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N.Y. WKC Law § 70 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 5 / Section 70
Excess or catastrophe insurance; public group self-insurance plans
Status: in_force

§ 70. Excess or catastrophe insurance; public group self-insurance\nplans. 1. The committee or administrator, subject to the approval of the\nboard of supervisors, may on behalf of the plan purchase excess or\ncatastrophe insurance. The cost of such insurance shall be an\nadministrative expense of the plan.\n  2. The committee or administrator, subject to the approval of the\nboard of supervisors, may on behalf of the plan join a public group\nself-insurer established under subdivision three-a of section fifty of\nthis chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, when\nthe committee or administrator contracts on behalf of the plan to join a\npublic group self-insurer:\n  a. the public group self-insurer, the county and each participant\nshall remain liable in the manner provided in the plan for claims made\nprior to the date on which the plan joins the public group self-insurer;\nand\n  b. the committee or administrator shall establish, before the plan\njoins the public group self-insurer, a method, which may be amended\nannually thereafter, by which to apportion among the participants in the\nplan the cost of its membership in the public group self-insurer and all\nclaims made after the date on which the plan joins the public group\nself-insurer, and each participant in the plan shall pay its respective\nshare of the cost to the county treasurer, who shall pay the public\ngroup self-insurer on behalf of all plan participants.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 186 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 8 / Section 186
Lien of bailees for hire
Status: in_force

§ 186. Lien of bailees for hire. Every person, firm or corporation\nengaged in performing work upon any watch, clock or jewelry for a price\nshall have a lien upon any such watch, clock or jewelry upon which such\nperson, firm or corporation performs such work for the amount of any\naccount that may be due for such work. Such lien shall also include the\nvalue or agreed price, if any, of all materials furnished by such\nbailees for hire in connection with such work, whether added to such\narticle or articles or otherwise. If such account remain unpaid for one\nyear, after completing such work, such bailees for hire may, upon thirty\ndays' notice in writing to the owner specifying the amount due and\ninforming him that the payment of such amount within thirty days will\nentitle him to redeem such property, sell any such article or articles\nat public or bona fide private sale to satisfy the account. The proceeds\nof the sale, after paying the expenses thereof, shall be applied in\nliquidation of the indebtedness secured by such lien and the balance, if\nany, shall be paid over to the owner. Such notice may be served by mail,\ndirected to the owner's last known address, or, if the owner or his\naddress be unknown, it may be posted in two public places in the town,\nvillage or city where the property is located. Such notice shall be\nwritten or printed. Nothing herein contained shall preclude the remedy\nof enforcing such lien by action, as provided in article nine of this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 905 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 24 / Section 905
Liability of commissioner of finance and surety for loss of court and trust funds
Status: in_force

§ 905. Liability of commissioner of finance and surety for loss of\ncourt and trust funds. The commissioner of finance of the city of New\nYork and his surety or sureties shall be liable in the same manner as\ncounty treasurers are made liable under the provisions of this chapter\nfor the loss of court and trust funds.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 94 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 94
Earnings of municipal corporations from certain municipally operated public utility services
Status: in_force

§ 94. Earnings of municipal corporations from certain municipally\noperated public utility services. Any municipal corporation operating a\ngas, electric or water public utility service may earn from and out of\nsuch operation an amount equivalent to taxes which the said service, if\nprivately owned, would pay to such municipal corporation; and, in\naddition, such municipal corporation may earn from and out of such\noperation a fair return on the value of the property used and useful in\nsuch public utility service, over and above costs of operation and\nnecessary and proper reserves.  Profits resulting from the operation of\nsuch a public utility service may be used for the payment of expenses or\nobligations incurred by such municipal corporation for municipal\npurposes or for the payment of refunds to consumers. The provisions of\nthis section shall not apply to any gas, electric or water public\nutility service operated by the city of New York or any agency thereof.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 772 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 7-A / Section 772
Contents of petition
Status: in_force

§ 772. Contents of petition. The petition shall:\n  1. Allege material facts showing that there exists in such dwelling or\nany part thereof one or more of the following:  a lack of heat or of\nrunning water or of light or electricity or of adequate sewage disposal\nfacilities, or any other condition dangerous to life, health or safety,\nwhich has existed for five days, or an infestation of rodents or course\nof conduct by the owner or his agents of harassment, illegal eviction,\ncontinued deprivation of services or other acts dangerous to life,\nhealth or safety.\n  2. If the petitioners shall be tenants occupying the dwelling, they\nshall allege the number of petitioners making the petition and that they\nconstitute one-third or more of the tenants of said dwelling in\noccupancy thereof.\n  3. Allege a brief description of the nature of the work required to\nremove or remedy the condition and an estimate as to the cost thereof\nexcept that if the petitioners shall be tenants occupying the dwelling,\nthe petition may allege the conditions complained of in which event such\ndescription shall not be required to be made by anyone not a party to\nthe petition.\n  4. If the petitioners shall be tenants occupying the dwelling, they\nshall allege the amount of rent due from each such petitioner, monthly.\n  5. State the relief sought.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 454 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 20 / Section 454
Approval of municipal bridge improvements
Status: in_force

§ 454. Approval of municipal bridge improvements. When the funds for\nmunicipal bridge improvements are appropriated to the department, such\nimprovements shall be undertaken only pursuant to contract with the\ncommissioner entered into following submission to and approval by the\ncommissioner of a municipal bridge improvements application therefor.\n
N.Y. IND Law § 105 — New York Code / Act IND / Article 8 / Section 105
Illegal sales of timber, trees and stone
Status: in_force

§ 105. Illegal sales of timber, trees and stone.  Every sale or\ndisposition without the consent of such chiefs, by any individual Indian\nor Indians, of any tree, timber or stone on any of the tribal lands, or\nof any manufacture therefrom, shall be void. The chiefs may sell for the\nbenefit of the tribe any timber, trees or stone on the wild lands of\nsuch tribe, the proceeds of such sale to be paid to the clerk. Such\nchiefs may bring an action in the name of the tribe against the person\nto whom such trees, timber or stone are sold to recover the value\nthereof, or against any person who shall have received any tree, timber\nor stone or the manufacture therefrom unlawfully sold, to recover the\nvalue thereof for the benefit of the tribe. Any person who shall sell,\ntake or carry from the lands of such tribe, any trees, lumber, stone or\narticle of manufacture therefrom, without the consent of such chiefs, in\nany other case than is provided for in this section, shall be liable to\na penalty of twice the value of such trees, timber, stone or\nmanufactured articles, recoverable by such chiefs in the name of the\ntribe. The chiefs of such tribe, upon giving satisfactory security for\ncosts, may sue in the name of the tribe for the amount of any recovery\npermitted under this section, and after paying the legal charges of such\nsuit, shall pay over any remaining proceeds of such recovery to the\nclerk of the tribe.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 641 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 6 / Section 641
Complaint
Status: in_force

§ 641. Complaint. The complaint shall state the plaintiff's interest\nin the property and describe it with reasonable certainty in such manner\nthat, from the description, possession of the property claimed may be\ndelivered.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 169-E — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 8-A / Section 169-E
Reincorporation of existing corporations
Status: in_force

§ 169-e. Reincorporation of existing corporations. Any Ukrainian\nOrthodox church of the Greek rite heretofore incorporated, other than\nthose incorporated under the provisions of article five of the religious\ncorporations law, may reincorporate under the provisions of this\narticle, by filing in the county clerk's office in the county in which\nits principal place of worship is located, a certificate, signed by the\ntrustees in office at the time of such reincorporation, or by the\nmajority of them, setting forth that they desire to reincorporate under\nthe provisions of this act, the corporate name by which such church\nshall be known, the county, town, city or village where its place of\nworship is or is intended to be located, and the number and the names of\nthe trustees who are to hold office until the next annual meeting of\nsaid corporation. If the bishop or archbishop having ecclesiastical\njurisdiction over such church is not one of the trustees signing the\ncertificate of reincorporation, such certificate shall not be valid\nuntil said bishop or archbishop has given his assent in writing to such\nreincorporation and the same is made a part of the certificate.\nImmediately upon the filing of such certificate all the right, title and\ninterest of such organization or corporation in any estate, real or\npersonal, shall, with all franchise and charter rights, be vested in\nsaid body corporate and politic so created under this act and the\noriginal incorporation of such organization shall be null and void.\n  The incorporation of a new church or reincorporation of an old church\nunder this article shall not be valid until the same has been approved\nby a justice of the supreme court.\n
N.Y. ACG Law § 702 — New York Code / Act ACG / Article 15 / Section 702
Laws repealed
Status: in_force

§ 702. Laws repealed. Chapter eight hundred sixty-two of the laws of\nnineteen hundred thirty-seven, entitled "An act in relation to providing\nalternative forms of county government, constituting chapter eleven-a of\nthe consolidated laws," and all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental\nthereto, constituting the optional county government law, are hereby\nrepealed, except as otherwise provided herein. Such repeal shall take\neffect May fifteenth, nineteen hundred fifty-four.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 195.16 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 195 / Section 195.16
Obstructing emergency medical services
Status: in_force

§ 195.16 Obstructing emergency medical services.\n  A person is guilty of obstructing emergency medical services when he\nor she intentionally and unreasonably obstructs the efforts of any\nservice, technician, personnel, system or unit specified in section\nthree thousand one of the public health law in the performance of their\nduties.\n  Obstructing emergency medical services is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 59.27 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title V / Article 59 / Section 59.27
Application of law
Status: in_force

§ 59.27. Application of law. All of the general provisions of the\npublic authorities law or of any other law shall apply to the\nPlanetarium Authority herein continued in the same manner as if the\nlanguage of such law had been incorporated in full into this article,\nexcept to the extent that such provisions are inconsistent with the\nprovisions of this article.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 398-F — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 398-F
Children's non-regulated camp
Status: in_force

§ 398-f. Children's non-regulated camp. 1. (a) As used in this\nsection, a "children's non-regulated camp" shall mean property\nconsisting of a tract of land and any tents, vehicles, buildings or\nother structures that may be pertinent to its use, any part of which may\nbe occupied on a scheduled basis any time between June first and\nSeptember fifteenth in any year by ten or more persons under sixteen\nyears of age under general supervision for the purpose of indoor or\noutdoor organized group activities, involving passive and nonpassive\nrecreational activities, which is not subject to the provisions of\narticle thirteen-B of the public health law and is:\n  (i) a day program operating three hours or more at least five or more\ndays in any two-week period; or\n  (ii) an overnight program operated within New York state for less than\nseventy-two consecutive hours on more than one occasion.\n  (b) This section shall not include activities operated by (i) a public\nschool district and clubs which also occur during the traditional school\nyear; (ii) school districts, boards of cooperative educational services\nor nonpublic schools providing instruction to satisfy, enrich,\naccelerate, or improve skills in accordance with education law\nrequirements; (iii) child care programs and family shelter-based\ndrop-off child supervision programs permitted pursuant to article\nforty-seven of the New York city health code; (iv) activities subject to\nlicensure or registration by the office of children and family services;\nand (v) properties where children are under the supervision of family\nand/or family friends.\n  2. (a) No person, firm, corporation or association shall enroll or\nallow participation of a child in a children's non-regulated camp unless\nsuch non-regulated camp has registered with the department of health, in\na form and manner prescribed by the department of health, on an annual\nbasis and the parent or guardian of the child has been provided with the\nfollowing written notice on the application or enrollment form:\n  "This camp is registered with but not regulated or inspected by the\nNew York State Department of Health and is not required to obtain a\nDepartment of Health permit. This camp is not required to follow\nDepartment of Health regulations, including, maintaining minimum\nstaff-to-child ratios; hiring medical personnel; or reporting injuries\nor illnesses to the Department of Health."\n  (b) If a children's non-regulated camp maintains a website, this\nnotice must be placed on the website.\n  (c) Any notice required in this subdivision shall be prominently and\nconspicuously posted at the camp facilities in minimum size twelve font.\n  3. The operator of a children's non-regulated camp shall retain a copy\nof each notice required to be provided by subdivision two of this\nsection for a period of three years.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 13-A — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 2 / Section 13-A
The applicability of not-for-profit corporation law
Status: in_force

§ 13-a. The applicability of not-for-profit corporation law. 1. The\nnot-for-profit corporation law applies to every company heretofore or\nhereafter formed under this article and the not-for-profit corporation\nlaw, provided that:\n  (a) If any provision of the not-for-profit corporation law conflicts\nwith any provision of this article, the provision of this article shall\nprevail and the conflicting provision of the not-for-profit corporation\nlaw shall not apply in any such case. If any provision of this article\nrelates to a matter embraced in the not-for-profit corporation law but\nis not in conflict therewith, both provisions shall apply.\n  (b) The following provisions of the not-for-profit corporation law\nshall not apply to companies formed pursuant to this article and the\nnot-for-profit corporation law:\n  Paragraphs (7) and (8) of subdivision (a) of section one hundred\ntwelve, section one hundred thirteen, section one hundred fourteen,\nsection two hundred one, section three hundred four, section three\nhundred seven, section four hundred four, subdivision (3) of paragraph\n(a) of section five hundred ten, section six hundred nine, section six\nhundred seventeen, paragraphs (a) and (b) of section eight hundred four,\narticle nine, section ten hundred eleven, section ten hundred twelve,\narticle thirteen, article fourteen.\n  2. Every corporation to which the not-for-profit corporation law is\nmade applicable by this section is a charitable corporation as defined\nin paragraph (a) of section one hundred two (Definitions) of the\nnot-for-profit corporation law for all purposes of that law.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 72 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 5 / Section 72
When costs payable to relator
Status: in_force

§ 72. When costs payable to relator. Where security is given by\nrelator in an action brought by the attorney-general on the relation or\ninformation of a person having an interest, all costs and disbursements\ntaxed in favor of the plaintiff shall be payable to the relator.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 9-I — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 1 / Section 9-I
Close-out fees prohibited in certain cases
Status: in_force

* § 9-i. Close-out fees prohibited in certain cases. No banking\ninstitution, as that term is defined in section nine-f of this chapter,\nshall charge its customers a fee for the withdrawal of all funds from\nany account resulting in the closing of such account provided that such\naccount was opened for a period of at least one hundred eighty\nconsecutive days prior to its closing.\n  * NB There are 2 § 9-i's\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 13-4.11 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 13 / Part 4 / Section 13-4.11
Rules of construction
Status: in_force

§ 13-4.11 Rules of construction\n  (a) This part shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its\nunderlying purposes and policy and to make uniform the laws with respect\nto the subject of this part among states enacting it.\n  (b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this part, the\nprinciples of law and equity supplement its provisions.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 181 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 8 / Section 181
Liability for damage to property in transit
Status: in_force

§ 181. Liability for damage to property in transit. Every common\ncarrier of property by motor vehicle shall, upon demand, issue either a\nreceipt or a bill of lading for all property delivered to it for\ntransportation. No contract, stipulation or clause in any receipt or\nbill of lading shall exempt any common carrier of property by motor\nvehicle from any liability for loss, damage or injury caused by it to\nproperty from the time of its delivery for transportation until the same\nshall have been received at its destination and a reasonable time shall\nhave elapsed after notice to the consignee of such arrival to permit the\nremoval of such property and inspection; provided, however, that when\nexpressly authorized or required by order of the commissioner a carrier\nmay establish and maintain rates dependent upon the value declared in\nwriting by the shipper or agreed upon in writing as the released value\nof the property, in which case such declaration or agreement shall have\nno other effect than to limit liability and recovery to an amount not\nexceeding the value so declared or released and shall not, so far as\nrelates to values, be held to violate this article. Every common carrier\nof property by motor vehicle shall be liable for all loss, damage or\ninjury to property caused by delay in transit due to negligence while\nthe same is being carried by it, but in any action to recover for\ndamages sustained by delay in transit the burden of proof shall be upon\nthe defendant to show that such delay was not due to negligence. Nothing\nin this section shall deprive any holder of such receipt or bill of\nlading of any remedy or right of action which such holder has under\nexisting law.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 85 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 85
Certain railroads may cease operation in winter
Status: in_force

§ 85. Certain railroads may cease operation in winter. The directors\nof any railroad corporation operating a railroad, constructed and used\nprincipally for transporting lumber or ores, during the summer months,\nor for summer travel, may, by a resolution duly passed at a meeting\nthereof, apply to the commissioner of transportation for permission to\ncease the operation of their road during the winter season, for a period\nnot exceeding seven months in any one year, specifying the date of such\nsuspension, and the date of the reopening thereof, and such commissioner\nof transportation may, in his discretion, make an order granting the\napplication wholly or in part, and thereupon such railroad corporation\nshall be relieved of the duty of operating its road during the period\nspecified in the order. A copy of such order shall be posted in all\ndepots and at the termini of such railroad, and published in every\nnewspaper in each town in any part of which such road shall be\nconstructed at least four weeks prior to the date of such suspension.\n
N.Y. CTC Law § 24 — New York Code / Act CTC / Article 3 / Section 24
Appeals generally
Status: in_force

§ 24. Appeals generally.  Either party may appeal from an order or\njudgment of the court of claims, or of a referee to hear and determine\nof such court, to the appellate division of the supreme court of the\ndepartment in which the claims relating to the orders or judgments\nappealed, arose. The appeal from a judgment may be taken upon questions\nof law or of fact, or both, or for an alleged excess or insufficiency of\nthe judgment. Upon such appeal, the court may affirm, reverse or modify\nthe judgment granting such award and judgment as the court of claims\nshould have granted, or dismiss the appeal or grant a new trial or remit\nfor further proceedings. The provisions of the civil practice law and\nrules relating to appeals in the supreme court apply, so far as\npracticable, to appeals from orders or judgments of the court of claims\nor from orders of its referee, except as modified in this article.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 313 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 3 / Section 313
Place and manner of conducting pari-mutuel betting
Status: in_force

§ 313. Place and manner of conducting pari-mutuel betting. Any\ncorporation or association licensed to conduct pari-mutuel betting at a\nharness race meeting shall provide a place or places within race meeting\ngrounds or enclosure at which such licensee shall conduct the\npari-mutuel system of betting by its patrons on the result of the\nharness horse races at such meetings. Such licensee shall cause to be\nerected a sign or board upon which shall be displayed the approximate\nstraight odds on each horse in any race; the total amount wagered upon\neach horse in each pool; the value of a two-dollar winning mutuel\nticket, straight, place or show on the first three horses in any race;\nthe elapsed time of the race; the value of a two-dollar winning daily\ndouble ticket, if a daily double be conducted, and any other information\nthat the commission may deem necessary for the guidance of the general\npublic. All machines and equipment used for pari-mutuel betting or for\nthe display of the foregoing information must be approved by the\ncommission and the department of taxation and finance before being used,\nbut neither the commission nor the department of taxation and finance\nshall require the installation of any particular make of mechanical or\nelectrical equipment.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 1 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

Section 1. Short title.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited\nand referred to as the "public housing law."\n