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N.Y. PVH Law § 45 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 3 / Section 45
Transfer of officers and employees
Status: in_force

§ 45. Transfer of officers and employees. Officers and employees of\nstate departments and agencies may be transferred to the agency and\nofficers and employees of the agency may be transferred to state\ndepartments and agencies without examination and without loss of any\ncivil service status or rights. No such transfer may, however, be made\nexcept with the approval of the head of the state department or division\ninvolved and the director of the budget and the chairman of the agency,\nand in compliance with the rules and regulations of the civil service\ncommission of the state.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 343.1 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 4 / Section 343.1
Rules of evidence; testimony given by children
Status: in_force

§ 343.1. Rules of evidence; testimony given by children. 1. Any person\nmay be a witness in a delinquency proceeding unless the court finds\nthat, by reason of infancy or mental disease or defect, he does not\npossess sufficient intelligence or capacity to justify reception of his\nevidence.\n  2. Every witness more than nine years old may testify only under oath\nunless the court is satisfied that such witness cannot, as a result of\nmental disease or defect, understand the nature of an oath. A witness\nless than nine years old may not testify under oath unless the court is\nsatisfied that he or she understands the nature of an oath. If under\neither of the above provisions, a witness is deemed to be ineligible to\ntestify under oath, the witness may nevertheless be permitted to give\nunsworn evidence if the court is satisfied that the witness possesses\nsufficient intelligence and capacity to justify the reception thereof.\n  3. A respondent may not be found to be delinquent solely upon the\nunsworn evidence given pursuant to subdivision two.\n  * 4. A child witness may give testimony in accordance with the\nprovisions of article sixty-five of the criminal procedure law, provided\nsuch child is declared vulnerable in accordance with subdivision one of\nsection 65.10 of such law. A child witness means a person fourteen years\nold or less who is or will be called to testify in any proceeding\nconcerning an act defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law\nor section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of such law, which act would\nconstitute a crime if committed by an adult. The provisions of this\nsubdivision shall expire and be deemed repealed on the same date as\narticle sixty-five of the criminal procedure law expires and is deemed\nrepealed pursuant to section five of chapter five hundred five of the\nlaws of nineteen hundred eighty-five, as from time to time, amended.\n  * NB Repealed September 1, 2027\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 112-A — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 5 / Section 112-A
Redevelopment loans
Status: in_force

§ 112-a. Redevelopment loans. Notwithstanding any provision of section\none hundred eleven or one hundred twelve of this article to the\ncontrary, where a redevelopment company undergoes a comprehensive\nredevelopment plan, the supervising agency may approve a loan and\nencumbrance of such project in an amount in excess of actual cost of the\nproject, provided that such amount represents cost of capital\nimprovements, redevelopment, or acquisition by a new owner, any\nconsequent rent increase is not unduly burdensome to the tenants, and\nthe redevelopment company enters into an agreement to remain subject to\nthe provisions of this article for a period of no less than fifteen\nyears from issuance of the loan and encumbrance.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 249 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 8 / Section 249
Covenants in mortgages
Status: in_force

§ 249. Covenants in mortgages. A mortgage of real property does not\nimply a covenant for the payment of the sum intended to be secured; and\nwhere such covenant is not expressed in the mortgage, or a bond or other\nseparate instrument to secure such payment has not been given, the\nremedies of the mortgagee are confined to the property mentioned in the\nmortgage.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 130.40 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title H / Article 130 / Section 130.40
Summons; service
Status: in_force

§ 130.40  Summons; service.\n  1.  A summons may be served by a police officer, or by a complainant\nat least eighteen years old or by any other person at least eighteen\nyears old designated by the court.\n  2.  A summons may be served anywhere in the county of issuance or\nanywhere in an adjoining county.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 771 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 7 / Part 7 / Section 771
Discontinuation of treatment by agency or institution
Status: in_force

§ 771. Discontinuation of treatment by agency or institution.  If an\nauthorized agency in which a person is placed under section seven\nhundred fifty-six\n  (a) discontinues or suspends its work; or\n  (b) is unwilling to continue to care for the person for the reason\nthat support by the state of New York or one of its political\nsubdivisions has been discontinued; or\n  (c) so fundamentally alters its program that the person can no longer\nbenefit from it, the person shall be returned by the agency to the court\nwhich entered the order of placement.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 15.05 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 1 / Title B / Article 15 / Section 15.05
Culpability; definitions of culpable mental states
Status: in_force

§ 15.05 Culpability; definitions of culpable mental states.\n  The following definitions are applicable to this chapter:\n  1. "Intentionally." A person acts intentionally with respect to a\nresult or to conduct described by a statute defining an offense when his\nconscious objective is to cause such result or to engage in such\nconduct.\n  2. "Knowingly." A person acts knowingly with respect to conduct or to\na circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is\naware that his conduct is of such nature or that such circumstance\nexists.\n  3. "Recklessly." A person acts recklessly with respect to a result or\nto a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is\naware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk\nthat such result will occur or that such circumstance exists. The risk\nmust be of such nature and degree that disregard thereof constitutes a\ngross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person\nwould observe in the situation.  A person who creates such a risk but is\nunaware thereof solely by reason of voluntary intoxication also acts\nrecklessly with respect thereto.\n  4. "Criminal negligence." A person acts with criminal negligence with\nrespect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining\nan offense when he fails to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable\nrisk that such result will occur or that such circumstance exists. The\nrisk must be of such nature and degree that the failure to perceive it\nconstitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a\nreasonable person would observe in the situation.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 286 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 18 / Section 286
Surplus to be paid to owner
Status: in_force

§ 286. Surplus to be paid to owner. Such express company, or person\nengaged in the express business, shall make an entry of the balance of\nthe proceeds of the sale, if any, of each article, goods or thing\ndirected to the same person, as near as can be ascertained, and at any\ntime within five years thereafter, shall refund any surplus so retained\nto the owner of such article, goods or thing, his heirs or assigns, on\nsatisfactory proof of such ownership.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 740 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 26-B / Section 740
State board of social welfare
Status: in_force

§ 740. State board of social welfare. 1. The state board of social\nwelfare is the legal authority established by the constitution\nresponsible for the inspection and visitation of certain institutions\nand certain agencies and for the making of rules and regulations with\nrespect to all of the functions, powers and duties with which the board\nis charged, subject to the control of the legislature and pursuant to\nthis article and other provisions of law.\nIt shall be the major purposes of the board to review, report and make\nrecommendation concerning the policies and programs pertaining to child\nand adult care, including the implementation of such policies and\nprograms and the quality of supervision exercised by the responsible\nstate and local supervisory agencies; to advise the governor and the\nlegislature with respect to such matters; to conduct independent\nresearch, studies and analyses of state policies and programs affecting\nchild and adult care; to advocate the improvement of such programs and\npolicies; and to conduct special research, studies and analyses, at the\nrequest of the governor, with respect to any matter related to human\nservices generally.\nThe board as constituted shall continue as a division of the executive\ndepartment.\n  2. The board shall consist of fifteen members appointed by the\ngovernor by and with the consent of the senate. At the expiration of the\nterm of any member of the board his successor shall be appointed for a\nterm of five years.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1600 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 16 / Section 1600
Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

§ 1600. Statement of purpose. The purpose of this article is to\nestablish a mechanism by which two or more assessing units may\nconsolidate their assessment functions and thereby provide quality\nassessment services to all their taxpayers at a reasonable cost.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1263 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29 / Part 4 / Section 1263
Deposit of funds and use of funds not having assigned purposes
Status: in_force

§ 1263. Deposit of funds and use of funds not having assigned\npurposes. (a) Deposit and use of net collections from taxes imposed by\ncities of over one million administered and collected by state tax\ncommission.  Net collections paid to the director of finance of the city\nof New York and any other appropriate fiscal officer of any city having\na population of over one million, as provided for in section twelve\nhundred sixty-one, shall be deposited by such fiscal officer in the\ngeneral fund of such city, but no part of such revenues may be expended\nby such city unless appropriated in the annual budget of such city.\n  (b) Deposit and use of net collections by cities, counties and\nvillages. Net collections received by or distributed to a county, a city\nwith a population of less than one million or a village from taxes\nimposed pursuant to this article shall be paid into the treasury of the\ncounty, city or village and shall be credited to and deposited in the\ngeneral fund thereof and, unless restricted by local law, ordinance or\nresolution to a specified purpose or purposes, shall be available for\nany county, city or village purpose of such county, city or village.\nExpenditures from the proceeds of any such tax shall not be considered\nas part of the cost of government within the meaning of any limitation\non expenditures contained in any general, special or local law\napplicable to such county, city or village.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1438-C — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-1 / Section 1438-C
Payment of tax
Status: in_force

* § 1438-c. Payment of tax. 1. The real estate transfer tax imposed\npursuant to this article shall be paid to the treasurer or the recording\nofficer acting as the agent of the treasurer upon designation as such\nagent by the treasurer. Such tax shall be paid at the same time as the\nreal estate transfer tax imposed by article thirty-one of this chapter\nis required to be paid. Such treasurer or recording officer shall\nendorse upon each deed or instrument effecting a conveyance a receipt\nfor the amount of the tax so paid.\n  2. A return shall be required to be filed with such treasurer or\nrecording officer for purposes of the real estate transfer tax imposed\npursuant to this article at the same time as a return is required to be\nfiled for purposes of the real estate transfer tax imposed by article\nthirty-one of this chapter. The treasurer shall prescribe the form of\nreturn, the information which it shall contain, and the documentation\nthat shall accompany the return. Said form shall be identical to the\nreal estate transfer tax return required to be filed pursuant to section\nfourteen hundred nine of this chapter, except that the treasurer shall\nadapt said form to reflect the provisions in this chapter that are\ninconsistent, different, or in addition to the provisions of article\nthirty-one of this chapter. The real estate transfer tax returns\nrequired to be filed pursuant to this section shall be preserved for\nthree years and thereafter until such treasurer or recording officer\norders them to be destroyed.\n  3. The recording officer shall not record an instrument effecting a\nconveyance unless the return required by this section has been filed and\nthe tax imposed pursuant to this article shall have been paid as\nrequired in this section.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2026\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 31 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 3 / Section 31
Powers and duties of town justices; requirements; restriction
Status: in_force

§ 31. Powers and duties of town justices; requirements; restriction.\n1.  The town justice shall have such jurisdiction in criminal and civil\nmatters and in special proceedings, as is now or may hereafter be\nconferred by law. Each such justice shall:\n  (a) Keep or cause to be kept the records and dockets required by the\nuniform justice court act. No town justice shall receive or disburse any\nmoneys unless he shall furnish or receive a proper receipt therefor, or\nmake a memorandum or record of such transaction, in such form and detail\nas the state comptroller shall prescribe.\n  (b) At least annually and as often as may be required, submit his\ndockets to the members of the town board for examination and audit.\n  2. No town justice selected for a term of office commencing on or\nafter September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, except one who has\nbeen admitted to practice law in this state, shall assume the functions\nof his office unless he has filed in the office of the town clerk a\ncertificate of completion of a course of training prescribed by the\nadministrative board of the judicial conference. The administrative\nboard may issue a temporary certificate enabling a justice to assume the\nfunctions of his office pending completion of the earliest such course\navailable thereafter. Such certificates shall be in a form, and subject\nto terms and conditions, prescribed by the administrative board.\n  3. Notwithstanding any other law, actual and necessary expenses\nincurred by a justice or justice elect in attending a course of training\nrequired of him before he can assume the functions of his office shall\nbe a charge against the town.\n  4. No town justice selected for a term of office commencing on or\nafter July first, nineteen hundred seventy-five, shall engage in or\naccept any employment as a "police officer" or a "peace officer" as\nthose terms are defined in the criminal procedure law.\n  5. A person who has been convicted of a felony pursuant to the laws of\nthis state or who has been convicted in federal court or in another\nstate for a crime or offense that would constitute a felony under the\nlaws of this state shall be permanently ineligible to be a candidate for\ntown justice or to be appointed or continue to hold such office.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1257 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29 / Part 3 / Subpart C / Section 1257
Preparation of model local laws, resolutions and regulations by tax commission
Status: in_force

§ 1257. Preparation of model local laws, resolutions and regulations\nby tax commission. The state tax commission shall prepare model local\nlaws, ordinances, resolutions and regulations for the assistance of\nlocal officials and shall otherwise advise and cooperate with them for\nthe purpose of effectuating uniform administration, collection and\ndistribution of the taxes authorized under this article.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 10-125 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 10 / Section 10-125
Military voters; prohibiting refusal to accept voter registration and military ballot applications, marked military ballots, and federal ...
Status: in_force

§ 10-125. Military voters; prohibiting refusal to accept voter\nregistration and military ballot applications, marked military ballots,\nand federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to meet certain\nrequirements. 1. A board of elections shall not refuse to accept and\nprocess any otherwise valid voter registration application or military\nballot application (including the official post card form prescribed\nunder section 101 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting\nAct (42 USC 1973ff)) or marked military ballot submitted by mail or\npersonally delivered, solely on the basis of the following:\n  (a) Notarization requirements;\n  (b) Restrictions on paper type, including weight and size; or\n  (c) Restrictions on envelope type, including weight and size.\n  2. A board of elections shall not refuse to accept and process any\notherwise valid federal write-in absentee ballot submitted in any manner\nby a military voter solely on the basis of the following:\n  (a) Notarization requirements;\n  (b) Restrictions on paper type, including weight and size; or\n  (c) Restrictions on envelope type, including weight and size.\n  3. The state board of elections, in coordination with county boards of\nelections, shall develop a free access system by which a military voter\nmay determine whether the military ballot of the military voter has been\nreceived by the appropriate board of elections.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 15-A — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 3 / Section 15-A
Marriages of minors under eighteen years of age
Status: in_force

§ 15-a. Marriages of minors under eighteen years of age. Any marriage\nin which either party is under the age of eighteen years is hereby\nprohibited. Any town or city clerk who shall knowingly issue a marriage\nlicense to any persons, one or both of whom shall be at the time of\ntheir contemplated marriage actually under the age of eighteen years,\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be\nfined in the sum of one hundred dollars.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 56 — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 4 / Section 56
Issue of licenses to connect with sewers and water mains restricted
Status: in_force

§ 56. Issue of licenses to connect with sewers and water mains\nrestricted. The commissioner of public works of any city, or the officer\nor officers acting in a like capacity in any of the cities of this\nstate, and having charge of the sewers and water mains therein, shall\nnot issue a license to any one to connect with the sewers or with the\nwater mains of such cities, unless such person has obtained and shall\nproduce a certificate of competency from the examining board of such\ncity.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-R*12 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-R*12
Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to Trooper James M
Status: in_force

* § 344-r. Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to\nTrooper James M. MacLarnon. All that portion of the state highway system\nconstituting the southbound Wantagh State Parkway overpass crossing the\nSouthern State Parkway in the town of Hempstead, county of Nassau, shall\nbe dedicated to Trooper James M. MacLarnon.\n  * NB There are 12 § 344-r's\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2222-A — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 22 / Section 2222-A
Notice of legacy or distributive share payable to incarcerated individual or prisoner Where the legatee, distributee or beneficiary is an...
Status: in_force

§ 2222-a. Notice of legacy or distributive share payable to incarcerated\n            individual or prisoner\n  Where the legatee, distributee or beneficiary is an incarcerated\nindividual serving a sentence of imprisonment with the state department\nof corrections and community supervision or a prisoner confined at a\nlocal correctional facility, the court shall give prompt written notice\nto the office of victim services, and at the same time direct that no\npayment be made to such incarcerated individual or prisoner for a period\nof thirty days following the date of entry of the order containing such\ndirection.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 1092 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 10-C / Section 1092
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1092. Definitions. When used in this article unless the specific\ncontext indicates otherwise:\n  (a) "destitute child" shall mean a child under the age of eighteen who\nis in a state of want or suffering due to lack of sufficient food,\nclothing, shelter, or medical or surgical care and:\n  (1) does not fit within the definition of an "abused child" or a\n"neglected child" as such terms are defined in section one thousand\ntwelve of this act; and\n  (2) is without any parent or caretaker available to sufficiently care\nfor him or her, due to:\n  (i) the death of a parent or caretaker; or\n  (ii) the incapacity or debilitation of a parent or caretaker, where\nsuch incapacity or debilitation would prevent such parent or caretaker\nfrom being able to knowingly and voluntarily enter into a written\nagreement to transfer the care and custody of said child pursuant to\nsection three hundred fifty-eight-a or three hundred eighty-four-a of\nthe social services law; or\n  (iii) the inability of the commissioner of social services to locate\nany parent or caretaker, after making reasonable efforts to do so; or\n  (iv) a parent or caretaker being physically located outside of the\nstate of New York and the commissioner of social services is or has been\nunable to return the child to such parent or caretaker while or after\nmaking reasonable efforts to do so, unless the lack of such efforts is\nor was appropriate under the circumstances.\n  (b) "parent" shall mean any living biological or adoptive parent of\nthe child whose rights have not been terminated or surrendered.\n  (c) "caretaker" shall mean a person or persons, other than a parent of\na child alleged or adjudicated to be a destitute child pursuant to this\narticle, who possesses a valid, current court order providing him or her\nwith temporary or permanent guardianship or temporary or permanent\ncustody of said child.\n  (d) "permanency hearing" shall mean a hearing in accordance with\narticle ten-A of this act, as defined in subdivision (k) of section one\nthousand twelve of this act.\n  (e) "commissioner of social services" shall mean the commissioner of\nthe local department of social services or, in a city having a\npopulation of one million or more, the administration for children's\nservices.\n  (f) "Interested adult" shall mean a person or persons over the age of\neighteen, other than a parent or caretaker, who, at the relevant time\nresided with and had responsibility for the day-to-day care of a child\nalleged or adjudicated to be destitute.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2009 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 20-A / Section 2009
Availability of funds
Status: in_force

§ 2009. Availability of funds. The funds appropriated pursuant to this\narticle for services and expenses of the Alzheimer's Community\nAssistance Program (ACAP) to serve persons with Alzheimer's disease and\ntheir caregivers shall be made available to the commissioner for\nexpenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this article. Such\nmonies shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on\nvouchers certified in the manner prescribed by law.\n