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N.Y. LAB Law § 191-A — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 6 / Section 191-A
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 191-a. Definitions. For purposes of this article the term:\n  (a) "Commission" means compensation accruing to a sales representative\nfor payment by a principal, the rate of which is expressed as a\npercentage of the dollar amount of wholesale orders or sales.\n  (b) "Earned commission" means a commission due for services or\nmerchandise which is due according to the terms of an applicable\ncontract or, when there is no applicable contractual provision, a\ncommission due for merchandise which has actually been delivered to,\naccepted by, and paid for by the customer, notwithstanding that the\nsales representative's services may have terminated.\n  (c) "Principal" means a person or company engaged in the business of\nmanufacturing, and who:\n  (1) Manufactures, produces, imports, or distributes a product for\nwholesale;\n  (2) Contracts with a sales representative to solicit orders for the\nproduct; and\n  (3) Compensates the sales representative in whole or in part by\ncommissions.\n  (d) "Sales representative" means a person or entity who solicits\norders in New York state and is not covered by subdivision six of\nsection one hundred ninety and paragraph (c) of subdivision one of\nsection one hundred ninety-one of this article because he or she is an\nindependent contractor, but does not include one who places orders for\nhis own account for resale.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 878 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 27 / Section 878
Annual report
Status: in_force

§ 878. Annual report.  The sheriff shall annually prepare a report of\nthe work release program which shall be transmitted to the legislature\non or before the first day of March in each year. Such annual report\nshall include a summary of the operations and activities of the program\nfor the preceding year and such recommendations for the improvement of\nthe program as the sheriff shall deem necessary and proper.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 239 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 19 / Section 239
Unfit food to be condemned
Status: in_force

§ 239. Unfit food to be condemned. No article of food shall be placed,\nreceived, or kept in any refrigerated warehouse or locker plant unless\nthe same is in an apparently pure and wholesome condition. The\ncommissioner may seize and condemn any articles of food in any\nrefrigerated warehouse or locker plant which are found to be unfit for\nconsumption; and such articles of food shall be destroyed or otherwise\ndisposed of so as to prevent their being used for food.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 3103 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 31 / Section 3103
Non-conforming contracts
Status: in_force

§ 3103. Non-conforming contracts. (a) Except as otherwise specifically\nprovided in this chapter, any policy of insurance or contract of annuity\ndelivered or issued for delivery in this state in violation of any of\nthe provisions of this chapter shall be valid and binding upon the\ninsurer issuing the same, but in all respects in which its provisions\nare in violation of the requirements or prohibitions of this chapter it\nshall be enforceable as if it conformed with such requirements or\nprohibitions.\n  (b) No policy of insurance or contract of annuity delivered or issued\nfor delivery in this state shall provide that the rights or obligations\nof the insured or of any person rightfully claiming thereunder, with\nrespect to:\n  (1) a policy of life, accident and health insurance or contract of\nannuity upon a person resident in this state,\n  (2) a policy of insurance upon property then in this state, or\n  (3) the liabilities to be incurred by the insured as a result of\nactivity then carried on by the insured in this state,\nshall be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than this state.\nThis subsection shall not apply to policies of marine insurance.\n  (c) In any action to recover under the provisions of any policy of\ninsurance or contract of annuity delivered or issued for delivery in\nthis state which the superintendent is authorized by this chapter to\napprove if in his opinion its provisions are more favorable to\npolicyholders, the court shall enforce such policy or contract as if its\nprovisions were the same as those specified in this chapter unless the\ncourt finds that its actual provisions were more favorable to\npolicyholders at the date when the policy or contract was issued.\n
N.Y. FIS Law § 205-A — New York Code / Act FIS / Article 2 / Section 205-A
Report
Status: in_force

§ 205-a. Report. The governor shall by June thirtieth, two thousand\neleven, create a working group to examine ways to improve the efficiency\nand effectiveness of banking regulation and insurance regulation,\nincluding opportunities to integrate certain regulatory activities\nprescribed by the banking law and the insurance law. Such working group\nshall consult, in making its examination, with representatives of the\nbanking, insurance and financial services industries. On or before\nJanuary first, two thousand twelve, the superintendent shall issue a\nreport on the results of this review to the governor, the speaker of the\nassembly and the temporary president of the senate.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 1.05 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 1 / Title A / Article 1 / Section 1.05
General purposes
Status: in_force

§ 1.05 General purposes.\n  The general purposes of the provisions of this chapter are:\n  1. To proscribe conduct which unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or\nthreatens substantial harm to individual or public interests;\n  2. To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct proscribed and of\nthe sentences authorized upon conviction;\n  3. To define the act or omission and the accompanying mental state\nwhich constitute each offense;\n  4. To differentiate on reasonable grounds between serious and minor\noffenses and to prescribe proportionate penalties therefor;\n  5. To provide for an appropriate public response to particular\noffenses, including consideration of the consequences of the offense for\nthe victim, including the victim's family, and the community; and\n  6. To insure the public safety by preventing the commission of\noffenses through the deterrent influence of the sentences authorized,\nthe rehabilitation of those convicted, the promotion of their successful\nand productive reentry and reintegration into society, and their\nconfinement when required in the interests of public protection.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2859 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28-A / Section 2859
Conditions and security for loans
Status: in_force

§ 2859. Conditions and security for loans. No loan shall be made by\nthe New York state housing finance agency or the New York state medical\ncare facilities finance agency to a company until the commissioner has\napproved the project and finds that:\n  (1) The company has complied with all of the provisions of article\ntwenty-eight of this chapter and this article;\n  (2) The plans and specifications conform to the requirements of all\nlaws and regulations applicable thereto and assure adequate light, air,\nsanitation and fire protection and are satisfactory to him;\n  (3) The estimated revenue of the project will be sufficient to cover\nall probable costs of operation and maintenance, of fixed charges and\nsuch reserves as may be authorized by the commissioner or required by\nthe New York state housing finance agency or the New York state medical\ncare facilities finance agency, as the case may be;\n  (4) Provision has been made for the purpose of providing for the\npayment of the difference, if any, between the estimated project cost\nand the loan; and in the event the final project cost shall exceed the\nestimated project cost, the difference between such final project cost\nand the loan;\n  (5) Provision has been made for the filing by the company with the\ncommissioner and the New York state housing finance agency or the New\nYork state medical care facilities finance agency, as the case may be,\nof such financial statements including an annual report setting forth\nsuch information as the commissioner may require; and\n  (6) Provision has been made for the examination by the commissioner\nand the New York state housing finance agency or the New York state\nmedical care facilities finance agency, as the case may be, of the books\nand records of the company.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 145.50 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title I / Article 145 / Section 145.50
Penalties for littering on railroad tracks and rights-of-way
Status: in_force

§ 145.50 Penalties for littering on railroad tracks and rights-of-way.\n  1. No person shall throw, dump, or cause to be thrown, dumped,\ndeposited or placed upon any railroad tracks, or within the limits of\nthe rights-of-way of any railroad, any refuse, trash, garbage, rubbish,\nlitter or any nauseous or offensive matter.\n  2. Where a highway or road lies in whole or part within a railroad\nrights-of-way, nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting\nthe use in a reasonable manner of ashes, sand, salt or other material\nfor the purpose of reducing the hazard of, or providing traction on\nsnow, ice or sleet situated on such highway or road.\n  3. A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of this section\nshall be punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars\nand/or a requirement to perform services for a public or not-for-profit\ncorporation, association, institution or agency not to exceed eight\nhours and for any second or subsequent violation by a fine not to exceed\nfive hundred dollars and/or a requirement to perform services for a\npublic or not-for-profit corporation, association, institution or agency\nnot to exceed eight hours.\n  4. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to a railroad or\nits employees when matter deposited by them on the railroad tracks or\nrights-of-way is done pursuant to railroad rules, regulations or\nprocedures.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 175-M — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 15-A / Section 175-M
Offering baby chicks for sale
Status: in_force

§ 175-m. Offering baby chicks for sale. Before any baby chicks are\noffered for sale at public auction or community sale, except baby chicks\nthat have been duly entered and exhibited at public exhibitions, a\npermit shall be granted to offer such baby chicks for sale by the\ndepartment of agriculture and markets as provided in this article. The\nterm "baby chicks," as used in this article, means any domestic fowl\nunder the age of six weeks.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-S*8 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-S*8
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Arthur Benson Memorial Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 343-s. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Arthur Benson Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state highway\nsystem constituting United States Route two hundred nineteen, in Erie\ncounty from the interchange at New York Route three hundred ninety-one,\nmile marker 219-5312-116.5, in the town of Hamburg, to the terminus of\nthe United States Route two hundred nineteen Expressway at New York\nRoute thirty-nine mile marker 219-5312-103.3, in the town of Concord,\nshall be designated and known as the "Arthur Benson Memorial Highway".\n  * NB There are 12 § 343-s's\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 711 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 34-A / Section 711
Transfer of credit balances prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 711. Transfer of credit balances prohibited. No creditor shall\nwrite-off, delete or transfer any credit balance greater than one dollar\nfrom a consumer credit account except to the extent that the consumer\nhas either received a cash refund or made offsetting purchases.\nProvided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the creditor from\ndeleting a credit balance created through an error.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 222.35 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 222 / Section 222.35
Criminal possession of cannabis in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 222.35 Criminal possession of cannabis in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal possession of cannabis in the second\ndegree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses:\n  1. cannabis and such cannabis weighs more than five pounds; or\n  2. concentrated cannabis and such concentrated cannabis weighs more\nthan two pounds.\n  Criminal possession of cannabis in the second degree is a class E\nfelony.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 722 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 20-A / Section 722
Fiduciary obligations of officers and agents
Status: in_force

§ 722. Fiduciary obligations of officers and agents. No officer or\nagent of a labor organization shall, directly or indirectly\n  1. Have or acquire any pecuniary or personal interest which would\nconflict with his fiduciary obligation to such organization;\n  2. Engage in any business or financial transaction which conflicts\nwith his fiduciary obligation; or\n  3. Act in any way which subordinates the interests of such labor\norganization to his own pecuniary or personal interests.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 476 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 15 / Section 476
Action against attorney for lending his name in suits and against person using name
Status: in_force

§ 476. Action against attorney for lending his name in suits and\nagainst person using name. If an attorney knowingly permits a person not\nbeing his general law partner, or a clerk in his office, to sue out a\nmandate, or to prosecute or defend an action in his name, he, and the\nperson who so uses his name, each forfeits to the party against whom the\nmandate has been sued out, or the action prosecuted or defended, the sum\nof fifty dollars, to be recovered in an action.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 238 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 7 / Section 238
Agreements or contracts for privileges to deal with occupants of tenements, apartment houses or bungalow colonies
Status: in_force

§ 238. Agreements or contracts for privileges to deal with occupants\nof tenements, apartment houses or bungalow colonies. 1. A contract,\nagreement or arrangement entered into or executed by and between the\nowner or prospective owner of an apartment house, tenement or what is\ncommonly known as a bungalow colony connected with common or joint means\nof ingress and egress, whether such apartment house, tenement or\nbungalow colony is in existence or in process of construction or to be\nconstructed in the future, or any person in possession or claiming\npossession of such apartment house, tenement or bungalow colony, or any\npart thereof, including the common or joint means of ingress or egress,\nor any of the agents, employees or servants of such an owner or\npossessors thereof and a dealer in or seller of fuel, ice or food, or\nhis agents, employees or representatives for the purpose of giving to\nsuch dealer or seller the privilege of selling or delivering fuel, ice\nor food, to the persons occupying or to occupy such apartment house,\ntenement or bungalow colony, or any part thereof, is against public\npolicy and void.\n  2. Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, either as the owner\nor prospective owner of such apartment house, tenement or bungalow\ncolony, or any part thereof, including the common or joint means of\ningress or egress, or as an agent, employee or servant of such an owner,\nor any person in possession or claiming possession of such apartment\nhouse, tenement or bungalow colony, or any part thereof, including the\ncommon or joint means of ingress or egress, accept any money, property\nor thing of value for permitting or giving to any person, or his agents,\nemployees or representatives, the privilege of selling or delivering\nfuel, ice or food, to the persons occupying or to occupy such apartment\nhouse, tenement or bungalow colony, or any part thereof, and any person\nwho shall, directly or indirectly, either as a seller of, or dealer in,\nfuel, ice or food, as an agent, employee, or representative of such\nseller or dealer, pay or give any money, property or thing of value, for\nsuch privilege shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. If a corporation is\nconvicted of a violation of this section, it shall be punished by a fine\nof not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars.\n  3. A person occupying an apartment house, tenement or bungalow colony,\nor any part thereof, to whom fuel, ice or food, shall be sold or\ndelivered by a seller or dealer who has paid or given any money,\nproperty or thing of value for the privilege of selling or delivering\nfuel, ice or food, to the persons occupying or to occupy such apartment\nhouse, tenement or bungalow colony, or any part thereof, may recover of\nsuch seller or dealer for his benefit a penalty, in the sum of two\nhundred and fifty dollars, in a civil action brought in a court of\ncompetent jurisdiction.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 220.21 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 220 / Section 220.21
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree
Status: in_force

§ 220.21 Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first\n           degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in\nthe first degree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses:\n  1. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances\ncontaining a narcotic drug and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or\nsubstances are of an aggregate weight of eight ounces or more; or\n  2. methadone and said methadone weighs five thousand seven hundred\nsixty milligrams or more.\n  Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree is a\nclass A-I felony.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 487 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 22 / Section 487
Consistency with federal tax law
Status: in_force

§ 487. Consistency with federal tax law. All actions taken pursuant to\nthis article shall be reviewed for consistency with provisions of the\nfederal internal revenue code and regulations thereunder, in accordance\nwith procedures established in connection with the issuance of any tax\nexempt bonds pursuant to this article, to preserve the tax exempt status\nof such bonds.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 524 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 119 / Section 524
Town of Islip housing authority
Status: in_force

§ 524. Town of Islip housing authority.  A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the town of Islip housing authority is hereby\ncreated and established for the town of Islip in the county of Suffolk,\nfor the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in\narticle eighteen of the constitution of the state of New York. It shall\nconstitute a body corporate and politic, and consist of five members. It\nshall have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by this\nchapter upon municipal housing authorities. It shall be organized in the\nmanner prescribed by and be subject to the provisions of this chapter,\nand the authority, its members, officers and employees and its\noperations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the\nprovisions of this chapter. Such authority shall have perpetual\nduration; provided, however, that if at the expiration of ten years\nsubsequent to the time this section as hereby added takes effect there\nshall be outstanding no bonds or other obligations of such authority\ntheretofore issued for any of the purposes authorized in this chapter,\nthen its corporate existence shall thereupon terminate and such\nauthority shall thereupon be deemed to be and shall be dissolved.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 500 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 11 / Section 500
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 500. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n  1. "Advertisement" means a commercial message in any medium that\ndirectly or indirectly promotes or assists a rental-purchase agreement.\n  2. "Cash price" means the price of the merchandise described in the\nrental-purchase agreement that the consumer may pay in cash to the\nmerchant at the inception of the rental-purchase agreement to acquire\nownership of such merchandise.\n  3. "Consumer" means an individual who leases personal property under a\nrental-purchase agreement.\n  4. "Merchandise" means the personal property that is the subject of a\nrental-purchase agreement.\n  5. "Merchant" means a person who, in the ordinary course of business,\nregularly leases, offers to lease, or acts as an agent for the leasing\nof merchandise under a rental-purchase agreement.\n  6. "Rental-purchase agreement" means an agreement for the use of\nmerchandise by a consumer for primarily personal, family, or household\npurposes, for an initial period of four months or less, that is\nrenewable with each payment after the initial period and that permits\nthe consumer to become the owner of the property. An agreement that\ncomplies with this article is not a retail installment sales contract,\nagreement, or obligation as defined in this chapter nor a security\ninterest as defined in paragraph thirty-five of subsection (b) of\nsection 1--201 of the uniform commercial code.\n  7. "Cost of rental" means the difference between the total of payments\nnecessary to acquire ownership under the rental-purchase agreement and\nthe cash price of the rental merchandise that is subject to the\nrental-purchase agreement.\n  8. "Fee" means any payment, charge, fee, cost, or expense, however\ndenominated, other than a rental payment.\n  9. "Appliance" means and includes any refrigerator, freezer, range\nincluding any cook top or oven, microwave oven, washer, dryer,\ndishwasher, or room air conditioner or air purifier or other machine for\nroutine household tasks.\n  10. "Electronic set" means and includes any television, radio, camera,\nvideo game, computer system or any type of device for the recording,\nstorage, copying, printing, transmission, display, or playback of any\nsound or image.\n  11. "Merchant's cost" means the documented actual cost, including\nactual freight charges, of the rental merchandise to the merchant from a\nwholesaler, distributor, supplier, or manufacturer and net of any\ndiscounts, rebates, and incentives that are vested and calculable as to\na specific item of merchandise at the time the merchant accepts delivery\nof the merchandise.\n  12. "Total of payments" means the total amount of periodic payments\nnecessary to acquire ownership of the merchandise that is the subject of\nthe rental-purchase agreement if the consumer makes all regularly\nscheduled payments.\n  13. "Periodic payment" means a payment to be made by a consumer for\nthe right of the possession and use of merchandise for a specific rental\nperiod, but does not include taxes imposed on such payment.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 35 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 3 / Section 35
Non-liability of authority members
Status: in_force

§ 35. Non-liability of authority members.  No personal liability or\naccountability shall attach to any member of an authority or to any\nperson executing bonds of such authority by reason of the execution or\nissuance thereof.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 1044 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 10 / Part 4 / Section 1044
Definition of "fact-finding hearing"
Status: in_force

§ 1044. Definition of "fact-finding hearing". When used in this\narticle, "fact-finding hearing" means a hearing to determine whether the\nchild is an abused or neglected child as defined by this article.\n