N.Y. VAT Law § 2103 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 10 / Article 46 / Section 2103
Excepted liens and security interests; buyer from manufacturer or dealer
Status: in_force

§ 2103. Excepted liens and security interests; buyer from manufacturer\nor dealer. This article does not apply to or affect:\n  (a) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services\nor materials for the vehicle;\n  (b) A lien given by statute to the United States, this state, or any\npolitical subdivision of this state except for liens arising pursuant to\nsection two hundred eleven of the lien law and section one hundred\neleven-u of the social services law;\n  (c) A security interest in a vehicle created by a manufacturer or\ndealer who holds the vehicle for sale as distinguished from a person who\nholds the vehicle for lease, but a buyer in ordinary course of business\nfrom a manufacturer or a dealer who holds the vehicle for sale, whether\nor not he may have held it for lease, takes free of any security\ninterest created by him in the vehicle.\n  (d) A security interest in a vehicle acquired by the state of New York\nand financed by certificates of participation pursuant to article five-A\nof the state finance law.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1226-G — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10 / Section 1226-G
Transfer of water facilities by the board of water supply or any municipality
Status: in_force

§ 1226-g. Transfer of water facilities by the board of water supply or\nany municipality. 1. The board of water supply or any municipality may,\nby resolution approved by a majority of the entire voting strength of\nthe applicable governing body of the board of water supply or\nmunicipality, as the case may be, enter into an agreement with the water\nboard for the transfer, by deed, lease or other arrangement, to the\nwater board, for use in the exercise of its corporate powers and\npurposes, of any property, real, personal or mixed or any interest\ntherein, constituting a water facility or facilities or otherwise owned\nby it. Any such property offered to be transferred to the water board\nwithin the period commencing on the date the certificate described in\nparagraph (a) of subdivision five of section one thousand two hundred\ntwenty-six-e of this title shall be filed by the county executive and\nterminating one hundred days thereafter shall be accepted by the water\nboard in the physical condition in which it then exists. Any such\nagreement shall state the consideration, if any, for such transfer and\nshall provide that the authority shall assume the obligation to pay any\nor all outstanding indebtedness of the transferring body and/or pay all\nor part of any purchase or acquisition price in cash or in installments\nover such period of years, at such rate of interest, if any, and may be\nsubject to such other terms and conditions as the water board, the\nauthority, the board of water supply or municipality, as the case may\nbe, shall agree to be fair, adequate and reasonable. Notwithstanding\nsection six-l of the general municipal law or any other general, special\nor local law or charter provision to the contrary, the purchase or\nacquisition price, including cash proceeds and any installments to be\npaid by the authority to the board of water supply or to the city over a\nperiod of years, shall be paid to the city and deposited when received\nby the city in a trust fund hereby created and entitled "city of Utica\ncapital improvement trust fund". Moneys in such trust fund shall be\ninvested in the same manner as moneys of the city held in a capital\nreserve fund established pursuant to section six-c of the general\nmunicipal law may be invested. Not exceeding fifty per centum of the\nprincipal corpus plus interest earned or capital gain realized by the\ncity in the immediately preceding fiscal year of the city from any such\ninvestment may be authorized to be and thereafter expended by a\ntwo-thirds vote of the council of the city for any city object or\npurpose defined as a capital improvement in subdivision nine of section\n2.00 of the local finance law or to pay principal of or interest on\nobligations of the city issued for any capital improvement, provided:\n(i) the mayor shall have theretofore submitted to the council and the\ncouncil shall have approved a five year capital plan for the city, and\n(ii) the capital improvement or improvements for which such moneys will\nbe expended is described and approved in such capital plan, and (iii)\nnotwithstanding paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subdivision, the\nexpenditure of any amount of such moneys specifically allocated in the\ncity budget to pay the principal of or interest on any existing\nobligations of the city may be authorized in the same manner and by the\nsame voting strength as provided for in the adoption of the annual city\nbudget. The capital plan may be revised, from time to time, by the mayor\nand the council and may be amended, from time to time, as the mayor and\nthe council shall determine necessary and appropriate. Any amount of\ninterest earned or capital gain realized from any such investment and\nnot expended in any fiscal year of the city as herein provided shall, on\nthe first day of the next succeeding fiscal year of the city, be added\nto and become a part of the principal corpus of said trust fund. The\ntrust fund shall terminate when the balance of all moneys remaining\ntherein shall amount to less than two hundred thousand dollars. At such\ntime the remaining principal corpus may be transferred to and deposited\nin the general fund of the city by a majority vote of the council of the\ncity. Notwithstanding any provision of any general or local law or\ncharter provision, neither the principal corpus of such trust fund nor\nany interest or capital gain realized from the investment thereof shall\nbe utilized, transferred or advanced for any purpose or to any fund. To\nthe extent not inconsistent with this title, any such agreement may\nimpose such limitations or conditions as may be agreed upon by and\nbetween the board of water supply or such municipality and the water\nboard with respect to the power of the water board to sell or otherwise\ndispose of any property acquired by the water board pursuant to such\nagreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or\nlocal law or charter to the contrary, any action taken by the board of\nwater supply or any municipality pursuant to this subdivision shall not\nbe subject to a permissive or mandatory referendum and any such\nproperty, real, personal or mixed or any interest therein, need not be\nsold at public auction.\n  2. Any such agreement shall set forth the liabilities of the board of\nwater supply or of any municipality which it is contemplated are to be\npaid by the authority or the water board from moneys available to it.\n  3. Any such agreement may provide for the payment by the board of\nwater supply or any municipality to the water board of any funds,\nincluding the remaining proceeds of any bonds or notes issued for any\nwater facility, to be transferred by the board of water supply or\nmunicipality to the water board as may be determined appropriate by such\nboard of water supply or municipality and the water board.\n  4. The board of water supply, any municipality, the authority and the\nwater board, or any combination thereof, are hereby authorized and\nempowered to make or enter into any contracts, agreements, deeds,\nleases, conveyances or other instruments as may be necessary or\nappropriate to effectuate the purposes of this title, and they shall\nhave power and authority to do so and to authorize the doing of all\nthings incidental, desirable or necessary to implement the provisions of\nthis title.\n  5. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no\nagreement relating to the transfer of water facilities contemplated by\nthis section shall become effective for any purpose unless and until the\nsame shall have been approved in writing by resolution of the authority.\n  6. Any application filed or proceeding heretofore commenced in\nrelating to any water facility transferred to the water board pending\nwith the state departments of environmental conservation or health or\nany other state agency or with the United States environmental\nprotection agency or any other federal agency or instrumentality shall\ninure to and for the benefit of the water board and be binding upon the\nwater board to the same extent and in the same manner as if the water\nboard had been a party to such application or proceeding from its\ninception, and the water board shall be deemed a party thereto to the\nextent not prohibited by any federal law. Any license, approval, permit\nor decision heretofore or hereafter issued or granted pursuant to or as\na result of any such application or proceeding shall inure to the\nbenefit of and be binding upon the water board and shall be assigned and\ntransferred by the board of water supply or applicable municipality to\nthe water board unless such assignment and transfer is prohibited by\nfederal law.\n  7. The rules and regulations of the water board may provide for the\ndiscontinuance or disconnection of the supply of water by the water\nboard for non-payment of fees, rates or other charges therefor imposed\nby the water board, provided such discontinuance or disconnection of any\nsupply of water shall not be carried out except in the manner and upon\nthe notice as is required of a waterworks corporation pursuant to\nsubdivisions three-a, three-b and three-c of section eighty-nine-b and\nsection one hundred sixteen of the public service law.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1230-X — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-B / Section 1230-X
Audit and annual report
Status: in_force

§ 1230-x. Audit and annual report. In conformity with the provisions\nof section five of article ten of the constitution, the accounts of the\nwater board and of the authority shall be subject to the supervision of\nthe comptroller and an annual audit shall be performed by an independent\ncertified accountant. The water board and the authority shall annually\nsubmit to the governor and comptroller and to the state legislature a\ndetailed report pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-eight\nhundred of this chapter, and a copy of such report shall be filed with\nthe clerk of the county and city.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1230-AA — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-B / Section 1230-AA
Effect of inconsistent provisions
Status: in_force

§ 1230-aa. Effect of inconsistent provisions. Insofar as the\nprovisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any\nother act, general or special, or of any charter, local law, ordinance\nor resolution of any municipality, the provisions of this title shall be\ncontrolling. Nothing contained in this section shall be held to\nsupplement or otherwise expand the powers or duties of the authority or\nwater board otherwise set forth in this title. Except as specifically\nprovided for in this title, in the performance of any of its functions,\npowers and duties, the authority and the water board shall be subject to\nall applicable general or special laws of the state, the county charter,\ncity charter and any local law or ordinance.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 350-A — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 10 / Section 350-A
Protective payments
Status: in_force

§ 350-a. Protective payments. 1. Whenever the social services official\nwho is granting allowances of family assistance to a relative for the\nbenefit of a child determines that such relative is unable to manage the\nallowances he or she may, when appropriate in accordance with state and\nfederal requirements, pay the allowances to another individual who is\ninterested in or concerned with the welfare of the child and relative.\n  2.  The determination of the social services official to pay\nallowances to another individual pursuant to subdivision one may be\nappealed to the department by the relative concerned who shall be given\nan opportunity for a fair hearing on his appeal.  The department may\nreview such determination on its own motion.  The powers and procedures\nprescribed by section twenty-two of this chapter shall likewise apply to\nthe determinations, appeals and reviews made pursuant to this section.\n  3.  Any relative or other person who is granted an allowance of family\nassistance for the benefit of a child or children and who wilfully uses\nall or any part of such allowance other than for the benefit of such\nchild or children, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 383-F — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 10 / Section 383-F
Retirement of officers of state law enforcement; alternative twenty-five year retirement plan
Status: in_force

§ 383-f. Retirement of officers of state law enforcement; alternative\ntwenty-five year retirement plan. a. Membership. Every non-seasonally\nappointed sworn member or officer of the division of law enforcement in\nthe department of environmental conservation, a forest ranger in the\nservice of the department of environmental conservation, which shall\nmean a person who serves on a full-time basis in the title of forest\nranger I, forest ranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent\nof forest fire control, or any successor titles or new titles in the\nforest ranger title series in the department of environmental\nconservation, a police officer in the department of environmental\nconservation, the regional state park police, and university police\nofficers whose date of membership is prior to January ninth, two\nthousand ten may irrevocably elect to be covered by the provisions of\nthis section by filing an election therefor with the comptroller. The\ndeadline to make such election for every member described in this\nsubdivision in such service shall be December thirty-first, two thousand\ntwenty-six or within one year of employment in an eligible title,\nwhichever is later. Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service\nand upon retirement, each such member shall receive a pension which,\ntogether with an annuity, if any, which shall be the actuarial\nequivalent of such member's accumulated contributions at the time of\ntheir retirement and an additional pension which is the actuarial\nequivalent of the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to which such\nmember may then be entitled, if any, shall be sufficient to provide such\nmember with a retirement allowance equal to fifty-five percent of their\nfinal average salary. To be effective, such election must be duly\nexecuted and acknowledged on a form prepared by the comptroller for such\npurpose.\n  b. Retirement allowance. 1. A member, covered by the provisions of\nthis section at the time of retirement, shall be entitled to retire upon\ncompletion of twenty-five years of total creditable service in such\ntitles by filing an application therefor in a manner similar to that\nprovided in section three hundred seventy of this article.\n  2. Upon completion of more than twenty-five years of such service and\nupon retirement, each such member shall receive, for each year of\nservice in excess of twenty-five, an additional pension which, together\nwith an annuity for each such year as provided in paragraph three of\nthis subdivision, shall be equal to one-hundredth of their final average\nsalary, provided, however, that the pension payable pursuant to this\nsection shall not exceed sixty-five per centum of such member's final\naverage salary.\n  3. The annuity provided under paragraph two of this subdivision shall\nbe the actuarial equivalent, at the time of retirement, of the member's\naccumulated contributions based upon the rate of contributions fixed\nunder section three hundred eighty-three of this title and upon the\nsalaries earned while in such service. Such annuity shall be computed as\nit would be if it were not reduced by the actuarial equivalent of any\noutstanding loan nor by reason of the member's election to decrease such\nmember's contributions for old age and survivor's insurance. Any\naccumulated contributions in excess of the amount required to provide\nthe annuity computed pursuant to this paragraph shall be used to\nincrease the member's retirement allowance.\n  c. Credit for previous service. In computing the years of total\ncreditable service for each member described herein, full credit shall\nbe given and full allowance shall be made for service rendered as a\nmember of a retirement plan established pursuant to section three\nhundred eighty-one-b of this title, a police officer or state university\npeace officer or member of a police force or department of a state park\nauthority or commission or an organized police force or department of a\ncounty, city, town, village, police district, authority or other\nparticipating employer or member of the capital police force in the\noffice of general services while a member of the New York state and\nlocal police and fire retirement system, of the New York state and local\nemployees' retirement system or of the New York city police pension fund\nand for all service for which full credit has been given and full\nallowance made pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred\nseventy-five-h of this article provided, however, that full credit\npursuant to the provisions of such section shall mean only such service\nas would be creditable service pursuant to the provisions of section\nthree hundred eighty-three, three hundred eighty-three-a, three hundred\neighty-three-b, as added by chapter six hundred seventy-four of the laws\nof nineteen hundred eighty-six, three hundred eighty-three-b, as added\nby chapter six hundred seventy-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred\neighty-six, three hundred eighty-three-c or three hundred eighty-three-d\nof this title or pursuant to the provisions of title thirteen of the\nadministrative code of the city of New York for any member contributing\npursuant to this section who transferred to the jurisdiction of the\ndepartment of environmental conservation including but not limited to\nenvironmental conservation officers and forest rangers, regional state\npark police or state university of New York peace officers.\n  d. Employee contributions. Notwithstanding any provisions of this\nchapter to the contrary, any member currently enrolled pursuant to this\nsection shall be required to make employee contributions equal to one\nand one-half per centum of annual wages, provided, however, that\nbeginning on and after July first, two thousand twenty-five, any member\ncurrently enrolled pursuant to this section shall have no such employee\ncontributions.\n  e. The provisions of this section shall be controlling,\nnotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-1007 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 10 / Section 27-1007
Mandatory acceptance
Status: in_force

§ 27-1007. Mandatory acceptance.\n  Except as provided in section 27-1009 of this title:\n  1. (a) A dealer shall accept at his or her place of business from a\nredeemer any empty beverage containers of the design, shape, size,\ncolor, composition and brand sold or offered for sale by the dealer, and\nshall pay to the redeemer the refund value of each such beverage\ncontainer as established in section 27-1005 of this title. Redemptions\nof refund value must be in legal tender, or a scrip or receipt from a\nreverse vending machine, provided that the scrip or receipt can be\nexchanged for legal tender for a period of not less than sixty days\nwithout requiring the purchase of other goods. The use or presence of a\nreverse vending machine shall not relieve a dealer of any obligations\nimposed pursuant to this section. If a dealer utilizes a reverse vending\nmachine to redeem containers, the dealer shall provide redemption of\nbeverage containers when the reverse vending machine is full, broken,\nunder repair or does not accept a type of beverage container sold or\noffered for sale by such dealer and may not limit the hours or days of\nredemption except as provided by subdivision three of this section.\n  (b) Beginning March first, two thousand ten, a dealer whose place of\nbusiness is part of a chain engaged in the same general field of\nbusiness which operates ten or more units in this state under common\nownership and whose business has at least: (i) forty thousand but less\nthan sixty thousand square feet devoted to the display of merchandise\nfor sale to the public shall install and maintain at least two reverse\nvending machines at the dealer's place of business; (ii) sixty thousand\nbut less than eighty-five thousand square feet devoted to the display of\nmerchandise for sale to the public shall install and maintain at least\nthree reverse vending machines at the dealer's place of business; or\n(iii) eighty-five thousand square feet devoted to the display of\nmerchandise for sale to the public shall install and maintain at least\nfour reverse vending machines at the dealer's place of business. The\nrequirements of paragraph (b) of this subdivision to install and\nmaintain reverse vending machines shall not apply to a dealer that: (i)\nsells only beverage containers of twenty ounces or less where such\nbeverage containers are packaged in quantities fewer than six; (ii)\nsells beverage containers and devotes no more than five percent of its\nfloor space to the display and sale of consumer commodities, as defined\nin section two hundred fourteen-h of the agriculture and markets law; or\n(iii) obtains a waiver from the commissioner authorizing dealers to\nprovide consumers with an alternative technology that: (A) determines if\nthe container is redeemable, (B) provides protections against fraud\nthrough a system that validates each container redeemed by reading the\nuniversal product code and, except with respect to refillable\ncontainers, renders the container unredeemable, (C) accumulates\ninformation regarding containers redeemed, and (D) issues legal tender,\nor a scrip, receipt, or other form of credit for the refund value, that\ncan be exchanged for legal tender for a period of not less than sixty\ndays without requiring the purchase of other goods. Notwithstanding the\nforegoing, if the alternative technology does not allow consumers to\nimmediately obtain the refund value of the redeemed container, a dealer\nshall be permitted to deploy such alternative technology only if it also\noffers an alternative that allows consumers to conveniently and\nimmediately obtain such refund value through a reverse vending machine\nor other alternative method.\n  (c) A dealer to which paragraph (b) of this subdivision does not apply\nand whose place of business is at least forty thousand square feet which\ndoes not utilize reverse vending machines to process empty beverage\ncontainers for redemption shall: (i) establish and maintain a dedicated\narea within such business to accept beverage containers for redemption;\n(ii) adequately staff such area to facilitate efficient acceptance and\nprocessing of such containers during business hours; and (iii) post one\nor more conspicuous signs conforming to the size and color requirements\ndescribed in subdivision two of this section at each public entrance to\nthe business which describes where in the business the redemption area\nis located. The commissioner may establish in rules and regulations\nadditional standards for the efficient processing of beverage containers\nby such dealers.\n  (d) For the purposes of this subdivision on any day that a dealer is\nopen for less than twenty-four hours, the dealer may restrict or refuse\nthe payment of refund values during the first and last hour the dealer\nis open for business.\n  2. A dealer shall post a conspicuous sign, at the point of sale, that\nstates:\n                     "NEW YORK BOTTLE BILL OF RIGHTS\n STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO REDEEM EMPTY RETURNABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS OF\n         THE SAME TYPE AND BRAND THAT WE SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE\nYOU HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE RETURNABLE CONTAINER\nACT:\n  THE RIGHT to return your empties for refund to any dealer who sells\nthe same brand, type and size, whether you bought the beverage from the\ndealer or not. It is illegal to return containers for refund that you\ndid not pay a deposit on in New York state.\n  THE RIGHT to get your deposit refund in cash, without proof of\npurchase.\n  THE RIGHT to return your empties any day, any hour, except for the\nfirst and last hour of the dealer's business day (empty containers may\nbe redeemed at any time in 24-hour stores).\n  THE RIGHT to return your containers if they are empty and intact.\nWashing containers is not required by law, but is strongly recommended\nto maintain sanitary conditions.\n  The New York state returnable container act can be enforced by the New\nYork state department of environmental conservation, the New York state\ndepartment of agriculture and markets, the New York state department of\ntaxation and finance, the New York state attorney general and/or by your\nlocal government."\n  Such sign must be no less than eight inches by ten inches in size and\nhave lettering a minimum of one quarter inch high, and of a color which\ncontrasts with the background. The department shall maintain a toll free\ntelephone number for a "bottle bill complaint line" that shall be\navailable from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each business day to receive\nreports of violations of this title. The telephone number shall be\nlisted on any sign required by this section.\n  3. On or after June first, two thousand nine, a dealer may limit the\nnumber of empty beverage containers to be accepted for redemption at the\ndealer's place of business to no less than seventy-two containers per\nvisit, per redeemer, per day, provided that:\n  (a) The dealer has a written agreement with a redemption center, be it\neither at a fixed physical location within the same county and within\none-half mile of the dealer's place of business, or a mobile redemption\ncenter, operated by a redemption center, that is located within\none-quarter mile of the dealer's place of business. The redemption\ncenter must have a written agreement with the dealer to accept\ncontainers on behalf of the dealer; and the redemption center's hours of\noperation must cover at least 9:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. daily or in\nthe case of a mobile redemption center, the hours of operation must\ncover at least four consecutive hours between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.\ndaily. The dealer must post a conspicuous, permanent sign, meeting the\nsize and color specifications set forth in subdivision two of this\nsection, open to public view, identifying the location and hours of\noperation of the affiliated redemption center or mobile redemption\ncenter; and\n  (b) The dealer provides, at a minimum, a consecutive two hour period\nbetween 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. daily whereby the dealer will accept up\nto two hundred forty containers, per redeemer, per day, and posts a\nconspicuous, permanent sign, meeting the size and color specifications\nset forth in subdivision two of this section, open to public view,\nidentifying those hours. The dealer may not change the hours of\nredemption without first posting a thirty day notice; and\n  (c) The dealer's primary business is the sale of food or beverages for\nconsumption off-premises, and the dealer's place of business is less\nthan ten thousand square feet in size.\n  4. A deposit initiator shall accept from a dealer or operator of a\nredemption center any empty beverage container of the design, shape,\nsize, color, composition and brand sold or offered for sale by the\ndeposit initiator, and shall pay the dealer or operator of a redemption\ncenter the refund value of each such beverage container as established\nby section 27-1005 of this title. A deposit initiator shall accept and\nredeem all such empty beverage containers from a dealer or redemption\ncenter without limitation on quantity.\n  5. A deposit initiator's or distributor's failure to pick up empty\nbeverage containers, including containers processed in a reverse vending\nmachine, from a redemption center, dealer or the operator of a reverse\nvending machine, shall be a violation of this title.\n  6. In addition to the refund value of a beverage container as\nestablished by section 27-1005 of this title, a deposit initiator shall\npay to any dealer or operator of a redemption center a handling fee of\nthree and one-half cents for each beverage container accepted by the\ndeposit initiator from such dealer or operator of a redemption center.\nPayment of the handling fee shall be as compensation for collecting,\nsorting and packaging of empty beverage containers for transport back to\nthe deposit initiator or its designee. Payment of the handling fee may\nnot be conditioned on the purchase of any goods or services, nor may\nsuch payment be made out of the refund value account established\npursuant to section 27-1012 of this title. A distributor who does not\ninitiate deposits on a type of beverage container is considered a dealer\nonly for the purpose of receiving a handling fee from a deposit\ninitiator.\n  7. A deposit initiator on a brand shall accept from a distributor who\ndoes not initiate deposits on that brand any empty beverage containers\nof that brand accepted by the distributor from a dealer or operator of a\nredemption center and shall reimburse the distributor the refund value\nof each such beverage container, as established by section 27-1005 of\nthis title. In addition, the deposit initiator shall reimburse such\ndistributor for each such beverage container the handling fee\nestablished under subdivision six of this section. Without limiting the\nrights of the department or any person, firm or corporation under this\nsubdivision or any other provision of this section, a distributor shall\nhave a civil right of action to enforce this subdivision, including,\nupon three days notice, the right to apply for temporary and preliminary\ninjunctive relief against continuing violations, and until arrangements\nfor collection and return of empty containers or reimbursement of such\ndistributor for such deposits and handling fees are made.\n  8. It shall be the responsibility of the deposit initiator or\ndistributor to provide to a dealer or redemption center a sufficient\nnumber of bags, cartons, or other suitable containers, at no cost, for\nthe packaging, handling and pickup of empty beverage containers that are\nnot redeemed through a reverse vending machine. The bags, cartons, or\ncontainers must be provided by the deposit initiator or distributor on a\nschedule that allows the dealer or redemption center sufficient time to\nsort the empty beverage containers prior to pick up by the deposit\ninitiator or distributor. In addition:\n  (a) When picking up empty beverage containers, a deposit initiator or\ndistributor shall not require a dealer or redemption center to load\ntheir own bags, cartons or containers onto or into the deposit\ninitiator's or distributor's vehicle or vehicles or provide the staff or\nequipment needed to do so.\n  (b) A deposit initiator or distributor shall not require empty\ncontainers to be counted at a location other than the redemption center\nor dealer's place of business. The dealer or redemption center shall\nhave the right to be present at the count.\n  (c) A deposit initiator or distributor shall pick up empty beverage\ncontainers from the dealer or redemption center at reasonable times and\nintervals as determined in rules or regulations promulgated by the\ndepartment.\n  9. No person shall return or assist another to return to a dealer or\nredemption center an empty beverage container for its refund value if\nsuch container had previously been accepted for redemption by a dealer,\nredemption center, or deposit initiator who initiates deposits on\nbeverage containers of the same brand.\n  10. A redeemer, dealer, distributor or redemption center shall not\nknowingly redeem an empty beverage container on which a deposit was\nnever paid in New York state.\n  11. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of section\n27-1009 of this title, a deposit initiator or distributor shall accept\nand redeem beverage containers as provided in this title, if the dealer\nor operator of a redemption center shall have accepted and paid the\nrefund value of such beverage containers.\n  12. No person shall intentionally program, tamper with, render\ninaccurate, or circumvent the proper operation of a reverse vending\nmachine to wrongfully elicit deposit monies when no valid, redeemable\nbeverage container has been placed in and properly processed by the\nreverse vending machine.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1230-G — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-B / Section 1230-G
Special enforcement powers with respect to wastewater facilities
Status: in_force

§ 1230-g. Special enforcement powers with respect to wastewater\nfacilities. 1. In addition to any other enforcement powers provided by\nthis title or any other provision of law, with respect to the\njurisdiction, control, supervision, possession, operation and use of the\nwastewater system and its facilities and for the administration and\nenforcement of this title with respect to such waste water system, the\nwater board shall have the enforcement powers provided in this section.\nThe provisions of this section shall be liberally construed so as to\neffect the purpose of this section to permit the water board to qualify\nas a publicly-owned treatment works (POTW) under applicable federal and\nstate environmental laws.\n  2. As used or referred to in this section, unless a different meaning\nclearly appears from the context:\n  (a) "Discharge" means any introduction of waste into the wastewater or\nstorm water facilities from any effluent source.\n  (b) "Domestic sewage" means a combination of wastes from the\nnon-commercial preparation, cooking, and handling of food; human bodily\nwastes and similar matter from sanitary conveniences in dwellings,\ncommercial buildings, industrial buildings and institutions; or any\nother wastes from non-commercial, non-industrial or non-institutional\nactivities.\n  (c) "Effluent source" means a source of introduction of any waste into\nthe wastewater or storm water facilities.\n  (d) "Hazardous substance" means any substance that:\n  (i) is identified or listed as a hazardous waste or acute hazardous\nwaste in regulations promulgated pursuant to section 27-0903 of the\nenvironmental conservation law and all amendments thereto, regardless of\nwhether at the time of release the substance was actually a waste; or\n  (ii) appears on the list of substances hazardous or acutely hazardous\nto public health, safety or the environment in regulation promulgated\npursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision one of section 37-0103\nof the environmental conservation law and all amendments thereto; and\nany substance on the list established by the United States environmental\nprotection agency for reporting pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 11023, as\namended.\n  (d) "Industrial user" means any person or effluent source that\ndischarges industrial waste.\n  (e) "Industrial waste" means any liquid, solid, or gaseous substance,\nor combination thereof, resulting from any process of industrial,\ncommercial, governmental and institutional concerns, manufacturing,\nbusiness, trade, or research, including the development, recovery, or\nprocessing of natural resources, or from sources other than those\ndescribed as domestic sewage. Groundwater and surface runoff may be\nconsidered to be industrial waste if contaminated with industrial\nprocess chemical constituents.\n  (f) "Pollutant" means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue,\nsewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological\nmaterials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment,\nrock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste\ndischarged into water.\n  (g) "Sewage" or "wastewater" means any combination of wastes from\nresidences, business buildings, institutions and industrial\nestablishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as\nmay be present.\n  3. (a) The water board shall adopt a schedule of administrative or\ncivil penalties not to exceed ten thousand dollars per violation per day\nto be assessed against any person who has been finally determined to\nviolate any rules, regulations, permits or orders of the water board\nmade pursuant to this title. In determining the amount of an\nadministrative or civil penalty, the water board or the court shall\nconsider the seriousness of the violation or violations, any history of\nsuch violations, any good faith efforts to comply with applicable\nrequirements and such other matters as justice may require. The\npenalties provided for in this subdivision shall be imposed by action of\nthe water board after a hearing meeting the requirements of due process\npursuant to the rules and regulations of the water board.\n  (b) The water board may bring suit for collection or recovery of any\nsuch penalty in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any sanction,\npenalty, action or cause of action for the recovery of a penalty, under\nthis title, may be settled or compromised by the water board, before or\nafter proceedings are brought to recover such penalties and prior to the\nentry of judgment thereof. All penalties received by the water board\nshall be deposited with the treasurer and applied by the board to the\nbenefit of the water board users and authority bondholders.\n  (c) In addition to the penalties provided in this subdivision, in the\nevent of a violation or threatened violation of any of the water board's\nrules, regulations, permits, or orders, the water board is authorized\nto:\n  (i) obtain a warrant upon application to any court of competent\njurisdiction, based upon reasonable cause and reliable information that\nsuch violation is threatened or has occurred, for entry onto a user's\npremises or effluent source where entry has been denied or obstructed;\nor\n  (ii) suspend or revoke any user's discharge permit; or\n  (iii) discontinue, disconnect or block the person or user's access to\nthe system; or\n  (iv) obtain an injunction or other judicial relief upon application to\na court of competent jurisdiction, to enjoin any person or user from\ncontinuing such violation or from carrying out the threat of such\nviolation. In any such suit the court shall have jurisdiction to grant\nthe water board, without bond or undertaking, such prohibitory or\nmandatory injunctions as the facts may warrant, including prevention or\nabatement of pollutant discharges, temporary restraining orders or\npreliminary injunctions; or\n  (v) recover costs or expenses incurred by the water board for any\ninvestigation, sampling, monitoring (enhanced or otherwise), removal and\nremediation costs or other actual expenses, fees or costs, including\nattorneys' fees and costs.\n  The imposition of any sanction or penalty or application for judicial\nrelief, shall not be a bar against, or prerequisite for taking any other\naction against any person.\n  4. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, whenever the\nexecutive director finds, after investigation, that any person is\ndischarging any pollutant, sewage, industrial waste or other waste\nwhich, in his judgment, presents an imminent danger to the system\nfacilities, the environment or the public health, safety or welfare of\npersons and the executive director determines that it would be harmful\nto delay action until an opportunity for a hearing can be provided, the\nexecutive director may, without prior hearing, order such person by\nnotice, in writing wherever practicable or in such other form as in the\nexecutive director's judgment will reasonably notify such person whose\npractices are intended to be proscribed, to discontinue, abate or\nalleviate such discharge, and thereupon such person shall immediately\ndiscontinue, abate or alleviate such discharge. In the event of\nnon-compliance with such order, the water board is authorized to\ndiscontinue, disconnect or block the user's access to the system. Within\nten days after the issuance of such order, the water board shall give\nwritten notice to any such person which provides for an opportunity for\na hearing.\n  5. (a) Whenever required to carry out the purposes and objectives of\nthis title, including, but not limited to, developing or assisting in\nthe development of any discharge limitation, or other limitation,\nprohibition or discharge standard, pretreatment standard, or standard of\nperformance; or determining whether any industrial user is in violation\nof any such discharge limitation, or other limitation, prohibition,\ndischarge standard, pretreatment standard, or standard of performance or\nthe water board's rules, regulations, permits or orders;\n  (i) the water board may require industrial users to:\n  (1) establish and maintain such records;\n  (2) make such reports;\n  (3) install, use and maintain such monitoring equipment or methods\n(including where appropriate, biological monitoring equipment or\nmethods);\n  (4) sample such discharges, in accordance with such methods, at such\nintervals, and in such manner as the water board shall prescribe in its\nrules, regulations, permits or orders; and\n  (5) provide such other information as the water board may reasonably\nrequire; and\n  (ii) except as otherwise provided by a court warrant or order, the\nwater board or its authorized representative, (including an authorized\ncontractor acting as a representative of the water board) upon\npresentation of his credentials:\n  (1) shall have a right of entry, at all reasonable times, to, upon, or\nthrough any premises in which any effluent source of an industrial user\nis located or in which any records are required to be maintained\npursuant to this title or any rules, regulations, orders or permits of\nthe water board;\n  (2) may, at reasonable times during regular business hours, have\naccess to and copy any records required to be maintained pursuant to\nthis title or any rules, regulations, orders or permits of the water\nboard;\n  (3) may, during all times of industrial user discharges, inspect any\nmonitoring or other equipment or method which is required pursuant to\nthis title or any rules, regulations, orders or permits of the water\nboard; and\n  (4) may, during all times of industrial user discharges, have access\nto and sample any discharges or pollutants, resulting directly or\nindirectly from activities or operations of the industrial user of the\npremises in which an effluent source is located.\n  (b) Any records, reports or information obtained under this section\nshall, in the case of discharge data, be related to any applicable\nlimitation, toxic pretreatment, or performance standards, and shall be\navailable to the public, except that upon a showing satisfactory to the\nwater board by any person that records, reports, or information, or\nparticular portion thereof (other than discharge data), to which the\nwater board has access under this section, if made public would divulge\nmethods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets of such\nperson, the water board shall consider such record, report, or\ninformation, or particular portion thereof confidential, except that\nsuch record, report, or information may be disclosed to officers,\nemployees, or authorized representatives of the United States or the\nstate concerned with carrying out the Clean Water Act 33 U.S.C. § 1251\net seq., and any applicable state law related thereto or when relevant\nto any proceeding under this title or the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §\n1251 et seq., and any applicable state law related thereto.\n  6. (a) Whenever the water board determines, after investigation, that\nthere has been a violation of any of the provisions of this title or any\nrules, regulations, orders or permits issued pursuant thereto, the water\nboard shall give notice in writing, in such form as will reasonably\nnotify the alleged violator or violators setting forth any thing or act\ndone or omitted to be done or claimed to be in violation of any such\nprovisions, and requiring that the matters complained of be corrected.\nSuch notice shall inform the violator of an opportunity for a hearing,\nor that the alleged violator appear in person or by attorney before the\nwater board, at a reasonable time and place in said notice specified,\nand show cause why enforcement action should not be taken.\n  (b) The water board shall establish in its rules and regulations\nprocedures for the conduct of any hearings.\n  (c) The executive director may designate an agent of the water board\nor any other person, independent of the water board, to serve and\npreside as hearing officer.\n  (d) In any hearing, a hearing officer may administer oaths, examine\nwitnesses, and issue, in the name of the water board, notices of\nhearings and subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of\nwitnesses and the production of evidence relevant to any matter involved\nin any hearing conducted by the water board.\n  (e) In any proceeding before the water board, the burden of proof,\nwith respect to violations of or liability imposed by this title or by\nrules, regulations, orders or permits issued pursuant thereto shall be\nupon the user or person cited by notice. In any such proof, the water\nboard or the hearing officer may rely upon the self-monitoring reports\nsubmitted by the person being investigated or any other evidence.\n  (f) After due consideration of the written and oral statements, and\ntestimony and arguments, or on default in appearance, the water board\nmay issue and enter such final order to make such final determination as\nit deems appropriate under the circumstances, and shall notify such\nperson or persons thereof in writing.\n  (g) In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a notice of hearing or\nsubpoena issued by the water board, the supreme court shall have\njurisdiction, upon application of the water board, to issue an order\nrequiring such person to appear and testify or produce evidence as the\ncase may require.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 383-E — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 10 / Section 383-E
Retirement of officers of state law enforcement; twenty year retirement plan
Status: in_force

§ 383-e. Retirement of officers of state law enforcement; twenty year\nretirement plan. a. Membership. Every non-seasonally appointed sworn\nmember or officer of the division of law enforcement in the department\nof environmental conservation, a forest ranger in the service of the\ndepartment of environmental conservation, which shall mean a person who\nserves on a full-time basis in the title of forest ranger I, forest\nranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire\ncontrol, superintendent of forest fire control or any successor titles\nor new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of\nenvironmental conservation, a police officer in the department of\nenvironmental conservation, the regional state park police, and\nuniversity police officers whose date of membership is on or after July\nfirst, two thousand twenty-five shall be covered by the provisions of\nthis section. Every member described in this subdivision in such service\nwhose date of membership is on or after January ninth, two thousand ten,\nbut before July first, two thousand twenty-five may irrevocably elect to\nbe covered by the provisions of this section by filing an election\ntherefor with the comptroller. The deadline to make such election for\nevery member described in this subdivision in such service shall be\nDecember thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six or within one year of\nemployment in an eligible title, whichever is later. To be effective,\nsuch election must be duly executed and acknowledged on a form prepared\nby the comptroller for that purpose.\n  b. Retirement allowance. A member, covered by the provisions of this\nsection at the time of retirement, shall be entitled to retire upon\ncompletion of twenty years of total creditable service in such titles,\nand shall retire upon the attainment of the mandatory retirement age\nprescribed by this section, by filing an application therefor in a\nmanner similar to that provided in section three hundred seventy of this\narticle.\n  1. Upon completion of twenty years of such service and upon\nretirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together\nwith an annuity for such years of service as provided in paragraph four\nof this subdivision, shall be sufficient to provide such member with a\nretirement allowance of one-half of such member's final average salary.\n  2. Upon completion of more than twenty years of such service and upon\nretirement, each such member shall receive, for each year of service in\nexcess of twenty, an additional pension which, together with an annuity\nfor each such year as provided in paragraph four of this subdivision,\nshall be equal to one-hundredth of such member's final average salary,\nprovided, however, that the pension payable pursuant to this section\nshall not exceed sixty-five per centum of final average salary.\n  3. Upon attainment of the mandatory retirement age without completion\nof twenty years of such service, each such member shall receive a\npension which, together with an annuity for such years of service as\nprovided in paragraph four of this subdivision, shall be equal to\none-fortieth of such member's final average salary for each year of\ncreditable service in such titles. Every such member shall also be\nentitled to an additional pension equal to the pension for any\ncreditable service rendered while not an employee in such titles as\nprovided under paragraphs three and four of subdivision a of section\nthree hundred seventy-five of this article. This latter pension shall\nnot increase the total allowance to more than one-half of such member's\nfinal average salary.\n  4. The annuity provided under paragraphs one, two and three of this\nsubdivision shall be the actuarial equivalent, at the time of\nretirement, of the member's accumulated contributions based upon the\nrate of contribution fixed under section three hundred eighty-three of\nthis title and upon the salaries earned while in such service. Such\nannuity shall be computed as it would be if it were not reduced by the\nactuarial equivalent of any outstanding loan nor by reason of the\nmember's election to decrease such member's contributions toward\nretirement in order to apply the resulting amount toward payment of\ncontributions for old age and survivor's insurance. Any accumulated\ncontributions in excess of the amount required to provide the annuity\ncomputed pursuant to this paragraph shall be used to increase the\nmember's retirement allowance.\n  c. Credit for previous service. In computing the years of total\ncreditable service for each member described herein, full credit shall\nbe given and full allowance shall be made for service rendered as a\nmember of a retirement plan established pursuant to section three\nhundred eighty-one-b of this title, a police officer or state university\npeace officer or member of a police force or department of a state park\nauthority or commission or an organized police force or department of a\ncounty, city, town, village, police district, authority or other\nparticipating employer or member of the capital police force in the\noffice of general services while a member of the New York state and\nlocal police and fire retirement system, of the New York state and local\nemployees' retirement system or of the New York city police pension fund\nand for all service for which full credit has been given and full\nallowance made pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred\nseventy-five-h of this article provided, however, that full credit\npursuant to the provisions of such section shall mean only such service\nas would be creditable service pursuant to the provisions of section\nthree hundred eighty-three, three hundred eighty-three-a, three hundred\neighty-three-b, as added by chapter six hundred seventy-four of the laws\nof nineteen hundred eighty-six, three hundred eighty-three-b, as added\nby chapter six hundred seventy-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred\neighty-six, three hundred eighty-three-c or three hundred eighty-three-d\nof this title or pursuant to the provisions of title thirteen of the\nadministrative code of the city of New York for any member contributing\npursuant to this section who transferred to the jurisdiction of the\ndepartment of environmental conservation including but not limited to\nenvironmental conservation officers and forest rangers, regional state\npark police or state university of New York peace officers.\n  d. Retirement for cause. Upon receipt of a certificate from the head\nof the entity where such member is employed or such member's designee, a\nmember as described in subdivision a of this section, who has accrued\ntwenty-five or more years of service credit under this section shall be\nretired on the first day of the second month next succeeding the date\nsuch certificate was filed with the comptroller.\n  e. Credit for military service. In computing the years of total\ncreditable service full credit shall be given and full allowance shall\nbe made for service of such member in war after world war I as defined\nin section three hundred two of this article, provided such member at\nthe time of such member's entrance into the armed forces was in police\nservice as defined in subdivision eleven of section three hundred two of\nthis article.\n  f. Transfer of membership to employees' retirement system. Any member\ncurrently enrolled pursuant to this section and who previously\ntransferred service credit from the New York state and local employees'\nretirement system to the New York state and local police and fire\nretirement system, may elect to transfer such previously transferred\nservice credit back to the New York state and local employees'\nretirement system, and such member shall have the option to\nretroactively transfer such member's membership into such employees'\nretirement system.\n  g. Employee contributions. 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this\nchapter to the contrary, any member currently enrolled pursuant to this\nsection shall be required to make employee contributions equal to the\namounts identified in this section. No other employee contributions\nshall be required. Upon the date of enrollment in the plan provided by\nthis section, the rate at which each such member shall make basic member\ncontributions in any plan year (April first to March thirty-first) shall\nbe determined by reference to the wages of such member in the second\nplan year (April first to March thirty-first) preceding such current\nplan year as follows:\n  (a) members with wages of forty-five thousand dollars per annum or\nless shall contribute four and one-half per centum of annual wages;\n  (b) members with wages greater than forty-five thousand dollars per\nannum, but not more than fifty-five thousand dollars per annum shall\ncontribute five per centum of annual wages;\n  (c) members with wages greater than fifty-five thousand dollars per\nannum, but not more than seventy-five thousand dollars per annum shall\ncontribute six per centum of annual wages;\n  (d) members with wages greater than seventy-five thousand dollars per\nannum but not more than one hundred thousand dollars per annum shall\ncontribute seven and one-quarter per centum of annual wages; and\n  (e) members with wages greater than one hundred thousand dollars per\nannum shall contribute seven and one-half per centum of annual wages.\n  Notwithstanding the foregoing, during each of the first three plan\nyears (April first to March thirty-first) in which such member has\nestablished membership in the New York state and local police and fire\nretirement system, such member shall contribute a percentage of annual\nwages in accordance with the preceding schedule based upon a projection\nof annual wages provided by the employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing,\nwhen determining the rate at which members enrolled in the plan provided\nby this section shall contribute for any plan year (April first to March\nthirty-first) between April first, two thousand twenty-two and April\nfirst, two thousand twenty-eight, such rate shall be determined by\nreference to employees annual base wages of such member in the second\nplan year (April first to March thirty-first) preceding such current\nplan year. Base wages shall include regular pay, shift differential pay,\nlocation pay, and any increased hiring rate pay, but shall not include\nany overtime payments.\n  2. (a) Effective July first, two thousand twenty-five, any member\ncurrently enrolled pursuant to this section, who first became a member\nof the New York state and local police and fire retirement system prior\nto July first, two thousand twenty-five, shall be required to make\nemployee contributions pursuant to section twelve hundred four of this\nchapter. No other employee contributions shall be required.\n  * (b) Effective October first, two thousand twenty-six, any member\ncurrently enrolled pursuant to this section, who first became a member\nof the New York state and local police and fire retirement system on or\nafter July first, two thousand twenty-five, shall be required to make\nemployee contributions pursuant to section twelve hundred four of this\nchapter. No other employee contributions shall be required.\n  * NB Effective October 1, 2026\n  h. The provisions of this section shall be controlling,\nnotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1230-M — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-B / Section 1230-M
Bonds of the authority
Status: in_force

§ 1230-m. Bonds of the authority. 1. The authority shall have the\npower and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue bonds in\nconformance with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code in\nsuch principal amounts as it may determine to be necessary to pay the\ncost of any project or projects, or for any other corporate purpose,\nincluding reasonable and incidental expenses in connection therewith.\nThe authority shall have power from time to time to refund any bonds by\nthe issuance of new bonds whether the bonds to be refunded have or have\nnot matured, and may issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding\nand partly for any other corporate purpose. Bonds issued by the\nauthority may be general obligation bonds secured by the faith and\ncredit of the authority or may be special obligations payable solely out\nof particular revenues or other moneys as may be designated in the\nproceedings of the authority under which the bonds shall be authorized\nto be issued, subject to any agreements entered into between the\nauthority and the city, and the authority, the water board and the city,\nand subject to any agreements with the holders of outstanding bonds\npledging any particular property, revenues or moneys.\n  2. The authority is authorized to obtain from any department or agency\nof the United States or the state or any non-governmental insurer or\nfinancial institution, any insurance, guaranty or other credit support\ndevice, to the extent now or hereafter available, as to, or for the\npayment or repayment of interest or principal, or both, or any part\nthereof, on any bonds issued by the authority and to enter into any\nagreement or contract with respect to any such insurance or guaranty,\nexcept to the extent that the same would in any way impair or interfere\nwith the ability of the authority to perform and fulfill the terms of\nany agreement made with the holders of bonds or notes of the authority\nas may then exist.\n  3. Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, be in\nsuch denominations, bear such date or dates and mature at such time or\ntimes as such resolution may provide, except that bonds and any renewals\nthereof shall mature within forty years of the date of their original\nissuance and notes and any renewal thereof shall mature within five\nyears of the date of their original issuance. Such bonds shall be\nsubject to such terms of redemption, bear interest at such rate or rates\npayable at such times, be in such form, carry such registration\nprivileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of\npayment at such place or places, and be subject to such terms and\nconditions as such resolution may provide. Bonds may be sold at public\nor private sale for such price or prices as the authority shall\ndetermine provided that no issue of bonds may be sold by the authority\nat private sale unless such sale and the terms thereof have been\napproved in writing by (a) the comptroller, where such sale is not to\nsuch comptroller, or (b) by the state director of the budget, where such\nsale is to be to the comptroller. The authority may pay all expenses,\npremiums and commissions which it may deem necessary or advantageous in\nconnection with the issuance and sale of bonds or authority obligations.\n  4. The authority may also enter into loan agreements, lines of credit\nand other security agreements and obtain for or on its behalf letters of\ncredit, insurance, guarantees or other credit enhancements to the extent\nnow or hereafter available, in each case for securing its bonds or to\nprovide direct payment of any costs which the authority is authorized to\npay.\n  5. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing bonds or any issue of\nbonds may contain provisions which may be a part of the contract with\nthe holders of the bonds thereby authorized as to:\n  (a) pledging all or part of the revenues, other monies or property of\nthe authority to secure the payment of the bonds, or any costs of\nissuance thereof, including, but not limited to, any contracts, earnings\nor proceeds of any grant to the authority received from any private or\npublic source subject to such agreements with bondholders as may then\nexist;\n  (b) the setting aside of reserves and the creation of sinking funds\nand the regulation and disposition thereof;\n  (c) limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds from the sale of\nbonds may be applied;\n  (d) limitations on the right of the authority to restrict and regulate\nthe use of the project or part thereof in connection with which bonds\nare issued;\n  (e) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon\nwhich additional bonds may be issued and secured and the refunding of\noutstanding or other bonds;\n  (f) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with\nbondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders\nof which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may\nbe given;\n  (g) the creation of special funds into which any revenues or monies\nmay be deposited;\n  (h) the terms and provisions of any trust, mortgage, deed or indenture\nsecuring the bonds under which the bond may be issued;\n  (i) vesting in a trustee or trustees such properties, rights, powers\nand duties in trust as the authority may determine which may include any\nor all of the rights, powers and duties of the trustees appointed by the\nbondholders to appoint a trustee pursuant to this title or limiting or\nabrogating the rights of the bondholders to appoint a trustee, or\nlimiting the rights, duties and powers of such trustee;\n  (j) defining the acts or omissions to act which may constitute a\ndefault in the obligations and duties of the authority to the\nbondholders and providing for the rights and remedies of the bondholders\nin the event of such default, including as a matter of right the\nappointment of a receiver, provided, however, that such rights and\nremedies shall not be inconsistent with the general laws of the state\nand other provisions of this title;\n  (k) limitations on the power of the authority to sell or otherwise\ndispose of any project or any part thereof;\n  (l) limitations on the amount of revenues and other monies to be\nexpended for operating, administrative or other expenses of the\nauthority;\n  (m) the payment of the proceeds of bonds, revenues and other monies to\na trustee or other depository, and for the method of disbursement\nthereof with such safeguards and restrictions as the authority may\ndetermine; and\n  (n) any other matters of like or different character which in any way\naffect the security or protection of the bonds or the rights and\nremedies of bondholders.\n  6. In addition to the powers herein conferred upon the authority to\nsecure its bonds, the authority shall have power in connection with the\nissuance of bonds to adopt resolutions and enter into such trust\nindentures, agreements or other instruments as the authority may deem\nnecessary, convenient or desirable concerning the use or disposition of\nits revenues or other monies or property, including the mortgaging of\nany property and the entrusting, pledging or creation of any other\nsecurity interest in any such revenues, monies or property and the doing\nof any act, including refraining from doing any act which the authority\nwould have the right to do in the absence of such resolutions, trust\nindentures, agreements or other instruments. The authority shall have\npower to enter into amendments of any such resolutions, trust\nindentures, agreements or other instruments. The provisions of any such\nresolutions, trust indentures, agreements or other instruments may be\nmade a part of the contract with the holders of bonds of the authority.\n  7. Any provision of the uniform commercial code to the contrary\nnotwithstanding, any pledge of or other security interest in revenues,\nmonies, accounts, contract rights, general intangibles or other personal\nproperty made or created by the authority or the water board, pursuant\nto this title, shall be valid, binding and perfected against all\npersons, from the time when such pledge is made or other security\ninterest attaches without any physical delivery of the collateral or\nfurther act, and the lien of any such pledge or other security interest\nshall be valid, binding and perfected against all parties having claims\nof any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority or the\nwater board, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof.\nNo instrument by which such a pledge or security interest is created nor\nany financing statement need be recorded or filed.\n  8. Whether or not the bonds are of such form and character as to be\nnegotiable instruments under the terms of the uniform commercial code,\nthe bonds are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of\nand for all the purposes of the uniform commercial code, subject only to\nthe provisions of the bonds for registration.\n  9. Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing its\nbonds shall be liable personally on its bonds or be subject to any\npersonal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.\n  10. Subject to such agreements with bondholders as may then exist, the\nauthority shall have power out of any funds available therefor to\npurchase bonds of the authority, which shall thereupon be cancelled, at\na price not exceeding (a) if the bonds are then redeemable, the\nredemption price then applicable plus accrued interest to the next\ninterest payment date, or (b) if the bonds are not then redeemable, the\nredemption price applicable on the first date after such purchase upon\nwhich the bonds become subject to redemption plus accrued interest to\nthe next interest payment date. Bonds so purchased shall thereupon be\ncancelled.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1230-R — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-B / Section 1230-R
Agreement with the state
Status: in_force

§ 1230-r. Agreement with the state. The state does hereby pledge to\nand agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant\nto this title and with those persons or public corporations who may\nenter into contracts with the authority or the water board, pursuant to\nthe provisions of this title that the state will not alter, limit or\nimpair the rights hereby vested in the authority or the water board to\npurchase, construct, own and operate, maintain, repair, improve,\nreconstruct, renovate, rehabilitate, enlarge, increase and extend, or\ndispose of any project, or any part or parts thereof for which bonds of\nthe authority shall have been issued, to establish and collect rates,\nrents, fees and other charges referred to in this title, to fulfill the\nterms of any contracts or agreements made with or for the benefit of the\nholders of bonds or with any person or public corporation with reference\nto such project or part thereof, or in any way to impair the rights and\nremedies of the holders of bonds, until the bonds, together with\ninterest thereon, including interest on any unpaid installments of\ninterest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or\nproceeding by or on behalf of the holders of bonds, are fully met and\ndischarged and such contracts are fully performed on the part of the\nauthority or the water board, as the case may be. The authority is\nauthorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any\nagreement with the holders of bonds.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 2108 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 10 / Article 46 / Section 2108
Contents and effect
Status: in_force

§ 2108. Contents and effect. (a) Each certificate of title issued by\nthe commissioner shall contain:\n  (1) The date issued;\n  (2) The name and address of the owner;\n  (3) The names and addresses of any lienholders, in the order of their\napparent priority as shown on the application or, if the application is\nbased on a certificate of title, as shown on the certificate;\n  (4) The title number assigned to the vehicle;\n  (5) A description of the vehicle including, so far as the following\ndata exists: its make, year model, identifying number, type of body if a\nmotor vehicle or hull material if a vessel, and whether new or used, and\nany other information required by the commissioner; and\n  (6) Any other data the commissioner prescribes.\n  (b) The certificate of title shall contain forms for assignment and\nwarranty of title by the owner, and for assignment and warranty of title\nby a dealer, and may contain forms for applications for a certificate of\ntitle by a transferee, the naming of a lienholder and the assignment or\nrelease of the security interest of a lienholder.\n  (c) A certificate of title issued by the commissioner is prima facie\nevidence of the facts appearing on it.\n  (d) A certificate of title for a vehicle is not subject to\ngarnishment, attachment, execution or other judicial process, but this\nsubsection does not prevent a lawful levy upon the vehicle.\n  * (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a certificate of\ntitle to a vehicle which is a mobile home or a manufactured home issued\nby the commissioner is prima facie evidence of the facts appearing on\nit, notwithstanding the fact that such vehicle, at any time, in any\nmanner, shall have become attached to realty.\n  * NB Effective until December 12, 2026\n  * (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a certificate of\ntitle to a vehicle which is a manufactured home issued by the\ncommissioner is prima facie evidence of the facts appearing on it,\nnotwithstanding the fact that such vehicle, at any time, in any manner,\nshall have become affixed in any manner to real property.\n  * NB Effective December 12, 2026\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 2132 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 10 / Article 46 / Section 2132
Effect on other laws
Status: in_force

§ 2132. Effect on other laws. The penal provisions of this article in\nno way repeal or modify any existing provision of the penal law but are\nadditional and supplementary thereto.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1226-V — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10 / Section 1226-V
Equal employment opportunity
Status: in_force

§ 1226-v. Equal employment opportunity. The water board and the\nauthority shall ensure that all employees or applicants for employment\nare afforded equal employment opportunity without discrimination.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1230-L — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-B / Section 1230-L
Transfer of officers and employees
Status: in_force

§ 1230-l. Transfer of officers and employees. 1. In accordance with\nthe provisions of section seventy of the civil service law, any officer\nor employee of the city that currently works in the system, may, at the\nrequest of the water board and with the consent of such city and board,\nbe transferred to the water board and shall be eligible for such\ntransfer and appointment, without further examination, to applicable\noffices, positions and employment under the water board. Any such\nofficers or employees so transferred to the water board pursuant to this\nsection, who are members of or benefit under any existing pension or\nretirement fund or system, shall continue to have all rights,\nprivileges, obligations and status with respect to such fund or system\nas are now prescribed by law, but during the period of their employment\nby the water board, all contributions to such funds or systems to be\npaid by the employer on account of such officers or employees shall be\npaid by the water board.\n  2. A transferred employee shall remain in the same collective\nbargaining unit as was the case prior to his or her transfer; successor\nemployees to the positions held by such transferred employees shall,\nconsistent with the provisions of article fourteen of the civil service\nlaw, be included in the same unit as their predecessors. Employees\nserving in positions in newly created titles shall be assigned to the\nsame collective bargaining unit as they would have been assigned to such\nunit were such titles created prior to the establishment of the water\nboard.  Nothing contained in this title shall be construed (a) to\ndiminish the rights of employees pursuant to a collective bargaining\nagreement or (b) to affect existing law with respect to an application\nto the public employment relations board seeking a designation by the\nboard that certain persons are managerial or confidential.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1226-R — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10 / Section 1226-R
Exemption from taxes, assessments and certain fees
Status: in_force

§ 1226-r. Exemption from taxes, assessments and certain fees.  1. The\nauthority shall not be required to pay any fees, taxes, special ad\nvalorem levies or assessments, whether state or local, including but not\nlimited to fees, taxes, special ad valorem levies or assessments on real\nproperty, franchise taxes, sales taxes or other excise taxes, upon any\nproperty owned by it or under its jurisdiction, control or supervision,\nor upon the uses thereof, or upon its activities in the operation and\nmaintenance of its facilities or any fares, tolls, rentals, rates,\ncharges, fees, revenues or other income received by the authority.\nNotwithstanding the previous sentence, the authority shall be required\nto pay water and pure water fees or charges as may be negotiated by any\npublic corporation. The authority shall at all times be exempt from any\nfiling, mortgage recording or transfer fees or taxes in relation to\ninstruments filed, recorded or transferred by it or on its behalf. The\nconstruction, use, occupation or possession of any property owned by the\nauthority or the county, including improvements thereon, by any person\nor public corporation under a lease, lease and sublease or any other\nagreement shall not operate to abrogate or limit the foregoing\nexemption, notwithstanding that the lessee, user, occupant or person in\npossession shall claim ownership for federal income tax purposes.\n  2. Any bonds issued pursuant to this title together with the income\nthere from as well as the property of the authority shall at all times\nbe exempt from taxes, except for transfer and estate taxes. The state\nhereby covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent holders and\ntransferees of bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this title, in\nconsideration of the acceptance of and payment for the bonds, that the\nbonds of the authority issued pursuant to this title and the income\ntherefrom and all revenues, monies, and other property pledged to secure\nthe payment of such bonds shall at all times be free from taxation,\nexcept for transfer and estate taxes.\n  3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the water board shall pay to each\nmunicipality and each school district as hereinafter provided located\neither in the service area or within municipalities in which real\nproperty of the water board is located in monthly payments commencing on\nthe first day of the fiscal year of such municipality or school district\nin the year succeeding the calendar year in which this title shall take\neffect:\n  (a) to all school districts annually determined by the water board to\nhave lost real property tax revenues as a consequence of the transfer of\nany previously taxable real property by either the board of water supply\nor any municipality to the water board, the sum of nine hundred\nseventy-five thousand dollars in the first fiscal year and such sum\nannually thereafter in each of the next twenty-two years equal to the\nsum so paid the preceding year decreased by forty-two thousand three\nhundred ninety-one dollars, the amount to be paid to each individual\nschool district to be determined annually by the water board in\nproportion to the amount of real property taxes received by each such\nschool district from the board of water supply in fiscal year nineteen\nhundred ninety-three--nineteen hundred ninety-four;\n  (b) to each town which the water board annually determines will\nprovide services to the water board during the next ensuing calendar\nyear, for a period of forty years commencing in the calendar year\nsucceeding the year after the date of enactment of this title, the\nannual sum of seventy-four thousand seven hundred thirty-seven dollars,\nwhich sum shall be increased every sixth year by five per centum;\nprovided, that the town of Trenton shall initially receive sixty\nthousand dollars of such initial aggregate amount with the remainder\nbeing distributed to the town of Russia in the amount of nine thousand\nfive hundred dollars, to the town of Norway in the amount of four\nthousand three hundred eighteen dollars, to the town of Ohio in the\namount of eight hundred ninety-four dollars and to the town of Salisbury\nin the amount of twenty-five dollars; which such amounts being increased\nby such five per centum as herein provided, and thereafter as the water\nboard shall determine;\n  (c) to the county of Oneida, in each year during which the auditorium\ncommonly known as the Utica memorial auditorium, as the same may be\nreconstructed, enlarged or modified, or replaced by a building serving a\nsimilar function at a different location within the service area, shall\nbe operated as an auditorium for the benefit of the residents of the\ncounty of Oneida or any portion thereof, the annual sum of five hundred\nthousand dollars, which sum shall be increased every sixth year by ten\nper centum, for a period of forty years; and thereafter as the water\nboard shall determine;\n  (d) to the city of Utica, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars\nduring each of the next ten years, commencing in the calendar year\nsucceeding the year after the date of enactment of this title; the sum\nof three hundred fifty thousand dollars in each of the following five\nyears; the sum of four hundred fifty-five thousand dollars in each of\nthe following five years; the sum of three hundred seventy-five thousand\ndollars in each of the following five years; the sum of four hundred\ntwenty-five thousand dollars in each of the following five years; the\nsum of four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars in each of the\nfollowing five years; the sum of five hundred twenty-five thousand\ndollars in each of the following five years; and thereafter as the water\nboard shall determine.\n  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any payment in\nlieu of tax payments described in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this\nsubdivision, (i) may be decreased at any time for any period by\nresolution of the governing body of the water board approved by the\naffirmative vote of at least seventy-five per centum of such governing\nbody and provided further that any such decrease shall be uniform for\nall payment in lieu of tax payments to the affect that any percentage\ndecrease to any municipality or school district shall be equally reduced\nto each other municipality or school district, and (ii) as the water\nboard shall determine, be in priority to or subordinate to any other\npayments required to be made pursuant to this title, including, without\nlimitation, the payment of sums to the authority or to any trustee\nrepresenting the holders of any bonds issued by the authority.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 384-A — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 10 / Section 384-A
Additional pension benefits for certain police officers after twenty-five years of service
Status: in_force

§ 384-a. Additional pension benefits for certain police officers after\ntwenty-five years of service. a. In the event a member of the police\nforce of the village of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, who is\ncontributing to the retirement system under section three hundred\neighty-four of this chapter, shall continue in service after twenty-five\nyears of total creditable police service under such section in such\nforce, he or she shall receive, upon retirement, in addition to the\namount of any retirement allowance he or she would otherwise be entitled\nto receive, pursuant to the applicable provisions of this chapter, an\nadditional pension for such service of one-sixtieth of his or her final\naverage salary for each completed additional year of service after\ntwenty-five years. The participating employer in the case of any police\nofficer eligible for the additional pension benefit prescribed by this\nsection shall make additional contributions to the appropriate fund of\nthe retirement system necessary to pay the difference between the\namounts prescribed by this section and the amount the member would\notherwise be entitled to receive at the time of his or her retirement.\n  b. The service in the police force of each member of such force\nentitled to additional pension credit under this section shall be\nterminated and he shall be retired on the first day of the calendar\nmonth next succeeding his attainment of age sixty-two provided however\nthat in the case of the chief of such force, his service shall be\nterminated and he shall be retired on the first day of the calendar\nmonth next succeeding his attainment of age sixty-five.  Notwithstanding\nthe foregoing, during the period terminating March thirty-first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-four, such chief shall be retired on the first\nday of the calendar month next succeeding his attainment of age seventy;\nprovided that service rendered by such chief after attaining age\nsixty-five shall not be used to provide additional benefits, except that\nthe salary paid for such service may be used in the computation of\nbenefits.\n  c. The provisions of subdivisions f, g, and h of section three hundred\neighty-four of this chapter shall not be applicable to the village of\nHempstead in the county of Nassau.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 356 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 10 / Section 356
Moneys to be provided by counties and cities; how expended
Status: in_force

§ 356.  Moneys to be provided by counties and cities; how expended.\n1. The legislative body of each social services district shall annually\nappropriate to the commissioner of social services such sum as may be\nneeded for family assistance, and for the administration thereof. When\nthe assistance for which such social services district is responsible is\nadministered, pursuant to title three-A of article three, by a social\nservices official who is not an officer of the social services district\nfor which the appropriation is made, all or part of the sum appropriated\nshall be made available to such other officer and to the municipality of\nwhich he or she is an officer, in the manner, and at such times, as is\nrequired  by other provisions of this chapter. The legislative body of\nthe social services district shall include such sums in the taxes  to be\nlevied for such social services district.\n  2. Allowances granted for family assistance shall be paid out of\nmoneys appropriated or otherwise made  available to the social services\ndistrict.\n  3.  Expenditures for allowances and administrative expenses under this\ntitle shall be a charge upon the county or city public welfare district.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1941 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 10-B / Section 1941
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1941. Definitions.  As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n  1. "Auditorium" means the auditorium commonly known as the Utica\nmemorial auditorium located in the city of Utica, as well as surrounding\nlands, including all structures appurtenant thereto, located in the\nvicinity of Oriskany street west and Charles street, as the same may be\nreconstructed, enlarged or modified from time to time.\n  2. "Authority" means the corporation created by section one thousand\nnine hundred forty-two of this title.\n  3. "Bonds" means the bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness\nissued by the authority pursuant to this title, and the provisions of\nthis title relating to bonds and bondholders shall apply with equal\nforce and effect to notes and noteholders, respectively, unless the\ncontext otherwise clearly requires.\n  4. "City" means the city of Utica, Oneida county.\n  5. "Civil service commission" means the civil service commission of\nthe county of Oneida.\n  6. "Comptroller" means the comptroller of the state.\n  7. "Construction" or "Constructed" means the acquisition, erection,\nbuilding, alteration, improvement, increase, enlargement, extension,\nreconstruction, renovation or rehabilitation of the auditorium; the\ninspection and supervision thereof; and the engineering, architectural,\nlegal, fiscal and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs,\nplans, working drawings, specifications, procedure and other actions\npreliminary or incidental thereto and claims arising therefrom.\n  8. "Cost" as applied to the auditorium, includes the cost of\nconstruction, the cost of the acquisition of all property, including\nreal property and other property, both real, personal and mixed,\nimproved and unimproved, the cost of the demolishing, removing or\nrelocating any buildings or structures on lands so acquired, including\nthe cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures\nmay be moved or relocated, the cost of all machinery, apparatus and\nequipment, financing charges, interest prior to, during and after\nconstruction to the extent not paid or provided for from revenues or\nother sources, the cost of engineering and architectural surveys, plans\nand specifications, the cost of consultant and legal services, the cost\nof guarantee, bond insurance or other credit support devices and the\ncost of other expenses necessary or incidental to the construction of\nthe auditorium and the acquisition of property therefor and the\nfinancing of the construction and acquisition of property, including the\namount authorized in the resolution of the authority providing for the\nissuance of bonds to be paid into any reserve or other special funds\nfrom the proceeds of such bonds and the financing of the placing of the\nauditorium in operation, including reimbursement to any municipality,\nstate agency, the state, the United States government, or any other\nperson for expenditures that would be costs of the auditorium hereunder\nhad they been made directly by the authority.\n  9. "Council" means the common council of the city.\n  10. "County" means the county of Oneida, New York.\n  11. "County executive" means the county executive of the county.\n  12. "County legislature" means the county legislature of the county.\n  13. "Governing body" means the members of the authority, constituting\nand acting as the governing body of the authority.\n  14. "Municipality" means the county and any city, town, village or\nschool district located within or partly within the service area.\n  15. "Person" means any natural person, firm, partnership, association,\njoint venture or corporation, exclusive of a public corporation as\ndefined pursuant to article two-A of the general construction law.\n  16. "Real property" means lands, structures, franchise, rights and\ninterests in land, air space, waters, lands under water, riparian\nrights, and air rights and any and all things and rights included within\nsaid term and includes not only fees simple absolute, but also any and\nall lesser interests including, but not limited to, easements,\nrights-of-way, uses, leases, licenses and all other incorporeal\nhereditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable,\nincluding terms for years and liens thereon by way of judgments,\nmortgages or otherwise.\n  17. "Revenues" means all fees, charges and other income and receipts\nderived from the operation of the auditorium including, without limiting\nthe generality of the foregoing, investment proceeds and proceeds of\ninsurance, condemnation, and sale or other disposition of assets,\ntogether with all federal, state or municipal aid, if any.\n  18. "Service area" means the area comprising the entirety of the city\nand of the towns of Deerfield, Kirkland, Marcy, New Hartford, Trenton\nand Whitestown, including all villages located entirely or partly\ntherein.\n  19. "State" means the state of New York.\n  20. "State agency" means any state office, public benefit corporation,\ndepartment, board, commission, bureau or division, or other agency or\ninstrumentality of the state.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 72-1011 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 72 / Title 10 / Section 72-1011
Mined land reclamation program account
Status: in_force

§ 72-1011. Mined land reclamation program account.\n  1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance and the comptroller a special\nrevenue fund to be known as the "mined land reclamation program\naccount".\n  2. The account shall consist of all moneys received from fees, fee\npenalties, and fee and fee penalty interest collected pursuant to this\ntitle, and any other moneys collected therefor or credited or\ntransferred thereto from any other fund, account or source.\n  3. Moneys in the mined land reclamation program account, following\nappropriation by the legislature, shall be disbursed, upon the\ncertification of approval for availability by the director of the\nbudget, for the administration and enforcement of title twenty-seven of\narticle twenty-three of this chapter, including but not limited to\nmonitoring, surveillance, enforcement, training and research.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1230-E — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-B / Section 1230-E
Water board
Status: in_force

§ 1230-e. Water board. 1. A water board, to be known as the "Niagara\nFalls public water board", may be created by a special act of the state\nlegislature as a body corporate and politic, constituting a corporate\nmunicipal instrumentality of the state and having the powers and duties\nas provided in this title.\n  2. The governing body of the water board shall consist of a total of\nfive members, to be appointed and to serve as follows: one member shall\nbe appointed by the governor, one member shall be appointed by the\ntemporary president of the senate at the recommendation of the senator\nor senators representing all or a portion of the city, one member shall\nbe appointed by the speaker of the assembly at the recommendation of the\nassembly member or members representing all or a portion of the city,\none member shall be appointed by the mayor, and one member shall be\nappointed by the majority vote of the city council. At least three of\nthe five members shall be residents of the city. When a vacancy occurs\nthat reduces the number of members who are city residents to less than\nthree, the appointment to fill that vacancy must be a city resident.\nEach member shall attend, in each fiscal year, at least seventy-five\npercent of all meetings of the governing body. Failure by any party to\nappoint any member shall not invalidate the creation or establishment of\nthe water board and shall result in the creation of a vacancy on the\ngoverning body of the water board which may be filled at any time by\nsuch party. The member appointed by the governor shall be appointed for\na term ending on December thirty-first of the first year following the\nyear in which this title shall have become a law; the member appointed\nby the temporary president of the senate shall be appointed for a term\nending on December thirty-first of the second year following the year in\nwhich this title shall have become a law; the member appointed by the\nspeaker of the assembly shall be appointed for a term ending on December\nthirty-first of the third year following the year in which this title\nshall have become a law; the member appointed by the mayor shall be\nappointed for a term ending on December thirty-first of the fourth year\nfollowing the year in which this title shall have become a law; and the\nmember appointed by the city council shall be appointed for a term\nending on December thirty-first of the fifth year following the year in\nwhich this title shall have become a law. Subsequent appointments of\nmembers shall be made for a term of three years ending in each case on\nDecember thirty-first of the last year of such term. No member shall be\na member of the governing body of the authority. All members shall\ncontinue to hold office until their successors are appointed and\nqualify. All members shall hold, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree from\nan accredited college or university, with a concentration or degree in\none of the following areas of study and at least five years of\nprofessional experience therein, or without such degree, such member\nshall have at least ten years of professional experience in one of the\nfollowing fields: legal, environmental, financial, management,\nengineering, human resources, or science. Vacancies shall be filled in\nthe manner provided for original appointment. Vacancies, occurring\notherwise than by expiration of term of office, shall be filled by\nappointment for the unexpired terms. Members may be removed from office\nonly for the same reasons and in the same manner as provided by section\ntwenty-eight hundred twenty-seven of this chapter. Any member fulfilling\nthe requirement that at least three members be residents of the city\nshall forfeit his or her membership on the governing body upon such\nmember's termination of residence in the city, which forfeiture shall\ncreate a vacancy. The members of the water board shall receive no\ncompensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their actual\nand necessary expenses incurred in connection with the carrying out of\nthe purposes of this title; provided, however, that no member shall be\nreimbursed for any expense of attending ordinary board meetings or any\nother expense exceeding one thousand dollars incurred with respect to\nany individual purpose, unless the governing body at a meeting duly\ncalled and held when three members are present shall have authorized\nsuch expenditure by such member. The powers of the water board shall be\nvested in and be exercised by the governing body at a meeting duly\ncalled and held where a quorum of three members are present. Any one or\nmore members of the water board may participate in a meeting of such\nwater board by means of a conference telephone or similar communications\nequipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear or\nsee and hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means\nshall constitute presence in person at a meeting. No action shall be\ntaken except pursuant to the favorable vote of at least three voting\nmembers. All votes must be made in person at a meeting and no vote may\nbe made by proxy. The governing body may delegate to one or more of its\nmembers, officers, agents or employees such powers and duties as it may\ndeem proper.\n  3. The officers of the water board shall consist of a chairman, a\nvice-chairman and a treasurer, who shall be members of the water board,\nand a secretary, who need not be a member of the water board. Such\nofficers shall be appointed by the governing body and shall serve in\nsuch capacities at the pleasure of the governing body. In addition to\nthe secretary, the governing body may appoint and at pleasure remove\nsuch additional officers and employees as it may determine necessary or\nappropriate for the performance of the powers and duties of the water\nboard, and fix and determine their qualifications, duties and\ncompensation, subject to the provisions of the civil service law and the\nrules of the civil service commission of the city. The governing body\nmay also from time to time contract for expert professional services.\nThe treasurer shall execute a bond, conditioned upon the faithful\nperformance of the duties of his or her office. The amount and\nsufficiency of such bond shall be approved by the governing body and the\npremium therefor shall be paid by the water board.\n  4. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special\nor local law, ordinance, resolution or charter, no officer, member or\nemployee of the state, the city, any municipality, or any state agency,\nshall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his or her office or\nemployment or any benefits provided under the retirement and social\nsecurity law by reason of his or her acceptance of appointment as a\nmember, officer, agent or employee of the water board, nor shall service\nas such member, officer, agent or employee be deemed incompatible or in\nconflict with such office, membership or employment.\n  5. (a) The mayor shall file on or before December thirty-first of the\nyear following the year in which the special act of the state\nlegislature creating the water board shall have become a law, in the\noffice of the secretary of state, a certificate signed by the mayor\nsetting forth: (i) the name of the water board; (ii) the names of the\nmembers appointed by the governor, the temporary president of the\nsenate, the speaker of the assembly, the mayor, and the city council;\nand (iii) the effective date of the special act of the state legislature\ncreating the water board. If such certificate is not filed with the\nsecretary of state on or before such date, then the corporate existence\nof the water board shall thereupon terminate and it shall thereupon be\ndeemed to be and shall be dissolved.\n  (b) The water board and its corporate existence shall continue until\nterminated by law, provided, however, that no such law shall take effect\nso long as the water board shall have contractual duties or obligations\noutstanding unless adequate provision has been made for the satisfaction\nthereof. Upon termination of the existence of the water board, all of\nthe rights, obligations and properties of the water board then remaining\nshall pass to and vest to the city, with the consent of the city, if the\nwater board acquired such property from the city, or to a municipality,\nwith the consent of such municipality, if the water board acquired such\nproperty from such municipality, unless otherwise provided in an\nagreement with the city or municipality and the water board, and except\nas otherwise may be specified by law.\n  6. It is hereby determined and declared that the water board and the\ncarrying out of its powers and duties are in all respects for the\nbenefit of the people of the city and the service area and the state for\nthe improvement of their health, welfare and prosperity and that such\npurposes are public purposes and that the water board is and will be\nperforming an essential governmental function in the exercise of the\npowers conferred upon it by this title.\n  7. The water board shall establish and maintain its principal office\nat which it conducts its business in the city. Notwithstanding any\ngeneral, special or local law or any charter provision, the city may,\nand is hereby authorized to lease to the water board such office space\nas the water board determines to be necessary and appropriate for the\nneeds of the water board, which lease shall be for such consideration\nand shall contain such terms and conditions as the water board and the\ncity shall determine reasonable and appropriate.\n  8. The purpose of the act of the legislature establishing the water\nboard shall be, among other things, to provide for the jurisdiction,\ncontrol, possession, supervision and use of the system; authorization to\nmake rules and regulations in furtherance of this title; the enforcement\nof this title, the rules, regulations, permits and orders of the water\nboard in connection with the direct or indirect use of the system\nfacilities by persons within the city and the service area and any other\npersons for whom the water board provides services including, but not\nlimited to, accepting, treating and disposing of wastewater, industrial\nwaste, and other waste, from whatever source derived; and to enable the\nwater board to comply with all applicable laws of the United States and\nthe state, and the rules, regulations, permits and orders of their\nregulatory agencies.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1232-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-D / Section 1232-A
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1232-a. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "Nassau county sewer and storm water finance authority act".\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1232-U — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-D / Section 1232-U
Effect of inconsistent provisions
Status: in_force

§ 1232-u. Effect of inconsistent provisions. In so far as the\nprovisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any\nother provision of law, general or special, or of any charter, local\nlaw, ordinance or resolution of any municipality, the provisions of this\ntitle shall be controlling. Nothing contained in this section shall be\nheld to supplement or otherwise expand the powers or duties of the\nauthority otherwise set forth in this title. Except as specifically\nprovided for in this title, in the performance of any of its functions,\npowers and duties, the authority shall be subject to all applicable\ngeneral or special laws of the state, the county charter, and any local\nlaw, ordinance or resolution of the county. Nothing in this section\nshall be construed to affect section twelve hundred twenty-one of the\ncounty charter, which shall remain in full force and effect.\n
N.Y. LFN Law § 136.00 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 2 / Title 10 / Section 136.00
Statement of total debt; deductions from gross indebtedness
Status: in_force

§ 136.00 Statement of total debt; deductions from gross indebtedness.\nThe debt statement of a municipality, school district in a city or fire\ndistrict setting forth its total net indebtedness may contain the\nfollowing items of deduction for the purpose of showing the net\nindebtedness of such municipality, school district or fire district:\n  1. Tax and other revenue anticipation obligations. The amount of\noutstanding indebtedness represented by obligations issued in any fiscal\nyear in anticipation of\n  (a) The collection of taxes or assessments on real estate for amounts\ntheretofore actually levied and uncollected or to be levied in such year\nand payable out of such taxes or assessments,\n  (b) Money receivable from the state which has theretofore been\napportioned by the state or which is to be so apportioned within one\nyear after their issue, and\n  (c) The collection of any other taxes due and payable or to become due\nand payable within one year after their issue or of other revenues,\nincluding the receipt of moneys for any urban renewal project or part\nthereof (1) from the sale of real property, or any interest therein,\nacquired for or incidental to an urban renewal project; or (2) from the\nUnited States government pursuant to title one of the housing act of\nnineteen hundred forty-nine as amended; or (3) from the state of New\nYork for urban renewal purposes pursuant to the general municipal law,\nto be received within one year after their issue;\nexcept any such obligations or renewals thereof, which are not retired\nwithin five years after their date of original issue.\n  1-a. Obligations issued for other than capital improvements. The\namount of outstanding indebtedness evidenced by obligations (except\nserial bonds of an issue having a maximum maturity of more than two\nyears) issued for objects or purposes other than the financing of\ncapital improvements and contracted to be redeemed in one of the two\nfiscal years immediately succeeding the year of their issue.\n  2. Water indebtedness. In the case of a municipality or fire district,\nthe amount of outstanding indebtedness contracted to provide for the\nsupply of water.\n  3. Indebtedness contracted for self-liquidating projects. (a) In the\ncase of a municipality, the amount of outstanding indebtedness,\ncontracted for a public improvement or part thereof, or service, owned\nor rendered by such municipality, which has been excluded pursuant to\nsection 123.00 of this chapter. (b) In the case of a city, village or\ntown, the amount of outstanding indebtedness, contracted by a district\ncorporation, as the term "district corporation" is defined in paragraph\na of section 102.00 of this chapter, if such indebtedness was contracted\nfor a public improvement or part thereof, or service, owned or rendered\nby such district corporation, which has been excluded pursuant to\nsection 123.00 of this chapter. (c) In the case of a county or town, the\namount of outstanding indebtedness, contracted by any such municipality\non behalf of an improvement district for a public improvement or part\nthereof, or service, owned or rendered by such district, which has been\nexcluded pursuant to section 123.00 of this chapter.\n  3-a. Indebtedness arising from the amounts to become due pursuant to\ncontracts for the construction of buildings or other public improvements\nentered into by the state commissioner of general services as agent for\na county or a city pursuant to chapter one hundred fifty-two of the laws\nof nineteen hundred sixty-four or chapter three hundred fifty-four of\nthe laws of nineteen hundred sixty-three, if the amounts which are to\nbecome due pursuant to such contracts are payable in the first instance\nfrom appropriations made by the state for such purposes subject to\nreimbursement of the state by such county or city from the proceeds of\nthe sale of obligations issued by such county or city.\n  3-b. Indebtedness arising from the amounts due or to become due as\nrental payments pursuant to a lease or sublease between the New York\nstate housing finance agency and a municipality, which lease or sublease\nprovides for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction,\nrehabilitation or improvement of a health facility by the health and\nmental hygiene facilities improvement corporation and the financing\nthereof by the New York state housing finance agency pursuant to the\nprovisions of the health and mental hygiene facilities improvement act\nand section forty-seven-d of the private housing finance law.\n  3-c. Indebtedness arising from the amounts due or to become due as\nrental payments pursuant to a lease or sublease between the New York\nstate medical care facilities finance agency and a municipality, which\nlease or sublease provides for the acquisition, construction,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of a health facility by\nthe health and mental hygiene facilities improvement corporation and the\nfinancing thereof by the New York state medical care facilities finance\nagency pursuant to the provisions of the health and mental hygiene\nfacilities improvement act and the New York state medical care\nfacilities finance agency act.\n  4. Bonds for pensions. In the case of a municipality, the amount of\noutstanding indebtedness represented by bonds issued in accordance with\nsection 124.00 of this chapter to place a pension or retirement system\nor fund on a solvent basis.\n  * 4-a. Indebtedness for sewage facilities. In the case of a\nmunicipality, the amount of outstanding indebtedness contracted on or\nafter January first, nineteen hundred sixty-two, and prior to January\nfirst, two thousand twenty-four, for the construction or reconstruction\nof facilities for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of sewage. The\namount of such indebtedness to be deducted shall be ascertained pursuant\nto section 124.10 of this chapter.\n  * NB Effective until the effective date of constitutional amendments\nproposed in S.4597/A.3776\n  * 4-a. Indebtedness for sewage facilities. In the case of a\nmunicipality, the amount of outstanding indebtedness contracted on or\nafter January first, nineteen hundred sixty-two, and prior to January\nfirst, two thousand thirty-four, for the construction or reconstruction\nof facilities for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of sewage. The\namount of such indebtedness to be deducted shall be ascertained pursuant\nto section 124.10 of this chapter.\n  * NB Effective upon the effective date of constitutional amendments\nproposed in S.4597/A.3776\n  5. Assessable improvements. The amount of outstanding indebtedness\ncontracted by the cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse for so much\nof the cost and expense of any public improvement, as may be required by\nthe ordinance or local law assessing the same to be raised by assessment\nupon local property or territory, to the extent that such outstanding\nindebtedness, together with other indebtedness initially contracted\ntherefor from time to time after January first, nineteen hundred\ntwenty-eight, and since retired aggregates, in the case of the cities of\nBuffalo and Rochester, a sum not exceeding ten million dollars and in\nthe case of the city of Syracuse, a sum not exceeding five million\ndollars. Any indebtedness thereafter contracted for such purposes in\nexcess of such sums shall not be so deducted. Nothing in this\nsubdivision shall be construed to prevent the deduction of any refunded\nindebtedness if the indebtedness refunded was deductible pursuant to\nthis subdivision.\n  6. Indebtedness of a county wholly included within or coterminous with\na city. In the case of a city, the amount of outstanding indebtedness of\na county wholly included within such city or which is coterminous with\nsuch city.\n  7. In the case of the city of New York:\n  (b) Indebtedness for self-liquidating dock facilities. The amount of\noutstanding indebtedness contracted by the city, prior to the first day\nof January, nineteen hundred ten, for dock purposes proportionately to\nthe extent to which the current net revenues received by the city\ntherefrom shall meet the interest on and the annual requirements for the\namortization of such indebtedness. The amount of such indebtedness to be\ndeducted shall be ascertained pursuant to section 125.00 of this\nchapter.\n  (c) Indebtedness of the independent subway system. The amount of\noutstanding indebtedness contracted after January first, nineteen\nhundred twenty-eight, for the construction or equipment, or both, of new\nrapid transit railroads provided, however, that when the total of the\nindebtedness initially contracted from time to time after such date\nfinally aggregates the sum of three hundred million dollars, regardless\nof whether or not any part thereof has been previously retired, any\nindebtedness thereafter contracted for such purposes shall not be\ndeducted. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prevent the\ndeduction of any refunded indebtedness if the indebtedness refunded was\ndeductible pursuant to this subdivision.\n  (d) Indebtedness for transit unification purposes. The amount of\noutstanding indebtedness contracted by the city for the acquisition of\nrailroads and facilities or properties used in connection therewith or\nrights therein or securities of corporations owning such railroads,\nfacilities or rights, provided, however, that when the total of the\nindebtedness initially contracted from time to time by the city for such\npurposes finally aggregates the sum of three hundred fifteen million\ndollars, regardless of whether or not any part thereof has been\npreviously retired, any indebtedness thereafter contracted for such\npurposes shall not be deducted. Nothing in this subdivision shall be\nconstrued to prevent the deduction of any refunded indebtedness if the\nindebtedness refunded was deductible pursuant to this subdivision.\n  (e) Rapid transit indebtedness excluded prior to nineteen hundred\nthirty-nine. The amount of outstanding indebtedness contracted for rapid\ntransit purposes which indebtedness was excluded in ascertaining the\npower of the city to become indebted by order of the appellate division\nof the supreme court, first judicial department, prior to January first,\nnineteen hundred thirty-nine.\n  (f) Indebtedness for self-liquidating transit facilities. The amount\nof outstanding indebtedness contracted by the city for transit purposes,\nand not otherwise deducted, proportionately to the extent to which the\ncurrent net revenue received by the city from its transit facilities\nshall meet the interest and the annual requirements for the amortization\nand payment of such non-deducted indebtedness. The amount of such\nindebtedness to be deducted shall be ascertained pursuant to section\n125.00 of this chapter.\n  (g) Indebtedness for hospital purposes. The amount of outstanding\nindebtedness contracted after January first, nineteen hundred fifty, for\nthe construction, reconstruction and equipment of city hospitals,\nprovided, however, that when the total of the indebtedness initially\ncontracted from time to time after such date finally aggregates the sum\nof one hundred fifty million dollars, regardless of whether or not any\npart thereof has been previously retired, any indebtedness thereafter\ncontracted for such purposes shall not be deducted. Nothing in this\nsubdivision shall be construed to prevent the deduction of any refunded\nindebtedness if the indebtedness refunded was deductible pursuant to\nthis subdivision.\n  (h) Indebtedness for rapid transit railroads. The amount of\noutstanding indebtedness contracted after January first, nineteen\nhundred fifty-two, for the construction and equipment of new rapid\ntransit railroads, including extensions and interconnections with and\nbetween existing rapid transit railroads or portions thereof, and\nreconstruction and equipment of existing rapid transit railroads,\nprovided, however, that when the total of the indebtedness initially\ncontracted from time to time after such date finally aggregates the sum\nof five hundred million dollars, regardless of whether or not any part\nthereof has been previously retired, any indebtedness thereafter\ncontracted for such purposes shall not be deducted. Nothing in this\nsubdivision shall be construed to prevent the deduction of any refunded\nindebtedness if the indebtedness refunded was deductible pursuant to\nthis subdivision.\n  (i) Indebtedness for certain school purposes. The amount of\noutstanding indebtedness contracted for school purposes, evidenced by\nbonds, to the extent to which state aid for common schools, not\nexceeding two million five hundred thousand dollars, shall meet the\ninterest on and the annual requirements for the amortization and payment\nof all or part of one or more issues of such bonds. The amount of such\nindebtedness to be deducted in any fiscal year of the city shall be\nascertained pursuant to section 126.00 of this chapter.\n  8. Indebtedness of a city or a village having a population of five\nthousand or more for housing or urban renewal. In the case of a city or\na village having a population of five thousand or more as determined by\nthe last federal census, the amount of outstanding indebtedness of such\ncity or village\n  (a) On account of any contract for capital or periodic subsidies to a\nhousing authority to be paid subsequent to the then current year.\n  (b) Arising from a guarantee of the principal of and interest on or\nonly the interest on indebtedness contracted by a housing authority.\n  (c) Represented by the unpaid balance of a loan from the state to a\nhousing authority acting as an instrumentality of such city or village.\n  (d) Arising from the effectuating of any of the purposes of article\neighteen of the state constitution by any means other than those set\nforth in items (a), (b) and (c) of this subdivision.\n  The amount of indebtedness that may be deducted pursuant to items (a)\nand (b) of this subdivision shall be ascertained pursuant to section\n143.00 of this chapter.\n  8-a. The provisions of paragraph (d) of subdivision eight of this\nsection shall not apply to indebtedness for housing or urban renewal\npurposes to which the provisions of sections 150.00 and 151.00 of this\nchapter are inapplicable under the terms of paragraph d of section\n150.00 and paragraph g of section 151.00 of this chapter.\n  9. Subsidies or guarantees by a town or a village having a population\nof less than five thousand for housing purposes. In the case of a town\nor a village having a population of less than five thousand as\ndetermined by the last federal census, the amount of outstanding\nindebtedness arising:\n  (a) From a guarantee of the payment of the principal of and interest\non or only the interest on the indebtedness of a housing authority, or\nfrom the unpaid balance of a loan by the state to a housing authority\nacting as an instrumentality of such town or village, or\n  (b) From a contract for a periodic subsidy to such an authority,\nwhichever amount is smaller, provided that in the case of a guarantee\nand subsidy there is a contractual obligation to apply the sums due\nunder such subsidy to the payment of all or part of the debt service so\nguaranteed and that in the case of a state loan and subsidy there is a\ncontractual obligation to apply the sums due under such subsidy to the\npayment of all or part of the debt service of such loan. The\nindebtedness on account of a subsidy and the indebtedness arising from a\nguarantee shall be ascertained pursuant to section 143.00 of this\nchapter.\n  10. Assets of sinking funds. Outstanding indebtedness not otherwise\ndeducted pursuant to this section, to the extent to which there may be\napplied against such indebtedness the assets of sinking funds, inclusive\nof cash therein and current budgetary appropriations thereto not yet\nrealized as cash. The securities in such sinking funds shall be valued\nat not to exceed par.\n  10-a. Refunded bonds. Outstanding indebtedness, not otherwise\ndeducted, evidenced by bonds to be refunded, provided that provision\nshall have been made pursuant to section 90.10 of this chapter for the\npayment in full, from the proceeds from the sale of refunding bonds or\nascertainable income from investments or both, of all principal of and\ninterest on such bonds to be refunded, including all redemption\npremiums, as the same respectively become due and payable.\n  10-b. Certain refunding bonds. Outstanding indebtedness, not otherwise\ndeducted, evidenced by any separate series of refunding bonds issued\npursuant to section 90.10 of this chapter, provided that provision shall\nhave been made pursuant to such section for the payment in full, from\nascertainable income from investments, of all principal of and interest\non such separate series of refunding bonds, as the same respectively\nbecome due and payable.\n  11. Cash on hand for debts. Outstanding indebtedness not otherwise\ndeducted pursuant to this section, to the extent to which there may be\napplied against such indebtedness cash on hand, other than in a sinking\nfund.\n  12. Appropriations. Outstanding indebtedness not otherwise deducted\npursuant to this section, to the extent to which there may be applied\nagainst such indebtedness current budgetary appropriations, other than\nto a sinking fund, which have not yet been realized as cash.\n  13. School indebtedness of certain cities. In the case of a city\nhaving less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants according\nto the latest federal census, the several amounts of outstanding city\nindebtedness for education purposes allocated to a city school district\nby the state comptroller.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 387-A — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 10 / Section 387-A
Retirement of members of the Suffolk county police force; new plan
Status: in_force

§ 387-a. Retirement of members of the Suffolk county police force; new\nplan. a. As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall\nhave the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly\nrequired by the context:\n  1. "County." Suffolk county.\n  2. "Police force." All members of the police department excepting\nthose members appointed to render clerical or stenographic, mechanical,\nchauffeur or laboring service exclusively.  Such term, however, shall\nalso include every employee of the police department who entered such\nservice prior to January first, nineteen hundred sixty and who has been\ncontributing since that date in accordance with the provisions of\nsection eighty-seven of this article.\n  3. "Creditable service." Full time police duty as an officer or member\nof such department, or full time police duty or bay constable duty as an\nofficer or member of the police force, police department or constabulary\nof any town, village or police district in the county, or as a criminal\ninvestigator in the office of the district attorney of Suffolk county or\nfull time police duty as a police officer in any city of the state of\nNew York prior to January first, nineteen hundred sixty or as a Long\nIsland state park patrolman or a member of the division of state police\nin the state executive department.\n  b. Every member of the police force, including the commissioner, who\nenters or re-enters service on the police force on or after January\nfirst, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, shall contribute to the retirement\nsystem in the manner provided for by this section. On and after January\nfirst, nineteen hundred seventy-nine no person may elect to be covered\nunder the provisions of this section.\n  c. Any member of the police force who is contributing on the basis of\nretirement at age sixty or under sections three hundred seventy-one,\nthree hundred seventy-one-a, three hundred seventy-two, three hundred\nseventy-five, three hundred eighty-four or three hundred eighty-seven of\nthis article, may, on or after September first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-seven, and before January first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine,\nelect to come under the provisions of this section. Such election shall\nbe in writing and shall be duly executed and filed with the comptroller.\nBy such election, such member shall waive any and all rights and\nbenefits to which he was previously entitled under sections three\nhundred seventy-one, three hundred seventy-one-a, three hundred\nseventy-two, three hundred seventy-five, three hundred eighty-four or\nthree hundred eighty-seven of this article, and shall accept instead,\nthe rights and benefits of this section as of January first, nineteen\nhundred sixty-nine. He thereupon shall be given credit for such service\nand contributions as he was otherwise credited with under sections three\nhundred seventy-one, three hundred seventy-one-a, three hundred\nseventy-two, three hundred seventy-five, three hundred eighty-four or\nthree hundred eighty-seven of this article.\n  d. A member of the police force who elects or is required to\ncontribute in accordance with this section, shall contribute, in lieu of\nthe proportion of compensation as provided in section twenty-one of this\narticle, a proportion of his compensation similarly determined. Such\nlatter proportion shall be the same as that which was or which would be\ncomputed under subdivision d of section eighty-seven of this chapter,\nnotwithstanding the fact that such member will be eligible for\nretirement after twenty years of creditable service. In no event shall a\nmember contribute under this section at a higher rate than he was or\nwould be required to contribute under subdivision d of section\neighty-seven of this article had this section not been enacted.\n  Such member's rate of contribution pursuant to this section shall be\nappropriately reduced pursuant to section seventy-a of this article for\nsuch period of time as his employer contributes pursuant to such section\ntoward pensions-providing-for-increased-take-home-pay provided, however,\nthat such member may by written notice duly acknowledged and filed with\nthe comptroller, make an election to waive such reduction as provided by\nsubdivision j of section twenty-one of this article. One year or more\nafter the filing thereof, a member may withdraw any such election by\nwritten notice duly acknowledged and filed with the comptroller.\n  e. No member of the police force shall continue to make contributions\nafter completing twenty years of creditable service.\n  f. A member of the police force, contributing on the basis of this\nsection shall be entitled to retire after the completion of twenty years\nof creditable service, or on the first day of the month following the\nattainment of the mandatory retirement age, by filing an application\ntherefor in a manner similar to that provided in section seventy of this\narticle.\n  (1) Upon completion of twenty years of such service and upon\nretirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together\nwith an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his\naccumulated contributions at the time of his retirement and an\nadditional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the\nreserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he may then be entitled\nshall be sufficient to provide him with a retirement allowance equal to\none-half of his final average salary.\n  (2) Upon attainment of the mandatory retirement age and upon\nretirement without completion of twenty years of such service, each such\nmember shall receive a pension which together with an annuity which\nshall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions at\nthe time of his retirement and an additional pension which is the\nactuarial equivalent of the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to which\nhe may then be entitled, shall be sufficient to provide him with a\nretirement allowance equal to one-fortieth of his final average salary\nfor each year of creditable service.\n  Only for the purpose of determining the amount of the pension provided\nin this subdivision, the annuity shall be computed as it would be if it\nwere not reduced by the actuarial equivalent of any outstanding loan,\nand if it were not increased by the actuarial equivalent of any\nadditional contributions or contributions pursuant to waiver under\nsubdivision j of section twenty-one of this article, and if it were not\nreduced by reason of the member's election to decrease his annuity\ncontributions to the retirement system in order to apply the amount of\nsuch reduction in payment of his contributions for old-age and survivors\ninsurance coverage.\n  g. The increased pensions to members of the police force, together\nwith all other expenses of this retirement plan exceeding the\ncontribution required to be made by members pursuant to subdivision d of\nthis section, shall be paid from contributions made by the county on\naccount of such members. The actuary of the retirement system shall\ncompute the additional contribution for each member who participates\nunder this section. Such additional contributions shall be computed on\nthe basis of contributions during the prospective service of such member\nwhich will cover the liability of the retirement system for such extra\npensions. Upon approval by the comptroller, such additional\ncontributions shall be certified by him to the county executive of the\ncounty.  The amount thereof shall be included in the annual\nappropriation of the county for the Suffolk county police. Such amount\nshall be paid on the warrant of the county comptroller to the pension\naccumulation fund of the retirement system.\n  h. Every member of the police force except the commissioner of police\nor deputy commissioner of police contributing under this section shall\nleave the service on the last day of the calendar month in which he\nattains age sixty-two, which shall be his mandatory retirement age. The\ncommissioner or deputy commissioner after age sixty-two and before age\nseventy may elect to retire and if he does so the date of his retirement\nshall for the purpose of this section be deemed his mandatory retirement\nage.\n  i. The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding\nany provision in this article to the contrary.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1226-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10 / Section 1226-A
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1226-a. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "upper Mohawk valley regional water finance authority act."\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1230-O — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-B / Section 1230-O
State, city, water board or municipality, other than the authority, not liable on authority bonds
Status: in_force

§ 1230-o. State, city, water board or municipality, other than the\nauthority, not liable on authority bonds. Neither the state, the city,\nthe water board nor any municipality, other than the authority, shall be\nliable on the bonds of the authority and such bonds shall not be a debt\nof either the state, the water board, the city or any municipality, and\neach such bond shall contain, on the face thereof, a statement to such\neffect.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1230-W — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-B / Section 1230-W
Equal employment opportunity
Status: in_force

§ 1230-w. Equal employment opportunity. The water board and the\nauthority shall ensure that all employees or applicants for employment\nare afforded equal employment opportunity without discrimination.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 2122 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 10 / Article 46 / Section 2122
Duty of lienholder
Status: in_force

§ 2122. Duty of lienholder. A lienholder named in a certificate of\ntitle shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder\nnamed on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information as to his\nsecurity agreement and the indebtedness secured by it. The office of\ntemporary and disability assistance, or a social services district, or\nits authorized representative shall be deemed to have complied with this\nsection upon disclosing the name of the obligor and the amount of the\ndebt.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 383-A — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 10 / Section 383-A
Retirement of members of the regional state park police; new plan
Status: in_force

§ 383-a. Retirement of members of the regional state park police; new\nplan. a. Every member or officer of the regional state park police who\nenters or re-enters service on or after June twenty-eighth, nineteen\nhundred sixty-five shall contribute on the basis provided for by this\nsection.\n  b. Every member or officer in the regional state park police who\nentered such service prior to June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred\nsixty-five, and who elected to contribute under former section\neighty-three-a of this chapter shall contribute on the basis provided\nfor by this section, if he so elected on or before December\nthirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-five.\n  c. A member who elected to contribute under former section\neighty-three-a or is required to contribute in accordance with this\nsection, shall contribute, in lieu of the proportion of compensation as\nprovided in section three hundred twenty-one of this article, a\nproportion of his compensation similarly determined. Such latter\nproportion shall be computed to provide at the time when he shall first\nbecome eligible for retirement under this section, an annuity equal to\none-one hundredth of his final average salary for each year of service\nas a member rendered after March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred\nforty-nine, and prior to the attainment of the age when he shall first\nbecome eligible for retirement. Such member's rate of contribution\npursuant to this section shall be appropriately reduced pursuant to\nsection three hundred seventy-a of this article for such period of time\nas his employer contributes pursuant to such section toward\npensions-providing-for-increased-take-home-pay. No such member shall be\nrequired to continue contributions after completing twenty-five years of\nsuch service.\n  d. A member contributing on the basis of this section at the time of\nretirement, shall be entitled to retire after the completion of\ntwenty-five years of total creditable service in such service or upon\nthe attainment of age sixty, by filing an application therefor in a\nmanner similar to that provided in section three hundred seventy of this\narticle. He thereupon shall receive, on retirement, a retirement\nallowance consisting of:\n  1. An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his\naccumulated contributions at the time of his retirement, plus\n  2. A pension which, together with such annuity and a pension which is\nthe actuarial equivalent of the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to\nwhich he may then be entitled, if any shall equal one-fiftieth of his\nfinal average salary for each year of creditable service in such\ndivision. This pension shall not exceed the amount needed to make the\ntotal amount of the benefits provided under paragraphs one and two--\nthis subdivision d equal to one-half of final average salary.\n  3. An additional pension equal to the pension for any creditable\nservice rendered while not employed in regional state park police\nservice as provided under paragraphs two and three of subdivision a of\nsection three hundred seventy-five of this article.  This pension shall:\n  (a) Be payable only if such member has attained age sixty at the time\nof retirement and has not completed twenty-five years of service as a\nmember of the regional state park police for which he receives credit\nunder this article, and\n  (b) Not increase the total allowance to more than he would have\nreceived had his total service been rendered as a member of the regional\nstate park police.\n  For the purpose only of determining the amount of the pension provided\nherein, the annuity shall be computed as it would be:\n  (aa) if not reduced by the actuarial equivalent of any outstanding\nloan, and\n  (bb) if not increased by the actuarial equivalent of any additional\ncontributions, and\n  (cc) if not reduced by reason of the member's election to decrease his\nannuity contributions to the retirement systems in order to apply the\namount of such reduction in payment of his contributions for old-age and\nsurvivors insurance coverage.\n  e. The increased pensions to members of the regional state park\npolice, as provided by this section, shall be paid from additional\ncontributions made by the state on account of such members. The actuary\nof the retirement system shall compute the additional contribution of\neach member who elects to receive the special benefits provided under\nthis section. Such additional contributions shall be computed on the\nbasis of contributions during the prospective service of such member\nwhich will cover the liability of the retirement system for such extra\npensions. Upon approval by the comptroller, such additional\ncontributions shall be certified by him to the commissioner of\nconservation. The amount thereof shall be included in the annual\nappropriation of the state for the conservation department. Such amount\nshall be paid on the warrant of the comptroller to the pension\naccumulation fund of the retirement system.\n  f. In computing the twenty-five years of completed service of a member\nof the regional state park police, full credit shall be given and full\nallowance shall be made for service of such member in time of war and\nservice with the American expeditionary forces subsequent to November\neleventh, nineteen hundred eighteen, and prior to June thirtieth,\nnineteen hundred nineteen, of honorably discharged officers, soldiers,\nsailors, marines and army nurses, who were actual residents of the state\nat the time of their entry into the military service of the United\nStates, and the service of members of the national guard in the military\nservice of the United States of America pursuant to the call of the\npresident or Mexican border service.\n  g. Service in the division of the state police in the executive\ndepartment shall be considered allowable service in regional state park\npolice service, for the purposes of this section, provided that the\nmember pays or has paid the required contributions and provided,\nfurther, that in the case of employees entering or re-entering regional\nstate park police service on or after July first, nineteen hundred\nfifty-four, only credit for service as a member or officer of the state\npolice shall be so allowable.\n  h. The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding\nany provision in this article to the contrary.\n  i. Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision a, b or h of this\nsection to the contrary, a member who is in the collective negotiating\nunit designated as the security services unit and established pursuant\nto article fourteen of the civil service law and who has elected or is\nrequired to contribute in accordance with this section may, on or before\nMarch thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-three, elect to come under\nthe provisions of section three hundred seventy-five-h of this article.\nSuch election shall be duly executed and filed with the comptroller.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1226-H — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10 / Section 1226-H
Agreements among the water board, board of water supply, municipalities and the authority for the provision of projects
Status: in_force

§ 1226-h. Agreements among the water board, board of water supply,\nmunicipalities and the authority for the provision of projects.  1. The\nauthority, the water board, the board of water supply and any\nmunicipality may enter into agreements for the purpose of providing for\nthe construction and financing of a project.\n  2. Any such agreements: (i) shall describe in sufficient detail for\nreasonable identification the particular project to be financed in whole\nor in part by the authority, (ii) shall describe the plan for the\nfinancing of the cost of the construction of such project, including the\namount, if any, to be provided by the water board and the source or\nsources thereof, (iii) shall set forth the method by which and by whom\nand the terms and conditions upon which moneys provided by the authority\nshall be disbursed, (iv) may require, in the discretion of the\nauthority, the payment to the authority of the proceeds of any state and\nfederal grants available to the water board, (v) shall provide for the\nestablishment of user fees, rates and other charges and the charging and\ncollection thereof by the water board for the use of, or services\nfurnished, rendered or made available by such project such as to provide\nthat the water board receive revenues at least sufficient, together with\nother revenues of the water board, if any, to meet the requirements of\nthis title, (vi) may provide for the transfer by the board of water\nsupply or by any municipality to the water board pursuant to this title\nof ownership of any project, (vii) may provide for the construction and\ncompletion of such project by such municipality or the water board and\nfor the operation, maintenance and repair thereof, subject to such terms\nand conditions, not inconsistent with this title, which may be in the\npublic interest and necessary or desirable properly and adequately to\nsecure the holders of bonds of the authority, (viii) shall provide for\nthe discontinuance or disconnection of the supply of water for\nnon-payment of fees, rates or other charges therefor imposed by the\nwater board, provided such discontinuance or disconnection of any supply\nof water shall not be carried out except in the manner and upon the\nnotice as is required of a waterworks corporation pursuant to\nsubdivisions three-a, three-b and three-c of section eighty-nine-b and\nsection one hundred sixteen of the public service law, and (ix) in the\ndiscretion of the authority, require reports concerning the project from\nthe water board to the authority and any municipality.\n  3. If the city executes an agreement pursuant to this section,\nrelating to the financing of projects by revenue bonds, it shall have\nand shall be deemed to have annulled its power to levy user fees, rents\nand other charges on participating properties or customers for the cost\nof financing, operating and maintaining such projects under its\njurisdiction until all bonds of the authority shall have been paid or\ndischarged in accordance with the agreement and the resolution of the\nauthority authorizing such bonds. If the city has outstanding general\nobligation bonds issued for acquiring or constructing water or sewerage\nfacilities, whether the bonds are payable from revenues, special\nassessments, or taxes, it may authorize the authority pursuant to the\nagreement to issue its revenue bonds under this title for the purpose of\nretiring the outstanding bonds.\n  4. No such agreement shall be executed until the water board shall\nhave held a public hearing at which users of the project shall have had\nopportunity to be heard concerning the proposed provisions thereof.\nNotice of such hearing shall be published not less than ten nor more\nthan twenty days in advance in a newspaper or newspapers having a\ngeneral circulation in the service area as designated by the water\nboard.\n  5. Such agreement shall be effective upon the issuance by the\nauthority of bonds to finance the cost of constructing projects of the\ncity or the water board.\n  6. Any such agreement may be amended, revised or extended by\nsupplemental agreements authorized and executed in the same manner as\nthe original agreement, provided that any such supplemental agreement\nshall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this title.\n  7. (a) Following the execution of the initial agreement by and between\nthe authority, the water board, the board of water supply and any\nmunicipality pursuant to this section, the secretary of the water board\nshall, and following the execution of any subsequent agreement by and\nbetween the authority, the water board, the board of water supply, and\nany municipality pursuant to this section may, publish a notice in\nsubstantially the following form:\n  "Notice is hereby given that (here insert the parties to the\nagreement) (has) (have) on the  _ day of  _ entered into an agreement\nwith the upper Mohawk valley regional water finance authority in\nrelation to the construction and financing of (here insert a brief\ndescription of the water project or facility to which such agreement\nrelates) pursuant to the upper Mohawk valley regional water finance\nauthority act for the purpose of placing its water facilities on an\nindependent basis, imposing fees and rates on water users, which,\ntogether with other revenues available for such purposes, if any, are\nsufficient to pay to the authority debt service on bonds issued by the\nauthority pursuant to the agreement and for operation and maintenance of\nthe facility (title to which is transferred to the water board pursuant\nto the agreement). Such agreement in general terms provides (here insert\na brief summary of the substantive provisions of such agreement).\n  A copy of the complete agreement is on file for public inspection in\nthe office of the secretary of the water board where the same may be\nexamined by any interested person during regular business hours. The\nvalidity of the agreement may be hereafter contested only upon the\nground or grounds that: (i) such agreement violates, or the performance\nof any provision thereof by any party thereto would violate, the\nprovisions of the state constitution or (ii) the provisions of law which\nshould have been complied with in relation to the authorization and\nexecution thereof were not substantially complied with, and an action,\nsuit or proceeding is commenced within sixty days after the date of this\nnotice."\n  (b) The publication authorized by this subdivision shall be in a\nnewspaper or newspapers having a general circulation in the service area\nas designated by the water board.\n  (c) After the expiration of the sixty day period set forth in such\nnotice, the validity of such agreement shall be conclusively presumed\nand the validity thereof shall not thereafter be questioned by either a\nparty plaintiff or a party defendant and no court shall have\njurisdiction in any action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity.\n  (d) Neither any error nor omission in the notice of publication\nprovided for in this subdivision shall affect or impair the validity of\nan agreement executed pursuant to this section so long as the notice\nsubstantially conforms to the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 2106 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 10 / Article 46 / Section 2106
Examination of records
Status: in_force

§ 2106. Examination of records. The commissioner, upon receiving\napplication for a first certificate of title, shall check the\nidentifying number of the vehicle and the name or other identifier of\nthe owner shown in the application against the appropriate records of\nvehicles required to be maintained.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-1019 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 10 / Section 27-1019
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 27-1019. Severability.\n  The provisions of this title shall be severable and if any phrase,\nclause, sentence or provision of this title, or the applicability\nthereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the\nremainder of this title and the application thereof shall not be\naffected thereby.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-1016 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 10 / Section 27-1016
Public education
Status: in_force

§ 27-1016. Public education.\n  The commissioner shall establish a public education program to\ndisseminate information regarding implementation of this title. Such\ninformation shall include, but not be limited to, publication of the New\nYork Bottle Bill of Rights as specified in subdivision two of section\n27-1007 of this title; publication of information specifying the\nprocedures necessary to establish a redemption center as provided in\nsection 27-1013 of this title, including information regarding financial\nassistance available for the establishment of redemption centers as\nprovided in section 27-1018 of this title; publication of information\ndelineating the relevant rights and responsibilities of deposit\ninitiators, distributors, dealers, redemption centers and redeemers\nunder the provisions of this title; publication of information regarding\nthe requirement that deposit initiators register with the department of\ntaxation and finance; and publication of information on the general\nbenefits of recycling.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 383-B — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 10 / Section 383-B
Retirement of members of the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation
Status: in_force

* § 383-b. Retirement of members of the division of law enforcement in\nthe department of environmental conservation. a. As used in this\nsection, the term "member of the division of law enforcement of the\ndepartment of environmental conservation" shall mean service in full\ntime police duty as a sworn police officer of the division of law\nenforcement in the department of environmental conservation.\n  b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law providing for transfers\nbetween retirement systems, any sworn police officer of the division of\nlaw enforcement in the department of environmental conservation who is a\nmember of the New York state employees' retirement system may transfer\nto the New York state and local police and fire retirement system and\nshall receive credit pursuant to and be entitled to the retirement\nbenefits afforded in accordance with this section. Upon any such\ntransfer the member shall be entitled to the amount of service which\nwould have been deemed creditable had such member been subject to such\nsystem during the course of his or her membership within such system.\nContributions to such system shall be made in accordance with\nappropriate provisions of law relating thereto. Application for such\ntransfer must be made to the state comptroller on or before December\nthirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-six. The provisions of section\nthree hundred forty-three of this article shall apply to any member\nmaking application for transfer under this subdivision.\n  c. Any member of the division of law enforcement in the department of\nenvironmental conservation who elects or is required to contribute under\nthis section shall contribute to the police and fire retirement system\non the basis of retirement upon his or her:\n  1. Completion of twenty-five years of total service in the division of\nlaw enforcement in the department of environmental conservation, or\n  2. Attainment of age sixty in the division of law enforcement in the\ndepartment of environmental conservation, if prior thereto, on an\nallowance of one-fiftieth of his final average salary for each year of\ntotal service in the division of law enforcement in the department of\nenvironmental conservation not in excess of twenty-five years. Such\nelection shall be in writing and shall be duly executed and filed with\nthe comptroller.\n  d. Every employee entering or re-entering the division of law\nenforcement in the department of environmental conservation on or after\nJanuary first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven shall contribute on the\nbasis provided for by this section.\n  e. A member who is required to contribute in accordance with this\nsection shall contribute, in lieu of the proportion of compensation as\nprovided in section three hundred twenty-one of this article, a\nproportion of his compensation similarly determined. Such latter\nproportion shall be computed to provide at the time when he shall first\nbecome eligible for retirement under this section, an annuity equal to\none-one hundredth of his final average salary for each year of service\nas a member prior to the attainment of the age when he shall first\nbecome eligible for retirement. Such member's rate of contribution\npursuant to this section shall be appropriately reduced pursuant to\nsection three hundred seventy-a of this article for such period of time\nas his employer contributes pursuant to such section toward\npensions-providing-for-increased-take-home-pay. No such member shall be\nrequired to continue contributions after completing twenty-five years of\nsuch service.\n  f. A member contributing on the basis of this section, at the time of\nretirement, shall be entitled to retire after the completion of\ntwenty-five years of total creditable service in such service or upon\nthe attainment of age sixty by filing an application therefor in a\nmanner similar to that provided in section three hundred seventy of this\narticle. He thereupon shall receive, on retirement, a retirement\nallowance consisting of:\n  1. An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his\naccumulated contributions at the time of his retirement, plus\n  2. A pension which, together with such annuity and a pension which is\nthe actuarial equivalent of the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to\nwhich he may then be entitled, if any, shall equal one-fiftieth of his\nfinal average salary for each year of creditable service in such\ndivision. This pension shall not exceed the amount needed to make the\ntotal amount of the benefits provided under paragraph one and this\nparagraph equal to one-half of final average salary.\n  3. An additional pension equal to the pension for any creditable\nservice rendered while not employed in the division of law enforcement\nin the department of environmental conservation as provided under\nparagraphs two and three of subdivision a of section three hundred\nseventy-five of this article. This pension shall:\n  (i) Be payable only if such member has attained age sixty at the time\nof retirement and has not completed twenty-five years of service as a\nmember of the division of law enforcement in the department of\nenvironmental conservation for which he receives credit under this\narticle, and\n  (ii) Not increase the total allowance to more than he would have\nreceived had his total service been rendered as a member of the division\nof law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation.\n  For the purpose only of determining the amount of the pension provided\nherein, the annuity shall be computed as it would be:\n  (A) if not reduced by the actuarial equivalent of any outstanding\nloan, and\n  (B) if not increased by the actuarial equivalent of any additional\ncontributions, and\n  (C) if not reduced by reason of the member's election to decrease his\nannuity contributions to the retirement systems in order to apply the\namount of such reduction in payment of his contributions for old-age and\nsurvivors insurance coverage.\n  g. The increased pensions to members of the division of law\nenforcement in the department of environmental conservation, as provided\nby this section, shall be paid from additional contributions made by the\nstate on account of such members. The actuary of the retirement system\nshall compute the additional contribution of each member who elects to\nreceive the special benefits provided under this section. Such\nadditional contributions shall be computed on the basis of contributions\nduring the prospective service of such member which will cover the\nliability of the retirement system for such extra pensions. Upon\napproval by the comptroller, such additional contributions shall be\ncertified by him to the commissioner of environmental conservation. The\namount thereof shall be included in the annual appropriation of the\nstate for the department of environmental conservation. Such amount\nshall be paid on the warrant of the comptroller to the pension\naccumulation fund of the retirement system.\n  h. In computing the twenty-five years of completed service of a member\nof the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental\nconservation, full credit shall be given and full allowance shall be\nmade for service of such member in time of war and service with the\nAmerican expeditionary forces subsequent to November eleventh, nineteen\nhundred eighteen, and prior to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred\nnineteen, of honorably discharged officers, soldiers, sailors, marines\nand army nurses, who were actual residents of the state at the time of\ntheir entry into the military service of the United States, and the\nservice of members of the national guard in the military service of the\nUnited States of America pursuant to the call of the president or\nMexican border service.\n  i. The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding\nany provision in this article to the contrary.\n  j. Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision d, e or i of this\nsection to the contrary, a member who is in the collective negotiating\nunit designated as the security services unit and established pursuant\nto article fourteen of the civil service law and who has elected or is\nrequired to contribute in accordance with this section may, on or before\nMarch thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, elect to come under\nthe provisions of section three hundred seventy-five-h of this article.\nSuch election shall be duly executed and filed with the comptroller.\n  * NB There are 2 § 383-b's\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 2104 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 10 / Article 46 / Section 2104
Certificate of title required
Status: in_force

§ 2104. Certificate of title required.  (a) Every owner of a vehicle\nwhich is in this state and is not excluded from provisions of this title\nby section two thousand one hundred two of this article, and for which\nno certificate of title has been issued by the commissioner shall make\napplication to the commissioner for a certificate of title of the\nvehicle within thirty days after transfer to him of the vehicle;\nprovided, however, that a person may, but need not, make application to\nthe commissioner for a certificate of title for a fire truck designed,\nused and maintained for fire service purposes and the transportation of\nproperty in connection therewith owned and identified as being owned by\nthe state, a public authority, a county, town, city, village or fire\ndistrict, or a fire corporation subject to the provisions of paragraph\n(e) of section fourteen hundred two of the not-for-profit corporation\nlaw, or a fire company as defined in section one hundred of the general\nmunicipal law.\n  (b) The commissioner shall not register or renew the registration of a\nvehicle unless a certificate of title has been issued by the\ncommissioner to the owner or an application therefor has been made by\nthe owner and delivered to the commissioner.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 37-1001 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 37 / Title 10 / Section 37-1001
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 37-1001. Definitions.\n  As used in this title:\n  1. "Consumer product" means any product that is regularly used or\npurchased to be used for personal, family or household purposes.\nConsumer product shall not mean: (a) a food or beverage or an additive\nto a food or beverage regulated by the United States Food and Drug\nAdministration; or (b) a drug, biologic or medical device regulated by\nthe United States Food and Drug Administration.\n  2. "Covered flame retardant chemical" means any chemical that meets\nboth of the following criteria:\n  (a) A functional use for the chemical is to resist or inhibit the\nspread of fire or as a synergist to chemicals that resist or inhibit the\nspread of fire; and\n  (b) The chemical is one of the following: a halogenated,\norganophosphorus, organonitrogen, or nanoscale chemical. As used in this\ntitle:\n  (i) "Halogenated chemical" is any chemical that contains one or more\nhalogen elements, including fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine.\n  (ii) "Organophosphorus chemical" is any chemical that contains one or\nmore carbon elements and one or more phosphorus elements.\n  (iii) "Organonitrogen chemical" is any chemical that contains one or\nmore carbon elements and one or more nitrogen elements.\n  3. "Custom upholsterer" means a person who, either by himself or\nherself or through employees or agents, repairs, reupholsters, recovers,\nrestores, or renews upholstered furniture. A custom upholsterer shall\nnot include any manufacturer of new, ready to be sold furniture, or new\nmade to order furniture.\n  4. "Electronic display" means a consumer product with a display screen\nand associated electronics that, as its primary function, displays\nvisual information from wired or wireless sources and is available for\npurchase by individuals or households for personal use in a residential\nspace. Electronic display shall not include: (a) any electronic display\nwith a screen area smaller than or equal to one hundred square\ncentimeters or fifteen and one-half square inches; (b) projectors; (c)\nvirtual reality headsets; (d) all-in-one video conference systems; or\n(e) displays that are integrated with appliances and are not available\nfor purchase as separate products by end-users.\n  5. "Gel foam mattress" means a mattress in which interior foam layers\nare composed of polyurethane foam or latex foam which has a\npolyurethane-based gel material either mixed with the foam or applied to\nthe outer surface of polyurethane or latex foam, or a mattress in which\nthe core or padding layers are composed solely of gel material.\n  6. "Intentionally added" shall have the same meaning as "intentionally\nadded chemical" in subdivision eleven of section 37-0901 of this\narticle.\n  7. "Mattress" means a ticking filled with a resilient material used\nalone or in combination with other products intended or promoted for\nsleeping upon.\n  8. "Memory foam mattress" means a mattress which contains interior\nlayers of foam composed of viscoelastic polyurethane foam or\nlow-resistance polyurethane foam.\n  9. "Organohalogen flame retardant chemical" means a chemical that\nmeets both of the following criteria:\n  (a) A functional use for the chemical is to resist or inhibit the\nspread of fire or as a synergist to chemicals that resist or inhibit the\nspread of fire; and\n  (b) The chemical contains one or more halogen elements, including\nfluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine, bonded to carbon.\n  10. "Reupholstered furniture" means furniture whose original fabric,\npadding, decking, barrier material, foam, or other resilient filling has\nbeen replaced by a custom upholsterer, that has not been sold since the\ntime of the replacement.\n  11. "Ticking" means the outermost layer of fabric or related material\nthat encloses the core and upholstery materials of a mattress or\nmattress pad. A mattress ticking may consist of several layers of fabric\nor related materials quilted together.\n  12. "Upholstered furniture" means any item of furniture, that\nconsists, in whole or in part, of leather, plastic, fabric or other\nmaterial that contains cotton, wool, polyurethane or other natural or\nsynthetic material that is placed in cushions or on the frame of the\nfurniture.\n  13. "Upholstered or reupholstered furniture component" means the\nseparate constituent parts of upholstered furniture, specifically cover\nfabrics, barrier materials, resilient filling materials, and decking\nmaterials.\n
N.Y. LFN Law § 141.00 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 2 / Title 10 / Section 141.00
State comptroller to prescribe form of debt statement
Status: in_force

§ 141.00 State comptroller to prescribe form of debt statement.  a.\nThe state comptroller shall prescribe the form of debt statements and\nmay require that there be submitted with such statements such other\ninformation as he deems appropriate.\n  b. The state comptroller shall prepare printed forms of debt\nstatements and shall make them available for distribution to\nmunicipalities, fire districts and school districts.\n  c. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the state\ncomptroller shall furnish to any person upon request a copy of any debt\nstatement filed in his office pursuant to the provisions of this\nchapter, upon prepayment of the following fees:\n  1. For a copy of any such statement, one dollar and fifty cents;\n  2. For a certified copy of any such statement certified under the seal\nof his office, two dollars;\n  3. For an exemplified copy of any such statement, three dollars;\n  4. For a copy, a certified copy or an exemplified copy of any debt\nstatement, an additional fee shall be charged at the rate of ten cents\nper folio for all folios in excess of ten folios for matter in any such\nstatement showing the date, type, amount, and object or purpose, of\nobligations authorized to be issued but which in fact had not been\nissued as of the date of preparation of such statement.\n  Any such fee shall be fifty cents less for a certified or exemplified\ncopy of any such debt statement if a previously prepared typewritten or\nphotographic copy shall be presented to the state comptroller for\ncertification or exemplification. The state comptroller shall make no\ncharge for searching for any such debt statement if and when a copy,\ncertified copy, or exemplified copy of the debt statement searched for\nis furnished to the person making such request.\n  Except as above provided, the state comptroller shall charge a fee of\none dollar for searching for any debt statement filed in his office\npursuant to the provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 2123 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 10 / Article 46 / Section 2123
Exclusiveness of procedure
Status: in_force

* § 2123. Exclusiveness of procedure. The method provided in this\narticle of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to\nthis article is exclusive. Security interests subject to this article\nare hereby exempted from the provisions of law which otherwise relate to\nthe perfection of security interests, including but not limited to\nsection 9-313 of the uniform commercial code.\n  * NB Effective until December 12, 2026\n  * § 2123. Exclusiveness of procedure. The method provided in this\narticle of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to\nthis article is exclusive. Security interests subject to this article\nare hereby exempted from the provisions of law which otherwise relate to\nthe perfection of security interests, provided, however, that with\nrespect to a manufactured home that is or will be affixed to a permanent\nfoundation, upon recordation of an affidavit of affixation pursuant to\nparagraph (iii) of subdivision (a) of section three hundred forty-four-b\nof the real property law and satisfaction of the requirements of section\ntwenty-one hundred seventeen-a, twenty-one hundred seventeen-b or\ntwenty-one hundred seventeen-c of this article, any perfection or\ntermination of a security interest with respect to such manufactured\nhome shall conform to the requirements of article nine-E of the real\nproperty law.\n  * NB Effective December 12, 2026\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1949-G — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 10-B / Section 1949-G
Transfer of officers and employees
Status: in_force

§ 1949-g. Transfer of officers and employees. 1. In accordance with\nthe provisions of section seventy of the civil service law, any officer\nor employee of the city, may, at the request of the authority and with\nthe consent of the mayor of the city, be transferred to the authority\nand shall be eligible for such transfer and appointment, without further\nexamination, to applicable offices, positions and employment under the\nauthority. Any such officers or employees so transferred to the\nauthority pursuant to this section, who are members of or benefit under\nany existing pension or retirement fund or system, shall continue to\nhave all rights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such\nfund or system as are now prescribed by law, but during the period of\ntheir employment by the authority, all contributions to such funds or\nsystems to be paid by the employer on account of such officers or\nemployees shall be paid by the authority.\n  2. A transferred employee shall remain in the same collective\nbargaining unit as was the case prior to his or her transfer; successor\nemployees to the positions held by such transferred employees shall,\nconsistent with the provisions of article fourteen of the civil service\nlaw, be included in the same unit as their predecessors. Employees\nserving in positions in newly created titles shall be assigned to the\nsame collective bargaining unit as they would have been assigned to such\nunit were such titles created prior to the establishment of the\nauthority. Nothing contained in this title shall be construed (a) to\ndiminish the rights of employees pursuant to a collective bargaining\nagreement or (b) to affect existing law with respect to an application\nto the public employment relations board seeking a designation by the\nboard that certain persons are managerial or confidential.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-1003 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 10 / Section 27-1003
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 27-1003. Definitions.\n  Whenever used in this title:\n  1. "Beverage" means carbonated soft drinks, water, beer, other malt\nbeverages and a wine product as defined in subdivision thirty-six-a of\nsection three of the alcoholic beverage control law. "Malt beverages"\nmeans any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation or infusion or\ndecoction of barley, malt, hops, or other wholesome grain or cereal and\nwater including, but not limited to ale, stout or malt liquor. "Water"\nmeans any beverage identified through the use of letters, words or\nsymbols on its product label as a type of water, including any flavored\nwater or nutritionally enhanced water, provided, however, that "water"\ndoes not include any beverage identified as a type of water to which a\nsugar has been added.\n  2. "Beverage container" means the individual, separate, sealed glass,\nmetal, aluminum, steel or plastic bottle, can or jar used for containing\nless than one gallon or 3.78 liters at the time of sale or offer for\nsale of a beverage intended for use or consumption in this state.\nBeverage containers sold or offered for sale or distributed aboard\naircraft or ships shall be considered as intended for use or consumption\noutside this state.\n  2-a. "Bottler" means a person, firm or corporation who:\n  a. bottles, cans or otherwise packages beverages in beverage\ncontainers except that if such packaging is for any other person, firm\nor corporation having the right to bottle, can or otherwise package the\nsame brand of beverage, then such other person, firm or corporation\nshall be the bottler; or\n  b. imports filled beverage containers into the United States.\n  3. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of environmental\nconservation.\n  4. "Dealer" means every person, firm or corporation who engages in the\nsale of beverages in beverage containers to a consumer for off premises\nconsumption in this state.\n  5. "Department" means the department of environmental conservation.\n  5-a. A "deposit initiator" for each beverage container for which a\nrefund value is established under section 27-1005 of this title means:\n  a. the bottler of the beverage in such container;\n  b. the distributor of such container if such distributor's purchase of\nsuch container was not, directly or indirectly, from a registered\ndeposit initiator;\n  c. a dealer of such container who sells or offers for sale such\ncontainer in this state, whose purchase of such container was not,\ndirectly or indirectly, from a registered deposit initiator; or\n  d. an agent acting on behalf of a registered deposit initiator.\n  6. "Distributor" means any person, firm or corporation which engages\nin the sale or offer for sale of beverages in beverage containers to a\ndealer.\n  7. "Place of business" means the location at which a dealer sells or\noffers for sale beverages in beverage containers to consumers.\n  8. "Redeemer" means every person who demands the refund value provided\nfor herein in exchange for the empty beverage container, but shall not\ninclude a dealer as defined in subdivision four of this section.\n  9. "Redemption center" means any person offering to pay the refund\nvalue of an empty beverage container to a redeemer, or any person who\ncontracts with one or more dealers or distributors to collect, sort and\nobtain the refund value and handling fee of empty beverage containers\nfor, or on behalf of, such dealer or distributor under the provisions of\nsection 27-1013 of this title.\n  10. "Use or consumption" means the exercise of any right or power\nincident to the ownership of a beverage, other than the sale or the\nkeeping or retention of a beverage for the purpose of sale.\n  11. "Ship" or "ships" means any ocean going vessel used to carry\npassengers or freight in interstate or foreign commerce.\n  12. "Reverse vending machine" means an automated device that uses a\nlaser scanner, microprocessor, or other technology to accurately\nrecognize the universal product code (UPC) on containers to determine if\nthe container is redeemable and accumulates information regarding\ncontainers redeemed, including the number of such containers redeemed,\nthereby enabling the reverse vending machine to accept containers from\nredeemers and to issue a scrip or receipt for their refund value.\n  13. "Universal product code" or "UPC code" means a standard for\nencoding a set of lines and spaces that can be scanned and interpreted\ninto numbers to identify a product. Universal product code may also mean\nany accepted industry barcode which replaces the UPC code including EAN\nand other codes that may be used to identify a product.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1226-I — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10 / Section 1226-I
Imposition and disposition of fees, rates or charges
Status: in_force

§ 1226-i. Imposition and disposition of fees, rates or charges.  1.\nThe water board shall establish, fix and revise, from time to time,\nfees, rates or other charges for the use of, or services furnished,\nrendered or made available by, all projects and water facilities owned,\nleased or utilized by the water board pursuant to this title in an\namount at least sufficient at all times so as to provide funds in an\namount sufficient, together with other revenues available to the board,\nif any, (i) to pay to the authority, in accordance with any agreement\nwith the authority, an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying the\nprincipal of and the interest on the outstanding bonds of the authority\nas the same shall become due and payable and maintaining or funding a\ncapital or debt service reserve fund therefor, if any, or any other fund\ndetermined necessary by the authority, and, if applicable (ii) to pay to\nany municipality, in accordance with this title or any agreement entered\ninto pursuant to this title, an amount sufficient for the purpose of\npaying any payment in lieu of taxes as the same shall become due and\npayable, (iii) to raise an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying\nthe costs of administering, maintaining, repairing and operating any\nwater facility, (iv) to meet any requirements of any agreement,\nincluding requirements relating to the establishment of reserves for\nrenewal and replacement and for uncollected charges and covenants\nrespecting rates, (v) to pay all other reasonable and necessary expenses\nof the authority and the water board in relation thereto, and (vi) to\npay or provide for such other purposes or projects as the water board\nconsiders appropriate and in the public interest.\n  2. No fee, rate or other charge shall be established, fixed or revised\nunless and until the water board has held a public hearing at which the\nusers of the water facility, the owners of property served or to be\nserved and other interested persons have had an opportunity to be heard\nconcerning the same. Notice of such public hearing shall be published by\nthe water board not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the\ndate set therefor in a newspaper or newspapers having general\ncirculation in the service area, as shall be designated by the water\nboard. Such notice shall set forth the date, time and place of such\nhearing and shall include a brief description of the matters to be\nconsidered at such hearing. A copy of the notice shall be filed in the\noffice of the secretary of the water board and shall be available for\ninspection by the public. At all such hearings, all users of the water\nfacilities, owners of property served or to be served and any other\ninterested persons shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning the\nmatters under consideration. Any decision of the water board on matters\nconsidered at such public hearing shall be in writing and be made\navailable in the office of the secretary of the water board for public\ninspection. Such decision shall be published in a newspaper or\nnewspapers having a general circulation in the service area as shall be\ndesignated by the water board not later than thirty days after such\ndecision is made. The fees, rates or other charges so established for\nany class of users of property served shall be extended to cover any\nadditional premises thereafter served which are within the same class,\nwithout the necessity of a hearing thereon. The water board shall exempt\nthe facility currently operated by the Utica zoological society and\nlocated on Steele Hill road, Utica, commonly known as the Utica zoo,\nfrom the payment of fees, rates or charges for water. The water board\nmay also determine to exempt the municipalities within the service area\nfrom the payment of all or any part of fees, rates or other charges as\nthe water board deems appropriate; provided, however, that (i) any such\nexemption shall be established by and set forth in a resolution of the\ngoverning body of the water board, (ii) such resolution shall be mailed\nor delivered to all municipalities within or partly within the service\narea prior to the date on which any such exemption shall take effect,\nand (iii) any such exemption shall apply equally and uniformly to all\nsuch municipalities.\n  3. The fees, rates or other charges established, fixed and revised\nfrom time to time by the water board shall be collected by the water\nboard at such times and in such manner as may be determined by the rules\nand regulations adopted by the water board consistent with the\nprovisions of this title.\n  4. Such fees, rates or other charges, if not paid when due, shall\nconstitute a lien upon the premises served and a charge against the\nowners thereof, which lien and charge shall bear interest at the same\nrate as would unpaid taxes of the county. Such lien shall take\nprecedence over all other liens or encumbrances, except taxes, and may\nbe foreclosed against the lot or building served in the same manner as a\nlien for such taxes. The amount which remains due and unpaid for sixty\ndays may, with interest thereon at the same rate as unpaid county taxes\nand with reasonable attorneys' fees, be recovered by the water board in\na civil action in the name of the water board against such owners. In\naddition to any other lawful enforcement methods and pursuant to rules\nand regulations of the water board promulgated pursuant to this title,\nthe payment of fees, rates, or other charges for water service to any\npremises may be enforced by discontinuing the water service to such\npremises provided that such discontinuance or disconnection of any\nsupply of water shall not be carried out except in the manner and upon\nthe notice as is required of a waterworks corporation pursuant to\nsubdivisions three-a, three-b and three-c of section eighty-nine-b and\nsection one hundred sixteen of the public service law.\n  5. The water board shall pay to the authority such amounts at such\ntimes and in such manner as may be provided in the agreement by and\namong the authority, the water board, the board of water supply, and any\nmunicipality consistent with the priorities set forth in such agreement.\nThere is hereby created a lien, by this title made a statutory lien\nwithin the meaning of the uniform commercial code and any other state or\nfederal law, upon the gross revenues of the water board, in favor of the\npayment of all amounts due pursuant to such agreement and in the order\nand priority set forth therein and which lien shall be a first lien upon\nsuch gross revenues. The gross revenues so subject to such statutory\nlien shall be and remain subject to such statutory lien until the\npayment in full of each such item in accordance with such priority. Said\nstatutory lien shall not be construed to give any holder or owner of any\nbond of the authority power to compel the sale of any water facility.\n  6. If there be any default by the water board, in the making of the\npayments to the authority required under this title, as a result of the\nfailure by the water board to impose sufficient fees, rates or other\ncharges, the authority may petition for the appointment by any court\nhaving jurisdiction in any proper action of a receiver to administer on\nbehalf of the water board, under the direction of said court, the\naffairs of the water board in order to achieve revenues at least\nsufficient to make such payments; and by and with the approval of said\ncourt, to establish, fix and revise, from time to time, fees, rates or\nother charges at least sufficient therefor in conformity with this\ntitle, and the resolution or trust indenture of the authority providing\nfor the issuance of its bonds and in accordance with such orders as the\ncourt shall make.\n  7. The water board shall prepare and transmit to each town in the\nservice area on or before the first day of September in each year, to\neach village in the service area on or before the first day of February\nin each year and to the city on or before the first day of February in\neach year a list of those persons or property owners within such\nmunicipality who are in arrears in the payment of fees, rates, or other\ncharges for a period of sixty days or more after the last day fixed for\npayment thereof without penalty. The list shall contain a brief\ndescription of the properties for which the services were provided, the\nnames of the persons liable to pay for the same and the amounts\nchargeable to each, including applicable penalties and interest. The\nmunicipality shall levy or cause to be levied such sums against the\nproperties liable and shall state the amount thereof in a separate\ncolumn in the annual tax rolls of such municipality under the name of\n"delinquent water charges". Such amounts, as and when collected by such\nmunicipality, shall be paid over to the water board. All of the\nprovisions of the tax laws of the state covering the enforcement and\ncollection of unpaid taxes of an applicable municipality shall apply to\nthe collection of such unpaid fees, rates or other charges. In the event\nthat the enforcement of unpaid taxes, including unpaid delinquent water\ncharges, does not yield moneys sufficient to pay in full all unpaid\ntaxes including unpaid delinquent water charges, the amount of unpaid\nwater charges to be paid to the water board shall be prorated.\n  8. Neither the public service commission, the department of\nenvironmental conservation nor any municipal or state agency, shall have\nany jurisdiction over the water board or the authority or any power over\nthe regulation of the fees, rates or other charges established, fixed or\nrevised by the water board except as provided by law with respect to the\nsupply of water to users outside the service area. The decision dated\nSeptember fourteen, nineteen hundred thirty-seven of the water power and\ncontrol commission, predecessor to the department of environmental\nconservation, with respect to the supply, distribution of and payment\nfor water by and to the city shall be of no force and effect subsequent\nto the date on which the water board shall supply, distribute and sell\nwater in the service area pursuant to this title.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1232-G — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10-D / Section 1232-G
Bonds of the authority
Status: in_force

§ 1232-g. Bonds of the authority. 1. The authority shall have the\npower and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue bonds in such\nprincipal amounts, not to exceed three hundred fifty million dollars\n($350,000,000), as it may determine to be necessary to pay the cost of\nany project or for any other of its corporate purposes, including the\nestablishment of reserves to secure the bonds, the payment of principal\nof, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds and the payment of\nincidental expenses in connection therewith. The aggregate principal\namount of such bonds, notes or other obligations shall exclude bonds,\nnotes or other obligations issued to refund or otherwise repay bonds,\nnotes or other obligations theretofore issued for such purpose. The\nauthority shall have power from time to time to refund any bond,\nincluding bonds of the county issued to pay the cost of any project, by\nthe issuance of new bonds, whether the bonds to be refunded have or have\nnot matured, and may issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding\nand partly for any other corporate purpose of the authority. Bonds\nissued by the authority may be general obligations secured by the faith\nand credit of the authority or may be special obligations payable solely\nout of particular revenues or other moneys as may be designated in the\nproceedings of the authority under which the bonds shall be authorized\nto be issued, subject to priority only to any agreements with the\nholders of outstanding bonds pledging any particular property, revenues,\nearnings or moneys. The authority may also enter into loan agreements,\nlines of credit and other security agreements and obtain for or on its\nbehalf letters of credit, insurance, guarantees or other credit\nenhancements to the extent available, in each case for securing its\nbonds or to provide direct payment of any costs that the authority is\nauthorized to pay.\n  2. Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, be in\nsuch denominations, bear such date or dates and mature at such time or\ntimes as such resolution may provide, except that bonds and any renewals\nthereof shall mature within forty years from the date of original\nissuance of any such bonds or within the applicable period of probable\nusefulness of the object or purpose financed as set forth in the local\nfinance law assuming such provision was applicable, whichever is less.\nBonds shall be subject to such terms of redemption, bear interest at\nsuch rate or rates, be payable at such times, be in such form, either\ncoupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in\nsuch manner, be payable in such medium of payment at such place or\nplaces, and be subject to such terms and conditions as such resolution\nmay provide. Bonds may be sold at public or private sale for such price\nor prices as the authority shall determine, provided that no bonds of\nthe authority, other than obligations designated as notes, shall be sold\nby the authority at private sale unless such sale and the terms thereof\nhave been approved in writing by the comptroller, or by the state\ndirector of the budget, where such sale is to be to the comptroller. The\nauthority may pay all expenses, premiums and commissions which it may\ndeem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale\nof bonds.\n  3. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized to\nassume any bonds of the county issued and sold to the New York state\nenvironmental facilities corporation and in connection therewith to\nissue its bonds to the New York state environmental facilities\ncorporation in substitution therefor.\n  4. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing bonds or any issue of\nbonds may contain provisions which may be a part of the contract with\nthe holders of the bonds thereby authorized as to:\n  (a) pledging all or any part of the revenues of the authority,\ntogether with any other moneys or property of the authority to secure\nthe payment of the bonds or any costs of the issuance thereof, including\nbut not limited to any contracts, earnings or proceeds of any grant to\nthe authority received from any private or public source, subject to\nsuch agreements with bondholders as may then exist;\n  (b) the setting aside of reserves and the creation of sinking funds\nand the regulation and disposition thereof;\n  (c) limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds from the sale of\nbonds may be applied;\n  (d) limitations on the right of the authority to restrict and regulate\nthe use of the project or part thereof in connection with which bonds\nare issued;\n  (e) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon\nwhich additional bonds may be issued and secured and the refunding of\noutstanding or other bonds;\n  (f) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with\nbondholders may be amended or abrogated, including the proportion of\nbondholders which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such\nconsent may be given;\n  (g) the creation of special funds into which any revenues or moneys\nmay be deposited;\n  (h) the terms and provisions of any trust, deed, mortgage or indenture\nsecuring the bonds under which the bonds may be issued;\n  (i) vesting in a trustee or trustees such properties, rights, powers\nand duties in trust as the authority may determine, which may include\nany or all of the rights, powers and duties of the trustee appointed by\nthe bondholders pursuant to section twelve hundred thirty-two-h of this\ntitle and limiting or abrogating the rights of the bondholders to\nappoint a trustee under such section or limiting the rights, duties and\npowers of such trustee;\n  (j) defining the acts or omissions to act which may constitute a\ndefault in the obligations and duties of the authority to the\nbondholders and providing for the rights and remedies of the bondholders\nin the event of such default, including as a matter of right the\nappointment of a receiver; provided, however, that such rights and\nremedies shall not be inconsistent with the general laws of the state\nand other provisions of this title; notwithstanding any provision to the\ncontrary, nothing contained in this title shall be deemed to restrict\nthe right of the state or county of Nassau to amend, modify or otherwise\nalter laws, ordinances, resolutions or agreements imposing or relating\nto taxes or fees or appropriations relating thereto. The authority shall\nnot include in any resolution or contract or agreement with the holder\nof its bonds any provision which provides that a default shall occur as\na result of the state or county exercising its right to amend, modify or\notherwise alter laws, ordinances, resolutions or agreements imposing or\nrelating to taxes or fees or appropriations relating thereto;\n  (k) limitations on the power of the authority to sell or otherwise\ndispose of any project or any part thereof or other property;\n  (l) limitations on the amount of revenues and other moneys to be\nexpended for administrative or other expenses of the authority;\n  (m) the payment of the proceeds of bonds, revenues and other moneys to\na trustee or other depository, and for the method of disbursement\nthereof with such safeguards and restrictions as the authority may\ndetermine; and\n  (n) any other matters of like or different character which may in any\nway affect the security or protection of the bonds or the rights and\nremedies of bondholders.\n  5. In addition to the powers conferred by this section upon the\nauthority to secure its bonds, the authority shall have power in\nconnection with the issuance of bonds to adopt resolutions and enter\ninto such trust indentures, agreements or other instruments as the\nauthority may deem necessary, convenient or desirable concerning the use\nor disposition of its revenues or other moneys or property, including\nthe mortgaging of any of its properties and the entrusting, pledging or\ncreation of any other security interest in any such revenues, moneys or\nproperties and the doing of any act (including refraining from doing any\nact) which the authority would have the right to do in the absence of\nsuch agreements. The authority shall have power to enter into amendments\nof any such agreements within the powers granted to the authority by\nthis title and to perform such agreements. The provisions of any such\nagreements may be made a part of the contract with the holders of bonds\nof the authority.\n  6. Notwithstanding any provision of the uniform commercial code to the\ncontrary, any pledge of or other security interest in revenues, moneys,\naccounts, contract rights, general intangibles or other personal\nproperty made or created by the authority shall be valid, binding and\nperfected from the time when such pledge is made or other security\ninterest attaches without any physical delivery of the collateral or\nfurther act, and the lien of any such pledge or other security interest\nshall be valid, binding and perfected against all parties having claims\nof any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority\nirrespective of whether or not such parties have notice thereof. No\ninstrument by which such a pledge or security interest is created nor\nany financing statement need be recorded or filed.\n  7. Whether or not the bonds are of such form and character as to be\nnegotiable instruments under the terms of the uniform commercial code,\nthe bonds are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of\nand for all the purposes of the uniform commercial code, subject only to\nthe provisions of the bonds for registration.\n  8. Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing bonds\nshall be liable personally thereon or be subject to any personal\nliability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.\n  9. The authority, subject to such agreements with bondholders as then\nmay exist, shall have the power, out of any moneys available therefor,\nto purchase bonds of the authority, which shall thereupon be cancelled.\n  10. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized to\nissue negotiable notes only for the purpose of paying the cost of any\nproject or for any other of its corporate purposes in conformity with\napplicable provisions of the uniform commercial code and may renew the\nsame from time to time but the maximum maturity of any such note,\nincluding renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of\nissuance of such original note.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1226-P — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 10 / Section 1226-P
Bonds legal investments for fiduciaries
Status: in_force

§ 1226-p. Bonds legal investments for fiduciaries. The bonds of the\nauthority are hereby made securities in which all public officials and\nbodies of the state and all municipalities, all insurance companies and\nassociations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all\nbanks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations,\nincluding savings and loan associations, building and loan associations,\ninvestment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business,\nand administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries\nand all other persons whatsoever, who are not or may hereafter be\nauthorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may\nproperly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or\nbelonging to them.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,\nthe bonds are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with\nand may be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and\nall municipalities for any purposes for which the deposit of bonds or\nother obligations of this state are now or hereafter may be authorized.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 384-E — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 10 / Section 384-E
Additional pension benefit for members of optional twenty year retirement plan
Status: in_force

§ 384-e. Additional pension benefit for members of optional twenty\nyear retirement plan. a. A participating employer which has elected, or\nwhich elects, pursuant to section three hundred thirty or three hundred\nthirty-one of this article, to provide the benefits of the optional\ntwenty year retirement plan for its employees as specified in section\nthree hundred eighty-four-d of this article may elect, pursuant to\nsection three hundred thirty-three of this article, to make\ncontributions for the purpose of providing an additional pension\npursuant to this section for members in its employ who are entitled to a\npension pursuant to section three hundred eighty-four-d of this article.\n  b. Upon retirement, each such member shall receive, for each year of\nservice in excess of twenty, an additional pension which shall be equal\nto one-sixtieth of his or her final average salary; a participating\nemployer may elect to provide any service credit earned with a public\nemployer prior to service performed as a police officer or firefighter;\nprovided, however, that the total allowance payable pursuant to this\nsection shall not exceed three-quarters of such member's final average\nsalary.\n  c. A demand in collective negotiations for the additional pension\nbenefit provided by this section shall not be subject to the provisions\nof paragraph (b) or (c) of subdivision four of section two hundred nine\nof the civil service law.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 353 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 10 / Section 353
Grant of aid
Status: in_force

§ 353.  Grant of aid.  Upon the completion of an investigation the\nproper social services official shall\n  (a)  decide whether the applicant is eligible for and should receive\nfamily assistance, the amount, nature and manner of paying or providing\nit and the date on which it shall begin,\n  (b)  notify the applicant of his decision in writing.\n