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N.Y. SAP Law § 303 — New York Code / Act SAP / Article 3 / Section 303
Presiding officers
Status: in_force

§ 303. Presiding officers. Except as otherwise provided by statute,\nthe agency, one or more members of the agency, or one or more hearing\nofficers designated and empowered by the agency to conduct hearings\nshall be presiding officers.  Hearings shall be conducted in an\nimpartial manner. Upon the filing in good faith by a party of a timely\nand sufficient affidavit of personal bias or disqualification of a\npresiding officer, the agency shall determine the matter as part of the\nrecord in the case, and its determination shall be a matter subject to\njudicial review at the conclusion of the adjudicatory proceeding.\nWhenever a presiding officer is disqualified or it becomes impractical\nfor him to continue the hearing, another presiding officer may be\nassigned to continue with the case unless it is shown that substantial\nprejudice to the party will result therefrom.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2863 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28-A / Section 2863
Payment out of earnings of limited-profit nursing home companies
Status: in_force

§ 2863. Payment out of earnings of limited-profit nursing home\ncompanies. There shall be paid annually out of the earnings of the\nlimited-profit nursing home company, after providing for all taxes,\nassessments and expenses, a sum for interest on an amortization of the\nmortgage indebtedness of all mortgages of the company, depreciation\ncharges and reserves if, when and to the extent deemed necessary by the\ncommissioner, plus a dividend of six per centum on outstanding shares\nand interest not exceeding six per centum on the outstanding debentures\nof the company; the obligation in respect to such payments shall be\ncumulative, and any deficiency in interest, amortization, depreciation,\nreserves, if any, and dividends in any year shall be paid either from\nany cash surplus derived from earnings remaining in the treasury of such\ncompany in excess of the amount necessary to provide such cumulative\nannual sums or from the first available earnings in subsequent years.\nIf, at the end of any three year period, the gross receipts should\nexceed the payments or charges necessary for the purposes of the project\nor projects and are not needed for a sinking fund, reserves or other\npurposes, the balance may be paid in further reduction of any\nindebtedness to the extent and upon terms and conditions approved by the\ncommissioner. A sinking fund may be authorized by the commissioner to\npurchase and retire debentures or shares of the company at a price\napproved by the commissioner not exceeding par value thereof with\naccrued or unpaid dividends or interest or, if it is not practical to\npurchase such shares or debentures at a price so approved, the money in\nsuch sinking fund may be added to the surplus of such company. Any\nshares or debentures purchased out of such sinking fund shall be\ncancelled and shall not be reissued.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 251-A — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 8 / Section 251-A
Confidential clerks to justices of supreme court not to be appointed referees, receivers or commissioners
Status: in_force

§ 251-a. Confidential clerks to justices of supreme court not to be\nappointed referees, receivers or commissioners. No person holding the\noffice of confidential clerk or law secretary to a justice of the\nsupreme court shall hereafter be appointed by any court or judge in any\naction or proceeding instituted in the supreme court, a referee,\nreceiver or commissioner, except that in uncontested matrimonial\nactions, a confidential clerk or law secretary who is an attorney in\ngood standing admitted to practice in the state may be appointed by an\nadministrative judge to serve without fee as a referee for the purpose\nof hearing and reporting to the court.\n
N.Y. LLC Law § 1001 — New York Code / Act LLC / Article 10 / Section 1001
Merger or consolidation
Status: in_force

§ 1001. Merger or consolidation. (a) As used in this article, "merger"\nmeans a procedure in which two or more limited liability companies or\nother business entities merge into a single limited liability company or\nother business entity that shall be one of the constituent limited\nliability companies or other business entities, and "consolidation"\nmeans a procedure in which two or more limited liability companies or\nother business entities consolidate into a single limited liability\ncompany or other business entity that shall be a new limited liability\ncompany or other business entity to be formed pursuant to the\nconsolidation.\n  (b) Pursuant to an agreement of merger or consolidation and to the\nextent not expressly prohibited by law, a domestic limited liability\ncompany may merge or consolidate with or into one or more domestic\nlimited liability companies or other business entities formed or\norganized under the laws of this state or any other state or the United\nStates or any foreign country or other foreign jurisdiction, with such\ndomestic limited liability company or other business entity as the\nagreement shall provide being the surviving or resulting domestic\nlimited liability company or other business entity.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 29 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 2 / Section 29
Branch offices; public accommodation offices; approval or refusal; certificate; investigation fee
Status: in_force

§ 29. Branch offices; public accommodation offices; approval or\nrefusal; certificate; investigation fee. When a banking organization\nseeks to open a branch office or public accommodation office, it shall\nsubmit a written application to the superintendent. The application\nshall contain such information as the superintendent deems necessary. At\nthe time of making such application, an investigation fee as prescribed\npursuant to section eighteen-a of this article shall be paid to the\nsuperintendent for each branch office or public accommodation office for\nwhich leave to open is sought. If the superintendent finds that the\nopening of the branch office or public accommodation office is\nconsistent with the declaration of policy set forth in section ten of\nthis article and that the applicant is in compliance with section\ntwenty-eight-b of this article, he or she shall issue a certificate in\ntriplicate under his or her hand and the official seal of the department\nauthorizing the opening and occupation of such branch office or public\naccommodation office and specifying the date on or after which and the\nconditions under which it may be opened and the place where it shall be\nlocated. The superintendent shall cause one of such triplicate\ncertificates to be transmitted to the applicant, another to be filed in\nthe office of the department and the third to be filed in the office of\nthe clerk of the county in which the principal office of the applicant\nis located. If the superintendent shall not find that the opening of the\nbranch or public accommodation office is consistent with the declaration\nof policy set forth in section ten of this article or that the applicant\nis in compliance with section twenty-eight-b of this article, he or she\nshall notify the applicant that the application has been denied.\n  No investigation fee for branch applications shall be collected from\napplicants if such branch applications are filed in conjunction with\nproceedings under section one hundred thirty-six, four hundred ten or\nsubdivision eight of section six hundred five of this chapter.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 190.55 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title I / Article 190 / Section 190.55
Grand jury; matters to be heard and examined; duties and authority of district attorney
Status: in_force

§ 190.55 Grand jury; matters to be heard and examined; duties and\n    authority of district attorney.\n  1.  A grand jury may hear and examine evidence concerning the alleged\ncommission of any offense prosecutable in the courts of the county, and\nconcerning any misconduct, nonfeasance or neglect in public office by a\npublic servant, whether criminal or otherwise.\n  2.  District attorneys are required or authorized to submit evidence\nto grand juries under the following circumstances:\n  (a)  A district attorney must submit to a grand jury evidence\nconcerning a felony allegedly committed by a defendant who, on the basis\nof a felony complaint filed with a local criminal court of the county,\nhas been held for the action of a grand jury of such county, except\nwhere indictment has been waived by the defendant pursuant to article\none hundred ninety-five.\n  (b)  A district attorney must submit to a grand jury evidence\nconcerning a misdemeanor allegedly committed by a defendant who has been\ncharged therewith by a local criminal court accusatory instrument, in\nany case where a superior court of the county has, pursuant to\nsubdivision one of section 170.25, ordered that such misdemeanor charge\nbe prosecuted by indictment in a superior court.\n  (c)  A district attorney may submit to a grand jury any available\nevidence concerning an offense prosecutable in the courts of the county,\nor concerning misconduct, nonfeasance or neglect in public office by a\npublic servant, whether criminal or otherwise.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 6-110 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 6 / Section 6-110
Party nominations; public office
Status: in_force

§ 6-110. Party nominations; public office. All other party nominations\nof candidates for offices to be filled at a general election, except as\nprovided for herein, shall be made at the primary election.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1401 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 14 / Section 1401
Comptroller to maintain public record
Status: in_force

§ 1401. Comptroller to maintain public record. The state comptroller\nshall maintain a public record of all names and last known addresses of\nthe person or persons appearing to be entitled to abandoned property,\nheretofore paid to the state or hereafter paid or delivered to the state\ncomptroller pursuant to this chapter. In addition, the state comptroller\nshall maintain a searchable database on the state comptroller's website\nin such form and manner as the state comptroller deems reasonable and\nappropriate, subject to the requirements set forth in section fourteen\nhundred two of this article. The state comptroller shall place a\ndisclaimer prominently on his or her website advising that this\nsearchable database does not contain complete information with respect\nto abandoned property paid to the state or paid or delivered to the\nstate comptroller, and provide contact information prominently on the\nwebsite to enable interested parties to inquire whether they appear on\nan abandoned property listing. Other identifying information set forth\nin any report or record made or delivered to the state comptroller shall\nbe retained by him but shall be considered confidential and may be\ndisclosed only in the discretion of the state comptroller. The state\ncomptroller shall not reveal the amount of any abandoned property,\nexcept to a person who has presented satisfactory proof of an interest\nin or title to such property.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 116 — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 7 / Section 116
Certificates of deposit
Status: in_force

§ 116. Certificates of deposit. The legislative body of a city may\nauthorize and empower its chief fiscal officer, in his discretion, to\nissue certificates of deposit, each in the sum of ten dollars, or any\nmultiple thereof, and at such a rate of interest, if any, as he shall\nprescribe and to sell the same for not less than their face value at\nprivate sale, in such manner and at such times as he deems best for the\npublic interest so to do. The proceeds of such sales shall be used only\nfor the purpose for which such certificates of deposit are issued. The\ncertificates so sold as aforesaid may be used only by the holders\nthereof for the payment of taxes and/or assessments levied by the city\nwhen such taxes and/or assessments are or shall become due and payable,\nand such certificates shall be taken by the treasurer of such city for\nthe payment of such taxes and/or assessments at the par value thereof\nand any accrued interest thereon, provided, however, that each such\ncertificate shall cease to bear interest after the expiration of two\nyears from the date thereof.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 450 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 20 / Section 450
Expenditure of moneys
Status: in_force

§ 450. Expenditure of moneys. 1. The moneys received by the state from\nthe sale of bonds and/or notes pursuant to the Accelerated Capacity and\nTransportation Improvements of the Nineties Bond Act shall be expended\npursuant to annual appropriations for accelerated capacity and\ntransportation improvements and municipal bridge improvements as defined\nin this article.\n  2. Regional distribution. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovisions of any general or special law, the aggregate value of\nimprovements shall be distributed within the regions of the state in the\nfollowing amounts:\n  (i) for the Hudson Valley region, consisting of Westchester, Rockland,\nPutnam, Dutchess, Columbia, Orange and Ulster counties: four hundred\ntwenty-one million dollars ($421,000,000);\n  (ii) for the Long Island region, consisting of Nassau and Suffolk\ncounties: six hundred ninety million dollars ($690,000,000);\n  (iii) for New York city, consisting of Richmond, Kings, Queens, New\nYork and Bronx counties: six hundred ninety million dollars\n($690,000,000); and\n  (iv) for the upstate region, consisting of all counties of New York\nstate not included in subparagraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) of this\nparagraph: one billion, one hundred ninety-nine million dollars\n($1,199,000,000).\n  (b) Disbursements for such improvements are to be financed from the\nsale of bonds pursuant to the Accelerated Capacity and Transportation\nImprovements of the Nineties Bond Act.\n  3. Program distribution. The moneys received by the state from the\nsale of bonds sold pursuant to the Accelerated Capacity and\nTransportation Improvements of the Nineties Bond Act shall be expended\npursuant to annual appropriations for the following purposes:\n  (a) for reconstruction, replacement, reconditioning and preservation\nof state highways and parkways, and bridges thereon, for the purpose of\nrestoring such facilities to their intended functions; provided,\nhowever, that in Nassau and Suffolk counties such reconstruction,\nreplacement, reconditioning and preservation of state highways and\nparkways, and bridges thereon, shall be targeted to high capacity\nroadways to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion: one billion,\nnine hundred twelve million dollars ($1,912,000,000);\n  (b) for construction, reconstruction and improvement of the state's\nhighways and parkways, and bridges thereon, for the purposes of\naddressing current and projected severe capacity problems as identified\nby the commissioner:  eight hundred thirty-one million dollars\n($831,000,000); and\n  (c) for construction, reconstruction, replacement, preservation,\nenhancement, restoration and improvement of selected municipal bridges\nnot on the state highway system: two hundred fifty-seven million dollars\n($257,000,000).\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 56 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 3 / Section 56
Authorities created prior to the enactment of this chapter
Status: in_force

§ 56. Authorities created prior to the enactment of this chapter.  Any\nauthority created prior to the enactment of this chapter pursuant to the\nprovisions of the municipal housing authorities law shall continue, as\nnow constituted, in existence as an authority under the provisions of\nthis chapter.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 898 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 41 / Section 898
Assistance of other state agencies
Status: in_force

* § 898. Assistance of other state agencies. To effectuate the\npurposes of this article, the director may request and shall be entitled\nto receive from any state agency, and the same are authorized to\nprovide, such assistance, services, facilities, and data as will enable\nthe office to carry out its functions, powers, and duties, and such\ntemporarily or permanently assigned personnel as the director of the\nbudget may approve.\n  * NB Expired March 31, 1985\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 346-A — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12-A / Section 346-A
System of state thruways to be designated as a section of a national network of Blue Star memorial highways
Status: in_force

§ 346-a. System of state thruways to be designated as a section of a\nnational network of Blue Star memorial highways. The state thruways,\ncollectively, provided for by this article, shall be designated as the\nNew York state section of a national network of Blue Star memorial\nhighways, as a living memorial and tribute to those men and women who\nserved in the nation's armed forces in world wars I and II, the Korean\nconflict, the Vietnam conflict, the Grenadan conflict, the Lebanese\nconflicts, the Panamanian conflict and the Persian Gulf War known as\nOperation Desert Shield - Operation Desert Storm. Such designation shall\nnot be considered as an official name for said thruways.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 525 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 5-A / Section 525
Statewide transmission
Status: in_force

§ 525. Statewide transmission. Subject to the general limitations of\nthis article, the provisions of its plan of operation and the rules and\nregulations of the commission, each regional corporation may provide for\ndirect transmission of off-track wagering information to a track within\nits region for the purpose of creating a joint or combined pool as\nrequired by section five hundred twenty-three of this article.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 173 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 15 / Section 173
Apiary industry advisory committee
Status: in_force

§ 173. Apiary industry advisory committee. 1. There is hereby\nestablished within the department an apiary industry advisory committee\nwhich shall consist of no more than fifteen members to be appointed by\nthe commissioner based on their experience and expertise in the apiary\nindustry. Of the members so appointed, at least two members shall\nrepresent each of the three sectors of the apiary industry, commercial\nbeekeepers, part-time beekeepers and hobbyist beekeepers; at least one\nmember shall represent the horticulture or vegetable industry and one\nmember shall be an officer or employee of the Cornell cooperative\nextension service or the New York state college of agriculture and life\nsciences at Cornell university. Members shall be appointed for a term of\nthree years and may serve until their successors are chosen provided,\nhowever, that of the members first appointed, five shall serve for a\nterm of one year, five shall serve for a term of two years, and five\nshall serve for a term of three years. Members shall serve without\nsalary. The commissioner or his or her designee shall be the chairperson\nof the committee.\n  2. The duties and responsibilities of the apiary industry advisory\ncommittee shall include providing advice, comments and recommendations\nto the commissioner regarding state government plans, policies and\nprograms affecting the apiary industry and such other matters as the\ncommissioner may request in relation to this article.\n  3. The advisory committee shall meet at least once annually, at times\nand places set by the commissioner.\n  4. The commissioner may ask other individuals to attend the\ncommittee's meetings or work with it as needed.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-A-528 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2-A / Part 5 / Section 2-A-528
Lessor's Damages for Non-acceptance, Failure to Pay, Repudiation, or Other Default
Status: in_force

Section 2-A-528. Lessor's Damages for Non-acceptance, Failure to Pay,\n                   Repudiation, or Other Default.\n  (1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in\nthe lease agreement (Section 2-A-504) or otherwise determined pursuant\nto agreement of the parties (Sections 1--302 and 2-A-503), if a lessor\nelects to retain the goods or a lessor elects to dispose of the goods\nand the disposition is by lease agreement whether or not the lease\nagreement qualifies for treatment under Section 2-A-527(2), or is by\nsale or otherwise, the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages for\na default of the type described in Section 2-A-523(1) or 2-A-523 (3)(a),\nor, if agreed, for other default of the lessee, (a) accrued and unpaid\nrent as of the date of default if the lessee has never taken possession\nof the goods, or, if the lessee has taken possession of the goods, as of\nthe date the lessor repossesses the goods or an earlier date on which\nthe lessee makes a tender of the goods to the lessor, (b) the present\nvalue as of the date determined under clause (a) of the total rent for\nthe then remaining lease term of the original lease agreement minus the\npresent value as of the same date of the market rent at the place where\nthe goods are located computed for the same lease term, and (c) any\nincidental damages allowed under Section 2-A-530, less expenses saved in\nconsequence of the lessee's default.\n  (2) If the measure of damages provided in subsection (1) is inadequate\nto put a lessor in as good a position as performance would have, the\nmeasure of damages is the present value of the profit, including\nreasonable overhead, the lessor would have made from full performance by\nthe lessee, together with any incidental damages allowed under Section\n2-A-530, due allowance for costs reasonably incurred and due credit for\npayments or proceeds of disposition.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 412 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 14-C / Section 412
Use of revenue of undertaking
Status: in_force

§ 412. Use of revenue of undertaking. Any municipality issuing bonds\nfor the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement,\nbetterment or extension of an undertaking shall have the right to\nappropriate, apply or expend the revenue of such undertaking for the\nfollowing purposes: (a) to pay when due all bonds and interest thereon,\nfor the payment of which such revenue is or shall have been pledged,\ncharged or otherwise encumbered, including reserves therefor, (b) to\nprovide for all expenses of operation and maintenance of such\nundertaking, including reserves therefor, (c) to pay and discharge\nnotes, bonds or other obligations and interest thereon, not issued under\nthis article for the payment of which the revenue of such undertaking\nmay have been pledged, charged or encumbered, (d) to pay and discharge\nnotes, bonds or other obligations and interest thereon, which do not\nconstitute a lien, charge or encumbrance on the revenue of such\nundertaking, which may have been issued for the purpose of financing the\nacquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or\nextension of such undertaking, and (e) provide a reserve for\nimprovements to such undertaking. Unless and until full and adequate\nprovision has been made for the foregoing purposes, no municipality\nshall have the right to transfer the revenue of such undertaking to its\ngeneral fund.\n
N.Y. EDP Law § 301 — New York Code / Act EDP / Article 3 / Section 301
Policy
Status: in_force

§ 301. Policy. The condemnor, at all stages prior to or subsequent to\nan acquisition by eminent domain of real property necessary for a\nproposed public project shall make every reasonable and expeditious\neffort to justly compensate persons for such real property by\nnegotiation and agreement.\n