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N.Y. NPC Law § 708 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 7 / Section 708
Action by the board
Status: in_force

§ 708. Action by the board.\n  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any reference in\nthis chapter to corporate action to be taken by the board shall mean\nsuch action at a meeting of the board.\n  (b) Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or\nthe by-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken by the board\nor any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members\nof the board or the committee consent to the adoption of a resolution\nauthorizing the action. Such consent may be written or electronic. If\nwritten, the consent must be executed by the director by signing such\nconsent or causing his or her signature to be affixed to such consent by\nany reasonable means including, but not limited to, facsimile signature.\nIf electronic, the transmission of the consent must be sent by\nelectronic mail or other electronic means and set forth, or be submitted\nwith, information from which it can reasonably be determined that the\ntransmission was authorized by the director. The resolution and the\nwritten consents thereto by the members of the board or committee shall\nbe filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board or committee.\n  (c) Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or\nthe by-laws, any one or more members of the board or of any committee\nthereof who is not physically present at a meeting of the board or a\ncommittee may participate by means of a conference telephone or similar\ncommunications equipment or by electronic video screen communication.\nParticipation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a\nmeeting as long as all persons participating in the meeting can hear\neach other at the same time and each director can participate in all\nmatters before the board, including, without limitation, the ability to\npropose, object to, and vote upon a specific action to be taken by the\nboard or committee.\n  (d) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the vote of a\nmajority of the directors present at the time of the vote, if a quorum\nis present at such time, shall be the act of the board. Directors who\nare present at a meeting but not present at the time of a vote due to a\nconflict of interest or related party transaction shall be determined to\nbe present at the time of the vote for purposes of determining if a\nquorum is present at such time.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 82 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 3 / Section 82
Certain acts prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 82. Certain acts prohibited. Any employee or agent of the\ncommissioner who divulges any confidential fact or information which may\ncome to his knowledge during the course of any inspection or examination\nof the property, accounts, records or memoranda of any person,\ncorporation or municipality subject to the jurisdiction of the\ncommissioner, except insofar as he may be directed by the commissioner,\nor by a court or judge, or authorized by law, shall be guilty of a\nmisdemeanor.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 500-E — New York Code / Act COR / Article 20 / Section 500-E
Reading matter; divine service
Status: in_force

§ 500-e. Reading matter; divine service.  Each keeper shall provide a\nbible to be kept in each room of the jail in his charge, and he shall\npermit the persons therein confined to be supplied with other suitable\nand proper books and papers, and if practicable, he shall cause divine\nservice to be conducted for the benefit of the prisoners, at least once\neach Sunday, if there shall be room in the prison that may be safely\nused for that purpose.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 83.11 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 83 / Section 83.11
Taking testimony in another state
Status: in_force

§ 83.11 Taking testimony in another state.\n  (a) In a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian of the person or\nprotective proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may be\navailable, testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be\noffered by deposition or other means allowable in this state for\ntestimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order\nthat the testimony of a witness be taken in another state and may\nprescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is\nto be taken.\n  (b) In a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian of the person or\nprotective proceeding, a court in this state may permit a witness\nlocated in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone or\naudiovisual or other electronic means. A court of this state shall\ncooperate with the court of the other state in designating an\nappropriate location for the deposition or testimony.\n  (c) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of\nthis state by technological means that do not produce an original\nwriting may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the\nbest evidence rule.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1439-K*2 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-2*2 / Section 1439-K*2
Deposit and disposition of revenue
Status: in_force

* § 1439-k. Deposit and disposition of revenue. 1. All taxes,\npenalties and interest imposed by the town under the authority of\nsection fourteen hundred thirty-nine-b of this article, which are\ncollected by the treasurer or his or her agents, shall be deposited in a\nsingle trust fund for the town and shall be kept in trust and separate\nand apart from all other monies in possession of the treasurer. Moneys\nin such fund shall be deposited and secured in the manner provided by\nsection ten of the general municipal law. Pending expenditure from such\nfund, moneys therein may be invested in the manner provided in section\neleven of the general municipal law. Any interest earned or capital gain\nrealized on the moneys so deposited or invested shall accrue to and\nbecome part of such fund.\n  2. The treasurer shall retain such amount as he or she may determine\nto be necessary for refunds with respect to the tax imposed by the town,\nunder the authority of section fourteen hundred thirty-nine-b of this\narticle, out of which the treasurer shall pay any refunds of such taxes\nto those taxpayers entitled to a refund pursuant to the provisions of\nthis article.\n  3. The treasurer, after reserving such refunds, shall on or before the\ntwelfth day of each month pay to the town supervisor the taxes,\npenalties and interest imposed by the town under the authority of\nsection fourteen hundred thirty-nine-b of this article, collected by the\ntreasurer, pursuant to this article during the next preceding calendar\nmonth. The amount so payable shall be certified to the town supervisor\nby the treasurer, who shall not be held liable for any inaccuracy in\nsuch certification. Provided, however, any such certification may be\nbased on such information as may be available to the treasurer at the\ntime such certification must be made under this section. Where the\namount so paid over to the town in any such distribution is more or less\nthan the amount due to the town, the amount of the overpayment or\nunderpayment shall be certified to the town supervisor by the treasurer,\nwho shall not be held liable for any inaccuracy in such certification.\nThe amount of the overpayment or underpayment shall be so certified to\nthe town supervisor as soon after the discovery of the overpayment or\nunderpayment as reasonably possible and subsequent payments and\ndistributions by the treasurer to the town shall be adjusted by\nsubtracting the amount of any such overpayment from or by adding the\namount of any such underpayment to such number of subsequent payments\nand distributions as the treasurer and town supervisor shall consider\nreasonable in view of the overpayment or underpayment and all other\nfacts and circumstances.\n  4. All monies received from the treasurer shall be deposited in the\nfund of the town, pursuant to section sixty-four-i of the town law.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2027\n  * NB There are 3 § 1439-k's\n
N.Y. STT Law § 301 — New York Code / Act STT / Article 3 / Section 301
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 301. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "electronic signatures and records act".\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 970-Q — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-C / Section 970-Q
Annual report
Status: in_force

§ 970-q. Annual report. The municipality shall submit to the state\ncomptroller, on or before March thirty-first of each year, a progress\nreport and financial statement for the preceding calendar year for each\nredevelopment project undertaken pursuant to this article.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 901 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 9 / Section 901
Power of merger or consolidation
Status: in_force

§ 901. Power of merger or consolidation.\n  (a) Two or more domestic corporations may, as provided in this\nchapter:\n  (1) Merge into a single corporation which shall be one of the\nconstituent corporations; or\n  (2) Consolidate into a single corporation which shall be a new\ncorporation to be formed pursuant to the consolidation.\n  (b) Whenever used in this article:\n  (1) "Merger" means a procedure of the character described in\nsubparagraph (a) (1).\n  (2) "Consolidation" means a procedure of the character described in\nsubparagraph (a) (2).\n  (3) "Constituent corporation" means an existing corporation that is\nparticipating in the merger or consolidation with one or more other\ncorporations.\n  (4) "Surviving corporation" means the constituent corporation into\nwhich one or more other constituent corporations are merged.\n  (5) "Consolidated corporation" means the new corporation in which two\nor more constituent corporations are consolidated.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 380.95 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title L / Article 380 / Section 380.95
Reporting convictions of certain school employees
Status: in_force

* § 380.95 Reporting convictions of certain school employees.\n  Upon conviction of a teacher, as defined in subparagraph three of\nparagraph b of subdivision seven-a of section three hundred five of the\neducation law, of a sex offense or sex offenses defined in subparagraph\ntwo of paragraph b of subdivision seven-a of section three hundred five\nof the education law, the district attorney or other prosecuting\nauthority who obtained such conviction shall provide notice of such\nconviction to the commissioner of education identifying the sex offense\nor sex offenses of which the teacher has been convicted, the name and\naddress of such offender and other identifying information prescribed by\nthe commissioner of education, including the offender's date of birth\nand social security number, to the extent consistent with federal and\nstate laws governing personal privacy and confidentiality of\ninformation. Such district attorney or other prosecuting authority shall\ninclude in such notice the name and business address of the offender's\ncounsel of record in the criminal proceeding.\n  * NB There are 2 § 380.95's\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 1-305 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 1 / Part 3 / Section 1-305
Remedies to be Liberally Administered
Status: in_force

Section 1--305. Remedies to be Liberally Administered.\n  (a) The remedies provided by this act must be liberally administered\nto the end that the aggrieved party may be put in as good a position as\nif the other party had fully performed but neither consequential or\nspecial damages nor penal damages may be had except as specifically\nprovided in this act or by other rule of law.\n  (b) Any right or obligation declared by this act is enforceable by\naction unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and\nlimited effect.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-E*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-E*2
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Private First Class Douglas Cordo Memorial Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 344-e. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Private First Class Douglas Cordo Memorial Highway". All that portion\nof the state highway system constituting state route thirty-two in the\ncounty of Ulster beginning at the intersection of state route thirty-two\nand state route nine-W in the town of Ulster, continuing in a generally\nnortherly direction on state route thirty-two, and terminating at the\nintersection of state route thirty-two and state route nine-W in the\ntown of Saugerties, shall be designated and known as the "Private First\nClass Douglas Cordo Memorial Highway".\n  * NB There are 13 § 344-e's\n
N.Y. PML Law § 315 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 3 / Section 315
Bond required of corporation or association conducting pari-mutuel betting
Status: in_force

§ 315. Bond required of corporation or association conducting\npari-mutuel betting. Every corporation or association licensed by the\ncommission to conduct harness horse race meetings at which pari-mutuel\nbetting shall be permitted, annually and before the opening of any race\nmeeting shall execute and file with the state comptroller a bond to this\nstate in a penalty to be fixed by the department of taxation and finance\nnot exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars, with sureties approved\nby the attorney general, that it will keep its books and records and\nmake reports as required by sections two hundred twenty-two through\nseven hundred five of this chapter, that it will pay to the state all\ntaxes imposed by this chapter, that it will distribute to the patrons of\npari-mutuel pools conducted by it all sums due upon presentation of\nwinning tickets held by them, and that it will otherwise comply with all\nof the provisions of sections two hundred twenty-two through seven\nhundred five of this chapter and with the rules and regulations\nprescribed by the commission and the department of taxation and finance.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 2013 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 20 / Section 2013
Jury trial; submission to jury
Status: in_force

§ 2013. Jury trial; submission to jury.\n  Whenever a case is submitted to the jury, the jury shall be placed in\ncharge of any peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, or\npolice officer designated by the court.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 49 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 2 / Section 49
Inactive national guard
Status: in_force

§ 49. Inactive national guard.  The inactive national guard shall\nconsist of the persons commissioned, appointed or enlisted therein or\nassigned thereto at this date, such officers and enlisted men as may be\nhereafter transferred thereto from the New York army national guard and\nthe New York air national guard and such persons as may be enlisted\ntherein under the laws of the United States and the regulations issued\nthereunder.\n
N.Y. FEA Law § 10 — New York Code / Act FEA / Section 10
Wage freeze
Status: in_force

* § 10. Wage freeze. 1. Increases in salary or wages of employees of\nthe city and employees of covered organizations which have taken effect\nsince June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-five or which will take\neffect after that date pursuant to collective bargaining agreements or\nother analogous contracts, now in existence or hereafter entered into,\nrequiring such salary increases as of July first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-five or as of any date thereafter are hereby suspended. All\nincreased payments for holiday and vacation differentials, shift\ndifferentials, salary adjustments according to plan and step-ups or\nincrements for employees of the city and employees of covered\norganizations which have taken effect since June thirtieth, nineteen\nhundred seventy-five or which will take effect after that date pursuant\nto collective bargaining agreements or other analogous contracts\nrequiring such increased payments as of July first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-five as of any date thereafter are hereby, in the same manner,\nsuspended. For the purposes of computing the pension base of retirement\nallowances, the suspended salary or wage increases and the suspended\nother payments shall not be considered as part of compensation or final\ncompensation or of annual salary earned or earnable. The suspensions\nprovided herein shall be effective for the first pay period ending on or\nsubsequent to September first, nineteen hundred seventy-five and shall\ncontinue until one year thereafter and, to the extent of any\ndetermination of the board that a continuation of such suspensions, to a\ndate specified by the board, is necessary in order to achieve the\nobjectives of the financial plan, such suspensions shall be continued to\nthe date specified by such board, which date shall in no event be later\nthan the end of the emergency period.\n  2. This section shall not be applicable to employees of the city or\nemployees of a covered organization covered by a collective bargaining\nagreement or an employee of the city or a covered organization not\ncovered by a collective bargaining agreement where the collective\nbargaining representative or such unrepresented employee has agreed to a\ndeferment of salary or wage increase, by an instrument in writing which\nhas been certified by the mayor on or before September first, nineteen\nhundred seventy-five, or certified by the board after September first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-five as being an acceptable and appropriate\ncontribution toward alleviating the fiscal crisis of the city. The board\nmay, if it finds that the fiscal crisis has been sufficiently alleviated\nor for any other appropriate reason, direct that the suspensions of\nsalary or wage increases or suspensions of other increased payments\nshall, in whole or in part, be terminated.\n  3. The provisions of this section shall terminate on July first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-eight.\n  * Terminates July 1, 2035 or ... see § 13\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 400 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 13 / Section 400
Sheriff may command power of county to overcome resistance
Status: in_force

§ 400. Sheriff may command power of county to overcome resistance. If\na sheriff, to whom a mandate is directed and delivered, finds, or has\nreason to apprehend, that resistance will be made to the execution\nthereof, he may command all persons in his county, or as many as he\nthinks proper, and with such arms as he directs, to assist him in\novercoming the resistance and, if necessary, in arresting and confining\nthe resisters, their aiders and abettors, to be dealt with according to\nlaw.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 348 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 16 / Section 348
Local organizing committee; responsibilities
Status: in_force

§ 348. Local organizing committee; responsibilities. (a) The local\norganizing committee may not engage in any conduct that reflects\nunfavorably upon this state, the endorsing municipality, or the olympic\ngames, or that is contrary to law or to the rules and regulations of the\nUnited States olympic committee and the international olympic committee.\n  (b) By December first, two thousand five the local organizing\ncommittee shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide adequate\nsecurity, acceptable to the state to demonstrate the local organizing\ncommittee's ability to indemnify and insure the first twenty-five\nmillion dollars of any net financial deficit resulting from the conduct\nof the games for which the endorsing municipality and state would be\nliable under a games support contract. Such security may be provided\nthrough the establishment of an internal guaranty fund, insurance\ncoverage, letters of credit, or other acceptable security instruments,\nor by any combination thereof. Any such security shall identify the\nendorsing municipality and the state as additional insureds.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 902 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 41 / Section 902
Federal and local government participation
Status: in_force

* § 902. Federal and local government participation. 1. Federal and\nlocal government agencies involved in the administration of a program\ngrant or technical assistance effort designed to improve physical or\neconomic conditions in distressed urban areas shall be encouraged to\nparticipate in the assistance services of the office and to make\ninformation available to applicants through the office with respect to\nany related program undertaking, project, or activity which is referred\nto the office under the provisions of this article.\n  2. The director shall consult with federal and local government\nofficials with respect to cooperation in coordinating federal, state and\nlocal assistance programs to distressed urban areas and shall recommend\nto the governor and the legislature any programs which would facilitate\nsuch coordination.\n  * NB Expired March 31, 1985\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2776 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 27-E / Section 2776
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

§ 2776. Powers and duties.  1. The institute shall have the following\npowers and duties:\n  (a) to develop and promote scientific investigations into the cause,\nprevention, methods of treatment, and cure of the acquired diseases of\nimmunosuppression;\n  (b) to develop and promote programs of professional education and\ntraining and improvements in instrumentation as necessary adjuncts to\nsuch scientific investigations;\n  (c) to develop and maintain a clearing house within the department for\ninformation collected on acquired immune deficiency syndrome, including\na catalogue of the existing medical literature and the results of\nexisting epidemiological studies;\n  (d) to develop and promote an outreach campaign directed toward\ntargeted high risk populations to provide coordinated information\nregarding the treatment and counseling programs and sources of financial\nassistance available; and\n  (e) to promote the availability of supportive services for affected\npersons.\n  2. Personal data in any investigations, reports and information\nrelating thereto shall be kept confidential and be afforded all of the\nprotections provided by the provisions of paragraph (j) of subdivision\none of section two hundred six of the public health law. The institute\nmay, however, from time to time publish analyses of such scientific\ninvestigations in such a manner as to assure that the identities of the\nindividuals concerned cannot be ascertained.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 517 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 12 / Section 517
How net earnings credited for dividend purposes, credits to surplus fund and to undivided profits, dividends to stockholders
Status: in_force

§ 517. How net earnings credited for dividend purposes, credits to\nsurplus fund and to undivided profits, dividends to stockholders. When\nthe net earnings of an investment company having preferred shares issued\nand outstanding have been determined at the close of a dividend period,\nif the surplus fund does not equal twenty per centum of the investment\ncompany's capital, one-tenth of such net earnings shall be credited to\nthe surplus fund, or so much thereof, less than one-tenth, as will make\nsuch fund equal twenty per centum of such capital. The balance of such\nnet earnings, or the entire amount thereof if such fund equals such\ntwenty per centum, may be credited to the investment company's profit\nand loss account; or, if its expenses and losses for such dividend\nperiod exceed its gross earnings, such excess shall be charged to its\nprofit and loss account. The credit balance of such account shall\nconstitute the undivided profits at the close of such dividend period,\nwhich undivided profits shall be available for dividends.\n  The directors of any investment company may annually, semi-annually or\nquarterly, but not more frequently, declare such dividends as they shall\njudge expedient from such undivided profits; provided, however, that the\ndirectors of any such company may declare a dividend in the last month\nof the fiscal year of such company, in lieu of any other semi-annual or\nquarterly declaration in the same fiscal year. No investment company\nshall declare any dividends to its stockholders until it shall have made\ngood any existing impairment of its capital and any existing\nencroachment on its reserves required to be maintained against deposits.\n