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N.Y. GBS Law § 520-E — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-A / Section 520-E
Grace period for use of credit card reward points
Status: in_force

§ 520-e. Grace period for use of credit card reward points. 1. As used\nin this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n  (a) "credit card points" or "points" shall mean denominated units that\ncan be accumulated in an account in connection with a credit card\nreward, loyalty, or other incentive program, often referred to as points\nor for certain travel-related rewards as miles, which are redeemable,\nfungible, or otherwise exchangeable, in whole or in part, for rewards;\n  (b) "rewards" shall mean goods, services, cash, merchant-specific gift\ncards, travel benefits, or one or more other things of value;\n  (c) "rewards program" shall mean any agreement between a holder and an\nissuer regarding points related to an account; and\n  (d) "modified" or "modification" shall mean a change that has the\neffect of eliminating points, reducing the value of points, affecting\nthe ability of a holder to accumulate points, limiting or reducing\nrewards availability, limiting a holder's use of points or the credit\ncard account, otherwise diminishing the value of the rewards program or\nthe credit card account to the holder or changing the obligations of the\nholder with respect to the rewards program or credit card account.\n  2. If any credit card account or rewards program is modified,\ncancelled, closed or terminated, the holder must be provided notice from\nthe issuer of such cancellation, closure, termination or modification as\nsoon as possible, and in any event within forty-five days of such\ncancellation, closure, termination or modification. Beginning with the\ndate on which notice is sent, the holder shall have ninety days to\nredeem, exchange, or otherwise use any credit card points that the\nholder accumulated at the time of such modification, cancellation,\nclosure, or termination as permitted under the terms of the agreement or\nagreements between the holder and the issuer which is servicing the\napplicable credit card account or related rewards program, subject to\nthe availability of rewards.\n  3. It shall be unlawful for any agreement between an issuer and a\nholder, or any rewards program, to provide for the expiration,\nforfeiture or cancellation of credit card points prior to the expiration\nof the ninety day period set forth in subdivision two of this section.\n  4. The provisions of subdivisions two and three of this section shall\nnot apply in the case of fraud by the holder with respect to the credit\ncard account or any related rewards program, or misuse by the holder of\nthe credit card account or any related rewards program.\n  5. Any agreement entered into by a holder that waives, limits or\ndisclaims the rights set forth in this section shall be void as contrary\nto public policy.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1309 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 13 / Section 1309
General provisions 1
Status: in_force

§ 1309. General provisions\n  1. The use of this article in the settlement of a small estate without\nthe formality of court administration is permissive and not mandatory.\n  2. As a matter of comity a debtor, transfer agent, safe deposit\ncompany, bank, trust company or person in this state holding personal\nproperty of a non-domiciliary decedent, may recognize a certified copy\nof an affidavit or of a short certificate of a judge or clerk of a\nprobate court made under a statute of another state, providing for the\nsettlement of small estates without administration, for the purpose of\ncollecting or obtaining possession of an asset of a decedent in his\nstate, provided that debtors, transfer agents, safe deposit companies,\nbanks, trust companies or persons in such other state holding personal\nproperty of a domiciliary decedent shall, whether pursuant to statute or\notherwise, recognize and pay or transfer his personal property pursuant\nto a short certificate of the court made under this article.\n  3. A debtor, transfer agent, safe deposit company, bank, trust company\nor person of another state, shall not be liable to any person in respect\nof any payment, transfer or delivery of personal property made to a\nvoluntary administrator pursuant to such short certificate.\n  4. As used in this section, the word "state" means any state of the\nUnited States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto\nRico, and the territories and possessions of the United States.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 189-G — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 11-A / Section 189-G
Appointment of district treasurer
Status: in_force

§ 189-g. Appointment of district treasurer. The board of fire\ncommissioners shall appoint to serve during its pleasure, a district\ntreasurer, who shall receive and have the custody of the funds of the\ndistrict and shall disburse the same for the purposes herein authorized\non the order of the board of fire commissioners. The board of fire\ncommissioners also shall appoint a district secretary, who shall have\nthe custody of all the records, books and papers of the district. The\nsecretary shall attend all meetings of the board of fire commissioners\nand act as clerk thereof, shall keep a complete and accurate record of\nthe proceedings of each meeting; and shall have and exercise such\nadditional duties as the board of fire commissioners may determine not\ninconsistent with law.\n
N.Y. IND Law § 103 — New York Code / Act IND / Article 8 / Section 103
Consent of chiefs to sale of timber
Status: in_force

§ 103. Consent of chiefs to sale of timber.  Any Indian having tribal\nlands allotted to him by the chiefs, if the consent of such chiefs is\nentered in the clerk's book, may sell for his own benefit any timber or\ntrees on that portion of such lands which he shall actually and in good\nfaith clear for the purposes of cultivation.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 18-1828 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 18 / Section 18-1828
Vote on commission report
Status: in_force

§ 18-1828 Vote on commission report. A commission appointed pursuant\nto this article shall report to the board of trustees within the time\nprovided in the local law creating such commission unless the board of\ntrustees, on its own motion, elects to extend such time, but in no\nevent, shall such time to report be extended more than ninety days. In\nthe event the commission prepares a local law establishing the position\nof village manager, such local law shall be filed with the board of\ntrustees who shall submit such local law to the village attorney or an\nattorney employed by the village to review the legal sufficiency of such\nlocal law. The attorney shall review such local law and report to the\nboard whether or not such local law complies with sections twenty and\ntwenty-seven of the municipal home rule law and whether such local law\nis consistent with the constitution and other laws of this state. If\nsuch local law be filed after the first day of the month in which the\ngeneral village election is to be held and before the first day of the\nmonth two months prior to the next general village election, a\nproposition for the approval of such local law shall be submitted at a\nspecial election of such village to be held not less than ten nor more\nthan sixty days after the filing of such petition. If such local law be\nso filed on or after the first day of the month two months prior to the\ndate on which the general village election is to be held and on or\nbefore the first day of the month in which the general village election\nis to be held, the proposition for the approval of such local law shall\nbe submitted at the said general village election. A special election\nhereunder shall be noticed, conducted, canvassed and otherwise held in\nthe same manner as provided in article nine of this chapter.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 83.13 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 83 / Section 83.13
Significant connection factors
Status: in_force

§ 83.13 Significant connection factors.\n  In determining under section 83.17 and subdivision (e) of section\n83.31 of this article whether a respondent has a significant connection\nwith a particular state, the court shall consider:\n  (a) the location of the respondent's family and other persons required\nto be notified of the proceeding;\n  (b) the length of time the respondent at any time was physically\npresent in the state and the duration of any absence;\n  (c) the location of the respondent's property; and\n  (d) the extent to which the respondent has ties to the state such as\nvoting registration, state or local tax return filing, vehicle\nregistration, driver's license, social relationship, and receipt of\nservices.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 22.01 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title E / Article 22 / Section 22.01
Special definitions
Status: in_force

§ 22.01. Special definitions. As used or referred to in this article,\nall terms shall have the meanings set forth in section 20.03 of this\nchapter, except that the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n  1. "County" shall mean the county of Onondaga.\n  2. "County executive" shall mean the county executive of the county of\nOnondaga.\n  3. "Not-for-profit cultural organization" shall mean a not-for-profit\ncultural organization as defined in section 20.03 of this chapter which\nis located in the county of Onondaga.\n  4. "Facility" shall mean a facility for a not-for-profit cultural\norganization.\n  5. "Trust for cultural resources" or "trust" shall mean the trust for\ncultural resources of the county of Onondaga created by this article.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1318 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 13 / Section 1318
Unclaimed spousal and child support
Status: in_force

§ 1318. Unclaimed spousal and child support. Any amount representing\nchild support or child and spousal support paid to a support collection\nunit established by a social services district which has been delivered\nto the state comptroller pursuant to subdivision seven of section one\nhundred eleven-h of the social services law shall be deemed abandoned\nproperty. On or before the tenth day of April in each year, such\nabandoned property shall be paid to the state comptroller. Such payment\nshall be accompanied by a verified written report in such form as the\nstate comptroller may prescribe.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 274 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5-A / Section 274
Extension of the district
Status: in_force

§ 274. Extension of the district. A county district may be extended so\nas to include territory not previously included within its boundaries in\nthe same manner as hereinbefore prescribed for the original\nestablishment of the district.  If the cost of establishment of the\noriginal district and of providing the improvement therein was assessed,\nlevied and collected pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred\nseventy, then the cost of the extension and of the improvements therein\nshall be assessed, levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of\nsaid section. If the cost of establishment of the original district and\nof providing of the improvement therein was assessed, levied and\ncollected pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred seventy-one,\nthen the cost of the extension and of the improvement therein shall be\nassessed, levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of said\nsection. The cost of the extension shall include such proportion of the\ncost of the system of the original district as the board of supervisors\nshall determine.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 322 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 11 / Section 322
Trees, removal from highway bounds
Status: in_force

§ 322. Trees, removal from highway bounds. Any tree standing or lying\non land within the bounds of any highway shall be for the proper use of\nthe owner or occupant of such land.  Except in villages of the first and\nsecond class, no growing tree shall be cut down, removed or destroyed\nwithout the written consent of (a) the commissioner of transportation,\nif it is within the bounds of a state highway, or (b) the county\nsuperintendent, if it is within the bounds of a county road, or (c) the\ntown superintendent, if it is within the bounds of a town highway. Where\na right of way has been or shall be acquired, under the provisions of\nthis chapter, for a highway of any class, the owner of the tree shall\nhave and may harvest for his own use the fruit upon all fruit-bearing\ntrees left standing from time to time within the right of way so\nacquired.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 177 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 8 / Section 177
Amendment, revocation and transfer of certificates and permits
Status: in_force

§ 177. Amendment, revocation and transfer of certificates and permits.\n1. Certificates and permits shall be effective from the date specified\ntherein, and shall remain in effect until terminated as herein provided.\nAny such certificate or permit may, upon application of the holder and\nin the discretion of the commissioner, be amended or revoked, in whole\nor in part, or may be suspended, cancelled, revoked or modified pursuant\nto section one hundred forty-five of this chapter.\n  2. Any certificate or permit may be suspended by the commissioner\nwithout hearing for failure to file or keep in force a tariff or a\ncontract as required by sections one hundred seventy-nine and one\nhundred eighty of this article; for failure to comply with the insurance\nrequirements of section one hundred thirty-nine of this chapter; for\nfailure to file annual reports as required by the regulations of the\ncommissioner; or for failure to adhere to the safety requirements of\nsection one hundred forty of this chapter. Any such certificate or\npermit so suspended may thereafter be revoked in no less than thirty\ndays after the date of suspension ordered by the commissioner without\nhearing if the carrier does not comply with the tariff, contract,\ninsurance, annual reporting or safety requirements.\n  3. Certificates or permits shall not be assigned, transferred or\nleased in any manner nor shall the right to operate under any\ncertificate or permit be leased without prior approval of the\ncommissioner, upon such notice as the commissioner shall deem\nappropriate. The assignment, transfer or lease of a certificate, or the\nright to operate under any certificate, shall not be approved unless the\ncommissioner shall find that it is in the public interest to do so. All\napplications for assignment, transfer or lease must be in such form as\nprescribed by the commissioner.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 899-AAA — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 39-G / Section 899-AAA
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 899-aaa. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n  1. "Certificate" means a certificate of registration issued under this\narticle.\n  2. "Department" means the New York state department of state.\n  3. "Document" means any record kept, held, filed, produced or\nreproduced by, with or for a person or business entity, in any physical\nform whatsoever including, but not limited to, reports, statements,\nexaminations, memoranda, opinions, folders, files, books, manuals,\npamphlets, forms, papers, designs, drawings, maps, photos, letters,\nmicrofilms, or computer tapes or discs.\n  4. "Document destruction" means the burning, pulverizing, or shredding\nof a record, or any action taken to render the personal identifying\ninformation contained on a record unreadable and incapable of\nreconstruction.\n  5. "Document destruction contractor" means a person, firm or\ncorporation that owns or operates a business, the principal purpose of\nwhich is to destroy records containing personal identifying information\nfor a fee, and for whom the total cash price of all of his, her or its\ndocument destruction contracts exceeds five hundred dollars during any\nperiod of twelve consecutive months.\n  6. "Personal information" means any information concerning a natural\nperson which, because of name, number, personal mark, or other\nidentifier, can be used to identify such natural person.\n  7. "Personal identifying information" means personal information\nconsisting of any information in combination with any one or more of the\nfollowing data elements, when either the personal information or the\ndata element is not encrypted, or encrypted with an encryption key that\nis included in the same record as the encrypted personal information or\ndata element:\n  (a) social security number;\n  (b) driver's registration number or non-driver identification card\nnumber; or\n  (c) mother's maiden name, financial services account number or code,\nsavings account number or code, checking account number or code, debit\ncard number or code, automated teller machine number or code, electronic\nserial number or personal identification number.\n  8. "Personal identification number" means any number or code which may\nbe used alone or in conjunction with any other information to assume the\nidentity of another person or access financial resources or credit of\nanother person.\n  9. "Record" means any information kept, held, filed, produced or\nreproduced by, with or for a person or business entity, in any physical\nform whatsoever including, but not limited to, reports, statements,\nexaminations, memoranda, opinions, folders, files, books, manuals,\npamphlets, forms, papers, designs, drawings, maps, photos, letters,\nmicrofilms, or computer tapes or discs.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 41.50 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 41 / Section 41.50
Development grants for comprehensive psychiatric emergency programs
Status: in_force

* § 41.50 Development grants for comprehensive psychiatric emergency\n            programs.\n  The commissioner of mental health may, subject to the approval of the\ndirector of the budget, make grants to local governmental units,\nvoluntary agencies, and general hospitals licensed pursuant to article\ntwenty-eight of the public health law, for up to one hundred percent of\nthe reasonable preoperational costs associated with efforts to establish\ncomprehensive psychiatric emergency programs, including reasonable\nprofessional fees, reasonable and necessary fees paid to secure\nfinancing, other fees for services which are necessary for project\ndevelopment, initial staffing, furniture, equipment, reasonable\nrehabilitation costs, and other reasonable development costs approved by\nthe commissioner of mental health.\n  * NB Repealed July 1, 2027\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 14 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 2 / Section 14
Assistance of political subdivisions
Status: in_force

§ 14. Assistance of political subdivisions. 1. Every political\nsubdivision shall have power to (a) assist in the effectuation of any\nmatter undertaken by the council, (b) provide such assistance through\nexisting agencies or new agencies, and (c) expend money therefor.\n  2. No political subdivision or any agency thereof shall have power to\nadopt or enforce any local law, ordinance, resolution, order, rule or\nregulation which is inconsistent with a plan, regulation or order of the\ncouncil.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 580-209 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-B / Part 2 / Section 580-209
Credit for payments
Status: in_force

§ 580-209. Credit for payments. A tribunal of this state shall credit\namounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support\norder against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child\nsupport order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this\nstate, another state, or a foreign country.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 230.20 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 230 / Section 230.20
Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree
Status: in_force

§ 230.20 Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree.\n  A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree when\nhe or she knowingly:\n  1. Advances or profits from prostitution; or\n  2. With intent to advance or profit from prostitution, distributes or\ndisseminates to ten or more people in a public place obscene material,\nas such terms are defined by subdivisions one and two of section 235.00\nof this title, or material that depicts nudity, as such term is defined\nby subdivision one of section 245.10 of this part.\n  Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 459 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 459
Additional arrears
Status: in_force

§ 459. Additional arrears. If a respondent has failed to obey a lawful\norder under this article the party seeking enforcement may amend the\npetition to include any additional arrears which have accrued from the\ncommencement of such enforcement proceeding up to the date of the\nhearing, provided that written notice of the intention to so amend has\nbeen given eight days previously.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 9-1.3 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 9 / Part 1 / Section 9-1.3
Rules of construction
Status: in_force

§ 9-1.3 Rules of construction\n  (a) Unless a contrary intention appears, the rules of construction\nprovided in this section govern with respect to any matter affecting the\nrule against perpetuities.\n  (b) It shall be presumed that the creator intended the estate to be\nvalid.\n  (c) Where an estate would, except for this paragraph, be invalid\nbecause of the possibility that the person to whom it is given or\nlimited may be a person not in being at the time of the creation of the\nestate, and such person is referred to in the instrument creating such\nestate as the spouse of another without other identification, it shall\nbe presumed that such reference is to a person in being on the effective\ndate of the instrument.\n  (d) Where the duration or vesting of an estate is contingent upon the\nprobate of a will, the appointment of a fiduciary, the location of a\ndistributee, the payment of debts, the sale of assets, the settlement of\nan estate, the determination of questions relating to an estate or\ntransfer tax or the occurrence of any specified contingency, it shall be\npresumed that the creator of such estate intended such contingency to\noccur, if at all, within twenty-one years from the effective date of the\ninstrument creating such estate.\n  (e) (1) Where the validity of a disposition depends upon the ability\nof a person to have a child at some future time, it shall be presumed,\nsubject to subparagraph (2), that a male can have a child at fourteen\nyears of age or over, but not under that age, and that a female can have\na child at twelve years of age or over, but not under that age or over\nthe age of fifty-five years.\n  (2) In the case of a living person, evidence may be given to establish\nwhether he or she is able to have a child at the time in question.\n  (3) Where the validity of a disposition depends upon the ability of a\nperson to have a child at some future time, the possibility that such\nperson may have a child by adoption shall be disregarded.\n  (4) The provisions of subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall not apply\nfor any purpose other than that of determining the validity of a\ndisposition under the rule against perpetuities where such validity\ndepends on the ability of a person to have a child at some future time.\nA determination of validity or invalidity of a disposition under the\nrule against perpetuities by the application of subparagraph (1) or (2)\nor (3) shall not be affected by the later occurrence of facts in\ncontradiction to the facts presumed or determined or the possibility of\nadoption disregarded under subparagraphs (1) or (2) or (3).\n