N.Y. ENV Law § 51-0303 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 51 / Title 3 / Section 51-0303
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 51-0303. Definitions.\n  As used in this title, the following terms shall mean and include:\n  2. "Construction". The erection, building, acquisition, alteration,\nreconstruction, improvement or extension of sewage treatment works; the\ninspection and supervision thereof; and the engineering, architectural,\nlegal, fiscal and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs,\nplans, working drawings, specifications, procedures, and other actions\nnecessary thereto;\n  3. "Eligible project". A water quality improvement project for the\nconstruction of sewage treatment works,\n  a. for which a permit has been issued by the department,\n  b. which is, in the judgment of the commissioner, in accord with\napplicable comprehensive studies and reports,\n  c. which is approved for federal pollution abatement assistance,\n  d. which conforms with applicable law, rules and regulations, and\n  e. which is, in the judgment of the commissioner, necessary for the\naccomplishment of the state water pollution control program;\n  4. "Federal pollution abatement assistance". Funds available to a\nmunicipality, either directly or through allocation by the state, from\nthe federal government as grants for construction of sewage treatment\nworks, pursuant to the federal water pollution control act and acts\namendatory thereto;\n  5. "Municipality". A city, county, town, village, the New York state\nenvironmental facilities corporation, a sewer authority within a city,\nor an improvement district or district corporation within a city,\ncounty, town or village, or Indian tribes residing within New York\nstate, or any combination thereof;\n  6. "Project cost". The actual cost or estimated reasonable cost,\nwhichever is lower, of construction of an eligible project;\n  7. "Water quality improvement project". A sewage treatment works for\nthe purpose of treating, neutralizing or stabilizing sewage, including\ntreatment or disposal plants, the necessary intercepting, outfall and\noutlet sewers, pumping stations integral to such plants or sewers,\nequipment and furnishings thereof and their appurtenances.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 309-D — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 3 / Article 5-A / Section 309-D
Fees
Status: in_force

§ 309-d. Fees. The schedule of fees charged by such an experimental\nmotor vehicle inspection station for making the inspection required\nshall be subject to the approval of the commissioner, provided, however,\nthat such fees shall provide sufficient revenue, either by themselves or\nwhen combined with any federal funds made available to the commissioner,\nto meet the total costs of the experimental motor vehicle inspection\nprogram herein established.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 317 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 3 / Section 317
Annual appropriation by participating employers
Status: in_force

§ 317. Annual appropriation by participating employers. a. On or\nbefore the fifteenth day of November, nineteen hundred eighty-nine and\nof each succeeding year, the comptroller shall determine the amount\nwhich each participating employer is required to pay to the police and\nfire retirement system to discharge its obligations thereto for the\nfiscal year of the retirement system which ends on March thirty-first of\nnineteen hundred ninety and of each succeeding calendar year on account\nof its employees who are members of this system. The comptroller shall\nsubmit to the fiscal officer of each of such employer a statement of the\namount so payable.\n  This amount shall consist of the amount deemed necessary to provide\nfor payment in full of (i) all estimated obligations of each\nparticipating employer for the current fiscal year of the retirement\nsystems and (ii) any additional obligation, plus interest on such\namount, for fiscal years preceding the current fiscal year. If as a\nresult of the amount determined to be paid for any fiscal year, a\nparticipating employer overpaid its actual obligation to the retirement\nsystem for that year, the amount to be determined by the comptroller for\nthe next succeeding November fifteenth shall reflect the amount of the\noverpayment, plus interest as defined in section three hundred sixteen\nof this article on such amount, as a reduction in the amount otherwise\nrequired to be paid by such participating employer.\n  b. Each participating employer annually shall appropriate a sum\nsufficient to pay such amount. In the event the comptroller's statement\nis not received before annual appropriations are made by such employer,\na sum estimated by the comptroller to be sufficient for such purpose\nshall be included with such annual appropriations.\n  c. Payment of the amount specified in the comptroller's statement\nshall be made by a participating employer within seventy-eight days\nafter the receipt of such statement; provided, however, that in no case\nshall any participating employer be required to make this payment before\nFebruary first of the calendar year next succeeding the calendar year in\nwhich such statement is received. The comptroller is authorized to\nprovide for and accept pre-payment.\n  d. If payment of the full amount of such obligations is not made by\nthe date required by subdivision c of this section, interest at a rate\ndetermined in accordance with the provisions of section three hundred\nsixteen of this article shall commence to run against the unpaid balance\nthereof on the first day after the date required by said subdivision c.\n  e. The comptroller shall have full power and authority to bring suit\nin the supreme court against any participating employer to recover any\nsum, payment of which is not made as herein required. While any such sum\nshall remain due and unpaid he may refuse to audit any claim for funds\ndue to such employer from the state.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 364 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 3 / Article 7 / Section 364
Uniformity of interpretation
Status: in_force

§ 364. Uniformity of interpretation. This article shall be so\ninterpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make\nuniform the law of those states, the District of Columbia, or territory\nor lands in continental United States under the exclusive jurisdiction\nof the United States, or provinces of Canada, which enact it.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 52-A — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 3-A / Title 3 / Section 52-A
Official newspaper in town of Greenburgh, Westchester county
Status: in_force

§ 52-a. Official newspaper in town of Greenburgh, Westchester county.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the town\nboard of the town of Greenburgh, Westchester county is hereby authorized\nand empowered to designate as the official newspaper of such town any\nnewspaper regularly published in such town if such newspaper has been\nentered as second class mail matter, or such town board shall have the\noption to designate as its official newspaper any newspaper published in\nthe county if such newspaper has general circulation in such town. If no\nofficial newspaper has been designated, the town board may authorize the\npublication of a notice, resolution or ordinance in any newspaper which\ncould be designated as the official newspaper of the town. Such\nauthorization shall be deemed a designation of such newspaper as the\nofficial newspaper of the town for the purpose of such publication.\nAdditional newspapers published in the English language may be\ndesignated for the publication of such notices, resolutions and\nordinances at the option of the town board. Any designation by the town\nboard pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall be deemed sufficient\nauthority for designation of any such newspaper by any board, agency,\ncommission or authority of such town for any publication of notice or\nresolution required by law unless the town board in its discretion shall\nclearly indicate otherwise.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3327 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 33 / Title 3 / Section 3327
Procedure
Status: in_force

§ 3327. Procedure.  1. A license or amendment to a license shall be\nissued or refused by the department within ninety days from the date of\nfiling of a completed application.\n  2. Within thirty days of notification of such refusal, the applicant\nmay either submit additional material to the commissioner or demand a\nhearing or both.  If a hearing is demanded the commissioner shall fix a\ndate for hearing not sooner than fifteen days nor later than thirty days\nafter receipt of the demand, unless such time limitation is waived by\nthe applicant.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 942 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 9 / Title 3 / Section 942
Payment of taxes to county treasurer after return of collecting officer
Status: in_force

§ 942. Payment of taxes to county treasurer after return of collecting\nofficer. The amount of any unpaid tax on any parcel of real property\nreturned to the county treasurer by the collecting officer in accordance\nwith section nine hundred thirty-six of this chapter, with interest and\nany charges imposed by law thereon may be paid to the county treasurer\nat any time prior to the expiration of the applicable redemption period.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 77-E — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 5-A / Title 3 / Section 77-E
Enforcement of registered determination
Status: in_force

§ 77-e. Enforcement of registered determination. 1. A court of this\nstate may grant any relief normally available under the laws of this\nstate to enforce a registered child custody determination made by a\ncourt of another state.\n  2. A court of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not\nmodify, except in accordance with title two of this article, a\nregistered child custody determination of a court of another state;\nprovided, however, that recognition and enforcement of the determination\nwould not violate subdivision one-c of section two hundred forty of this\nchapter or section one thousand eighty-five of the family court act.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1073 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 3 / Section 1073
Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective
Status: in_force

§ 1073. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.\nIf any section, clause or provision of this title shall be held\nunconstitutional, or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent\nthat it is not unconstitutional, or ineffective, it shall be valid and\neffective and no other section, clause or provision shall, on account\nthereof, be deemed invalid or ineffective.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 25-0301 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 25 / Title 3 / Section 25-0301
Program and cooperative agreements for the protection of tidal wetlands
Status: in_force

§ 25-0301. Program and cooperative agreements for the protection of\n             tidal wetlands.\n  1. Upon completion of the inventory with respect to tidal wetlands,\nthe commissioner shall confer with the local government officials\ninvolved to establish a program for the protection of such tidal\nwetlands.\n  2. The commissioner may enter into cooperative agreements with any\nvillage, town, city or county, or with any one or more of them, for the\npurpose of preserving, maintaining and enhancing, in accordance with the\npolicies of this act, those tidal wetlands included within the\nboundaries of such villages, towns, cities and counties.\n  3. A cooperative agreement with any such village, town, city or county\nmay provide for the development by personnel and facilities of the\ndepartment of environmental conservation, or the payment out of funds\nappropriated for the purpose, of the cost of preserving, maintaining or\nenhancing such tidal wetlands in accordance with the policies of this\nact, and for the furnishing of such personnel, facilities or funds as\nmay be agreed upon within the cooperative agreement.\n  4. The cooperative agreement shall provide that the tidal wetlands be\npreserved and maintained in their natural or enhanced state, provided,\nhowever, that a reservation in any such agreement by a village, town,\ncity or county of the right to operate or lease for operation shellfish\nbeds lying within the area, and a reservation of the income from such\noperation or lease for the village, town, city or county shall be\nallowed and not considered a violation of preservation and maintenance\nof a natural state.\n  5. This section shall not prevent any tidal wetlands from being\ndesignated as portions of the state's natural and historic preserves,\nnor shall it prevent the dedication of any such lands as state parks.\nThe office of parks and recreation shall outline to the commissioner its\nplans to preserve tidal wetlands in parklands as soon as practicable.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 356 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 3 / Title 3 / Section 356
Certain counties; legislative bodies constituted boards of health; county health directors; nurses designated as school nurses
Status: in_force

§ 356. Certain counties; legislative bodies constituted boards of\nhealth; county health directors; nurses designated as school nurses. 1.\nThe legislative body of each county having a population of less than one\nhundred fifty thousand according to the nineteen hundred seventy federal\ndecennial census or the legislative body of any county whose population\nshall be less than one hundred fifty thousand under any future federal\ndecennial census, except a county in which a county or part-county\nhealth district has been established under this article or a county\nhaving a county charter, optional or alternative form of government,\nshall constitute the board of health of such county and shall have all\nthe powers and duties of a board of health of a county or part-county\nhealth district including the power to appoint a full-time or part-time\ncounty health director. The county health director may serve as director\nof the children and youth with special health care needs support\nservices program and may employ such persons as shall be necessary to\nenable the county health director to carry into effect the orders and\nregulations of the board of health and the provisions of this chapter\nand of the sanitary code, and fix their compensation within the limits\nof the appropriation therefor. The members of a legislative body shall\nnot receive additional compensation by reason of serving as members of a\nboard of health. The county health director, so appointed, shall have\nall the powers and duties prescribed in section three hundred fifty-two\nof this title.\n  2. (a) With the approval of the county health director, the trustee or\nboard of trustees of any common school district or the board of\neducation of any union free school district or central school district\nwithin the county, may designate any nurse employed as provided in this\nsection as a school nurse to perform, in addition to her other duties,\nthe duties of a school nurse for any school or schools under such\nrespective trustee, board of trustees or board of education.\n  (b) Any nurse so designated shall perform her duties as school nurse\nunder the direction of the school medical inspector and the appropriate\nschool authorities and under the provisions of the education law and the\nregulations prescribed pursuant thereto.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 261 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 11 / Title 3 / Section 261
Fire door
Status: in_force

§ 261. Fire door. "Fire door" means a door constructed of such\nfire-resisting material as shall be specified in the rules of the board.\nThe board shall determine and specify in its rules the materials and the\nmanner of construction and erection of such doors, the sills thereof,\nand the automatic or self-closing device requirements of such doors.\nElectric contacts or interlocks of a type approved by the board may be\naccepted in lieu of self-closing devices on fire doors at each entrance\nto elevator or dumbwaiter hoistways.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3124 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 31 / Title 3 / Section 3124
Reporting system for hospitals and blood banks
Status: in_force

§ 3124. Reporting system for hospitals and blood banks.  All persons,\nfirms and corporations engaged in procuring blood donations shall report\nannually the following information to the commissioner of health:\n  a. The amount of whole blood collected.\n  b. The amount fractionated.\n  c. When fractionated.\n  d. How much blood is unused and destroyed.\n  e. How much blood is converted and what is it converted into.\n  f. Any other information the commissioner finds necessary to have an\naccurate picture of what happens to collected blood within the state.\n  The commissioner shall make such rules and regulations as are\nnecessary to create an accurate and complete reporting system.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1151 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 11 / Title 3 / Section 1151
Annual water supply statement
Status: in_force

§ 1151. Annual water supply statement. Each water works corporation\nshall prepare and provide an annual water supply statement to the\ncustomers it serves. Such statement shall contain such information as is\nrequired in this title as well as any additional information required by\nthe commissioner. Additionally, the statement shall provide a section\nwhich explains, in plain language, the information required in the\nstatement. The department may prepare or prescribe a format or model\nupon which all such statements shall be produced. The annual water\nsupply statement shall include, but not be limited to, the following\nitems of information:\n  1. A brief description on the source or sources of the water supply\nand the general qualitative and quantitative condition of the water\nsource.\n  2. The population served.\n  3. For water works corporations that calculate water use of all\ncustomers with meters, an accounting of the total annual amount of water\nwithdrawn, delivered, and lost from the system.\n  4. The analytical testing results for those constituents required to\nbe tested for under part five of the state sanitary code or as required\nby appropriate local health units, except for microbiological results,\nfor each source of water.\n  Where more than one analysis per year is conducted on a specific\nconstituent, the water works corporation shall list the range of results\nfrom highest to lowest during the reporting period. The applicable state\nguideline, standard, or MCL for each constituent present shall be listed\nand any instance where a state guideline, standard, or MCL is violated\nshall be noted.\n  For microbiological analyses as required by part five of the state\nsanitary code, the water works corporation shall indicate any instance\nwhere the water supply violated the MCL. The date or dates of violation,\nthe location where the violation occurred, and the response of the water\nworks corporation shall be listed.\n  5. A brief description of the types of treatment that the water\nreceives before entering the distribution system.\n  6. Any water sources restricted, removed from service, or otherwise\nlimited in their use and any actions taken to secure new supplies or\nreplace lost capacity. For the purposes of this subdivision, "water\nsources" shall include surface water sources, such as, but not limited\nto, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, reservoirs and impoundments and for\ngroundwater sources, supply wells. For the purposes of this subdivision,\n"water sources" shall not include water mains or other types of\nconveyance infrastructure.\n  7. Information on water conservation measures customers can implement\nsuch as, but not limited to, retrofitting plumbing fixtures, altering\nirrigation timing, using irrigation sensors, leak detection, proper use\nof water-conserving appliances, daily conscientious use of water, and\nthe estimated savings in water and energy or money from the use of such\nmeasures.\n  8. A description of the risks associated with exposure to\ncryptosporidium parvum or giardia lamblia for specific at-risk\npopulations and the general public and measures that at-risk populations\ncan take to protect themselves according to recommendations by the\ndepartment or other governmental public health or environmental\nagencies. In addition, for water works corporations that test for\ncryptosporidium parvum or giardia lamblia, a summary of the following:\nsampling sites; number of tests per year; testing results and actions\ntaken in response to those results.\n  9. General information regarding lead pipes reasonably known to be\nlocated within the water system, as that term is defined in subdivision\ntwenty-six of section two of the public service law.\n  The commissioner may add such additional requirements as he determines\nto be appropriate.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 9-0307 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 9 / Title 3 / Section 9-0307
Forest preserve lands; detached parcels outside Adirondack and Catskill parks
Status: in_force

§ 9-0307. Forest preserve lands; detached parcels outside Adirondack and\n            Catskill parks.\n  Any lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting\nthe forest preserve, but outside of the Adirondack and Catskill parks as\nnow fixed by law and not acquired or dedicated for the practice of\nforest or wild life conservation, and consisting in any case of not more\nthan 100 contiguous acres entirely separated from any other portion of\nthe forest preserve, may be dedicated, used, sold or exchanged as\nfollows:\n  1. The department may dedicate any of such lands for the practice of\nforest or wild life conservation, or may use any of such lands for\npublic recreational or other state purposes, under the care, custody and\ncontrol of the division of lands and forests. Such dedication or use\nshall be by written order of the commissioner, filed in his office, a\ncertified copy of which shall be forthwith filed by him in the office of\nthe Secretary of State.\n  2. The department may consent to a transfer of jurisdiction over any\nsuch lands by the Office of General Services, and such office may make\nsuch transfer in accordance with the provisions of subdivision 4 of\nsection 3 of the Public Lands Law governing transfers of jurisdiction in\ngeneral, for the purpose of thereby dedicating such lands for the\npractice of forest or wild life conservation or for the use thereof for\npublic recreational or other state purposes.\n  3. The department may consent to a sale or exchange of any of such\nlands in accordance with the provisions of section 24 of the Public\nLands Law.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1128 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 11 / Title 3 / Section 1128
Filing of affidavits
Status: in_force

§ 1128. Filing of affidavits. 1. All affidavits of filing,\npublication, posting, mailing or other acts required by this article\nshall be made by the person or persons performing such acts and shall be\nfiled with the application for judgment.  Such affidavits shall together\nwith all other documents required by this article to be filed in the\noffice of such county clerk, constitute and become a part of the\njudgment roll in such foreclosure proceeding.\n  2. An affidavit of publication required by this article shall be made\nin the manner an affidavit of publication of notice of sale is made\npursuant to article fourteen of the real property actions and\nproceedings law.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 13-0316 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 13 / Title 3 / Section 13-0316
Marine hatcheries; off-bottom and on-bottom culture; permits
Status: in_force

§ 13-0316. Marine hatcheries; off-bottom and on-bottom culture; permits.\n  1. Marine hatcheries. The department, in its discretion, may issue\npermits for operation of marine hatcheries. No person shall operate a\nmarine hatchery without first obtaining a permit from the department.\nThe fee for such permit shall be one hundred dollars annually, except\nthat political subdivisions of the state shall be issued permits without\nfee. Each such permit shall expire on December 31 of the year of issue.\nA marine hatchery permit entitles the holder thereof, notwithstanding\nany other provision hereof, to possess, raise and breed marine plant and\nanimal life, including but not limited to shellfish, lobster, crab,\nshrimp and food fish and to sell the products of a marine hatchery,\nwhere less than legal size, to other permitted marine hatcheries,\npersons holding a valid off-bottom or on-bottom culture permit, persons\nholding a valid permit issued pursuant to section 11-0515 of this\nchapter, and, subject to department rules and regulations, to individual\nor commercial markets for consumption or resale. Products of a marine\nhatchery of legal size may be sold for consumption or resale. The\ndepartment may adopt regulations with respect to the purchase, sale,\nharvesting, transplanting, relaying, receiving, possessing,\ntransporting, exporting or otherwise trafficking in products of a marine\nhatchery including the sale to individual or commercial markets for\nconsumption or resale.\n  2. Off-bottom and on-bottom culture. The department, in its\ndiscretion, may issue permits for off-bottom and on-bottom culture of\nmarine plant and animal life, including but not limited to shellfish,\nlobster, crab, shrimp and fish. No person shall engage in such\noff-bottom or on-bottom culture without first obtaining a permit from\nthe department. The fee for such permit shall be one hundred dollars\nannually, except that political subdivisions of the state shall be\nissued permits without fee. Each such permit shall expire on December 31\nof the year of issue.  No such permit shall be issued unless the\napplicant has obtained any necessary permits or licenses required under\nany state or federal law and has obtained the written authorization of\nthe person or political subdivision having title or legal control of the\nunderwater lands on or above which such on-bottom or off-bottom culture\nshall take place. An off-bottom or on-bottom culture permit entitles the\nholder thereof, notwithstanding any other provision hereof, to purchase\nand possess, from within or without the state, marine plant and animal\nlife of legal and less than legal size for purposes of off-bottom and\non-bottom culture only and, subject to department rules and regulations,\nto sell such marine animal and plant life of less than legal size.\nProducts of off-bottom and on-bottom culture of legal size may be sold\nto individual or commercial markets for consumption or resale. The\ndepartment may adopt regulations, necessary to protect the marine\nenvironment and public health and safety, with respect to the\nconstruction, marketing and maintenance of off-bottom and on-bottom\nculture structures and the purchase, sale, harvesting, possessing,\ntransporting, importing, exporting, or otherwise trafficking in products\nof off-bottom or on-bottom culture of marine animal and plant life.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 19-0329 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 19 / Title 3 / Section 19-0329
Certain fuel oil; prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 19-0329. Certain fuel oil; prohibited.\n  1. On and after July first, two thousand twenty-three, no fuel oil,\ngrade number six, as classified by ASTM International D396-15c, shall be\nused for the purpose of providing heat for any building or facility in\nthe state.\n  2. Nothing in this section shall prevent a municipality from adopting\na law, code, ordinance or regulation which is more stringent than the\nrequirements of this section.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 11-306 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 11 / Title 3 / Section 11-306
Special ballots; victims of domestic violence
Status: in_force

§ 11-306. Special ballots; victims of domestic violence.  1. A voter\nmay deliver to the board of elections, in person or by mail, at any time\nduring the period in which early mail or absentee ballot applications\nmay be delivered, a signed written statement swearing or affirming:\n  (a) that he or she is the victim of domestic violence;\n  (b) that he or she has left his or her residence because of such\nviolence; and\n  (c) that because of the threat of physical or emotional harm to\nhimself or herself or to family or household members, he or she wishes\nto cast a special ballot in the next election. The statement must\ninclude the voter's address of registration. The board of elections\nshall permit such a voter to cast a special ballot at an office of such\nboard of elections not later than the close of the polls on election\nday, or by mail within the same time and in the same manner in which\nearly mail or absentee ballots may be cast, provided however that the\ndistribution of such ballots to such voters shall be timed to afford\nsuch voters sufficient time to cast such ballots prior to the close of\nthe polls on election day. Such ballots shall be retained at the board\nof elections and cast and canvassed pursuant to the provisions of\nsection 9-209 of this chapter.\n  2. "Family or household members" mean the following individuals:\n  (a) persons related by consanguinity or affinity;\n  (b) persons legally married to one another;\n  (c) persons formerly married to one another regardless of whether they\nstill reside in the same household;\n  (d) persons who have a child in common regardless of whether such\npersons are married or have lived together at any time; or\n  (e) persons who are not related by consanguinity or affinity and who\nare or have been in an intimate relationship regardless of whether such\npersons have lived together at any time.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 309-B — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 3 / Article 5-A / Section 309-B
Federal funds
Status: in_force

§ 309-b. Federal funds. The commissioner is hereby authorized to seek\nand obtain federal funds to establish, maintain and/or conduct such\nexperimental motor vehicle inspection stations.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2132 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 21 / Title 3 / Section 2132
Reporting of HIV infection after death
Status: in_force

§ 2132. Reporting of HIV infection after death. If a coroner,\npathologist, medical examiner, or other person qualified to conduct an\nexamination of a deceased person discovers that at the time of death the\nindividual was afflicted with AIDS, HIV related illness or HIV\ninfection, he or she shall report the case promptly to the commissioner\naccording to the manner provided in this title as if the diagnosis had\nbeen established prior to death.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 115-E — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 7 / Title 3 / Section 115-E
Effect of death of potential adoptive parent
Status: in_force

§ 115-e. Effect of death of potential adoptive parent. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law to the contrary, when a petition for adoption\nby two persons has been duly filed, and one of the petitioners dies\nbefore the adoption is complete, it shall be treated as a change of\ncircumstance. This change may be reviewed to assure that the adoption is\nin the best interest of the child. The death of one of the adoptive\nparents shall not, by itself, invalidate a certification nor shall the\ndeath of one of the adoptive parents cause a new petition for adoption\nto be filed. The deceased adoptive parent shall be considered one of the\nlegal parents, unless the surviving adoptive parent requests otherwise.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 515 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 3 / Subtitle A / Section 515
Freedom of worship
Status: in_force

§ 515. Freedom of worship. It shall be the duty of the division to\nafford a child placed with it freedom of worship as provided for in the\nstate constitution.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 540 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 18 / Title 3 / Section 540
Information about assistance programs
Status: in_force

§ 540. Information about assistance programs. The commissioner shall\nestablish procedures whereby each person who files a claim for\nunemployment insurance pursuant to section five hundred ninety-six of\nthis article, shall receive information about the supplemental nutrition\nassistance program provided by the office of temporary and disability\nassistance pursuant to subdivision six of section ninety-five-a of the\nsocial services law, the special supplemental nutrition program for\nwomen, infants and children provided by the department of health under\nsection twenty-five hundred seven of the public health law, and the\nutility assistance and rental and mortgage assistance programs available\nthrough the division of housing and community renewal and the office of\ntemporary and disability assistance. The commissioner shall also provide\ninformation about such programs on the department's website. Such\ninformation shall be prominently displayed and easily accessible by\nindividuals filing a claim or certifying for unemployment benefits.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 241 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 2 / Title 3 / Section 241
Regional health directors; powers and duties
Status: in_force

* § 241. Regional health directors; powers and duties. Each regional\nhealth director, subject to the provisions of this chapter and the\nsanitary code, shall act as the representative of the commissioner in\nall matters affecting public health within his region and shall perform\nsuch duties and exercise such powers as may be assigned to him by the\ncommissioner.\n  * NB There are 2 § 241's\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2136 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 21 / Title 3 / Section 2136
Liability
Status: in_force

§ 2136. Liability. 1. Good faith reporting or disclosure pursuant to\nthis title shall not constitute libel or slander or a violation of the\nright of privacy or privileged communication.\n  2. Any person who in good faith complies with this title shall be\nimmune from civil and criminal liability for any action taken in\ncompliance with its provisions.\n  3. No criminal or civil liability shall arise against any protected\nindividual solely due to his or her failure to cooperate in contact\ntracing conducted pursuant to section twenty-one hundred thirty-three of\nthis title.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3440 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 34 / Title 3 / Section 3440
Funeral directors; duty to use prescribed tests of death
Status: in_force

§ 3440. Funeral directors; duty to use prescribed tests of death.\nBefore removing the body of a deceased person from the place of death or\npreparing it for burial by injection of fluid or otherwise, every\nfuneral director, undertaker or embalmer shall apply such tests as are\nprescribed by the commissioner for determining whether life is extinct.\nIf the body is not to be embalmed the same tests shall be made before it\nis prepared for burial.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 398-A — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 3 / Article 12-A / Section 398-A
Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

§ 398-a. Statement of purpose. The purposes of this article are to\nfurther highway safety by promoting the proper and efficient repair of\nmalfunctioning or disabled motor vehicles and to protect the consumers\nof this state from dishonest, deceptive and fraudulent practices in the\nrepair of such motor vehicles. These purposes will be accomplished by\nthe enactment of legislation which require the registration of those\nengaged in the business of repairing malfunctioning or disabled motor\nvehicles and to exclude from that business those persons who engage in\ndishonest or fraudulent practice or who otherwise demonstrate unfitness\nfor that business. That further, the purpose of this article is to\nprotect the motoring public from improper repairs made to its vehicles\nto set standards for quality repairs to be made to motor vehicles for\nfair and reasonable fees and to eliminate unqualified automotive repair\nshops from engaging in the business of automotive repair to\nmalfunctioning or disabled vehicles.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 527-E — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 3-A / Section 527-E
New facility operation agreements
Status: in_force

§ 527-e. New facility operation agreements. 1. The division is hereby\nauthorized to enter into new facility operation agreements with\nnot-for-profit corporations. Such agreements shall provide for the\noperation of a program by a not-for-profit corporation at a youth center\nconstructed by or on behalf of the division and to which the state holds\ntitle. Any not-for-profit corporation which seeks to operate such a\nprogram shall submit an application to the division in the manner\nprovided for in this title. In addition to any other requirements\nimposed pursuant to section five hundred twenty-seven-g of this title,\nany such agreement shall provide that the lease from the state to the\nnot-for-profit corporation shall provide that, in lieu of any periodic\nrental or lease payment for use of the facility, the not-for-profit\ncorporation shall continue to operate the program as approved for a\nperiod of time as approved by the division (not exceeding thirty years)\nand that the responsibility for the general maintenance and operation of\nthe facility shall be the responsibility of the not-for-profit\ncorporation.\n  2. At the request of a municipality, the division may enter into a new\nfacility operation agreement wherein the municipality operates a program\nat a youth center constructed by or on behalf of the division and to\nwhich the state holds title, or such program is operated by a\nnot-for-profit corporation, pursuant to a contract with the division or\na municipality.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 316-A — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 8 / Title 3 / Section 316-A
Amortization of amounts outstanding
Status: in_force

§ 316-a. Amortization of amounts outstanding. a. On or before\nSeptember first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, on the basis of the annual\nactuarial valuation and appraisal procedure provided for in this\narticle, the comptroller shall determine the annual amounts that, had\nthis section not been enacted, would have been required to be paid into\nthe pension accumulation fund and the New York state public employees\ngroup life insurance plan, as appropriate, from the general fund of the\nstate for all obligations of the state to the police and fire retirement\nsystem, not discharged prior to such date, for state fiscal years ending\nMarch thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-five and March thirty-first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-six and amounts for the state's contribution for\nthe retirement incentive program that would, had this section not been\nenacted, be due to be paid into the pension accumulation fund during\nfiscal years ending March thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven\nand March thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight. Such amounts\nshall include interest, as defined in section three hundred sixteen of\nthis article through the last day of February, nineteen hundred\neighty-seven. The sum of such amounts shall be called the "amount to be\namortized".\n  b. The amount to be amortized shall be paid into the pension\naccumulation fund and the New York state public employees group life\ninsurance plan, as appropriate, according to a schedule of equal annual\ninstallments during any years remaining in the amortization period. The\n"amortization period" shall be seventeen years. The first payment shall\nbe made March first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven.\n  c. The amount of the annual payment to be made in any subsequent\nfiscal year shall be the amount that would be required to pay in full,\nin equal annual installments over the remainder of the amortization\nperiod, any unpaid balance of the amount to be amortized and interest on\nsuch unpaid balance computed at eight percent per annum.\n  d. On or before October fifteenth of nineteen hundred eighty-six and\neach succeeding year during the amortization period, the comptroller\nshall file with the director of the budget an estimate of the amount of\nthe annual payment required to be made pursuant to this section in the\nstate fiscal year beginning the first day of April next succeeding such\nOctober fifteenth.\n  e. An item of appropriation sufficient to provide for such payment\nshall be included in the next annual budget bill for the support of\ngovernment presented to the legislature for passage. The amounts so\nappropriated shall be paid from the general fund of the state upon\nwarrant of the comptroller on March first of each state fiscal year\nduring the amortization period.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 523-L — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 3 / Subtitle B / Section 523-L
Independent review board
Status: in_force

§ 523-l. Independent review board. The independent review board shall\nconsist of fifteen members who are not employed by the office and who\nare knowledgeable in the areas of juvenile justice and youth rights. The\nmembers of such board shall be appointed by the commissioner. Each board\nmember shall be appointed for a term of three years, which term may be\nrenewed once. At least one member shall be a former resident or parent\nof a resident; at least one member shall be a psychologist or other\nclinician; at least one member shall be an individual knowledgeable of\njuvenile legal rights matters; at least one member shall be a judge of\nthe family court; and at least one member shall be knowledgeable of the\ncriminal justice system. Members shall be reimbursed for travel expenses\nincurred in the conduct of their duties. The board shall review the\noffice of the ombudsman reports and meet at least bimonthly with the\nombudsmen, the director, the commissioner and other appropriate\npersonnel to discuss the reports. The board is an advisory body and has\nno administrative duties. It shall advise the commissioner on matters\npertaining to the office of the ombudsman and on matters related to\ncomplaint and grievance resolution. The board shall have the authority\nto:\n  1. request the office of the ombudsman and/or the commissioner to\nconduct investigations;\n  2. make inquiries at the request of the director or the commissioner,\nor, on its own motion, into matters affecting the legal rights of youth\nresiding in facilities operated by the office;\n  3. convene meetings and communicate freely with the ombudsmen and the\noffice of the ombudsman;\n  4. evaluate the effectiveness of the office of the ombudsman and make\nnecessary inquiries to that end; and\n  5. visit office facilities and grounds and inspect records of the\noffice pertaining to such facilities. Laws and regulations governing the\nconfidentiality of records must be adhered to, and the general counsel\nfor the office should be notified concerning the records to be\ninspected. During any such visit to facilities or inspection of records,\nthe board members may speak with youth and facility staff.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4137 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 41 / Title 3 / Section 4137
Births; notice of recording
Status: in_force

§ 4137. Births; notice of recording. 1. (a) Within ten days after\nreceiving the certificate of birth the registrar shall furnish without\ncharge to the parents or guardian of the child or to the mother at the\naddress designated by her for the purpose, a certified copy.\n  (b) The registrar shall, at the same time, furnish without charge to\nthe parents or guardian of the child or to the mother at the address\ndesignated by her the immunization schedule for children. The registrar\nshall include the telephone number of the local county health department\non the immunization schedule.\n  2. A certificate of registration of birth shall be accepted by public\nauthorities in this state for the purposes indicated in section four\nthousand one hundred three of this chapter in the same manner as\ncertified copies or certified transcripts of birth certificates.\n  3. The local registrar shall also make a notation on his copy of the\noriginal birth certificate indicating the date of issuance of such\ncertified copy.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2139 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 21 / Title 3 / Section 2139
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 2139. Rules and regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate such\nrules and regulations as shall be necessary and proper to effectuate the\npurposes of this title.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 531 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 18 / Title 3 / Section 531
Regularization of employment
Status: in_force

§ 531. Regularization of employment.  One of the purposes of this\narticle is to promote the regularization of employment in enterprises,\nindustries, localities, and the state. The commissioner shall take such\nsteps as are within his means for the reduction and prevention of\nunemployment and to promote the reemployment of all unemployed workers.\nTo this end the commissioner may employ experts and may carry on and\npublish the results of any investigations and research which he deems\nrelevant, whether or not directly related to the other purposes and\nspecific provisions of this article. Also to this end, the commissioner\nshall undertake investigations of technological developments in industry\nin order to obtain information necessary for evaluating the effects of\nsuch developments on the geographical, industrial, and occupational\nemployment patterns of the state. The commissioner shall also undertake\ninvestigations of occupational training needs of workers unemployed\nbecause of technological developments, the availability of facilities\nfor this purpose, and ways and means for establishing required\nfacilities where this step is needed, and shall co-operate to this end\nwith appropriate education authorities.  The commissioner shall bring\nthe findings of such investigations to the attention of education\nauthorities, labor organizations, employers and other appropriate\nbodies, public and private, in order that educational and training\nefforts shall be appropriate to the changing occupational needs of\nindustry and shall be channeled in the direction of expanding\noccupational opportunities for the labor force. The commissioner shall\nalso utilize such findings in connection with his responsibilities for\nthe development and encouragement of, and recruitment for,\napprenticeship training activities. The commissioner shall by these and\nother appropriate means assist labor and management in the development\nof higher occupational skills commensurate with the changing\nrequirements of industry in the state.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 37-0307 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 37 / Title 3 / Section 37-0307
Availability of information
Status: in_force

§ 37-0307. Availability of information.\n  1. The release forms required under this title are intended to provide\ninformation to government agencies and the public, including citizens of\ncommunities surrounding covered facilities. The release form shall be\navailable to inform persons about releases of toxic chemicals to the\nenvironment; to assist government agencies, researchers, and other\npersons in the conduct of research and data gathering; to aid in the\ndevelopment of appropriate regulations, guidelines, and standards; and\nfor similar purposes. Each release form shall be printed out upon\nrequest and made available during normal working hours to the general\npublic at the main office of the department and at the regional office\nthat encompasses the region in which the facility is located.\n  2. The commissioner shall maintain in a computer data base a toxic\nchemical inventory based on data submitted to the commissioner pursuant\nto this title. Such data shall be made available upon request as a\nprintout and diskette, as per request.\n  3. By December thirty-first of each year, the commissioner shall issue\na written report that shall be available at no charge to the public in\nwhich the information compiled pursuant to this title is summarized for\neach facility subject to the provisions of this title.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 301-A — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 3 / Article 5 / Section 301-A
Re-inspection of motor vehicles involved in certain accidents
Status: in_force

§ 301-a. Re-inspection of motor vehicles involved in certain\naccidents. 1. The commissioner may require that a motor vehicle\nregistered in this state or elsewhere which is required to be inspected,\nbe re-inspected after it is involved in a property damage accident which\nis required to be reported to the motor vehicle department. Such\nre-inspection shall be made within sixty days of the date of the\naccident if the motor vehicle is driven away from the accident site.\nSuch re-inspection shall be made before the vehicle is operated on the\npublic highways if the motor vehicle is towed or transported from the\naccident site, except that a motor vehicle may be driven from a repair\nshop to an inspection station for the purpose of being re-inspected.\n  2. The owner of a car so damaged shall be required to submit to the\ndepartment within the same time limit as provided in subdivision one of\nthis section satisfactory proof of re-inspection pursuant to rules and\nregulations to be promulgated by the commissioner.\n  3. Failure to submit such proof of re-inspection as herein provided\nshall constitute ground for suspension or revocation of his privileges\nof operating a motor vehicle in this state and of the operation within\nthis state of any motor vehicle owned by him.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 377 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 3 / Article 9 / Section 377
Vehicles engaged in the transportation of logs and other materials
Status: in_force

§ 377. Vehicles engaged in the transportation of logs and other\nmaterials.  1. No vehicle which is designed or used for the purpose of\nhauling logs or other materials which by their very nature may shift or\nroll so as to be likely to fall from such vehicle, shall be operated or\nmoved over any highway unless its load is securely fastened by such\nsafety chains, cables or other suitable devices as will effectively\nprevent the shifting or falling of such load or any part thereof, from\nthe vehicle.\n  2. The commissioner is authorized to make necessary rules and\nregulations to carry into effect the provisions of this section,\napplying such provisions to specific conditions and prescribing means,\nmethods and practices to effectuate such provisions. Before any such\nrule or regulation is adopted, amended or repealed there shall be a\npublic hearing thereon, notice of which shall be published at least\nonce, not less than ten days prior thereto, in such newspaper as the\ncommissioner may prescribe.\n  3. A violation of any of the provisions of this section or of any rule\nor regulation promulgated hereunder shall constitute a misdemeanor\npunishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for a first\noffense, three hundred fifty dollars for a second offense, or seven\nhundred fifty dollars for each subsequent offense, or by imprisonment\nfor not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 8-300 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 8 / Title 3 / Section 8-300
Voting; manner of
Status: in_force

§ 8-300. Voting; manner of. 1. The inspectors shall admit within the\nvoting area only two voters at a time for each ballot scanner, ballot\nmarking device, or privacy booth and shall ascertain whether each such\nvoter is entitled to vote. If he or she is found to be entitled to vote,\nhe or she shall be permitted to proceed to the ballot scanner, ballot\nmarking device, or privacy booth to vote.\n  2. The operating of the ballot scanner by the voter while voting or\nthe use of a privacy booth or ballot marking device for marking a ballot\nshall be secret and obscured from all other persons except as provided\nby this chapter in cases of voting by assisted voters or in cases of\nchildren under the age of sixteen accompanying their voting parents or\nguardians.\n  3. No voter shall remain within a privacy booth or at a ballot scanner\nlonger than a reasonable amount of time and if he or she shall refuse to\nleave after the lapse of such time, he or she shall be removed by the\ninspectors.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 13-0342 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 13 / Title 3 / Section 13-0342
Marine fisheries data
Status: in_force

§ 13-0342.  Marine fisheries data.\n  1. a.  The department is authorized to adopt regulations which require\nreporting of catch, effort, area fished, gear used, by-catch, and volume\nand value of product purchased from fishermen, by holders of all\ncategories of commercial food fish, lobster, and crab fishing and\nlanding licenses, marine and coastal district food fish and crustacea\ndealers and shippers licenses, marine and coastal district party and\ncharter boat license, menhaden licenses, shellfish shippers permits and\ndiggers permits.\n  b. Beginning May first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine and every May\nfirst thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the\nlegislature on the data collected pursuant to this section. Such report\nshall include the catch, effort, area fished, gear used, by-catch, and\nvolume and value of product purchased from fishermen, by holders of all\ncategories of commercial food fish, lobster, and crab fishing and\nlicenses, marine and coastal district party and charter boat licenses,\nmenhaden licenses, shellfish shippers permits and diggers permits.\n  2. The department may, by rule and regulation, provide that data\ncollected by the department or available to the department shall be\nconfidential and shall not be disclosed except when required under court\norder. The department may, by rule and regulation, prescribe such\nprocedures as may be necessary to preserve such confidentiality except\nthat the department may release or make public any statistics in an\naggregate or summary form which does not directly or indirectly disclose\nthe identity or business of any person who submits such statistics.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 29-0301 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 29 / Title 3 / Section 29-0301
Appointment of the commission
Status: in_force

* § 29-0301. Appointment of the commission.\n  1. There is hereby created a commission for siting low-level\nradioactive waste disposal facilities. The commission shall consist of\nseven members appointed by the governor whose appointment shall be\neffective when issued. The members of the commission, to the extent\npracticable, shall be competent and knowledgeable concerning low-level\nradioactive waste and shall be qualified as follows:\n  a. a geologist;\n  b. a medical doctor;\n  c. a health physicist;\n  d. a professional engineer;\n  e. a social scientist;\n  f. an environmentalist who represents a non-profit environmental\norganization;\n  g. a private citizen who shall be designated to act as chairperson.\n  2. The chairperson shall appoint an executive director to the\ncommission.\n  3. In the event of resignation of one of the commission members, the\ngovernor shall appoint a replacement. Each member shall receive the sum\nof two hundred dollars for each day in which the member is actually and\nprimarily engaged in the performance of the duties specified herein plus\nactual and necessary expenses incurred by such member in the performance\nof such duties.\n  4. The members of the commission, the executive director and any\nemployees of the commission shall be considered public officers for\npurposes of the public officers law.\n  5. Four of the seven members of the commission shall constitute a\nquorum for the transaction of business of the commission and the\ndecision of four members of the commission shall constitute action of\nthe commission; provided, however, that no application for certification\npursuant to section 29-0105 of this article shall be made except upon\nthe affirmative vote of four or more members of the commission.\n  * NB Commission existence pursuant to § 29-0309\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 952 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 9 / Title 3-A / Section 952
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 952. Definitions. When used in this title:\n  1. "Mortgage investing institution" means any bank, trust company,\nnational bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, federal\nsavings bank, federal savings and loan association, private banker,\ncredit union, federal credit union, investment company, pension fund,\nlicensed mortgage banker or any other entity which maintains a real\nproperty tax escrow account for real property located in this state.\n  2. "Mortgagor" means a person having title to and occupying a one to\nsix family residence which is located in this state and is subject to a\nmortgage.\n  2-a. "Non-mortgagor" means a person having title to and occupying a\none to six family residence which is located in this state and is not\nsubject to a mortgage.\n  3. "Real property tax escrow account" means an account established by\ncontract between a mortgagor of real property improved by a one to six\nfamily residence and the mortgage investing institution having a\nmortgage thereon, into which the mortgage investing institution shall\ndeposit money collected from the mortgagor for the purpose of paying\ntaxes.\n  4. "One to six family residence" means property used primarily for\nresidential purposes for one to six families, including property held in\ncondominium form of ownership, and which is occupied in whole or in part\nby the owner.\n  5. "Tax" or "taxes" means a charge imposed upon real property by or on\nbehalf of a county, city, town, village or school district for municipal\nor school district purposes, including a special ad valorem levy,\nspecial assessment or any similar charge.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 283 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 11 / Title 3 / Section 283
Smoking
Status: in_force

§ 283. Smoking. 1. No person shall smoke in a factory. A notice of\nsuch prohibition stating the penalty for violation thereof shall be kept\nposted in every entrance hall, elevator, stairhall and room of a factory\nin English, and in such other languages as the fire commissioner of the\ncity of New York in such city and elsewhere the commissioner shall\ndirect.\n  2. The board in its rules may permit smoking in protected portions of\na factory, or in such classes of occupancies where in its opinion the\nsafety of the employees will not be endangered thereby. The fire\ncommissioner of the city of New York in such city and elsewhere the\ncommissioner may issue such permits in accordance with rules adopted by\nthe board.\n  3. The fire commissioner of the city of New York in such city and\nelsewhere the commissioner shall enforce this section.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 620 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 6 / Title 3 / Section 620
Public health services program audit recoveries
Status: in_force

§ 620. Public health services program audit recoveries. All monies\nreceived or recovered by the department after the effective date of this\nsection as a result of any audit exception assessed against the state\naid reimbursement to a municipality under this article shall be\ndeposited in the local public health services program account.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3968 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-D / Title 3 / Section 3968
Bonds, notes or other obligations legal for investment and deposit
Status: in_force

§ 3968. Bonds, notes or other obligations legal for investment and\ndeposit. Bonds, notes or other obligations of the authority are hereby\nmade securities in which all public officers and bodies of the state and\nall public corporations, municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all\ninsurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an\ninsurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks\nand savings associations including savings and loan associations,\nbuilding and loan associations, investment companies and other persons\ncarrying on a banking business, all administrators, conservators,\nguardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other\npersons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest\nin bonds, notes or other obligations of the state, may properly and\nlegally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging\nto them. Such bonds, notes or other obligations are also hereby made\nsecurities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public\nofficers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and public\ncorporations for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds, notes or\nother obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 496 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 3 / Section 496
Voluntary renunciation of an exemption
Status: in_force

§ 496. Voluntary renunciation of an exemption. 1. A property owner who\nwishes to give up his or her claim to an exemption on one or more\npreceding assessment rolls may renounce the exemption in the manner\nprovided by this section.\n  2. An application to renounce an exemption shall be made on a form\nprescribed by the commissioner and shall be filed with the county\ndirector of real property tax services no later than ten years after the\nlevy of taxes upon the assessment roll on which the renounced exemption\nappears. The county director, after consulting with the assessor as\nappropriate, shall compute the total amount owed on account of the\nrenounced exemption as follows:\n  (a) For each assessment roll on which the renounced exemption appears,\nthe assessed value that was exempted shall be multiplied by the tax rate\nor rates that were applied to that assessment roll, or in the case of a\nrenounced STAR exemption, the tax savings calculated pursuant to\nsubdivision two of section thirteen hundred six-a of this chapter.\nInterest shall then be added to each such product at the rate prescribed\nby section nine hundred twenty-four-a of this chapter or such other law\nas may be applicable for each month or portion thereon since the levy of\ntaxes upon such assessment roll.\n  (b) The sum of the calculations made pursuant to paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision with respect to all of the assessment rolls in question\nshall be determined.\n  (c) A processing fee of five hundred dollars shall be added to the sum\ndetermined pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision, unless the\nprovisions of paragraph (d) of this subdivision are applicable.\n  (d) If the applicant is renouncing a STAR exemption in order to\nqualify for the personal income tax credit authorized by subsection\n(eee) of section six hundred six of the tax law, and no other exemptions\nare being renounced on the same application, or if the applicant is\nrenouncing a STAR exemption before school taxes have been levied on the\nassessment roll upon which that exemption appears, no processing fee\nshall be applicable.\n  3. After computing the total amount due on account of the renounced\nexemption, the county director shall return the form to the applicant\nwith the total amount due noted thereon. A copy of such form shall be\nprovided to the assessor, and in the case of the STAR exemption, to the\ncommissioner. Within fifteen days after the mailing of such form, the\napplicant shall pay the total amount due as shown thereon to the county\ntreasurer, who shall issue a receipt for such payment. After deducting\nthe processing fee, the county treasurer shall distribute the amount\ncollected among the affected municipal corporations according to the\ntaxes and interest owing to each, provided that in the case of the STAR\nexemption authorized by section four hundred twenty-five of this\narticle, the amount collected, including interest, shall be paid to the\nstate in the manner directed by the commissioner.\n  4. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, in a city\nwith a population of one million or more, an exemption may be renounced\non a form prescribed by the commissioner of finance, and the duties\nimposed by this section upon the county treasurer shall be performed by\nthe commissioner of finance.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 84 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 3 / Title 3 / Section 84
Construction standards for the control of noise
Status: in_force

§ 84. Construction standards for the control of noise. On or before\nJanuary first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, the department shall\nformulate, adopt, promulgate and thereafter from time to time amend\nstandards of sound retardation for the walls, partitions and floors and\nceilings between apartments and between apartments and public spaces\nsituated therein based on the direct measurement of sound transmission\nloss determined in decibels for various frequencies or in accordance\nwith the ASTM sound transmission class system or in accordance with such\nother recognized method or system for measuring reduction of sound\ntransmission as the department may determine to be appropriate. Any\nconstruction of a multiple dwelling commenced after January first,\nnineteen hundred seventy shall comply with the standards promulgated\npursuant to this section in effect at the time of commencement of such\nconstruction.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 5-332 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 5 / Title 3 / Section 5-332
Unsolicited and voluntarily sent merchandise deemed unconditional gift
Status: in_force

§ 5-332. Unsolicited and voluntarily sent merchandise deemed\nunconditional gift. 1. No person, firm, partnership, association or\ncorporation, or agent or employee thereof, shall, in any manner, or by\nany means, offer for sale goods, wares, or merchandise, where the offer\nincludes the voluntary and unsolicited sending of such goods, wares, or\nmerchandise not actually ordered or requested by the recipient, either\norally or in writing. The receipt of any such goods, wares, or\nmerchandise shall for all purposes be deemed an unconditional gift to\nthe recipient who may use or dispose of such goods, wares, or\nmerchandise in any manner he sees fit without any obligation on his part\nto the sender.\n  If after any such receipt deemed to be an unconditional gift under\nthis section, the sender continues to send bill statements or requests\nfor payment with respect thereto, an action may be brought by the\nrecipient to enjoin such conduct, in which action there may also be\nawarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party.\n  2. If a person is a member of an organization which makes retail sales\nof any goods, wares, or merchandise to its members, and the person\nnotifies the organization of his termination of membership by certified\nmail, return receipt requested, any unordered goods, wares, or\nmerchandise which are sent to the person after thirty days following\nexecution of the return receipt for the certified letter by the\norganization, shall for all purposes be deemed unconditional gifts to\nthe person, who may use or dispose of the goods, wares, or merchandise\nin any manner he sees fit without any obligation on his part to the\norganization.\n  If the termination of a person's membership in such organization\nbreaches any agreement with the organization, nothing in this section\nshall relieve the person from liability for damages to which he might be\notherwise subjected to pursuant to law, but he shall not be subject to\nany damages with respect to any goods, wares, or merchandise which are\ndeemed unconditional gifts to him under this section.\n  If after any receipt deemed to be an unconditional gift under this\nsection, the sender continues to send bill statements or requests for\npayment with respect thereto, an action may be brought by the recipient\nto enjoin such conduct, in which action there may also be awarded\nreasonable attorneys' fees and costs to the prevailing party.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 52-0303 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 52 / Title 3 / Section 52-0303
Contracts with municipalities
Status: in_force

§ 52-0303. Contracts with municipalities.\n  With respect to a project which the commissioner has determined\npursuant to paragraph g of subdivision five of section 27-1313 of this\nchapter to be eligible for funding, funding by the state shall be up to\nan amount of seventy-five percent of the eligible cost and the\ncommissioner and the municipality shall enter into a contract which, in\naddition to such other terms and conditions that the commissioner may\ndeem to be appropriate, provides as follows:\n  1. The current estimate of the cost of the project as determined by\nthe commissioner at the time of execution of the agreement.\n  2. An agreement by the commissioner to periodically reimburse the\nmunicipality for costs incurred during the progress of the project.\nSuch payments shall be subject to final computation and determination of\nthe total state share of the eligible costs of the entire project.\n  3. An agreement by the municipality to proceed expeditiously with and\ncomplete the project in accordance with plans approved for payment of\nthe municipality's share of the project cost.\n  4. A provision that in the event that any federal payments and\nresponsible party payments become available which were not included in\nthe calculation of the state share pursuant to subdivision two of this\nsection, the amount of the state share shall be recalculated accordingly\nand the municipality shall pay to the state for deposit in the design\nand construction account of the hazardous waste remedial fund\nestablished under section ninety-seven-b of the state finance law the\namount by which the state payment actually made exceeds the recalculated\nstate share.\n  5. For purposes of this section, the term "eligible cost" means the\nnon-federal share of the approved project cost less amounts collected\nfrom responsible parties as contemplated by title thirteen of article\ntwenty-seven of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3955 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-D / Title 3 / Section 3955
Assistance to the authority; employees of the authority
Status: in_force

§ 3955. Assistance to the authority; employees of the authority. 1.\nWith the consent of any public corporation, the authority may use\nagents, employees and facilities thereof, paying to such public\ncorporation its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs.\n  2. Officers and employees of state or county agencies may be\ntransferred to the authority without examination and without loss of any\ncivil service or retirement status or rights. Any officer or employee of\nthe authority who heretofore acquired or shall hereafter acquire such\nposition status by transfer and who at the time of such transfer was a\nmember of the New York state and local employees' retirement system\nshall continue to be a member of such system as long as he or she\ncontinues in such service, and shall continue to have all the rights,\nprivileges and obligations of membership in such system.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 399-N — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 3 / Article 12-C / Section 399-N
Regulations
Status: in_force

* § 399-n. Regulations. 1. The commissioner is authorized and directed\nto promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement the\nprovisions of this article and to insure that internet, and other\ntechnology as approved by the commissioner, delivered accident\nprevention courses established pursuant to this article can validate:\nstudent identity at registration and throughout the course;\nparticipation throughout the course; that the time requirements are met;\nand successful completion of the course. Provided, however, that any\nrules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this article shall not\nstipulate any particular location for delivery of an accident prevention\ncourse or limit the time of day during which such course may be taken.\n  2. The commissioner is authorized to impose a fee upon each accident\nprevention course sponsoring agency approved for participation in the\npilot program, which shall not exceed eight dollars for each student who\ncompletes an accident prevention course by means of the pilot program\nestablished pursuant to this article.\n  * NB Repealed April 1, 2028\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 773 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 17-A / Title 3 / Section 773
Commencing the proceeding
Status: in_force

§ 773. Commencing the proceeding. 1. A local government entity other\nthan a town may be dissolved and terminated by the procedure described\nin this title.\n  2. Dissolution proceedings may be commenced by:\n  (a) a resolution of the governing body of the local government entity\nto be dissolved endorsing a proposed dissolution plan; or\n  (b) elector initiative.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3040 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10 / Title 3 / Section 3040
Remedies of the corporation
Status: in_force

* § 3040. Remedies of the corporation. 1. The corporation shall cause\neach proposed expense budget, including related revenue estimates,\nsubmitted to it pursuant to subdivision four of section thirty hundred\nthirty-eight of this chapter, each report on expense items in the\ncapital budget submitted to it pursuant to subdivision five of such\nsection, each proposed modification furnished to it pursuant to\nsubdivision six of such section and each expenditure plan and operations\nreport submitted to it pursuant to subdivision seven of such section, to\nbe reviewed promptly by the corporation's staff or designee.\n  2. If, within forty-five days after such receipt of a proposed expense\nbudget, report on expense items, expenditure plan or operations report,\nor, if within thirty days after such receipt of a proposed modification,\nthe board of directors shall, in its judgment, determine that any such\nexpense budget will not be balanced in accordance with the provisions of\nsubdivision four of section three thousand thirty-eight, either by its\nterms or because income is overestimated or expenditures are\nunderestimated therein, or that a report of proposed modification\npursuant to subdivision six of section three thousand thirty-eight of\nthis chapter reflects that the expense budget would thereafter not be\nbalanced in accordance with the provisions of subdivision four of\nsection three thousand thirty-eight, or that a condition imposed\npursuant to such section has not been met or will not be met, with\nrespect to such fiscal year, then the corporation shall promptly notify\nthe mayor of such determination and shall review with him the manner in\nwhich corrective action may be taken in order to comply with such\nconditions.\n  3. In the event that the board of directors determines, following\nreview with the mayor pursuant to subdivision two of this section that\nthe corrective action necessary to cause compliance with the conditions\nof section thirty hundred thirty-eight of this chapter will not be\ntaken, or determines as a result of a review made pursuant to section\nthirty hundred thirty-nine of this chapter or otherwise that the city is\nnot in compliance with any of the conditions imposed pursuant to section\nthirty hundred thirty-eight of this chapter or that any representation\nor undertaking contained in any certificate delivered pursuant to such\nsection is materially incorrect or has not been complied with in all\nmaterial respects, the corporation shall promptly certify a copy of such\ndetermination of noncompliance to the governor, the legislature, the\nstate comptroller, the mayor, the board of estimate, the city council\nand the city comptroller and shall disclose such determination to the\npublic.\n  4. The remedies described above in this section are not exclusive and,\nin addition thereto, the corporation shall have and may exercise all\nother rights and remedies provided by law.\n  * NB The corporation shall continue for a term ending the later of\nJuly 1, 2008 or one year after its liabilities have been fully paid and\ndischarged per § 3033 sub 1.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3957-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-D / Title 3 / Section 3957-A
Efficiency incentive grants
Status: in_force

§ 3957-a. Efficiency incentive grants. Along with the county financial\nplan commencing with the county's two thousand six fiscal year, the\ncounty shall develop and submit to the authority a plan for achieving\nrecurring savings through innovations and reengineering. Subject to\nappropriations therefor in the state fiscal years two thousand six--two\nthousand seven through two thousand ten--two thousand eleven, the\nauthority shall provide grants to support such county cost saving\nactivities. State funding during such five year period shall not exceed\nfifty million dollars, or ten million dollars annually, for grants\nprovided pursuant to this section and section thirty-eight hundred\nfifty-seven-a of this article. Provided further, copies of such county\nplan shall be submitted to the director of the budget, the chair of the\nstate senate finance committee and the chair of the state assembly ways\nand means committee.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 948 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 9 / Title 3 / Section 948
Losses by default of collecting officer or treasurer
Status: in_force

§ 948. Losses by default of collecting officer or treasurer. All\nlosses sustained by reason of the default of any collecting officer\nshall be a charge upon the city or town of which he is collecting\nofficer.  If occasioned by the default of the treasurer of the county in\nthe discharge of his official duties, the loss shall be chargeable to\nthe county.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 77-L — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 5-A / Title 3 / Section 77-L
Recognition and enforcement
Status: in_force

§ 77-l. Recognition and enforcement. A court of this state shall\naccord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and\nconsistent with this article which enforces a child custody\ndetermination by a court of another state unless the order has been\nvacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so\nunder title two of this article, unless recognition and enforcement\nwould violate subdivision one-c of section two hundred forty of this\nchapter or section one thousand eighty-five of the family court act.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 519 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 3 / Subtitle A / Section 519
Persons authorized to visit division facilities
Status: in_force

§ 519. Persons authorized to visit division facilities. 1.  The\nfollowing persons shall be authorized to visit at pleasure all\nfacilities operated by the division: the governor, lieutenant governor,\ncommissioner of general services, secretary of state, comptroller,\nattorney general, members of the legislature, judges of the court of\nappeals, supreme court, family court, and county courts, district\nattorneys, county attorneys, and any person or agency otherwise\nauthorized by statute.\n  2. The director of the division shall promulgate rules and regulations\nsetting forth the policy of the division regarding visitation of\ndivision facilities and residents therein by persons other than those\nlisted in subdivision one of this section. The overall security and\nuninterrupted operation of such facilities and the safety and well being\nof the staff and residents therein shall be given due consideration in\nthe formulation of these rules and regulations for visitation as\nnecessary to ensure such security, safety and facility operation.  Such\nregulations shall include provisions regarding reasonable and\nappropriate visitation by family members and consultation by the youth's\nlegal representative.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 357 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 3 / Title 3 / Section 357
Certain counties; health services advisory boards
Status: in_force

§ 357. Certain counties; health services advisory boards. 1. In a\ncounty wherein the legislative body constitutes the board of health of\nsuch county under and pursuant to the provisions of section three\nhundred fifty-six of this title, the county shall provide for the\nappointment by the board of health of a health services advisory board\nconsisting of nine members. One member shall be a physician licensed to\npractice in the state of New York and one member shall be a physician,\nnurse practitioner, or physician assistant licensed to practice in the\nstate of New York. The remaining members of the board shall be known as\npublic members and shall be selected on the basis of their interest and\nknowledge regarding the health needs, resources and facilities of the\ncommunity.\n  2. The health services advisory board shall advise the county health\ndirector with respect to the discharge of his powers, responsibilities\nand duties.\n  3. A person may hold other public office or employment while serving\nas a member of a health services advisory board.\n  4. The members of a health services advisory board shall have fixed\nterms of four years except that three of the initial appointments shall\nbe for two years and three shall be for three years. A term shall be\ndeemed to run from the first day of the year in which the appointment is\nmade. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner\nas original appointments. No person may serve as a member for more than\ntwo terms consecutively.\n  5. Board members shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and\nnecessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.\n  6. Two or more such counties may agree to form a conjoined health\nservices advisory board. Each county shall be entitled to appoint\nmembers in accordance with the provisions of subdivision one or may\nappoint such proportion of the total membership so computed as is\nmutually agreed upon by the participating counties.\n  7. Board members shall be residents of the county or a resident of a\ncontiguous county who has a background in a health-related field and\nperforms other substantial work within the county associated with their\nhealth-related background.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 936 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 9 / Title 3 / Section 936
Return of unpaid delinquent taxes
Status: in_force

§ 936. Return of unpaid delinquent taxes.  1. Upon the expiration of\nhis warrant, each collecting officer shall make and deliver to the\ncounty treasurer an account, subscribed and affirmed by him as true\nunder the penalties of perjury, of all taxes listed on the tax roll\nwhich remain unpaid, except that such collecting officer shall not\ninclude in such account the amount of the installments of taxes returned\nunpaid pursuant to section nine hundred twenty-eight-b or subdivision\none of section nine hundred seventy-six of this chapter. The county\ntreasurer shall, if satisfied that such account is correct, credit him\nwith the amount of such unpaid delinquent taxes. Such return shall be\nendorsed upon or attached to the tax roll.\n  2. In making the return of unpaid taxes, the collecting officer shall\nadd five per centum to the amount of each tax as levied. In the event\nthat the collecting officer fails to do so, the county treasurer shall\nmake such addition. In a county in which there is a local law in effect\npursuant to section nine hundred twenty-eight-b or section nine hundred\nseventy-two of this chapter providing for the collection of taxes in\ninstallments, the five per centum provided by this subdivision shall not\nbe added to the taxes which a real property owner has elected to pay in\ninstallments pursuant to section nine hundred twenty-eight-b or section\nnine hundred seventy-five of this chapter. Such five per centum shall be\nadded by the county treasurer to the amount of such taxes as shall have\nremained unpaid after the date upon which the last installment was due\nas provided in such local law. The amount of such added per centum shall\nthereafter be deemed part of the amount of the unpaid tax.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 5-322.3 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 5 / Title 3 / Section 5-322.3
Payment bonds to be filed
Status: in_force

§ 5-322.3. Payment bonds to be filed. A copy of any payment bond\nexecuted in connection with a contract for the improvement of real\nproperty other than a contract for a public improvement, shall be filed\nwithin thirty days of such execution by the owner of the improvement in\nthe office of the county clerk in the county in which the improvement is\nto be undertaken; provided, however, that such filing shall be required\nonly where the contract for the improvement of real property is for an\namount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars. Any owner failing to\nfile such payment bond as provided herein shall be liable for the\nreasonable attorney's fees, as determined by the court, of any claimant\nsuccessfully bringing an action or proceeding on the bond.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 11-302 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 11 / Title 3 / Section 11-302
Special ballots for board of election employees
Status: in_force

§ 11-302. Special ballots for board of election employees. A person\nwho is an employee of the board of elections or who has been appointed\nto serve as an inspector of elections, poll clerk or election\ncoordinator at a polling place other than the one at which he or she is\nregistered to vote, may deliver to the inspectors of election of the\nelection district in which he or she is registered, or to the board of\nelections, at any time during the period in which an application for an\nabsentee ballot may be so delivered pursuant to the provisions of this\nchapter, a written statement that he or she will be unable to appear at\nthe polling place for such election district on the day of an election\nbecause his or her duties as an employee of such board or as an\ninspector, poll clerk or election coordinator require him or her to be\nelsewhere. The board of elections shall provide such voter a special\nballot any time prior to the close of the polls on election day,\nprovided however that the distribution of such ballots to such voters\nshall be timed to afford such voters sufficient time to cast such\nballots prior to the close of the polls on election day. Such cast\nballots may be delivered to an office of such board of elections or to\nany board of inspectors not later than the close of the polls on\nelection day. Such ballots shall be retained at the board of elections\nand cast and canvassed pursuant to the provisions of section 9-209 of\nthis chapter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1051 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 3 / Section 1051
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1051. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context,\n  1. The term "district" shall mean the Erie county water authority\ndistrict created by section one thousand fifty-two of this title;\n  2. The term "authority" shall mean the corporation created by section\none thousand fifty-three of this title;\n  3. The term "county" shall mean the county of Erie;\n  4. The term "treasurer" shall mean the treasurer of the authority;\n  5. The term "comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the state of\nNew York;\n  6. The term "personnel officer" shall mean the personnel officer of\nthe county of Erie;\n  7. The term "properties" shall mean the water supply and distribution\nsystem or systems of the authority, including the plants, works,\ninstrumentalities or parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, lands,\neasements, rights in land and water rights, rights-of-way, contract\nrights, franchises, approaches, connections, dams, reservoirs, water\nmains and pipe lines, pumping stations and equipment, or any other\nproperty, real, personal or mixed, incidental to and included in such\nsystem or part thereof, and any improvements, extensions and\nbetterments, situated within the county of Erie and any source of supply\nor water supply system or any part thereof, situated without the county\nof Erie;\n  8. The term "bonds" shall mean the bonds, notes and obligations,\nissued by the authority, pursuant to this act;\n  9. The term "revenues" shall mean all rents, charges and other income\nderived from the operation of the properties of the authority;\n  10. The term "municipality" shall mean a city, town, or village.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 33 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 1 / Title 3 / Section 33
Cooperation of agency officials and employees
Status: in_force

§ 33. Cooperation of agency officials and employees. 1. In addition to\nthe authority otherwise provided by this title, the inspector, in\ncarrying out the provisions of this title, is authorized to request such\ninformation, assistance and cooperation from any federal, state or local\ngovernmental department, board, bureau, commission, or other agency or\nunit thereof as may be necessary for carrying out the duties and\nresponsibilities enjoined upon the inspector by this section. State and\nlocal agencies or units thereof are hereby authorized and directed to\nprovide to the inspector, or, at the request of the inspector, to state\nagencies or their contractors, such information, assistance and\ncooperation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,\nrequests for information, assistance and cooperation may include, but\nnot be limited to, all state and local government birth, death and vital\nstatistics which may be contained in files, databases or registries, and\nfor all information shall, upon request, include, where possible, making\nelectronic copies or record exchanges available. Executive agencies\nshall coordinate and facilitate the transfer of appropriate functions\nand positions to the office as necessary and in accordance with\napplicable law.\n  2. Upon request of a local social services district or a prosecutor of\ncompetent jurisdiction, the office, department, any other state or local\ngovernment entity and the Medicaid fraud control unit shall provide such\ninformation and assistance as such entity or unit shall deem necessary,\nappropriate and available to aid and facilitate the investigation of\nfraud and abuse within the medical assistance program and the recoupment\nof improperly expended funds.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1072 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 3 / Section 1072
Effect of inconsistent provisions
Status: in_force

§ 1072. Effect of inconsistent provisions. In so far as the provisions\nof this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any other act,\ngeneral or special, or of any local law, the provisions of this title\nshall be controlling.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2999-F — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-D / Title 3 / Section 2999-F
Authorizations
Status: in_force

* § 2999-f. Authorizations. 1. The commissioner may contract with\nprojects and provide grants to support projects to the extent funds are\nappropriated for such purpose.\n  2. Upon the request of a sponsoring health plan, the commissioner may\nauthorize the participation of the Medicaid, family health plus and\nchild health plus programs in one or more demonstration projects,\nprovided that enrollee participation shall be on a voluntary basis.\n  3. The commissioner may contract with entities possessing expertise\ndeemed necessary to assist in the evaluation of the metrics developed by\nthe workgroup and individual project designs to the extent funds are\nappropriated for such purpose.\n  4. The commissioner shall report to the governor and the legislature\non or before March first, two thousand six, on the results of the\ncommissioner's workgroup, and shall report within three years of the\neffective date of this title, and again six months prior to the\nexpiration date of this title, on the number of demonstration projects\nchosen and on the operation and effectiveness of each demonstration\nundertaken, together with any recommendations the commissioner deems\nappropriate.\n  5. Nothing in this title shall:\n  (a) diminish or waive any right, remedy or benefit of any health care\nprovider, consumer, enrollee, or recipient under the provisions of this\nchapter, the insurance law or the social services law; or\n  (b) diminish, waive, or provide any exemption from any provision of\nthe anti-trust or trade regulation laws of the state or the United\nStates; or\n  (c) diminish, waive or supersede any provision of an applicable\ncollective bargaining agreement.\n  6. This title shall expire on April first, two thousand eleven.\n  * NB Expired April 1, 2011\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2131 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 21 / Title 3 / Section 2131
Municipal health commissioner; duty to report
Status: in_force

§ 2131. Municipal health commissioner; duty to report.  If any contact\nresides in a county or district other than the one where the protected\nindividual is found, the health officer receiving the report shall refer\nthe contact report to the health officer in the county or district where\nthe contact resides, who shall then make a good faith effort to notify\nsuch contact and otherwise comply with the provisions of section\ntwenty-one hundred thirty-three of this title.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3956 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-D / Title 3 / Section 3956
County fiscal year two thousand five budget modification and four-year financial plan
Status: in_force

§ 3956. County fiscal year two thousand five budget modification and\nfour-year financial plan. 1. Not later than October first, two thousand\nfive, the county executive, upon approval by the legislature, shall\nsubmit to the authority a budget modification and financial plan\nconsistent with the financial plan requirements contained in section\nthirty-eight hundred fifty-seven of this article which may reflect a\ndeclaration of need as provided for in section thirty-nine hundred\nsixty-one of this title; provided, however, in county fiscal year two\nthousand five such declaration of need shall not exceed one hundred\ntwenty-five million dollars in ECFSA assistance as defined in paragraph\n(a) of subdivision twelve of section thirty-nine hundred fifty-one of\nthis title. The plan shall cover the county's two thousand five fiscal\nyear and the three subsequent fiscal years.\n  2. Not later than fifteen days after such submission, the authority\nshall approve or disapprove the financial plan.\n  3. In the event the authority shall disapprove such financial plan\nbased on disapproval of certain actions or assumptions, the authority\nshall promptly thereafter notify the county executive and legislature of\nits reasons. Within fifteen days from the receipt of such notification\nthe county executive, upon the approval of the legislature, shall modify\nthe financial plan. If the county fails to make such modifications, the\nauthority shall adopt a resolution so finding.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 3-0307 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 3 / Title 3 / Section 3-0307
Acquisition of federal lands
Status: in_force

§ 3-0307. Acquisition of federal lands.\n  The State of New York may acquire from the United States of America by\ngift, lease or purchase or otherwise, and subject to such conditions as\nmay be prescribed by the United States of America, lands suited for\nreforestation, game management, fish propagation, park purposes and/or\nany other activities permitted by sections 3-0109 through 3-0115\ninclusive, and sections 3-0305 and 3-0307 of article 3; articles 9, 11,\n13 and 15; titles 7, 9, 11 and 13 of article 21; article 23; title 3 of\narticle 27; articles 43, 45 and 47; and titles 1 through 15 inclusive\nand title 33 of article 71 applicable to these provisions and may by\nwritten order of the commissioner filed in the office of the department,\nassign and transfer at anytime, wholly or in part, the direct\njurisdiction and control of any such lands to one or more divisions of\nthe department to be administered in connection with any of the various\nactivities permitted by such provisions. Upon the assignment of such\nlands to a division and notwithstanding any other provision of law, such\ndivision may expend any funds appropriated for such activities in the\ndevelopment, maintenance and operation of lands so acquired.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 490 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 3 / Section 490
Exemption from special ad valorem levies and special assessments
Status: in_force

§ 490. Exemption from special ad valorem levies and special\nassessments.  Real property exempt from taxation pursuant to subdivision\ntwo of section four hundred, subdivision one of section four hundred\nfour, subdivision one of section four hundred six, sections four hundred\neight, four hundred ten, four hundred ten-a, four hundred ten-b, four\nhundred eighteen, four hundred twenty-a, four hundred twenty-b, four\nhundred twenty-two, four hundred twenty-six, four hundred twenty-seven,\nfour hundred twenty-eight, four hundred thirty, four hundred thirty-two,\nfour hundred thirty-four, four hundred thirty-six, four hundred\nthirty-eight, four hundred fifty, four hundred fifty-two, four hundred\nfifty-four, four hundred fifty-six, four hundred sixty-four, four\nhundred seventy-two, four hundred seventy-four, four hundred eighty-five\nand subdivision ten of section four hundred eighty-seven of this chapter\nshall also be exempt from special ad valorem levies and special\nassessments against real property located outside cities and villages\nfor a special improvement or service or a special district improvement\nor service and special ad valorem levies and special assessments imposed\nby a county improvement district or district corporation except (1)\nthose levied to pay for the costs, including interest and incidental and\npreliminary costs, of the acquisition, installation, construction,\nreconstruction and enlargement of or additions to the following\nimprovements, including original equipment, furnishings, machinery or\napparatus, and the replacements thereof: water supply and distribution\nsystems; sewer systems (either sanitary or surface drainage or both,\nincluding purification, treatment or disposal plants or buildings);\nwaterways and drainage improvements; street, highway, road and parkway\nimprovements (including sidewalks, curbs, gutters, drainage,\nlandscaping, grading or improving the right of way) and (2) special\nassessments payable in installments on an indebtedness including\ninterest contracted prior to July first, nineteen hundred fifty-three,\npursuant to section two hundred forty-two of the town law or pursuant to\nany other comparable provision of law.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 553-D — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 3 / Title 3 / Section 553-D
Special Triborough bridge and tunnel authority special obligation bonds and notes
Status: in_force

§ 553-d. Special Triborough bridge and tunnel authority special\nobligation bonds and notes. In addition to the powers contained\nelsewhere in this title with respect to the projects authorized by\nparagraphs (m), (n), (o), (p) and (r) of subdivision nine of section\nfive hundred fifty-three of this title, and subject to the application\nof the revenues and other monies and assets of the authority pursuant to\nsection twelve hundred seventy-d of this chapter, the authority may\nissue its bonds and notes to finance such projects payable from and\nsecured by all or any part of the moneys received by the authority from\nthe metropolitan transportation authority special assistance fund\nestablished under section twelve hundred seventy-a of this chapter,\nprovided however that such bonds and notes may also be payable from and\nsecured by any other moneys, securities and funds designated by the\nauthority as additional security therefor. Debt service on bonds and\nnotes issued by the authority pursuant to this section which is paid or\nreimbursed from moneys received by the authority from the metropolitan\ntransportation authority special assistance fund shall not be deemed to\nconstitute debt service incurred by the authority for purposes of\nsubdivision three of section twelve hundred nineteen-a of this chapter.\nSuch bonds or notes shall be issued in the manner provided in section\nfive hundred sixty-one of this title.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 523-N — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 3 / Subtitle B / Section 523-N
Confidentiality of reports
Status: in_force

§ 523-n. Confidentiality of reports. Office of the ombudsman reports\nand reports of the independent review board are confidential and shall\nbe safeguarded from coming to the knowledge of, and from inspection or\nexamination by any person other than the commissioner, other designated\nagency officials for the performance of their official duties and the\nindependent review board. Authorized persons receiving such reports\nshall not divulge information contained therein without the written\nconsent of the commissioner. The authorized disclosure of any such\ninformation shall not contain any individually identifiable information.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 398 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 3 / Article 12-A / Section 398
Title
Status: in_force

§ 398. Title. This act shall be known as the "Motor Vehicle Repair\nShop Registration Act."\n
N.Y. ELD Law § 246 — New York Code / Act ELD / Article 2 / Title 3 / Section 246
Regulations
Status: in_force

§ 246. Regulations. Program regulations shall:\n  1. Provide for a process of determining and redetermining eligibility\nfor participation in this program including provisions for submission of\nproof of income, age, and residency and information on existing complete\nor partial coverage of prescription drug expenses under a third party\nassistance or insurance plan;\n  2. Provide for a fair hearing process pursuant to an agreement with\nthe department of health for individuals and participating provider\npharmacies to appeal determinations or actions of the contractors;\n  3. Establish procedures for the state to recover the value of benefits\nor payments made under this title, if any, that were based on\napplications or claims submitted in violation of any provision of this\ntitle; and\n  4. Establish procedures to ensure that all information obtained on\npersons pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section two\nhundred forty-three of this title shall remain confidential and shall\nnot be disclosed to persons or agencies other than those entitled to\nsuch information because such disclosure is necessary for the proper\nadministration of the program established pursuant to this title.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 312-A — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 3 / Article 6 / Section 312-A
Issuance and termination of liability insurance and maintenance of records
Status: in_force

§ 312-a. Issuance and termination of liability insurance and\nmaintenance of records. * 1. Upon issuance of an owner's policy of\nliability insurance or other financial security required by this\nchapter, an insurer shall issue proof of insurance in accordance with\nthe regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to paragraph\n(b) of subdivision two of section three hundred thirteen of this\narticle.\n  * NB Effective until December 31, 2028\n  * 1. Upon issuance of an owner's policy of liability insurance or\nother financial security required by this chapter, an insurer shall\nissue proof of insurance in accordance with the regulations promulgated\nby the commissioner pursuant to subdivision two of section three hundred\nthirteen of this article.\n  * NB Effective December 31, 2028\n  2. The commissioner shall make a record of all notices of termination\nreceived by him. After such record has been made, the notices need not\nbe retained by the commissioner.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 156 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 2 / Title 3 / Section 156
Moneys of the authority
Status: in_force

* § 156. Moneys of the authority. All moneys of the authority from\nwhatever source derived shall be paid to the comptroller as agent of the\nauthority, who shall not commingle such moneys with any other moneys.\nSuch moneys shall be deposited in a separate bank account or accounts.\nThe moneys in such accounts shall be paid out on check of the\ncomptroller on requisition of the president of the authority or of such\nother person or persons as the authority may authorize to make such\nrequisitions. All deposits of such moneys shall, if required by the\ncomptroller or the authority, be secured by obligations of the United\nStates or of the state of New York of a market value equal at all times\nto the amount of the deposit and all banks and trust companies are\nauthorized to give such security for such deposits. The comptroller and\nhis legally authorized representatives are hereby authorized and\nempowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the\nparkway authority, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts,\nleases, sinking funds, investments and any other matters relating to its\nfinancial standing. The authority shall have power notwithstanding the\nprovisions of this section, to contract with the holders of any of its\nbonds as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of\nany moneys of the authority, or any moneys held in trust or otherwise\nfor the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds, and to carry out\nany such contract notwithstanding that such contract may be inconsistent\nwith the previous provisions of this section. Moneys held in trust or\notherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds and\ndeposits of such moneys may be secured in the same manner as moneys of\nthe authority, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give\nsuch security for such deposits.\n  * NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 260 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 11 / Title 3 / Section 260
Incombustible, fireproof and fire-resisting or fire-resistive material
Status: in_force

§ 260. Incombustible, fireproof and fire-resisting or fire-resistive\nmaterial. 1. "Incombustible material" means material which will not burn\nor support combustion as determined and specified in the rules of the\nboard.\n  2. "Fireproof material" means material capable of resisting the effect\nof fire to a sufficient extent to insure the safety of the occupants of\nthe building. The board shall determine and specify in its rules what\nmaterials are fireproof materials.\n  3. "Fire-resisting material" or "fire-resistive material" means\nmaterial conforming to the requirements of the board which shall\ndetermine and specify in its rules what materials, not being fireproof\nmaterials, are fire-resisting or fire-resistive materials.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 513 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 3 / Subtitle A / Section 513
Career education
Status: in_force

§ 513. Career education. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to\nprovide for career education opportunities for youth in the division's\ncare as a part of general curricula and specialized programs to allow\nyouth to gain actual business experiences relating to the production and\nmarketing of products.  The emphasis of business experiences provided to\nyouth shall be on education and rehabilitation.\n  2. Career education program. The director may establish career\neducation programs for residents of division facilities. These programs\nmay include a comprehensive career education program within division\nfacilities whereby eligible division youth participate in a special\nprogram designed to develop practical and theoretical understanding from\nthe production through the marketing of goods. No youth may be employed\nby private persons or entities pursuant to this section.\n  3. Sale of products. The director of the division for youth or his\ndesignees are authorized to sell the products resulting from the career\neducation of the residents of division facilities.  The sale of such\nproducts shall be governed by the rules and regulations of the director\nof the division.\n  4. Career education; definition. For purposes of this section, career\neducation is defined as any activity in the nature of vocational\ninstruction, prescribed, guided or supervised for the purpose of\ncontributing to the welfare or rehabilitation of residents of division\nfacilities.\n  5. Sales to state agencies, political subdivisions and public benefit\ncorporations.  The director of the division for youth or his designee is\nauthorized to enter into contracts with state agencies, political\nsubdivisions and public benefit corporations for the sale of the\nproducts resulting from the vocational education of the residents\nprovided that such products are not available to the purchasing entity\nunder a centralized contract and the sale does not exceed monetary\nlimits established by statute or by any such entity which would mandate\ncompetitive bidding for the purchase of such product.\n  6. Vocational education fund. A career education fund may be\nestablished for the receipt of proceeds from products sold, as\nauthorized by subdivisions three and five of this section, incident to\nan avocational or career project.\n  7. Distribution of proceeds. Pursuant to rules, regulations, policies\nor procedures of the director of the division, moneys of the fund shall\nbe disbursed as follows: (i) an amount equal to the proceeds from the\nsale of the product produced by one resident may be deposited to the\naccount of such resident or paid directly to such resident; or (ii) an\namount equal to the proceeds from the sale of a product produced by two\nor more residents may be divided equally among such residents and\ndeposited to their respective accounts or paid directly to them. In\ndetermining the amount of the proceeds from a sale of a product that may\nbe deposited to the account of a resident, or paid directly to a\nresident, the director of the division for youth shall provide for a\ndeduction from the sum of the proceeds of the reasonable expenses of the\ndivision for youth incident to the sale, including but not limited to,\nthe value of materials and supplies for the production of the product\nsupplied without financial charge to the resident and the expense of\ntransporting the product for sale, display or otherwise. The amount\ndeducted for such expenses shall be deposited in the career education\nfund and expended to pay for services and expenses of operating career\neducation programs at division for youth facilities pursuant to this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 53-0303 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 53 / Title 3 / Section 53-0303
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 53-0303. Definitions.\n  As used in this title:\n  1. "Urban forestry" means the planning, establishment, protection and\nother management of trees and other vegetation in urban areas for\npresent and potential contribution to the physiological, sociological,\nand economic well-being of urban society. An important component of\nurban forestry is "arboriculture" which more specifically includes the\nplanting, growing, maintenance and protection of trees and shrubs,\nindividually and in small groups.\n  2. "Urban forestry plan" means a comprehensive plan for the selection,\nestablishment, maintenance and management of existing and future trees\nand associated vegetation in an urban area, which plan shall, to the\nmaximum extent possible, present an analysis of physical, biotic, and\nsocial conditions of present and potential sites for vegetation, and of\nimprovement needs, opportunities and planned projects within an urban\narea.\n  3. "Urban areas" means cities, villages or towns with a population\ndensity of greater than one thousand persons per square mile.\n  4. "Contributed funds" means money donated by residents of an urban\narea and others to an urban area for urban forestry or arboriculture\nwithin that urban area.\n  5. "Public funds" means money appropriated by a non-federal government\nentity for urban forestry or arboriculture within that urban area.\n  6. "Vacant public land" means any land owned by a state agency, public\nauthority, public benefit corporation or municipal corporation that is\nnot used, is unoccupied or idle; including rights-of-ways but excluding\nland subject to use restrictions under law.\n  7. "Municipal forester" means a municipal official appointed by the\nchief executive officer of a municipal corporation to act as a liaison\nwith the department and the public for the purposes set forth in this\narticle.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 33-0304 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 33 / Title 3 / Section 33-0304
Fees
Status: in_force

§ 33-0304. Fees.\n  All fees collected pursuant to this article shall be deposited into\nthe environmental conservation special revenue fund to the credit of the\nenvironmental regulatory account; provided, however, that the first five\nmillion dollars collected pursuant to this article shall be deposited\ninto the environmental protection fund established pursuant to section\nninety-two-s of the state finance law.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1470-J — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 7 / Title 3-A / Section 1470-J
Agreements of the state
Status: in_force

* § 1470-j. Agreements of the state. 1. The state of New York does\npledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds that the state will\nnot limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to acquire,\nconstruct, maintain, reconstruct and operate the project or projects, to\nestablish and collect rentals, fees and other charges and to fulfill the\nterms of any agreements made with the holders of the bonds, or in any\nway impair the rights and remedies of the bondholders, until the bonds,\ntogether with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments\nof interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or\nproceeding by or on behalf of the bondholders, are fully met and\ndischarged.\n  2. The authority is hereby authorized, in its discretion, for and on\nbehalf of itself and the city of Rome, to covenant and agree with the\nholders of the bonds, with such exceptions and limitations as it may\ndeem in the public interest, that no public parking areas or spaces\nexcept those acquired and operated by the authority will be constructed\nor operated in the city by the city, or by any public benefit or other\ncorporation the members of which are elected or are appointed by such\nofficials, until either (a) the bonds, together with interest thereon,\ninterest on any unpaid installments of interest and all costs and\nexpenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of\nthe bondholders are fully met and discharged or (b) principal or\ninterest of any of the bonds shall be overdue and unpaid for a period of\nthree years or more.\n  * NB City of Rome Parking Authority ceased to exist 12/31/2000 per §\n1470-b, and thereafter until all liabilities have been met/discharged,\nand all bonds paid/discharged\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1064 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 3 / Section 1064
Tax contract by the state
Status: in_force

§ 1064. Tax contract by the state. The state of New York covenants\nwith the purchasers and with all subsequent holders and transferees of\nbonds or notes issued by the authority pursuant to this title, in\nconsideration of the acceptance of and payment for the bonds or notes\nthat the bonds and notes of the authority issued pursuant to this title\nand the income therefrom, and all moneys, funds and revenues pledged to\npay or secure the payment of such bonds or notes, shall at all times be\nfree from taxation except for estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or\nin contemplation of death.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1381 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 6 / Title 3 / Section 1381
Investigations
Status: in_force

§ 1381. Investigations. The authority, and any member thereof, when\ndirected by the authority, may make any investigation which the\nauthority may deem necessary to enable it effectually to carry out the\nprovisions of this act, and for that purpose the authority, or such\nmember, may take and hear proofs and testimony and compel the attendance\nof witnesses and the production of books, papers, records and documents,\nincluding public records. The authority, and its authorized agents, may\nenter upon any lands as in its judgment may be necessary for the purpose\nof making surveys and examinations to accomplish any purpose authorized\nby this act, the authority being liable for actual damage done.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 267 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 11 / Title 3 / Section 267
Horizontal exit
Status: in_force

§ 267. Horizontal exit. 1. "Horizontal exit" means the connection by\none or more openings, protected by firedoors, through a fire wall in any\nbuilding, or through a wall or walls between two buildings, which doors\nshall continuously be unlocked and the opening unobstructed whenever any\nperson is employed on either side of the opening.\n  2. Exterior balconies and bridges not less than forty-four inches in\nwidth connecting two buildings and not having a gradient of more than\none foot fall in six, may also be counted as horizontal exits when the\ndoors opening out upon said balconies or bridges are fireproof doors and\nare level with the floors of the building, and when all doors of both\nbuildings opening on such balconies or bridges are continuously kept\nunlocked and unobstructed whenever any person is employed on either side\nof the exit, and when such balconies or bridges are built of\nincombustible material and are capable of sustaining a live load of not\nless than ninety pounds per square foot with a factor of safety of four;\nand when such balconies or bridges are enclosed on all sides to a height\nof not less than six feet and on top and bottom by fireproof material,\nunless all windows or openings within thirty feet of such balconies in\nthe connected buildings shall be encased in metal frames and sash and\nshall have wired glass where glass is used.\n  3. In any case there shall be on each side of the wall or partition\ncontaining the horizontal exit and independent of said horizontal exit,\nat least one stairway conforming to the requirements for a required\nexit.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 13-0323 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 13 / Title 3 / Section 13-0323
Oysters; prohibited acts
Status: in_force

§ 13-0323. Oysters; prohibited acts.\n  1. No person shall sell or offer for sale, any oysters, or label or\nbrand any packages containing oysters for shipment or sale under the\nname of blue point oysters, other than oysters which have been planted\nand cultivated at least three months in the waters of Great South Bay.\n  2. In no case shall oysters other than the species Crassostrea\nvirginica be planted or transplanted in New York waters without\nprocuring a permit from the department.\n  3. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand\ntwenty-seven, fix by regulation measures for the management of oysters\n(Family Ostreidae) including size limits, catch and possession limits,\nopen and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of\ntaking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor,\nrecordkeeping and identification requirements, requirements on the\namount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to\ntransportation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations are\nno less restrictive than requirements set forth in this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 30-A — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 1 / Title 3 / Section 30-A
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 30-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following\ndefinitions shall apply:\n  1. "Inspector" means the Medicaid inspector general created by this\ntitle.\n  2. "Investigation" means investigations of fraud, abuse, or illegal\nacts perpetrated within the medical assistance program, by providers or\nrecipients of medical assistance care, services and supplies.\n  3. "Office" means the office of the Medicaid inspector general created\nby this title.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 552-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 3 / Title 3 / Section 552-A
Consolidation
Status: in_force

§ 552-a. Consolidation. 1. (a) Triborough bridge authority, the\ncorporation created pursuant to section five hundred fifty-two of this\nchapter, as originally enacted, and the New York city parkway authority,\nthe corporation created by section two hundred seventy-seven of this\nchapter, are hereby consolidated into a single corporation to be known\nas Triborough bridge authority, which shall be a continuance of the\ncorporate existence of the authorities so consolidated.\n  (b) Triborough bridge authority, the corporation as consolidated\npursuant to paragraph one-a of this section, and New York city tunnel\nauthority, the corporation created pursuant to section six hundred\ntwenty-seven of this chapter, are hereby consolidated into a single\ncorporation to be known as Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, which\nshall be a continuance of the corporate existence of the authorities so\nconsolidated.\n  2. In this section the words "original authorities" refer to\nauthorities which are consolidated pursuant to subsection one of this\nsection before their consolidation, and the words "consolidated\nauthority" refer to the single authority resulting from consolidation.\n  3. The board created by section five hundred fifty-two of this chapter\nshall be the board of the consolidated authority and all powers of the\nconsolidated authority shall be vested in and exercised by said board.\n  4. All property, rights and powers of each of the original authorities\nare hereby vested in and shall be exercised by the consolidated\nauthority, subject, however, to all pledges, covenants, agreements and\ntrusts made or created by the original authorities, respectively.\n  5. All debts, liabilities, obligations, agreements and covenants of\nthe original authorities are hereby imposed upon the consolidated\nauthority.\n  6. All bondholders and other creditors of the original authorities and\npersons having claims against or contracts with the original authorities\nof any kind or character may enforce such debts, claims and contracts\nagainst the consolidated authority in the same manner as they might have\nagainst the original authorities respectively, and the rights and\nremedies of such bondholders, creditors and persons having claims or\ncontracts shall not be limited or restricted in any manner by this\ntitle.\n  7. In continuing the functions and carrying out the contracts,\nobligations and duties of any of the original authorities, the\nconsolidated authority is hereby authorized to act in its own name or in\nthe name of the original authorities as may be convenient or advisable.\n  8. All employees of the original authorities shall become employees of\nthe consolidated authority. Nothing in this title shall affect the civil\nservice status of such employees or their rights, privileges,\nobligations or status with respect to any pension or retirement system.\n  9. The foregoing provisions of this section and of all other sections\nof this title are subject to the following limitation: that the\nconsolidated authority, after the consolidation effected by subdivision\none-b of this section, shall not apply any tolls or revenues derived\nfrom projects which before such consolidation were under control of one\nof the original authorities to the payment of bonds, or interest\nthereon, either issued, or for the issuance of which a contract has been\nmade, before such consolidation by the other of the original\nauthorities, or to the payment of any certificate of indebtedness\nissued, at any time, for unpaid interest on such bonds; but this shall\nnot limit the application of tolls or revenues from any project to the\npayment of bonds (including refunding bonds) authorized by the\nconsolidated authority after consolidation.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 462-B — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 7 / Title 3 / Section 462-B
Responsibility for enforcement
Status: in_force

§ 462-b. Responsibility for enforcement. 1. The office of children and\nfamily services shall exercise the enforcement powers enumerated in\nsection four hundred sixty-d of this article which may apply to secure\nand non-secure detention facilities and to those office of children and\nfamily services residential facilities authorized by article nineteen-G\nof the executive law and those residential facilities operated as\napproved runaway programs or transitional independent living support\nprograms pursuant to article nineteen-H of the executive law.\n  2. The appropriate offices of the state department of mental hygiene\nshall exercise the enforcement powers enumerated in section four hundred\nsixty-d of this article which may apply to those facilities subject to\narticles thirty-one and thirty-two of the mental hygiene law.\n  3. With respect to facilities which care for a significant number of\nmentally disabled children, the department shall enter into written\ncooperative agreements no later than October first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-seven with the department of mental hygiene establishing\ncircumstances under which the department will at the request of the\ndepartment of mental hygiene act to limit or modify the operating\ncertificate of any facility so as to preclude such facility from\naccepting, caring for or continuing to care for mentally disabled\nchildren.\n  4. The office of children and family services shall exercise the\nenforcement powers enumerated in section four hundred sixty-d of this\narticle with respect to all other child caring facilities subject to its\nregulation either independently or at the request of the department of\nmental hygiene.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 397-A — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 3 / Article 12 / Section 397-A
Radar detectors and laser detectors prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 397-a. Radar detectors and laser detectors prohibited. 1. No radar\ndetector or laser detector shall be used in any motor vehicle with a\ngross vehicle weight rating of more than eighteen thousand pounds or in\nany commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than\nten thousand pounds.  The presence in such vehicle of a radar detector\nor laser detector connected to a power source and in an operable\ncondition is presumptive evidence of its use by any person operating\nsuch vehicle.  Such presumption shall be rebutted by any credible and\nreliable evidence which tends to show that such radar detector or laser\ndetector was not in use.\n  2. The provisions of this section shall not be construed as\nauthorizing the seizure or forfeiture of a radar detector or laser\ndetector, unless otherwise provided by law.\n  3. A violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a\ntraffic infraction punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor\nmore than one hundred dollars.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 251 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 7 / Title 3 / Section 251
Vent flues
Status: in_force

§ 251. Vent flues. Supplementary water-closet compartments and\nbathrooms in fireproof tenements shall be ventilated and lighted in\naccordance with the applicable provisions of section seventy-six.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3950 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-D / Title 3 / Section 3950
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 3950. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the\n"Erie county fiscal stability authority act".\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 5-323 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 5 / Title 3 / Section 5-323
Agreements exempting building service or maintenance contractors from liability for negligence void and unenforceable
Status: in_force

§ 5-323. Agreements exempting building service or maintenance\ncontractors from liability for negligence void and unenforceable. Every\ncovenant, agreement or understanding in or in connection with or\ncollateral to any contract or agreement affecting real property made or\nentered into, whereby or whereunder a contractor exempts himself from\nliability for injuries to person or property caused by or resulting from\nthe negligence of such contractor, his agent, servants or employees, as\na result of work performed or services rendered in connection with the\nconstruction, maintenance and repair of real property or its\nappurtenances, shall be deemed to be void as against public policy and\nwholly unenforceable.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 5-326 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 5 / Title 3 / Section 5-326
Agreements exempting pools, gymnasiums, places of public amusement or recreation and similar establishments from liability for negligence...
Status: in_force

§ 5-326. Agreements exempting pools, gymnasiums, places of public\namusement or recreation and similar establishments from liability for\nnegligence void and unenforceable. Every covenant, agreement or\nunderstanding in or in connection with, or collateral to, any contract,\nmembership application, ticket of admission or similar writing, entered\ninto between the owner or operator of any pool, gymnasium, place of\namusement or recreation, or similar establishment and the user of such\nfacilities, pursuant to which such owner or operator receives a fee or\nother compensation for the use of such facilities, which exempts the\nsaid owner or operator from liability for damages caused by or resulting\nfrom the negligence of the owner, operator or person in charge of such\nestablishment, or their agents, servants or employees, shall be deemed\nto be void as against public policy and wholly unenforceable.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2857 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 9 / Title 3-A / Section 2857
Actions by an authority
Status: in_force

§ 2857. Actions by an authority. No state or local authority shall\nfire, discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass or discriminate\nagainst an employee because of the employee's role as a whistleblower,\ninsofar as the actions taken by the employee are legal.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 429 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 15 / Title 3 / Section 429
Users of intoxicants
Status: in_force

§ 429. Users of intoxicants. Excessive users of intoxicants shall not\nbe permitted to work in compressed air.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 570 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 3 / Title 3 / Section 570
Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective
Status: in_force

§ 570. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.\nIf any section, clause or provision of this title shall be\nunconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent\nthat it is not unconstitutional or ineffective it shall be valid and\neffective and no other section, clause or provision shall on account\nthereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 551-A — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 5 / Title 3 / Section 551-A
Failure to extend tax
Status: in_force

§ 551-a.  Failure to extend tax.  1. Where it is made to appear to a\ncollecting officer that a tax, which has been levied by or on behalf of\na municipal corporation or special district, has not been extended\nagainst the final assessment of a parcel entered on a tax roll of the\ncurrent or preceding year he shall add the appropriate tax to the tax\nroll of the current year pursuant to the procedure set forth in this\nsection.\n  2.  Such collecting officer shall extend a tax thereon on behalf of\nthe municipal corporation or special district by applying the tax rate\nof the municipal corporation or special district for the preceding year\nor current year, as the case may be.  In the case of a tax not extended\non the tax roll of the preceding year, the collecting officer shall\nenter on the tax roll of the current year the assessed value of such\nparcel as listed on the tax roll of the preceding year.\n  3.  Upon extension of such tax, the collecting officer shall so notify\nthe owner of such property.  Such notice shall identify the parcel by\nthe description appearing on the tax roll, and state the municipal\ncorporation or special district on behalf of which such tax is extended,\nthe tax year in question, the assessed value of such parcel, the tax\nrate used, and the amount of the tax.  Such notice shall also notify the\nproperty owner of his right to complain as provided in subdivision four\nof this section.\n  4.  An owner of property or other person who would be entitled to file\na complaint pursuant to section five hundred twelve of this article, may\npetition the county director of real property tax services within ten\ndays of the mailing of the notice required by subdivision three of this\nsection, to object to the addition of such extension on the tax roll.\nThe county director shall immediately report his findings with respect\nto the validity of the action of the collecting officer to the\nappropriate tax levying body.\n  5.  The tax levying body shall examine the report of the county\ndirector and shall issue a determination in the matter.  Copies of said\ndetermination shall be served upon the complainant, the collecting\nofficer and the county director.\n  6.  If an owner objects to the extension of such tax in the manner\nprovided in subdivision four of this section, he shall have thirty days\nfrom the determination of the tax levying body to pay such tax without\ninterest.  In any other case, the owner shall have thirty days from the\ndate the notice was mailed pursuant to subdivision three of this section\nto pay such tax without interest.\n
N.Y. LFN Law § 40.00 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 2 / Title 3 / Section 40.00
Budget note resolution; form and contents; authorization thereof
Status: in_force

§ 40.00 Budget note resolution; form and contents; authorization\nthereof. a. The issuance of budget notes or renewals thereof shall be\nauthorized by a "budget note resolution." Each such resolution shall be\nproperly dated and shall bear a title which will indicate that it\nrelates to a budget note.\n  b. Any municipality, school district or district corporation may adopt\none or more budget note resolutions authorizing the issuance of budget\nnotes for a specific object or purpose, for which object or purpose\nbudget notes may be issued. In addition, any municipality may adopt one\nor more budget note resolutions authorizing the issuance of budget notes\nfor a class of objects or purposes set forth in paragraph b, c, d or e\nof section 29.00 of this chapter.\n  c. A budget note resolution shall contain, in substance, at least the\nfollowing provisions:\n  1. A statement setting forth the facts and circumstances necessitating\nthe issuance of such budget notes and the specific object or purpose or\nthe class of objects or purposes for which the budget notes to be\nauthorized by such resolution are to be issued and stating that there\nare no other funds available with which to pay or provide for such\nobject or purpose or class of objects or purposes.  Such circumstances\nnecessitating the issuance of budget notes and such specific object or\npurpose shall be described in brief and general terms sufficient for a\nreasonable identification.\n  2. A statement of the amount of budget notes to be issued for such\nspecific object or purpose or class of objects or purposes.\n  3. A statement of the period of maturity of such notes.\n  4. If such notes are to be issued in renewal of other notes a\nstatement that the date of maturity of such notes shall not extend\nbeyond the applicable period provided in section 29.00 of this chapter\nfor the maturity of such notes.\n  d. Every budget note resolution shall be adopted by at least a\nmajority vote of the voting strength of the finance board.  A majority\nvote shall be sufficient for the adoption of a resolution authorizing\nthe renewal of any budget note.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4136 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 41 / Title 3 / Section 4136
Birth certificate; statement as to blood test
Status: in_force

§ 4136. Birth certificate; statement as to blood test. 1. In reporting\nevery birth and fetal death, physicians and others permitted to attend\npregnancy cases and required to report births and fetal deaths shall\nstate on the birth certificate or fetal death certificate, as the case\nmay be, whether a blood test for syphilis has been made during such\npregnancy upon a specimen of blood taken from the woman who bore the\nchild for which a birth or fetal death certificate is filed.\n  2. In addition to the information provided to be contained in each\ncertificate of birth by this article every certificate of birth shall\nstate whether such test was made during pregnancy or at delivery, and in\nthe case where no blood test has been made such fact shall be reported\ntogether with the reason why such test has not been taken in compliance\nwith the provisions of section two thousand three hundred eight of this\nchapter.\n  3. If such test has been made during pregnancy, those required to\nreport births and fetal deaths shall state the date on which the test\nwas made.\n  4. In no event shall the birth certificate state the result of the\nblood test.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 3-309 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 3 / Title 3 / Section 3-309
Husband and wife may convey to each other or make partition
Status: in_force

§ 3-309. Husband and wife may convey to each other or make partition.\nHusband and wife may convey or transfer real or personal property\ndirectly, the one to the other, without the intervention of a third\nperson; and may make partition or division of any real property held by\nthem as tenants in common, joint tenants or tenants by the entireties.\nIf so expressed in the instrument of partition or division, such\ninstrument bars the wife's right to dower in such property, and also, if\nso expressed, the husband's tenancy by curtesy.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1055 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 3 / Section 1055
Moneys of the authority
Status: in_force

§ 1055. Moneys of the authority. All moneys of the authority from\nwhatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority\nand shall be deposited forthwith in a bank or banks in the state of New\nYork designated by the authority. The moneys in such accounts shall be\npaid out on check of the treasurer on requisition by the authority or of\nsuch other person or persons as the authority may authorize to make such\nrequisitions. All deposits of such moneys shall, if required by the\ncomptroller or the authority, be secured by obligations of the United\nStates or of the state of New York or of the county of a market value\nequal at all times to the amount of deposit and all banks and trust\ncompanies are authorized to give such security for such deposits. The\ncomptroller and his legally authorized representatives, and the\ncomptroller of the county of Erie, if he so elect, are hereby authorized\nand empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the\nauthority, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases,\nsinking funds, investments and any other matters relating to its\nfinancial standing. The authority shall have power, notwithstanding the\nprovisions of this section, to contract with the holders of any of its\nbonds as to the custody, collection, security, investment and payment of\nany moneys of the authority, or any moneys held in trust or otherwise\nfor the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds, and to carry out\nany such contract notwithstanding that such contract may be inconsistent\nwith the provisions of this section. Moneys held in trust or otherwise\nfor the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds and deposits of\nsuch moneys may be secured in the same manner as moneys of the\nauthority, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such\nsecurity for such deposits.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 3-313 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 3 / Title 3 / Section 3-313
Right of action by or against married woman, and by husband or wife against the other, for torts
Status: in_force

§ 3-313. Right of action by or against married woman, and by husband\nor wife against the other, for torts.  1. A married woman has a right of\naction for an injury to her person, property or character or for an\ninjury arising out of the marital relation, as if unmarried. She is\nliable for her wrongful or tortious acts; her husband is not liable for\nsuch acts unless they were done by his actual coercion or instigation;\nand such coercion or instigation shall not be presumed, but must be\nproved.\n  2. A married woman has a right of action against her husband for his\nwrongful or tortious acts resulting to her in any personal injury as\ndefined in section thirty-seven-a of the general construction law, or\nresulting in injury to her property, as if they were unmarried, and she\nis liable to her husband for her wrongful or tortious acts resulting in\nany such personal injury to her husband or to his property, as if they\nwere unmarried.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1148 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 11 / Title 3-A / Section 1148
Assistance to vulnerable populations
Status: in_force

§ 1148. Assistance to vulnerable populations. 1. Every notice of\nunpaid taxes, notice of arrears included in tax statements, personal\nnotice of commencement of foreclosure proceeding or tax lien sale must\ninclude information about a housing counseling agency or agencies funded\nby the New York state office of the attorney general's homeowner\nprotection program in the region in which the property is located.\n  2. Upon receiving a return of unpaid taxes pursuant to section nine\nhundred thirty-six of this chapter or a comparable provision of law, the\nenforcing officer shall send a list of the names, addresses and\ntelephone numbers, if available, of the residential property owners\nincluded on such return to a housing counseling agency or agencies\nfunded by the New York state office of the attorney general's homeowner\nprotection program in the region where the property is located, so that\nsuch agency may make the homeowner aware of free foreclosure prevention\nservices and options available to the parties.\n
N.Y. LFN Law § 41.10 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 2 / Title 3 / Section 41.10
Contents of notice of meeting or election where special tax or tax to be collected in installments is to be voted
Status: in_force

§ 41.10 Contents of notice of meeting or election where special tax or\ntax to be collected in installments is to be voted.  Where the voting of\na special tax or a tax to be collected in installments is a condition\nprecedent to the adoption of a bond resolution or capital note\nresolution and the bonds or capital notes are to be issued to finance a\nspecific object or purpose, the notice of the meeting or the election at\nwhich such tax is voted must state the estimated maximum cost of each\nitem of such specific object or purpose and the estimated total cost of\nall of the items.\n