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N.Y. FEA Law § 15 — New York Code / Act FEA / Section 15
Court preference
Status: in_force

* § 15. Court preference. If any section, part or provision of this\nact shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any\ncourt of this state, any appeal of such judgment or order shall have\npreference over all other causes in any court of this state. Service\nupon the adverse party of a notice of appeal shall stay the effect of\nthe judgment or order appealed from pending the hearing and\ndetermination of the appeal.\n  * Terminates July 1, 2035 or ... see § 13\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 160-KKKK — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6-H / Section 160-KKKK
Restrictions
Status: in_force

§ 160-kkkk. Restrictions. An appraisal management company that applies\nfor a certificate of registration shall not knowingly:\n  1. Employ any person in a position in which the person has the\nresponsibility to order appraisals or valuation services or to review\ncompleted appraisals who has had a license, registration or certificate\nto act as an appraiser in this state or in any other state, denied,\nrevoked, or surrendered in lieu of a pending revocation, unless such\nlicense has been reinstated;\n  2. Enter into any independent contractor arrangement, whether in\nverbal, written, or by other form, with any person who has had a\nlicense, registration or certificate to act as an appraiser in this\nstate or in any other state, denied, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of\na pending revocation, unless such license has been reinstated; and\n  3. Enter into any contract, agreement, or other business relationship,\nwhether in verbal, written, or other form, with any entity that employs,\nhas entered into an independent contract arrangement, or has entered\ninto any contract, agreement, or other business relationship, whether in\nverbal, written, or any other form, with any person who has ever had a\nlicense, registration or certificate to act as an appraiser in this\nstate or in any other state, denied, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of\na pending revocation, unless such license has been reinstated.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 103 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 5-A / Section 103
Contracts
Status: in_force

§ 103. Contracts. (a) Each party state may make one or more contracts\nwith any one or more of the other party states for the confinement of\nincarcerated individuals on behalf of a sending state in institutions\nsituated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for:\n  1. Its duration.\n  2. Payments to be made to the receiving state by the sending state for\nincarcerated individual maintenance, extraordinary medical and dental\nexpenses, and any participation in or receipt by incarcerated\nindividuals of rehabilitative or correctional services, facilities,\nprograms or treatment not reasonably included as part of normal\nmaintenance.\n  3. Participation in programs of incarcerated individual employment, if\nany; the disposition or crediting of any payments received by\nincarcerated individuals on account thereof; and the crediting of\nproceeds from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom.\n  4. Delivery and retaking of incarcerated individuals.\n  5. Such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the\nobligations, responsibilities and rights of the sending and receiving\nstates.\n  (b) The terms and provisions of this compact shall be a part of any\ncontract entered into by the authority of or pursuant thereto, and\nnothing in any such contract shall be inconsistent therewith.\n
N.Y. STL Law § 37 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 3 / Section 37
Saving clause
Status: in_force

§ 37. Saving clause. The adoption of this article shall not be\nconstrued to cede to the United States any territory or jurisdiction\nover any territory not so ceded by the laws repealed by the\nconsolidation of the general laws of the state of which this article is\na part, or to change the terms or conditions upon which such cessions\nwere originally made.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 847 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 8 / Part 4 / Section 847
Procedures for violation of orders of protection; certain cases
Status: in_force

§ 847. Procedures for violation of orders of protection; certain\ncases. An assault, attempted assault or other family offense as defined\nin section eight hundred twelve of this article which occurs subsequent\nto the issuance of an order of protection under this article shall be\ndeemed a new offense for which the petitioner may file a petition\nalleging a violation of an order of protection or file a new petition\nalleging a new family offense and may seek to have an accusatory\ninstrument filed in a criminal court, as authorized by section one\nhundred fifteen of this act.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 396-QQ — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 396-QQ
New and used motor vehicles; sales and leases
Status: in_force

§ 396-qq. New and used motor vehicles; sales and leases. 1.\nDefinitions. The following terms when used in this section, shall be\ndeemed to mean and include:\n  a. "Dealer" as defined in section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle\nand traffic law.\n  b. "Motor vehicle" as defined in section one hundred twenty-five of\nthe vehicle and traffic law and excluding class A, B and C limited use\nmotorcycles as defined in section one hundred twenty-one-b of the\nvehicle and traffic law.\n  2. Whenever a dealer provides to a purchaser or lessee of a motor\nvehicle the service of securing a registration and/or certificate of\ntitle for such vehicle from the commissioner of motor vehicles or his\nissuing agent, the dealer shall either calculate the actual registration\nand/or certificate of title charges due, or make a good faith estimate\nin each transaction of the amount of such charges on the sales contract\nor lease agreement.  If such charges are estimated, the dealer shall set\nforth on such sales contract or lease agreement or on a separate\ndocument to be initialled by the purchaser or lessee in conspicuous\nboldface type, the following disclosure: "THE AMOUNT INDICATED ON THIS\nSALES CONTRACT OR LEASE AGREEMENT FOR REGISTRATION AND TITLE FEES IS AN\nESTIMATE. IN SOME INSTANCES, IT MAY EXCEED THE ACTUAL FEES DUE THE\nCOMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES. THE DEALER WILL AUTOMATICALLY, AND\nWITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF SECURING SUCH REGISTRATION AND TITLE, REFUND ANY\nAMOUNT OVERPAID FOR SUCH FEES."  If such charges are estimated, the\ndealer shall, within sixty days of securing such registration and title,\nrefund to the purchaser or lessee the difference between the estimated\namount collected from such purchaser or lessee by the dealer and the\nactual fees paid to the commissioner of motor vehicles by the dealer.\n  3. Where a violation of this section is alleged to have occurred, the\nattorney general may apply in the name of the people of the state of New\nYork to the supreme court of the state of New York within the judicial\ndistrict in which such violation is alleged to have occurred, on notice\nof five days, for an order enjoining or restraining the continuance of\nsuch violation. In any such proceeding the court may impose a civil\npenalty in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars and order\nrestitution to aggrieved consumers.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 50 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 4 / Section 50
Application of article four
Status: in_force

§ 50. Application of article four. 1. As used in this article, the\nterm "transient dwellings" shall mean and include hotels, lodging\nhouses, boarding and nursery schools, sorority houses, fraternity\nhouses, college and school dormitories, convalescent, old age and\nnursing homes, and dwellings used for single room occupancy. The term\n"transient occupancy" shall mean the occupancy of a room for sleeping\npurposes by the same person or persons for a period of ninety days or\nless.\n  2. Except as provided in sections sixty-three and sixty-four with\nrespect to one and two story transient dwellings only, this article\nshall apply to all transient dwellings three or more stories in height\nand in existence on July first, nineteen hundred fifty-two, provided,\nhowever, that the provisions of article two and sections fifty-three,\nfifty-six and sixty-one of this article shall apply to new transient\ndwellings.\n  3. As to such existing transient dwellings, the provisions of sections\nfifty-six, sixty-one and sixty-two of this article shall be complied\nwith on or before July first, nineteen hundred fifty-four, and all other\nsections of this article shall be complied with on or before July first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-five.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 17 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 17
Criminal code
Status: in_force

§ 17. Criminal code. The term criminal code means the code of criminal\nprocedure.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 9804 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 98 / Section 9804
Notice of defects in certain actions
Status: in_force

§ 9804. Notice of defects in certain actions. No civil action shall be\nmaintained against the village for damages or injuries to person or\nproperty sustained in consequence of any street, highway, bridge,\nculvert, sidewalk or crosswalk being defective, out of repair, unsafe,\ndangerous or obstructed or for damages or injuries to persons or\nproperty sustained solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice\nupon any sidewalk, crosswalk, street, highway, bridge or culvert unless\nwritten notice of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructive\ncondition, or of the existence of the snow or ice, relating to the\nparticular place, was actually given to the village clerk and there was\na failure or neglect within a reasonable time after the receipt of such\nnotice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained\nof or to cause the snow or ice to be removed, or the place otherwise\nmade reasonably safe.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 546 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 141 / Section 546
Town of Ticonderoga Housing Authority
Status: in_force

§ 546. Town of Ticonderoga Housing Authority.  A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the Town of Ticonderoga Housing Authority, is\nhereby created and established for the town of Ticonderoga in the county\nof Essex for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified\nin article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New York. It\nshall constitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in duration\nand consist of five members. It shall have the powers and duties now or\nhereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing authorities.\nIt shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and subject to the\nprovisions of this chapter, and the authority, its members, officers and\nemployees and its operations and activities shall in all respects be\ngoverned by the provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 87 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 87
Mails
Status: in_force

§ 87. Mails. Any railroad corporation shall, when applied to by the\npostmaster-general, convey the mails of the United States on its road,\nand in case such corporation and the postmaster-general shall not agree\nas to the rate of transportation therefor, and as to the time, rate of\nspeed, manner and condition of carrying the same, the commissioner of\ntransportation shall fix the prices, terms and conditions therefor,\nafter giving the corporation reasonable opportunity to be heard. Such\nprice shall not be less for carrying such mails in the regular passenger\ntrains than the amount which such corporation would receive as freight\non a like weight of merchandise transported in their merchandise trains,\nand a fair compensation for the post-office car. If the\npostmaster-general shall require the mail to be carried at other hours,\nor at higher speed than the passenger trains are run, the corporation\nshall furnish an extra train for the mail, and be allowed an extra\ncompensation for the expenses and wear and tear thereof, and for the\nservice to be fixed as herein provided.\n  Every railroad corporation refusing or neglecting to comply with any\nprovision of this section shall forfeit to the people of the state one\nhundred dollars for every day such neglect or refusal continues.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 580-316 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-B / Part 3 / Section 580-316
Special rules of evidence and procedure
Status: in_force

§ 580-316. Special rules of evidence and procedure. (a) The physical\npresence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of\nthis state is not required for the establishment, enforcement or\nmodification of a support order, or the rendition of a judgment\ndetermining parentage of a child.\n  (b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally\nmandated forms or a document incorporated by reference in any of them,\nwhich would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person,\nis admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party\nor witness residing outside this state.\n  (c) A copy of the record of child support payments certified as a true\ncopy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to\na responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, and\nis admissible to show whether payments were made.\n  (d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, and for\nprenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to\nthe adverse party at least ten days before trial, are admissible in\nevidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges\nwere reasonable, necessary and customary.\n  (e) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this state to a\ntribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier or other electronic\nmeans that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from\nevidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.\n  (f) In a proceeding under this article, a tribunal of this state shall\npermit a party or witness residing outside this state to be deposed or\nto testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means or\nother electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location. A\ntribunal of this state shall cooperate with other tribunals in\ndesignating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.\n  (g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer\non the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of\nfact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.\n  (h) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses\ndoes not apply in a proceeding under this article.\n  (i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and\nwife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this\narticle.\n  (j) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy,\nis admissible to establish parentage of the child.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 12-102 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 12 / Section 12-102
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 12--102. Definitions.\n  (a) In this article:\n  (1) "Controllable electronic record" means a record stored in an\nelectronic medium that can be subjected to control under Section 12-105.\nThe term does not include a controllable account, a controllable payment\nintangible, a deposit account, an electronic copy of a record evidencing\nchattel paper, an electronic document of title, electronic money,\ninvestment property, or a transferable record.\n  (2) "Qualifying purchaser" means a purchaser of a controllable\nelectronic record or an interest in a controllable electronic record\nthat obtains control of the controllable electronic record for value, in\ngood faith, and without notice of a claim of a property right in the\ncontrollable electronic record. In the case of a controllable electronic\nrecord that would be a "draft" or a "note", as those terms are defined\nin Section 3--104, if the controllable electronic record were a signed\nwriting, Section 3--304(7) applies to the determination of whether a\npurchaser obtains control of the controllable electronic record without\nnotice of a claim of a property right in it as if the reference in that\nsubsection to "the instrument" referred to the controllable electronic\nrecord. The preceding sentence applies even if the controllable\nelectronic record contains a term by which an obligor or account debtor\non the controllable account or controllable payment intangible evidenced\nby the controllable electronic record waives or agrees not to assert\nagainst an assignee of the controllable electronic record any claim or\ndefense that the obligor or account debtor may have against the\nassignor.\n  (3) "Transferable record" means an electronic record that either:\n  (A) is a "transferable record" under Section 201(a)(1) of the\nElectronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C.\nSection 7021(a)(1), as amended; or,\n  (B) is governed by the law of any State that has enacted or adopted\nthe Uniform Electronic Transactions Act substantially as approved and\nrecommended for enactment in all the States by the National Conference\nof Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1999 and is a "transferable\nrecord" under Section 16(a) of that Act.\n  (4) "Value" has the meaning provided in Section 3-303(a), as if\nreferences in that subsection to an "instrument" were references to a\ncontrollable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable\npayment intangible.\n  (b) Definitions in other articles. The following definitions in other\narticles apply to this article:\n  (1) The definitions in Article 9 of "account debtor", "controllable\naccount", "controllable payment intangible", "chattel paper", "deposit\naccount", "electronic money", and "investment property" apply to this\narticle.\n  (2) Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of\nconstruction and interpretation applicable throughout this article.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 168-S — New York Code / Act COR / Article 6-C / Section 168-S
Annual report
Status: in_force

§ 168-s. Annual report. The division shall on or before February first\nin each year file a report with the governor, and the legislature\ndetailing the program, compliance with provisions of this article and\neffectiveness of the provisions of this article, together with any\nrecommendations to further enhance the intent of this article.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 190-E — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 12 / Section 190-E
Wastewater disposal districts
Status: in_force

§ 190-e. Wastewater disposal districts. 1. The town board of any town\nis hereby authorized to establish or extend a wastewater disposal\ndistrict, or more than one such district, in said town, outside of any\nincorporated village or city, for the purpose of administration and\nplanning (including educational programs), design, installation,\nconstruction, rehabilitation, replacement, operation and maintenance\n(including pumping and inspections), monitoring, residual treatment and\ndisposal and regulation of private on-site wastewater disposal systems\nof such district. Such wastewater disposal district shall be created or\nextended in the manner provided by and pursuant to the provisions of\nthis article. The territory embraced within any such wastewater disposal\ndistrict may be composed of noncontiguous areas or properties (but shall\nnot include any areas or properties included in sewer districts). When\nso created, a wastewater disposal district shall be deemed to be an\nimprovement district created pursuant to the provisions of this article,\nand shall be subject to the procedural requirements therein set forth.\n  2. All of the provisions of section one hundred ninety-c of this\narticle, relating to the preparation of maps and plans and establishment\nof a water storage and distribution district, shall apply to the\npreparation of maps and plans and establishment of a wastewater disposal\ndistrict, except that in the case of a wastewater disposal district, the\nmap and plan shall also show the mode and frequency of collection,\nconveying, treating and disposing of wastewater or residual wastewater,\nthe mode and frequency of inspections and monitoring and the location of\nproperties requiring construction or replacement of private on-site\nwastewater disposal systems in the next five years.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1813-A — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 18-A / Section 1813-A
Duty to pay judgments
Status: in_force

§ 1813-A. Duty to pay judgments. (a) Any person, partnership, firm or\ncorporation which is sued in a commercial claims part for any cause of\naction arising out of its business activities, shall pay any judgment\nrendered against it in its true name or in any name in which it conducts\nbusiness. "True name" includes the legal name of a natural person and\nthe name under which a partnership, firm or corporation is licensed,\nregistered, incorporated or otherwise authorized to do business.\n"Conducting business" as used in this section shall include, but not be\nlimited to, maintaining signs at business premises or on business\nvehicles; advertising; entering into contracts; and printing or using\nsales slips, checks, invoices or receipts.  Whenever a judgment has been\nrendered against a person, partnership, firm or corporation in other\nthan its true name and the judgment has remained unpaid for thirty-five\ndays after receipt by the judgment debtor of notice of its entry, the\naggrieved judgment creditor shall be entitled to commence an action in\ncommercial claims part or in any other court of otherwise competent\njurisdiction against such judgment debtor, notwithstanding the\njurisdictional limit of the court, for the sum of the original judgment,\ncosts, reasonable attorney's fees, and one hundred dollars.\n  (b) Whenever a judgment which relates to activities for which a\nlicense is required has been rendered against a business which is\nlicensed by a state or local licensing authority and which remains\nunpaid for thirty-five days after receipt by the judgment debtor of\nnotice of its entry and the judgment has not been stayed or appealed,\nthe state or local licensing authority shall consider such failure to\npay if deliberate or part of a pattern of similar conduct indicating\nrecklessness, as a basis for the revocation, suspension, conditioning or\nrefusal to grant or renew such license. Nothing herein shall be\nconstrued to preempt an authority's existing policy if it is more\nrestrictive.\n  (c) The clerk shall attach to the notice of suit required under this\narticle a notice of the duty imposed by this section.\n