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N.Y. AGM Law § 139-A — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 9 / Section 139-A
Tolerances
Status: in_force

§ 139-a. Tolerances.  On account of the unavoidable variations which\noccur between two analyses or tests and likewise between label\nstatements and the results of subsequent analyses and tests, recognized\ntolerances shall be employed in the enforcement of the provisions of\nthis article.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 791 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 7-B / Section 791
Jurisdiction; courts; venue
Status: in_force

§ 791. Jurisdiction; courts; venue. 1. A special proceeding to remove\nabandoned homes may be maintained in a supreme court, a court of civil\njurisdiction in a city, a district court, or a county court.\n  2. The place of trial of the special proceeding shall be within the\njurisdictional area of the court in which the real property or a portion\nthereof is situated.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 58 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 3 / Section 58
Liability of state for damages
Status: in_force

§ 58. Liability of state for damages. The state shall not be liable\nfor damages suffered by any person from defects in state highways,\nexcept between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of November on\nsuch highways as are maintained by the state under such system as the\ncommissioner of transportation may adopt pursuant to section twelve, but\nthe liability for such damages shall otherwise remain as now provided by\nlaw, notwithstanding the construction or improvement and maintenance of\nsuch highways by the state under this chapter; but nothing herein\ncontained shall be construed to impose on the state any liability for\ndefects in bridges over which the state has no control. Within the\nlimits of incorporated villages the state shall maintain a width of\npavement equal to the width of pavement constructed or improved at the\nexpense of the state, if a state highway, the location of the state's\nportion of such roadway within said incorporated limits to be determined\nby the center line of the roadway as shown on the plans on file with the\ndepartment of transportation and the state shall be liable for damages\nto persons or property only when such damage shall occur as a result of\nthe defective condition of the portion of improved highway as above\ndescribed.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 34 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 3 / Section 34
Practice on hearings; attendance and examination of witnesses
Status: in_force

§ 34. Practice on hearings; attendance and examination of witnesses.\n1. The practice on all investigations and hearings conducted or\ninstituted as provided in this chapter shall be governed by the rules of\nthe department, and in all such hearings or investigations where\ntestimony is taken, the commissioner, or other officer conducting the\nsame, shall not be bound by the technical rules of evidence.\n  2. All subpoenas shall be signed and issued by the commissioner, a\ndeputy commissioner or the counsel of the department.\n  The fees of witnesses shall be audited and paid in the same manner as\nother expenses of the department. Whenever a subpoena is issued at the\ninstance of a complainant, respondent or other party to the proceeding,\nthe cost of the service thereof and the fees of the witness shall be\nborne by the party at whose instance the witness is subpoenaed.\n  3. If a person subpoenaed to attend before the commissioner or other\nofficer of the department, fails to obey the command of such subpoena,\nwithout reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance upon an\ninvestigation or hearing shall, without reasonable cause, refuse to be\nsworn or to be examined or to answer a question or to produce a book or\npaper, when ordered so to do by the officer or officers conducting such\nan investigation or hearing, or to subscribe and swear to his deposition\nafter it has been correctly reduced to writing, if required so to do, he\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be prosecuted therefor in any\ncourt of competent criminal jurisdiction.\n  4. A subpoena issued under this section shall be regulated by the\ncivil practice law and rules.\n  5. Any person who shall wilfully testify falsely as to any material\nmatter pending in an investigation or proceeding under this chapter\nshall be guilty of perjury.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 130.51 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 7 / Part 7 / Section 130.51
Voting and rulings
Status: in_force

§ 130.51. Voting and rulings. (a) Voting by members of a general or\nspecial court-martial on the findings and on the sentence, and by\nmembers of a court-martial without a military judge upon questions of\nchallenge, shall be by secret written ballot. The junior member of the\ncourt shall in each case count the votes, which count shall be checked\nby the president, who shall forthwith announce the result of the ballot\nto the members of the court.\n  (b) The military judge and, except for questions of challenge, the\npresident of a court-martial without a military judge shall rule on all\nquestions of law and all interlocutory questions arising during the\nproceedings. Any such ruling made by the military judge upon any\nquestion of law or any interlocutory question other than the factual\nissue of mental responsibility of the accused, or by the president of a\ncourt-martial without a military judge upon any question of law other\nthan a motion for finding of not guilty, is final and constitutes the\nruling of a court. However, the military judge or the president of a\ncourt-martial without a military judge may change his ruling at any time\nduring the trial. Unless such ruling be final, if any member objects\nthereto, the court shall be cleared and closed and the question decided\nby a vote as provided in section 130.52, viva voce, beginning with the\njunior in rank.\n  (c) Before a vote is taken on the findings, the military judge or the\npresident of a court-martial without a military judge shall, in the\npresence of the accused and counsel, instruct the members of the court\nas to the elements of the offense and charge them--\n  (1) that the accused must be presumed to be innocent until his guilt\nis established by legal and competent evidence beyond reasonable doubt;\n  (2) that in the case being considered, if there is a reasonable doubt\nas to the guilt of the accused, the doubt shall be resolved in favor of\nthe accused and he shall be acquitted;\n  (3) that if there is a reasonable doubt as to the degree of guilt, the\nfinding must be in a lower degree as to which there is no reasonable\ndoubt; and\n  (4) that the burden of proof to establish the guilt of the accused\nbeyond reasonable doubt is upon the state.\n  (d) Subdivisions (a), (b) and (c) do not apply to a court-martial\ncomposed of a military judge only. The military judge of such a\ncourt-martial shall determine all questions of law and fact arising\nduring the proceedings and, if the accused is convicted, adjudge an\nappropriate sentence. The military judge of such a court-martial shall\nmake a general finding and shall in addition on request find the facts\nspecially. If an opinion or memorandum of decision is filed, it will be\nsufficient if the findings of fact appear therein.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 669 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13-D / Section 669
Unauthorized use of the term "bank" or "trust company
Status: in_force

§ 669. Unauthorized use of the term "bank" or "trust company." Any\nperson not authorized by the superintendent of financial services, who:\n  1. Uses an office sign at the place where his business is transacted,\nhaving thereon any artificial or corporate name, or other words\nindicating that such place or office is the place or office of a bank or\ntrust company; or,\n  2. Uses or circulates any letter-heads, bill-heads, blank notes, blank\nreceipts, certificates, circulars or any written or printed paper\nwhatever, having thereon any artificial or corporate name, or other word\nor words indicating that such business is the business of a bank or\ntrust company.\n  Is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that nothing in this\nsection shall be deemed to prevent a bank holding company from using any\ncorporate name it is duly authorized to use under subdivision (b) of\nsection three hundred two of the business corporation law.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 2026 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 40 / Section 2026
Construction
Status: in_force

§ 2026. Construction. Whenever the terms "state tax commission",\n"state tax commissioners" or "tax commissioner" occur in this chapter or\nin any law where reference is made to such commission, commissioner or\ncommissioners in relation to the administration of the administrative\nhearing process, as such process is described in this article, such\nterms shall be deemed to refer to the division of tax appeals or the tax\nappeals tribunal and in all other instances shall be deemed to refer to\nthe division of taxation or the commissioner of taxation and finance.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 7-1.10 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 7-1.10
Provision by non-domiciliary creator as to law to govern trust
Status: in_force

§ 7-1.10 Provision by non-domiciliary creator as to law to govern trust\n  (a) Whenever a person, not domiciled in this state, creates a trust\nwhich provides that it shall be governed by the laws of this state, such\nprovision shall be given effect in determining the validity, effect and\ninterpretation of the disposition in such trust of:\n  (1) Any trust property situated in this state at the time the trust is\ncreated.\n  (2) Personal property, wherever situated, if the trustee of the trust\nis a person residing, incorporated or authorized to do business in this\nstate or a national bank having an office in this state.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1420 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31 / Section 1420
Limitations of time
Status: in_force

§ 1420. Limitations of time. (a) The provisions of the civil practice\nlaw and rules or any other law relative to limitations of time for the\nenforcement of a civil remedy shall not apply to any proceeding or\naction taken by the state or the commissioner of taxation and finance to\nlevy, appraise, assess, determine or enforce the collection of any tax\nor penalty provided by this article. No assessment of additional tax\nshall be made after the expiration of more than three years from the\ndate of the filing of a return; provided, however, that where no return\nhas been filed as provided by law or in the case of a willfully false or\nfraudulent return, the tax may be assessed at any time.\n  (b) Where, before the expiration of the period prescribed herein for\nthe assessment of additional tax, a taxpayer has consented in writing\nthat such period be extended, the amount of such additional tax due may\nbe determined at any time within such extended period. The period so\nextended may be further extended by subsequent consents in writing made\nbefore the expiration of the extended period. If a taxpayer has\nconsented in writing to the extension of the period for assessment, the\nperiod for filing an application for a refund pursuant to section\nfourteen hundred twelve shall not expire prior to six months after the\nexpiration of the period within which an assessment may be made pursuant\nto the consent to extend the time for assessment of additional tax.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 400 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 8 / Section 400
Policy and purposes of article
Status: in_force

§ 400. Policy and purposes of article. It is hereby declared that\nthere exists in municipalities in this state a seriously inadequate\nsupply of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons and\nfamilies of low income; that such shortage constitutes an emergency and\na grave menace to the health, safety, morals, welfare and comfort of\ncitizens of this state; that there exists in such municipalities a large\nnumber of multiple dwellings which are inadequate, unsafe or insanitary\nby reason of the absence of proper heating facilities or by reason of\nthe necessity for elimination of conditions dangerous to human life or\ndetrimental to health, including nuisances as defined in section three\nhundred nine of the multiple dwelling law, or for other rehabilitation\nor improvement and which can be made adequate, safe and sanitary, by the\ninstallation of proper heating facilities or by other rehabilitation,\npreservation or improvement or by the elimination of such conditions;\nthat such installation, rehabilitation, preservation or improvement\ncannot readily be provided by the ordinary unaided operation of private\nenterprise for occupancy by persons or families of low income without\npublic aid in the form of low interest loans or grants to owners of such\nmultiple dwellings for the purpose of such installation, rehabilitation,\npreservation or improvement; that the installation of proper heating\nfacilities in such multiple dwellings or other rehabilitation,\npreservation or improvement thereof for occupancy by persons of low\nincome as defined in this article is a public use and a public purpose\nfor which public money may be loaned or granted; that such conditions\nrequire the provisions hereinafter enacted; and the necessity in the\npublic interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted is hereby\ndeclared as a matter of legislative determination.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 24-A — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 3 / Section 24-A
Terms of office of elective officers
Status: in_force

§ 24-a. Terms of office of elective officers. 1.  Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of section twenty-four of this chapter or any other general\nlaw, and at least one hundred fifty days prior to any biennial town\nelection, the town board of any town may adopt a resolution to provide\nthat the term of office of each and any elective town official\nthereafter elected shall be four years, and such resolution shall be\nsubmitted to the qualified electors of the town for their approval or\ndisapproval at the next biennial town election. No such resolution shall\nbecome effective until approved by the affirmative vote of the majority\nof the qualified electors of the town voting on such proposition. The\nsubmission of such proposition shall be as provided in article seven of\nthis chapter for a referendum thereunder in like manner as if a petition\ntherefor had been filed in accordance with the provisions of this\nchapter, except that such proposition shall be submitted only at a\nbiennial town election as hereinbefore provided. If the town board shall\nhave adopted such a resolution and if a majority of the votes cast on\nany such proposition when submitted as herein provided shall be in the\naffirmative, the terms of office of those town officers included in such\nproposition and thereafter elected shall be for a period of four years.\n  2. In those towns where the term of office of elected officials has\nbeen set at four years pursuant to subdivision one of this section, and\nat least one hundred fifty days prior to any biennial town election, the\ntown board may adopt a resolution to provide that the term of office of\neach and any elective town official, whose term of office was changed to\nfour years as provided in subdivision one of this section, thereafter\nelected shall be two years, and such resolution shall be submitted to\nthe qualified electors of the town for their approval or disapproval at\nthe next biennial town election. No such resolution shall become\neffective until approved by the affirmative vote of the majority of the\nqualified electors of the town voting on such proposition. The\nsubmission of such proposition shall be as provided in article seven of\nthis chapter for a referendum thereunder in like manner as if a petition\ntherefor had been filed in accordance with the provisions of this\nchapter, except that such proposition shall be submitted only at a\nbiennial town election as hereinbefore provided. If the town board shall\nhave adopted such a resolution and if a majority of the votes cast on\nany such proposition when submitted as herein provided shall be in the\naffirmative, the terms of office of those town officers included in such\nproposition and thereafter elected shall be for a period of two years.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 79 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 4 / Section 79
Appointment of terms of appellate division in each department
Status: in_force

§ 79. Appointment of terms of appellate division in each department.\nThe terms of the appellate divisions of the supreme court are to be\nappointed by the appellate division in each department, and are to be\nheld at such times and places and shall continue as long as the\nappellate division deems proper.\n  An appointment of a term or terms of an appellate division must be\nmade and filed in the office of court administration at least thirty\ndays before the commencement of such term or terms. The governor may,\nwhen in his opinion the public interest so requires, appoint one or more\nextraordinary terms of the appellate division of the supreme court in\nany department. He must designate the time and place of holding the same\nand he must give notice of the appointment in such manner as, in his\njudgment, the public interest requires.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 152 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 8 / Section 152
Labor requirements
Status: in_force

§ 152. Labor requirements.  All contracts of an authority involving\nthe employment, among others, of laborers, workmen or mechanics shall be\nin conformity with the provisions of article eight of the labor law, and\nsuch provisions shall be deemed terms of all such contracts; and for the\npurpose of obtaining the prevailing rate of wages or fees for such\ncontracts, the authority shall proceed in the same manner as the\nmunicipality in which the authority operates. All such contracts\ninvolving the employment, among others, of architects, draftsmen or\ntechnicians, whether or not working on the site of the project, shall\ncontain a provision requiring that the wages or fees prevailing in the\nmunicipality shall be paid to such architects, draftsmen and\ntechnicians; and for the purpose of obtaining the prevailing rate of\nwages or fees, the authority shall proceed in the same manner as the\nmunicipality proceeds in obtaining the prevailing rate of wages or fees\nfor laborers, workmen and mechanics; and the industrial commissioner of\nthe state or the municipal comptroller, as the case may be, shall\ndetermine such prevailing rates of wages or fees upon application of an\nauthority in the same manner as provided by article eight of the labor\nlaw for laborers, workmen and mechanics. Employees of all contractors\nand subcontractors employed under or by virtue of such contracts shall\nhave the right to organize and to bargain collectively through\nrepresentatives of their own choosing.\n
N.Y. CCO Law § 45 — New York Code / Act CCO / Article 3 / Section 45
Voting by delegates
Status: in_force

§ 45. Voting by delegates. A cooperative corporation may, by by-law,\nprovide for a method of voting for the election of a delegate or\ndelegates from each of its designated districts or local associations,\nand for voting by such delegates. As provided in the by-laws, each\ndelegate may have one vote in the affairs of the corporation; or one\nvote for each member in his designated district or local association; or\none vote for each member who was present and voted in person at meetings\nin the respective districts or local associations; or the number of\nvotes may be apportioned according to patronage.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 202 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 2 / Section 202
Restriction upon commencement of business
Status: in_force

§ 202. Restriction upon commencement of business. No business\ncorporation organized under the provisions of this article shall engage\nin the prosecution or management of its business until the whole of its\ncapital stock shall have been subscribed, nor until it shall have filed\nin the offices where certificates of incorporation were filed, a further\ncertificate stating that the whole of its capital stock has been in good\nfaith subscribed, executed and acknowledged by its president or\nvice-president and treasurer or secretary, and verified by them to the\neffect that the statements contained in it are true.\n  Notwithstanding the foregoing, corporations organized pursuant to\nsection two hundred one of the not-for-profit corporation law as\ncharitable corporations as defined in paragraph (a) of section one\nhundred two (Definitions) of the not-for-profit corporation law shall\nnot engage in the prosecution or management of its business until its\ncertificate of incorporation has been accepted for filing by the\nsecretary of state and such confirmation of filing has been filed with\nthe commission and the franchise oversight board.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-CCC — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-CCC
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Corporal Tony Casamento Memorial Bridge"
Status: in_force

§ 343-ccc. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Corporal Tony Casamento Memorial Bridge". The bridge on county route\n28, exits number 34 on the east and westbound Southern state parkway in\nthe town of Babylon, county of Suffolk, shall be designated and known as\nthe "Corporal Tony Casamento Memorial Bridge".\n
N.Y. PML Law § 1411 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 14 / Section 1411
Contests authorized
Status: in_force

§ 1411. Contests authorized. Interactive fantasy sports contests\nregistered and conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter are\nhereby authorized.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 133 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 9 / Section 133
Rules, orders and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 133. Rules, orders and regulations. The commissioner of public\nsafety shall make, adopt and enforce such reasonable rules, orders and\nregulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be reasonably necessary\nto effect a prompt and efficient exercise of all the powers conferred\nand the performance of all duties imposed by law upon him or the\ndepartment under his jurisdiction. He is authorized and empowered to\nmake, adopt, promulgate and enforce reasonable rules, orders and\nregulations for the government, discipline, administration and\ndisposition of the officers and members of the police and fire\ndepartments, and for the hearing, examination, investigation, trial and\ndetermination of charges made or prepared against any officer or member\nof said departments for neglect of official duty or incompetency or\nincapacity to perform his official duties or some delinquency seriously\naffecting his general character or fitness for the office, and may, in\nhis discretion, punish any such officer or member found guilty thereof\nby reprimand, forfeiting and withholding pay for a specified time,\nsupension during a fixed period or dismissal from office; but no officer\nor member of said departments shall be removed or otherwise punished for\nany other cause, nor until specific charges in writing have been\npreferred against and served upon him, and he shall have been found\nguilty thereof, after reasonable notice and upon due trial before said\ncommissioner in the form and manner prescribed by law and the rules and\nregulations of the department.\n