. If any part or provision of this article\nor the application thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged\ninvalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be\nconfined in its operation to the part, provision or application directly\ninvolved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been\nrendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of\nthis article or the application thereof to other persons or\ncircumstances and the legislature hereby declares that it would have\nenacted this article or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such\nprovision or application thereof been apparent.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 611 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 22 / Part 2 / Section 611
New York taxable income of a resident individual
Status: in_force

§ 611. New York taxable income of a resident individual. (a) General.\nThe New York taxable income of a resident individual shall be his New\nYork adjusted gross income less his New York deduction and New York\nexemptions, as determined under this part.\n  (b) Husband and wife.\n  (1) If the federal taxable income of husband or wife, both of whom are\nresidents, is determined on a separate federal return, their New York\ntaxable incomes shall be separately determined.\n  (2) If the federal taxable income of husband and wife, both of whom\nare residents, is determined on a joint federal return, their New York\ntaxable income shall be determined jointly.\n  (3) If neither husband or wife, both of whom are residents, files a\nfederal return:\n  (A) their tax shall be determined on their joint New York taxable\nincome, or\n  (B) separate taxes may be determined on their separate New York\ntaxable incomes if they both so elect.\n  (4) If either husband or wife is a resident and the other is a\nnonresident or part-year resident, separate taxes shall be determined on\ntheir separate New York taxable incomes unless such husband and wife\ndetermine their federal taxable income jointly and both elect to\ndetermine their joint New York taxable income as if both were residents.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-B*8 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-B*8
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Edward S
Status: in_force

* § 344-b. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Edward S. Tucker Memorial Boulevard". That portion of New York state\nroute 208 in the town of Shawangunk, in Ulster county starting at the\nintersection with park avenue, proceeding northeasterly through said\ntown and terminating at its intersection with reservoir road shall be\ndesignated and known as the "Edward S. Tucker Memorial Boulevard".\n  * NB There are 8 § 344-b's\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 189-B — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 9-A / Section 189-B
Declaration of state's exemption from operation of provisions of 15 U
Status: in_force

§ 189-b. Declaration of state's exemption from operation of provisions\nof 15 U.S.C. (1172). Pursuant to section two of an Act of Congress of\nthe United States entitled "An act to prohibit transportation of\ngambling devices in interstate and foreign commerce," approved January\nsecond, nineteen hundred fifty-one, being chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134,\nand also designated as 15 U.S.C. (1171-1177), the state of New York,\nacting by and through the duly elected and qualified members of its\nlegislature, does hereby, in accordance with and in compliance with the\nprovisions of section two of said Act of Congress, declare and proclaim\nthat it is exempt from the provisions of section two of said Act of\nCongress.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 432 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 14 / Section 432
Copies of opinions, decisions and papers to be furnished to state reporter
Status: in_force

§ 432. Copies of opinions, decisions and papers to be furnished to\nstate reporter. With the exception of court of appeals and appellate\ndivision causes directed not to be reported, as provided in section four\nhundred thirty-one of this article, the judges or justices of every\ncourt of record, including surrogates, shall promptly cause to be\ndelivered to the state reporter, without charge, a copy of every written\nopinion rendered in causes determined therein. The judges or justices of\nthe court of appeals and of the appellate divisions and the appellate\nterms of the supreme court shall, in addition, cause to be delivered to\nthe state reporter, without charge, a list of all decisions rendered by\nthe respective courts, together with copies of such points of counsel\nand records and papers on appeal, if practicable, as the state reporter\nmay require.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 1507 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 15 / Section 1507
Limitation on execution against property of tenant
Status: in_force

§ 1507. Limitation on execution against property of tenant.\n  No levy shall be made on the property of a tenant dispossessed for\nnonpayment of rent under any execution within twenty-four hours of the\ntime of eviction or dispossess.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 135-F — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 8 / Section 135-F
Publication
Status: in_force

§ 135-f. Publication. The commissioner shall publish at least\nannually, in such forms as he may deem proper, a report of the results\nof the analyses of official samples of commercial feed distributed\nwithin the state and any violations established as a result thereof.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 622 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 6 / Section 622
Separability
Status: in_force

§ 622. Separability. If any section, provision or part of this\narticle, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall\nbe held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder\nthereof or the application of such section, provision or part to any\nother person or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 240.08 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title N / Article 240 / Section 240.08
Inciting to riot
Status: in_force

§ 240.08 Inciting to riot.\n  A person is guilty of inciting to riot when he urges ten or more\npersons to engage in tumultuous and violent conduct of a kind likely to\ncreate public alarm.\n  Inciting to riot is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 220-A — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5 / Section 220-A
Water quality management agency
Status: in_force

§ 220-a. Water quality management agency. The board of supervisors or\ncounty legislature, shall have the power to designate a water quality\nmanagement agency for the purposes of water quality management program\noversight. Such agency may, in the discretion of the board of\nsupervisors or county legislature, be an existing county official,\ncounty agency, a group of agencies or officials or other county entity,\nor may be a newly created agency. Such a water quality management agency\nshall be responsible for providing oversight of all water quality\nprograms and related activities in the county. This includes a\ncontinuing assessment of the impact of point and nonpoint sources of\npollution on the waters of the county, and the appropriateness of the\nmonitoring and administrative activities related thereto. The water\nquality management agency shall have the responsibility to review and\ncoordinate all activities of county officers, agencies, departments or\nother entities of county government which have a substantial impact on\nor interest in water quality management. The agency shall prepare an\nannual report, which shall be submitted to the county executive, the\nboard of supervisors or county legislature, the New York state\ndepartment of environmental conservation, and where appropriate to a\nregional planning agency. This report shall identify needs of the county\nand document progress in improving water quality management performance.\nThis report shall include but not be limited to the following:\n  1. recommended changes in surface and groundwater classification.\n  2. status and results of water quality monitoring activities.\n  3. status of facilities construction.\n  4. onsite sewage facilities programs.\n  5. hazardous and toxic materials disposal.\n  6. status of point sources control and operation.\n  7. nonpoint source management.\n  8. economic and demographic changes.\n  9. an assessment of water quality condition in the county.\n  10. quantification of needs to improve water quality management.\n  11. findings and recommendations for future programming.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 1-2.9-A — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 1-2.9-A
Infant or minor
Status: in_force

§ 1-2.9-a  Infant or minor\n  As used in this chapter, the term "infant" or "minor" means a person\nwho has not attained the age of eighteen years, provided, however, that\nsuch definition shall not be applicable to any provision relating to the\nNew York Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, nor to section 13-3.4.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 160-WWWW — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6-H / Section 160-WWWW
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 160-wwww. Severability. Should the courts of this state declare any\nprovision of this article unconstitutional, or unauthorized, or in\nconflict with any other section or provision of this article, such\ndecision shall affect only such section or provision so declared to be\nunconstitutional or unauthorized and shall not affect any other section\nor part of this article.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4406-F — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 44 / Section 4406-F
Maternal depression screenings
Status: in_force

§ 4406-f. Maternal depression screenings. To the extent a plan\nprovides coverage for maternal depression screening, no health\nmaintenance organization subject to this article shall by contract,\nwritten policy or procedure limit a patient enrollee's direct access to\nscreening and referral for maternal depression, as defined in\nsubdivision one of section twenty-five hundred-k of this chapter, from a\nprovider of obstetrical, gynecologic, or pediatric services of her\nchoice; provided that the patient enrollee's access to such services,\ncoverage and choice of provider is otherwise subject to the terms and\nconditions of the plan under which the patient enrollee is covered.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 1342 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 13-A / Section 1342
Removal
Status: in_force

§ 1342. Removal. Upon motion of any party or upon its own initiative,\nthe court which appointed a receiver may remove him or her at any time.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 581-101 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-C / Part 1 / Section 581-101
Purpose
Status: in_force

§ 581-101. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to legally\nestablish a child's relationship to his or her parents where the child\nis conceived through assisted reproduction except for children born to a\nperson acting as surrogate who contributed the egg used in conception.\nThis article and all governmental measures adopted pursuant thereto\nshould comply with existing laws on reproductive health and bodily\nintegrity.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 813 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 21 / Section 813
Court law libraries
Status: in_force

§ 813. Court law libraries. Each county of the state shall have a\ncourt law library which shall be governed as provided by section eight\nhundred fourteen of this article. Such libraries shall be open to the\npublic, however, the chief administrator of the courts may issue\nguidelines for the use and operation of such libraries. All supreme\ncourt and county court libraries established as of the effective date of\nthis section are continued as court law libraries, including the\nfollowing as they have been named:\n  JOSEPH F. BARNARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT POUGHKEEPSIE;\n  DAVID L. FOLLETT MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT NORWICH;\n  HAMILTON ODELL LIBRARY AT MONTICELLO;\n  EMORY A. CHASE MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT CATSKILL;\n  FRANCIS BERGAN LAW LIBRARY AT ALBANY;\n  LOUIS H. FOLMER LAW LIBRARY AT CORTLAND;\n  JOSEPH F. EGAN MEMORIAL SUPREME COURT LAW LIBRARY AT SCHENECTADY;\n  ERNEST N. WARREN LAW LIBRARY AT ITHACA;\n  F. WALTER BLISS SUPREME COURT LIBRARY AT SCHOHARIE;\n  JOSEPH P. MOLINARI SUPREME COURT LIBRARY AT COOPERSTOWN;\n  COURT OF APPEALS LIBRARY AT SYRACUSE;\n  CHARLES B. SWARTWOOD LAW LIBRARY AT ELMIRA and\n  F. WARREN TRAVERS SUPREME COURT LIBRARY AT TROY.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 4-112 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 4 / Section 4-112
Certification of nominations; state board of elections
Status: in_force

§ 4-112. Certification of nominations; state board of elections. 1.\nThe state board of elections, not later than fifty-five days before a\ngeneral election, fifty-three days before a special election, or\ntwenty-four days before a special election held pursuant to paragraph b\nof subdivision three of section forty-two of the public officers law,\nshall certify to each county board of elections the name and residence\nof each candidate nominated in any valid certificate filed with it or by\nthe returns canvassed by it, the title of the office for which\nnominated; the name of the party or body specified of which he or she is\na candidate; and a notation as to whether or not any litigation is\npending concerning the candidacy. Upon the completion of any such\nlitigation, the state board of elections shall forthwith notify the\nappropriate county boards of elections of the results of such\nlitigation.\n  2. The state board of elections, not later than seven days before the\ngeneral election, shall certify to each county board of elections the\nname and residence of each write-in candidate for president and vice\npresident of the United States who has filed a valid certificate of\ncandidacy with it.\n  3. If a certificate of a nomination to fill a vacancy caused by death\nor disqualification is filed with the state board of elections, or a\ncourt order shall change a nomination, after the state board has made\nits certifications to the county boards of elections, the state board\nshall transmit forthwith a statement of such nomination to the\nappropriate boards of elections.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-725 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2 / Part 7 / Section 2-725
Statute of Limitations in Contracts for Sale
Status: in_force

Section 2--725. Statute of Limitations in Contracts for Sale.\n  (1) An action for breach of any contract for sale must be commenced\nwithin four years after the cause of action has accrued. By the original\nagreement the parties may reduce the period of limitation to not less\nthan one year but may not extend it.\n  (2) A cause of action accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of\nthe aggrieved party's lack of knowledge of the breach. A breach of\nwarranty occurs when tender of delivery is made, except that where a\nwarranty explicitly extends to future performance of the goods and\ndiscovery of the breach must await the time of such performance the\ncause of action accrues when the breach is or should have been\ndiscovered.\n  (3) Where an action commenced within the time limited by subsection\n(1) is so terminated as to leave available a remedy by another action\nfor the same breach such other action may be commenced after the\nexpiration of the time limited and within six months after the\ntermination of the first action unless the termination resulted from\nvoluntary discontinuance or from dismissal for failure or neglect to\nprosecute.\n  (4) This section does not alter the law on tolling of the statute of\nlimitations nor does it apply to causes of action which have accrued\nbefore this Act becomes effective.\n
N.Y. LEG Law § 60 — New York Code / Act LEG / Article 4 / Section 60
Testimony before legislative committees
Status: in_force

§ 60. Testimony before legislative committees. A legislative committee\nmay require the attendance of witnesses in this state whom the committee\nmay wish to examine, or may issue a commission for the examination of\nwitnesses who are out of the state or unable to attend the committee or\nexcused from attendance, which commission if directed by the house or\nlegislature by which the committee is appointed may be executed during\nthe recess of the legislature. A commission issued as provided by this\nsection shall be in the form used in the courts of record of this state\nand shall be executed in like manner. Unless otherwise instructed by the\ncommittee appointing them the commissioners shall examine privately\nevery witness attending before them and shall not make public the\nparticulars of such examination. No committee of either house or a joint\ncommittee of both houses shall have the power to take testimony at a\nprivate hearing or at a public hearing unless at least two of its\nmembers are present at such hearing.\n