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NY Exec L § 173-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes 173-B - Professional Solicitor.

§ 173-b. Professional  solicitor.  1. Registration required. No person   shall act as a professional solicitor in the employ  of  a  professional   fund  raiser  required  to  register  pursuant  to  section  one hundred   seventy-three of this article before he or she has registered  with  the   attorney  general  or  after  the  expiration  or  cancellation  of such   registration or any renewal thereof.  Application  for  registration  or   re-registration  shall  be  in  writing  and  signed under penalties for   perjury in the form prescribed by the  attorney  general  and  shall  be   accompanied  by a fee in the sum of eighty dollars. Such registration or   re-registration when effected  shall  be  for  a  period  of  one  year,   expiring one year from the date of such registration or re-registration,   and  may be renewed upon written application, signed under penalties for   perjury, in the form prescribed by the attorney general and the  payment   of   the  fee  prescribed  herein,  for  additional  one  year  periods.   Applications for registration and re-registration, when filed  with  the   attorney  general,  shall  become  public  records  in the office of the   attorney general.2.  Limitations  upon  professional  solicitors  for  law  enforcement   support  organizations.  No  person  or  professional  solicitor, in the   course  of  soliciting  or  collecting  funds  on  behalf  of  any   law   enforcement support organization, shall engage in any acts prohibited by   subdivision  seventeen  of  section  one  hundred  seventy-two-d of this   article, or by paragraph (h) of subdivision two of section  one  hundred   seventy-five  of  this  article,  provided,  however,  that  no criminal   liability shall attach to any law enforcement  support  organization  or   its  officers  because  of  the activities of any professional solicitor   employed on behalf of such organization.3. Violations. Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of this   section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Exec L § 174 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes 174 - Solicitation by Unregistered Charitable Organizations, Professional Fund-Raisers or Commercial Co-Venturers a Fraud Upon the People of the State.

§ 174. Solicitation    by   unregistered   charitable   organizations,   professional fund-raisers or commercial co-venturers a  fraud  upon  the   people  of  the  state.  1.  No charitable organization shall employ any   professional fund raiser or commercial co-venturer unless and until such   fund raiser or commercial co-venturer is  registered  pursuant  to  this   article. Any such contract of employment shall be voidable at the option   of the charitable organization.2.  No  professional fund raiser or commercial co-venturer shall enter   into any contract or raise any funds for any organization required to be   registered pursuant to this article unless such charitable  organization   actually so registered.3.  No  professional  fund raiser required to be registered under this   article shall employ any professional solicitor who is not registered in   accordance with this article.4. In addition to all other remedies  provided  by  law  the  attorney   general may bring an action to enjoin the violation of the provisions of   this  section.  The attorney general may give notice of at least fifteen   days in writing by registered or certified  mail  to  the  organization,   person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  hereof,  requiring that   registration  be  accomplished  or  that  the  solicitation   funds   be   immediately   terminated.   The   failure   to  immediately  discontinue   solicitation or to register in accordance with the  provisions  of  this   article within fifteen days of service of such notice shall be deemed to   be a continuing fraud upon the people of the state of New York.
NY Exec L § 174-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes 174-C - Sales Advertised to Benefit a Charitable Organization.

§ 174-c. Sales  advertised  to  benefit a charitable organization. All   advertising, of every kind and nature, that a sale of  goods,  services,   entertainment  or  any  other  thing  of value will benefit a charitable   organization shall set forth the anticipated portion of the sales price,   anticipated percentage of the gross proceeds, anticipated dollar  amount   per   purchase,   or  other  consideration  or  benefit  the  charitable   organization is to receive.  Provided,  however,  that  advertising  for   sales  by  a charitable organization that has not used the services of a   professional fund raiser or commercial co-venturer in any  way  for  the   sale shall not be subject to the requirement of this section.
NY Exec L § 174-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes 174-D - Unauthorized Use of Names When Soliciting or Collecting Contributions.

§ 174-d. Unauthorized  use  of  names  when  soliciting  or collecting   contributions.1. No person shall, for the purpose of soliciting  contributions  from   persons  in this state, use the name of any other person, except that of   an officer, director or trustee of the charitable organization by or for   which contributions are solicited, without the written consent  of  such   other person.2.  A  person  shall be deemed to have used the name of another person   for the purpose of soliciting contributions if such latter person's name   is listed on any stationery, advertisement, brochure  or  correspondence   in  or  by  which  a  contribution  is  solicited  by  or on behalf of a   charitable organization  or  his  name  is  listed  or  referred  to  in   connection  with a request for a contribution as one who has contributed   to, sponsored or endorsed the charitable organization or its activities.3. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the publication  of   names  of  contributors  without their written consents, in an annual or   other periodic report  issued  by  a  charitable  organization  for  the   purpose  of reporting on its operations and affairs to its membership or   for the purpose of reporting contributions to contributors.4. A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.
NY Exec L § 175-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes 175-A - Application of Article.

§ 175-a. Application  of  article. This article shall not be construed   to limit or restrict the exercise of the powers or  the  performance  of   the  duties  of  the  attorney  general  or district attorney which they   otherwise  are  authorized  to  exercise  or  perform  under  any  other   provision of law.
NY Exec L § 175-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes 175-B - Municipal Option.

§ 175-b. Municipal  option. Nothing contained in this article shall be   construed to prevent any municipality  from  adopting  or  enacting  any   local   law,   ordinance   or   regulation   imposing  more  restrictive   requirements for the solicitation of contributions for  law  enforcement   support organizations, provided, however, that nothing permitted by this   section  shall  be construed to modify or be inconsistent with the legal   standards in  this  article  that  are  applicable  to  individuals  and   organizations  other  than  law  enforcement  support  organizations and   professional fund raisers and solicitors which are employed by such  law   enforcement  support  organizations even when such other individuals and   organizations act jointly and together with such law enforcement support   organizations.
NY Exec L § 176 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes 176 - Advisory Council.

§ 176. Advisory   council.   The   advisory   council   on   charities   registration is continued. It shall advise the attorney general and make   recommendations with respect to the operation and administration of this   article with  the  objective  of  assuring  maximum  simplicity  in  the   conformance  of  charitable  organizations  with  the provisions of this   article. The council shall consist of not fewer than five nor more  than   ten  members.  The  members  of the advisory council now in office shall   continue to hold office for the remainder of the  terms  to  which  they   were  appointed and thereafter until their successors are appointed. The   attorney general shall designate the chairman of  the  council  and  may   appoint  additional and successor members and fix their terms of office.   The members shall serve without compensation but shall be allowed  their   actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the performance of their   duties hereunder.
NY Exec L § 180 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 8 - Division of Budget 180 - Division of the Budget; Director; General Duties.

§ 180. Division  of the budget; director; general duties.  The head of   the division of the budget shall be the director of the budget who shall   be appointed by the governor and hold office  during  his  pleasure.  He   shall  receive  a  salary  to be fixed by the governor within the amount   appropriated therefor. It shall be the  duty  of  the  director  of  the   budget  to  assist the governor in his duties under the constitution and   laws of the state respecting the  formulation  of  the  budget  and  the   correlating and revising of estimates and requests for appropriations of   the  civil  departments,  and  also to assist the governor in his duties   respecting  the  investigation,  supervision  and  coordination  of  the   expenditures  and  other  fiscal  operations  of  such  department.  The   director, subject to rules prescribed by the governor, may  appoint  and   fix  the  compensation  of  subordinates  and  employees of the division   within the amounts appropriated therefor.
NY Exec L § 181 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 8 - Division of Budget 181 - Tax Expenditure Reporting.

§ 181. Tax expenditure reporting. 1. Definitions.  For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:  (a)  "Tax  expenditures"  shall  mean  features of the tax law that by exemption, exclusion, deduction,  allowance,  credit,  preferential  tax rate,  deferral,  or  other  statutory  device,  reduce  the  amount  of taxpayers'  liabilities  to  the  state  by  providing  either  economic incentives  or  tax relief to particular classes of persons or entities, to achieve a public purpose.  (b) "Cost of tax expenditure"  shall  mean  the  aggregate,  estimated amount  by which a tax expenditure reduces taxpayers' liabilities to the state on a taxable year basis, or on a calendar year basis if a  taxable year basis is not appropriate.   2.  Annual  tax  expenditure  report.  In  addition to the information required by article seven of the constitution and section twenty-two  of the  state finance law, the governor shall submit to the legislature, as early as practicable, but no later than thirty days after submitting the budget, a tax expenditure report containing  the  following  information and statements relating to tax expenditures in articles nine (other than section   one   hundred   eighty),   nine-A,   thirteen-A,   twenty-two, twenty-eight, thirty-one, thirty-two and thirty-three of the tax law:  (a) an enumeration of such tax expenditures;  (b) the provisions of law authorizing  such  tax  expenditures,  their effective  dates,  and,  if  applicable,  the  dates  on  which such tax expenditures expire or are reduced;  (c)  if  reliable  data  are  available,  estimates  prepared  by  the commissioner  of  taxation and finance, in conjunction with the director of the budget, of the cost of such tax expenditures for the (i)  current taxable or calendar year and (ii) the five preceding years;  (d)   any   recommendations  of  the  governor  regarding  continuing, modifying,  or  repealing  such  tax  expenditures,   and   such   other information  regarding tax expenditures as the executive may feel useful and appropriate;  (e) if the governor's budget includes proposals  for  the  expiration, modification,  or repeal of such tax expenditures or for the addition of tax expenditures in or to such articles or such law, such  report  shall also  contain, to the extent reliable data are available, an analysis of the number and types of persons and entities benefiting or  expected  to benefit from such tax expenditures, an estimate of the costs of such tax expenditures  for  the  coming  fiscal  year,  and an explanation of the reasons for the proposals;  (f) comment, if any, on the effectiveness and efficiency of other  tax expenditures; and  (g)  general  cautionary  and advisory notes concerning limitations of data,  estimation  procedures,  sampling  errors  and  imputed   values, prominently displayed.   3.  Any  information  relating  to  tax  expenditures furnished by the commissioner of taxation and finance shall be  furnished  in  accordance with the secrecy provisions of the tax law.
NY Exec L § 182 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 8 - Division of Budget 182 - Diversion of Funds Dedicated to Public Transportation Systems to the General Fund of the State or to Any Other Purpose, Is Prohibited.

§  182.  Diversion of funds dedicated to public transportation systems to the general fund of the state or to any other purpose, is prohibited. 1.  For the purposes of this section, the  term  "public  transportation system"  shall  mean  any  public  benefit  corporation  constituting  a transportation authority which provides or contracts for  the  provision of, under joint support arrangements, mass transportation services, or a subsidiary  thereof,  or  any county or city which provides or contracts for the provision of, pursuant to section one hundred nineteen-r of  the general municipal law, mass transportation services.   2.  The  director  of  the  budget  shall be prohibited from diverting revenues derived from taxes and fees paid by the public  into  any  fund created  by  law  including, but not limited to sections eighty-eight-a, eighty-nine-c and ninety-two-ff of the state  finance  law  and  chapter twenty-five  of the laws of two thousand nine for the purpose of funding public transportation systems into the general fund of the state or into any other fund  maintained  for  the  support  of  another  governmental purpose.  No diversion of funds can occur contrary to this section by an administrative act of the director of the budget or any other person  in the executive branch.   3. If any diversion of funds occurs by passage of legislation during a regular or extraordinary session of the legislature, the director of the budget shall create and include with the budget or legislation diverting funds,  a  diversion  impact statement which shall include the following information:  (a) The amount of the diversion from dedicated mass transit funds;  (b) The amount diverted from each fund;  (c) The amount diverted expressed as current monthly transit fares;  (d) The cumulative amount of diversion  from  dedicated  mass  transit funds during the preceding five years;  (e) The date or dates when the diversion is to occur; and  (f) A detailed estimate of the impact of diversion from dedicated mass transit  funds  will  have  on the level of public transportation system service, maintenance, security, and the current capital program.
NY Exec L § 183 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 8 - Division of Budget 183 - Diversion of Funds Dedicated to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to the General Fund of the State Is Prohibited.

§   183.   Diversion  of  funds  dedicated  to  the  Niagara  frontier   transportation authority to the general fund of the state is prohibited.   The director shall be prohibited from diverting  revenues  derived  from   taxes  and  fees  paid  by  the  public  into  any  fund  created by law   including, but not limited to section ninety-nine-h of the state finance   law, as amended by chapter seven hundred forty-seven of the laws of  two   thousand   six,   for  the  purpose  of  funding  the  Niagara  frontier   transportation authority and any of its subsidiaries  into  the  general   fund  of  the state or into any other fund maintained for the support of   another governmental purpose. No diversion of funds can  occur  contrary   to  this  section  by an administrative act of the director or any other   person in the executive branch unless the  governor  declares  a  fiscal   emergency, and communicates such emergency to the temporary president of   the  senate  and  speaker of the assembly, and a statute is enacted into   law authorizing a diversion that would otherwise be prohibited  by  this   section.
NY Exec L § 190 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 9 - Division of Military and Naval Affairs 190 - Division of Military and Naval Affairs.

§ 190. Division  of military and naval affairs. 1. Notwithstanding the   provisions of any other law, the head of the division  of  military  and   naval  affairs  shall  be the adjutant general who shall be appointed by   the governor and who, except when any one of such officers shall  be  in   the active service of the United States, shall be the commanding general   of  the  New York army national guard, the commander of the New York air   national guard or the commanding officer of the New York naval  militia.   The  governor  may exercise and perform his functions, powers and duties   as commander-in-chief of the militia of the state in whole  or  in  part   through such division.2.  The  division  of  military  and  naval  affairs shall include the   organized militia; the state reserve list; the state retired  list;  all   offices,   headquarters,  units,  forces,  commands,  arsenals,  depots,   armories, bureaus, agencies, bases, camps, ranges,  and  other  military   (including   air)   and   naval   activities,  property,  installations,   structures, facilities and functions  of  the  state  and  all  military   (including  air),  naval  and  civilian  personnel who may be serving or   employed therein.3. The organization of the present office of the  chief  of  staff  is   continued  as  part  of  the division of military and naval affairs. The   powers and duties of such  office  and  the  bureaus  thereof  shall  be   exercised  and performed under the supervision, direction and control of   the chief of staff, subject to the approval of the adjutant general.4. The adjutant general is  hereby  authorized  to  create,  organize,   reorganize,   convert,   inactivate   or  disband  such  other  offices,   headquarters, commands, bureaus and agencies for the performance of  the   functions  of  the  division as he may deem necessary, within the amount   appropriated therefor.5. The adjutant general, in conjunction with the department of  state,   shall  establish and maintain on the division's website a public listing   of all approved not-for-profit  corporations  soliciting  funds  for  or   otherwise  benefiting  the  armed  forces of the United States or of any   foreign country, or their auxiliaries, or of this or any other state  or   territory.
NY Exec L § 200 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 10 - Office of General Services 200 - Office of General Services.

§ 200. Office  of general services.  There is hereby created an office   of general services in the executive department. The head of the  office   of  general  services  shall be the commissioner of general services. He   shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of   the senate and hold office during the pleasure of the governor. He shall   receive a  salary  to  be  fixed  by  the  governor  within  the  amount   appropriated  therefor.   Such commissioner, subject to rules prescribed   by the governor, may establish such bureaus or divisions in  the  office   of  general  services  as  he  may  deem  necessary and may appoint such   deputies, directors, assistants and other employees as may be needed for   the performance of his duties and may prescribe their powers and  duties   and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor. Such   office  may  have  an office seal. The principal office of the office of   general services shall be in the city of Albany, and branch offices  may   be  established  by direction of the governor, subject to appropriations   for their maintenance.Such commissioner may adopt, amend or rescind  rules  and  regulations   relating  to the discharge of his functions, powers and duties and those   of the  office  of  general  services  as  prescribed  by  law.  Nothing   contained  herein shall limit or impair compliance with the requirements   of section one hundred  sixty-three  of  the  state  finance  law,  with   respect  to  rules  promulgated  by  the  commissioner  pursuant to such   section.
NY Exec L § 202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 10 - Office of General Services 202 - General Duties.

§ 202. General  duties.  The  office of general services shall provide   coordinated services in support of state departments and agencies,  and,   as    specified,    authorities,   municipalities   and   not-for-profit   organizations, hereafter for the purposes of this section referred to as   agencies. Such support  services  shall  (i)  serve  to  conserve  state   resources,  (ii) benefit multiple agencies, and (iii) be consistent with   the needs and  interests  of  the  agencies  receiving  those  services.   Support  services  may  be  delivered  directly by the office of general   services or by other means which ensure the cost effectiveness of  those   services.  The  commissioner  of  general  services may recommend to the   governor new services which could be offered by the  office  of  general   services,  and  that  would  reduce  state  or  local  expenditures  and   facilitate the mission of agencies currently receiving  or  which  could   receive such services.
NY Exec L § 203-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 10 - Office of General Services 203-A - Additional Duties of the Commissioner Regarding Flood Related Losses.

§ 203-a. Additional duties of the commissioner regarding flood related   losses.  In  accordance  with  44  CFR  75.11  of  the  code  of federal   regulations, in the event that state-owned structures and their contents   are damaged as the result of flood related losses, flood,  and/or  flood   related  hazards  occurring in areas identified by the federal insurance   administrator as A, AO, AH,  A1-30,  AE,  AR,  AR/A1-30,  AR/AE,  AR/AO,   AR/AH,  AR/A, A99, M, V, VO, V1-30, VE, and E Zones, the commissioner of   general services shall pay  an  amount  not  less  than  the  limits  of   coverage  that  would  be  applicable if such state-owned structures and   their contents had been covered by standard flood insurance policies, as   defined in 44 CFR 59.1, for the repair, restoration, or  replacement  of   such state-owned structures and contents, and shall maintain and update,   not  less  frequently  than  annually,  an  inventory of all state-owned   structures and their contents within such zones.