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N.Y. CNT Law § 337 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 6-A / Section 337
County of Tioga enhanced 911 emergency telephone system
Status: in_force

* § 337. County of Tioga enhanced 911 emergency telephone system. 1.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the county of\nTioga acting through its local county legislative body, is hereby\nauthorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal local laws to impose\na surcharge, in addition to the surcharge established and imposed under\nsection three hundred three of this chapter, in an amount not to exceed\none dollar per access line per month on the customers of every service\nsupplier within such municipality to pay for the costs associated with\nobtaining, operating and maintaining the telecommunication equipment and\ntelephone services needed to provide an enhanced 911 (E911) emergency\ntelephone system to serve such county.\n  2. Any such local law shall state the amount of the surcharge, the\ndate on which the service supplier shall begin to add such surcharge to\nthe billings of its customers and, to the extent practicable, the date\non which such E911 service is to begin. Such local law may authorize the\nservice supplier to begin billing its customers for such surcharge prior\nto the date the E911 system service is to begin.\n  3. Any service supplier within a municipality which has imposed a\nsurcharge pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be given a\nminimum of forty-five days written notice prior to the date it shall\nbegin to add such surcharge to the billings of its customers or prior to\nany modification to or change in the surcharge amount.\n  4. The surcharge established pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection shall be imposed on a per access line basis on all current bills\nrendered for local exchange access service within the 911 service area.\n  5. No such surcharge shall be imposed upon more than seventy-five\nexchange access lines per customer per location.\n  6. Lifeline customers, a public safety agency and any municipality\nwhich has enacted a local law pursuant to the provisions of this section\nshall be exempt from any surcharge imposed under this section.\n  * NB Repealed November 3, 2031\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 240.76 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title N / Article 240 / Section 240.76
Directing a laser at an aircraft in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 240.76 Directing a laser at an aircraft in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of directing a laser at an aircraft in the second\ndegree when, with intent to disrupt safe air travel, he or she directs\nthe beam of a laser:\n  1. onto a specific aircraft intending to thereby disrupt or interfere\nwith such aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United\nStates; or\n  2. in the immediate vicinity of an aircraft in the special aircraft\njurisdiction of the United States, and:\n  (a) the calculated or measured beam irradiance on the aircraft, or in\nthe immediate vicinity of the aircraft, exceeds limits set by the FAA\nfor the FAA-specified laser flight zone (normal, sensitive, critical, or\nlaser-free) where the aircraft was located; and (b) a pilot in the\nilluminated aircraft files a laser incident report with the FAA.\n  3. As used in this section:\n  (a) the term "laser" shall mean any device designed or used to amplify\nelectromagnetic radiation by stimulated emission that emits a beam; and\n  (b) the term "FAA" shall mean the Federal Aviation Administration.\n  4. This section does not prohibit directing a laser beam at an\naircraft, or in the immediate vicinity of an aircraft, by:\n  (a) an authorized individual in the conduct of research and\ndevelopment or flight test operations conducted by an aircraft\nmanufacturer, the FAA, or any other person authorized by the FAA to\nconduct such research and development or flight test operations; or\n  (b) members or elements of the United States department of defense or\nthe United States department of homeland security acting in an official\ncapacity for the purpose of research, development, operations, testing\nor training; or\n  (c) an individual in an emergency situation using a laser to attract\nthe attention of an aircraft for bona fide rescue purposes; or\n  (d) an individual whose laser operations have been submitted to and\nreviewed by the FAA, when:\n  (i) the FAA has issued a letter not objecting to the laser use; and\n  (ii) the laser is operated in conformity with the FAA submission.\n  Directing a laser at an aircraft is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 255 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 8 / Section 255
Clerk must search files upon request and certify as to result
Status: in_force

§ 255. Clerk must search files upon request and certify as to result.\nA clerk of a court must, upon request, and upon payment of, or offer to\npay, the fees allowed by law, or, if no fees are expressly allowed by\nlaw, fees at the rate allowed to a county clerk for a similar service,\ndiligently search the files, papers, records, and dockets in his office;\nand either make one or more transcripts or certificates of change\ntherefrom, and certify to the correctness thereof, and to the search, or\ncertify that a document or paper, of which the custody legally belongs\nto him, can not be found.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 6-164 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 6 / Section 6-164
Primary, uncontested; opportunity to ballot
Status: in_force

§ 6-164. Primary, uncontested; opportunity to ballot. Enrolled members\nof a party entitled to vote in the nomination of a candidate for public\noffice or the election of a candidate for party position in a primary\nelection of such party, and equal in number to at least the number of\nsigners required to designate a candidate for such office or position\nmay file with the officer or board with whom or which are filed\ndesignating petitions for such office or position a petition requesting\nan opportunity to write in the name of a candidate or candidates\nenrolled in such party, who need not be specified, for such office or\nposition. Upon the receipt of such a petition, such office or position\nshall be deemed contested and the primary ballots of the party shall\nafford an opportunity to vote thereon. Requests for an opportunity to\nwrite in the names of candidates for two or more offices or positions\nmay be included in the same petition. Such petitions shall be subject to\nobjections and court determination thereof in the same manner as\ndesignating petitions so far as the provisions therefor are applicable.\nAll required notices shall be served on the members of the committee\nnamed in the petition, and such committee shall have capacity to bring a\nproceeding under this chapter as if such committee was a candidate named\non a petition. A signature to a petition for an opportunity to ballot in\nprimary elections made earlier than sixteen days before the last day to\nfile designating petitions for the primary election shall not be\ncounted.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 85-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 85-A
Taxation of transient merchants
Status: in_force

§ 85-a. Taxation of transient merchants.  The legislative body of a\ncity, the town board of a town or the board of trustees of a village has\npower to provide that a tax shall be levied upon all persons or\ncorporations conducting transient retail business therein, and may\nprovide for the collection of such tax by requiring a permit and bond,\ncash deposit or other security before the commencement of business by\nsuch persons or corporations. Such tax shall be based upon the gross\namount of sales and shall be at the same rate as other property is taxed\nfor the year in such city, town or village. If at the time such tax\nbecomes due and payable, the tax rate for the current year of such city,\ntown or village has not been fixed, the same shall be estimated by the\nassessors thereof. An ordinance, local law or resolution providing for a\ntax hereunder may require verified reports to be filed from time to time\nrelating to stock and sales, and may make such further requirements as\nmay be necessary in order to determine the amount of such tax, and to\nprovide for the collection thereof. A transient business is one\nconducted in a store, hotel, house, building or structure for the sale\nat retail of goods, wares or merchandise, excepting food products, and\nwhich is intended to be conducted for a temporary period of time and not\npermanently. If the place in which a business is conducted is rented or\nleased for a period of six months or less, such fact shall be\npresumptive evidence that the business carried on therein is a transient\nbusiness. Any person or corporation failing to pay said tax, or failing\nto obey the provisions of an ordinance, local law or resolution adopted\nhereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. YFA Law § 12 — New York Code / Act YFA / Section 12
Prohibitions; penalties
Status: in_force

§ 12. Prohibitions; penalties. 1. During the emergency period (i) no\nofficer or employee of the city or of any of the covered organizations\nshall make or authorize an obligation or other liability in excess of\nthe amount available therefor under the financial plan as then in\neffect; (ii) no officer or employee of the city or of any of the covered\norganizations shall involve the city or any of the covered organizations\nin any contract or other obligation or liability for the payment of\nmoney for any purpose required to be approved by the board unless such\ncontract has been so approved and unless such contract or obligation or\nliability is in compliance with the financial plan as then in effect.\n  2. No officer or employee of the city or any of the covered\norganizations shall take any action in violation of any valid order of\nthe board or shall fail or refuse to take any action required by any\nsuch order or shall prepare, present or certify any information\n(including any projections or estimates) or report for the board or any\nof its agents that is false or misleading, or, upon learning that any\nsuch information is false or misleading, shall fail promptly to advise\nthe board or its agents thereof.\n  3. In addition to any penalty or liability under any other law, any\nofficer or employee of the city or any of the covered organizations who\nshall violate subdivision one or two of this section shall be subject to\nappropriate administrative discipline, including, when circumstances\nwarrant, suspension from duty without pay or removal from office by\norder of either the governor or the mayor; and any officer or employee\nof the city or any of the covered organizations who shall knowingly and\nwillfully violate subdivision one or two of this section shall, upon\nconviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n  4. In the case of a violation of subdivision one or two of this\nsection by an officer or employee of the city or any of the covered\norganizations, the mayor or the chief executive officer of such covered\norganization shall immediately report to the board all pertinent facts\ntogether with a statement of the action taken thereon.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 114 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 8 / Section 114
Interest charges against districts
Status: in_force

§ 114. Interest charges against districts. The town board may include\nin the annual budget a charge against any district for the amount of any\ninterest paid or to be paid upon moneys borrowed for district purposes\nin anticipation of the receipt of taxes, assessments and revenues of any\nsuch district.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 913 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 9 / Section 913
Inquiry as to creditors
Status: in_force

§ 913. Inquiry as to creditors. 1. Before an interlocutory judgment\nfor the sale of real property is rendered the court shall ascertain, by\nreference or otherwise, whether there is any creditor not a party who\nhas a lien on the undivided share or interest of any party. A search\ncertified by the clerk or by the clerk and register of the county where\nthe property is situated that there is no such outstanding lien is\nsufficient proof of the absence of such creditor.\n  2. Where a reference is directed, the referee shall cause a notice to\nbe published once in each week for four successive weeks in such\nnewspaper published in the county wherein the place of trial is\ndesignated as shall be designated by the court directing said reference,\nand also, where the court so directs, in a newspaper published in each\ncounty wherein the property is situated, requiring each person not a\nparty to the action who, at the date of the order, had a lien upon any\nundivided share or interest in the property, to appear before the\nreferee at a specified place and on or before a specified day to prove\nhis lien and the true amount due or to become due to him by reason\nthereof. The referee shall report to the court with all convenient speed\nthe name of each creditor whose lien is satisfactorily proved before\nhim, the nature and extent of the lien, the date thereof and the amount\ndue or to become due thereupon.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 217 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5 / Section 217
County jail
Status: in_force

§ 217. County jail. Each county shall continue to maintain a county\njail as prescribed by law.\n
N.Y. CRC Law § 23 — New York Code / Act CRC / Article 2 / Section 23
Chief and deputy chief clerks; other admistrative matters
Status: in_force

§ 23. Chief and deputy chief clerks; other admistrative matters. (1)\nThere shall be a chief clerk of the court. The chief clerk and such\nother non-judicial personnel as shall be authorized by rule or order of\ncourt shall each have the power to administer oaths, take\nacknowledgments and sign the process of the court under the seal\nthereof. Other persons may also be authorized by rule or order of court\nto administer oaths.\n  (2) The chief clerk shall keep the seal of the court, on which shall\nbe engraved the arms of the state and the words "Criminal Court of the\nCity of New York," and shall cause it to be affixed to the process of\nthe court and to certificates issuing therefrom.\n  (3) All fines paid into and received by the court shall be paid over\nto the commissioner of finance of the city on or before the fifth day of\nthe following month, at which time the court shall cause a statement or\nstatements of fines received to be filed with the comptroller and the\ncommissioner of finance of the city.\n
N.Y. UDA Law § 13 — New York Code / Act UDA / Section 13
Acquisition of real property
Status: in_force

§ 13. Acquisition of real property. The corporation, upon making a\nfinding that it is necessary or convenient to acquire any real property\nfor its immediate or future use, may acquire such property in any lawful\nmanner, pursuant to the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law,\nnotwithstanding that such property may already be devoted to a public\nuse, nor shall such property thereafter be taken for any other public\nuse without the consent of the corporation.\n  Prior to the commencement of condemnation proceedings, the corporation\nshall cause a survey and map to be made of the property to be condemned\nand file the same in its office. There shall be annexed thereto a\ncertificate, executed by such officer or employee as the corporation may\ndesignate, stating that the property described in such survey and map is\nnecessary for corporate purposes.\n
N.Y. PBL Law § 50 — New York Code / Act PBL / Article 4 / Section 50
Sale of abandoned canal lands
Status: in_force

§ 50. Sale of abandoned canal lands.  The commissioner of general\nservices may sell and convey at public or private sale the right, title\nand interest of the state in and to any real property, acquired for\ncanal purposes, which the commissioner of transportation may determine\nto have been abandoned for such purposes, or as to which a determination\nof abandonment shall have been heretofore made pursuant to law.  The\ncommissioner of general services may sell and convey such abandoned\nlands in the same manner and with the same discretion as he may sell and\nconvey unappropriated state land pursuant to article three of this\nchapter. The commissioner may sell such abandoned canal lands for not\nless than the appraised value thereof to occupants of such abandoned\ncanal lands or owners of adjacent land who have used or improved such\nabandoned canal lands either under a permit issued pursuant to section\none hundred of the canal law or in good faith without knowledge that\nsuch canal lands were owned by the state; provided that such appraised\nvalue shall be exclusive of the value of improvements made on the\nproperty by the purchaser.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 782 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 7-A / Section 782
"Dwelling" defined
Status: in_force

§ 782. "Dwelling" defined.  As used in this article, the term\n"dwelling" shall mean any building or structure or portion thereof which\nis occupied in whole or in part as the home, residence or sleeping place\nof one or more human beings and is either rented, leased, let or hired\nout, to be occupied, or is occupied as the residence or home of three or\nmore families living independently of each other; or is a garden-type\nmaisonette dwelling project as defined in the multiple dwelling law or\nother similar dwellings which in their aggregate are arranged or\ndesigned to provide three or more apartments, have common facilities\nsuch as but not limited to a sewer line, water main, or heating plant\nand are operated as a unit under common ownership, notwithstanding that\ncertificates of occupancy were issued for portions thereof as one or two\nfamily dwellings or that the dwellings are not a multiple dwelling as\ndefined in the multiple dwelling law.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 530.80 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title P / Article 530 / Section 530.80
Order of recognizance or bail; surrender of defendant
Status: in_force

§ 530.80  Order of recognizance or bail; surrender of defendant.\n  1.  At any time before the forfeiture of a bail bond, an obligor may\nsurrender the defendant in his exoneration, or the defendant may\nsurrender himself, to the court in which his case is pending or to the\nsheriff to whose custody he was committed at the time of giving bail, in\nthe following manner:\n  (a)  A certified copy of the bail bond must be delivered to the\nsheriff, who must detain the defendant in his custody thereon, as upon a\ncommitment.  The sheriff must acknowledge the surrender by a certificate\nin writing, and must forthwith notify the court in which the case is\npending that such surrender has been made.\n  (b)  Upon the bail bond and the certificate of the sheriff, or upon\nthe surrender to the court in which the case is pending, such court\nmust, upon five days notice to the district attorney, order that the\nbail be exonerated.  On filing such order, the bail is exonerated\naccordingly.\n  2.  For the purpose of surrendering the defendant, an obligor or the\nperson who posted cash bail for the defendant may take him into custody\nat any place within the state, or he may, by a written authority\nindorsed on a certified copy of the bail bond, empower any person over\ntwenty years of age to do so.\n  3.  At any time before the forfeiture of cash bail, the defendant may\nsurrender himself or the person who posted bail for the defendant may\nsurrender the defendant in the manner prescribed in subdivision one.  In\nsuch case, the court must order a return of the money to the person who\nposted it, upon producing the certificate of the sheriff showing the\nsurrender, and upon a notice of five days to the district attorney.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 181-G — New York Code / Act COM / Article 5-F / Section 181-G
Senior tourism attractions program
Status: in_force

§ 181-g. Senior tourism attractions program. 1. The commissioner, in\nconjunction with all relevant departments and agencies, tourism\npromotion agencies, and the director of the office for the aging and in\nconsultation with applicable local government officials, shall develop\nand implement a senior tourism attractions program. Such program shall\ninclude the opportunity to incorporate information for visitors and\nsenior attractions in each of the state's vacation regions. In\nidentifying specific attractions to be included in the program,\nconsideration shall be given to attractions that can be linked to\nsurrounding artistic, cultural, historical, and entertainment\nattractions or other tourism attractions.\n  2. The senior tourism attractions program shall identify for visitors\nof senior friendly attractions the surrounding attractions, restaurants,\nlodging and other exhibits or places of entertainment.\n  3. Information about the senior tourism attractions shall be publicly\navailable and posted on the websites of the department, the office of\nparks, recreation and historic preservation, and the office for the\naging.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 207 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 2 / Section 207
Lifetime trusts; jurisdiction and venue 1
Status: in_force

§ 207. Lifetime trusts; jurisdiction and venue\n  1. The surrogate's court of any county has jurisdiction over the\nestate of any lifetime trust which has assets in the state, or of which\nthe grantor was a domiciliary of the state at the time of the\ncommencement of a proceeding concerning the trust, or of which a trustee\nthen acting resides in the state or, if other than a natural person, has\nits principal office in the state. The proper venue for proceedings\nrelating to such lifetime trusts is the county where (a) assets of the\ntrust estate are located, or (b) the grantor was domiciled at the time\nof the commencement of a proceeding concerning the trust, or (c) a\ntrustee then acting resides, or, if other than a natural person, has its\nprincipal office.\n  2. Where venue may lie in more than one county under the provisions of\nsubdivision one, the court where a proceeding is first commenced with\nproper venue shall retain jurisdiction, and matters relating to the\nestate of the lifetime trust pending in the surrogate's courts of other\ncounties shall be transferred to it.\n  3. A surrogate shall transfer any proceeding to the surrogate's court\nof the proper county either on his own motion or on the motion of any\nparty.\n