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N.Y. PVH Law § 353 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 7-A / Section 353
Companies; how created
Status: in_force

§ 353. Companies; how created. Notwithstanding the provisions of any\nother law or requirement to the contrary, companies shall be\nincorporated and organized pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation\nlaw and this article.\n  In addition to those matters required to be set forth in the\ncertificate of incorporation by the not-for-profit corporation law, the\ncertificate shall state:\n  1. That, among the purposes for which it is formed, the company is to\nplan, construct, acquire, alter, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve,\nown, maintain and operate one or more projects pursuant to this article.\n  2. The number of directors, which shall be not less than three nor\nmore than fifteen. Directors shall be elected by the members of the\ncompany.  One additional director may be designated by the commissioner.\nIn the absence of fraud or bad faith the director appointed by the\ncommissioner shall not be personally liable for the debts, obligations\nor liabilities of the company.\n  3. That the real property of the company shall not be sold,\ntransferred, encumbered or assigned except as permitted by the\nprovisions of this article.\n  4. That the company has been organized exclusively to serve a public\npurpose and that it shall be and remain subject to the supervision and\ncontrol of the department pursuant to the provisions of this article and\nall applicable laws and regulations.\n  5. That all income and earnings of the company shall be used\nexclusively for its corporate purposes.\n  6. That no part of the net income or net earnings of the company shall\ninure to the benefit or profit of any private individual, firm or\ncorporation.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 402 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19 / Section 402
Application
Status: in_force

§ 402. Application. The rules and procedures for display and use of\nthe flag set forth in this article shall govern the display of the flag\non all public buildings within the state and shall supersede any\ncontrary rule or custom of state or local agencies governing display\nprovided, however, a school district may promulgate its own regulations\nto allow the flag to be flown at half-staff to commemorate the death of\na present or former board member, present employee, teacher, student,\nclerk or custodian.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 60 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 4 / Section 60
Town board constituted
Status: in_force

§ 60. Town board constituted. 1. In every town the supervisor and the\ntown council members shall constitute the town board and shall be vested\nwith all the powers of such a town and shall possess and exercise all\nthe powers and be subject to all the duties now or hereafter imposed by\nlaw upon town boards and town boards of health within such towns; but it\nis not intended to extend the power of said boards or officers within\nthe limits of any incorporated village or city, or in any manner to\nabridge or interfere with the power and authority of the officers of any\nsuch village or city within its corporate limits, except as otherwise\nprovided by law.\n  2. In any town in which a town justice serves as a member of the town\nboard, such town justice shall continue to serve as a member of the town\nboard until the expiration of their term. Thereafter any town justice\nshall not be a member of the town board and a town council member shall\nbe elected as a member of such town board in place of such town justice\nexcept as otherwise provided by the town board by resolution adopted\npursuant to the provisions of section sixty-a of this article.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 1-2.18 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 1-2.18
Testamentary beneficiary
Status: in_force

§ 1-2.18 Testamentary beneficiary\n  A testamentary beneficiary is a person in whose favor a disposition of\nproperty is made by will.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1005 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 10 / Section 1005
Procedure after dissolution
Status: in_force

§ 1005. Procedure after dissolution.\n  (a) After dissolution:\n  (1) The corporation shall carry on no business except for the purpose\nof winding up its affairs.\n  (2) The corporation shall proceed to wind up its affairs, with power\nto fulfill or discharge its contracts, collect its assets, sell its\nassets for cash at public or private sale, discharge or pay its\nliabilities, and do all other acts appropriate to liquidate its\nbusiness.\n  (3) After paying or adequately providing for the payment of its\nliabilities:\n  (A) The corporation, if authorized at a meeting of shareholders by a\nmajority of the votes of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon\nmay sell its remaining assets, or any part thereof, for shares, bonds or\nother securities or partly for cash and partly for shares, bonds or\nother securities, and distribute the same among the shareholders\naccording to their respective rights. In the case of a sale under this\nsubparagraph where the consideration is in whole or in part other than\ncash, any shareholder, entitled to vote thereon, who does not vote for\nor consent in writing to such sale, shall, subject to and by complying\nwith the provisions of section 623 (Procedure to enforce shareholder's\nright to receive payment for shares), have the right to receive payment\nfor his shares. Section 909 (Sale, lease, exchange or other disposition\nof assets) is not applicable to a sale of assets under this paragraph.\n  (B) The corporation, whether or not it has made a sale under\nsubparagraph (A), may distribute any remaining assets, in cash or in\nkind or partly each, among its shareholders according to their\nrespective rights.\n  (b) When there are no shareholders, upon dissolution all subscriptions\nfor shares shall be cancelled and all obligations of the corporation to\nissue shares or of the subscribers to pay their subscriptions shall\nterminate, except for such payments as may be required to enable the\ncorporation to pay its liabilities.\n  (c) Upon the winding up of the affairs of the corporation, any assets\ndistributable to a creditor or shareholder who is unknown or cannot be\nfound, or who is under disability and for whom there is no legal\nrepresentative, shall be paid to the state comptroller as abandoned\nproperty within six months from the date fixed for the payment of the\nfinal liquidating distribution, and be subject to the provisions of the\nabandoned property law.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 221 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 12-C / Section 221
Exemptions
Status: in_force

§ 221. Exemptions. This article shall not apply to:\n  1. a playground that a school or local government operates, if:\n  (a) the playground is an incidental amenity; and\n  (b) the operating entity does not primarily derive revenue from\noperating the playground for a fee;\n  2. a gymnastics, dance, cheer, or tumbling facility where:\n  (a) the majority of activities are based in training or rehearsal and\nnot recreation; and\n  (b) the facility derives revenues primarily through supervised\ninstruction or classes; or\n  3. equipment used exclusively for exercise, an inflatable ride, or an\ninflatable bounce house.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3103 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 31 / Section 3103
Protective orders
Status: in_force

§ 3103. Protective orders. (a) Prevention of abuse. The court may at\nany time on its own initiative, or on motion of any party or of any\nperson from whom or about whom discovery is sought, make a protective\norder denying, limiting, conditioning or regulating the use of any\ndisclosure device. Such order shall be designed to prevent unreasonable\nannoyance, expense, embarrassment, disadvantage, or other prejudice to\nany person or the courts.\n  (b) Suspension of disclosure pending application for protective order.\nService of a notice of motion for a protective order shall suspend\ndisclosure of the particular matter in dispute.\n  (c) Suppression of information improperly obtained. If any disclosure\nunder this article has been improperly or irregularly obtained so that a\nsubstantial right of a party is prejudiced, the court, on motion, may\nmake an appropriate order, including an order that the information be\nsuppressed.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1971-A — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 19-A / Section 1971-A
Destruction of abandoned dwellings
Status: in_force

§ 1971-a. Destruction of abandoned dwellings. "Destruction of an\nabandoned dwelling" occurs when a person, having no right to do so or\npermission of the department or the owner to take, remove or otherwise\ndamage the fixtures or the structure of the building, nor any reasonable\nground to believe that he has such right or permission, intentionally\nremoves or damages any fixture or part of the structure of a building\nwhich has been certified as abandoned in accordance with the provisions\nof section nineteen hundred seventy-one of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 121-502 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 8-A / Section 121-502
Liability for contributions
Status: in_force

§ 121-502. Liability for contributions. (a) Except as provided in the\npartnership agreement, a partner is obligated to perform any promise, to\ncontribute cash or property or to perform services which is otherwise\nenforceable in accordance with applicable law, even if he is unable to\nperform because of death, disability or any other reason.  Except as\nprovided in the partnership agreement, if a partner does not make any\nrequired contribution of property or services, he is obligated at the\noption of the limited partnership to contribute cash equal to that\nportion of the value, as stated in the partnership records if so stated,\nof the contribution that has not been made. The foregoing option shall\nbe in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights, including the\nright to specific performance, that the limited partnership may have\nagainst such partner under the partnership agreement or applicable law.\n  (b) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement and except\nas provided in section 121-705 of this article, the obligation of a\npartner to make a contribution or to return money or other property paid\nor distributed in violation of this article may be compromised only by\nconsent of all the partners. Notwithstanding the compromise, a creditor\nof a limited partnership who extends credit in reliance on that\nobligation may enforce the original obligation to the extent he\nreasonably relied on such obligation.\n  (c) A partnership agreement may provide that the interest of any\npartner who fails to make any required contribution shall be subject to\nspecified consequences of such failure.  Such consequences may take the\nform of reducing or eliminating the defaulting partner's interest in the\nlimited partnership, subordinating his partnership interest to that of\nnondefaulting partners, a forced sale of his partnership interest, the\nlending by other partners of the amount necessary to meet his\ncommitment, a fixing of the value of his partnership interest by\nappraisal or by formula and redemption or sale of his partnership\ninterest at such value, or other consequences.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 120.40 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title H / Article 120 / Section 120.40
Warrant of arrest; attaching accusatory instrument to warrant of town court, village court or city court
Status: in_force

§ 120.40 Warrant of arrest; attaching accusatory instrument to warrant\n             of town court, village court or city court.\n  A town court, village court or city court which issues a warrant of\narrest may attach thereto a duplicate copy of the underlying accusatory\ninstrument.  If one or more duplicate copies of the warrant are issued,\nsuch court may attach as many copies of such accusatory instrument to\ncopies of such warrant as it chooses.  In any case where, pursuant to\nsubdivision five of section 120.90, a defendant arrested upon such a\nwarrant of arrest is brought before a local criminal court other than\nthe town court, village court or city court in which the warrant is\nreturnable, a copy of the accusatory instrument constitutes a valid\nbasis for arraignment, as provided in subdivision one of section 170.15.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 135 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 6 / Section 135
Application of preceding sections
Status: in_force

§ 135. Application of preceding sections. Sections one hundred and\ntwenty-six to one hundred and thirty-four, both inclusive, of this\nchapter shall not apply to the city of New York.\n
N.Y. CCO Law § 16 — New York Code / Act CCO / Article 2 / Section 16
By-laws
Status: in_force

§ 16. By-laws. The by-laws may provide for their amendment by the\nboard of directors; but any amendment adopted by the board shall be\nreported to the annual meeting of the corporation and, if not\naffirmatively approved thereat, shall cease to be in effect. By-laws may\nbe adopted, repealed or amended on the affirmative vote of two-thirds of\nthe members, stockholders or delegates voting thereon at a meeting held\nafter due written notice setting forth the proposed action and the\npurpose of the meeting.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 179-A — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 12 / Part 3 / Section 179-A
New York environmental protection and spill remediation account
Status: in_force

§ 179-a. New York environmental protection and spill remediation\naccount. 1. There is hereby created an account within the miscellaneous\ncapital projects fund, the New York environmental protection and spill\nremediation account. The New York environmental protection and spill\nremediation account shall consist of license fees received by the state\npursuant to section one hundred seventy-four of this article, in an\namount equal to expenditures made from this account.\n  2. These moneys, after appropriation by the legislature, and within\nthe amounts set forth and for the several purposes specified, shall be\navailable to reimburse the department of environmental conservation for\nexpenditures associated with the purposes of costs incurred under this\narticle, including cleanup and removal of petroleum spills, and other\ncapital, investigation, maintenance and remediation costs.\n  3. All payments made from the New York environmental protection and\nspill remediation account shall be made by the administrator upon\ncertification by the commissioner.\n  4. Spending pursuant to this section shall be included in the annual\nreport required by section one hundred ninety-six of this article.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 401 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 4 / Section 401
Summons; issuance; form
Status: in_force

§ 401. Summons; issuance; form.\n  (a) The summons may be issued by the plaintiff's attorney or, if the\nplaintiff appears without attorney, by the clerk.\n  (b) The summons shall be in such form as may be provided by rule. It\nshall contain the residence address of the plaintiff and, if it is\nissued by the plaintiff's attorney, the latter's office address.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 222.25 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 222 / Section 222.25
Unlawful possession of cannabis
Status: in_force

§ 222.25 Unlawful possession of cannabis.\n  A person is guilty of unlawful possession of cannabis when he or she\nknowingly and unlawfully possesses cannabis and such cannabis weighs\nmore than three ounces or concentrated cannabis and such concentrated\ncannabis weighs more than twenty-four grams.\n  Unlawful possession of cannabis is a violation punishable by a fine of\nnot more than one hundred twenty-five dollars.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 1 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1.  Short title.  This chapter shall be known as the social services\nlaw.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 13.43 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title C / Article 13 / Section 13.43
First responder training
Status: in_force

* § 13.43 First responder training.\n  (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health,\nthe office of fire prevention and control, the municipal police training\ncouncil, and the superintendent of state police, shall develop a\ntraining program and associated training materials, to provide\ninstruction and information to firefighters, police officers and\nemergency medical services personnel on appropriate recognition and\nresponse techniques for handling emergency situations involving\nindividuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental\ndisabilities. The training program and associated training materials\nshall include any other information deemed necessary and appropriate by\nthe commissioner.\n  (b) Such training shall address appropriate response techniques for\ndealing with both adults and minors with autism spectrum disorder and\nother developmental disabilities, including but not limited to training\non the appropriate use of force on such individuals, as well as training\non appropriate techniques for deescalating encounters with such\nindividuals that is consistent with such individual's safety.\n  (c) Such training program may be developed as an online program.\n  * NB There are 2 § 13.43's\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 74 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 5 / Section 74
Application for dispensation
Status: in_force

§ 74. Application for dispensation. 1. Employers in defense work may\nmake applications for dispensation pursuant to this article in such\nmanner and upon such forms as the commissioner of labor shall prescribe.\nThe commissioner of labor may, after hearing upon due notice, revoke\ndispensations not necessary to maintain maximum possible production in\ndefense work.\n  2. Where immediate dispensation is necessary in order to prevent\ninterference with maximum possible production in defense work, the\ncommissioner of labor may grant such dispensation provisionally for a\nperiod not to exceed one month. Such a provisional dispensation may be\nrevoked upon notice if subsequent investigation demonstrates that the\ndispensation is unwarranted.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 11-A-6.3 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 11-A / Part 6 / Section 11-A-6.3
Effective date
Status: in_force

§ 11-A-6.3 Effective date\n  This article takes effect on January first, two thousand two.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 342-NN — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 342-NN
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates Memorial Highway"
Status: in_force

§ 342-nn. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates Memorial Highway". All that portion of the\nstate highway system, currently known as route 209, beginning at the\nSullivan and Ulster county line in the hamlet of Spring Glen within the\ntown of Wawarsing, continuing through the county of Ulster, and\nterminating at the intersection of route 209 and route 9W in the town of\nUlster, county of Ulster, shall be designated and known as the "Clayton\n"Peg Leg" Bates Memorial Highway".\n
N.Y. PML Law § 810 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 8 / Section 810
Disposition of revenues
Status: in_force

§ 810. Disposition of revenues. 1. Revenues resulting from the\nimposition of taxes authorized by this article shall be paid into the\ntreasury of the county or city, as the case may be, and shall be\ncredited to and deposited in the general fund of the county or city and,\nunless restricted by local law to a specified purpose or purposes, shall\nbe available for any lawful county or city purpose.\n  2. Where the race meeting grounds or enclosure is situated in two\ncounties, one of which is wholly within a city, then:\n  a. If the tax is imposed by such city, the fiscal officers of such\ncity shall deposit the revenues of such taxes in a special fund and\nshall pay to the county, not located in such city, within sixty days\nafter collection thereof, seventy-five percent of the moneys in such\nspecial fund, for deposit in the general fund of such county as\nhereinbefore provided, less the expenses for the collection of such tax,\nand except that the sum of five thousand dollars shall be retained at\nall times in such special fund for the purpose of making refunds or any\nnecessary adjustments. The fiscal officers of such city shall pay the\nbalance then remaining in such special fund into the general fund of\nsuch city as hereinbefore provided.\n  b. If the tax is not imposed by such city, but is imposed by such\ncounty, the fiscal officers of such county shall deposit the revenues of\nsuch taxes in a special fund and shall pay to such city within sixty\ndays after collection thereof, twenty-five percent of the moneys in such\nspecial fund, for deposit in the general fund of such city as\nhereinbefore provided, less the expenses for the collection of such tax\nand except that the sum of five thousand dollars shall be retained at\nall times in such special fund for the purpose of making refunds or any\nnecessary adjustments. The fiscal officers of such county shall pay the\nbalance remaining in such special fund into the general fund of such\ncounty as hereinbefore provided.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 393-A — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 393-A
Non fire rated wood paneling
Status: in_force

§ 393-a. Non fire rated wood paneling. It shall be unlawful for any\nperson, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale non fire rated\nwood paneling, unless it shall be clearly marked on the back of the\npaneling and on the package in which the paneling is sold a conspicuous\nnotice that the paneling is not rated for fire purposes and is highly\nflammable. For the purposes of this section non fire rated wood paneling\nshall mean such paneling having a surface flamespread rating in excess\nof two hundred determined by Underwriters Laboratory test No.  723 or\nthe American Society for Testing Materials test No. E-84 or testing by\nany qualified laboratory or testing organization which meets the\ncriteria of American Society for Testing Materials test E548-76\nconducted in conformity with generally accepted standards. A violation\nof the provisions of this section shall be a class B misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 2 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 1 / Section 2
Definition of town
Status: in_force

§ 2. Definition of town. A town is a municipal corporation comprising\nthe inhabitants within its boundaries, and formed for the purpose of\nexercising such powers and discharging such duties of local government\nand administration of public affairs as have been, or, may be conferred\nor imposed upon it by law.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1401 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 14 / Section 1401
Judgments; in general
Status: in_force

§ 1401. Judgments; in general.\n  Within the limits of its jurisdiction as defined in this act or as\nelsewhere provided by law, the court shall have power to render any\njudgment that the supreme court might render in a like case. The\njudgment shall be prepared by the attorney for the successful party,\nexcept that if such party does not appear by attorney the judgment shall\nbe prepared by the clerk. If the judgment is not prepared within thirty\ndays after it is rendered, the attorney for the unsuccessful party may\nprepare the judgment, except that if such party does not appear by\nattorney, the judgment shall be prepared by the clerk upon request of\nsuch party.\n