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NY Gen Bus L § 857 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-A - Merchants of Torah Scrolls 857 - Disclosure Required.

§  857.  Disclosure  required.  (1)  No merchant shall sell, exchange, consign, donate, or otherwise transfer a Torah scroll unless  a  written disclosure instrument is furnished to the purchaser, consignee, donee or other  transferee  prior to the sale, exchange, consignment, donation or other transfer, which sets forth  as  to  each  scroll  the  descriptive information  required  by  section  eight  hundred  fifty-nine  of  this article.  (2) A merchant shall inquire of any person offering a Torah scroll for sale information sufficient  to  supply  the  information  described  in subdivisions  one  through  four,  inclusive,  of  section eight hundred fifty-nine of this article and shall not purchase, or  otherwise  accept for   purposes  of  sale,  exchange,  consignment,  donation,  or  other transfer, a scroll from a person failing to provide such information.
NY Gen Bus L § 858 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-A - Merchants of Torah Scrolls 858 - Posting of Notice.

§  858.  Posting  of  notice.  In each place of business in this state   where a merchant is regularly engaged in sale of Torah scrolls he  shall   post  in  a  conspicuous  place  a  sign which in legible format states:   "Article 39-A of the New York General Business Law requires merchants to   disclose in writing certain information concerning Torah scrolls. If you   are a prospective recipient of a  Torah  scroll  from  a  merchant  that   information must be given to you in accordance with and under penalty of   that law."
NY Gen Bus L § 859 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-A - Merchants of Torah Scrolls 859 - Information to Be Provided.

§  859. Information to be provided. The following information shall be supplied in a written instrument  to  each  transferee  of  every  Torah scroll and shall clearly, specifically, and distinctly include:  (1) The name of the merchant.  (2) The name of the person from whom the merchant obtained the scroll, as well as his address and telephone number and the date on which it was received from him.  (3)  The  manner  in  which the scroll was obtained by the person from whom the merchant obtained it.  (4) The authority of the person selling the scroll to the merchant.  (5) Any unique characteristics of the scroll which would be useful for identification purposes.
NY Gen Bus L § 860 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-A - Merchants of Torah Scrolls 860 - Records.

§  860.  Records.  Each  merchant  subject to the requirements of this   article shall maintain, in chronological order, a copy of all disclosure   statements issued by him for a period of ten years.
NY Gen Bus L § 861 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-A - Merchants of Torah Scrolls 861 - Penalty.

§ 861. Penalty. Any merchant who fails to comply with the requirements   of  section  eight  hundred  fifty-seven  or  eight hundred sixty or who   knowingly provides false or misleading information otherwise required by   this article shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not  to   exceed two hundred fifty dollars.
NY Gen Bus L § 862 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-A - Merchants of Torah Scrolls 862 - Recision and Other Penalties.

§  862.  Recision  and  other penalties. If a merchant fails to comply   with the disclosure provisions of section eight hundred  fifty-seven  of   this  article,  the transferee may rescind the transaction. In addition,   where the merchant has made knowingly false statements to a  transferee,   the  transferee may recover actual damages, if any, and a penalty in the   sum of two hundred fifty dollars. The remedies provided in this  section   are in addition to other remedies available by law.
NY Gen Bus L § 863 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-A - Merchants of Torah Scrolls 863 - Enforcement.

§  863. Enforcement. (1) Any violation of this article shall be deemed to be unlawful for purposes of sections  three  hundred  forty-nine  and three hundred fifty of article twenty-two-A of this chapter.  (2)  Any  person  who  engages  in repeated violations of this article shall be deemed to have engaged in persistent fraud  or  illegality  for purposes  of  subdivision twelve of section sixty-three of the executive law.  (3) The attorney general may bring an action pursuant to that  article twenty-two-A or pursuant to that subdivision twelve to enjoin violations of this article and seek restitution for any person entitled thereto. In addition,  the  attorney  general  may recover, in addition to any other relief provided by law a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for  each violation to be forfeited to the state of New York.  (4)  In  connection  with  any  such action or proceeding the attorney general may take proof and issue  subpoenas  in  accordance  with  civil practice law and rules.
NY Gen Bus L § 864 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-A - Merchants of Torah Scrolls 864 - Severability.

§  864.  Severability.  If any sentence, paragraph, section or part of   this  article  shall  be  adjudged  invalid  by  a  court  of  competent   jurisdiction  such judgment shall not impair or invalidate the remainder   thereof but shall be confined to that part.
NY Gen Bus L § 870 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-B - Imitation Weapons 870 - Legislative Intent.

§  870.  Legislative  intent.  The legislature finds and declares that   there exists an unreasonable risk of injury and  death  associated  with   the  sale  of  toy  weapons  which  are  replica of and cannot be easily   distinguished from actual weapons; that in recent  years  the  sale  and   possession  of  these  imitation  weapons  has  grown;  that in nineteen   hundred eighty-seven, more than fourteen hundred toy  imitation  weapons   involved  in  criminal  incidents  were confiscated by the police in New   York city alone, nearly eighty percent more  than  four  years  earlier;   that  when  such  imitation weapons are perceived as actual weapons fear   and dangerous defensive actions often result.  The  legislature  further   finds  and declares that the purpose of this article is to safeguard the   public from the unreasonable risk of death and injury  that  may  result   when   imitation   weapons   are  perceived  as  real,  by  banning  the   importation,  manufacture,  distribution  and  sale  of  such  imitation   weapons.
NY Gen Bus L § 871 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-B - Imitation Weapons 871 - Definitions.

§  871.  Definitions.  1. "Firearm" as used in this section shall have   the same meaning as that term is defined by subdivision three of section   265.00 of the penal law and  shall  include  machine  guns,  rifles  and   shotguns  as  those  terms  are  defined by subdivisions one, eleven and   twelve, respectively, of section 265.00 of the penal law.2. "Imitation weapon" means any device  or  object  made  of  plastic,   wood,  metal or any other material which substantially duplicates or can   reasonably be perceived to be an actual firearm, air rifle, pellet  gun,   or  "B-B"  gun;  unless  such imitation weapon (a) is colored other than   black, blue, silver or aluminum, (b)  is  marked  with  a  non-removable   orange  stripe  which  is at least one inch in width and runs the entire   length of the barrel on each side and the front end of the  barrel,  and   (c)  has  a  barrel  at  least one inch in diameter that is closed for a   distance of not less than one-half inch from the front-end of its barrel   with the same material of which the imitation weapon is made. "Imitation   weapon" does not include any nonfiring replica of  an  antique  firearm,   the  original  of which was designed, manufactured and produced prior to   eighteen hundred ninety-eight.
NY Gen Bus L § 872 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-B - Imitation Weapons 872 - Prohibitions.

§ 872. Prohibitions. No person, firm, corporation or agent or employee   thereof  shall  import,  manufacture,  sell, hold for sale or distribute   within the state any imitation weapon unless such  device  is  imported,   manufactured, sold, held for sale and distributed:1. solely for subsequent transportation in interstate commerce; or2.  solely  for  lawful  use  in  a theatrical production, including a   motion picture, television or stage production.
NY Gen Bus L § 873 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-B - Imitation Weapons 873 - Enforcement.

§  873.  Enforcement. Whenever the attorney general shall believe from   evidence satisfactory to him  that  any  person,  firm,  corporation  or   association  or  agent or employee thereof has violated any provision of   this article, he may bring  an  action  or  special  proceeding  in  the   supreme court for a judgment enjoining the continuance of such violation   and  for  a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each   violation. If it shall appear  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  court  or   justice  that  the defendant has violated any provision of this article,   no proof shall be required that any person has been injured thereby  nor   that  the  defendant knowingly or intentionally violated such provision.   In  such  action  preliminary  relief  may  be  granted  under   article   sixty-three  of the civil practice law and rules. In connection with any   such proposed application, the attorney general is  authorized  to  take   proof,  issue  subpoenas  and administer oaths in the manner provided in   the civil practice law and rules.
NY Gen Bus L § 880 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-C - Imitation Hypodermic Instruments 880 - Definition.

§  880.  Definition.  For  the  purposes  of  this  article,  the term   "hypodermic instruments" means syringes or needles.
NY Gen Bus L § 881 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-C - Imitation Hypodermic Instruments 881 - Fabrication or Packaging in the Shape of Hypodermic Instruments.

§   881.   Fabrication   or  packaging  in  the  shape  of  hypodermic   instruments.  No  person,  firm  or   corporation   shall   manufacture,   distribute,  import,  or  possess  for the purpose of sale or resale, or   sell or offer for sale in this state any toy, food, or other item  which   is   fabricated,   constructed   or   packaged  to  simulate  hypodermic   instruments.This article shall not apply to items contained in toy  medical  kits,   any goods being transported through this state solely for the purpose of   interstate commerce or to any goods used solely for:1. lawful medical or educational purposes; or2.  use  in  a  theatrical  production,  including  a  motion picture,   television or stage production.
NY Gen Bus L § 882 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-C - Imitation Hypodermic Instruments 882 - Violations and Penalties.

§ 882. Violations and penalties.1. The provisions of this article may be enforced 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  monies  collected thereunder shall be retained by   such municipality or local government.2. Whenever a court has determined that a violation  of  this  article   has  occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more than one   hundred dollars for each violation, but in  no  event  shall  the  total   penalty  exceed  one  thousand  dollars.  For  a  second  or  subsequent   violation in any twelve month period a penalty  of  not  more  than  two   hundred  dollars  shall  be  imposed for each violation, but in no event   shall the total penalty exceed one thousand dollars for each day.a. Each item manufactured, imported,  sold  or  offered  for  sale  in   violation of this article shall constitute a violation.b.  Each day a violation of this article is continued shall constitute   a separate violation.
NY Gen Bus L § 890 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-D - Auto Equity Promoters 890 - Auto Equity Promotion Prohibited.

§  890. Auto equity promotion prohibited. 1. No person shall engage in the business of auto equity promotion. A person engages in the  business of  auto  equity promotion, as used in this article, provided all of the following conditions are met:  (A) The motor vehicle is subject to  an  outstanding  lease  contract, retail  installment  contract  or  security agreement the terms of which prohibit or prohibit without permission of the lessor, seller or secured party, the sublease, sale,  transfer  or  assignment  of  any  right  or interest  in  the motor vehicle or any right or interest under the lease contract, retail installment contract,  or  security  agreement  by  the lessee, buyer or debtor.  (B)  The  person  is  not  a  party  to  the  lease  contract,  retail installment contract or security agreement.  (C) The person subleases, sells, transfers or assigns, or purports  to sublease,  sell, transfer, or assign, any right or interest in the motor vehicle or under the lease  contract,  retail  installment  contract  or security  agreement,  to  any  person  who  is  not a party to the lease contract, retail installment contract or security agreement.  (D) The person does not obtain, prior to the sublease, sale,  transfer or  assignment  described  in paragraph (C) of this subdivision, written consent to the sublease, sale, transfer or  assignment  from  the  motor vehicle's lessor, seller or secured party.  (E)  The  person receives compensation or some other consideration for the sublease, sale, transfer or assignment as described in paragraph (C) of this subdivision.   2. A person also engages in the business of auto equity promotion when such person is not a party to the  lease  contract,  retail  installment contract  or  security  agreement,  and  assists, facilitates, solicits, causes or arranges the actual or purported sublease, sale,  transfer  or assignment as described in subdivision one of this section.   3.  For  purposes of this section, the term "person" means any natural person, corporation, sole proprietorship, business, trust,  partnership, incorporated  or unincorporated association, estate, co-operative or any other legal entity.
NY Gen Bus L § 891 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-D - Auto Equity Promoters 891 - Enforcement by Attorney General.

§  891.  Enforcement  by attorney general.   Whenever there shall be a   violation of this article, 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  by  a  special  proceeding  to  issue  an   injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of not less than five days,   to enjoin and restrain the continuance of  such  violation;  and  if  it   shall  appear  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  court or justice that the   defendant has, in fact, violated this  article,  an  injunction  may  be   issued  by  such 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  eighty-three  hundred  three of the civil   practice law and rules, and direct restitution. Whenever the court shall   determine that a violation of this article has occurred, the  court  may   impose  a  civil  penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each   violation.  In  connection  with  any  such  proposed  application,  the   attorney general is authorized to take proof and make a determination of   the  relevant  fact  and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil   practice law and rules.
NY Gen Bus L § 892 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-D - Auto Equity Promoters 892 - Application of Article.

§  892. Application of article. 1. The actual or purported transfer or   assignment of any right or interest in a motor vehicle or under a  lease   contract,  retail  installment  contract,  or  security agreement, by an   individual who is  a  party  to  the  original  lease  contract,  retail   installment  contract, or security contract is not an act of auto equity   promotion under this article.2. This article shall not affect the enforceability of  any  provision   of   any  lease  contract,  retail  installment  contract,  or  security   agreement, by any party thereto.
NY Gen Bus L § 893 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-D - Auto Equity Promoters 893 - Severability.

§  893.  Severability.  If  any  provision  of  this article or if any   application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid,  the   remainder  of this article and the application of the provision to other   persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
NY Gen Bus L § 895 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-DD - Sale of Firearms, Rifles or Shotguns at Gun Shows 895 - Definitions.

§ 895. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:1.  "Gun show" means an event sponsored, whether for profit or not, by   an individual, national, state or  local  organization,  association  or   other  entity  devoted to the collection, competitive use, sporting use,   or any other legal use of firearms, rifles or shotguns, or an  event  at   which  (a)  twenty percent or more of the total number of exhibitors are   firearm  exhibitors  or  (b)  ten  or  more   firearm   exhibitors   are   participating or (c) a total of twenty-five or more pistols or revolvers   are  offered  for  sale  or  transfer  or  (d)  a total of fifty or more   firearms, rifles or shotguns are offered for sale or transfer. The  term   gun  show  shall  include  any  building,  structure  or  facility where   firearms, rifles or shotguns are offered for sale or  transfer  and  any   grounds used in connection with the event.2.   "Firearm   exhibitor"   means   any  person,  firm,  partnership,   corporation or company that exhibits, sells, offers for sale, transfers,   or exchanges firearms, rifles or shotguns at a gun show.3.  "Gun  show  operator"  means  any   person,   firm,   partnership,   corporation  or company that organizes, produces, sponsors or operates a   gun show.4. "Firearm" has the same meaning as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C.   921(a)(3), but shall not include an "antique firearm" as  that  term  is   defined in 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(16).5.  "Rifle"  has the same meaning as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C.   921(a)(7).6. "Shotgun" has the same meaning as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C.   921(a)(5).
NY Gen Bus L § 896 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-DD - Sale of Firearms, Rifles or Shotguns at Gun Shows 896 - Operation of a Gun Show.

§ 896. Operation of a gun show. 1. A gun show operator shall:  (a)  at  all  times  during  such show conspicuously post and maintain signs stating "A National Instant  Criminal  Background  Check  must  be completed  prior  to  all firearm sales or transfers, including sales or transfers of rifles or shotguns". Signs must be posted at all  entrances to  the  gun show, at all places where admission tickets to the gun show are sold and not less than four additional locations within the  grounds of the gun show;  (b)  notify  all firearm exhibitors in writing that a national instant criminal background check must be completed prior to all  firearm  sales or transfers, including sales or transfers of rifles or shotguns; and  (c)  provide access at the gun show to a firearm dealer licensed under federal law who is authorized to perform  a  national  instant  criminal background  check  where the seller or transferor of a firearm, rifle or shotgun is not authorized to conduct  such  a  check  by  (i)  requiring firearm  exhibitors  who  are firearm dealers licensed under federal law and who are authorized to conduct a national instant criminal background check to provide such a check at cost or  (ii)  designating  a  specific location  at  the gun show where a firearm dealer licensed under federal law who is authorized to conduct a national instant criminal  background check  will  be  present  to  perform  such a check at cost. Any firearm dealer licensed under  federal  law  who  performs  a  national  instant criminal  background  check pursuant to this paragraph shall provide the seller or transferor of the firearm, rifle or shotgun with a copy of the United States Department of Treasury, Bureau  of  Alcohol,  Tobacco  and Firearms  Form  ATF  F 4473 and such dealer shall maintain such form and make such form available for inspection by law enforcement agencies  for a period of ten years thereafter.   2.   Whenever   the  attorney  general  shall  believe  from  evidence satisfactory to him or her that a gun show operator has violated any  of the provisions of this section, the attorney general may bring an action or  special proceeding in the supreme court for a judgment enjoining the continuance of such violation and for a civil penalty in an  amount  not to  exceed  ten thousand dollars. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or justice that the defendant has violated  any  provisions of  this  section,  no  proof shall be required that any person has been injured thereby nor  that  the  defendant  intentionally  violated  such provision.  In  such  action  preliminary  relief  may  be granted under article sixty-three of the civil practice law and rules.  In  connection with  any  such proposed application, the attorney general is authorized to take proof, issue  subpoenas  and  administer  oaths  in  the  manner provided in the civil practice law and rules.
NY Gen Bus L § 897 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-DD - Sale of Firearms, Rifles or Shotguns at Gun Shows 897 - Sale of a Firearm, Rifle or Shotgun at a Gun Show.

§  897.  Sale  of  a  firearm,  rifle  or  shotgun at a gun show. 1. A   national instant criminal background check shall  be  conducted  and  no   person shall sell or transfer a firearm, rifle or shotgun at a gun show,   except  in  accordance with the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 922(t), provided   that before delivering a firearm, rifle or shotgun to any person, either   (a) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) or  its   successor  has  issued a "proceed" response to the seller or transferor,   or (b) thirty calendar days shall have elapsed since the date the seller   or transferor contacted NICS to initiate  a  national  instant  criminal   background check and NICS has not notified the seller or transferor that   the  transfer  of the firearm, rifle or shotgun to such person should be   denied.2. No person shall offer or agree to sell or transfer a firearm, rifle   or shotgun to another person at a gun show and transfer or deliver  such   firearm,  rifle or shotgun to such person or person acting on his or her   behalf thereafter at a location other than the gun show for the  purpose   of evading or avoiding compliance with 18 U.S.C. 922(t).3.  Any  person  who  knowingly violates any of the provisions of this   section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable as  provided   for in the penal law.