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N.Y. VIL Law § 2-224 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 2 / Section 2-224
Review of election
Status: in_force

§ 2-224 Review of election. A person qualified to vote at such\nelection may, not more than ten days after the filing of the original of\nthe certificate of election, institute a proceeding to determine the\nvalidity or regularity of such election before the supreme court or any\njustice thereof within the judicial district in which such territory or\nany part of it is located.  Such court or justice thereof shall, in\nconnection therewith, determine any question arising and make such order\nas justice may require in respect to the validity and regularity of such\nelection. The proceeding shall be heard upon verified petition and such\noral or written proof as may be offered and, in addition to the notice\nhereinafter required, upon such further notice to such persons as the\ncourt or justice shall direct. The proceeding shall be summarily\ndetermined and shall have preference over all other causes in all\ncourts. Certified copies of the decision shall be filed in the office of\nthe clerk of each town in which any portion of such territory is\nlocated.  No costs shall be allowed to any party to such proceeding.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 270 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 8 / Section 270
Special deputy appointed by justices of the appellate division in first department
Status: in_force

§ 270. Special deputy appointed by justices of the appellate division\nin first department. 1. In the county of New York, the special deputy\nclerk assigned by the justices of the appellate division of the first\ndepartment to part one of the special term of the supreme court shall be\nknown as the calendar clerk of special term part one; the special deputy\nclerk assigned to part two of the special term shall be known as the ex\nparte clerk; the special deputy clerk assigned to part three of the\nspecial term shall be known as special term calendar clerk for trials;\nthe special deputy clerk assigned to part two of the trial term shall be\nknown as the trial term calendar clerk. In the county of Bronx, the\nspecial deputy clerk assigned to part one of the trial term shall be\nknown as the trial term calendar clerk; the special deputy clerk\nassigned to part one of the special term shall be known as the special\nterm calendar clerk. The justices of the appellate division in the first\ndepartment shall at pleasure revoke any of such designations or\nassignments and make new designations or change the assignments of any\nof the special deputy clerks and any of the assistants to special deputy\nclerks appointed pursuant to section one hundred and two, as they may\ndeem necessary.\n  2. It shall be the duty of each of the said special deputy clerks and\nthe assistants to attend each session of the part or term of the supreme\ncourt to which he is assigned and keep the minutes thereof and to\nperform such other duties therein as shall be prescribed by the rules\nmade by the justices of the appellate division in said department; such\nspecial deputy clerks and assistants to be subject to the supervision of\nthe county clerk of the county wherein such special and trial terms are\nappointed to be held.\n  3. The special deputy clerk designated as supreme court jury clerk in\naddition to the duties now imposed upon him, shall keep a record of all\nthe jurors summoned and of the attendance and service of the jurors\nempaneled in the various trial terms of the supreme court in said\ndistrict, and of all fines imposed upon such jurors and perform such\nother duties relating to such jurors or their service, attendance, and\nthe fines imposed upon them as may be prescribed by the rules made by\nthe said appellate division in said department.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 432 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-B / Section 432
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 432. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n  1. "Control commission" or "commission" shall mean the New York state\ngaming commission created pursuant to section one hundred two of the\nracing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law.\n  2. "Municipality" shall mean any city, town or village within this\nstate.\n  3. "Bingo" or "game" shall mean a specific game of chance, commonly\nknown as bingo or lotto, in which prizes are awarded on the basis of\ndesignated numbers or symbols on a card conforming to numbers or symbols\nselected at random.\n  4. "Authorized organization" shall mean any bona fide religious or\ncharitable organization or bona fide educational, fraternal, civic or\nservice organization or bona fide organization of veterans, volunteer\nfirefighters, or volunteer ambulance workers, which by its charter,\ncertificate of incorporation, constitution, or act of the legislature,\nshall have as its dominant purpose or purposes one or more of the lawful\npurposes as defined in the bingo licensing law, provided that each shall\noperate without profit to its members, and provided that each such\norganization has engaged in serving one or more of the lawful purposes\nas defined in the bingo licensing law, article fourteen-H of the general\nmunicipal law, for a period of one year immediately prior to applying\nfor a license under the licensing law.\n  5. "Bingo licensing law" shall mean article fourteen-h of the general\nmunicipal law.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 105 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 4 / Section 105
False billing by carrier or shipper
Status: in_force

§ 105. False billing by carrier or shipper. No common carrier or any\nofficer or agent thereof or any person acting for or employed by it,\nshall assist, suffer or permit any person or corporation to obtain\ntransportation for any passenger or property between points within this\nstate at less than the rates then established and in force in accordance\nwith the schedules filed and published in accordance with the provisions\nof this chapter, by means of false billing, false classification, false\nweight or weighing, or false report of weight, or by any other device or\nmeans. No person, corporation or any officer, agent or employee of a\ncorporation, who shall deliver property for transportation within the\nstate to a common carrier, shall seek to obtain such transportation for\nsuch property at less than the rates then established and in force\ntherefor, as aforesaid, by false billing, false or incorrect\nclassification, false weight or weighing, false representation of the\ncontents of a package, or false report or statement of weight, or by any\nother device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance\nof the common carrier, or any of its officers, agents or employees. No\nperson shall obtain transportation for himself or others or shall avail\nhimself or others of any means of transportation at rates other than or\ndifferent from those prescribed in the schedules of rates filed and\npublished, or in violation of the conditions attached to any reduced\nrate ticket, provided such conditions are contained in the filed and\npublished schedules. Nothing in this section shall limit, modify or\nchange the provisions of section one hundred three and section one\nhundred four.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 91-C — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 91-C
Special offset fiduciary account
Status: in_force

§ 91-c. Special offset fiduciary account. 1. There is hereby\nestablished a fiduciary account known as the special offset account.\nSuch account shall contain such liability monies as are set forth in\nparagraph (b) of subdivision six of section one hundred seventy-one-f of\nthe tax law.\n  2. In addition to any other payments from the account, the comptroller\nshall remit overpayments of grants and allowances of public assistance,\nas determined by the office of temporary and disability assistance or a\nlocal social services district, to local social services districts,\nwhich shall remit such funds, as appropriate, to local social services\ndistricts for proper crediting and distribution or for reimbursement to\nstate funds.\n  2-a. In addition to any other payments from the account, the\ncomptroller shall remit overpayments of medical assistance made to\nindividuals who are or who have been enrolled as providers in the New\nYork state medical assistance program as established under title eleven\nof article five of the social services law to the department of health\nfor proper crediting and distribution or for reimbursement to state\nfunds.\n  3. All payments from this account shall be made upon audit and warrant\nof the state comptroller.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 147 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 7 / Section 147
Entry upon lands by town superintendent
Status: in_force

§ 147. Entry upon lands by town superintendent. The town\nsuperintendent may, when directed by the county superintendent, and when\nauthorized by the town board, enter\n  1. Upon any lands adjacent to any of the highways in the town, for the\npurpose of opening an existing ditch or drain, or for digging a new\nditch or drain for the free passage of water for the drainage of such\nhighways.\n  2. Upon the lands of any person adjoining rivers, streams or creeks,\nto drive spiles, throw up embankments and perform such other labor as\nmay be necessary to keep such rivers, streams or creeks within their\nproper channels, and to prevent their encroachment upon highways or\nabutments of bridges.\n  3. Upon the lands adjoining a highway which, during the spring\nfreshets or at a time of high water are subject to overflow from such\nrivers, streams or creeks, to remove or change the position of a fence\nor other obstruction preventing the free flow of water under or through\na highway, bridge or culvert, whenever the same may be necessary for the\nprotection of such highway or bridge.\n  4. Upon any lands adjacent to highways to remove any fence or other\nobstruction which causes snow to drift in and upon such highways, and\nerect snow fences or other devices upon such lands to prevent the\ndrifting of snow in or upon such highways.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1439-D — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-2 / Section 1439-D
Liability for tax
Status: in_force

* § 1439-d. Liability for tax. 1. The real estate transfer tax shall\nbe paid by the grantor. If the grantor has failed to pay the tax imposed\npursuant to this article or if the grantor is exempt from such tax, the\ngrantee shall have the duty to pay the tax. Where the grantee has the\nduty to pay the tax because the grantor has failed to pay, such tax\nshall be the joint and several liability of the grantor and the grantee.\n  2. For the purpose of the proper administration of this article and to\nprevent evasion of the tax hereby authorized, it shall be presumed that\nall conveyances are taxable. Where the consideration includes property\nother than money, it shall be presumed that the consideration is the\nfair market value of the real property or interest therein. These\npresumptions shall prevail until the contrary is proven, and the burden\nof proving the contrary shall be on the person liable for payment of the\ntax.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2027\n  * NB There are 3 § 1439-d's\n
N.Y. ABC Law § 128-B — New York Code / Act ABC / Article 8 / Section 128-B
Police officers allowed to serve as an officer of a volunteer firefighters' organization
Status: in_force

§ 128-b. Police officers allowed to serve as an officer of a volunteer\nfirefighters' organization. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision\nof law to the contrary, a volunteer firefighters' organization shall not\nbe precluded from applying for an on-premises license or permit under\nthe provisions of this chapter due to the presence of a police officer\nserving as an officer of such organization and the state liquor\nauthority shall be authorized to issue such license or permit.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 489 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 15 / Section 489
Purchase of claims by corporations or collection agencies
Status: in_force

§ 489. Purchase of claims by corporations or collection agencies. 1.\nNo person or co-partnership, engaged directly or indirectly in the\nbusiness of collection and adjustment of claims, and no corporation or\nassociation, directly or indirectly, itself or by or through its\nofficers, agents or employees, shall solicit, buy or take an assignment\nof, or be in any manner interested in buying or taking an assignment of\na bond, promissory note, bill of exchange, book debt, or other thing in\naction, or any claim or demand, with the intent and for the purpose of\nbringing an action or proceeding thereon; provided however, that bills\nreceivable, notes receivable, bills of exchange, judgments or other\nthings in action may be solicited, bought, or assignment thereof taken,\nfrom any executor, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors,\ntrustee or receiver in bankruptcy, or any other person or persons in\ncharge of the administration, settlement or compromise of any estate,\nthrough court actions, proceedings or otherwise. Nothing herein\ncontained shall affect any assignment heretofore or hereafter taken by\nany moneyed corporation authorized to do business in the state of New\nYork or its nominee pursuant to a subrogation agreement or a salvage\noperation, or by any corporation organized for religious, benevolent or\ncharitable purposes. Any corporation or association violating the\nprovisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not more than\nfive thousand dollars; any person or co-partnership, violating the\nprovisions of this section, and any officer, trustee, director, agent or\nemployee of any person, co-partnership, corporation or association\nviolating this section who, directly or indirectly, engages or assists\nin such violation, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n  2. Except as set forth in subdivision three of this section, the\nprovisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply to any\nassignment, purchase or transfer hereafter made of one or more bonds,\npromissory notes, bills of exchange, book debts, or other things in\naction, or any claims or demands, if such assignment, purchase or\ntransfer included bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange and/or book\ndebts, issued by or enforceable against the same obligor (whether or not\nalso issued by or enforceable against any other obligors), having an\naggregate purchase price of at least five hundred thousand dollars, in\nwhich event the exemption provided by this subdivision shall apply as\nwell to all other items, including other things in action, claims and\ndemands, included in such assignment, purchase or transfer (but only if\nsuch other items are issued by or enforceable against the same obligor,\nor relate to or arise in connection with such bonds, promissory notes,\nbills of exchange and/or book debts or the issuance thereof).\n  3. The rights of an indenture trustee, its agents and employees shall\nnot be affected by the provisions of subdivision two of this section.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 89-UUU — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 8-C / Section 89-UUU
Interim employment
Status: in_force

§ 89-uuu. Interim employment. For each armored car guard employed by\nan armored car carrier, as of the effective date of this section, such\ncarrier shall, at a time assigned by the secretary pursuant to a\nstaggered schedule, comply with the provisions of this article with\nrespect to registration. Until the assigned filing date, such armored\ncar carrier may continue to employ such guard to provide armored car\nservices. No armored car carrier may employ any such guard after the\nassigned filing date who has not complied with the registration\nrequirements as set forth in this article.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 3-201 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 3 / Part 2 / Section 3-201
Transfer: Right to Indorsement
Status: in_force

Section 3--201. Transfer: Right to Indorsement.\n  (1) Transfer of an instrument vests in the transferee such rights as\nthe transferor has therein, except that a transferee who has himself\nbeen a party to any fraud or illegality affecting the instrument or who\nas a prior holder had notice of a defense or claim against it cannot\nimprove his position by taking from a later holder in due course.\n  (2) A transfer of a security interest in an instrument vests the\nforegoing rights in the transferee to the extent of the interest\ntransferred.\n  (3) Unless otherwise agreed any transfer for value of an instrument\nnot then payable to bearer gives the transferee the specifically\nenforceable right to have the unqualified indorsement of the transferor.\nNegotiation takes effect only when the indorsement is made and until\nthat time there is no presumption that the transferee is the owner.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 440 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 10-B / Section 440
Commissions and payment of expenses
Status: in_force

§ 440. Commissions and payment of expenses. The savings and loan bank\nmay charge each member an annual commission, not to exceed one-half of\none per centum, upon the outstanding bonds and notes issued in its\nbehalf, provided, however, that the rate of commission in any year shall\nbe the same on all outstanding obligations in respect to which a\ncommission is charged; or in lieu of charging such commissions the\nexpenses incurred on account of any such obligations may be charged to\nthe member on whose behalf such obligations are issued.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 680-H — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13-F / Section 680-H
When creditor process enforceable against bank
Status: in_force

§ 680-h. When creditor process enforceable against bank. 1. Subject to\nsubdivision two of this section, creditor process with respect to a\nspecial deposit is not enforceable against the bank holding the special\ndeposit.\n  2. Creditor process is enforceable against the bank holding a special\ndeposit with respect to an amount the bank is obligated to pay a\nbeneficiary or a depositor if the process:\n  (a) is served on the bank;\n  (b) provides sufficient information to permit the bank to identify the\ndepositor or the beneficiary from the bank's books and records; and\n  (c) gives the bank a reasonable opportunity to act on the process.\n  3. Creditor process served on a bank before it is enforceable against\nthe bank under subdivision two of this section does not create a right\nof the creditor against the bank or a duty of the bank to the creditor.\nThe lien law and any other applicable law shall determine whether\ncreditor process creates a lien enforceable against the beneficiary on a\ncontingent interest of a beneficiary, including a depositor as a\nbeneficiary, even if not enforceable against the bank.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-M*15 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-M*15
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Ulster County Korean War Veterans' Memorial Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 344-m. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Ulster County Korean War Veterans' Memorial Highway". All that portion\nof the state highway system constituting state route 28, beginning at\nthe Kingston Traffic Circle in Ulster county and continuing west to the\nTown of Ulster Municipal Town Line, shall be designated and known as the\n"Ulster County Korean War Veterans' Memorial Highway".\n  * NB There are 23 § 344-m's\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1600 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 16 / Section 1600
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1600. Short title.\n  This article shall be known as the security takeover disclosure act.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 70-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 70 / Section 70-0103
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

§ 70-0103. Legislative findings and declarations.\n  The legislature finds and declares that:\n  1. It is the intent of the legislature to assure the fair, expeditious\nand thorough administrative review of regulatory permits.\n  2. It is the intent of the legislature that, to the extent feasible\nand appropriate, statutory and regulatory procedures shall be made\nuniform and inconsistencies and redundancies shall be eliminated.\n  3. It is the intent of the legislature to establish reasonable time\nperiods for administrative agency action on permits.\n  4. It is the intent of the legislature to encourage public\nparticipation in government review and decision-making processes and to\npromote public understanding of all government activities.\n  5. It is the intent of the legislature that, to the maximum extent\nfeasible, a comprehensive project review approach shall replace separate\nand individual permit application reviews.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 720 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 14-A / Section 720
Servicing student loans without a license
Status: in_force

§ 720. Servicing student loans without a license. 1. Whenever, in the\nopinion of the superintendent, a person is engaged in the business of\nservicing student loans, either actually or through subterfuge, without\na license from the superintendent, the superintendent may order that\nperson to desist and refrain from engaging in the business of servicing\nstudent loans in the state. If, within thirty days after an order is\nserved, a request for a hearing is filed in writing and the hearing is\nnot held within sixty days of the filing, the order shall be rescinded.\n  2. This section does not apply to exempt organizations.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 149 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 9 / Section 149
Inspection of public buildings
Status: in_force

§ 149. Inspection of public buildings. The health officer and\nsuperintendent of buildings may inspect and advise as to the proper\nheating, ventilation and drainage of public buildings under the control\nof the city or any of its departments, and in case any such building is\nin use or in process of erection without, in the opinion of either,\nproper arrangements for heating, ventilation or drainage, he shall,\nsubject to the right of appeal herein provided, stop the use or the\nerection of such buildings, direct such arrangements to be made and\nrestrain further work upon the building until they are made.\n