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N.Y. ISC Law § 2703 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 27 / Section 2703
Insurer claims handling
Status: in_force

§ 2703.  Insurer claims handling. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of this chapter, any insurer organized, registered, licensed\nor accredited to do an insurance business in this state, in receipt of a\nclaim against it arising from an occurrence during the period between\nJanuary first, nineteen hundred twenty-nine and December thirty-first,\nnineteen hundred forty-five from an individual that such insurer knows,\nor reasonably should have known, is a Holocaust victim shall:\n  (1) diligently and expeditiously investigate such claim;\n  (2) allow claimants to provide alternative documentation which does\nnot meet the usual standards of proof required by an insurer to\nsubstantiate the particular claim, subject to standards established for\nsuch documentation as prescribed by regulations promulgated by the\nsuperintendent; and\n  (3) attempt to resolve, settle and, if appropriate, make payments on\nclaims irrespective of any statute of limitations or notice requirements\nimposed by any law or such insurance policy issued to or covering the\nlife, property or interests of a Holocaust victim, provided that the\nclaim is submitted to the insurer within ten years from the effective\ndate of this article.\n  (b) Failure to abide by the terms of this section shall constitute a\ndefined violation for purposes of subsection (b) of section two thousand\nfour hundred two of this chapter.\n  (c) This article shall serve as additional and conclusive notice that\nthe superintendent is currently investigating all claims pertaining to\nthe victims of the Holocaust. Evidence of the intentional destruction or\nalteration of any records or other materials pertaining to such claim\nshall be admissible in both administrative and judicial proceedings as\nevidence in support of any claim being made against the insurer\ninvolving the destroyed  or altered material. It shall be permissible\nfor an administrative or judicial court to infer that the intentional\ndestruction or alteration of any records or other materials pertaining\nto a claim was done in order to prevent discovery of information to\nsupport any claim of a Holocaust victim.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 502 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 14 / Section 502
Eligibility for service retirement benefits; minimum service requirements
Status: in_force

§ 502. Eligibility for service retirement benefits; minimum service\nrequirements. a. A member who first joins a public retirement system of\nthis state on or after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-six\nshall not be eligible for service retirement benefits hereunder until\nsuch member has rendered a minimum of five years of creditable service\nafter July first, nineteen hundred seventy-three.\n  b. A member who previously was a member of a public retirement system\nof this state shall not be eligible for service retirement benefits\nhereunder until such member has rendered a minimum of five years of\nservice which is creditable pursuant to section five hundred thirteen of\nthis article.\n  c. An elective member who is not vested in the plan from which he or\nshe transferred shall not be eligible for service retirement or vested\nbenefits hereunder until such member has rendered a minimum period of\nservice equal to the additional service which such member would have\nbeen required to accrue under such former plan in order to obtain a\nvested benefit.\n  d. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a pensioner\nreceiving a service retirement benefit: (i) who returns to active public\nservice and joins or rejoins a public retirement system on or after July\nfirst, nineteen hundred seventy-six, and (ii) who thereafter separates\nfrom service before becoming eligible for a retirement benefit\nhereunder, shall, upon such separation, be entitled to receive the\nservice retirement benefit which he or she was receiving prior to his or\nher last restoration to membership. Provided, however, if such pensioner\nwas not subject to this article at the time he or she last retired, he\nor she shall, upon separation, be entitled to receive a retirement\nallowance which shall consist of an annuity which is the actuarial\nequivalent of his or her accumulated contributions, if any, and the\npension, including pension-providing-for-increased-take-home-pay, which\nhe or she was receiving prior to his last restoration to membership.\n  e. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if a member\nattains mandatory retirement age, the minimum service requirements\nspecified in this section shall be five years.\n  f. Upon the first day of the month after the attainment of mandatory\nretirement age, a member shall be separated from service whether or not\neligible for service retirement hereunder; provided however, that this\nrequirement shall not preclude a member from being continued in service\nbeyond such mandatory retirement age pursuant to other applicable\nprovisions of law.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 2000 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 40 / Section 2000
Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

§ 2000. Statement of purpose. This article is enacted to establish an\nindependent division of tax appeals within the department of taxation\nand finance which shall be responsible for providing the public with a\njust system of resolving controversies with such department of taxation\nand finance and to ensure that the elements of due process are present\nwith regard to such resolution of controversies. The division shall be\nresponsible for processing and reviewing petitions, providing hearings\nas prescribed pursuant to this chapter or as a matter of right where the\nright to a hearing is not specifically provided for, modified or denied\nby another provision of this chapter, rendering determinations and\ndecisions and all other matters relating to the administration of the\nadministrative hearing process. The administrative hearing process is\nthe process commenced by the filing of a petition protesting a notice\nissued by the commissioner of taxation and finance of a determination of\ntax due, a tax deficiency, a denial of a refund or credit application, a\ncancellation, revocation or suspension of a license, permit or\nregistration, a denial of an application for a license, permit or\nregistration or any other notice which gives a person the right to a\nhearing under this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1399-R — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 13-E / Section 1399-R
General provisions
Status: in_force

§ 1399-r. General provisions. 1. Nothing in this article shall be\nconstrued to deny the owner, operator or manager of a place covered by\nthis article the right to designate the entire place, or any part\nthereof, as a nonsmoking and nonvaping area.\n  2. The provisions of this article shall apply to the legislative,\nexecutive and judicial branches of state government and any political\nsubdivision of the state.\n  3. Smoking and vaping may not be permitted where prohibited by any\nother law, rule, or regulation of any state agency or any political\nsubdivision of the state. Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict\nthe power of any county, city, town, or village to adopt and enforce\nadditional local law, ordinances, or regulations which comply with at\nleast the minimum applicable standards set forth in this article.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2109 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 21 / Section 2109
Money paid into court and securities taken; how disposed of The provisions of CPLR 2601 to 2608 inclusive shall be applicable to property...
Status: in_force

§ 2109. Money paid into court and securities taken; how disposed of\n  The provisions of CPLR 2601 to 2608 inclusive shall be applicable to\nproperty paid into court pursuant to an order or decree of this court.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 318 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 3 / Section 318
Reports of fire losses; availability of information
Status: in_force

§ 318. Reports of fire losses; availability of information. (a)\nInsurers shall report all fire losses in excess of five hundred dollars\nor such larger amount as prescribed by the superintendent, arising under\npolicies covering property located in this state to a central\norganization engaged in property loss registration, as designated by the\nsuperintendent, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the\nsuperintendent.\n  (b) The information contained in such reports shall, in accordance\nwith such regulations, be available to law enforcement agencies, to tax\ndistricts which have, pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-two\nof the general municipal law, filed with the superintendent a notice of\nintention to claim against the proceeds of a policy of fire insurance,\nto the office of fire prevention and control and to appropriate\ngovernmental agencies charged with the responsibility for demolition of\nstructures.\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 44 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 5 / Section 44
When applied
Status: in_force

§ 44. When applied. The provisions of this chapter shall not affect\nany proceeding or appropriation now pending for the acquisition of any\nproperty for the purposes of the canal system of the state of New York,\nand any such proceeding or appropriation shall be continued to\ntermination pursuant to the statute under which such proceeding or\nappropriation was instituted.\n
N.Y. UDR Law § 12 — New York Code / Act UDR / Section 12
Designation and service of process on secretary of state and registered agent
Status: in_force

§ 12. Designation and service of process on secretary of state and\nregistered agent. The directors of the corporation shall file with the\nsecretary of state a certificate setting forth the street address and\nthe city and county in which the principal office of the corporation is\nlocated within ten days of the establishment of such office. The\nsecretary of state shall note such address upon his records. The\nprovisions of sections three hundred four, three hundred five and three\nhundred six of the business corporation law shall be applicable to the\ncorporation.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 95-D*2 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 95-D*2
"Life pass it on trust fund"
Status: in_force

* § 95-d. "Life pass it on trust fund". 1. There is hereby established\nin the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the\ncomptroller, a special fund to be known as the "life pass it on trust\nfund".\n  2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the\nprovisions of section four hundred four-u of the vehicle and traffic law\nand all other moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from\nany other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this\nsection shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests\nfor the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing\nthem into the fund according to law.\n  2-a. On or before the first day of February each year, the\ncommissioner of the department of health shall provide a written report\nto the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,\nthe chair of the senate finance committee, the chair of the assembly\nways and means committee, the chair of the senate committee on health,\nthe chair of the assembly health committee, the state comptroller and\nthe public. Such report shall include how the monies of the fund were\nutilized during the preceding calendar year, and shall include:\n  (i) the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award process\nused for such disbursements;\n  (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;\n  (iii) the amount awarded to each;\n  (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and\n  (v) a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include\nestimates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and\nsucceeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior\nfiscal year.\n  3. Monies of the fund shall be expended only for organ transplant\nresearch and education projects approved by the commissioner of health,\nor to provide grants to not-for-profit corporations in this state which\nare incorporated for the purpose of increasing and promoting organ and\ntissue donation awareness provided, however, beginning April first, two\nthousand fifteen, any revenues received or any monies appropriated,\ncredited or transferred to the fund on and after May first, two thousand\nfourteen may also be expended to support the maintenance and operation\nof the donate life registry in accordance with the provisions of section\nforty-three hundred ten of the public health law.\n  4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of\nthe comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner\nof health.\n  5. To the extent practicable, the commissioner of health shall ensure\nthat all monies received during a fiscal year are expended prior to the\nend of that fiscal year.\n  * NB There are 2 § 95-d's\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 186 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 9-A / Section 186
Meeting for incorporation
Status: in_force

§ 186. Meeting for incorporation. At the meeting for incorporation\nheld in pursuance of such notice, the following persons, and no others,\nshall be qualified voters, to wit: All persons of full age, who are then\nmembers in good and regular standing of such church or society by\nadmission into full membership therewith, in accordance with the rules\nand regulations thereof.\n  At such meeting, the presence of a majority of such qualified voters,\nat least six in number, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum.  The\naction of the meeting upon any matter or question shall be decided by a\nmajority of the qualified voters voting thereon, a quorum being present.\nThe meeting shall be called to order by one of the signers of the call.\nThere shall be elected at such meeting, from the qualified voters then\npresent, a presiding officer, a clerk to keep the record of the\nproceedings, of the meeting and two inspectors of election to receive\nthe ballots cast. The presiding officer of the meeting and the\ninspectors shall decide the results of the ballots cast on any matter,\nand shall be the judges of the qualifications of voters.\n  Such meeting shall decide whether such unincorporated church or\nsociety shall become incorporated. If such decision shall be in favor of\nincorporation such meeting shall decide upon the name of the proposed\ncorporation which shall be "Church of Christ, Scientist," prefixed by\n"First," "Second," "Third" or other numerical designation, or "Christian\nScience Society" as the case may be, and followed by the name of the\nplace where it shall be located; the meeting also shall decide the\nnumber of the trustees of such church or society, which shall be any\nnumber from three to twelve, and shall determine the date, not more than\nfifteen months thereafter, on which the first annual election of the\ntrustees thereof after such meeting shall be held. Such meeting shall\nthereupon elect by ballot, from the persons qualified to vote thereat,\none-third of the number of trustees as nearly as possible so decided\nupon who shall hold office until the first annual election of trustees\nthereafter, one-third of such number of trustees as nearly as possible\nwho shall hold office until the second annual election of trustees\nthereafter, and the remainder of such trustees who shall hold office\nuntil the third annual election of trustees thereafter, or until the\nrespective successors of such trustees shall be elected and take office.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 90 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 4 / Section 90
Notice of issuance of warrant to be published and served
Status: in_force

§ 90. Notice of issuance of warrant to be published and served. Within\nthree days after the issue of the warrant, the applicant shall cause a\nnotice to be published once in each week for two consecutive weeks, in a\nnewspaper published in the county where the vessel was seized, stating\nthe issuance of the warrant, the date thereof, the amount of the claim\nspecified therein, the name of the applicant, and the time and place of\nthe return of the order to show cause granted as prescribed in this\narticle.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 750-B — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-C / Section 750-B
License required
Status: in_force

§ 750-b. License required. On and after July thirty-first, nineteen\nhundred ninety-three, no person shall engage for a fee in the business\nof operating a pet cemetery or pet crematorium or hold himself or\nherself out as being able so to do unless he or she is licensed therefor\npursuant to this article. Nothing herein shall prohibit a person\nlicensed in accordance with the provisions of this article from\nemploying individuals to assist in the operation of a pet cemetery or\npet crematorium.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 807 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 18 / Section 807
Alternate means of authentication
Status: in_force

§ 807. Alternate means of authentication. Notwithstanding any other\nlaw, rule or regulation, each public retirement system as defined by\nsubdivision a of section eight hundred of this article is authorized to\npromulgate rules and regulations to provide for alternate means of\nauthentication in place of any requirement that a filing be duly\nexecuted and acknowledged and, consistent with the provisions of the\nstate technology law, to provide for the electronic filing of documents.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 557 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 152 / Section 557
Village of Solvay housing authority
Status: in_force

§ 557. Village of Solvay housing authority.  A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the village of Solvay housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the village of Solvay in the county\nof Onondaga for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New\nYork. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in\nduration and consist of five members. It shall have the powers and\nduties now or hereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing\nauthorities. It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and\nsubject to the provisions of this chapter, and the authority, its\nmembers, officers and employees and its operations and activities shall\nin all respects be governed by the provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 239-A — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 9 / Section 239-A
Enforcement of article
Status: in_force

§ 239-a. Enforcement of article. If the fiscal officer, as defined\nherein, finds that any contractor on service work fails to comply with\nor evades the provisions of this article, he shall present evidence of\nsuch noncompliance or evasion to the public agency having charge of such\nwork for enforcement. Where such evidence indicates a noncompliance or\nevasion on the part of a subcontractor, the contractor shall be\nresponsible for such noncompliance or evasion. It shall be the duty of\nthe public agency in charge of such service work to enforce the\nprovisions of this article.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 75-J — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 2-AA / Section 75-J
Civil penalties
Status: in_force

§ 75-j. Civil penalties. 1. Any banking institution found to be in\nviolation of any provision of section seventy-five-c of this article in\na compliance report under section seventy-five-g of this article or\notherwise found by the department to be in violation of any provision of\nsection seventy-five-c of this article shall correct the violation\nwithin ten business days after such finding. Where a banking institution\nfails to correct any violation of a provision of section seventy-five-c\nof this article within ten business days after the filing of such report\nor a finding of violation by the department, the superintendent may in a\nproceeding after notice and a hearing, require such banking institution\nto pay a civil penalty in an amount as determined pursuant to section\nforty-four of this chapter, provided, however, that the aggregate\npenalty for all offenses with respect to any one automated teller\nmachine facility in any one proceeding shall not exceed an amount as\ndetermined pursuant to section forty-four of this chapter. For the\npurposes of this article, each violation of section seventy-five-c of\nthis article shall be considered a separate and distinct violation.\n  2. Any banking institution found to be in violation of the provisions\nof section seventy-five-g of this article shall be liable for a civil\npenalty in an amount as determined pursuant to section forty-four-a of\nthis chapter for each automated teller machine facility for which a\nreport has not been filed. Any banking institution which makes a\nmaterial false statement or material omission in any report filed\npursuant to section seventy-five-g of this article shall be liable for a\ncivil penalty in an amount as determined pursuant to section\nforty-four-a of this chapter for each such report.\n  3. Whenever payment of a civil penalty is required under this article,\nthe superintendent shall execute a written order to that effect. A copy\nof such order shall be filed in the office of the department and a\nsecond copy shall, within three days of execution, be served upon such\nbanking institution either personally or by registered or certified\nmail, return receipt requested, directed to the banking institution's\nprincipal place of business. Such order may be reviewed in the manner\nprovided by article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.\nSuch special proceedings for review as authorized by such section must\nbe commenced within thirty days from the service of such order. Such\nsection shall in no way limit any of the powers granted to the\nsuperintendent under any provision of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3703 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 37 / Section 3703
Statutory construction
Status: in_force

§ 3703. Statutory construction. A physician assistant may perform any\nfunction in conjunction with a medical service lawfully performed by the\nphysician assistant, in any health care setting, that a statute\nauthorizes or directs a physician to perform and that is appropriate to\nthe education, training and experience of the licensed physician\nassistant and within the ordinary practice of the supervising physician.\nThis section shall not be construed to increase or decrease the lawful\nscope of practice of a physician assistant under the education law.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 22-A — New York Code / Act STF / Article 3 / Section 22-A
Synopsis of requests for appropriations; submittal by budget director
Status: in_force

§ 22-a. Synopsis of requests for appropriations; submittal by budget\ndirector. The director of the budget shall, within thirty days following\nreceipt of the requested appropriations pursuant to the first paragraph\nof section one of article seven of the constitution, submit to the\nchairs of the assembly ways and means committee and the senate finance\ncommittee a synopsis of such requests, including but not limited to: (a)\na schedule of appropriations requested as compared to the prior year,\n(b) a brief description of the department's, division's or office's\npriorities for receiving funding, and (c) a discussion of major changes\nor initiatives recommended for the ensuing fiscal year.\n