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NY Gen Bus L § 1400 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 44 - Regulation of Surrogacy Programs and Assisted Reproduction Service Providers 1400 - Definitions.

§ 1400. Definitions. As used in this section:  (a)  The  definitions in section 581-102 of the family court act shall apply.  (b) "Payment"  means  any  type  of  monetary  compensation  or  other valuable  consideration  including  but not limited to a rebate, refund, commission, unearned discount, or profit by means  of  credit  or  other valuable consideration.  (c)  "Surrogacy  program"  does  not  include any party to a surrogacy agreement or any person licensed to  practice  law  and  representing  a party to the surrogacy agreement, but does include and is not limited to any  agency,  agent,  business,  or individual engaged in, arranging, or facilitating  transactions  contemplated  by  a   surrogacy   agreement, regardless  of  whether  such  agreement  ultimately  comports  with the requirements of article five-C of the family court act.
NY Gen Bus L § 1401 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 44 - Regulation of Surrogacy Programs and Assisted Reproduction Service Providers 1401 - Surrogacy Programs Regulated Under This Article.

§ 1401. Surrogacy   programs   regulated   under   this  article.  The provisions of this article apply  to  surrogacy  programs  arranging  or facilitating  transactions  contemplated  by a surrogacy agreement under part four of article five-C of the family court act if:  (a) The surrogacy program does business in New York state;  (b) A person acting as surrogate who is party to a surrogacy agreement resides in New York state during the term of the surrogacy agreement; or  (c) Any medical procedures under the surrogacy agreement are performed in New York state.
NY Gen Bus L § 1402 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 44 - Regulation of Surrogacy Programs and Assisted Reproduction Service Providers 1402 - Assisted Reproduction Service Providers Regulated Under This Article.

§ 1402. Assisted  reproduction  service providers regulated under this   article. The provisions of this article apply to agents,  gamete  banks,   fertility clinics, and other entities if:1.  The  agent,  gamete  bank,  fertility clinic, or other entity does   business in this state; or2. Any health care services performed, provided or otherwise  arranged   by the entity are performed in this state.
NY Gen Bus L § 1403 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 44 - Regulation of Surrogacy Programs and Assisted Reproduction Service Providers 1403 - Conflicts of Interest; Prohibition on Payments; Funds in Escrow; Licensure; Notice of Surrogates' Bill of Rights.

§ 1403. Conflicts  of  interest;  prohibition  on  payments;  funds in escrow; licensure; notice of surrogates' bill  of  rights.  A  surrogacy program to which this article applies:  (a)  Shall  keep all funds paid by or on behalf of the intended parent or parents in an escrow account separate from  its  operating  accounts; and  (b)  May not be owned or managed, in any part, directly or indirectly, by any attorney representing a party to the surrogacy agreement; and  (c) May not pay or receive payment, directly or indirectly, to or from any person licensed to practice law and  representing  a  party  to  the surrogacy  agreement  in  connection  with the referral of any person or party for the purpose of a surrogacy agreement; and  (d) May not pay or receive payment, directly or indirectly, to or from any health  care  provider  providing  any  health  services,  including assisted reproduction, to a party to the surrogacy agreement; and  (e)  May not be owned or managed, in any part, directly or indirectly, by any health care provider providing  any  health  services,  including assisted reproduction, to a party to the surrogacy agreement; and  (f)  Shall  be  licensed  to  operate  in  New  York state pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department of health in consultation with the  department  of  financial  services,  once  such  regulations   are promulgated and become effective; and  (g)  Shall ensure that all potential parties to a surrogacy agreement, at the time of consultation with such surrogacy  program,  are  provided with written notice of the surrogates' bill of rights enumerated in part six of article five-C of the family court act.
NY Gen Bus L § 1404 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 44 - Regulation of Surrogacy Programs and Assisted Reproduction Service Providers 1404 - Regulations.

§ 1404. Regulations. 1. The department of health, in consultation with the  department  of  financial  services,  shall  promulgate  rules  and regulations to implement the  requirements  of  this  article  regarding surrogacy  programs  and  assisted  reproduction  service providers in a manner that ensures the  safety  and  health  of  gamete  providers  and persons serving as surrogates. Such regulations shall:  (a)  Require  surrogacy  programs to monitor compliance with surrogacy agreements eligibility and requirements in state law; and  (b) Require the surrogacy programs and assisted  reproduction  service providers  to  administer  informed  consent procedures that comply with regulations promulgated  by  the  department  of  health  under  section twenty-five hundred ninety-nine-cc of the public health law.   2.  The  department of health shall annually report to the legislature regarding the practices of surrogacy programs and assisted  reproduction service providers and all business transactions related to surrogacy and gamete  provision  in  New  York  state,  with  recommendations  for any necessary amendments to this article.
NY Gen Bus L § 1600 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 46 - Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect 1600 - Laws Repealed.

§  1600.  Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto   annexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.
NY Gen Bus L § 1601 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 46 - Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect 1601 - When to Take Effect.

§   1601.  When  to  take  effect.  This  chapter  shall  take  effect   immediately.
NY Gen City L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 1 - Short Title 1 - Short Title.

§ 1. Short  title.  This  chapter  shall be known as the "General City   Law."
NY Gen City L § 2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 2 - Term of Office of City Supervisors.

§  2.    Term of office of city supervisors.  1. The term of office of   each supervisor hereafter elected in a city shall,  notwithstanding  the   provisions  of  such  city charter, be two years, and a supervisor shall   only be elected in such city each second year thereafter, except to fill   vacancies.2. Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision one of  this  section,   but   subject   to   the  mandatory  referendum  provisions  of  section   twenty-three of the municipal home rule law, the term of office of  each   supervisor   hereafter   elected   in   the   city   of   Geneva  shall,   notwithstanding the provisions of such city charter, be four years,  and   a  supervisor  shall  only  be  elected  in  such  city each fourth year   thereafter, except to fill vacancies.
NY Gen City L § 2-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 2-B - Definition.

§ 2-b. Definition.  The  term  "infant"  or  "minor",  as used in this   chapter, shall mean a person who has not attained the  age  of  eighteen   years.
NY Gen City L § 3 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 3 - Members of Common Council; Appointments to Other City Offices.

§ 3. Members  of  common  council; appointments to other city offices.   No member of the common council of any city shall, during the period for   which he was elected, be capable of holding  under  the  appointment  or   election  of  the  common council any office the emoluments of which are   paid from the city treasury, or paid by fees or compensation directed to   be paid by any act or ordinance of the common council, but this  section   shall  not  affect  the right to any fees or emoluments belonging to any   office, provided, however, that in any city having  a  city  manager  or   council-manager  form  of government in which a mayor and vice-mayor may   be elected or appointed from the membership of its council,  such  mayor   and   vice-mayor   may,  in  addition  to  the  emoluments  received  as   councilman, receive  compensation  for  their  services  from  the  city   treasury  as  mayor  and vice-mayor. An officer of any city who violates   any provision of this section shall be guilty of a  misdemeanor  and  on   conviction thereof his office shall be vacant.
NY Gen City L § 3-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 3-A - Liability of City Officials.

§ 3-a. Liability  of  city  officials. No official of any city of this   state who shall deposit any moneys coming into his hands  by  virtue  of   his  office  in  any  bank,  savings bank, national banking association,   trust company, or with  any  private  banker,  in  accordance  with  the   provisions of any general or local law or charter, or in accordance with   the  official  action  taken  by the governing body or board of any such   city, shall be liable for the loss of any such moneys resulting from the   default or insolvency of any such depositary.
NY Gen City L § 3-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 3-B - Deposit of City Funds.

§ 3-b. Deposit  of  city funds. Funds of a city shall be deposited and   secured in the manner provided by section ten of the  general  municipal   law.
NY Gen City L § 3-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 3-C - Unlawful Offers or Agreements by Municipal Officials or Omnibus Lines With Respect to Omnibus Line Operations.

§ 3-c. Unlawful offers or agreements by municipal officials or omnibus   lines  with  respect to omnibus line operations. 1. No officer, employee   or agent of any city or any person acting on his behalf shall,  directly   or  indirectly,  make  an  offer  to  or agree with any private owner or   operator of an omnibus line within such city or  any  person  acting  on   behalf  of  such owner or operator, to approve or recommend the approval   of an increase in fare or any other benefit for such owner  or  operator   at  some  future  time,  in consideration of the promise or agreement of   such owner or operator to  delay  making  any  application  for  a  fare   increase  until  some  future  time,  or to enter into a contract with a   labor organization.2. No private owner or operator of an omnibus line within any city  or   any person acting on behalf of such owner or operator shall, directly or   indirectly,  make  an  offer  to  or agree with any officer, employee or   agent of such city, or any person acting on his behalf, to delay  making   an  application  for a fare increase until some future time, or to enter   into a contract with a  labor  organization,  in  consideration  of  the   promise  or agreement of such officer, employee or agent of such city to   approve or recommend the approval of an increase in fares or  any  other   benefit for such owner or operator at some future time.3.  The  violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a   misdemeanor. Any public officer  or  employee  who  is  convicted  of  a   violation  of  this  section  shall forfeit his office or employment and   shall  forever  be  disqualified  from  holding  any  public  office  or   employment under the state or any political subdivision thereof.
NY Gen City L § 3-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 3-D - Receipts and Disbursements of Payrolls.

§ 3-d. Receipts  and  disbursements  of  payrolls.  By resolution duly   adopted, the common council or other legislative body of the  city,  may   determine  to  enter  into  a contract to provide for the deposit of the   periodic payroll of the city in a bank or trust company for disbursal by   it in accordance with provisions of section ninety-six-b of the  banking   law.
NY Gen City L § 4 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 4 - Removal of Appointive Officers in Cities of the Third Class.

§ 4. Removal  of  appointive officers in cities of the third class. No   officer heretofore or hereafter appointed by the mayor of a city of  the   third  class,  or  nominated  and appointed by such mayor by or with the   consent of the  common  council  of  such  city,  shall  be  removed  or   suspended  from office without the approval of such mayor, such approval   to be in writing and filed with the city clerk.
NY Gen City L § 5 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 5 - Certain Parades and Processions Forbidden; Penalty.

§ 5. Certain   parades   and   processions   forbidden;  penalty.  All   processions or parades occupying or marching on any street of  any  city   to  the  exclusion or interruption of other citizens in their individual   right and use thereof, excepting the National Guard and the  police  and   fire   departments,  and  the  associations  of  veteran  soldiers,  are   forbidden, unless written notice of the object, time and route  of  such   procession  or  parade  be  given by the chief officer thereof, not less   than six hours previous to  its  forming  or  marching,  to  the  police   authorities  of  such city; and such police authorities may designate to   such procession or parade how much of the street in width it can  occupy   with  especial  reference  to  crowded  thoroughfares through which such   procession may move; and, when so designated, the chief officer of  such   procession  or  parade  shall  be  responsible  that  the designation is   obeyed; and it shall be the duty of the police  authorities  to  furnish   such  escort  as  may  be  necessary to protect persons and property and   maintain the public peace and order. A  person  wilfully  violating  any   provision  of  this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable   by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding ten   days, or both.
NY Gen City L § 6 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 6 - Swearing Witnesses.

§ 6. Swearing  witnesses.  Whenever the common council of a city shall   have appointed a committee of members of their body upon any subject  or   matter within the jurisdiction of such common council, or to examine any   officer  of  the  city,  in  relation  to  the discharge of his official   duties, or to the receipt or disbursement by him of any  moneys  in  the   discharge of such duties, or concerning the possession or disposition by   him, in his official capacity, of any property belonging to the city; or   to  use,  inspect  or examine any book, account, voucher or document, in   his possession or under his control as such  officer,  relating  to  the   affairs  or  interests  of  such city, the chairman of such committee is   authorized to administer oaths to all such witnesses as may appear or be   brought before such committee.
NY Gen City L § 7 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 7 - Summoning Witnesses.

§ 7. Summoning witnesses. The chairman or any other member of any such   committee in his name shall have power to subpoena witnesses.
NY Gen City L § 8 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 8 - Law Applicable to Conduct of Elections at Which Ballot Questions Are Submitted to All the Voters of a City.

§ 8. Law  applicable to conduct of elections at which ballot questions   are submitted to all the  voters  of  a  city.  The  provisions  of  the   election law or any other law relating to the submission of questions at   general   elections,   so  far  as  the  same  are  applicable  and  not   inconsistent with this chapter,  shall  apply  to  the  conduct  of  all   elections  at which questions are submitted to all the voters of a city.   Where a specific provision of law exists  in  any  other  law  which  is   inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of the election law, such provision   shall apply unless a provision of the election law specifies  that  such   provision  of  the  election  law  shall apply notwithstanding any other   provision of law.
NY Gen City L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 10 - Licenses to Adult Blind Persons.

§ 10. Licenses  to  adult  blind  persons. The mayor of any city shall   have the power to issue a license to any  adult  blind  person  for  the   vending  of  goods, or newspapers in such places as he may set aside for   this purpose. The license shall be issued for a term of one year and  no   charge shall be made for the license. A license shall not be issued to a   blind  person unless he or she is a resident for three years in the city   in which application for such license is made and is a  citizen  of  the   United  States  or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in   the United States.This license shall be revocable only for cause.
NY Gen City L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 11 - Use of Soft Coal in Public Institutions.

§ 11. Use  of  soft coal in public institutions. No public institution   maintained by the state within the corporate limits of any city  of  the   second  class, shall use or burn bituminous coal in the operation of any   of its departments, provided that the local ordinances of any such  city   forbid the use thereof.
NY Gen City L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 12 - Money for Celebration of Legal Holidays in Cities.

§ 12. Money  for  celebration  of legal holidays in cities. The common   council of any city is hereby authorized to appropriate  and  set  aside   each  year such sums it may deem proper for the purpose of providing for   the due and proper observance of any legal holiday in such city.
NY Gen City L § 12-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 12-A - Money for Tercentennial Celebrations.

§ 12-a. Money  for  tercentennial  celebrations. The common council of   any city is hereby authorized to appropriate and set aside such sums  as   it  may  deem proper in order to celebrate the due and proper observance   of  tercentennial  celebrations  commemorating  the  founding   of   the   community.
NY Gen City L § 13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 13 - Moneys for Memorial and Veterans Days; How Expended.

§ 13. Moneys  for Memorial and Veterans days; how expended. The moneys   appropriated by a city for observance  of  Memorial  and  Veterans  days   therein  pursuant  to  section  twelve of this chapter shall be expended   under the direction of a board composed of the mayor and the  commanders   and  quartermasters  of  the  Grand Army posts, the American Legion, the   United Spanish War Veterans camps, the Veterans of Foreign Wars  of  the   United  States, the Army and Navy Union of the United States, the Marine   Corps League,  Inc.,  the  Catholic  War  Veterans,  Inc.,  the  Italian   American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, the Jewish War   Veterans  of  the United States and commanders and treasurers of Sons of   Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart,  Inc.,  Disabled  American   Veterans  camps,  AMVETS, American Veterans of World War II, Masonic War   Veterans of the State of New York, Inc., Veterans of World War I of  the   United  States  of America Department of New York, Inc., Polish-American   Veterans of World  War  II,  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  Inc.,  Polish-American   Veterans  of  World  War  II, Schenectady, N. Y., Inc., Polish Legion of   American  Veterans,  Inc.,  United  Veteran's  Association  of  America,   Incorporated,  Vietnam  Veterans  of  America  and  the  United Veterans   Memorial and Executive Committee of such city. The whole amount of  such   money  appropriated  or  any  part thereof may be spent by such board in   observance of Memorial and Veterans days. Bills  properly  verified  for   all claims and expenditures arising under section twelve of this chapter   or  under  this section, shall be presented to and audited by such board   and shall be paid by the common council of any  such  city.  The  moneys   appropriated  shall  be  raised by tax on the real and personal property   liable to taxation in any such city in the same manner as  the  ordinary   expenses of maintaining the city government.
NY Gen City L § 13-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 13-A - Moneys for Maintaining the Conference of Mayors and Other City Officials of the State of New York and Any of Its Activities.

§ 13-a. Moneys for maintaining the conference of mayors and other city   officials of the state of New York and any of its activities. The common   council  of  any  city  is  hereby  authorized to appropriate and expend   annually, from moneys raised by taxation in such city, a sum to meet the   actual  and  necessary  expenses  of  maintaining  and  continuing   the   conference  of  mayors and other city officials of the state of New York   and any of its activities, in this state, for the  purpose  of  devising   practicable  ways and means for obtaining greater economy and efficiency   in the government thereof. The moneys thus appropriated shall be  raised   by  tax on the real and personal property liable to taxation in any such   city in the same manner as other city expenses.
NY Gen City L § 13-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 2 - General Provisions 13-B - Publicity Fund.

§ 13-b. Publicity  fund.  Any  city  may establish a publicity fund of   such amount  as  the  city  council  or  other  governing  body  may  by   resolution  direct,  to  be  expended for the purpose of advertising the   advantages of such city as a  winter  and  summer  resort,  or  for  the   commemoration programs of historical events, or otherwise, including the   necessary  and  legitimate  expense  of securing the designation of such   city as  the  place  for  holding  the  convention  or  meeting  of  any   organization  or  society, and for such other and additional purposes as   may tend to promote the general commercial and industrial welfare of the   city, and for that purpose may raise by taxation  a  sum  not  exceeding   twenty-five  thousand  dollars  per  annum  to  be  assessed, levied and   collected in the same manner that other city taxes are assessed,  levied   and collected.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the city   council  of  any  city  may  by  local law establish a publicity fund in   excess of twenty-five thousand dollars per  annum,  as  such  local  law   shall  direct.    Such  local  law  shall  be subject to a referendum on   petition. Such sum shall be raised by taxation and  shall  be  assessed,   levied  and  collected  in  the  same  manner  that other city taxes are   assessed, levied and collected. Provided,  however,  that  if  the  city   council  of  any  city  with  a  population  of  fifty  thousand or less   establishes, by local law, a publicity fund in excess of fifty  thousand   dollars,  such  local  law shall become operative only after it shall be   adopted after submission to the qualified voters of the  city,  and  due   adoption  thereof  by  a  majority  of  the qualified voters of the city   voting thereon at a general election.