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NY Pub Lands L § 90 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 8 - Mineral Springs 90 - Accelerating or Impeding Flow of Mineral Waters.

§ 90. Accelerating or impeding flow of mineral waters.  Pumping, or by   any  artificial  contrivance  whatsoever  in any manner accelerating the   natural flow, or producing an unnatural flow of that  class  of  mineral   waters  holding  in  solution  natural  mineral  salts  and an excess of   carbonic acid gas from any well made by  boring  or  drilling  into  the   rock,  or  pumping,  or  by any artificial contrivance whatsoever in any   manner accelerating the natural flow or producing an unnatural flow,  of   natural  carbonic acid gas issuing from or contained in any well made by   boring or drilling into the rock, is hereby  declared  to  be  unlawful.   Pumping,  or  by  any  artificial  contrivance  whatsoever in any manner   accelerating the natural flow, or producing an unnatural flow,  of  that   class of mineral waters holding in solution natural mineral salts and an   excess  of  carbonic  acid  gas from any well made by boring or drilling   into the rock, or pumping, or by any artificial  contrivance  whatsoever   in  any  manner accelerating the natural flow, or producing an unnatural   flow of, natural carbonic acid gas issuing from or contained in any well   made by boring or drilling into the rock, by reason whereof the  natural   flow  from any mineral spring or any mineral well belonging to any other   person or corporation, is impeded,  retarded,  diminished,  diverted  or   endangered, or the quality of its waters is impaired, or the quantity of   its  carbonic  acid  gas  or  mineral  ingredients diminished, is hereby   declared to be unlawful. Pumping, or  otherwise  drawing  by  artificial   appliance  from  any well made by boring or drilling into the rock, that   class of mineral waters holding in solution natural mineral salts and an   excess  of  carbonic  acid  gas,  or  pumping,  or  by  any   artificial   contrivance  whatsoever  in  any  manner producing an unnatural flow of,   carbonic acid gas issuing from or contained in any well made  by  boring   or  drilling  into  the rock, for the purpose of extracting, collecting,   compressing, liquefying or vending such gas  as  a  commodity  otherwise   than  in  connection  with  the  mineral  water  and  the  other mineral   ingredients with which it was  associated,  is  hereby  declared  to  be   unlawful.  The  doing of any act or thing whatsoever whereby the natural   flow from any spring or well of that class of mineral waters holding  in   solution  natural  mineral  salts and an excess of carbonic acid gas, is   impeded, retarded, diminished, diverted or endangered, or the quality of   its waters is impaired, or the quantity of  its  carbonic  acid  gas  or   mineral ingredients diminished, is hereby declared to be unlawful.
NY Pub Lands L § 91 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 8 - Mineral Springs 91 - Action to Restrain.

§ 91. Action  to  restrain.   Any citizen of the state may maintain an   action to restrain any person or corporation from committing any of  the   unlawful  acts  specified in section ninety of this chapter, in any city   or town in which said citizen is assessed for and is liable to  pay,  or   within one year before the commencement of the action has paid, a tax.The  attorney-general  may  at  any  time,  in  the  exercise  of  his   discretion, bring and maintain an action in the name of  the  people  of   the state of New York, to restrain any person or corporation from any of   the unlawful acts specified in section ninety of this chapter.  It shall   be  the  duty of the attorney-general to institute and prosecute such an   action, upon the written request of ten citizens of this state  who  are   assessed for taxes therein and whose aggregate assessments amount to not   less  than  ten thousand dollars, and who shall state, in writing, facts   and circumstances showing any such unlawful act  or  acts  and  give  an   undertaking  with  sureties  to  be approved by a justice of the supreme   court to indemnify the people against the costs of such action.
NY Pub Lands L § 92 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 8 - Mineral Springs 92 - Limitation of Article.

§ 92. Limitation  of article.  Nothing in this article contained shall   be construed to affect the Onondaga salt springs reservation, located in   Onondaga county, or the springs of any county adjacent thereto.
NY Pub Lands L § 92-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 8 - Mineral Springs 92-A - Waste of Mineral Waters.

§ 92-a. Waste  of  mineral  waters.    1.  The  waste of that class of   mineral waters holding in solution natural mineral salts and  an  excess   of carbonic acid gas is hereby declared to be unlawful.2.  Waste  defined. The permitting of the flow or escape of that class   of mineral waters defined in section ninety of  this  article  shall  be   deemed a waste thereof, unless such flow shall be necessary to the care,   protection  or preservation of the spring or well, or for the purpose of   the actual use of the owner or occupant of the land or others  with  his   consent,  including  the  sale  or commercial use of the waters or gases   flowing therefrom. The permitting of such flow, except for the immediate   use or sale of such waters or gases or  the  immediate  service  to  the   public,  for  a  longer  period than twenty-four hours in any one month,   shall be presumptive evidence of the waste thereof, unless authorized by   the  commissioner  of  parks  and  recreation  as  provided  in  section   ninety-two-b of this article.
NY Pub Lands L § 92-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 8 - Mineral Springs 92-B - Permits Authorizing Flow of Springs.

§ 92-b. Permits  authorizing  flow  of  springs.   The commissioner of   parks and recreation may issue an annual permit permitting the  flow  of   such  spring  in  such  amount  and  at  such times as such permit shall   specify.  No permit shall be issued unless it appears that the  flow  of   such  spring will not result in the depletion of the amount of flow, gas   or mineral content of the spring for which a permit is asked, or of  any   other  like  spring,  nor  unless  it also appears that the flow of said   spring is of scenic  interest  or  that  the  flow  of  such  spring  is   necessary to regulate or protect the flow of neighboring springs.  If at   any  time  it  satisfactorily  appears  to the commissioner of parks and   recreation that the required conditions for issuing a permit  no  longer   exist, such permit may be revoked upon ten days notice.
NY Pub Lands L § 92-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 8 - Mineral Springs 92-C - Actions to Restrain Violations of Law; Saratoga County.

§ 92-c. Actions  to  restrain  violations of law; Saratoga county.  In   addition to those persons authorized to bring actions  pursuant  to  the   provisions   of  section  ninety-one,  the  commissioner  of  parks  and   recreation may maintain an action to restrain any person or  corporation   from  committing  any of the unlawful acts specified in sections ninety,   ninety-two-a and ninety-two-b herein, provided such acts  are  committed   within the county of Saratoga.
NY Pub Lands L § 138 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 13 - Action to Vacate Letters Patent 138 - When Attorney-General May Maintain Action.

§ 138. When    attorney-general    may    maintain   action.       The   attorney-general  may  maintain   an   action   to   vacate   or   annul   letters-patent,  granted  by  the  people of the state, in either of the   following cases:1. Where they were obtained by means of a  fraudulent  suggestion,  or   concealment  of  a  material  fact,  made  by,  or with the knowledge or   consent of, the person to whom they were issued.2. Where they were issued in ignorance of a material fact, or  through   mistake.3.  Where  the  patentee,  or  those  claiming under him, have done or   admitted an act, in violation of the terms and conditions upon which the   letters-patent were granted, or have, by any other means, forfeited  the   interest acquired under the same.Whenever  the attorney-general has good reason to believe that any act   or omission, specified in this section, can  be  proved,  and  that  the   person  to  be  made  defendant has no sufficient legal defence, he must   commence such an action.
NY Pub Lands L § 139 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 13 - Action to Vacate Letters Patent 139 - Jury Trial.

§ 139. Jury  trial.  All the issues of fact in an action brought under   this article are triable of right by a jury.
NY Pub Lands L § 139-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 13 - Action to Vacate Letters Patent 139-A - Judgment-Roll and Effect of Judgment.

§ 139-a. Judgment-roll  and effect of judgment.  Where final judgment,   vacating or annulling letters-patent, is rendered in an action,  brought   as  prescribed  in  the  last section, the attorney-general must cause a   copy of the judgment-roll to be forthwith filed in  the  office  of  the   commissioner  of general services, who must make an entry in his records   stating the substance and effect of the judgment, and the time when  the   judgment-roll   was  filed.     The  real  property,  granted  by  those   letters-patent, may thereafter be disposed of by the commissioner, as if   the letters-patent had not been issued.
NY Pub Lands L § 139-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 13 - Action to Vacate Letters Patent 139-B - Transcript to Be Filed in Each County Where Real Property Is Situated.

§ 139-b. Transcript  to be filed in each county where real property is   situated.  Immediately after making the entry  prescribed  in  the  last   section,  the commissioner of general services must transmit a certified   transcript thereof to the clerk, or the register, as the case  requires,   of  each  county, in which the real property affected by the judgment is   situated.    The  clerk  or  register  must  file  it;   and,   if   the   letters-patent  are recorded in his office, he must note the contents of   the transcript in the margin of the record.
NY Pub Lands L § 160 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 17 - Construction; Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect 160 - Construction.

§ 160. Construction.    This  chapter  shall  not  limit or modify the   provisions of the railroad law relating to the grant or acquisition, for   railroad purposes, of any lands belonging to the people  of  the  state,   except  that  no  railroad  corporation  may  condemn  any  canal  lands   abandoned pursuant to the provisions of article  four  of  this  chapter   until  after  they have been sold and conveyed in the manner provided by   this chapter.
NY Pub Lands L § 141 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 17 - Construction; Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect 141 - Laws Repealed.

§ 141. Laws  repealed.   Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto   annexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.
NY Pub Lands L § 142 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 17 - Construction; Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect 142 - When to Take Effect.

§ 142. When   to   take  effect.    This  chapter  shall  take  effect   immediately.
NY Pub Off L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions 1 - Short Title.

§ 1. Short  title. This chapter shall be known as the "Public Officers   Law."
NY Pub Off L § 2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions 2 - Definitions.

§ 2. Definitions.  The term "state officer" includes every officer for   whom all the electors of the state are entitled to vote, members of  the   legislature,  justices  of the supreme court, regents of the university,   and every officer, appointed by one or more state officers,  or  by  the   legislature,   and   authorized   to  exercise  his  official  functions   throughout the entire state, or  without  limitation  to  any  political   subdivision  of  the  state,  except  United States senators, members of   congress, and electors for president and vice-president  of  the  United   States.  The  term  "local  officer" includes every other officer who is   elected by the electors of a portion only of the state, every officer of   a political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state, and every   officer limited in the execution of his official functions to a  portion   only of the state.  The office of a state officer is a state office. The   office of a local officer is a local office.
NY Pub Off L § 3-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 2 - Appointment and Qualification of Public Officers 3-A - Restrictions Upon Holding Public Office or Employment of Persons Removed From Office for Certain Reasons.

§ 3-a. Restrictions  upon  holding  public  office  or  employment  of   persons removed from office for certain reasons.    Any  public  officer   who,  upon  being  called  before a grand jury to testify concerning the   conduct of his office or the performance of his official duties, refuses   to sign a waiver of immunity against subsequent criminal prosecution, or   to answer any relevant question  concerning  such  matters  before  such   grand jury and who, by virtue thereof, has been removed from such public   office  by the appropriate authority or who has forfeited such office at   the suit of the attorney general shall not be capable of holding a civil   office or public employment for a period of five years from the date  of   the removal from or forfeit of such public office.
NY Pub Off L § 3-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 2 - Appointment and Qualification of Public Officers 3-C - Restrictions Upon Nomination or Election to Compensated Federal, State or Local Office.

§  3-c.  Restrictions  upon  nomination  or  election  to  compensated   federal, state or  local  office.  1.  For  purposes  of  this  section,   "candidate"  has the meaning set forth in section 14-100 of the election   law.2. No commissioner, executive director or  other  head  of  any  state   agency,  as  that term is defined in paragraph (g) of subdivision one of   section seventy-three of this chapter, shall seek nomination or election   to any compensated federal, state  or  local  public  office,  or  shall   become a candidate for such office, unless such individual first resigns   from  his  or her public employment, or requests and is granted by their   appointing authority a leave of absence without pay. Such resignation or   leave must commence before  such  individual  engages  in  any  campaign   activities,  including  but  not  limited  to,  announcing  a candidacy,   circulating   petitions,    soliciting    contributions,    distributing   literature,  or taking any other action to actively promote oneself as a   candidate for elective office.
NY Pub Off L § 4 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 2 - Appointment and Qualification of Public Officers 4 - Commencement of Term of Office.

§ 4. Commencement  of  term  of  office.  1.  The term of office of an   elective officer, unless elected to fill a vacancy then existing,  shall   commence  on  the  first  day of January next after his election, if the   commencement thereof be not otherwise fixed by law.2. All terms of city officers, including supervisors, elected  in  any   city  or part of a city, and of county officers in the city of New York,   shall expire at the end of an odd-numbered year. Such officers shall  be   elected,   except  to  fill  a  vacancy,  at  the  general  election  in   odd-numbered years.  This subdivision shall not apply  to  any  judicial   officer.
NY Pub Off L § 5 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 2 - Appointment and Qualification of Public Officers 5 - Holding Over After Expiration of Term.

§ 5. Holding  over  after  expiration of term.  Every officer except a   judicial officer, a notary  public,  a  commissioner  of  deeds  and  an   officer  whose term is fixed by the constitution, having duly entered on   the duties of his office, shall, unless the office shall terminate or be   abolished, hold over and continue to discharge the duties of his office,   after the expiration of the term for which he shall  have  been  chosen,   until  his  successor  shall  be  chosen  and  qualified;  but after the   expiration of such term, the office  shall  be  deemed  vacant  for  the   purpose of choosing his successor. An officer so holding over for one or   more  entire terms, shall, for the purpose of choosing his successor, be   regarded as having been newly chosen for such terms. An appointment  for   a  term  shortened by reason of a predecessor holding over, shall be for   the residue of the term only.
NY Pub Off L § 6 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 2 - Appointment and Qualification of Public Officers 6 - Mode of Choosing State Officers if Not Otherwise Provided.

§ 6. Mode  of  choosing  state officers if not otherwise provided.  If   the law shall not  otherwise  provide  the  mode  of  choosing  a  state   officer,  he  shall  be appointed by the governor by and with the advice   and consent of the senate.
NY Pub Off L § 7 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 2 - Appointment and Qualification of Public Officers 7 - Appointment by the Governor and Senate.

§ 7. Appointment  by  the  governor  and  senate. An appointment to an   office by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate,   shall be made by communicating  to  the  senate,  while  in  session,  a   written nomination of a person for the office, designating the residence   of  the  nominee,  and  if  nominated  to  be  an officer of a political   subdivision of the state, designating  also  such  subdivision,  and  if   nominating  two  or more persons to the same office for different terms,   designating the term for which each is nominated. If such nomination  be   of  a  successor to a predecessor in the same office, it may be made and   acted upon by the senate after the expiration of the term or  occurrence   of  a  vacancy  in the office of such predecessor, or at any time during   the legislative session of the calendar year in which the term of office   of such predecessor shall expire or in which  the  office  shall  become   vacant.  If the appointment be made before the expiration of the term of   such predecessor, the term of office of  the  appointee  shall  commence   upon  the expiration of the term of such predecessor, or if made to fill   a vacancy, upon the occurrence of such  vacancy,  or  immediately  if  a   vacancy  already  exist. If the senate shall reject such nomination, the   secretary of the senate shall forthwith communicate, by writing,  signed   by  him  and by the president of the senate, to the governor the fact of   such  rejection.  If  the  senate  shall  confirm  such  nomination  the   appointment   shall   be   deemed   complete,  and  thereupon  duplicate   certificates of the  confirmation  shall  be  made  and  signed  by  the   president  and  secretary  of  the  senate,  who  shall  cause one to be   delivered to the governor and the other to the secretary of  state,  who   shall record the same in his office in a book kept for that purpose.
NY Pub Off L § 8 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 2 - Appointment and Qualification of Public Officers 8 - Commissions of Officers.

§ 8. Commissions  of  officers.    The  commission  of  every  officer   appointed by the governor, or by the governor by and with the consent of   the senate, shall be signed by the governor and attested under the  seal   of  this  state, by the secretary of state, who shall make and record in   his office a copy of such commission, and deliver the  original  to  the   officer  appointed, by a messenger, if the governor shall so direct, and   otherwise, by mail, or as the secretary  of  state  shall  deem  proper.   Commissions  of  notaries  public  shall  be  signed by the secretary of   state, or by a person or persons in the department of  state  designated   by  the secretary of state, and shall be sent to the county clerk of the   county in which such notaries public respectively reside. Commissions of   commissioners  of  deeds  in  other  states,  territories  and   foreign   countries,  shall be signed by the secretary of state, or by a person or   persons in the department of state designated  by  secretary  of  state.   Every  other  appointment  of  an  officer,  made  by  one or more state   officers, shall be in writing, and signed by the officer or officers, or   by a majority of the officers, or by the presiding officer of the  board   or  body making the appointment. Every such written appointment shall be   deemed the commission of the  officer  appointed,  and  if  of  a  state   officer,  a  duplicate  or a certified copy thereof shall be recorded in   the office of the department of state; if of a local officer it shall be   sent to the clerk of the county in which  the  officer  appointed  shall   then  reside,  who  shall  file  the  same in his office, and notify the   officer appointed of his appointment.
NY Pub Off L § 9 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 2 - Appointment and Qualification of Public Officers 9 - Deputies, Their Appointment, Number and Duties.

§ 9. Deputies,  their  appointment,  number and duties.  Every deputy,   assistant, or other subordinate officer, whose appointment  or  election   is  not  otherwise  provided  for,  shall  be appointed by his principal   officer, board or other body, and the number thereof, if  not  otherwise   prescribed  by law, shall be limited in the discretion of the appointing   power. If there is but one deputy, he shall, unless otherwise prescribed   by law, possess the powers and  perform  the  duties  of  his  principal   during  the  absence  or  inability to act of his principal, or during a   vacancy in his principal's office. If there be two or more  deputies  of   the  same  officer, such officer may designate, in writing, the order in   which the deputies shall act, in case of his absence from the office  or   his  inability  to act, or in case of a vacancy in the office, and if he   shall fail to make  such  designation,  the  deputy  longest  in  office   present  shall  so  act. If two or more deputies present shall have held   the office for the same period, the senior deputy in age shall  so  act.   Such written designation by a state officer shall be filed in the office   of  the  secretary  of state; and by any other officer, in the office of   the clerk of the county in which the principal  has  his  office.  If  a   vacancy  in  a  public  office  shall  be  caused  by  the  death of the   incumbent,  the  deputies  shall,  unless  otherwise  provided  by  law,   continue  to  hold  office  until  the vacancy shall have been filled in   accordance with law.