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N.Y. LEG Law § 87 — New York Code / Act LEG / Article 5-B / Section 87
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

§ 87. Powers and duties. 1. The commission shall exercise continuous\noversight of the process of rule making and examine rules, as defined in\nsubdivision two of section one hundred two of the state administrative\nprocedure act, adopted or proposed by each agency with respect to (i)\nstatutory authority, (ii) compliance with legislative intent, (iii)\nimpact on the economy and on the government operations of the state and\nits local governments, and (iv) impact on affected parties; and, in\nfurtherance of such duties, may examine other issues it deems\nappropriate. For purpose of this article, the term agency shall mean any\ndepartment, board, bureau, commission, division, office, council,\ncommittee or officer of the state or a public benefit corporation or\npublic authority at least one of whose members is appointed by the\ngovernor.\n  2. The commission may employ such staff and retain such consultants\nand expert services as may be necessary and fix their compensation and\nexpenses within the amounts appropriated therefor. Employment by the\ncommission shall be deemed to be employment by the legislature for all\npurposes.\n  3. The commission shall have the power, subject to the provisions of\nsection seventy-three of the civil rights law, to hold hearings,\nsubpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony and compel the\nproduction of books, papers, documents and other evidence in furtherance\nof its duties; provided, however, that no subpoena shall issue except\nupon the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole membership of the\ncommission. The commission may request and shall receive from all\nagencies such assistance and data as will enable it properly to\nconsummate any such examination, and review.\n  4. The commission shall be authorized to request and receive, from a\nstate agency, all rulemaking notices, statements and analyses as\nprovided for pursuant to the state administrative procedure act, data,\nrules, regulations and other information by electronic means as provided\nfor by article three of the state technology law.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1812-B — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 37 / Part 3 / Section 1812-B
Person not registered as distributor
Status: in_force

§ 1812-b. Person not registered as distributor. Any person who, while\nnot registered as a distributor of motor fuel pursuant to the provisions\nof article twelve-A of this chapter, imports or causes to be imported\nany motor fuel into the state, for use, distribution, storage or sale\nwithin the state, except motor fuel delivered into the ordinary fuel\ntank connected to the engine of a means of conveyance in order to propel\nit or in a small drum or similar container, or  produces, refines,\nmanufactures or compounds motor fuel within the state shall be guilty of\na misdemeanor. If, within any ninety day period, two thousand nine\nhundred gallons or more of motor fuel are imported or caused to be\nimported into the state for use, distribution, storage or sale within\nthe state or are produced, refined, manufactured or compounded within\nthe state by any person while not registered as a distributor of motor\nfuel, such person shall be guilty of a class E felony. Provided further,\nthat any person who has twice been convicted under this section shall be\nguilty of a class E felony for any subsequent violation of this section,\nregardless of the amount of motor fuel involved in such violation.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 323 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 11 / Section 323
Injuring fruit or shade trees
Status: in_force

§ 323. Injuring fruit or shade trees. It shall be unlawful for any\nperson or persons whatsoever in this state to hitch any horse or other\nanimal to or leave the same standing near enough to injure any fruit or\nforest tree growing within the bounds of the public highway, or used as\na shade or ornamental tree around any school house, church or public\nbuilding, or to cut down or mutilate in any way any such ornamental or\nshade tree; but the right of property owners along the highway to\ncultivate, train and use such shade trees shall not be impaired or\nabridged hereby. Any person or persons guilty of violating the\nprovisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and\nshall be punishable by a fine of not less than five dollars, nor more\nthan twenty-five dollars for each such offense, and in case of failure\nto pay any fine imposed, may be committed to jail, not exceeding one day\nfor each dollar of such fine. Courts of special sessions having\njurisdiction to try misdemeanors, as provided by section fifty-six of\nthe code of criminal procedure, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to try\noffenders in all cases occurring in the same manner as in other cases,\nwhere they now have jurisdiction, and subject to the same power of\nremoval, and to render and enforce judgments, to the extent herein\nprovided. All fines collected under the provisions of this act shall be\npaid when the offense is committed in a town outside of incorporated\nvillages, to the supervisor of the town, to be used as the town board\nand town superintendent may direct. When the offense is committed in any\nvillage of the county, which by law is constituted a separate road\ndistrict, the fine shall be paid to the treasurer of said village, to be\nused as the board of trustees may direct.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 968 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-B / Section 968
Disposition of property
Status: in_force

§ 968. Disposition of property. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of\nany other law to the contrary, in order to further the purposes of the\nempire zones program, any real or personal property located within an\nempire zone and owned by any local governmental entity in whose\njurisdiction an empire zone is located, may be sold or leased for a term\nnot exceeding ninety-nine years to a private user, a community-based\norganization, a public benefit corporation or any other person:\nprovided, however, that each contract for such sale, and each such\nlease, shall obligate the buyer or lessee to comply with the provisions\nof this article and the empire zone development plan filed with the\ncommissioner pursuant to section nine hundred sixty-two of this article.\nSuch obligations contained in a contract for the sale of real property\nshall survive delivery of the deed. A breach by the buyer or lessee of a\nmaterial obligation of such contract or lease shall, in addition to any\nother remedies available to the seller or lessor under the contract,\nterminate the eligibility of the buyer or lessee for any benefits\nprovided in this article.\n  (b) Any real or personal property owned by any local governmental\nentity or the state and located within an empire zone may be sold or\nleased to any person pursuant to this section without public bidding or\npublic sale; provided, however, that there is published in at least one\nnewspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the empire\nzone is located a notice which shall include a statement of the identity\nof the proposed purchaser or lessee and a description of its proposed\nuse or re-use of the property, the price or rental to be paid by such\npurchaser or lessee, all other essential conditions of such sale or\nlease, and a statement that a public hearing upon such sale or lease\nwill be held by the seller or lessor of the property at a specified time\nand place on a date not less than ten days nor more than thirty days\nafter such publication, and provided further that such public hearing is\nheld in accordance with such notice.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4654 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 46-A / Section 4654
Authorization of fee-for-service continuing care retirement communities
Status: in_force

§ 4654. Authorization of fee-for-service continuing care retirement\ncommunities. The commissioner shall approve up to eight fee-for-service\ncontinuing care retirement communities to encourage affordable care\noptions for middle income seniors, up to two of which may be operated by\na for-profit entity.\n  * NB There are 2 § 4654's\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 611 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13 / Section 611
Special deputies; assistants; counsel and other employees
Status: in_force

§ 611. Special deputies; assistants; counsel and other employees. The\nsuperintendent may, by certificate, under his hand and the official seal\nof the department, appoint one or more special deputy superintendents as\nagent or agents to assist him in liquidating the business and affairs of\nany banking organization in his possession.  The superintendent shall\nfile such certificate in his office and shall cause a certified copy\nthereof to be filed with the supreme court in the judicial district in\nwhich the principal office of such banking organization is located. He\nmay delegate such special deputy superintendents to perform such duties\nconnected with such liquidation as he may deem proper.  The\nsuperintendent may employ such counsel and expert assistants, without\nbeing subject to the requirements of section one hundred twelve of the\nstate finance law or to the prior approval of any other state agency,\nunder such titles as he shall assign to them and may retain such of the\nofficers or employees of such banking organization as he may deem\nnecessary in the liquidation and distribution of its assets. He shall\nrequire such security as he may deem proper from his agents and\nassistants appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 43 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 2 / Section 43
Transfer of funds to the unemployment insurance occupational training fund
Status: in_force

§ 43.  Transfer of funds to the unemployment insurance occupational\ntraining fund.  Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the\ncontrary, subject to approval by the director of the budget, the state\ncomptroller is hereby authorized and directed to transfer funds from\nother state operations and aid to localities appropriations to the\nunemployment insurance occupational training fund in the department to\nmeet requirements for payment of the state share of individual and\nfamily grants awarded pursuant to the federal disaster relief act of\n1974, public law 93-288.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 616 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-K / Section 616
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 616. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, unless the context\nclearly requires otherwise, the following words or terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n  1. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association\nor other legal entity.\n  2. "Motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle as defined in section one\nhundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law which is used\nprimarily for personal, family or household purposes.\n  3. "Consumer" means the person who purchased the part for purposes\nother than resale or any person to whom the motor vehicle on which the\npart is installed is transferred during the term of the warranty\nprovided by section six hundred seventeen of this article and any other\nperson, other than a seller, entitled by the terms of such warranty to\nenforce the obligations of the warranty.\n  4. "Part" means any equipment or apparatus intended for use in a motor\nvehicle, including but not limited to a new part; a part which has been\nremoved from another motor vehicle and modified, rebuilt,\nremanufactured, improved, or reconditioned; and a used part, except a\nused part which is removed from a motor vehicle and sold to a consumer\nwithout any attempt to improve the condition of the part and which is\nclearly marked as being in "as-is" condition.  Notwithstanding the\nabove, the term "part" shall not include any equipment or apparatus used\nin repairing a motor vehicle or any component of such motor vehicle if\nthe repair is regulated by article twelve-A of the vehicle and traffic\nlaw.\n  5. "Seller" means any person who sells parts either to a consumer or\nto a purchaser for the purpose of resale to a consumer.\n  6. "Initial seller" means the seller who manufactured, modified,\nrebuilt, remanufactured, improved, reconditioned or recycled the part or\nwho first sold the part.\n  7. "Intermediate seller" means any seller other than the initial\nseller.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 506 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 5 / Section 506
Loans and contributions by a participating county to a corporation
Status: in_force

§ 506. Loans and contributions by a participating county to a\ncorporation.  1. A participating county shall have power to loan or\ncontract to loan money to a corporation in such amounts, upon such terms\nand conditions and for such period or periods of time as in the judgment\nof the county are necessary or appropriate for the accomplishment of the\ncorporate purpose of the corporation.\n  2. Subject to any prior pledge of or lien upon the revenues or moneys\nof the corporation, the county shall have a first lien upon such\nrevenues or moneys for the repayment of any such loan, which lien:\n  a. Shall attach upon receipt of such revenues or moneys by the\ncorporation, without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and\n  b. Shall have priority over any other claim or lien against such\nrevenues or moneys, and\n  c. Shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of\nany kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the corporation,\nirrespective of whether such parties have notice of such lien.\n  3. A participating county shall have power to contribute or contract\nto contribute money or personal property to a corporation, in such\namounts, for such period or periods of time and upon such terms and\nconditions as in the judgment of such county are necessary or\nappropriate for the accomplishment of the corporate purpose of the\ncorporation.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 63-D — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 5 / Section 63-D
Attorney-general; death penalty prosecutions
Status: in_force

§ 63-d. Attorney-general; death penalty prosecutions.  1. The\nattorney-general shall, whenever required by the governor or his\ndesignee after a request of the governor by a district attorney, direct\nthat the resources and personnel of the department of law be used to\nprovide assistance relating to the prosecution or appeal of any case\nwhere the defendant may be subject to the penalty of death. Such\nassistance shall include the use of any department resource or services,\nwhich the attorney-general deems proper, and may be performed or\nprovided by the attorney-general or any employee of the department of\nlaw.  Assistance pursuant to this section may only be provided with\nrespect to proceedings where:\n  (i) the defendant is represented by counsel appointed pursuant to the\nprovisions of section thirty-five-b of the judiciary law or the\ndefendant is receiving expert, investigative or other services pursuant\nto such section, or\n  (ii) the defendant, through counsel retained privately by the\ndefendant through his or her own means or through the means of a person\nother than the defendant, or through representation by pro bono counsel,\nis able to marshal substantially greater legal and investigatory\nresources than those reasonably available to the district attorney.\n  2. A request of the governor made by a district attorney for\nassistance in a death penalty case shall be accompanied by a certificate\nof need stating that as a result of cases where the defendant may be\nsubject to the penalty of death additional resources or personnel are\nneeded to supplement the district attorney's staff and available\nresources in order to fulfill such district attorney's responsibilities.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2986 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-C / Section 2986
Immunity
Status: in_force

§ 2986. Immunity. 1. Provider immunity. No health care provider or\nemployee thereof shall be subjected to criminal or civil liability, or\nbe deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct, for honoring in\ngood faith a health care decision by an agent, or for other actions\ntaken in good faith pursuant to this article.\n  2. Agent immunity. No person acting as agent pursuant to a health care\nproxy shall be subjected to criminal or civil liability for making a\nhealth care decision in good faith pursuant to this article.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 465-C — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 8-A / Section 465-C
Grants to community organizations
Status: in_force

§ 465-c. Grants to community organizations. The commissioner shall\nmake grants within the amount appropriated therefor to community-based\norganizations or consortia of community-based organizations in high risk\nareas for outreach activities. Such outreach activities shall include\nbut not be limited to:\n  1. identification of barriers to participation in food assistance\nprograms including the unavailability of such programs;\n  2. information as to program availability, individual or household\neligibility, and application procedure;\n  3. identification of at risk populations and individuals within the at\nrisk populations who are not participating;\n  4. assistance with eligibility requirements including verification and\nenrollment;\n  5. dissemination of information to and conducting training sessions\nfor local groups; and\n  6. nutrition education to at risk populations.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 185 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 9-A / Section 185
Short title; purpose of article
Status: in_force

§ 185. Short title; purpose of article. This article shall be known\nand may be cited as the games of chance licensing law. The legislature\nhereby declares that the raising of funds for the promotion of bona fide\ncharitable, educational, scientific, health, religious and patriotic\ncauses and undertakings, where the beneficiaries are undetermined, is in\nthe public interest. It hereby finds that, as conducted prior to the\nenactment of this article, games of chance were the subject of\nexploitation by professional gamblers, promoters, and commercial\ninterests. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature\nthat all phases of the supervision, licensing and regulation of games of\nchance and of the conduct of games of chance, should be closely\ncontrolled and that the laws and regulations pertaining thereto should\nbe strictly construed and rigidly enforced; that the conduct of the game\nand all attendant activities should be so regulated and adequate\ncontrols so instituted as to discourage commercialization of gambling in\nall its forms, including the rental of commercial premises for games of\nchance, and to ensure a maximum availability of the net proceeds of\ngames of chance exclusively for application to the worthy causes and\nundertakings specified herein; that the only justification for this\narticle is to foster and support such worthy causes and undertakings,\nand that the mandate of section nine of article one of the state\nconstitution, as amended, should be carried out by rigid regulations to\nprevent commercialized gambling, prevent participation by criminal and\nother undesirable elements and prevent the diversion of funds from the\npurposes herein authorized.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1106 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 11 / Section 1106
Order to show cause; issuance; publication, service, filing
Status: in_force

§ 1106. Order to show cause; issuance; publication, service, filing.\n  (a) Upon the presentation of such a petition, the court shall make an\norder requiring the corporation and all persons interested in the\ncorporation to show cause before it, or before a referee designated in\nthe order, at a time and place therein specified, not less than four\nweeks after the granting of the order, why the corporation should not be\ndissolved. In connection therewith, the court may order the corporation,\nits officers and directors, to furnish the court with a schedule of all\ninformation, known or ascertainable with due diligence by them, deemed\npertinent by the court, including a statement of the corporate assets\nand liabilities, and the name and address of each shareholder and of\neach creditor and claimant, including any with unliquidated or\ncontingent claims and any with whom the corporation has unfulfilled\ncontracts.\n  (b) A copy of the order to show cause shall be published as prescribed\ntherein, at least once in each of the three weeks before the time\nappointed for the hearing thereon, in one or more newspapers, specified\nin the order, of general circulation in the county in which the office\nof the corporation is located at the date of the order.\n  (c) A copy of the order to show cause shall be served upon the state\ntax commission and the corporation and upon each person named in the\npetition, or in any schedule provided for in paragraph (a), as a\nshareholder, creditor or claimant, except upon a person whose address is\nstated to be unknown, and cannot with due diligence be ascertained by\nthe corporation. The service shall be made personally, at least ten days\nbefore the time appointed for the hearing, or by mailing a copy of the\norder, postage prepaid, at least twenty days before the time so\nappointed, addressed to the person to be served at his last known\naddress.\n  (d) A copy of the order to show cause and the petition shall be filed,\nwithin ten days after the order is entered, with the clerk of the county\nwhere the office of the corporation is located at the date of the order.\nA copy of each schedule furnished to the court under this section shall,\nwithin ten days thereafter, be filed with such clerk.\n  (e) Publication, service and filing provided for in this section shall\nbe effected by the corporation or such other persons as the court may\norder.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 32 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 2 / Section 32
Individual, joint-stock association, or other corporation may lay down and maintain railroad tracks in certain cases
Status: in_force

§ 32. Individual, joint-stock association, or other corporation may\nlay down and maintain railroad tracks in certain cases. Any individual,\njoint-stock association or corporation, engaged in any lawful business\nin this state, may, except in any city of the state, lay down and\nmaintain such railroad tracks on or across any street or highway, not\nexceeding three miles in length, as shall be necessary for the\ntransaction of its business, and to connect any place of business owned\nby them with the track of any railroad corporation, and render such\nplace of business more accessible to the public, upon obtaining the\nwritten consent of the owners of all the lands bounded on and of the\nlocal authorities having control of that portion of the street or\nhighway, upon which it is proposed to construct or operate such\nrailroad. If the consent of such property owners can not be obtained,\nthe appellate division of the supreme court of the department in which\nsuch railroad is to be constructed, may upon application appoint three\ncommissioners, who shall determine, after a hearing of all parties\ninterested, whether such railroad ought to be constructed or operated,\nand the amount of damages, if any, to be paid to such property owners,\nand their determination confirmed by the court may be taken in lieu of\nthe consent of the property owners. But no such railroad shall be so\nlocated, graded, built or operated as to interfere with or obstruct the\ntraveled part of any highway, or its use as a highway, or the use of any\nstreet or highway intersecting the same.\n