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N.Y. BNK Law § 257 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 6 / Section 257
Duties of trustees and officers
Status: in_force

§ 257. Duties of trustees and officers. 1. Trustees and officers shall\ndischarge the duties of their respective positions in good faith and\nwith that degree of diligence, care and skill which prudent men would\nexercise under similar circumstances in like positions. In discharging\ntheir duties, trustees and officers, when acting in good faith, may rely\n(a) upon financial statements of the savings bank represented to them to\nbe correct by the president or the officer of the savings bank having\ncharge of the books of account, or stated in a written report by an\nindependent public or certified public accountant or firm of such\naccountants fairly to reflect the financial condition of such savings\nbank and (b) upon reports required to be submitted to them by any\nprovision of this chapter or prepared in the ordinary course of business\nby an officer or committee charged with the responsibility therefor.\nNothing in this section shall be deemed to require the trustees to\nperform functions vested in any committee, officer or other person\npursuant to the provisions of any other section of this chapter.\n  2. An action may be brought against one or more trustees or officers\nof a savings bank to procure a judgment for the following relief:\n  (a) To compel the defendant to account for his official conduct in the\nfollowing cases:\n  (1) The neglect of, or failure to perform, or other violation of his\nduties in the management and disposition of the savings bank's assets\ncommitted to his charge.\n  (2) The acquisition by himself, transfer to others, loss or waste of\nthe savings bank's assets due to any neglect of or failure to perform,\nor other violation of his duties.\n  (b) To set aside a conveyance, assignment or transfer of the savings\nbank's assets by one or more trustees or officers, contrary to a\nprovision of law, where the transferee knew the purpose of the transfer.\n  (c) To enjoin such a conveyance, assignment or transfer of the savings\nbank's assets by one or more of the trustees or officers where there is\ngood reason to apprehend that it will be made.\n  3. Subject to section six hundred thirty-one of this chapter, an\naction may be brought for the relief provided in this section by a\nsavings bank or an officer, trustee or judgment creditor thereof.\n  4. This section shall not affect any liability otherwise imposed by\nlaw upon any trustee or officer.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 529 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-BBB / Section 529
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 529. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n  1. "Merchant acquirer" means an entity that establishes a relationship\nwith a merchant for the purposes of processing credit, debit, or prepaid\ntransactions.\n  2. "Payment card network" means an entity that provides services that\nroute transactions between participants on the network to conduct debit,\ncredit, or prepaid transactions for the purpose of authorization,\nclearance, or settlement.\n  3. "Person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership or\nassociation, two or more persons having a joint or common interest or\nany other legal or commercial entity.\n  4. "Issuer" means a person who issues a credit card or a debit card.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 9-X*2 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 1 / Section 9-X*2
Fees based on inactivity; notification
Status: in_force

* § 9-x. Fees based on inactivity; notification. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law or rule or regulation to the contrary, any\nfinancial institution subject to the provisions of this chapter,\nincluding any bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan\nassociation, credit union, mortgage broker, mortgage banker, or other\ninvestment entity, whether headquartered within or outside the state,\nwhich provides an account to a customer shall provide written notice of\nthe pending charges to a customer thirty days prior to charging any fee\nbased on account inactivity. Such notice shall include a telephone\nnumber and full contact information for a representative of the\nfinancial institution responsible for resolving any matter relating to\nthe fee. A notification by electronic mail shall satisfy the writing\nrequirement for the purposes of this section.\n  * NB There are 2 § 9-x's\n
N.Y. STF Law § 99-PP*3 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 99-PP*3
Animal shelter regulation fund
Status: in_force

* § 99-pp. Animal shelter regulation fund. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance, a fund to be known as the animal\nshelter regulation fund.\n  2. Such fund shall consist of all monies collected pursuant to article\ntwenty-six-C of the agriculture and markets law, and all other monies\ncredited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant\nto law.\n  3. Monies of the fund shall be expended solely for the purposes of\ncarrying out the provisions of article twenty-six-C of the agriculture\nand markets law. Monies shall be paid out of the fund on the audit and\nwarrant of the state comptroller on vouchers approved by the\ncommissioner of agriculture and markets. Any interest received by the\ncomptroller on monies on deposit in the animal shelter regulation fund\nshall be retained in and become part of such fund.\n  * NB There are 3 § 99-pp's\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2614 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 26 / Section 2614
Discrimination because of past lawful travel
Status: in_force

§ 2614. Discrimination because of past lawful travel. No insurer or\nentity authorized to offer the kinds of insurance specified in paragraph\none, two or three of subsection (a) of section one thousand one hundred\nthirteen of this chapter, nor any agent, officer or employee of such\ninsurer or entity shall make any distinction or otherwise discriminate\nbetween persons, reject an applicant, cancel a policy or demand or\nrequire a higher rate of premium for reasons associated with an\napplicant's or insured's past lawful travel experiences.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 79-F — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 7 / Section 79-F
Liability for acts of persons assisting police officers
Status: in_force

§ 79-f. Liability for acts of persons assisting police officers.  1.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, general or special\nor local, the state shall save harmless and protect any person who, upon\nbeing lawfully commanded, renders assistance to a police officer\nemployed by the state in the performance of his duties, from any\nfinancial loss arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by\nreason of alleged negligence, other than gross negligence, or an alleged\ntortious act of the person rendering such assistance which results in\nbodily injury or property damage; any political subdivision of the state\nshall save harmless and protect any person who, upon being lawfully\ncommanded, renders assistance to a police officer of such political\nsubdivision in the performance of his duties, from any financial loss\narising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged\nnegligence, other than gross negligence, or an alleged tortious act of\nthe person rendering such assistance which results in bodily injury or\nproperty damage; any agency of the state shall save harmless and protect\nany person who, upon being lawfully commanded, renders assistance to a\npolice officer of such agency in the performance of his duties, from any\nfinancial loss arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by\nreason of alleged negligence, other than gross negligence, or an alleged\ntortious act of the person rendering such assistance which results in\nbodily injury or property damage.\n  2. The state or an agency or political subdivision thereof shall not\nbe subject to the duty imposed by this section, unless the person who\nrendered assistance shall, within ten days of the time he is served with\nany summons, complaint, process, notice, demand or pleading, deliver the\noriginal or a copy thereof to the chief legal officer of the state or\nagency or political subdivision thereof, as the case may be.\n  3. Thereafter, the state, agency or political subdivision, as the case\nmay be, shall be entitled to appear in any further proceedings arising\nunder this section.\n  4. As used in this section the term police officer means any member of\na duly organized police force or department of any county, city, town,\nvillage, municipality, authority, police district, regional state park\ncommission when employed full time in the enforcement of the general\ncriminal laws of the state, or any member of the state police or a\nsheriff, undersheriff or deputy sheriff, other than a special deputy\nsheriff.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 37.01 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title M / Article 37 / Section 37.01
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 37.01. Definitions. As used in sections 37.03 and 37.05 of this\narticle:\n  1. "Person" means any individual, company, society, association,\ncorporation, manager, contractor, subcontractor, partnership, bureau,\nagency, service, office or the agent or employee of the foregoing.\n  2. "Fee" means anything of value, including any money or other\nvaluable consideration charged, collected, received, paid or promised\nfor any service, or act rendered or to be rendered by an employment\nagency, including but not limited to money received by such agency or\nits emigrant agent which is more than the amount paid by it for\ntransportation, transfer of baggage, or board and lodging on behalf of\nany applicant for employment.\n  3. "Theatrical employment agency" means any person (as defined in\nsubdivision one hereof) who procures or attempts to procure employment\nor engagements for an artist, but such term does not include the\nbusiness of managing entertainments, exhibitions or performances, or the\nartists or attractions constituting the same, where such business only\nincidentally involves the seeking of employment therefor.\n  4. "Theatrical engagement" means any engagement or employment of an\nartist in employment described in subdivision three of this section.\n  5. "Artist" shall mean actors and actresses rendering services on the\nlegitimate stage and in the production of motion pictures, radio\nartists, musical artists, musical organizations, directors of legitimate\nstage, motion picture and radio productions, musical directors, writers,\ncinematographers, composers, lyricists, arrangers, models, and other\nartists and persons rendering professional services in motion picture,\ntheatrical, radio, television and other entertainment enterprises.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 79-Q — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 7 / Section 79-Q
Collection of gender or sex designation information by state agencies
Status: in_force

§ 79-q. Collection of gender or sex designation information by state\nagencies. 1. All New York state agencies that collect demographic\ninformation about a person's gender or sex shall make available to the\nperson at the point of data collection an option to mark their gender or\nsex as "x".\n  2. Where applicable federal law requires a state agency to collect sex\nor gender data as either "m" or "f", the state agency shall create a\nseparate field for state purposes so that a person has the option to\nmark their gender or sex as "x" to be collected by the state.\n  3. All state agencies shall update any applicable physical and online\nforms or data systems by January first, two thousand twenty-three,\nexcept the department of labor, the office of children and family\nservices, the office of temporary and disability assistance and the\ndivision of criminal justice services, which shall update any applicable\nforms or data systems by January first, two thousand twenty-four.\n  4. A state agency that cannot comply with the requirements of this\nsection shall, at least sixty days before the applicable deadline, post\npublicly on its website a written progress report that describes with\nspecificity the steps the agency has taken to comply with this section,\nthe impediments that prevented compliance, the efforts undertaken by the\nagency to come into compliance, and an estimated time frame for\ncompliance. The written report shall be updated every six months from\nthe date of the original posting.\n  5. By January first, two thousand twenty-five, the governor shall post\non a publicly available website and submit to the temporary president of\nthe senate and the speaker of the assembly a written report listing\nevery agency that has not yet complied with this section. Such report\nshall include the latest progress reports for each non-compliant agency.\nSuch annual report shall be updated every year by January first;\nprovided that once all agencies have complied with the requirements of\nthis section, the governor shall post on a publicly available website\nand submit to the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of\nthe assembly a certification of compliance with this section, and no\nfurther annual report shall be required.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 562 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 20 / Section 562
Abuse and neglect notification
Status: in_force

§ 562. Abuse and neglect notification. 1. (a) Upon receiving a request\nfor criminal history information, pursuant to section eight hundred\nforty-five-b of this chapter, for a prospective employee or volunteer of\na facility or provider licensed, operated, or certified by the office\nfor people with developmental disabilities, the justice center shall\nfurnish a summary of any substantiated reports in its possession\nregarding a final finding of category two conduct pursuant to section\nfour hundred ninety-three of the social services law, by a prospective\nemployee or volunteer. The justice center shall provide such summary\nreport to the authorized person as defined in paragraph (b) of\nsubdivision one of section eight hundred forty-five-b of this chapter\nand at that same time furnish such documents to the prospective employee\nor volunteer at the address for such person listed on the request.\n  (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, a facility or\nprovider licensed, operated or certified by the office for people with\ndevelopmental disabilities shall be provided a summary of any final\nfinding of category two conduct pursuant to section four hundred\nninety-three of the social services law, for a current employee or\nvolunteer, where the substantiated category two conduct in such summary\noccurred at another facility or provider agency. The justice center\nshall additionally provide such summary to the employee or volunteer if\nsuch summary has not previously been provided.\n  (c) For the purposes of this subdivision, a final finding of category\ntwo conduct shall mean a finding for which all relevant hearings and\nappeals have been exhausted and has not been sealed in accordance with\nsection four hundred ninety-three of the social services law.\n  2. The summary report provided by the justice center to a provider of\nservices pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be received\nby the provider subject to the confidentiality provisions of subdivision\nseven of section eight hundred forty-five-b of this chapter.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1973 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 19-A / Section 1973
Commencement of proceeding
Status: in_force

§ 1973. Commencement of proceeding. 1. After all provisions of section\nnineteen hundred seventy-two of this article have been complied with,\nthe department may commence a proceeding in a court of competent\njurisdiction in the county in which the dwelling is located, to vest\ntitle to the property in the city, town or village.\n  2. The petition in such proceeding shall be accompanied by a copy of\nthe certification and proof by affidavit that the provisions of section\nnineteen hundred seventy-two have been complied with and that no party\nserved with the notice pursuant to such section has taken the\nappropriate action prescribed therein in response thereto.\n  3. A copy of the petition shall be served on all persons to whom\nnotice was given pursuant to section nineteen hundred seventy-two of\nthis title by personal service pursuant to article three of the civil\npractice law and rules. A notice of pendency shall be filed in\naccordance with the provisions of section sixty-five hundred one of the\ncivil practice law and rules. A copy of the petition shall also be\nposted in a conspicuous place on the premises in question, accompanied\nby a notice that any person having or claiming an interest in the\nproperty may appear at the hearing thereon to protect his interest.\n  4. The petition shall be noticed to be heard not less than fifteen\ndays after service is completed on all parties to the proceeding.\n  5. A special proceeding pursuant to this article may also be commenced\nby order to show cause, in which case the manner of service and the time\nat which the order is returnable shall be as prescribed therein by the\ncourt.\n
N.Y. ABC Law § 127-A — New York Code / Act ABC / Article 8 / Section 127-A
Surrender and cancellation of permits; payment of refunds; notice to police officials
Status: in_force

§ 127-a. Surrender and cancellation of permits; payment of refunds;\nnotice to police officials.  The procedure prescribed by the provisions\nof section one hundred twenty-seven of this chapter shall be applicable\nto permits issued pursuant to this chapter. Notwithstanding anything to\nthe contrary contained in this chapter, no refund shall be payable with\nrespect to any special permit issued pursuant to section ninety-nine-c.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 252 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 9 / Section 252
Maintenance of bridge
Status: in_force

§ 252. Maintenance of bridge. When a toll bridge shall have been\nacquired by the state under the provisions of this article it shall be\nmaintained as a free bridge and the expense thereof shall be a charge\nupon the town or towns or city or cities within which it is situated.\nUpon the acquisition of any toll bridge as provided in this article, the\nboard or boards of supervisors of the county or counties in which said\ntoll bridge is located shall upon notice of such acquisition from the\ncomptroller, accept and maintain the same as a part of the highway\nsystem of said county or counties and such acceptance shall be deemed to\nhave been formerly taken at the expiration of twenty days from the\nnotice of said acquisition by the state comptroller.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 176-E — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 11 / Section 176-E
Training requirements for fire commissioners
Status: in_force

§ 176-e. Training requirements for fire commissioners. Each fire\ncommissioner shall attend and successfully complete a\ncommissioner-specific state-approved training course within two hundred\nseventy days of the taking of such office. The course will contain\ntraining related to legal, fiduciary, financial, procurement, and\nethical responsibilities and such other disciplines as may be prescribed\nby the state comptroller. Such course shall be prescribed and certified\nin rules promulgated by the state comptroller. The manner, frequency,\nand duration of such course shall be established by such rules. Course\nmaterials should be made available upon request. When approved by the\nboard of fire commissioners in advance of a commissioner attending such\ntraining course, the actual and necessary expenses incurred by a\ncommissioner in successfully completing the training required by this\nsection shall be a charge against the fire district.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 114-C — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 7 / Section 114-C
Multiple offenses
Status: in_force

§ 114-c. Multiple offenses. Any provision of this chapter which\nimposes additional penalties for a second or subsequent offense shall\napply whenever the prior offense was committed by a substantially owned\naffiliated entity of the party subject to penalty.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 210 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 2 / Section 210
Protest against release
Status: in_force

§ 210. Protest against release. Any person may file, at any time, with\nthe commissioner, a protest, stating his name, residence and post-office\naddress, against the release by the state of any interest of the people\nof the state acquired by escheat, in any real property described in such\nprotest.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 169 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 14 / Section 169
Delegation of powers and immunities in regard to dutch elm disease in municipalities
Status: in_force

§ 169. Delegation of powers and immunities in regard to dutch elm\ndisease in municipalities.  The powers and immunities prescribed and\ngranted in sections one hundred sixty-four, one hundred sixty-five and\none hundred sixty-seven of this article may, within the limits of any\nmunicipality, be exercised and enjoyed by the appropriate officers and\nemployees of such municipality with respect and in regard to the dutch\nelm disease, if with the approval of the commissioner and under the\ndirection of the commissioner or his representative and if the local\nlegislative body of any such municipality by local law or ordinance\nelects to exercise and enjoy such powers and immunities.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 67 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 3 / Section 67
Hearing
Status: in_force

§ 67. Hearing. On the day specified in the order, and before any other\nproceedings are taken in the matter, the petitioner must present to the\ncourt, and file with the clerk, proof, to the satisfaction of the court,\nthat the order has been published and served, as prescribed in the last\nsection; and thereupon, on the same day, or upon the day to which the\nhearing is adjourned, the court must hear the allegations and proofs of\nthe parties appearing. Proof of personal service of a copy of the order\nupon any person, must be made, in like manner as proof of the personal\nservice of a summons, in an action brought in the supreme court.\n