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N.Y. AGM Law § 160-I — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 13-B / Section 160-I
Grades or standards; establishment; sale
Status: in_force

§ 160-i. Grades or standards; establishment; sale.  The commissioner\nis hereby authorized and empowered, after investigation, to establish\nand promulgate official standards of quality for grading, classifying\nand packing grapes packed or repacked within the state, and to change\nany of them from time to time. In establishing such standards he shall\ntake into account, among other things, the factors of maturity, color,\nfirmness of attachment to capstems, compactness of bunches, and damage\ncaused by freezing or by disease or insects. The official standards so\nestablished and promulgated shall not be lower in their requirements\nthan the minimum requirements of the official standards for\ncorresponding grades of grapes as promulgated from time to time by the\nsecretary of agriculture of the United States, which standards are\ncommonly known as "United States grades."\n  From and after the establishment of specific grades or standards of\nquality as hereinbefore provided, grapes in packages shall not be\nshipped for sale or thereafter sold or exposed for sale except by the\ngrades or standards so established; provided, however, that grapes not\ngraded and classified as to quality may be shipped for sale or sold or\nexposed for sale as unclassified if so marked in a conspicuous manner on\nan irremovable-part of the container in accordance with rules to be\nadopted by the commissioner as hereinafter provided.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 181-E — New York Code / Act COM / Article 5-E / Section 181-E
General functions, powers and duties of the commissioner
Status: in_force

* § 181-e. General functions, powers and duties of the commissioner.\n1.  The commissioner shall develop and implement an "I love NY golf"\npromotion program. The commissioner, in conjunction with the\ncommissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation and any\nlocal government official or entity, shall identify a series of golf\ncourses to be part of a golf trail. No fewer than two golf trails should\nbe identified for the purposes of the program, and the commissioner\nshall work to ensure an adequate representation of golf courses\nthroughout New York state. In identifying specific courses to be\nincluded on a golf trail, special consideration shall be given to those\ntrails, which can be thematically linked by surrounding arts, cultural,\nhistorical, entertainment or other tourism destinations or exhibits of\ninterest to travelers.\n  2. The commissioner shall cause to be developed golf vacation\nitineraries based on specific golf trails, which shall identify for\nvisitors surrounding attractions, restaurants, golf supply shops,\nlodging and other exhibits or places of entertainment as may be a part\nof the theme linking the golf courses on the golf trail.\n  3. The commissioner shall work to develop discount packages for such\ngolf trails, which may include the development of a golf passport.\n  4. Nothing shall preclude the commissioner from contracting with an\nindependent vacation or travel package company to help develop golf\nvacation packages along a golf trail.\n  * NB There are 2 § 181-e's\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 506 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29 / Section 506
Exclusions
Status: in_force

§ 506. Exclusions. The provisions of this article shall not apply:\n  1. to any common carrier, contract carrier or freight forwarder with\nrespect to a product, fabric or related material shipped or delivered\nfor shipment into commerce in the ordinary course of its business; or\n  2. to any person manufacturing, delivering for shipment, shipping,\nselling, or offering for sale for export from the state to any foreign\ncounty a product, fabric or related material made in accordance with the\nspecifications of the purchaser; or\n  3. to any convertor, processor, or finisher in performing a contract\nor commission service for the account of a person subject to the\nprovisions of this article provided that such convertor, processor, or\nfinisher does not cause any product, fabric or related material to\nbecome subject to this article contrary to the terms of the contract or\ncommission service; or\n  4. to any product, fabric or related material shipped or delivered for\nshipment into commerce for the purpose of finishing or processing to\nrender such product, fabric or related material not so highly flammable\nunder the provisions of section five hundred two of this article as to\nbe dangerous when worn or used by individuals.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 120-I — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 6 / Section 120-I
Means of payment
Status: in_force

§ 120-i. Means of payment. The indebtedness created for such public\nworks may be paid by each contracting municipality, including a sewer\ndistrict of a town, partly by assessment on the property deemed\nspecially benefited by such improvement and partly by a charge on such\nmunicipality at large. In the case of a sewer district of a town the\npetition for the creation thereof or a supplemental petition may state\nthe means of payment as above provided and the assessment therein shall\nbe made in form and substance so far as applicable as provided in\nsection two hundred and thirty-seven of said law, except that such sewer\ncommissioner shall assess a part of the district's proportionate share\nof the total cost of such system on the lands within such district, or\nextension of an existing district in proportion, as nearly as may be, to\nthe benefit which each lot or parcel will derive therefrom. Such sewer\ncommissioners shall determine the amount to be raised by general\ntaxation for such expense. Nothing herein contained shall be construed\nas preventing the contracting municipalities from paying such\nindebtedness, in whole or in part, by the issuance of obligations\npursuant to the terms of the local finance law.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 52 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 5 / Section 52
Term "collateral loan broker", how to be construed
Status: in_force

§ 52. Term "collateral loan broker", how to be construed. The term\n"collateral loan broker" contained in this article shall be construed so\nas to include any person, partnership, or corporation: (1) loaning money\non deposit or pledge of personal property, other than securities or\nprinted evidences of indebtedness; or (2) dealing in the purchasing of\npersonal property on condition of selling back at a stipulated price; or\n(3) designated or doing business as furniture storage warehousemen, and\nloaning and advancing money upon goods, wares or merchandise pledged or\ndeposited as collateral security.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1210-E — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29 / Part 1 / Subpart B / Section 1210-E
Sales and compensating use taxes within Herkimer county
Status: in_force

§ 1210-E. Sales and compensating use taxes within Herkimer county. In\naddition to the taxes imposed by section twelve hundred ten of this\nsubpart or any other provision of law, the county of Herkimer is hereby\nauthorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or\nresolutions imposing within the territorial limits of such county\nadditional sales and compensating use taxes at the rate of one-quarter\nof one percent for the period beginning December first, two thousand\nseven and ending November thirtieth, two thousand twenty-seven, which\ntaxes shall be identical to the taxes imposed by such county pursuant to\nthe authority of section twelve hundred ten of this subpart. Except as\nhereinafter provided, all provisions of this article, including the\ndefinition and exemption provisions and the provisions relating to the\nadministration, collection and distribution by the commissioner, shall\napply for purposes of the taxes authorized by this section in the same\nmanner and with the same force and effect as if the language of this\narticle had been incorporated in full in this section and had expressly\nreferred to the taxes authorized by this section; provided, however,\nthat any provision relating to a maximum rate shall be calculated\nwithout reference to the rate of additional sales and compensating use\ntaxes herein authorized. For purposes of part IV of this article,\nrelating to the disposition of revenues resulting from taxes collected\nand administered by the commissioner, the additional sales and\ncompensating use taxes authorized by this section imposed under the\nauthority of section twelve hundred ten of this subpart and all\nprovisions relating to the deposit, administration and disposition of\ntaxes, penalties and interest relating to taxes imposed by a county\nunder the authority of section twelve hundred ten of this subpart shall,\nexcept as otherwise provided in this section, apply to the additional\nsales and compensating use taxes authorized by this section.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 5303 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 53 / Section 5303
Recognition enforcement, and proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 5303. Recognition enforcement, and proceedings. (a) Except as is\notherwise provided in section fifty-three hundred four of this article\nor any controlling law of the United States, a court of this state shall\nrecognize a foreign country judgment to which this article applies as\nconclusive between the parties to the extent that it grants or denies\nrecovery of a sum of money.\n  (b) If recognition of a foreign country judgment is sought as an\noriginal matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an\naction on the judgment or a motion for summary judgment in lieu of\ncomplaint seeking recognition of the foreign country judgment.\n  (c) If recognition of a foreign country judgment is sought in a\npending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim,\ncross-claim or affirmative defense.\n  (d) An action to recognize a foreign country judgment must be\ncommenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign\ncountry judgment is effective in the foreign country or twenty years\nfrom the date that the foreign country judgment became effective in the\nforeign country.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 5 — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 2 / Title A / Section 5
Department of civil service; state civil service commission
Status: in_force

§ 5. Department of civil service; state civil service commission. 1.\nThe department. There shall continue to be in the state government a\ndepartment of civil service. The head of the department shall be the\npresident of the state civil service commission who shall be responsible\nfor the discharge of the duties and functions of the department.\n  2. The commission. (a) Appointment. The state civil service commission\nis continued and shall consist of three commissioners who shall be\nappointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the\nsenate, not more than two of whom shall be adherents of the same\npolitical party. The governor shall designate one of the members of the\ncommission to be president of the commission and such member shall serve\nin the capacity of president during the pleasure of the governor. The\nmembers shall not hold any other public office or public employment for\nwhich they shall receive compensation other than necessary travel and\nother expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of such other\noffice or employment, or engage in private employment or in a profession\nor business which interferes with the performance of their duties or\nrequires their disqualification from the performance of such duties\nbecause of a conflict of interests caused thereby. The commissioners\nother than the president of the commission shall, when performing the\nwork of the commission, be compensated at the rate of two hundred fifty\ndollars per day, together with an allowance for actual and necessary\nexpenses incurred in the discharge of their duties hereunder. The\npresident of the commission shall receive an annual salary established\nin section one hundred sixty-nine of the executive law. No member shall\nserve as an officer of any political party or political organization or\nengage in partisan political activities.\n  (b) Term of office. The term of office of each member shall be six\nyears from the first day of February of the year in which the term of\nhis predecessor expired. A vacancy in the membership of the commission\nshall be filled by appointment by the governor, by and with the advice\nand consent of the senate, for the unexpired term.\n  (c) Expenses. The president and each of the other members shall be\npaid the necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 129-A — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 3 / Section 129-A
Requirement of written notification; alternative payment schedules
Status: in_force

§ 129-a. Requirement of written notification; alternative payment\nschedules. In the event that any bank or trust company shall permit a\ncustomer to establish an alternative payment schedule for an existing\nloan, the bank or trust company shall provide written notification that\naccepting such alternative payment schedule may have a negative impact\non such customer's credit score or rating. Such notification shall be\nprovided at the time a loan application is made, at the time a loan is\ngranted and at the time a customer requests that an alternative payment\nschedule be established for a loan, but prior to the actual\nestablishment of an alternative payment schedule.\n
N.Y. ABC Law § 151 — New York Code / Act ABC / Article 10 / Section 151
Possession of illicit alcoholic beverages
Status: in_force

§ 151. Possession of illicit alcoholic beverages.  Any person who\nshall knowingly possess or have under his control any illicit alcoholic\nbeverages is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 101 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 4 / Section 101
Unjust discrimination
Status: in_force

§ 101. Unjust discrimination. No common carrier shall, directly or\nindirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device or\nmethod, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or\ncorporation a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or\nto be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property, except\nas authorized in this chapter, than it charges, demands, collects or\nreceives from any other person or corporation for doing a like and\ncontemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic\nunder the same or substantially similar circumstances and conditions.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 413 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 14-C / Section 413
Consent and jurisdiction of state and municipal agencies
Status: in_force

§ 413. Consent and jurisdiction of state and municipal agencies.  The\nprovisions of this article shall not operate to dispense with the\napproval by or to affect the jurisdiction of any state, county, or\nmunicipal board, officer, commission, department or agency of or over\nthe acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment,\nextension, maintenance or operation of the undertaking where such\napproval is necessary under or where such jurisdiction is vested by the\nprovisions of any other general, special or local law, or with the\nfiling of plans or specifications in connection with the undertaking in\nthe office of any state, county, or municipal board, officer,\ncommission, department or agency where such filing is required under any\nother general, special or local law.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 195 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 6 / Section 195
Widow of mortgagee not endowed
Status: in_force

§ 195. Widow of mortgagee not endowed. A widow shall not be endowed of\nthe lands conveyed to her husband by way of mortgage, unless he acquires\nan absolute estate therein, during the marriage.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 125-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 6 / Section 125-A
Posting signs on dead-end roads
Status: in_force

§ 125-a. Posting signs on dead-end roads. It shall be the duty of\nevery municipal corporation and person charged with the duty of\nmaintaining any street or other roadway whenever such street or other\nroadway terminates in a dead end or at the embankment of a river, lake,\ncanal, reservoir, stream or other body of water, to post and keep posted\na sign readily visible by day and night. Such signs shall be installed\nin accordance with the state manual of uniform traffic control devices\nand shall be illuminated from one-half hour after sunset to one-half\nhour before sunrise. Where either the background or letters of the sign\nare of reflecting material so that such sign is readily visible at night\nwhen motor vehicle headlight rays fall upon the sign and it is placed in\nsuch position that the headlight rays of approaching vehicles will\nstrike it, no additional illumination shall be necessary.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 305 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 3 / Section 305
Registered agent for service of process
Status: in_force

§ 305. Registered agent for service of process.\n  (a) In addition to such designation of the secretary of state, every\ndomestic corporation or authorized foreign corporation may designate a\nregistered agent in this state upon whom process against such\ncorporation may be served. The agent shall be a natural person who is a\nresident of or has a business address in this state or a domestic\ncorporation or foreign corporation of any type or kind formed, or\nauthorized to do business in this state, under this chapter or under any\nother statute of this state.\n  (b) Any such designation of a registered agent may be made, revoked or\nchanged as provided in this chapter.\n  (c) A registered agent may resign as such agent. A certificate,\nentitled "Certificate of resignation of registered agent of ..........\n(name of designating corporation) under section 305 of the Business\nCorporation Law", shall be signed by him and delivered to the department\nof state. It shall set forth:\n  (1) That he resigns as registered agent for the designating\ncorporation.\n  (2) The date the certificate of incorporation or the application for\nauthority of the designating corporation was filed by the department of\nstate.\n  (3) That he has sent a copy of the certificate of resignation by\nregistered mail to the designating corporation at the post office\naddress on file in the department of state specified for the mailing of\nprocess or if such address is the address of the registered agent, then\nto the office of the designating corporation in the jurisdiction of its\nformation or incorporation.\n  (d) The designation of a registered agent shall terminate thirty days\nafter the filing by the department of state of a certificate of\nresignation or a certificate containing a revocation or change of the\ndesignation, whichever is filed earlier. A certificate designating a new\nregistered agent may be delivered to the department of state by the\ncorporation within the thirty days or thereafter.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 671 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 17-A / Section 671
General duties of coroner, or coroner and coroner's physician, or medical examiner; additional duties may be directed
Status: in_force

§ 671. General duties of coroner, or coroner and coroner's physician,\nor medical examiner; additional duties may be directed. 1. The coroner,\nor if he is not a physician duly licensed to practice medicine in this\nstate, the coroner and a coroner's physician, together, or in counties\nin which the office of coroner has been abolished, the medical examiner,\n  (a) shall make inquiry into unnatural deaths within his county as\nprescribed by law;\n  (b) shall make inquiry into all deaths whether natural or unnatural in\nhis or her county occurring to an incarcerated individual of a\ncorrectional facility as defined by subdivision three of section forty\nof the correction law, whether or not the death occurred inside such\nfacility.\n  2. The coroner shall perform such additional and related duties as may\nbe prescribed by law and directed by the board of supervisors.\n  3. In those counties in which the office of coroner has been\nabolished, the medical examiner shall perform such additional and\nrelated duties involving exercise of professional skills and training as\nmay be prescribed by the board of supervisors and the district attorney.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 236 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5 / Section 236
County plumbing licensing
Status: in_force

§ 236. County plumbing licensing. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nthe general city law or any other law to the contrary, the county of\nWestchester is hereby authorized to establish a Westchester county board\nof plumbing examiners and to empower such board to assume all licensing\nduties within the county of Westchester with respect to the licensure of\nplumbers. The county of Westchester shall provide for plumbers' duties\nand responsibilities in accordance with the local law of such county.\n  2. Local laws enacted pursuant to this section shall supercede the\nprovisions of any licensing requirements promulgated by a city pursuant\nto the general city law.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1405 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 14 / Section 1405
When court may dispense with testimony of witness 1
Status: in_force

§ 1405. When court may dispense with testimony of witness\n  1.  The death, absence from the state or incompetency of an attesting\nwitness required to be examined as prescribed in this or the preceding\nsection or the fact that the witness cannot with due diligence be found\nwithin the state or cannot be examined as an attesting witness by reason\nof his physical or mental condition may be shown by affidavit or by any\ncompetent evidence and when so shown to its satisfaction, the court may\nby the decree on probate or by order either in writing or entered in the\nminutes dispense with the testimony of such attesting witness.  Where\nthe testimony of an attesting witness has been dispensed with as\nprovided in this section and 1 attesting witness has been examined the\nwill may be admitted to probate upon the testimony of the attesting\nwitness who has been examined without further or additional proof.\n  2.  Where an attesting witness is absent from the state and it is\nshown that his testimony can be obtained with reasonable diligence the\ncourt may and shall upon the demand of any party require his testimony\nbe taken by commission.\n  3.  Where an attesting witness has forgotten the occurrence or\ntestifies against the execution of the will and at least 1 other\nattesting witness has been examined the will may be admitted to probate\nupon the testimony of the other witness or witnesses and such other\nfacts as would be sufficient to prove the will.\n  4.  If all of the attesting witnesses are dead or incompetent or\nunable to testify by reason of physical or mental condition or are\nabsent from the state and their testimony has been dispensed with as\nprovided in this section the will may nevertheless be admitted to\nprobate upon proof of the handwriting of the testator and of at least\none of the attesting witnesses and such other facts as would be\nsufficient to prove the will.\n