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N.Y. PML Law § 421 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 4 / Section 421
Approval of plans of corporation or association
Status: in_force

§ 421. Approval of plans of corporation or association. The commission\nshall not grant to a corporation or association hereafter formed\npursuant to sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five\nof this chapter, a license to conduct a quarter horse race meeting at\nwhich pari-mutuel betting may be conducted within the state until such\ncorporation or association shall have submitted to the commission a\nstatement of the location of its proposed grounds and racetrack,\ntogether with a plan of such racetrack, and plans of all buildings,\nseating stands and other structures in such form as the commission may\nprescribe, and such plans shall have been approved in writing by the\ncommission. Alterations of existing buildings, seating stands and other\nstructures, and the erection of new or additional buildings, seating\nstands or other structures may be made only with the written approval of\nthe commission and after examination and inspection of the plans thereof\nand the issuance of a permit therefor by the commission. The commission\nat the expense of the applicant may order such engineering examination\nthereof as the commission may deem necessary. The approval of the\ncertificate of incorporation of such corporation or association shall\nnot be deemed to vest in it the right to a license to conduct quarter\nhorse race meetings at such race course or racetrack unless such\ngrounds, track, buildings, seating stands and other structures shall be\ncompleted in accordance with the plans approved by the commission.\n
N.Y. ACG Law § 55 — New York Code / Act ACG / Article 2 / Section 55
Change from one alternative form of county government to another
Status: in_force

§ 55. Change from one alternative form of county government to\nanother. A county operating under an alternative form of county\ngovernment may, after the lapse of three years from the date such form\nbecomes effective in the county, abandon its then existing form and\nadopt another alternative form of county government authorized by this\nchapter, and such change shall become effective at the time provided in\nsubdivision five of section six hundred fifty-six. No such question\nshall be submitted more often than once in every four years. All of the\nprovisions of this chapter relating to initiating a proceeding for the\nadoption of an alternative form of county government and to the\nsubmission and approval of the question shall apply also to a change\nfrom one alternative form of county government to another as authorized\nin this section. The question shall be in substantially the following\nform: "Shall the county of (name of county) abandon its present form of\ncounty government and adopt the (name of form) of government?"\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 198 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 10 / Section 198
Meetings of trustees
Status: in_force

§ 198. Meetings of trustees.  Two of the trustees of an incorporated\nchurch, to which this article is applicable, may call a meeting of such\ntrustees, by giving at least twenty-four hours' notice thereof\npersonally or by mail to the other trustees. A majority of the trustees\nlawfully convened shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of\nbusiness. In case of a tie vote at a meeting of the trustees, the\npresiding officer of such meeting shall, notwithstanding he has voted\nonce, have an additional casting vote.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 12 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 2 / Section 12
Technical assistance to municipalities related to college and university closures
Status: in_force

§ 12. Technical assistance to municipalities related to college and\nuniversity closures. The department shall provide to any municipality,\nupon request, technical assistance in the event of a college or\nuniversity closing in such municipality, on topics including but not\nlimited to:\n  1. workforce transition and development;\n  2. attracting new employers and economic opportunities;\n  3. developing plans for the land and buildings formerly occupied by\nsuch college or university; and\n  4. recommendations and planning assistance for dealing with creditors\nand other entities having a financial interest in such college or\nuniversity's assets located in such municipality, provided, however,\nthat the state shall not become a party to any legal proceedings\npursuant to this section.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 483-FF — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 10-D / Section 483-FF
National human trafficking resource center hotline poster
Status: in_force

§ 483-ff. National human trafficking resource center hotline poster.\n(a) The commissioner of temporary and disability assistance shall make\npublicly available on its website an electronic version of the National\nHuman Trafficking Resources Center (NHTRC) hotline poster, or create and\nmake available a variation thereof.\n  (b) The poster shall:\n  (1) be available for printing, at a minimum, in English and all other\nlanguages that the NHTRC poster is available in;\n  (2) be at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size;\nand\n  (3) if created by the commissioner, include the following statement:\n  "If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in any activity\nand cannot leave - whether it is commercial sex, housework, farm work,\nor any other similar activity - call the National Human Trafficking\nResource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 to access help and services.\n  Victims of human trafficking are eligible for protections and services\nunder United States and New York state law.\n  The hotline is:\n  (1) Available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week;\n  (2) Toll free;\n  (3) Operated by a non-profit, non-governmental organization;\n  (4) Anonymous and confidential;\n  (5) Accessible in one hundred seventy languages; and\n  (6) Able to provide help, referral to services, training, and general\ninformation."\n  (c) The commissioner shall consult with other state agencies and\norganizations that he or she deems appropriate to encourage that such\nposters are located in public places where trafficking victims may be\npresent, including but not limited to: highway rest stops, bus stations,\ntruck stops, airports, adult or sexually oriented businesses, hospitals\nand urgent care centers. In consulting with such agencies and\norganizations, the commissioner shall advise that posters should be\nplaced in conspicuous locations near primary public entrances or other\nareas where posters and notices are customarily posted on the premises.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 13-3.2 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 13 / Part 3 / Section 13-3.2
Rights of beneficiaries of pension, retirement, death benefit,
Status: in_force

§ 13-3.2 Rights of beneficiaries of pension, retirement, death benefit,\n           stock bonus and profit-sharing plans, systems or trusts and\n           of beneficiaries of annuities and supplemental insurance\n           contracts\n  (a) If a person is entitled to receive (1) payment in money,\nsecurities or other property under a pension, retirement, death benefit,\nstock bonus or profit-sharing plan, system or trust or (2) money payable\nby an insurance company or a savings bank authorized to conduct the\nbusiness of life insurance under an annuity or pure endowment contract\nor a policy of life, group life, industrial life or accident and health\ninsurance, or if a contract made by such an insurer relating to the\npayment of proceeds or avails of such insurance designates a payee or\nbeneficiary to receive such payment upon the death of the person making\nthe designation or another, the rights of persons so entitled or\ndesignated and the ownership of money, securities or other property\nthereby received shall not be impaired or defeated by any statute or\nrule of law governing the transfer of property by will, gift or\nintestacy.\n  (b) This section does not limit article 10 of the debtor and creditor\nlaw, articles 10-C and 26 of the tax law, or 2-1.8, 5-1.1-A or 13-3.6.\n  (c) Paragraph (a) applies although a designation is revocable or\nsubject to change by the person who makes it, and although the money,\nsecurities or other property receivable thereunder are not yet payable\nat the time the designation is made or are subject to withdrawal,\ncollection or assignment by the person making the designation.\n  (d) A person entitled to receive payment includes:\n  (1) An employee or participant in a pension, retirement, death\nbenefit, stock bonus or profit-sharing plan, system or trust.\n  (2) The owner or person purchasing an annuity, the person insured or\nthe person effecting insurance, the person effecting a contract relating\nto payment of the proceeds or avails of a policy of insurance or an\nannuity or pure endowment contract.\n  (3) Any person entitled to receive payment by reason of a payee or\nbeneficiary designation described in this section.\n  (e) A designation of a beneficiary or payee to receive payment upon\ndeath of the person making the designation or another must be made in\nwriting and signed by the person making the designation and be:\n  (1) Agreed to by the employer or made in accordance with the rules\nprescribed for the pension, retirement, death benefit, stock bonus or\nprofit-sharing plan, system or trust.\n  (2) Agreed to by the insurance company or the savings bank authorized\nto conduct the business of life insurance, as the case may be.\n  (f) This section applies to designations heretofore or hereafter made\nby persons who die on or after the date this section takes effect.  This\nsection does not invalidate any contract or designation which is valid\nwithout regard to this section.\n
N.Y. CAN Law § 81 — New York Code / Act CAN / Article 4 / Section 81
Packaging, labeling, and administration of adult-use cannabis products
Status: in_force

§ 81. Packaging, labeling, and administration of adult-use cannabis\nproducts. 1. The board is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and\nregulations governing the advertising, branding, marketing, packaging,\nlabeling and unconventional methods of administration or ingestion, of\ncannabis products, sold or possessed for sale in New York state,\nincluding rules pertaining to the accuracy of information and rules\nrestricting marketing and advertising to youth.\n  2. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, requiring\nthat:\n  (a) packaging meets requirements similar to the federal "poison\nprevention packaging act of 1970," 15 U.S.C. Sec 1471 et seq.;\n  (b) prior to delivery or sale at a retailer, cannabis and cannabis\nproducts shall be labeled according to regulations and placed in a\nresealable, child-resistant package; and\n  (c) packages, labels, shapes and products shall not be made to be\nattractive to or target persons under the age of twenty-one.\n  3. Such regulations shall include requiring labels warning consumers\nof any potential impact on human health resulting from the consumption\nof cannabis products that shall be affixed to those products when sold,\nif such labels are deemed warranted by the board and may establish\nstandardized and/or uniform packaging and labeling requirements for\nadult-use products.\n  4. Such rules and regulations shall establish methods and procedures\nfor determining serving sizes for cannabis products, active cannabis\nconcentration per serving size, and number of servings per container or\npackage, and the methods of separating or clearly delineating servings\nwithin a container or package. Such regulations may also require a\nnutritional or supplement fact panel that incorporates data regarding\nserving sizes and potency thereof.\n  5. Such rules and regulations shall establish approved product types\nand forms and establish an application and review process to determine\nthe suitability of new product types and forms, taking into\nconsideration the consumer and public health and safety implications of\ndifferent product varieties, manufacturing processes, product types and\nforms, the means and methods of administration associated with specific\nproduct types, and any other criteria identified by the board for\nconsideration to protect public health and safety.\n  6. Such regulations shall also require product labels to accurately\ndisplay the total THC of each product.\n  7. The packaging, sale, marketing, branding, advertising, labeling or\npossession by any licensee of any cannabis product not labeled or\noffered in conformity with rules and regulations promulgated in\naccordance with this section shall be grounds for the imposition of a\nfine, and/or the suspension, revocation or cancellation of a license in\naccordance with the provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 1313 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 13-A / Section 1313
Debt or property subject to attachment; proper garnishee
Status: in_force

§ 1313. Debt or property subject to attachment; proper garnishee. Any\ndebt or property against which a forfeiture judgment may be enforced as\nprovided under this article is subject to attachment. The proper\ngarnishee of any such property or debt is the person designated as a\nproper garnishee for purposes of enforcing money judgments in section\nfive thousand two hundred one of this chapter. For the purpose of\napplying the provisions to attachment, references to a "judgment debtor"\nin section five thousand two hundred one and in subdivision (i) of\nsection one hundred five of this chapter shall be construed to mean\n"defendant".\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 283 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 16 / Section 283
Issuance of licenses and permits in certain towns
Status: in_force

§ 283. Issuance of licenses and permits in certain towns. If, in any\ntown of the first class at the time of the enactment of this chapter,\nthere exists a building department, set up as an adjunct of the planning\nboard, all licenses or permits, whenever and in the manner required by\nany building zone ordinance, local law or building code, shall be issued\nby said department, and all fees therefor be collected as provided by\nthe requirements of the building zone ordinance, local law or building\ncode.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 55-C — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 4 / Title A / Section 55-C
Employment of veterans with disabilities by the state
Status: in_force

* § 55-c. Employment of veterans with disabilities by the state.\n1. The commission may determine up to five hundred positions with duties\nsuch as can be performed by disabled veterans and veterans with\ndisabilities who are found otherwise qualified to perform satisfactorily\nthe duties of any such position. Positions designated to be filled\npursuant to this section may be filled on a full-time or part-time\nbasis. Upon such determination, the said positions shall be classified\nin the noncompetitive class, and may be filled only by veterans of the\narmed forces of the United States (a) who establish by appropriate\ndocumentary evidence that they are disabled veterans, as defined in\nparagraph (b) of subdivision one of section eighty-five of this chapter,\nor (b) by those veterans, as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one\nof section eighty-five of this chapter, who shall have been certified by\nthe employee health service of the department as being disabled but\ncapable of performing the duties of said positions. Priority in\ncertification and referral of both such disabled veterans and certified\ndisabled but capable veterans shall be given to those veterans who\nreceived a wound in combat, as documented by the awarding of the purple\nheart, as authorized by the United States department of defense, and\nthat wound is the cause of, or a substantially contributing factor to,\nthe degree of impairment, who otherwise meet the requirements of this\nsection. The number of veterans appointed pursuant to this section shall\nnot exceed five hundred.\n  2. Those employees hired under subdivision one of this section, shall\nbe afforded the same opportunity to take promotional examinations as\nprovided to employees in the competitive class.\n  3. When posting jobs that fall under the provisions of this section,\nall state agencies shall prominently identify on such posting that such\njob is "55-c Eligible".\n  * NB There are 2 § 55-c's\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 99-D — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 99-D
Planning for future capital improvements
Status: in_force

§ 99-d. Planning for future capital improvements. 1. Notwithstanding\nthe provisions of any general, special or local law, the governing board\nor other appropriate authority of a municipal corporation, school\ndistrict or district corporation may authorize the preparation of\nsurveys, preliminary plans and detailed plans, specifications and\nestimates necessary for planning for a capital improvement which it is\ncontemplated might be undertaken in the future and may provide for the\nmanner in which the cost thereof shall be financed, subject, however, to\nthe applicable provisions of any general, special or local law\nrespecting the issuance of bonds or notes.\n  2. The total amount of bonds or capital notes which may be authorized\nin any fiscal year of the municipal corporation, school district or\ndistrict corporation to finance such advance planning pursuant to this\nsection shall not exceed the maximum amount of budget notes which it may\nissue in such year pursuant to subdivision two or subdivision three of\nparagraph a of section 29.00 of the local finance law, as the case may\nbe, provided, however, that for the purposes of this subdivision,\namounts which are to be paid in the first instance from improvement\ndistrict assessments shall be included in computing "the amount of the\nannual budget" of a town or a county in accordance with section 29.00 of\nsuch law.\n  3. If the advance planning is undertaken for the purpose of an\nexisting or proposed county or town improvement district, or any\nextension thereof, the existing district, or the proposed district when\ncreated, or the extension thereof, shall reimburse the county or town\nfor the cost of such advance planning, including any interest on any\nobligations issued to finance such cost. The amount so reimbursed shall\nbe applied first to the payment of any outstanding obligations issued to\nfinance such expenditure.\n
N.Y. ABC Law § 108 — New York Code / Act ABC / Article 8 / Section 108
Restrictions upon licensees
Status: in_force

§ 108. Restrictions upon licensees. 1. No licensee except the holder\nof a license to manufacture alcoholic beverages shall keep or permit to\nbe kept or consumed on the licensed premises any alcoholic beverage\nexcept the alcoholic beverages which he is permitted to sell under the\nterms of the license issued to him.\n  2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not\nprohibit a person holding a retail on-premises license and a retail\noff-premises beer or beer and wine products license for an adjacent\npremises to transport alcoholic beverages through such off-premises\nlocation to supply such adjacent on-premises location.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1438-N — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-1 / Section 1438-N
Miscellaneous
Status: in_force

* § 1438-n. Miscellaneous. A local law adopted by the town of Red\nHook, pursuant to this article, may contain such other provisions as the\ntown deems necessary for the proper administration of the tax imposed\npursuant to this article, including provisions concerning the\ndetermination of tax, the imposition of interest on underpayments and\noverpayments and the imposition of civil penalties. Such provisions\nshall be identical to the corresponding provisions of the real estate\ntransfer tax imposed by article thirty-one of this chapter, so far as\nsuch provisions can be made applicable to the tax imposed pursuant to\nthis article.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2026\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1302 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 13 / Section 1302
Adjournment of trial
Status: in_force

§ 1302. Adjournment of trial. The trial of an action may be adjourned:\n  (a) By the court for good cause shown and upon such terms and\nconditions as the court may deem just.\n  (b) By stipulation of the parties with the approval of the court, such\nstipulation to be filed with the clerk; or upon request of the plaintiff\nwhere the defendant has made default; or, if the court approve, upon\nconsent of the parties in open court.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 350 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 9-A / Section 350
Waiver void
Status: in_force

§ 350. Waiver void. Any waiver of the provisions of this article by\nthe lessee shall be unenforceable and void.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3398-S — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 33-B / Section 3398-S
Prohibitions
Status: in_force

* § 3398-s. Prohibitions. 1. Except as authorized by the United States\nfood and drug administration, the processing of cannabinoid hemp or hemp\nextract used for human consumption is prohibited within the state unless\nthe processor is licensed under this article.\n  2. Cannabinoid hemp and hemp extracts used for human consumption and\ngrown or processed outside the state shall not be distributed or sold at\nretail within the state, unless they meet all standards established for\ncannabinoid hemp under state law and regulations.\n  3. The retail sale of cannabinoid hemp is prohibited in this state\nunless the retailer is licensed under this article.\n  * NB Repealed 6 months after the full cannabis control board created\nby Article 2 of the cannabis law has been appointed\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 604 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 6 / Section 604
Fixing record date
Status: in_force

§ 604. Fixing record date.\n  (a) For the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to notice\nof or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof,\nor to express consent to or dissent from any proposal without a meeting,\nor for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive\npayment of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or for the\npurpose of any other action, the by-laws may provide for fixing or, in\nthe absence of such provision, the board may fix, in advance, a date as\nthe record date for any such determination of shareholders. Such date\nshall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of\nsuch meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action.\n  (b) If no record date is fixed:\n  (1) The record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to\nnotice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close\nof business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given,\nor, if no notice is given, the day on which the meeting is held.\n  (2) The record date for determining shareholders for any purpose other\nthan that specified in subparagraph (1) shall be at the close of\nbusiness on the day on which the resolution of the board relating\nthereto is adopted.\n  (c) When a determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice\nof or to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided\nin this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment\nthereof, unless the board fixes a new record date under this section for\nthe adjourned meeting.\n