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N.Y. BNK Law § 460 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 11 / Section 460
Dividends to shareholders; conditions precedent
Status: in_force

§ 460. Dividends to shareholders; conditions precedent. 1. The board\nof directors of any credit union may declare a dividend from the credit\nunion's undivided profits calculated as provided in this article for any\nperiod determined by the board of directors.\n  2. Earnings from all sources for the period for which a dividend is to\nbe paid, except as provided in section four hundred fifty-eight of this\narticle, may be credited to the profit and loss account of the credit\nunion and the following items shall be charged against such account in\nthe determination of the amount available for dividends to shareholders:\n  (a) All expenses paid or incurred by the credit union in the\nmanagement of its affairs, the collection of its debts or the\ntransaction of its business.\n  (b) The interest paid or accrued on debts owed by the credit union.\n  (c) All losses incurred on loans in excess of the allowance for loan\nloss account.\n  (d) Any interest collected in advance shall be considered unearned at\nthe end of the fiscal period, and shall be set aside in an account\ncalled "unearned interest".\nThe credit balance of the profit and loss account as thus determined\nshall constitute the undivided profits of the credit union at the close\nof such period, and shall be applicable to the payment of dividends\nexcept as provided in subdivision three of this section.\n  3. No dividend shall be credited or paid unless the credit union has:\n  (a) Made good any existing impairment of its capital; and\n  (b) Carried to its allowance for loan loss account such part of its\nearnings as is required by section four hundred fifty-nine of this\narticle.\n  4. Dividends may be paid on shares and share certificates at various\nrates with due consideration of the conditions that pertain to each type\nof account such as minimum balance, notice and time requirements.\n  5. When any dividend shall be declared in excess of the amount\navailable for dividends as determined in accordance with the provisions\nof this section, the directors voting for such dividend may be held\njointly and severally liable to the credit union for the amount of the\nexcess so declared.\n
N.Y. RAT Law § 112 — New York Code / Act RAT / Article 9 / Section 112
Schedule of laws repealed
Status: in_force

§ 112. Schedule of laws repealed.  Of the laws enumerated in the\nschedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is\nhereby repealed.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 556 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 20 / Section 556
Functions, powers and duties of the board
Status: in_force

§ 556. Functions, powers and duties of the board. The justice center\nmedical review board shall have the following functions, powers and\nduties:\n  (a) make a preliminary determination whether the death of a patient or\nresident in a residential facility within the meaning of subdivision\nfour of section four hundred eighty-eight of the social services law\nthat is operated, licensed or certified by an office of the department\nof mental hygiene or the office of children and family services, which\nhas been brought to its attention is unusual or whether such death\nreasonably appears to have resulted from other than natural causes and\nwarrants investigation;\n  (b) investigate the causes of and circumstances surrounding such\nunusual death or deaths from other than natural causes of patients or\nresidents in such facilities;\n  (c) visit and inspect any facility in which such a death has occurred;\n  (d) cause the body of the deceased to undergo such examinations\nincluding an autopsy as in the opinion of the board are necessary to\ndetermine the cause of death, irrespective of whether such examination\nor autopsy shall have been previously performed;\n  (e) upon review of the cause of and circumstances surrounding the\ndeath of any patient or resident, submit its report thereon to the\nexecutive director and, where appropriate, make recommendations to\nprevent the recurrence of same to the appropriate commissioner of the\ndepartment of mental hygiene or the commissioner of children and family\nservices and to the director of the facility; and\n  (f) advise the executive director on medical issues relevant to the\nfunctions, powers, and duties of the justice center including\nallegations of abuse or neglect of a patient or resident referred to it.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 380-R — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 25 / Section 380-R
Disclosures to governmental agencies
Status: in_force

§ 380-r. Disclosures to governmental agencies. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of section three hundred eighty-b of this article, a consumer\nreporting agency may furnish identifying information respecting any\nconsumer, limited to his name, address, former addresses, places of\nemployment, or former places of employment to a governmental agency.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 15 — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 2 / Section 15
Validation of official acts performed before filing official oath or undertaking
Status: in_force

§ 15. Validation of official acts performed before filing official\noath or undertaking. If a public officer, duly chosen, has heretofore\nentered, or shall hereafter enter on the performance of the duties of\nhis or her office, without taking or filing an official oath, or\nexecuting or filing an official undertaking, as required by the\nconstitution, section ten of this article, section twenty-five of the\ntown law or section one hundred four of the uniform justice court act,\nor by any general or special law, his or her acts as such officer, so\nperformed, shall be as valid and of as full force and effect as if such\noath had been duly taken and filed, and as if such undertaking had been\nduly executed and filed, notwithstanding the provisions of any general\nor special law declaring any such office vacant, or authorizing it to be\ndeclared vacant, or to be filled as in case of vacancy, or imposing any\nother forfeiture or penalty for omission to take or file any such oath,\nor to execute or file any such undertaking; but this section shall not\notherwise affect any provision of any general or special law, declaring\nany such office vacant, or authorizing it to be declared vacant, or to\nbe filled as in case of vacancy, or imposing any other forfeiture or\npenalty, by reason of the failure to take or file any such oath or to\nexecute or file any such undertaking; and this section shall not relieve\nany such officer from criminal liability for entering on the discharge\nof his or her official duties without taking or filing such oath or\nexecuting or filing such undertaking in accordance with such provisions.\n
N.Y. SLG Law § 2 — New York Code / Act SLG / Article 1 / Section 2
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

§ 2. Legislative intent. In providing for effective local\nself-government and intergovernmental cooperation which the bill of\nrights for local governments in article nine of the constitution\ndeclares to be purposes of the people of the state of New York, it is\nthe intention of the legislature by the enactment of this chapter to\nprovide a statute of local governments and to grant powers therein to\nlocal governments pursuant to paragraph one of subdivision (b) of\nsection two of article nine of the constitution. Powers granted to local\ngovernments in this statute of local governments may be repealed,\ndiminished, impaired or suspended only by the enactment of a statute by\nthe legislature with the approval of the governor at its regular session\nin one calendar year and the re-enactment and approval of such statute\nin the following calendar year.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 6625 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 66 / Section 6625
Merger; consolidation
Status: in_force

§ 6625. Merger; consolidation. (a) Two or more advance premium\ncorporations may, in accordance with applicable provisions of article\nseventy-one of this chapter, merge or consolidate.\n  (b) Two or more assessment corporations licensed to do business either\nwholly or substantially in a common territory may, in accordance with\napplicable provisions of article seventy-one of this chapter, merge or\nconsolidate.\n  (c) (1) If, after investigation and examination, the superintendent\nfinds that the proceedings for merger or consolidation, as the case may\nbe, have been regularly taken in conformity with law and that the\ncontinuing or resulting corporation meets the requirements of this\nchapter, he may issue a license to such corporation to do business under\nthis chapter.\n  (2) Every such continuing or new corporation shall assume and succeed\nto all the obligations and liabilities of the merging corporations and\nshall be liable to pay and discharge all such debts and liabilities in\nthe same manner as if they had been incurred or contracted by it.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 237 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5 / Section 237
Alcoholic beverage control
Status: in_force

§ 237. Alcoholic beverage control. Pursuant to section seventeen of\nthe alcoholic beverage control law, the board of supervisors by\nresolution may request the state liquor authority to further restrict\nthe hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold at retail.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 503 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29 / Section 503
Administration
Status: in_force

§ 503. Administration. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized and\ndirected to prescribe such rules and regulations, including provisions\nfor maintenance of records relating to products, fabrics or related\nmaterials, and for the labeling for a product, fabric or related\nmaterial, as may be necessary and proper for purposes of administration\nand enforcement of this article.\n  2. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate\nthe standards of flammability and shall include such standards of\nflammability in such rules and regulations which he may publish.\n  3. Such standards, rules and regulations, promulgated by the\ncommissioner pursuant to this article, shall be filed in the office of\nthe secretary of state before becoming effective and may be amended and\nrevised from time to time. Each such standard, rule or regulation or\namendment thereto shall become effective twelve months from the date on\nwhich such standard, rule, regulation or amendment is promulgated,\nunless the commissioner finds for good cause shown that an earlier or\nlater effective date is in the public interest and publishes the reason\nfor such finding. Each such standard, rule or regulation or amendment\nthereto shall exempt products, fabrics or related materials in inventory\nor with the trade as of the date on which the standard, rule or\nregulation or amendment thereto becomes effective except that if the\ncommissioner finds that any such product, fabric or related material is\nso highly flammable as to be dangerous when used by consumers for the\npurpose for which it is intended, he may under such conditions as the\ncommissioner may prescribe, withdraw, or limit the exemptions for such\nproduct, fabric or related material.\n  4. The commissioner is authorized to cooperate on matters related to\nthe purposes of this article with any department or agency of the\nfederal, state or municipal government; with any state, territory or\npossession of the United States or with the District of Columbia; or\nwith any department, agency or political subdivision thereof; or with\nany person.\n  5. The commissioner may obtain from any person by regulation or\nsubpoena issued pursuant thereto such information in the form of\ntestimony, books, records, or other writings as is pertinent to the\nfindings or determinations which he is required or authorized to make\npursuant to this article.\n  All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the commissioner\nor his representative pursuant to this subdivision which information\ncontains or relates to a trade secret shall be considered confidential,\nexcept that such information may be disclosed to other officers or\nemployees concerned with carrying out this article or when relevant in\nany proceeding under this article.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 129 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 4-A / Section 129
No deposit agreement shall be valid or binding which does not set forth the following provisions for the protection of the bondholders: (...
Status: in_force

§ 129. No deposit agreement shall be valid or binding which does not\nset forth the following provisions for the protection of the\nbondholders:\n  (a) That the fees of the members of the committee, the assignee or the\nother person or persons to whom the deposit agreement was given, as the\ncase may be, shall be reasonable and subject to the approval of the\ncourt.\n  (b) That the deposit agreement may not be amended without the approval\nof the court.\n  (c) That the mortgage investments deposited thereunder may not be\nsold, pledged or otherwise disposed of without the unanimous consent of\nthe depositing bondholders or, in lieu thereof, the approval of the\ncourt.\n  (d) No deposit agreement shall be valid or binding or confer any\nrights whatever upon any member of a committee, assignee or other person\nto whom the agreement was given, who has any financial interest directly\nor indirectly in the depositary named or to be named by such committee,\nassignee or other person, and no person shall act for a bondholder or a\ndeposit agreement who has such an interest.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 6401 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 64 / Section 6401
Appointment and powers of temporary receiver
Status: in_force

§ 6401. Appointment and powers of temporary receiver. (a) Appointment\nof temporary receiver; joinder of moving party. Upon motion of a person\nhaving an apparent interest in property which is the subject of an\naction in the supreme or a county court, a temporary receiver of the\nproperty may be appointed, before or after service of summons and at any\ntime prior to judgment, or during the pendency of an appeal, where there\nis danger that the property will be removed from the state, or lost,\nmaterially injured or destroyed. A motion made by a person not already a\nparty to the action constitutes an appearance in the action and the\nperson shall be joined as a party.\n  (b) Powers of temporary receiver. The court appointing a receiver may\nauthorize him to take and hold real and personal property, and sue for,\ncollect and sell debts or claims, upon such conditions and for such\npurposes as the court shall direct. A receiver shall have no power to\nemploy counsel unless expressly so authorized by order of the court.\nUpon motion of the receiver or a party, powers granted to a temporary\nreceiver may be extended or limited or the receivership may be extended\nto another action involving the property.\n  (c) Duration of temporary receivership. A temporary receivership shall\nnot continue after final judgment unless otherwise directed by the\ncourt.\n
N.Y. UDR Law § 4 — New York Code / Act UDR / Section 4
Corporation for urban development and research of New York
Status: in_force

§ 4. Corporation for urban development and research of New York. 1.\nThere is hereby created a non-profit corporation which shall be known as\nthe "Corporation for Urban Development and Research of New York." Except\nas otherwise provided in this act, the corporation shall have all the\npowers, privileges and immunities which are now or may hereafter be\nconferred on business corporations by the business corporations law.\n  2. The business of the corporation shall be managed by, and its\npowers, functions and duties shall be exercised through a board of\ndirectors, consisting of nine directors who shall be the directors of\nthe New York state urban development corporation.\n  3. The chairman of the corporation shall be the chairman of the New\nYork State urban development corporation. The directors shall serve\nwithout salary, but each director shall be entitled to reimbursement for\nhis actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his\nofficial duties with the corporation.\n  4. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, general,\nspecial or local, no officer or employee of the state or of any civil\ndivision thereof, shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his\noffice or employment by reason of his acceptance of membership on the\ncorporation created by this section; provided, however, a director who\nholds such other public office or employment shall receive no additional\ncompensation or allowance for services rendered pursuant to this act,\nbut shall be entitled to reimbursement for his actual and necessary\nexpenses incurred in the performance of such services.\n  5. The corporation and its corporate existence shall continue until\nterminated by law, provided, however, that no such law shall take effect\nso long as the corporation shall have bonds, notes and other obligations\noutstanding, unless adequate provision has been made for the payment\nthereof in the documents securing the same. Upon termination of the\nexistence of the corporation, all its rights and properties shall pass\nto and be vested in the state.\n  6. The powers of the corporation shall be exercised by affirmative\nvote of no less than five of the directors thereof then in office,\nexcept as otherwise provided by subdivision two of section eight hereof.\nThe corporation may delegate to one or more of its directors, or its\nofficers, agents and employees, such powers and duties as it may deem\nproper.\n
N.Y. ACG Law § 450 — New York Code / Act ACG / Article 10 / Section 450
Department of public welfare
Status: in_force

§ 450. Department of public welfare. 1. The head of the department of\npublic welfare shall be the county commissioner of public welfare. Any\ninconsistent provision of this chapter notwithstanding, the county\ncommissioner of public welfare shall be appointed by the county\nexecutive in accordance with the provisions of the social welfare law\nfor a term of five years. A vacancy in the office of the county welfare\ncommissioner whether occurring by expiration of term or otherwise shall\nbe filled by appointment by the county executive.\n  2. Any inconsistent provision of this chapter notwithstanding, the\ndeputy commissioners of public welfare, if any, shall be appointed and\nserve in accordance with the provisions of the social welfare law.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 543 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 5 / Section 543
Adverse possession; how affected by acts across a boundary line
Status: in_force

§ 543. Adverse possession; how affected by acts across a boundary\nline.  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the\nexistence of de minimus non-structural encroachments including, but not\nlimited to, fences, hedges, shrubbery, plantings, sheds and\nnon-structural walls, shall be deemed to be permissive and non-adverse.\n  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the acts of\nlawn mowing or similar maintenance across the boundary line of an\nadjoining landowner's property shall be deemed permissive and\nnon-adverse.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 887 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 29 / Section 887
Occupational safety and health inspection account
Status: in_force

§ 887.  Occupational safety and health inspection account.\nNotwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,\nexpenditures by the department made pursuant to appropriations from the\nmiscellaneous special revenue fund, occupational safety and health\ninspection account shall be deemed an assessable expense of the workers'\ncompensation board within the meaning of section one hundred fifty-one\nof the workers' compensation law.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1405 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 14 / Section 1405
Accrual of interest after payment of abandoned property to the state comptroller
Status: in_force

§ 1405. Accrual of interest after payment of abandoned property to the\nstate comptroller. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no\nowner of abandoned property shall be entitled to receive interest on\naccount of such abandoned property from and after the date a payment of\nsuch abandoned property is hereafter made to the state comptroller\npursuant to this chapter or any law relating to abandoned property,\nwhether or not he was entitled to interest on such property prior to\nsuch date, except that interest at the overpayment rate set by the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance pursuant to subsection (j) of\nsection six hundred ninety-seven of the tax law, less one percentage\npoint, shall accrue to abandoned property hereafter paid to the state\ncomptroller under the following provisions of this chapter, for the\nfirst five years such property is held by him:\n  (i) paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section three hundred of this\nchapter; or\n  (ii) subdivision one of section four hundred of this chapter; or\n  (iii) paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section six hundred of this\nchapter; or\n  (iv) subdivision one of section ten hundred of this chapter.\n  (b) No claimant to abandoned property heretofore paid to the state\ncomptroller shall be entitled to receive interest on account of such\nproperty, whether or not he was entitled to interest on such property\nprior to such payment, except that as to abandoned property paid to the\nstate comptroller pursuant to the provisions of sub-paragraphs (i),\n(ii), (iii) and (iv) of subdivision one of this section no earlier than\nfive years preceding the first day of July, nineteen hundred\nseventy-seven, such abandoned property shall accrue simple interest for\nthat portion of such five year period remaining after the thirtieth day\nof June, nineteen hundred seventy-seven.\n  2. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, any property\nheretofore or hereafter received by the state comptroller pursuant to\nthis chapter or any law relating to the disposition of abandoned\nproperty, which is subject to the interest crediting provisions of part\nfive hundred of foreign assets control regulations, part five hundred\nfifteen of Cuban assets control regulations or part five hundred twenty\nof foreign funds control regulations of the United States department of\nthe treasury, shall be credited with interest at a rate not less than\nthe maximum rate payable on the shortest time deposit available in any\ndomestic bank in this state.\n  (b) Interest shall be credited from the effective date of this\nsubdivision, to abandoned property subject to paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision for so long as such property continues to be subject to part\nfive hundred of foreign assets control regulations, part five hundred\nfifteen of Cuban assets control regulations or part five hundred twenty\nof foreign funds control regulations of the United States department of\nthe treasury and is held by the state comptroller.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 900 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 41 / Section 900
Designation of target areas for concentrated revitalization
Status: in_force

* § 900. Designation of target areas for concentrated revitalization.\n1. The office shall recommend to the cabinet the designation of specific\ndistressed urban areas wherein a program of concentrated revitalization\nshall be directed based upon an assessment of extraordinary need as\ndetermined by the director.\n  2. Upon the recommendation of the cabinet and the approval of the\ngovernor to so designate an area wherein a program of concentrated\nrevitalization shall be directed, the office, in cooperation with\nfederal, state and local governments and agencies shall develop a plan\nto effectuate such targeted concentrated revitalization. Such plan may\ninclude the formation of not-for-profit corporations or subsidiaries of\nexistent public benefit corporations in such areas, the redirection of\nexisting programs and resources for the benefit of such areas, and the\ncreation of such new or expanded programs in such areas as may be\nauthorized by law.\n  * NB Expired March 31, 1985\n