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N.Y. TAX Law § 1415 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31 / Section 1415
General powers of the commissioner of taxation and finance
Status: in_force

§ 1415. General powers of the commissioner of taxation and finance.\nThe commissioner of taxation and finance shall have the power: (a) to\nadminister and enforce the tax imposed by this article and the\ncommissioner is authorized to make such rules and regulations, and to\nrequire such facts and information to be reported, as the commissioner\nmay deem necessary to enforce the provisions of this article.\n  (b) For the purposes of ascertaining the correctness of any return, or\nfor the purpose of making an estimate of tax of any return, or for the\npurpose of making an estimate of tax of any person, to examine or to\ncause to have examined, by any agent or representative designated by the\ncommissioner for that purpose, any books, papers, records or memoranda\nrelated to the matters required to be included in the return, and may\nrequire the attendance of the person rendering the return or any officer\nor employee of such person, or the attendance of any other person having\nknowledge of the matters included in the return, and may take testimony\nand require proof material for its information, with power to administer\noaths to such person or persons.\n  (c) To extend, for cause shown, the time of filing any return for a\nperiod not exceeding three months.\n  (d) To prescribe the methods for determining the consideration and net\nconsideration attributable to that portion of real property located\npartly within and partly without the state of New York which is located\nwithin the state of New York or any interest therein.\n  (e) To require any grantor or grantee to keep such records, and for\nsuch length of time as may be required for the proper administration of\nthis title and to furnish such records to the commissioner of taxation\nand finance upon request.\n  (f) The commissioner of taxation and finance, of the commissioner's\nown motion, may abate any small unpaid balance of an assessment of the\ntax to be levied hereunder, or any liability in respect thereof, if such\ncommissioner determines under uniform rules prescribed by the\ncommissioner that the administration and collection costs involved would\nnot warrant collection of the amount due. The commissioner may also\nabate, of the commissioner's own motion, the unpaid portion of the\nassessment of any tax or any liability in respect thereof, which is\nexcessive in amount, or is assessed after the expiration of the period\nof limitation properly applicable thereto, or is erroneously or\nillegally assessed. No claim for abatement under this subdivision shall\nbe filed by a taxpayer.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 104 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 3 / Section 104
Corporate instruments; inquiry by board
Status: in_force

§ 104. Corporate instruments; inquiry by board. Whenever any corporate\ninstrument is submitted to the board for approval in accordance with the\nrequirements of any statute, the board shall make such inquiry as it may\ndeem advisable, and shall order a hearing, if necessary, in accordance\nwith such rules as it shall prescribe, to determine whether or not the\npurposes of the proposed corporation are in all respects consistent with\npublic policy and the labor law, and whether the corporate name is in\nall respects consistent with its purposes and activities or tends to be\nmisleading. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given\nto the applicant and to such other persons as the board may determine.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 620 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 6 / Section 620
Preemptive rights
Status: in_force

§ 620. Preemptive rights.\n  There shall be no preemptive rights in relation to membership\ncertificates or cards, capital certificates, subvention certificates, or\nbonds.  In the case of bonds having lawful voting rights, this section\nshall not invalidate otherwise valid contract provisions designed to\nprotect such voting rights.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 124 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 5 / Section 124
Duties of officers of cemetery associations
Status: in_force

§ 124. Duties of officers of cemetery associations. The superintendent\nor other person in charge of a cemetery or burial ground shall not\npermit the removal, alteration or inscription of a monument, gravestone,\ninclosure or other structure, against which a lien exists, after the\nnotice of such lien has been filed and served as prescribed in this\narticle, except pursuant to the terms of a judgment recovered in an\naction brought to enforce such lien. No officer of a cemetery\nassociation, or other person connected with a cemetery or burial ground,\nshall hinder or obstruct the removal in a proper manner of any such\nmonument, gravestone, inclosure or other structure pursuant to the terms\nof such judgment.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 3-501 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 3 / Part 5 / Section 3-501
When Presentment, Notice of Dishonor, and Protest Necessary or Permissible
Status: in_force

Section 3--501. When Presentment, Notice of Dishonor, and Protest\n                  Necessary or Permissible.\n  (1) Unless excused (Section 3--511) presentment is necessary to charge\nsecondary parties as follows:\n       (a) presentment for acceptance is necessary to charge the drawer\n           and indorsers of a draft where the draft so provides, or is\n           payable elsewhere than at the residence or place of business\n           of the drawee, or its date of payment depends upon such\n           presentment. The holder may at his option present for\n           acceptance any other draft payable at a stated date;\n       (b) presentment for payment is necessary to charge any indorser;\n       (c) in the case of any drawer, the acceptor of a draft payable at\n           a bank or the maker of a note payable at a bank, presentment\n           for payment is necessary, but failure to make presentment\n           discharges such drawer, acceptor or maker only as stated in\n           Section 3--502 (1) (b).\n  (2) Unless excused (Section 3--511)\n       (a) notice of any dishonor is necessary to charge any indorser;\n       (b) in the case of any drawer, the acceptor of a draft payable at\n           a bank or the maker of a note payable at a bank, notice of\n           any dishonor is necessary, but failure to give such notice\n           discharges such drawer, acceptor or maker only as stated in\n           Section 3--502 (1) (b).\n  (3) Unless excused (Section 3--511) protest of any dishonor is\nnecessary to charge the drawer and indorsers of any draft which on its\nface appears to be drawn or payable outside of the states and\nterritories of the United States and the District of Columbia. The\nholder may at his option make protest of any dishonor of any other\ninstrument and in the case of a foreign draft may on insolvency of the\nacceptor before maturity make protest for better security.\n  (4) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, neither presentment\nnor notice of dishonor nor protest is necessary to charge an indorser\nwho has indorsed an instrument after maturity.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 111 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 7 / Section 111
Payment and refund of state moneys except upon audit by comptroller prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 111. Payment and refund of state moneys except upon audit by\ncomptroller prohibited. No moneys of the state, including moneys\ncollected in its behalf, and no moneys in the possession, custody or\ncontrol of any officer, agent, or agency of the state in his or its\nrepresentative capacity, and no moneys in or belonging to any fund or\ndepositary, title to which is vested in the state, shall hereafter be\npaid, expended or refunded except upon audit by the comptroller. The\ncomptroller is hereby charged with the duty of compelling observance of\nand compliance with the provisions of this section but any violation of\nthis section may be restrained upon the suit of any taxpayer with the\nconsent of the supreme court in appellate division on notice to the\nattorney-general.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 5206 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 52 / Section 5206
Powers of corporation
Status: in_force

§ 5206. Powers of corporation. The corporation shall have the power:\n  (a) To use a corporate seal, to contract, to sue and be sued, to adopt\nand amend by-laws and to exercise all powers necessary and convenient to\naccomplish the purposes of this article.\n  (b) To prescribe, subject to the approval of the superintendent, the\npolicy or endorsement form to be issued by the members embodying the\ncoverage required by subsection (f) of section three thousand four\nhundred twenty of this chapter.\n  (c) To provide for the investigation of any claim asserted by a\nqualified person against a financially irresponsible motorist.\n  (d) To settle and pay any claim or judgment asserted by a qualified\nperson against a financially irresponsible motorist.\n  (e) To appear and defend, through attorneys representing the\ncorporation, on behalf of the financially irresponsible motorist or on\nbehalf of the corporation in any action brought against him or it as\nprovided in subsection (b) of section five thousand two hundred nine of\nthis article.\n  (f) To levy and collect assessments against its members for any\noperating deficits of the corporation and for any funds required for its\noperation and to enforce payment by legal proceedings.\n  (g) To borrow for its corporate purposes, with or without security,\nand to pledge any of its assets as security for such loan. Notes or\nother evidences of indebtedness of the corporation are legal investments\nfor domestic property/casualty insurance companies and may be carried as\nadmitted assets.\n  (h) To pay expenses reasonably incurred by the corporation in the\nexercise of any of its powers.\n
N.Y. EML Law § 4 — New York Code / Act EML / Article 2 / Section 4
Assumption of risks; contributory negligence, when a question of fact
Status: in_force

§ 4. Assumption of risks; contributory negligence, when a question of\nfact. An employee by entering upon or continuing in the service of the\nemployer shall be presumed to have assented to the necessary risks of\nthe occupation or employment and no others. The necessary risks of the\noccupation or employment shall, in all cases arising after the first day\nof September, nineteen hundred and ten, be considered as including those\nrisks, and those only, inherent in the nature of the business which\nremain after the employer has exercised due care in providing for the\nsafety of his employees, and has complied with the laws affecting or\nregulating such business or occupation for the greater safety of such\nemployees. In an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries\nor for death resulting therefrom received after the first day of\nSeptember, nineteen hundred and ten, owing to any cause, including open\nand visible defects, for which the employer would be liable but for the\nhitherto available defense of assumption of risks by the employee, the\nfact that the employee continued in the service of the employer in the\nsame place and course of employment after the discovery by such\nemployee, or after he had been informed of the danger of personal injury\ntherefrom, shall not be, as matter of fact or as matter of law, an\nassumption of the risk of injury therefrom, but an employee, or his\nlegal representative, shall not be entitled under this article to any\nright of compensation or remedy against the employer in any case where\nsuch employee knew of the defect or negligence which caused the injury\nand failed, within a reasonable time, to give, or cause to be given,\ninformation thereof to the employer, or to some person superior to\nhimself in the service of the employer, or who had intrusted to him some\nsuperintendence, unless it shall appear on the trial that such defect or\nnegligence was known to such employer, or superior person, prior to such\ninjuries to the employee; or unless such defect could have been\ndiscovered by such employer by reasonable and proper care, tests or\ninspection.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 33.07 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title K / Article 33 / Section 33.07
Imitation of a trade-mark defined
Status: in_force

§ 33.07. Imitation of a trade-mark defined. An "imitation of a\ntrade-mark" is that which so far resembles a genuine trade-mark as to be\nlikely to induce the belief that it is genuine, whether by the use of\nwords or letters, similar in appearance or in sound, or by any sign,\ndevice or other means whatsoever.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 570 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 11 / Section 570
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 570. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited and\nreferred to as the "housing development fund companies law".\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3070 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 30-C / Section 3070
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 3070. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the\n"emergency medical services for children act".\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2994-GG — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-CCC / Section 2994-GG
Immunity
Status: in_force

§ 2994-gg. Immunity. No person shall be subjected to criminal\nprosecution or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged in\nunprofessional conduct, for honoring reasonably and in good faith\npursuant to this article a nonhospital order not to resuscitate, for\ndisregarding a nonhospital order pursuant to section twenty-nine hundred\nninety-four-ee of this article, or for other actions taken reasonably\nand in good faith pursuant to this article.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 700.50 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title T / Article 700 / Section 700.50
Eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; progress reports and notice
Status: in_force

§ 700.50  Eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; progress\n             reports and notice.\n  1.  An eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant may require reports\nto be made to the issuing justice showing what progress has been made\ntoward achievement of the authorized objective and the need for\ncontinued eavesdropping or video surveillance.  Such reports shall be\nmade at such intervals as the justice may require.\n  2.  Immediately upon the expiration of the period of an eavesdropping\nor video surveillance warrant, the recordings of communications or\nobservations made pursuant to subdivision three of section 700.35 must\nbe made available to the issuing justice and sealed under his\ndirections.\n  3.  Within a reasonable time, but in no case later than ninety days\nafter termination of an eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant, or\nexpiration of an extension order, except as otherwise provided in\nsubdivision four, written notice of the fact and date of the issuance of\nthe eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant, and of the period of\nauthorized eavesdropping or video surveillance, and of the fact that\nduring such period communications were or were not intercepted or\nobservation were or were not made, must be served upon the person named\nin the warrant and such other parties to the intercepted communications\nor subjects of the video surveillance   as the justice may determine in\nhis discretion is in the interest of justice. Service reasonably\ncalculated to give affected parties the notice required by this\nsubdivision shall be effected within the time limits provided for herein\nand in a manner prescribed by the justice. The justice, upon the filing\nof a motion by any person served with such notice, may in his discretion\nmake available to such person or his counsel for inspection such\nportions of the intercepted communications or video surveillance,\napplications and warrants as the justice determines to be in the\ninterest of justice.\n  4.  On a showing of exigent circumstances to the issuing justice, the\nservice of the notice required by subdivision three may be postponed by\norder of the justice for a reasonable period of time.  Renewals of an\norder of postponement may be obtained on a new showing of exigent\ncircumstances.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 9-507 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 9 / Part 5 / Subpart 1 / Section 9-507
Effect of Certain Events on Effectiveness of Financing Statement
Status: in_force

Section 9--507. Effect of Certain Events on Effectiveness of Financing\n                  Statement.\n  (a) Disposition. A filed financing statement remains effective with\nrespect to collateral that is sold, exchanged, leased, licensed, or\notherwise disposed of and in which a security interest or agricultural\nlien continues, even if the secured party knows of or consents to the\ndisposition.\n  (b) Information becoming seriously misleading. Except as otherwise\nprovided in subsection (c) and Section 9--508, a financing statement is\nnot rendered ineffective if, after the financing statement is filed, the\ninformation provided in the financing statement becomes seriously\nmisleading under Section 9--506.\n  (c) Change in debtor's name. If the name that a filed financing\nstatement provides for a debtor becomes insufficient as the name of the\ndebtor under Section 9--503(a) so that the financing statement becomes\nseriously misleading under Section 9--506:\n       (1) the financing statement is effective to perfect a security\n           interest in collateral acquired by the debtor before, or\n           within four months after, the filed financing statement\n           becomes seriously misleading; and\n       (2) the financing statement is not effective to perfect a\n           security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor more\n           than four months after the filed financing statement becomes\n           seriously misleading, unless an amendment to the financing\n           statement which renders the financing statement not seriously\n           misleading is filed within four months after the financing\n           statement became seriously misleading.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 406 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 10 / Section 406
Notice of assignment; payments
Status: in_force

§ 406. Notice of assignment; payments. Unless the buyer has notice of\nactual or intended assignment of a contract, obligation, or credit\nagreement payment thereunder made by the buyer to the last known holder\nof such contract, obligation or credit agreement shall be binding upon\nall subsequent holders or assignees.\n
N.Y. CAN Law § 139 — New York Code / Act CAN / Article 6 / Section 139
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 139. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or application\nthereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity\nshall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that\ncan be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to\nthis end the provisions of this chapter are declared severable.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 227 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 6 / Section 227
Organization
Status: in_force

§ 227. Organization. Whenever the whole capital stock of such\ncorporation or an amount of such capital stock proportioned to the part\nof such railroad directed by the commissioners to be constructed, shall\nhave been subscribed by not less than fifteen persons, and the fixed\npercentage of such subscriptions shall have been paid, in cash, the\ncommissioners shall, by written or printed notice of ten days, served\npersonally or by mail, call a meeting of such subscribers for\norganization, and appoint the inspectors of election to serve thereat.\nAt such meeting, or at any subsequent one to which the same may be\nadjourned, a majority in number and amount of such subscribers may elect\npersons, of a number to be theretofore determined by the commissioners\nnot less than nine, who shall be directors for one year of the\ncorporation formed for the purposes of constructing and operating such\nrailroad.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 361 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 7-A / Section 361
Supervision and regulation
Status: in_force

§ 361. Supervision and regulation. 1. The department may from time to\ntime make, alter, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the\nsupervision, examination, regulation and audit of companies and for\ncarrying into effect the provisions and purposes of this article, and\neach company shall submit an annual report of its operations to the\ndepartment and the New York state housing finance agency which may\nexamine and audit the books and records of the company at any time.\n  2. The department shall have power to act for and in behalf of the\nagency in servicing the mortgage loans of the agency, and to perform\nsuch functions and services in connection with the making, servicing and\ncollection of such loans as shall be requested by the agency.\n  3. (a) The department may, with respect to any project of which the\nNew York state housing finance agency has acquired the fee or otherwise,\nenter into an agreement with said agency subject to the approval of the\ndirector of the budget, for the department, as provided in paragraph (b)\nhereof, to operate the said project in a manner consistent with the\npurposes of this article. In such event, the department shall have the\npower to use any available funds to pay all operating expenses and to\ncomply with all the terms and provisions of the mortgage, as though the\nmortgage had not been foreclosed, and to comply with the provisions of\nthis article.\n  (b) Subject to the provisions of the agreement with said agency, the\ndepartment may contract with any person, firm or corporation which it\ndeems qualified to operate and manage such project and to perform such\nduties and functions as it may deem necessary.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 222 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 7 / Section 222
When rent is apportionable
Status: in_force

§ 222. When rent is apportionable. Where a tenant for life, who shall\nhave demised the real property, dies before the first rent day, or\nbetween two rent days, his executor or administrator may recover the\nproportion of rent which accrued to him before his death.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 52-A — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 3-C / Section 52-A
Notice of meeting for incorporation
Status: in_force

§ 52-a. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of meeting for the\npurpose of incorporating an unincorporated parish or congregation\nacknowledging the apostolic eastern confession and order, shall be given\nas follows: 1. The notice shall be in writing and shall state in\nsubstance that a meeting of such unincorporated church or congregation\nwill be held at its usual place of worship at a specific day and hour,\nfor the purpose of incorporating such church or congregation, electing\nlaymen trustees thereof and selecting a corporate name therefor.\n  2. The notice shall also state that the archbishop who is the\necclesiastical administrator aforesaid has given sanction and permission\nin writing to proceed with the incorporation of such church.\n  3. The notice must be signed by at least six persons of full age, who\nare baptised, have statedly worshipped with such church or congregation\nand have regularly contributed to its support, according to its usages,\nfor at least one year or since it was formed.\n  4. A copy of such notice shall be publicly read at a regular meeting\nof such unincorporated church for public worship, on the two successive\nSundays immediately preceding the meeting, by the minister in charge of\nsuch church, or by any one of the persons qualified to sign such notice.\n