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N.Y. COR Law § 271 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 12 / Section 271
Local conditional release commission; organization
Status: in_force

§ 271. Local conditional release commission; organization. 1. Every\ncounty, and the city of New York, may adopt a local law establishing a\nlocal conditional release commission. Such commission shall be appointed\nby the county executive, upon the advice and consent of the county\nlegislature, or in the case of the city of New York, such commission\nshall be appointed by the mayor, upon the advice and consent of the city\ncouncil. Each such commission shall consist of at least five members.\nEach member of the commission shall have graduated from an accredited\nfour year college or university and shall have had at least five years\nof experience in the field of criminology, administration of criminal\njustice, law enforcement, probation, parole, law, social work, social\nscience, psychology, psychiatry or corrections.\n  2. The term of office of each member of such commission shall be for\nfour years; provided, however, that any member chosen to fill a vacancy\noccurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be appointed for\nthe remainder of the unexpired term of the member whom the person is to\nsucceed. Vacancies caused by expiration of term or otherwise shall be\nfilled in the same manner as original appointments.\n  3. No member of the commission shall serve as a representative of any\npolitical party on an executive committee or other governing body\nthereof, as an executive officer or employee of any political committee,\norganization or association, nor be a judge or justice, a sheriff or\ndistrict attorney.\n  4. Any member may be removed by the county executive, or the mayor in\nthe case of the city of New York, for cause, after notice and an\nopportunity to be heard.\n  5. The director of the local probation department, or such director's\ndesignee, shall serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the\ncommission.\n  6. The local probation department shall assign staff support to the\ncommission.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 6-5.5 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 6 / Part 5 / Section 6-5.5
Future estate valid though contingency improbable
Status: in_force

§ 6-5.5 Future estate valid though contingency improbable\n  A future estate, otherwise valid, shall not be void on the ground of\nthe improbability of the contingency on which it is limited to take\neffect.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 20.07 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title E / Article 20 / Section 20.07
Creation and purposes of a trust
Status: in_force

§ 20.07. Creation and purposes of a trust. 1. A trust shall be created\nby a special law as a corporate governmental agency and a public benefit\ncorporation, constituting a political subdivision of the state. A trust\nand its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law;\nprovided, however, that no such law shall take effect so long as the\ntrust shall have bonds, notes or other obligations outstanding unless\nadequate provision has been made for the payment thereof. Upon\ntermination of the existence of a trust, all its rights and properties\nnot otherwise disposed of shall pass to and be vested in the state.  Any\nnet earnings of a trust, beyond that necessary to retire any\nindebtedness of a trust or to implement the purposes set forth in this\narticle and in any special law, may not inure to the benefit of any\nperson other than the state, county or the municipality in which the\nprincipal office of the trust is located.\n  2. A trust shall exercise the powers granted to it by this article and\nby special law in cooperation with participating cultural institutions\nsolely and exclusively in furtherance of the purposes of this article\nand such special law. Before entering into any agreement for the\nconstruction of a combined-use facility, a facility for a not-for-profit\ncultural organization, or before making a loan to a not-for-profit\ncultural organization, the board of trustees shall hold a public hearing\nand thereafter shall determine that development of such facility or the\nmaking of such loan is the most feasible means by which such purposes\nmay be effectuated and that the architectural and design characteristics\nof the non-institutional portion are compatible with those of the\ninstitutional portion of such combined-use facility. Notice of such\npublic hearing shall be published at least once no less than twenty days\nprior to such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the\nmunicipality or county in which such facility is located. Notice of such\npublic hearing shall be served by certified mail upon the chairman of\nthe planning board of any county in which such combined-use facility is\nor is designed to be developed, except that in a municipality, such\nnotice shall be so served upon the chairman of the local community board\nin the area in which such facility is or is designed to be developed;\nand notice of such public hearing shall be served upon the chairman of\nthe planning board, or equivalent board, of any county in which a\nfacility for a not-for-profit cultural organization is, or is designed\nto be, developed, or in which, in the case of a loan, a not-for-profit\ncultural organization is located.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4518 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 45 / Section 4518
Amounts credited on life insurance certificates
Status: in_force

§ 4518. Amounts credited on life insurance certificates. Any\nindividual life insurance certificate may provide that in addition to\nany minimum benefits guaranteed in the certificate, additional amounts\nmay be credited to the certificate. No such additional amounts shall be\nguaranteed or credited except upon reasonable assumptions as to\ninvestment income, mortality, persistency and expenses. The declaration\nof such additional amounts by a society must be made prospectively; no\nsuch additional amounts shall be credited retroactively to apply to any\nperiod prior to such declaration. No such additional amounts are\nrequired to be credited to any certificate with respect to the period\nafter the termination or lapse of such certificate by reason of default\nin payment of any premium, installment or interest on any certificate\nloan and before the reinstatement of such certificate, if it is\nreinstated. Any such additional amounts shall be credited on a basis\nequitable to all certificate holders of a given class and shall be based\non written criteria approved by the board of directors of the society or\na committee thereof.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 138 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 6 / Section 138
Bridge between Saratoga county and Warren county to be designated as the "Irving H
Status: in_force

§ 138. Bridge between Saratoga county and Warren county to be\ndesignated as the "Irving H. Densmore Memorial Bridge". The bridge\nacross the Hudson river between the village of Corinth, town of Corinth\nin Saratoga county and the town of Lake Luzerne in Warren county which\ncarries Saratoga county road 9 and Warren county road 16 shall be\ndesignated and known as the "Irving H. Densmore Memorial Bridge".\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 400*2 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 15* / Section 400*2
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

* § 400. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and\ndeclares that:\n  1. Transportation of people and goods is vital to the economic and\nsocial well-being of the metropolitan area embracing the counties of\nNassau, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester and the city of New\nYork.\n  2. General purpose local governments of the metropolitan area, the\nstate of New York, and local, regional and state agencies have a strong\ncommon interest in coordinating and cooperating in performing\ntransportation planning to meet local, regional, state and federal goals\nand objectives.\n  3. The transportation, land use, and economic planning and development\nactivities of public and private agencies within the metropolitan area\nare of such magnitude and complexity and of such potential degrees of\nmutual impact, as to make necessary a formally coordinated,\ncomprehensive, and continuing transportation planning and decision\nprocess carried on cooperatively by local governments and agencies and\nthe state.\n  4. Titles twenty-three and forty-nine of the United States code\nrequire such a transportation planning and programming process for the\nmetropolitan area.\n  5. Since nineteen hundred seventy-five, the Mid-Hudson south, New York\ncity, and Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committees have\nbeen recognized by the state and federal governments as appropriate and\neffective subregional forums for cooperative transportation decision\nmaking by principal elected officials of general purpose local\ngovernments and local, regional, and state transportation agencies.\n  6. The members of the Mid-Hudson south, New York city, and\nNassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committees have agreed to\njoin together to form the council of transportation coordinating\ncommittees and, acting through the council, to constitute the federally\nrequired metropolitan planning organization for the metropolitan area.\n  7. Pursuant to the federal regulations, the council of transportation\ncoordinating committees has been designated by agreement among the units\nof general purpose local governments and the governor as the\nmetropolitan planning organization responsible, in cooperation with the\nstate and publicly owned operators of mass transportation services, for\ncarrying out the urban transportation planning process specified in 23\nCFR 450 and 49 CFR 613 and other applicable federal regulations.\n  8. It is the purpose of this legislation to delineate the roles and\nresponsibilities and administrative, decision making, and staffing\narrangements for the transportation coordination committees and the\ncouncil to carry out transportation planning and programming to continue\nthe area's qualification for federal transportation assistance.\n  * NB Expired June 30, 1983\n  * NB There are 2 § 400's\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 227 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 11 / Section 227
Laws repealed
Status: in_force

§ 227. Laws repealed.  Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto\nannexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed,\nexcept as provided in sections one hundred ninety-three and two hundred\ntwenty-five.\nLaws of                    Chapter                Sections\n1926 ....................... 823 .................. All\n1927 .......................  35 .................. All\n1928 ....................... 722 .................. All\n1930 ....................... 872 .................. All\n1931 ....................... 557 .................. All\n1931 ....................... 558 .................. All\n1932 ....................... 507 .................. All\n1933 ....................... 802 .................. All\n1934 .......................   4 .................. All\n1934 ....................... 540 .................. All\n1935 ....................... 310 .................. All\n1937 ....................... 207 .................. All\n1937 ....................... 738 .................. All\n1938 ....................... 218 .................. All\n1938 ....................... 270 .................. All\n1938 ....................... 395 .................. All\n1938 ....................... 461 .................. All\n1938 ....................... 489 .................. All\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 81.12 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 81 / Section 81.12
Burden and quantum of proof
Status: in_force

§ 81.12 Burden and quantum of proof.\n  (a) A determination that a person is incapacitated under the\nprovisions of this article must be based on clear and convincing\nevidence. The burden of proof shall be on the petitioner.\n  (b) The court may, for good cause shown, waive the rules of evidence.\nThe report of the court evaluator may be admitted in evidence if the\ncourt evaluator testifies and is subject to cross examination; provided,\nhowever, that if the court determines that information contained in the\nreport is, in the particular circumstance of the case, not sufficiently\nreliable, the court shall require that the person who provided the\ninformation testify and be subject to cross examination.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 11-1128 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 11 / Section 11-1128
Sale or lease of water supply and distribution system
Status: in_force

§ 11-1128 Sale or lease of water supply and distribution system.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any other law, general or special, a\nvillage may (1) sell or lease its water supply and distribution system,\nor any part thereof, to a water authority, a county water district or a\njoint water works system established pursuant to article five-B of the\ngeneral municipal law or (2) sell, transfer or lease properties\nconstituting its water supply and distribution system, or any part\nthereof, for a fair consideration, to any person or public corporation\nfor any use other than the supply or distribution of water for potable\npurposes upon a determination by the board of trustees of the village\nthat the properties to be sold, transferred or leased are no longer\nnecessary for water supply or other village purposes. The proceeds of\nsuch sale, transfer or lease shall be deposited in a reserve fund\nestablished for the purpose of retiring outstanding obligations issued\nby the village to finance the cost of the facilities sold and shall be\nexpended only for such purpose, except as provided below. If the\nproceeds exceed the sum of all installments of principal of and interest\non such indebtedness due or to become due, or if, when all such\noutstanding obligations shall have been retired, any moneys remain\nunexpended in the reserve fund, such excess moneys may be used for any\nvillage purpose.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 924 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 24 / Section 924
Photo recording
Status: in_force

§ 924. Photo recording. The county clerks of the counties within the\ncity of New York may cause parts of documents to be separated in order\nto facilitate recording and copying by use of a photo copying process,\nprovided that such documents are restored to their original form\nimmediately after the completion of such process.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 30-F — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 2 / Section 30-F
Seal of Cortland county and of the county clerk, the supreme court and the county court in said county
Status: in_force

§ 30-f. Seal of Cortland county and of the county clerk, the supreme\ncourt and the county court in said county. 1. The county of Cortland,\nthe county clerk of said county and the supreme court and the county\ncourt therein shall have and use the following seal:\n                           Description of Seal\n  The seal shall be approximately 2 1/4 inches in diameter. The outer\nborder shall consist of inverted scallops with an inner smooth circle\nborder. Along the upper outside of the circle shall be the inscription\nin capital block lettering "SEAL OF CORTLAND COUNTY, N.Y." Along the\nlower outside of the circle shall be the inscription in capital block\nlettering "A.D. 1808." The center shall consist of a shield topped by an\neagle and wreath of laurels. The shield shall feature 13 stars in a\nfield of blue, above a red and white striped base. The left side of the\nseal shall consist of a man with a sheaf of wheat. The right side of the\nseal shall consist of a man with a hammer and wheel, with a factory\nbehind. Both men shall have hands resting on the center shield. The\nforeground of the seal, at the base of the shield shall consist of a\nmound of Cortland apples.\n  2. The county clerk of Cortland county shall cause the design of said\nseal (in black and white) to be engraved upon metal. From time to time\nthe county clerk shall obtain and make available, and keep in good order\nand repair as many of such engraved metal seals as may be necessary for\nthe proper performance of the duties of the office and of the duties of\nthe clerks and officers in the supreme and county courts authorized to\nuse said seal. All the expense incurred by the county clerk incident to\nsaid seal shall be a county charge against the county of Cortland.\n  3. Such seal shall be used and affixed only:\n  (a) by the county clerk of Cortland county or by any deputy or clerk\nduly authorized by them;\n  (b) by any judicial clerk of the supreme or county court resident in\nCortland county, duly authorized by said county clerk; and\n  (c) any county officer or other person authorized by law to execute\nofficial documents on behalf of the county.\n  4. The use of said seal or of any replica or simulation thereof, in\nform or substance, by any unauthorized person or for any wrongful\npurpose, is prohibited. Any violation of this prohibition shall be\ndeemed to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 722-F — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 18-B / Section 722-F
Annual reports
Status: in_force

§ 722-f. Annual reports. 1. A public defender appointed pursuant to\narticle eighteen-A of this chapter, a private legal aid bureau or\nsociety designated by a county or city pursuant to subdivision two of\nsection seven hundred twenty-two of this article, an administrator of a\nplan of a bar association appointed pursuant to subdivision three of\nsection seven hundred twenty-two of this article and an office of\nconflict defender established pursuant to such subdivision shall file an\nannual report with the chief administrator of the courts and the office\nof indigent legal services. Such report shall be filed at such times and\nin such detail and form as the office of indigent legal services may\ndirect.\n  2. (a) The county executive or chief executive officer of each county\nor, in the case of a county wholly contained within a city, such city\nshall file an annual report which specifies in detail and certifies to\nthe office of indigent legal services the total expenditures of such\ncounty or city, identifying "local funds", as defined in paragraph (c)\nof subdivision two of section ninety-eight-b of the state finance law,\nstate funds, federal funds and funds received from a "private source" as\ndescribed in subdivision two of section ninety-eight-b of the state\nfinance law, for providing legal representation to persons who were\nfinancially unable to afford counsel, pursuant to this article. Such\nannual report shall be made on a form developed for such purpose by the\noffice of indigent legal services.\n  (b) Such annual report, detailing expenditures for the period January\nfirst through December thirty-first of the previous calendar year, shall\nbe filed on or before the first day of March of each year.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 421 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 20 / Section 421
Statement of legislative findings and declaration
Status: in_force

§ 421. Statement of legislative findings and declaration. It is hereby\nfound and declared that New York state needs, as a matter of public\npolicy, to create competitive financial incentives to retain businesses,\nincluding small businesses and jobs that are at risk of leaving the\nstate or closing operations due to the impact on its business operations\nof an event leading to an emergency declaration by the governor. The\nempire state jobs retention program is created to support the retention\nof the state's businesses, including small businesses in the event of an\nemergency.\n  This legislation creates a jobs tax credit for each job of a business,\nincluding a small business directly impacted by an emergency and\nprotects state taxpayers' dollars by ensuring that New York provides tax\nbenefits only to businesses that can demonstrate substantial physical\ndamage and economic harm resulting from an event leading to an emergency\ndeclaration by the governor.\n
N.Y. ACG Law § 550 — New York Code / Act ACG / Article 12 / Section 550
County assessment of real property
Status: in_force

§ 550. County assessment of real property. 1. If the alternative form\nof county government, or the modification or change of any such form,\nshall provide for the transfer to the county of the function of\nassessment of real property from the towns, villages or cities, the\ndirector of finance, or county treasurer, as the case may be, shall have\nall the powers and perform all the duties of the assessment officers of\nthe unit of local government from which the functions of assessment have\nbeen transferred to the county. All provisions of law which apply to the\nassessment officers of such units of local government shall apply to\nsuch officer, except that the board of supervisors may, by local law,\nenact such provisions relating to the assessment of property in such\nunits of local government as shall not be inconsistent with the general\nplan for the assessment of property contained in the tax law and subject\nto the general supervision and authority of the state tax commission,\nbut which may include, without limitation of the power thus conferred, a\nrearrangement of dates for the performance of acts, or the method of\ngiving notices, or the place of filing the assessment-roll so as to\ncoordinate the assessment work; provided, however, that the county board\nof assessment review of such county, if there be one, shall review such\nassessments in the manner provided in this article. It shall be the duty\nof the director of finance to adopt scientific methods of assessment,\nincluding tax and land value maps in the form approved by the state tax\ncommission.\n  2. If the function of assessment of real property is transferred from\nthe towns or the cities to the county, the school districts or parts\nthereof within such towns or cities shall use the county assessment.\n  3. If the alternative form of county government provides for the\ntransfer to the county of the function of assessment of real property\nfrom any units of government within the county, such form may provide\nfor a board of assessors, either three or five in number as provided in\nthe petition or resolution by which the form or the question of adopting\nsuch board is initiated to be appointed by the board of supervisors upon\nrecommendation of the county executive. At least one of such assessors\nshall be a resident of a city in the county if there be any such city,\nand at least one shall be a resident of the county outside of any city.\nIn case of the appointment of a board of assessors, the director of\nfinance shall have general supervisory power only over such board, and\nshall not have charge of the administration of the function of\nassessment of real property for taxation, which function shall be\nperformed solely by the board of assessors.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 193 — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 12 / Part 4 / Section 193
Availability of additional remedies
Status: in_force

§ 193. Availability of additional remedies. Nothing in this article\nshall be deemed to preclude the pursuit of any other civil or injunctive\nremedy by any person. The remedies provided in this article are in\naddition to those provided by existing statutory or common law, but no\nperson who receives compensation for damages or cleanup and removal\ncosts pursuant to any other state or federal law shall be permitted to\nreceive compensation for the same damages or cleanup and removal costs\nunder this article.\n