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NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 1405 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 14 - Interactive Fantasy Sports 1405 - Powers and Duties of the Commission.

§  1405.  Powers and duties of the commission. 1. The commission shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of and effectuate the policy and objectives  of  this  article  as  the  commission  may  deem necessary or advisable, including the development of the initial form of the application for registration. Such regulations shall provide for the registration  and  operation  of  contests  in  New York state and shall include, without limitation,  responsible  protections  with  regard  to compulsive  play  and  safeguards  for  fair  play. Such regulations may regulate the conduct and operation of contests  and  platforms,  protect contestants and promote the fairness, honesty and integrity of contests.   2.  The  commission  shall  have  the  following powers and duties for purposes of administering, regulating, and enforcing the  provisions  of this article:  (a)  all  powers  and  duties assigned by this article, as well as all powers necessary and  proper  to  fully  and  effectively  execute  this article;  (b)  to  approve  and  deny  applications  for registration to conduct contests in New York state, and to suspend, refuse or renew,  or  revoke any registration issued to a registrant under this article;  (c) to review and approve each platform and each contest offered by an operator or registrant;  (d)  to  accept  and  investigate  complaints  of  any  kind  from  an authorized  player  and  attempt  to  mediate  such   complaints   where appropriate;  (e) to investigate alleged violations of this article;  (f)  to  initiate  proper enforcement proceedings where such action is deemed by the commission to be necessary or appropriate; and  (g) all powers and duties assigned by this chapter.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 1406 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 14 - Interactive Fantasy Sports 1406 - Annual Report.

§  1406.  Annual  report.  1.  Each registrant shall annually submit a report to the commission no later than the thirtieth  of  June  of  each year, which shall include the following information as it shall apply to accounts held by authorized players located in New York state:  (a) the number of accounts held by authorized players on all platforms offered  by  the  registrant,  and the number of accounts held by highly experienced players on all platforms offered by the registrant;  (b) the total number of new  accounts  established  in  the  preceding year,  as well as the total number of accounts permanently closed in the preceding year;  (c) the total amount of entry fees received from authorized players;  (d) the total amount of prizes awarded to authorized players;  (e) the total amount of interactive fantasy sports revenue received by the registrant;  (f) the total number of authorized players that requested  to  exclude themselves from contests;  (g)  any additional information that the commission deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.   2. Upon the submission of such annual report, to such extent that  the commission  deems  it to be in the public interest, the commission shall be authorized to conduct a financial audit of  any  registrant,  at  any time, to ensure compliance with this article.   3.  The  commission  shall  annually  publish  a  report  based on the aggregate  information  provided  by   all   registrants   pursuant   to subdivision  one  of  this  section,  which  shall  be  published on the commission's website no later than one hundred  eighty  days  after  the deadline  for  the  submission  of  individual  reports  as specified in subdivision one of this section.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 1407 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 14 - Interactive Fantasy Sports 1407 - State Tax.

§ 1407. State tax. For the privilege of conducting interactive fantasy   sports  contests in the state, registrants shall pay a tax equivalent to   fifteen percent  of  their  interactive  fantasy  sports  gross  revenue   generated  within  the  state;  in addition, registrants shall pay a tax   equal to one-half of one percent,  but  not  to  exceed  fifty  thousand   dollars annually.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 1408 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 14 - Interactive Fantasy Sports 1408 - Additional Regulatory Costs.

§  1408.  Additional  regulatory  costs.  The  commission  may  assess   annually, in arrears, on each registrant proportional to the interactive   fantasy sports gross revenue of such registrant in  the  preceding  year   compared  to  the  aggregate interactive fantasy sports gross revenue of   all registrants in the preceding year actual costs necessary to regulate   in accordance with the provisions  of  this  article.  Such  assessments   shall be made only within amounts appropriated therefor.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 1409 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 14 - Interactive Fantasy Sports 1409 - Disposition of Taxes.

§  1409.  Disposition  of  taxes. 1. The commission shall pay into the   state lottery fund all taxes imposed by this article; any  interest  and   penalties  imposed  by  the  commission  relating  to  those  taxes; all   penalties levied and collected by the commission;  and  the  appropriate   funds, cash or prizes forfeited from interactive fantasy sports.2.  The  commission  shall  require  at  least monthly deposits by the   interactive fantasy sports operator of any payments pursuant to  section   fourteen  hundred  seven  of  this  article,  at  such times, under such   conditions, and in such depositories as shall be prescribed by the state   comptroller. The deposits shall be deposited to the credit of the  state   lottery  fund.  The  commission  shall  require  a  monthly  report  and   reconciliation statement to be filed with it on or before the tenth  day   of  each month, with respect to gross revenues and deposits received and   made, respectively, during the preceding month.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 1410 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 14 - Interactive Fantasy Sports 1410 - Determination of Tax Liability.

§  1410.  Determination  of  tax liability. The commission may perform   audits of the  books  and  records  of  an  interactive  fantasy  sports   operator  with a permit or registrant, at such times and intervals as it   deems appropriate, for the purpose of determining the sufficiency of tax   payments. If a return required with regard to obligations imposed is not   filed, or if a return when filed or is determined by the  commission  to   be incorrect or insufficient with or without an audit, the amount of tax   due  shall be determined by the commission. Notice of such determination   shall be given to the interactive fantasy sports operator liable for the   payment of the tax. Such determination shall finally and irrevocably fix   the tax unless the person against whom it  is  assessed,  within  thirty   days  after  receiving  notice of such determination, shall apply to the   commission for a hearing in  accordance  with  the  regulations  of  the   commission.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 1411 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 14 - Interactive Fantasy Sports 1411 - Contests Authorized.

§  1411.  Contests  authorized.  Interactive  fantasy  sports contests   registered and conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter  are   hereby authorized.
NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 1412 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 14 - Interactive Fantasy Sports 1412 - Contests Prohibited.

§  1412.  Contests prohibited. The conduct of unregistered interactive   fantasy sports contests is prohibited.
NY RR L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 1 - Short Title 1 - Short Title.

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Railroad Law."
NY RR L § 2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 1 - Short Title 2 - Definitions.

§  2.  Definitions.  As  used  in  this  chapter,  unless  the context otherwise requires:  (1) "Commissioner of transportation", "Commissioner"  or  "commission" means the state commissioner of transportation.  (2)  "Certificate  of  incorporation" and "bonds" have the meaning set forth in section one hundred two of the business corporation law.
NY RR L § 5 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 2 - Organization, General Powers and Location 5 - Incorporation.

§  5.  Incorporation.  A railroad corporation may be formed under this   chapter for the purpose of owning or operating  a  railroad  for  public   use,  in accordance with the procedure for the formation of corporations   set forth in article four of the business corporation law, by delivering   to the department of state for filing  a  certificate  of  incorporation   entitled  "Certificate  of  incorporation  of  ................ (name of   corporation) pursuant to section five of the railroad law".
NY RR L § 6 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 2 - Organization, General Powers and Location 6 - Applicability of Business Corporation Law to Railroad Corporations.

§   6.   Applicability   of   business  corporation  law  to  railroad corporations. (a) The business corporation law applies to a  corporation heretofore  or  hereafter  formed under this chapter, or under any other statute or special act of this state,  or  under  laws  other  than  the statutes of this state, which has as its purpose or among its purposes a purpose for which a corporation may be formed under this chapter, except that in case of a conflict between the business corporation law and this chapter the provisions of this chapter shall govern. If there is in this chapter  a  provision  relating  to  a  matter  embraced in the business corporation law and not in conflict  therewith,  both  provisions  shall apply.  Any  corporation  to  which the business corporation law is made applicable  by  this  section  shall  be  treated  as  a  "corporation", "domestic corporation", or "foreign corporation", as such terms are used in  the business corporation law, except that the purposes for which any such corporation may be formed under section five of this chapter  shall not thereby be extended.  (b) For the purpose of this section and elsewhere in this chapter, the effective  date  of  the  business corporation law as to corporations to which the business corporation law is made applicable  by  this  section shall be September first, nineteen hundred sixty-four.
NY RR L § 9 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 2 - Organization, General Powers and Location 9 - Certificate of Convenience and Necessity.

§ 9. Certificate of convenience and necessity. No railroad corporation   formed  after May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, under the   laws of this state shall exercise the powers conferred by law upon  such   corporations  or  begin the construction of its road until the directors   shall cause a copy of the original certificate of  incorporation  to  be   published  in one or more newspapers in each county in which the road is   proposed to be located, at least once a week for three successive weeks,   and shall file satisfactory proof thereof  with  the  commissioner;  nor   until  the commissioner shall certify that the foregoing conditions have   been complied with, and also that public  convenience  and  a  necessity   require   the   construction  of  said  railroad  as  proposed  in  said   certificate of incorporation. The foregoing certificate shall be applied   for  within  six  months  after  the  completion  of  the  three  weeks'   publication  hereinbefore  provided  for. If a certificate is refused no   further proceedings shall be  had  before  said  commissioner,  but  the   application may be renewed after one year from the date of such refusal.   Prior  to  granting  or refusing said certificate the commissioner shall   have a right to permit errors, omissions or defects to be  supplied  and   corrected.  After  a  refusal to grant such certificate the commissioner   shall certify a copy of all maps and papers on file in its office and of   the findings of the commissioner when  so  requested  by  the  directors   aforesaid.  Such  directors  may  thereupon  present  the  same  to  the   appellate division of the supreme court of the department  within  which   said  road  is  proposed in whole or in part to be constructed, and said   appellate division shall have power, in its discretion,  to  order  said   commissioner,  for  reasons  stated,  to  issue said certificate, and it   shall be issued accordingly. Such certificate  shall  be  filed  in  the   office of the department of state, and a copy thereof, certified to be a   copy  by the secretary of state, or his deputy, shall be evidence of the   fact therein stated. Nothing in this  section  shall  prevent  any  such   railroad  corporation from causing such examinations and surveys for its   proposed railroad to be made as may be necessary to the selection of the   most advantageous route; and for such purpose by its officers or  agents   and  servants,  entering  upon  the  lands  or  water of any person, but   subject to the responsibility  for  all  damages  which  shall  be  done   thereto.    The  certificate  provided  for  in  this  section shall not   dispense with the permission and approval provided for  in  section  one   hundred twenty-seven of the transportation law.
NY RR L § 18 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 2 - Organization, General Powers and Location 18 - Railroads Through Public Lands.

§  18.  Railroads  through  public  lands. The commissioner of general   services may grant to any domestic or foreign railroad corporation  land   belonging  to the people of the state, except the reservation at Niagara   and the Concourse lands on Coney Island, which may be required  for  the   purposes  of  its road on such terms as may be agreed upon by them; or a   domestic railroad corporation may acquire title thereto by condemnation;   and the county or town officers having charge of any land  belonging  to   any county or town, required for a domestic railroad corporation for the   purposes  of  its  road, may grant such land to the corporation for such   compensation as may be agreed upon. In  case  the  land  or  any  right,   interest or easement therein, required by a domestic or foreign railroad   corporation  is  used  for  prison  purposes the commissioner of general   services may grant  such  land,  or  any  right,  interest  or  easement   therein,  provided the plans of such railroad corporation for the use of   such prison lands, or such right, interest or easement therein, have the   approval of the commissioner of corrections and community supervision.
NY RR L § 19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 2 - Organization, General Powers and Location 19 - Railroads Through Indian Lands.

§  19.  Railroads  through  Indian lands. Any railroad corporation may   contract with the chiefs of any nation of Indians, over whose  lands  it   may  be  necessary to construct its railroad, for the right to make such   road  upon  such  lands,  but  such  contract  shall  not  vest  in  the   corporation  the  fee  to the land, nor the right to occupy the same for   any purposes other than may be necessary for the construction, occupancy   and maintenance of such railroad, and such contract shall not  be  valid   or  effectual  until  it  shall  be  ratified by the county court of the   county where the land shall be situated.
NY RR L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 2 - Organization, General Powers and Location 20 - Railroads Through Chautauqua Assembly Grounds.

§  20.  Railroads  through  Chautauqua  assembly  grounds. No railroad   corporation shall build, construct or operate  any  railroad  in,  upon,   over  or  through the grounds, lands or premises owned by the Chautauqua   assembly corporation in the town and county of Chautauqua,  without  the   written  consent of a majority of the board of trustees of such assembly   corporation.
NY RR L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 2 - Organization, General Powers and Location 22 - Proceedings to Determine Point at Which a New Railroad Shall Intersect One Already Established; Compensation; Duties of Intersecting Roads.

§  22.  Proceedings  to  determine point at which a new railroad shall   intersect one already established; compensation; duties of  intersecting   roads. Every railroad corporation, whose road is or shall be intersected   by  any  new  railroad, shall unite with the corporation owning such new   railroad in forming the necessary  intersections  and  connections,  and   grant the requisite facilities therefor. If the two corporations can not   agree  upon  the  amount of compensation to be made therefor or upon the   line or lines, grade or grades, points or manner of  such  intersections   and  connections,  the  same  shall be ascertained and determined by the   supreme court.    The  court  may  determine  whether  the  crossing  or   crossings  of  any railroad before construction shall be beneath, at, or   above the existing grade of such railroad, and upon the route designated   upon the map of the corporation seeking the crossing or  otherwise.  All   railroad  corporations whose roads are or shall hereafter be so crossed,   intersected or joined, shall receive from  each  other  and  forward  to   their destination all goods, merchandise and other property intended for   points  on  their  respective roads, with the same dispatch as, and at a   rate of freight not exceeding the local tariff rate charged for  similar   goods, merchandise and other property, received at or forwarded from the   same point for individuals and other corporations.
NY RR L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 2 - Organization, General Powers and Location 23 - Highway Exempted.

§  23.  Highway exempted. No railroad shall be constructed, maintained   or operated and no railroad tracks shall be laid  upon  the  state  road   known  as  the  Buffalo  and White's Corners plank-road in the county of   Erie, where none now exists, excepting such as may be  necessarily  laid   for  the  purpose  only of crossing said highway. The provisions of this   section shall not affect any consents granted prior  to  the  eighteenth   day  of April, nineteen hundred and five, or any rights acquired for the   construction of any such railroad.
NY RR L § 32 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 2 - Organization, General Powers and Location 32 - Individual, Joint-Stock Association, or Other Corporation May Lay Down and Maintain Railroad Tracks in Certain Cases.

§  32.  Individual,  joint-stock association, or other corporation may   lay down and maintain railroad tracks in certain cases. Any  individual,   joint-stock  association  or corporation, engaged in any lawful business   in this state, may, except in any  city  of  the  state,  lay  down  and   maintain  such  railroad  tracks on or across any street or highway, not   exceeding  three  miles  in  length,  as  shall  be  necessary  for  the   transaction  of its business, and to connect any place of business owned   by them with the track of any  railroad  corporation,  and  render  such   place  of  business  more  accessible  to the public, upon obtaining the   written consent of the owners of all the lands bounded  on  and  of  the   local  authorities  having  control  of  that  portion  of the street or   highway, upon  which  it  is  proposed  to  construct  or  operate  such   railroad.  If  the  consent of such property owners can not be obtained,   the appellate division of the supreme court of the department  in  which   such  railroad  is to be constructed, may upon application appoint three   commissioners, who shall determine,  after  a  hearing  of  all  parties   interested,  whether  such railroad ought to be constructed or operated,   and the amount of damages, if any, to be paid to such  property  owners,   and  their  determination confirmed by the court may be taken in lieu of   the consent of the property owners. But no such  railroad  shall  be  so   located,  graded, built or operated as to interfere with or obstruct the   traveled part of any highway, or its use as a highway, or the use of any   street or highway intersecting the same.
NY RR L § 34 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 2 - Organization, General Powers and Location 34 - Substituted Lines in Certain Cases.

§  34.  Substituted lines in certain cases. Where a portion of a steam   surface railroad or branch thereof, shall be specifically authorized  by   statute  to  be  taken  for  any other public use, and such portion lies   wholly outside of any city, any corporation  owning  or  operating  such   portion  may locate, as provided in section sixteen of this article, and   may construct and operate, in substitution for such  portion,  and  with   proper  connections  with  the  former line, a new line of steam surface   railroad, wholly or partly in the same  or  any  adjoining  county,  and   wholly  outside  of  any  city,  and  not exceeding twenty-five miles in   length, in the manner, with the powers and subject  to  the  limitations   and  requirements provided in this chapter with respect to steam surface   railroads.
NY RR L § 50 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 50 - Liability of Corporation to Employees of Contractor.

§  50.  Liability of corporation to employees of contractor. An action   may be maintained against any railroad corporation by  any  laborer  for   the  amount due him from any contractor for the construction of any part   of its road, for ninety or any less number of days' labor  performed  by   him  in  constructing  such  road,  if  within  twenty days thereafter a   written notice shall have been served  upon  the  corporation,  and  the   action  shall  have  been commenced after the expiration of ten days and   within six months after the service of such notice, which shall  contain   a  statement  of  the month and particular days upon which the labor was   performed and for which it was unpaid, the price  per  day,  the  amount   due,  the  name  of  the  contractor from whom due, and the section upon   which performed, and shall be signed by the laborer or his attorney  and   verified  by  him to the effect that of his own knowledge the statements   contained in it are true. The notice shall be served by  delivering  the   same  to  an  engineer,  agent  or  superintendent  having charge of the   section of the road, upon which the labor was performed, personally,  or   by  leaving it at his office or usual place of business with some person   of suitable age or discretion; and if the corporation has no such agent,   engineer or superintendent, or in case he can not be found  and  has  no   place  of  business  open,  service  may  in  like manner be made on any   officer or director of the corporation.
NY RR L § 51 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 51 - Weight of Rail.

§  51.  Weight  of  rail.  The  rail  used  in the construction or the   relaying of the track of every railroad hereafter  built  or  relaid  in   whole  or  in  part  shall  be  of iron or steel, weighing not less than   twenty-five pounds to the lineal yard on narrow-gauge roads, and on  all   other  roads not less than fifty-six pounds to the lineal yard on grades   of one hundred and ten feet to the mile or  under,  and  not  less  than   seventy  pounds to the lineal yard on grades of over one hundred and ten   feet to the mile, except for turnouts, sidings and switches.