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N.Y. RPP Law § 332-B — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9 / Section 332-B
The record of certain other conveyances validated
Status: in_force

§ 332-b. The record of certain other conveyances validated. 1. The\nrecord made subsequent to February thirteenth, nineteen hundred forty\nand prior to the time this section shall take effect in the office of\nthe recording officer of any county in this state of any deed, mortgage,\nassignment or satisfaction piece of a mortgage, or other conveyance or\npower of attorney, otherwise authorized to be recorded therein,\nnotwithstanding any defect in the form of the certificate of\nacknowledgment or proof or the failure to append thereto a certificate\nas to the authority of the person who took the acknowledgment or proof,\nto take the same, or any defect in the form of such certificate of\nauthority, shall be in all respects as valid and effectual as though\nsuch certificate of acknowledgment or proof or certificate of authority\nhad been in proper form or such certificate of authority had been\nappended to such instrument. Provided only that such person was duly\nauthorized at the time of taking the proof or acknowledgment to take the\nsame in the county where the instrument is recorded or in the place,\nwhether within or without the United States, where the same was taken.\n  2. Nothing in this section shall affect any pending action or\nproceeding nor the rights of any purchaser in good faith and for a\nvaluable consideration whose conveyance shall have been duly recorded\nbefore this section shall take effect.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1526 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 15-A / Section 1526
Rendering of professional service
Status: in_force

§ 1526. Rendering of professional service.\n  (a) No foreign professional service corporation may render\nprofessional services in this state except through individuals\nauthorized by law to render such professional services as individuals in\nthis state.\n  (b) Each final plan, drawing and report made or issued by a foreign\nprofessional service corporation practicing professional engineering,\narchitecture, landscape architecture, geology or land surveying shall\nbear the name and seal of one or more professional engineers,\narchitects, landscape architects, professional geologists or land\nsurveyors, respectively, who are in responsible charge of such plan or\nreport.\n  (c) Each report, diagnosis, prognosis, and prescription made or issued\nby a foreign professional service corporation practicing medicine,\ndentistry, podiatry, optometry, ophthalmic dispensing, veterinary\nmedicine, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy or chiropractic shall bear\nthe signature of one or more physicians, dentists, podiatrists,\noptometrists, ophthalmic dispensers, veterinarians, pharmacists, nurses,\nphysiotherapists, or chiropractors, respectively, who are in responsible\ncharge of such report, diagnosis, prognosis, or prescription.\n  (d) Each record, transcript, report and hearing report prepared by a\nforeign professional service corporation practicing certified shorthand\nreporting shall bear the signature of one or more certified shorthand\nreporters who are in responsible charge of such record, transcript,\nreport, or hearing report.\n  (e) Each report and statement prepared by a foreign professional\nservice corporation practicing public accounting or certified public\naccounting shall bear the signature of one or more public accountants or\ncertified public accountants, respectively, who are in responsible\ncharge of such report or statement.\n  (f) Each opinion prepared by a foreign professional service\ncorporation practicing law shall bear the signature of one or more\nattorneys and counsellors-at-law who are in responsible charge of such\nopinion.\n  (g) In addition to the requirements in paragraphs (b) through (f)\ninclusive herein, each document prepared by a foreign professional\nservice corporation which under the rules, regulations, laws or customs\nof the applicable profession is required to bear the signature of an\nindividual in responsible charge of such document, shall be signed by\none or more such individuals licensed to practice in this state.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 527 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-BB / Section 527
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 527. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\ndefinitions shall apply:\n  1. "Automatic renewal" means a plan or arrangement in which a paid\nsubscription or purchasing agreement is automatically renewed at the end\nof a definite term for a subsequent term.\n  2. "Clear and conspicuous" means in larger type than the surrounding\ntext, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of\nthe same size, or set off from the surrounding text of the same size by\nsymbols or other marks, in a manner that clearly calls attention to the\nlanguage. In the case of an audio disclosure, "clear and conspicuous"\nmeans in a volume and cadence sufficient to be readily audible and\nunderstandable.\n  3. "Consumer" means any individual who seeks or acquires, by purchase\nor lease, any goods, services, money, or credit for personal, family, or\nhousehold purposes.\n  4. "Continuous service" means a plan or arrangement in which a\nsubscription or purchasing agreement continues until the consumer\ncancels the service.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 275 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 12 / Section 275
Illegal use of stamps; penalty
Status: in_force

§ 275. Illegal use of stamps; penalty. Any person who shall willfully\nremove or alter or knowingly permit to be removed or altered the\ncanceling or defacing marks of any stamp provided for by this article\nwith intent to use such stamp, or who shall knowingly or willfully buy,\nprepare for use, use, have in his possession or suffer to be used any\nwashed, restored or counterfeit stamp, and any person who shall\nintentionally remove or cause to be removed or knowingly permit to be\nremoved any stamp, affixed pursuant to the requirements of this article,\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be\nliable to a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one\nthousand dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or by\nboth such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1196 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 28-D / Section 1196
Administrative provisions
Status: in_force

§ 1196. Administrative provisions. (a) Except as otherwise provided\nfor in this article, the taxes imposed by this article shall be\nadministered and collected in a like manner as and jointly with the\ntaxes imposed by sections eleven hundred five and eleven hundred ten of\nthis chapter. In addition, except as otherwise provided in this article,\nall of the provisions of article twenty-eight of this chapter (except\nsections eleven hundred seven, eleven hundred eight, eleven hundred\nnine, and eleven hundred forty-eight) relating to or applicable to the\nadministration, collection and review of the taxes imposed by such\nsections eleven hundred five and eleven hundred ten, including, but not\nlimited to, the provisions relating to definitions, returns, exemptions,\npenalties, tax secrecy, personal liability for the tax, and collection\nof tax from the customer, shall apply to the taxes imposed by this\narticle so far as such provisions can be made applicable to the taxes\nimposed by this article with such limitations as set forth in this\narticle and such modifications as may be necessary in order to adapt\nsuch language to the taxes so imposed. Such provisions shall apply with\nthe same force and effect as if the language of those provisions had\nbeen set forth in full in this article except to the extent that any\nprovision is either inconsistent with a provision of this article or is\nnot relevant to the taxes imposed by this article.\n  (b) The tax imposed by this article is in lieu of and replaces any tax\nas may be imposed under sections eleven hundred sixty, eleven hundred\nsixty-six-a, and eleven hundred sixty-six-b of this chapter.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 450.60 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title M / Article 450 / Section 450.60
Appeal to intermediate appellate court; to what court taken
Status: in_force

§ 450.60  Appeal to intermediate appellate court; to what court taken.\n  The particular intermediate appellate courts to which appeals\nauthorized by sections 450.10 and 450.20 must be taken are as follows:\n  1.  An appeal from a judgment, sentence or order of the supreme court\nmust be taken to the appellate division of the department in which such\njudgment, sentence or order was entered.\n  2.  An appeal from a judgment, sentence or order of a county court\nmust be taken to the appellate division of the department in which such\njudgment, sentence or order was entered.\n  3.  An appeal from a judgment, sentence or order of a local criminal\ncourt located outside of New York City must, except as otherwise\nprovided in this subdivision, be taken to the county court of the county\nin which such judgment, sentence or order was entered.\n  If the appellate division of the second, third or fourth department\nhas established an appellate term of the supreme court for its\ndepartment, it may direct that appeals from such judgments, sentences\nand orders of such local criminal courts, or of particular\nclassifications of such local criminal courts, be taken to such\nappellate term of the supreme court instead of to the county court; and\nin such case such an appeal must be so taken.\n  4.  An appeal from a judgment, sentence or order of the New York City\ncriminal court must be taken, if such judgment, sentence or order was\nentered at a term of such court held in New York or Bronx county, to the\nappellate division of the first department, and, if entered at a term of\nsuch court held in Kings, Queens or Richmond county, to the appellate\ndivision of the second department; except that if the appellate division\nof either such department has established an appellate term of the\nsupreme court for its department, it may direct that all such appeals be\ntaken thereto; and in such case such an appeal must be so taken.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 119-C — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 6 / Section 119-C
Tax reduction benefit to ratepayers
Status: in_force

§ 119-c. Tax reduction benefit to ratepayers. The commission shall\nprovide that any net decrease in a utility corporation's tax expense\nresulting from the amendments made to sections one hundred eighty-four,\none hundred eighty-six-a and one hundred eighty-six-e of the tax law by\nthe chapter of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-seven which enacted\nthis section shall inure to the benefit of the ratepayers of such\ncorporation.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 626 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 22 / Section 626
Out-of-pocket loss; definition
Status: in_force

§ 626. Out-of-pocket loss; definition. 1. Out-of-pocket loss shall\nmean unreimbursed and unreimbursable expenses or indebtedness reasonably\nincurred for medical care or other services necessary as a result of the\ninjury upon which such claim is based, including such expenses incurred\nas a result of the exacerbation of a pre-existing disability or\ncondition directly resulting from the crime or causally related to the\ncrime. Such expenses or indebtedness shall include the cost of\ncounseling for the eligible spouse, domestic partner, grandparents,\nparents, stepparents, guardians, brothers, sisters, stepbrothers,\nstepsisters, children, stepchildren or grandchildren of a homicide\nvictim, and crime victims who have sustained a personal physical injury\nas the direct result of a crime and the spouse, children or stepchildren\nof such physically injured victim. For the purposes of this subdivision,\nthe victim of a sex offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of\nthe penal law is presumed to have suffered physical injury. Such\ncounseling may be provided by local victim service programs, where\navailable. It shall also include the cost of residing at or utilizing\nservices provided by shelters for battered spouses and children who are\neligible pursuant to subdivision two of section six hundred twenty-four\nof this article, and the cost of reasonable attorneys' fees for\nrepresentation before the office and/or before the appellate division\nupon judicial review not to exceed one thousand dollars.\n  2. Out-of-pocket loss shall also include the cost of counseling for a\nchild victim and the parent, stepparent, grandparent, guardian, brother,\nsister, stepbrother or stepsister of such victim, pursuant to\nregulations promulgated to carry out the provisions and purposes of this\narticle.\n  3. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article, and\nwithout regard to the financial difficulty of the claimant,\nout-of-pocket loss also shall include the cost of unreimbursed and\nunreimbursable counseling expense or indebtedness reasonably incurred by\nrelief workers who worked at the World Trade Center site in the\nimmediate aftermath of the September eleventh, two thousand one\nterrorist attacks, or incurred by individuals who personally witnessed\nsuch attacks, where such counseling expense or indebtedness is incurred\nas a direct result of such work or of the witnessing of such attacks,\nand is incurred on or before December thirty-first, two thousand seven.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4011 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 40 / Section 4011
Quality assurance
Status: in_force

§ 4011. Quality assurance. 1. Every hospice is required to establish a\nquality assurance program which shall objectively and systematically\nmonitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and\nservices provided by the hospice.\n  2. The information required to be collected and maintained by hospices\npursuant to subdivision one of this section and as required by\nsubdivision four of section four thousand ten of this article shall be\nkept confidential and shall not be released except to the department;\nprovided, however, that such information shall be released to a law\nenforcement agency upon a court order based upon probable cause that\nsuch information: (a) is relevant to a criminal investigation or\nproceeding and (b) cannot be obtained through any other means. Nothing\nin this section shall prohibit a hospice from voluntarily releasing what\nit reasonably believes to be evidence of criminality to a law\nenforcement agency.\n  3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the records,\ndocumentation or committee actions or records required to be maintained\nby hospices pursuant to subdivision one of this section and as required\nby subdivision four of section four thousand ten of this article shall\nbe subject to disclosure under article six of the public officers law or\narticle thirty-one of the civil practice law and rules, except as\nhereinafter provided or as provided by any other provision of law. No\nperson in attendance at a meeting of any such committee shall be\nrequired to testify as to what transpired thereat. The prohibitions of\nthis subdivision shall not apply to statements made by any person in\nattendance at such a meeting who is a party, or employee or agent of a\nparty to any action or proceeding the subject matter of which was\nreviewed at such meeting. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall\nprohibit disclosure of records, documentation or committee actions or\nrecords relating to employment history and recommendations from being\ntransmitted to any hospice which is required by law or regulation to\nobtain such information.\n  4. There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause\nof action for damages shall arise against, any person, partnership,\ncorporation, firm, society or other entity on account of participating\nin good faith and with reasonable care in a quality assurance committee\nor the communication of information in the possession of such person or\nentity, or on account of any recommendation or evaluation, regarding the\nqualifications, fitness, conduct or practices of any officer, director,\nemployee, or agent of such hospice to any government agency,\nprofessional society, licensing or certification board as required by\nsubdivision one of this section and subdivision four of section four\nthousand ten of this article. The foregoing shall not apply to\ninformation which is untrue and communicated with malicious intent.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 6708 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 67 / Section 6708
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 6708. Rules and regulations. The superintendent shall promulgate\nsuch rules and regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of\nthis article. Such regulation may be necessary in light of the nonprofit\nproperty/casualty insurance company being owned by nonprofit\norganizations that it insures, including the proprietary nature of the\ninformation relating to the nonprofit property/casualty insurance\ncompany's operations.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1306 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 13 / Section 1306
Abandoned property resulting from the administration of the vehicle and traffic law
Status: in_force

§ 1306. Abandoned property resulting from the administration of the\nvehicle and traffic law.  Any abandoned property resulting from the\nadministration of the vehicle and traffic law in the hands of the\ncommissioner of motor vehicles or the commissioner of taxation and\nfinance on the first day of January in any year shall be paid to the\nstate comptroller not later than the first day of July following. Such\npayment shall be accompanied by a written report setting forth such\nidentifying information as the state comptroller may require.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 414 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 15* / Section 414
Coordination with adjacent metropolitan planning organizations
Status: in_force

* § 414. Coordination with adjacent metropolitan planning\norganizations.  Within six months from the effective date of this\narticle, the council shall develop procedures for coordinating its plans\nand programs, and its planning and programming processes, with adjacent\nmetropolitan planning orgnizations in the states of New York, New\nJersey, and Connecticut. The council shall appoint a representative to\nwork with these metropolitan planning organizations and to report back\nto the council with recommendations on this matter as soon as possible.\n  * NB Expired June 30, 1983\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 47-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 47 / Section 47-0103
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

§ 47-0103. Declaration of policy.\n  The legislature hereby finds and declares that the management and\nconservation of our environment is essential to the health and wellbeing\nof the people of the state. Local county or regional understanding of\nthe importance of all aspects of the environment is necessary for the\nmost balanced use of natural resources. Local participation in planning\nof activities which influence the ecological balance of the locality and\ntherefore the state is important. It is in the best interest of the\ncitizens of the state to have environmental management councils which\nshall be responsible for reviewing and advising local and state\ngovernment, and where resources within the county are influenced, the\nfederal government, on present and proposed methods of using, protecting\nand conserving the environment for the benefit of all the people.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 8-111 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 8 / Part 1 / Section 8-111
Clearing Corporation Rules
Status: in_force

Section 8--111. Clearing Corporation Rules.\n  A rule adopted by a clearing corporation governing rights and\nobligations among the clearing corporation and its participants in the\nclearing corporation is effective even if the rule conflicts with this\narticle and affects another party who does not consent to the rule.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 307.2 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 307.2
Appearance ticket procedures
Status: in_force

§ 307.2. Appearance ticket procedures. 1. If a child fails to appear\non the return date specified on a family court appearance ticket, the\nprobation service may refer the matter forthwith to the appropriate\npresentment agency or may, in its discretion, attempt to secure the\nattendance of the child. Upon exercise of its discretion, probation\nservices shall take appropriate action under law including, but not\nlimited to, written notification to the child and parent or other person\nlegally responsible for his care or telephone communications with the\nchild and parent or other person legally responsible for his care.\nEfforts to secure the attendance of the child shall not extend beyond\nseven days subsequent to such return date and the probation service must\nrefer the matter to the appropriate presentment agency within such\nperiod. Upon referral, the presentment agency may take whatever action\nit deems appropriate, including the filing of a petition pursuant to\nsection 311.1.\n  2. If the complainant fails to appear on the return date specified on\nsuch appearance ticket, the probation service may, in its discretion,\nattempt to secure his voluntary attendance. Upon exercise of its\ndiscretion, probation services may take appropriate action under law\nincluding, but not limited to, written notification to the complainant\nor telephone communications with the complainant. Efforts to secure the\nvoluntary attendance of such person shall not extend beyond seven days\nsubsequent to such return date and the probation service shall refer the\nmatter to the appropriate presentment agency within such period. Upon\nreferral, the presentment agency may take whatever action it deems\nappropriate, including the issuance of a subpoena or the filing of a\npetition pursuant to section 311.1.\n  3. If a petition is filed subsequent to the issuance of an appearance\nticket the appearance ticket shall be made part of the probation service\nfile.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7003 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 70 / Section 7003
When the writ shall be issued
Status: in_force

§ 7003. When the writ shall be issued. (a) Generally. The court to\nwhom the petition is made shall issue the writ without delay on any day,\nor, where the petitioner does not demand production of the person\ndetained or it is clear that there is no disputable issue of fact, order\nthe respondent to show cause why the person detained should not be\nreleased. If it appears from the petition or the documents annexed\nthereto that the person is not illegally detained or that a court or\njudge of the United States has exclusive jurisdiction to order him\nreleased, the petition shall be denied.\n  (b) Successive petitions for writ. A court is not required to issue a\nwrit of habeas corpus if the legality of the detention has been\ndetermined by a court of the state on a prior proceeding for a writ of\nhabeas corpus and the petition presents no ground not theretofore\npresented and determined and the court is satisfied that the ends of\njustice will not be served by granting it.\n  (c) Penalty for violation.  For a violation of this section in\nrefusing to issue the writ, a judge, or, if the petition was made to a\ncourt, each member of the court who assents to the violation, forfeits\nto the person detained one thousand dollars, to be recovered by an\naction in his name or in the name of the petitioner to his use.\n