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N.Y. PBS Law § 66-U — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 4 / Section 66-U
Gas safety reports
Status: in_force

§ 66-u. Gas safety reports. 1. On or before April thirtieth of each\nyear, each gas corporation shall file with the department a gas safety\nreport. The department shall review the reports to monitor each gas\ncorporation's pipeline replacement projects and all other activities\nrelated to providing safe and reliable gas service in order to determine\nwhether the projects or activities are being carried out in a manner\nconsistent with this chapter, the commission's rules, regulations and\norders, and any practice the department has deemed necessary for the\nprovision of safe and reliable service, and to track how each gas\ncorporation is spending any funds allocated for pipeline replacement\nprojects and all other activities related to providing safe and reliable\ngas service.\n  2. The gas safety report provided for in subdivision one of this\nsection shall include a thorough description and explanation of the\nstrategic planning and decision-making methodology used to determine and\nprioritize pipeline replacement projects, a description of the\ncorporation's operation and maintenance activities related to gas\nsafety, a description of the corporation's inspections of its intrastate\ntransmission and distribution lines, leak repair information, and any\nother information the department may require. If there has been no\nsubstantial change in a gas corporation's safety report since the gas\nsafety report most recently filed with the department, the corporation,\nwith consent of the department, may file an updated version of such\nreport.\n  2-a. A gas corporation shall also include with its gas safety report a\nlist of pipeline replacement projects completed by a gas corporation\nwithin the last year.\n  3. The commission may take any action to address and/or prevent a\ndeficiency in a gas corporation's prioritization or administration of\nits pipeline replacement projects or operation and maintenance\nactivities related to gas safety, including ordering reasonable\nimprovements that will best promote the public interest, preserve the\npublic health and protect those using gas pursuant to those powers\nprovided to the commission as provided in this chapter, including but\nnot limited to those in section sixty-six of this article.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 603 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 13 / Section 603
Pending actions or proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 603. Pending actions or proceedings. This chapter or anything\ntherein contained shall not affect or abate any actions, proceedings,\ncivil or criminal, pending at the time when this chapter shall take\neffect, brought by, for or against the state, the state division of\nhousing, any municipality, limited-profit housing company, the New York\nstate housing finance agency, limited-dividend housing corporation,\nredevelopment company, urban redevelopment corporation or mortgage\nfacilities corporation, under or in pursuance of the provisions of the\nlaws repealed by this chapter; but all such actions or proceedings may\nbe continued, prosecuted, conducted and completed as if such laws were\nnot repealed but continued to be fully effective.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 10 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 2 / Section 10
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

§ 10. Declaration of policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of\nthe state of New York that adequate, safe and efficient transportation\nfacilities and services at reasonable cost to the people are essential\nto the economic growth of the state and the well-being of its people and\nthat the planning and development of such facilities and services shall\nbe coordinated by a state department of transportation with overall\nresponsibility for balanced transportation policy and planning.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 43-0101 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 43 / Section 43-0101
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

§ 43-0101. Legislative intent.\n  The preservation and enhancement of natural beauty in the state, the\npreservation and conservation of pure water supplies and other natural\nresources, the preservation and development of natural resources and\nrecreational facilities for the benefit of the public, the promotion of\nthe study of history, natural science, and lore, the conservation and\nprotection of state lands in the forest preserve and areas adjacent\nthereto, and the promotion and preservation of the health and welfare of\nthe public residing, sojourning, or visiting therein being the concern\nof the state, the legislature hereby declares it to be in the public\ninterest to preserve, protect, conserve and enhance the unique natural\nscenic beauty and to promote the study of the history, natural science,\nand lore of Lake George and the area near or adjacent thereto and to\nprovide means whereby owners of real property near or adjacent to the\nlake, other interested individuals, corporations, associations,\norganizations, and municipalities bordering on the lake may preserve,\nprotect and enhance the natural scenic beauty of the lake and its\nsurrounding countryside and regulate the use of the lake and the area\nnear or adjacent thereto for appropriate residential, conservation,\nhealth, recreational, and educational purposes.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2904 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29 / Section 2904
State hospital review and planning council
Status: in_force

§ 2904. State hospital review and planning council.  (c) The governor\nshall approve each health systems agency with a defined geographical\nboundary, which shall consist of areas entirely within New York state\nexcept in those areas where a bi-state planning agreement exists. Such\nan agreement, subject to regulations promulgated by the commissioner of\nhealth, shall include but need not be limited to the following\nprovisions: standards for equitable representation of board membership\nfrom each state; boundaries that are consistent with medical trade\npatterns; provisions for financial support from each state; and\ncomparable policies and procedures to be implemented by the bi-state\nhealth systems agency in evaluating the availability and need for\nhospital or other health care facilities or services and governing the\ncollection of data and statistics for health planning. Any such bi-state\nagreement shall be signed by the governor of each state or their\ndesignee or the state's commissioner or secretary of health or their\ndesignee. The governor shall also adopt standards for the approval of\nall health systems agencies. The standards shall also include the\napplicable requirements of any other state or federal law. The charter\nor by-laws of every health systems agency must meet such standards.\nFailure to meet the standards or failure thereafter to maintain such\nstandards shall result in the automatic withdrawal of the approval given\nto the health systems agency.\n  (d) To the maximum extent feasible, the boundaries of the health\nservice areas established by the governor shall be appropriately\ncoordinated with the boundaries of professional standards review\norganizations, existing regional planning areas, and state planning and\nadministrative areas.\n  (g) Any health systems agency, with respect to any of the matters with\nwhich it may deal may hold such public hearings as it may deem\nappropriate and may require the submission of such information and\ndocuments as it may deem appropriate.\n  (h) The members of any health systems agency shall receive no\ncompensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for expenses\nactually and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.\n  (i) No civil action shall be brought in any court against any member,\nofficer or employee of the state council or of any health systems agency\nfor any act done, failure to act, or statement or opinion made, while\ndischarging his duties as a member, officer or employee of the state\ncouncil or agency, without leave from a justice of the supreme court,\nfirst had and obtained. In any event such member, officer or employee\nshall not be liable for damages in any such action if he shall have\nacted in good faith, with reasonable care and upon probable cause.\n  * (j) The council may employ either directly or by contractual\narrangement such personnel necessary for the performance of its\nfunctions and to assist it in rendering independent judgment.\n  * NB Expired January 1, 1986\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 69 — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 69
Seizure of public vessels
Status: in_force

§ 69. Seizure of public vessels. Whenever the inspector shall find\nafter investigation or have reasonable cause to believe that any public\nvessel is being operated in contravention of the provisions of this\narticle, or is being operated by an unlicensed person by and with the\nconsent of the owner, he may seize and impound such vessel until the\ntermination of the action against the owner to recover the penalty\ntherefor and thereafter until the penalty imposed by the court or\njustice has been paid. Such seizure and impoundment of any public vessel\nby the inspector shall be at the owner's risk. Within fifteen days after\nthe entry of judgment by the court or justice, the inspector may, unless\nthe judgment be sooner paid and in lieu of proceeding by body execution,\nsell the public vessel so impounded at public sale upon notice to the\nowner. Notice of the sale, specifying the date, place and hour of the\nsale shall be served upon the owner of the public vessel personally or\nby registered mail addressed to him at his last known post-office\naddress, and published not less than ten days before the sale. The\npublication of notice of sale shall be made in a newspaper or newspapers\ndesignated by the commissioner having general circulation in the county\nwhere the public vessel was seized and impounded.  The proceeds of sale\nshall first be applied in payment of the judgment and expenses of sale\nand the remainder shall be paid to the owner of the public vessel or\nother person lawfully entitled thereto. If the commissioner is unable to\ndetermine by reasonable investigation the person or persons entitled to\nthe remainder of the proceeds of sale, he may deposit the same with the\nsupreme court in the third judicial district for final determination\nthereon.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 210 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 13 / Section 210
Application
Status: in_force

§ 210. Application. This article shall apply to any improvement\ndistrict which shall have adopted a proposition therefor pursuant to\nsubdivision ten of section three hundred forty-one of this chapter.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 699 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 22 / Part 6 / Section 699
Transition provisions
Status: in_force

§ 699. Transition provisions. For purposes of implementation of\nchanges in tax rate and in amounts of taxable income subject to each\nrate applicable to any taxable year (whether or not such taxable year is\na taxable year of twelve months) beginning in nineteen hundred\nninety-five and nineteen hundred ninety-six, under subsections (a), (b)\nor (c) of section six hundred one, the tax is imposed and determined for\neach such taxable year in accordance with the following provisions:\n  (1) Taxable years beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-six. Paragraph\ntwo of subsections (a), (b) and (c) of section six hundred one, relating\nto imposition of the income tax for taxable years beginning in nineteen\nhundred ninety-six, establishes a new tax rate schedule effective on the\nfirst day of the taxpayer's taxable year, except that the highest rate\nof tax of seven percent shall not take effect until the first day of the\nfourth month of the taxpayer's taxable year beginning in nineteen\nhundred ninety-six.  For purposes of implementation of the tax for\ntaxable years beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-six, the highest rate\nof tax in each tax rate schedule shall be administered for the entire\ntaxable year at the rate of 7.125 percent on New York taxable income in\nexcess of (A) twenty-six thousand dollars in the case of married\nindividuals filing joint returns and surviving spouses, (B) seventeen\nthousand dollars in the case of heads of households and (C) thirteen\nthousand dollars in the case of unmarried individuals, married\nindividuals filing separate returns and estates and trusts.\n  (2) Taxable years beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-five. Paragraph\nthree of subsections (a), (b) and (c) of section six hundred one,\nrelating to imposition of the income tax for taxable years beginning in\nnineteen hundred ninety-five, establishes a new tax rate schedule\neffective on the first day of the taxpayer's taxable year, except that\nthe highest rate of tax of seven and one-half percent shall not take\neffect until the first day of the fourth month of the taxpayer's taxable\nyear beginning in nineteen hundred ninety-five. For purposes of\nimplementation of the tax, the highest rate of tax in each tax rate\nschedule shall be administered for the entire taxable year at the rate\nof 7.59375 percent on New York taxable income (A) in excess of\ntwenty-five thousand dollars in the case of married individuals filing\njoint returns and surviving spouses, (B) in excess of nineteen thousand\ndollars in the case of heads of households and (C) in excess of twelve\nthousand five hundred dollars in the case of unmarried individuals,\nmarried individuals filing separate returns and estates and trusts.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 451 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 19 / Section 451
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 451. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the term:\n  1. "Gross receipts from ticket sales" shall mean the total gross\nreceipts of every person from the sale of tickets to any authorized\ncombative sport held in this state, and without any deduction whatsoever\nfor commissions, brokerage, distribution fees, advertising or any other\nexpenses, charges and recoupments in respect thereto.\n  2. "Gross receipts from broadcasting rights" shall mean the total\ngross receipts of every person from the sale, lease or other\nexploitation of broadcasting, television and motion picture rights of\nsuch match or exhibition held in this state, to the extent only,\nhowever, that such price shall be attributable to transmissions and\npresentations received or exhibited in this state, and without any\ndeductions whatsoever for commissions, brokerage, distribution fees,\nadvertising or any other expenses, charges and recoupments in respect\nthereto.\n  3. "Person" includes a corporation, association, club, company,\npartnership, limited liability company, estate, trust, liquidator,\nfiduciary or other entity or individual liable for the tax imposed by\nthis article or under a duty to perform an act under this article.\n  4. "Authorized combative sport" shall mean any combative sport\nauthorized pursuant to section one thousand one of the general business\nlaw.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 209 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 17 / Section 209
Packages containing vinegar to be branded
Status: in_force

§ 209. Packages containing vinegar to be branded. Every manufacturer\nor distributor of vinegar, as defined in section two hundred and seven\nof this chapter, shall plainly brand each cask, barrel or other\ncontainer of such vinegar with his name and place of business, the kind\nof vinegar contained therein, in the terms defined in such section two\nhundred and seven, and the substance or substances from which it was\nmade.\n  No person shall mark or brand as or for cider vinegar, or apple cider\nvinegar, or dried apple vinegar, any package containing that which is\nnot cider vinegar, or apple cider vinegar, or dried apple vinegar, as\ndefined in such section two hundred and seven.\n  Every person who sells any vinegar other than cider vinegar or apple\ncider vinegar not made from whole apples, or dried apple vinegar not\nmade from dried whole apples or from dried chopped apples, except it be\ndelivered to the purchaser in the unbroken branded package of the\nmanufacturer or distributor, shall plainly and conspicuously mark or\nbrand the receptacle or container in which such vinegar is delivered to\nthe purchaser, whether such receptacle or container be furnished by the\nseller or purchaser, with a label showing the kind of vinegar, in the\nterms defined in such section two hundred and seven, so delivered and\nthe substance or substances from which it was made.\n  Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the sale of cider vinegar\nstock, provided it be sold as and for such and in compliance with the\nprovisions of this article as to marking or branding. The term "cider\nvinegar stock" when used herein, shall be construed to mean acetified\napple juice of less acidity than that required for vinegar which\ncontains sufficient alcohol to develop the acidity required in vinegar.\n  The phrase "substance or substances from which it was made," when used\nin this section, shall, when applied to "cider vinegar" or "apple cider\nvinegar" not made from whole apples, be construed to mean the parts of\nthe apples, such as skins and cores, from which the vinegar was made,\nand shall, when applied to "dried apple vinegar" not made from dried\nwhole apples or dried chopped apples, be construed to mean the parts of\nthe dried apples, such as skins, cores or pomace, from which the vinegar\nwas made.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 541 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 5 / Section 541
Adverse possession, how affected by relation of tenants in common
Status: in_force

§ 541. Adverse possession, how affected by relation of tenants in\ncommon. Where the relation of tenants in common has existed, the\noccupancy of one tenant, personally or by his servant or by his tenant,\nis deemed to have been the possession of the other, notwithstanding that\nthe tenant so occupying the premises has acquired another title or has\nclaimed to hold adversely to the other. But this presumption shall cease\nafter the expiration of ten years of continuous exclusive occupancy by\nsuch tenant, personally or by his servant or by his tenant, or\nimmediately upon an ouster by one tenant of the other and such occupying\ntenant may then commence to hold adversely to his cotenant.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 1-102 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 1 / Section 1-102
Powers of incorporated village The citizens of the state of New York, from time to time inhabitants of the territory comprised within the...
Status: in_force

§ 1-102. Powers of incorporated village\n  The citizens of the state of New York, from time to time inhabitants\nof the territory comprised within the boundaries of any village\nheretofore or hereafter incorporated shall continue to be a municipal\ncorporation in perpetuity under its corporate name and the same shall in\nthat name be a body politic and corporate in fact and in law, with power\nof perpetual succession. The village shall have power:\n  1. To take, purchase, hold, lease, sell and convey such real and\npersonal property as the purposes of the corporation may require.\n  2. To take by gift, grant, bequest or devise and hold real and\npersonal estate absolutely or in trust for any purpose of the\ncorporation or for any public use upon such terms or conditions as may\nbe prescribed by the grantor or donor and accepted by said corporation\nand to provide for the proper administration of the same.\n  3. To take unconditionally by gift, grant, bequest or devise for any\nother purpose any real or personal property or estate or interest\ntherein, to hold same for only such time as is reasonably necessary to\nsell, convey or to dispose thereof, and to so sell, convey or dispose\nthereof; notwithstanding that the holding of such property would not be\nfor a purpose of the corporation or for a public use.\n  4. To make, have and use, and from time to time alter, a common seal.\n  5. To contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to complain\nand defend and to institute, prosecute, maintain, defend and intervene\nin, any action or proceeding in any court.\n  6. To have and exercise all the rights, privileges and jurisdiction\nessential to a proper exercise of its corporate function, including all\nthat may be necessarily incident to, or may be fairly implied from the\npowers specifically conferred upon such corporation.\n  7. To have and exercise all the rights, privileges, functions and\npowers prescribed and exercised by it under existing or subsequent laws\nand not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 180.00 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 180 / Section 180.00
Commercial bribing in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 180.00 Commercial bribing in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of commercial bribing in the second degree when he\nconfers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon any employee,\nagent or fiduciary without the consent of the latter's employer or\nprincipal, with intent to influence his conduct in relation to his\nemployer's or principal's affairs.\n  Commercial bribing in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2125 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 21 / Section 2125
Marine insurance; acting as agent, broker or insurer of persons without insurable interest
Status: in_force

§ 2125. Marine insurance; acting as agent, broker or insurer of\npersons without insurable interest.  (a) No person, firm, association or\ncorporation shall knowingly act as insurance agent or act as insurance\nbroker in this state, or shall as insurer knowingly act in this state,\nin the sale, solicitation or negotiation, issuance or delivery of any\nbinder, cover note, certificate, policy or other evidence of a contract\nof marine insurance except on the application and in the name of some\nperson or persons having a bona fide interest, direct or indirect,\neither in the safe arrival of the vessel in relation to which the\ncontract is made or to be made, or in the safety or preservation of the\nsubject matter insured or to be insured, or except on the application\nand in the name of some person or persons having a bona fide reasonable\nexpectation of acquiring such an interest.\n  (b) No insurance broker or other person, firm, association or\ncorporation not having such a bona fide interest or bona fide\nexpectation of acquiring such an interest, shall knowingly apply for,\neffect, accept or transfer in this state any such evidence of a contract\nof marine insurance without having been previously authorized so to do\nby, or by the authority of, a person, firm, association or corporation\nhaving such a bona fide interest or a bona fide expectation of acquiring\nsuch an interest.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 255 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 21 / Section 255
Rules and orders
Status: in_force

§ 255. Rules and orders. The commissioner may adopt and enforce all\nrules and all orders necessary to carry out the provisions of this\narticle. Every rule or order shall be filed in the office of the\ndepartment of state, except an order directed only to a person or\npersons named therein which shall be served by personal delivery of a\ncopy, or by mailing a copy in a sealed envelope with postage prepaid to\neach person to whom such order is directed, or, in the case of a\ncorporation, to any officer or agent of the corporation upon whom a\nsummons may be served in accordance with the provisions of the civil\npractice law and rules.  The filing of any rule and of any order, not\nherein required to be served, in the office of the department of state,\nshall constitute due and sufficient notice to all persons affected by\nsuch rule or order. A rule when duly filed as provided in this section\nshall have the force and effect of law.\n