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N.Y. NPC Law § 721 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 7 / Section 721
Nonexclusivity of statutory provisions for indemnification of directors and officers
Status: in_force

§ 721. Nonexclusivity of statutory provisions for indemnification of\n         directors and officers.\n  The indemnification and advancement of expenses granted pursuant to,\nor provided by, this article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other\nrights to which a director or officer seeking indemnification or\nadvancement of expenses may be entitled, whether contained in the\ncertificate of incorporation or the by-laws or, when authorized by such\ncertificate of incorporation or by-laws, (a) a resolution of members,\n(b) a resolution of directors, or (c) an agreement providing for such\nindemnification, provided that no indemnification may be made to or on\nbehalf of any director or officer if a judgment or other final\nadjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his\nacts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and\ndeliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so\nadjudicated, or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit or\nother advantage to which he was not legally entitled. Nothing contained\nin this article shall affect any rights to indemnification to which\ncorporate personnel other than directors and officers may be entitled by\ncontract or otherwise under law.\n
N.Y. GCM Law § 122 — New York Code / Act GCM / Section 122
Returns, payment of tax
Status: in_force

§ 122. Returns, payment of tax.  (a) General.--On or before the\nfifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of a taxable year,\nan unincorporated business income tax return shall be made and filed,\nand the balance of any tax shown on the face of such return, not\npreviously paid as installments of estimated tax, shall be paid, by or\nfor every unincorporated business having unincorporated business gross\nincome, determined for purposes of this subdivision without any\ndeduction for the cost of goods sold or services performed, of more than\nten thousand dollars, or having any amount of unincorporated business\ntaxable income.\n  (b) Decedents.--The return for any deceased individual shall be made\nand filed by his executor, administrator, or other person charged with\nhis property.  If a final return of a decedent is for a fractional part\nof a year, the due date of such return shall be the fifteenth day of the\nfourth month following the close of the twelve-month period which began\nwith the first day of such fractional part of the year.\n  (c) Individuals under a disability.--The return for an individual who\nis unable to make a return by reason of minority or other disability\nshall be made and filed by his guardian, committee, fiduciary or other\nperson charged with the care of his person or property (other than a\nreceiver in possession of only a part of his property), or by his duly\nauthorized agent.\n  (d) Estates and trusts.--The return for an estate or trust shall be\nmade and filed by the fiduciary.\n  (e) Joint fiduciaries.--If two or more fiduciaries are acting jointly,\nthe return may be made by any one of them.\n  (f) Returns for taxable years ending prior to December thirty-first\nnineteen hundred sixty-six.--With respect to taxable years ending prior\nto December thirty-first nineteen hundred sixty-six, the returns\nrequired to be made and filed pursuant to this section shall be made and\nfiled on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the\nclose of such taxable year or the sixtieth day following the date that\nthis title becomes effective, whichever is later.\n  (g) Taxpayers with credit relating to stock transfer tax.--Subdivision\n(a) of this section shall apply to a taxpayer which has a right to a\ncredit pursuant to subdivision (c) of section one hundred one of this\nchapter except that the tax, or balance thereof, payable to the director\nof finance in full pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, at the\ntime the return is required to be filed, shall be calculated and paid at\nsuch time as if the credit provided for in subdivision (c) of section\none hundred one of this chapter were not allowed.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 134 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 6 / Section 134
Religious dietary requirements
Status: in_force

§ 134. Religious dietary requirements. 1. The commissary at each\ncorrectional facility shall provide food options for purchase through\nthe facility commissary that satisfy the requirements of religious\ndietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility,\nincluding, but not limited to halal foods and kosher foods. Food options\navailable pursuant to this subdivision shall conform to the standards\ntypically associated with the particular religious dietary requirements;\nprovided, however, that if one or more incarcerated individuals housed\nat the facility requires food products that conform to a higher\nreligious dietary standard, such products shall also be made available\nthrough the commissary upon request of the individual requiring such\noptions.\n  2. Each correctional facility shall provide food options for purchase\nfrom vending machines located in the visitor's area of the facility that\nsatisfy the requirements of religious dietary needs of the incarcerated\nindividuals housed at the facility, including, but not limited to halal\nfoods and kosher foods.\n  3. For food options available through both the commissary and from\nvending machines, the prices for food options that conform to the\nrequirements of this section shall be comparable to the cost of food\noptions that do not conform to the requirements of this section.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4406 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 44 / Section 4406
Single post-trial motion
Status: in_force

Rule 4406. Single post-trial motion. In addition to motions made\norally immediately after decision, verdict or discharge of the jury,\nthere shall be only one motion under this article with respect to any\ndecision by a court, or to a verdict on issues triable of right by a\njury; and each party shall raise by the motion or by demand under rule\n2215 every ground for post-trial relief then available to him.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 133-A — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 8 / Section 133-A
Tonnage fees and reports
Status: in_force

§ 133-a. Tonnage fees and reports. 1. Any person who distributes in\nthis state any feed ingredient or commercial feed, except a pet food or\nspecialty pet food, shall pay to the commissioner a tonnage fee at the\nrate of ten cents per ton for each ingredient or feed distributed,\nsubject to the following:\n  (a) No fee shall be paid on a feed ingredient or commercial feed if\npayment has been made for the particular ingredient or feed by a\nprevious distributor;\n  (b) No fee shall be paid on a customer-formula feed if the tonnage fee\nhas been paid on the commercial feeds which are used as ingredients\ntherein.\n  (c) No fee shall be paid by any person for any year in which such\nperson distributed less than one hundred tons of feed ingredients and\ncommercial feeds in this state.\n  2. Each person who is liable for the payment of a tonnage fee shall\nfile with the commissioner, within thirty days of December thirty-first\nof each year, a statement setting forth the number of tons of feed\ningredients and commercial feeds distributed by such person in the state\nduring the preceding twelve month period. Upon filing such statement,\nsuch person shall pay the tonnage fee at the rate set forth in this\nsection.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 37 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 2 / Section 37
Department's process to be in its name
Status: in_force

§ 37. Department's process to be in its name. All notices or orders\nshall be given by and in the name of the department by the commissioner,\nby the industrial board of appeals or a member thereof, or by the deputy\ncommissioner or other officer or employee thereunto duly authorized.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 717 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 26 / Section 717
Office of interoperable and emergency communications
Status: in_force

§ 717. Office of interoperable and emergency communications. 1. The\noffice of interoperable and emergency communications shall be the\nprincipal state agency for all interoperable and emergency\ncommunications issues and oversee and direct the development,\ncoordination and implementation of policies, plans, standards, programs\nand services related to interoperable and emergency communications,\nincluding those related to public safety land mobile radio\ncommunications. The office shall coordinate with federal, state, local,\ntribal, non-governmental and other appropriate entities.\n  2. The office shall be responsible for coordinating relevant grant\nprograms and other funding sources to enhance interoperable and\nemergency communications, as consistent with the mission of the\ndivision. The director shall make final determinations regarding the\ndistribution of grants, in consultation with the board.\n  3. The director of this office shall serve as the statewide\ninteroperable and emergency communications coordinator.\n  4. To ensure appropriate coordination and consultation with relevant\nentities, the director shall be the chairperson of the statewide\ninteroperable and emergency communication board as defined in section\nthree hundred twenty-seven of the county law, and whose duties shall\ninclude, but not be limited to all the duties regularly assigned to the\nboard as defined by section three hundred twenty-eight of the county\nlaw.\n  5. The commissioner, in consultation with the director of the office,\nshall promulgate rules and regulations which require municipalities to\nreport, no less than annually, on prior and planned expenditures to\ndevelop and operate interoperable and emergency communications. The\nregulations shall permit municipalities which participate in county or\nmulti-county regional coordinated interoperability efforts to submit a\nsingle report to the division for all participating municipalities, so\nlong as all expenses which would have been reported if the participating\nmunicipalities had submitted individual reports are contained in the\ncombined report. The regulations shall not require a municipality that\nincurred no relevant expenses and anticipates no relevant expenses to\nsubmit such a report. The division shall include a summary of such\ninformation in its annual report to the governor, temporary president of\nthe senate, and speaker of the assembly provided for in subdivision\nseven of section seven hundred nine of this article, as well as\nsubmitting such information at the same time to the state comptroller.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 359-FFF — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 23-A / Section 359-FFF
Chain distributor schemes prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 359-fff. Chain distributor schemes prohibited. 1. It shall be\nillegal and prohibited for any person, partnership, corporation, trust\nor association, or any agent or employee thereof, to promote, offer or\ngrant participation in a chain distributor scheme.\n  2. As used herein a "chain distributor scheme" is a sales device\nwhereby a person, upon condition that he make an investment, is granted\na license or right to solicit or recruit for profit or economic gain one\nor more additional persons who are also granted such license or right\nupon condition of making an investment and may further perpetuate the\nchain of persons who are granted such license or right upon such\ncondition. A limitation as to the number of persons who may participate,\nor the presence of additional conditions affecting eligibility for such\nlicense or right to recruit or solicit or the receipt of profits\ntherefrom, does not change the identity of the scheme as a chain\ndistributor scheme. As used herein, "investment" means any acquisition,\nfor a consideration other than personal services, of property, tangible\nor intangible, and includes without limitation, franchises, business\nopportunities and services, and any other means, medium, form or channel\nfor the transferring of funds, whether or not related to the production\nor distribution of goods or services. It does not include sales\ndemonstration equipment and materials furnished at cost for use in\nmaking sales and not for resale.\n  3. A chain distributor scheme shall constitute a security within the\nmeaning of this article and shall be subject to all of the provisions of\nthis article.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 74-C — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 74-C
Taking of billboards
Status: in_force

§ 74-c. Taking of billboards. 1. If any local law, ordinance or\nresolution adopted by a municipal corporation in the exercise of its\npolice power shall require the removal of any legally erected and\nmaintained billboard or like outdoor advertising device, which is leased\nor rented for profit in areas zoned industrial or manufacturing, just\ncompensation for said taking shall be determined in accordance with the\nprovisions of article five of the eminent domain procedure law;\nprovided, however, section five hundred two of such law shall not be\napplicable in any such proceeding.\n  2. Unless compensation therefor is provided pursuant to section\neighty-eight of the highway law, if any local law, ordinance or\nresolution adopted by a municipal corporation in the exercise of its\npolice power shall require the removal of any legally erected and\nmaintained billboard or like outdoor advertising device, which is leased\nor rented for profit, and which is located in an area or zone, other\nthan an industrial or manufacturing zone, the display shall be allowed\nto remain in existence for the period of time set forth below after\ngiving notice of the removal requirement:\n          fair market value on date of            minimum years\n          notice of removal requirement              allowed\n                  under     $1,999                      3\n                  $2,000 to $3,999                      4\n                  $4,000 to $5,999                      6\n                  $6,000 to $7,999                      7\n                  $8,000 to $9,999                      9\n                  $10,000 and over                     10\n  If the removal is required sooner than the amortization periods\nspecified herein, such removal by any local law, ordinance or resolution\nadopted by the municipal corporation shall be with just compensation\nbeing paid for such taking and removal determined in accordance with the\nprovisions of article five of the eminent domain procedure law or in\naccordance with any table of values established by the state department\nof transportation; provided however section five hundred two of the\neminent domain procedure law shall not be applicable to any such\nproceeding.\n  Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, all amortization\nperiods under such laws, ordinances or resolutions shall commence not\nearlier than January first, nineteen hundred ninety.\n  3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any city having a\npopulation of one million or more.\n
N.Y. LEG Law § 64 — New York Code / Act LEG / Article 4 / Section 64
Contested elections
Status: in_force

§ 64. Contested elections. Upon the application of any person desirous\nof obtaining testimony respecting the election of a member of either\nhouse, for the purpose of contesting an election, or resisting a contest\nthereof, any county judge of the county, or justice of the supreme court\nof the district, or the mayor or recorder of a city in which the member\nor applicant shall reside, may require the attendance of persons named\nby the applicant, at a specified time and place, to be examined\nrespecting such election; and shall, at the same time, issue a notice to\nthe opposite party of the time, place and object of such examination.\nThe notice shall be served in the same manner as a notice of motion in a\ncourt of record. At the time appointed for the examination, upon proof\nof the due service of such notice, the witnesses who shall attend or who\nshall be produced by either party, shall be examined under oath before\nsuch officer, respecting such matters relating to the election about to\nbe contested, as shall be proposed by either party. The testimony given\nupon such examination shall be reduced to writing, signed by the\nwitnesses respectively, certified by the officer before whom it was\ntaken, and with the subpoena, notice and proof of the service thereof,\nshall be sent by him under seal to the secretary or the clerk of the\nhouse to which the election pertains.\n  A witness attending before such officer, by virtue of a subpoena,\nshall receive the same fees as are allowed to witnesses in civil suits\nin courts of record, to be paid by the party at whose instance such\nwitness was summoned.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2308 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 23 / Section 2308
Imposition of prior approval
Status: in_force

* § 2308. Imposition of prior approval. (a) If the superintendent\ndetermines, after a hearing, at which representatives of consumers and\nother interested parties may participate, and on the basis of findings\nof fact and conclusions, that, with respect to any territory or to any\nkind, subdivision or class of insurance, competition is either\ninsufficient to assure that rates will not be excessive, or so conducted\nas to be destructive of competition or detrimental to the solvency of\ninsurers, he shall order that the rates for such insurance or territory\nshall be subject to prior approval under subsection (b) of section two\nthousand three hundred five of this article and to all other provisions\nof this article applicable to rates subject to such subsection. Such\norder shall have a specified duration of not more than one year but may\nbe renewed by the superintendent upon appropriate findings of fact,\nconclusions and order. Within thirty days after the close of the hearing\nthe superintendent shall make his determination in a report which shall\nbe made public.\n  (b) The superintendent, by regulation adopted after a hearing, shall,\nwhere appropriate, establish objective standards, including\nindustry-wide profitability standards and market concentration\nstandards, for determining when a hearing pursuant to subsection (a)\nhereof shall be called.\n  (c) This section shall be applicable to kinds of insurance or\ninsurance activities the rates for which, pursuant to subsection (a) of\nsection two thousand three hundred five of this article, are not subject\nto prior approval.\n  * NB Expires July 1, 2026\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 215.35 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 215 / Section 215.35
Tampering with physical evidence; definitions of terms
Status: in_force

§ 215.35 Tampering with physical evidence; definitions of terms.\n  The following definitions are applicable to section 215.40:\n  1. "Physical evidence" means any article, object, document, record or\nother thing of physical substance which is or is about to be produced or\nused as evidence in an official proceeding.\n  2. "Official proceeding" means any action or proceeding conducted by\nor before a legally constituted judicial, legislative, administrative or\nother governmental agency or official, in which evidence may properly be\nreceived.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 34.01 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title K / Article 34 / Section 34.01
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 34.01. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "truth in music advertising act".\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 1010 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 17 / Section 1010
Rural aging services
Status: in_force

§ 1010. Rural aging services. Housing preservation and community\nrenewal activities which are otherwise eligible under subdivision five\nof section one thousand two of this article, but which are or have been\nfunded under the rural aging services program operated jointly by the\ndivision and the state office for the aging, shall not be subject to the\nlimitation on the amount of funds which may be received by corporations\ncontained in subdivision four of section one thousand three of this\narticle. All provisions otherwise applicable to funds received under\nsection one thousand three of this article shall also apply to funds\nreceived under this section.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 40 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 2 / Section 40
Appointment of commanders
Status: in_force

§ 40. Appointment of commanders. 1. The commanding generals of the New\nYork army national guard and the New York guard, the commander of the\nNew York air national guard and the commanding officer of the New York\nnaval militia shall be appointed by the governor and shall hold command\nat the pleasure of the governor. They shall be responsible to the\ngovernor for the military efficiency of their respective forces.\n  2. The New York army national guard shall be commanded by a general\nofficer who shall be federally recognized or qualified for federal\nrecognition in a grade not below that of major general.\n  3. The New York air national guard shall be commanded by a general\nofficer who shall be federally recognized or qualified for federal\nrecognition in a grade not below that of brigadier general, and who has\nreceived an aeronautical rating.\n  4. The organized militia shall be commanded by the adjutant general to\nthe governor, subject to the orders of the governor.\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 80 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 7 / Section 80
When partnership or business name may be continued
Status: in_force

§ 80. When partnership or business name may be continued.  The use of\na partnership or a business name may be continued in either of the\nfollowing cases:\n  1. Where the business of any firm or partnership in this state, having\nbusiness relations with foreign countries or which has transacted\nbusiness in this state or in any other state or territory of the United\nStates continues to be conducted by some or any of the partners, their\nor any of their assignees, appointees or successors in interest.\n  2. Where any partnership shall hereafter be formed under the laws of\nthis state it may use the firm or corporate name of any general or\nlimited partnership or of any corporation, domestic or foreign, which\nmay theretofore have carried on its business within this state, where\nsaid general or limited partnership or corporation has discontinued or\nshall be about to discontinue its business within the state, and where a\nmajority of the partners, general or special, in either of such last\nmentioned copartnerships or of the survivors thereof shall be members of\nthe new copartnership, or where a majority of the members of such\ncopartnership theretofore existing or of the surviving members thereof,\nor where stockholders holding a majority of the stock of such\ncorporation shall consent in writing to the use of such firm or\ncorporate name by such new copartnership; or\n  3. Where any resident of this state dies, who at the time of his death\nand for at least five years immediately prior thereto, conducted and\ncarried on in his sole name, any business in this state, or who at the\ntime of his death, so conducted and carried on any business having\nrelation with other states or foreign countries, the right to use the\nname of such person, for the purpose of continuing and carrying on such\nbusiness, shall survive and pass and be disposed of and accounted for as\na part of the personal estate of such deceased person, and such business\nmay be continued and carried on under such name by any person who comes\ninto the legal possession thereof.\n