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N.Y. NPC Law § 511-A — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 5 / Section 511-A
Petition for attorney general approval
Status: in_force

§ 511-a. Petition for attorney general approval.\n  (a) In lieu of obtaining court approval under section 511 (Petition\nfor court approval) of this article to sell, lease, exchange or\notherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, the\ncorporation may alternatively seek approval of the attorney general by\nverified petition, except in the following circumstances: (1) the\ncorporation is insolvent, or would become insolvent as a result of the\ntransaction, and must proceed on notice to creditors pursuant to\nparagraph (c) of section 511 of this article; or (2) the attorney\ngeneral, in his or her discretion, concludes that a court should review\nthe petition and make a determination thereon.\n  (b) The verified petition to the attorney general shall set forth (1)\nall of the information required to be included in a verified petition to\nobtain court approval pursuant to subparagraphs one through nine of\nparagraph (a) of section 511 of this article; (2) a statement that the\ncorporation is not insolvent and will not become insolvent as a result\nof the transaction; and (3) a statement as to whether any persons have\nraised, or have a reasonable basis to raise, objections to the sale,\nlease, exchange or other disposition that is the subject of the\npetition, including a statement setting forth the names and addresses of\nsuch persons, the nature of their interest, and a description of their\nobjections. The attorney general, in his or her discretion, may direct\nthe corporation to provide notice of such petition to any interested\nperson, and the corporation shall provide the attorney general with a\ncertification that such notice has been provided.\n  (c) If it shall appear, to the satisfaction of the attorney general\nthat the consideration and the terms of the transaction are fair and\nreasonable to the corporation and that the purposes of the corporation\nor the interests of the members will be promoted, the attorney general\nmay authorize the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or\nsubstantially all the assets of the corporation, as described in the\npetition, for such consideration and upon such terms as the attorney\ngeneral may prescribe. The authorization of the attorney general shall\ndirect the disposition of the consideration to be received thereunder by\nthe corporation.\n  (d) At any time, including if the attorney general does not approve\nthe petition, or if the attorney general concludes that court review is\nappropriate, the petitioner may seek court approval on notice to the\nattorney general pursuant to section 511 (Petition for court approval)\nof this article.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1414 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31 / Section 1414
Proceedings to recover tax
Status: in_force

§ 1414. Proceedings to recover tax. (a) Whenever any person shall fail\nto pay any tax, penalty or interest imposed by this article, the\nattorney general shall, upon the request of the commissioner of taxation\nand finance, bring or cause to be brought an action to enforce the\npayment of the same on behalf of the state of New York in any court of\nthe state of New York or of any other state or of the United States.\n  (b) As an additional or alternate remedy, the commissioner of taxation\nand finance may issue a warrant, directed to the sheriff of any county\ncommanding him to levy upon and sell the real and personal property of\nany grantor or grantee liable for the tax, which may be found within his\ncounty, for the payment of the amount thereof, with any penalty and\ninterest, and the cost of executing the warrant, and to return such\nwarrant to the commissioner of taxation and finance and to pay the\ncommissioner the money collected by virtue thereof within sixty days\nafter the receipt of such warrant. The sheriff shall within five days\nafter the receipt of the warrant file with the county clerk a copy\nthereof, and thereupon such clerk shall enter in the judgment docket the\nname of the person mentioned in the warrant and the amount of the tax,\npenalty and interest for which the warrant is issued and the date when\nsuch copy is filed. Thereupon the amount of such warrant so docketed\nshall become a lien upon the title to and the interest in real and\npersonal property of the person against whom the warrant is issued. Such\nlien shall not apply to personal property unless such warrant is filed\nin the department of state. The sheriff shall then proceed upon the\nwarrant, in the same manner, and with like effect, as that provided by\nlaw in respect to executions issued against property upon judgments of a\ncourt of record and for services in executing the warrant he shall be\nentitled to the same fees, which he may collect in the same manner.  In\nthe discretion of the commissioner of taxation and finance a warrant of\nlike terms, force and effect may be issued and directed to any officer\nor employee of the division of taxation, and in the execution thereof\nsuch officer or employee shall have all the powers conferred by law upon\nsheriffs, but shall be entitled to no fee or compensation in excess of\nthe actual expenses paid in the performance of such duty. Upon such\nfiling of a copy of a warrant, the commissioner of taxation and finance\nshall have the same remedies to enforce the amount due thereunder as if\nthe state had recovered the judgment therefor.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 714 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 7 / Section 714
Loans to directors
Status: in_force

§ 714. Loans to directors.\n  (a) A corporation may not lend money to or guarantee the obligation of\na director of the corporation unless:\n  (1) the particular loan or guarantee is approved by the shareholders,\nwith the holders of a majority of the votes of the shares entitled to\nvote thereon constituting a quorum, but shares held of record or\nbeneficially by directors who are benefitted by such loan or guarantee\nshall not be entitled to vote or to be included in the determination of\na quorum; or\n  (2) with respect to any corporation in existence on the effective date\nof this subparagraph (2) the certificate of incorporation of which\nexpressly provides such and with respect to any corporation incorporated\nafter the effective date of this subparagraph (2), the board determines\nthat the loan or guarantee benefits the corporation and either approves\nthe specific loan or guarantee or a general plan authorizing loans and\nguarantees.\n  (b) The fact that a loan or guarantee is made in violation of this\nsection does not affect the borrower's liability on the loan.\n
N.Y. PAR Law § 25.23 — New York Code / Act PAR / Title D / Article 25 / Section 25.23
Duties and liability for negligence
Status: in_force

§ 25.23 Duties and liability for negligence. 1. Negligence in the use\nor operation of a snowmobile shall be attributable to the owner. Every\nowner of a snowmobile used or operated in this state shall be liable and\nresponsible for death or injury to person or damage to property\nresulting from negligence in the use or operation of such snowmobile by\nany person using or operating the same with the permission, express or\nimplied, of such owner, provided, however, that such operator's\nnegligence shall not be attributed to the owner as to any claim or cause\nof action accruing to the operator or his legal representative for such\ninjuries or death.\n  2. Duties of snowmobile owners and operators. It is recognized that\nsnowmobiling is a voluntary activity that may be hazardous. It shall be\nthe duty of snowmobile owners and operators:\n  (a) To keep their snowmobiles in proper working order.\n  (b) To follow any and all other rules of conduct as are prescribed\npursuant to section 25.03 of this article.\n  (c) Not to operate a snowmobile in any area not designated for\nsnowmobiling.\n  (d) Not to operate a snowmobile in a manner beyond their limits or\nability and speed to overcome variations in trail conditions and\nconfiguration and surface or subsurface conditions which may be caused\nor altered by weather, slope or trail maintenance work or snowmobile\nuse.\n  (e) To familiarize themselves with signage and trail markers before\noperating.\n  (f) Not to snowmobile on a trail or portion thereof that has been\ndesignated as "closed".\n  (g) Not leave the scene of any accident resulting in personal injury\nto another party until such time as assistance arrives, except for the\npurpose of summoning aid.\n  (h) Not to willfully stop on any trail where such stopping is likely\nto impede the use of that trail by others.\n  (i) Not to willfully remove, deface, alter or otherwise damage\nsignage, warning devices or implements, or other safety devices.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 580-203 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-B / Part 2 / Section 580-203
Initiating and responding tribunal of state
Status: in_force

§ 580-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of state. Under this\narticle, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to\nforward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding\ntribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign\ncountry.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 3 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 2 / Section 3
Fiscal year
Status: in_force

§ 3. Fiscal year. 1. The current fiscal year of the state which\ncommenced with the first day of July, nineteen hundred forty-two, is\nhereby abridged and shall end with the thirty-first day of March,\nnineteen hundred forty-three. For all purposes of determining annual\nincrements of state employees pursuant to the education law, the civil\nservice law or other state law, and for all purposes whenever by law\nsome act is to be performed or time is to be measured by the fiscal year\nof the state, the current fiscal year, as so abridged, shall be deemed\nto be a full year unless the context clearly requires a contrary\nconstruction.\n  On and after the first day of April, nineteen hundred forty-three, the\nfiscal year of the state, for the purpose of budget, appropriations,\nreceipts and disbursements of state moneys and all other state affairs\nwhich are regulated in accordance with or based on fiscal years,\nincluding the fiscal affairs of all state departments, commissions,\nboards, agencies, offices and institutions, shall begin with the first\nday of April and end with the next following thirty-first day of March.\n  2. All books and accounts in the offices of the comptroller and the\ndepartment of taxation and finance shall be kept by fiscal years. All\nannual accounts required to be rendered to the comptroller or to such\ndepartment by any person shall be closed on the thirty-first day of\nMarch in each year, and be rendered as soon thereafter as practicable,\nif no time is specially prescribed by law.\n  3. Where any statute provides, in terms or effect, that any inventory\nor account, or a report relating in whole or in part to receipts and\ndisbursements of money, be made to the legislature or any state officer\nannually, or for a year, by a department, commission, board, or officer\nunder the state government, such inventory or account, and such report\nso far as it relates to such receipts and disbursements, shall be for\nthe preceding fiscal year, unless the calendar year be expressly\nmentioned.\n  4. Existing provisions of other laws describing or referring to a\nfiscal year of the state as beginning July first and ending June\nthirtieth, or making any requirement with respect to such fiscal year,\nor referring to any year so beginning and ending which applies to\ninventories or accounts in state matters, or to reports relating to\nstate money or property, shall be deemed modified by and be construed in\nconnection with this section, and be deemed to refer to a fiscal or to\nanother year or period beginning and ending as herein prescribed for a\nfiscal year.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 267 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 11 / Section 267
Idem
Status: in_force

§ 267. Idem.; where recovery is had against trust mortgagee.--In every\ncase where recovery is had personally against a trust mortgagee as\nherein provided, and payment of the amount recovered has been made by\nsuch trust mortgagee, or where such trust mortgagee has voluntarily paid\nsuch tax, he shall be deemed to have and possess and to have become\nsubrogated to all the rights and interests in and to the tax lien\nimposed by section two hundred and sixty-five hereof, and may enforce\nthe repayment of any such sum so paid by him with interest at the rate\nof six per centum per annum and for that purpose may maintain an action\nin his own name in any court in the state having jurisdiction, against\nany person, association or corporation liable to pay such tax, or for\nthe sale of such mortgage and the debt secured thereby to which such\nlien attaches.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 315 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 9 / Section 315
Claim for deficiency after default and repossession
Status: in_force

§ 315. Claim for deficiency after default and repossession. If a buyer\ndefaults on any instalment of the time sale price and the holder obtains\npossession of the motor vehicle and disposes of it as provided by\nsection 9--610 of the uniform commercial code, the buyer shall be liable\nto the holder for any deficiency to the extent provided in that section;\nprovided, however, that in calculating such deficiency there shall be\ndeducted from the amount thereof as prescribed by such section 9--610,\nan amount equal to that portion of the refund credit to which the buyer\nwould have been entitled under section three hundred five of this\nchapter if, at the time the holder disposed of the motor vehicle, the\nbuyer had not been in default and had prepaid in full the balance of the\ntime sale price as the amount realized upon the disposition of the motor\nvehicle bears to the balance of the time sale price.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 405-A — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 4 / Section 405-A
Institution for children; approval of certificate
Status: in_force

§ 405-a. Institution for children; approval of certificate.\n  Every certificate of incorporation which includes among its corporate\npurposes, the authority to care for children through the establishment\nor operation of an institution for destitute, delinquent, abandoned,\nneglected or dependent children shall have endorsed thereon or annexed\nthereto the approval of the office of children and family services.\nProvided, however, nothing herein shall authorize such corporation to\nplace out or board out children, as those terms are defined in the\nsocial services law, or to care for children in a facility other than an\ninstitution possessing an operating certificate issued by the office of\nchildren and family services. No certificate of incorporation shall be\napproved pursuant to this section on or after June first, two thousand\nseven.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 2-B — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 1 / Section 2-B
Limited liability trust companies; definitions
Status: in_force

§ 2-b. Limited liability trust companies; definitions. When the\nprovisions of this chapter are applied to the formation and operation of\na limited liability trust company references to:\n  1. "Board of directors" shall include the managers charged with the\nmanagement of a limited liability trust company as set forth in its\narticles of organization.\n  2. "By-laws" shall include the operating agreement of a limited\nliability trust company.\n  3. "Capital stock" shall include the cash and property the members of\na limited liability trust company have contributed to the company, but\nshall not include promissory notes or other obligations to contribute\ncash or property or to perform future services.\n  4. "Corporation" shall include an unincorporated trust company formed\nas a limited liability trust company pursuant to the provisions of\narticle three of this chapter.\n  5. "Director" shall include one of the managers charged with the\nmanagement of a limited liability trust company as set forth in its\narticles of organization.\n  6. "Dividend" shall include the distribution of a limited liability\ntrust company's cash or other assets to its members.\n  7. "Incorporator" shall include the person or persons who is or are\nthe organizer or organizers of a limited liability trust company.\n  8. "Organization certificate" shall include the articles of\norganization of a limited liability trust company.\n  9. "Share" shall include the equity interest of a member of a limited\nliability trust company as set forth in the company's articles of\norganization or, in the absence of such a provision, the equity interest\nrepresented by a member's right to a proportionate share of the profits\nof the company.\n  10. "Stock" shall include the equity interest represented by the\npercentage of the total votes a member may cast as set forth in the\narticles of organization of a limited liability trust company or, in the\nabsence of such a provision, the equity interest represented by a\nmember's right to a proportionate share of the profits of the company.\n  11. "Stockholder" shall include a member of a limited liability trust\ncompany who has an equity interest represented by his, her, or its right\nto a proportionate share of the profits or capital of the company.\n  12. "Voting stock" shall include the definition of stock as set forth\nin this section.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 975 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 48 / Section 975
Assistance of other agencies
Status: in_force

§ 975. Assistance of other agencies. All agencies, departments,\ndivisions, boards, officers and public corporations of the state shall\ncooperate with the council and provide whatever assistance the commitee\nmay require to fulfill its purposes. Assistance may include, but need\nnot be limited to, consultation with and use of agency staff and the\nprovision of statistical and policy data.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 1403 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 14 / Section 1403
Confession of judgment
Status: in_force

§ 1403. Confession of judgment.\n  The provisions of CPLR § 3218, relating to judgment by confession,\nshall be applicable in this court where the relief for which the\njudgment is confessed is within the jurisdiction of this court,\nprovided, with reference to paragraph one of subdivision (a) of said\nsection, that the affidavit specify that the defendant is a resident of\nthe city or, if he is not such a resident, that entry is authorized in\nthis court. If such additional requirements are fulfilled, the words\n"clerk of the county" as used in subdivision (b) of said section shall\nbe deemed a reference to the clerk of this court, and the judgment\nconfessed shall be entered in this court and shall be enforcible in the\nsame manner and with the same effect as a judgment in an action in this\ncourt.\n
N.Y. STL Law § 87 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 6 / Section 87
State reptile
Status: in_force

* § 87. State reptile. The common snapping turtle (chelydra\nserpentina) shall be the official reptile of the state of New York.\n  * NB There are 2 § 87's\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 270.20 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title J / Article 270 / Section 270.20
Trial jury; challenge for cause of an individual juror
Status: in_force

§ 270.20  Trial jury; challenge for cause of an individual juror.\n  1.  A challenge for cause is an objection to a prospective juror and\nmay be made only on the ground that:\n  (a)  He does not have the qualifications required by the judiciary\nlaw; or\n  (b)  He has a state of mind that is likely to preclude him from\nrendering an impartial verdict based upon the evidence adduced at the\ntrial; or\n  (c)  He is related within the sixth degree by consanguinity or\naffinity to the defendant, or to the person allegedly injured by the\ncrime charged, or to a prospective witness at the trial, or to counsel\nfor the people or for the defendant; or that he is or was a party\nadverse to any such person in a civil action; or that he has complained\nagainst or been accused by any such person in a criminal action; or that\nhe bears some other relationship to any such person of such nature that\nit is likely to preclude him from rendering an impartial verdict; or\n  (d)  He was a witness at the preliminary examination or before the\ngrand jury or is to be a witness at the trial; or\n  (e)  He served on the grand jury which found the indictment in issue\nor served on a trial jury in a prior civil or criminal action involving\nthe same incident charged in such indictment; or\n  (f) The crime charged may be punishable by death and the prospective\njuror entertains such conscientious opinions either against or in favor\nof such punishment as to preclude such juror from rendering an impartial\nverdict or from properly exercising the discretion conferred upon such\njuror by law in the determination of a sentence pursuant to section\n400.27.\n  2.  All issues of fact or law arising on the challenge must be tried\nand determined by the court.  If the challenge is allowed, the court\nmust exclude the person challenged from service.  An erroneous ruling by\nthe court allowing a challenge for cause by the people does not\nconstitute reversible error unless the people have exhausted their\nperemptory challenges at the time or exhaust them before the selection\nof the jury is complete.  An erroneous ruling by the court denying a\nchallenge for cause by the defendant does not constitute reversible\nerror unless the defendant has exhausted his peremptory challenges at\nthe time or, if he has not, he peremptorily challenges such prospective\njuror and his peremptory challenges are exhausted before the selection\nof the jury is complete.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 413 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 10 / Section 413
Reciprocal interstate acquisitions
Status: in_force

§ 413. Reciprocal interstate acquisitions. 1. With the prior approval\nof the superintendent, a New York savings and loan holding company or a\nsubsidiary thereof or a New York savings association may acquire control\nof an out-of-state savings and loan holding company or an out-of-state\nsavings association, and an out-of-state savings and loan holding\ncompany or a subsidiary thereof or an out-of-state savings association\nmay acquire control of a New York savings and loan holding company or a\nNew York savings association subject to regulations to be adopted by the\nsuperintendent of financial services. The terms and conditions\nprescribed by such regulations shall be substantially similar to those\ncontained in section one hundred forty-two-b of this chapter governing\nreciprocal interstate acquisitions by bank holding companies.\n  2. For the purposes of this section:\n  (a) the term "savings association" shall have the same meaning as in\nsection 10 of an Act of Congress entitled Home Owners Loan Act as\namended from time to time;\n  (b) the term "savings and loan holding company" shall have the same\nmeaning as in section 10 of an Act of Congress entitled Home Owners Loan\nAct as amended from time to time;\n  (c) the term "New York savings association" shall mean a savings\nassociation whose principal office is located in this state and the term\n"out-of-state savings association" shall mean a savings association\nwhose principal office is located in a state other than this state or\nthe District of Columbia; and\n  (d) the term "New York savings and loan holding company" shall mean a\nsavings and loan holding company which controls one or more New York\nsavings associations and the term "out-of-state savings and loan holding\ncompany" shall mean a savings and loan holding company other than a New\nYork savings and loan holding company which conducts its principal\nbanking business in a state other than this state or the District of\nColumbia. The jurisdiction in which an out-of-state savings and loan\nholding company conducts its principal banking business is that state or\nthe District of Columbia in which the total deposits of such company and\nits banking subsidiaries are largest.\n