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N.Y. EXC Law § 837-H — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 35 / Section 837-H
Livery vehicle safety training program; standards; eligibility; reports
Status: in_force

§ 837-h. Livery vehicle safety training program; standards;\neligibility; reports. 1. The commissioner, in consultation with the\ndivision of state police and the local licensing authority as defined in\nsection six hundred twenty-one of this chapter, shall promulgate rules\nand regulations necessary for the efficient operation of a livery\nvehicle safety training program. Such rules and regulations issued,\nadopted or amended must at a minimum provide:\n  (a) the development of a training program curriculum which includes\ninstruction on:\n  (i) methods to maximize personal safety, including information on\navailable equipment and technologies;\n  (ii) effective passenger management and communications skills;\n  (iii) vehicular and pedestrian safety, including a review of the\napplicable provisions of the vehicle and traffic law; and\n  (iv) any other subject relevant to the public health and safety in the\noperation of livery vehicles;\n  (b) the procedure by which the provider agencies make application to\nreceive funding to operate a program and the form of the application;\n  (c) the procedure by which provider agencies report to the\ncommissioner regarding the provision of program services and the form of\nthe report;\n  (d) the procedure for periodic monitoring and evaluation of the livery\nvehicle safety training program.\n  2. Each provider agency shall prepare a plan, to be approved by the\ncommissioner, for the provision of program services to eligible drivers.\nSuch plan shall include, at a minimum, the nature of the services to be\nrendered, how the services comply with the developed curriculum, the\ncost associated with rendering such services and a description of how\nthe services will enhance livery vehicle safety. For the purposes of\nthis section the term "provider agency" shall mean a county, municipal,\nlocal unit of government or a college or a university or a law\nenforcement agency or a not-for-profit entity.\n  3. Each provider agency shall furnish the commissioner a written\nreport in a format and at a time to be determined by the commissioner,\nsubject to standards promulgated pursuant to this section which shall,\nat a minimum contain:\n  (a) a description of how the assistance provided, in accordance with\nthe program established herein, enhanced livery vehicle services; and\n  (b) the nature and costs of program services provided.\n  4. For the purposes of this section the term "livery vehicle" shall\nhave the same meaning as the term "livery", as defined in section six\nhundred twenty-one of this chapter.\n  5. Nothing contained in this section shall impose liability upon the\ndivision or the state for death, injury or loss incurred by a driver by\nreason of that driver having participated in the livery vehicle safety\ntraining program.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 177.30 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 177 / Section 177.30
Health care fraud; affirmative defense
Status: in_force

§ 177.30 Health care fraud; affirmative defense.\n  In any prosecution under this article, it shall be an affirmative\ndefense that the defendant was a clerk, bookkeeper or other employee,\nother than an employee charged with the active management and control,\nin an executive capacity, of the affairs of the corporation, who,\nwithout personal benefit, merely executed the orders of his or her\nemployer or of a superior employee generally authorized to direct his or\nher activities.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 221 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 7 / Section 221
Rent due on life leases recoverable
Status: in_force

§ 221. Rent due on life leases recoverable. Rent due on a lease for\nlife or lives is recoverable by action, as well after as before the\ndeath of the person on whose life the rent depends, and in the same\nmanner as rent due on a lease for years.\n
N.Y. BAT Law § 23 — New York Code / Act BAT / Section 23
No title
Status: in_force

§ 23. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair in any way\nthe obligation of the port authority to repay to the two states any or\nall advances made by them to the port authority in aid of bridge\nconstruction.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 205-A — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5 / Section 205-A
Certain pilot projects
Status: in_force

§ 205-a. Certain pilot projects. Any county operating a county\nhospital employing physicians and dentists pursuant to a pilot project\napproved by the public health and health planning council, whereby such\nphysicians and dentists may receive fees for private professional\nservices rendered in accordance with section one hundred thirty of the\ngeneral municipal law in addition to the amount of remuneration fixed by\nthe respective county legislative bodies for regular services, shall be\nrequired to adopt rules and regulations to govern such fees. Such rules\nand regulations shall be subject to the approval of the public health\nand health planning council.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 223-A — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5 / Section 223-A
The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such sums as it may deem proper, not exceeding three thousand dollars in any one y...
Status: in_force

§ 223-a. The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such\nsums as it may deem proper, not exceeding three thousand dollars in any\none year, to carry out the provisions of the forest practice act as\ndefined in section sixty-d of the conservation law, within such county.\nThe county treasurer shall pay the moneys so appropriated to the\nchairman of the district forest practice board upon his order and upon\nhis giving a proper receipt therefore. The chairman of the district\nforest practice board shall furnish the board of supervisors a detailed\nstatement of its work and transactions, financed in whole or in part\nfrom such moneys, for the year ending November thirty and for any other\nperiod which the board of supervisors may request and in such form as\nsaid board may direct. Any county making such an appropriation shall be\nreimbursed annually by the district forest practice board within six\nmonths following the close of the fiscal year of the county by which\nmoneys were made available to the extent that such board has moneys made\navailable to it for such purpose by the state of New York or any of its\nagencies or the United States of America or any of its agencies.\n  NOTE: Subdivision 28-f of section 12 of Old County law, being added by\nchapter 204 of 1950 missed being recodified as a section of County law\nas other subdivisions of section 12 were in such year. It was saved by\nSec. 1001 of present county law.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 651-A — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13-B / Section 651-A
Remittances
Status: in_force

§ 651-a. Remittances. 1. Each agent of a licensee which sells any New\nYork instruments or New York traveler's checks issued by such licensee\nshall, and each licensee shall so require each of its agents which sells\nany New York instruments or New York traveler's checks issued by such\nlicensee to report such sale and remit the face amount of New York\ninstruments and New York traveler's checks to such licensee within such\nperiod of time as the licensee requires within the normal course of its\nbusiness or as the superintendent, by rule or regulation, may prescribe.\nFor purposes of this section, remittance shall include either direct\npayment of such funds to the licensee or the deposit of such funds in a\nbanking organization, national bank, federal savings bank, federal\nsavings and loan association, federal credit union, or a banking\ninstitution chartered under the laws of another state or country, in an\naccount in the name of such licensee specifically established for the\npurpose of receiving such funds. Remittance by such agent to such\nlicensee or deposit by such agent in such account or its equivalent of\nfunds in advance of the sale of such New York instruments and New York\ntraveler's checks, in an amount not less than the amount said agent\nwould normally receive from such sales of New York instruments and New\nYork traveler's checks, shall be deemed compliance with the provisions\nof this section.\n  2. Every agent of a licensee shall remit all moneys owed such licensee\nin accordance with the terms of the contract between the licensee and\nsuch agent. Any intentional or negligent failure of an agent to remit\nall moneys due and owing the licensee within the time provided in such\ncontract shall result in the agent's civil liability to the licensee for\nthree times the licensee's damages. The superintendent may, by rule,\nestablish the maximum period of time for remittance.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 201-A — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 7 / Section 201-A
Fingerprinting of employees prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 201-a. Fingerprinting of employees prohibited. Except as otherwise\nprovided by law, no person, as a condition of securing employment or of\ncontinuing employment, shall be required to be fingerprinted. This\nprovision shall not apply to employees of the state or any municipal\nsubdivisions or departments thereof, or to the employees of legally\nincorporated hospitals, supported in whole or in part by public funds or\nprivate endowment, or to the employees of medical colleges affiliated\nwith such hospitals or to employees of private proprietary hospitals.\n
N.Y. LLC Law § 1204 — New York Code / Act LLC / Article 12 / Section 1204
Rendering of professional service
Status: in_force

§ 1204. Rendering of professional service. (a) No professional service\nlimited liability company may render a professional service except\nthrough individuals authorized by law to render such professional\nservice, as individuals, provided, that nothing in this chapter shall\nauthorize a professional service limited liability company to render a\nprofessional service in this state except through individuals authorized\nby law to render such professional service as individuals in this state.\n  (b) Each final plan and report made or issued by a professional\nservice limited liability company practicing professional engineering,\narchitecture, landscape architecture or land surveying shall bear the\nname and seal of one or more professional engineers, architects,\nlandscape architects or land surveyors, respectively, who are in\nresponsible charge of such plan or report.\n  (c) Each report, diagnosis, prognosis and prescription made or issued\nby a professional service limited liability company practicing medicine,\ndentistry, podiatry, optometry, ophthalmic dispensing, veterinary\nmedicine, pharmacy, nursing, psychology, physical therapy or\nchiropractic shall bear the signature of one or more physicians,\ndentists, podiatrists, optometrists, ophthalmic dispensers,\nveterinarians, pharmacists, nurses, licensed psychologists, physical\ntherapists or chiropractors, respectively, who are in responsible charge\nof such report, diagnosis, prognosis or prescription.\n  (d) Each record, transcript, report and hearing report prepared by a\nprofessional service limited liability company practicing certified\nshorthand reporting shall bear the signature of one or more certified\nshorthand reporters who are in responsible charge of such record,\ntranscript, report or hearing report.\n  (e) Each professional service limited liability company practicing\npublic accounting or certified public accounting shall maintain records\nindicating the identity of each public accountant or certified public\naccountant, respectively, who was responsible for each report or\nstatement that is issued, prepared or examined by such limited liability\ncompany.\n  (f) Each opinion prepared by a professional service limited liability\ncompany practicing law shall bear the signature of one or more attorneys\nand counselors-at-law who are in responsible charge of such opinion.\n  (g) In addition to the requirements pursuant to subdivisions (b)\nthrough (f) of this section, each document prepared by a professional\nservice limited liability company that under the rules, regulations,\nlaws or customs of the applicable profession is required to bear the\nsignature of an individual in responsible charge of such document, shall\nbe signed by one or more such individuals.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 150 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 3-A / Section 150
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 150. Short title.  This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "New York state public retirement system reporting and disclosure\nact".\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 96 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 4 / Section 96
Contested claims
Status: in_force

§ 96. Contested claims. The master, owner, agent or consignee of the\nvessel, or any person having an interest in the proceeds before final\ndistribution thereof, may contest any claim made against the vessel or\nits proceeds, by filing with such justice a written answer, verified as\na pleading in a court of record, designating the claims contested and\ncontroverting any material allegation of the notice of lien, application\nfor a warrant or statement of lien, and setting up any other matter in\ndefense thereto. A copy of such answer shall be served within five days\nfrom such filing, upon the person whose claim is contested, or his\nattorney.\n  If the answer does not contain any matter of defense to the claim, it\nmay be stricken out on motion of any person who has filed a notice of\nlien against the vessel.\n
N.Y. TCP Law § 101 — New York Code / Act TCP / Article 8 / Section 101
Limitation of powers
Status: in_force

§ 101. Limitation of powers. Nothing in this article shall be so\nconstrued as to permit any such corporation to engage in manufacture or\nproduction, except for its own use, of power, heat, light, supplies and\nequipment or to carry on the business of generating, selling or\ndistributing electricity for light, heat or power, nor shall the right,\noperation and use of such privileges be extended beyond the streets or\nmarginal streets bounding or occupied by the property owned or operated\nby such corporation. No railroad corporation, and no corporation or\njoint-stock association engaged in carrying on an express business,\nshall either directly or indirectly, or through the medium of a holding\ncompany or otherwise, purchase, acquire or hold, any stock, bond or\nevidence of indebtedness issued by any such corporation.\n
N.Y. SAP Law § 204 — New York Code / Act SAP / Article 2 / Section 204
Declaratory rulings by agencies
Status: in_force

§ 204. Declaratory rulings by agencies. 1.  On petition of any person,\nan agency may issue a declaratory ruling with respect to (i) the\napplicability to any person, property, or state of facts of any rule or\nstatute enforceable by it, or (ii) whether any action by it should be\ntaken pursuant to a rule.  Each agency shall prescribe by rule the form\nfor such petitions and the procedure for their submission, consideration\nand disposition. A declaratory ruling shall be binding upon the agency\nunless it is altered or set aside by a court. The agency may not\nretroactively change a valid declaratory ruling, but nothing in this\nsection shall prevent an agency from prospectively changing any\ndeclaratory ruling. A declaratory ruling shall be made available to the\npublic. A declaratory ruling shall be subject to review in the manner\nprovided for in article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and\nrules.\n  2. (a) Within thirty days of receipt of a petition with respect to\nparagraph (ii) of subdivision one of this section, an agency shall issue\neither a declaratory ruling or a statement declining to issue a\ndeclaratory ruling, unless the agency's rules provide for a different\ntime period not to exceed sixty days from receipt of such petition.\n  (c) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a person may\nsubmit a petition in the manner provided for in article seventy-eight of\nthe civil practice law and rules without first applying for a\ndeclaratory ruling pursuant to paragraph (ii) of subdivision one of this\nsection, or to the office for an advisory opinion pursuant to this\nsubdivision. A person may concurrently petition the court pursuant to\narticle seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules and petition\nthe agency and the office pursuant to this subdivision.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 486 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 28-D / Section 486
Crane inspectors
Status: in_force

§ 486. Crane inspectors. 1. Civil penalty and enforcement.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, where it is proven, after a\nhearing on the merits, that a crane inspector:\n  a. willfully failed to inspect a crane for which he or she filed an\ninspection report; or\n  b. willfully falsified an inspection report; or\n  c. willfully made material misstatements or material omissions on an\ninspection report; or\n  d. willfully accepted a bribe, regardless of its effect on his or her\nofficial duties;\n  such crane inspector shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less\nthan one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for each\nsuch occurrence or transaction. The attorney general shall have\njurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this subdivision.\n  2. Scope. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to\nestablish an exclusive remedy, and shall not be deemed to bar the\nprosecution of criminal charges in addition to any action brought\npursuant to the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. UDA Law § 51 — New York Code / Act UDA / Section 51
No title
Status: in_force

§ 51. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the\ncontrary, the dormitory authority and the urban development corporation\nare hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or more series for\nthe purpose of funding project costs for the nonprofit infrastructure\ncapital investment program and other state costs associated with such\ncapital projects. The aggregate principal amount of bonds authorized to\nbe issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed one hundred seventy\nmillion dollars $170,000,000, excluding bonds issued to fund one or more\ndebt service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and\nbonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes\npreviously issued. Such bonds and notes of the dormitory authority and\nthe urban development corporation shall not be a debt of the state, and\nthe state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of\nany funds other than those appropriated by the state to the dormitory\nauthority and the urban development corporation for principal, interest,\nand related expenses pursuant to a service contract and such bonds and\nnotes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect.\nExcept for purposes of complying with the internal revenue code, any\ninterest income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt\nservice on such bonds.\n  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in\norder to assist the dormitory authority and the urban development\ncorporation in undertaking the financing for project costs for the\nnonprofit infrastructure capital investment program and other state\ncosts associated with such capital projects, the director of the budget\nis hereby authorized to enter into one or more service contracts with\nthe dormitory authority and the urban development corporation, none of\nwhich shall exceed thirty years in duration, upon such terms and\nconditions as the director of the budget and the dormitory authority and\nthe urban development corporation agree, so as to annually provide to\nthe dormitory authority and the urban development corporation, in the\naggregate, a sum not to exceed the principal, interest, and related\nexpenses required for such bonds and notes. Any service contract entered\ninto pursuant to this section shall provide that the obligation of the\nstate to pay the amount therein provided shall not constitute a debt of\nthe state within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory\nprovision and shall be deemed executory only to the extent of monies\navailable and that no liability shall be incurred by the state beyond\nthe monies available for such purpose, subject to annual appropriation\nby the legislature. Any such contract or any payments made or to be made\nthereunder may be assigned and pledged by the dormitory authority and\nthe urban development corporation as security for its bonds and notes,\nas authorized by this section.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-Q*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-Q*2
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Wayne County Veteran's Memorial Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 343-q. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Wayne County Veteran's Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state\nhighway system constituting state route 31 in Wayne county, from the\nMonroe county line to the Seneca county line, shall be designated and\nknown as the "Wayne County Veteran's Memorial Highway".\n  * NB There are 11 § 343-q's\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1439-FFF*2 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-4*2 / Section 1439-FFF*2
Credit
Status: in_force

* § 1439-fff. Credit. A grantee shall be allowed a credit against the\ntax due on a conveyance of real property to the extent tax was paid by\nsuch grantee on a prior creation of a leasehold of all or a portion of\nthe same real property or on the granting of an option or contract to\npurchase all or a portion of the same real property by such grantee.\nSuch credit shall be computed by multiplying the tax paid on the\ncreation of the leasehold or on the granting of the option or contract\nby a fraction, the numerator of which is the value of the consideration\nused to compute such tax paid which is not yet due to such grantor on\nthe date of the subsequent conveyance (and which such grantor will not\nbe entitled to receive after such date), and the denominator of which is\nthe total value of the consideration used to compute such tax paid.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2045\n  * NB There are 2 § 1439-fff's\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 156-DD — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 12-A / Section 156-DD
Controlled atmosphere
Status: in_force

§ 156-dd. Controlled atmosphere.  No person shall sell or exchange or\noffer or expose for sale or exchange or transport for sale any fruits or\nvegetables represented as having been exposed to "controlled\natmosphere," "modified atmosphere," alone or with other words, or shall\nso use any such term or form of words or symbols of similar import on\nany container or lot of fruits or vegetables advertised, sold, offered\nfor sale or transported for sale within this state unless such fruits or\nvegetables have been kept in a room or storage building with not more\nthan five percent oxygen for a minimum of ninety days; provided,\nhowever, that a person may represent as having been exposed to\ncontrolled atmosphere or modified atmosphere any variety of apple stored\nin conformance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner\nprescribing shorter storage periods and particular atmospheric\nconditions for such variety of apple, and which take into account\nrelevant scientific research and technology. A record on a form approved\nby the commissioner shall be kept at a convenient location adjacent to\nsaid room or storage building from the day of sealing to the day of\nopening of said room or storage building, and shall be subject to review\nby the commissioner or his authorized agents at any time for a period of\nat least one year.\n