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NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1514 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations 1514 - Misdemeanor; General Penalty.

§ 1514. Misdemeanor; general penalty.Wherever  under  the provisions of this article a person violating any   part thereof is deemed to be guilty of a  misdemeanor  and  no  specific   penalty  is  provided,  the penalty for each separate violation shall be   imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine  of  not  more  than   five hundred dollars, or both.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1515 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations 1515 - Actions Affecting Cemetery Corporations.

§ 1515. Actions affecting cemetery corporations.In  any  action  or proceeding affecting or instituted by any cemetery   corporation the cemetery board shall be served with  notice  thereof  in   the  same manner as any necessary party and shall take such steps in the   action or proceeding as it may deem  necessary  to  protect  the  public   interest.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1516 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations 1516 - Sale of Monuments.

§ 1516. Sale of monuments.  (a) No cemetery corporation shall engage in the sale of monuments, not including  flush  bronze  markers, nor shall such monuments be displayed for sale on the property of a cemetery corporation.  (b) No cemetery corporation shall authorize or permit any employee  or director  thereof  to advertise or make known his or her relationship to such corporation while engaged in the sale of monuments outside  of  his or her employment by the cemetery corporation.  (c)  With  regard  to  the sale of flush granite markers, the cemetery board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations  to  exempt  cemetery corporations  from the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section where a practice for the sale of such flush granite  markers  was  established with  the  knowledge  and  approval  of  the cemetery board prior to the effective date of this section.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1600 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 16 - Land Banks 1600 - Short Title.

§ 1600. Short title.This article shall be known and may be cited as the "land bank act".
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1601 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 16 - Land Banks 1601 - Legislative Intent.

§ 1601. Legislative intent.The  legislature  finds  and  declares that New York's communities are   important to the social and economic  vitality  of  the  state.  Whether   urban,  suburban, or rural, many communities are struggling to cope with   vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties.There exists a crisis in many cities and their metro areas  caused  by   disinvestment  in real property and resulting in a significant amount of   vacant  and  abandoned  property.  For  example,   Cornell   Cooperative   Extension  Association of Erie county estimates that the city of Buffalo   has thirteen thousand vacant parcels, four  thousand  vacant  structures   and   an   estimated  twenty-two  thousand  two  hundred  ninety  vacant   residential units. This  condition  of  vacant  and  abandoned  property   represents  lost  revenue  to  local governments and large costs ranging   from demolition, effects of safety hazards and  spreading  deterioration   of neighborhoods including resulting mortgage foreclosures.The  need exists to strengthen and revitalize the economy of the state   and its local units of government by solving the problems of vacant  and   abandoned property in a coordinated manner and to foster the development   of  such property and promote economic growth. Such problems may include   multiple  taxing  jurisdictions  lacking  common  policies,  ineffective   property   inspection,  code  enforcement  and  property  rehabilitation   support, lengthy and/or inadequate foreclosure proceedings and  lack  of   coordination and resources to support economic revitalization.There  is an overriding public need to confront the problems caused by   vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties through the creation  of   new  tools  to  be available to communities throughout New York enabling   them to turn vacant spaces into vibrant places.Land banks are one of the tools that can be utilized by communities to   facilitate  the  return  of  vacant,   abandoned,   and   tax-delinquent   properties  to productive use. The primary focus of land bank operations   is the  acquisition  of  real  property  that  is  tax  delinquent,  tax   foreclosed,  vacant,  abandoned, and the use of tools authorized in this   article  to  eliminate  the  harms  and  liabilities  caused   by   such   properties.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1602 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 16 - Land Banks 1602 - Definitions.

§ 1602. Definitions.   The  following  words and phrases when used in this article shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless  the  context  clearly indicates otherwise:  (a)  "board of directors" or "board" shall mean the board of directors of a land bank;  (b) "land bank" shall mean a land bank  established  as  a  charitable not-for-profit corporation under this chapter and in accordance with the provisions of this article and pursuant to this article;  (c)  "foreclosing  governmental  unit"  shall  mean  "tax district" as defined in subdivision six of section eleven hundred  two  of  the  real property tax law;  (d)  "municipality"  shall  mean a city, village, town or county other than a county located wholly within a city;  (e) "school district" shall mean a school district  as  defined  under the education law; and  (f)  "real  property"  shall mean lands, lands under water, structures and any and  all  easements,  air  rights,  franchises  and  incorporeal hereditaments  and  every estate and right therein, legal and equitable, including terms for years and liens by  way  of  judgment,  mortgage  or otherwise, and any and all fixtures and improvements located thereon.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1604 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 16 - Land Banks 1604 - Applicability of New York Law.

§ 1604. Applicability of New York law.This  article  shall apply only to land banks created pursuant to this   article.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1606 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 16 - Land Banks 1606 - Staff.

§ 1606. Staff.A  land  bank  may  employ a secretary, an executive director, its own   counsel and legal staff, and such  technical  experts,  and  such  other   agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it may require, and may   determine  the  qualifications  and fix the compensation and benefits of   such persons. A land bank may also enter into contracts  and  agreements   with  municipalities  for  staffing  services to be provided to the land   bank by municipalities or agencies or departments thereof, or for a land   bank to provide such staffing services to municipalities or agencies  or   departments thereof.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1610 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 16 - Land Banks 1610 - Financing of Land Bank Operations.

§ 1610. Financing of land bank operations.  (a)  A land bank may receive funding through grants and loans from the foreclosing governmental unit or units which created the land bank, from other municipalities, from the state  of  New  York,  from  the  federal government, and from other public and private sources.  (b) A land bank may receive and retain payments for services rendered, for  rents  and  leasehold  payments  received,  for  consideration  for disposition of real and personal property,  for  proceeds  of  insurance coverage  for  losses incurred, for income from investments, and for any other asset and activity lawfully permitted to a land  bank  under  this article.  (c)  Upon  the  adoption  of  a local law, ordinance, or resolution by municipality, school district or any taxing district, fifty  percent  of the  real  property  taxes  collected  on  any  specific  parcel of real property identified by such municipality, school district or any  taxing jurisdiction  may  be  remitted  to  the  land  bank, in accordance with procedures established by regulations promulgated by the  department  of taxation  and  finance.  Such  allocation  of real property tax revenues shall commence with  the  first  taxable  year  following  the  date  of conveyance and shall continue for a period of five years.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1612 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 16 - Land Banks 1612 - Public Records and Public Meetings.

§ 1612. Public records and public meetings.  (a)  The  board shall cause minutes and a record to be kept of all its proceedings. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the land bank shall be subject to the open meetings law and the freedom of information law.  (b) A land bank shall hold a public  hearing  prior  to  financing  or issuance  of  bonds.  The  land  bank  shall  schedule and hold a public hearing and solicit public comment. After the conclusion of  the  public hearing  and  comments,  the land bank shall consider the results of the public hearing and comments with respect to the proposed  actions.  Such consideration  by  the  land bank shall include the accommodation of the public interest with respect to such actions; if such  accommodation  is deemed  in  the  best  interest  of the community proposed actions shall include such accommodation.  (c) In addition to any other report required by this chapter, the land bank, through its chairperson,  shall  annually  deliver,  in  oral  and written  form,  a  report  to  the  municipality.  Such  report shall be presented by March fifteenth of each year to the governing body or board of the municipality. The report shall describe in  detail  the  projects undertaken by the land bank during the past year, the monies expended by the land bank during the past year, and the administrative activities of the land bank during the past year. At the conclusion of the report, the chairperson  of  the land bank shall be prepared to answer the questions of the municipality with respect  to  the  projects  undertaken  by  the authority  during the past year, the monies expended by the municipality during  the  past  year,  and  the  administrative  activities  of   the municipality during the past year.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1613 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 16 - Land Banks 1613 - Dissolution of Land Bank.

§ 1613. Dissolution of land bank.A   land   bank  may  be  dissolved  as  a  charitable  not-for-profit   corporation sixty calendar days after an affirmative resolution approved   by two-thirds of  the  membership  of  the  board  of  directors.  Sixty   calendar days advance written notice of consideration of a resolution of   dissolution shall be given to the foreclosing governmental unit or units   that  created  the land bank, shall be published in a local newspaper of   general circulation, and posted  prominently  and  continuously  on  the   homepage  of  any website maintained by the land bank, and shall be sent   certified mail to the trustee of any outstanding bonds of the land bank.   Upon dissolution of the land bank all real property,  personal  property   and  other  assets  of  the  land  bank  shall  become the assets of the   foreclosing governmental unit or units that created the  land  bank.  In   the  event that two or more foreclosing governmental units create a land   bank in accordance with section sixteen hundred three of  this  article,   the  withdrawal  of one or more foreclosing governmental units shall not   result in the dissolution of the land bank unless the  intergovernmental   agreement  so  provides,  and  there is no foreclosing governmental unit   that desires to continue the existence of the land bank.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1614 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 16 - Land Banks 1614 - Conflicts of Interest.

§ 1614. Conflicts of interest.No  member  of  the board or employee of a land bank shall acquire any   interest, direct or indirect, in real property of the land bank, in  any   real  property  to be acquired by the land bank, or in any real property   to be acquired from the land bank. No member of the board or employee of   a land bank shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract   or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished  or  used   by  a  land bank. The board may adopt supplemental rules and regulations   addressing potential conflicts of interest and  ethical  guidelines  for   members of the board and land bank employees.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1615 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 16 - Land Banks 1615 - Construction, Intent and Scope.

§ 1615. Construction, intent and scope.The  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  construed  liberally to   effectuate the legislative intent  and  the  purposes  as  complete  and   independent  authorization for the performance of each and every act and   thing authorized by this  article,  and  all  powers  granted  shall  be   broadly  interpreted  to effectuate the intent and purposes and not as a   limitation of powers. Except as otherwise expressly set  forth  in  this   article, in the exercise of its powers and duties under this article and   its  powers  relating  to  property held by the land bank, the land bank   shall have complete control as fully and completely as if it represented   a private property owner  and  shall  not  be  subject  to  restrictions   imposed  by  the  charter, ordinances, or resolutions of a local unit of   government.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 1617 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 16 - Land Banks 1617 - Contracts.

§ 1617. Contracts.  (a)  The  land  bank  may,  in  its  discretion,  assign contracts for supervision  and  coordination  to  the  successful   bidder   for   any subdivision  of  work  for  which  the  land  bank  receives  bids.  Any construction, demolition, renovation and reconstruction contract awarded by the land bank shall contain such other terms and  conditions  as  the land  bank  may  deem  desirable.  The  land  bank  shall  not award any construction, demolition, renovation and reconstruction contract greater than ten thousand dollars except  to  the  lowest  bidder  who,  in  its opinion,   is  qualified  to  perform  the  work  required  and  who  is responsible and reliable. The land bank may, however, reject any or  all bids  or  waive  any informality in a bid if it believes that the public interest will be promoted thereby. The land bank may reject any bid, if, in  its  judgment,  the  business  and  technical  organization,  plant, resources,  financial  standing,  or  experience of the bidder justifies such rejection in view of the work to be performed.  (b) For the purposes of article fifteen-A of the executive  law  only, the  land  bank  shall  be deemed a state agency as that term is used in such article, and all contracts for procurement,  design,  construction, services  and  materials  shall  be  deemed  state  contracts within the meaning of that term as set forth in such article.
NY Pship L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PTR - Partnership Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Construction. 1 - Short Title.

Section   1.   Short  title.  This  chapter  shall  be  known  as  the   "partnership law."
NY Pship L § 3 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PTR - Partnership Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Construction. 3 - Interpretation of Knowledge and Notice.

§  3.  Interpretation  of  knowledge  and  notice.  1.  A  person  has "knowledge" of a fact within the meaning of this chapter not  only  when he  has actual knowledge thereof, but also when he has knowledge of such other facts as in the circumstances shows bad faith.   2. A person has "notice" of a fact within the meaning of this  chapter when the person who claims the benefit of the notice:  (a) States the fact to such person, or  (b)  Delivers  through the mail, or by other means of communication, a written statement of the fact to such person or to a  proper  person  at his place of business or residence.
NY Pship L § 4 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PTR - Partnership Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Construction. 4 - Rules of Construction.

§ 4. Rules of construction. 1. The rule that statutes in derogation of   the common law are to be strictly construed shall have no application to   this chapter.2. The law of estoppel shall apply under this chapter.3. The law of agency shall apply under this chapter.4. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its   general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.5. This chapter shall not be construed so as to impair the obligations   of  any  contract  existing  when  the  chapter goes into effect, nor to   affect any action or proceedings begun  or  right  accrued  before  this   chapter takes effect.
NY Pship L § 5 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PTR - Partnership Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Construction. 5 - Rules for Cases Not Provided for in This Chapter.

§ 5. Rules for cases not provided for in this chapter. In any case not   provided  for in this chapter the rules of law and equity, including the   law merchant, shall govern.
NY Pship L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PTR - Partnership Article 2 - Nature of a Partnership. 10 - Partnership Defined.

§  10.  Partnership defined. 1. A partnership is an association of two   or more persons to carry on as  co-owners  a  business  for  profit  and   includes  for  all  purposes  of  the  laws  of this state, a registered   limited liability partnership.2. But any association formed under any other statute of  this  state,   or  any  statute  adopted by authority, other than the authority of this   state, is not a partnership under this chapter, unless such  association   would  have  been  a  partnership in this state prior to the adoption of   this chapter; but this  chapter  shall  apply  to  limited  partnerships   except  in  so  far  as  the  statutes relating to such partnerships are   inconsistent herewith.
NY Pship L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PTR - Partnership Article 2 - Nature of a Partnership. 11 - Rules for Determining the Existence of a Partnership.

§  11.  Rules  for  determining  the  existence of a partnership.   In determining whether a partnership exists, these rules shall apply:   1. Except as provided by section  twenty-seven  persons  who  are  not partners as to each other are not partners as to third persons.   2.  Joint tenancy, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entireties, joint property,  common  property,  or  part  ownership  does  not  of  itself establish  a  partnership, whether such co-owners do or do not share any profits made by the use of the property.   3. The sharing of  gross  returns  does  not  of  itself  establish  a partnership,  whether  or  not  the persons sharing them have a joint or common right or interest in any property  from  which  the  returns  are derived.   4.  The receipt by a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business, but  no  such inference shall be drawn if such profits were received in payment:  (a) As a debt by installments or otherwise,  (b) As wages of an employee or rent to a landlord,  (c)  As  an  annuity  to  a  surviving  spouse  or representative of a deceased partner,  (d) As interest on a loan, though the amount of payment vary with  the profits of the business,  (e)  As  the consideration for the sale of the good-will of a business or other property by installments or otherwise.
NY Pship L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PTR - Partnership Article 2 - Nature of a Partnership. 12 - Partnership Property.

§  12.  Partnership property.  1. All property originally brought into   the  partnership  stock  or  subsequently  acquired,  by   purchase   or   otherwise, on account of the partnership is partnership property.2.  Unless  the  contrary  intention  appears,  property acquired with   partnership funds is partnership property.3. Any estate in real property may  be  acquired  in  the  partnership   name. Title so acquired can be conveyed only in the partnership name.4.  A  conveyance  to  a  partnership  in the partnership name, though   without words of inheritance, passes the entire estate  of  the  grantor   unless a contrary intent appears.
NY Pship L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PTR - Partnership Article 3 - Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing With the Partnership. 20 - Partner Agent of Partnership as to Partnership Business.

§  20.  Partner  agent  of partnership as to partnership business.  1. Every partner is an agent of the partnership  for  the  purpose  of  its business,  and  the act of every partner, including the execution in the partnership name of any instrument, for apparently carrying  on  in  the usual  way the business of the partnership of which he is a member binds the partnership, unless the partner so acting has in fact  no  authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter, and the person with whom  he  is  dealing  has  knowledge  of  the  fact that he has no such authority.   2. An act of a partner which is not apparently for the carrying on  of the  business  of  the  partnership  in  the usual way does not bind the partnership unless authorized by the other partners.   3. Unless authorized  by  the  other  partners  or  unless  they  have abandoned  the business, one or more but less than all the partners have no authority to:  (a) Assign the partnership property in trust for creditors or  on  the assignee's promise to pay the debts of the partnership.  (b) Dispose of the good-will of the business.  (c)  Do  any  other act which would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the partnership.  (d) Confess a judgment.  (e)  Submit  a  partnership  claim  or  liability  to  arbitration  or reference.   4.  No  act  of  a  partner  in  contravention of a restriction on his authority shall bind the partnership to persons having knowledge of  the restriction.