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N.Y. VIL Law § 17-1706 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 17 / Section 17-1706
Succession of powers and duties relating to public bridges and highways
Status: in_force

§ 17-1706 Succession of powers and duties relating to public bridges\nand highways. In every such village all powers and duties granted to or\nimposed upon the town board of a town, or upon any officer of a town, in\nrelation to any public bridge or bridges, street or streets, highway or\nhighways, wholly or partly within such town, are hereby granted to and\nimposed upon the board of trustees of such village. The board of\ntrustees of any such village shall have full power and authority to\nrepair, replace, construct or re-construct any public bridge over any\nboundary of such village. If the project is to be paid from taxes levied\nfor the fiscal year in which the expenditure is to be made, the board of\ntrustees may submit to the voters of the village qualified to vote at\nsuch an election, a proposition for the repair, replacement,\nconstruction or re-construction of any such bridge partly at the expense\nof such village and such board of trustees shall also have power to\ncomplete any proceedings commenced under the town law, or under the\nhighway law, for the repair, replacement, construction or\nre-construction of any such bridge.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 433 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 18 / Section 433
Service enhancement plans
Status: in_force

§ 433. Service enhancement plans. 1. Every railroad seeking to\nparticipate in the program shall annually by the first of February\nsubmit a list of potential service enhancement program elements to the\ndepartment. The department shall review these program elements for\nconsistency with the legislative intent and program objectives stated in\nsections four hundred thirty and four hundred thirty-one of this article\nand shall provide its comments to each railroad by the first of March of\neach year.\n  2. (a) Every railroad seeking to participate in the program shall\nannually by the first of April of each year submit to the department a\nplan which shall:\n  (i) describe the nature of the railroad's intended service enhancement\nfor the current calendar year as appropriate to railroad size and\nrailroad ceiling exemption or economic factor;\n  (ii) describe the level of tax abatement as computed by the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance pursuant to either subdivision (c)\nof section four hundred eighty-nine-j or subdivision (c) of section four\nhundred eighty-nine-hh of the real property tax law;\n  (iii) present the railroad's statement of goals, where possible;\n  (iv) provide detail on the railroad's proposed service enhancement\nplan;\n  (v) present a general outline of multiple year projects to be\nundertaken during the term of the program, as appropriate; and\n  (vi) note any proposed changes to the previous year's plan.\n  (b) Other railroads with exemption factors equal to eighty-five\npercent may state to what general purposes they intend to apply the\nadditional tax abatement in lieu of the provisions of subdivision three\nof this section.\n  3. The filing of such plan, containing such information as may be\nrequired, shall constitute participation in the service enhancement\nprogram.\n  4. Immediately upon receipt of such plan, the department shall certify\nto the commissioner of taxation and finance participation in the service\nenhancement program by the railroad submitting such plan.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 903 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 9 / Section 903
Pleadings; requirements of formal pleading inapplicable to indorsement pleading
Status: in_force

§ 903. Pleadings; requirements of formal pleading inapplicable to\nindorsement pleading. The requirements of this act or of the CPLR\napplicable to a formal pleading shall not be applicable to an\nindorsement pleading.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 12-A-303 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 12-A / Part 3 / Section 12-A-303
Security Interest Unperfected Before Effective Date
Status: in_force

Section 12-A-303. Security Interest Unperfected Before Effective Date.\n  A security interest that is enforceable immediately before the\neffective date of the UCC Revision Act but is unperfected at that time:\n  (1) remains an enforceable security interest until the adjustment\ndate;\n  (2) remains enforceable thereafter if the security interest becomes\nenforceable under Section 9--203, as amended by the UCC Revision Act, on\nthe effective date of the UCC Revision Act or before the adjustment\ndate; and\n  (3) becomes perfected:\n  (A) without further action, on the effective date of the UCC Revision\nAct if the requirements for perfection under the revised UCC are\nsatisfied before or at that time; or\n  (B) when the requirements for perfection are satisfied if the\nrequirements are satisfied after that time.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 120-T — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 6 / Section 120-T
Town and village may establish a joint water district
Status: in_force

§ 120-t. Town and village may establish a joint water district.  The\nboard of trustees of an incorporated village and the town board of a\ntown may, notwithstanding the provisions of any law, general or special,\nupon the adoption of propositions therefor duly submitted in such\nvillage and town, establish a joint water district for such village and\ntown. Within thirty days after the adoption of such propositions, the\nboard of trustees of the village and the town board of the town shall,\nacting jointly, by a majority vote of each board, adopt a resolution\nformally establishing the district. The town clerk shall, within ten\ndays after the adoption of a resolution formally establishing the\ndistrict, cause a certified copy of such resolution to be filed in the\nstate department of audit and control at Albany, New York. Upon the\nestablishment of a joint water supply district, it shall be lawful for\nthe town and village boards to enter into a contract on behalf of such\njoint district with any water company, or other party or person, to\nsupply water for such town and village, for fire, sanitary or other\npurposes. Any water company authorized to supply water to such town or\nvillage may enter into such contract and lay its conduits, mains and\ndistributing lines, and set hydrants as in the contract provided. Such\nwater company may supply water to any person or corporation residing in\nsuch village and town. The expense of operation of such joint water\ndistrict shall be apportioned by the town and village boards in joint\nsession between the village and the town, based on the assessed\nvaluation of the real property within said village and town according to\nthe last preceding assessment roll. The portion thereof to be borne by\nthe village shall be a village charge and the portion to be borne by the\ntown shall be a town charge.  The portion to be borne by the village\nshall be levied and collected by the board of trustees in the same\nmanner as other village taxes are levied and collected and the portion\nto be borne by the town shall be levied and collected by the town board\nof the town in the same manner as other town taxes are levied and\ncollected. Such money when levied and collected shall be kept in\nseparate funds to be audited and paid by the trustees of the village and\nthe town board of the town pursuant to the provisions of the contract\ntherefor.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 563 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 12-B / Section 563
Violations and penalties
Status: in_force

§ 563. Violations and penalties. 1. Any person, including any member,\nofficer, director or employee of a licensee, who violates or\nparticipates in the violation of any provision of this article, or who\nknowingly makes any incorrect statement of a material fact in any\napplication, report or statement filed pursuant to this article, or who\nknowingly omits to state any material fact necessary to give the\nsuperintendent any information lawfully required by him or refuses to\npermit any lawful investigation or examination, shall be guilty of a\nmisdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five\nhundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months or both, in\nthe discretion of the court.\n  2. A premium finance agency's knowingly taking or receiving from or\ncharging an insured a greater charge than authorized in this article\nshall be held and adjudged a forfeiture of all charges which the premium\nfinance agreement carries with it or which have been agreed to be paid\nthereon, and if a greater charge has been paid by an insured, the person\npaying the same or his legal representative may recover from the premium\nfinance agency twice the entire amount of the charges thus paid if\naction is brought within two years from the time of such payment.\n  3. No licensee shall make, directly or indirectly, orally or in\nwriting, or by any method, practice or device, a representation that he\nis licensed under the banking law except that a licensee may make a\nrepresentation that he is licensed as a premium finance agency under the\nbanking law and is licensed to finance insurance premiums.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 404 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 4 / Section 404
Qualification and duties of guardian ad litem 1
Status: in_force

§ 404. Qualification and duties of guardian ad litem\n  1. A guardian ad litem shall be an attorney admitted to practice in\nNew York.\n  2. Before entering upon his duties he shall file a consent to act and\nunless he has previously done so, a statement of no interest adverse to\nor in conflict with the person under disability.\n  3. He shall file an appearance and take such steps with diligence as\ndeemed necessary to represent and protect the interests of the person\nunder disability, and file a report of his activities together with his\nrecommendation upon the termination of his duties or at such other time\nas directed by the court.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4101 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 41 / Section 4101
Issues triable by a jury revealed before trial
Status: in_force

§ 4101. Issues triable by a jury revealed before trial. In the\nfollowing actions, the issues of fact shall be tried by a jury unless a\njury trial is waived or a reference is directed under section 4317,\nexcept that equitable defenses and equitable counterclaims shall be\ntried by the court:\n  1. an action in which a party demands and sets forth facts which would\npermit a judgment for a sum of money only;\n  2. an action of ejectment; for dower; for waste; for abatement of and\ndamages for a nuisance; to recover a chattel; or for determination of a\nclaim to real property under article fifteen of the real property\nactions and proceedings law; and\n  3. any other action in which a party is entitled by the constitution\nor by express provision of law to a trial by jury.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 9.53 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title B / Article 9 / Section 9.53
Children in the custody of social services officials or the division for youth
Status: in_force

§ 9.53 Children in the custody of social services officials or the\n         division for youth.\n  (a) Admission of a child in the care and custody of a social services\nofficial or authorized agency, the director of the division for youth or\na person or entity granted such custody pursuant to section seven\nhundred fifty-six or one thousand fifty-five of the family court act to\na hospital or residential treatment facility for children and youth\nshall not be considered to effect a change in custody of such child and\nthe responsibilities of such person or entity having custody of the\nchild shall continue as described in the social services law, the\nexecutive law, the family court act and in any court order granting such\ncustody.\n  (b) Persons in the custody of a social services official, authorized\nagency, the division for youth or another person or entity pursuant to\nan outstanding and valid court order shall only be released to the\ncustody of that person or entity.\n  (c) Prior to the discharge or release of a child who at the time of\nsuch release remains in the custody of a social services official,\nauthorized agency, the division for youth, or a person or entity granted\nsuch custody pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-six or one thousand\nfifty-five of the family court act, the facility in which the child is\nreceiving treatment shall plan the discharge of the child as required in\nsection 29.15 of this chapter. The facility shall prepare the plan in\ncollaboration with the person or entity having custody of the child and\nit shall be the duty of such person or entity to cooperate with the\nfacility in that effort. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of\nlaw, and subject to separate interagency agreements to be negotiated by\nthe commissioner of mental health and the commissioner of social\nservices and the commissioner of mental health and the director of the\ndivision for youth, information derived from the clinical record as\nrequired by this section may be revealed to the person or entity having\ncustody of the child, to the extent release of such information is\nnecessary to assure adequate discharge planning.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 247 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 14 / Section 247
Examination of wrecked aircraft before destruction or removal
Status: in_force

§ 247. Examination of wrecked aircraft before destruction or removal.\nWhen an aircraft falls or lands in a wrecked condition or is wrecked by\nthe fall or in landing and an occupant thereof is killed or severely\ninjured thereby or escapes death or injury by the use of a parachute,\nneither such aircraft nor any part of it shall be destroyed or removed\nbefore the expiration of twenty-four hours thereafter without the\npermission of an inspector of the federal aviation agency or an\ninvestigator of the civil aeronautics board or a member of the state\npolice or of a sheriff or regular deputy sheriff; and if, before it is\ndestroyed or removed, such an inspector or member of the state police or\nsheriff or deputy sheriff shall appear at the scene of the wreck for the\npurpose of examining the aircraft it shall not be destroyed or removed\nuntil the examination is completed provided the examination be completed\nwithin forty-eight hours of the time that the aircraft fell or landed.\nThis section shall not prevent or postpone the destruction or removal of\na wrecked aircraft lying in a public street or highway in a position\nthat causes a blockade of traffic, or lying in a navigable waterway in a\nposition that impedes or imperils navigation, or which lands or falls on\na building or structure, or in a case where the immediate destruction or\nremoval of the aircraft is necessary to prevent injury to persons; but\nsuch necessity in the case last mentioned, shall be a matter of defense\nin any prosecution for a violation of this section. A person who\ndestroys or removes, or causes to be destroyed or removed, a wrecked\naircraft in violation of the provisions of this section is guilty of a\nmisdemeanor.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3902 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 39 / Section 3902
New York state center for agricultural medicine and health
Status: in_force

§ 3902. New York state center for agricultural medicine and health.\nThere is hereby established a center for agricultural medicine and\nhealth to operate in conjunction with the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital,\nCooperstown, New York. Such center shall operate under the guidance of a\ndirector, who shall be appointed by the board of trustees of the Mary\nImogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York upon the advice and\nconsent of the president of such hospital.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 462 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 14-G / Section 462
Interlocal agreements authorized
Status: in_force

§ 462. Interlocal agreements authorized. 1. Any public agency of this\nstate may enter into interlocal agreements with any public agency or\nagencies of any other state or states providing for any of the\nfollowing:\n  (a) The exchange, furnishing or providing by one or more of the\ncontracting public agencies to one or more of the other contracting\npublic agencies of services, personnel, facilities, equipment, or any\nother property or resources for any one or more of the following\npurposes or uses:\n(1)  Fire prevention and fire fighting\n(2)  Supply of water, gas or electricity\n(3)  Garbage collection and disposal\n(4)  Sewage disposal\n(5)  Refuse collection and disposal, and public dumps\n(6)  Storm drainage\n(7)  Airports or landing fields\n(8)  Parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, recreation centers,\n       or other recreational areas or facilities\n(9)  Youth counselling and guidance\n(10) Municipal planning services\n(11) Engineering services\n(12) Lighting\n(13) Ambulance service\n(14) Fire and police radio and communication systems\n(15) Hospital service\n(16) Public health services\n(17) Mental health services\n(18) Cemeteries\n(19) Libraries or bookmobiles\n(20) Suppression or control of plant and\n       animal pests or diseases\n(21) Propagation of game, game birds or fish\n(22) Publicizing the advantages of the region\n(23) Roads and highways.\n  (b) The establishment of an interlocal advisory board or boards to\nrecommend programs and policies for cooperative or uniform action in any\nfields of activity enumerated in paragraph (a) of this subdivision and\npermitted or authorized for each contracting public agency, and from\ntime to time to advise with the appropriate officials of the contracting\npublic agencies in respect to such programs, policies or fields of\nactivity.\n  2. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to authorize\nor permit any public agency of this state to receive, obtain, furnish or\nprovide services, facilities, personnel, equipment, or any other\nproperty or resources, or to engage in or perform any function or\nactivity by means of an interlocal agreement if it does not have\nconstitutional or statutory power or authorization to receive, obtain,\nfurnish or provide the same or substantially similar services,\nfacilities, personnel, equipment, other property or resources, or to\nengage in or perform the same or a substantially similar function or\nactivity on its own account.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 580-607 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-B / Part 6 / Subpart B / Section 580-607
Contest of registration or enforcement
Status: in_force

§ 580-607. Contest of registration or enforcement. (a) A party\ncontesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or\nseeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more\nof the following defenses:\n  (1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the\ncontesting party;\n  (2) the order was obtained by fraud;\n  (3) the order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later\norder;\n  (4) the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;\n  (5) there is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy\nsought;\n  (6) full or partial payment has been made;\n  (7) the statute of limitation under section 580-604 of this part\nprecludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or\n  (8) the alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.\n  (b) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial\ndefense under subdivision (a) of this section, a tribunal may stay\nenforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to\npermit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other\nappropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support\norder may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this\nstate.\n  (c) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under\nsubdivision (a) of this section to the validity or enforcement of a\nregistered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order\nconfirming the order.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 411 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 10 / Section 411
Terms of purchase by financing agency
Status: in_force

§ 411. Terms of purchase by financing agency. Notwithstanding any\ncontrary provision of the personal property law, lien law, banking law\nor other law:\n  1. A financing agency may purchase a retail instalment contract,\nobligation or credit agreement, or indebtedness of a buyer to be paid\nunder a credit agreement, from a seller on such terms and conditions and\nfor such price as may be mutually agreed upon; and\n  2. No filing of the assignment, no filing of any financing statement,\nno notice to the buyer of the assignment, and no requirement that the\nseller be deprived of dominion over payments upon the contract,\nobligation or credit agreement or over the goods if repossessed by or\nreturned to the seller, shall be necessary to the validity of a written\nassignment of a contract, obligation or credit agreement, or\nindebtedness to be paid under a credit agreement, as against creditors,\nsubsequent purchasers, pledgees, mortgagees or encumbrancers of the\nseller.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 202-D — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 7 / Section 202-D
Coin-operated machines performing a manufacturing process
Status: in_force

§ 202-d. Coin-operated machines performing a manufacturing process.\nThe commissioner may make such rules governing the construction,\nmaintenance, use, and operation of coin-operated machines which perform\nany manufacturing process that he or she finds necessary for the\nprotection of the lives, health, and safety of employees and of persons\nlawfully using such machines. The term "manufacturing" as used in this\nsection shall include the processes described in subdivision nine of\nsection two of this chapter.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 194 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 10 / Section 194
Time, place and notice of corporate meetings
Status: in_force

§ 194. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. The annual\ncorporate meeting of every incorporated church to which this article is\napplicable, shall be held at the time and place fixed by or in pursuance\nof law therefor, if such time and place be so fixed, and otherwise, at a\ntime and place to be fixed by its trustees.  A special corporate meeting\nof any such church may be called by the board of trustees thereof, on\nits own motion or on the written request of at least ten qualified\nvoters of such church. The trustees shall cause notice of the time and\nplace of its annual corporate meeting, therein specifying the names of\nany trustees, whose successors are to be elected thereat, and, if a\nspecial meeting, specifying the business to be transacted thereat, to be\ngiven at a regular meeting of the church for public worship, at morning\nservice, if such service be held, on each of the two successive Sundays\nnext preceding such meeting, if Sunday be the regular day for such\npublic worship, and public worship be had thereon, or otherwise at a\nregular meeting of such church for public worship on each of two days,\nat least one week apart, next preceding such meeting, or if no such\npublic worship be held during such period, by conspicuously posting such\nnotice, in writing, upon the outer entrance to the principal place of\nworship of such church. Such notice shall be given by the minister of\nthe church, if there be one, or if not, by the officiating minister\nthereof, if there be one, or if not, or if any such minister refuse to\ngive such notice, by any officer of such church. But a special corporate\nmeeting of an incorporated Presbyterian church, to elect a pastor of\nsuch church or to take action in reference to the dissolution of the\nrelations of the pastor and the church, may be called only by the\nsession of such church. They may call such meeting whenever they deem it\nadvisable to do so, or upon the request to them, by petition, of a\nmajority of the qualified voters of such corporation, they must call\nsuch meeting.  They shall give notice of such meeting in either case, in\nthe manner in this section provided in a notice of a special meeting.\n