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N.Y. CNT Law § 836 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 23 / Section 836
Soldier burial plots in Niagara county
Status: in_force

§ 836. Soldier burial plots in Niagara county. The board of\nsupervisors of the county of Niagara may provide for the perpetual care\nand maintenance of burial plots and burial places of deceased members of\nthe armed forces who shall have been heretofore or may hereafter be\nburied in any cemetery located in the county and the expense thereof\nshall be a county charge. Upon the adoption of such proposition the\nboard shall designate some person or commission to have charge of the\nwork and may fix a compensation to be paid for the services to be\nhereafter rendered in the work. The cost and expense of the work may be\nappropriated from funds in the county treasury not otherwise\nappropriated or may be provided by the issuance of notes pursuant to and\nwithin the limitations prescribed by the local finance law.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 220.09 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 220 / Section 220.09
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree
Status: in_force

§ 220.09 Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth\n           degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in\nthe fourth degree when he knowingly and unlawfully possesses:\n  1. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances\ncontaining a narcotic drug and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or\nsubstances are of an aggregate weight of one-eighth ounce or more; or\n  2. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances\ncontaining methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of isomers and\nsaid preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate\nweight of one-half ounce or more; or\n  3. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances\ncontaining a narcotic preparation and said preparations, compounds,\nmixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of two ounces or more;\nor\n  4. a stimulant and said stimulant weighs one gram or more; or\n  5. lysergic acid diethylamide and said lysergic acid diethylamide\nweighs one milligram or more; or\n  6. a hallucinogen and said hallucinogen weighs twenty-five milligrams\nor more; or\n  7. a hallucinogenic substance and said hallucinogenic substance weighs\none gram or more; or\n  8. a dangerous depressant and such dangerous depressant weighs ten\nounces or more; or\n  9. a depressant and such depressant weighs two pounds or more; or\n  11. phencyclidine and said phencyclidine weighs two hundred fifty\nmilligrams or more; or\n  12. methadone and said methadone weighs three hundred sixty milligrams\nor more; or\n  13. phencyclidine and said phencyclidine weighs fifty milligrams or\nmore with intent to sell it and has previously been convicted of an\noffense defined in this article or the attempt or conspiracy to commit\nany such offense; or\n  14. ketamine and said ketamine weighs four thousand milligrams or\nmore; or\n  15. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances\ncontaining gamma hydroxybutyric acid, as defined in paragraph four of\nsubdivision (e) of schedule I of section thirty-three hundred six of the\npublic health law, and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or\nsubstances are of an aggregate weight of two hundred grams or more.\n  Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree is\na class C felony.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2999-W — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-EE / Section 2999-W
Benefits
Status: in_force

§ 2999-w. Benefits. 1. A PACE organization shall provide the following\nbenefits to its enrollees:\n  (a) all benefits under Medicaid, including under section three hundred\nsixty-four-j of the social services law;\n  (b) all benefits under Medicare, for enrollees that are enrolled in\nMedicare; and\n  (c) other services determined necessary by the PACE organization's\ninterdisciplinary team to improve and maintain the enrollee's overall\nhealth status.\n  2. A PACE organization may provide fiscal intermediary services if\napproved under section three hundred sixty-five-f of the social services\nlaw.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 54 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 54
Village
Status: in_force

§ 54. Village. The term village means an incorporated village.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 21 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 3 / Section 21
Commissions; penalty
Status: in_force

§ 21. Commissions; penalty.  An auctioneer in any county, other than\nNew York or Kings, shall not, without a previous agreement in writing,\nwith the owner or consignee of the goods sold, demand or receive a\ngreater compensation for his services than a commission of two and\none-half per centum on the amount of any sale, public or private, made\nby him. For a violation of this section he shall refund the moneys\nillegally received and forfeit two hundred and fifty dollars to each\nperson from whom he demands or receives an unlawful compensation or\ncommission.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 180.10 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 180 / Section 180.10
Bribery of labor official; definition of term
Status: in_force

§ 180.10 Bribery of labor official; definition of term.\n  As used in this article, "labor official" means any duly appointed\nrepresentative of a labor organization or any duly appointed trustee or\nrepresentative of an employee welfare trust fund.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 778-DDD — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 36-E / Section 778-DDD
Enforcement; action by the attorney general
Status: in_force

§ 778-ddd. Enforcement; action by the attorney general. Where the\nattorney general shall have reason to believe that there is an alleged\nviolation of this article based upon, among other things, a consumer\nreport of an alleged violation, the attorney general, in the name of the\npeople of the state of New York, shall dispatch a cease and desist\nletter to the entity at issue, specifying the alleged violation or\nviolations and the remedies to cure such violation or violations within\na designated timeline. Where, after receipt of the cease and desist\nletter and the expiration of such designated timeline, the entity\ncontinues to violate the provisions of this article, an application may\nbe made by the attorney general in the name of the people of the state\nof New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction by a special\nproceeding to issue an injunction, and upon notice to the respondent of\nnot less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of such\nviolation or violations; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of\nthe court or justice that the respondent has, in fact, violated this\narticle, an injunction may be issued by such court or justice, enjoining\nand restraining any further violation, without requiring proof that any\nperson has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby. Whenever the court\nshall determine that a violation of this article has occurred, the court\nmay impose a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for\neach violation. This section shall not be construed to limit any other\ncriminal or civil liability such entity may be subject to under law.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 55 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 5 / Section 55
Execution of deeds and contracts
Status: in_force

§ 55. Execution of deeds and contracts. The mayor shall, on behalf of\nthe city, execute all deeds and contracts made by it and shall cause to\nbe affixed thereto the city seal.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 39-C — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 2 / Section 39-C
Repossession of materials not used
Status: in_force

§ 39-c. Repossession of materials not used. If for any reason after\nthe work of a private or a public improvement of real property is\nabandoned by an owner, a contractor or a subcontractor before the\ncompletion thereof by such owner, contractor or subcontractor, or if,\nafter the same is completed, materials delivered are not used therefor,\na person who has delivered materials for the improvement which have not\nbeen incorporated therein and for which he has not received payment may\nrepossess and remove such materials; and thereupon he shall have no lien\non the real property or improvements against persons secondarily liable,\nfor the price thereof, but he shall have the same rights in regard to\nthe materials as if he had never parted with the possession. This right\nto repossess and remove the materials shall not be affected by their\nsale, encumbrance, attachment, or transfer from the site of the\nimprovement, except that, if the materials have been so transferred, the\nright to repossess them shall not be effective as against a purchaser or\nencumbrancer thereof in good faith whose interest therein shall have\narisen since such transfer from the site of the improvement, or as\nagainst a creditor attaching after such transfer. The right to\nrepossession and removal given by this section shall extend only to\nmaterials whose purchase price does not exceed the amount remaining due\nto the person repossessing; but where materials have been partly paid\nfor, the person delivering them may repossess them as allowed in this\nsection on refunding the part of the purchase price which has been paid\nless the cost of removal.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 215.54 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 215 / Section 215.54
Criminal contempt; prosecution and punishment
Status: in_force

§ 215.54 Criminal contempt; prosecution and punishment.\n  Adjudication for criminal contempt under subdivision A of section\nseven hundred fifty of the judiciary law shall not bar a prosecution for\nthe crime of criminal contempt under section 215.50 based upon the same\nconduct but, upon conviction thereunder, the court, in sentencing the\ndefendant shall take the previous punishment into consideration.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 4-103 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 4-103
Variation by Agreement; Measure of Damages; Certain Action Constituting Ordinary Care
Status: in_force

Section 4--103. Variation by Agreement; Measure of Damages; Certain\n                  Action Constituting Ordinary Care.\n  (1) The effect of the provisions of this Article may be varied by\nagreement except that no agreement can disclaim a bank's responsibility\nfor its own lack of good faith or failure to exercise ordinary care or\ncan limit the measure of damages for such lack or failure; but the\nparties may by agreement determine the standards by which such\nresponsibility is to be measured if such standards are not manifestly\nunreasonable.\n  (2) Federal Reserve regulations and operating letters, clearing house\nrules, and the like, have the effect of agreements under subsection (1),\nwhether or not specifically assented to by all parties interested in\nitems handled.\n  (3) Action or non-action approved by this Article or pursuant to\nFederal Reserve regulations or operating letters constitutes the\nexercise of ordinary care and, in the absence of special instructions,\naction or non-action consistent with clearing house rules and the like\nor with a general banking usage not disapproved by this Article, prima\nfacie constitutes the exercise of ordinary care.\n  (4) The specification or approval of certain procedures by this\nArticle does not constitute disapproval of other procedures which may be\nreasonable under the circumstances.\n  (5) The measure of damages for failure to exercise ordinary care in\nhandling an item is the amount of the item reduced by an amount which\ncould not have been realized by the use of ordinary care, and where\nthere is bad faith it includes other damages, if any, suffered by the\nparty as a proximate consequence.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 169 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 8 / Section 169
Limitation of powers of trustees
Status: in_force

§ 169. Limitation of powers of trustees.  The trustees of any such\nincorporated church shall have no power to call, settle or remove a\nminister or to fix his salary, nor without the consent of a corporate\nmeeting, to incur debts, beyond what is necessary for the administration\nof the temporal affairs of the church and for the care of the property\nof the corporation; or to fix or change the time, nature or order of the\npublic or social worship of such church.\n
N.Y. TSF Law § 14 — New York Code / Act TSF / Section 14
Preference for actions or proceedings against the corporation
Status: in_force

§ 14. Preference for actions or proceedings against the corporation.\nAny action or proceeding to which the corporation or the people of the\nstate may be parties, in which any question arises as to the validity of\nthis act, shall be preferred over all other civil causes of action or\ncases, except election causes of action or cases, in all courts of the\nstate and shall be heard and determined in preference to all other civil\nbusiness pending therein, except election causes, irrespective of\nposition on the calendar. The same preference shall be granted upon\napplication of the corporation or its counsel in any action or\nproceeding questioning the validity of this act in which the corporation\nmay be allowed to intervene. The venue of any such action or proceeding\nshall be laid in the supreme court of the county of Albany.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 730 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-A / Section 730
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 730. Definitions. Whenever used in this article: 1. "Aftermarket\nrustproofing" means the application of rust-inhibiting material to\nvarious areas of a new motor vehicle after the vehicle has been\nassembled.\n  2. "Buyer" means a natural person who buys or receives aftermarket\nrustproofing on a new motor vehicle if such vehicle is bought for use\nprimarily for personal, family or household purposes.\n  3. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association\nor any other legal entity.\n  4. "Warrantor" means any person who issues a written warranty pursuant\nto section seven hundred thirty-one of this article.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1449-HHH — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-E / Section 1449-HHH
Designation of agents
Status: in_force

§ 1449-hhh. Designation of agents. The treasurer is authorized to\ndesignate the recording officer to act as its agent for purposes of\ncollecting the tax authorized by this article. The treasurer shall\nprovide for the manner in which such person may be designated as its\nagent subject to such terms and conditions as it shall prescribe. The\nreal estate transfer tax shall be paid to such agent as provided in\nsection fourteen hundred forty-nine-ccc of this article.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 161 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 5-A / Section 161
Administration
Status: in_force

§ 161. Administration. In futherance of these purposes, the department\nof economic development is hereby authorized and directed to:\n  (a) Encourage, facilitate and coordinate the planning and\nimplementation of programs to advertise, stimulate, promote and increase\ntourist travel, resort, vacation, culture and convention activities\nwithin the state and its regions with such flexibility as to bring about\nas effective and economical a tourist promotion plan as possible. The\ndepartment shall give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that\nis promoting the sport of cricket or the sport of stickball;\n  (b) Establish and publish on an annual basis guidelines relative to\nthe use of funds to be granted hereunder. Such guidelines shall\nauthorize the use of funds for the promotion of year round tourist\ntravel, resort, vacation, culture and convention activities;\n  (c) Accept or reject applications for matching funds for recognized\nadvertising programs by tourist promotion agencies on the basis of\nannually published guidelines;\n  (d) Authorize the payment of funds in accordance with this act and the\nrules and regulations of the comptroller out of the appropriation made\npursuant hereto; and\n  (e) Do all things necessary, desirable and convenient to carry out its\npowers, functions and duties hereunder.\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 43 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 4 / Section 43
Partner accountable as a fiduciary
Status: in_force

§ 43. Partner accountable as a fiduciary.  1. Every partner must\naccount to the partnership for any benefit, and hold as trustee for it\nany profits derived by him without the consent of the other partners\nfrom any transaction connected with the formation, conduct, or\nliquidation of the partnership or from any use by him of its property.\n  2. This section applies also to the representatives of a deceased\npartner engaged in the liquidation of the affairs of the partnership as\nthe personal representatives of the last surviving partner.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 238 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 19 / Section 238
Exemptions as to locker plants
Status: in_force

§ 238. Exemptions as to locker plants. Sections two hundred\nthirty-four, two hundred thiryt-five two hundred thirty-six, and two\nhundred thirty-seven of this chapter shall apply to locker plants, only,\nwhen, in addition to their locker operations, such plants conduct a\nrefrigerated warehouse business within the meaning of the law.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 338 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 9-A / Section 338
Security interest prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 338. Security interest prohibited. 1. No retail lease agreement, or\nany other agreement executed by the lessee in connection therewith,\nshall provide for the creation of a security interest in any personal or\nreal property of the lessee to secure the payment of the debt arising\nfrom the lease.  This prohibition shall not apply to: (a) the taking of\na security deposit, advance payment of rent or other prepayment by cash,\ncheck or similar means; (b) the retention or exercise by a banking\norganization of a right of set off; or (c) the retention of a security\ninterest in the proceeds, cancellation refunds or other rights of the\nlessee under any insurance, repair or service contract whose cost is\nincluded in the total monthly lease payment.\n  2. A security interest taken in violation of this section shall be\nvoid but shall not otherwise affect the validity of a retail lease\nagreement.\n
N.Y. STT Law § 101 — New York Code / Act STT / Article 1 / Section 101
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 101. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall\nmean:\n  1. "Council" means the advisory council for technology.\n  2. "Director" means the director of the office.\n  3. "Office" means the office of information technology services.\n  4. "State agency" means any department, board, bureau, commission,\ndivision, office, council, committee or officer of the state. Such term\nshall not include the legislature or judiciary.\n  5. "Technology" means either a good or a service or a combination\nthereof, used in the application of any computer or electronic\ninformation or interconnected system that is used in the acquisition,\nstorage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display,\nswitching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or voice\nincluding, but not limited to, hardware, software, information\nappliances, firmware, programs, systems, networks, infrastructure,\nmedia, and related material used to automatically and electronically\ncollect, receive, access, transmit, display, store, record, retrieve,\nanalyze, evaluate, process, classify, manipulate, manage, assimilate,\ncontrol, communicate, exchange, convert, coverage, interface, switch, or\ndisseminate data of any kind or form, and shall include all associated\nconsulting, management, facilities, maintenance, support and training.\nGoods may be either new or used.\n  6. "Cloud computing" shall have the same meaning as defined by the\nnational institute of standards and technology's special publication\n800-145, and any subsequent version of such publication.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 291 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 15 / Section 291
Equality of opportunity a civil right
Status: in_force

§ 291. Equality of opportunity a civil right.\n  1. The opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination because\nof age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender\nidentity or expression, military status, sex, marital status, or\ndisability, is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right.\n  2. The opportunity to obtain education, the use of places of public\naccommodation and the ownership, use and occupancy of housing\naccommodations and commercial space without discrimination because of\nage, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender\nidentity or expression, military status, sex, marital status, or\ndisability, as specified in section two hundred ninety-six of this\narticle, is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right.\n  3. The opportunity to obtain medical treatment of an infant\nprematurely born alive in the course of an abortion shall be the same as\nthe rights of an infant born spontaneously.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 112 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 8 / Section 112
Supplemental appropriations; unappropriated unreserved fund balances
Status: in_force

§ 112. Supplemental appropriations; unappropriated unreserved fund\nbalances. 1. The town board, during a fiscal year, by resolution, may\nmake additional appropriations or increase existing appropriations and\nshall provide for the financing thereof. Moneys therefor may be provided\nfrom the unexpended balance of an appropriation, from the appropriation\nfor contingencies, from unappropriated unreserved fund balance or\nunanticipated revenues within a fund or by borrowing pursuant to the\nlocal finance law. For the purposes of this subdivision, unappropriated\nunreserved fund balance or unanticipated revenues shall be utilized only\nto the extent that the total of all revenues of such fund recognized or\nreasonably expected to be recognized in the current fiscal year,\ntogether with unappropriated unreserved fund balance, exceeds the total\nof all revenues and appropriated fund balance as estimated in the\nbudget.\n  2. If at any time during a fiscal year a town receives moneys from any\nsource, except from loans, which are not otherwise committed or\nappropriated, the town board may direct the supervisor to pay the same\nor any part thereof to the treasurer of the county to be applied in\nreduction of the amount to be levied for state and county purposes, and\nthe supervisor shall pay such moneys to the county treasurer prior to\nthe levy.\n  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,\ngrants in aid from the state and federal governments, gifts which are\nrequired to be expended for particular objects or purposes, and\ninsurance proceeds for the loss, theft, damage or destruction of real or\npersonal property, when proposed to be used or applied to repair or\nreplace such property, may be appropriated by resolution of the town\nboard at any time for such objects and purposes.\n