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N.Y. TWN Law § 122-A — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 8 / Section 122-A
Purchasing of products for public use
Status: in_force

§ 122-a. Purchasing of products for public use. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of section one hundred three of the general municipal law,\nwhen purchasing products the officer, board or agency of a town may,\nwherever recycled products meet contract specifications and the price of\nsuch products is reasonably competitive, purchase such products. For the\npurpose of this section and until July first, nineteen hundred\nninety-six, "recycled product" shall mean any product which has been\nmanufactured from secondary materials, as defined in subdivision one of\nsection two hundred sixty-one of the economic development law, and meets\nsecondary material content requirements adopted by the office of general\nservices under subdivision one of section one hundred seventy-seven of\nthe state finance law for products available to the town under state\ncontract or, if no such contract for such product is available, any\nproduct which meets the secondary material content requirements adopted\nby the town with respect to a specific commodity procurement by the\ntown. On and after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-six, "recycled\nproduct" shall mean, for the purposes of this section, any product which\nis manufactured from secondary materials, as defined in subdivision one\nof section two hundred sixty-one of the economic development law, and\nwhich meets the requirements of subdivision two of section 27-0717 of\nthe environmental conservation law and regulations promulgated pursuant\nthereto. For the purpose of this section, "reasonably competitive" shall\nmean that the cost of the recycled product does not exceed a cost\npremium of ten percent above the cost of a comparable product that is\nnot a recycled product or, if at least fifty percent of the secondary\nmaterials utilized in the manufacture of that product are generated from\nthe waste stream in New York state, the cost of the recycled product\ndoes not exceed a cost premium of fifteen percent above the cost of a\ncomparable product that is not a recycled product.\n  Whenever such officer, board or agency shall purchase or cause the\npurchase of printing on recycled paper pursuant to this section, he or\nshe shall require the printed material to contain the official state\nrecycling emblem established pursuant to subdivision two of section\n27-0717 of the environmental conservation law and regulations\npromulgated pursuant thereto if such paper has been approved by the\ndepartment of environmental conservation as satisfying the requirements\nof such statute and regulation, or, if such paper has not been so\napproved, require the printed material to include a printed statement\nwhich indicates the percentages of pre-consumer and post-consumer\nrecycled material content of such paper.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 76 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 76
Use of stoves or furnaces prohibited; exceptions
Status: in_force

§ 76. Use of stoves or furnaces prohibited; exceptions. It shall not\nbe lawful for any railroad corporation operating a steam railroad in\nthis state of the length of fifty miles or more, excepting foreign\nrailroad corporations incorporated without the jurisdiction of the\nUnited States running cars upon tracks in this state for a distance of\nless than thirty miles, to heat its passenger cars on other than mixed\ntrains, excepting dining cars, by any stove or furnace kept inside the\ncar or suspended therefrom, unless in case of accident or other\nemergency, when it may temporarily use such stove or furnace with\nnecessary fuel; and in cars which have been equipped with apparatus to\nheat by steam, hot water or hot air from the locomotive or from a\nspecial car, the present stove may be retained to be used only when the\ncar is standing still; and no stove or furnace shall be used in a dining\ncar except for cooking purposes, and of pattern and kind to be approved\nby the commissioner of transportation; provided that passenger cars\npropelled by means of gasoline or oil engines may be heated in a manner\nto be approved by the commissioner of transportation. This section shall\nnot be held to affect or interfere with the use by public authorities of\nthis or other states, or of the United States, of stoves for heating or\ncooking or boilers for hatching operations in their fish car or cars.\nAny person or corporation violating any of the provisions of this\nsection shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars, and to the\nfurther penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every day during\nwhich such violation shall continue.\n
N.Y. LLC Law § 503 — New York Code / Act LLC / Article 5 / Section 503
Sharing of profits and losses
Status: in_force

§ 503. Sharing of profits and losses. The profits and losses of a\nlimited liability company shall be allocated among the members, and\namong the classes of members, if any, in the manner provided in the\noperating agreement. If the operating agreement does not so provide,\nprofits and losses shall be allocated on the basis of the value, as\nstated in the records of the limited liability company if so stated, of\nthe contributions of each member, but not including defaulted\nobligations to make contributions, to the extent they have been received\nby or promised to the limited liability company and have not been\nreturned to any such member.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 536 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 536
Counsel fees
Status: in_force

§ 536. Counsel fees. Once an order of filiation is made, the court in\nits discretion may allow counsel fees to the attorney for the prevailing\nparty, if he or she is unable to pay such counsel fees. Representation\nby an attorney pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision nine of section\none hundred eleven-b of the social services law shall not preclude an\naward of counsel fees to an applicant which would otherwise be allowed\nunder this section.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 194 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 9 / Section 194
Further requirements as to reports of corporations
Status: in_force

§ 194.  Further requirements as to reports of corporations.  Every\nreport required by this article shall have annexed thereto a\ncertification by the president, vice-president, treasurer, assistant\ntreasurer, or chief accounting officer or any other officer of the\ncorporation, association or joint-stock company duly authorized so to\nact, or of the person or one of the persons, or the members of the\npartnership making the same, to the effect that the statements contained\ntherein are true. In the case of an association, within the meaning of\nparagraph three of subsection (a) of section seventy-seven hundred one\nof the internal revenue code (including a limited liability company), a\npublicly traded partnership treated as a corporation for purposes of the\ninternal revenue code pursuant to section seventy-seven hundred four\nthereof and any business conducted by a trustee or trustees wherein\ninterest or ownership is evidenced by certificates or other written\ninstruments, such certification shall be made by any person duly\nauthorized so to act on behalf of such association, publicly traded\npartnership, limited liability company or business. The fact that an\nindividual's name is signed on a certification attached to a report\nshall be prima facie evidence that such individual is authorized to\ncertify the report on behalf of the taxpayer. Such reports shall contain\nany other data, information or matter which the commissioner may require\nto be included therein, and it may prescribe the form in which such\nreports shall be made.  When so prescribed such forms shall be used in\nmaking the report. The commissioner may require at any time a further or\nsupplemental report under this article, which shall contain information\nand data upon such matters as the commissioner may specify.  Reports\nshall be preserved for five years, and thereafter until the commissioner\norders them to be destroyed.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 716 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 716
Substitution of petition
Status: in_force

§ 716. Substitution of petition. On its own motion and at any time in\nthe proceedings, the court may substitute a neglect petition under\narticle ten for a petition to determine whether a person is in need of\nsupervision.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1804 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 37 / Part 2 / Section 1804
Criminal tax fraud in the third degree
Status: in_force

§ 1804. Criminal tax fraud in the third degree. A person commits\ncriminal tax fraud in the third degree when he or she commits a tax\nfraud act or acts and, with the intent to evade any tax due under this\nchapter, or to defraud the state or any political subdivision of the\nstate, the person pays the state and/or a political subdivision of the\nstate (whether by means of underpayment or receipt of refund or both),\nin a period of not more than one year in excess of ten thousand dollars\nless than the tax liability that is due. Criminal tax fraud in the third\ndegree is a class D felony.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 165.60 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title J / Article 165 / Section 165.60
Criminal possession of stolen property; no defense
Status: in_force

§ 165.60 Criminal possession of stolen property; no defense.\n  In any prosecution for criminal possession of stolen property, it is\nno defense that:\n  1. The person who stole the property has not been convicted,\napprehended or identified; or\n  2. The defendant stole or participated in the larceny of the property;\nor\n  3. The larceny of the property did not occur in this state.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 865 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 26 / Section 865
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 865. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "safety in skiing act".\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 379-B — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 10 / Section 379-B
Service corporation owned by associations; authorized activities of such corporation; investment therein
Status: in_force

§ 379-b. Service corporation owned by associations; authorized\nactivities of such corporation; investment therein. 1. A savings and\nloan association may invest in the stock, capital notes and debentures\nof a service corporation organized under the laws of this state for the\nsole activities set forth in subdivision two of this section, to the\nextent and upon such conditions as are or have been authorized by the\nsuperintendent of financial services, provided that all of the stock of\nsuch service corporation is, or is to be, owned by one or more savings\nand loan associations; and provided further, that no savings and loan\nassociation may make any investment under this section if its aggregate\noutstanding investment thereby, determined as prescribed by the\nsuperintendent of financial services, would thereupon exceed three per\ncentum of its assets.\n  2. The activities of such service corporation, performed directly or\nthrough one or more wholly owned subsidiaries, shall consist of\nrendering such services to savings and loan associations and making such\ninvestments for itself and for savings and loan associations as are\nauthorized services and investments for such associations under the\nprovisions of this chapter as well as such activities as may be\nprescribed by general regulation of the superintendent of financial\nservices.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1449-JJJJJJ — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-H / Section 1449-JJJJJJ
Refunds
Status: in_force

§ 1449-jjjjjj. Refunds. Whenever the treasurer shall determine that\nany moneys received under the provisions of the local law enacted\npursuant to this article were paid in error, it may cause such moneys to\nbe refunded pursuant to such rules and regulations it may prescribe,\nprovided any application for such refund is filed with the treasurer\nwithin two years from the date the erroneous payment was made. When\nmaking any findings or determinations the treasurer may rely upon any\nfindings or determinations of the commissioner and any rules and\nregulations promulgated pursuant to article thirty-one of this chapter.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1609 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 16 / Section 1609
Petition; process 1
Status: in_force

§ 1609.  Petition; process\n  1.  A petition for ancillary probate or for ancillary letters of any\nkind may be made by any creditor, public administrator, county treasurer\nor person interested or to whom letters may issue under this article.\nThe petition shall state all of the decedent's property in this state\nand the value thereof, the amount of the security given on the original\nappointment, the name and post-office address of each domiciliary\ncreditor or each domiciliary claiming to be a creditor and the amount of\neach claim so far as it is ascertainable.\n  2.  If ancillary letters be requested, process shall issue to the\nstate tax commission, to all domiciliary creditors or domiciliaries\nclaiming to be creditors and to such other persons entitled to letters\nor to designate an appointee as the court by order directs.  The court\nmay issue process generally to all creditors or persons claiming to be\ncreditors who reside within the state, who shall be served in such\nmanner as directed by the court.\n  3.  If petitioner prays for ancillary probate of a will but does not\nask that ancillary letters be issued, it shall be unnecessary to issue\nany process except to the state tax commission.\n
N.Y. ABC Law § 61-A — New York Code / Act ABC / Article 5 / Section 61-A
Combined craft manufacturing license
Status: in_force

§ 61-a. Combined craft manufacturing license. 1. The authority may\nissue a combined craft manufacturer's license to a person for the\npurposes of articles four, four-a, five and six of this chapter,\ncombining the privileges of two or more farm or micro manufacturing\nlicenses for use at one premises.\n  2. The license fee for the combined license shall equal the sum of the\nlicense fees for each of the licenses included in the combined license.\nProvided, however, that only one filing fee shall be required for any\ncombined license.\n  3. The license certificate of the combined license shall set forth the\nlicenses that are included under the combined license.\n  4. A combined farm manufacturer's license may combine two or more of\nthe following licenses: farm meadery; farm brewery; micro-brewery; farm\ncidery; farm winery; micro-distillery; micro-rectifier; and farm\ndistillery. Provided, however, that the licensed premises for a combined\nfarm manufacturer's license that includes a farm winery license must be\nlocated on a farm.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 1028-A — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 10 / Part 2 / Section 1028-A
Application of a relative to become a foster parent
Status: in_force

§ 1028-a. Application of a relative to become a foster parent. (a)\nUpon the application of a relative to become a foster parent of a child\nin foster care, the court shall, subject to the provisions of this\nsubdivision, hold a hearing to determine whether the child should be\nplaced with a relative in foster care. Such hearing shall only be held\nif:\n  (i) the person is related to the child as described under paragraph\n(a), (b), or (c) of subdivision three of section four hundred\nfifty-eight-a of the social services law;\n  (ii) the child has been temporarily removed under this part, or placed\npursuant to section one thousand fifty-five of this article, and placed\nin non-relative foster care;\n  (iii) the relative indicates a willingness to become the foster parent\nfor such child and has not refused previously to be considered as a\nfoster parent or custodian of the child, provided, however, that an\ninability to provide immediate care for the child due to a lack of\nresources or inadequate housing, educational or other arrangements\nnecessary to care appropriately for the child shall not constitute a\nprevious refusal;\n  (iv) the local social services district has refused to place the child\nwith the relative for reasons other than the relative's failure to\nqualify as a foster parent pursuant to the regulations of the office of\nchildren and family services; and\n  (v) the application is brought within six months from the date the\nrelative received notice that the child was being removed or had been\nremoved from his or her home and no later than twelve months from the\ndate that the child was removed.\n  (b) The court shall give due consideration to such application and\nshall make the determination as to whether the child should be placed in\nfoster care with the relative based on the best interests of the child.\n  (c) After such hearing, if the court determines that placement in\nfoster care with the relative is in the best interests of the child, the\ncourt shall direct the local commissioner of social services, pursuant\nto regulations of the office of children and family services, to\ncommence an investigation of the home of the relative within twenty-four\nhours and thereafter expedite approval or certification of such\nrelative, if qualified, as a foster parent. No child, however, shall be\nplaced with a relative prior to final approval or certification of such\nrelative as a foster parent.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 12-C — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 2 / Section 12-C
Passenger tramway advisory council
Status: in_force

§ 12-c. Passenger tramway advisory council. 1. To advise the\ncommissioner of labor in relation to his duties and responsibilities\nunder the provisions of section two hundred two-c and article twenty-six\nof this chapter, there shall be in the department an advisory council,\nto be known as the passenger tramway advisory council, consisting of\nseven members to be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice\nand consent of the senate, and one of whom shall be designated as\nchairman by the governor. Each of four members of the council shall be\nan officer or employee of a ski center, and three members of the council\nshall be representatives of the public and shall not be, nor within five\nyears immediately preceding appointment have been an officer or employee\nof a ski center.\n  2. The term of each member of such advisory board shall be for five\nyears, or until a successor is appointed. Any member of the board chosen\nto fill a vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall\nbe appointed for the unexpired term of the member whom he is to succeed.\nAny member of the council may be removed by the governor for misconduct,\nincompetence or neglect of duty after being given a written statement of\nthe charges and an opportunity to be heard thereon.\n  3. Each member of the advisory council shall serve without salary or\nother compensation, but shall be allowed necessary and actual\ntransportation expenses incurred in the performance of his or her\nduties, and when in travel status shall receive an additional fifty-five\ndollars and when in travel status in a county or a city with a\npopulation in excess of seven hundred thousand an additional\nseventy-five dollars.\n  4. The advisory council shall consider all matters in connection with\nski tows, other passenger tramways and downhill skiing referred to it by\nthe commissioner and advise him with respect thereto, and on its own\ninitiative, or upon the suggestion of others, may make such\nrecommendations to the commissioner in connection with ski tows, other\npassenger tramways and downhill skiing as, after consideration by it,\nmay be deemed necessary.\n  5. The commissioner shall designate an officer or employee of the\ndepartment to act as secretary of the advisory council, who shall not be\na member of such council and who shall not receive any additional\ncompensation therefor.\n  6. The advisory council may adopt rules and regulations to govern its\nown proceedings. The secretary shall keep a complete record of all\nproceedings of the advisory council which shall show the names of the\nmembers present at each meeting and every matter considered by the\nadvisory council and the action taken thereon. Such records shall be\nfiled in the office of the department.\n
N.Y. STL Law § 81 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 6 / Section 81
State fruit
Status: in_force

§ 81. State fruit. The apple (genus malus) shall be the official fruit\nof the state of New York.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 1502 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 15 / Section 1502
Exemptions
Status: in_force

§ 1502. Exemptions. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this\narticle the following shall not be deemed holding companies:\n  (1) authorized insurers, including alien insurers transacting business\nin this state through United States branches, or their subsidiaries; or\n  (2) the United States, a state or any political subdivision, agency or\ninstrumentality thereof, or any corporation wholly owned directly or\nindirectly by one or more of the foregoing.\n  (b) The superintendent may conditionally or unconditionally exempt any\nspecified person or class of persons from any obligation or liability\nunder this article, if and to the extent he finds the exemption\nnecessary or appropriate in the public interest or not adverse to the\ninterests of policyholders or shareholders and consistent with the\npurposes of this article.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 108 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 9 / Section 108
Issue for warehouseman's goods of warehouse receipts which do not state the fact
Status: in_force

§ 108. Issue for warehouseman's goods of warehouse receipts which do\nnot state the fact.  Where there are deposited with or held by a\nwarehouseman goods of which he is owner, either solely or jointly or in\ncommon with others, such warehouseman, or any of his officers, agents or\nservants who, knowing this ownership, issues or aids in issuing a\nnegotiable warehouse receipt for such goods which does not state such\nownership, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 444-J — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12-B / Section 444-J
Practice of architecture and professional engineering
Status: in_force

§ 444-j. Practice of architecture and professional engineering. A\nperson regulated by the state of New York to engage in the practice of\narchitecture when acting within the scope of that practice, a person\nlicensed in the state of New York to practice professional engineering\nwhen acting within the scope of that practice or a person who is\nemployed as a code enforcement official by the state or a political\nsubdivision thereof when acting within the scope of that government\nemployment may perform home inspections without need of licensure\npursuant to this article.\n