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N.Y. PBG Law § 157 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 8 / Section 157
Claims and actions against authorities
Status: in_force

§ 157. Claims and actions against authorities.  1. In every action or\nspecial proceeding, for any cause whatsoever, prosecuted or maintained\nagainst an authority, other than a claim arising out of a condemnation\nproceeding, the complaint or necessary moving papers shall contain an\nallegation that at least thirty days have elapsed since the demand,\nclaim or claims upon which such action or special proceeding is founded\nwere presented to the authority for adjustment and that it has neglected\nor refused to make an adjustment or payment thereof for thirty days\nafter such presentment.\n  2. An action against an authority for damages for injuries to real or\npersonal property, or for the destruction thereof, or for damages for\npersonal injuries, alleged to have been sustained by reason of the\nnegligence of, or by the creation or maintenance of a nuisance by said\nauthority, or any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, shall be\ncommenced within one year and ninety days after the cause of action\ntherefor shall have accrued, provided that a notice of the intention to\ncommence such action shall have been served upon the authority. All the\nprovisions of section fifty-e of the general municipal law shall apply\nto such notice. The authority may require any claimant hereunder to be\nexamined as provided in section fifty-h of the general municipal law,\nand all the provisions of such section shall apply to such examinations.\n  3. The authority may require any person presenting for settlement an\naccount or claim for any cause against the authority, except as to\nexamination on claims as set forth in subdivision two of this section,\nto be sworn before a member, the secretary, counsel or an attorney of\nthe authority, touching such account or claim, and when so sworn, to\nanswer orally as to any facts relative to the adjustment of such account\nor claim. The authority may settle or adjust all claims in favor or\nagainst the authority, and all accounts in which the authority is\nconcerned as debtor or creditor; but in adjusting and settling such\nclaims, it shall, as far as practicable, be governed by the rules of law\nand principles of equity which prevail in courts of justice.\n  4. This section shall not apply to claims, actions or proceedings by\nobligees on bonds or covenants of an authority, or claims arising out of\ncondemnation proceedings except as provided in subdivision five herein.\n  5. The rate of interest to be paid by an authority upon any judgment\nor accrued claim against the authority shall not exceed nine per centum\nper annum.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 714 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 20 / Section 714
Separability
Status: in_force

§ 714. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of\nthis article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances,\nshall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction\nto be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the\nremainder of this article, and the application thereof to other person\nor circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,\nsentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the\ncontroversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and to the\nperson or circumstances involved.  It is hereby declared to be the\nlegislative intent that this article would have been adopted had such\ninvalid provisions not been included.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 131-H — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 6 / Section 131-H
Separate highway districts in certain counties
Status: in_force

§ 131-h. Separate highway districts in certain counties. The board may\nestablish separate highway districts in counties containing more than\nthree hundred thousand acres of unimproved unoccupied forest lands, for\nthe purpose of constructing highways through such lands; such highway\ndistricts to be established upon the application of the owners of more\nthan one-half to the non-resident lands therein.  Any such highway\ndistrict shall consist of contiguous tracts or parcels of land, and may\ninclude parts of one or more towns; and they may be changed, altered or\nabolished at any time by the board. Such board may appoint one or more\ncommissioners to lay out and construct such highways in any such\ndistrict, and prescribe the powers and duties, and direct the manner in\nwhich highway taxes shall be assessed, levied and collected upon the\nlands within the district, and the manner of expenditure thereof.\n  If obligations should be issued on behalf of the district, the board\nmay, for the purpose of repaying such loan, set aside and appropriate\nthe highway taxes upon such lands, for a period not exceeding ten years\nfrom the time of making such loan.\n  The board may, upon the application of the owners representing a\nmajority in value, as shall be ascertained from the last annual\nassessment-roll of the real estate lying along the line of any highway,\nlaid out through unimproved lands, in cases not provided for in the last\npreceding section, authorize the appropriation of the non-resident\nhighway tax on the lands lying along such line, for the improvement of\nsuch highways.\n  The board may direct the expenditure of any non-resident highway or\nbridge tax, set apart by an act of the legislature, in counties wherein\nsuch non-resident lands are situated, when the official life of\ncommissioners appointed to receive and expend such taxes has expired.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1261 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 12-B / Section 1261
Determination of ratios of assessed valuation to full valuation
Status: in_force

§ 1261. Determination of ratios of assessed valuation to full\nvaluation.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,\nthe commissioner shall annually determine the ratios which the assessed\nvaluations of taxable real estate on the last completed assessment rolls\nand the four preceding rolls of each city school district bear to the\nfull valuation of such real estate for the purpose of computing and\napplying the limitation on local indebtedness pursuant to section four\nof article eight of the constitution.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 860-D — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 25-A / Section 860-D
Extension of mass layoff period
Status: in_force

§ 860-d. Extension of mass layoff period. A mass layoff of more than\nsix months which, at its outset, was announced to be a mass layoff of\nsix months or less shall be treated as an employment loss under this\narticle unless:\n  1. the extension beyond six months is caused by business circumstances\n(including unforeseeable changes in price or cost) not reasonably\nforeseeable at the time of the initial mass layoff; and\n  2. notice is given at the time it becomes reasonably foreseeable that\nthe extension beyond six months will be required.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1758 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 17-A / Section 1758
Court jurisdiction 1
Status: in_force

§ 1758. Court jurisdiction\n  1. The jurisdiction of the court to hear proceedings pursuant to this\narticle shall be subject to article eighty-three of the mental hygiene\nlaw.\n  2. After the appointment of a guardian, standby guardian or alternate\nguardians, the court shall have and retain general jurisdiction over the\nperson who is intellectually disabled or person who is developmentally\ndisabled for whom such guardian shall have been appointed, to take of\nits own motion or to entertain and adjudicate such steps and proceedings\nrelating to such guardian, standby, or alternate guardianship as may be\ndeemed necessary or proper for the welfare of such person who is\nintellectually disabled or person who is developmentally disabled.\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 114 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 9 / Section 114
Judicial notice of plans, regulations and orders
Status: in_force

§ 114. Judicial notice of plans, regulations and orders. 1. All courts\nshall take judicial notice of all plans, regulations and orders adopted\npursuant to this act and promulgated pursuant to law.\n  2. Such a plan, regulation or order may be read in evidence, at any\ntime, from a copy thereof, if there is contained on the same page or in\nthe same publication in which such copy is contained, a printed\ncertificate of the secretary of state or of the clerk of the political\nsubdivision that such copy is a correct transcript of the text of the\noriginal thereof.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 472 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 11 / Section 472
Special duties of directors
Status: in_force

§ 472. Special duties of directors.  Unless the bylaws shall expressly\nreserve any or all of the following duties to the shareholders, it shall\nbe the special duty of the directors:\n  1. To act upon applications for membership and to expel members;\nprovided that the board of directors may appoint a membership committee\nconsisting of not less than two directors, which committee may act upon\napplications for membership and approve persons for membership under\nsuch conditions as the board may prescribe; except that such committee\nso authorized shall submit to the board at each monthly meeting a list\nof approved or pending applications for membership received since the\nprevious monthly meeting, together with such other related information\nas the board may require.\n  2. To fix the amount of surety bond required of each officer having\nthe control or custody of funds.\n  3. To determine from time to time the rate of interest which shall be\nallowed on deposits and charged on loans.\n  4. To fix the maximum number and classes of shares, share drafts and\nshare certificates which may be held by, and the maximum amount which\nmay be lent to, any member, subject in each case, however, to the\nrestrictions contained in section four hundred fifty-six of this\narticle.\n  5. To declare dividends and authorize an interest refund to all\nmembers of record at the close of business on the last day of any\ndividend period in proportion to the interest paid by them during the\ndividend period.  The amount of interest refund to the members shall be\nin proportion to the amount of interest paid by them during the dividend\nperiod as determined by the application of a uniform percentage.  The\nboard may authorize an interest refund for a dividend period only during\na month in which, under the bylaws, it may declare a dividend for such\nperiod, except that if, under the bylaws, a credit union has for the\ncalendar year dividend periods more frequently than annually and an\ninterest refund was omitted for one or more of such dividend periods,\nthe board, during the time permitted for the declaration of the current\ndividend, may authorize an interest refund for the current dividend\nperiod and for any one or more of the omitted dividend periods. However,\nthe board shall not authorize an interest refund for any dividend period\nwith respect to which it has not declared a dividend. An interest refund\nshall be recorded on the books of the credit union as a reduction of\ninterest income.\n  6. To recommend amendments to the bylaws.\n  7. To fill vacancies in the board of directors or the credit or\nsupervisory committees as provided for in the bylaws.\n  8. To choose a chairman and recording officer of the credit committee\nfrom among the members thereof at the annual organization meeting of the\nboard of directors of the credit union.\n  9. To direct the deposit or investment of funds, except loans to\nmembers.\n  10. To perform such other duties as the bylaws may prescribe.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 52 — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 4 / Section 52
Notice, how served; proceedings when violated not removed
Status: in_force

§ 52. Notice, how served; proceedings when violated not removed.  Such\nnotice may be served personally or by mail, and if by mail it may be\naddressed to such master plumber at the address registered by him, but\nthe failure of a master plumber to register will relieve the official or\nboard who or which appoints the plumbing inspector from the requirement\nof giving notice of violation. Unless the violation is removed within\nthree days after the day of serving or mailing such notice, exclusive of\nthe day of serving or mailing, the official or board who or which\nappoints the plumbing inspector may proceed according to law.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 127 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 1 / Section 127
Transfer of assets and liabilities
Status: in_force

§ 127. Transfer of assets and liabilities. All assets and liabilities\nof the former division of the lottery and former racing and wagering\nboard are hereby transferred to and assumed by the commission.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 279 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 16 / Section 279
Subdivision review; record of plats
Status: in_force

§ 279. Subdivision review; record of plats. 1. Filing of plat with\ncounty clerk or register. (a) No plat of a subdivision of land showing\nlots, blocks or sites, shall be filed or recorded in the office of the\ncounty clerk or register until it has been approved by a planning board\nwhich has been empowered to approve such plats. Further, such approval\nmust be endorsed in writing on the plat in such manner as the planning\nboard may designate.\n  (b) Such endorsement shall stipulate that the plat does not conflict\nwith the county official map, where one exists, or, in cases where plats\ndo front on or have access to or are otherwise related to roads or\ndrainage systems shown on the county official map, that such plat has\nbeen approved in the manner specified by subdivision two of section two\nhundred thirty-nine-f of the general municipal law.\n  2. Notification of filing. It shall be the duty of the county clerk or\nregister to notify the planning board in writing within three days of\nthe filing or recording of any plat approved by such planning board,\nidentifying such plat by its title, date of filing or recording, and\nofficial file number.\n  3. Effect of filing. After such plat is approved and filed, the\nstreets, highways and parks shown on such plat shall be and become a\npart of the official map or plan of the town.\n  4. Cession or dedication of streets, highways or parks. (a) All\nstreets, highways or parks shown on a filed or recorded plat are offered\nfor dedication to the public unless the owner of the affected land, or\nthe owner's agent, makes a notation on the plat to the contrary prior to\nfinal plat approval. Any street, highway or park shown on a filed or\nrecorded plat shall be deemed to be private until such time as it has\nbeen formally accepted by a resolution of the local legislative body, or\nuntil it has been condemned by the town for use as a public street,\nhighway or park.\n  (b) In the event that such approved plat is not filed or recorded\nprior to the expiration date of the plat approval as provided in section\ntwo hundred seventy-six of this article, then such offer of dedication\nshall be deemed to be invalid, void and of no effect on and after such\nexpiration date.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 3459 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 34 / Section 3459
Car share exclusions for motor vehicle insurance policies
Status: in_force

§ 3459. Car share exclusions for motor vehicle insurance policies. (a)\nThe definitions set forth in section three thousand four hundred\nfifty-eight of this article shall apply to this section.\n  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the\nshared vehicle owner's policy of liability insurance or other motor\nvehicle insurance may exclude any and all coverage afforded under the\npolicy issued to the shared vehicle owner for any loss, death, or injury\nthat occurs during the car sharing period including:\n  (1) liability coverage for bodily injury and property damage;\n  (2) coverage provided pursuant to article fifty-one of this chapter;\n  (3) uninsured motorist coverage;\n  (4) supplementary uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage; and\n  (5) motor vehicle physical damage coverage as described in paragraph\nnineteen of subsection (a) of section one thousand one hundred thirteen\nof this chapter.\n  (c) The shared vehicle owner's motor vehicle insurer shall notify the\nshared vehicle owner that there is no duty to defend or indemnify any\nperson or entity for the liability for any loss, death, or injury that\nshall occur during the peer-to-peer car sharing period.\n  (d) Nothing in this article shall invalidate or limit an exclusion\ncontained in a motor vehicle insurance policy, including any insurance\npolicy in use or approved for use that shall exclude coverage for motor\nvehicles made available for rent, sharing, hire or any business use.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 242 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 6 / Section 242
Sections to be printed and posted
Status: in_force

§ 242. Sections to be printed and posted. The officers and board of\ndirectors of such railroad corporations shall cause copies of sections\ntwo hundred and thirty-nine, two hundred and forty and two hundred and\nforty-one to be printed conspicuously and posted in the depots or\nstations and in each car belonging to them.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 6304 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 63 / Section 6304
Special regulations
Status: in_force

§ 6304. Special regulations. The superintendent, by regulation, shall\nprovide for the implementation of the provisions of this article by\nestablishing methods, procedures and reports for licensing and for\nfacilitating, monitoring and verifying compliance with this article.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 838 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 24 / Section 838
Substate grantees
Status: in_force

§ 838. Substate grantees. 1. Substate grantees shall be designated on\na biennial basis through agreement between the governor, local elected\nofficials and private industry councils pursuant to the act.\n  (a) preference for selection shall be given to those entities which\nhave demonstrated fiscal and administrative capability to directly\nadminister basic readjustment and retraining services and provide\nsupport services or have demonstrated the administrative capacity to\ncontract out for such services.\n  (b) entities eligible for selection as substate grantees must\ndemonstrate the capacity to administer the required services either\ndirectly or by contract continuously through the period covered by the\nsubstate plan, and include:\n  (i) private industry councils in the substate area;\n  (ii) service delivery area grant recipients or administrative\nentities;\n  (iii) private nonprofit organizations;\n  (iv) units of general local government in the substate area or\nagencies thereof;\n  (v) local offices of state agencies; and\n  (vi) other public agencies, such as community colleges and area\nvocational schools.\n  2. Substate grantees shall administer substate activities as defined\nin subdivision two of section eight hundred thirty-nine of this article.\n  3. The state shall establish procedures to review the designation of\nsubstate grantees on a biennial basis. Such procedures shall include the\nuse of evaluation data defined in section eight hundred forty-nine of\nthis article.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 651 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 24 / Section 651
Definition
Status: in_force

§ 651. Definition. For the purposes of this article, "director" shall\nmean the director of employee relations.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 123 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 4 / Section 123
Preserving existing rights
Status: in_force

§ 123. Preserving existing rights. Nothing in this act shall be deemed\nto prevent any bondholder or committee of bondholders from bidding at\nthe foreclosure sale and in case he or they should be a successful\nbidder, from applying upon the purchase price the bonds held by him or\nthem at the amount distributable thereon and reorganizing the property\nso purchased in any manner which was lawful prior to the enactment of\nthis act, nor to impair any previously existing right of a trustee so to\npurchase and pay for the property, or to preclude any trustee which\nshall have purchased such property from submitting to the court a plan\nfor its reorganization. The court may provide for the qualification of\nbidders other than the trustee by requiring them to deposit with the\nofficer conducting the sale in advance of bidding up to ten per centum\nof the amount of their bid in cash or in bonds taken at the principal\namount thereof. In any action now or hereafter pending for the\nforeclosure of any such mortgage or indenture, the property shall, on\napplication of the trustee, be sold subject to the lien of any taxes,\nassessments and water rates, any prior lien, or to any liens which may\nthereafter be established, which are the subject of litigation pending\nat the time of the sale, provided a brief statement thereof is contained\nin the notice of sale.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 89-CCC — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 8-B / Section 89-CCC
Doing business without a license prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 89-ccc. Doing business without a license prohibited. 1. No\nindividual, partnership, association, limited liability company,\ncorporation, or any other entity, shall operate in the state as an\narmored car carrier or provide armored car services, or hold themselves\nout as an armored car carrier or provider of armored car services,\nexcept as authorized by this article and without first being licensed by\nthe department. No armored car carrier shall employ any armored car\nguard who does not possess a conditional letter of authority or a valid\nregistration card in accordance with the provisions of article eight-C\nof this chapter.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,\neach armored car carrier engaging in the business of providing armored\ncar services in the state as of the effective date of this section, may\ncontinue to provide such services until the one hundred eightieth day\nafter this section shall have taken effect. No armored car carrier shall\nprovide armored car services after such date which has not complied with\nthe provisions of this article and article eight-C of this chapter.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 14.05 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title C / Article 14 / Section 14.05
Sculpture; identifying mark
Status: in_force

§ 14.05. Sculpture; identifying mark. 1. Every sculpture produced,\nfabricated or carved in or from this state after January first, nineteen\nhundred ninety-one shall contain thereon, in a clear and legible fashion\nand in an easily accessible location, a distinctive mark which\nidentifies the foundry or other production facility at which such\nsculpture was made, and the year that such sculpture was made. This\nsection shall also apply to unique works of sculpture produced,\nfabricated or carved in this state.\n  2. It shall be unlawful for a foundry or other production facility (a)\nto fail or refuse to affix an identifying mark and the year or (b) to\naffix a false identifying mark or incorrect year to any sculpture\nproduced by it. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, violation of\nthis subdivision shall be punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed\nfive thousand dollars for each unlabeled or mislabeled sculpture.\n  3. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, mark over or tamper\nwith the identifying mark and date required by this section to be\nincluded on a sculpture. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,\nviolation of this subdivision shall be punishable by a civil penalty not\nto exceed five thousand dollars for each instance of defacing, marking\nover or tampering with such identifying mark or date. Any violation of\nthis subdivision shall be punishable in accordance with the penal law.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 7 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 2 / Section 7
Limited operation of holiday
Status: in_force

§ 7. Limited operation of holiday.  The governor in issuing any\nproclamation appointing any day as a holiday or as a day of thanksgiving\nor fasting and prayer or other religious observance, under section\ntwenty-four of the general construction law is authorized, in his\ndiscretion, to limit or restrict the effect and operation of such\nproclamation to any city or county to be designated by him in such\nproclamation.\n