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N.Y. UDC Law § 1809 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 18 / Section 1809
Procedures relating to corporations, insurers and assignees
Status: in_force

§ 1809. Procedures relating to corporations, insurers and assignees.\n  1. No corporation, except a municipal corporation, public benefit\ncorporation, school district or school district public library wholly or\npartially within the municipal corporate limit, and no assignees of any\nsmall claim shall institute an action or proceeding under this article,\nnor shall this article apply to any claim or cause of action brought by\nan insurer in its own name or in the name of its insured whether before\nor after payment to the insured on the policy.\n  2. A corporation may appear in the defense of any small claim action\nbrought pursuant to this article by an attorney as well as by any\nauthorized officer, director or employee of the corporation provided\nthat the appearance by a non-lawyer on behalf of a corporation shall be\ndeemed to constitute the requisite authority to bind the corporation in\na settlement or trial. The court or arbitrator may make reasonable\ninquiry to determine the authority of any person who appears for the\ncorporation in defense of a small claims court case.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 309.1 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 309.1
Community based treatment referrals
Status: in_force

§ 309.1. Community based treatment referrals. 1. A youth who is\nreleased prior to the filing of a petition shall be made aware of and\nreferred to community based organizations offering counseling,\ntreatment, employment, educational, or vocational services in which they\nmay voluntarily enroll or participate. Such services shall be separate\nfrom and in addition to any adjustment services provided under section\n308.1 of this part, where applicable.\n  2. The youth shall be advised that the service referrals are being\nmade as a resource and participation in them is voluntary and that\nrefusal to participate will not negatively impact any aspect of their\npending case.  Provided, however, nothing shall preclude the youth from\nvoluntarily providing information, after consulting with their attorney,\ndemonstrating successful enrollment, participation, and completion,\nwhere applicable, of any such services. The court shall consider any\ninformation provided by the youth regarding such participation in the\ncase proceedings including but not limited to dispositional or placement\ndeterminations. The court may require supporting documentation for any\nsuch consideration that the youth requests, provided however, that such\ninformation shall be maintained as confidential in accordance with any\napplicable state or federal law.\n  3. No statements made to probation when discussing any service\nreferrals under this section shall be admissible in a fact-finding\nhearing.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 531 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 5-A / Section 531
Reduction of local admissions taxes as a pre-condition of off-track betting
Status: in_force

§ 531. Reduction of local admissions taxes as a pre-condition of\noff-track betting. 1. Notwithstanding article eight of this chapter and\nsubdivision twenty-four of section sixty-four of the town law, no\nlocally imposed taxes on admissions to harness or running races shall be\nin the aggregate more than three percent of such admissions on and after\nthe first day that off-track pari-mutuel betting is conducted or\ncontinues to be conducted in such locality imposing the tax by a\nregional corporation, pursuant to this article, established for the\nregion in which such races are conducted.\n  2. A regional corporation, except for such corporations consisting of\nonly one participating county or one city, shall annually reimburse any\ncity or town within such region for any reduction in admissions tax\nrevenues equal to the difference between such revenues for:\n  a. the twelve months immediately preceding the reduction required by\nthis section, and\n  b. each twelve-month period subsequent to July thirty-first, nineteen\nhundred seventy-eight.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 102 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 7 / Section 102
Streets by prescription
Status: in_force

§ 102. Streets by prescription. All lands which shall have been used\nby the public as a street for twenty years or more continuously shall be\na street with the same force and effect as if it had been duly laid out\nand recorded as such.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 104 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 104
Compliance with orders of commissioner of transportation
Status: in_force

§ 104. Compliance with orders of commissioner of transportation.\nWhenever the commissioner of transportation shall cause to be personally\nserved upon any railroad corporation controlling any tunnel or part of a\ntunnel in this state for the purpose of operating a railroad or moving,\nhauling or propelling cars therein by steam, by delivering a copy\npersonally to the president, general manager or any director of said\ncorporation of a notice or order of said commissioner of transportation,\nstating and specifying the structures to be erected, the manner, means,\nmechanical appliances and apparatus to be used in lighting or\nventilating any tunnel or tunnels used by said corporation for the\npurpose of moving, hauling or propelling cars by steam therein as\naforesaid, said corporation shall, within thirty days from and after the\nservice of said notice or order as aforesaid, cause said tunnel or\ntunnels so used by it as aforesaid to be lighted or ventilated, or both,\nin the manner and by the means and use of the mechanical apparatus and\nappliances specified and pointed out in said notice or order.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 40 — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 3 / Title B / Section 40
Classified service; classes of positions
Status: in_force

§ 40. Classified service; classes of positions. The classified service\nshall comprise all offices and positions not included in the\nunclassified service.  The offices and positions in the classified\nservice of the state and of its civil divisions shall be divided into\nfour classes, to be designated as the exempt class, the non-competitive\nclass, the labor class, and the competitive class.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2505 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 25 / Section 2505
Transmission of wills of non-domiciliaries and domiciliaries of another county before probate Whenever it appears that an instrument purp...
Status: in_force

§ 2505. Transmission of wills of non-domiciliaries and domiciliaries of\n          another county before probate\n  Whenever it appears that an instrument purporting to be a will is on\nfile or is in safekeeping and no proceeding for the probate thereof is\npending and that the maker of such instrument at the time of his death\nwas domiciled elsewhere, either within or without the state, the court,\nupon such notice as it may think proper, may cause the instrument to be\nsent to any court or officer of this state or other jurisdiction of\ndecedent's domicile entitled under the laws thereof to receive it or to\nany person in this or any other jurisdiction interested in the probate\nof the instrument. The instrument may also be sent to any court or\nofficer in this state or other jurisdiction in which the maker left real\nor personal property. Delivery is to be made in such manner and upon\nsuch terms as the court deems proper for the preservation of the\ninstrument and for the protection of parties interested in the estate of\nthe maker thereof.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 745 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 7 / Part 4 / Section 745
Evidence in dispositional hearings; required quantum of proof
Status: in_force

§ 745. Evidence in dispositional hearings; required quantum of proof.\n(a) Only evidence that is material and relevant may be admitted during a\ndispositional hearing.\n  (b) An adjudication at the conclusion of a dispositional hearing must\nbe based on a preponderance of the evidence.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 116 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 1 / Section 116
Penalties
Status: in_force

§ 116. Penalties. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,\nany person or entity that violates any provision of this chapter, or any\nrule, regulation or order promulgated thereto, or the terms and\nconditions of any license, permit or approval issued thereunder, shall\nbe liable to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand\ndollars for each violation, and an additional civil penalty of not more\nthan twenty-five thousand dollars for each day during which such\nviolation continues. Any civil penalty may be assessed by the commission\nfollowing a hearing or opportunity to be heard.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 342 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 342
Acceptance of a bridge in the village of Green Island, Albany county, and the city of Troy, Rensselaer county, as part of the state highw...
Status: in_force

§ 342. Acceptance of a bridge in the village of Green Island, Albany\ncounty, and the city of Troy, Rensselaer county, as part of the state\nhighway system. The state hereby accepts as a part of the system of\nstate highways a certain bridge and highway spanning the Hudson river,\nbetween the village of Green Island, Albany county and the city of Troy,\nRensselaer county, known as the Green Island Bridge and such bridge and\nhighway shall hereafter be a part of such system, subject to the\nsupervision and control of the commissioner of transportation, and be\nhereafter maintained, repaired or reconstructed solely at the expense of\nthe state, notwithstanding the provisions of any other provision of law.\n  The aforesaid highway shall be under the jurisdiction of the\ncommissioner of transportation and in any future improvement shall be\neligible for federal aid in the same manner as any other state highway\nor bridge.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 158 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 10 / Section 158
Power of comptroller to maintain actions
Status: in_force

§ 158. Power of comptroller to maintain actions. The comptroller may,\nat any time before the sale of the mortgaged premises, bring an action\nto restrain the commission of waste by any person upon the mortgaged\npremises, or to correct any mistake or omission in the description\nthereof, or to recover the amount due on a mortgage.  At any time before\npayment and discharge of mortgage or before sale, if any person cuts or\nremoves or injures the timber, fences, buildings or other fixtures\nbelonging to such mortgaged premises, or threatens so to do, the\ncomptroller may maintain a like action for damages or an injunction.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 202 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 6 / Section 202
When provision in lieu of dower is forfeited
Status: in_force

§ 202. When provision in lieu of dower is forfeited. Every jointure,\ndevise and pecuniary provision in lieu of dower is forfeited by the\nwoman for whose benefit it is made in a case in which she would forfeit\nher dower; and on such forfeiture, an estate so conveyed for jointure,\nor devised, or a pecuniary provision so made, immediately vests in the\nperson or legal representatives of the person in whom they would have\nvested on the determination of her interest therein, by her death.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2305 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 23 / Section 2305
Fees of appraisers An appraiser is entitled in addition to his actual expenses, to a sum to be fixed by the court for his services in mak...
Status: in_force

§ 2305. Fees of appraisers\n  An appraiser is entitled in addition to his actual expenses, to a sum\nto be fixed by the court for his services in making the appraisal.  He\nshall file with the court an affidavit showing the nature and extent of\nhis services, and expenses if any, and the sums payable therefor shall\nbe taxed by the court and paid by the fiduciary.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 5-106 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 5 / Section 5-106
Issuance, amendment, cancellation, and duration
Status: in_force

Section 5--106. Issuance, amendment, cancellation, and duration.\n  (a) A letter of credit is issued and becomes enforceable according to\nits terms against the issuer when the issuer sends or otherwise\ntransmits it to the person requested to advise or to the beneficiary. A\nletter of credit is revocable only if it so provides.\n  (b) After a letter of credit is issued, rights and obligations of a\nbeneficiary, applicant, confirmer, and issuer are not affected by an\namendment or cancellation to which that person has not consented except\nto the extent the letter of credit provides that it is revocable or that\nthe issuer may amend or cancel the letter of credit without that\nconsent.\n  (c) If there is no stated expiration date or other provision that\ndetermines its duration, a letter of credit expires one year after its\nstated date of issuance or, if none is stated, after the date on which\nit is issued.\n  (d) A letter of credit that states that it is perpetual expires five\nyears after its stated date of issuance, or if none is stated, after the\ndate on which it is issued.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 1806 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 18 / Section 1806
Trial by jury; how obtained; discretionary costs
Status: in_force

§ 1806. Trial by jury; how obtained; discretionary costs.\n  A person commencing an action upon a small claim under this article\nshall be deemed to have waived a trial by jury, but if said action shall\nbe removed to a regular part of the court, the plaintiff shall have the\nsame right to demand a trial by jury as if such action had originally\nbeen begun in such part. Any party to such action, other than the\nplaintiff, prior to the day upon which he is notified to appear or\nanswer, may file with the court a demand for a trial by jury and his\naffidavit that there are issues of fact in the action requiring such a\ntrial, specifying the same and stating that such trial is desired and\nintended in good faith. Such demand and affidavit shall be accompanied\nwith the jury fee required by law and an undertaking in the sum of fifty\ndollars in such form as may be approved by the rules, payable to the\nother parts or parties, conditioned upon the payment of any costs which\nmay be entered against him in the said action or any appeal within\nthirty days after the entry thereof; or, in lieu of said undertaking,\nthe sum of fifty dollars may be deposited with the clerk of the court\nand thereupon the clerk shall forthwith transmit such original papers or\nduly attested copies thereof as may be provided by the rules to the part\nof the court to which the action shall have been transferred and\nassigned and such part may require pleadings in such action as though it\nhad been begun by the service of a summons. Such action may be\nconsidered a preferred cause of action. In any small claim which may\nhave been transferred to another part of the court, the court may award\ncosts up to twenty-five dollars to the plaintiff if he prevails.\n
N.Y. BSW Law § 14 — New York Code / Act BSW / Section 14
Payments not to be made before contests
Status: in_force

* § 14. Payments not to be made before contests. No contestant in a\nboxing or sparring match or exhibition shall be paid for services before\nthe contest, and should it be determined by the commission that such\ncontestant did not give an honest exhibition of his skill, such services\nshall not be paid for.\n  * NB Repealed September 1, 2016\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 392-J — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 392-J
Sales of sparkling devices
Status: in_force

§ 392-j. Sales of sparkling devices. 1. Sales of sparkling devices as\ndefined in subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of\nsection 270.00 of the penal law shall be lawful only for business\nregistered by the state under section one hundred fifty-six-h of the\nexecutive law between June first and July fifth or from December twenty-\nsixth through January second of each year.\n  2. Failure to comply with this section shall be deemed an offense as\ndefined in subdivision two of section 270.00 of the penal law.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 314 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 13 / Section 314
Taxes; taxes on real property, et cetera
Status: in_force

§ 314. Taxes; taxes on real property, et cetera. 1. The provisions of\nthis section shall apply when any taxes or assessments, whether general\nor special, other than taxes on income, whether falling due prior or\nduring the period of military service in respect of personal property,\nmoney or credits or real property owned and occupied for dwelling,\nagricultural, or business purposes by a person in military service, or\nhis dependents, at the commencement of his period of military service\nand still so occupied by his dependents or employees, are not paid.\n  2. No sale of such property shall be made to enforce the collection of\nsuch tax or assessment, or any proceeding or action for such purpose\ncommenced, except upon leave of court granted upon application made\ntherefor by the collector of taxes or other officer whose duty it is to\nenforce the collection of taxes or assessments. The court thereupon,\nunless in its opinion the ability of the person in military service to\npay such taxes or assessments is not materially affected by reason of\nsuch service, may stay such proceedings or such sale, as provided in\nthis act, for a period extending not more than six months after the\ntermination of the period of military service of such person.\n  3. When by law such property may be sold or forfeited to enforce the\ncollection of such tax or assessment, such person in military service\nshall have the right to redeem or commence an action to redeem such\nproperty, at any time not later than six months after the termination of\nsuch service, but in no case later than six months after the date when\nthis act ceases to be in force; but this shall not be taken to shorten\nany period, now or hereafter provided by the laws of the state, or any\npolitical subdivision thereof, for such redemption.\n  4. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision,\nwhenever any tax or assessment shall not be paid when due, such tax or\nassessment due and unpaid shall bear interest until paid at the rate of\nsix per centum per annum from the date when such tax first became a\nlien, and no other penalty or interest shall be incurred by reason of\nsuch nonpayment, whether such penalty or interest shall have accrued\nprior or shall accrue subsequent to the commencement of the period of\nmilitary service of such person. Any lien for such unpaid taxes or\nassessment shall also include such interest thereon.\n  (b) A municipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to\nadopt a local law or, in the case of a school district, a resolution\nproviding that the rate of interest pursuant to this section on unpaid\ntaxes or assessment shall be at a rate less than six per centum per\nannum.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 349-AA — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12-C / Section 349-AA
Statement of intent
Status: in_force

§ 349-aa. Statement of intent. The legislature hereby finds that\ncertain portions of the state highway system are notable for their\nscenic, historic, recreational, cultural and archeological value and\nworthy of designation as scenic byways to provide special consideration\nof their unique features and special role in the highway system.\n  The legislature further finds that the public interest would be served\nby the formation of a coordinated scenic byways program to enhance\nrecreation, preserve and protect scenic, historic, recreational,\ncultural and archeological resources, encourage economic development\nthrough tourism, improve the transportation system, and educate\nresidents and visitors of the history and culture of this state.\n  The legislature further finds that several programs administered by\nvarious agencies of state government exist to assess scenic quality of\nhighway corridors, to maintain state highways and rights-of-way, and to\nplan for recreation to promote economic development through tourism.\n  The legislature further finds that several not-for-profit\norganizations exist to encourage public participation in the enhancement\nof designated highway routes, and to coordinate and promote tourism\nalong such designated highway routes.\n  It is therefore the intent of the legislature to establish a scenic\nbyways program in the department of transportation to guide and\ncoordinate the activities of state agencies, local governments and\nnot-for-profit organizations in order to create a comprehensive program\nthat will better serve the public interest.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-LLLL*2 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-LLLL*2
Women's cancers education and prevention fund
Status: in_force

* § 97-llll. Women's cancers education and prevention fund. 1. There\nis hereby established in the joint custody of the commissioner of\ntaxation and finance and the comptroller, a special fund to be known as\nthe "women's cancers education and prevention fund".\n  2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the department\nof taxation and finance, pursuant to the provisions of section two\nhundred nine-I and section six hundred thirty-d of the tax law, and all\nother moneys appropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any\nother fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section\nshall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the\npurposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into\nthe fund according to law.\n  3. Monies of the fund shall be expended only for women's cancers\neducation and prevention projects. As used in this section, "women's\ncancers education and prevention projects" means educational projects,\nincluding grants for women's cancers education and prevention programs,\nwhich are approved by the department of health.\n  4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of\nthe comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner\nof health.\n  5. To the extent practicable, the commissioner of health shall ensure\nthat all monies received during a fiscal year are expended prior to the\nend of that fiscal year.\n  * NB There are 2 § 97-llll's\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 52 — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 5 / Section 52
Televising, broadcasting or taking motion pictures of certain proceedings prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 52. Televising, broadcasting or taking motion pictures of certain\nproceedings prohibited. No person, firm, association or corporation\nshall televise, broadcast, take motion pictures or arrange for the\ntelevising, broadcasting, or taking of motion pictures within this state\nof proceedings, in which the testimony of witnesses by subpoena or other\ncompulsory process is or may be taken, conducted by a court, commission,\ncommittee, administrative agency or other tribunal in this state; except\nthat the prohibition contained in this section shall not apply to public\nhearings conducted by the public service commission with regard to rates\ncharged by utilities, or to proceedings by either house of the state\nlegislature or committee or joint committee of the legislature or by a\ntemporary state commission which includes members of the legislature, so\nlong as any testimony of witnesses which is taken is taken without\nresort to subpoena or other compulsory process, if (1) the consent of\nthe temporary president of the senate or the speaker of the assembly, in\nthe case of the respective houses of the state legislature, or the\nchairman, in the case of such a committee or commission, and a majority\nof the members thereof present at such proceedings, shall have been\nfirst obtained, provided, however, that in the case of the public rate\nhearings of the public service commission, it shall be sufficient to\nobtain the consent of the presiding officer, (2) the written consent of\nthe witness testifying at the time shall have been obtained, prior to\nthe time of his testifying, and (3) it has been determined by such\npresiding officer or chairman and such majority of the members that it\nis in the public interest to permit the televising, broadcasting or\ntaking of motion pictures.\n  Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.\n