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N.Y. JUD Law § 770 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 19 / Section 770
Final order directing punishment; exception
Status: in_force

§ 770. Final order directing punishment; exception. Upon the return of\nan application to punish for contempt, or upon a hearing held upon a\nwarrant of commitment issued pursuant to section seven hundred\nseventy-two or seven hundred seventy-three of this article, the court\nshall inform the offender that he or she has the right to the assistance\nof counsel, and when it appears that the offender is financially unable\nto obtain counsel, the court may in its discretion assign counsel to\nrepresent him or her. If it is determined that the accused has committed\nthe offense charged; and that it was calculated to, or actually did,\ndefeat, impair, impede, or prejudice the rights or remedies of a party\nto an action or special proceeding, brought in the court, or before the\njudge or referee; the court, judge, or referee must make a final order\ndirecting that he or she be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both,\nas the nature of the case requires. A warrant of commitment must issue\naccordingly, except as hereinafter provided. Where an application is\nmade under this article and in pursuance of section two hundred\nforty-five of the domestic relations law or any other section of law for\na final order directing punishment for failure to pay alimony,\nmaintenance or counsel fees pursuant to an order of the court or judge\nin an action for divorce or separation and the defaulting spouse appears\nand satisfies the court or a judge before whom the application may be\npending that he or she has no means or property or income to comply with\nthe terms of the order at the time, the court or judge may in its or his\ndiscretion deny the application to punish the defaulting spouse, without\nprejudice to the applicant's rights and without prejudice to a renewal\nof the application upon notice and after proof that the financial\ncondition of the defaulting spouse is changed.\n  Where an application is made to punish an offender for an offense\ncommitted with respect to an enforcement procedure under the civil\npractice law and rules, if the offender appear and comply and satisfy\nthe court or a judge before whom the application shall be pending that\nhe has at the time no means or property or income which could be levied\nupon pursuant to an execution issued in such an enforcement procedure,\nthe court or judge shall deny the application to punish the offender\nwithout prejudice to the applicant's rights and without prejudice to a\nrenewal of the application upon notice and after proof that the\nfinancial condition of the offender has changed.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 235.23 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 235 / Section 235.23
Disseminating indecent material to minors; presumption and defenses
Status: in_force

§ 235.23  Disseminating indecent material to minors; presumption and\ndefenses.\n  1. A person who engages in the conduct proscribed by section 235.21 is\npresumed to do so with knowledge of the character and content of the\nmaterial sold or loaned, or the motion picture, show or presentation\nexhibited or to be exhibited.\n  2. In any prosecution for disseminating indecent material to minors in\nthe second degree pursuant to subdivision one or two of section 235.21\nof this article, it is an affirmative defense that:\n  (a) The defendant had reasonable cause to believe that the minor\ninvolved was seventeen years old or more; and\n  (b)  Such minor exhibited to the defendant a draft card, driver's\nlicense, birth certificate or other official or apparently official\ndocument purporting to establish that such minor was seventeen years old\nor more.\n  3. In any prosecution for disseminating indecent material to minors in\nthe second degree pursuant to subdivision three of section 235.21 of\nthis article or disseminating indecent material to minors in the first\ndegree pursuant to section 235.22 of this article, it shall be a defense\nthat:\n  (a) The defendant made a reasonable effort to ascertain the true age\nof the minor and was unable to do so as a result of actions taken by the\nminor; or\n  (b) The defendant has taken, in good faith, reasonable, effective and\nappropriate actions under the circumstances to restrict or prevent\naccess by minors to materials specified in such subdivision, which may\ninvolve any appropriate measures to restrict minors from access to such\ncommunications, including any method which is feasible under available\ntechnology; or\n  (c) The defendant has restricted access to such materials by requiring\nuse of a verified credit card, debit account, adult access code or adult\npersonal identification number; or\n  (d) The defendant has in good faith established a mechanism such that\nthe labelling, segregation or other mechanism enables such material to\nbe automatically blocked or screened by software or other capabilities\nreasonably available to responsible adults wishing to effect such\nblocking or screening and the defendant has not otherwise solicited\nminors not subject to such screening or blocking capabilities to access\nthat material or to circumvent any such screening or blocking.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 617 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 15 / Section 617
Recalculation of benefits
Status: in_force

§ 617. Recalculation of benefits. a. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, any person who has retired pursuant to the provisions\nof article fourteen of this chapter on or before August thirty-first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-three, whether for service retirement or for\nordinary or accidental disability retirement, may elect to have his or\nher retirement benefits recalculated pursuant to this article, from such\nperson's date of retirement; provided, however, such person was not\nemployed in a position excluded from the application of this article by\nparagraphs one through five of subdivision a of section six hundred of\nthis article. The recalculation of benefits shall be based upon the\noption selection originally filed for retirement.\n  b. To elect the recalculation, such person shall, on or before\nDecember thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, file a request for\nsuch recalculation with the appropriate retirement system in the form\nand manner prescribed by the head of such retirement system.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 407*2 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 16 / Section 407*2
Annual inspection
Status: in_force

* § 407. Annual inspection. The commissioner shall conduct an annual\ninspection of the compliance by the New York city transit authority with\nits internal track safety program and, on or before July first, two\nthousand eight and each year thereafter, shall issue to the New York\ncity transit authority a report detailing its findings. Within ninety\ndays of its receipt of such report, the New York city transit authority\nshall advise the commissioner in writing of its actions, if any,\nimplemented or to be implemented in response to such report.\n  * NB There are 2 § 407's\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 857 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 22-A / Section 857
Judicial wellness or assistance committees
Status: in_force

§ 857. Judicial wellness or assistance committees. 1. Confidential\ninformation privileged. The confidential relations and communications\nbetween a member or authorized agent of a judicial wellness or\nassistance committee sponsored by a state or local bar association and\nany person, firm or corporation communicating with such committee, its\nmembers or authorized agents, shall be deemed to be privileged on the\nsame basis as those provided by law between attorney and client. Such\nprivilege may be waived only by the person, firm or corporation which\nhas furnished information to the committee. This privilege shall not\nextend to information received by a judge or lawyer serving as a member\nof a judicial wellness or assistance committee that a judge is\ncommitting or is likely to commit a substantial violation of the rules\ngoverning judicial conduct.\n  2. Immunity from liability. Any person, firm or corporation in good\nfaith providing information to, or in any other way participating in the\naffairs of, any of the committees referred to in subdivision one of this\nsection shall be immune from civil liability that might otherwise result\nby reason of such conduct. For the purpose of any proceeding, the good\nfaith of any such person, firm or corporation shall be presumed.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 147 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 6 / Section 147
Dogs accompanying persons with a disability
Status: in_force

§ 147. Dogs accompanying persons with a disability. Subject to such\nrules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe, all common and\ncontract carriers of passengers by motor vehicle shall permit a guide\ndog, hearing dog or service dog as defined in section forty-seven-b of\nthe civil rights law accompanying a person with a disability, as defined\nin subdivision twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the\nexecutive law, to accompany, to guide, or otherwise to aid such person,\nto ride on all vehicles operated for transportation and no charge shall\nbe made for the transportation of such dog.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 53 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 3 / Section 53
Costs and disbursements
Status: in_force

§ 53. Costs and disbursements. If an action is brought to enforce a\nmechanic's lien against real property in a court of record, the costs\nand disbursements shall rest in the discretion of the court, and may be\nawarded to the prevailing party. The judgment rendered in such an action\nshall include the amount of such costs and specify to whom and by whom\nthe costs are to be paid. If such action is brought in a court not of\nrecord, they shall be the same as allowed in civil actions in such\ncourt. The expenses incurred in serving the summons by publication may\nbe added to the amount of costs now allowed in such court.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 121 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 9-A / Section 121
Owners, pursers and clerks allowed to sell tickets
Status: in_force

§ 121. Owners, pursers and clerks allowed to sell tickets.  The\nprovisions of this article do not prevent the actual owners or\nconsignees of any vessel, from selling passage tickets thereon; nor do\nthey prevent the purser or clerk of any vessel from selling in his\noffice on board of such vessel, any passage ticket upon such vessel.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1911 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 19 / Section 1911
Order to be executed and report made 1
Status: in_force

§ 1911. Order to be executed and report made\n  1. The fiduciary shall thereupon execute the order, subject to the\napproval of the court, and make a report of his proceedings thereunder.\n  2. The court may confirm or reject the disposition, extend the order\nto other parcels or require a re-execution of the order upon such terms\nand on such conditions as it may direct and it may relieve a purchaser\nfrom his purchase or compel specific performance of the agreement by\nboth the purchaser or the fiduciary in any case where such relief might\nbe granted by the supreme court, on such terms as justice shall require.\n  3. If the contract for the disposition of the property was annexed to\nthe petition and approved by the order, the fiduciary may execute a deed\nwithout further order and no confirmation of the sale is required.\n  4. No decree of distribution or payment of the proceeds of the\ndisposition shall be made in a proceeding commenced within 3 months from\nthe grant of letters until the time for the presentation of claims as\nfixed by a published notice has expired or 7 months have expired since\nletters were issued to the original fiduciary and until all known\ncreditors and persons interested who are not parties to the proceeding\nhave been brought in or have appeared.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-L*8 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-L*8
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Charles W
Status: in_force

* § 344-l. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Charles W. Howard Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state\nhighway system constituting state route thirty-one from the intersection\nof state route thirty-one and Transit Road to the intersection of state\nroute thirty-one and Wood Road, in the town of Albion, county of\nOrleans, shall be designated and known as the "Charles W. Howard\nMemorial Highway".\n  * NB There are 8 § 344-l's\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 1808 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 18 / Section 1808
Judgment obtained to be res judicata in certain cases
Status: in_force

§ 1808. Judgment obtained to be res judicata in certain cases.\n  A judgment obtained under this article shall not be deemed an\nadjudication of any fact at issue or found therein in any other action\nor court; except that a subsequent judgment obtained in another action\nor court involving the same fact, issues and parties shall be reduced by\nthe amount of a judgment awarded under this article.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 581-303 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-C / Part 3 / Section 581-303
Parentage of child of assisted reproduction
Status: in_force

§ 581-303. Parentage of child of assisted reproduction. (a) An\nindividual who provides gametes for, or who consents to, assisted\nreproduction with the intent to be a parent of the child with the\nconsent of the gestating parent as provided in section 581-304 of this\npart, is a parent of the resulting child for all legal purposes.\n  (b) The court shall issue a judgment of parentage pursuant to this\narticle upon application by any person authorized to file a petition\npursuant to subdivision (c) of section 581-201 of this article.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 325 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9 / Section 325
Recording of conveyances made by treasurer of Connecticut
Status: in_force

§ 325. Recording of conveyances made by treasurer of Connecticut. A\nconveyance of real property, executed at any time since the tenth day of\nMarch, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, by the treasurer of the state\nof Connecticut, acknowledged by him before the secretary of state of\nsuch state, and the acknowledgment of which is certified by such\nsecretary of state under the seal of such state, in the manner required\nfor the acknowledgment and certification of a conveyance within this\nstate, may be recorded in the proper office within this state, without\nfurther proof thereof.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 3112 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 31 / Section 3112
Automatic bank withdrawal agreements; notification required
Status: in_force

§ 3112. Automatic bank withdrawal agreements; notification required.\nAny insurer licensed to issue insurance in the state who has an\nautomatic bank withdrawal agreement with an insured for the payment of\ninsurance premiums for any type of insurance shall give the insured at\nleast fifteen days advance written notice of any increase in policy\npremiums prior to any automatic bank withdrawal of an increased premium.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 99-HH*3 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 99-HH*3
Endangered and threatened species mitigation bank fund
Status: in_force

* § 99-hh. Endangered and threatened species mitigation bank fund. 1.\nThere is hereby established in the joint custody of the comptroller and\nthe commissioner of taxation and finance a special fund to be known as\nthe "Endangered and threatened species mitigation bank fund".\n  2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the\nprovisions of section 11-0535-c of the environmental conservation law\nand all other moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from\nany other fund or source pursuant to law.\n  3. All moneys deposited in the endangered and threatened species\nmitigation bank fund shall be available for projects undertaken to\nfacilitate a net conservation benefit to endangered and threatened\nspecies potentially impacted by a major renewable energy facility.\n  4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of\nthe comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner\nof environmental conservation.\n  * NB There are 4 § 99-hh's\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2030\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 154-C — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 1 / Part 5 / Section 154-C
Orders of protection; procedural requirements
Status: in_force

§ 154-c. Orders of protection; procedural requirements.  1. Expiration\ndates. Any order of protection or temporary order of protection issued\nunder articles three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ten and ten-A of\nthis act shall plainly state the date that such order expires.\n  2. Modifications of orders of protection. Except as provided in\nsubdivision two of section one hundred fifty-four-d of this act, any\nmotion to vacate or modify any order of protection or temporary order of\nprotection issued under this act shall be on notice to the non-moving\nparty and the child's attorney, if any.\n  3. Pleadings and requisite findings. No order of protection may direct\nany party to observe conditions of behavior unless: (i) the party\nrequesting the order of protection has served and filed a petition or\ncounter-claim in accordance with article four, five, six or eight of\nthis act and, (ii) the court has made a finding on the record that such\nparty is entitled to issuance of the order of protection which may\nresult from a judicial finding of fact, judicial acceptance of an\nadmission by the party against whom the order was issued or judicial\nfinding that the party against whom the order is issued has given\nknowing, intelligent and voluntary consent to its issuance. Nothing\nherein shall be deemed to limit or restrict the authority of the court\nto issue a temporary order of protection on an ex parte basis.\n
N.Y. PAR Law § 15.11 — New York Code / Act PAR / Title C / Article 15 / Section 15.11
Temporary use by former owners
Status: in_force

§ 15.11 Temporary use by former owners.  1. The commissioner, or the\ngoverning body of a municipality with the approval of the commissioner,\nmay make agreements with respect to any lands acquired pursuant to this\narticle by the state or by such municipality, respectively, whereby such\nlands may continue to be occupied and used by the former owners, their\ntenants or assigns, for a period not exceeding ten years from the date\nof acquisition of such lands, provided that during the period of such\noccupancy, such lands shall remain on the assessment rolls of the\nmunicipality, school districts and other districts in which they are\nlocated and shall be subject to real estate taxes and assessments in the\nsame manner as privately owned lands. The right of a former owner to\noccupy and use such lands shall be conditioned on the prompt payment of\nthe full amount of such taxes and assessments, with interest and\npenalties, if any. Neither the state nor the municipality shall be\nliable for real estate taxes or assessments on such lands during such a\nperiod. A copy of any such agreement shall be filed with the county\nclerk of the county in which such lands are located. Nothing herein\ncontained shall be construed to limit the authority of the commissioner\nto accept conditional grants, bequests or devises of property under\nother provisions of this chapter.\n  2. Notwithstanding anything contained in this article to the contrary,\nthe governing body of any municipality, without the approval of the\ncommissioner, may acquire lands pursuant to this article for the\npurposes contained in this article, without the aid of funds made\navailable thereby, and upon such purchase may enter into an agreement\nfor the use of such property as outlined in this section, subject,\nhowever, to the terms and conditions contained herein.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 207-D — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 10 / Section 207-D
Additional retirement benefits for certain police officers in cities and certain villages
Status: in_force

§ 207-d. Additional retirement benefits for certain police officers in\ncities and certain villages. 1. As used in this section:\n  a. "Final compensation" means the average annual salary or wages for\nservices as a police officer earned from the date of his or her minimum\nperiod to the date of his or her retirement.\n  b. "Police officer" means a paid officer or member of the uniformed\nforce of the police department of a city or of any village which has\nelected to make the benefits provided under this section available to\nthe paid officers or members of its police department or force.\n  c. "Minimum period" means a fixed number of years of service as a\npolice officer specified in a plan or option elected by him or her as a\nnecessary prerequisite for a pension or retirement allowance upon\nretirement from such service.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local\nlaw, charter or administrative code and in lieu of any lesser amount\nthereby prescribed, in the event a police officer has served as such for\nhis or her minimum period and thereafter continues in such service, upon\nhis or her subsequent retirement for any cause whatsoever, there shall\nbe added to the amount of the annual pension or retirement allowance to\nwhich he or she was entitled upon, such retirement an additional amount\ncomputed at the rate of one-sixtieth of his or her final compensation\nfor each year of such additional service.\n  3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the\nNew York state and local police and fire retirement system.\n