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N.Y. BSC Law § 803 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 8 / Section 803
Authorization of amendment or change
Status: in_force

§ 803. Authorization of amendment or change.\n  (a) Amendment or change of the certificate of incorporation may be\nauthorized by vote of the board, followed by vote of a majority of all\noutstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of\nshareholders; provided, however, that, whenever the certificate of\nincorporation requires action by the board of directors, by the holders\nof any class or series of shares, or by the holders of any other\nsecurities having voting power by the vote of a greater number or\nproportion than is required by any section of this article, the\nprovision of the certificate of incorporation requiring such greater\nvote shall not be altered, amended, or repealed except by such greater\nvote; and provided further that an amendment to the certificate of\nincorporation for the purpose of reducing the requisite vote by the\nholders of any class or series of shares or by the holders of any other\nsecurities having voting power that is otherwise provided for in any\nsection of this chapter that would otherwise require more than a\nmajority of the votes of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon\nshall not be adopted except by the vote of such holders of class or\nseries of shares or by such holders of such other securities having\nvoting power that is at least equal to that which would be required to\ntake the action provided in such other section of this chapter.\n  (b) Alternatively, any one or more of the following changes may be\nauthorized by or pursuant to authorization of the board:\n  (1) To specify or change the location of the corporation's office.\n  (2) To specify or change the post office address to which the\nsecretary of state shall mail a copy of any process against the\ncorporation served upon him.\n  (3) To make, revoke or change the designation of a registered agent,\nor to specify or change the address of its registered agent.\n  (4) To specify, change or delete the email address to which the\nsecretary of state shall email a notice of the fact that process against\nthe corporation has been electronically served upon him or her.\n  (c) This section shall not alter the vote required under any other\nsection for the authorization of an amendment referred to therein, nor\nalter the authority of the board to authorize amendments under any other\nsection.\n  (d) Amendment or change of the certificate of incorporation of a\ncorporation which has no shareholders of record, no subscribers for\nshares whose subscriptions have been accepted and no directors may be\nauthorized by the sole incorporator or a majority of the incorporators.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4806 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 48 / Section 4806
Public inquiries
Status: in_force

§ 4806. Public inquiries. Within the limits of any moneys appropriated\ntherefor, the department shall process all inquiries it receives from\nmanufacturers, importers and employers regarding the toxic effects and\ncircumstances under which these effects are produced for toxic\nsubstances found in the workplace.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 16-116 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 16 / Section 16-116
Proceedings; provisions in relation thereto
Status: in_force

§ 16-116. Proceedings; provisions in relation thereto. A special\nproceeding under the foregoing provisions of this article shall be heard\nupon a verified petition and such oral or written proof as may be\noffered, and upon such notice to such officers, persons or committees as\nthe court or justice shall direct, and shall be summarily determined.\nThe proceeding shall have preference over all other causes in all\ncourts. The petition in any such proceeding instituted by the state or\nother board of elections shall be verified by the persons specified in\naccordance with rules promulgated by the state board of elections.  In\nthe city of New York, a proceeding relating to a run-off primary brought\npursuant to this article shall have first preference over all other\nproceedings.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 882 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 28 / Section 882
Penalties
Status: in_force

§ 882. Penalties. 1. Civil penalty. Any employer who fails to comply\nwith the provisions of this article shall be liable for a civil penalty\nnot to exceed ten thousand dollars in addition to any other damages for\nwhich an employer may be liable pursuant to any other provision of law.\nThe attorney general may bring an action in the supreme court against\nany person or persons alleged to have violated the provisions of this\narticle. In any such action the supreme court shall have jurisdiction to\nrestrain violations of this article and to levy appropriate penalties.\nAny penalty assessed for the violation of any of the provisions of this\narticle shall be payable to the commissioner of health to be utilized\nfor the purposes of environmental health pursuant to section forty-eight\nhundred two of the public health law.\n  2. Criminal penalty. Any person who willfully and intentionally\nviolates the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and\nupon conviction shall be punished, for a first offense, by a fine of not\nmore than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than\nthirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a subsequent\noffense by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by\nimprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and\nimprisonment.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 350 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 26 / Section 350
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 350. Definitions. 1. "Animal," as used in this article, includes\nevery living creature except a human being;\n  2. "Torture" or "cruelty" includes every act, omission, or neglect,\nwhereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering or death is caused or\npermitted.\n  3. "Adoption" means the delivery to any natural person eighteen years\nof age or older, for the limited purpose of harboring a pet, of any dog\nor cat, seized or surrendered.\n  4. "Farm animal", as used in this article, means any ungulate,\npoultry, species of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, llamas, horses or\nfur-bearing animals, as defined in section 11-1907 of the environmental\nconservation law, which are raised for commercial or subsistence\npurposes. Fur-bearing animal shall not include dogs or cats.\n  5. "Companion animal" or "pet" means any dog or cat, and shall also\nmean any other domesticated animal normally maintained in or near the\nhousehold of the owner or person who cares for such other domesticated\nanimal. "Pet" or "companion animal" shall not include a "farm animal" as\ndefined in this section.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 906 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 24 / Section 906
Liability of city of New York for loss of court and trust funds
Status: in_force

§ 906. Liability of city of New York for loss of court and trust\nfunds. The city of New York shall be responsible for all property or\nmoneys deposited with the commissioner of finance by virtue of any\njudgment, decree or order of a court of record in this state provided,\nhowever, that the city shall not be held liable for any loss due to the\ndepreciated value of an investment legal at the time of its purchase and\nwhich continued to be a legal investment during the period of the trust.\nAn action to recover any loss to or of such fund may be brought against\nthe city by any party aggrieved or by the state comptroller in a court\nof competent jurisdiction.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 3460 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 34 / Section 3460
Prohibition against cancellation of policy when motor vehicle is used or operated through a peer-to-peer car sharing program
Status: in_force

§ 3460. Prohibition against cancellation of policy when motor vehicle\nis used or operated through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. (a) An\ninsurer shall not cancel an existing motor vehicle insurance policy\nsolely on the basis that the motor vehicle covered by the insurance\npolicy has been made available pursuant to a peer-to-peer car sharing\nprogram in compliance with article forty of the general business law.\n  (b) The definitions set forth in section three thousand four hundred\nfifty-eight of this article shall apply to this section.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 506 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 21 / Section 506
Payment of tax
Status: in_force

§ 506. Payment of tax. 1. At the time of filing a return, as required\nby this article, each carrier shall pay to the tax commission the tax\nimposed by this article for the period covered by such return. Such tax\nshall be due and payable at the time of filing the return or, if a\nreturn is not filed when due, on the last day on which the return is\nrequired to be filed.  The tax commission may grant a reasonable\nextension of time for paying the tax whenever good cause exists.\n  2. The fees, taxes, penalties and interest accruing under this article\nshall constitute a lien upon all motor vehicles and vehicular units\nwhich are owned by such carrier or of which he has the lawful use or\ncontrol. The lien shall attach at the time of operation of any such\nmotor vehicle or vehicular unit within this state and shall remain\neffective until the fees, taxes, penalties and interest are paid, or the\nmotor vehicle or vehicular unit is sold for the payment thereof.  Such\nliens shall be paramount to all prior liens or encumbrances of any\ncharacter and to the rights of any holder of the legal title in or to\nany such motor vehicle or vehicular unit, provided, however, that:\n  a. No lien for any additional tax assessed pursuant to this article\nshall be enforceable against any motor vehicle or vehicular unit which\nprior to such assessment had been transferred in good faith to a bona\nfide transferee for value.\n  b. The lien of such tax shall be subject to the lien of any\nindebtedness secured by a chattel mortgage or conditional sales\nagreement existing against such motor vehicle or vehicular unit previous\nto the time when such tax became a lien, if:\n  (1) Such indebtedness was incurred in good faith to secure a portion\nof the purchase price of such motor vehicle or vehicular unit, and\n  (2) Such indebtedness is secured by a chattel mortgage or conditional\nsales agreement duly filed as required by law, and\n  (3) Such chattel mortgage or conditional sales agreement was not\ngiven, directly or indirectly, to any officer or stockholder of the\ncorporation owning or having the lawful use or control of such motor\nvehicle or vehicular unit, whether as a purchase money mortgage or\notherwise.\n  The lien of such tax shall be enforceable, however, as to any equity\nafter the encumbrance of such chattel mortgage or conditional sales\nagreement. In the event a motor vehicle or vehicular unit subject to\nsuch tax lien is repossessed by a chattel mortgagee or a conditional\nvendor such motor vehicle or vehicular unit shall not be sold at public\nor private sale unless at least five days notice of the time and place\nof such sale is served by registered mail upon the tax commission in\nAlbany.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2338 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 23 / Section 2338
Appeal from rate service organization action
Status: in_force

§ 2338. Appeal from rate service organization action. (a) This section\nshall apply only to kinds of insurance the rates for which are subject\nto prior approval pursuant to subsection (b) of section two thousand\nthree hundred five of this article.\n  (b) Any member of or subscriber to a rate service organization may\nappeal to the superintendent from the action or decision of the rate\nservice organization in approving or rejecting any proposed change in or\naddition to its filings. The superintendent, within thirty days after\nthe filing of such appeal, shall hold a hearing upon not less than ten\ndays' written notice to the appellant and to the rate service\norganization. After the hearing the superintendent shall issue an order\napproving the action or decision of the rate service organization or\ndirecting it to give further consideration to such proposal, or, if such\nappeal is from the action or decision of the rate service organization\nin rejecting a proposed addition to its filings, he may, in the event he\nfinds that such action or decision was unreasonable, issue an order\ndirecting the rate service organization to make an addition to its\nfilings, on behalf of its members and subscribers, in a manner\nconsistent with his findings, within a reasonable time after the\nissuance of such order.\n  (c) If the appeal is based upon the failure of the rate service\norganization to make a filing on behalf of such member or subscriber\nwhich is based on a system of expense provisions which differs, in\naccordance with the right granted in subsection (d) of section two\nthousand three hundred four of this article, from the system of expense\nprovisions included in a filing made by the rate service organization,\nthe superintendent shall, if he grants the appeal, order the rate\nservice organization to make the requested filing for use by the\nappellant. In deciding the appeal the superintendent shall apply the\nstandards set forth in section two thousand three hundred three of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. DPN Law § 7 — New York Code / Act DPN / Section 7
The right to add to, modify or change any part of the foregoing comprehensive plan is reserved by each state, with the concurrence of the...
Status: in_force

§ 7. The right to add to, modify or change any part of the foregoing\ncomprehensive plan is reserved by each state, with the concurrence of\nthe other.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 580-507 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-B / Part 5 / Section 580-507
Administrative enforcement of orders
Status: in_force

§ 580-507. Administrative enforcement of orders. (a) A party or\nsupport enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an\nincome withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign\nsupport order may send the documents required for registering the order\nto a support enforcement agency of this state.\n  (b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency,\nwithout initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if\nappropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of\nthis state to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or\nboth. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the\norder need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or\nadministrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency\nshall register the order pursuant to this article.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 43-0113 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 43 / Section 43-0113
Appropriations by municipalities in certain counties
Status: in_force

§ 43-0113. Appropriations by municipalities in certain counties.\n  The governing body of any municipality in the counties of Essex,\nWarren or Washington may raise, appropriate and pay over to the\ncommission moneys to be expended by the commission for any of the\npurposes hereof.\n
N.Y. GCM Law § 101-A — New York Code / Act GCM / Section 101-A
Taxable years to which tax applies; tax for taxable years beginning prior to and ending after January first, nineteen hundred sixty-six
Status: in_force

§ 101-a. Taxable years to which tax applies; tax for taxable years\nbeginning prior to and ending after January first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-six. (a) General.--The tax imposed by section one hundred one,\nwith any modification permitted by subdivision (b) of this section, is\nimposed for each taxable year beginning with taxable years ending on or\nafter January first, nineteen hundred sixty-six.\n  (b) Alternate methods for determining tax for taxable years ending on\nor after January first, nineteen hundred sixty-six.--(1) The tax for any\ntaxable year ending on or after January first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-six and before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-six,\nshall be an amount equal to the tax which would have been imposed had\nsection one hundred one been in effect for the entire taxable year,\nmultiplied by the number of months (or major portions thereof) in such\ntaxable year which occur after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-five and divided by the number of months (or major portions\nthereof) in such taxable year.\n  (2) In lieu of the method of computation of tax prescribed in\nparagraph one, if the taxpayer maintained adequate records for the\nportion of any taxable year ending on or after January first, nineteen\nhundred sixty-six, and before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-six, which falls within the calendar year nineteen hundred\nsixty-six, the tax for such taxable year at the election of the taxpayer\nmay be computed on the basis of the unincorporated business taxable\nincome which the taxpayer would have reported had he filed a federal\nincome tax return for a taxable year beginning January first, nineteen\nhundred sixty-six and ending with the close of such taxable year ending\nbefore December thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-six. Such taxable\nyear beginning January first, nineteen hundred sixty-six and ending\nbefore December thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, shall be\ndeemed (unless clearly indicated otherwise) to be the taxable year of\nthe taxpayer. For purposes of this paragraph two, the unincorporated\nbusiness exemptions allowable under section one hundred nine, the credit\nallowable under subdivision (b) of section one hundred one and any net\noperating loss deduction as modified pursuant to subdivision two of\nsection one hundred six shall each be reduced by the same part of such\nexemptions, credit, or net operating loss deduction (as the case may be)\nas the number of months (or major portions thereof) in the taxable year\noccurring before January first, nineteen hundred sixty-six is of the\nnumber of months (or major portions thereof) in such taxable year.\nExcept as provided in this paragraph two, the tax for such period ending\nbefore December thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, shall be\ncomputed in accordance with the other provisions of this title.\n
N.Y. FEA Law § 11 — New York Code / Act FEA / Section 11
Prohibitions; penalties
Status: in_force

* § 11. Prohibitions; penalties. 1. During a control 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, obligation or liability has been so approved or deemed to be\napproved as provided in paragraphs e and f of subdivision one of section\nseven and unless such contract or obligation or liability is in\ncompliance 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 other law, any\nofficer or employee of the city or any of the covered organizations who\nshall knowingly and willfully violate subdivision one or two of this\nsection shall be subject to appropriate administrative discipline,\nincluding, when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty without pay\nor removal from office by order of either the governor or the mayor and\nshall, upon conviction, 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  * Terminates July 1, 2035 or ... see § 13\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 525 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 21-A / Section 525
Exemptions
Status: in_force

§ 525. Exemptions. (a) General. The provisions of this article shall\nnot apply to any qualified motor vehicle:\n  (1) Which is a road roller, tractor crane, truck crane, power shovel,\nroad building machine, snow plow, road sweeper, sand spreader or well\ndriller.\n  (2) Which is described in section five hundred four of this chapter,\nexcept subdivision four of such section.\n  (b) Omnibus carriers. (1) An omnibus carrier shall not be required to\napply for a license and decal or decals for a qualified motor vehicle\nwhich is an omnibus operated on a public highway in this state; except,\nif the commissioner enters into a cooperative agreement under\nsubdivision (b) of section five hundred twenty-eight of this article,\nthe commissioner may, pursuant to such agreement, require such a carrier\nto be licensed and obtain such decal or decals with respect to such a\nvehicle.\n  (2) The taxes imposed by this article shall not apply to motor fuel\nand diesel motor fuel used by an omnibus carrier in the operation of an\nomnibus in local transit service in this state, as described under\nparagraph (d) of subdivision three of section two hundred eighty-nine-c\nof this chapter, pursuant to a certificate of public convenience and\nnecessity issued by the commissioner of transportation of this state or\nby the interstate commerce commission of the United States or pursuant\nto a contract, franchise or consent between such carrier and a city\nhaving a population of more than one million inhabitants, or any agency\nof such city.\n  (c) Effect of cooperative agreement. Notwithstanding subdivisions (a)\nand (b) of this section, in the event that the commissioner enters into\na cooperative agreement under subdivision (b) of section five hundred\ntwenty-eight of this article, the commissioner may issue a license and\ndecal or decals with respect to qualified motor vehicles described in\nsubdivisions (a) and (b) of this section which are based in this state\nfor the purpose of reporting and payment of tax imposed by other member\njurisdictions with respect to such qualified motor vehicles.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 139-A — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 10 / Section 139-A
Keeping wrecked goods a misdemeanor
Status: in_force

§ 139-a. Keeping wrecked goods a misdemeanor. A person who takes away\ngoods or other property not his own from a stranded vessel, or any goods\nor other property cast by the sea upon the land or found in a bay or\ncreek, or who knowingly becomes possessed of any such goods or other\nproperty, and does not deliver the same, within forty-eight hours\nthereafter, to the sheriff or one of the coroners or wreck masters of\nthe county where the same was found, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n