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N.Y. UCC Law § 3-408 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 3 / Part 4 / Section 3-408
Consideration
Status: in_force

Section 3--408. Consideration.\n  Want or failure of consideration is a defense as against any person\nnot having the rights of a holder in due course (Section 3--305), except\nthat no consideration is necessary for an instrument or obligation\nthereon given in payment of or as security for an antecedent obligation\nof any kind. Nothing in this section shall be taken to displace any\nstatute outside this Act under which a promise is enforceable\nnotwithstanding lack or failure of consideration. Partial failure of\nconsideration is a defense pro tanto whether or not the failure is in an\nascertained or liquidated amount.\n
N.Y. VET Law § 3 — New York Code / Act VET / Article 1 / Section 3
Veterans' services commission
Status: in_force

§ 3. Veterans' services commission. 1. There shall be in the\ndepartment a veterans' services commission, which shall consist of the\nmembers and the ex officio members provided for in this section.\n  2. There shall be thirteen members of the commission who shall be\nveterans appointed by the governor, including two appointed on\nrecommendation of the temporary president of the senate, one appointed\non recommendation of the minority leader of the senate, two appointed on\nrecommendation of the speaker of the assembly, and one appointed on\nrecommendation of the minority leader of the assembly. The appointment\nof members made by the governor without recommendation shall be subject\nto advice and consent of the senate. The members of the commission shall\nserve for terms of three years each. Appointed members presently serving\non the commission shall continue to serve for the remainder of the term\nappointed. Any member chosen to fill a vacancy of such an appointed\nmember occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be appointed\nfor the remainder of the unexpired term of the member whom he or she is\nto succeed. Members appointed as provided in this subdivision shall\nreceive no salary or other compensation, but each shall be entitled to\nreceive expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of\ntheir duties.\n  3. Ex officio members. (a) The adjutant general of the state of New\nYork shall be an ex officio member of the commission.\n  (b) In addition, the state commissioner may appoint the head of any\nother state agency or their designee as a non-voting, ex officio member\nof the commission. Such appointments shall expire annually on December\nthirty-first unless such appointments are renewed by the state\ncommissioner.\n  4. One of the members of the commission, which shall include the\nadjutant general, shall be designated as chairperson by the governor.\nThe designation shall be in writing and shall be filed with the\ncommission.\n  5. The commission shall have power, and it shall be its duty, to\nassist the state commissioner in the formulation of policies affecting\nveterans and in the coordination of all operations of state agencies\nrelating to veterans' services.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 1208 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 12 / Section 1208
Penalty for concealing property from receiver
Status: in_force

§ 1208. Penalty for concealing property from receiver.\n  Any persons having possession of property belonging to the\ncorporation, who shall wrongfully withhold such property from the\nreceiver after the day specified in the notice given under section 1207\n(Duties of receiver upon appointment), shall forfeit to the receiver\ndouble the value of such property, and the same may be recovered in an\naction by the receiver.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 7110 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 71 / Section 7110
Fees; certification; prohibitions; penalty
Status: in_force

§ 7110. Fees; certification; prohibitions; penalty. (a) Whenever an\nagreement of consolidation or merger or for the acquisition of assets,\nor a plan for acquisition of minority interests in a subsidiary insurer\nas provided in section seven thousand one hundred eighteen of this\narticle, shall be filed with the superintendent, there shall also be\nfiled with him a certificate executed by the president and attested by\nthe secretary, or by officers corresponding to either of them, under the\ncorporate seal of each of the constituent or contracting companies, or\nof the parent corporation and subsidiary insurer, and subscribed by such\nofficers and affirmed by them as true under the penalties of perjury,\nsetting forth all fees, commissions or other compensations or valuable\nconsiderations paid or to be paid, directly or indirectly, to any\nperson, firm or corporation, for in any manner securing, aiding,\npromoting or assisting in any such consolidation, merger or acquisition\nof assets or minority interests.\n  (b) No director, officer or member of any such company or of any\nparent corporation or subsidiary insurer, except as fully expressed in\nthe agreement of consolidation or merger or for the acquisition of\nassets or in the plan for acquisition of minority interests in a\nsubsidiary insurer, shall receive any fee, commission, other\ncompensation or valuable consideration, directly or indirectly, for in\nany manner aiding, promoting or assisting in such consolidation, merger,\nor acquisition of assets or minority interests.\n  (c) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) hereof or\nknowingly making any false certificate or statement pursuant thereto,\nshall be guilty of a felony.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 219 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 6 / Section 219
Sale or lease of real property by a city to a redevelopment corporation
Status: in_force

§ 219. Sale or lease of real property by a city to a redevelopment\ncorporation. 1. The local legislative body, or if there is a board of\nestimate in the city, then the board of estimate, may by resolution\ndetermine that real property, title to which is held by the city,\nspecified and described in such resolution, is not required for use by\nthe city and may authorize the city to sell or lease such real property\nto a redevelopment corporation; provided, however, that the title of the\ncity to such real property be not declared inalienable by charter of the\ncity, or other similar law or instrument.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law\nor ordinance, such sale or lease may be made without appraisal, public\nnotice or public bidding for such price or rental and upon such terms\n(and, in case of a lease, for such term not exceeding fifty years with a\nright to one renewal term of thirty years) as may be agreed upon between\nthe city and the redevelopment corporation.\n  3. Before any sale or lease to a redevelopment corporation shall be\nauthorized, a public hearing shall be held by the local legislative\nbody, or by the board of estimate, as the case may be, to consider the\nproposed sale or lease.\n  4. Notice of such hearing shall be published at least ten days before\nthe date set for the hearing in such publication and in such manner as\nmay be designated by the local legislative body, or the board of\nestimate, as the case may be.\n  5. The deed or lease of such real property shall be executed in the\nsame manner as a deed or lease by the city of other real property owned\nby it and may contain appropriate conditions and provisions to enable\nthe city to reenter the real property in the event of a violation by the\nredevelopment corporation of any of the provisions of this article\nrelating to such redevelopment corporation or of the conditions or\nprovisions of such deed or lease.\n  6. A redevelopment corporation purchasing or leasing real property\nfrom a city shall not, without the written approval of the city, use\nsuch real property for any purpose except in connection with its\ndevelopment. The deed shall contain a condition that the redevelopment\ncorporation will devote the real property granted only for the purposes\nof its development subject to the restrictions of this article, for\nbreach of which the city shall have the right to reenter and repossess\nitself of the real property.\n
N.Y. LEG Law § 7-F — New York Code / Act LEG / Article 2 / Section 7-F
Assembly historian
Status: in_force

§ 7-f. Assembly historian. The speaker of the assembly may appoint an\nofficial historian, who shall compile an annual record of significant\nassembly accomplishments during each year and submit to the speaker such\nwritten record within one hundred twenty days after the close of each\nsession. The historian shall serve without compensation, at the pleasure\nof the speaker, and be responsible for preparation of the history of the\nassembly during such speaker's tenure.\n  Appointment as assembly historian shall be made from names submitted\nby the majority and minority leaders of the assembly. No person shall\nsimultaneously hold the positions of assembly historian and senate\nhistorian.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 104-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5-A / Section 104-A
Purchasing of products for public use
Status: in_force

§ 104-a. Purchasing of products for public use. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of section one hundred three of this chapter, when purchasing\nproducts the officer, board or agency of any political subdivision or of\nany district therein charged with the awarding of public contracts may,\nwherever recycled products meet contract specifications and the price of\nsuch products is reasonably competitive, purchase such products. For the\npurpose of this section and until July first, nineteen hundred\nninety-six, "recycled product" shall mean any product which has been\nmanufactured from secondary materials, as defined in subdivision one of\nsection two hundred sixty-one of the economic development law, and meets\nsecondary material content requirements adopted by the office of general\nservices under subdivision one of section one hundred seventy-seven of\nthe state finance law for products available to the political\nsubdivision or district under state contract or, if no such contract for\nsuch product is available, any product which meets the secondary\nmaterial content requirements adopted by the political subdivision or\ndistrict thereof with respect to a specific commodity procurement by\nsuch entity. On and after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-six,\n"recycled product" shall mean, for the purposes of this section, any\nproduct which is manufactured from secondary materials, as defined in\nsubdivision one of section two hundred sixty-one of the economic\ndevelopment law, and which meets the requirements of subdivision two of\nsection 27-0717 of the environmental conservation law and regulations\npromulgated pursuant thereto. For the purpose of this section,\n"reasonably competitive" shall mean that the cost of the recycled\nproduct does not exceed a cost premium of ten percent above the cost of\na comparable product that is not a recycled product or, if at least\nfifty percent of the secondary materials utilized in the manufacture of\nthat product are generated from the waste stream in New York state, the\ncost of the recycled product does not exceed a cost premium of fifteen\npercent above the cost of a comparable product that is not a recycled\nproduct.\n  Whenever such officer, board or agency shall purchase or cause the\npurchase of printing on recycled paper pursuant to this section, he or\nshe shall require the printed material to contain the official state\nrecycling emblem established pursuant to subdivision two of section\n27-0717 of the environmental conservation law and regulations\npromulgated pursuant thereto if such paper has been approved by the\ndepartment of environmental conservation as satisfying the requirements\nof such statute and regulations, or, if such paper has not been so\napproved, require the printed material to include a printed statement\nwhich indicates the percentages of pre-consumer and post-consumer\nrecycled material content of such paper.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 7-1.16 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 7-1.16
Revocation of lifetime trust by will
Status: in_force

§ 7-1.16 Revocation of lifetime trust by will\n  A lifetime trust shall be irrevocable unless it expressly provides\nthat it is revocable. In addition to the method set forth in 7-1.17, a\nrevocable lifetime trust can be revoked or amended by an express\ndirection in the creator's will which specifically refers to such\nlifetime trust or a particular provision thereof.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 600 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 13 / Section 600
Construction
Status: in_force

§ 600. Construction. This chapter shall be construed liberally to\neffectuate the purposes hereof, and the enumeration of specific powers\nin this chapter shall not operate to restrict the meaning of any general\ngrant of power contained in this chapter or to exclude other powers\ncomprehended in such general grant.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4012-B — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 40 / Section 4012-B
Hospice palliative care
Status: in_force

§ 4012-b. Hospice palliative care. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of this article to the contrary, a hospice may also offer a\nprogram of palliative care for patients with advanced life-limiting\nconditions and illnesses and their families. Such a program may be\nprovided by a hospice issued a certificate of approval pursuant to\nsection four thousand four of this article, acting alone or under\ncontract with a certified home health agency, long term home health care\nprogram, licensed home care services agency or AIDS home care program,\nas such terms are defined in section thirty-six hundred two of this\nchapter. Nothing in this section shall preclude the provision of\npalliative care by any other health care provider otherwise authorized\nto provide such services.\n  2. For the purposes of this section "Palliative care" means the\nactive, interdisciplinary care of patients with advanced, life-limiting\nillness, focusing on relief of distressing physical and psychosocial\nsymptoms and meeting spiritual needs. Its goal is achievement of the\nbest quality of life for patients and families.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1308 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 13 / Section 1308
Amendments or changes
Status: in_force

§ 1308. Amendments or changes.\n  (a) An authorized foreign corporation may amend or change its\napplication for authority from time to time in any and as many of the\nfollowing respects as may be desired if the amendments contain only such\nprovisions as might be lawfully contained in an application for\nauthority at the time of making such amendment:\n  (1) To change its corporate name if such change has been effected\nunder the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation.\n  (2) To change its fictitious name filed pursuant to paragraph (d) of\nsection 1301 of this chapter, to another fictitious name, if its true\ncorporate name is not available for use in this state.\n  (3) To delete its fictitious name filed pursuant to paragraph (d) of\nsection 1301 of this chapter, if its true corporate name is now\navailable for use in this state.\n  (4) To adopt a fictitious name when the corporate name is changed and\nis not available in this state.\n  (5) To enlarge, limit or otherwise change the business which it\nproposes to do in this state.\n  (6) To change the location of its office in this state.\n  (7) To specify or change the post office address to which the\nsecretary of state shall mail a copy of any process against it served\nupon him.\n  (8) To make, revoke or change the designation of a registered agent or\nto specify or change his address.\n  (9) To change the jurisdiction of its incorporation if such change has\nbeen effected under laws permitting such a change to occur.\n  (10) To specify, change or delete the email address to which the\nsecretary of state shall email a notice of the fact that process against\nthe corporation has been electronically served upon him or her.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 427 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 26-C / Section 427
Shelter management protocols
Status: in_force

§ 427. Shelter management protocols. 1. Each animal shelter shall have\na clear, written, management structure that defines staff authority,\nreporting structure and responsibilities, and is readily accessible to\nall staff and volunteers.\n  2. Staffing shall be sufficient to allow adequate time, per animal,\nfor cleaning and daily feeding, and to meet the minimum requirements for\nsocialization and exercise of animals as prescribed in section four\nhundred thirty of this article.\n  3. The total number of animals housed in an animal shelter facility or\nfoster home shall not exceed the number of housing units available at\nthe facility as required by section four hundred twenty-five of this\narticle; provided, however, that exceptions to the provisions of this\nsubdivision shall be permissible for periods not to exceed forty-five\ncontiguous days in the event of an animal seizure pursuant to article\ntwenty-six of this chapter or a natural disaster where an official\ndeclaration of the disaster or emergency has been made.\n  4. All animals shall be observed daily by a manager or designee to\nidentify each animal's needs for care, housing and service and to ensure\nthat each animal has a plan to advance efficiently through the shelter.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 329 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 10-A / Section 329
Designation of temporary stenographer in special cases
Status: in_force

§ 329. Designation of temporary stenographer in special cases.  If,\npursuant to law, the attorney general or a deputy attorney general,\nattend before the grand jury in any county, the attorney general may\nappoint a temporary stenographer to take the testimony given before the\ngrand jury in respect of matters or investigations before the grand jury\nconducted by the attorney general or such deputy attorney general, and\nmay fix his compensation. Every such appointee before he enters upon the\nduties of his office shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of\noffice, and shall make oath before the county clerk of such county that\nhe will keep secret all matters and things occurring before such grand\njury. Such stenographer shall take and transcribe the testimony given\nbefore the grand jury in respect of the matter or investigation\nconducted by the attorney general or deputy attorney general, and shall\nfurnish to him a full copy of all such testimony as he shall require.\nExcept as provided in section three hundred twenty-five, such\nstenographer shall not permit any other person to take a copy of the\nsame or any portion thereof, nor to read the same or any portion thereof\nexcept upon the written order of the court duly made after hearing the\nattorney general or deputy attorney general.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 717 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 34-B / Section 717
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 717. Definitions. Whenever used in this article:\n  1. "Obligor" means a natural person.\n  2. "Creditor" means a person, partnership, corporation, association or\nother entity who in the ordinary course of business, regularly extends\nconsumer credit. The term creditor includes any agent of a creditor for\ncollection, processing or other purposes.\n  3. "Consumer credit" means credit extended to an obligor on an account\npursuant to a plan under which (a) the creditor may permit the obligor\nto make purchases or obtain loans, from time to time, directly from the\ncreditor or indirectly by use of a credit card, check, or other device,\nas the plan may provide; (b) the customer has the privilege of paying\nthe balance in full or in installments; and (c) a finance charge may be\ncomputed by the creditor from time to time on an outstanding unpaid\nbalance. The term does not include negotiated advances under an open end\nreal estate mortgage or a letter of credit.\n  4. "Interest" means that part of the entire amount agreed to be paid\nfor the purchase made or loan advanced which exceeds the aggregate of\nthe cash value of such purchases or loans and is deemed to include\nservice charges, time-price charges and per check charges.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 131.12 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 7 / Part 11 / Section 131.12
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 131.12. Short title.  This article shall be known and may be cited\nand referred to as the "New York Code of Military Justice".\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 212-A — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 9 / Section 212-A
Notwithstanding the definition of "employer" and "employment" set forth in section two hundred one of this article and the requirement fo...
Status: in_force

§ 212-a. Notwithstanding the definition of "employer" and "employment"\nset forth in section two hundred one of this article and the requirement\nfor insurance policies to offer both disability and family leave\ncoverage set forth in two hundred twenty six of this article, the state,\nany political subdivision of the state, a public authority or any other\ngovernmental agency or instrumentality, may elect to become a covered\nemployer solely for the purpose of family leave benefits. Coverage for\nfamily leave benefits may be secured by a public employer, as that term\nis defined in subdivision one of section two hundred twelve-b of this\narticle, as permitted by this article, including as applicable section\ntwo hundred eleven, subdivision four of section fifty, or section\neighty-eight-c. The provider of family leave coverage for such public\nemployees shall be exempt from the requirement that insurance policies\noffer both disability and family leave benefits in section two hundred\ntwenty-six of this article.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 353-F — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 26 / Section 353-F
Companion animal piercing and tattooing prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 353-f. Companion animal piercing and tattooing prohibited. 1. No\nperson shall pierce or cause to have pierced a companion animal unless\nsuch piercing provides a medical benefit to the companion animal. Such\npiercing shall be performed by a licensed veterinarian or under the\nsupervision of a licensed veterinarian. Nothing in this section shall be\nconstrued to apply to ear tags on rabbits and cavies.\n  2. No person shall tattoo or cause to have tattooed a companion animal\nunless such tattoo:\n  (a) is done in conjunction with a medical procedure for the benefit of\nthe companion animal and to indicate that such medical procedure has\nbeen done, provided that such tattoo is not for design purposes; or\n  (b) is done for the purpose of identification of the companion animal\nand not for design purposes, and such tattoo includes only such numbers\nand/or letters allotted by a corporation that, in the regular course of\nits business, maintains an animal tattoo identification registry.\n  3. For the purposes of this section, "tattoo" shall mean a mark on the\nbody made with indelible ink or pigments injected beneath the outer\nlayer of the skin.\n  4. Tattooing done in conjunction with a medical procedure for the\nbenefit of a companion animal that indicates that such medical procedure\nhas been done shall be performed by a licensed veterinarian or under the\nsupervision of a licensed veterinarian.\n  5. Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of this section\nshall be guilty of a violation punishable pursuant to the penal law.\n