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N.Y. CVR Law § 79-J — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 7 / Section 79-J
Confidentiality of records in multi-state information system
Status: in_force

§ 79-j. Confidentiality of records in multi-state information system.\n1. An ongoing research and demonstration project called the multi-state\ninformation system for psychiatric patients located at Rockland state\nhospital in Rockland county has been developed by a number of\ncooperating states and is designed to provide a computer-based system\nfor records and statistics of mental health patients in those states.\nThe records stored by the multi-state information system are intended\nalso for research and demonstration purposes concerning (1) the\nfeasibility of computer-based record systems improving the quality of\nmedical information available to clinicians treating psychiatric\npatients and (2) the quality of aggregate statistics to aid in planning,\noperating and monitoring psychiatric services. Such records are not\nintended to substitute for or replace original records retained in the\ncooperating mental health facilities and agencies. In order to protect\nthe privacy of the information stored in such records which relates to\npatients in facilities outside of the state of New York, it is necessary\nand desirable that such records be declared confidential and not subject\nto examination in the courts or by agencies of this state.\n  2. The records and information concerning patients in mental health\nand related facilities located outside of the state of New York and\ncurrently or hereafter stored in the multi-state information system for\npsychiatric patients maintained at Rockland state hospital in the county\nof Rockland are not public records. Such records and information shall\nbe confidential and shall not be subject to subpoena in any court or\nbefore any tribunal or administrative agency. Such records and\ninformation shall not be open for inspection by nor otherwise available\nto any agency or individual other than the agency or facility submitting\nthe records or information and the technical staff of the multi-state\ninformation system except that the commissioner of mental hygiene shall\nhave the power to conduct an annual review of the operation of the\ninformation system in order to assure its proper and lawful operation in\nthe interest of the agencies and facilities contributing records and\ninformation to such system. Aggregate statistics drawn from the records\nstored, with all personal identification removed, may be released by the\nsystem for research and planning purposes.\n  3. Nothing in this act shall affect existing law with respect to the\nrecords of patients now or formerly treated in facilities in this state.\nThe records stored in the multi-state information system described in\nsubdivision two shall not be considered records of the department of\nmental hygiene.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 225 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 11 / Section 225
Enforcement of conservation law
Status: in_force

§ 225. Enforcement of conservation law. All the powers and duties now\nconferred or imposed upon inspectors and game protectors under article\nfour of the conservation law, in relation to fish, birds and quadrupeds,\nhereafter shall be exercised and performed by the state police,\ninspectors and game protectors.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 654 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 17 / Section 654
Deputizing local police officers or peace officers
Status: in_force

§ 654. Deputizing local police officers or peace officers. The sheriff\nmay in his discretion deputize the police officers or peace officers of\ncities, towns, villages and special districts and agents of societies\nincorporated for the purpose of prevention of cruelty to animals, for\nthe purpose of authorizing an arrest without a warrant outside the\nterritorial limits of such city, town, village or special district, when\nsuch crime or infraction was committed within such territorial limits in\nthe presence of such officer. Such officer shall not be deemed an\nofficer, agent, servant or employee of the county.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-O*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-O*2
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Port Authority Police Officer Pavlos D
Status: in_force

* § 344-o. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Port Authority Police Officer Pavlos D. Pallas Memorial Bridge". All\nthat portion of the state highway system constituting the bridge on 94th\nStreet, between the 82nd Street overpass and the 102nd Street overpass,\ncrossing over the Grand Central Parkway in the neighborhood of East\nElmhurst, county of Queens, shall be designated and known as the "Port\nAuthority Police Officer Pavlos D. Pallas Memorial Bridge".\n  * NB There are 18 § 344-o's\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 234 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 234
Compensation and liability for support and care in counties outside the city of New York
Status: in_force

§ 234. Compensation and liability for support and care in counties\noutside the city of New York. (a) Whenever a child is detained, placed\nor committed under the provisions of this act to an authorized agency,\nor to any person other than his parent and is retained in accordance\nwith the rules of the state board of social welfare, compensation for\nhis care and maintenance shall be a charge on the county. The\ncompensation paid by the county for care and maintenance of the child\nmay be charged back to a city or town in the county in accordance with\nand to the extent permitted by the provisions of the social services\nlaw.  All bills for such care and maintenance to be paid from public\nfunds shall be paid by the county treasurer from moneys appropriated for\npublic assistance and care in the county social services district by\nwarrant of the commissioner of social services.\n  (b) The court may, after issuance and service of an order to show\ncause upon the parent or other person having the duty under the law to\nsupport such child, adjudge that such parent or other person shall pay\nto the court such sum as will cover in whole or in part the support of\nsuch child, and willful failure to pay such sum may, in the discretion\nof the court, be punished as for a criminal contempt of court. When a\nperson liable to such payment on order, as herein provided, is before\nthe court in the proceeding relating to the commitment or placement, a\nformal order to show cause may be dispensed with in the discretion of\nthe court.\n  (c) (i) The social services district from which the detention,\nplacement or commitment is made shall be entitled to be reimbursed by\nanother social services district for its expenditures for care and\nmaintenance of the child, if, and to the extent that, it would have been\nentitled to be reimbursed therefor by such other district had the care\nbeen provided under and pursuant to the provisions of the social\nservices law. The commissioner of social services of the social services\ndistrict from which the commitment was made may enforce repayment from\nthe other social services district in accordance with the provisions of\nthe social services law.\n  (ii) In accordance with the provisions of the social services law and\nthe rules and regulations of the state department of social services\nrelating to state charges, and from funds available to the state\ndepartment of social services therefor, the state shall reimburse the\nsocial services district for the full cost of care and maintenance of\nthe child, in the event the child is a state charge as defined by the\nsocial services law.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 44 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 3 / Section 44
Prosecution for penalties
Status: in_force

§ 44. Prosecution for penalties.  1. Whenever the commissioner shall\nknow or have reason to believe that any penalty has been incurred by any\nperson for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or of\nany other law the enforcement of which is within the jurisdiction of the\ndepartment, or of the rules of the department, or that any sum has been\nforfeited by reason of any such violation, the commissioner may report\nthe facts to the attorney general who may cause an action or proceeding\nto be brought in the name of the people for the recovery of the same.\nSuch action may be brought in the county where the defendant resides or\nthe violation, or any part thereof, occurred.\n  2. In an action for a penalty or forfeiture incurred by reason of the\nviolation of the provisions of this chapter, or of any other law the\nenforcement of which is within the jurisdiction of the department, or of\nthe rules of the department, when the complaint charges a violation of\nany two or more of such provisions, the plaintiff shall not be compelled\nto elect between the counts under such different provisions but shall be\nentitled to recover if it is found that a violation of any of such\nprovisions has been committed for which a penalty or forfeiture is\nimposed.\n  3. If the defendant in such an action shall prove that during any\nportion of the time for which it is sought to recover penalties or\nforfeitures for a violation of a rule or order of the department, the\ndefendant was actually and in good faith prosecuting a suit, action or\nproceeding before the department or in the courts to set aside such rule\nor order, the court shall remit the penalties or forfeitures incurred\nduring the pendency of such action or proceeding.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 580-314 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-B / Part 3 / Section 580-314
Limited immunity of petitioner
Status: in_force

§ 580-314. Limited immunity of petitioner. (a) Participation by a\npetitioner in a proceeding under this article before a responding\ntribunal, whether in person, by private attorney or through services\nprovided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal\njurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.\n  (b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while\nphysically present in this state to participate in a proceeding under\nthis article.\n  (c) The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil\nlitigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this article\ncommitted by a party while physically present in this state to\nparticipate in the proceeding.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 195 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 6 / Section 195
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 195. Rules and regulations.  The comptroller shall prescribe such\nrules and regulations as may be required for the effective\nadministration of the provisions of this article relating to\nsupplemental retirement allowance payments to state retired teachers and\nstate retired employees.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 1206 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 22 / Section 1206
Conflicting provisions
Status: in_force

§ 1206. Conflicting provisions. Except as otherwise provided in this\narticle, or in conflict therewith, the provisions of article eleven of\nthis chapter, including any plan that has been elected by the employer\nor is otherwise applicable under article eight of this chapter shall\ngovern the retirement benefits provided under this article. In the event\nof any conflict between the provisions of this article and any other\nprovision of law, this article shall govern.\n
N.Y. STT Law § 206 — New York Code / Act STT / Article 2 / Section 206
Exceptions
Status: in_force

§ 206. Exceptions. Notwithstanding section two hundred four of this\narticle, a state agency may collect or disclose personal information if\nthe collection or disclosure is:\n  1. necessary to perform the statutory duties of the state agency that\ncollected or is collecting the personal information, or necessary for\nthat agency to operate a program authorized by law, or authorized by\nstate or federal statute or regulation;\n  2. made pursuant to a court order or by law;\n  3. for the purpose of validating the identity of the user; or\n  4. if the information is used solely for statistical purposes and is\nin a form that cannot be used to identify any particular person.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 12-1208 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 12 / Section 12-1208
Establishment of light rents
Status: in_force

§ 12-1208 Establishment of light rents. The board of light\ncommissioners shall establish a scale of rents for the use of light, to\nbe called "light rents" and to be paid at such times and in such manner\nas the board may prescribe.\n
N.Y. IND Law § 72 — New York Code / Act IND / Article 5 / Section 72
The president
Status: in_force

§ 72. The president.  The president of the Seneca nation shall preside\nover the deliberations of the council and shall have only a casting vote\ntherein. He shall from time to time give to the council information of\nthe state of the nation, and recommend such measures as he shall judge\nnecessary and expedient; and shall take care that the laws applicable to\nthe nation be faithfully executed. He shall have power to convene the\ncouncil in extra session as often as, in his judgment, the interests of\nthe nation require, and to fill all vacancies that may occur therein\nuntil such vacancy be filled by election. In the absence of the\npresident, the council shall choose from among their own number a\npresiding officer, pro tempore.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 13.24 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title C / Article 13 / Section 13.24
Sheltered workshops, work activity and day training services
Status: in_force

§ 13.24 Sheltered workshops, work activity and day training services.\n  1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings.\n  a. "Sheltered workshops" means a program operated for the purpose of\nproviding sheltered employment to persons with developmental\ndisabilities.\n  b. "Work activity and day training services" means pre-vocational\nactivities defined by regulation of the commissioner designed to enhance\nthe ability of a person with a developmental disability to receive\nvocational rehabilitation services.\n  2. The commissioner shall develop methods to fund by agreement the\nreasonably related cost of services, subject to the approval of the\ndirector of the budget, provided in sheltered workshops, work activity\nand day training services. The commissioner shall determine those\nfacilities and agencies providing such services and shall describe\ncharacteristics of clients receiving such services. The commissioner\nshall determine methods of improving the current financing system for\nsuch services.\n  3. The methods of improving the current financing system shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, the following:\n  a. Provision of equitable funding to all individuals with\ndevelopmental disabilities which is not dependent upon prior residence\nin facilities of the office.\n  b. Establishment of systems of provider accountability for units of\nservice rendered in return for payments made and development of an\nadvanced payment mechanism.\n  c. Recommendation of rules, regulations and standards for the payment\nfor provision of services.\n  4. The commissioner shall report to the legislature on the progress of\ndetermining methods of improving the current financing system on or\nbefore April first, nineteen hundred eighty-two.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 228-B — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 5-D / Section 228-B
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 228-b. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms and\nabbreviations shall have the meanings indicated:\n  1. "NYSBIC" means the New York small business investment company which\nshall be organized and operated in conformity with Section 301(c) and\napplicable regulations.\n  2. "NYSSBIC" means the New York specialized small business investment\ncompany which shall be organized and operated in conformity with Section\n301(d) and applicable regulations.\n  3. "Highly distressed area" means: (a) a census tract or tracts or\nblock numbering area or areas or such census tract or block numbering\narea contiguous thereto which, according to the most recent census data\navailable, has:\n  (i) a poverty rate of at least twenty percent for the year to which\nthe data relates or at least twenty percent of the households receiving\npublic assistance; and\n  (ii) an unemployment rate of at least one and twenty-five one\nhundredths times the statewide unemployment rate for the year to which\nthe data relates; or\n  (b) a city, town, village or county within a city with a population of\none million or more for which: (i) the ratio of the full value property\nwealth, as determined by the comptroller for the year nineteen hundred\nninety, per resident to the statewide average full value property wealth\nper resident; and (ii) the ratio of the income per resident, as shown in\nthe nineteen hundred ninety census to the statewide average income per\nresident; are each fifty-five percent or less of the statewide average.\n  4. "Investment companies" means the NYSBIC and the NYSSBIC\ncollectively.\n  5. "Section 301(c)" means Section 301(c) of Title III, 15 U.S.C.\n681(c).\n  6. "Section 301(d)" means Section 301(d) of Title III, 15 U.S.C.\n681(d).\n  7. "Title III" means Title III of the Small Business Investment Act of\n1958, United States Pub. L. 85-699 (as amended).\n  8. "Voting shareholders" means those shareholders of the NYSBIC or the\nNYSSBIC that contribute to the capitalization and ongoing funding of the\ninvestment companies.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 1001 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 10 / Section 1001
Plan of dissolution and distribution of assets
Status: in_force

§ 1001. Plan of dissolution and distribution of assets.\n  (a) The board shall adopt a plan for the dissolution of the\ncorporation and the distribution of its assets. Such plan shall\nimplement any provision in the certificate of incorporation prescribing\nthe distributive rights of members.\n  (b) If the corporation is a charitable corporation and has no assets\nto distribute and no liabilities at the time of dissolution, the plan of\ndissolution shall include a statement to that effect.\n  (c) If the corporation has no assets to distribute, other than a\nreserve not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for the purpose of\npaying ordinary and necessary expenses of winding up its affairs\nincluding attorney and accountant fees, and liabilities not in excess of\nten thousand dollars at the time of adoption of the plan of dissolution,\nthe plan of dissolution shall include a statement to that effect.\n  (d) If the corporation has assets to distribute or liabilities, the\nplan of dissolution shall contain:\n  (1) a description with reasonable certainty of the assets of the\ncorporation and their fair value, and the total amount of debts and\nother liabilities incurred or estimated by the corporation, including\nthe total amount of any accounting and legal fees incurred or estimated,\nin connection with the dissolution procedure.\n  (2) a statement as to whether any gifts or other assets are legally\nrequired to be used for a particular purpose.\n  (3) if there are assets received and held by the corporation either\nfor a charitable purpose or which are legally required to be used for a\nparticular purpose, a statement that the assets owned by the\ncorporation, subject to any unpaid liabilities of the corporation, shall\nbe distributed as required by any gift instrument or to a charitable\ncorporation or organization or organizations exempt from taxation\npursuant to federal and state laws and engaged in activities\nsubstantially similar to those of the dissolved corporation. Each such\nrecipient organization shall be identified and the governing instrument\nand amendments thereto of each of the proposed recipient organizations\nshall be annexed to such statement, along with the most recent financial\nreport of each recipient organization and a sworn affidavit from a\ndirector and officer of each recipient organization stating the purposes\nof the organization, and that it is currently exempt from federal income\ntaxation.\n  (4) if any of the assets of the corporation are to be distributed to a\nrecipient for a particular legally required purpose, an agreement by the\nrecipient to apply the assets received only for such purpose shall be\nincluded.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 204-F — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 10 / Section 204-F
Plan for hazardous materials incidents response
Status: in_force

§ 204-f. Plan for hazardous materials incidents response. In\naccordance with rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to\nsubdivision eight of section two hundred nine-e of this chapter, the\ngoverning body of a county, except a county wholly contained within a\ncity, and the governing body of a city in which a county is wholly\ncontained shall develop a plan for fire service response to hazardous\nmaterials incidents. Such plan shall be submitted to the office of fire\nprevention and control for approval. No plan shall be approved unless it\nprovides for the coordination of fire service resources consistent with\nguidelines established by the office.\n
N.Y. PAR Law § 25.25 — New York Code / Act PAR / Title D / Article 25 / Section 25.25
Accidents; reports
Status: in_force

§ 25.25 Accidents; reports. 1. The operator of any snowmobile involved\nin any accident resulting in injuries to or death of any person or in\nwhich property damage in the estimated amount of one thousand dollars or\nmore is sustained, shall within seven days after such accident report\nthe matter in writing to the office, with a copy thereof to the sheriff\nof the county in which said accident occurred. If such operator is\nphysically incapable of making such report and there is another\nparticipant in the accident not so incapacitated, such participant shall\nmake the report within the allotted time after such accident. In the\nevent that there is no other participant and the operator is other than\nthe owner, then the owner shall within the prescribed period of time,\nafter learning of the facts of such accident, report the matter to the\noffice, together with such information as may have come to his knowledge\nrelating to such accident. Every such operator of a snowmobile, or\nparticipant of any such accident, or the owner of the snowmobile\ninvolved in any such accident, shall make such other and additional\nreports as the commissioner shall require.\n  2. Whenever any snowmobile meets with an accident involving a loss of\nlife, personal injury or damage to property and the operator thereof has\nknowledge of such accident, he shall stop and give his name and address,\nthe name and address of the owner thereof and the registration number\nassigned to said snowmobile to the injured person or the person\nsustaining the damage, or to a peace or police officer. In the event the\nperson sustaining the damage is not present at the place where the\ndamage occurred, the operator shall, as soon as physically able, report\nthe same to the nearest law enforcement agency.\n  3. A peace, police, or judicial officer who investigates or receives\ninformation of an accident involving a snowmobile shall make a written\nreport of the investigation or information received, and such additional\nfacts relating to the accident as may come to his knowledge and mail the\nsame within forty-eight hours to the office and keep a record thereof in\nhis office.\n  4. Failure of such persons to give notice of any accident requiring\nnotice shall be prima facie evidence that such accident was not\nreported.\n