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N.Y. MHY Law § 9.19 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title B / Article 9 / Section 9.19
Voluntary and informal admissions; notices
Status: in_force

§ 9.19 Voluntary and informal admissions; notices.\n  The director shall cause all patients admitted as voluntary or\ninformal patients to be informed once during each one hundred twenty\ndays of hospitalization of their status and rights, including their\nright to avail themselves of the facilities of the mental hygiene legal\nservice.  At the time of such periodic notification, the written consent\nof a patient to his continued stay as a voluntary or informal patient\nshall be obtained and a copy thereof shall be given to the mental\nhygiene legal service.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 34 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 34
Now
Status: in_force

§ 34. Now. The term now in any provision of a statute referring to\nother laws in force, or to persons in office, or to any facts or\ncircumstances as existing, relates to the laws in force, or to the\nperson in office, or to the facts or circumstances existing,\nrespectively, immediately before the taking effect of such provision.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 408 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 10 / Section 408
Credit upon anticipation of payments
Status: in_force

§ 408. Credit upon anticipation of payments. 1. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any contract or obligation to the contrary, any buyer may\npay it in full at any time before the maturity of the final instalment\nof the time balance thereof and if he does so shall receive and be\nentitled to receive a refund credit thereon and if the contract or\nobligation included an amount for group credit life insurance a further\nrefund credit thereon for such anticipation, whether or not the maturity\nof the time balance of the contract was accelerated by the holder by\nreason of the buyer's default.\n  2. The amount of any such refund credit shall be determined according\nto a generally acceptable actuarial method.\n  If the credit service charge imposed on the retail instalment contract\nor obligation is computed pursuant to subdivision four of section four\nhundred four of this article, the contract or obligation may be prepaid\nin full without penalty.\n  3. Where the amount of the credit for anticipation of payment is less\nthan one dollar no refund need be made. Where the earned credit service\ncharge amounts to less, there may be retained an amount equal to the\nminimum credit service charge applicable.\n  4. The amount of the further refund credit for group credit life\ninsurance shall be equal to the excess of the amount included in the\ncontract for group credit life insurance over the premiums paid or\npayable by the holder of the contract for such insurance, if such\npremiums were paid or payable periodically, or the refund for unearned\ngroup credit life insurance premium paid or payable in a lump sum,\nprovided that no such further refund credit need be made if the amount\nthereof would be less than one dollar.\n  5. In the event (i) the maturity of a contract or obligation is\naccelerated due to the default of the buyer or otherwise and judgment is\nobtained, or (ii) repayment is made pursuant to group credit life\ninsurance, the buyer or his legal representative, as the case may be,\nshall be entitled to the same refund credits as if the contract had been\nprepaid in full on the date of acceleration or repayment.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 1207 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 12 / Section 1207
Settlement of action or claim by infant, judicially declared incompetent or conservatee, by whom motion made; special proceeding; notice;...
Status: in_force

§ 1207. Settlement of action or claim by infant, judicially declared\nincompetent or conservatee, by whom motion made; special proceeding;\nnotice; order of settlement. Upon motion of a guardian of the property\nor guardian ad litem of an infant or, if there is no such guardian, then\nof a parent having legal custody of an infant, or if there is no such\nparent, by another person having legal custody, or if the infant is\nmarried, by an adult spouse residing with the infant, or of the\ncommittee of the property of a person judicially declared to be\nincompetent, or of the conservator of the property of a conservatee, the\ncourt may order settlement of any action commenced by or on behalf of\nthe infant, incompetent or conservatee. If no action has been commenced,\na special proceeding may be commenced upon petition of such a\nrepresentative for settlement of any claim by the infant, incompetent or\nconservatee in any court where an action for the amount of the proposed\nsettlement could have been commenced.  Unless otherwise provided by rule\nof the chief administrator of the courts, if no motion term is being\nheld and there is no justice of the supreme court available in a county\nwhere the action or an action on the claim is triable, such a motion may\nbe made, or special proceeding may be commenced, in a county court and\nthe county judge shall act with the same power as a justice of the\nsupreme court even though the amount of the settlement may exceed the\njurisdictional limits of the county court. Notice of the motion or\npetition shall be given as directed by the court. An order on such a\nmotion shall have the effect of a judgment. Such order, or the judgment\nin a special proceeding, shall be entered without costs and shall\napprove the fee for the infant's, incompetent's or conservatee's\nattorney, if any.\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 83 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 8 / Section 83
Liability of float for penalty, detention and sale thereof
Status: in_force

§ 83. Liability of float for penalty, detention and sale thereof.\nEvery penalty and forfeiture prescribed by this chapter against the\nowner, master or other person having charge of any float, when incurred,\nshall be chargeable on such float, and an action for the recovery\nthereof may be brought against any person in the possession or having\ncharge thereof at the time when it is commenced; and any court or\njudicial officer issuing the process for the commencement of such an\naction, may, by a clause to be inserted therein, direct the officer\nexecuting the same, to detain such float or its appurtenances until\naction is determined or until adequate security is given for the payment\nof any judgment recoverable. If such security be given, or the defendant\nin the action prevail, such court or officer shall order the boat or\nother float and property detained to be released. If no such security be\ngiven and a judgment be recovered for such penalty or forfeiture, and\nnot immediately paid, an execution shall be issued under which the\nproperty so detained may be sold in like manner as if the judgment had\nbeen obtained against the owner thereof.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 16-120 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 16 / Section 16-120
Enforcement proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 16-120. Enforcement proceedings. 1. The supreme court or a justice\nthereof, in a proceeding instituted by the state board of elections, may\nimpose a civil penalty, as provided for in subdivisions one and two of\nsection 14-126 of this chapter.\n  2. Upon proof that a violation of article fourteen of this chapter, as\nprovided in subdivision one of this section, has occurred, the court may\nimpose a civil penalty, pursuant to subdivisions one and two of section\n14-126 of this chapter, after considering, among other factors, the\nseverity of the violation or violations, whether the subject of the\nviolation made a good faith effort to correct the violation and whether\nthe subject of the violation has a history of similar violations. All\nsuch determinations shall be made on a fair and equitable basis without\nregard to the status of the candidate or political committee.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1222 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 12-A / Section 1222
Application of other provisions of article twelve
Status: in_force

§ 1222. Application of other provisions of article twelve. The\nprovisions of sections twelve hundred seven, twelve hundred eight,\ntwelve hundred eleven and twelve hundred twelve of article twelve of\nthis chapter shall apply to all escheat proceedings under this article.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 59-C — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 4 / Title A / Section 59-C
State employment of persons and veterans with disabilities study
Status: in_force

§ 59-c. State employment of persons and veterans with disabilities\nstudy. 1. The president shall conduct a comprehensive study analyzing\nthe effectiveness of sections fifty-five-b and fifty-five-c of this\ntitle which deals with the employment of persons and veterans with\ndisabilities by the state and prepare and submit an annual report to the\nspeaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, the\ntemporary president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate and\nthe governor's office of employee relations, and make publicly available\non the department's website no later than one year after the effective\ndate of this section, and every year thereafter.\n  2. Such report shall include but not be limited to:\n  (a) the number of persons with a letter of eligibility under sections\nfifty-five-b and fifty-five-c of this title that have received a civil\nservice appointment;\n  (b) the number of persons at the time of the report who have received\na letter of eligibility from the department certifying they are eligible\nto be appointed in accordance with sections fifty-five-b and\nfifty-five-c of this title;\n  (c) the number of persons with a physical or mental disability\nappointed in accordance with sections fifty-five-b and fifty-five-c of\nthis title that have taken a promotional examination including the\nnumber of such persons that have taken a promotional examination within\nthe last five years;\n  (d) a determination as to whether the state is underutilizing the\nprovisions of such sections based on such findings from the report;\n  (e) an assessment of whether the state offers any additional programs\nrun by the state with the mission to increase the employment of people\nwith disabilities, including, but not limited to: Adult Career and\nContinuing Ed Services (ACCES-VR) within the education department and\nthe office for people with developmental disabilities' supported\nemployment services programs; and\n  (f) recommendations based on the findings from the report as to\nwhether the state can take additional action to market or inform the\npublic of state job opportunities for persons and veterans with\ndisabilities and if so, what specific actions should be taken.\n  3. For the purposes of this section, the president may conduct such\nstudy in conjunction with any other department, division, board, bureau,\ncommission, agency, or public authority of the state deemed necessary.\nTo the maximum extent feasible, the president shall be authorized to\nrequest, receive, and utilize such resources and data of any other\ndepartment, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, or public\nauthority of the state as he or she may reasonably request to properly\ncarry his or her powers and duties pursuant to this section.\n  4. The president shall promulgate rules and regulations as may be\nnecessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 80 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 80
Discrimination against non-residents
Status: in_force

§ 80. Discrimination against non-residents. Any restriction or\nregulation imposed by the governing board of a municipal corporation\nupon the inhabitants of any other municipal corporation within this\nstate, carrying on or desiring to carry on any lawful business or\ncalling within the limits thereof, which shall not be necessary for the\nproper regulation of such trade, business or calling, and shall not\napply to citizens of all parts of the state alike, except ordinances or\nregulations in reference to traveling circuses, shows and exhibitions,\nshall be void.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 342 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 3 / Section 342
Recitals in judgments affecting title to real property as evidence
Status: in_force

§ 342. Recitals in judgments affecting title to real property as\nevidence. In any action or special proceeding in any of the courts of\nthis state, a judgment, decree or order of any court of record, or made\nby a judge of any court of record in this state, in any action affecting\nthe title of real property, which contains recitals that any acts were\ndone or proceedings had which were necessary to give to such court or\njudge jurisdiction or power to grant such judgment, decree or order,\nshall be presumptive evidence that such acts were duly performed or\nproceedings duly had, if such judgment, decree or order shall have been\nduly entered or filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which\nthe action or special proceeding was pending wherein such judgment,\ndecree or order was granted.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1608 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 16 / Section 1608
Appellate division to compel renewal of marshal's bond; removal of marshal
Status: in_force

§ 1608. Appellate division to compel renewal of marshal's bond;\nremoval of marshal. Whenever judgment shall be rendered on the bond of a\nmarshal, or the bond shall be reduced as provided in the last preceding\nsection, the city clerk shall report the fact to the appellate division.\nIf the amount of the judgment is equal to or greater than the amount of\nthe bond the appellate division shall direct the marshal to furnish a\nnew bond; or, if the amount of the judgment is less than the amount of\nthe bond, or in case of a reduction thereof, the appellate division\nshall direct the marshal to furnish an additional bond in the penal sum\nof double the amount of the judgment or the reduction. If the marshal\nfails to comply with such direction within ten days after notice\nthereof, his failure shall constitute ground for his removal from\noffice.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 190.05 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title I / Article 190 / Section 190.05
Grand jury; definition and general functions
Status: in_force

§ 190.05 Grand jury; definition and general functions.\n  A grand jury is a body consisting of not less than sixteen nor more\nthan twenty-three persons, impaneled by a superior court and\nconstituting a part of such court, the functions of which are to hear\nand examine evidence concerning offenses and concerning misconduct,\nnonfeasance and neglect in public office, whether criminal or otherwise,\nand to take action with respect to such evidence as provided in section\n190.60.\n
N.Y. STL Law § 72 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 6 / Section 72
Prohibition of other pictorial devices
Status: in_force

§ 72. Prohibition of other pictorial devices. No pictorial devices\nother than the arms of the state shall be used in the public offices at\nthe capitol for letter headings and envelopes used for official\nbusiness. Persons printing and circulating public documents under the\nauthority of the state, when they use a vignette, shall place upon the\ntitle pages of the documents the standard device of the state arms\nwithout alterations or additions.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 520-C — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-A / Section 520-C
Credit information
Status: in_force

§ 520-c. Credit information. 1. The department of financial services\nshall establish a telephone number and an area on its website, or\nprovide a link on such site to other websites with a toll-free telephone\nnumber service at which customers may obtain information on annual\npercentage rates, annual fees, per-transaction charges, late payment\nfees, overlimit fees and grace periods for credit cards to the extent\nreadily available to the department. Every issuer of credit cards to\nnatural persons residing in this state shall set forth on each\nsolicitation, application and monthly billing statement mailed or\notherwise presented to such persons, a notice stating "New York\nresidents may contact the New York state department of financial\nservices by telephone or visit its website for free information on\ncomparative credit card rates, fees and grace periods." Such notice\nshall be printed on the same side as the disclosure of rates, fees and\ncharges, in case of the solicitations and applications, and on the same\nside as the notice of the balance of the account and the amount due are\nprinted, in the case of the monthly billing statement. The\nsuperintendent of financial services shall prescribe the web address and\ntelephone number to be printed next to the notice. The notice shall be\nin type no smaller than eight points. The telephone number of the credit\ncard issuer shall appear higher up on the page and in the type at least\nas large as that provided for the telephone number of the department of\nfinancial services. Issuers shall include such notice in materials sent\nto residents of this state as required under this section commencing\nOctober first, nineteen hundred ninety-four.\n  2. The superintendent of financial services is authorized to adopt\nsuch rules and regulations as consistent with the provisions of this\nsection.\n  3. For the purposes of this section:\n  (a) "Credit card" means any card issued pursuant to an agreement which\nallows the holder of the card to obtain goods and services on the credit\nof the issuer; and\n  (b) "Issuer" means any bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and\nloan association, or branch of a foreign banking corporation the\ndeposits of which are insured by the federal deposit insurance\ncorporation, which is incorporated, chartered, organized or licensed\nunder the laws of this state or any other state or the United States,\nwhich issues credit cards to natural persons residing in this state.\n  4. The authority of the superintendent of financial services pursuant\nto sections thirty-nine and forty-four of the banking law shall extend\nto violations of this section by any issuer.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1901 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 19 / Section 1901
Amount of costs in an action
Status: in_force

§ 1901. Amount of costs in an action.\n  (a) Ordinary costs. Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of\nthis section, costs awarded in an action shall be in the amount of:\n  1. fifty dollars for all proceedings before a notice of trial is\nfiled; plus\n  2. one hundred dollars for all proceedings after a notice of trial is\nfiled and before trial; plus\n  3. one hundred fifty dollars for each trial, inquest or assessment of\ndamages.\n  (b) Limited costs in certain actions. Costs awarded in an action for a\nsum of money only where the amount of the judgment is not more than six\nthousand dollars, shall be in the amount of:\n  1. twenty dollars for all proceedings before a notice of trial is\nfiled; plus\n  2. thirty-five dollars for all proceedings after a notice of trial is\nfiled and before trial; plus\n  3. sixty dollars for each trial, inquest or assessment of damages.\n  (c) This section shall not apply to costs in a summary proceeding or\nin a small claims action.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 34 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 2 / Section 34
Waiver of lien
Status: in_force

§ 34. Waiver of lien. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,\nany contract, agreement or understanding whereby the right to file or\nenforce any lien created under article two is waived, shall be void as\nagainst public policy and wholly unenforceable. This section shall not\npreclude a requirement for a written waiver of the right to file a\nmechanic's lien executed and delivered by a contractor, subcontractor,\nmaterial supplier or laborer simultaneously with or after payment for\nthe labor performed or the materials furnished has been made to such\ncontractor, subcontractor, material man or laborer nor shall this\nsection be applicable to a written agreement to subordinate, release or\nsatisfy all or part of such a lien made after a notice of lien has been\nfiled.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3800 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 38 / Section 3800
Policy and purposes of article
Status: in_force

§ 3800. Policy and purposes of article. The availability of adequate\nnumbers of competent personnel for the provision of health services\nrequired by the people of the state is essential to the public health.\nMany of those returning from duty with the armed services possess\nexperience acquired during assignment to military hospitals or other\nmedically connected duty for which there exists a critical need in\ncivilian health service fields. It is the policy of the state to utilize\nthis valuable resource in the protection and promotion of the health of\nthe inhabitants of the state.\n  For that purpose the department of health is hereby vested with\nresponsibility for the identification of veterans health manpower\nresources and the recruitment and qualification of veterans having\nexperience in health fields for employment in health service\noccupations.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 98 — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 5 / Section 98
Power of commission to order repairs or changes
Status: in_force

§ 98. Power of commission to order repairs or changes.  Whenever the\ncommission shall be of opinion, after a hearing had upon its own motion,\nor upon a complaint, that repairs or improvements to or changes in any\ntelegraph line or any telephone line ought reasonably to be made, or\nthat any additions should reasonably be made thereto, in order to\npromote the convenience of the public or employees, or in order to\nsecure adequate service or facilities for telegraphic or telephonic\ncommunications, the commission shall make and serve an order directing\nthat such repairs, improvements, changes or additions be made within a\nreasonable time and in a manner to be specified therein and every\ntelegraph corporation and telephone corporation is hereby required and\ndirected to make all repairs, improvements, changes and additions\nrequired of it by any order of the commission served upon it.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 616 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 22 / Part 2 / Section 616
New York exemptions of a resident individual
Status: in_force

§ 616. New York exemptions of a resident individual. (a) General. For\ntaxable years beginning after nineteen hundred eighty-seven, a resident\nindividual shall be allowed a New York exemption of one thousand dollars\nfor each exemption for which he is entitled to a deduction for the\ntaxable year under section one hundred fifty-one(c) of the Internal\nRevenue Code; and for taxable years beginning in nineteen hundred\neighty-seven, a resident individual other than a taxpayer whose federal\nexemption amount is zero shall be allowed a New York exemption of nine\nhundred dollars for each exemption for which he is entitled to a\ndeduction for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes.\n  (b) Husband and wife. If the New York income taxes of a husband and\nwife are required to be separately determined but their federal income\ntax is determined on a joint return, each of them shall be separately\nentitled to the New York exemptions under subsection (a) of this section\nto which each would be separately entitled for the taxable year if their\nfederal income taxes had been determined on separate returns.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1449-BBBBBBB — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-I / Section 1449-BBBBBBB
Imposition of tax
Status: in_force

* § 1449-bbbbbbb. Imposition of tax. Notwithstanding any other\nprovisions of law to the contrary, the county of Cortland, acting\nthrough its local legislative body, is hereby authorized and empowered\nto adopt and amend local laws imposing in such county a tax on each\nconveyance of real property or interest therein when the consideration\nexceeds five hundred dollars, at the rate of one dollar for each five\nhundred dollars or fractional part thereof. Such local law may apply to\nany conveyance occurring on or after the date designated by such\nlegislative body, but shall not apply to conveyances made on or after\nsuch date pursuant to binding written contracts entered into prior to\nsuch date, provided that the date of execution of such contract is\nconfirmed by independent evidence such as the recording of the contract,\npayment of a deposit or other facts and circumstances as determined by\nthe treasurer.\n  * NB Repealed October 25, 2030\n