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N.Y. MHY Law § 7.01 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title B / Article 7 / Section 7.01
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

§ 7.01 Declaration of policy.\n  The state of New York and its local governments have a responsibility\nfor the prevention and early detection of mental illness and for the\ncomprehensively planned care, treatment and rehabilitation of their\nmentally ill citizens.\n  Therefore, it shall be the policy of the state to conduct research and\nto develop programs which further prevention and early detection of\nmental illness; to develop a comprehensive, integrated system of\ntreatment and rehabilitative services for the mentally ill. Such a\nsystem should include, whenever possible, the provision of necessary\ntreatment services to people in their home communities; it should assure\nthe adequacy and appropriateness of residential arrangements for people\nin need of service; and it should rely upon improved programs of\ninstitutional care only when necessary and appropriate. Further, such a\nsystem should recognize the important therapeutic roles of all\ndisciplines which may contribute to the care or treatment of the\nmentally ill, such as psychology, social work, psychiatric nursing,\nspecial education and other disciplines in the field of mental illness,\nas well as psychiatry and should establish accountability for\nimplementation of the policies of the state with regard to the care and\nrehabilitation of the mentally ill.\n  To facilitate the implementation of these policies and to further\nadvance the interests of the mentally ill and their families, a new\nautonomous agency to be known as the office of mental health has been\nestablished by this article. The office and its commissioner shall plan\nand work with local governments, voluntary agencies and all providers\nand consumers of mental health services in order to develop an\neffective, integrated, comprehensive system for the delivery of all\nservices to the mentally ill and to create financing procedures and\nmechanisms to support such a system of services to ensure that mentally\nill persons in need of services receive appropriate care, treatment and\nrehabilitation close to their families and communities. In carrying out\nthese responsibilities, the office and its commissioner shall make full\nuse of existing services in the community including those provided by\nvoluntary organizations.\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 110 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 11 / Section 110
Canal officers not to be interested in floats, contracts, or hydraulic works
Status: in_force

§ 110. Canal officers not to be interested in floats, contracts, or\nhydraulic works.  No public officer or employee connected with the care\nor management of the canal system shall be interested in any hydraulic\nwork dependent upon the canals for a supply of water or in any\ncommercial float navigating the canals, or directly or indirectly in any\ncontract on the canals as a contractor, surety or otherwise in his own\nname or in the name of any other person or either directly or indirectly\nderives any benefit from an expenditure upon the canal system beyond his\nestablished compensation. If any officer or employee shall, at any time\nwhile holding such office or employment, be or become so interested or\nderive any such benefit, he shall forfeit his office or position and be\ndischarged therefrom, and any contract in contravention hereof shall be\nvoid.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 474-B — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 15 / Section 474-B
Attorney retainer statements
Status: in_force

§ 474-b. Attorney retainer statements. The office of court\nadministation shall make available to the department of social services\ncopies of retainer statements or closing statements filed with the\noffice of court administration pursuant to the rules of the appellate\ndivisions, or relevant information contained therein, for the purpose of\nenabling the department to compare a list of parties against the\ndepartment's public assistance and medical assistance recipient listings\nin order for the department to determine the potential for recovery of\nsuch assistance paid, consistent with applicable law.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 4-303 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 4 / Part 3 / Section 4-303
When Items Subject to Notice, Stop-Order, Legal Process or Setoff; Order in Which Items May Be Charged or Certified
Status: in_force

Section 4--303. When Items Subject to Notice, Stop-Order, Legal Process\n                  or Setoff; Order in Which Items May Be Charged or\n                  Certified.\n  (1) Any knowledge, notice or stop-order received by, legal process\nserved upon or setoff exercised by a payor bank, whether or not\neffective under other rules of law to terminate, suspend or modify the\nbank's right or duty to pay an item or to charge its customer's account\nfor the item, comes too late to so terminate, suspend or modify such\nright or duty if the knowledge, notice, stop-order or legal process is\nreceived or served and a reasonable time for the bank to act thereon\nexpires or the setoff is exercised after the bank has done any of the\nfollowing:\n       (a) accepted or certified the item;\n       (b) paid the item in cash;\n       (c) settled for the item without reserving a right to revoke the\n           settlement and without having such right under statute,\n           clearing house rule or agreement;\n       (d) completed the process of posting the item to the indicated\n           account of the drawer, maker or other person to be charged\n           therewith or otherwise has evidenced by examination of such\n           indicated account and by action its decision to pay the item;\n           or\n       (e) become accountable for the amount of the item under\n           subsection (1) (d) of Section 4--213 and Section 4--302\n           dealing with the payor bank's responsibility for late return\n           of items.\n  (2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) items may be accepted,\npaid, certified or charged to the indicated account of its customer in\nany order convenient to the bank.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 247-A — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 20 / Section 247-A
Liability to person injured
Status: in_force

§ 247-a. Liability to person injured. Any dealer, who violates any\nprovisions of section two hundred forty-six of this article, shall be\nliable to the person injured thereby for the full amount of damages\nresulting from such violation.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 36-A — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 3 / Section 36-A
Petition for revocation or modification of rule or order of the commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 36-a. Petition for revocation or modification of rule or order of\nthe commissioner.  Any person subject to a rule or order of the\ncommissioner, promulgated under the provisions of article four, article\nfour-a, or article twenty-one of this chapter, may file a written\npetition with the commissioner stating that any such rule or order or\nprovision thereof or any obligation imposed in connection therewith is\nnot in accordance with law and praying for the revocation or\nmodification thereof. He shall thereupon be given an opportunity for a\nhearing and ruling upon such petition in accordance with the provisions\nof subdivision five of section thirty-six of this article. The decision\nof the commissioner shall be final unless within thirty days after its\nissuance one of the parties shall institute a proceeding for the review\nthereof, as provided in the next section, provided further that the\npendency of any such proceeding shall not impede or prevent the\ncommissioner from taking any action authorized under section thirty-five\nof this article.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 626 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 22 / Part 2 / Section 626
The United States Olympic Committee/Lake Placid Olympic Training Center Fund
Status: in_force

§ 626. The United States Olympic Committee/Lake Placid Olympic\nTraining Center Fund. Effective for any taxable year commencing on or\nafter the first day of January next succeeding the effective date of\nthis section, an individual in any taxable year may elect to contribute\nan amount of two dollars to the United States Olympic Committee/Lake\nPlacid Olympic Training Center Fund. Such contribution shall not reduce\nthe amount of state tax owed by such individual. The commissioner shall\ninclude a space on the personal income tax return to enable a taxpayer\nto make such contribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to\nthe contrary, all revenues collected pursuant to this section shall be\ncredited to the United States Olympic Committee/Lake Placid Olympic\nTraining Center Fund and used only for those purposes enumerated in\nsection eighty-four of the state finance law.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 409 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 4 / Section 409
Summons and complaint, notice of petition and petition or order to show cause and petition; filing proof of service
Status: in_force

§ 409. Summons and complaint, notice of petition and petition or order\nto show cause and petition; filing proof of service. (a) Proof of\nservice of the summons and complaint, notice of petition and petition or\norder to show cause and petition shall be filed with the clerk of the\ncourt in the county in which the action is brought.\n  (b) Proof of service shall be made by the certificate of the sheriff\nor marshal or by the affidavit of the person by whom the service was\nmade.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 284-A — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 12-A / Section 284-A
Additional motor fuel tax
Status: in_force

§ 284-a. Additional motor fuel tax. In addition to the tax imposed by\nsection two hundred eighty-four of this chapter, a like tax shall be\nimposed at the rate of three cents per gallon upon motor fuel imported,\nmanufactured or sold within this state by a distributor. Except as\notherwise provided in this section, all the provisions of this article\nexcept subdivision two of section two hundred eighty-nine-e of this\narticle shall apply with respect to the additional tax imposed by this\nsection to the same extent as if it were imposed by said section two\nhundred eighty-four. Beginning on April first, nineteen hundred\nninety-one, four and one-sixth per centum of the moneys received by the\ndepartment pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited\nto the credit of the emergency highway reconditioning and preservation\nfund reserve account established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph\n(b) of subdivision two of section eighty-nine of the state finance law.\nBeginning on April first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, four and\none-sixth per centum of the moneys received by the department pursuant\nto the provisions of this section shall be deposited to the credit of\nthe emergency highway construction and reconstruction fund reserve\naccount established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of\nsubdivision two of section eighty-nine-a of the state finance law.\nBeginning on April first, nineteen hundred ninety-two, an additional\neight and one-third per centum of the moneys received by the department\npursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited to the\ncredit of the emergency highway reconditioning and preservation fund\nreserve account established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b)\nof subdivision two of section eighty-nine of the state finance law.\nBeginning on April first, nineteen hundred ninety-two, an additional\neight and one-third per centum of the moneys received by the department\npursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited to the\ncredit of the emergency highway construction and reconstruction fund\nreserve account established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b)\nof subdivision two of section eighty-nine-a of the state finance law.\nBeginning on April first, two thousand, seventy-five per centum of the\nmoneys received by the department pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection shall be deposited in the dedicated fund accounts pursuant to\nsubdivision (d) of section three hundred one-j of this chapter.\nBeginning on April first, two thousand three, all of the moneys received\nby the department pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be\ndeposited in the dedicated fund accounts pursuant to subdivision (d) of\nsection three hundred one-j of this chapter.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 902 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 9 / Section 902
Pleadings; form
Status: in_force

§ 902. Pleadings; form.\n  (a) All pleadings shall be formal pleadings, as in supreme court\npractice, except that:\n  1. If the plaintiff's cause of action is for money only, the complaint\nmay be set forth by indorsement upon the summons. The indorsement shall\nconsist of a statement of the nature and substance of the cause of\naction, and the summons in such instance shall set forth the amount in\nwhich the plaintiff will take judgment in the event of default. Unless\nthe rules of the court provide otherwise, the clerk shall make such\nindorsement for a plaintiff appearing without attorney.\n  2. Where the plaintiff's cause of action is for money only and the\ndefendant appears without attorney, he may, unless the rules provide\notherwise, describe his answer to the clerk, who shall indorse the\nsubstance of the answer on, or annex it to, the summons.\n  (b) If a formal complaint must be or is used, it shall be served with\nthe summons, except that if service is made by publication the CPLR\nshall govern.\n  (c) The address of the defendant, and that of his attorney if he shall\nappear by attorney, shall be stated with or in the answer.\n  (d) The rules may provide, in actions for money only in designated\ncategories in which the plaintiff might otherwise proceed by indorsement\nas above provided, that a formal complaint, or a formal answer, or both,\nshall be required.\n  (e) The court in any case may, at any time before judgment, on its own\nmotion or on the motion on notice of a party, direct the service and\nfiling of a formal pleading.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 234 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 19 / Section 234
Records to be kept by refrigerated warehouse licensee
Status: in_force

§ 234. Records to be kept by refrigerated warehouse licensee.  The\nrefrigerated warehouse licensee shall assign to each lot of food, when\nreceived for storage in a refrigerated warehouse, a distinguishing lot\nnumber for the purpose of identification, and shall keep an accurate\nrecord of such lot number, and shall also make and keep a record of the\ndate of the receipt and of the date of removal of each lot of food.\n
N.Y. VOL Law § 1 — New York Code / Act VOL / Article 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1. Short title. a. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as\n"volunteer firefighters' benefit law".\n  b. Reference in this chapter or in any other law to the volunteer\nfiremen's benefit law shall be deemed to mean and refer to the volunteer\nfirefighters' benefit law. The terms "volunteer fireman" or "volunteer\nfiremen" appearing in this chapter shall be deemed to mean "volunteer\nfirefighter" or "volunteer firefighters," respectively. The terms "he,"\n"his," or "him," appearing in this chapter shall be deemed to mean "he\nor she," "his or her," and "him or her."\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 235.15 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 235 / Section 235.15
Obscenity or disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree; defense
Status: in_force

§ 235.15  Obscenity or disseminating indecent material to minors in the\nsecond degree; defense.\n  1. In any prosecution for obscenity, or disseminating indecent\nmaterial to minors in the second degree in violation of subdivision\nthree of section 235.21 of this article, it is an affirmative defense\nthat the persons to whom allegedly obscene  or indecent material was\ndisseminated, or the audience to an allegedly obscene performance,\nconsisted of persons or institutions having scientific, educational,\ngovernmental or other similar justification for possessing,\ndisseminating or viewing the same.\n  2.  In any prosecution for obscenity, it is an affirmative defense\nthat the person so charged was a motion picture projectionist, stage\nemployee or spotlight operator, cashier, doorman, usher, candy stand\nattendant, porter or in any other non-managerial or non-supervisory\ncapacity in a motion picture theatre; provided he has no financial\ninterest, other than his employment, which employment does not encompass\ncompensation based upon any proportion of the gross receipts, in the\npromotion of obscene material for sale, rental or exhibition or in the\npromotion, presentation or direction of any obscene performance, or is\nin any way responsible for acquiring obscene material for sale, rental\nor exhibition.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7111 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 71 / Section 7111
Action on undertaking
Status: in_force

§ 7111. Action on undertaking. An action on an undertaking cannot be\nmaintained after final judgment until the return, wholly or partly\nunsatisfied, of an execution on the judgment for delivery of possession\nof the chattel or for payment of a sum of money in lieu of the chattel.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3201 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 32 / Section 3201
Live pathogenic microorganisms or viruses; sale or other disposal; permission required
Status: in_force

§ 3201. Live pathogenic microorganisms or viruses; sale or other\ndisposal; permission required.  1. No person shall sell or convey any\nlive pathogenic microorganisms or viruses other than vaccine virus to\nany other person without permission of the commissioner, or in the city\nof New York without the permission of the department of health of the\ncity of New York.\n  2. This section does not apply to diseased tissue, exudate, or other\nspecimens which are sent by physicians, dentists or veterinarians to\nlaboratories for examination as an aid in the diagnosis or control of\ndisease.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 9-R — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 1 / Section 9-R
Geographic restrictions
Status: in_force

§ 9-r. Geographic restrictions. 1. No banking institution shall have a\npolicy or general practice of refusing to open a deposit account solely\non the basis of the geographic location of the depositor's residence or\nplace of business; provided that the banking office at which the\ndepositor seeks to open the account is within the county or, in the case\nof a county wholly contained within a city, the city in which such\nresidence or place of business is located. For purposes of this section,\n"banking institution" means any bank, trust company, savings bank,\nsavings and loan association, or branch of a foreign banking corporation\nthe deposits of which are insured by the federal deposit insurance\ncorporation, which is incorporated, chartered, organized or licensed\nunder the laws of this state or any other state or the United States.\n  2. Nothing herein contained shall prevent a banking institution from\nrequiring any person applying for a deposit account to demonstrate that\nthe residence or place of business of such person is located within the\nsame county or city, or prevent a banking institution from taking\nactions necessary to verify such person's residence or place of\nbusiness, so as to avoid being considered in violation of any law of the\nUnited States or of this state which has as its purpose the prevention\nof money laundering or other criminal or fraudulent acts, including,\nwithout limitation, 12 USC § 1829b (Bank Secrecy); 18 USC § 1341 (Frauds\nand Swindles); 18 USC § 1342 (Fictitious Name or Address); 18 USC § 2113\n(Bank Robbery and Incidental Crimes); 31 USC § 5311 through § 5326\n(Records and Reports on Monetary Instruments Transactions).\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 65 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 5 / Section 65
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 65. Rules and regulations. 1. The board of supervisors shall by\nlocal law adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the\nfair and equitable administration and operation of the plan. Such rules\nand regulations may provide standards and conditions with respect, but\nnot limited, to (a) entry and withdrawal of participants, (b) medical\nexaminations, (c) safety programs, (d) reports by participants and (e)\ncooperation by participants, provided, however, that such rules and\nregulations, or failure to adopt the same, shall not prevent withdrawal\nof a participant from the plan upon the condition that such participant\nshall pay, in a lump sum or in installments, an equitable share of the\noutstanding liabilities of the plan as of the date of withdrawal. Any\npayments required upon entry to or withdrawal from a plan may be\nfinanced, in whole or in part, by any municipal corporation or district\ncorporation by the issuance of bonds or capital notes pursuant to the\nlocal finance law.\n  2. Such rules and regulations may also provide that for any violation\nthereof or of this chapter, a participant may be expelled from the plan\nor be charged with a penalty. Any such penalty shall be collected at the\nsame time and in the same manner as other charges against participants\nas provided in section sixty-seven of this chapter, or in such other\nmanner as may be provided in such rules and regulations. A participant\nliable for the payment of a penalty may by action of its governing body\nelect to recover the amount thereof from the public officer or employee\nwhose act or failure to act resulted in the imposition of such penalty.\nIn such event, the amount of the penalty may be withheld from the salary\nor other remuneration payable to such officer or employee.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 120 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 8 / Section 120
Laws repealed
Status: in_force

§ 120. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto\nannexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.\n
N.Y. PBB Law § 2 — New York Code / Act PBB / Article 2 / Section 2
Public buildings
Status: in_force

§ 2.  Public buildings.  Except where otherwise prescribed by law, the\ncommissioner of general services shall have supervision and control of\npublic buildings of the state of New York, including the capitol and\nexecutive mansion, with the buildings, grounds and premises adjacent or\nappurtenant thereto or connected thereto or connected therewith\nbelonging to the state, so far as such grounds and premises now or\nhereafter shall be laid out and completed, and the entire public\nsidewalks bordering upon the capitol grounds and parks for the purpose\nof keeping such sidewalks at all times clear of snow, ice, dirt and all\nother obstructions.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1127 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 11 / Section 1127
Disposition of records after 10 years The public administrator is authorized to destroy the file and all of the papers relating to a dece...
Status: in_force

§ 1127. Disposition of records after 10 years\n  The public administrator is authorized to destroy the file and all of\nthe papers relating to a decedent after the lapse of 10 years from the\ncompletion of the administration of his estate.  The public\nadministrator and the city of New York shall not be liable or held to\naccount for such action.\n