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N.Y. EXC Law § 257-A — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 12-A / Section 257-A
Civil actions against local department volunteers
Status: in_force

§ 257-a. Civil actions against local department volunteers. 1.  For\nthe purposes of this section the term "volunteer" means a person\nauthorized by a local probation department's director of the volunteer\nservices program to participate in the local department's volunteer\nservices program.\n  2. A local probation department may provide an attorney for and pay\nsuch attorney fees and expenses necessarily incurred in the defense of a\nvolunteer in any civil action commenced against him by reason of a claim\nof alleged negligence or other act of such person arising out of and in\nthe course of participating in a local department volunteer services\nprogram, and the local probation department may save harmless and\nindemnify such person from financial loss arising out of any claim,\ndemand, suit of judgment by reason of the alleged negligence or other\nact by such person provided that, at the time that such claim arose or\ndamages were sustained, such person was acting in the discharge of his\nduties and within the scope of his authorized duties and that such claim\nor cause of action or damages sustained did not result from the willful\nand wrongful act or gross negligence of such person.\n  3. A local probation department which authorizes indemnification under\nthis section, however, shall not be subject to the obligations imposed\nby this section unless such volunteer shall, within five days of the\ntime he is served with any summons, complaint, process, notice, demand\nor pleading, deliver the original or a copy thereof to the local\ndepartment and unless such person shall cooperate fully with the local\nprobation department in the defense of said claim, demand or suit. Upon\nsuch delivery the local probation department may assume control of the\nrepresentation of such person.\n  4. This section shall not in any way impair, limit or modify the\nrights and obligations under any policy of insurance.\n  5. The benefits of this section shall inure only to volunteers and\nshall not enlarge or diminish the rights of any other party.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 334 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 6-A / Section 334
County of Onondaga enhanced 911 emergency telephone system
Status: in_force

* § 334. County of Onondaga enhanced 911 emergency telephone system.\n1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the\ncounty of Onondaga acting through its local county legislative body, is\nhereby authorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal local laws to\nimpose a surcharge, in addition to the surcharge established and imposed\nunder section three hundred three of the county law, in an amount not to\nexceed sixty-five cents per access line per month on the customers of\nevery service supplier within such municipality to pay for the costs\nassociated with obtaining, operating and maintaining the\ntelecommunication equipment and telephone services needed to provide an\nenhanced 911 (E911) emergency telephone system to serve such county.\n  2. Any such local law shall state the amount of the surcharge, the\ndate on which the service supplier shall begin to add such surcharge to\nthe billings of its customers and, to the extent practicable, the date\non which such E911 service is to begin. Such local law may authorize the\nservice supplier to begin billing its customers for such surcharge prior\nto the date the E911 system service is to begin.\n  3. Any service supplier within a municipality which has imposed a\nsurcharge pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be given a\nminimum of forty-five days written notice prior to the date it shall\nbegin to add such surcharge to the billings of its customers or prior to\nany modification to or change in the surcharge amount.\n  4. The surcharge established pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection shall be imposed on a per access line basis on all current bills\nrendered for local exchange access service within the 911 service area.\n  5. No such surcharge shall be imposed upon more than seventy-five\nexchange access lines per customer per location.\n  6. Lifeline customers, a public safety agency and any municipality\nwhich has enacted a local law pursuant to the provisions of this section\nshall be exempt from any surcharge imposed under this section.\n  * NB Repealed July 28, 2029\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1501 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 15 / Section 1501
Execution; when and how issued
Status: in_force

§ 1501. Execution; when and how issued.\n  An execution, including an income execution, upon a judgment may be\nissued by the judgment-creditor's attorney or, if he does not appear by\nattorney, by the clerk of the court in the district where the judgment\nwas entered. It shall be issued within the time prescribed by law\napplicable in the supreme court.\n  A "judgment", as used in this article, shall be deemed to include an\norder directing the payment of money.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 3434 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 34 / Section 3434
Motor vehicle insurance policies; disabled persons; prohibitions against cancelling, refusing to issue or renew policies
Status: in_force

§ 3434. Motor vehicle insurance policies; disabled persons;\nprohibitions against cancelling, refusing to issue or renew policies.\nInsurers shall be prohibited from cancelling or refusing to issue or\nrenew a motor vehicle insurance policy to any person with a disability,\nas defined in subdivision twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two\nof the executive law, unless based on sound underwriting and actuarial\nprinciples reasonably related to actual or anticipated loss experience.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 50-N — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 4 / Section 50-N
Civil actions against peace officers, sheriffs, under-sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the county of Nassau
Status: in_force

§ 50-n. Civil actions against peace officers, sheriffs, under-sheriffs\nand deputy sheriffs of the county of Nassau. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any other law, code or charter, the county of Nassau shall\nprovide for the defense of any civil action or proceeding brought\nagainst a duly appointed peace officer, sheriff, under-sheriff or deputy\nsheriff of the county of Nassau and shall indemnify and save harmless\nsuch peace officer, sheriff, under-sheriff or deputy sheriff from any\njudgment of a court of competent jurisdiction whenever such action,\nproceeding or judgment is for damages, including punitive or exemplary\ndamages, arising out of a negligent act or other tort of such peace\nofficer, sheriff, under-sheriff or deputy sheriff committed while in the\nproper discharge of his duties and within the scope of his employment.\nSuch proper discharge and scope shall be determined by a majority vote\nof a panel consisting of one member appointed by the Nassau county board\nof supervisors, one member appointed by the Nassau county executive, and\nthe third member being either the Nassau county sheriff or in the case\nof a probation officer the Nassau county director of probation.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 417 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 4 / Section 417
Filing of certain agreements with commission
Status: in_force

§ 417. Filing of certain agreements with commission. Every association\nor corporation licensed to conduct quarter horse race meetings at which\npari-mutuel betting is permitted shall promptly after entering into any\nlease, agreement concerning any concession, labor management relations,\nthe hiring of designated classes of officers, employees or contractors\nspecified by the commission or any such other contract, agreement or\narrangement as the commission may from time to time prescribe file with\nthe commission a true and correct copy, or an accurate summary, if oral,\nthereof.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 165-B — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 5 / Section 165-B
Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint law stenographers and typists
Status: in_force

§ 165-b. Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint\nlaw stenographers and typists.  The justice or justices of the supreme\ncourt residing in Rockland county, or a majority of them, may appoint\nand at pleasure remove and prescribe the duties of a confidential law\nstenographer and typist, who shall receive such compensation as may be\nfixed by the board of supervisors of such county. Such compensation\nshall be a charge against such county and shall be paid by the treasurer\nthereof in monthly installments upon the certificate of such justice or\njustices, or a majority of them.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 1309 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 43 / Section 1309
Employer and employee informational materials and disclosure forms
Status: in_force

§ 1309. Employer and employee informational materials and disclosure\nforms. 1. Prior to the opening of the program for enrollment, the board\nshall design and disseminate, or cause to be designed and disseminated,\nto all employers employer informational materials and employee\ninformational materials, which shall include background information on\nthe program, and necessary disclosures as required by law for employees.\n  2. The employee informational materials shall be made available in\nEnglish, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, and\nany other language the board deems necessary.\n  3. The employee informational materials shall include a disclosure\nform.  The disclosure form shall explain, but not be limited to, all of\nthe following:\n  (a) the benefits and risks associated with making contributions to the\nprogram;\n  (b) the process for making contributions to the program;\n  (c) how to opt out of the program;\n  (d) the process by which an employee can participate in the program\nwith a level of employee contributions other than three percent;\n  (e) that they are not required to participate or contribute more than\nthree percent;\n  (f) the process for withdrawal of retirement savings;\n  (g) the process for selecting beneficiaries of their retirement\nsavings;\n  (h) how to obtain additional information about the program;\n  (i) that employees seeking financial advice should contact financial\nadvisors, that participating employers are not in a position to provide\nfinancial advice, and that participating employers are not liable for\ndecisions employees make pursuant to this article;\n  (j) information on how to access any available financial literacy\nprograms;\n  (k) that the program fund is not guaranteed by the state; and\n  (l) that they can opt out after they have been enrolled.\n  4. The employee informational materials shall also include a form for\nan employee to note his or her decision to opt out of participation in\nthe program or elect to participate with a level of employee\ncontributions other than three percent.\n  5. Participating employers shall supply the employee informational\nmaterials to existing employees at least one month prior to the\nparticipating employers' facilitation of access to the program.\nParticipating employers shall supply the employee informational\nmaterials to new employees at the time of hiring and new employees may\nopt out of participation in the program.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 100.10 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title G / Article 100 / Section 100.10
Criminal solicitation in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 100.10 Criminal solicitation in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal solicitation in the second degree when,\nwith intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a class A\nfelony, he solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise\nattempts to cause such other person to engage in such conduct.\n  Criminal solicitation in the second degree is a class D felony.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 1087 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 10-A / Section 1087
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1087. Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n  (a) "Child" shall mean a person under the age of eighteen who is\nplaced in foster care pursuant to section three hundred fifty-eight-a,\nthree hundred eighty-four or three hundred eighty-four-a of the social\nservices law or pursuant to section one thousand twenty-two, one\nthousand twenty-seven, one thousand fifty-two, one thousand eighty-nine,\none thousand ninety-one, one thousand ninety-four or one thousand\nninety-five of this act; or directly placed with a relative pursuant to\nsection one thousand seventeen or one thousand fifty-five of this act;\nor who has been freed for adoption or a person between the ages of\neighteen and twenty-one who has consented to continuation in foster care\nor trial discharge status; or a former foster care youth under the age\nof twenty-one for whom a court has granted a motion to permit the former\nfoster care youth to return to the custody of the local commissioner of\nsocial services or other officer, board or department authorized to\nreceive children as public charges.\n  (b) "Child freed for adoption" shall mean a person whose custody and\nguardianship has been committed to an authorized agency pursuant to\nsection three hundred eighty-three-c, three hundred eighty-four, or\nthree hundred eighty-four-b of the social services law. Such category\nshall include a person whose parent or parents have died during the\nperiod in which the child was in foster care and for whom there is no\nsurviving parent who would be entitled to notice or consent pursuant to\nsection one hundred eleven or one hundred eleven-a of the domestic\nrelations law. Such category shall not include a child who has been\nfreed for adoption with respect to one parent but who has another parent\nwhose consent to an adoption is required pursuant to section one hundred\neleven of the domestic relations law.\n  (c) "Foster care" shall mean care provided by an authorized agency to\na child in a foster family, free or boarding home; agency boarding home;\ngroup home; child care institution, health care facility or any\ncombination thereof.\n  (d) "Agency" means an authorized agency as defined in paragraphs (a)\nand (b) of subdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of the\nsocial services law, to which the care and custody or custody and\nguardianship of a child has been transferred or committed.\n  (e) "Permanency hearing report" shall mean a sworn report submitted by\nthe social services district to the court and the parties prior to each\npermanency hearing regarding the health and well-being of the child, the\nreasonable efforts that have been made since the last hearing to promote\npermanency for the child, and the recommended permanency plan for the\nchild.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 9 — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 2 / Section 9
Freedom of elections
Status: in_force

§ 9. Freedom of elections. All elections ought to be free; and no\nperson by force of arms, malice, menacing, or otherwise, should presume\nto disturb or hinder any citizen of this state in the free exercise of\nthe right of suffrage.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 8015 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 80 / Section 8015
County clerk where sheriff is a party or otherwise disqualified
Status: in_force

§ 8015. County clerk where sheriff is a party or otherwise\ndisqualified.  A county clerk is entitled for the services specified to\nthe following fees:\n  1. for performing any duty of a sheriff in an action in which the\nsheriff, for any cause, is disqualified, the same compensation to which\na sheriff is entitled for the same services; and\n  2. for confining a sheriff in a house by virtue of a mandate, and\nmaintaining him while there, two dollars for each day, to be paid by the\nsheriff, before he is entitled to be discharged.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 702 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 7 / Section 702
Number of directors
Status: in_force

§ 702. Number of directors.\n  (a) The board of directors shall consist of one or more members. The\nnumber of directors constituting the board may be fixed by the by-laws,\nor by action of the shareholders or of the board under the specific\nprovisions of a by-law adopted by the shareholders. If not otherwise\nfixed under this paragraph, the number shall be one.  As used in this\narticle, "entire board" means the total number of directors which the\ncorporation would have if there were no vacancies.\n  (b) The number of directors may be increased or decreased by amendment\nof the by-laws, or by action of the shareholders or of the board under\nthe specific provisions of a by-law adopted by the shareholders, subject\nto the following limitations:\n  (1) If the board is authorized by the by-laws to change the number of\ndirectors, whether by amending the by-laws or by taking action under the\nspecific provisions of a by-law adopted by the shareholders, such\namendment or action shall require the vote of a majority of the entire\nboard.\n  (2) No decrease shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 534-E — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-I / Section 534-E
Designation as agent of the state
Status: in_force

§ 534-e. Designation as agent of the state. 1. The commission is\nhereby designated on its own behalf or as agent of the state of New\nYork, as provided by the act of Congress of the United States, effective\nJune sixth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, entitled "An act\nto provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for\nco-operation with the States in the promotion of such system and for\nother purposes," as amended, for the purpose of obtaining such benefits\nof such act of Congress as are necessary or appropriate to the\nestablishment and operation of employment information centers authorized\nby this act.\n  2. The commission shall have all powers necessary to cooperate with\nappropriate officers or agencies of this state or the United States, to\ntake such steps, to formulate such plans, and to execute such projects\n(including but not limited to the establishment and operation of\nemployment information centers) as may be necessary to obtain such\nbenefits for the operations of the commission in accomplishing the\npurposes of this act.\n  3. Any officer or agency designated by this state pursuant to said act\nof June sixth, nineteen hundred thirty-three, as amended, is authorized\nand empowered, upon the request of the commission and subject to its\ndirection, to exercise the powers and duties conferred upon the\ncommission by the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 190-C — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 7 / Section 190-C
Terms of county court
Status: in_force

§ 190-c. Terms of county court.  1. The county judge must, from time\nto time, appoint the times and places for holding terms of his court.\n  2. At least two terms, for the trial of issues of law or of fact, must\nbe appointed to be held in each year.\n  3. Each term may continue as long as the county judge deems necessary.\n  4. The county judge may, by a new appointment, change the day\nappointed for holding a term, or appoint one or more additional terms,\nor dispense with the holding of a term, without affecting any other term\nor terms theretofore appointed to be held.\n  6. The county court is always open for the transaction of any business\nfor which notice is not required to be given to an adverse party, except\nwhere it is specially prescribed by law that the business must be done\nat a stated term.\n  7. A statute or rule conferring power upon or authorizing a proceeding\nto be taken at a specified term of court, if the provision is applicable\nto a county court, is to be construed as applying to any term of the\ncounty court held pursuant to an appointment made as prescribed by law.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 222.00 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 222 / Section 222.00
Cannabis; definitions
Status: in_force

§ 222.00 Cannabis; definitions.\n  1. "Cannabis" means all parts of the plant of the genus Cannabis,\nwhether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any\npart of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative,\nmixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. It does not\ninclude the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks,\noil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound,\nmanufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature\nstalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or\nthe sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. It\ndoes not include hemp, cannabinoid hemp or hemp extract as defined in\nsection three of the cannabis law or drug products approved by the\nFederal Food and Drug Administration.\n  2. "Concentrated cannabis" means:\n  (a) the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from a\nplant of the genus Cannabis; or\n  (b) a material, preparation, mixture, compound or other substance\nwhich contains more than three percent by weight of delta-9\ntetrahydrocannabinol, or its isomer, delta-8 dibenzopyran numbering\nsystem, or delta-1 tetrahydrocannabinol or its isomer, delta 1 (6)\nmonoterpene numbering system.\n  3. For the purposes of this article, "sell" shall mean to sell,\nexchange or dispose of for compensation. "Sell" shall not include the\ntransfer of cannabis or concentrated cannabis between persons twenty-one\nyears of age or older without compensation in the quantities authorized\nin paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 222.05 of this article.\n  4. For the purposes of this article, "smoking" shall have the same\nmeaning as that term is defined in section three of the cannabis law.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-F*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-F*2
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Major General Harold J
Status: in_force

* § 344-f. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Major General Harold J. Greene Memorial Highway". All that portion of\nthe state highway system constituting state route one hundred forty-six\nin the town of Guilderland, county of Albany, beginning at the\nintersection of state route twenty and southbound state route one\nhundred forty-six, continuing in a generally southerly direction on\nstate route one hundred forty-six, and terminating at the intersection\nof state route one hundred forty-six and Ostrander road, shall be\ndesignated and known as the "Major General Harold J. Greene Memorial\nHighway".\n  * NB There are 7 § 344-f's\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 270 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 10 / Section 270
Audit of damages without action
Status: in_force

§ 270. Audit of damages without action. The town board of any town may\naudit as a town charge, in the same manner as other town charges are\naudited, any one claim not exceeding five hundred dollars, for damages\nto person or property, heretofore or hereafter sustained by reason of\ndefective highways or bridges in the town, if in their judgment it be\nfor the interest of the town so to do; but no claim shall be so audited\nunless it shall have been presented to the supervisor and town clerk of\nthe town within ninety days after it accrued, nor if any action thereon\nshall be barred by the statute of limitations. The town board may also\naudit any unpaid judgment heretofore or hereafter recovered against a\ntown superintendent for any such damages, if such town board shall be\nsatisfied that he acted in good faith, and the defect causing such\ndamage did not exist because of the negligence or misconduct of the\nsuperintendent against whom such judgment shall have been recovered.\n