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N.Y. SCP Law § 2001 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 20 / Section 2001
Definition When used in this article the term fiduciary includes, where no fiduciary has been appointed, any person in actual or construc...
Status: in_force

§ 2001. Definition\n  When used in this article the term fiduciary includes, where no\nfiduciary has been appointed, any person in actual or constructive\npossession of any property required to be included in the gross estate\nor the New York gross estate of the decedent as determined under article\n10-c or article 26 of the tax law.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 7-5.7 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 7 / Part 5 / Section 7-5.7
Multiple beneficiaries
Status: in_force

§ 7-5.7 Multiple beneficiaries\n  (a) Whenever any proceeds of a trust account would pass pursuant to\nsection 7-5.2 to two or more beneficiaries, such proceeds shall pass to\nsuch beneficiaries in equal proportions, unless the terms of the trust\nprovide otherwise.\n  (b) Whenever any proceeds of a trust account would pass pursuant to\nsection 7-5.2 to two or more beneficiaries, and one or more of the\nbeneficiaries predeceases the depositor, such proceeds shall pass to the\nsurviving beneficiary or beneficiaries in equal proportions, unless the\nterms of the trust provide otherwise.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 607 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13 / Section 607
Manner and time within which taking possession may be tested
Status: in_force

§ 607. Manner and time within which taking possession may be tested.\nAt any time within ten days after the superintendent has taken\npossession of the property and business of any banking organization such\nbanking organization may apply to the supreme court in the judicial\ndistrict in which its principal office is located, for an order\nrequiring the superintendent to show cause why he should not be enjoined\nfrom continuing such possession. The court may, upon good cause shown,\ndirect the superintendent to refrain from further proceedings and to\nsurrender such possession.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-305 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 2-305
Open Price Term
Status: in_force

Section 2--305. Open Price Term.\n  (1) The parties if they so intend can conclude a contract for sale\neven though the price is not settled. In such a case the price is a\nreasonable price at the time for delivery if\n       (a) nothing is said as to price; or\n       (b) the price is left to be agreed by the parties and they fail\n           to agree; or\n       (c) the price is to be fixed in terms of some agreed market or\n           other standard as set or recorded by a third person or agency\n           and it is not so set or recorded.\n  (2) A price to be fixed by the seller or by the buyer means a price\nfor him to fix in good faith.\n  (3) When a price left to be fixed otherwise than by agreement of the\nparties fails to be fixed through fault of one party the other may at\nhis option treat the contract as cancelled or himself fix a reasonable\nprice.\n  (4) Where, however, the parties intend not to be bound unless the\nprice be fixed or agreed and it is not fixed or agreed there is no\ncontract. In such a case the buyer must return any goods already\nreceived or if unable so to do must pay their reasonable value at the\ntime of delivery and the seller must return any portion of the price\npaid on account.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 130-C — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 4-A / Section 130-C
Voting trustees and voting trust agreements
Status: in_force

§ 130-c. Voting trustees and voting trust agreements. 1. No trustee or\nmember of a committee or the attorney of such trustee or committee or\nany employee of either shall be eligible to become a voting trustee or\nan officer or director of a corporation to be formed or used under a\nplan of reorganization to acquire title to property previously\nadministered by such trustee or committee unless the facts with respect\nto their previous connection with the property are disclosed to the\ncourt and the affirmative approval of the holders of at least fifty-one\nper centum of the mortgage investments is obtained or unless a plan of\nreorganization approved by the court in proceedings under section one\nhundred and twenty-two of this chapter shall so provide.\n  2. No agreement appointing trustees to vote the stock of any\ncorporation formed or used under a plan of reorganization of property\nshall be valid for a longer term than five years and unless it has been\nsubmitted to and approved by the court and no trustees appointed by such\nagreement shall continue to act thereunder after the expiration of its\nterm, unless and until a new or an extension agreement has been entered\ninto and received the affirmative approval of the holders of at least\nfifty-one per centum of the stock.\n  3. No salary or other compensation shall be paid to any voting trustee\nor any officer or director of a corporation formed or used to acquire\nthe title to property in or through reorganization unless the same has\nbeen approved by the court.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 60.60 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 1 / Title D / Article 60 / Section 60.60
Rules of evidence; certificates concerning judgments of conviction and fingerprints
Status: in_force

§ 60.60  Rules of evidence; certificates concerning judgments of\n          conviction and fingerprints.\n  1.  A certificate issued by a criminal court, or the clerk thereof,\ncertifying that a judgment of conviction against a designated defendant\nhas been entered in such court, constitutes presumptive evidence of the\nfacts stated in such certificate.\n  2.  A report of a public servant charged with the custody of official\nfingerprint records which contains a certification that the fingerprints\nof a designated person who has previously been convicted of an offense\nare identical with those of a defendant in a criminal action,\nconstitutes presumptive evidence of the fact that such defendant has\npreviously been convicted of such offense.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 54-A — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 54-A
Communication
Status: in_force

§ 54-a. Communication. 1. No class 1 or class 2 railroad common\ncarrier or rail passenger carrier shall perform or cause to be performed\nany transportation service without ensuring that there is operable\ncommunication among all members of the train crew, between the train\ncrew and crews of other trains, and between the train crew and wayside\npersonnel.\n  2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a train from\ncontinuing to its destination in the event of a failure of the\ncommunication equipment after departure from its point of origin.\n  3. The commissioner of transportation shall review the state of the\nart of railroad transportation communication from time to time and shall\nconduct periodic inspections of the rail carriers subject to this\nsection to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 325 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 20-A / Section 325
Prohibiting the use of petroleum well casings and pipes for transporting potable water
Status: in_force

§ 325. Prohibiting the use of petroleum well casings and pipes for\ntransporting potable water. No person shall construct a water well which\nis to be used to convey or transport a potable water supply using\npetroleum well casings and pipes.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1449-KKKKKK — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-H / Section 1449-KKKKKK
Deposit and disposition of revenue
Status: in_force

§ 1449-kkkkkk. Deposit and disposition of revenue. All taxes collected\nor received by the treasurer or his or her duly authorized agent under\nthe provisions of the local law enacted pursuant to this article shall\nbe deposited in accordance with provisions of a local law adopted by the\nlegislative body of the county of Madison which local law shall\ndesignate proper officers to be responsible for deposit of revenue\ncollected or received under this article. Such local law shall also\nprovide that any officer designated to collect, receive, or deposit such\nrevenue shall maintain a system of accounts showing the revenue\ncollected or received from the tax imposed pursuant to this article.\nSuch local law shall also provide that all revenue derived from the\nimposition of such tax shall be deposited into the general fund of the\ncounty of Madison and shall be used for purposes deemed appropriate by\nthe legislative body of the county of Madison.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 680.10 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title S / Article 680 / Section 680.10
Examination of witnesses on commission; in general
Status: in_force

§ 680.10  Examination of witnesses on commission; in general.\n  1.  Under circumstances prescribed in this article, testimony material\nto a trial or pending trial of an accusatory instrument which charges a\ncrime, may be taken by "examination on a commission" outside the state\nand received in evidence at such trial.\n  2.  A "commission" is a process issued by a superior court designating\none or more persons as commissioners and authorizing them to conduct a\nrecorded examination of a witness or witnesses under oath, primarily on\nthe basis of interrogatories annexed to the commission, and to remit to\nthe issuing court the transcript of such examination.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 205-A — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 2 / Section 205-A
Termination of certain actions related to real property
Status: in_force

§ 205-a. Termination of certain actions related to real property. (a)\nIf an action upon an instrument described under subdivision four of\nsection two hundred thirteen of this article is timely commenced and is\nterminated in any manner other than a voluntary discontinuance, a\nfailure to obtain personal jurisdiction over the defendant, a dismissal\nof the complaint for any form of neglect, including, but not limited to\nthose specified in subdivision three of section thirty-one hundred\ntwenty-six, section thirty-two hundred fifteen, rule thirty-two hundred\nsixteen and rule thirty-four hundred four of this chapter, for violation\nof any court rules or individual part rules, for failure to comply with\nany court scheduling orders, or by default due to nonappearance for\nconference or at a calendar call, or by failure to timely submit any\norder or judgment, or upon a final judgment upon the merits, the\noriginal plaintiff, or, if the original plaintiff dies and the cause of\naction survives, his or her executor or administrator, may commence a\nnew action upon the same transaction or occurrence or series of\ntransactions or occurrences within six months following the termination,\nprovided that the new action would have been timely commenced within the\napplicable limitations period prescribed by law at the time of the\ncommencement of the prior action and that service upon the original\ndefendant is completed within such six-month period. For purposes of\nthis subdivision:\n  1. a successor in interest or an assignee of the original plaintiff\nshall not be permitted to commence the new action, unless pleading and\nproving that such assignee is acting on behalf of the original\nplaintiff; and\n  2. in no event shall the original plaintiff receive more than one\nsix-month extension.\n  (b) Where the defendant has served an answer and the action upon an\ninstrument described under subdivision four of section two hundred\nthirteen of this article is terminated in any manner, and a new action\nupon the same transaction or occurrence or series of transactions or\noccurrences is commenced by the original plaintiff, or a successor in\ninterest or assignee of the original plaintiff, the assertion of any\ncause of action or defense by the defendant in the new action shall be\ntimely if such cause of action or defense was timely asserted in the\nprior action.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 260-A — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 6 / Section 260-A
Amendment of organization certificate and by-laws
Status: in_force

§ 260-a. Amendment of organization certificate and by-laws. Any\nproposed change in the organization certificate or the by-laws of any\nsavings bank shall be submitted to the superintendent and, upon the\nsuperintendent's written approval thereof, shall be posted in a\nconspicuous place in the office of the savings bank for thirty days.\nSuch proposed changes may thereafter be incorporated in the organization\ncertificate or the by-laws of the savings bank by being duly adopted by\nits trustees. A copy of such change shall be filed in the office of the\nsuperintendent within thirty days after such adoption.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 7-2.6 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 7 / Part 2 / Section 7-2.6
Resignation, suspension or removal of trustee
Status: in_force

§ 7-2.6 Resignation, suspension or removal of trustee\n  (a) Subject to the relevant provisions of the civil practice law and\nrules, the supreme court has power:\n  (1) On the application of a trustee, to accept his resignation and to\ndischarge him on such terms as it deems proper.\n  (2) On the application of any person interested in the trust estate,\nto suspend or remove a trustee who has violated or threatens to violate\nhis trust, who is insolvent or whose insolvency is imminent or\napprehended or who for any reason is a person unsuitable to execute the\ntrust.\n  (3) In case of the resignation or removal of a trustee, to appoint a\nsuccessor trustee and, if there is no acting trustee, to cause the trust\nto be executed by a receiver or other officer under its direction.  This\nsection does not apply to a trust arising or resulting by implication of\nlaw, nor where other provision is made by law for the resignation,\nsuspension or removal of a trustee or the appointment of a successor\ntrustee.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 45-C — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 45-C
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Conesus lake
Status: in_force

§ 45-c. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on\nConesus lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or\nany inconsistent local laws (a) every pleasure vessel operated on\nConesus lake within the county of Livingston, shall be operated in a\ncareful and prudent manner, in such a way as not to unreasonably\ninterfere with or endanger any other vessel or person; a violation of\nthis paragraph shall be a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section\nseventy-three-b of this article; and (b) no vessel shall be operated on\nsuch lake at a speed exceeding forty-five miles per hour nor shall any\npleasure vessel be operated at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles per\nhour between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before\nsunrise; a violation of this paragraph shall be a violation punishable\nas set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.\n  2. No vessel shall be operated within two hundred feet of the shore, a\ndock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel at a speed\nexceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near\nsuch shore, dock, float, pier, raft or anchored vessel for the purpose\nof enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or land. A\nviolation of this subdivision shall be a violation punishable as set\nforth in section seventy-three-c of this article.\n  3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any pleasure\nvessel competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a\nspecified course held by a bona fide club or racing association between\nnine o'clock in the morning and sunset, provided that due written notice\nof the date of the race has been given to the appropriate law\nenforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to\nthe provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and all\nprovisions of such section have been complied with.\n
N.Y. PBL Law § 25 — New York Code / Act PBL / Article 2 / Section 25
Sale or exchange of real property owned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia
Status: in_force

§ 25. Sale or exchange of real property owned by the state and devoted\nto the use of the organized militia.  Upon the filing with the\ncommissioner of general services by the adjutant general of his\ncertificate in writing of his determination that certain real property\nowned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia of\nthe state is no longer needed or adapted for such use and consenting\nthat the same be sold or exchanged by the commissioner pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section, the commission, if such certificate and\nconsent be approved by the director of the budget and be accompanied by,\nannexed to, or endorsed upon an accurate map and description of such\nreal property, may sell or exchange such real property in accordance\nwith and subject to the terms, if any, of such consent.  All sales of\nany such property shall be in accordance with the procedure specified in\narticle three of this chapter for the sale of unappropriated state\nlands.  Upon compliance by the purchaser with the terms of sale, or, in\nthe case of an exchange of lands, with the terms of the order of the\ncommissioner authorizing such exchange, the sale or exchange shall be\nconsummated by the issuance of letters patent granting the state-owned\nreal property.  All moneys constituting the proceeds of any such\ndisposition of such state-owned real property shall be paid, less any\nrefunds made pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-six of this\nlaw, first to repay any expenditures made by the office of general\nservices from moneys appropriated to said office in the first instance\nfor the administration, management, utilization and disposition of real\nproperty of the state and any rights or interests therein, and any\nbalance of such moneys remaining after repayment of the first instance\nexpenditures shall be paid  into the state treasury through the office\nof general services to the credit of the capital projects fund\nestablished by section ninety-three of the state finance law.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 407 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 14-C / Section 407
Lien of bonds
Status: in_force

§ 407. Lien of bonds. If bonds are issued to carry out any of the\npurposes of this article, bonds of the same issue shall, subject to the\nprior and superior rights of outstanding bonds, claims or obligations,\nhave a prior and paramount lien on the revenue of the undertaking for\nwhich said bonds have been issued over and ahead of all bonds of any\nissue payable from said revenue which may be subsequently issued and\nover and ahead of any claims or obligations against said revenue\nsubsequently incurred. All bonds of the same issue shall be equally and\nratably secured without priority by reason of number, date of bonds, of\nsale, of execution or of delivery, by a lien on said revenue in\naccordance with the provisions of this article and the resolution or\nresolutions authorizing said bonds.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 485 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 15 / Section 485
Violation of certain preceding sections a misdemeanor
Status: in_force

§ 485. Violation of certain preceding sections a misdemeanor. Except\nas provided in section four hundred eighty-five-a of this article, any\nperson violating the provisions of section four hundred seventy-eight,\nfour hundred seventy-nine, four hundred eighty, four hundred eighty-one,\nfour hundred eighty-two, four hundred eighty-three or four hundred\neighty-four of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 173-C — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 5 / Section 173-C
Power of supreme court trial justices of eighth judicial district to appoint stenographers
Status: in_force

§ 173-c. Power of supreme court trial justices of eighth judicial\ndistrict to appoint stenographers.  Each of the resident trial justices\nof the supreme court in the eighth judicial district, except those\nresiding in Erie county, may appoint and at pleasure remove and\nprescribe the duties of a stenographer. Each stenographer shall receive\nan annual salary as established by the board of supervisors of the\ncounty of the appointing judge's residence. Such salary shall be a\ncharge against the county of the appointing justice's residence and\nshall be paid by the treasurer thereof in semi-monthly installments.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 971 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 9 / Section 971
Security for refund
Status: in_force

§ 971. Security for refund. The court, in its discretion, may require\nany person, before he receives his portion of the proceeds of the sale\nto give such security as it directs, to the state, or the county\ntreasurer, who shall hold it for the use and benefit of the persons\ninterested, or to such parties or other persons as it prescribes, to\nrefund the same, or a portion thereof, with interest, if it thereafter\nappears that he was not entitled thereto.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 5907 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 59 / Section 5907
Purchasing groups; exemption from certain laws
Status: in_force

§ 5907. Purchasing groups; exemption from certain laws. A purchasing\ngroup and its insurer shall be subject to all applicable laws of this\nstate, except that a purchasing group and its insurer shall be exempt,\nin regard to liability insurance for the purchasing group and any of its\nmembers, from any law that would:\n  (a) prohibit the establishment of a purchasing group;\n  (b) make it unlawful for an insurer to provide or offer to provide\nliability insurance on a basis providing, to a purchasing group or its\nmembers, advantages, based on their loss and expense experience, not\nafforded to other persons with respect to rates, policy forms, coverages\nor other matters;\n  (c) prohibit a purchasing group or its members from purchasing\nliability insurance on a group basis described in subsection (b) of this\nsection;\n  (d) prohibit a purchasing group from obtaining liability insurance on\na group basis because the group has not been in existence for a minimum\nperiod of time or because any member has not belonged to the group for a\nminimum period of time;\n  (e) require that a purchasing group must have a minimum number of\nmembers, common ownership or affiliation, or a certain legal form;\n  (f) require that a certain percentage of a purchasing group must\nobtain liability insurance on a group basis; or\n  (g) otherwise discriminate against a purchasing group or any of its\nmembers.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 471 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 15 / Section 471
Attorney who is judge's partner or clerk prohibited from practicing before him or in his court
Status: in_force

§ 471. Attorney who is judge's partner or clerk prohibited from\npracticing before him or in his court. The law partner or clerk of a\njudge shall not practice before him, as attorney or counsellor in any\ncause, or be employed in any cause which originated before him. A law\npartner of, or person connected in law business with a judge, shall not\npractice or act as an attorney or counsellor, in a court, of which the\njudge is, or is entitled to act as a member, or in a cause originating\nin that court; except where the latter is a member of a court, ex\nofficio, and does not officiate or take part, as a member of that court,\nin any of the proceedings therein.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 486 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 24 / Section 486
Certificate of incorporation
Status: in_force

§ 486. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If at the meeting for\nincorporation it shall be decided that such unincorporated church shall\nbecome incorporated, the presiding officer of the meeting and two others\nshall execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, in which\nshall be stated the name or title by which such body shall be known in\nthe law; the purpose of its organization; the names and addresses of the\ninitial trustees, the county, town or city in which its principal place\nof worship is or is intended to be located; and a statement that the\nchurch is in affiliation with the Islamic faith.\n  2. On filing such certificate in the office of the county clerk of the\ncounty in which the principal office or place of worship of the\ncorporation is or is intended to be located, such church shall be a\ncorporation by the name stated in the certificate of incorporation.\n