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N.Y. PEN Law § 190.10 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 190 / Section 190.10
Issuing a bad check; presumptions
Status: in_force

§ 190.10 Issuing a bad check; presumptions.\n  1. When the drawer of a check has insufficient funds with the drawee\nto cover it at the time of utterance, the subscribing drawer or\nrepresentative drawer, as the case may be, is presumed to know of such\ninsufficiency.\n  2. A subscribing drawer or representative drawer, as the case may be,\nof an ultimately dishonored check is presumed to have intended or\nbelieved that the check would be dishonored upon presentation when:\n  (a) The drawer had no account with the drawee at the time of\nutterance; or\n  (b) (i) The drawer had insufficient funds with the drawee at the time\nof utterance, and (ii) the check was presented to the drawee for payment\nnot more than thirty days after the date of utterance, and (iii) the\ndrawer had insufficient funds with the drawee at the time of\npresentation.\n  3. Dishonor of a check by the drawee and insufficiency of the drawer's\nfunds at the time of presentation may properly be proved by introduction\nin evidence of a notice of protest of the check, or of a certificate\nunder oath of an authorized representative of the drawee declaring the\ndishonor and insufficiency, and such proof shall constitute presumptive\nevidence of such dishonor and insufficiency.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 182 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 12 / Section 182
Deposit and investment of money paid into court
Status: in_force

§ 182. Deposit and investment of money paid into court. All funds or\nmoneys paid into court shall be deposited in such savings bank, trust\ncompany, bank, banking association or with such banker, as shall be\ndesignated by the state comptroller, as soon as received by the\ncustodian thereof. But the money must be deposited in the county where\nthe fund belongs, where it can be done conveniently and safely and with\nadvantage to the parties interested. All moneys so paid into court may\nbe invested by the several county treasurers and in the city of New York\nby the commissioner of finance without a specific direction of the court\nhaving jurisdiction, in securities that are legal investments for\ntrustees, when the said county treasurers or commissioner of finance\ndeem it for the best interests of the funds to make such investments.\nAll moneys paid into a court of the unified court system, other than a\ntown or village court, pursuant to the provisions of title P of the\ncriminal procedure law, which remain in the court's custody, shall,\nduring such custody, be deposited in an interest-bearing account, and\nall interest thereupon received shall be paid to the state commissioner\nof taxation and finance on a monthly basis no later than ten days after\nthe last day of each month.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-A-301 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2-A / Part 3 / Section 2-A-301
Enforceability of Lease Contract
Status: in_force

Section 2-A-301. Enforceability of Lease Contract.\n  Except as otherwise provided in this Article, a lease contract is\neffective and enforceable according to its terms between the parties,\nagainst purchasers of the goods, and against creditors of the parties.\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 121-601 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 8-A / Section 121-601
Interim distributions
Status: in_force

§ 121-601. Interim distributions. Except as provided in this article,\na partner is entitled to receive distributions from a limited\npartnership before his withdrawal from the limited partnership and\nbefore the dissolution and winding up thereof to the extent and at the\ntimes or upon the happening of the events specified in the partnership\nagreement.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 265.01-B — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title P / Article 265 / Section 265.01-B
Criminal possession of a firearm
Status: in_force

§ 265.01-b Criminal possession of a firearm.\n  A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm when he or she:\n(1) possesses any firearm or; (2) lawfully possesses a firearm prior to\nthe effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand thirteen\nwhich added this section subject to the registration requirements of\nsubdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter and knowingly\nfails to register such firearm pursuant to such subdivision.\n  Criminal possession of a firearm is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 279-E — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 17-A / Section 279-E
Penalties
Status: in_force

§ 279-e. Penalties. Any person offending against the provisions hereof\nshall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished for the\nfirst offense by imprisonment of not less than ten days nor more than\none year, or by a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than five\ndollars for each and every vessel, receptacle or utensil involved, or\nboth; and for each subsequent offense by imprisonment of not less than\ntwenty days or more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five\ndollars nor more than ten dollars for each and every vessel, receptacle\nor utensil involved, or both, in the discretion of the magistrate or\ncourt before whom the offense shall be tried.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1116 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 11 / Section 1116
Application for letters; when court may direct probate 1
Status: in_force

§ 1116. Application for letters; when court may direct probate\n  1.  The public administrator is authorized to apply for and receive\nletters as defined in this act.\n  2.  The court may direct the public administration to present a\npetition for probate of a will at any time after it is filed.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 2207 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 22 / Section 2207
Predecessor court acts repealed
Status: in_force

§ 2207. Predecessor court acts repealed. The city court of the city of\nNew York and the municipal court of the city of New York are hereby\nabolished. The New York city court act and the New York city municipal\ncourt code and all acts amendatory thereof are hereby repealed, and the\nrules of the city court of the city of New York and of the municipal\ncourt of the city of New York are hereby abrogated.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 79.39 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 79 / Section 79.39
Recognition of veterans' administration as a party in interest
Status: in_force

§ 79.39 Recognition of veterans' administration as a party in interest.\n  (a) With respect to benefits from the administration or the income\ntherefrom, the administrator of the United States veterans'\nadministration or his duly authorized attorney, for the purpose of\nbringing any action, or otherwise appearing, in behalf of a ward of the\nadministration to whom benefits from said administration may accrue,\nshall be recognized as a party in interest and entitled to all the\nrights and privileges of a party.\n  (b) In addition to any official authorized by law to administer oaths,\nany attorney or field representative employed by the United States\nveterans' administration shall be authorized to administer any oath\nrequired in any court proceeding wherein such administration is a party\nin interest, as provided in subdivision (a). The certification, on any\naffidavit, instrument, or document, as to an oath taken by any such\nattorney or field representative of the United States veterans'\nadministration pursuant to the authority of this section, shall contain\na statement of the title of the office or employment of such attorney or\nfield representative in such administration.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 116 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 7 / Section 116
Rendition of accounts
Status: in_force

§ 116. Rendition of accounts.  The comptroller, from time to time,\nshall require all public officers and other persons receiving moneys or\nsecurities, or having the care and management of any property of the\nstate, of which an account is or is required to be kept in his office,\nto render statements thereof to him; and all such officers or persons\nshall render such statements at such time and in such form as he\nrequires, and at all times when required by law. He may require any one\npresenting to him an account or claim for audit or settlement, to be\nexamined upon oath before him touching such account or claim, as to any\nfacts relating to its justness or correctness. He may issue a notice to\nany person receiving moneys of the state for which he does not account\nor to the legal representatives of such a person, requiring an account\nand vouchers for the expenditure of such moneys to be rendered at a time\nto be fixed not less than thirty nor more than ninety days from the date\nof the service of the notice.  Such notice shall be served by delivering\na copy thereof to such person or representative or leaving such copy at\nhis usual place of abode; and if such service is made by the sheriff of\nthe county, where the person served resided, the certificate of such\nsheriff, and if made by any other person, the affidavit of such other\nperson, shall be presumptive evidence of such service.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 238 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 13-A / Section 238
Effect of invalidity of any part of this article
Status: in_force

§ 238. Effect of invalidity of any part of this article. If any part\nof this article, or the application thereof to any particular situation,\nis held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid on account\nof unconstitutionality, such adjudication shall not affect the remainder\nof this article, or the application of such first-mentioned part of this\narticle to any other situation.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3005-A — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 30 / Section 3005-A
Staffing standards; ambulance services and advanced life support first response services
Status: in_force

§ 3005-a. Staffing standards; ambulance services and advanced life\nsupport first response services.  1. The following staffing standards\nshall be in effect unless otherwise provided by this section:\n  (a) effective January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven the minimum\nstaffing standard for a registered ambulance service shall be a\ncertified first responder with the patient;\n  (b) effective January first, two thousand, the minimum staffing\nstandard for a voluntary ambulance service shall be an emergency medical\ntechnician with the patient;\n  (c) the minimum staffing standard for all other ambulance services\nshall be an emergency medical technician with the patient; and\n  (d) the minimum staffing standard for an advanced life support first\nresponse service shall be an advanced emergency medical technician with\nthe patient. Circumstances permitting other than advanced life support\ncare by an advanced life support first response service may be\nestablished by rule by the state council, subject to the approval of the\ncommissioner.\n  2. Any service granted an exemption by the regional council pursuant\nto subdivision five-a of section three thousand three of this article\nshall be subject to the standards and terms of the exemption.\n  3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the effective\ndate of the standards established by this section shall be delayed by\none year for each fiscal year, prior to January first, two thousand, in\nwhich the amounts appropriated are less than that which would have been\nexpended pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-seven-q of the\nstate finance law.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 1001 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 20 / Section 1001
When to take effect
Status: in_force

§ 1001. When to take effect. This chapter shall take effect\nimmediately.\n
N.Y. ENG Law § 5-119 — New York Code / Act ENG / Article 5 / Section 5-119
Violations; sanctions
Status: in_force

§ 5-119. Violations; sanctions.  1. Every person shall obey, observe\nand comply with the provisions of this chapter and with every order,\nrule or regulation issued or made pursuant to this chapter, so long as\nthe same shall be and remain in force. Any person who violates any\nprovision of this chapter or who fails, omits or neglects to obey,\nobserve or comply with any order, rule or regulation issued pursuant to\nthis chapter, either personally or through an agent or employee, shall\nforfeit to the people of the state of New York a civil penalty not to\nexceed one thousand dollars for each and every offense or three times\nthe profit received from each violation, whichever is greater, except to\nthe extent that a different civil penalty is specifically provided for\nby another provision of this chapter. Every violation pursuant thereto,\nshall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a\ncontinuing violation, every day's continuance thereof shall be a\nseparate and distinct offense, except to the extent that another\nprovision of this chapter specifically provides otherwise.\n  2. At the request of the commissioner, the attorney general may bring\nan action or special proceeding to recover a civil penalty provided for\nby this chapter in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, in\nthe name of the people of the state of New York, except where another\nprovision of this chapter specifically provides for a different means of\nrecovering such penalty. A penalty may be released or compromised, and\nan action or proceeding to recover the same may be settled and\ndiscontinued, by the attorney general with the consent of the\ncommissioner. In any action or proceeding pursuant to this section, all\npenalties incurred up to the time of commencing the same may be sued for\nand recovered therein, and the commencement of an action or proceeding\nshall not be a waiver of the right to recover any other penalty. All\nmoneys recovered in any such action or proceeding, together with the\ncosts thereof, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of\nthe general fund.\n  3. Alternatively, or in addition to any action or special proceeding\nto recover a civil penalty provided for by this chapter, the attorney\ngeneral, at the request of the commissioner, may bring an action or\nspecial proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the\nviolation of any provision of this chapter, or any order, rule or\nregulation issued pursuant to this chapter, and to seek other\nappropriate relief, including but not limited to abatement of the\nviolation and restitution; provided, however, that to the extent that\nanother provision of this chapter specifically provides for injunctive\nor other appropriate relief, its terms shall apply to such action or\nproceeding. Upon a proper showing, a temporary restraining order, a\npreliminary injunction, a permanent injunction and other appropriate\nrelief shall be granted.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 439-A — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 4 / Part 3 / Section 439-A
Expedited process
Status: in_force

§ 439-a. Expedited process. (a) When used in this section, expedited\nprocess means a process in effect in the family court which reduces the\nprocessing time of support order establishment and enforcement efforts\nfrom the date of successful service of process on the respondent to the\ndate on which a support obligation or enforcement order is entered, the\npetition is voluntarily withdrawn or the petition is dismissed on the\nmerits or for lack of jurisdiction of the respondent, by the referral of\nproceedings to hearing examiners appointed and qualified under section\nfour hundred thirty-nine of this article and exercising the powers set\nforth in such section.\n  (b) The chief administrator shall assign a sufficient number of\nsupport magistrates to ensure that such expedited process shall conform\nto the requirements of such case processing as set forth in federal\nstatutes and regulations promulgated by the federal secretary of health\nand human services.\n  (c) The use of an expedited process shall be required (i) in any\ncounty which has a population of four hundred thousand or more or which\nis wholly within a city and (ii) in any county which has a population of\nless than four hundred thousand and for which the state has not been\ngranted an exemption from the federal expedited process required by\nfederal statutes and regulations of the federal secretary of health and\nhuman services.\n  (d) The chief administrator of the courts may request of the state\ncommissioner of social services that an exemption from use of an\nexpedited process as required by this section and section four hundred\nthirty-nine of this article in counties which are not wholly within a\ncity and which have a population of less than four hundred thousand be\napplied for from the federal secretary of health and human services\npursuant to federal statutes and regulations providing for waivers from\nthe federal expedited process requirements. The chief administrator of\nthe courts shall, upon making such a request, provide such information\nin the possession of the office of court administration which supports\nan exemption from use of an expedited process to the state commissioner\nof social services. Upon receipt of such a request from the chief\nadministrator of the courts, the state commissioner of social services\nwith the approval of the local commissioner of social services may apply\nto the federal secretary of health and human services for exemption from\nuse of an expedited process. If application for such exemption is made,\nthe state commissioner of social services shall, promptly upon receiving\nnotification from the federal department of health and human services,\ninform the chief administrator of the courts and the local commissioners\nof social services of the granting or denial of any such application.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-HH — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-HH
Tuition reimbursement fund
Status: in_force

§ 97-hh. Tuition reimbursement fund. 1. There is hereby established in\nthe joint custody of the comptroller and the commissioner of taxation\nand finance a fund to be known as the "tuition reimbursement fund".\n  2. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the comptroller\nand the commissioner of taxation and finance two accounts of the tuition\nreimbursement fund to be known as:\n  (a) the "tuition reimbursement account": for reimbursement of tuition\nto certain students of proprietary vocational schools pursuant to\narticle one hundred one of the education law; and\n  (b) the "proprietary vocational school supervision account": for\nservices and expenses related to the supervision of proprietary\nvocational schools pursuant to article one hundred one of the education\nlaw.\n  3. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the\ncontrary, the state comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to\nreceive for deposit to the credit of the accounts established in\nsubdivision two of this section moneys collected pursuant to article one\nhundred one of the education law including, but not limited to, all\nfees, assessments, penalties, fines, and settlements relating to the\nsupervision of proprietary vocational schools received after April\nfirst, nineteen hundred ninety pursuant to such article and all other\nmoneys credited or transferred to such accounts from any other fund or\nsource pursuant to law.\n  (b) The comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to permit\ninterest earnings on any account balances on accounts established in\nsubdivision two of this section to accrue to the benefit of each of the\naccounts.\n  4. Monies of the accounts established in subdivision two of this\nsection, following appropriation by the legislature, shall be available\nto the education department and may be expended pursuant to article one\nhundred one of the education law. Monies shall be paid out of such\naccounts on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller pursuant to\nsuch article.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 2-A — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 1 / Section 2-A
Limited liability investment company; definitions
Status: in_force

§ 2-a. Limited liability investment company; definitions. When the\nprovisions of this chapter are applied to the formation and operation of\na limited liability investment company references to:\n  1. "Board of directors" shall include the managers charged with the\nmanagement of a limited liability investment company as set forth in its\narticles of organization.\n  2. "By-laws" shall include the operating agreement of a limited\nliability investment company.\n  3. "Capital stock" shall include the cash and property the members of\na limited liability investment company have contributed to the company,\nbut shall not include promissory notes, or other obligations to\ncontribute cash or property or to perform future services.\n  4. "Corporation" shall include an unincorporated investment company\nformed as a limited liability investment company pursuant to the\nprovisions of article twelve of this chapter.\n  5. "Director" shall include one of the managers charged with the\nmanagement of a limited liability investment company as set forth in its\narticles of organization.\n  6. "Dividend" shall include the distribution of a limited liability\ninvestment company's cash or other assets to its members.\n  7. "Incorporator" shall include the person or persons who is or are\nthe organizer or organizers of a limited liability investment company.\n  8. "Organization certificate" shall include the articles of\norganization of a limited liability investment company.\n  9. "Share" shall include the equity interest of a member of a limited\nliability investment company as set forth in the company's articles of\norganization or, in the absence of such a provision, the equity interest\nrepresented by a member's right to a proportionate share of the profits\nof the company.\n  10. "Stock" shall include the equity interest represented by the\npercentage of the total votes a member may cast as set forth in the\narticles of organization of a limited liability investment company or,\nin the absence of such a provision, the equity interest represented by a\nmember's right to a proportionate share of the profits of the company.\n  11. "Stockholder" shall include a member of a limited liability\ninvestment company who has an equity interest represented by his or her\nright to a proportionate share of the profits or capital of the company.\n  12. "Voting stock" shall include the definition of stock as set forth\nin this section.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 156-G — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 12-A / Section 156-G
Seizure of misbranded, mislabeled or misrepresented farm products
Status: in_force

§ 156-g. Seizure of misbranded, mislabeled or misrepresented farm\nproducts.  Whenever the commissioner or his duly authorized\nrepresentative shall find that any farm product is misbranded,\nmislabeled or misrepresented within the meaning of this article, he may\nseize such product, so that it cannot be sold, offered, exposed or\ntransported for sale, and he may affix to such farm product a tag or\nother appropriate marking, giving notice that such product is\nmisbranded, mislabeled or misrepresented, and warning all persons not to\nremove or dispose of such product by sale or otherwise until such\nproduct is branded or labeled properly and permission to dispose of the\nproduct has been granted by the commissioner or his duly authorized\nrepresentative. It shall be a violation of this article for any person\nto remove or dispose of such product so seized by sale or otherwise\nwithout such permission.\n