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N.Y. MHY Law § 79.01 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 79 / Section 79.01
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 79.01 Definitions. As used in this article:\n  The term "person" includes a partnership, corporation, or an\nassociation.\n  The term "administration" means the United States veterans'\nadministration or its successor.\n  The terms "estate" and "income" shall include only moneys received by\nthe guardian from the administration and all earnings, interest, and\nprofits derived therefrom.\n  The term "benefits" shall mean all moneys payable by the United States\nthrough the administration.\n  The term "director" means the director of the United States veterans'\nadministration or his successor.\n  The term "ward" means a beneficiary of the administration.\n  The term "guardian" as used herein shall mean any person acting as a\nfiduciary for a ward.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 389-O — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 25-B / Section 389-O
Safety glazing materials required
Status: in_force

§ 389-o. Safety glazing materials required. It shall be unlawful\nwithin the state of New York to knowingly sell, fabricate, assemble,\nglaze, install, consent or cause to be installed glazing materials other\nthan safety glazing materials in or for use in, any "hazardous\nlocations".\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 215.40 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title I / Article 215 / Section 215.40
Dismissal of action; effect thereof; records
Status: in_force

§ 215.40 Dismissal of action; effect thereof; records.\n  If an action has not been restored to the calendar within six months,\nor where the defendant has agreed to pay a fine, restitution or\nreparation but has not paid such fine, restitution or reparation, within\none year, of the issuance of an order adjourning the action in\ncontemplation of dismissal, the accusatory instrument shall be deemed to\nhave been dismissed by the court in furtherance of justice at the\nexpiration of such six month or one year period, as the case may be.\nUpon dismissal of an action, the arrest and prosecution shall be deemed\na nullity, and defendant shall be restored to the status he or she\noccupied before his or her arrest and prosecution. All papers and\nrecords relating to an action that has been dismissed pursuant to this\nsection shall be subject to the sealing provisions of section 160.50 of\nthis chapter.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1402 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 14 / Section 1402
Who may propound will; contents of petition; direction of court 1
Status: in_force

§ 1402. Who may propound will; contents of petition; direction of court\n  1. Who may petition. A petition for the probate of a will may be\npresented by\n  (a) any person designated in the will as legatee, devisee, fiduciary\nor guardian or by the guardian of an infant legatee or devisee or the\ncommittee of an incompetent legatee or devisee, or the conservator of a\nlegatee or devisee who has been designated a conservatee pursuant to\narticle seventy-seven of the mental hygiene law;\n  (b) a creditor or any person interested or any person entitled to\nletters of administration with the will annexed under 1418;\n  (c) any party to an action brought or about to be brought in which\naction the decedent, if living, would be a party;\n  (d) the Public Administrator or County Treasurer on order of the\ncourt, where a will has been filed in the court and proceedings for its\nprobate have not been instituted or diligently prosecuted.\n  2. Contents of petition. The petition for probate shall allege the\ncitizenship of the petitioner and the testator and shall describe the\nwill being offered for probate and any other will of the same testator\non file in the court and shall set forth the names and post-office\naddresses so far as they can be ascertained with due diligence of all of\nthe persons required to be cited and all of the legatees, devisees and\nfiduciaries named in the will or any other will so filed.\n  3. Direction of court.\n  (a) Where a petition for probate has been filed and the proceeding has\nnot been diligently prosecuted the court may direct the Public\nAdministrator or County Treasurer or authorize any party to take such\nsteps as may be required to bring the proceeding to a decree.\n  (b) Where necessary, the court shall determine the text or tenor of\nthe will as admitted to probate and may incorporate the will or any part\nthereof in the decree.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 156-A — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 8 / Section 156-A
Notice of rejection of applicants for admission
Status: in_force

§ 156-a. Notice of rejection of applicants for admission.  In the\nevent that the authority determines that an applicant is ineligible for\npublic housing it shall cause a written record stating the reasons for\nineligibility to be filed in its office.  The applicant shall be mailed\na letter from the housing authority stating that the applicant is\nineligible and that the applicant may be apprised of the reason or\nreasons for such ineligibility at a personal interview at the office of\nthe housing authority.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 114-B — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 7 / Section 114-B
Readjustment of an employer's experience rating
Status: in_force

§ 114-b. Readjustment of an employer's experience rating. If pursuant\nto section one hundred fourteen-a of this chapter, benefits or payments\nare suspended or otherwise prohibited, and so long as the employer has\nnot been found to be in violation of section one hundred fourteen of\nthis chapter, such employer's experience rating, or where the employer\nis not experience rated, any surcharges resulting from the fraudulent\nclaim, shall be readjusted to reflect the position in which it would\nhave been, or the experience rating which it would have had, had such\nfraudulent claim not been made.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 7-1.19 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 7-1.19
Application for termination of uneconomical trust
Status: in_force

§ 7-1.19 Application for termination of uneconomical trust\n  (a) Notwithstanding sections 7-1.5 and 7-2.4 of this article or any\nother contrary provision of law:\n  (1) Any trustee or beneficiary of a lifetime or testamentary express\ntrust (other than a wholly charitable trust) may, by application to the\nsurrogate's court having jurisdiction over the trust, seek a termination\nof such trust when the expense of administering the trust is\nuneconomical.\n  (2) If, upon such application, the court finds that continuation of\nthe trust is economically impracticable, that the express terms of the\ndisposing instrument do not prohibit its early termination, and that\nsuch termination would not defeat the specified purpose of the trust and\nwould be in the best interests of the beneficiaries, the court may make\nan order or decree terminating the trust and directing the distribution\nof the trust assets to and among those beneficiaries who at the time are\nentitled (or entitled in the discretion of the trustee) to the income\nand/or principal of the trust and those beneficiaries who would be\nentitled (or entitled in the discretion of the trustee) to the income\nand/or principal of the trust if it were to terminate immediately before\nsuch order or decree. The distribution of the trust assets shall be made\nin such manner, proportions and shares as in the judgment of the court\nwill effectuate the intention of the creator.\n  (b) Notice of the application shall be given to such persons and at\nsuch time and in such manner as the court, in its discretion, may\ndirect.\n  (c) If the application or the possibility of the application of this\nsection to any trust would reduce or eliminate a charitable deduction\notherwise available to any person under the income tax, gift tax, estate\ntax or generation-skipping transfer tax provisions of the United States\nInternal Revenue Code, or the laws of any state of the United States or\nof the District of Columbia, this section shall not apply to such trust.\n  (d) This section shall not apply to a supplemental needs trust which\nconforms to the provisions of section 7-1.12 of this part.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 204 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 13 / Section 204
Certification and approval of contracts and conveyances
Status: in_force

§ 204. Certification and approval of contracts and conveyances.  No\nwritten contract providing for the payment of two hundred dollars or\nmore, entered into by the city or any of its officers, boards or\ndepartments, shall become effective or be acted under until there shall\nbe indorsed thereon by the corporation counsel or an assistant, a\ncertificate to the effect that the city officer, board or department\nwhich has executed the same on behalf of the city, had authority and\npower to make such contract, and that such contract is in proper form\nand properly executed; he shall approve all deeds, conveyances, leases\nand abstracts of title affecting property acquired, conveyed to or\nleased by the city; and he shall attend to all the law business of the\ncity and discharge such other duties as may be prescribed by law or\nordinance of the common council.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 13.11 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title C / Article 13 / Section 13.11
Organization and administration of the office for people with developmental disabilities and its facilities
Status: in_force

§ 13.11 Organization and administration of the office for people with\n          developmental disabilities and its facilities.\n  (a) The commissioner shall have the professional jurisdiction,\nsupervision, and control of the office and all department facilities for\npersons with developmental disabilities.\n  (b) The commissioner shall control the organization of the office and\nmay continue, establish, discontinue, expand, and contract facilities\nunder his or her jurisdiction. The facilities set forth in section 13.17\nin state operations offices may not be discontinued by the commissioner.\nUnits and facilities shall have such functions, duties, and\nresponsibilities as may be assigned to them by the commissioner.\n  (c) The commissioner may, within the amounts appropriated therefor,\nlease space or facilities in which services for persons with\ndevelopmental disabilities are to be provided. He may delegate this\nauthority to the facilities development corporation.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 3439 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 34 / Section 3439
Reinsurance contracts excepted
Status: in_force

§ 3439. Reinsurance contracts excepted. The provisions of this article\nshall not apply to contracts of reinsurance, except as otherwise\nprovided by law.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 261 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 8 / Section 261
Salary of deputy clerk of court of appeals
Status: in_force

§ 261. Salary of deputy clerk of court of appeals.  The deputy clerk\nof the court of appeals shall receive a salary of five thousand two\nhundred dollars per annum.\n
N.Y. TCP Law § 3 — New York Code / Act TCP / Article 1 / Section 3
Incorporation
Status: in_force

§ 3. Incorporation. (a) A transportation corporation may be formed\nunder this chapter, in accordance with the procedure for the formation\nof corporations set forth in article four of the business corporation\nlaw, by delivering to the department of state for filing a certificate\nof incorporation entitled "Certificate of incorporation of . . . (name\nof corporation) pursuant to section three of the transportation\ncorporations law".\n  (b) In addition to the statements prescribed by section four hundred\ntwo of the business corporation law, a certificate of incorporation of a\ntransportation corporation shall designate the particular kind of\ntransportation corporation to be formed, and shall state:\n  1. If a gas corporation, an electric corporation, or a gas and\nelectric corporation, the county or counties in which its operations are\nto be carried on;\n  2. If a telegraph corporation, a telephone corporation, or a telegraph\nand telephone corporation, the territory in which its operations are to\nbe carried on;\n  3. If a water-works corporation, the cities, towns and villages to be\nsupplied with water, and that the consent of the authorities of such\ncities, towns and villages required by this chapter has been obtained,\nand that such consent has been annexed thereto;\n  5. If a ferry corporation, the places from and to which the ferry is\nto run;\n  6. If a pipe line corporation, the places from and to which the pipe\nline is to be maintained, as nearly as practicable, and the county or\ncounties through which or in which it is to be maintained and operated;\n  7. If a freight terminal corporation, the limits of the locality in\nwhich its operations are to be carried on;\n  8. If a district steam corporation, the cities, towns and villages to\nbe supplied with steam and that the consent of the authorities of such\ncities, towns and villages required by this chapter has been obtained,\nand that such consent has been annexed thereto.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 603 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 6 / Section 603
Severance and separate trials
Status: in_force

§ 603. Severance and separate trials. In furtherance of convenience or\nto avoid prejudice the court may order a severance of claims, or may\norder a separate trial of any claim, or of any separate issue. The court\nmay order the trial of any claim or issue prior to the trial of the\nothers.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 655 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13-C / Section 655
Maximum amount of insurance
Status: in_force

§ 655. Maximum amount of insurance. 1. Subject to the provisions of\nsubdivisions two and three of this section, the maximum amount of\ninsurance that any claimant shall be entitled to shall be determined by\nthe superintendent after taking into account the amount of claims, the\namount of the fund, including the authority of the fund to make\nassessments pursuant to section six hundred fifty-seven of this article,\nand any claim for recovery which the fund would have pursuant to the\nprovisions of section six hundred forty-three of this chapter.\n  2. No insurance shall be paid on any New York instrument payable for\nan amount in excess of one thousand dollars, other than those New York\ninstruments issued for the purpose of paying utility bills.\n  3. The maximum amount of insurance which any claimant shall be\nentitled to shall be determined as follows:\n  a. If the claimant is a purchaser, the maximum amount of insurance\nwhich such purchaser shall be entitled to on all insured New York\ninstruments purchased by said purchaser shall be five thousand dollars.\n  b. If the claimant is a holder, the maximum amount of insurance which\nsuch holder shall be entitled to shall be the aggregate of the amounts\nwhich would have been due to the purchasers of the insured New York\ninstruments held by the holder, had the instruments remained in the\npossession of the purchasers, rather than the holder.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 508-A — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 14 / Section 508-A
Death benefit for vested members who die prior to retirement
Status: in_force

§ 508-a. Death benefit for vested members who die prior to retirement.\na. A death benefit plus the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any,\nshall be payable upon the death of a member of a retirement system who:\n  1. Died before the effective date of retirement while a member of such\nretirement system;\n  2. Had at least ten years of credited service at the time of death;\nand\n  3. Died at a time and in a manner which did not result in the\neligibility of the member's estate or any beneficiary to receive any\ndeath benefits from such retirement system on account of such death.\n  b. Benefits provided under this section shall be payable to the\nmember's estate or the beneficiary or beneficiaries nominated by the\nmember on a designation of beneficiary form filed with the\nadministrative head of such retirement system.\n  c. The amount of the benefit payable pursuant to this section shall be\nequal to one-half of the amount of the ordinary death benefit which\nwould have been payable had the member's death occurred on the last day\nof service upon which membership was based.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 283 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 13-C / Section 283
Variances and amendments
Status: in_force

§ 283. Variances and amendments. 1. The village board of any village\nor the town board of any town in which one or more residential or\nresidential and recreational areas have been established pursuant to\nthis article may establish rules, regulations and procedures by or\npursuant to which such board may, consistent with the purposes and\nobjectives of this article as described in section two hundred eighty\nhereof, authorize or permit a necessary or desirable use of land or\nprevent unnecessary hardship in an individual or particular instance by\nthe granting of a proper and appropriate variance from any ordinance or\nlocal law adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article.\n  2. The village board of any village or the town board of any town in\nwhich a residential or residential and recreational area has been\nestablished pursuant to this article on petition of any person or\ncorporation aggrieved thereby or of one or more interested persons or\ncorporations or on its own motion may, after a public hearing held on\nnotice published and posted as provided in subdivision two of section\ntwo hundred eighty-one of this chapter, amend any ordinance or local law\nadopted pursuant to this article which prohibits, restricts, regulates,\ncontrols and limits the use of buildings, structures or land within such\narea.\n  3. Each such amendment shall be entered, published and posted, shall\nbecome effective and shall be reviewable by a proceeding under article\nseventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules as provided in section\ntwo hundred eighty-two of this chapter.\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 91 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 7 / Section 91
Change of location
Status: in_force

§ 91. Change of location. Any institution, without complying with any\nprovision of law requiring approval or application for approval of a\nchange of location of its place or places of business, may from time to\ntime change the location of any of its places of business with respect\nto which an acute emergency exists to another location within this state\nwhich shall be as near as practicable to the place at which such place\nof business was located at the commencement of the period of acute\nemergency, and may carry on its business at such new location during\nsuch period of acute emergency and thereafter for a reasonable time. Any\ninstitution changing the location of any place of business pursuant to\nthe provisions of this paragraph shall notify the superintendent thereof\nin writing as soon as practicable before or after the date of such\nchange, stating the address of the place of business whose location is\nbeing changed, the address of the location to which such place of\nbusiness is being changed, and the dates when the institution is ceasing\nto do business at the former location and commencing to do business at\nthe latter location.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 207 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 9 / Section 207
Warrant to seize chattel; proceedings thereupon
Status: in_force

§ 207. Warrant to seize chattel; proceedings thereupon. If the\nplaintiff is not in possession of the chattel, a warrant may be granted\nby the court, or a judge thereof, commanding the sheriff, or such\nenforcement officer as is provided by law to execute the mandates of the\nparticular court, to seize the chattel and safely keep it to abide the\nfinal judgment in the action. The provisions of the civil practice law\nand rules, and the provisions of the court act of the particular court,\nrelating to an order of attachment shall apply to such warrant of\nseizure, and to the proceedings to procure it, and after it has been\nissued, except as otherwise expressly prescribed in this article.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 81 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 6 / Section 81
Appropriations for band concerts
Status: in_force

§ 81. Appropriations for band concerts. The board of estimate and\napportionment may include in the annual estimate and appropriate an\namount to be expended by the superintendent of parks under the\nsupervision and direction of the commissioner of public works, in\nproviding public band concerts in the public parks or places of the\ncity.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 314 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 18 / Section 314
Charges for notice of strays
Status: in_force

§ 314. Charges for notice of strays. The person delivering the notice\nto the town clerk shall be entitled to receive therefor, in addition to\nthe fees paid the town clerk, fifteen cents each for all horses, mules,\ncattle and swine, and five cents for each other beasts described in the\nnotice. If the charges, damages, costs and fees are not agreed upon\nbetween the person delivering the notice and the owner of the beasts,\nthey shall be determined by two fence viewers of the town, one of whom\nshall be selected by the person claiming the lien, the other by the\nfence viewer so selected. If such fence viewers cannot agree, they shall\nselect another to act with them, and the decision of any two of them\nshall be final.\n
N.Y. UDR Law § 24 — New York Code / Act UDR / Section 24
Construction
Status: in_force

§ 24. Construction. This act, being necessary for the welfare of the\nstate and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed so as to\neffectuate its purposes.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 370-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 14-B / Section 370-A
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 370-a. Definitions. For the purpose of this article:\n  1. "Traffic and parking violations agency" shall mean a department of\nthe Nassau county government established pursuant to subdivision two of\nsection three hundred seventy of this article or a department in the\nSuffolk county government established pursuant to subdivision three of\nsuch section to administer and dispose of traffic and parking\ninfractions.\n  1-a. "Traffic violations agency" shall mean an executive department of\nthe city of Buffalo established pursuant to subdivision four of section\nthree hundred seventy of this article to administer and dispose of\ntraffic infractions as authorized pursuant to this article.\n  1-b. "Traffic violations agency" shall mean an executive department of\nthe city of Rochester established pursuant to subdivision five of\nsection three hundred seventy of this article to administer and dispose\nof traffic infractions as authorized pursuant to this article.\n  2. "Traffic prosecutor" shall mean an attorney duly admitted to\npractice law in the state of New York who, having been appointed and\neither hired or retained pursuant to section three hundred seventy-four\nof this article, has the responsibility of prosecuting any traffic and\nparking infractions returnable before the Nassau county district court\nor the Suffolk county district court or any traffic infractions\nreturnable before the Buffalo city court pursuant to the jurisdictional\nlimitations of section three hundred seventy-one of this article.\n  2-a. "Traffic prosecutor" shall also mean an attorney duly admitted to\npractice law in the state of New York who, having been appointed and\neither hired or retained pursuant to section three hundred\nseventy-four-b of this article, has the responsibility of prosecuting\nany traffic infractions returnable before the Rochester city court\npursuant to the jurisdictional limitations of section three hundred\nseventy-one of this article.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 800 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 22 / Section 800
County service officer; term; duties
Status: in_force

§ 800. County service officer; term; duties. The board of supervisors\nmay create the office of county service officer and appoint such officer\nfor the term for which the membership of such board was elected. The\ncounty service officer shall assist members of the armed forces and\nveterans and their dependents in obtaining any benefits and awards to\nwhich they may be entitled under any federal, state or local\nlegislation. He shall perform such additional and related duties as may\nbe prescribed by law and directed by the board of supervisors.\n