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N.Y. RRD Law § 82 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 82
Canada thistles to be cut
Status: in_force

§ 82. Canada thistles to be cut. Every railroad corporation doing\nbusiness within this state, shall cause all Canada thistles, white and\nyellow daisies and other noxious weeds growing on any lands owned or\noccupied by it, to be cut down twice in each and every year, once\nbetween the fifteenth day of June and the twenty-fifth day of June and\nonce between the fifteenth day of August and the twenty-fifth day of\nAugust. If any such corporation shall neglect to cause the same to be so\ncut down, any person may cut the same, between the twenty-fifth day of\nJune and the fifth day of July inclusive, and between the twenty-fifth\nday of August and the fifth day of September inclusive in each year, at\nthe expense of the corporation on whose lands the same shall be so cut,\nat the rate of five dollars per day for the time occupied in cutting.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1812 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 18 / Section 1812
Enforcement of small claims judgments
Status: in_force

§ 1812. Enforcement of small claims judgments.\n  (a) The special procedures set forth in subdivision (b) hereof shall\nbe available only where:\n  1. there is a recorded judgment of a small claims court; and\n  2. (i) the aforesaid judgment resulted from a transaction in the\ncourse of the trade or business of the judgment debtor, or arose out of\na repeated course of dealing or conduct of the judgment debtor, and (ii)\nthere are at least two other unsatisfied recorded judgments of a small\nclaims court arising out of such trade or business or repeated course of\ndealing or conduct, against that judgment debtor; and\n  3. the judgment debtor failed to satisfy such judgment within a period\nof thirty days after receipt of notice of such judgment. Such notice\nshall be given in the same manner as provided for the service of a\nsummons or by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall\ncontain a statement that such judgment exists, that at least two other\nunsatisfied recorded judgments exist, and that failure to pay such\njudgment may be the basis for an action, for treble the amount of such\nunsatisfied judgment, pursuant to this section.\n  (b) Where each of the elements of subdivision (a) of this section are\npresent the judgment creditor shall be entitled to commence an action\nagainst said judgment debtor for treble the amount of such unsatisfied\njudgment, together with reasonable counsel fees, and the costs and\ndisbursements of such action, provided, however, that in any such action\nit shall be a defense that the judgment debtor did not have resources to\nsatisfy such judgment within a period of thirty days after receipt of\nnotice of such judgment. The failure to pay a judgment obtained in an\naction pursuant to this section shall not be the basis for another such\naction pursuant to this section.\n  (c) Where the judgment is obtained in an action pursuant to\nsubdivision (b), and arises from a business of the defendant, the court\nshall, in addition to its responsibilities under this article, advise\nthe attorney general in relation to his authority under subdivision\ntwelve of section sixty-three of the executive law, and if such judgment\narises from a certified or licensed business of the defendant, advise\nthe state or local licensing or certifying authority.\n  (d) Where a judgment has been entered in a small claims court and\nremains unsatisfied, the small claims clerk shall, upon request, issue\ninformation subpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and\nprovide the creditor with assistance on their preparation and use. The\ncourt shall have the same power as the supreme court to punish a\ncontempt of court committed with respect to an information subpoena.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1394-B — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 13-B / Section 1394-B
Requirement to check sex offender registry
Status: in_force

§ 1394-b. Requirement to check sex offender registry. Every person,\nfirm, limited liability company, association and corporation which\noperates a traveling summer day camp shall be required, to ascertain\nwhether an employee or volunteer is listed on the state sex offender\nregistry pursuant to article six-C of the correction law and the\nnational sex offender registry using the United States department of\njustice national sex offender public website prior to the day such\nemployee or volunteer commences work at said camp and annually\nthereafter prior to their arrival at said camp.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 201-B — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 17 / Section 201-B
Retail sale of kosher food or food products
Status: in_force

§ 201-b. Retail sale of kosher food or food products. 1. Any person\nwho sells or offers for sale in the same place of business meat, meat\npreparations, meat by-products, poultry or other food or food products\nthat are represented as both kosher and non-kosher shall indicate in\nwindow signs, in block letters at least four inches in height, "kosher\nand non-kosher meat sold here" or "kosher and non-kosher food sold\nhere."\n  2. All fresh meat, meat preparations, meat by-products and poultry\nsold or offered for sale at retail as kosher shall be marked on the\nlabel when packaged, or by a sign when not packaged, with the words\n"soaked and salted" or "not soaked and salted," as the case may be. Such\nwords, when marked on a label or a sign, shall be in letters at least as\nlarge as the letters of the words on the label or sign designating such\nmeat, meat preparations, meat by-products and poultry as kosher.\n  3. Any person who sells or offers for sale as kosher, at wholesale or\nretail, any meat, meat preparations, meat by-products or poultry shall\nmaintain a record of each purchase from a manufacturer or packer, which\nshall include, but not be limited to, a bill of sale, and retain all\nrecords with respect to the origin of such meat, meat preparations, meat\nby-products or poultry for a period of two years after the sale to which\nthe records relate, and shall make such records available to the\ndepartment upon request. Meat, meat preparations, meat by-products and\npoultry packed off-premises and labeled as kosher by the packer thereof\nshall be exempt from the record keeping requirements of this\nsubdivision, provided that the package contains the name and address of\nthe manufacturer or packer and the name of the person certifying such\nfood or food products as kosher.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 334 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 25-C / Section 334
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 334. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n  1. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of agriculture and\nmarkets.\n  2. "Department" shall mean the department of agriculture and markets.\n  3. "Eligible farm employee" shall mean an individual who meets the\ndefinition of a "farm laborer" under section two of the labor law who is\nemployed in New York state by (a) a farm employer or (b) a qualified\nprofessional employer organization.\n  4. "Eligible overtime" shall mean the aggregate number of hours of\nwork performed during the calendar year by an eligible farm employee\nthat in any calendar week exceeds the overtime work threshold set by the\ncommissioner of labor pursuant to the recommendation of the farm\nlaborers wage board, provided that work performed in such calendar week\nin excess of sixty hours shall not be included.\n  5. "Farm employer" shall mean a corporation (including a New York S\ncorporation), a sole proprietorship, a limited liability company or a\npartnership whose principal business is farming activity.\n  6. "Farming activity" shall include, but not be limited to, the\ncultivation of crops, operation, or management of a farm for gain or\nprofit, including the operation or management of livestock, dairy,\npoultry, aquaculture, fruit, fur-bearing animal, field crop,\nhorticultural specialty, and vegetable farms.\n  7. "Overtime expense" shall mean the product of (a) the eligible\novertime hours worked during the calendar year by the eligible farm\nemployee and (b) the overtime rate paid to the eligible farm employee\nless such eligible farm employee's regular rate of pay.\n  8. "Qualified farm employer" shall mean a farm employer that:\n  (a) primarily engaged in farming activity during the calendar year;\n  (b) utilized eligible farm employees in its farming activity during\nthe calendar year; and\n  (c) directly, or indirectly through a qualified professional employer\norganization, paid eligible overtime to eligible farm employees during\nthe calendar year.\n  9. "Qualified professional employer organization" shall mean an entity\nwho provides remuneration to or otherwise employs eligible farm\nemployees on behalf of a farm employer.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 739 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 20-B / Section 739
Applicability of article
Status: in_force

§ 739. Applicability of article. This article shall only apply to\nemployee and prospective employee-employer relations.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 655-A — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 12 / Section 655-A
Authorization of contracts for taxation by the United States of interest on obligations guaranteed thereby
Status: in_force

§ 655-a. Authorization of contracts for taxation by the United States\nof interest on obligations guaranteed thereby. The corporation is hereby\nauthorized and empowered, from time to time and at any time to enter\ninto a contract or contracts with the United States, acting through any\ndepartment, officer, agency, or instrumentality thereof, (a) pursuant to\nwhich the United States (i), unconditionally guarantees the payment,\nwhen due, of the interest on, and the principal of, bonds, notes, or\nother obligations issued or to be issued by the corporation or (ii) pays\na portion of the interest payable on such bonds, notes, or other\nobligations issued or to be issued by the corporation and (b) in\nconsideration of which the corporation covenants and consents that the\ninterest on such bonds, notes, or other obligations shall be includible\nunder the internal revenue code of nineteen hundred fifty-four or any\nsubsequent corresponding internal revenue law of the United States in\nthe gross income of the holder or holders of such bonds, notes, or other\nobligations to the same extent and in the same manner that the interest\non bills, bonds, notes or other obligations of the United States is\nincludible in the gross income of the holder or holders thereof under\nsaid internal revenue code or any such subsequent law. The corporation\nis hereby futher authorized and empowered to include in such bonds,\nnotes, or other obligations and any documents related thereto such\nreference to, or summary of, the contract or contracts as shall be\nsatisfactory to such department, officer, agency, or instrumentality of\nthe United States. The powers herein conferred shall be in addition to\nthe powers conferred by any other law and such powers shall not be\nsubject to the limitations or restrictions of any other law, but nothing\ncontained herein or in any such contract or contracts shall be construed\nto covenant or consent, or to authorize any covenant or consent, to the\napplication of any other provision of any other law, federal or state,\nto the corporation or to such bonds, notes, or other obligations, or to\nthe elimination or modification in any way of any other exemption\n(including without limitation exemption from taxation under section six\nhundred sixty-three of this article), privilege, or immunity thereof.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1109 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 11 / Section 1109
Hearing and decision
Status: in_force

§ 1109. Hearing and decision.\n  At the time and place specified in the order to show cause, or at any\nother time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the court or the\nreferee shall hear the allegations and proofs of the parties and\ndetermine the facts. The decision of the court or the report of the\nreferee shall be made and filed with the clerk of the court with all\nconvenient speed.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 360-H — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 24 / Section 360-H
Cancellation
Status: in_force

§ 360-h. Cancellation. The secretary shall cancel from the register,\nin whole or in part:\n  (a) any registration concerning which the secretary shall receive a\nvoluntary request for cancellation thereof from the registrant or the\nassignee of record;\n  (b) all registrations granted under this article and not renewed in\naccordance with the provisions hereof;\n  (c) any registration concerning which a court of competent\njurisdiction shall find:\n  (1) that the registered mark has been abandoned,\n  (2) that the registrant is not the owner of the mark,\n  (3) that the registration was granted improperly,\n  (4) that the registration was obtained fraudulently,\n  (5) that the mark is or has become the generic name for the goods or\nservices, or a portion thereof, for which it has been registered,\n  (6) that the registered mark is so similar, as to be likely to cause\nconfusion or mistake or to deceive, to a mark registered by another\nperson in the United States Patent and Trademark Office prior to the\ndate of the filing of the application for registration by the registrant\nhereunder, and not abandoned; provided, however, that, should the\nregistrant prove that the registrant is the owner of a concurrent\nregistration of a mark in the United States Patent and Trademark Office\ncovering an area including this state, the registration hereunder shall\nnot be cancelled for such area of the state, or\n  (d) when a court of competent jurisdiction shall order cancellation of\na registration on any ground.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 130.11 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 7 / Part 2 / Section 130.11
Confinement and imprisonment in civil jails
Status: in_force

§ 130.11. Confinement and imprisonment in civil jails.  Confinement\nand imprisonment other than in guard house, whether prior to, during or\nafter trial by a military court, shall be executed in jails,\npenitentiaries or prisons designated by the governor or by the adjutant\ngeneral for that purpose.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 232 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 6 / Section 232
Organization certificate to be submitted to superintendent; proof of publication and service of notice of intention
Status: in_force

§ 232. Organization certificate to be submitted to superintendent;\nproof of publication and service of notice of intention. After the lapse\nof at least twenty-eight days from the date of the first due publication\nof the notice of intention to organize and within ten days after the\ndate of the last publication thereof, the organization certificate,\nexecuted in duplicate, shall be submitted for examination to the\nsuperintendent with affidavits showing due publication and service of\nthe notice of intention to organize.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 4-A-212 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 4-A / Part 2 / Section 4-A-212
Liability and Duty of Receiving Bank Regarding Unaccepted Payment Order
Status: in_force

Section 4-A-212. Liability and Duty of Receiving Bank Regarding\n                   Unaccepted Payment Order.\n  If a receiving bank fails to accept a payment order that it is obliged\nby express agreement to accept, the bank is liable for breach of the\nagreement to the extent provided in the agreement or in this Article,\nbut does not otherwise have any duty to accept a payment order or,\nbefore acceptance, to take any action, or refrain from taking action,\nwith respect to the order except as provided in this Article or by\nexpress agreement. Liability based on acceptance arises only when\nacceptance occurs as stated in Section 4-A-209, and liability is limited\nto that provided in this Article. A receiving bank is not the agent of\nthe sender or beneficiary of the payment order it accepts, or of any\nother party to the funds transfer, and the bank owes no duty to any\nparty to the funds transfer except as provided in this Article or by\nexpress agreement.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 451 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 11 / Section 451
Proposed bylaws
Status: in_force

§ 451. Proposed bylaws. The incorporators shall subscribe and\nacknowledge and submit to the superintendent proposed bylaws, in\nduplicate, which shall prescribe the manner in which the business of the\ncredit union shall be conducted with reference to the following matters:\n  1. The purposes of the corporation.\n  2. The qualifications for membership.\n  Such qualifications for membership shall be established in accordance\nwith the provisions of section four hundred fifty-one-a of this article,\nexcept that such section shall not apply to a corporate credit union.\n  3. The manner of conducting meetings, the method by which members\nshall be notified of meetings, and the number of members which shall\nconstitute a quorum.\n  4. The number of directors, which shall be a number not less than five\nnor more than fifteen.\n  5. The term of office of directors.\n  6. The number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum.\n  7. The time, place and manner of holding the annual and any special\nmeetings of the members of the credit union.\n  8. The officers to be elected from among the board of directors; their\ntitles, duties and terms of office.\n  9. Whether one or more loan officers or, in the alternative, a credit\ncommittee shall have the responsibility of passing upon the applications\nof members for loans and the powers and duties of the loan officer or\ncredit committee and the number of members, not less than three, of\nwhich the credit committee shall be composed, their term of office, and\nmanner of election or appointment.\n  10. The powers, duties, term of office and manner of election or\nappointment of the supervisory committee and the number of members, not\nless than three, of which it shall be composed.\n  11. The conditions upon which shares may be issued, paid for,\ntransferred and withdrawn.\n  12. The fines, if any, which shall be charged for failure punctually\nto meet obligations to the corporation.\n  13. The manner in which dividends shall be determined and paid to\nmembers.\n  14. The manner in which the funds of the corporation shall be\nemployed.\n  15. The conditions upon which loans may be made and repaid.\n  16. The maximum rate of interest that may be charged upon loans.\n  17. The method of receipting for money paid on account of shares or\nloans.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 6-6.4 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 6 / Part 6 / Section 6-6.4
Perfection of title
Status: in_force

§ 6-6.4 Perfection of title\n  (a) If the title to any property to which this part applies was held\nby the decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may\nbe perfected by an order of the surrogate's court having jurisdiction\nover the decedent's estate or by execution of an instrument by the\npersonal representative or the testamentary beneficiaries or\ndistributees of the decedent with the approval of the court, upon due\nnotice to all persons who would be required to be served with process in\na proceeding under section twenty-two hundred ten of the surrogate's\ncourt procedure act. Neither the personal representative nor the court\nhas a duty to discover or attempt to discover whether property held by\nthe decedent is property to which this part applies, unless a written\ndemand is made by the surviving spouse or the spouse's successor in\ninterest.\n  (b) If the title to any property to which this part applies is held by\nthe surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal\nrepresentative or a testamentary beneficiary or distributee of the\ndecedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The\npersonal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to\ndiscover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property\nto which this part applies, unless a written demand is made by a\ntestamentary beneficiary, distributee or creditor of the decedent.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 155 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 10 / Section 155
Discharge and cancellation of mortgages by the state
Status: in_force

§ 155. Discharge and cancellation of mortgages by the state. The\ntreasurer's receipt, countersigned by the comptroller, setting forth\nthat the whole sum secured by the mortgage held by the state has been\npaid, shall be a sufficient discharge of the mortgage, and the officer\nin whose office such mortgage is recorded shall record such receipt as a\nsatisfaction of the mortgage and satisfy the mortgage of record. When\nany part or subdivision of any lot mortgaged to or purchased from the\nstate, for which a separate account has been opened, is paid, the\ncomptroller shall execute a discharge of such part or subdivision from\nsuch mortgage.\n  If a map and survey of the whole lot is filed with the comptroller\nshowing particularly a part or subdivision for which no separate account\nhas been opened, and the owner thereof pays into the treasury its full\nproportion of principal and interest unpaid, and satisfactory proof is\nfurnished the comptroller that the residue of the lot is sufficient\nsecurity for the sum remaining unpaid, he may execute a like discharge\nof such part or subdivision.\n  The comptroller may cancel and discharge any mortgage, on satisfactory\nproof that the moneys loaned and secured by such mortgage have been\nfully paid to the officers authorized by law to receive the same if the\nmortgage remains uncancelled and undischarged of record.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 173 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 11 / Section 173
City owner of supplies
Status: in_force

§ 173. City owner of supplies. The city shall continue to be the owner\nof supplies furnished to any poor person or applicant for relief until\nthe same are consumed. If any person to whom the same shall be furnished\nshall sell or exchange the same for money or intoxicating liquors or in\nany way dispose of the same other than in the manner directed, such\nconduct shall be deemed a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 72 — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 4 / Section 72
Notices and reports of claims, suits or causes of action to be given to the attorney-general
Status: in_force

§ 72. Notices and reports of claims, suits or causes of action to be\ngiven to the attorney-general. 1. Every officer, clerk, agent or\nemployee of any department of the state government, who shall have\nknowledge of any accident or injury to the person or property of any\nperson or corporation, on account of which there arises or may arise a\nclaim, suit or cause of action against the state, or of any accident or\ninjury to property owned by the state, on account of which there arises\nor may arise a claim, suit or cause of action in favor of the state,\nshall immediately give notice thereof to the officer or employee in\ncharge of his bureau or department.\n  2. Every department, commission, board or officer, or the person in\ncharge thereof, who has knowledge that a claim has accrued or may have\naccrued or made either against, or in favor of, the state, or of any\naccident or injury to the person or property of any person or\ncorporation, or of the state on account of which there arises or may\narise a claim, suit or cause of action against, or in favor of, the\nstate, or an officer thereof, shall immediately give notice to the\nattorney-general, stating the time when, and the place where, such\nclaim, suit or cause of action may have arisen, and the nature of the\nsame, and such other information and evidence as the attorney-general\nmay direct or deem necessary. The attorney-general shall make such\ninvestigation of the facts, relating to any matter so reported, as he\nmay deem necessary.\n