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N.Y. MIL Law § 301-C — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 13 / Section 301-C
Accident prevention course information
Status: in_force

§ 301-c. Accident prevention course information. The division of\nmilitary and naval affairs shall provide returning servicemen and women\nwho have returned from a combat theater or combat zone of operations\nwith information about accident prevention courses approved by the\ncommissioner of motor vehicles pursuant to article twelve-B of the\nvehicle and traffic law. This information may be provided in written\nform to be available at Yellow Ribbon Reintegration programs or any\nother reintegration programs offered by the division or may be made\navailable online on the division's website. The division shall also\nprovide a link to the department of motor vehicles website pages\ncontaining information about the accident prevention courses.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 135 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 9 / Section 135
Violations of ordinances
Status: in_force

§ 135. Violations of ordinances. 1. A violation of any ordinance, rule\nor regulation adopted by the town board pursuant to this chapter is\nhereby declared to be a misdemeanor except as otherwise provided by law\nand except that any such violation of a provision of a town building\ncode or zoning ordinance shall be deemed an offense against such code or\nordinance, and the town board may provide for the punishment thereof by\nfine or imprisonment or both; provided, however, that for the purpose of\nconferring jurisdiction upon courts and judicial officers generally,\nviolations of a town building code or zoning ordinance shall be deemed\nmisdemeanors and for such purpose only all provisions of law relating to\nmisdemeanors shall apply to such violations. It is also empowered to\nprovide civil penalties for such violation. The town board may also\nmaintain an action or proceeding in the name of the town in a court of\ncompetent jurisdiction to compel compliance with or to restrain by\ninjunction the violation of any such ordinance, rule or regulation,\nnotwithstanding that the ordinance, rule or regulation may provide a\npenalty or other punishment for such violation.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one hereof the town\nboard of any town may designate that the violation of any ordinance,\nrule or regulation adopted by such board or any specific provision or\nprovisions thereof shall be deemed an offense against such ordinance,\nrule, regulation, or provision thereof, and the town board may provide\nfor the punishment thereof by fine or imprisonment or both; provided,\nhowever, that for the purpose of conferring jurisdiction upon courts and\njudicial officers generally, such violation shall be deemed misdemeanors\nand for such purpose only all provisions of law relating to misdemeanors\nshall apply to such violations.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 35 — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 3 / Section 35
Permits for building in bed of mapped streets
Status: in_force

§ 35. Permits for building in bed of mapped streets. For the purpose\nof preserving the integrity of such official map or plan no permit shall\nhereafter be issued for any building in the bed of any street or highway\nshown or laid out on such map or plan, provided, however, that if the\nland within such mapped street or highway is not yielding a fair return\non its value to the owner, the board of appeals or other similar board\nin any city which has established such a board having power to make\nvariances or exception in zoning regulations shall have power in a\nspecific case by the vote of a majority of its members to grant a permit\nfor a building in such street or highway which will as little as\npracticable increase the cost of opening such street or highway, or tend\nto cause a change of such official map or plan, and such board may\nimpose reasonable requirements as a condition of granting such permit,\nwhich requirements shall inure to the benefit of the city. Before taking\nany action authorized in this section, the board of appeals or similar\nboard shall give a hearing at which parties in interest and others shall\nhave an opportunity to be heard. At least fifteen days notice of the\ntime and place of such hearing shall be published in an official\npublication of said city or in a newspaper of general circulation\ntherein. Any such decision shall be subject to review by certiorari\norder issued out of a court of record in the same manner and pursuant to\nthe same provisions as in appeals from the decisions of such board upon\nzoning regulations.\n  Where a proposed street widening or extension has been shown on such\nofficial map or plan for ten years or more and the city has not acquired\ntitle thereto, the city may, after a hearing on notice as hereinabove\nprovided, grant a permit for a building and/or structure in such street\nor highway and shall impose such reasonable requirements as are\nnecessary to protect the public interest as a condition of granting such\npermit, which requirements shall inure to the benefit of the city.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 569 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 12-B / Section 569
Delinquency, collection and cancellation charges; attorney's fees
Status: in_force

§ 569. Delinquency, collection and cancellation charges; attorney's\nfees.  1. A premium finance agreement may provide for the payment by the\ninsured of a delinquency and collection charge on each instalment in\ndefault for a period of not less than five days in an amount of one\ndollar to a maximum not in excess of five per centum of such instalment,\nprovided however, that when any personal, household or domestic\ninsurance contract are listed in the agreement the charge shall not\nexceed five dollars and, provided that only one such delinquency and\ncollection charge may be collected on any such instalment regardless of\nthe period during which it remains in default and, if the default\nresults in the cancellation of any personal, household or domestic\ninsurance contract listed in the agreement, the agreement may provide\nfor the payment by the insured of a cancellation charge equal to the\ndifference between any delinquency and collection charge imposed in\nrespect to the instalment in default and five dollars.\n  2. A premium finance agreement may also provide for the payment of\nattorney's fees not exceeding twenty per centum of the amount due and\npayable under the agreement if it is referred for collection to an\nattorney not a salaried employee of the premium finance agency holding\nthe agreement.\n  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a premium finance\nagency shall not take or receive from or charge an insured any\ncancellation charge or attorney's fees unless, within ten days after\ndefault in the payment of any instalment of a premium finance agreement,\nthe agency has mailed a notice of the default to the insured at his\naddress as shown on the agreement and to any insurance agent or broker\nnamed therein at his place of business as shown therein.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 703 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 34 / Section 703
Notice of error and response
Status: in_force

§ 703. Notice of error and response. If a creditor, having transmitted\nto a consumer a statement of the consumer's account, receives from the\nconsumer at an address designated therefor by the creditor in accordance\nwith section seven hundred five of this article, within sixty days of\nthe mailing of said statement, a written notice, on a document other\nthan a document provided by the creditor to accompany payment, setting\nforth sufficient information to enable the creditor to identify the\nconsumer and the account, the amount and transaction shown in the\nstatement which the consumer in good faith believes to be a billing\nerror, and the facts providing the basis for the consumer's belief that\nthe statement is in error; the creditor shall:\n  1. Not later than thirty days after receipt of the notice, mail a\nwritten acknowledgment to the consumer; and\n  2. Not later than ninety days after receipt of the notice and prior to\ntaking any action to collect the amount believed by the consumer to be a\nbilling error, (a) make appropriate corrections in the account of the\nconsumer and mail to the consumer a written notice stating that the\namount believed to be in error has been corrected and will be shown on\nthe next statement mailed to the consumer or (b) send a written notice\nto the consumer setting forth the reasons why the creditor believes the\naccount of the consumer was correctly shown in the statement; and\n  3. Not communicate unfavorable credit information concerning the\nconsumer to any person, including but not limited to credit bureaus or\ncredit reporting agencies, based upon the consumer's failure to pay the\namount believed by him to be a billing error, until the creditor has\ncomplied with this section.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 541 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5 / Part 4 / Section 541
Order dismissing petition
Status: in_force

§ 541. Order dismissing petition. If the court finds the male party is\nnot the father of the child, it shall dismiss the petition. If a neglect\npetition was filed in the paternity proceeding, the court retains\njurisdiction over the neglect petition whether or not it dismisses the\npaternity petition.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 343.2 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 4 / Section 343.2
Rules of evidence; corroboration of accomplice testimony
Status: in_force

§ 343.2. Rules of evidence; corroboration of accomplice testimony. 1.\nA respondent may not be found to be delinquent upon the testimony of an\naccomplice unsupported by corroborative evidence tending to connect the\nrespondent with the commission of the crime or crimes charged in the\npetition.\n  2. An "accomplice" means a witness in a juvenile delinquency\nproceeding who, according to evidence adduced in such proceeding, may\nreasonably be considered to have participated in:\n  (a) the crime charged; or\n  (b) a crime based on the same or some of the same facts or conduct\nwhich constitutes the crime charged in the petition.\n  3. A witness who is an accomplice as defined in subdivision two is no\nless such because a proceeding, conviction or finding of delinquency\nagainst him would be barred or precluded by some defense or exemption\nsuch as infancy, immunity or previous prosecution amounting to a\ncollateral impediment to such proceeding, conviction or finding, not\naffecting the conclusion that such witness engaged in the conduct\nconstituting the crime with the mental state required for the commission\nthereof.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 701 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 7 / Section 701
Direction and execution of mandates
Status: in_force

§ 701. Direction and execution of mandates. (a) In an action or\nproceeding brought in the court, all processes and mandates may be\nserved or executed only within the city of New York unless this act\notherwise provides. They shall be served or executed by the sheriff of\nthe city of New York or by a city marshal. Where this act empowers the\ncourt's process or mandate to be served or executed without the city of\nNew York, it shall be served or executed by such officer as could serve\nor execute the process or mandate of the supreme court of the county in\na like instance.\n  (b) The provisions of law applicable in supreme court practice,\nrelating to the execution of mandates by a sheriff and the power and\ncontrol of the court over the sheriff executing the same, shall apply in\nthis court; and they shall apply equally to both sheriffs and marshals.\n  (c) In any instance where a return by the enforcement officer is\nrequired by law to be made to the court or the clerk thereof, such\nprovision shall be deemed to refer to this court in that county out of\nwhich the process or mandate issued, or the clerk of this court in such\ncounty, as the case may be.\n  (d) In a case where a marshal serves or executes the process or\nmandate of the court, the return or certificate of a marshal and the\nservice of a paper by him shall have the same force and effect as the\nlike return, certificate or service of or by a sheriff.\n  (e) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the service\nof a summons, petition, notice of petition, subpoena or other paper by\nany person who might serve the same in a like instance in the supreme\ncourt.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 706 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 7 / Section 706
When surviving or remaining fiduciary may act; when successor must be appointed 1
Status: in_force

§ 706. When surviving or remaining fiduciary may act; when successor\n         must be appointed\n  1.  Where one of two or more fiduciaries dies or is removed or where\nletters issued to one of them are revoked, a successor to the deceased\nfiduciary or to the one who has been removed or whose letters have been\nrevoked shall not be appointed, except where such appointment is\nnecessary in order to comply with the express terms of a will or\nlifetime trust instrument; but the others may proceed and complete the\nadministration of the estate pursuant to the letters or lifetime trust\ninstrument and may continue any action or special proceeding brought by\nor against all.\n  2.  When all the persons to whom letters have been issued die or where\nletters issued to all of them have been revoked by a decree of the\nsurrogate's court, or, in the case of a lifetime trust, when all persons\nserving as trustee die or are removed, without any successor trustee\nhaving been effectively appointed pursuant to the terms of the lifetime\ntrust instrument, that court has, except in a case where it is otherwise\nspecially prescribed by law, the same power to appoint a successor to\nthe person or persons whose powers have ceased as if the letters had not\nbeen issued or as if no appointment had been made.  The successor may\ncomplete the administration of the estate committed to his predecessor,\nhe may continue in his own name a civil action or proceeding pending in\nfavor of his predecessor and he may enforce a judgment, order or decree\nin favor of the latter.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 306 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 3 / Section 306
Immunity from prosecution
Status: in_force

§ 306. Immunity from prosecution. (a) At any hearing conducted\npursuant to this chapter or in any cause or proceeding instituted by the\nsuperintendent pursuant to this chapter, the superintendent, or his\ndeputy or other officer conducting the hearing, cause or proceeding may\nconfer immunity in accordance with the provisions of section 50.20 of\nthe criminal procedure law.\n  (b) No person compelled in accordance with the provisions of section\n50.20 of the criminal procedure law to give answer or produce evidence\nof any other kind at any such hearing, cause or proceeding shall be\nexempt from the refusal, revocation or suspension of any license,\npermission or authority conferred, or to be conferred, pursuant to this\nchapter. Any person testifying at any such hearing, cause or proceeding\nmay execute, acknowledge and file in the office of the superintendent a\nstatement expressly waiving his immunity or privilege against\nself-incrimination in respect to any transaction, matter or thing\nspecified in such statement and thereupon the answers given or evidence\nproduced by such person in relation to such transaction, matter or thing\nmay be received or produced before any judge or justice, court,\ntribunal, grand jury or otherwise, and if so received or produced such\nperson shall not be entitled to any immunity or privilege on account of\nany answers he may so give or evidence he may so produce.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 50-II — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 3-B / Section 50-II
Meetings of trustees
Status: in_force

§ 50-ii. Meetings of trustees. Meetings of the trustees of such\nincorporated church shall be called by giving at least three days'\nnotice thereof in writing, served personally or by mail to all of the\ntrustees, unless, by a regularly adopted standing resolution a fixed\ndate for such meeting is the approved order, in which case a written\nnotice may be dispensed with. To duly constitute such regular or special\nmeeting of the trustees for the transaction of business, at any meeting\nlawfully convened, there shall be present a majority of the laymen\ntrustees, the rector or vicar of the church, the clerk of the\ncorporation and either the archbishop who is the ecclesiastical\nadministrator, the vicar-general or the chancellor of the Metropolitan\nSynod Holy Orthodox Church of America. But if the church has no rector\nor vicar, at least one of the trustees who is a warden must be present.\nIf either the archbishop, vicar-general or the chancellor cannot be\npresent, the archbishop who is the ecclesiastical administrator may send\nhis proxy to one of the laymen trustees. No act or procedure other than\nregular routine matters in regard to the administration of the temporal\naffairs of the church and for the care of the property of the\ncorporation, as included in the budget items, shall be valid without the\nsanction of the archbishop and ecclesiastical administrator of the synod\nor diocese to which the church belongs; nor shall the trustees, without\nthe consent of the corporate meeting incur debts for items not provided\nin the adopted budget. Trustees of such incorporated church shall have\nno power to call, settle or remove a minister or to fix his salary; or\nto fix, change the time, nature or order of the public or social\nworship, rites and religious observances of such church which are or\nshall be established by the governing ecclesiastical body.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 99-P — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 99-P
Municipality, district corporation or school district as reciprocal insurer
Status: in_force

§ 99-p. Municipality, district corporation or school district as\nreciprocal insurer. Any county, town, city, village, district\ncorporation (as defined in paragraph three of section 2.00 of the local\nfinance law), or school district and board of cooperative educational\nservices, may become a subscriber to a municipal reciprocal insurer\nformed under article sixty-one of the insurance law.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 139 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 3 / Section 139
Costs of administration
Status: in_force

§ 139. Costs of administration.  1. On and after April first, nineteen\nhundred fifty-five, the state and each political subdivision extending\nold-age and survivors insurance coverage to its employees shall\ncontribute to the annual cost of administering the provisions of this\narticle. The director, during the month of March, nineteen hundred\nfifty-six, and at the close of each fiscal year of the state thereafter,\nshall determine the pro rata share of such annual cost to be contributed\nby the state and by each political subdivision. Such share shall be\ndetermined on the basis of the ratio which contributions required to be\nmade to the contribution fund by the state or such political\nsubdivision, as the case may be, bear to the total amount of\ncontributions required to be made to such fund during such fiscal year.\n  2. The director shall thereupon submit to the fiscal officer of each\npolitical subdivision a statement of the amount to be contributed by it\npursuant to this section. Payment of the amount specified in such\nstatement shall be made by each political subdivision within sixty days\nafter the receipt thereof.\n  3. There shall be included in the budget estimate of the state agency\nfurnished to the division of the budget an estimate of the amount\nnecessary to meet the state's pro rata share of the cost of\nadministering the provisions of this article during the current fiscal\nyear.\n  4. Amounts received from political subdivisions pursuant to this\nsection and amounts appropriated by the legislature to meet the state's\npro rata share of the costs of administering this article shall be used\nto reimburse the state purposes fund in the general fund for any\nadvances made from such fund for the purpose of administering the\nprovisions of this article.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 3016 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 41 / Part 2 / Section 3016
Notice to person liable to pay tax
Status: in_force

§ 3016. Notice to person liable to pay tax. Before the commissioner\ncollects any tax by levy, the commissioner shall give prominent written\nnotice to the person liable to pay the same that, in like manner as a\njudgment creditor, the department has certain rights to enforce the\nwarrant by levying upon real and personal property of the taxpayer. Such\nstatement shall be made in clear and concise language readily\ncomprehensible to the average reader and shall be set off from any other\ntext or notice.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 350-B — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 22-A / Section 350-B
Disclosures required in advertisements using the title "doctor"
Status: in_force

§ 350-b. Disclosures required in advertisements using the title\n"doctor". 1. Any person who uses the title "doctor" in making\nrepresentations for the purpose of inducing, or which are likely to\ninduce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of (a) drugs, devices or\ncosmetics, as defined in section sixty-eight hundred two of the\neducation law, or (b) other goods or services intended to diagnose,\ntreat, mitigate, prevent or cure any human disease, pain, injury,\ndeformity, nutritional deficiency or physical condition, or which are\nintended to appear to the purchaser of such goods or services to have\ndone so, shall conspicuously disclose the profession in which he or she\nis licensed, except that, where no license is required by the department\nof education, such person shall conspicuously disclose the major subject\nin which the degree was earned and the name of the institution that\nissued the degree provided, however, that such person shall be\nprohibited from using the title "doctor" unless the degree was conferred\nby an institution of higher education authorized by law to confer\ndoctoral degrees in the state where it is located. For the purposes of\nthis section, "conspicuously" shall mean equally in size, type or\nprominence and positioned adjacent to the title "doctor". The\nrequirements of this subdivision supplement, and shall not be construed\nto limit, the obligations of health professionals pursuant to the\neducation law and regulations thereunder, nor shall they be construed to\nauthorize the practice of any licensed profession nor the offer of\nprofessional services by any unlicensed person.\n  2. In addition to any civil penalty available under section three\nhundred fifty-d of this article, whenever there shall be an actual or\nthreatened violation of this section an application may be made to a\ncourt or justice having jurisdiction to issue an injunction, upon notice\nto the defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain such\nactual or threatened violation; if it shall appear to the satisfaction\nof the court or justice that the defendant is in fact assuming, adopting\nor using such title or is about to assume, adopt or use such title and\nthat the assumption, adoption or use of such title may deceive or\nmislead the public, an injunction may be issued by said court or justice\nenjoining and restraining such actual or threatened violation without\nrequiring proof that any person has in fact been deceived or misled\nthereby.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 2019 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 20 / Section 2019
Records
Status: in_force

§ 2019. Records.\n  All justices of courts governed by this act shall keep or cause to be\nkept legible and suitable records and dockets of all criminal actions\nand proceedings. The rules may govern the manner, form, care, custody\nand disposition of such records.\n