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N.Y. HAY Law § 239 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 9 / Section 239
Joint liabilities of towns and their joint contracts
Status: in_force

§ 239. Joint liabilities of towns and their joint contracts. Whenever\nany two or more towns shall be liable to make or maintain any bridge or\nbridges, the same shall be built and maintained at the joint expense of\nsuch towns, without reference to town lines, except where the board of\nsupervisors has otherwise apportioned such expense as provided in\nsection two hundred and seventy-four. The town superintendents of all\nthe towns, or of one or more of such towns, the others refusing to act,\nmay, when directed by their respective town boards, enter into a joint\ncontract for making and repairing such bridges.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 40 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 3 / Section 40
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 40. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms have\nthe following meanings:\n  1. "Commission" means the state commission of correction.\n  2. "Local correctional facility" means any jail, penitentiary, state,\ncounty or municipal lockup, court detention pen, hospital prison ward or\nspecialized secure juvenile detention facility for older youth.\n  3. "Correctional facility" means any institution operated by the state\ndepartment of corrections and community supervision, any local\ncorrectional facility, or any place used, pursuant to a contract with\nthe state or a municipality, for the detention of persons charged with\nor convicted of a crime, or, for the purpose of this article only, a\nsecure facility operated by the office of children and family services.\n  4. "Municipal official" means (a) the sheriff or, where a local\ncorrectional facility is under the jurisdiction of a county department,\nthe head of such department, and clerk of the board of supervisors, in\nthe case of a county jail; (b) the sheriff or other officer having\ncustody or administrative jurisdiction and the clerk of the board of\nsupervisors, in the case of a county penitentiary; (c) the clerk of the\nboard of supervisors in the case of a county lockup; (d) the mayor and\nthe city clerk, in the case of a city jail or lockup; (e) the supervisor\nand town clerk, in the case of a town lockup; (f) the mayor and village\nclerk, in the case of a village lockup; (g) the clerk of the board of\nsupervisors of the county wherein located and the officer having custody\nor control, in the case of a court detention pen or a hospital prison\nward.\n  5. "Board" means the correction medical review board.\n  6. "Council" means the citizen's policy and complaint review council.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 427 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 427
Service of summons
Status: in_force

§ 427. Service of summons. (a) Personal service of a summons and\npetition may be made by delivery of a true copy thereof to the person\nsummoned at least eight days before the time stated therein for\nappearance; or by delivery of a true copy thereof to a person of\nsuitable age and discretion at the actual place of business, dwelling\nplace or usual place of abode of the person to be served and by mailing\na true copy thereof to the person to be served at his last known\nresidence at least eight days before the time stated in the summons for\nappearance; proof of service shall identify such person of suitable age\nand discretion and state the date, time and place of service.\n  (b) If after reasonable effort, personal service is not made, the\ncourt may at any stage in the proceedings make an order providing for\nsubstituted service in the manner provided for substituted service in\nthe civil practice law and rules.\n  (c) In any case, whether or not service is attempted under subdivision\n(a) or (b) of this section, service of a summons and petition under this\nsection may be effected by mail alone to the last known address of the\nperson to be served. Service by mail alone shall be made at least eight\ndays before the time stated in the summons for appearance. If service is\nby mail alone, the court will enter an order of support by default if\nthere is proof satisfactory to the court that the respondent had actual\nnotice of the commencement of the proceeding which may be established\nupon sufficient proof that the summons and petition were in fact mailed\nby certified mail and signed for at the respondent's correct street\naddress or signed for at the post office. If service by certified mail\nat the respondent's correct street address cannot be accomplished,\nservice pursuant to subdivisions one, two, three or four of section\nthree hundred eight of the civil practice law and rules shall be deemed\ngood and sufficient service. Upon failure of the respondent to obey a\nsummons served in accordance with the provisions of this section by\nmeans other than mail alone, the court will enter an order of support by\ndefault. Such order of support shall be made pursuant to the provisions\nset forth in section four hundred thirteen of this article. The\nrespondent shall have the right to make a motion for relief from such\ndefault order within one year from the date such order was entered.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 426 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 13-A / Section 426
Officer, when impeached, disqualified to act until acquitted
Status: in_force

§ 426.  Officer, when impeached, disqualified to act until acquitted.\nNo officer shall exercise his office, after articles of impeachment\nagainst him shall have been delivered to the senate, until he is\nacquitted.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 350 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 10-A / Section 350
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 350. Short title. This article may be known and shall be cited as\nthe "preferred provider organization act".\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 275.34 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title P / Article 275 / Section 275.34
Unlawful operation of a recording device in a motion picture or live theater in the first degree
Status: in_force

§ 275.34 Unlawful operation of a recording device in a motion picture or\n           live theater in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of unlawful operation of a recording device in a\nmotion picture or live theater in the first degree when he or she\ncommits the crime of unlawful operation of a recording device in a\nmotion picture or live theater in the second degree as defined in\nsection 275.33 of this article and has previously been convicted within\nthe past ten years of violating section 275.33 of this article or this\nsection.\n  Unlawful operation of a recording device in a motion picture or live\ntheatre in the first degree is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 199 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 8 / Section 199
Widening highways; petition
Status: in_force

§ 199. Widening highways; petition. When any part of a highway in any\ntown of this state, not in an incorporated village or city, running\nbetween two or more villages or cities, has, because of the wearing away\nby a river or stream or any other natural cause, become narrower than\nthe width required by statute, and is dangerous to the users of such\nhighway, twelve or more resident taxpayers of such town may present a\npetition to the supreme court in the judicial district within which such\ntown is situated.  The petition shall describe the part of the highway\nproposed to be widened and state that such highway has become lessened\nin width by the action of a river or stream or other cause, that it is\ndangerous to the traveling public, that the widening and improvement of\nsuch highway is necessary for the public convenience and welfare, that\nthe highway is an important leading road between two or more cities or\nvillages, that the cost of such widening and improvement would exceed\nthe sum of two thousand five hundred dollars and would be too burdensome\non the town or towns otherwise liable therefor. Such petition shall be\nverified by at least three of the petitioners. On receipt of the\npetition by supreme court the court shall appoint a time and place for a\nmeeting to hear all persons interested in the proposed widening of the\nhighway. The court shall examine the part of the highway proposed to be\nwidened, hear any reasons for or against such widening and ascertain the\nprobable cost of the work. If the court shall determine that the\nproposed widening of the highway is necessary and that the cost thereof\nwould be too burdensome for the town, exceeding in probable cost two\nthousand five hundred dollars, they shall notify the board of\nsupervisors of the county of such decision. The board of supervisors\nshall thereupon cause one-half of the amount of the estimated cost to be\nraised by the county and paid to the supervisor of the town or towns in\nwhich that part of the highway proposed to be widened as aforesaid is\nlocated, and said supervisor shall apply the sum so received by him\ntowards the payment of the cost of such widening.  The balance of the\nexpense shall be raised in the manner provided by law, by the town or\ntowns in which that part of the highway proposed to be widened as\naforesaid is located.\n
N.Y. PAR Law § 3.25 — New York Code / Act PAR / Title B / Article 3 / Section 3.25
Adopt-a-beach stewardship program
Status: in_force

§ 3.25 Adopt-a-beach stewardship program.  1. The commissioner may\nenter into stewardship agreements with any person or persons for the\npurposes of preserving, maintaining, or enhancing a state-owned beach,\nshoreline area or portion thereof in accordance with the policies of\nthis chapter.\n  2. The stewardship agreement shall provide that the beach or shoreline\narea be preserved and maintained in its natural state or managed to\nenhance or restore the natural values it provides, consistent with the\nprovisions of this chapter. Activities may include: remediating\nvandalism and storm damage, picking up litter and trash, establishing or\nmaintaining access or nature trails, providing interpretive services for\nschool groups and other citizens, and otherwise providing positive\nbenefits to the beach or shoreline area.\n  3. Stewardship agreement with any person or persons may provide for\nassistance of personnel, facilities and supplies of the office for the\npurposes of supporting appropriate activities under such stewardship\nagreement, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.\n  4. The office shall establish procedures by which a person or persons\nmay apply for a stewardship agreement, and shall be responsible for\nworking with such persons to identify specific sections of a state-owned\nbeach or shoreline area and specific activities deemed appropriate for\nsuch stewardship agreement. The office may consider factors such as\nsafety, environmental sensitivity, need, cost and other factors deemed\nrelevant in determining which beach or shoreline areas or activities may\nbe eligible or appropriate for a stewardship agreement.\n  5. The office shall provide recognition of the stewardship activities\nby appropriate signage on or near the adopted beach or shoreline area,\nand may provide recognition by such other measures as it may determine\nto be appropriate, including but not limited to press releases,\ncertificates, and newsletters.\n  6. The stewardship agreement may be modified in scope or altered in\nany other manner at the sole discretion of the office, not inconsistent\nwith the provisions of this section. The person or persons shall have\nthe option of renewing the agreement subject to the approval of the\noffice and the continuation by the office of the adopt-a-beach\nstewardship program. The office may immediately remove the signs and it\nmay terminate the agreement upon thirty days notice, if in its sole\njudgment it finds and determines that the person or persons are not\nmeeting the terms and conditions of the agreement.\n  7. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the state and\nits employees shall not be liable for damages suffered by any person\nresulting from the actions or activities of such volunteers.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 120.30 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title H / Article 120 / Section 120.30
Warrant of arrest; by what courts issuable and in what courts returnable
Status: in_force

§ 120.30 Warrant of arrest; by what courts issuable and in what courts\n           returnable.\n  1. A warrant of arrest may be issued only by the local criminal court\nor youth part of the superior court with which the underlying accusatory\ninstrument has been filed, and it may be made returnable in such issuing\ncourt only.\n  2. The particular local criminal court or courts or youth part of the\nsuperior court with which any particular local criminal court or youth\npart of the superior court accusatory instrument may be filed for the\npurpose of obtaining a warrant of arrest are determined, generally, by\nthe provisions of section 100.55 or 100.60 of this title. If, however, a\nparticular accusatory instrument may pursuant to said section 100.55 be\nfiled with a particular town court and such town court is not available\nat the time such instrument is sought to be filed and a warrant\nobtained, such accusatory instrument may be filed with the town court of\nany adjoining town of the same county. If such instrument may be filed\npursuant to said section 100.55 with a particular village court and such\nvillage court is not available at the time, it may be filed with the\ntown court of the town embracing such village, or if such town court is\nnot available either, with the town court of any adjoining town of the\nsame county.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 160-BBBB — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6-H / Section 160-BBBB
Registration required
Status: in_force

§ 160-bbbb. Registration required. It shall be unlawful for a person\nto, directly or indirectly, engage or attempt to engage in business as\nan appraisal management company, or to advertise or hold oneself out as\nengaging in or conducting business as an appraisal management company\nwithout first obtaining a certificate of registration issued by the\ndepartment under the provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 304 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 12 / Section 304
Eligible activities
Status: in_force

§ 304. Eligible activities. A public housing authority or agency may\nuse a grant under this article for:\n  (1) the employment of security personnel in public housing projects;\n  (2) reimbursement of local law enforcement agencies for additional\nsecurity and protective services for public housing projects;\n  (3) physical improvements in public housing projects which are\nspecifically designed to enhance security;\n  (4) the employment of one or more individuals:\n  (a) to investigate drug-related crime on or about the real property\ncomprising any public housing project; and\n  (b) to provide evidence relating to any such crime in any\nadministrative or judicial proceeding;\n  (5) the provision of training, communications equipment, and other\nrelated equipment for use by voluntary public housing tenant patrols\nacting in cooperation with local law enforcement officials;\n  (6) innovative programs designed to reduce use of drugs in and around\npublic housing projects; and\n  (7) providing funding to nonprofit public housing resident management\ncorporations and tenant councils to develop security and drug abuse\nprevention programs involving site residents.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 176.45 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 176 / Section 176.45
Life settlement fraud in the fifth degree
Status: in_force

§ 176.45 Life settlement fraud in the fifth degree.\n  A person is guilty of life settlement fraud in the fifth degree when\nhe or she commits a fraudulent life settlement act.\n  Life settlement fraud in the fifth degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 415 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 415
Duties to support recipient of public assistance or welfare and patients in institutions in the department of mental hygiene
Status: in_force

§ 415. Duties to support recipient of public assistance or welfare and\npatients in institutions in the department of mental hygiene. Except as\notherwise provided by law, the spouse or parent of a recipient of public\nassistance or care or of a person liable to become in need thereof or of\na patient in an institution in the department of mental hygiene, if of\nsufficient ability, is responsible for the support of such person or\npatient, provided that a parent shall be responsible only for the\nsupport of his child or children who have not attained the age of\ntwenty-one years. In its discretion, the court may require any such\nperson to contribute a fair and reasonable sum for the support of such\nrelative and may apportion the costs of such support among such persons\nas may be just and appropriate in view of the needs of the petitioner\nand the other circumstances of the case and their respective means.\nStep-parents shall in like manner be responsible for the support of\nchildren under the age of twenty-one years.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 16-1602 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 16 / Section 16-1602
Notice and conduct of election
Status: in_force

§ 16-1602 Notice and conduct of election. If the proposition is to be\nsubmitted at an annual election, notice thereof shall be given by the\nboard of trustees by posting notices in five public places in the\nvillage, and publishing the same in the official newspaper at least\ntwenty days before such annual election. In the event that the village\nmaintains a website, one of the posting requirements may be fulfilled by\nposting such information on the website. If it is to be submitted at a\nspecial election, notice of such election and of the submission of such\nproposition thereat, shall be given in the same manner and for the same\ntime as for the submission of such a proposition at an annual election.\nSuch a special election shall be held by the same officers and conducted\nand the result canvassed in the same manner as provided by law for an\nannual election in such village.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 37 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 2-C / Section 37
Inconsistent provisions of other acts superseded
Status: in_force

§ 37. Inconsistent provisions of other acts superseded. Insofar as the\nprovisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any\nother act, general or special, the provisions of this article shall be\ncontrolling.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 130.90 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 7 / Part 10 / Section 130.90
Mutiny or sedition
Status: in_force

§ 130.90. Mutiny or sedition. (a) Any person subject to this code--\n  (1) who with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority\nrefuses, in concert with any other person or persons, to obey orders or\notherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty\nof mutiny;\n  (2) who with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful\ncivil authority, creates, in concert with any other person or persons,\nrevolt, violence, or other disturbance against such authority is guilty\nof sedition;\n  (3) who fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress an offense of\nmutiny or sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all\nreasonable means to inform his superior or commanding officer of an\noffense of mutiny or sedition which he knows or has reason to believe is\ntaking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or\nsedition.\n  (b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, sedition, or\nfailure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished as\na court-martial may direct.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 573 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-E / Section 573
Statement of registration
Status: in_force

§ 573. Statement of registration. Each statement of registration\nhereinbefore required shall contain the following information:\n  1. The name and principal address of the company;\n  2. The state of its incorporation or origin;\n  3. The names and addresses of its principal officers, partners or\nproprietors;\n  4. The address of its principal office in this state;\n  5. The name and address of its principal officer, employee or agent\ntherein;\n  6. The addresses of the places where its stamps are redeemable\ntherein;\n  7. A short form of its balance sheet as of the end of its last fiscal\nyear prior to such filing, certified by an independent public accountant\nor certified under oath by one of its principal officers, a partner or\nthe proprietor.\n  8. A statement of its total gross receipts from its business in this\nstate as a trading stamp company during such last fiscal year, certified\nby an independent public accountant or certified under oath by one of\nits principal officers, a partner or the proprietor, unless the\nprincipal sum of the bond hereinafter required is the maximum amount\nrequired under this article.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 69-A — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 4 / Section 69-A
Reorganizations
Status: in_force

§ 69-a. Reorganizations.  1. Reorganizations of gas corporations and\nelectric corporations pursuant to sections ninety-six and ninety-seven\nof the stock corporation law and such other statutes as may be enacted\nfrom time to time shall be subject to the supervision and control of the\ncommission, and no such reorganization shall be had without the\nauthorization of such commission.\n  2. Upon all such reorganizations the amount of capitalization,\nincluding therein all stocks and bonds and other evidence of\nindebtedness, shall be such as is authorized by the commission, which,\nin making its determination shall not exceed the fair value of the\nproperty involved, taking into consideration its original cost of\nconstruction, duplication cost, present condition, earning power at\nreasonable rates and all other relevant matters and any additional sum\nor sums as shall be actually paid in cash, provided, however, that the\ncommission may make due allowance for discount of bonds. Any\nreorganization agreement before it becomes effective shall be amended so\nthat the amount of capitalization shall conform to the amount authorized\nby the commission.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 341 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 3 / Section 341
Notification regarding qualified health insurance plans
Status: in_force

§ 341. Notification regarding qualified health insurance plans. Within\nfifteen days of the effective date of this section, the superintendent\nshall notify the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services that New\nYork state elects to have policies issued pursuant to sections four\nthousand three hundred twenty-one, four thousand three hundred\ntwenty-two and four thousand three hundred twenty-six of this chapter as\n"qualified health insurance" for the purpose of assistance under the\nfederal Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 218 — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 11 / Section 218
Municipal fees; taxes or charges
Status: in_force

§ 218. Municipal fees; taxes or charges. Nothing in this article shall\nbe construed to limit the power of any municipality to impose upon any\ncable television company, a fee, tax or charge, provided that any such\nfee, tax or charge when added to the amount payable to the commission\npursuant to section two hundred seventeen does not exceed the maximum\namount permitted by applicable federal law, rules or regulations.\n