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N.Y. GBS Law § 753-C — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-D / Section 753-C
Animal pedigree registration
Status: in_force

§ 753-c. Animal pedigree registration. 1. Representation regarding\nanimal's pedigree registration. Any pet dealer who states, promises, or\nrepresents that an animal is registered or capable of registration with\nan animal pedigree registry organization shall provide the purchaser\nwith the appropriate documents necessary for such registration within\none hundred twenty days following sale of the animal. If the purchaser\nnotifies the pet dealer in writing on or before such time that he or she\nhas not received the appropriate registration documents, the pet dealer\nshall have, in addition to the one hundred twenty days, sixty more days\nin which to provide the appropriate documents.\n  2. If a pet dealer fails to provide documents as required under\nsubdivision one of this section, the purchaser, upon written notice to\nthe pet dealer, may keep the animal and receive a partial refund of\nseventy-five percent of the purchase price, in which event the pet\ndealer shall not be required to provide registration documents.\nAcceptance by the purchaser of appropriate registration documents,\nwhether or not within the time periods set forth in subdivision one of\nthis section, shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a partial refund\npursuant to this subdivision.\n  3. Registration notice-disclosure statement. (a) A pet dealer that\nsells animals registered or registrable with a pedigree registry shall\npost conspicuously within close proximity to those animals a notice that\nstates: "Pedigree registration means that the particular registry\nmaintains information on the parentage and identity of the animal".\n  (b) For every animal sold by a pet dealer that is sold with the\nrepresentation that the animal is registered or registrable with an\nanimal pedigree registry organization, the following fully completed\ndisclosure shall be made by the pet dealer in writing on a sheet\nseparate from any other statement in substantially the following form:\n"Disclosure of Animal pedigree registration: Description of animal: The\nanimal you are purchasing is registered/registrable (circle one) with\nthe (enter name of registry). Registration means that (enter name of\nregistry) maintains information regarding the parentage and identity of\nthis animal. Persons buying animals represented by a pet dealer as being\nregistrable are entitled to the papers necessary to effect such\nregistration within 120 days of purchase. Failure to provide such papers\nentitles the purchaser to remedies under law. However, if the purchaser\nnotifies the pet dealer within the 120 day period that he or she has not\nreceived such papers, the pet dealer shall have an additional 60 days\ncommencing at the end of the 120 day period in which to provide the\ndocuments. Acknowledged:  Date: Purchaser's Signature."\n  (c) The disclosure shall be signed and dated by the purchaser of the\nanimal, acknowledging receipt of a copy of the statement. The pet dealer\nshall retain a copy of the signed disclosure.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 225-A — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 11-A / Section 225-A
Organization of a free Methodist church
Status: in_force

§ 225-a. Organization of a free Methodist church. It shall be lawful\nfor any number of persons, not less than six, with the consent of the\ndistrict superintendent of the district in which the proposed church is\nto be located, to organize a free Methodist church and to procure its\nincorporation. Said church, when so organized, shall be subject in all\nmatters of church government and ecclesiastical polity to the\ndiscipline, rules, usages and ministerial appointments of the Free\nMethodist Church of North America, as from time to time authorized and\ndeclared by the general conference of said church and the annual\nconference within the bounds of which such church may be situated.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1407 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 14 / Section 1407
Proof of lost or destroyed will A lost or destroyed will may be admitted to probate only if 1
Status: in_force

§ 1407. Proof of lost or destroyed will\n  A lost or destroyed will may be admitted to probate only if\n  1.  It is established that the will has not been revoked, and\n  2.  Execution of the will is proved in the manner required for the\nprobate of an existing will, and\n  3.  All of the provisions of the will are clearly and distinctly\nproved by each of at least two credible witnesses or by a copy or draft\nof the will proved to be true and complete.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 200.61 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title I / Article 200 / Section 200.61
Indictment; special information for operators of for-hire vehicles
Status: in_force

§ 200.61 Indictment; special information for operators of for-hire\n           vehicles.\n  1. The provisions of this section shall govern the procedures for\ndetermining whether a defendant is eligible to receive the sentence set\nforth in subdivision one of section 60.07 of the penal law upon\nconviction of a specified offense as defined in subdivision two of such\nsection 60.07.\n  2. To receive the sentence set forth in subdivision one of section\n60.07 of the penal law, an indictment for such specified offense must be\naccompanied by a special information, filed by the district attorney\nwith the court, alleging that the victim of such offense was operating a\nfor-hire vehicle in the course of providing for-hire vehicle services at\nthe time of the commission of such offense.\n  3. Prior to the commencement of the trial, the court, in the absence\nof the jury, must arraign the defendant upon such special information,\nand must advise him that he may admit that the alleged victim of such\noffense was operating a for-hire vehicle in the course of providing\nfor-hire vehicle services at the time of the alleged commission of such\noffense, deny such allegation or remain mute. Depending upon the\ndefendant's response, the trial of the indictment must proceed as\nfollows:\n  (a) If the defendant admits that the alleged victim of such specified\noffense charged was operating a for-hire vehicle in the course of\nproviding for-hire vehicle services at the time of the commission of\nsuch alleged offense, such allegation, and only such allegation, shall\nbe deemed established for purposes of eligibility, if the defendant is\nconvicted of the underlying specified offense, for a sentence pursuant\nto subdivision one of section 60.07 of the penal law.\n  (b) If the defendant denies such allegation or remains mute, the\npeople may, by proof beyond a reasonable doubt, prove as part of their\ncase before the jury or, where the defendant has waived a jury trial,\nthe court, that the alleged victim of such offense was operating a\nfor-hire vehicle in the course of providing for-hire vehicle services at\nthe time of the commission of the offense.\n  4. Where a jury, pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision three of\nthis section, is charged with determining whether the alleged victim of\nsuch specified offense was operating a for-hire vehicle in the course of\nproviding for-hire vehicle services, such jury shall consider and render\nits verdict on such matter only if it convicts the defendant of such\nspecified offense or specified offenses charged.\n  5. For purposes of this section, the terms "for-hire vehicle",\n"for-hire vehicle services" and "specified offense" shall have the\nmeanings set forth in section 60.07 of the penal law.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1904 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 19 / Section 1904
Certain costs added
Status: in_force

§ 1904.  Certain costs added.\n  Costs on appeal, and those awarded under § 1102 of this act, may be\nadded to the amount of costs otherwise applicable in the action.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 968 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 46 / Section 968
Acceptance of monies
Status: in_force

§ 968. Acceptance of monies. The designated planning entity or\nentities may accept any grant or appropriation from federal, state and\nmunicipal sources and any gift for use to carry out the provisions of\nthis article. An application from a designated planning entity or\nentities shall be eligible for assistance pursuant to sections nine\nhundred seventeen and nine hundred eighteen of this chapter for the\ndevelopment and implementation of the comprehensive management plan. The\nexpenditure of such monies shall be consistent with the recommendation\nof the council and shall not exceed the grants, appropriations and gifts\nreceived by the designated planning entity or entities.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-201 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 2-201
Formal Requirements; Statute of Frauds
Status: in_force

Section 2--201. Formal Requirements; Statute of Frauds.\n  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section a contract for the\nsale of goods for the price of $500 or more is not enforceable by way of\naction or defense unless there is a record sufficient to indicate that a\ncontract for sale has been made between the parties and signed by the\nparty against whom enforcement is sought or by the party's authorized\nagent or broker. A record is not insufficient because it omits or\nincorrectly states a term agreed upon but the contract is not\nenforceable under this subsection beyond the quantity of goods shown in\nthe record.\n  (2) Between merchants if within a reasonable time a record in\nconfirmation of the contract and sufficient against the sender is\nreceived and the party receiving it has reason to know its contents, it\nsatisfies the requirements of subsection (1) against the party unless\nnotice in a record of objection to its contents is given within ten days\nafter it is received.\n  (3) A contract which does not satisfy the requirements of subsection\n(1) but which is valid in other respects is enforceable\n       (a) if the goods are to be specially manufactured for the buyer\n           and are not suitable for sale to others in the ordinary\n           course of the seller's business and the seller, before notice\n           of repudiation is received and under circumstances which\n           reasonably indicate that the goods are for the buyer, has\n           made either a substantial beginning of their manufacture or\n           commitments for their procurement; or\n       (b) if the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in his\n           pleading, testimony or otherwise in court that a contract for\n           sale was made, but the contract is not enforceable under this\n           provision beyond the quantity of goods admitted; or\n       (c) with respect to goods for which payment has been made and\n           accepted or which have been received and accepted (Section\n           2--606).\n  (4) Subsection one does not apply to a qualified financial contract as\nthat term is defined in paragraph two of subdivision b of section 5-701\nof the general obligations law if either (a) there is, as provided in\nparagraph three of subdivision b of section 5-701 of such law,\nsufficient evidence to indicate that a contract has been made or (b) the\nparties thereto, by means of a prior or subsequent written contract,\nhave agreed to be bound by the terms of such qualified financial\ncontract from the time they reach agreement (by telephone, by exchange\nor electronic messages, or otherwise) on those terms.\n
N.Y. POA Law § 9 — New York Code / Act POA / Section 9
No title
Status: in_force

§ 9. The fiscal year of the district shall be from July first to June\nthirtieth, inclusive. Annually, in the month of June, the commission\nshall file with the clerk and with the treasurer of each city in the\ndistrict, a statement of the amount to be raised upon the territory\nwithin such city and paid to the commission, for the estimated\nexpenditures of the commission under this act during such fiscal year,\nincluding construction cost, expenses other than for construction, and\ninstallments of the district debt, if any, and interest, to fall due in\nsuch year. The statement shall specify when the amount shall be paid to\nthe commission which shall, so far as practicable, be after the\ncollection of taxes next to be levied in or for such municipality. The\nclerk of each city shall cause such statement to be presented to the\nlegislative governing body, and board of estimate, if any, of the city,\nat its next meeting, and such board or body shall cause the amount\nchargeable to the several parcels of real estate in the city to be\nlevied upon such real estate in the city by the first annual municipal\ntax levy next occurring, in proportion to the valuation of the taxable\nreal property for city taxes. The amounts chargeable under this section,\nwhen collected, shall be paid to the treasurer of the commission. In\ndetermining the total amount to be raised for any fiscal year under this\nsection the commission shall deduct from its estimate of total\nexpenditures the probable amount of net revenues, if any, from its port\nfacilities, and the amount of any appropriations by the legislature to\nbe available in such year.\n  Prior to the first apportionment of construction cost to the several\nmunicipalities, under this act, and the fixing of the decimal\nrepresenting the proportion of benefit, the expenses of the commission,\nor so much thereof as may not be provided for by state appropriations,\nannually shall be borne by the several cities in the proportion that the\nassessed valuation of the taxable property in the district; and the\nnecessary statement shall be filed with each city clerk, as provided in\nthis section, and the provisions of this section, relative to levy and\ncollection of a tax to pay such amounts shall apply thereto.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 8-113 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 8 / Part 1 / Section 8-113
Statute of Frauds Generally Inapplicable
Status: in_force

Section 8--113. Statute of Frauds Generally Inapplicable.\n  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a contract or modification\nof a contract for the sale or purchase of a security is enforceable\nwhether or not there is a writing signed or record authenticated by a\nparty against whom enforcement is sought, even if the contract or\nmodification is not capable of performance within one year of its\nmaking.\n  (b) A contract or modification of a contract for the sale or purchase\nof a cooperative interest is void unless the contract or some note or\nmemorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, is in writing,\nsubscribed by the party to be charged, or by his lawful agency thereunto\nauthorized by writing.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 10 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 2 / Section 10
Action on bond; application of recovery
Status: in_force

§ 10. Action on bond; application of recovery. Any action brought upon\nan assignee's bond may be prosecuted by a party in interest by leave of\nthe court; and all moneys realized thereon shall be applied by direction\nof the judge in satisfaction of the debts of the assignor in the same\nmanner as the same ought to have been applied by such assignee.\n
N.Y. BVO Law § 1-B — New York Code / Act BVO / Article 1 / Section 1-B
Definition
Status: in_force

§ 1-b. Definition. The term "minor", as used in this chapter, means a\nperson who has not attained the age of eighteen years.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 214-I*2 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 2 / Section 214-I*2
Action to recover damages for personal injury caused by contact with or exposure to toxic burn pits
Status: in_force

* § 214-i. Action to recover damages for personal injury caused by\ncontact with or exposure to toxic burn pits. 1. Notwithstanding any\nprovision of law to the contrary, an action to recover damages for\npersonal injury caused by exposure to toxic burn pits while serving as a\nmember of the armed forces of the United States in Afghanistan, Bahrain,\nBurkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Diego Garcia, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia,\nGabon, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Mali,\nNiger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Somalia,\nSouth Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab\nEmirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen on or after August second, nineteen\nhundred ninety, may be commenced within three years from the date of the\ndiscovery of such injury, or within three years from the date when\nthrough the exercise of reasonable diligence the cause of such injury\nshould have been discovered, whichever is later.\n  2. For the purposes of this section, a personal injury includes, but\nshall not be limited to the following diseases: asthma that was\ndiagnosed after service in a country or territory listed, cancer of any\ntype, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,\nconstrictive bronchiolitis or obliterative bronchiolitis, emphysema,\ngranulomatous disease, interstitial lung disease, lymphoma, pleuritis,\npulmonary fibrosis, and sarcoidosis.\n  * NB There are 2 § 214-i's\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 961 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 46 / Section 961
Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

§ 961. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby declares it to\nbe in the public interest to protect and manage the South Shore Estuary\nSystem as a single integrated estuary. It is further in the public\ninterest to establish a council made up of representatives of state and\nlocal governments and private citizens to create a South Shore Estuary\nReserve, prepare a comprehensive management plan and make\nrecommendations to preserve, protect and enhance the natural,\nrecreational, economic and educational resources of the reserve, which\nthe state and local governments may incorporate into policy, laws or\nregulations.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 499 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 15 / Section 499
Lawyer assistance committees
Status: in_force

§ 499. Lawyer assistance committees. 1. Confidential information\nprivileged. The confidential relations and communications between a\nmember or authorized agent of a lawyer assistance committee sponsored by\na state or local bar association and any person, firm or corporation\ncommunicating with such committee, its members or authorized agents\nshall be deemed to be privileged on the same basis as those provided by\nlaw between attorney and client. Such privilege may be waived only by\nthe person, firm or corporation which has furnished information to the\ncommittee.\n  2. Immunity from liability. Any person, firm or corporation in good\nfaith providing information to, or in any other way participating in the\naffairs of, any of the committees referred to in subdivision one of this\nsection shall be immune from civil liability that might otherwise result\nby reason of such conduct. For the purpose of any proceeding, the good\nfaith of any such person, firm or corporation shall be presumed.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 460.90 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title M / Article 460 / Section 460.90
Filing of papers on appeal to the appellate division by electronic means
Status: in_force

§ 460.90 Filing of papers on appeal to the appellate division by\n           electronic means.\n  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the appellate division in\neach judicial department may promulgate rules authorizing a program in\nthe use of electronic means for the taking and perfection of appeals in\naccordance with the provisions of section twenty-one hundred twelve of\nthe civil practice law and rules. Provided however, such rules shall not\nrequire an unrepresented party or any attorney who furnishes a\ncertification specified in subparagraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (c) of\nsubdivision two of section 10.40 of this chapter to take or perfect an\nappeal by electronic means. Provided further, however, before\npromulgating any such rules, the appellate division in each judicial\ndepartment shall consult with the chief administrator of the courts and\nshall provide an opportunity for review and comment by all those who are\nor would be affected including district attorneys; representatives of\nthe office of indigent legal services; not-for-profit legal service\nproviders; public defenders; statewide and local specialty bar\nassociations whose membership devotes a significant portion of their\npractice to assigned criminal cases pursuant to subparagraph (i) of\nparagraph (a) of subdivision three of section seven hundred twenty-two\nof the county law; institutional providers of criminal defense services\nand other members of the criminal defense bar; representatives of\nvictims' rights organizations; unaffiliated attorneys who regularly\nappear in proceedings that are or would be affected by such electronic\nfiling program; interested members of the criminal justice community;\nand any other persons in whose county a program has been implemented in\nany of the courts therein as deemed to be appropriate by any appellate\ndivision. To the extent practicable, rules promulgated by the appellate\ndivision in each judicial department pursuant to this section shall be\nuniform. For purposes of this section, "electronic means" shall be as\ndefined in subdivision (f) of rule twenty-one hundred three of such law\nand rules.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 240 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 7-C / Section 240
Its jurisdiction
Status: in_force

§ 240. Its jurisdiction. The court for the trial of impeachments has\npower to try impeachments, when presented by the assembly, of all civil\nofficers of the state, except justices of the peace, justices of\njustices' courts, police justices, and their clerks, for willful and\ncorrupt misconduct in office.\n
N.Y. TSF Law § 2 — New York Code / Act TSF / Section 2
The tobacco settlement financing corporation
Status: in_force

§ 2. The tobacco settlement financing corporation. There is hereby\ncreated and established a subsidiary of the authority to be known as the\n"tobacco settlement financing corporation" as a public benefit\ncorporation, separate and apart from the state. The directors of the\nauthority shall serve as the members of the corporation and shall\nreceive no additional salary or other compensation, either direct or\nindirect, for serving as members of the corporation, other than\nreimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the\nperformance of such person's duties. Any one or more members of the\nboard may participate in a meeting of such board by means of a\nconference telephone or similar communications equipment allowing all\npersons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same\ntime. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at\na meeting. The corporation may delegate to one or more of its members,\nor officers, agents and employees, such powers and duties as the members\nmay deem proper. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this act,\nactions by the corporation and the members of its board, and exercise of\nthe corporation's powers, shall be taken in the same manner and subject\nto the same requirements, as are set forth or imposed under chapter 902\nof the laws of 1972, as amended, for such actions and performance by the\nauthority and its directors. Notwithstanding the existence of common\nmanagement, the corporation shall be treated as a separate legal entity\nwith its separate corporate purpose as set forth in section six of this\nact; and, accordingly, the assets, liabilities and funds of the\ncorporation shall be neither consolidated nor commingled with those of\nthe authority. The corporation and its corporate existence shall\ncontinue until six months after all its liabilities have been met or\notherwise discharged. Upon the termination of the existence of the\ncorporation, all of its rights and property shall pass to and be vested\nin the state.\n