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N.Y. WKC Law § 109 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 6-A / Section 109
Suspension of payments into fund; temporary surcharge authorized
Status: in_force

§ 109. Suspension of payments into fund; temporary surcharge\nauthorized.  1. When as of the end of any quarterly period the amount of\nassets in the fund, as determined by the superintendent of financial\nservices, including any appropriation to such fund from the general fund\nequals or exceeds seventy-four million dollars, no further contributions\nto such fund shall be required to be made after that quarterly period,\nprovided, however, that whenever as of any subsequent quarterly period\nthe amount of such assets is less than seventy-four million dollars such\ncontributions shall be resumed at the beginning of the next quarter.\nThereafter the suspension or resumption of contributions shall be\ngoverned by the foregoing provisions. During the period of time in which\nany loans to the fund made pursuant to section seven thousand four\nhundred thirty-three-a of the insurance law are outstanding, any assets\navailable after the payment of awards pursuant to section one hundred\nnine-c of this article shall be used to repay such loans and not be\ncounted as assets for purposes of this section.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,\nfor each of the three month periods, commencing April first, nineteen\nhundred ninety and ending March thirty-first, nineteen hundred\nninety-five, every mutual and every reciprocal carrier shall pay into\nthe fund a surcharge equal to one per centum of its net written\npremiums, less the amount of dividends paid to policyholders, for the\nperiod of such return. Such surcharge shall be in addition to any\npayments which may be required pursuant to subdivision two of section\none hundred eight of this chapter.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 193 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 9-A / Section 193
Form and contents of license; display of license
Status: in_force

§ 193. Form and contents of license; display of license. 1. Each\nlicense to conduct games of chance shall be in such form as shall be\nprescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the board, and\nshall contain a statement of the name and address of the licensee, of\nthe names and addresses of the members of the licensee under whom the\ngames will be managed, of the place or places where and the date or\ndates and time or times when such games are to be conducted and of the\npurposes to which the entire net proceeds of such games are to be\ndevoted; the name of each single type of game to be conducted under the\nlicense and the number of merchandise wheels and raffles, if any, to be\noperated; and any other information which may be required by said rules\nand regulations to be contained therein, and each license issued for the\nconduct of any games shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where\nsame is to be conducted at all times during the conduct thereof.\n  2. Each license to lease premises for conducting games of chance will\nbe in such form as shall be prescribed in the rules and regulations of\nthe board and shall contain a statement of the name and address of the\nlicensee and the address of the leased premises, the amount of\npermissible rent and any information which may be required by said rules\nand regulations to be contained therein, and each such license shall be\nconspicuously displayed upon such premises at all times during the\nconduct of games of chance.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 432 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 4 / Section 432
Powers of the fund
Status: in_force

§ 432. Powers of the fund. The fund shall have power:\n  1. To sue and be sued.\n  2. To have a seal and to alter the seal at its pleasure.\n  3. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs.\n  4. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate\npurposes.\n  5. To appoint officers, agents and employees, to prescribe their\nqualifications and to fix their compensation.\n  6. To perform such other acts and engage in such other activities as\nmay be necessary and proper for exercising its powers and performing its\nduties under this article.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 240 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 8 / Section 240
Definitions and use of terms
Status: in_force

§ 240. Definitions and use of terms. 1. The term "heirs," or other\nwords of inheritance, are not requisite to create or convey an estate in\nfee.\n  2. The term "conveyance," as used in this article, includes every\ninstrument, in writing, except a will, by which any estate or interest\nin real property is created, transferred, assigned or surrendered.\n  3. Every instrument creating, transferring, assigning or surrendering\nan estate or interest in real property must be construed according to\nthe intent of the parties, so far as such intent can be gathered from\nthe whole instrument, and is consistent with the rules of law.\n  4. The terms "estate" and "interest in real property" include every\nsuch estate and interest, freehold or chattel, legal or equitable,\npresent or future, vested or contingent.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 465 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 15 / Section 465
Fee for examinations and for credential review for admission on motion; disposition; refunds; funds
Status: in_force

§ 465. Fee for examinations and for credential review for admission on\nmotion; disposition; refunds; funds. 1. Every person applying for\nexamination for admission to practice as an attorney and counselor at\nlaw shall pay a fee of two hundred fifty dollars, or seven hundred fifty\ndollars if, to qualify to take the bar examination, the person must\nsatisfy the rules of the court of appeals for the admission of attorneys\nand counselors at law governing the study of law in a foreign country,\nfor each taking or retaking of the examination, or if dispensation has\nbeen received from the taking of the examination, four hundred dollars\nfor credential review for admission on motion. All such fees shall be\npaid into the state treasury in the manner provided by section one\nhundred twenty-one of the state finance law.\n  2. Moneys heretofore or hereafter received by the board as fees\npursuant to this section may, within three years from the receipt\nthereof, be refunded to the applicant paying the same, on satisfactory\nproof that:\n  a. Such moneys were in excess of the amount required by this section,\nto the extent of such excess, or\n  b. The applicant failed to take the examination for which such fee was\npaid because of illness, removal from the state or for any other reason\nor cause which, in the judgment and discretion of the board, justified\nor excused his failure to take such examination.\nSuch refunds shall, upon approval by the board and after audit by the\nstate comptroller, be paid from moneys appropriated for such purpose.\n
N.Y. UDA Law § 37 — New York Code / Act UDA / Section 37
Assistance; application and evaluation, generally
Status: in_force

§ 37. Assistance; application and evaluation, generally. (1) The\ncorporation shall develop guidelines for application for assistance\nthrough each of its programs which are consistent with the rules\npublished pursuant to section 9-c of this act and pursuant to the state\nadministrative procedure act. Guidelines shall provide clear guidance to\npotential applicants as to criteria for program eligibility, and shall\nspecify criteria used by the corporation in evaluating applications.\n  (2) The corporation shall prepare forms, application procedures and\nevaluation processes which are consistent with the rules and guidelines\npromulgated by the corporation and which are developed with the goal of\nmaking them easily understandable to applicants.\n  (3) The corporation shall make available, with the department of\neconomic development, applications and guidance to applicants for each\nof its programs of assistance at the regional offices of the department\nof economic development.\n  (4) The corporation shall establish, by rule, procedures for (i) the\nnotification to each applicant for assistance of the receipt of such\napplication; (ii) notification to each applicant for assistance of such\nadditional materials as the corporation requires for evaluation of such\napplication; and (iii) periodic notifications not exceeding thirty days\napart to each applicant of the status of such application. Such rule\nshall specify uniform time periods within which the corporation shall\nmake the notifications required by this paragraph.\n  (5) Whenever possible, the corporation shall render a determination on\nan application within thirty working days of the receipt of a completed\napplication including necessary documentation. In the event that a\ndetermination cannot be reached within the thirty working day period,\nthe corporation shall submit to the applicant a statement of the reasons\nfor such delay upon or prior to the expiration of the thirty working day\nperiod.\n  (6) Upon approval of an application for financial assistance, the\ncorporation shall inform the recipient of all steps which must be taken\nin order to receive the promised assistance. The requirements imposed by\nthe corporation shall be pursuant to statute or rules adopted pursuant\nto the state administrative procedure act.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 50-G — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 4 / Section 50-G
Licenses to manufacturers of melloream
Status: in_force

§ 50-g. Licenses to manufacturers of melloream. 1. No person shall\nengage in the manufacture or production of melloream in the state of New\nYork or for sale or distribution in the state of New York unless duly\nlicensed as provided in this article or unless licensed as a milk dealer\npursuant to article twenty-one of the agriculture and markets law.\n  2. Application for a license shall be made upon a form prescribed by\nthe commissioner and shall include such facts concerning the applicant's\nstatus and operations as are deemed necessary by the commissioner for\nadministration of this article. A license shall be for a period not to\nexceed two years and a renewal of license must be duly made at least\nthirty days in advance of the expiration date. The license fee pursuant\nto this article for the license period for a person who is not otherwise\nlicensed as a milk dealer pursuant to article twenty-one of the\nagriculture and markets law shall be fifty dollars for each manufactory,\nplant or place where melloream is manufactured or produced.\n  3. No license issued pursuant to this article to a manufacturer of\nmelloream shall be denied or revoked unless the commissioner finds by a\npreponderance of evidence, after due notice and opportunity of a hearing\nto the applicant or licensee, that such person is not in compliance with\nor is in violation of any of the provisions of this article or\nregulations of the commissioner governing the manufacture and labeling\nof melloream.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 403 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 4 / Section 403
Certificate of incorporation; effect
Status: in_force

§ 403. Certificate of incorporation; effect.\n  Upon the filing of the certificate of incorporation by the department\nof state, the corporate existence shall begin, and such certificate\nshall be conclusive evidence that all conditions precedent have been\nfulfilled and that the corporation has been formed under this chapter,\nexcept in an action or special proceeding brought by the\nattorney-general.  Where the certificate is for the incorporation of an\nunincorporated association or group, the members of such association or\ngroup shall be members of the corporation so created, and all property\nowned by or held for it shall belong to and vest in the corporation,\nsubject to all existing incumbrances and claims as if incorporation had\nnot taken place. Where the certificate is for the reincorporation of a\ncorporation created by special law for purposes for which a corporation\nmay be formed under this chapter, such reincorporation shall not effect\na dissolution of the corporation but shall be a continuation of its\ncorporate existence, without affecting its then existing property rights\nor liabilities, or the liabilities of its members or officers as such,\nbut thereafter it shall have only such rights, powers and privileges,\nand be subject to such other duties and liabilities as a corporation\nformed for the same purposes under this chapter.\n
N.Y. GAS Law § 9 — New York Code / Act GAS / Article 2 / Section 9
Receiver of joint-stock association
Status: in_force

§ 9.  Receiver of joint-stock association.  Section ten of this\nchapter and sections one hundred fifty and one hundred thirty-six of the\ngeneral corporation law apply to an action or a special proceeding,\nagainst a joint-stock association created by or under the laws of the\nstate, or a trustee, director, or other officer thereof; or against a\njoint-stock association created by or under the laws of another state,\ngovernment, or country, or a trustee, director, or other officer\nthereof, where the association does business within the state, or has,\nwithin the state, a business agency or a fiscal agency, or an agency for\nthe transfer of its stock.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 173 — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 12 / Part 2 / Section 173
Discharge of petroleum; prohibition
Status: in_force

§ 173. Discharge of petroleum; prohibition. 1. The discharge of\npetroleum is prohibited.\n  2. On or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-four, all new\nvessels sold in New York that are equipped with fuel tank air vents\nshall have such fuel tank air vents designed to prevent fuel overflow\nduring refueling. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to\nthose fuel systems in vessels which are required to meet the standards\nprovided for in the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971.\n  3. This section shall not apply to discharges of petroleum pursuant to\nand in compliance with the conditions of a federal or state permit.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1910 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 19 / Section 1910
Bond of fiduciary 1
Status: in_force

§ 1910.   Bond of fiduciary\n  1. In any case where the court directs disposition of the property it\nmay direct the fiduciary to furnish such bond as it may require to\ninsure the execution of the order and the accounting by the fiduciary of\nall moneys received.\n  2. The court may require a bond notwithstanding that the will\nauthorized an executor to serve without bond.\n  3. The court may dispense with a bond or require a bond in a reduced\namount on condition that the proceeds of the disposition be deposited\nwith a specified bank or trust company, subject to the further order of\nthe court.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 445 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 42 / Section 445
Plattsburgh Housing Authority
Status: in_force

§ 455. Plattsburgh Housing Authority.  A municipal housing authority,\nto be known as the Plattsburgh Housing Authority, is hereby created and\nestablished for the city of Plattsburgh in the county of Clinton for the\naccomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in article\neighteen of the constitution of the state of New York. It shall\nconstitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in duration and\nconsist of five members. It shall have the powers and duties now or\nhereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing authorities.\nIt shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and be subject to the\nprovisions of this chapter, and the authority, its members, officers and\nemployees and its operations and activities shall in all respects be\ngoverned by the provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 33.09 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 33 / Section 33.09
Employment of patients
Status: in_force

§ 33.09 Employment of patients.\n  (a) The department shall encourage employment of patients as part of\ntherapeutic, community care, or release programs and shall promote\ntraining of patients for gainful employment. The commissioner shall\nadopt regulations to further the purposes of this section.\n  (b) A patient employed by a facility shall receive compensation for\nhis services in accordance with applicable state and federal labor laws.\nAny such employment shall be subject to regulations of the commissioner\nas to the nature and circumstances of the employment.\n  (c) The provisions of the workers' compensation law, the unemployment\ninsurance law, and articles thirteen, nineteen, and twenty of the labor\nlaw shall not apply to any patient in a facility with respect to his\nparticipation in a sheltered workshop program, provided, however, that\nparticipants in sheltered workshop programs operated by the office of\nmental health, the office for people with developmental disabilities or\nvoluntary agencies or institutional worker programs operated by the\noffice of mental health shall be eligible for workers' compensation\nbenefits (excluding benefits provided pursuant to article nine of the\nworkers' compensation law) if such offices or agencies elect to provide\nsuch benefits. Sheltered workshops operated at department facilities\nshall be subject to the laws and regulations applicable to sheltered\nworkshops operated by voluntary agencies.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 529 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 12 / Section 529
Consolidated lien index
Status: in_force

§ 529. Consolidated lien index. 1. In counties having a population of\nless than five hundred thousand, the county clerk may install and\nmaintain a single consolidated index, in lieu of all other indices\nrequired by law, for the purpose of indexing alphabetically all liens or\nencumbrances affecting real property recorded or filed in his office,\nexcept mortgages, lis pendens and judgments.\n  2. A county clerk may adopt a new indexing system utilizing\nelectro-mechanical, electronic or any other method he deems suitable for\nmaintaining the indexes.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-E — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-E
Forest preserve expansion fund
Status: in_force

§ 97-e. Forest preserve expansion fund. 1. There is hereby established\nin the state treasury a special fund, to be known as the forest preserve\nexpansion fund, which shall consist of and into which shall be paid all\nmoneys derived from the sale of certain forest preserve lands specified\nin section twenty-four of the public lands law, monies received from a\nproject sponsor of an eligible project for a health and safety land\naccount transaction pursuant to section 9-2101 of the environmental\nconservation law and such other moneys as may be paid into said fund\npursuant to law. The moneys in such fund shall be expended only for the\nacquisition of additional lands for the forest preserve within either\nthe Adirondack or Catskill park as now fixed by law. Upon appropriation\nby the legislature, the department of environmental conservation may use\nsuch moneys or any portion thereof for the acquisition of such\nadditional lands subject to the approval of title thereto by the\nattorney general. All payments from such fund shall be made by the\ndepartment of taxation and finance after audit by and upon warrant of\nthe comptroller, on vouchers approved by the commissioner of\nenvironmental conservation.\n  2. The commissioner of environmental conservation is authorized to\naccept, in the name of the people of the state of New York, any gift or\nbequest of moneys to be paid into such forest preserve expansion fund\nand to be expended and disbursed as provided in subdivision one of this\nsection.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1406 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31 / Section 1406
Preparation and sale of stamps
Status: in_force

§ 1406. Preparation and sale of stamps. (a) The tax commission shall\nprepare adhesive documentary stamps for purposes of the real estate\ntransfer tax of such design, in such form, in such denominations and in\nsuch quantities as it may from time to time deem advisable. The tax\ncommission shall make provision for the sale of such stamps by its duly\nauthorized agent or agents in such places, at such times and subject to\nsuch terms and conditions as in its judgment may be necessary.\n  (b) The tax commission may from time to time and as often as it deems\nadvisable provide for the issuance and exclusive use of stamps of a new\ndesign and forbid the use of stamps of any other design.  In order to\nmake such a change and discontinue the use of stamps of a former design,\nthe tax commission shall publish once in each week for each of three\nmonths immediately preceding the time when such change shall take\neffect, in one or more daily newspapers published in each of the first\nand second class cities of the state, a notice to the effect that after\na certain date, which shall be at least three months after the first\npublication of such notice, only the new issue or design of stamps shall\nbe accepted or used to pay the real estate transfer tax. After such\ndate, it shall be unlawful for any person to make use of any other than\nthe new issue or design of stamps in payment of such tax.\n  (c) Any person lawfully in possession of unused stamps of an old or\nsuperseded issue or design may, within ninety days from the time when\nsuch change becomes effective, surrender the unused stamps to the tax\ncommission together with a sworn statement setting forth the name and\naddress of the owner and party surrendering the stamps, how, when and\nfrom whom they were acquired and such other information as the tax\ncommission may require. The tax commission shall redeem such unused and\nsurrendered stamps by exchanging stamps of a like denomination of the\nnew issue or design for them.\n  (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections seven and eight of the\nstate printing law, the tax commission is hereby directed to make, enter\ninto and execute for and on behalf of the state such contract or\ncontracts for dyes, plates and printing necessary for the manufacture of\nthe stamps provided for by this article. The tax commission shall be the\ncustodian of all stamps, dyes, plates or other material or thing\nfurnished by it and used in the manufacture of such state tax stamps.\n  (e) This section shall not apply to the extent the commissioner of\ntaxation and finance chooses not to use documentary stamps for purposes\nof this tax.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 78 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 6 / Section 78
Salaries and expenses
Status: in_force

§ 78. Salaries and expenses. The commissioners shall not receive a\nsalary or other compensation, but shall receive their actual and\nnecessary traveling and other expenses incurred in connection with their\nattendance upon meetings or the business of the fund, which shall be\npaid out of the fund upon the warrant of the chairman of the\ncommissioners or of the vice-chairman.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 44-A — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 44-A
Seal on written instrument
Status: in_force

§ 44-a. Seal on written instrument. Except as otherwise expressly\nprovided by statute, the presence or absence of a seal upon a written\ninstrument executed after August thirty-first, nineteen hundred\nforty-one shall be without legal effect.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 782-A — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 7 / Part 8 / Section 782-A
Transfer of records and information to institutions and agencies
Status: in_force

§ 782-a. Transfer of records and information to institutions and\nagencies.  Whenever a person is placed with an institution suitable for\nthe placement of a person adjudicated in need of supervision maintained\nby the state or any subdivision thereof or to an authorized agency, the\nfamily court so placing such person shall forthwith transmit a copy of\nthe orders of the family court pursuant to sections seven hundred\nfifty-two and seven hundred fifty-four, and of the probation report and\nall other relevant evaluative records in the possession of the family\ncourt and probation department related to such child, including but not\nlimited to any diagnostic, educational, medical, psychological and\npsychiatric records with respect to such person to such institution or\nagency, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law.\n