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N.Y. EPT Law § 10-5.1 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 10 / Part 5 / Section 10-5.1
Scope of the authority of the donee
Status: in_force

§ 10-5.1 Scope of the authority of the donee\n  The scope of the donee's authority as to appointees and as to the time\nand manner of the appointment is unlimited except as the donor manifests\na contrary intention.\n
N.Y. STL Law § 79 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 6 / Section 79
State animal
Status: in_force

§ 79. State animal. The American beaver (Castor canadensis) shall be\nthe official animal of the state of New York.\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 121-804 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 8-A / Section 121-804
Distribution of assets
Status: in_force

§ 121-804. Distribution of assets. Upon the winding up of a limited\npartnership, the assets shall be distributed as follows:\n  (a) to creditors, including partners who are creditors, to the extent\npermitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the limited\npartnership, whether by payment or by establishment of adequate\nreserves, other than liabilities for distributions to partners under\nsection 121-601 or 121-604 of this article;\n  (b) except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners and\nformer partners in satisfaction of liabilities for distributions under\nsection 121-601 or 121-604 of this article; and\n  (c) except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners first\nfor the return of their contributions, to the extent not previously\nreturned, and secondly respecting their partnership interests, in the\nproportions in which the partners share in distributions in accordance\nwith section 121-504 of this article.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 240.61 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title N / Article 240 / Section 240.61
Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 240.61 Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the second\n           degree.\n  A person is guilty of placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in\nthe second degree when he or she places, or causes to be placed, any\ndevice or object that by its design, construction, content or\ncharacteristics appears to be or to contain, a bomb, destructive device,\nexplosive or hazardous substance, but is, in fact, an inoperative\nfacsimile or imitation of such a bomb, destructive device, explosive or\nhazardous substance and which he or she knows, intends or reasonably\nbelieves will appear to be a bomb, destructive device, explosive or\nhazardous substance under circumstances in which it is likely to cause\npublic alarm or inconvenience.\n  Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the second degree is a\nclass E felony.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 708 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 7 / Section 708
Qualification of fiduciaries Before letters are granted to a fiduciary, the fiduciary shall file in the surrogate's court or family court: 1
Status: in_force

§ 708. Qualification of fiduciaries\n  Before letters are granted to a fiduciary, the fiduciary shall file in\nthe surrogate's court or family court:\n  1. An acknowledged instrument stating the fiduciary's domiciliary\naddress and designating the clerk of the court to receive service of any\nprocess issuing from the court in like manner and with like effect as if\nit were served personally upon the fiduciary, whenever the person so\nreceiving letters cannot be found and served within the state after due\ndiligence, which designation shall be irrevocable and shall continue in\neffect so long as the fiduciary remains in office and until full\ncompliance by the fiduciary with the terms of a decree providing for his\nor her final discharge. If the fiduciary shall change his or her address\nso stated the fiduciary shall promptly notify the court of the new\naddress.\n  2. Unless exempted, an official oath taken before any officer\nauthorized to administer oaths, to the effect that the fiduciary will\nwell, faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of the office and the\ntrust reposed in him or her and duly account for all moneys or other\nproperty which may come into his or her hands. The oath shall also\ndescribe the office, and state that the fiduciary is not ineligible to\nreceive letters.\n  3. Such bond as may be required by law or by order of the court.\n  4. In the case of a trust company or other fiduciary exempted by law\nfrom taking an oath of office and filing a bond, an acknowledged consent\nto accept its appointment.\n  5. In the case of a foreign banking corporation or trust company\norganized under the laws of another state, compliance with subdivision 3\nof section 131 of the banking law is required.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 440 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 21 / Section 440
Prohibition of anti-competitive behavior
Status: in_force

§ 440. Prohibition of anti-competitive behavior. A sponsoring campus,\nuniversity or college shall not accept any application to locate in a\ntax-free NY area under subdivision one of section four hundred\nthirty-six of this article from a business that would compete with other\nbusinesses in the same community but outside the tax-free NY area, and\nthe commissioner shall reject any application under subdivision two of\nsection four hundred thirty-six of this article upon determining that\nthe business would compete with other businesses in the same community\nbut outside the tax-free NY area. The commissioner shall issue and\npromulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this\nsection.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 512 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 5 / Section 512
Redeemable shares
Status: in_force

§ 512. Redeemable shares.\n  (a) Subject to the restrictions contained in section 513 (Purchase,\nredemption and certain other transactions by a corporation with respect\nto its own shares) and paragraph (b) of this section, a corporation may\nprovide in its certificate of incorporation for one or more classes or\nseries of shares which are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the\noption of the corporation, the holder or another person or upon the\nhappening of a specified event.\n  (b) No redeemable common shares, other than shares of an open-end\ninvestment company, as defined in an act of congress entitled\n"Investment Company Act of 1940", as amended, or of a member corporation\nof a national securities exchange registered under a statute of the\nUnited States such as the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,\nor of a corporation described in this paragraph, shall be issued or\nredeemed unless the corporation at the time has outstanding a class of\ncommon shares that is not subject to redemption. Any common shares of a\ncorporation which directly or through a subsidiary has a license or\nfranchise to conduct its business, which license or franchise is\nconditioned upon some or all of the holders of such corporation's common\nshares possessing prescribed qualifications, may be made subject to\nredemption by the corporation to the extent necessary to prevent the\nloss of, or to reinstate, such license or franchise.\n  (c) Shares of any class or series which may be made redeemable under\nthis section may be redeemed for cash, other property, indebtedness or\nother securities of the same or another corporation, at such time or\ntimes, price or prices, or rate or rates, and with such adjustments, as\nshall be stated in the certificate of incorporation.\n  (d) Nothing in this section shall prevent a corporation from creating\nsinking funds for the redemption or purchase of its shares to the extent\npermitted by section 513 (Purchase, redemption and certain other\ntransactions by a corporation with respect to its own shares).\n
N.Y. COR Law § 264 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 11 / Section 264
Form and service of subpoena; witness fees
Status: in_force

§ 264. Form and service of subpoena; witness fees. A subpoena, or\nsubpoena duces tecum, issued in conformity with the provisions of this\narticle, shall be signed by the governor's secretary, and be attested by\nthe privy seal of the state. A subpoena issued under this section shall\nbe regulated by the civil practice law and rules.\n
N.Y. VOL Law § 42 — New York Code / Act VOL / Article 4 / Section 42
Reports of injuries, claims and proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 42. Reports of injuries, claims and proceedings. If an injury is one\nfor which an insurance carrier might be liable under a contract of\ninsurance or a county plan of self-insurance might be required to pay,\nthe officer to whom a notice of injury is required to be delivered or\nmailed and with whom the claim in relation to such injury is required to\nbe filed under the provisions of this chapter shall send a copy of such\nnotice and claim and a copy of any notice of a proceeding relating to an\ninjury or claim to such insurance carrier or county plan of\nself-insurance, as the case may be, promptly after receiving the same.\nThe political subdivision liable for the payment of benefits under this\nchapter shall keep such records and make such reports to the chairman of\nthe workmen's compensation board as required by section one hundred ten\nof the workmen's compensation law, which by section fifty-seven of this\nchapter is made applicable to this chapter. Failure to comply with the\nprovisions of this section shall not relieve such an insurance carrier\nof liability or a county plan of self-insurance from its obligation to\npay.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 140 — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 8 / Title C / Section 140
Maintenance and reporting of performance ratings
Status: in_force

§ 140. Maintenance and reporting of performance ratings. 1. All\ndepartmental agencies of the state government, whether known as\ndepartments, institutions, boards, commissions, or otherwise, shall keep\nand report, if requested by the civil service department, performance\nratings of employees, based on standards of performance established by\nsuch respective agencies and approved by the civil service department,\nfor the purpose of recording in terms of quality, quantity, and other\nfactors, the relative efficiency of employees engaged in the same or\nsimilar lines of work, under the rules prescribed by the state civil\nservice commission.\n  2. The state civil service department shall use such performance\nratings as a basis for determining the rendition of satisfactory service\nnecessary for advancement from one rate of compensation to another. Such\ndepartment, in its discretion, may use such performance ratings as a\nfactor in promotion examinations.\n  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this\nsection, during periods of time when there is in effect an agreement\nbetween the state and an employee organization reached pursuant to the\nprovisions of article fourteen of the civil service law or a performance\nevaluation plan administered pursuant to rules and regulations\npromulgated by the director of the budget, the provisions of such\nagreement and/or the provisions of such rules and regulations shall be\napplicable.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-U*5 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-U*5
Portion of state highway system to be designated and known as the "Officer Joseph D
Status: in_force

* § 343-u. Portion of state highway system to be designated and known\nas the "Officer Joseph D. Corr Memorial Highway". All that portion of\nthe state highway system constituting state route eight hundred forty\nfrom its intersection with state route eight in New Hartford to its\ntermination at Halsey Road in Whitestown in Oneida county shall be\ndesignated and known as the Officer Joseph D. Corr Memorial Highway.\n  * NB There are 8 § 343-u's\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 270.40 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title P / Article 270 / Section 270.40
Unlawfully installing a gas meter
Status: in_force

§ 270.40 Unlawfully installing a gas meter.\n  1. As used in this section "gas meter" means any gas meter that\nmeasures usage of any end use customer of gas services.\n  2. A person is guilty of unlawfully installing a gas meter when he or\nshe installs the gas meter or is the owner of the premises where the\nmeter is unlawfully installed and knows that such gas meter was\nunlawfully installed. A gas meter is unlawfully installed when it is\ninstalled by any person other than a person acting on behalf of a\nutility corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the public service\ncommission, unless such person has received a permit to install the gas\nmeter from the appropriate permitting authority.\n  Unlawfully installing a gas meter is a class B misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 14.06 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title C / Article 14 / Section 14.06
Sculpture; written records
Status: in_force

§ 14.06. Sculpture; written records. 1. Any foundry or person in this\nstate producing one or more sculptures for any person subsequent to the\neffective date of this article shall prepare, and maintain for a period\nof not less than twenty-five years from the date of such production,\nrecords that shall contain all of the information required to be\nprovided pursuant to subdivisions one and two of section 15.10 of this\nchapter. Such records shall be open for inspection by the attorney\ngeneral during ordinary business hours upon notice of no less than three\nbusiness days.\n  2. A duplicate of the written instrument provided to a purchaser by an\nart merchant or art merchant's agent supplying information pursuant to\narticle fifteen of this chapter shall be retained by such art merchant\nand the art merchant's agent for a period of not less than ten years\nfrom the date of sale of the work, and shall be similarly considered a\ncertificate of authenticity subject to the provisions of section 13.03\nof this chapter.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 18-403 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 18-C / Section 18-403
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 18-403. Severability. If any provision of this article or\napplication thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the\ninvalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this\narticle that can be given effect without the invalid provision or\napplication, and to this end the provisions of this article shall be\nseverable.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 206 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 2 / Section 206
Arbitration
Status: in_force

§ 206. Arbitration.\n  (a) Threshold questions under CPLR article 75. If an action of which\nthe court has jurisdiction has been duly commenced therein, and there\narises in such action any questions relating to the arbitrability of the\ncontroversy, the court shall have jurisdiction completely to dispose of\nsuch questions and CPLR article 75 shall be applicable thereto.  But the\ncourt shall not have jurisdiction of the special proceeding, as set\nforth in CPLR § 7502 (a), used to bring before a court the first\napplication arising out of an arbitrable controversy, except as provided\nin subdivision (b).\n  (b) Proceedings on award under CPLR article 75. Where a controversy\nhas been duly arbitrated and an award made therein is for relief which\nis within the court's jurisdiction, the court shall have jurisdiction of\nproceedings under CPLR §§ 7510 through 7514, relating to judicial\nrecognition of such awards, which provisions shall be applicable\nthereto.\n  (c) Arbitration distinct from CPLR article 75. The rules may provide\nsystems of arbitration and conciliation of claims within the court's\njurisdiction without reference to CPLR article 75.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1910 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 19 / Section 1910
Costs upon appeal
Status: in_force

§ 1910. Costs upon appeal.\n  (a) Costs upon an appeal may be awarded by the appellate court in its\ndiscretion, and if awarded shall be as follows:\n  1. To the appellant upon reversal, not more than thirty dollars.\n  2. To the respondent upon affirmance, not more than twenty-five\ndollars.\n  3. To either party upon modification, not more than twenty-five\ndollars.\n  (b) Costs upon appeal from the judgment or order of the appellate\ncourt shall be as provided in the CPLR.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 121 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 6 / Section 121
Establishment and maintenance of free public baths
Status: in_force

§ 121. Establishment and maintenance of free public baths. Any city,\nvillage or town may establish and maintain free public baths, and any\ncity, village or town may appropriate of its funds for the purpose of\nestablishing such free public baths.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 562 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5 / Part 5 / Section 562
Proceedings to compel support by mother and father
Status: in_force

§ 562. Proceedings to compel support by mother and father.\nProceedings to compel a father who does not deny paternity of a child\nand the mother of the child to support the child may be instituted in\naccord with the provisions of article four of this act, unless an\nagreement or compromise is made in accord with section five hundred\nseventeen.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2444 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 24-A / Section 2444
Human research review committees
Status: in_force

§ 2444. Human research review committees.  1. Each public or private\ninstitution or agency which conducts, or which proposes to conduct or\nauthorize, human research, shall establish a human research review\ncommittee. Such committee shall be composed of not less than five\npersons, approved by the commissioner, who have such varied backgrounds\nas to assure the competent, complete and professional review of human\nresearch activities conducted or proposed to be conducted or authorized\nby the institution or agency. No member of a committee shall be involved\nin either the initial or continuing review of an activity in which he\nhas a conflicting interest, except to provide information required by\nthe committee. No committee shall consist entirely of persons who are\nofficers, employees, or agents of, or who are otherwise associated with\nthe institution or agency, apart from their membership on the committee,\nand no committee shall consist entirely of members of a single\nprofessional group.\n  2. The human research review committee in each institution or agency\nshall require that institution or agency to promulgate a statement of\nprinciple and policy in regard to the rights and welfare of human\nsubjects in the conduct of human research, and the committee and the\ncommissioner shall approve that statement prior to its taking effect.\nThe committee shall review each proposed human research project to\ndetermine (1) its necessity; (2) that the rights and welfare of the\nhuman subjects involved are adequately protected, (3) that the risks to\nthe human subjects are outweighed by the potential benefits to them or\nby the importance of the knowledge to be gained; (4) that the voluntary\ninformed consent is to be obtained by methods that are adequate and\nappropriate, and (5) that the persons proposed to conduct the particular\nmedical research are appropriately competent and qualified. The\ncommittee shall periodically examine each existing human research\nproject with regard to the proper application of the approved principles\nand policies which the institution or agency has promulgated. The\ncommittee shall report any violation to the commissioner. In addition to\nthe voluntary informed consent of the proposed human subject as required\nby section twenty-four hundred forty-two of this chapter, the consent of\nthe committee and the commissioner shall be required with relation to\nthe conduct of human research involving minors, incompetent persons,\nmentally disabled persons and prisoners.\n  3. Each person engaged in the conduct of human research or proposing\nto conduct human research shall affiliate himself with an institution or\nagency having a human research review committee, and such human research\nas he conducts or proposes to conduct shall be subject to review by such\ncommittee in the manner set forth in this section.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 1204-A — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 22 / Section 1204-A
Pick up of member contributions by employer
Status: in_force

* § 1204-a. Pick up of member contributions by employer. a.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, each participating employer\nshall pick up the member contributions required to be made under section\ntwelve hundred four of this article by its employees and shall do so by\nreducing the salary of each of its employees to which this section is\napplicable by that amount which each such employee is required to\ncontribute under section twelve hundred four of this article. The\ncontributions so picked up shall be paid by each participating employer\nin lieu of the member contributions to be paid by its employees under\nthis section and shall be treated as employer contributions in\ndetermining income tax treatment under section 414(h) of the Internal\nRevenue Code. With the exception of federal income tax treatment, the\nmember contributions picked up pursuant to this subdivision shall for\nall other purposes, including computation of retirement benefits and\ncontributions by employers and employees, be deemed employee salary.\n  b. Any employee (subject to this article) of a participating employer\nwho, in lieu of joining a public retirement system of the state, elected\nan optional retirement program to which their employers are thereby\nrequired to contribute shall, in order for the provisions of this\nsubdivision to apply, be required to execute a salary reduction\nagreement (in accordance with the regulations promulgated under section\n403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code) in an amount equal to the employee\ncontributions which would otherwise be mandatory under the provisions of\nstate law. With the exception of federal income tax treatment, the\nemployee contributions picked up or paid pursuant to this subdivision\nshall for all other purposes, including computation of retirement\nbenefits and contributions by employers and employees, be deemed\nemployee salary. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall be\nconstrued as superseding any provision of law which limits the salary\nbase for computing retirement benefits payable by a public retirement\nsystem.\n  * NB See ch 525/2011 § 7 for effectiveness\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3033 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 30 / Section 3033
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 3033. Rules and regulations. The commissioner, upon approval of the\nstate emergency medical services council, may promulgate rules and\nregulations to effectuate the purposes of this article, provided,\nhowever, that sections three thousand thirty and three thousand\nthirty-one of this article shall be subject to the provisions of section\nthree thousand thirty-four of this article.\n