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NY Exec L § 71 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 71 - Attorney-General Authorized to Appear in Cases Involving the Constitutionality of an Act of the Legislature, or a Rule or Regulation Adopted Pursuant

§ 71. Attorney-general  authorized  to  appear  in cases involving the   constitutionality of an act of the legislature, or a rule or  regulation   adopted  pursuant  thereto.  1.  Whenever  the  constitutionality  of  a   statute, or a rule or regulation adopted  pursuant  thereto  is  brought   into  question  upon  the  trial,  hearing  or  appeal  of any action or   proceeding, civil or criminal, in any court of  record  of  original  or   appellate  jurisdiction,  and proof of the notice of such constitutional   challenge, as required by paragraph one of subdivision  (b)  of  section   one  thousand  twelve  of the civil practice law and rules, has not been   filed, the court or justice before whom such  action  or  proceeding  is   pending, shall make an order, directing the party desiring to raise such   question, to serve notice thereof on the attorney-general, and providing   that  the  attorney-general  be permitted to appear at any such trial or   hearing in support of the constitutionality of such statute, or rule  or   regulation  adopted  pursuant  thereto. The court or justice before whom   any such action or proceeding is pending may also make such  order  upon   the  application  of  any  party  thereto, and the court shall make such   order  in  any  such  action  or   proceeding   upon   motion   of   the   attorney-general.  When such order has been made in any manner mentioned   in this section and notice pursuant to such order has  been  given,  the   attorney-general  shall  be  permitted  to  appear  in  such  action  or   proceeding in support of the constitutionality of  such  statute,  or  a   rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto.2.  In  the  event  the  constitutionality  of  a  statute, or rule or   regulation adopted pursuant thereto is brought  into  question  and  the   party  questioning  such  constitutionality,  or  any other party to the   action or proceeding serves the attorney-general pursuant  to  paragraph   one  of  subdivision  (b)  of  section  one thousand twelve of the civil   practice law and rules, proof of such service upon the  attorney-general   shall  be  accepted  by  the  court in satisfaction of the provisions of   subdivision one of this section.3. The court having jurisdiction in an action or proceeding  in  which   the  constitutionality  of  a statute, rule or regulation is challenged,   shall not consider  any  challenge  to  the  constitutionality  of  such   statute,  rule  or  regulation  unless  proof  of  service of the notice   required by this section or required by subdivision (b) of  section  one   thousand  twelve  of the civil practice law and rules is filed with such   court.
NY Exec L § 72 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 72 - When Costs Payable to Relator.

§ 72. When  costs  payable  to  relator.  Where  security  is given by   relator in an action brought by the attorney-general on the relation  or   information  of a person having an interest, all costs and disbursements   taxed in favor of the plaintiff shall be payable to the relator.
NY Exec L § 73 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 73 - Power to Administer Oaths and Take Acknowledgments.

§ 73. Power   to   administer  oaths  and  take  acknowledgments.  The   attorney-general  of  the  state  of  New  York  and  all  deputies  and   assistants  appointed  by  him  pursuant  to  section  sixty-two  of the   executive law, who have duly qualified,  shall  have  the  power,  while   acting   as   such,   to   administer  oaths  and  take  affidavits  and   acknowledgments  and  proofs  of  written  instruments  to  be  read  in   evidence, anywhere within the state of New York, except such instruments   as  now are required by law to be recorded to create constructive notice   thereof.
NY Exec L § 90 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 90 - Department of State; Secretary of State.

§ 90. Department  of  state; secretary of state. There shall be in the   state government a department of state. The head of the department shall   be the secretary of state who shall be appointed by the governor by  and   with  the advice and consent of the senate and hold office until the end   of the term of the governor by whom  he  was  appointed  and  until  his   successor  is  appointed and has qualified. The secretary of state shall   receive an annual salary within the amount appropriated therefor and his   reasonable  expenses  when  necessarily  absent   on   public   business   pertaining to the duties of his office.In  addition  to  those  divisions  created  and  continued within the   Department of State by  other  statutes,  the  secretary  of  state  may   establish such other divisions and bureaus in the department of state as   he  may  deem  necessary. He may prescribe the duties and powers of such   divisions and bureaus which shall be exercised and performed  under  his   supervision.
NY Exec L § 91 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 91 - Rules.

§ 91. Rules.  Subject  to and in conformity with the provisions of the   constitution and laws of the state, the secretary of state may adopt and   promulgate such rules which shall regulate and control the  exercise  of   the  powers of the department of state and the performance of the duties   of officers, agents and other employees thereof.
NY Exec L § 92 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 92 - Deputies.

§ 92. Deputies. The secretary of state shall appoint a deputy, who may   perform  all the duties of the secretary of state. Any such deputy shall   receive an annual salary to be fixed by the secretary  of  state  within   the  amount  appropriated  therefor.  The  secretary  of  state may also   appoint and fix the compensation of such other deputies, assistants  and   employees  as  he  shall  deem  necessary within the amount appropriated   therefor and prescribe their powers and duties.
NY Exec L § 93 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 93 - Custody of Records.

§ 93. Custody  of  records.  1.  The secretary of state shall have the   custody of all laws and concurrent resolutions of the  legislature,  all   documents  issued  under  the  great  seal,  all  books, records, deeds,   parchments, maps and papers deposited or kept in his or her office,  and   shall properly arrange and preserve them.2.  The  records  in the custody of the secretary of state need not be   retained in the form in which the record is  received  so  long  as  the   technology  used  to  retain  such  record results in a permanent record   which may be accurately reproduced  during  the  period  for  which  the   record is required to be retained. The secretary of state may promulgate   rules  and regulations relating to the use by the department of state of   automatic data  processing,  telecommunications  and  other  information   technologies  for  the  processing  of  records  for  retention  by  the   department of state.
NY Exec L § 93-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 93-A - Examination of Reports.

§  93-a.  Examination of reports. The secretary of state shall examine   all reports required to be filed with the department of  state  pursuant   to  article seven-A of this chapter in order to determine the nature and   extent of the in-kind support provided by any covered entity to  one  or   more  recipient  entities,  as  such  terms  are  defined in section one   hundred seventy-two-e of this chapter, and  the  nature  and  extent  of   covered  communications by any covered entity, as such terms are defined   in section one hundred seventy-two-f of  this  chapter.  Notwithstanding   any  inconsistent  provision of law, whenever the secretary of state, in   consultation  with  the  department  of  taxation  and  finance  or  the   department  of  law,  determines that the nature and extent of a covered   entity's in-kind support to other entities or the nature and extent of a   covered entity's spending on covered communications is inconsistent with   the charitable purposes of such  covered  entity,  the  secretary  shall   cause  the  reports required by article seven-A of this chapter filed by   such entity to be published on the website of the  department  of  state   upon  such  finding.  Provided,  however, that such publishing shall not   include the names and addresses of individual donors to covered entities   nor shall such publishing include the covered entity's Internal  Revenue   Service Form 990 Schedule B. The secretary shall report to the governor,   the  temporary  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly,   by  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand  twenty-two,   and   annually   thereafter,  on  topics  including  but  not  limited to: the nature and   extent of in-kind support provided  by  covered  entities  to  recipient   entities, as such terms are defined in section one hundred seventy-two-e   of  this  chapter  and the nature and extent of expenditures for covered   communications.  The  secretary  may  request  the  assistance  of   the   department  of taxation and finance or the department of law in order to   complete this report.  Provided  however  that  such  report  shall  not   include the names and addresses of individual donors to covered entities   nor  shall  such  report  include  the covered entity's Internal Revenue   Service Form 990 Schedule B.
NY Exec L § 95 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 95 - Legislative Manual.

§ 95. Legislative  manual.  The  secretary of state, at the expense of   the state, may  in  each  odd-numbered  year  prepare  and  publish  the   legislative  manual.  The  manual  shall contain the constitution of the   United States and of the state of New York, diagrams of the  senate  and   assembly  chambers,  and such other information of the nature heretofore   published therein, as the secretary may consider useful,  and  shall  be   printed and bound in substantially the same style as heretofore. As soon   as  printed,  the  secretary  shall deliver a copy of the manual to each   member and officer  of  the  legislature,  and  to  each  state  officer   entitled to the session laws.
NY Exec L § 96-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 96-A - Fees for Services Rendered Pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code.

§  96-a. Fees for services rendered pursuant to the uniform commercial   code. 1. In  case  of  conflict  between  this  section  and  any  other   provision of law, this section shall control.2.  The  secretary of state shall determine the type and amount of all   fees to be collected by the department of state and other filing offices   for services rendered by said  department  or  office  pursuant  to  the   provisions  of the uniform commercial code and article ten-A of the lien   law. Such fees, referred to as processing fees, shall be  non-refundable   fees  paid  to  the  department  of  state  or  office  at the time that   documents are presented to the department of state or office for filing,   and will be paid whether or not the documents are accepted  for  filing.   Such fees shall be subject to the approval of the director of the budget   and  shall  be  promulgated in the official rules and regulations of the   department of state in accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  state   administrative  procedure  act.  Nothing  contained  in this subdivision   shall preclude the secretary of state from  periodically  changing  such   fees,  subject  to  the approval of the director of the budget, and from   periodically  amending  the  official  rules  and  regulations  of   the   department  of  state  in  accordance  with  the provisions of the state   administrative procedure act.3. Consistent with the provisions  of  article  nine  of  the  uniform   commercial  code  and  article  ten-A of the lien law, the department of   state and other filing offices shall produce or reproduce the content of   any  informational  systems  maintained  pursuant  to  such  laws.   The   secretary  of  state and other filing offices shall establish reasonable   fees for information so  produced  or  reproduced.  Notwithstanding  any   other  provisions  of law, the availability of such information shall be   determined solely by the provisions of the uniform commercial code.
NY Exec L § 97 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 97 - Completing Unfinished Papers.

§ 97. Completing  unfinished papers. The secretary of state shall have   power to complete and sign and certify in his own name,  adding  to  his   signature  the date of so doing, all records of incorporation papers and   other papers left incomplete or unsigned by  any  of  his  predecessors,   with  the  same  force  and  effect as though said records had been duly   signed by such predecessors.
NY Exec L § 97-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 97-A - Affirmation in Lieu of Oath.

§  97-a. Affirmation in lieu of oath. Any application for a license or   registration required by law to be filed with the  department  of  state   may, in lieu of being acknowledged or sworn under oath, be subscribed by   the  applicant  and  affirmed  by  him or her as true under penalties of   perjury.
NY Exec L § 98 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 98 - Copies of Amendments to Rules for Admission of Attorneys.

§ 98. Copies  of  amendments to rules for admission of attorneys.  The   secretary of state must cause to be published in the next ensuing volume   of the session laws each amendment of the rules established by the court   of appeals for the admission of attorneys and counselors, filed with him   pursuant to the judiciary law.
NY Exec L § 100 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 100 - Central State Registry of Armored Car Guards.

§  100. Central state registry of armored car guards. 1. The secretary   of state shall maintain a computerized registry of all  individuals  who   apply for a registration card or have been issued a registration card as   an  armored  car  guard pursuant to the provisions of article eight-C of   the general business law. An  armored  car  carrier,  as  that  term  is   defined  in  subdivision  six  of section eighty-nine-bbb of the general   business law, shall obtain only the name, address and armored car  guard   registration  status of an employee or potential employee listed in such   registry.2. The secretary of state shall maintain  all  records  collected  for   applicants  pursuant  to  the armored car guard act for a period of five   years after  the  applicant's  termination  as  an  armored  car  guard,   retirement, resignation, death, failure to be rehired, or non-renewal of   the  applicant's registration card. Every armored car carrier shall file   with the secretary, on a monthly basis, a report,  stating  all  armored   car  guards  in  their  employ  who  have  retired, resigned, died, been   terminated, have not been rehired, or have otherwise been  removed  from   active duty, in such form and on such media as approved for such purpose   by the secretary.
NY Exec L § 100-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 100-A - Information on State Agencies Pertaining to Persons Subjected to Section Seventy-Three-a of the Public Officers Law and Who Hold Policy-Making Positions.

§ 100-a. Information on state agencies pertaining to persons subjected to  section  seventy-three-a  of  the  public  officers law and who hold policy-making positions. 1. As used in this section "agency" means:  (a) any state department, board, bureau, division, council, committee, commission, or office;  (b) any other similar state public organization  established  pursuant to  state  statutes,  executive order, or other executive action for the exercise of any function of state government and to  which  members  are appointed or elected; and  (c)  any  public authority or public benefit corporation a majority of whose members are appointed by the  governor  or  serve  as  members  by virtue  of  holding  state  offices  to which they were appointed by the governor, or any combination thereof.   2. "Agency" does not include:  (a) any informal advisory organization established  exclusively  by  a state  agency  to advise a commissioner, secretary, or other director of that agency on an informal basis;  (b) the state legislature; and  (c) any local government or subdivision or entity thereof.   3. The secretary of state shall  maintain  a  compilation  of  persons subjected  to section seventy-three-a of the public officers law and who hold policy-making positions at  all  state  agencies,  including  state agencies  established  after  the  effective  date of this section. Such compilation shall identify by agency the persons  subjected  to  section seventy-three-a  of  the  public officers law and who hold policy-making positions, the length of time such  positions  have  been  held,  and  a representation  of  policy-making positions at such agency held by women compared to policy-making positions held by men. The secretary of  state shall  keep  such inventory in a public record available for inspection, and updated annually on the department of state website.   4. Each agency shall annually on or before January  first,  submit  to the secretary of state all information required pursuant to this section in  a  manner  specified  by  the  secretary  of state to facilitate the publication requirements of this section.   5. For the purposes of this section,  "persons  subjected  to  section seventy-three-a  of  the  public officers law and who hold policy-making decisions" shall include, but not  be  limited  to,  a  commissioner,  a superintendent,   an  executive  director,  and  other  chief  executive officers,  positions  appointed  by  the  governor,  as  well   as   the appointments  of  the  aforementioned whose function is essential to the policy-making processes of such agency, and  any  other  position  whose function is essential to the policy-making processes of such agency.
NY Exec L § 101 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 101 - Accessibility, Rules and Regulations.

§  101.  Accessibility,  rules  and  regulations.  1. The secretary of   state, in consultation with any other  state  agency  he  or  she  deems   necessary,  shall  promulgate  any  rules  and  regulations necessary to   remove  the  word  "handicapped"  from  any  signs  or  other  means  of   communication where such word appears.2. The secretary of state, in consultation with any other state agency   he  or  she  deems  necessary,  shall  promulgate  rules and regulations   necessary to require that  wherever  the  current  universal  symbol  of   access  of  a  figure in a wheelchair appears, such symbol shall instead   depict a logo with a dynamic character leaning forward with a  sense  of   movement.  Such logo shall be readily identifiable, simply designed with   no secondary  meaning,  and  provide  for  equivalent  facilitation  and   accessibility  as the current universal symbol of access. The provisions   of this subdivision shall only apply to any new signs being installed or   replaced on and after the effective date of this section.
NY Exec L § 101-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 101-B - Application by Municipal Corporations for the Suspension of Certain Rules.

§ 101-b. Application  by  municipal corporations for the suspension of certain rules.   1. Definitions. As used in this section,   a. "Agency" means any state  board,  bureau,  commission,  department, division or officer authorized by law to adopt rules.   b.  "Rule" means the whole or part of each agency statement of general applicability or regulation or code  that  implements  or  applies  law, including the amendment, suspension or repeal thereof.   c.  "Municipal  corporation"  means  a  county outside the city of New York, a city, a town, a village or a school district.   d. "Governing body" means:  (1) In a county, a board of supervisors, county legislature  or  other body  vested  by  its  charter,  other law or other valid enactment with jurisdiction to enact local laws;  (2) In a city, the board of aldermen, a common council, commission  or other body vested by its charter or other law with jurisdiction to enact ordinances or local laws;  (3) In a town, the town board;  (4) In a village, the board of trustees; and  (5) In a school district, the board of education, board of trustees or sole trustee.   2. A municipal corporation may, by resolution adopted by its governing body,  apply  to  the  agency which has adopted a rule for the mandatory suspension of such rule for the balance of the  municipal  corporation's current  fiscal  year,  provided the rule was filed in the office of the secretary of state after the commencement of the municipal corporation's current fiscal year.   3. Upon the receipt of such an application, the agency  which  adopted the  rule  shall  forthwith  by  order  suspend its applicability to the petitioning municipal corporation for the balance of such  corporation's current  fiscal  year,  unless  the  agency  determines by order, within thirty  days  of  receipt  of  such  application,  that  the   immediate implementation  of  the  rule  is necessary for public health, safety or welfare, or that its postponement would be contrary to express provision of law. A copy of any order issued pursuant to  this  section  shall  be sent  to  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate, the speaker of the assembly and the administrative regulations review commission.   4. This  section  shall  not  relieve  a  municipal  corporation  from complying  with a rule until such time that the agency which has adopted the rule shall issue an order pursuant to this  section  suspending  its applicability to such corporation.