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N.Y. AGM Law § 62 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 4 / Section 62
Coloring matter, dairy terms, size of package, labeling, false advertising
Status: in_force

§ 62. Coloring matter, dairy terms, size of package, labeling, false\nadvertising. No person, manufacturing with intent to sell, any substance\nor article to be used as a substitute for cheese and which is not made\nexclusively from unadulterated milk or cream or both, with or without\nsalt or rennet or both but into which any animal, intestinal or offal\nfats, or any oils or fats or oleaginous substance of any kind not\nproduced from pure, unadulterated milk or cream, or into which melted\nbutter, or butter in any condition or state or any modification of the\nsame, or lard or tallow shall be introduced, shall add thereto or\ncombine therewith any annatto or compounds of the same, or any other\nsubstance or substances whatever, for the purpose or with the effect of\nimparting thereto a color resembling yellow, or any shade of yellow\ncheese, nor introduce any such coloring matter or other substance into\nany of the articles of which the same is composed. No person\nmanufacturing, selling or offering for sale any oleaginous substance not\nmade from pure milk or cream from the same, designed to take the place\nof butter, shall make or sell the same under any brand, device or label\nbearing words indicative of cows or the product of the dairy or the\nnames of breeds of cows or cattle, nor use terms indicative of processes\nin the dairy in making or preparing butter; no oleaginous substance not\nmade from pure milk or cream from the same, designed to take the place\nof butter, shall hereafter be sold, offered or exposed for sale in this\nstate unless\n  (1) such substance is packaged,\n  (2) the net weight of the contents of any package thereof sold in a\nretail establishment is one pound or less,\n  (3) there appears on the label of the package (a) the word\n"oleomargarine" or "margarine" in type or lettering at least as large as\nany lettering on such label, (b) a statement of the net weight of the\ncontents of the package, and (c) a full and accurate statement of the\ningredients contained in such substance, and\n  (4) each part of the contents of the package is contained in a wrapper\nwhich bears the words "oleomargarine" or "margarine" in type or\nlettering not smaller than twenty point type.\nNo person, firm, association or corporation shall, in connection or\nassociation with the sale or exposure for sale, advertisement, or on the\npackage, of any substance designed to be used as a substitute for\nbutter, represent or suggest by any means whatever that such substance\nis a dairy product, except that nothing herein contained shall prevent\nan accurate statement of any of the ingredients contained in such\nsubstance.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 50-C — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 4 / Title A / Section 50-C
Discrimination based upon history of cancerous condition prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 50-c. Discrimination based upon history of cancerous condition\nprohibited. 1. Neither the state civil service department nor any\nmunicipal commission may refuse to examine an applicant or, after\nexamination, to certify an individual who has been placed on a certified\neligible list, nor shall such person be deemed to be unfit for the\nperformance of the duties of a position solely because such person has a\nhistory of cancer, provided such person is able to perform in a\nreasonable manner the activities involved in the position sought or\nheld.\n  2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit the\nscope of section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law.\n  3. A violation of this section shall be considered an unlawful\ndiscriminatory practice and, notwithstanding any other provision of law,\nany complaint about such violation shall be subject to the procedures\nset forth in section two hundred ninety-seven of the executive law.\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 114 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 11 / Section 114
Functions, powers or duties imposed upon officers or employees by statutory name
Status: in_force

§ 114. Functions, powers or duties imposed upon officers or employees\nby statutory name. Whenever a function, power or duty is imposed upon\nthe corporation, and an officer or employee, or a group or class thereof\nis designated in this chapter by a statutory or specific title or name\nto exercise such function or power or perform such duty, the exercise or\nperformance thereof shall be deemed to be imposed upon the officer or\nemployee in such corporation who shall be assigned thereto by such\ncorporation, with the same force and effect, and such corporation may\nmake such assignment as though no statutory or specific title or name\nhad been used in this chapter to designate the particular officer or\nemployee or group or class thereof charged with the exercise of such\nfunction or power, or the performance of such duty.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 7715 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 77 / Section 7715
Tax exemptions
Status: in_force

§ 7715. Tax exemptions. The corporation shall be exempt from payment\nof all fees and all taxes levied by this state or any of its\nsubdivisions, except taxes levied on real property.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 47-A — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 4-B / Section 47-A
Employment of persons with a disability
Status: in_force

§ 47-a. Employment of persons with a disability. Unless it can be\nclearly shown that a person's disability would prevent such person from\nperforming the particular job no person who is otherwise qualified shall\nbe denied equal opportunities to obtain and/or maintain employment\nand/or to advance in position in his job solely because said person is a\nperson with a disability and is accompanied by a guide dog, hearing dog\nor service dog regardless of whether the employer or prospective\nemployer is the state or any political subdivision thereof or any other\ncategory of employer.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 570.50 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title Q / Article 570 / Section 570.50
Written waiver of extradition proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 570.50  Written waiver of extradition proceedings.\n  Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed any\ncrime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement, or\nbroken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, may waive the\nissuance and service of the warrant provided for in sections 570.18 and\n570.20 and all other procedure incidental to extradition proceedings by\nexecuting or subscribing in the presence of a judge of any court of\nrecord within this state a writing which states that he consents to\nreturn to the demanding state, provided, however, that before such\nwaiver shall be executed or subscribed by such person it shall be the\nduty of such judge to inform such person of his rights to the issuance\nand service of a warrant of extradition and to obtain a writ of habeas\ncorpus as provided for in section 570.24.\n  If and when such consent has been duly executed it shall forthwith be\nforwarded to the office of the secretary of state of this state and\nfiled therein.  The judge shall direct the officer having such person in\ncustody to deliver forthwith such person to the duly accredited agent or\nagents of the demanding state, and shall deliver or cause to be\ndelivered to such agent or agents a copy of such consent.  Provided,\nhowever, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the\nrights of the accused person to return voluntarily and without formality\nto the demanding state, nor shall this waiver procedure be deemed to be\nan exclusive procedure or to limit the powers, rights or duties of the\nofficers of the demanding state or of this state.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 215.12 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 215 / Section 215.12
Tampering with a witness in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 215.12 Tampering with a witness in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of tampering with a witness in the second degree\nwhen he:\n  1. Intentionally causes physical injury to a person for the purpose of\nobstructing, delaying, preventing or impeding the giving of testimony in\na criminal proceeding by such person or another person or for the\npurpose of compelling such person or another person to swear falsely; or\n  2. He intentionally causes physical injury to a person on account of\nsuch person or another person having testified in a criminal proceeding.\n  Tampering with a witness in the second degree is a class D felony.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 488 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 15 / Section 488
Buying demands on which to bring an action
Status: in_force

§ 488. Buying demands on which to bring an action. An attorney or\ncounselor shall not:\n  1. Directly or indirectly, buy, take an assignment of or be in any\nmanner interested in buying or taking an assignment of a bond,\npromissory note, bill of exchange, book debt, or other thing in action,\nwith the intent and for the purpose of bringing an action thereon.\n  2. By himself or herself, or by or in the name of another person,\neither before or after action brought, promise or give, or procure to be\npromised or given, a valuable consideration to any person, as an\ninducement to placing, or in consideration of having placed, in his or\nher hands, or in the hands of another person, a demand of any kind, for\nthe purpose of bringing an action thereon, or of representing the\nclaimant in the pursuit of any civil remedy for the recovery thereof.\nBut this subdivision does not apply to:\n  a. an agreement between attorneys and counselors, or either, to divide\nbetween themselves the compensation to be received;\n  b. a lawyer representing an indigent or pro bono client paying court\ncosts and expenses of litigation on behalf of the client;\n  c. a lawyer advancing court costs and expenses of litigation, the\nrepayment of which may be contingent on the outcome of the matter; or\n  d. a lawyer, in an action in which an attorney's fee is payable in\nwhole or in part as a percentage of the recovery in the action, paying\non the lawyer's own account court costs and expenses of litigation. In\nsuch case, the fee paid to the attorney from the proceeds of the action\nmay include an amount equal to such costs and expenses incurred.\n  3. A lawyer that offers services as described in paragraphs b, c and d\nof subdivision two of this section shall not, either directly or through\nany media used to advertise or otherwise publicize the lawyer's\nservices, promise or advertise his or her ability to advance or pay\ncosts and expenses of litigation in such manner as to state or imply\nthat such ability is unique or extraordinary when such is not the case.\n  4. An attorney or counselor who violates the provisions of this\nsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 61 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 6 / Section 61
Persons not entitled to license
Status: in_force

§ 61. Persons not entitled to license. No person, association,\npartnership or corporation shall be entitled to or receive such license\nwho or which, and in case of a partnership or association any member of\nwhich, has been since January first, nineteen hundred and three, or who\nor which shall hereafter be convicted of larceny or knowingly receiving\nstolen property, or of a violation of this article.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-R*6 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-R*6
Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to Specialist Jason Johnston
Status: in_force

* § 344-r. Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to\nSpecialist Jason Johnston. All that portion of the state highway system\nconstituting state route thirty-one-A from its intersection with\nPowerline Road to its intersection with state route ninety-eight in the\ntown of Albion, county of Orleans, shall be dedicated to Specialist\nJason Johnston.\n  * NB There are 12 § 344-r's\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1114 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 11 / Section 1114
Certain sales, transfers, security interests and judgments void
Status: in_force

§ 1114. Certain sales, transfers, security interests and judgments void.\n  A sale, mortgage, conveyance or other transfer of, or the creation of\na security interest in, any property of a corporation made, without\nprior approval of the court, after service upon the corporation of a\nsummons in an action, or of an order to show cause in a special\nproceeding, under this article in payment of or as security for an\nexisting or prior debt or for any other or for no consideration, or a\njudgment thereafter rendered against the corporation by confession or\nupon the acceptance of any offer, shall be void as against such persons\nand to such extent, if any, as the court shall determine.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 63 — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 4 / Title B / Section 63
Probationary term
Status: in_force

§ 63. Probationary term. 1. Every original appointment to a position\nin the competitive class and every interdepartmental promotion from a\nposition in one department or agency to a position in another department\nor agency shall be for a probationary term; provided, however, that upon\ninterdepartmental promotion the appointing officer may waive the\nrequirement of satisfactory completion of the probationary term. The\nstate civil service commission and municipal civil service commissions\nmay provide, by rule, for probationary service upon intradepartmental\npromotion to positions in the competitive class and upon appointment to\npositions in the exempt, non-competitive or labor classes.\n  When probationary service is required upon promotion, the position\nformerly held by the person promoted shall be held open and shall not be\nfilled, except on a temporary basis, pending completion of his\nprobationary term.\n  Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other law or rule to the\ncontrary, when a permanent appointment or promotion to a position in the\ncompetitive class is conditioned upon the completion of a term of\ntraining service or of a period of service in a designated trainee\ntitle, such service and the probationary term for such competitive\nposition shall run concurrently.\n  Notwithstanding the foregoing or any law or rule to the contrary, any\nperson appointed provisionally in accordance with section sixty-five of\nthis title who receives a permanent appointment to the same title\nimmediately following the provisional appointment shall have all time\nspent as a provisional appointment credited to any probationary term\nthat is required upon permanent appointment to a position.\n  2. The state civil service commission and municipal civil service\ncommissions shall, subject to the provisions of this section, provide by\nrule for the conditions and extent of probationary service.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-AA*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-AA*2
Portion of state highway system to be designated as the "Officer Thomas M
Status: in_force

* § 343-aa. Portion of state highway system to be designated as the\n"Officer Thomas M. Lindsey Memorial Highway". That portion of state\nroute five-a from its intersection with Whitesboro street at the\nwesterly Utica city line in Oneida county, thence running easterly to\nwhere state route five-a becomes state route five-s on Oriskany street,\nthence running generally easterly along state route five-s to its\nintersection with Broad street, shall be designated and known as the\n"Officer Thomas M. Lindsey Memorial Highway."\n  * NB There are 5 § 343-aa's\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 1061 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 10 / Part 6 / Section 1061
Staying, modifying, setting aside or vacating order
Status: in_force

§ 1061. Staying, modifying, setting aside or vacating order. For good\ncause shown and after due notice, the court on its own motion, on motion\nof the corporation counsel, county attorney or district attorney or on\nmotion of the petitioner, or on motion of the child or on his behalf, or\non motion of the parent or other person responsible for the child's care\nmay stay execution, of arrest, set aside, modify or vacate any order\nissued in the course of a proceeding under this article.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 6-5.11 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 6 / Part 5 / Section 6-5.11
Non-destructibility of remainders subject to a condition
Status: in_force

§ 6-5.11 Non-destructibility of remainders subject to a condition\n           precedent\n  A remainder is not defeated by the determination of a precedent estate\nbefore the occurrence of the condition precedent on which the remainder\nwas limited to take effect.  If such condition precedent subsequently\noccurs, the remainder takes effect in the same manner and to the same\nextent as if the precedent estate had continued.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 40 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 3 / Section 40
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 40. Short title. This article may be cited as the "New York state\nhousing finance agency act."\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 13.19 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title C / Article 13 / Section 13.19
Personnel of the office; regulations
Status: in_force

§ 13.19 Personnel of the office; regulations.\n  (a) The commissioner may, within the amounts appropriated therefor,\nappoint and remove in accordance with law and applicable rules of the\nstate civil service commission, such officers and employees of the\noffice for people with developmental disabilities as are necessary for\nefficient administration. The commissioner shall, in exercising his or\nher appointing authority, take, consistent with article twenty-three-A\nof the correction law, all reasonable and necessary steps to ensure that\nany such person so appointed has not previously engaged in any act in\nviolation of any law which indicates a propensity to act in a manner\nthat would compromise the health and safety of individuals with\ndevelopmental disabilities.\n  (b) The director of a hospital or institute in the office shall have\nprofessional qualifications and experience to be prescribed by the\ncommissioner.\n  (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the position of\ndeputy director in an office facility may be filled by new hire or by\npromotion open to employees who possess the minimum qualifications for\nthe position.\n  (c) The use of volunteers in the office for people with developmental\ndisabilities shall be encouraged. The commissioner may establish\nregulations governing such volunteer services.\n  (d) Where, and to the extent that, an agreement between the state and\nan employee organization entered into pursuant to article fourteen of\nthe civil service law so provides, the commissioner is authorized to\nimplement the provisions of such agreement relating to discipline\nconsistent with the terms thereof.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-P*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-P*2
Portion of state highway system in the county of Niagara to be designated as the "North Tonawanda POW-MIA Memorial Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 343-p. Portion of state highway system in the county of Niagara to\nbe designated as the "North Tonawanda POW-MIA Memorial Highway". All\nthat portion of the state highway system in the city of North Tonawanda,\ncounty of Niagara, constituting River Road shall be designated and known\nas the "North Tonawanda POW-MIA Memorial Highway".\n  * NB There are 8 § 343-p's\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 7107 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 71 / Section 7107
Expedited approval; mutual property/casualty insurance companies
Status: in_force

§ 7107. Expedited approval; mutual property/casualty insurance\ncompanies. If in the judgment of the superintendent the interests of the\npolicyholders require it, a domestic mutual property/casualty insurance\ncompany may, after obtaining the tentative approval of the\nsuperintendent and subject to his final approval, enter into an\nagreement of merger or consolidation with an authorized assuming mutual\nproperty/casualty insurance company, upon the adoption of such agreement\nby the boards of directors of such companies at special meetings called\nfor the purpose upon at least ten days notice. Upon the execution of\nsuch agreement, notice thereof, in a form approved by the\nsuperintendent, shall immediately be mailed to the policyholders of both\ncompanies. If within thirty days after such notice five percent or more\nof the policyholders of either company, determined as of the date of\nmailing such notice, shall file with the superintendent their objections\nto such agreement, the superintendent shall call a hearing thereon upon\nsuch notice as the superintendent shall deem advisable. If upon such\nhearing the superintendent shall find that the terms of such agreement\nare not fair and reasonable to the policyholders and creditors affected\nthereby, the superintendent may withdraw his tentative approval of such\nagreement which shall thereupon become null and void. If the\nsuperintendent finally approves such agreement, the other provisions of\nthis article, except sections seven thousand one hundred four, seven\nthousand one hundred five and seven thousand one hundred nineteen of\nthis article, shall be applicable to such merger or consolidation.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 831 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 38-B / Section 831
Sale or promotional distribution of dietary supplements containing ephedra
Status: in_force

§ 831. Sale or promotional distribution of dietary supplements\ncontaining ephedra. 1. No person, firm, corporation, partnership,\nassociation, limited liability company, or other entity shall sell or\noffer to sell or give away, as either a retail or wholesale promotion, a\ndietary supplement containing any quantity of ephedra within New York\nstate, except as authorized by subdivision three of this section.\n  2. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the\nfollowing meanings:\n  (a) "dietary supplement" means (1) a product (other than tobacco) that\nis intended to supplement the diet and that bears or contains one or\nmore of the following dietary ingredients: a vitamin, a mineral, an herb\nor other botanical, an amino acid, a dietary substance for the use by a\nperson to supplement the diet by increasing the total daily intake, or a\nconcentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combinations of these\ningredients; (2) intended for ingestion in pill, capsule, tablet, or\nliquid form; and (3) labeled as a "dietary supplement" pursuant to the\nfederal Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, 21 U.S.C. 321, as\namended.\n  (b) "ephedra" means any natural or synthetic form of ephedrine and\nephedrine alkaloids.\n  3. (a) Nothing in this section shall apply to nonprescription\nover-the-counter drugs approved or regulated by the Food and Drug\nAdministration.\n  (b) This section shall not apply to ma huang (ephedra sinica) sold or\ndispensed by any practitioner of oriental medicine, whose qualification\nto use ma huang and other herbs is explicitly established via evidence\nof an active certification issued to such individual from an entity\naccredited by the National Commission of Certifying Agencies (NCCA) and\nwho is not otherwise required to be licensed by the state of New York,\nor any physician or any practitioner of acupuncture licensed by the\nstate of New York as long as it is not sold or dispensed as a dietary\nsupplement for weight loss, for body building, or as an "energy food".\n  4. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, limited\nliability company, or other entity that violates the provisions of this\nsection by selling, offering to sell, or giving away as either a retail\nor wholesale promotion, a dietary supplement containing any quantity of\nephedrine alkaloids shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than\nfive hundred dollars per violation, recoverable in an action by any\nenforcement authority designated by any municipality or political\nsubdivision.\n  5. It shall be a defense that any person, firm, corporation,\npartnership, association, limited liability company, or other entity\nthat sold, offered for sale, or gave away as either a retail or\nwholesale promotion a dietary supplement, did not have knowledge that\nthe supplement contained any quantity of ephedrine alkaloids, if such\nknowledge was not reasonably discoverable.\n