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N.Y. BAT Law § 4A — New York Code / Act BAT / Section 4A
No title
Status: in_force

§ 4A. The port authority is hereby authorized and empowered, in its\ndiscretion, to construct, own, maintain and operate in Washington\nHeights in the borough of Manhattan, New York city, as an addition and\nimprovement to the vehicular bridge over the Hudson river at Fort Lee,\nknown as and hereinafter in this section referred to as the George\nWashington bridge, a bus passenger facility, by which is meant a\nfacility consisting of one or more buildings, structures, improvements,\nloading or unloading areas, parking areas or other facilities necessary,\nconvenient or desirable in the opinion of the port authority for the\naccommodation of omnibuses and other motor vehicles operated by carriers\nengaged in the transportation of passengers, or for the loading,\nunloading, interchange or transfer of such passengers or their baggage,\nor otherwise for the accommodation, use or convenience of such\npassengers or such carriers or their employees and for purposes\nincidental thereto.\n  Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prevent the port authority\nfrom establishing, levying and collecting tolls and other charges in\nconnection with such bus passenger facility in addition to and other\nthan the tolls or charges established, levied and collected in\nconnection with the George Washington bridge or any other bridge or\ntunnel.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 82 — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 5 / Section 82
Commissioner of transportation to inspect and report
Status: in_force

§ 82. Commissioner of transportation to inspect and report. In case of\nany controversy arising between such town or village officer and the\nsaid municipal corporation diverting such fresh water as to the depth or\nwidth of said tidewater creek or estuary, the commissioner of\ntransportation shall, within ten days after notice to him cause said\ntidewater creek or estuary to be inspected and a report as to its\ncondition to be filed in the office of the department of transportation,\nand the depth at low-water mark as certified to by him shall be deemed\ncorrect, and the expense of such inspection shall be paid by said\nmunicipal corporation, which corporation shall have fifteen days from\nand after the filing of such report in which to put such tidewater creek\nor estuary into the proper navigable condition herein provided for.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1429 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A / Section 1429
Designation of agents
Status: in_force

§ 1429. Designation of agents. The treasurer is authorized to\ndesignate the recording officer to act as its agent for purposes of\ncollecting the tax authorized by this article. The treasurer shall\nprovide for the manner in which such person may be designated as its\nagent subject to such terms and conditions as it shall prescribe. The\nreal estate transfer tax shall be paid to such agent as provided in\nsection fourteen hundred twenty-six of this article.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 1048 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 10 / Part 4 / Section 1048
Adjournments
Status: in_force

§ 1048. Adjournments. (a) The court may adjourn a fact-finding hearing\nor a dispositional hearing for good cause shown on its own motion, or on\nmotion of the corporation counsel, county attorney or district attorney,\nor on motion of the petitioner or on motion of the child or on his\nbehalf or of the parent or other person legally responsible for the care\nof the child. If so requested by the parent or other person legally\nresponsible for the care of the child, the court shall not proceed with\na fact-finding hearing earlier than three days after service of summons\nand petition, unless emergency medical or surgical procedures are\nnecessary to safeguard the life or health of the child.\n  (b) At the conclusion of a fact-finding hearing and after the court\nhas made findings required before a dispositional hearing may commence,\nthe court may on its own motion or motion of the respondent, the\npetitioner or the child's attorney order a reasonable adjournment of the\nproceedings to enable the court to make inquiry into the surroundings,\nconditions and capacities of the persons involved in the proceedings.\n  (c) Whenever a child has been remanded to the care of an agency or\ninstitution under section ten hundred fifty-one of this article, notice\nof any dispositional hearing shall be served upon the agency or\ninstitution with whom the child was placed and upon the agency\nsupervising the care of the child on behalf of the agency with whom the\nchild was placed. Service of notice of the adjourned hearing shall be\nmade in such manner and on such notice as the court may, in its\ndiscretion, prescribe. Any such agency or institution served with notice\npursuant to this subdivision may apply to the court for leave to be\nheard.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 1000 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 50 / Section 1000
Interpretation
Status: in_force

§ 1000. Interpretation.  1. The provisions of this chapter in so far\nas they are substantially the same as the existing law on July first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-one, shall be construed as a continuation of the\nprovisions of the former executive law and not as a new enactment.\n  2. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter\nshall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,\nsuch judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder\nthereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,\nparagraph, section, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy\nin which such judgment shall have been rendered.\n
N.Y. ACG Law § 351 — New York Code / Act ACG / Article 8 / Section 351
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

§ 351. Powers and duties. The director of public works shall:\n  1. Have charge of the construction and maintenance of county roads,\nbridges, sewers, drains and all other public works of the county.\n  2. Have charge of the construction, repair, upkeep and care of all\npublic buildings, storerooms and warehouses of the county.\n  3. Have charge of such equipment and supplies as the board of\nsupervisors may authorize.\n  4. Have general supervisory power over town superintendents of\nhighways.\n  5. Have charge of county parks and playgrounds, athletic fields and\nrecreation centers, together with all buildings, structures, equipment\nand appurtenances thereof, except in counties having a park and\nrecreation commission.\n  6. Have supervision of all public works and co-operate with and advise\nany public works, sewer, water or other commission or bureau or\ndepartment specially created, and through his department provide\nengineering services for all county departments, unless otherwise\nspecified by law.\n  7. Have and exercise all the powers and duties of the county\nsuperintendent of highways as now or hereafter prescribed by law.\n  8. Have all the powers and be subject to all the duties of the town\nsuperintendent of highways for every town in the county if the form\nadopted provides for the transfer to the county of the functions of\ntowns in relation to the construction and maintenance of town highways\nand bridges, and of the corresponding officials of any other units of\nlocal government from which such functions are similarly transferred to\nthe county.\n  9. Perform such additional and related duties as may be prescribed by\ngeneral or special law or by county act.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-TT — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-TT
Intervenor account
Status: in_force

§ 97-tt. Intervenor account. 1. There is hereby established in the\njoint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation\nand finance an account to be known as the intervenor account.\n  2. Such account shall consist of all revenues received from siting\napplication fees for electric major utility transmission facilities\npursuant to section one hundred twenty-two of the public service law.\n  3. Moneys of the account, following appropriation by the legislature,\nmay be expended in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred\ntwenty-two of the public service law. Moneys shall be paid out of the\naccount on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers\ncertified or approved by the chair of the public service commission.\n
N.Y. PAR Law § 13.01 — New York Code / Act PAR / Title C / Article 13 / Section 13.01
Transfer of parks, parkways and other property
Status: in_force

§ 13.01 Transfer of parks, parkways and other property.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the custody and control\nof all property heretofore acquired by or under the jurisdiction of any\nregional park commission, as defined in section 7.03, or the Saratoga\nSprings commission and the New York State historic trust, are hereby\ntransferred to the office. The office shall have all of the powers with\nrespect to such property as were possessed by the office, the several\nregional park commissions, the Saratoga Springs commission and the New\nYork State historic trust on the day preceding the effective date of\nthis act, in addition to any powers provided under the provisions of\nthis chapter.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 79 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 3 / Section 79
When discharge to be granted
Status: in_force

§ 79. When discharge to be granted. Upon the production by the\npetitioner of a certificate of the trustee or trustees, duly\nacknowledged or proved, and certified, in like manner as a deed to be\nrecorded in the county, to the effect, that the insolvent has assigned,\nfor the benefit of all his creditors, all his property so directed to be\nassigned, and all the books, vouchers, and papers relating thereto, and\nthat he has delivered so much thereof as is capable of delivery; and\nalso of a certificate of the county clerk, that the assignment has been\nduly recorded in his office; the court must grant to the insolvent a\ndischarge from his debts, which has the effect declared in the following\nsections of this article.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 1501 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 15 / Section 1501
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

§ 1501. Declaration of policy.\n  The people of this state have a vital interest in the establishment,\nmaintenance and preservation of public burial grounds and the proper\noperation of the corporations which own and manage the same.  This\narticle is determined an exercise of the police powers of this state to\nprotect the well-being of our citizens, to promote the public welfare\nand to prevent cemeteries from falling into disrepair and dilapidation\nand becoming a burden upon the community, and in furtherance of the\npublic policy of this state that cemeteries shall be conducted on a\nnon-profit basis for the mutual benefit of plot owners therein.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 707 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 18 / Section 707
Payments of expert fees in criminal cases in which the death penalty may be imposed
Status: in_force

§ 707. Payments of expert fees in criminal cases in which the death\npenalty may be imposed. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to\nthe contrary, upon a finding in an ex parte proceeding that expert\nservices are reasonably necessary for the prosecution of the case\nwhether in connection with issues relating to guilt or sentencing or\nthat investigative services relating to a separate sentencing proceeding\nor mental retardation hearing pursuant to section 400.27 of the criminal\nprocedure law are reasonably necessary, the trial court shall authorize\nthe payment of fees and expenses for such services.  Upon a finding that\ntimely procurement of such services could not practicably await prior\nauthorization, the court may authorize the provision and payment for\nsuch services nunc pro tunc.\n  2. Each appellate division shall establish the rates of fees and\nexpenses to be paid for expert and investigative services pursuant to\nsubdivision one of this section.\n  3. Any fee or expense to be paid pursuant to this section shall be a\nstate charge payable on vouchers approved by the court which fixed the\nsame after audit by and on the warrant of the comptroller.\n  4. Whenever a court disapproves, in whole or in part, a request for\nauthorization or voucher, the district attorney may apply to a justice\nof an intermediate appellate court for an order approving the request or\nvoucher.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 226-A — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5 / Section 226-A
Patriotic observances
Status: in_force

§ 226-a. Patriotic observances. The county legislature and/or board of\nsupervisors, as the case may be, of any county or borough outside the\ncity of New York, is hereby authorized to appropriate and set aside each\nyear such sums it may deem proper for the purpose of providing for the\ndue and proper observance of any legal holiday, including Columbus day.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4529 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 45 / Section 4529
Inspection certificate issued by United States department of agriculture
Status: in_force

Rule 4529. Inspection certificate issued by United States department\nof agriculture. An inspection certificate issued by the authorized\nagents of the United States department of agriculture on file with the\nUnited States secretary of agriculture is prima facie evidence of the\nfacts stated.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 168-I — New York Code / Act COR / Article 6-C / Section 168-I
Registration and verification requirements
Status: in_force

§ 168-i. Registration and verification requirements. Registration and\nverification as required by this article shall consist of a statement in\nwriting signed by the sex offender giving the information that is\nrequired by the division and the division shall enter the information\ninto an appropriate electronic data base or file.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 399-E — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 399-E
Prohibition of the importation, manufacturing, distribution, or sale of yo-yo waterball toys
Status: in_force

* § 399-e. Prohibition of the importation, manufacturing,\ndistribution, or sale of yo-yo waterball toys. 1. No person, firm,\ncorporation, or association shall import, manufacture, sell, offer to\nsell, or distribute a yo-yo waterball toy.\n  2. For purposes of this section, the term "yo-yo waterball toy" means\na yo-yo waterball, water yo-yo, or any similar toy made of rubber or\nrubber-like material consisting of a ball that is filled with a liquid\nand attached to an elastic cord with a finger loop at the end.\n  3. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section an application\nmay be made by the attorney general in the name of the people of the\nstate of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction by a special\nproceeding to issue an injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of\nnot less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of such\nviolations; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or\njustice that the defendant has, in fact, violated this section, an\ninjunction may be issued by the court or justice, enjoining and\nrestraining any further violations, without requiring proof that any\nperson has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby. In any such\nproceeding, the court may make allowances to the attorney general as\nprovided in paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section eighty-three\nhundred three of the civil practice law and rules, and direct\nrestitution. Whenever the court shall determine that a violation of this\nsection has occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more\nthan one thousand dollars for each violation. Each sale of a yo-yo\nwaterball toy in violation of this section shall constitute a separate\nviolation. In connection with any such proposed application, the\nattorney general is authorized to take proof and make a determination of\nthe relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil\npractice law and rules.\n  * NB There are 2 § 399-e's\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 275 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 14 / Section 275
Government
Status: in_force

§ 275. Government. The district superintendent of the district to\nwhich any incorporated church of the Nazarene belongs, and his successor\nin office, shall be by virtue of his office, a trustee of said church;\nand the laymen, members of such church who signed said certificate of\nincorporation shall together constitute the first board of trustees\nthereof. The term of office of the laymen trustees of the incorporated\nchurch of the Nazarene, shall be one year; the number of laymen trustees\nshall be three, six or nine. Whenever the office of any such laymen\ntrustees shall become vacant by expiration of term of office or\notherwise, his successor shall be elected by a majority vote of the duly\nqualified members of said church. No act or proceedings of the trustees\nof any incorporated church shall be valid, without the sanction of the\ndistrict superintendent of the district to which such church belongs, or\nin case of his absence or inability to act, without the sanction of one\nof the general superintendents of the church of the Nazarene of the\nUnited States.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-Q — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-Q
New York state emergency medical services training account
Status: in_force

§ 97-q. New York state emergency medical services training account. 1.\nThere is hereby established in the custody of the comptroller, a special\nfund to be known as the "New York state emergency medical services\ntraining account".\n  2. The account shall consist of all moneys appropriated for its\npurpose, all moneys transferred to such account pursuant to law and all\nmoneys required by the provisions of this section or any other law to be\npaid into or credited to such account, including all moneys received by\nthe account or donated to it. Moneys in the account shall be kept\nseparate and shall not be commingled with any other moneys otherwise\nappropriated or received except as hereby provided.\n  3. Moneys of the account, when allocated, shall be available to the\ndepartment of health for the purpose of funding the training of\nemergency medical services personnel, and funding as shall be provided\nby appropriation for the state emergency medical services council,\nregional emergency medical services councils, emergency medical services\nprogram agencies or other emergency medical services training programs,\nin order to carry out the purposes of articles thirty and thirty-A of\nthe public health law.\n  4. Not less than fifty percent of the monies of the account shall be\nexpended for the direct costs of providing emergency medical services\ntraining at the local level.  The legislature shall annually appropriate\nfrom the remaining available monies, funding for the state emergency\nmedical services council, the regional emergency medical services\ncouncils, the emergency medical services program agencies and the\ndepartment of health in order to carry out the purposes of articles\nthirty and thirty-A of the public health law. At the end of any fiscal\nyear, any funds not encumbered for these purposes shall be reallocated\nfor the costs of training advanced life support personnel.\n  5. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the commissioner of health\nor the comptroller from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the\npurposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into\nthe account according to law.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3020 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 30 / Section 3020
Verification
Status: in_force

§ 3020. Verification. (a) Generally. A verification is a statement,\nsubscribed and affirmed to be true under the penalties of perjury in\naccordance with rule twenty-one hundred six of this chapter, that the\npleading is true to the knowledge of the deponent, except as to matters\nalleged on information and belief, and that as to those matters such\ndeponent believes it to be true. Unless otherwise specified by law,\nwhere a pleading is verified, each subsequent pleading shall also be\nverified, except the answer of an infant and except as to matter in the\npleading concerning which the party would be privileged from testifying\nas a witness. Where the complaint is not verified, a counterclaim,\ncross-claim or third-party claim in the answer may be separately\nverified in the same manner and with the same effect as if it were a\nseparate pleading.\n  (b) When answer must be verified. An answer shall be verified:\n  1. when the complaint charges the defendant with having confessed or\nsuffered a judgment, executed a conveyance, assignment or other\ninstrument, or transferred or delivered money or personal property with\nintent to hinder, delay or defraud his creditors, or with being a party\nor privy to such a transaction by another person with like intent\ntowards the creditors of that person, or with any fraud whatever\naffecting a right or the property of another; or\n  2. in an action against a corporation to recover damages for the\nnon-payment of a promissory note or other evidence of debt for the\nabsolute payment of money upon demand or at a particular time.\n  (c) Defense not involving the merits. A defense which does not involve\nthe merits of the action shall be verified.\n  (d) By whom verification made. The verification of a pleading shall be\nmade by the affidavit of the party, or, if two or more parties united in\ninterest are pleading together, by at least one of them who is\nacquainted with the facts, except:\n  1. if the party is a domestic corporation, the verification shall be\nmade by an officer thereof and shall be deemed a verification by the\nparty;\n  2. if the party is the state, a governmental subdivision, board,\ncommission, or agency, or a public officer in behalf of any of them, the\nverification may be made by any person acquainted with the facts; and\n  3. if the party is a foreign corporation, or is not in the county\nwhere the attorney has his office, or if there are two or more parties\nunited in interest and pleading together and none of them acquainted\nwith the facts is within that county, or if the action or defense is\nfounded upon a written instrument for the payment of money only which is\nin the possession of an agent or the attorney, or if all the material\nallegations of the pleading are within the personal knowledge of an\nagent or the attorney, the verification may be made by such agent or\nattorney.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 144 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 9 / Section 144
Political activity prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 144. Political activity prohibited. Any officer or member of the\npolice department who violates any provision of section 17-110 of the\nelection law shall be dismissed from office.\n
N.Y. SCT Law § 35 — New York Code / Act SCT / Article 2 / Section 35
This act shall take effect immediately, except sections fifteen to twenty-six, inclusive, and twenty-eight, twenty-nine and thirty-three,...
Status: in_force

* § 35. This act shall take effect immediately, except sections\nfifteen to twenty-six, inclusive, and twenty-eight, twenty-nine and\nthirty-three, which shall take effect on September first, nineteen\nhundred and twenty.\n  * NB Section 35 was not redesignated when article 2 was added.\n