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N.Y. RCO Law § 211 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 10 / Section 211
Incorporation of church in connection with Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc
Status: in_force

§ 211. Incorporation of church in connection with Spiritual Science\nMother Church, Inc. A meeting for incorporating or reincorporating a\nchurch in connection with Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., shall\nbe held in pursuance of the preceding provisions of this article. Such\nmeeting shall be held and such church shall be subject to the following\nprovisions:\n  1. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of the meeting must\nhave attached thereto the endorsement and consent of Spiritual Science\nMother Church, Inc.\n  2. The meeting for incorporation. The meeting shall be called to order\nby an authorized delegate of the board of directors of Spiritual Science\nMother Church, Inc., the supreme ecclesiastical council governing\nSpiritual Science Mother Church and its branch churches.\n  3. The certificate of incorporation. The certificate of incorporation\nshall have attached thereto the endorsement and consent of the board of\ndirectors of Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., and the name of such\nchurch as adopted shall thereafter have affixed: "Branch Church of\nSpiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., of New York."\n  4. Rules and regulations. A church incorporated or reincorporated\nunder the provisions of this section shall be subject to the rules and\nregulations of the board of directors of Spiritual Science Mother\nChurch, Inc.\n  5. Trustees. The trustees of such branch church incorporated under\nthis section shall also be the spiritual officers of such church.\n  6. Election of ministers. No branch church of Spiritual Science may\nengage or retain, under this section, any minister not certified as in\ngood standing by Spiritual Science Mother Church board of directors.\n  7. Licenses and certificates. Only persons holding a minister's\nlicense or a certificate of proficiency from the ecclesiastical council\nof Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., shall conduct services in any\nchurch incorporated under this section.\n  8. Recording of licenses. Such license or certificate shall be made a\nmatter of public record either in the office of the county clerk or such\nother place as by law may be provided for such record.\n
N.Y. MHR Law § 56 — New York Code / Act MHR / Article 6 / Section 56
Existing charters and other laws continued
Status: in_force

§ 56. Existing charters and other laws continued. 1. All existing\nvalid provisions of laws, charters and local laws not specifically\nrepealed by this chapter shall continue in force until lawfully\nrepealed, amended, modified or superseded.\n  2. A reference in any law, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or\ndocument to any provision of the city home rule law, village home rule\nlaw, article six or article six-a of the county law, or sections\nfifty-one-a through fifty-one-f of the town law, repealed by this\nchapter, in force at the time this chapter takes effect, shall be deemed\nand construed to refer to the corresponding provision or provisions of\nthe municipal home rule law as continued, modified or amended by this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1402 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 14 / Section 1402
Delivery of disclosure statement to parent
Status: in_force

§ 1402. Delivery of disclosure statement to parent.  1. A copy of the\nshort form disclosure statement shall be mailed or delivered by the\nowner, director or other person soliciting the enrollment of a child\nresiding within the state for any children's camp located without the\nstate to the parent or guardian of such child. Such disclosure statement\nmay accompany any literature or solicitation material mailed or\ndelivered to such parent or guardian, but in no event, shall such\ndisclosure statement be mailed or delivered to such parent or guardian\nlater than the mailing or delivery of enrollment application forms\nand/or enrollment contract forms.\n  2. No advertisement, or other solicitation material, or enrollment\napplication form or enrollment contract or short form, shall contain any\nrepresentation that is inconsistent with any material representation or\nstatement made in the disclosure statement or equivalent statement as\nlast renewed or amended. Any such representation shall be deemed to be a\ndeceptive practice pursuant to section three hundred forty-nine of the\ngeneral business law.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 82.11 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 82 / Section 82.11
Legal effect of decisions made with support and third party obligations
Status: in_force

* § 82.11 Legal effect of decisions made with support and third party\n          obligations.\n  (a) This section shall apply only to decisions made pursuant to\nsupported decision-making agreements created in accordance with this\narticle and following a recognized supported decision-making\nfacilitation or education process, as prescribed by regulations\ngoverning the facilitation and education processes promulgated by the\noffice for people with developmental disabilities. Additionally, such\ndecisions shall be signed by a facilitator.\n  (b) A decision or request made or communicated by a decision-maker\nwith the assistance of a supporter in accordance with the provisions of\na supported decision-making agreement must, notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, be recognized as the decision or request of the\ndecision-maker and may be enforced by the decision-maker in law or\nequity on the same basis as all others.\n  (c) A person, entity, or agency required to recognize and honor a\ndecision made pursuant to a supported decision-making agreement\nauthorized by this section may require the decision-maker to execute or\nendorse an attestation, as provided in paragraph three of subdivision\n(d) of section 82.10 of this article, as a condition of recognizing and\nhonoring the decision.\n  (d) A person, entity, or agency that receives a supported\ndecision-making agreement must honor a decision made in accordance with\nthe agreement, unless the person, entity, or agency has substantial\ncause to believe the supported decision-making agreement has been\nrevoked, or the decision-maker is being abused, coerced, unduly\ninfluenced, or financially exploited by the supporter, or that the\ndecision will cause the decision-maker substantial and imminent physical\nor financial harm.\n  * NB Effective 90 days from the date that the regulations issued in\naccordance with § 1 of chapter 481 of 2022 appear in the New York State\nRegister or the date such regulations are adopted, whichever is later.\n
N.Y. BAT Law § 7 — New York Code / Act BAT / Section 7
No title
Status: in_force

§ 7. The amount payable by the port authority to the state of New York\npursuant to sections five and six of this act shall be paid by the port\nauthority into the treasury of the state of New York upon the thirtieth\nday of June, nineteen hundred thirty-one, or at an earlier date at the\noption of the port authority on five days' notice to the comptroller of\nthe state of New York, upon a voucher signed and audited by the said\ncomptroller, who is hereby authorized to consummate the said\ntransaction.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 233 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 6 / Section 233
When corporate existence begins; conditions precedent to commencing business
Status: in_force

§ 233. When corporate existence begins; conditions precedent to\ncommencing business. When the superintendent shall have approved the\norganization certificate, as provided in article two of this chapter,\nthe corporate existence of the savings bank shall begin, and it may\nexercise all the powers necessary to the completion of its organization.\nSuch savings bank shall transact no other business until:\n  1. The incorporators shall have deposited to the credit of such\nsavings bank in cash as an initial surplus fund at least ten thousand\ndollars, and, if the superintendent shall so require, shall have entered\ninto an agreement or undertaking with the superintendent as trustee for\nthe depositors of the savings bank, to make such further contributions\nin cash to the surplus fund as, in the opinion of the superintendent,\nmay be necessary to maintain the savings bank in safe condition to\ncontinue business, and shall have filed with the superintendent a surety\nbond of a corporation authorized to transact the business of insurance\nin this state, securing such agreement or undertaking in the amount\nrequired by the superintendent.\n  2. It shall have informed the superintendent of the name, residence\nand post-office address of each officer of the corporation.\n  3. The superintendent shall have duly issued to it the authorization\ncertificate specified in article two of this chapter.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 8-509 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 8 / Part 5 / Section 8-509
Specification of Duties of Securities Intermediary by Other Statute or Regulation; Manner of Performance of Duties of Securities Intermed...
Status: in_force

Section 8--509. Specification of Duties of Securities Intermediary by\n                  Other Statute or Regulation; Manner of Performance of\n                  Duties of Securities Intermediary and Exercise of\n                  Rights of Entitlement Holder.\n  (a) If the substance of a duty imposed upon a securities intermediary\nby Sections 8--504 through 8--508 is the subject of other statute,\nregulation, or rule, compliance with that statute, regulation, or rule\nsatisfies the duty.\n  (b) To the extent that specific standards for the performance of the\nduties of a securities intermediary or the exercise of the rights of an\nentitlement holder are not specified by other statute, regulation, or\nrule or by agreement between the securities intermediary and entitlement\nholder, the securities intermediary shall perform its duties and the\nentitlement holder shall exercise its rights in a commercially\nreasonable manner.\n  (c) The obligation of a securities intermediary to perform the duties\nimposed by Sections 8--504 through 8--508 is subject to:\n       (1) rights of the securities intermediary arising out of a\n           security interest under a security agreement with the\n           entitlement holder or otherwise; and\n       (2) rights of the securities intermediary under other law,\n           regulation, rule, or agreement to withhold performance of its\n           duties as a result of unfulfilled obligations of the\n           entitlement holder to the securities intermediary.\n  (d) Sections 8--504 through 8--508 do not require a securities\nintermediary to take any action that is prohibited by other statute,\nregulation, or rule.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 352 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 13 / Section 352
Construction
Status: in_force

§ 352. Construction. The provisions of this chapter so far as they are\nsubstantially the same as those existing at the time they shall take\neffect, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws, modified or\namended, according to the language employed in this chapter, and not as\nnew elements. References in laws not repealed to provisions of law\nincorporated in this chapter and repealed, shall be construed as\napplying to the provisions so incorporated.\n
N.Y. ABC Law § 78 — New York Code / Act ABC / Article 6 / Section 78
Wholesaler's wine license
Status: in_force

§ 78. Wholesaler's wine license.  1. The procedure contained in\nsection sixty-two hereof shall apply so far as applicable to\napplications for a wholesaler's wine license.  Such license shall\ncontain a description of the licensed premises and in form and in\nsubstance shall be a license to the person therein specifically\ndesignated to sell wine at wholesale in the premises therein\nspecifically licensed in the original sealed containers of not more than\nfifteen gallons each to duly licensed manufacturers, wholesalers,\nretailers and permittees in this state, and to sell or deliver such wine\nto persons outside the state pursuant to the laws of the place of such\nsale or delivery.\n  2. Upon payment to the liquor authority of an additional annual fee of\none hundred twenty-five dollars, the liquor authority may in its\ndiscretion and upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, issue\nto a wholesale wine licensee upon application therefor a certificate\nauthorizing such wholesaler to sell wine at retail in sealed containers\nto a regularly organized church, synagogue or religious organization for\nsacramental purposes.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 117 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5-B / Section 117
Jurisdiction of state agencies
Status: in_force

§ 117. Jurisdiction of state agencies.  Nothing contained in this\narticle shall be held to alter or abridge the powers and duties of the\nstate department of health or of the water power and control commission\nover water supply matters.\n
N.Y. ENG Law § 8-102 — New York Code / Act ENG / Article 8 / Section 8-102
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 8-102. Definitions.  For the purposes of this article, the following\nwords and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different\nmeaning is plainly required by the context:\n  1. "Municipality." Any county, city, town, village, school district,\ndistrict corporation, public authority or the port authority of New York\nand New Jersey to the extent its facilities are located within the state\nof New York.\n  2. "Existing buildings." Any building, other than a residence or\napartment building, whose operation requires on the average in excess of\n5000 kwh of electricity per month for lighting purposes in any twelve\nmonth period and which was in existence or under construction, or for\nwhich an application for a building permit was made and plans filed in\nthis state on or before January first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine.\n  3. "Standards." The state lighting efficiency standards for existing\nbuildings provided for in this article, or any portion thereof, any\nmodification of or amendments thereto.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 245.10 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title N / Article 245 / Section 245.10
Public display of offensive sexual material; definitions of terms
Status: in_force

§ 245.10 Public display of offensive sexual material; definitions of\n           terms.\n  The following definitions are applicable to section 245.11:\n  1. "Nudity" means the showing of the human male or female genitals,\npubic area or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering, or the\nshowing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of\nany portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of\ncovered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.\n  2. "Sexual conduct" means an act of masturbation, homosexuality,\nsexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person's clothed or\nunclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such person be a female,\nbreast.\n  3. "Sado-masochistic abuse" means flagellation or torture by or upon a\nperson clad in undergarments, a mask or bizzare costume, or the\ncondition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on\nthe part of one so clothed.\n  4. "Transportation facility" means any conveyance, premises or place\nused for or in connection with public passenger transportation, whether\nby air, railroad, motor vehicle or any other method. It includes\naircraft, watercraft, railroad cars, buses, and air, boat, railroad and\nbus terminals and stations and all appurtenances thereto.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 57 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 57
Rates of fare
Status: in_force

§ 57. Rates of fare. Subject to the provisions of the transportation\nlaw, every railroad corporation may fix and collect the following rates\nof fare as compensation to be paid for transporting any passenger and\nhis baggage, not exceeding one hundred and fifty pounds in weight, for\neach mile or fraction of a mile:\n  1. Where the motive power is rope or cable, propelled by stationary\npower, five cents, with right to a minimum fare of ten cents; but if the\nrailroad is less than two miles in length, and overcomes an elevation of\nfive hundred feet or more to the mile, five cents for each one hundred\nfeet of elevation so overcome, and the same rates of fare if the motive\npower is locomotives, furnished with cogs working into cogs on the\nrailroad, and the length of road does not exceed four miles.\n  2. If a road not incorporated prior to May fifteenth, eighteen hundred\nand seventy-nine, and not located in the counties of New York and Kings,\nor within the limits of any incorporated city, and not more than\ntwenty-five miles in length, five cents; if over twenty-five and not\nmore than forty miles, four cents; and if over forty miles, three cents.\nWhere by the laying down of a third rail upon a railroad of the ordinary\ngauge, a narrow-gauge track is created and used for the transportation\nof passengers, and the length of road does not exceed six miles,\nincluding any connecting road of the same gauge, such railroad, for the\npurpose of fare, shall be deemed a narrow-gauge road.\n  3. If its railroad overcomes an elevation of two hundred feet to the\nmile, for at least two consecutive miles, and does not exceed twenty\nmiles in length, ten cents; if it overcomes an elevation exceeding three\nhundred feet to the mile, within a distance of two miles, five cents for\neach one hundred feet of elevation; and where it overcomes an elevation\nof more than one thousand feet, within a distance of two miles, seven\ncents for each one hundred feet of elevation in a mile.\n  4. If the line of its road does not exceed fifteen miles in length,\nand does not enter or traverse the limits of any incorporated city, and\nthe distance traveled thereon by the passenger does not exceed one mile,\nfive cents.\n  5. In all other cases, three cents for every such mile or fraction\nthereof, with a right to a minimum single fare of not less than five\ncents.\n  This chapter shall not be construed to allow any rate of fare for way\npassengers greater than two cents per mile to be charged or taken over\nthe track or tracks of the railroad known as the New York Central\nRailroad Company, and the rate of fare for way passengers over the track\nor tracks of such company shall continue to be two cents per mile and no\nmore, wherever it is restricted to that rate of fare, nor shall any\nconsolidated railroad corporation charge a higher rate of fare per\npassenger per mile upon any part or portion of the consolidated line\nthan was allowed by law to be charged by each existing corporation\nthereon previous to such consolidation.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 172 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 8 / Section 172
Application of this article
Status: in_force

§ 172. Application of this article. This article applies only to\nchurches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian\nchurches, whether or not part of the United Church of Christ, and\nIndependent churches.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2304 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 23 / Section 2304
Costs of appeal 1
Status: in_force

§ 2304. Costs of appeal\n  1. The appellate court may award costs of the appeal as follows:\n  (a) Upon an appeal in a proceeding to construe a will, to any party to\nthe appeal.\n  (b) Upon an appeal in any other proceeding, to any party who\n  (i) has succeeded therein in whole or in part, or\n  (ii) has participated therein as a fiduciary, guardian ad litem,\nguardian, committee or conservator of a person under disability, or\n  (iii) is named as an executor in a paper propounded by him in good\nfaith as the will of the decedent.\n  2. The court may direct that the costs shall abide the event of a new\ntrial or of the subsequent proceedings in the surrogate's court.\n  3. Costs may be made payable out of the estate, or if awarded to a\nsuccessful party, personally by the unsuccessful party, as directed by\nthe appellate court or if such direction be not given, as directed by\nthe court.\n  4. Costs of an appeal awarded in the court shall be pursuant to CPLR\n8203 and 8204.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 958 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 26 / Part 1 / Section 958
Exemptions in other laws not applicable
Status: in_force

§ 958. Exemptions in other laws not applicable. No exemption provided\nfor in any other article of this chapter or any other law of this state\nshall be construed as being applicable in any manner under this article.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 62 — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 4 / Section 62
Business in public offices on public holidays
Status: in_force

§ 62. Business in public offices on public holidays. 1.  Holidays and\nhalf holidays shall be considered as Sunday for all purposes relating to\nthe transaction of business in the public offices of each county. On all\nother days and half days, excepting Sundays, such offices shall be kept\nopen for the transaction of business.  This subdivision is subject to\nthe provisions of section two hundred six-a of the county law and\nsections 1032-14.0 and 1052-22.0 of the administrative code of the city\nof New York.\n  2. Holidays and Saturdays shall be considered as Sunday for all\npurposes relating to the transaction of business in the public offices\nof the state. On all other days, excepting Sundays, such offices shall\nbe kept open for the transaction of business. Whenever the last day on\nwhich any paper shall be filed or act done or performed in any such\noffice expires on a Saturday, the time therefor is hereby extended to\nand including the next business day.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 130.103 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 7 / Part 10 / Section 130.103
Military property--loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition
Status: in_force

§ 130.103. Military property--loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful\ndisposition. Any person subject to this code who, without proper\nauthority--\n  (1) sells or otherwise disposes of; or\n  (2) willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or\n  (3) willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged,\ndestroyed, sold or wrongfully disposed of;\nany military property of the United States or of the state, shall be\npunished as a court-martial may direct.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1818 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 37 / Part 3 / Section 1818
Real estate transfer tax
Status: in_force

§ 1818. Real estate transfer tax.--Any willful act or omission, by any\nperson which constitutes a violation of any provision of article\nthirty-one of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor.\n