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N.Y. ENV Law § 14-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 14 / Section 14-0103
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

§ 14-0103. Legislative findings and declarations.\n  The legislature finds and declares that:\n  1. New York's coastal ecosystems are critical to the state's\nenvironmental and economic security, and integral to the state's high\nquality of life and culture. Healthy coastal ecosystems are part of the\nstate's legacy, and are necessary to support the state's human and\nwildlife populations;\n  2. The policy of the state of New York shall be to conserve, maintain\nand restore coastal ecosystems so that they are healthy, productive and\nresilient and able to deliver the resources people want and need;\n  3. The governance of coastal ecosystems shall be guided by the\nfollowing principles:\n  a. activities in and uses of the coastal ecosystem are sustainable;\n  b. ecological health and integrity is maintained;\n  c. ecosystems' interconnections among land, air and water are\nrecognized;\n  d. understanding of coastal ecosystems is enhanced;\n  e. decisions are informed by good science;\n  f. when risks are uncertain, caution is applied; and\n  g. broad public participation occurs in planning and decision making.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 163-A — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 7 / Section 163-A
Contracts with Green Thumb Environmental Beautification, Incorporated
Status: in_force

§ 163-a. Contracts with Green Thumb Environmental Beautification,\nIncorporated. Each state department, agency, board, bureau, commission\nor other unit performing governmental functions for the state, within\namounts appropriated therefor, may contract with Green Thumb\nEnvironmental Beautification, Incorporated, a nonprofit organization\nthat is organized for the purpose of environmental beautification and\nemploys persons fifty-five years of age or older whose annual income\ndoes not exceed: (1) two hundred fifty percent of the non-farm federal\npoverty level applicable to a family of one (as defined and updated by\nthe federal department of health and human services) for an individual\nliving alone or in another person's home; or (2) four hundred percent of\nthe non-farm federal poverty level applicable to a family of one (as\ndefined and updated by the federal department of health and human\nservices) for a couple living alone or in another person's home. The\ncontract shall name the organization, the amount and manner of payments\nfor the service to be rendered, nature of such service, the rendering of\na verified account of the disbursements with verified or certified\nvouchers therefor attached, a refund of any unused amount, and such\nother conditions upon the use thereof as may be deemed proper.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 1312 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 43 / Section 1312
Duty and liability of the state
Status: in_force

§ 1312. Duty and liability of the state. 1. The state shall have no\nduty or liability to any party for the payment of any retirement savings\nbenefits accrued by any enrollee under the program. Any financial\nliability for the payment of retirement savings benefits in excess of\nfunds available under the program shall be borne solely by the entities\nwith whom the board contracts to provide insurance to protect the value\nof the program.\n  2. No state board, commission, or agency, or any officer, employee, or\nmember thereof is liable for any loss or deficiency resulting from\nparticular investments selected under this article, except for any\nliability that arises out of a breach of fiduciary duty.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 51 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 51
Time, night
Status: in_force

§ 51. Time, night. Night time includes the time from sunset to\nsunrise.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 504 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 5 / Section 504
Jurors Jurors shall be selected from any panel in attendance at any trial term of the supreme court or county court of the county
Status: in_force

§ 504. Jurors\n  Jurors shall be selected from any panel in attendance at any trial\nterm of the supreme court or county court of the county.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 847-A — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 37 / Section 847-A
Statement of legislative findings and purpose
Status: in_force

§ 847-a. Statement of legislative findings and purpose. The\nlegislature hereby finds that for approximately twenty-five years, the\nTug Hill commission has provided essential planning and technical\nservices to the sixty-two local governments and to residents in the\ntwenty-one hundred square mile Tug Hill region.\n  The legislature further finds that, lying between Lake Ontario, the\nBlack River and Oneida Lake, is a region of approximately twenty-one\nhundred square miles that encompasses towns and villages scattered in a\nvast acreage of forest and farm land. The core of the region encompasses\nmore than eight hundred square miles of remote forest land and the\nheadwaters of several major rivers, with much of the area inaccessible\nby public road. These lands and waters are important to the state of New\nYork as municipal water supply, as wildlife and plant habitat, as key\nresources supporting forest industry, farming, recreation and tourism\nand traditional land uses such as hunting and fishing. State assistance\nthrough the Tug Hill commission to help Tug Hill local governments and\norganizations is merited and needed because of the importance of these\nresources to the state, and because of the small population and relative\npoverty of the region.\n  The legislature further finds that the Tug Hill commission, originally\nestablished in nineteen hundred seventy-two as a temporary state\ncommission, has studied the Tug Hill region, provided technical\nassistance to the region's local governments and reported to the\ngovernor and legislature regarding the conservation and development of\nthe Tug Hill region. The purpose of the commission is to enable local\ngovernments, private organizations, and individuals to shape the future\nof the Tug Hill region, and to demonstrate and communicate ways that\nthis can be done by other rural areas. Commission programs are geared\ntoward the conservation and productive use of the natural resources of\nthe region, strengthening of the long-term economy, employment, cultural\nand social resources, and the general well-being of the rural\ncommunities. The commission has facilitated local action as the most\nenduring and cost-effective method of retaining the rural and remote\ncharacter of this land, and of retaining the independent way of life of\nits people and their economy.\n  The legislature finds that the Tug Hill commission's track record\ndemonstrates its capability for working together with towns and villages\nfor appropriate community and economic development and resource\nprotection. Its continuation will enable municipalities to perform their\nbasic local government functions.\n  It is the purpose of this article to insure continued municipal\nassistance, conservation, preservation and development in the region by\ncontinuing the Tug Hill commission, in order to serve those local\ngovernment and regional needs, now and in the future.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 604 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-HH / Section 604
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 604. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n  1. "Consumer claim" means any obligation of a natural person for the\npayment of money or its equivalent which is or is alleged to be in\ndefault and which arises out of a transaction wherein credit has been\noffered or extended to a natural person, and the money, property or\nservice which was the subject of the transaction was primarily for\npersonal, family or household purposes. Such term includes an obligation\nof a natural person who is a co-maker, endorser, guarantor or surety as\nwell as the natural person to whom such credit was originally extended.\n  2. "Debtor" means any natural person who owes or who is asserted to\nowe a consumer claim.\n  3. "Principal creditor" means any person, firm, corporation or\norganization to whom a consumer claim is owed, due or asserted to be due\nor owed, or any assignee for value of such person, firm, corporation or\norganization. Such term shall include any person, firm or corporation\nengaged in business, the principal purpose of which is to regularly\ncollect or attempt to collect debts obtained by or assigned to such\nperson, firm or corporation, that are in default when obtained or\nacquired by such person, firm or corporation.\n
N.Y. SCT Law § 45-B — New York Code / Act SCT / Article 2 / Section 45-B
Tax sale in November, nineteen hundred thirty-three, validated
Status: in_force

§ 45-b. Tax sale in November, nineteen hundred thirty-three,\nvalidated.  The sale of real estate for unpaid taxes in the county of\nSuffolk held by the county treasurer in November, nineteen hundred\nthirty-three, and certificates of sale issued thereon to purchasers,\nincluding such county, are hereby validated and confirmed in so far as\ntheir validity might otherwise have been affected or may be questioned\nby reason of lack of statutory authority with respect to the form and\nsubstance of the notice of sale, the conditions and manner in which the\nseveral parcels were offered for sale, the basis on which bids were\npermitted, made and accepted, the rates of interest, from a maximum of\ntwelve per centum down to one per centum, bid by the purchaser. With\nrespect to any of the foregoing matters or any acts done or committed,\nbefore, during or after the sale, relating to or connected with such\nmatters, failure to comply with any provisions of law, including other\nprovisions of this chapter or section one hundred fifty-two of the tax\nlaw or amendments thereof, shall not affect or impair such sale and\ncertificates. In conformity with the terms on which the several pieces\nor parcels were offered and accepted, and the provisions of this act,\nthe amount of interest payable on redemption hereafter of any such piece\nor parcel shall be computed and determined at rates as follows: The rate\nthus established by the bid shall be the rate of interest for the first\nyear, if the redemption be made within the first year; and at double\nthat rate of interest per annum from the date of sale if the redemption\nbe made within the second year; and at treble that rate of interest per\nannum from the date of sale, if the redemption be made in the third\nyear.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 849-J — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 21-B / Section 849-J
Payment procedures; audits
Status: in_force

§ 849-j. Payment procedures; audits. 1. Upon approval of an\napplication, the chief administrator, within available appropriations,\nmay authorize disbursement of funds in any amount up to the amount\nsought by the application. Such disbursement may be by advance payment\nto the applicant (or joint applicants, as appropriate) before it incurs\nthe cost for which its application sought funding, by reimbursement to\nthe applicant after it incurs and pays such costs in the first instance,\nor by some combination thereof, as the chief administrator determines is\nappropriate under the circumstances.\n  2. The state comptroller, the chief administrator and their authorized\nrepresentatives shall have the power to inspect, examine and audit the\nfiscal affairs of the applicant (or applicants) to an approved\napplication granted pursuant to this article to the extent necessary to\ndetermine whether funding received under the program has been used in\naccordance with the purpose or purposes for which it was sought in the\napplication, and whether there has been compliance with all rules and\nregulations governing the program and the provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-206 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 2-206
Offer and Acceptance in Formation of Contract
Status: in_force

Section 2--206. Offer and Acceptance in Formation of Contract.\n  (1) Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or\ncircumstances\n       (a) an offer to make a contract shall be construed as inviting\n           acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable in the\n           circumstances;\n       (b) an order or other offer to buy goods for prompt or current\n           shipment shall be construed as inviting acceptance either by\n           a prompt promise to ship or by the prompt or current shipment\n           of conforming or non-conforming goods, but such a shipment of\n           non-conforming goods does not constitute an acceptance if the\n           seller seasonably notifies the buyer that the shipment is\n           offered only as an accommodation to the buyer.\n  (2) Where the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable\nmode of acceptance an offeror who is not notified of acceptance within a\nreasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3398-Q — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 33-B / Section 3398-Q
Penalties
Status: in_force

* § 3398-q. Penalties. Notwithstanding the provision of any law to the\ncontrary, the failure to comply with a requirement of this article, or a\nregulation thereunder, may be punishable by a civil penalty of not more\nthan one thousand dollars for a first violation; not more than five\nthousand dollars for a second violation within three years; and not more\nthan ten thousand dollars for a third violation and each subsequent\nviolation thereafter, within three years.\n  * NB Repealed 6 months after the full cannabis control board created\nby Article 2 of the cannabis law has been appointed\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 450-A — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 11 / Section 450-A
Designation of low income credit union
Status: in_force

§ 450-a. Designation of low income credit union. 1. A credit union\norganized under this article may be designated as a low income credit\nunion as defined in subdivision five of this section.\n  2. A credit union, including a credit union in formation, may make\nwritten application to the superintendent to be designated as a low\nincome credit union. If the superintendent shall find, after\ninvestigation, that such credit union meets the definition of a low\nincome credit union, as set forth in this section, he or she shall\napprove such designation.\n  3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a low income\ncredit union may issue shares, share drafts and share certificates to\nnonmembers who or which may be natural persons, corporations,\npartnerships or other legal entities.\n  4. Except as provided in this section, all provisions of this chapter\nshall be applicable to low income credit unions.\n  5. As used in this section, the term "low income credit union" shall\nmean a credit union in which a majority of the members: (a) make less\nthan eighty percent of the average for all wage earners as established\nby the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of\nlabor or have annual household incomes that fall at or below eighty\npercent of the median household income for the nation as established by\nthe United States census bureau; or (b) are residents of a public\nhousing project who qualify for such residency because of low income; or\n(c) qualify to receive benefits from any program designed to assist the\neconomically disadvantaged. The superintendent of financial services may\npromulgate regulations appropriate to the formation and operation of low\nincome credit unions.\n  6. A credit union's designation as a low income credit union may be\nremoved by the superintendent if he or she shall find, after\ninvestigation, that such credit union no longer meets the definition of\na low income credit union as set forth in this section. Upon such a loss\nof designation, such credit union shall no longer be authorized to\nexercise the powers set forth in this section but shall remain subject\nto all of the other provisions of this chapter applicable to credit\nunions generally.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 88 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 6 / Section 88
Administration expenses
Status: in_force

* § 88. Administration expenses. The entire expense of administering\nthe state insurance fund shall be paid out of such fund. The portion of\nsuch expenses applicable and chargeable to the disability benefits fund\nand the medical and hospital malpractice fund shall be determined on an\nequitable basis with due allowance for the division of overhead\nexpenses. Not later than the first day of November there shall be\nsubmitted to the director of the budget for his approval an estimated\nbudget of expenditures for the succeeding calendar year having due\nregard to the business interests and contract obligations of the fund.\nThere may not be expended for the state insurance fund for purposes of\nadministration more than the amounts specified in such budget for each\nitem of expenditure, except as authorized by the director of the budget.\nIn no case shall the amount of expenditures so authorized for an entire\nyear for workers' compensation insurance exceed twenty-five per centum\nof the earned premiums for such insurance for that year. In no case\nshall the amount of expenditures authorized for the disability benefits\nfund for an entire year exceed twenty-five per centum of the premiums\nearned by that fund. In no case shall the amount of expenditures\nauthorized for the medical and hospital malpractice fund for an entire\nyear exceed twenty-five per centum of the premiums earned by that fund.\nIf there be officers or employees of the department whose duties relate\npartly to the general work of the department and partly to the work of\nthe state insurance fund, and in case there is other expense which is\nincurred jointly on behalf of the general work of the department and the\nstate insurance fund, an equitable apportionment of the expense shall be\nmade and the part thereof which is applicable to the state insurance\nfund shall be chargeable thereto. The expenses of the department of\naudit and control incurred in connection with the pre-audit of\nexpenditures of the state insurance fund, as required by section one\nhundred eleven of the state finance law, shall be a charge against and\nbe paid out of the moneys of the state insurance fund and there shall be\nincluded in the annual estimate submitted pursuant to this section an\namount sufficient to pay such expenses for the period covered by such\nestimate. Notwithstanding section four of the state finance law, the\nstate comptroller is authorized to process or approve payments related\nto business taxes, various workers' compensation board assessments and\nassessments related to the workers' compensation rating board directly\nfrom the fund's accounts without explicit appropriation authority. The\ncommissioner of labor shall include in his annual report to the\nlegislature a statement of the commissioners showing the expense of\nadministering the state fund for the preceding year. All appointments to\npositions in the state insurance fund shall be made subject to civil\nservice requirements.\n  * NB There are 2 § 88's\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 344.3 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 4 / Section 344.3
Rules of evidence; psychiatric testimony in certain cases
Status: in_force

§ 344.3. Rules of evidence; psychiatric testimony in certain cases.\nWhen, in connection with a defense of mental disease or defect, a\npsychiatrist or licensed psychologist who has examined the respondent\ntestifies at the fact-finding hearing concerning the respondent's mental\ncondition at the time of the conduct charged to constitute a crime, he\nmust be permitted to make a statement as to the nature of the\nexamination, the diagnosis of the mental condition of the respondent and\nhis opinion as to the extent, if any, to which the capacity of the\nrespondent to know or appreciate the nature and consequences of such\nconduct, or its wrongfulness, was impaired as a result of mental disease\nor defect at that time. The psychiatrist must be permitted to make any\nexplanation reasonably serving to clarify his diagnosis and opinion, and\nmay be cross-examined as to any matter bearing on his competency or\ncredibility or the validity of his diagnosis or opinion.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 141 — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 10 / Section 141
Selection of site
Status: in_force

§ 141. Selection of site. Whenever a city having a population of more\nthan three hundred thousand inhabitants shall desire to exercise the\npower conferred by this article it shall through its board of health,\nselect such locality outside of its corporate limits, but within the\nstate, and not within the corporate limits of any other city or any\nvillage, as it may consider best adapted by reason of climatic and other\nconditions for the treatment of such disease, and shall make application\nto the department of health for the approval of the site so selected.\nUpon such approval being given the city may acquire title to such lands\nas its board of health may designate, within the limits of the locality\nsubmitted to and approved by the state department of health. The\nprovisions of law relating to the acquiring of private property for\npublic purposes are hereby made applicable as far as may be necessary to\nthe acquiring of title to such lands.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 89-A — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 7 / Section 89-A
Disposition of fees and other revenue
Status: in_force

§ 89-a. Disposition of fees and other revenue. All fees and other\nmoneys derived from the operation of this article shall on the fifth day\nof each month be paid by the department of state into the state\ntreasury.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 195.12 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 195 / Section 195.12
Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the first degree
Status: in_force

§ 195.12 Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in\n           the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of harming an animal trained to aid a person with a\ndisability in the first degree when such person:\n  1. intentionally causes physical injury to such animal while it is in\nthe performance of aiding a person with a disability, and thereby\nrenders such animal permanently incapable of providing such aid to such\nperson, or to another person with a disability; or\n  2. intentionally kills such animal while it is in the performance of\naiding a person with a disability.\n  Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the\nfirst degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n