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N.Y. MHY Law § 7.03 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title B / Article 7 / Section 7.03
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 7.03 Definitions.\n  As used in this title:\n  1. "Office" means the office of mental health.\n  2. "Commissioner" means the head of the office of mental health.\n  3. "Mental health peer" or "MHP" means an individual with\nlived-experience who is actively in recovery from a mental health\ncondition and has self-disclosed their mental health journey.\n  4. "Family peer advocate" or "FPA" means an individual with\nlived-experience as the biological, foster, or adoptive parent or\nprimary caregiver of a child or youth with a social, emotional,\nbehavioral, mental health, or developmental disability.\n  5. "Youth peer advocate" or "YPA" means an individual who\nself-identifies as a person with first-hand experience with mental\nhealth and/or co-occurring behavioral challenges as a young person or\nhas received services in any one of the child-serving systems or\nprograms pursuant to this chapter.\n  6. "New York state certified peer specialist" or "NYCPS" means a\nmental health peer who has specialized training and holds a credential\nfrom a certifying authority recognized by the commissioner.\n  7. "Credentialed family peer advocate" or "CFPA" means an individual\nverified to have met the criteria for a family peer advocate as defined\nin subdivision four of this section and who holds a credential from a\ncertifying authority recognized by the commissioner.\n  8. "Credentialed youth peer advocate" or "CYPA" means an individual\nverified to have met the criteria for a youth peer advocate as defined\nin subdivision five of this section and who holds a credential from a\ncertifying authority recognized by the commissioner.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 101 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 7 / Section 101
Checks and accounts
Status: in_force

§ 101. Checks and accounts. Checks may be signed by the commissioner\nof taxation and finance, and, if so authorized by such commissioner in\nwriting filed with the comptroller, by the head of the division of the\ntreasury of the department of taxation and finance and by such other\nofficers or persons employed in such department as the commissioner may\ndesignate, which authorization may be revoked in like manner. The\ncomptroller shall countersign and enter in the proper books of his\ndepartment all checks so drawn and all receipts for money paid to the\ntreasury. Duplicate checks in lieu of issued checks lost or destroyed\nmay be executed to persons entitled to payment thereof upon such proofs\nand conditions as the commissioner of taxation and finance and\ncomptroller may in their discretion require to indemnify the state\nagainst loss. No such receipt shall be evidence of payment unless so\ncountersigned. The comptroller shall keep an account between the state\nand the commissioner of taxation and finance, and therein charge such\ncommissioner with the balance in the treasury when he came into office,\nand with all moneys received by him, and credit him with all warrants\ndrawn on and paid by him. He shall draw, in favor of the commissioner of\ntaxation and finance, on all corporations or companies in which the\nstate may own stock, for the dividends on such stock as they become due.\nHe shall procure from the books of the banks in which the commissioner\nof taxation and finance makes his deposits, monthly statements of the\nmoneys received and paid out of the same. On the first Tuesday of every\nmonth, or oftener if he deems it necessary, he shall carefully examine\nthe accounts of the debits and credits in the bank books kept by the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance. If he discovers any irregularity\nor deficiency therein, he shall, unless rectified or explained to his\nsatisfaction, forthwith report the same to the governor.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 137 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 7 / Section 137
Meetings of trustees
Status: in_force

§ 137. Meetings of trustees.  Meetings of the trustees of an\nincorporated Baptist church shall be called by giving at least\ntwenty-four hours' notice thereof personally or by mail to all the\ntrustees and such notice may be given by two of the trustees, but by the\nunanimous consent of the trustees a meeting may be held without previous\nnotice thereof. A majority of the whole number of trustees shall\nconstitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting\nlawfully convened.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 156-C — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 12-A / Section 156-C
Farm products; official standards
Status: in_force

§ 156-c. Farm products; official standards.  The commissioner is\nhereby authorized and empowered, after investigation and public hearing,\nto establish and promulgate official definitions and standards for\ngrading or classifying, packing and labeling farm products, or any of\nthem, packed or repacked within the state; and to change such official\nstandards from time to time.  The commissioner, in establishing such\nofficial standards, shall, among other things, take into account so far\nas applicable the factors of maturity, condition, soundness, color,\nshape, size and freedom from defects. Such official standards shall not\nbe lower in their requirements than the minimum requirements of the\nofficial standards for corresponding grades or classifications, as\npromulgated from time to time by the secretary of agriculture of the\nUnited States, commonly known as U. S. grades. The use of such official\nstandards when established shall be optional, but if and when used in\nrelation to any farm products they must be in conformance with such\nstandards.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 448 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 45 / Section 448
Cohoes Housing Authority
Status: in_force

§ 448. Cohoes Housing Authority.  A municipal housing authority, to be\nknown as the Cohoes Housing Authority, is hereby created and established\nfor the city of Cohoes in the county of Albany for the accomplishment of\nany or all of the purposes specified in article eighteen of the\nconstitution of the state of New York. It shall constitute a body\ncorporate and politic and consist of five members. It shall have the\npowers and duties now or hereafter conferred by this chapter upon\nmunicipal housing authorities. It shall be organized in the manner\nprescribed by and subject to the provisions of this chapter, and the\nauthority, its members, officers and employees and its operations and\nactivities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of this\nchapter. Such authority shall have perpetual duration; provided,\nhowever, that if at the expiration of five years subsequent to the time\nthis section as hereby added takes effect, there shall be outstanding no\nbonds or other obligations of such authority theretofore issued for any\nof the purposes authorized in this chapter, then its corporate existence\nshall thereupon terminate and such authority shall thereupon be deemed\nto be and shall be dissolved.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 1 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Highway Law."\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 81 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 8 / Section 81
Deposit of refuse in navigable waters
Status: in_force

§ 81. Deposit of refuse in navigable waters. It shall be unlawful to\nthrow from or otherwise deposit, either from or out of any float or from\nthe shore, wharf, manufacturing establishment or mill of any kind,\nrefuse or other matter of any description, into any of the waters of the\ncanal system or into any waters dredged at public expense and used for\ncanal purposes. Every person that shall violate the provisions of this\nsection shall be subject to damages to the amount as will compensate the\ncorporation for the expenses involved in restoring such waters to its\nuseful condition to meet the needs of canal navigation. It shall also be\nunlawful for any person to obstruct the navigation of a canal by the\nimproper mooring, management or conduct of a float, or by placing any\nobstruction on the banks thereof.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 2-208 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 2 / Section 2-208
Decision to commence village incorporation election
Status: in_force

§ 2-208 Decision to commence village incorporation election. 1. Within\nten days after such hearing is concluded the commission shall determine\nwhether the petition complies with the requirements of this article and\nshall make and sign a decision as to whether a village incorporation\nshall proceed to election. The commission's decision shall be based on\nan evidentiary record consisting of the incorporation petition, the\nstudy and all exhibits and certifications required by section 2-202 of\nthis article, and any objections made pursuant to section 2-206 of this\narticle. If the members of the commission cannot agree, the decision\nshall be deemed to be adverse to the petition. If the decision be\nadverse to the petition, the decision shall contain a brief statement of\nthe reasons on which the adverse decision is based or the reasons on\nwhich the members of the commission determined not to proceed to a\nvillage incorporation election.\n  2. The original copy of the decision, copies of the notice of the\nhearing together with affidavits of posting and publishing same, the\nwritten objections and the minutes of proceedings taken on the hearing\nincluding signed testimony shall be filed by the commission within\nfifteen days after the hearing is concluded, with the town clerk of the\nsame town in which the original copy of the petition was filed and the\nsecretary of the state. Duplicate copies of the said papers shall be\nfiled with the town clerks of all towns in which any part of such\nterritory is located.\n  3. If no proceeding be instituted to review such decision within\nthirty days after such filing of the original copy thereof, the decision\nshall be final and conclusive. In the event that the decision is adverse\nto the petition, a new proceeding for incorporation may be commenced\nimmediately.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 260 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5-A / Section 260
Review
Status: in_force

§ 260. Review. Any interested party, including a city or village, or a\ntown board or board of commissioners on behalf of a district, aggrieved\nby the final determination or order made by the board of supervisors\nestablishing the district or authorizing the increase and improvement of\nfacilities previously authorized for an existing district, may make\napplication for review of any and all of the final determinations made\nby the board of supervisors in connection with the proceeding\nestablishing the district or authorizing the increase and improvement of\nfacilities previously authorized for an existing district in the manner\nprovided in article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules\nprovided that application for review is made within thirty days from the\ndate of the recording of the order establishing the district or\nauthorizing the increase and improvement of facilities previously\nauthorized for an existing district in the office of the clerk of the\ncounty. Unless such application is made within thirty days as aforesaid,\nthe order establishing the district or authorizing the increase and\nimprovement of facilities previously authorized for an existing district\nshall be final and conclusive. In the event that upon such review there\nshall be any modification by the court of such final determination or\norder, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall cause such order to\nbe recorded and certified copies thereof filed in the same places as was\nthe determination or order appealed from.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1815 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 18 / Section 1815
Appearance by non-attorney representatives
Status: in_force

* § 1815. Appearance by non-attorney representatives. The court may\npermit, upon the request of a party, that a non-attorney representative,\nwho is related by consanguinity or affinity to such party, be allowed to\nappear on behalf of such party when the court finds that due to the age,\nmental or physical capacity or other disability of such party that it is\nin the interests of justice to permit such representation. No person\nacting as a non-attorney representative shall be permitted to charge a\nfee or be allowed to accept any form of remuneration for such services.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1815's\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 27 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 2 / Section 27
Safety and health standards
Status: in_force

§ 27. Safety and health standards. 1. Application.  Notwithstanding\nany other provision in this chapter, a safety or health standard\npromulgated under this section shall apply only to employees not covered\nby a federal occupational safety or health standard promulgated under\nsection six of the United States Occupational Safety and Health Act of\n1970 (Public Law, 91-596). Provided, however, that no standard\npromulgated under this section shall apply to employees of the state,\nits political subdivisions and of any other governmental agency or\ninstrumentality, to whom section twenty-seven-a of this chapter is\napplicable.\n  2. Standards. a. The commissioner shall by rule adopt, amend or repeal\nsafety and health standards which provide reasonable and adequate\nprotection to the lives, safety or health of employees and of persons\nlawfully frequenting a place of employment.\n  b. The commissioner may require licenses as a condition of carrying on\nany industry, trade, occupation or process which the commissioner finds\ncontains special elements of danger to the lives, safety or health of\nemployees to whom this section is applicable or of persons lawfully\nfrequenting the place of employment of such employees. The commissioner\nmay establish a schedule of fees for such licenses, require medical\ninspection and supervision of persons so employed or applying for such\nemployment, and may prescribe other appropriate requirements.\n  c. Any person who may be adversely affected by a standard issued under\nthis section may at any time within sixty days after the effective date\nof such standard, commence a proceeding for judicial review pursuant to\narticle seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.\n  d. The safety and health standards promulgated under this section\nshall for all purposes have the full force and effect of law and shall\nbe enforced in the same manner as the provisions of this article.\n  e. Any provision of this chapter and any rule or regulation issued\nunder the provisions of this chapter relating to the protection of the\nsafety or health of employees to whom this section is applicable and of\npersons lawfully frequenting the place of employment of such persons\nwhich is in effect on the date that this act becomes effective shall be\ndeemed to be a safety and health standard issued under this section,\nwith all provisions of this article applicable, and shall continue in\neffect until superseded by a corresponding safety and health standard\nissued on or after the effective date of this act.\n  f. The provisions of this section shall supersede any other provision\nof this chapter which is inconsistent or in conflict therewith.\n  3. Regulations. The commissioner may promulgate such regulations as he\nshall consider necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes and\nprovisions of this section.\n
N.Y. TCP Law § 42 — New York Code / Act TCP / Article 4 / Section 42
Duty to supply water; contracts with municipalities
Status: in_force

§ 42. Duty to supply water; contracts with municipalities. Such\ncorporation shall supply each city, town or village through which the\nconduits or mains of such corporation may pass, or wherein such\ncorporation may have organized, and the inhabitants thereof, with pure\nand wholesome water, at reasonable rates. The board of trustees of any\nincorporated village and the water commissioners or other board or\nofficials performing the duties of water commissioners and having charge\nof the water supply of any city, shall have the power to contract in the\nname and behalf of the municipal corporation for the term of one year or\nmore for the delivery by such corporation to the village or city of\nwater, through hydrants or otherwise, for the extinguishment of fires\nand for sanitary and other public purposes. The amount agreed to be paid\nshall be annually raised as a part of the expenses of such village or\ncity, and shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner as\nother expenses, and when collected shall be kept as a separate fund, and\npaid according to the terms and conditions of such contract. No such\ncontract shall be made for a longer period than ten years nor for an\nannual amount exceeding in the aggregate two and one-half mills for\nevery dollar of the taxable property of such village or city, except (a)\nupon the petition of a majority of the taxable inhabitants of any such\nvillage or city, or of the portion thereof to be supplied, or (b) upon a\nproposition to authorize the same submitted to a vote of the electors of\nthe village or city, in the manner provided by the village law or city\ncharter, and approved by a majority of the voters entitled to vote and\nvoting thereon at an annual election or a special election duly called.\nSuch contract shall be for a term not exceeding twenty years.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 617 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 6 / Section 617
Voting by class or classes of shares
Status: in_force

§ 617. Voting by class or classes of shares.\n  (a) The certificate of incorporation may contain provisions specifying\nthat any class or classes of shares or of any series thereof shall vote\nas a class in connection with the transaction of any business or of any\nspecified item of business at a meeting of shareholders, including\namendments to the certificate of incorporation.\n  (b) Where voting as a class is provided in the certificate of\nincorporation, it shall be by the proportionate vote so provided or, if\nno proportionate vote is provided, in the election of directors, by a\nplurality of the votes cast at such meeting by the holders of shares of\nsuch class entitled to vote in the election, or for any other corporate\naction, by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting by the holders\nof shares of such class entitled to vote thereon.\n  (c) Such voting by class shall be in addition to any other vote,\nincluding vote by class, required by this chapter and by the certificate\nof incorporation as permitted by this chapter.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 47-A — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 5 / Section 47-A
Collateral loan broker dealing with a child
Status: in_force

§ 47-a. Collateral loan broker dealing with a child. No collateral\nloan broker or person in the employ of a collateral loan broker shall\nreceive or purchase any goods, chattels, wares or merchandise from, or\nmake any loan or advance or permit to be loaned or advanced to any\nchild, actually or apparently under the age of eighteen years any money,\nor in any manner directly or indirectly receive any goods, chattels,\nwares or merchandise from any such child in pledge for loans made or to\nbe made to it or to any other person or otherwise howsoever. It shall be\nno defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section, that in the\ntransaction upon which the prosecution is based the child acted as the\nagent or representative of another, or that the defendant dealt with\nsuch child as the agent or representative of another.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 513 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 21 / Section 513
Refunds
Status: in_force

§ 513. Refunds. Whenever the commissioner shall determine that any\nmonies received under the provisions of this article were paid in error,\nhe may cause the same to be refunded or credited, with interest, in\naccordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, except\nthat no interest shall be allowed or paid if the amount thereof would be\nless than one dollar. Such interest shall be at the overpayment rate set\nby the commissioner pursuant to subdivision twenty-sixth of section one\nhundred seventy-one of this chapter, or if no rate is set, at the rate\nof six percent per annum, from the date when the tax, penalty or\ninterest to be refunded or credited was paid to a date preceding the\ndate of the refund check by not more than thirty days.  Provided,\nhowever, that for the purposes of this section, any tax paid before the\nlast day prescribed for its payment shall be deemed to have been paid on\nsuch last day. Such moneys received under the provisions of this article\nwhich the commissioner shall determine were paid in error, may be\nrefunded or credited out of funds in the custody of the comptroller to\nthe credit of such taxes provided an application therefor is filed with\nthe commissioner within four years from the time the erroneous payment\nwas made, except if an agreement under the provisions of section five\nhundred ten (extending the period for determination of tax imposed by\nthis article) is made within the four-year period for the filing of an\napplication for refund provided for in this section, the period for\nfiling an application for refund shall not expire prior to six months\nafter the expiration of the period within which a determination may be\nmade pursuant to the agreement or any extension thereof.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 865 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 26-A / Section 865
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 865. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms mean:\n  1. "Eligible incarcerated individual" means a person sentenced to an\nindeterminate term of imprisonment who will become eligible for release\non parole within three years or sentenced to a determinate term of\nimprisonment who will become eligible for conditional release within\nthree years, who has not reached the age of fifty years, who has not\npreviously been convicted of a violent felony as defined in article\nseventy of the penal law, or a felony in any other jurisdiction which\nincludes all of the essential elements of any such violent felony, upon\nwhich an indeterminate or determinate term of imprisonment was imposed\nand who was between the ages of sixteen and fifty years at the time of\ncommission of the crime upon which his or her present sentence was\nbased. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person who is convicted of any\nof the following crimes shall be deemed eligible to participate in this\nprogram: (a) a violent felony offense as defined in article seventy of\nthe penal law; provided, however, that a person who is convicted of\nburglary in the second degree as defined in subdivision two of section\n140.25 of the penal law, or robbery in the second degree as defined in\nsubdivision one of section 160.10 of the penal law, or an attempt\nthereof, is eligible to participate, (b) an A-I felony offense, (c) any\nhomicide offense as defined in article one hundred twenty-five of the\npenal law, (d) any felony sex offense as defined in article one hundred\nthirty of the penal law and (e) any escape or absconding offense as\ndefined in article two hundred five of the penal law.\n  2. "Shock incarceration program" means a program pursuant to which\neligible incarcerated individuals are selected to participate in the\nprogram and serve a period of six months in a shock incarceration\nfacility, which shall provide rigorous physical activity, intensive\nregimentation and discipline and rehabilitation therapy and programming.\nSuch incarcerated individuals may be selected either: (i) at a reception\ncenter; or (ii) at a general confinement facility when the otherwise\neligible incarcerated individual then becomes eligible for release on\nparole within three years in the case of an indeterminate term of\nimprisonment, or then becomes eligible for conditional release within\nthree years in the case of a determinate term of imprisonment.\n