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N.Y. FCT Law § 531 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 531
Hearing
Status: in_force

§ 531. Hearing. The trial shall be by the court without a jury. The\nmother or the alleged father shall be competent to testify but the\nrespondent shall not be compelled to testify. If the mother is married\nboth she and her husband may testify to nonaccess. If the respondent\nshall offer testimony of access by others at or about the time charged\nin the complaint, such testimony shall not be competent or admissible in\nevidence except when corroborated by other facts and circumstances\ntending to prove such access. The court may exclude the general public\nfrom the room where the proceedings are heard and may admit only persons\ndirectly interested in the case, including officers of the court and\nwitnesses.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1216 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 12-A / Section 1216
Presumptions
Status: in_force

§ 1216. Presumptions.  If it shall appear from the records of the\nUnited States that the rightful owner of property described in section\ntwelve hundred fifteen of this article has not made claim thereto for a\nperiod of seven consecutive years, it shall be presumed for purposes of\nescheat proceedings under this article that such rightful owner is, and\nduring such period has been, unknown or has died without having disposed\nthereof and without having left a will, and without having left any\nheirs, next-of-kin or distributees or that such property has been\nabandoned and that such property has escheated. In any case wherein the\nrightful owner of such property is a corporation it shall also be\npresumed for purposes of escheat proceedings under this article that the\ncorporation is dissolved, no longer in existence, and its charter\nforfeited and the presumptions set forth in the first sentence of this\nsection shall be made with respect to the rightful owners or claimants\nto the assets of such corporation, including its stockholders and\ncreditors. The presumptions provided for in this section may be rebutted\nby competent evidence to the contrary.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 759-A — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-F / Section 759-A
Disclosure of automatic fire sprinkler system information
Status: in_force

* § 759-a. Disclosure of automatic fire sprinkler system information.\nA builder of a one- or two-family residential dwelling having less than\nthree stories, prior to entering into a contract for construction of\nsuch dwelling with a buyer, shall provide the buyer with a copy of\nwritten materials prepared by the office of fire prevention and control\npursuant to subdivision twenty-one of section one hundred fifty-six of\nthe executive law, which details the benefits of and includes factors\nthat can affect the costs associated with the installation and\nmaintenance of an automatic fire sprinkler system. The builder shall\nfurther provide an estimate of the cost for the installation of an\nautomatic fire sprinkler system in such dwelling. Upon request of the\nbuyer, the builder shall, at the buyer's expense, install an automatic\nfire sprinkler system in such one- or two-family residential dwelling\nhaving less than three stories.\n  * NB Repealed upon provisions set forth in § 3 of chapter 201 of 2014\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1803 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 18 / Section 1803
Base proportions and adjusted proportions; determinations
Status: in_force

§ 1803. Base proportions and adjusted proportions; determinations. 1.\nBase proportion. The legislative body of each special assessing unit\nshall establish the base proportion for each class and a base proportion\nfor each class for each portion and each town and county special\ndistrict and zone of assessment included within its boundaries.\n  2. Adjusted proportions. (a) For assessment rolls prepared during and\nafter nineteen hundred eighty-two and before nineteen hundred\nninety-one, and for assessment rolls prepared after two thousand one for\npurposes of all county and town special districts and zones of\nassessment, the legislative body of each special assessing unit shall\nadjust such base proportions to reflect the addition to the assessment\nroll of new property, additions to or improvements of existing property\nor formerly exempt property or the full or partial removal from the roll\nof property by reason of fire, demolition, destruction or new exemption\nor any change in the class designation of any parcel of real property;\nprovided, however, that the legislative body of each special assessing\nunit may further alter the base proportions, as so adjusted, in\naccordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision.\n  (b) Any further such alterations for any class in any year may not\nexceed five percent of the base proportions or adjusted proportions used\nfor the immediately preceding tax levy, provided that in each year the\nsum of any such proportions for such special assessing unit or portion\nthereof, or town or county special district or zone of assessment\nincluded therein, shall equal one. Such alterations may vary among\nportions and among town and county special districts; provided, however,\nthat for town and county special districts and zones of assessment, any\nsuch alterations shall not be inconsistent with any changes in the value\nof the class in the special district as indicated by the assessed value\nof the class in the special district and the most relevant class\nequalization rates certified by the commissioner pursuant to section\ntwelve hundred twelve of this chapter.\n  3. Town and county special districts. For purposes of town and county\nspecial districts that are not portions, the base proportion shall be\ndetermined by using the final assessment roll filed in calendar year two\nthousand one. The base proportion of a zone of assessment established\nfrom the territory of a prior district, as such term is defined in\nparagraph (f) of subdivision one of section four of chapter six hundred\neighty-five of the laws of two thousand three, shall be determined by\nusing the base proportion of the prior district with such adjustments,\nif any as are required by paragraph a of subdivision two of this\nsection.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 753-A — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 19 / Section 753-A
Contempts in cases involving or growing out of labor disputes
Status: in_force

§ 753-a. Contempts in cases involving or growing out of labor\ndisputes.  1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, where\nthe alleged contempt is punishable under section seven hundred fifty\nand/or section seven hundred fifty-three and arises out of any failure\nor refusal to obey any mandate of a court contained in or incidental to\nan injunction order granted by such court in any case involving or\ngrowing out of a labor dispute, no punishment, prescribed by either of\nsuch sections, shall be meted out except after a trial by jury to which\nthe defendant shall be entitled as a matter of right; provided, however,\nthat this section shall not apply to any alleged contempt of such an\ninjunction order committed in the presence of the court.\n  2. As used in this section and in subdivision three of section 215.50\nof the penal law:\n  (a) A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute\nwhen the case involves persons who are engaged in the same industry,\ntrade, craft or occupation; or who are employees of one employer; or who\nare members of the same or an affiliated organization of employers or\nemployees; whether such dispute is between one or more employers or\nassociations of employers and one or more employees or associations of\nemployees; between one or more employers or associations of employers\nand one or more employers or associations of employers; or between one\nor more employees or associations of employees and one or more employees\nor associations of employees; or when the case involves any conflicting\nor competing interests in a "labor dispute" (as hereinafter defined) of\n"persons participating or interested" therein (as hereinafter defined).\n  (b) The term "labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning terms\nor conditions of employment, or concerning the association or\nrepresentation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing\nor seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, or concerning\nemployment relations, or any other controversy arising out of the\nrespective interests of employer and employee, regardless of whether or\nnot the disputants stand in the relation of employer and employee.\n  (c) A person or association shall be held to be a person participating\nor interested in a labor dispute if relief is sought against him or it\nand if he or it is engaged in the industry, trade, craft or occupation\nin which such dispute occurs, or is a member, officer or agent of any\nassociation of employers or employees engaged in such industry, trade,\ncraft or occupation.\n
N.Y. GCM Law § 27 — New York Code / Act GCM / Part 3 / Subpart 2 / Section 27
Net income defined; computation
Status: in_force

§ 27. Net income defined; computation. The term "net income" means the\ngross income of a taxpayer less the deductions allowed by this subpart.\n  The net income shall be computed in accordance with the method of\naccounting regularly employed in keeping the books of such taxpayer; but\nif no such method of accounting has been so employed, or if the method\nemployed does not clearly reflect the income, the computation shall be\nmade upon such basis and in such manner as in the opinion of the\ndirector of finance does clearly reflect the income. In determining net\nincome, war losses, taxation of property recovered, and basis of\nproperty shall be treated in substantially the same manner as such\nlosses, recoveries and basis are treated under the applicable provisions\nof section thirteen hundred thirty-one of the internal revenue code.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 13-A-3.6 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 13-A / Part 3 / Section 13-A-3.6
Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in
Status: in_force

§ 13-A-3.6 Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in\n             trust when trustee not original user\n  Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the user, or\nprovided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is not\nan original user of an account the content of an electronic\ncommunication sent or received by an original or successor user and\ncarried, maintained, processed, received, or stored by the custodian in\nthe account of the trust if the trustee gives the custodian:\n  (a) a written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;\n  (b) a copy of the trust instrument that includes consent to disclosure\nof the content of electronic communications to the trustee;\n  (c) a certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the\ntrust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust;\nand\n  (d) if requested by the custodian:\n  (1) a number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account\nidentifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust's account; or\n  (2) evidence linking the account to the trust.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 16-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 16 / Section 16-0103
Receipt of funds by comptroller
Status: in_force

§ 16-0103. Receipt of funds by comptroller.\n  The comptroller is hereby authorized to receive from the federal\ngovernment any moneys which the federal government shall offer to the\nstate of New York for reimbursement for expenditures or otherwise in\nconnection with any federal flood control project in the state of New\nYork. The comptroller is authorized, upon receipt of any allotment of\nmoneys from the federal government for reimbursement of expenditures or\notherwise in connection with a flood control project to deposit such\nmoneys to the credit of the general fund.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 101 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 101
Consent of commissioner of transportation in certain cases
Status: in_force

§ 101. Consent of commissioner of transportation in certain cases. No\nstreet surface railroad shall be allowed to lay its tracks at grade\nacross the tracks or roadbed of any railroad operated by locomotive\nsteam power at any point where there are three or more tracks of the\nsteam road proposed to be crossed, which tracks have been constructed\nand in operation at least two years, unless the written consent of the\ncommissioner of transportation be first obtained for such crossing at\ngrade. But this section shall not affect the operation of the preceding\nsection in any suit or proceeding pending on the twenty-ninth day of\nMarch, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, nor any renewals of said\npending suit or proceeding brought for any cause.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 153 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 1 / Part 5 / Section 153
Subpoena, warrant and other process to compel attendance
Status: in_force

§ 153. Subpoena, warrant and other process to compel attendance.  The\nfamily court may issue a subpoena or in a proper case a warrant or other\nprocess to secure or compel the attendance of an adult respondent or\nchild or any other person whose testimony or presence at a hearing or\nproceeding is deemed by the court to be necessary, and to admit to, fix\nor accept bail, or parole him pending the completion of the hearing or\nproceeding. The court is also authorized to issue a subpoena duces tecum\nin accordance with the applicable provisions of the civil practice act\nand, upon its effective date, in accordance with the applicable\nprovisions of the CPLR.  A judge of the family court is also authorized\nto hear and decide motions relating to child support subpoenas issued\npursuant to section one hundred eleven-p of the social services law.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 241 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 2 / Section 241
Disposition of unpaid money due on account of pari-mutuel tickets not presented
Status: in_force

§ 241. Disposition of unpaid money due on account of pari-mutuel\ntickets not presented. The sum held by any corporation authorized to\nconduct pari-mutuel betting for payment of outstanding winning\npari-mutuel tickets and for refunding the price of pari-mutuel tickets\nshall be retained by such corporation for such purposes until April\nfirst of the succeeding year; provided, however, that ninety-five per\ncentum of such sum remaining unclaimed as of the last day of February of\nsuch year shall be paid to the department of taxation and finance by\nMarch fifteenth. On April tenth, the balance of such sum remaining\nunclaimed and any other unclaimed amount received in the course of\nconducting pari-mutuel betting shall be paid to the department of\ntaxation and finance. A penalty of five per centum and interest at the\nrate of one per centum per month from the due date to the date of\npayment of the unclaimed balance due March fifteenth or April tenth, as\nthe case may be, shall be payable in case such balance is not paid when\ndue. Such amounts, interest and penalties when collected shall be paid\nby the department of taxation and finance into the general fund of the\nstate treasury.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2503 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 25 / Section 2503
Designation of particular insurer, agent, broker or fund for insurance provided to discharge statutory requirement
Status: in_force

§ 2503. Designation of particular insurer, agent, broker or fund for\ninsurance provided to discharge statutory requirement. No person, firm\nor corporation who or which shall be the primary beneficiary of\ninsurance provided in discharge of any statutory requirement of this\nstate, and no representative of any primary beneficiary of such\ninsurance, shall require anyone obligated to comply with such statutory\nrequirement, to obtain such insurance from a particular insurance\ncompany, insurance fund of this state, agent, or broker.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 708-A — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 20 / Section 708-A
E-filing program for the purpose of filing papers electronically
Status: in_force

* § 708-a. E-filing program for the purpose of filing papers\nelectronically. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the New\nYork state public employment relations board shall establish and\npromulgate rules authorizing an electronic filing program (hereinafter\nreferred to as "e-filing"), in the use of electronic means for: (a) the\ncommencement of a proceeding; and (b) the filing and service of papers\nin pending proceedings. The board's website shall contain the e-filing\nprogram along with instructions for e-filing, such rules regarding\ne-filing, and certain forms promulgated by the board that parties or\nother persons may use to prepare their documents for e-filing.\n  2. Unless otherwise permitted under this section, all documents filed\nin cases before the board shall be filed electronically (hereinafter\nreferred to as "e-filed"), on the board's website, unless the party can\nestablish to the board that it does not have access to the means for\ne-filing or that e-filing would impose an undue burden.\n  * NB Effective November 22, 2023\n
N.Y. STF Law § 144 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 9 / Section 144
Opening and reading of bids for contracts for public work; criminal conspiracies
Status: in_force

§ 144. Opening and reading of bids for contracts for public work;\ncriminal conspiracies. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of\nany general or special law, contracts for public work in excess of five\nthousand dollars shall be awarded by any board, officer, agency,\ndepartment or commission of the state only after advertisement for bids\nshall contain a statement of the time and place where all bids received\nin pursuance of such notice will be publicly opened and read and,\npursuant to such notice, all bids received shall be publicly opened and\nread at the time and place so specified.\n  2. A person or corporation who conspires to prevent competitive\nbidding on a contract for public work or purchase advertised for bidding\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor as provided in section one hundred\nthree-e of the general municipal law.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 67-A — New York Code / Act STF / Article 5-B / Section 67-A
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 67-a. Definitions. When used in this article the following terms\nshall have the meanings set forth below:\n  1. "State-supported debt" shall mean any bonds or notes, including\nbonds or notes issued to fund reserve funds and costs of issuance,\nissued by the state or a state public corporation for which the state is\nconstitutionally obligated to pay debt service or is contractually\nobligated to pay debt service subject to an appropriation, except where\nthe state has a contingent contractual obligation.\n  2. "Total personal income of the state" shall mean the most recently\npublished estimate of the immediately preceding calendar year annual\ntotal personal income of the state of New York as published by the\nUnited States department of commerce or any successor agency from which\ninformation is available most proximate and prior to October\nthirty-first, two thousand one and to October thirty-first of each year\nthereafter. Subsequent revisions of the published estimated dollar\namount for any calendar year estimate employed pursuant to the terms of\nthis subdivision shall not affect the validity of the determination made\nfor any fiscal year.\n  3. "Total governmental funds receipts" shall mean the total amount of\nreceipts of all governmental funds of the state including general fund,\nspecial revenue funds, capital funds and debt service funds as finally\nreported by the state comptroller on a cash basis of accounting for the\nstate fiscal year, but shall exclude cash transfers between funds and\ninclude any cash management or other related transactions whereby\nreceipts in a state fiscal year were reduced and maintained for\nsubsequent use.\n  4. "Capital work or purpose" shall mean any project involving:\n  (i) the acquisition, construction, demolition, or replacement of a\nfixed asset or assets;\n  (ii) the major repair or renovation of a fixed asset, or assets which\nmaterially extends its useful life or materially improves or increases\nits capacity; or\n  (iii) the planning or design of the acquisition, construction,\ndemolition, replacement, major repair or renovation of a fixed asset or\nassets, including the preparation and review of plans and specifications\nincluding engineering and other services, field surveys and sub-surface\ninvestigations incidental thereto.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 1900 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 19 / Section 1900
Security for costs
Status: in_force

§ 1900. Security for costs.\n  Article 85 of the CPLR, entitled "security for costs," shall apply in\nthis court, except that the minimum undertaking of CPLR 8503 shall be\n$50 rather than the amount therein provided.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1431 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A / Section 1431
Refunds
Status: in_force

§ 1431. Refunds. Whenever the treasurer shall determine that any\nmoneys received under the provisions of the local law enacted pursuant\nto this article were paid in error, it may cause such moneys to be\nrefunded pursuant to such rules and regulations it may prescribe,\nprovided any application for such refund is filed with the treasurer\nwithin two years from the date the erroneous payment was made.\n
N.Y. EDP Law § 509 — New York Code / Act EDP / Article 5 / Section 509
Pretrial conferences
Status: in_force

§ 509. Pretrial conferences. Upon the call of the trial calendar the\njustice or judge presiding may prepare a pretrial conference calendar of\nproceedings.  A pretrial conference may be held in each such proceeding.\nEach judicial department and the court of claims shall adopt rules\ngoverning the conduct of pretrials.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 9-904 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 9 / Section 9-904
Proposition for the submission of acts or resolutions
Status: in_force

§ 9-904 Proposition for the submission of acts or resolutions. A\nproposition submitting an act or resolution of the board of trustees to\nthe approval of the electors pursuant to this chapter shall contain an\nabstract of such act or resolution concisely stating the purpose and\neffect thereof. The village clerk shall prepare such abstract\nproposition in the form in which it is proposed to be submitted to the\nboard of trustees for approval. Said board shall submit the approved\nproposition at an annual or special election in accordance with the\nprovisions of this chapter. If there be more than one such proposition\nto be voted upon at such election, each proposition shall be separately\nand consecutively numbered.\n