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N.Y. AGM Law § 140 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 9 / Section 140
Samples; publication of results of tests
Status: in_force

§ 140. Samples; publication of results of tests. 1. The commissioner\nor his or her duly authorized representatives shall take samples of\nseeds for examination, analysis, and testing by the department. The\ncommissioner may contract with a qualified laboratory to perform such\nexamination, analysis, and testing. When the analysis of an official\nsample indicates that seed is mislabeled, the results of such analysis\nshall be provided to the person responsible for the labeling of the seed\nand, upon that person's request, made within fifteen days of his or her\nreceipt of said results, the commissioner or his or her authorized agent\nshall furnish such person with a portion of the sample taken.\n  2. From time to time the department of agriculture and markets, shall\nmake public the results of examinations, analyses, trials, and tests of\nany sample or samples so procured, together with such additional\ninformation as circumstances advise. These published results shall be\nthe property of the state of New York and shall not be used for\nadvertising or regulatory purposes by any person or agency, governmental\nor otherwise without requested and granted permission of the\ncommissioner.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 402 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 4 / Section 402
Interest rate
Status: in_force

§ 402. Interest rate. In all valuations made under this article, the\ninterest rate of four per centum, compounded annually, shall be employed\nfor all purposes.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 369 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 7 / Section 369
Audit and payment of claims
Status: in_force

§ 369. Audit and payment of claims. 1. No claim, account or demand\nagainst a county shall be audited or paid unless it is a lawful county\ncharge.\n  2. Except as otherwise provided by law, every claim for the payment of\nmoney shall be audited by the board of supervisors and shall be in\nwriting and itemized. The board of supervisors may require that claims\nbe certified, or that they be verified. In the latter case the clerk,\nthe chairman of the board or the chairman of the committee to whom\nreferred shall have power to administer the oath of verification\nthereof. A written contract for the payment of money in stated amounts\nand at stated intervals shall be deemed a certified or verified claim,\nas required by the county. Fixed salaries, the principal or interest on\nbonded or other indebtedness, and the compensation for services of\nemployees or officers regularly engaged by the county at agreed wages by\nthe hour, day, week, month or year may be paid without prior audit by\nthe board of supervisors.\n  3. All claims shall be consecutively numbered and have endorsed\nthereon their disposition. Such claims when audited shall be filed in\nthe office of the clerk of the board of supervisors or other officer\nhaving custody thereof.\n  4. Payrolls shall be signed and certified or verified as to\ncorrectness in accordance with law and as directed by the board of\nsupervisors.\n  5. The board of supervisors may by resolution authorize the payment in\nadvance of audit of claims for public utility services, postage, freight\nand express charges. All such claims shall be presented at the next\nregular meeting for audit, and the claimant and the officer incurring or\napproving the same shall be jointly and severally liable for any amount\ndisallowed by the board of supervisors.\n  As used in this subdivision, the term public utility services shall\nmean electric, gas, water, sewer and telephone services.\n  6. The board of supervisors may, by local law or resolution, enact\nrules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, governing the:  (a)\napproval of claims prior to audit; (b) form and certification of orders\nor warrants drawn on the county treasurer; (c) examination of the\nclaimant and of his claim; (d) and such other matters deemed material.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 191 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 16 / Section 191
Standardized packaging
Status: in_force

§ 191. Standardized packaging. 1. For the purposes of this section:\n  a. "Food store" shall mean a store selling primarily food at retail,\nwhich store is not primarily engaged in the sale of food for consumption\non the premises.\n  b. "Consumer commodities" shall mean:\n  (1) food, including all material, solid, liquid, or mixed, whether\nsimple or compound, used or intended for consumption by human beings or\ndomestic animals normally kept as household pets and all substances or\ningredients to be added thereto for any purpose;\n  (2) napkins, facial tissues, toilet tissues, foil wrapping, plastic\nwrapping, paper toweling, disposable plates and cups;\n  (3) detergents, soaps and other cleansing agents; and\n  (4) non-prescription drugs, female hygiene products, and toiletries.\n  c. "Package" shall mean any container or wrapper in which a consumer\ncommodity is enclosed and offered or exposed for sale in a food store.\n  d. "Package size" shall mean the physical dimensions of a container\nwhich encloses a consumer commodity.\n  e. "Quantity" shall mean the net weight, volume, numerical count, area\nor linear measure, as appropriate, of the contents of a package.\n  f. "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation,\nassociation, or firm.\n  2. Upon the petition of a substantial number of each group of\nmanufacturers, packers, distributors, and retailers of any consumer\ncommodity packaged or wrapped in advance of being offered or exposed for\nsale in a food store, the commissioner may hold a public hearing upon\ndue notice to consider rules and regulations prescribing standard\nquantities or package sizes by which any such commodity shall be sold,\nor offered or exposed for sale in a food store. If the commissioner\nfinds that the proposed standardization will reduce an undue\nproliferation of package sizes and facilitate the ability of consumers\nto make price comparisons, he may adopt and promulgate such rules and\nregulations with respect to such commodity unless a voluntary product\nstandard has been established for such commodity pursuant to the federal\nfair packaging and labelling act.  In addition to any such commodities,\nthe commissioner may by rule and regulation, and without any public\nhearing, prescribe the existing standard quantities or package sizes for\nmilk, cream, melloream, frozen desserts, flours and meals; thereafter\nthe commissioner may prescribe standard quantities or package sizes for\nsuch commodities, whether or not a voluntary product standard has been\nestablished, without petition but shall hold a public hearing prior to\nthe promulgation thereof.\n  3. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale in a food store any\nconsumer commodity for which the commissioner has prescribed, pursuant\nto subdivision two herein, a standardized quantity or package size\nexcept in a package or by a quantity which conforms to that prescribed\nby the commissioner.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 755 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 23-A / Section 755
Enforcement
Status: in_force

§ 755. Enforcement. 1. In relation to actions by public agencies, the\nprovisions of this article shall be enforceable by a proceeding brought\npursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.\n  2. In relation to actions by private employers, the provisions of this\narticle shall be enforceable by the division of human rights pursuant to\nthe powers and procedures set forth in article fifteen of the executive\nlaw, and, concurrently, by the New York city commission on human rights.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 531-A — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 531-A
Testimony by telephone, audio-visual means or other electronic means
Status: in_force

§ 531-a. Testimony by telephone, audio-visual means or other\nelectronic means. (a) In any proceeding under this article, the court\nmay permit a party or a witness to be deposed or to testify by\ntelephone, audio-visual means, or other electronic means at a designated\nfamily court or other location:\n  (i) where such party or witness resides in a county other than that of\nthe family court where the case is pending and that of any contiguous\ncounty; provided, however, that for the purposes of this section, the\nfive counties of New York city shall be treated as one county;\n  (ii) where such party or witness is presently incarcerated and will be\nincarcerated on the date on which the hearing or deposition is scheduled\nand is not expected to be released within a reasonable period of time\nafter the date on which the hearing is scheduled; or\n  (iii) where the court determines that it would be an undue hardship\nfor such party or witness to testify or to be deposed at the family\ncourt where the case is pending.\n  (b) Any such deposition or testimony taken by telephone, audio-visual\nmeans or other electronic means in accordance with subdivision (a) of\nthis section shall be recorded and preserved for transcription. Where a\nparty or witness is deposed or testifies by telephone, audio-visual or\nother electronic means pursuant to this section, documentary evidence\nreferred to by a party or witness or the court may be transmitted by\nfacsimile, telecopier, or other electronic means and may not be excluded\nfrom evidence by reason of an objection based on the means of\ntransmission. The chief administrator of the courts shall promulgate\nrules to facilitate the taking of testimony by telephone, audio-visual\nmeans or other electronic means.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 476 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 25 / Section 476
Powers and duties of the commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 476. Powers and duties of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner may\npromulgate regulations establishing an application process and\neligibility criteria, that will be applied consistent with the purposes\nof this article, so as not to exceed the annual cap on tax credits set\nforth in section four hundred seventy-nine of this article which,\nnotwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the state\nadministrative procedure act, may be adopted on an emergency basis.\n  2. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the department of\ntaxation and finance, develop a certificate of tax credit that shall be\nissued by the commissioner to eligible businesses. Such certificate\nshall contain such information as required by the department of taxation\nand finance.\n  3. The commissioner shall solely determine the eligibility of any\napplicant applying for entry into the program and shall remove any\nbusiness entity from the program for failing to meet any of the\nrequirements set forth in section four hundred seventy-three of this\narticle, or for failing to meet the requirements set forth in\nsubdivision one of section four hundred seventy-four of this article.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 53-A — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 53-A
Trial juror; trial jury
Status: in_force

§ 53-a. Trial juror; trial jury. The terms "trial juror" and "trial\njury", are respectively equivalent to the terms "petit juror", and\n"petit jury", as used in the constitution and laws of the state.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 238 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 9 / Section 238
Penalties
Status: in_force

§ 238. Penalties. 1. Any contractor or subcontractor who shall upon\nhis oath verify any statement required to be filed under this article\nwhich is known by him to be false shall be guilty of perjury and\npunishable as provided by the penal law.\n  2. When a contract for service work contains as part thereof a\nschedule of wages as provided for in this article, any contractor who,\nafter entering into such contract, and any subcontractor of such\ncontractor who fails to pay to any service employee the wages stipulated\nin such wage schedule is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction\nshall be punished for a first offense by a fine of five hundred dollars\nor by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both fine and\nimprisonment; for a second offense by a fine of one thousand dollars,\nand in addition thereto the contract on which the violation has occurred\nshall be forfeited; and no such contractor shall be entitled to receive\nany sum, nor shall any officer, agent or employee of the contracting\npublic agency pay any such sum or authorize its payment from the funds\nunder his charge or control to such contractor for work done upon the\ncontract on which the contractor has been convicted of a second offense.\nIf the contractor or subcontractor is a corporation, any officer of such\ncorporation who knowingly permits the corporation to fail to make such\npayment shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor and the criminal and civil\npenalties herein shall attach to such officer upon conviction.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 291-G — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9 / Section 291-G
Recording insurance information
Status: in_force

§ 291-g. Recording insurance information. Every owner of a multiple\ndwelling, as defined in subdivision two of section two hundred\nthirty-nine-a of this chapter, which is located in a city with a\npopulation in excess of one million persons shall file with the\ndepartment of housing preservation and development an instrument\ncontaining the name or names of the insurer issuing a fire, casualty\nand/or liability insurance policy for the multiple dwelling, the address\nof the insurance company and the policy number.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 339-M — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9-B / Section 339-M
Common profits and expenses
Status: in_force

§ 339-m. Common profits and expenses. The common profits of the\nproperty shall be distributed among, and the common expenses shall be\ncharged to, the unit owners according to their respective common\ninterests, provided however, that expenses of insurance may be charged\nas provided in section three hundred thirty-nine-bb. Notwithstanding any\nprovision of this article, profits and expenses may be specially\nallocated and apportioned by the board of managers in a manner different\nfrom common profits and expenses, to one or more non-residential units\nwhere so authorized by the declaration and bylaws. In the case of units\nin any building, residential or non-residential, or a combination\nthereof, profits and expenses may be specially allocated and apportioned\nbased on special or exclusive use or availability or exclusive control\nof particular units or common areas by particular unit owners, if so\nauthorized by the declaration and bylaws, in a manner different from\ncommon profits and expenses. Notwithstanding any provision of this\narticle, common expenses may be charged to the owners of units that are\nsubject to a regulatory agreement with a governmental entity or\ninstrumentality limiting the household income of the residents of such\nunits upon initial occupancy that are less than the common expenses\ncharged to owners of other units where such lesser charges are necessary\nto ensure that the combined common expenses, mortgage and other housing\ncosts paid by owners of units subject to such regulatory agreements do\nnot exceed thirty percent of the household income limit specified in\nsuch regulatory agreements. Where so authorized by the declaration and\nbylaws, common expenses may be charged to owners of units subject to\nsuch regulatory agreements in a manner that (i) is not proportional to\nthe respective common interests of such owners, (ii) limits the amount\ncharged to such owners, or (iii) limits the rate at which the amount\ncharged to such owners may increase. The existence of such special\nallocation of common expenses and its financial impact upon all units\nshall be disclosed as a special risk in any offering plan.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 342-DDD*4 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 342-DDD*4
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "SSG Justin R
Status: in_force

* § 342-ddd. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as\nthe "SSG Justin R. Whiting Memorial Bridge". The bridge on state route\nninety-seven, designated New York state bridge number 1035450, in the\ntown of Hancock, county of Delaware, shall be designated and known as\nthe "SSG Justin R. Whiting Memorial Bridge".\n  * NB There are 5 § 342-ddd's\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 253 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 2 / Part 5 / Section 253
Auxiliary services
Status: in_force

§ 253. Auxiliary services. The family court in any county shall have\nsuch other auxiliary services as will serve the purposes of this act and\nas are within its authorized appropriation.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 404 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 19 / Section 404
Formation of a new society
Status: in_force

§ 404. Formation of a new society. Five or more persons of full age\nmay form a corporation under this article by holding a meeting for\nincorporation in accordance with section four hundred two hereof, at\nwhich all of them shall be qualified voters. If the majority of those\nattending such meeting decide in favor of incorporation, a certificate\nof incorporation may be filed in accordance with section four hundred\nthree hereof.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 742 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 14-B / Section 742
Superintendent authorized to examine
Status: in_force

* § 742. Superintendent authorized to examine. 1. The superintendent\nshall have the power to make such investigations as the superintendent\nshall deem necessary to determine whether any buy-now-pay-later lender\nor any other person has violated any of the provisions of this article\nor any other applicable law, or whether any licensee has conducted\nitself in such manner as would justify the revocation of its license,\nand to the extent necessary therefor, the superintendent may require the\nattendance of and examine any person under oath, and shall have the\npower to compel the production of all relevant books, records, accounts,\nand documents.\n  2. The superintendent shall have the power to make such examinations\nof the books, records, accounts and documents used in the business of\nany licensee as the superintendent shall deem necessary to determine\nwhether any such licensee has violated any of the provisions of this\nchapter or any other applicable law or to secure information lawfully\nrequired by the superintendent.\n  * NB Effective upon the one hundred eightieth day after the\npromulgation of rules and/or regulations by the department of financial\nservices to effectuate certain provisions (see Ch. 58 of 2025, Part Y, §\n13)\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 250-I — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 20 / Section 250-I
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 250-i. Rules and regulations. The commissioner is hereby authorized,\nafter public hearing, to adopt such rules and regulations as he or she\nmay deem necessary to administer the provisions of this article. Such\nrules and regulations shall be filed and open for public inspection at\nthe principal offices of the department and with the secretary of state.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3133 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 31 / Section 3133
Service of answers or objections to interrogatories
Status: in_force

Rule 3133. Service of answers or objections to interrogatories. (a)\nService of an answer or objection. Within twenty days after service of\ninterrogatories, the party upon whom they are served shall serve upon\neach of the parties a copy of the answer to each interrogatory, except\none to which the party objects, in which event the reasons for the\nobjection shall be stated with reasonable particularity.\n  (b) Form of answers and objections to interrogatories.\nInterrogatories shall be answered in writing under oath by the party\nserved, if an individual, or, if the party served is a corporation, a\npartnership or a sole proprietorship, by an officer, director, member,\nagent or employee having the information. Each question shall be\nanswered separately and fully, and each answer shall be preceded by the\nquestion to which it responds.\n  (c) Amended answers. Except with respect to amendment or\nsupplementation of responses pursuant to subdivision (h) of section\n3101, answers to interrogatories may be amended or supplemented only by\norder of the court upon motion.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 97 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6 / Section 97
Completing unfinished papers
Status: in_force

§ 97. Completing unfinished papers. The secretary of state shall have\npower to complete and sign and certify in his own name, adding to his\nsignature the date of so doing, all records of incorporation papers and\nother papers left incomplete or unsigned by any of his predecessors,\nwith the same force and effect as though said records had been duly\nsigned by such predecessors.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1421 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 14 / Section 1421
Property held by rural electric cooperatives
Status: in_force

§ 1421. Property held by rural electric cooperatives. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, "rural electric cooperatives" shall include\nany corporation organized or qualified to do business in this state\npursuant to the rural electric cooperative law.\n  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the\ncontrary, any share of stock, credit, dividend, profit, patronage\nrefund, distribution, interest, equity certificate, equity retain,\npayment, or other money or property which:\n  (a) is in the possession of a rural electric cooperative organized or\nqualified to do business in this state pursuant to the rural electric\ncooperative law; or\n  (b) evidences membership in or resulted from patronage with a rural\nelectric cooperative or the predecessor of such cooperative; or\n  (c) is held for, allocated to the account of, allocated in the name of\nor owing by a rural electric cooperative to a member, stockholder,\npatron or other person; shall not be deemed abandoned property or\notherwise subject to the provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1808-A — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 18-A / Section 1808-A
Judgment obtained to be res judicata in certain cases
Status: in_force

§ 1808-A. Judgment obtained to be res judicata in certain cases. A\njudgment obtained under this article shall not be deemed an adjudication\nof any fact at issue or found therein in any other action or court;\nexcept that a subsequent judgment obtained in another action or court\ninvolving the same facts, issues and parties shall be reduced by the\namount of a judgment awarded under this article.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 122-A — New York Code / Act STF / Article 7 / Section 122-A
Independent audit of annual financial statements
Status: in_force

§ 122-a. Independent audit of annual financial statements. 1. The\nchairmen and ranking minority members of the senate finance committee\nand the assembly ways and means committee, in order to ensure that the\nprovisions of this section and paragraph b of subdivision nine of\nsection eight of this chapter are complied with, shall function as an\naudit committee for the purposes of receiving the results of each\nindependent audit prepared pursuant to section eight of this chapter.\n  2. The comptroller, the director of the budget, the state treasurer,\nthe commissioner of taxation and finance, and any other state officer or\nemployee shall make available upon request to such independent certified\npublic accountant all books and records relevant to such independent\naudit.\n  3. The cost of the audit shall be paid out of amounts appropriated for\nsuch purpose.\n  4. The scope of any audit performed pursuant to this section shall be\nan audit of all of the basic financial statements and all of the\nsupporting schedules required by generally accepted accounting\nprinciples to be included in a comprehensive annual financial report.\n  5. Each member of the audit committee shall be entitled to designate a\nrepresentative to attend meetings of such committee in his place, and to\nvote or otherwise act on his behalf in his absence. Notice of such\ndesignation shall be furnished in writing to such committee by the\ndesignating member. A representative shall serve at the pleasure of the\ndesignating member during the member's term of office. A representative\nshall not be authorized to delegate any of his duties or functions to\nany other person.\n