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N.Y. RRD Law § 232 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 6 / Section 232
Commissioners to transfer plans
Status: in_force

§ 232. Commissioners to transfer plans. Within one month after such\ncorporation shall have been formed and organized in the manner\nhereinbefore provided, the commissioners shall transfer and deliver to\nthe corporation all plans, specifications, drawings, maps, books and\npapers in their possession, and they shall, within the like period of\none month after the organization of such corporation, cause to be paid\nto the treasurer thereof all money collected under the provisions of\nthis article, after deducting therefrom the necessary expenses incurred\nby the commissioners and the amounts due to them for their salaries.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 52 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 4 / Section 52
Presumptions in regard to cream and skim milk
Status: in_force

§ 52. Presumptions in regard to cream and skim milk.  When cream is\nseparated or skimmed from milk at any station or establishment where\nmilk is received from producers for the purpose of selling the same or\nshipping the same to market for consumption as food and the supply of\nmilk on hand thereat at the time of the next regular daily shipment of\nmilk therefrom, consisting of the total amount of milk in such shipment,\ntogether with that remaining on hand immediately after such shipment, is\nnot thereby decreased or correspondingly less than the total quantity\nreceived during any period extending from some point of time before such\nskimming was done until the time of such shipment, together with the\namount of milk on hand at the commencement of such period, and such\ndecrease is not equal in amount to the quantity of milk that must have\nbeen used in so separating such cream in addition to the quantity\notherwise there used or disposed of during such period, such fact is\nconclusive that skim milk or other foreign substance was added to such\nmilk supply within such period and shall be presumptive evidence within\nthe meaning of this section that the same was added to each can or\nvessel of milk in such shipment. When cream or skim milk is found to\nhave been on the premises of any such station or establishment or is\nsold or shipped therefrom, such cream or skim milk so found or so sold\nor shipped therefrom shall be presumed to have been produced by\nseparating or skimming at such station or establishment. In any action\nor proceeding relative to the adulteration of milk by removing cream\ntherefrom or adding skim milk or other foreign substance thereto, it\nshall be presumed that when cream has been produced by so skimming or\nseparating or butter has been manufactured, there was made at least five\nquarts of milk in the production of each quart of cream so produced and\nthere was necessarily so produced thereby at least four quarts of skim\nmilk to each quart of cream so produced, and that there was used at\nleast nine quarts of milk in the production of each pound of butter so\nmanufactured.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 150.00 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title I / Article 150 / Section 150.00
Arson; definitions
Status: in_force

§ 150.00 Arson; definitions.\n  As used in this article, 1. "Building", in addition to its ordinary\nmeaning, includes any structure, vehicle or watercraft used for\novernight lodging of persons, or used by persons for carrying on\nbusiness therein.  Where a building consists of two or more units\nseparately secured or occupied, each unit shall not be deemed a separate\nbuilding.\n  2. "Motor vehicle", includes every vehicle operated or driven upon a\npublic highway which is propelled by any power other than muscular\npower, except (a) electrically-driven invalid chairs being operated or\ndriven by an invalid, (b) vehicles which run only upon rails or tracks,\nand (c) snowmobiles as defined in article forty-seven of the vehicle and\ntraffic law.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 837 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 23 / Section 837
Niagara frontier bridge
Status: in_force

§ 837. Niagara frontier bridge. The boards of supervisors of Erie and\nNiagara counties, or either of them, may each agree and undertake to\nprovide and make available, and to appropriate annually such sums as\nthey may deem proper to aid the Niagara frontier bridge commission in\nthe maintenance of the two bridges erected by it across the Niagara\nriver to Grand Island, and for the purpose of thereby improving and\nextending the highway system of the state and of the counties of Erie\nand Niagara. Such annual appropriation hereby authorized to be made by\nthe board of supervisors of Erie county shall not exceed the sum of two\nhundred thousand dollars for any one year, and such annual appropriation\nhereby authorized to be made by the board of supervisors of Niagara\ncounty shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars for any one\nyear. Each board of supervisors may by resolution direct the county\ntreasurer to pay the amount of such appropriations to the treasurer of\nthe Niagara frontier bridge commission. Each board of supervisors may\ncause such moneys to be raised by taxation and levied and collected as\nother taxes in such county.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 47 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 3 / Section 47
Free churches in communion with the Protestant Episcopal church
Status: in_force

§ 47. Free churches in communion with the Protestant Episcopal church.\nWhenever the trustees of any free church in communion with the\nProtestant Episcopal church heretofore or hereafter organized under the\nprovisions of article nine of this act shall desire to change the\nmanagement of its affairs and the form of government of the corporation\nby substituting a vestry in place of such trustees, such change may be\nmade in the following manner: The trustees of any free church having\nfirst obtained the written consent of the ecclesiastical authority of\nthe diocese to such change may by an affirmative vote of not less than\ntwo-thirds determine by resolution reciting the consent of such\necclesiastical authority and duly recorded in the minutes of such church\nto change the management of its affairs by substituting a vestry in\nplace of such trustees to manage the affairs of such corporation and\nfree church with the same powers, duties and privileges as are now\npossessed and exercised by churchwardens and vestrymen in churches of\nthe Protestant Episcopal church organized under this article, but\nsubject to the provisions of section one hundred and eighty-three of\nthis chapter and for the purposes set forth in the certificate of\nincorporation of such free church and for no other purposes; such\nresolution shall fix the day, either a Sunday or a secular day, upon\nwhich the annual election shall be held, the number to constitute such\nvestry which shall be two churchwardens and either three, six, nine,\ntwelve, fifteen, eighteen, twenty-one or twenty-four vestrymen as may be\ndetermined, and shall also designate the persons to be such\nchurchwardens, and vestrymen, to act until the annual election, and\ncopies of such resolution, together with a statement of the vote of the\ntrustees adopting the same certified under the seal of the corporation\nand verified by the president and secretary thereof, shall be filed in\nthe office of the secretary of state and also in the office of the clerk\nof the county in which such church or corporation is located. Upon and\nafter the filing of such certificate, the churchwardens and vestrymen\nnamed in said resolution and their successors in office, together with\nthe rector when there shall thereafter be one, shall form the vestry and\nshall be the vestry and shall constitute the corporation; and at the\nfirst annual election the churchwardens and vestrymen shall be divided\ninto classes and their respective terms of office fixed and shall be\nelected by the persons qualified to vote for the churchwardens and\nvestrymen in churches or congregations of the Protestant Episcopal\nchurch and the provisions of this article shall govern such election and\nall future elections and all acts of such vestry, subject to the\nprovisions of section one hundred and eighty-three of this chapter.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 5307 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 53 / Section 5307
Effect of recognition
Status: in_force

§ 5307. Effect of recognition. (a) If the court, in a proceeding under\nsection fifty-three hundred five of this article finds that the judgment\nis entitled to recognition under this article, then, to the extent that\nthe foreign country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of\nmoney, the foreign country judgment is:\n  1. conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment\nof a sister state entitled to full faith and credit in this state would\nbe conclusive; and\n  2. enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment\nrendered in this state.\n  (b) This article does not prevent the recognition of a foreign country\njudgment in situations not covered by this article.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 16-1600 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 16 / Section 16-1600
Reincorporation of special village under this chapter
Status: in_force

§ 16-1600 Reincorporation of special village under this chapter. A\nvillage incorporated by special law and subject to its provisions may be\nreincorporated under this chapter by adopting a proposition therefor.\nSuch a proposition may be submitted at an annual election or at a\nspecial election to be called for that purpose.\n  The board of trustees of such village may, upon its own motion, and\nshall, upon the petition of twenty-five electors assessed upon the last\nassessment-roll of the village, cause to be submitted at a village\nelection a proposition for such reincorporation. The ballots to be used\nat such an election may be written or printed, and shall contain the\nwords "For the reincorporation of the village of (naming it) under the\nvillage law."\n  A proposition for the reincorporation of a village under this article\nshall not be submitted at a special election during the months of\nFebruary or March.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 321 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 20 / Section 321
Standard of illuminating power
Status: in_force

§ 321. Standard of illuminating power. The maximum illuminating power\nrequired and minimum illuminating power permitted of gas so furnished or\nsupplied in any such city shall be as follows: If a coal gas, sixteen\ncandles; if a mixed coal and water gas, eighteen candles; and if a\ncarburetted water gas, twenty candles. A candle shall mean a sperm\ncandle, six to a pound, burning at the rate of one hundred and twenty\ngrains of spermaceti per hour. The test for illuminating power shall be\nmade with gas obtained from a service pipe or main located at a distance\nof not less than one mile nor more than one and one-half miles from any\ndistributing holder, using, for coal gas and mixed coal and water gas\ncontaining more than fifty per centum of coal gas an F Argand burner,\nand for mixed coal and water gas containing fifty per centum and less of\ncoal gas and for carburetted water gas a number seven slit union Bray\nburner, on a basis of consumption of five cubic feet of gas per hour.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 9-610 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 9 / Part 6 / Subpart 1 / Section 9-610
Disposition of Collateral after Default
Status: in_force

Section 9--610. Disposition of Collateral after Default.\n  (a) Disposition after default. After default, a secured party may\nsell, lease, license, or otherwise dispose of any or all of the\ncollateral in its present condition or following any commercially\nreasonable preparation or processing.\n  (b) Commercially reasonable disposition. Every aspect of a disposition\nof collateral, including the method, manner, time, place, and other\nterms, must be commercially reasonable. If commercially reasonable, a\nsecured party may dispose of collateral by public or private\nproceedings, by one or more contracts, as a unit or in parcels, and at\nany time and place and on any terms.\n  (c) Purchase by secured party. A secured party may purchase\ncollateral:\n       (1) at a public disposition; or\n       (2) at a private disposition only if the collateral is of a kind\n           that is customarily sold on a recognized market or the\n           subject of widely distributed standard price quotations.\n  (d) Warranties on disposition. A contract for sale, lease, license, or\nother disposition includes the warranties relating to title, possession,\nquiet enjoyment, and the like which by operation of law accompany a\nvoluntary disposition of property of the kind subject to the contract.\n  (e) Disclaimer of warranties. A secured party may disclaim or modify\nwarranties under subsection (d):\n       (1) in a manner that would be effective to disclaim or modify the\n           warranties in a voluntary disposition of property of the kind\n           subject to the contract of disposition; or\n       (2) by communicating to the purchaser a record evidencing the\n           contract for disposition and including an express disclaimer\n           or modification of the warranties.\n  (f) Record sufficient to disclaim warranties. A record is sufficient\nto disclaim warranties under subsection (e) if it indicates "There is no\nwarranty relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment, or the like in\nthis disposition" or uses words of similar import.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 320 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 3 / Section 320
Defendant's appearance
Status: in_force

Rule 320. Defendant's appearance.  (a) Requirement of appearance. The\ndefendant appears by serving an answer or a notice of appearance, or by\nmaking a motion which has the effect of extending the time to answer. An\nappearance shall be made within twenty days after service of the\nsummons, except that if the summons was served on the defendant by\ndelivering it to an official of the state authorized to receive service\nin his behalf or if it was served pursuant to section 303, subdivision\ntwo, three, four or five of section 308, or sections 313, 314 or 315,\nthe appearance shall be made within thirty days after service is\ncomplete. If the complaint is not served with the summons, the time to\nappear may be extended as provided in subdivision (b) of section 3012.\n  (b) When appearance confers personal jurisdiction, generally.  Subject\nto the provisions of subdivision (c), an appearance of the defendant is\nequivalent to personal service of the summons upon him, unless an\nobjection to jurisdiction under paragraph eight of subdivision (a) of\nrule 3211 is asserted by motion or in the answer as provided in rule\n3211.\n  (c) When appearance confers personal jurisdiction, in certain actions;\nlimited appearance. When the court's jurisdiction is not based upon\npersonal service on the defendant, an appearance is not equivalent to\npersonal service upon the defendant:\n  1. in a case specified in subdivision (3) of section 314, if\njurisdiction is based solely upon a levy on defendant's property within\nthe state pursuant to an order of attachment; or\n  2. in any other case specified in section 314, if an objection to\njurisdiction under paragraphs eight or nine of subdivision (a) of rule\n3211, or both, is asserted by motion or in the answer as provided in\nrule 3211, unless the defendant proceeds with the defense after\nasserting the objection to jurisdiction and the objection is not\nultimately sustained.\n  (d) Appearance after first publication.  Where the defendant appears\nduring the period of publication of a summons against him, the service\nby publication shall be deemed completed by the appearance.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 170 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 7 / Section 170
Audit of agencies by the state comptroller; reports of corrective action
Status: in_force

§ 170. Audit of agencies by the state comptroller; reports of\ncorrective action. Whenever the state comptroller shall conduct an audit\nof the activities and operations of any department, bureau, board,\ncommission, authority or any other agency or instrumentality, he or she\nshall submit a tentative copy of a report of such audit to the head of\nthe entity audited. The head of such entity may submit a written\nresponse to such tentative report within thirty days of the receipt\nthereof. The state comptroller shall thereafter submit a final report of\nsuch audit which shall contain a complete copy of the response, if any,\nsubmitted to the tentative report. If the final report makes\nrecommendations for corrective action, the head of the entity audited\nshall report within one hundred eighty days after receipt thereof to the\ngovernor, the state comptroller, the president, president pro tem and\nminority leader of the senate, the speaker, majority and minority\nleaders of the assembly, and the chairman and ranking minority members\nof the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means\ncommittees of the state legislature what steps were taken to implement\nsuch recommendations, and, where recommendations were not implemented,\nthe reasons therefor.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1611 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 16 / Section 1611
Validity; saving clause
Status: in_force

§ 1611. Validity; saving clause.\n  In the event any provision or application of this article shall be\nheld illegal or invalid for any reason, such holding shall not affect\nthe legality or validity of any other provision or application thereof.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 5101 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 51 / Section 5101
Title
Status: in_force

§ 5101. Title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the\n"Comprehensive  Motor Vehicle Insurance Reparations Act".\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 165 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 4 / Section 165
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 165. Rules and regulations.  The comptroller shall prescribe such\nrules and regulations as may be required for the effective\nadministration of the provisions of this article relating to\nsupplemental pension payments to state retired teachers and state\nretired employees.\n
N.Y. FDC Law § 12 — New York Code / Act FDC / Section 12
Actions by and against the corporation
Status: in_force

§ 12. Actions by and against the corporation. 1. The state supreme\ncourt shall have exclusive jurisdiction of any action, suit or special\nproceeding brought by or against or involving the corporation. The venue\nof any action, suit or special proceeding brought against the\ncorporation shall be laid in the county of Albany.\n  2. In every action against the corporation for damages, for injuries\nto real or personal property, or for the destruction thereof, or for\npersonal injuries or death, the complaint shall contain an allegation\nthat at least thirty days have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims\nupon which such action is founded were presented to a director or\nofficer of the corporation and that the corporation has neglected or\nrefused to make an adjustment or payment thereof for thirty days after\nsuch presentment.\n  3. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the\ncorporation for damages for injuries to real or personal property, or\nfor the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries, alleged to have\nbeen sustained, shall not be commenced more than one year and ninety\ndays after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, nor unless a\nnotice of claim shall have been served on the corporation within the\ntime limit established by and in compliance with all requirements of\nsection fifty-e of the general municipal law. An action against the\ncorporation for wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the\nnotice of claim and time limitation provisions of title eleven of\narticle nine of the public authorities law.\n  4. All of the provisions of sections seventeen and nineteen of the\npublic officers law shall apply to the directors, officers and employees\nof the corporation.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 4-A — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 2 / Section 4-A
Age qualifications of voters
Status: in_force

§ 4-a. Age qualifications of voters. To vote at a corporate meeting of\na corporation to which this chapter applies, persons, otherwise\nqualified to vote, shall be of full age unless (1) the age\nqualifications for voting at corporate meetings are fixed by or pursuant\nto an applicable provision in articles three through nineteen of this\nchapter, or (2) in the absence of such provision, the certificate of\nincorporation or a by-law adopted by the members of such corporation\nspecifies an age, less than full age but not less than the age of\nsixteen years, at which persons otherwise qualified to vote at corporate\nmeetings, shall be entitled to vote for all purposes or as to particular\ntypes or classes of matters to be acted on at such meetings.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 200 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 9 / Section 200
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 200. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "disability benefits law and the paid family leave benefits law."\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 21 — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 1 / Section 21
Court proceedings; preferences
Status: in_force

§ 21. Court proceedings; preferences.  All actions and proceedings\nunder this chapter, and all actions and proceedings commenced or\nprosecuted by order of the commission, and all actions and proceedings\nto which the commission or the people of the state of New York may be\nparties, and in which any question arises under this chapter, or under\nthe railroad law, or under or concerning any order or action of the\ncommission, shall be preferred over all other civil causes except\nelection causes in all courts of the state of New York and shall be\nheard and determined in preference to all other civil business pending\ntherein excepting election causes, irrespective of position on the\ncalendar. The same preference shall be granted upon application in any\naction or proceeding in which the commission may be allowed to\nintervene.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 493 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 14-H / Section 493
Appeals from municipal governing body to control commission
Status: in_force

§ 493. Appeals from municipal governing body to control commission.\nAny applicant for, or holder of, any license issued or to be issued\nunder this article aggrieved by any action of the governing body of the\nmunicipality to which such application has been made or by which such\nlicense has been issued, may appeal to the control commission from the\ndetermination of said governing body by filing with the governing body a\nwritten notice of appeal within thirty days after the determination or\naction appeal from, and upon the hearing of such appeal, the evidence,\nif any, taken before the governing body and any additional evidence may\nbe produced and shall be considered in arriving at a determination of\nthe matters in issue, and the action of the control commission upon said\nappeal shall be binding upon said governing body and all parties to said\nappeal.\n