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N.Y. REL Law § 29 — New York Code / Act REL / Article 2 / Section 29
Insurance for indemnification of directors and officers
Status: in_force

§ 29. Insurance for indemnification of directors and officers. (a)\nSubject to subdivision (b) of this section, a cooperative shall have\npower to purchase and maintain insurance:\n  (1) to indemnify the cooperative for any obligation which it incurs as\na result of the indemnification of directors and officers under the\nprovisions of this article, and\n  (2) to indemnify directors and officers in instances in which they may\nbe indemnified by the cooperative under the provisions of this article,\nand\n  (3) to indemnify directors and officers in instances in which they may\nnot otherwise be indemnified by the cooperative under the provisions of\nthis article provided the contract of insurance covering such directors\nand officers provides, in a manner acceptable to the superintendent of\nfinancial services, for a retention amount and for co-insurance.\n  (b) No insurance under subdivision (a) of this section may provide for\nany payment, other than cost of defense, to or on behalf of any director\nor officer:\n  (1) if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the insured\ndirector or officer establishes that his or her acts of active and\ndeliberate dishonesty were material to the cause of action so\nadjudicated, or that he or she personally gained in fact a financial\nprofit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled,\nor\n  (2) in relation to any risk the insurance of which is prohibited under\nthe insurance law of this state.\n  (c) Insurance under paragraphs one, two and three of subdivision (a)\nof this section may be included in a single contract or supplement\nthereto.  Retrospective rated contracts are prohibited.\n  (d) The corporation shall, within the time and to the persons provided\nin subdivision (c) of section twenty-eight of this article, mail a\nstatement in respect to any insurance it has purchased or renewed under\nthis section, specifying the insurance carrier, date of the contract,\ncost of the insurance, corporate positions insured, and a statement\nexplaining all sums, not previously reported in a statement to members,\npaid under any indemnification insurance contract.\n  (e) This section is the public policy of this state to spread the risk\nof cooperative management, notwithstanding any other general or special\nlaw of this state or of any other jurisdiction, including the federal\ngovernment.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 30-C — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 2 / Section 30-C
Seal of Franklin county and of the county clerk and the supreme court
Status: in_force

§ 30-c. Seal of Franklin county and of the county clerk and the\nsupreme court. 1. The county of Franklin, the county clerk of said\ncounty and the supreme court therein, shall have and use the following\nseal:\n                           Description of Seal\n  The Seal shall be approximately 2 1/4 inches in diameter and shall\nconsist of two concentric circles; the inner circle to be divided into\nfour parts; the upper part of the space between such circles shall be\ninscribed with the words in capital block letters "FRANKLIN COUNTY" in\nthe lower part shall be inscribed in capital block letters the word\n"SEAL", and such Seal shall further bear the following: a farm scene\ndepicting a barn and silo in the upper left-hand one-quarter; a winter\nscene of a person skiing in the upper right hand one-quarter; a scene of\na woodland stream in the lower right-hand one-quarter and a scene of a\ndeer in the lower left-hand one-quarter. It is intended that the\nforegoing scenes depict acts found in Franklin county, including\nfarming, skiing, hiking, fishing and hunting.\n  2. The county clerk of Franklin county shall cause the design of said\nseal (in black and white) to be engraved upon metal. From time to time\nhe shall obtain and make available, and keep in good order and repair as\nmany of such engraved metal seals as may be necessary for the proper\nperformance of the duties of his office and of the duties of the clerks\nand officers in the supreme court authorized to use said seal. All the\nexpense incurred by the county clerk incident to said seal shall be a\ncounty charge against the county of Franklin.\n  3. Such seal shall be used and affixed only: (a) by the county clerk\nof Franklin county or by any deputy or clerk duly authorized by him; and\n(b) by any justice of the supreme court resident in Franklin county, or\nby any clerk or officer duly authorized by said justice.\n  4. The use of said seal or of any replica or simulation thereof, in\nform or substance, by any unauthorized person or for any wrongful\npurpose, is prohibited. Any violation of this prohibition shall be\ndeemed to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 259-A — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 12-B / Section 259-A
State board of parole; funding
Status: in_force

§ 259-a. State board of parole; funding. The annual budget submitted\nby the governor shall separately state the recommended appropriations\nfor the state board of parole. Upon enactment, these separately stated\nappropriations for the state board of parole shall not be decreased by\ninterchange with any other appropriation, notwithstanding section\nfifty-one of the state finance law.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 29 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 29
Men
Status: in_force

§ 29. Men. The term men includes boys.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 727 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 7 / Section 727
Annual reports for certain transactions required
Status: in_force

§ 727. Annual reports for certain transactions required.\n  (a) A condominium created pursuant to the real property law or a\ncooperative housing corporation created pursuant to this chapter, shall,\nat least once each year:\n  (1) require that each director, as defined in paragraph five of\nsubdivision (a) of section one hundred two of this chapter, receive a\ncopy of section seven hundred thirteen of this chapter; and\n  (2) submit an annual report to the shareholders, which shall be signed\nby each such director, containing information on any contracts made,\nentered into, or otherwise voted on by the board of directors where one\nor more of the directors was an interested director, pursuant to section\nseven hundred thirteen of this chapter.\n  (b) The annual report required by subdivision (a) of this section\nshall include, but not be limited to, the following:\n  (1) a list of all contracts voted on by the board of directors,\nincluding information on the contract recipient, contract amount, and\nthe purpose of entering into the contract;\n  (2) the record of each meeting including director attendance, voting\nrecords for contracts, and how each director voted on such contracts;\nand\n  (3) the date of each vote on each contract, and the date the contract\nwould be and remain valid.\n  (c) If the annual report required by subdivision (a) of this section\nwould, notwithstanding the requirements of this section, contain no\ninformation because of the absence of any actions taken by the board\nthat would otherwise qualify for inclusion in such annual report, then\nthe board shall instead submit to the shareholders a document, signed by\neach director, indicating: "No actions taken by the board were subject\nto the annual report required pursuant to section 727 of the Business\nCorporation Law".\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 303.1 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 303.1
Criminal procedure law
Status: in_force

§ 303.1. Criminal procedure law. 1. The provisions of the criminal\nprocedure law shall not apply to proceedings under this article unless\nthe applicability of such provisions are specifically prescribed by this\nact.\n  2. A court may, however, consider judicial interpretations of\nappropriate provisions of the criminal procedure law to the extent that\nsuch interpretations may assist the court in interpreting similar\nprovisions of this article.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 5 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 2 / Section 5
Department of social welfare
Status: in_force

§ 5.  Department of social welfare.  The state department of social\nwelfare, provided for in the constitution, is hereby continued.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1449-P — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-C / Section 1449-P
Deposit and disposition of revenue
Status: in_force

§ 1449-p. Deposit and disposition of revenue. All taxes collected or\nreceived by the treasurer or his duly authorized agent under the\nprovisions of the local law enacted pursuant to this article shall be\ndeposited in accordance with provisions of a local law adopted by the\nlegislative body of the county of Broome which local law shall designate\nproper officers to be responsible for deposit of revenue collected or\nreceived under this article. Such local law shall also provide that any\nofficer designated to collect, receive, or deposit such revenue shall\nmaintain a system of accounts showing the revenue collected or received\nfrom the tax imposed pursuant to this article. Such local law shall also\nprovide that all revenue derived from the imposition of such tax shall\nbe deposited into the general fund of the county of Broome and shall\nonly be appropriated by the county legislature of the county of Broome\nto fund veterans' services programs within such county.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 145.26 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title I / Article 145 / Section 145.26
Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 145.26 Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of aggravated cemetery desecration in the second\ndegree when, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to\nbelieve that he or she has such right, he or she opens a casket, crypt,\nor similar vessel containing a human body or human remains which has\nbeen buried or otherwise interred in a cemetery and unlawfully removes\ntherefrom a body, bodily part, any human remains or any object contained\nin such casket, crypt or similar vessel for the purpose of obtaining\nunlawful possession of such body, bodily part, human remains or object\nfor such person or a third person.\n  Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree is a class E\nfelony.\n
N.Y. LLC Law § 602 — New York Code / Act LLC / Article 6 / Section 602
Admission of members
Status: in_force

§ 602. Admission of members. (a) A person becomes a member of a\nlimited liability company on the later of:\n  (1) the effective date of the initial articles of organization; or\n  (2) the date as of which the person becomes a member pursuant to this\nsection or the operating agreement; provided, however, that if such date\nis not ascertainable, the date stated in the records of the limited\nliability company.\n  (b) After the effective date of a limited liability company's initial\narticles of organization, a person may be admitted as a member:\n  (1) in the case of a person acquiring a membership interest directly\nfrom the limited liability company, upon compliance with the operating\nagreement or, if the operating agreement does not so provide, upon the\nvote or written consent of a majority in interest of the members;\n  (2) in the case of an assignee of a membership interest of a member\nwho has the power, as provided in the operating agreement, to grant the\nassignee the right to become a member, upon the exercise of that power\nand compliance with any conditions limiting the grant or exercise of the\npower; or\n  (3) unless otherwise provided in an agreement of merger or\nconsolidation or the operating agreement, in the case of a person\nacquiring a membership interest in a surviving or resulting limited\nliability company pursuant to a merger or consolidation approved in\naccordance with subdivision (b) of section one thousand one of this\nchapter, at the time provided in and upon compliance with the operating\nagreement of the surviving or resulting limited liability company.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 16-0119 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 16 / Section 16-0119
Disbursements
Status: in_force

§ 16-0119. Disbursements.\n  The moneys hereby appropriated shall be payable by the commissioner of\ntaxation and finance on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on\nvouchers approved by the commissioner.\n
N.Y. CCO Law § 64 — New York Code / Act CCO / Article 4 / Section 64
Officers
Status: in_force

§ 64. Officers. The officers of every corporation shall include a\npresident, one or more vice-presidents, secretary and treasurer who\nshall be elected annually by the board of directors. The president and a\nfirst vice-president shall be members of the corporation or of a member\ncorporation, and shall be elected from among the directors. Other\nofficers need not be directors or members of the corporation. The\noffices of secretary and treasurer may be combined.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3221 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 32 / Section 3221
Offer to compromise
Status: in_force

Rule 3221. Offer to compromise. Except in a matrimonial action, at any\ntime not later than ten days before trial, any party against whom a\nclaim is asserted, and against whom a separate judgment may be taken,\nmay serve upon the claimant a written offer to allow judgment to be\ntaken against him for a sum or property or to the effect therein\nspecified, with costs then accrued. If within ten days thereafter the\nclaimant serves a written notice that he accepts the offer, either party\nmay file the summons, complaint and offer, with proof of acceptance, and\nthereupon the clerk shall enter judgment accordingly.  If the offer is\nnot accepted and the claimant fails to obtain a more favorable judgment,\nhe shall not recover costs from the time of the offer, but shall pay\ncosts from that time. An offer of judgment shall not be made known to\nthe jury.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 8-1.2 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 8 / Part 1 / Section 8-1.2
Certain charitable trusts authorized
Status: in_force

§ 8-1.2 Certain charitable trusts authorized\n  (a) Property may be disposed of to any incorporated educational or\nliterary institution in this state, to be held in trust for any one or\nmore of the following purposes:\n  (1) To establish and maintain an observatory;\n  (2) To found and maintain professorships and scholarships;\n  (3) To provide and keep in repair a place for the burial of the dead.\n  (4) For any other specific purpose comprehended in the general objects\nauthorized by its charter.\n  (b) The trust may be made subject to such conditions as may be\nprescribed by the creator and agreed to by the trustee, and all property\nwhich is hereafter disposed of to any incorporated educational or\nliterary institution in trust for any of the foregoing purposes, may be\nheld by such institution under such trust, subject to such conditions as\nmay be prescribed.\n  (c) Property may be disposed of to any incorporated city or village of\nthis state to be held in trust for any educational purpose, the\ndiffusion of knowledge, or for the relief of distress, or for parks,\ngardens, other ornamental grounds or grounds for military parades,\nexercise, health and recreation, within or near such incorporated city\nor village, upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the creator and\nagreed to by such corporation; and all property so transferred to such\ncorporation may be held by it, under such trust, subject to such\nconditions as may be prescribed.\n  (d) Property may be disposed of to commissioners of common schools of\nany town and to trustees of any school district, in trust for the\nbenefit of such common schools or the schools of such district.\n  (e) The trusts authorized by this section may continue for such time\nas may be necessary to accomplish the purposes for which they are\ncreated.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 377 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 10 / Section 377
When corporate existence begins
Status: in_force

§ 377. When corporate existence begins. When the superintendent shall\nhave approved the organization certificate and the proposed by-laws, and\nshall have issued his authorization certificate as provided in article\ntwo of this chapter, the corporate existence of the association shall\nbegin.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 16-102 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 16 / Section 16-102
Proceedings as to designations and nominations, primary elections, etc
Status: in_force

§ 16-102. Proceedings as to designations and nominations, primary\nelections, etc. 1. The nomination or designation of any candidate for\nany public office or party position or any independent nomination, or\nthe holding of an uncontested primary election, by reason of a petition\nfor an opportunity to ballot having been filed, or the election of any\nperson to any party position, or the certificate to fill a vacancy in a\ndesignation, may be contested in a proceeding instituted in the supreme\ncourt by any aggrieved candidate, or by the chairman of any party\ncommittee or by a person who shall have filed objections, as provided in\nthis chapter, except that the chairman of a party committee may not\nbring a proceeding with respect to a designation or the holding of an\notherwise uncontested primary.\n  2. A proceeding with respect to a petition shall be instituted within\nfourteen days after the last day to file the petition, within four days\nafter the last day that a certificate to fill a vacancy in a designation\nshall be filed, or within three business days after the officer or board\nwith whom or which such petition was filed, makes a determination of\ninvalidity with respect to such petition or certificate to fill a\nvacancy, whichever is later; except that a proceeding with respect to a\npetition for a village election or a nomination for a special election\nshall be instituted within seven days after the last day to file the\ncertificate or petition for such village election or nomination or\nwithin three business days after the officer or board with whom or which\nsuch certificate or petition was filed, makes a determination of\ninvalidity with respect to such certificate or petition, whichever is\nlater. A proceeding with respect to a primary, convention, meeting of a\nparty committee, or caucus shall be instituted within ten days after the\nholding of such primary or convention or the filing of the certificate\nof nominations made at such caucus or meeting of a party committee.\n  3. The court may direct reassembling of any convention or the holding\nof a new primary election, or caucus where it finds there has been such\nfraud or irregularity as to render impossible a determination as to who\nrightfully was nominated or elected.\n  4. A final order including the resolution of any appeals in any\nproceeding involving the names of candidates on ballots or voting\nmachines shall be made, if possible, at least five weeks before the day\nof the election at which such ballots or voting machines are to be used,\nor if such proceeding is commenced within five weeks of such election,\nno later than the day following the day on which the case is heard.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 286-A — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 24 / Section 286-A
Construction of certain terms of lease of lands used for fair purposes
Status: in_force

§ 286-a. Construction of certain terms of lease of lands used for fair\npurposes. The inability of any agricultural society entitled to receive\nmoneys from the state under section two hundred eighty-six of this\nchapter, to hold its annual fair or exposition on lands leased to it for\nthat purpose which is occasioned by the use of such lands, for military\nor war purposes, during either of the years nineteen hundred forty-two,\nnineteen hundred forty-three and nineteen hundred forty-four, shall not\nbe deemed to be a failure to hold such fair or exposition contemplated\nby the parties to, or within the meaning of the terms of any contract,\nagreement or lease therefor, executed prior thereto, which provides for\nthe termination of such contract, agreement or lease upon the failure of\nsuch agricultural society to hold its annual fair or exposition and no\naction or proceeding for the termination of such a contract, agreement\nor lease shall be maintained for failure of such agricultural society or\ninstitute to hold its annual fair or exposition, where such failure is\noccasioned by the use of such lands, building or property for military\nor war purposes.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-YYY*2 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-YYY*2
Domestic violence awareness fund
Status: in_force

* § 97-yyy. Domestic violence awareness fund. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance a special fund to be known as the\n"domestic violence awareness fund."\n  2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to an\nappropriation by the legislature, all moneys collected pursuant to\nsection four hundred four-t of the vehicle and traffic law, and all\nother moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from any\nother fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained herein shall\nprevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the\npurposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into\nthe fund according to law.\n  3. Moneys of the fund, following appropriation by the legislature and\nallocation by the director of the budget, shall be available for the\npurpose of funding expenses of the office for the prevention of domestic\nviolence for educational and prevention programs undertaken pursuant to\narticle twenty-one of the executive law.\n  * NB There are 2 § 97-yyy's\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 272 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 10 / Section 272
Submission of propositions at town meetings
Status: in_force

§ 272. Submission of propositions at town meetings. A proposition to\nauthorize the levy and collection of an amount greater than that\nspecified in the preceding section for any of the purposes therein\nmentioned may be submitted upon the written application of twenty-five\ntaxpayers upon the last town assessment-roll or by a majority of the\nmembers of the town board, at a biennial town meeting or a special town\nmeeting duly called as provided by law. The provisions of the town law\nrelating to the submission of town propositions at a biennial or special\ntown meeting shall apply to the submission of such propositions. If such\nproposition be adopted the town board shall include in the estimates\ncontained in the next statement submitted by it to the board of\nsupervisors, as provided in section two hundred and sixty-seven, the\namounts authorized to be raised by such proposition for the purposes\ntherein stated, and thereupon such amounts shall be levied and\ncollected, and paid to the supervisor, to be expended by him as directed\nby such proposition.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1438-P — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-1 / Section 1438-P
Foreclosure proceedings
Status: in_force

* § 1438-p. Foreclosure proceedings. Where the conveyance consists of\na transfer of property made as a result of an order of the court in a\nforeclosure proceeding ordering the sale of such property, the referee\nor sheriff effectuating such transfer shall not be liable for any\ninterest or penalties that are authorized pursuant to this article or\narticle thirty-seven of this chapter.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2026\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 319-A — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 9 / Section 319-A
Employment of a stenographer upon hearing on charge of felony
Status: in_force

§ 319-a. Employment of a stenographer upon hearing on charge of\nfelony. In a hearing held in a criminal proceeding upon a charge of\nfelony, in a town or village court, unless pursuant to law a\nstenographer be regularly employed by it, such court may, if the\ndefendant be represented by counsel, employ a stenographer to take\ntestimony on such examination. The compensation of such stenographer\nshall be fixed by the board of supervisors and shall be a county charge.\n