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N.Y. GBS Law § 659 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 31 / Section 659
Contracts void and unenforceable
Status: in_force

§ 659. Contracts void and unenforceable. 1. Any membership camping\ncontract which does not comply with the applicable provisions of this\narticle shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy.\n  2. Any waiver by the purchaser of the provisions of this article shall\nbe deemed void and unenforceable by the seller and contrary to public\npolicy.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 391-D — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 391-D
Sale of matchbooks
Status: in_force

§ 391-d. Sale of matchbooks. All one piece matchbooks sold or\ndistributed within the state must have the striking area on the side\nother than the side which the matchbook opens. Any person in the\nordinary course of their business who violates the provisions of this\nact shall be subject to a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty\ndollars.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 21-E — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 2-A / Section 21-E
Operating assistance for water-works corporations in certain cities
Status: in_force

§ 21-e. Operating assistance for water-works corporations in certain\ncities. Each city having a population of more than one million may\nprovide operating assistance to a water-works corporation subject to the\nprovisions of the public service law which provides water service in\nsuch city for the purpose of reducing or eliminating disparity between\nrates charged for such service by the municipal water supply system of\nsuch city and rates charged by such water-works corporation, and in\nfurtherance of such purpose the chief executive officer of such city may\nenter into an agreement with such water-works corporation and expend\nsuch sums as may be appropriated therefor so as to effect a reduction of\nrates of such water-works corporation.\n
N.Y. ENG Law § 9-102 — New York Code / Act ENG / Article 9 / Section 9-102
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 9-102. Definitions.  For the purposes of this article, the following\nwords and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different\nmeaning is plainly required by the context.\n  1. "Agency" means any state department, agency, board, commission,\noffice, or division.\n  2. "Municipality" means a municipal corporation, as defined in section\ntwo of the general municipal law, school district, board of cooperative\neducational services, fire district, district corporation or special\nimprovement district governed by a separate board of commissioners.\n  3. "Public authority" means any public authority, public benefit\ncorporation, or the port authority of New York and New Jersey, to the\nextent its facilities are located within the state of New York.\n  4. "Energy performance contract" means an agreement for the provision\nof energy services, including but not limited to electricity, heating,\nventilation, cooling, steam or hot water, in which a person agrees to\ninstall, maintain or manage energy systems or equipment to improve the\nenergy efficiency of, or produce energy in connection with, a building\nor facility in exchange for a portion of the energy savings or revenues.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 239 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 11 / Section 239
Trespassers and disturbers to be placed in arrest; sales and gambling prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 239. Trespassers and disturbers to be placed in arrest; sales and\ngambling prohibited.  1. Any person who shall trespass upon any armory,\narsenal, camp, range, base or other facility of the organized militia or\nother place where any unit of the organized militia is performing\nmilitary duty, or who shall in any way or manner interrupt or molest the\ndischarge of his military duties by any member of the organized militia\nor of the armed forces of the United States or who shall trespass or\nprevent the passage of troops of the organized militia or of the armed\nforces of the United States in the performance of their military duties\nmay be placed in arrest by the commanding officer of the unit performing\nsuch military duty at the place where the offense is committed and may\nbe held in arrest during the continuance of the performance of such\nmilitary duty.\n  2. The commanding officer of any unit of the organized militia\nperforming military duty in or at any armory, arsenal, camp, range, base\nor other facility of the organized militia or other place where such\nunit is performing military duty may prohibit persons who hawk, peddle,\nvend or sell goods, wares, merchandise, food products or beverages upon\nthe streets and highways from conducting sales or auctions, and may\nprohibit all gambling within the limits of such armory, arsenal, camp,\nrange, base or other facility of the organized militia or other place\nwhere such unit is performing military duty or within such limits not\nexceeding one mile therefrom as he may prescribe. Such commanding\nofficer may in his discretion abate as common nuisances all such sales,\nauctions and gambling.\n  3. Any person who trespasses upon any missile site under the control\nor jurisdiction of the New York army national guard, or who, in any way\ninterrupts or molests the performance of duty by any person assigned to\nsuch site, may be apprehended and detained in custody at the site, by\nany member of the New York army national guard or any person performing\nduty at such site. Any person so apprehended and detained shall be\ndelivered, without delay, to a police officer, as defined in subdivision\nthirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 6701 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 67 / Section 6701
Purpose; construction
Status: in_force

§ 6701. Purpose; construction. (a) The purpose of this article is to\nprovide for the organization and licensing of a nonprofit\nproperty/casualty insurance company that insures nonprofit organizations\nand that will qualify, and continue to qualify, as a "qualified\ncharitable risk pool" as defined in subsection (n) of section 501 of the\nInternal Revenue Code.\n  (b) This article shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose\nunder subsection (a) of this section which shall constitute an aid and\nguide to interpretation.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 250.30 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title J / Article 250 / Section 250.30
Notice of defenses in offenses involving computers
Status: in_force

§ 250.30 Notice of defenses in offenses involving computers.\n  1. In any prosecution in which the defendant seeks to invoke any of\nthe defenses specified in section 156.50 of the penal law, the defendant\nmust within forty-five days after arraignment and not less than twenty\ndays before the commencement of the trial serve upon the people and file\nwith the court a written notice of his intention to present such\ndefense. For good cause shown, the court may extend the period for\nservice of the notice.\n  2. The notice served must specify the subdivision or subdivisions upon\nwhich the defendant relies and must also state the reasonable grounds\nthat led the defendant to believe that he had the authorization required\nby the statute or the right required by the statute to engage in such\nconduct.\n  3. If at the trial the defendant seeks to invoke any of the defenses\nspecified in section 156.50 of the penal law without having served the\nnotice as required, or seeks to invoke a subdivision or a ground not\nspecified in the notice, the court may exclude any testimony or evidence\nin regard to the defense, or any subdivision or ground, not noticed. The\ncourt may in its discretion, for good cause shown, receive such\ntestimony or evidence, but before doing so, it may, upon application of\nthe people, grant an adjournment.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 305 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 8 / Section 305
Violation of local laws and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 305. Violation of local laws and regulations. Any owner, architect,\nbuilder, contractor, sub-contractor, construction superintendent or\ntheir agents who shall, in the construction or alteration of any\nbuilding or structure intended to be occupied as a multiple dwelling,\nknowingly violate any of the provisions of local laws, ordinances, rules\nor regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1450-I — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-J / Section 1450-I
Liability of recording officer
Status: in_force

* § 1450-i. Liability of recording officer. A recording officer shall\nnot be liable for any inaccuracy in the amount of tax imposed pursuant\nto this article that they shall collect so long as they shall compute\nand collect such tax on the amount of consideration or the value of the\ninterest conveyed as such amounts are provided to them by the person\npaying the tax.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2045\n
N.Y. COR Law § 601-C — New York Code / Act COR / Article 22 / Section 601-C
Felony prisoners; reimbursement for costs
Status: in_force

§ 601-c. Felony prisoners; reimbursement for costs. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law, in any case where a person has been\nconvicted of a felony and a sentence has been pronounced which requires\nthat he or she be committed to the custody of the commissioner, if such\nperson has not been accepted for custody by the commissioner within ten\nbusiness days of receipt of a written notification by the department\nfrom the appropriate local official that he or she is prepared to\ntransport such person to the facility designated by the department,\nprovided that there has been compliance with subdivision (a) of section\nsix hundred one of this article, and provided further that such person\nis not in need of immediate medical care requiring the availability of a\nhospital or infirmary bed, then the expense of maintaining such person\nshall be paid by the state at the rate of one hundred dollars per day\nper capita, or the actual per day per capita cost as certified by the\nappropriate local official, whichever is less, beginning with the first\nday of receipt of written notification by the department.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 150 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 5 / Section 150
Printing calendars in certain counties
Status: in_force

§ 150. Printing calendars in certain counties.  The supreme court may,\nfrom time to time, by order, require the clerk to cause to be printed\nfor the use of the members and officers thereof, the necessary copies of\nthe calendar of causes, prepared for a term of the court. But this\nsection does not apply to the county of New York or to the county of\nMonroe.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 64-A — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 4 / Section 64-A
Patent policy
Status: in_force

§ 64-a. Patent policy. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section\none hundred thirty-five of the civil service law, the participation in\nroyalty or other arrangements may be extended or the payment of\nadditional compensation may be made to an employee of a state department\nor of an agency, in addition to such employee's definite salary or\ncompensation, provided such participation or additional compensation is\npursuant to a patent policy approved for such department or agency by\nthe director of the budget and the state comptroller. Such participation\nor additional compensation shall not affect the entitlement of the\nemployee to any regular pay, annuity or award to which he or she is\notherwise entitled or for which he or she is otherwise eligible under\nthe civil service law or any other applicable statute shall not be\nincluded as compensation for the purposes of computing overtime pay or\nfor retirement purposes.\n  2. The department and agency patent policies in effect on the\neffective date of this section shall be continued.  Such existing\npolicies, unless promulgated pursuant to article eight of the education\nlaw, shall be subject to the approval of the director of the budget and\nthe state comptroller.\n  3. A state department or agency may, after the effective date of this\nsection, adopt a patent policy, or amend a patent policy previously\napproved by the director of the budget for such agency, subject to the\napproval of the director of the budget, the state comptroller and the\ndirector of the office of employee relations. Where such policy or\namendment affects a term or condition of employment, such policy or\namendment shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of article\nfourteen of the civil service law.\n  4. Any such patent policy shall contain an express provision requiring\nthe comptroller's approval of any transfer of patents or other\ntechnologies by, or for the benefit of, the state.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 580-309 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-B / Part 3 / Section 580-309
Private counsel
Status: in_force

§ 580-309. Private counsel. An individual may employ private counsel\nto represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this article.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 9-H — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 1 / Section 9-H
Imposition of service charges prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 9-h. Imposition of service charges prohibited. No banking\norganization shall impose any service charge with respect to any deposit\naccount as a result of the loss of a check or money which is properly\ndeposited with the banking organization by delivery to an employee of\nthe banking organization for credit to the deposit account and for which\na written receipt is issued by the employee.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 240 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 12 / Section 240
Office of probation and correctional alternatives
Status: in_force

§ 240. Office of probation and correctional alternatives. 1. There\nshall be in the division of criminal justice services an office of\nprobation and correctional alternatives, hereinafter referred to in this\narticle as "the office". The head of the office shall be the director of\nprobation and correctional alternatives, who shall be appointed by the\ncommissioner, subject to the approval of the governor.\n  2. The director shall serve as special advisor to the governor\nregarding matters pertaining to probation and alternatives to\nincarceration. The director shall, in consultation with the\ncommissioner, coordinate and make recommendations relating to the type\nand nature of alternative to incarceration programs needed to reduce\nincarceration where the purpose of such incarceration can be adequately\nserved by alternative programs and shall work with local probation\ndepartments and the commissioner to enhance and develop probation\nservices and alternative to incarceration programs throughout the state.\n  3. The commissioner, in consultation with the director, shall appoint\nstaff and perform such other functions to ensure the efficient operation\nof the office within the amounts made available therefor by\nappropriation.\n  4. As used in this article, the term "director" shall mean the\ndirector of the office of probation and correctional alternatives,\n"office" shall mean the office of probation and correctional\nalternatives, "commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the division\nof criminal justice services and "division" shall mean the division of\ncriminal justice services.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 323 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 10 / Section 323
Limitation of liability
Status: in_force

§ 323. Limitation of liability. The special fund for civil defense\nvolunteers created by this article shall be the sole and exclusive\nsource for payment of compensation provided by this article for civil\ndefense volunteers.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7012 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 70 / Section 7012
Redetention after discharge
Status: in_force

§ 7012. Redetention after discharge. A person discharged upon the\nreturn of a writ of habeas corpus shall not be detained for the same\ncause, except by virtue of a subsequent lawful mandate.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-N*15 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-N*15
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Staff Sergeant Shawn M
Status: in_force

* § 344-n. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Staff Sergeant Shawn M. Clemens Memorial Highway". All that portion of\nthe state highway system constituting state route 417 in the town of\nAllegany, county of Cattaraugus, shall be designated and known as the\n"Staff Sergeant Shawn M. Clemens Memorial Highway".\n  * NB There are 26 § 344-n's\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 92 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 4 / Section 92
Reorganization
Status: in_force

§ 92. Reorganization.  1. Reorganization of housing companies shall be\nsubject to the supervision and control of the commissioner and no such\nreorganization shall be had without the authorization of the\ncommissioner.\n  2. Upon all such reorganizations the capital structure of the housing\ncompany shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner in\naccordance with the provisions of section seventy-eight of this article.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 864 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 39-A / Section 864
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 864. Severability. If any sentence, paragraph, section or part of\nthis article shall be adjudged invalid by a court of competent\njurisdiction such judgment shall not impair or invalidate the remainder\nthereof but shall be confined to that part.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 173-B — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 7-A / Section 173-B
Professional solicitor
Status: in_force

§ 173-b. Professional solicitor. 1. Registration required. No person\nshall act as a professional solicitor in the employ of a professional\nfund raiser required to register pursuant to section one hundred\nseventy-three of this article before he or she has registered with the\nattorney general or after the expiration or cancellation of such\nregistration or any renewal thereof. Application for registration or\nre-registration shall be in writing and signed under penalties for\nperjury in the form prescribed by the attorney general and shall be\naccompanied by a fee in the sum of eighty dollars. Such registration or\nre-registration when effected shall be for a period of one year,\nexpiring one year from the date of such registration or re-registration,\nand may be renewed upon written application, signed under penalties for\nperjury, in the form prescribed by the attorney general and the payment\nof the fee prescribed herein, for additional one year periods.\nApplications for registration and re-registration, when filed with the\nattorney general, shall become public records in the office of the\nattorney general.\n  2. Limitations upon professional solicitors for law enforcement\nsupport organizations. No person or professional solicitor, in the\ncourse of soliciting or collecting funds on behalf of any law\nenforcement support organization, shall engage in any acts prohibited by\nsubdivision seventeen of section one hundred seventy-two-d of this\narticle, or by paragraph (h) of subdivision two of section one hundred\nseventy-five of this article, provided, however, that no criminal\nliability shall attach to any law enforcement support organization or\nits officers because of the activities of any professional solicitor\nemployed on behalf of such organization.\n  3. Violations. Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of this\nsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 16 — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 2 / Section 16
Term of service; how reckoned
Status: in_force

§ 16. Term of service; how reckoned. When any such firefighter shall\nhave served as such for so long a time thereafter as shall make the\nwhole term of service the same as required by law of firefighters\nresiding in the city removed to, he shall be entitled to all the\nprivileges and exemptions secured by law to the firefighters of the\ncities of Albany and New York.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1120 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 11 / Section 1120
Appearance by consuls 1
Status: in_force

§ 1120. Appearance by consuls\n  1. In any action or proceeding brought by or against a public\nadministrator in which a non-domiciliary noncitizen is a necessary or\nproper party the consular representative of the country of which the\nnoncitizen is a citizen or subject may appear in person or by attorney\nin behalf of the noncitizen if the latter shall default in appearance.\n  2. No power of attorney or other specific authority from the\nnoncitizen shall be required as a condition to such appearance.\n  3. Service upon a noncitizen pursuant to 307, subdivision 3, paragraph\n(e) may be made without prior service of process personally or otherwise\nupon the noncitizen.\n  4. The interests of noncitizen persons under disability shall,\nhowever, be represented in all such proceedings by their guardians of\nthe property, committee of the property or conservators of the property,\nor by guardians ad litem appointed by the court.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 474 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 10 / Section 474
Reports to supervisors of appointments and committals to charitable institutions
Status: in_force

§ 474.  Reports to supervisors of appointments and committals to\ncharitable institutions. 1.  Every judge, justice, superintendent or\npublic welfare official or other person who is authorized by law to make\nappointments or commitments to any state charitable institution, in\nwhich the board, instruction, care or clothing is a charge against any\ncounty, town or city, shall make a written report to the clerk of the\nboard of supervisors of the county, or of the county in which any town\nis situated, or to the city clerk of any city, which is liable for any\nsuch board, instruction, care or clothing, within ten days after such\nappointment or commitment, and shall therein state, when known, the\nnationality, age, sex and residence of each person so appointed or\ncommitted and the length of time of such appointment or commitment.\n  2.  This and the two following sections shall apply to each of the\nasylums, reformatories, homes, retreats, penitentiaries, jails or other\ninstitutions, except public homes, in each of the counties of this state\nexcept the county of Kings, in which the board, instruction, care or\nclothing of persons committed thereto is, or shall be, a charge against\nany county or town therein.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 355 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 13 / Section 355
Periodic inspection
Status: in_force

§ 355. Periodic inspection. 1. The commissioner shall inspect every\nhouse in which industrial homework is permitted, and the materials\nissued to the industrial homeworker.\n  2. If the commissioner finds that any home in which homework is being\ndone is not clean, he shall order the tenant at once to clean it.\n  3. If the commissioner finds that a house or any home in which\nhomework is being done is in an unsanitary condition, or that there is\nan infectious or communicable disease therein, he shall at once notify\nthe commissioner of health, or the chief health officer of the district\nin which such house or home is situated.\n