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NY Gen Bus L § 766 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 36 - Protection of Underground Facilities 766 - Rules and Regulations.

§  766.  Rules  and  regulations.  The public service commission shall   adopt rules and regulations to implement and enforce the  provisions  of   this  article  pursuant  to section one hundred nineteen-b of the public   service law.
NY Gen Bus L § 767 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 36 - Protection of Underground Facilities 767 - Separability.

§  767.  Separability.  If  any  provision  of  this  article  or  the   application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid,  the   remainder  of the article and the application of such provision to other   persons or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
NY Gen Bus L § 771-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 36-A - Home Improvement Contracts 771-A - Responsibilities of Home Improvement Contractors.

§  771-a.  Responsibilities  of  home improvement contractors. No home   improvement contractor shall engage in  any  activity,  transaction,  or   course  of  business or pay or receive any fee, payment, money, or other   thing of value in connection with the financing of  a  home  improvement   contract  without fully disclosing such activity, transaction, or course   of business and any fees, payment, or other thing of value paid or to be   paid in connection therewith, and without having obtained the  agreement   in  writing from all parties to the transaction to such activity and the   payment therefor.
NY Gen Bus L § 772 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 36-A - Home Improvement Contracts 772 - Penalty for Fraud.

§  772. Penalty for fraud. 1. Any owner who is induced to contract for   a  home  improvement,  in  reliance  on  false  or  fraudulent   written   representations  or  false  written statements, may sue and recover from   such contractor a  penalty  of  five  hundred  dollars  plus  reasonable   attorney's  fees,  in  addition to any damages sustained by the owner by   reason of such statements or representations. In addition, if the  court   finds  that  the  suit by the owner was without arguable legal merit, it   may award reasonable attorney's fees to the contractor.2. Nothing  in  this  article  shall  impair,  limit,  or  reduce  the   statutory,  common  law  or  contractual  duties  or  liability  of  any   contractor.
NY Gen Bus L § 773 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 36-A - Home Improvement Contracts 773 - Violations.

§  773.  Violations.  1.  Technical violations. Every home improvement   contractor who violates any of the provisions of this article  shall  be   subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars.2. Substantial violations. Every home improvement contractor who fails   to  deposit  funds in an escrow account or provide a bond or contract of   indemnity or  irrevocable  letter  of  credit  in  compliance  with  the   requirements  of  section seventy-one-a of the lien law, or who fails to   provide  a  written  contract  substantially  in  compliance  with   the   requirements of this article, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to   exceed  the  greater  of two hundred fifty dollars for each violation or   five percent of the aggregate  contract  price  specified  in  the  home   improvement  contract;  provided,  however,  that  in no event shall the   total penalty exceed twenty-five hundred dollars for each contract.3. Mitigating factors; defenses. In an instance where  the  contractor   has  been shown to have committed multiple violations of this article or   the provisions of section seventy-one-a of the lien law, the court shall   consider the following factors in assessing a civil penalty pursuant  to   subdivision  two  of this section: the volume of business which the home   improvement contractor performs  on  an  annual  basis,  the  number  of   contracts  in  violation,  the  actual  financial  loss  or  exposure to   financial loss suffered by any owner as a result of the violations,  and   whether the home improvement contractor acted in good faith or willfully   with respect to such violations. No home improvement contractor shall be   subject  to  the increased penalties provided by subdivision two of this   section if such contractor shows by a preponderance of the evidence that   the violation was not intentional and resulted from a  bona  fide  error   made notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to   avoid such a violation.
NY Gen Bus L § 774 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 36-A - Home Improvement Contracts 774 - Action by the Attorney General.

§  774.  Action  by the attorney general. 1. Upon any violation of the   provisions of this article, an application may be made by  the  attorney   general in the name of the people of the state of New York to a court or   justice  having  jurisdiction to issue an injunction, and upon notice to   the defendant of not less than five days, to  enjoin  and  restrain  the   continuance  of the violation. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of   the court or justice that the defendant has violated  this  section,  an   injunction  may  be  issued  by  the  court  or  justice,  enjoining and   restraining any further violation,  without  requiring  proof  that  any   person  has,  in  fact,  been  injured  or  damaged thereby. In any such   proceeding, the court may make allowances to  the  attorney  general  as   provided  in  paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section eight thousand   three hundred three of the civil practice  law  and  rules,  and  direct   restitution.In  connection  with  an  application  made  under  this  section, the   attorney general is authorized to take proof and to make a determination   of the relevant facts and to issue  subpoenas  in  accordance  with  the   civil practice law and rules.2.  The provisions of this article may be enforced concurrently by the   director of  a  municipal  consumer  affairs  office,  or  by  the  town   attorney,  city  corporation  counsel,  or  other  lawful  designee of a   municipality or local government, and all  moneys  collected  thereunder   shall be retained by such municipality or local government.
NY Gen Bus L § 775 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 36-A - Home Improvement Contracts 775 - Applicability.

§  775.  Applicability.  This  article shall not exempt any contractor   subject to its provisions from complying with any local law with respect   to the regulation of home improvement  contractors,  provided,  however,   that  after the effective date of this article, no political subdivision   may enact a local law inconsistent with the provisions of section  seven   hundred seventy-one of this article.
NY Gen Bus L § 776 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 36-A - Home Improvement Contracts 776 - Severability.

§  776.  Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision   or part of this article or the application thereof to any  person,  firm   or  corporation,  or  circumstance,  shall  be  adjudged by any court of   competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such  judgment   shall  not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall   be confined  in  its  operation  to  the  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,   subdivision,  or  part  of  this  article;  or in its application to the   person, firm or corporation, or circumstance, directly involved  in  the   controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
NY Gen Bus L § 778 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 36-C - Down Payments in the Purchase and Sale of Residential Real Estate 778 - Definitions.

§  778.  Definitions.  When used in this article, the following terms,   unless  the  context  requires  otherwise,  shall  have  the   following   meanings:1.  "Bank"  means  a  bank,  trust  company, savings bank, or state or   federal savings and loan association which is located within this state.2. "Contract" means a written agreement between a seller and buyer for   the sale and purchase of a home.3. "Down payment" means a contract deposit or similar  advance  toward   the  purchase  price  of  a  home  that a buyer gives to an escrow agent   pursuant to the provisions of a contract.4. "Escrow agent" means a person, other than a  seller,  who  holds  a   buyer's down payment deposit pursuant to the provisions of a contract.5.  "Home"  means  an  existing, previously occupied one or two-family   dwelling intended to be used primarily as a residence, or a  residential   unit  in  a  multi-unit  structure in which title or shares of stock are   transferred to buyers under a condominium or cooperative regime. It does   not mean a mobile home as defined in section seven hundred twenty-one of   this chapter.
NY Gen Bus L § 778-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 36-C - Down Payments in the Purchase and Sale of Residential Real Estate 778-A - Contracts Requiring Down Payments in Escrow.

§  778-a.  Contracts  requiring  down payments in escrow. 1. An escrow   agent who undertakes to hold a buyer's down payment in the purchase  and   sale  of  a  home  shall  have the fiduciary obligation to segregate and   safeguard the buyer's down payment in a special bank account, and  shall   not  commingle  such  down  payment  with the escrow agent's personal or   business funds.2. A contract which requires that a down payment  be  held  in  escrow   shall  identify  the escrow agent and the bank in which the down payment   shall be deposited during the term of the escrow.3. An escrow agent shall not be required to maintain a down payment in   a bank account which is separate from all other bank accounts,  provided   the escrow agent's books of account and banking records shall accurately   show the allocation to each owner of all funds that are deposited in the   escrow agent's special bank account and all transactions relating to the   receipt and disbursement of escrow funds.4.  Unless  the contract provides otherwise, an escrow agent shall not   be required to deposit the down  payment  in  an  interest-bearing  bank   account. If the escrow agent is an attorney admitted to practice in this   state, a bank account authorized by section four hundred ninety-seven of   the judiciary law shall be a lawful depository for down payments held by   the attorney in escrow.5.  The  provisions  of  this  section  may  be  modified by a written   agreement signed by the buyer, seller and escrow agent.6. The provisions of this section are not exclusive and do not relieve   a  buyer,  seller  or  escrow  agent  from  compliance  with  all  other   applicable  provisions  of  law,  or  from  civil  or criminal liability   imposed by other applicable provisions of law.
NY Gen Bus L § 779 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 37 - Deposits on Construction of New Homes 779 - Applicability.

§  779.  Applicability. Any municipality is hereby authorized to adopt   the provisions of this  article  provided  such  municipality,  after  a   public hearing, adopts a local law or ordinance providing therefor.
NY Gen Bus L § 780 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 37 - Deposits on Construction of New Homes 780 - Definitions.

§  780.  Definitions.  When used in this article, the following terms,   unless  the  context  requires  otherwise,  shall  have  the   following   meanings.1.  "Vendee"  means  any individual or individuals who have contracted   with a vendor for construction of a home on land not owned at  the  time   of such agreement by such individual or individuals.2.  "Vendor"  means  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  or association   engaged in the business of erecting or constructing homes.3. "Home" means a new one or two family dwelling intended to  be  used   primarily as a residence.4. "Municipality" means any town, village or city.5.  "Default" occurs where title to the home is not transferred to the   vendee because of the failure of the  vendor  to  substantially  perform   those  provisions of the agreement between the vendor and vendee wherein   vendor undertook to build or construct a home for the vendee,  or  where   the vendor becomes insolvent.6.  "Deposit"  means any moneys given as down payment by the vendee to   the vendor as required by the vendor prior to the  commencement  of  the   work  to  be  performed  pursuant to an agreement between the vendor and   vendee wherein vendor undertook to build or construct  a  home  for  the   vendee.7.  "Demand"  means communication of an actual notice to the vendor of   requests made therein.
NY Gen Bus L § 781 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 37 - Deposits on Construction of New Homes 781 - Security to Be Furnished by Vendor.

§ 781. Security to be furnished by vendor. When a vendor undertakes to   build  or  construct a home for a vendee, and such vendee is required to   pay a deposit to such vendor, the  vendor  shall  post  with  the  chief   fiscal officer of the municipality wherein such home is to be erected or   constructed, a bond in the amount of such deposit or deposits. Such bond   shall  be posted within five business days after receipt of said deposit   or deposits, by the vendor, and shall secure the payment of said deposit   to the vendee upon the vendor's default. Such bond shall be in such form   as required by the superintendent of financial services.
NY Gen Bus L § 782 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 37 - Deposits on Construction of New Homes 782 - Alternative to Posting Bond.

§  782.  Alternative  to  posting  bond.  In lieu of posting a bond as   provided in this article, the vendor shall place the deposit or deposits   paid to him by the vendee in an interest bearing escrow account  with  a   bank  as  defined  in  the  banking  law within five business days after   receipt of such deposit or deposits. Such deposit or  deposits  together   with  interest  accumulated  thereon  shall  remain  the property of the   vendee, except as otherwise provided herein.
NY Gen Bus L § 783 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 37 - Deposits on Construction of New Homes 783 - Disposition of Security.

§  783. Disposition of security. 1. Upon transfer of title of the home   to the vendee  the  bond  posted  pursuant  to  this  article  shall  be   released,  and  any  funds  held in escrow pursuant to the provisions of   this article, together with interest accumulated  thereon  shall  become   the  property  of the vendor, unless otherwise agreed between the vendor   and vendee.2. Upon default by the vendor, the vendee may  demand  return  of  his   deposit  or  deposits  from  the  vendor.  If  the vendor has placed the   deposit or deposits in an escrow account pursuant to the  provisions  of   this article, he shall physically transfer the account to the vendee, or   pay  the  balance of said account to the vendee within fourteen business   days after the day on which the demand  was  made.  If  the  vendor  has   posted a bond pursuant to the provisions of this article, the vendee may   initiate  action for payment thereon if his deposit or deposits have not   been paid to such vendee by the vendor  within  fourteen  business  days   after the day in which said demand was made.
NY Gen Bus L § 784 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 37 - Deposits on Construction of New Homes 784 - Penalties and Liabilities.

§  784.  Penalties and liabilities. 1. Failure of the vendor to comply   with any of the provisions of this  article  is  a  misappropriation  of   funds and action may be brought by the vendee against the vendor for the   return  of any moneys advanced. In addition, such vendor shall be liable   for criminal action pursuant to the provisions  of  subdivision  two  of   this section.2.  Failure of the vendor to comply with any of the provisions of this   article shall be deemed a misdemeanor.3.  Nothing  in  this  article  shall  impair,  limit  or  reduce  the   statutory,  common  law or contractual duties or liability of any vendor   in the construction of a home nor shall these provisions  apply  to  any   local  law or ordinance which requires the posting of public improvement   bonds.
NY Gen Bus L § 785 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 37 - Deposits on Construction of New Homes 785 - Waiver Prohibited.

§ 785. Waiver prohibited. Any agreement entered into by a vendee which   waives,  limits or disclaims the rights or obligations set forth in this   article shall be void as contrary to public policy.
NY Gen Bus L § 788 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 37-A - Registration of Hearing Aid Dispensers 788 - Legislative Intent.

§ 788. Legislative intent. The legislature recognizes and acknowledges   the  value  of  hearing  aids  to many individuals with hearing loss and   recognizes the valuable service provided by hearing aid  dispensers  and   dispensing  audiologists  to  such  individuals  by  providing access to   appropriate amplification devices and other valuable services related to   their use. Due to the large number of individuals with hearing loss  who   do  not  use  hearing  aids,  the legislature furthermore recognizes the   positive benefits of the increased use of hearing aids. It is the intent   of the legislature and this  article  to  protect  the  hearing-impaired   public  by  ensuring  competent,  honest  and  accountable dispensers of   hearing aids who will protect the health,  safety  and  welfare  of  the   people of this state.The  legislature  finds and declares that existing laws regulating the   dispensing of hearing aids have been ineffective in  providing  adequate   protection.  To  ensure  against consumer abuses and thereby protect the   public,  the  legislature  determines  that  more  rigorous   education,   training  and  business  practice  standards  should be applied to those   persons registered to dispense hearing aids pursuant to this article. It   is the intention of the legislature to apply  standards  to  more  fully   protect  the  general public, and to ensure continued consumer access to   safe, reliable and appropriate hearing aid dispensing services.
NY Gen Bus L § 792 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 37-A - Registration of Hearing Aid Dispensers 792 - Hearing Aid Dispensers Account.

§  792. Hearing aid dispensers account. There is hereby established in   the custody of the state comptroller and the  secretary  a  hearing  aid   dispensers  account  into  which  all  fees  collected  pursuant to this   article shall be deposited. The money in such account shall be  utilized   solely  for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of   this article.
NY Gen Bus L § 793 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 37-A - Registration of Hearing Aid Dispensers 793 - Registry.

§  793. Registry. The secretary shall establish a state registry which   shall list and identify  on  a  county-by-county  basis  all  registered   hearing  aid  dispensers, trainees, audiologists engaged in the business   of  dispensing  hearing  aids  and  businesses  registered  pursuant  to   subdivision  five  of  section seven hundred ninety of this article. The   registry shall contain all information relevant to the status  of  their   registration   including   their  standing,  location  of  practice  and   telephone number.
NY Gen Bus L § 794 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 37-A - Registration of Hearing Aid Dispensers 794 - Continuing Education Requirements.

§  794. Continuing education requirements.  1. Prior to the expiration of a certificate of registration and as a  condition  of  renewal,  each hearing  aid dispenser registered pursuant to subdivision one of section seven hundred ninety of this article shall submit documentation  showing successful  completion  of twenty continuing education credits through a course or courses approved by the secretary  in  consultation  with  the advisory  board,  or,  in  relation to audiologists licensed pursuant to article one hundred fifty-nine of the education law, the office  of  the professions in the education department. Such formal courses of learning shall  include,  but  not  be  limited to, collegiate level of credit in non-credit courses,  professional  development  programs  and  technical sessions  offered by national, state and local professional associations and other organizations  acceptable  to  the  secretary  and  any  other organized   educational   and   technical  programs  acceptable  to  the secretary. The secretary may, in his or her discretion, and as needed to contribute to  the  health  and  welfare  of  the  public,  require  the completion  of  continuing  education  courses  in  specific subjects to fulfill this mandatory continuing education requirement.  Courses  shall be   taken  from  a  sponsor  approved  by  the  secretary  pursuant  to regulations promulgated pursuant to this section.   2.  A  hearing  aid  dispenser  registered  under  paragraph  (b)   of subdivision  one  of  section  seven  hundred ninety of this article may satisfy  the  requirements  of  subdivision  one  of  this  section   by demonstrating   to   the   secretary  compliance  with  such  continuing competency  requirements  as  are  prescribed  by  article  one  hundred fifty-nine  of  the education law, provided, however, that, such persons shall submit documentation showing the  successful  completion  of  four continuing education credits relating to the dispensing of hearing aids.   3.  (a)  Within  one  year  of the effective date of this article, the secretary  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  establishing  the method,   content   and  supervision  requirements  for  the  continuing education course or courses  provided  for  in  this  section.  Properly prepared written materials of the subject matter of each course shall be distributed  and  each course shall be taught by an instructor who meets requirements established by the secretary upon the recommendation of the board. Any person or organization offering a course shall apply  to  the secretary  for authorization to offer such course or courses pursuant to said rules and regulations.  (b) Credits shall be awarded based on one  hour  of  credit  for  each sixty  minutes of participation. The secretary may prescribe the form or forms  on  which  participation  and  credits  are  documented.  At  the conclusion of each approved course, a certificate of completion shall be transmitted to the secretary.