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NY Gen Bus L § 236 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping 236 - Prima Facie Proof.

§  236.  Prima  facie  proof.    1.  In  any  action  relating  to the   enforcement of any provision of this article, a certificate duly  issued   by  an  assay  office  of  the treasury department of the United States,   certifying the weight of any article, or any part  thereof,  or  of  the   kind,  weight,  quality, fineness or quantity of any ingredient thereof,   shall be receivable in evidence as constituting prima facie proof of the   matter or matters so certified.2. In any action relating to the enforcement of any provision of  this   article,  proof  that  an  article  has  been marked in violation of the   provisions of this article shall be deemed to be prima facie proof  that   such article was manufactured after this article became effective.
NY Gen Bus L § 237 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping 237 - Penalties.

§   237.   Penalties.   Any  person  or  persons,  firm,  partnership,   corporation or association or any officer, director, employee  or  agent   thereof  who makes, or sells, or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in   his or its possession, with intent to sell or dispose of, any article as   herein defined to which is applied  any  quality  mark  which  does  not   conform  to all the provisions of this article, or from which is omitted   any mark required by the provisions of this article, shall be guilty  of   a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of   not  more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than   six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the  discretion  of   the  court  provided  however,  that  it  shall  be  a  defense  to  any   prosecution under this article for the defendant to prove that the  said   article  was  manufactured  and  marked  with  the  intention of and for   purposes of exportation from the United States and that the said article   was either actually exported from the United States to a foreign country   within six months after date of manufacture thereof with the  bona  fide   intention   of  being  sold  in  the  said  country  and  of  not  being   re-imported, or that it was delivered within six months  after  date  of   manufacture  thereof  to  a  person, firm or corporation whose exclusive   customary business is the exportation of such articles from  the  United   States.
NY Gen Bus L § 238 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping 238 - Effect of Invalidity of Any Part of This Article.

§  238.  Effect of invalidity of any part of this article. If any part   of this article, or the application thereof to any particular situation,   is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid on  account   of unconstitutionality, such adjudication shall not affect the remainder   of this article, or the application of such first-mentioned part of this   article to any other situation.
NY Gen Bus L § 239 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 13-B - Appraisers of Jewelry, Works of Art, Watches and Objects Made From or Containing Precious Stones or Metals 239 - Definitions.

§ 239. Definitions. As used in this article the term:1.  "Appraiser"  shall  mean any person or persons, firm, partnership,   corporation or association or any officer, director, employee  or  agent   thereof who purports to ascertain and state the true value of property.2.  "Property"  shall  mean jewelry, watches, and objects made from or   containing precious stones or metals. "Precious stones" shall be limited   to diamonds, alexandrite, cymophane,  ruby,  sapphire,  opal,  amethyst,   smoky  quartz,  citrine,  rose  quartz,  spinel,  malachite,  turquoise,   emerald, aquamarine, morganite, garnet, lapis lazuli, jadeite,  kunzite,   topaz,   tourmaline,   zircon,  amber,  jet,  pearl,  coral,  tanzanite.   "Precious metals" shall be limited to gold, silver,  platinum,  iridium,   ruthenium, osmium, or any alloys of any one or more of said metals.
NY Gen Bus L § 239-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 13-B - Appraisers of Jewelry, Works of Art, Watches and Objects Made From or Containing Precious Stones or Metals 239-A - Certain Appraisals; Penalty.

§  239-a.  Certain  appraisals;  penalty.  Any appraiser who knowingly   gives a written appraisal of property with intent to  defraud,  deceive,   or injure another person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association   or  any officer, director, employee, or agent thereof shall be guilty of   a misdemeanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 239-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 13-B - Appraisers of Jewelry, Works of Art, Watches and Objects Made From or Containing Precious Stones or Metals 239-B - Action to Restrain and Prevent.

§  239-b.  Action  to  restrain  and prevent. The attorney-general may   bring an action in the name and in behalf of the  people  of  the  state   against  any  appraiser,  to  restrain  and  prevent a violation of this   article, wherever the same may have been made.
NY Gen Bus L § 239-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 13-B - Appraisers of Jewelry, Works of Art, Watches and Objects Made From or Containing Precious Stones or Metals 239-C - Civil Liability.

§  239-c. Civil liability. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation,   association or officer, director, employee, or agent thereof  sustaining   damages  by  reason  of  a knowingly misleading, deceptive or fraudulent   appraisal may bring a civil action  for  actual  damages  together  with   costs,  reasonable  attorneys'  fees  and  disbursements or an action to   restrain an appraiser from violating the provisions of this  article  if   it is found that such appraiser has willfully violated such provisions.
NY Gen Bus L § 240 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 14 - Aircraft 240 - Definitions.

§ 240. Definitions. When used in this article,1.  "Aircraft"  means  any contrivance, now or hereafter invented, for   avigation of  or  flight  in  the  air,  except  a  parachute  or  other   contrivance   designed   for  use,  and  carried  primarily  for  safety   equipment.2. "Avigation"  means  the  steering,  directing  or  managing  of  an   aircraft,  in  or  through  the  air;  and  such  term is here used as a   substitute for "aerial navigation."3. "Operating aircraft" means  performing  the  services  of  aircraft   pilot.4.  "Landing  area"  means  any  locality  either  of  land  or water,   including airports and intermediate landing fields,  which  is  used  or   intended to be used for the landing and take-off of aircraft, whether or   not facilities are provided for shelter, servicing or repair of aircraft   or for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo.5.  "Airport"  means  any  landing area used regularly by aircraft for   receiving or discharging passengers or cargo; or  for  the  landing  and   take-off of aircraft being used for personal or training purposes.6.  "Acrobatic flying" means maneuvers not necessary for normal flight   and intentionally performed by an aircraft, involving an  abrupt  change   in its attitude, an abnormal attitude or an abnormal acceleration.7.   "Administrator   of   the  federal  aviation  agency"  means  the   administrator of the federal aviation agency of the United States.8. "Airplane" means a mechanically propelled aircraft, the support  of   which  in flight is derived dynamically from the reaction on surfaces in   a fixed position relative to the aircraft but in motion relative to  the   air.9.  "Control  zone"  means an airspace of defined dimensions extending   upwards from the surface  of  the  ground  and  including  one  or  more   airports  and  designated  as  such  by the administrator of the federal   aviation agency.10. "Flight visibility" means the  average  horizontal  distance  that   prominent objects may be seen from the cockpit.11. "Helicopter" means an aircraft, the support of which in the air is   normally   derived   from   airfoils   mechanically   rotated  about  an   approximately vertical axis.
NY Gen Bus L § 241 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 14 - Aircraft 241 - Qualifications of Operator; Federal License.

§  241. Qualifications of operator; federal license. The public safety   requiring, and the advantages of uniform regulation making it desirable,   in the interest of aeronautical progress, that a person engaging  within   this  state  in operating aircraft, in any form of avigation for which a   license to operate aircraft issued by the United States government would   then be required if such avigation  were  interstate,  should  have  the   qualifications  necessary  for  obtaining and holding such a license, it   shall be unlawful for any person to engage in operating aircraft  within   the state, in any such form of avigation, unless he have such a license.
NY Gen Bus L § 242 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 14 - Aircraft 242 - Possession and Exhibition of License Certificate.

§   242.   Possession  and  exhibition  of  license  certificate.  The   certificate of the license required by the preceding  section  shall  be   kept  in  the  personal  possession of the licensee when he is operating   aircraft within this state and must be presented for inspection upon the   demand of any  passenger,  any  peace  officer  of  this  state,  acting   pursuant  to  his  special  duties, police officer of this state, or any   official, manager or person in charge of any airport or landing field in   this state upon which he shall land.
NY Gen Bus L § 243 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 14 - Aircraft 243 - Aircraft; Construction, Design and Airworthiness; Federal Registration.

§  243.  Aircraft;  construction,  design  and  airworthiness; federal   registration. The public safety requiring, and the advantages of uniform   regulation  making  it  desirable,  in  the  interest  of   aeronautical   progress, that aircraft to be avigated within this state should conform,   with  respect  to  design,  construction and airworthiness, to standards   prescribed by the United States government with respect to avigation  of   aircraft  subject  to  its  jurisdiction,  it  shall be unlawful for any   person to avigate an aircraft within this state unless  it  is  licensed   and  registered by the department of transportation of the United States   in the manner prescribed by the lawful  rules  and  regulations  of  the   United  States  government  then in force. The license for such aircraft   must be carried and  conspicuously  posted  in  the  aircraft  while  in   flight.  Such license also shall be presented for inspection, on demand,   to any peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties,  or  police   officer,  or  to any official, manager or person in charge of an airport   or landing place where the aircraft  may  be.  The  provisions  of  this   section shall not apply to aircraft used exclusively in the governmental   service  of the United States, or used exclusively in the service of the   national guard or of one or more of the civil departments of this state.
NY Gen Bus L § 246 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 14 - Aircraft 246 - Penalties for Violation of the Foregoing Provisions.

§  246.  Penalties for violation of the foregoing provisions. A person   who violates any of the foregoing provisions of this  article  shall  be   guilty  of  a  misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than one   hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than  ninety  days,  or   both.  Failure  by  an  operator  to  exhibit his pilot certificate upon   proper demand or failure to show the aircraft  registration  certificate   upon  proper  demand  shall be presumptive evidence that the operator is   not duly licensed or that the aircraft is not duly registered under this   article. That an act or omission with respect  to  rules  set  forth  in   subdivision  six  of  section two hundred forty-five was done or made in   accordance  with  regulations  affecting  aircraft  subject  to  federal   aviation  regulations, or that a landing or take-off from or on a public   street or highway  was  done  with  consent  of  local  authorities  and   approval of the administrator of the federal aviation agency, or that an   act  or  omission  which  would otherwise be a violation of a prescribed   rule was an authorized deviation under subdivision eleven of section two   hundred forty-five, shall be matters of defense.
NY Gen Bus L § 247 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 14 - Aircraft 247 - Examination of Wrecked Aircraft Before Destruction or Removal.

§  247. Examination of wrecked aircraft before destruction or removal.   When an aircraft falls or lands in a wrecked condition or is wrecked  by   the  fall  or  in  landing and an occupant thereof is killed or severely   injured thereby or escapes death or injury by the use  of  a  parachute,   neither  such  aircraft nor any part of it shall be destroyed or removed   before the  expiration  of  twenty-four  hours  thereafter  without  the   permission  of  an  inspector  of  the  federal  aviation  agency  or an   investigator of the civil aeronautics board or a  member  of  the  state   police  or  of a sheriff or regular deputy sheriff; and if, before it is   destroyed or removed, such an inspector or member of the state police or   sheriff or deputy sheriff shall appear at the scene of the wreck for the   purpose of examining the aircraft it shall not be destroyed  or  removed   until the examination is completed provided the examination be completed   within  forty-eight  hours of the time that the aircraft fell or landed.   This section shall not prevent or postpone the destruction or removal of   a wrecked aircraft lying in a public street or  highway  in  a  position   that causes a blockade of traffic, or lying in a navigable waterway in a   position that impedes or imperils navigation, or which lands or falls on   a building or structure, or in a case where the immediate destruction or   removal  of  the aircraft is necessary to prevent injury to persons; but   such necessity in the case last mentioned, shall be a matter of  defense   in  any  prosecution  for  a  violation  of  this  section. A person who   destroys or removes, or causes to be destroyed  or  removed,  a  wrecked   aircraft  in  violation of the provisions of this section is guilty of a   misdemeanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 248 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 14 - Aircraft 248 - Aircraft on Lake Mahopac, Lake Moraine, Lake George, and Lake Oscawana, Owasco Lake and Greenwood Lake Prohibited.

§  248.  Aircraft on Lake Mahopac, Lake Moraine, Lake George, and Lake   Oscawana, Owasco Lake and Greenwood Lake prohibited.    The  taking  off   from  or  landing upon the surface of Lake Mahopac in the town of Carmel   and county of Putnam, or upon the surface of Lake Moraine, also known as   Madison reservoir, in the town of Madison and county of Madison,  except   when  a  landing  and  subsequent  take  off  is  necessary under actual   distress conditions, and the operation of aircraft on or over the waters   of Lake George, and on or over the waters of Lake Oscawana in  the  town   of  Putnam  Valley, county of Putnam, or of Owasco Lake in the county of   Cayuga or of Greenwood Lake in the town of Warwick, county of Orange for   the carriage of passengers for hire, from and to points on such lakes or   on the shores thereof, is a misdemeanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 248-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 14 - Aircraft 248-A - Operation of Aircraft on Certain Lakes in the Town of Lewisboro, County of Westchester.

§  248-a.  Operation  of  aircraft  on  certain  lakes  in the town of   Lewisboro, county of Westchester. No aircraft may take off from or  land   upon the surface of Lakes Waccabuc, Oscaleta, Truesdale and Rippowan, in   the  town of Lewisboro and Lake Kitchawan, in the towns of Lewisboro and   Pound Ridge, and county  of  Westchester,  except  when  a  landing  and   subsequent take-off is necessary under actual distress conditions.A violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 251 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 14 - Aircraft 251 - Liability of an Owner of Aircraft.

§  251.  Liability  of an owner of aircraft.  1. Except as provided in   subdivision three every  owner  of  an  aircraft  shall  be  liable  and   responsible  for  death  occasioned  or  injuries  to person or property   sustained, within or above this  state,  as  a  result  of  the  use  or   operation  of the aircraft in the business of the owner or otherwise, by   any person using or operating the aircraft with the permission,  express   or  implied,  of  such  owner,  in  any  case  where the person using or   operating the aircraft, or his estate, would be liable for such death or   injuries.2. As used in this section, "owner" means any  person  (other  than  a   lien  holder  or,  in  the cases hereinafter described, a secured party)   having the property in or title to an aircraft, and also any  lessee  or   bailee having the exclusive use thereof, under a lease or otherwise, for   a period of thirty days or more, and their liability under this section,   where  both  are  liable,  shall be joint and several. If an aircraft be   sold under a contract which reserves a security interest in the aircraft   in favor of the vendor, such vendor or his  assignee  shall  not,  after   delivery  of  such aircraft, be deemed an owner within the provisions of   this section, but the  vendee  or  his  assignee,  receiving  possession   thereof,  shall  be  deemed such owner notwithstanding the terms of such   contract, until the vendor or his assignee shall  retake  possession  of   such  aircraft.  A  secured  party  in  whose  favor there is a security   interest in an aircraft out of his possession shall not,  by  reason  of   such security interest, be deemed an owner within the provisions of this   section.3.  Subdivision  one  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  where  the   permission to use or operate the  aircraft  is  the  permission  of  the   lessor, expressed or implied, in a bona fide lease of the aircraft for a   period  of thirty days or more, that the aircraft be used or operated by   the lessee or by persons using or operating it with  the  permission  of   the lessee.4.  All bonds executed by or policies of insurance issued to the owner   of an aircraft shall contain  a  provision  for  indemnity  or  security   against  the  liability and responsibility provided in this section; but   this provision shall not be construed  as  requiring  that  such  policy   include  insurance  against  any  liability  of  the  insured,  being an   individual, for death of or injuries to his or her spouse or for  injury   to property of his or her spouse.5.  This  section does not relieve an owner of aircraft from liability   under any other statute or rule of law or affect the  liability  of  the   person using or operating the aircraft.
NY Gen Bus L § 251-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 14 - Aircraft 251-C - Disqualification of a Flight Instruction School Applicant.

§ 251-c. Disqualification of a flight instruction school applicant. An   applicant  to  an aeronautical facility, flight school or institution of   higher learning shall be  disqualified  from  receiving  air  or  flight   instruction  if,  after  reviewing  criminal  history information on the   applicant and applying the criteria set forth in article  twenty-three-A   of  the  correction  law,  the  commissioner of the division of criminal   justice  services  or  the  authorized  official  of  the   aeronautical   facility,  flight  school  or institution of higher education determines   that the individual should not be permitted to receive such instruction.
NY Gen Bus L § 252 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 15 - Specious Cash Sales 252 - Definitions.

§ 252. Definitions. For purposes of this article:  (a) The term "consumer" means an individual.  (b)  The  term  "creditor'  means  a  person  regularly engaged in the business of making loans.  (c) The term "seller" means a person  who  sells  or  agrees  to  sell personal property or furnishes or renders or agrees to furnish or render services.  (d)  The term "consumer loan" means a loan of money by a creditor to a consumer for which the consumer's obligation is payable in  installments or for which a finance or other charge is or may be imposed.  (e) The term "consumer sale" means a sale by a seller to a consumer of personal   property  or  services  for  personal,  family  or  household purposes.  (f) The term "person related to the seller" means with respect  to  an individual seller:  (1) the spouse of the seller;  (2) a brother, brother-in-law, sister or sister-in-law of the seller;  (3) an ancestor or lineal descendant of the seller or his spouse; and  (4)  any  other  relative,  by  blood or marriage of the seller or his spouse who shares a residence with the seller.  (g) The term "person related to the seller" means with respect to  any other seller:  (1)  a  person  directly  or  indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the seller;  (2) an officer or director of  the  seller,  or  a  person  performing similar  functions  with  respect  to the seller; the spouse of any such person; and any other relative by blood or marriage of any  such  person who shares a residence with such person.  (h)  A creditor who is not an individual shall be a "person related to the seller" if an officer of the creditor or a person performing similar functions, whose duties include participation in or supervision over the consumer loan the proceeds of which were primarily used in the  consumer sale,  is  a  person  related  to  the  seller under (f) and (g) of this section.
NY Gen Bus L § 253 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 15 - Specious Cash Sales 253 - Consumer Defenses.

§  253.  Consumer  defenses.  A creditor, who made a consumer loan the   proceeds of which were primarily used  in  a  consumer  sale,  shall  be   subject  to all of the defenses of a consumer arising from such consumer   sale, provided that  the  creditor  knowingly  participated  in  or  was   directly  connected  with  such  consumer sale. The creditor's liability   under this article shall not exceed the amount owing to the creditor  at   the time the defenses of the consumer are asserted against the creditor.   Rights  of  the  consumer  under  this article can only be asserted as a   matter of defense to or set-off against a claim by the  creditor.    The   creditor  shall be subrogated to the rights of the consumer arising from   the consumer sale and shall have recourse  against  the  seller  to  the   extent  of  any  liability  incurred  by  the  creditor pursuant to this   article.
NY Gen Bus L § 254 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 15 - Specious Cash Sales 254 - Creditor Relationship.

§  254.  Creditor  relationship. Without limiting the scope of section two hundred fifty-three, there shall be a  rebuttable  presumption  that the  creditor  shall  have  knowingly participated in or shall have been directly connected with a consumer sale if:  (a) the creditor is a person related to the seller; or  (b) the seller prepared forms or documents used to evidence or  secure the consumer loan; or  (c)  the  creditor supplied forms to the seller which were used by the consumer to apply for, evidence or secure the consumer loan.