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NY Gen Bus L § 308 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 19 - Oil and Distilled Spirits 308 - Retail Sale and Delivery of Certain Flammable Liquids and Kerosene.

§  308.  Retail  sale  and  delivery  of certain flammable liquids and   kerosene. 1. Definition.  As used in this section:"Flammable liquid" shall mean any liquid which has a  flash  point  of   seventy  degrees  Fahrenheit,  or  less, as determined by a Tagliabue or   equivalent closed cup test device.2. a. No person engaged in the retail sale of flammable liquids  shall   deliver  any  such liquids from bulk storage into portable containers of   five gallons capacity or less unless the container is of sound metal  or   other  unbreakable  material  construction,  has  a  tight  closure with   screwed or spring cover and is fitted with a spout or so  designed  that   the contents can be poured without spilling.b. No person shall carry a lighted cigar, cigarette or pipe, nor use a   match  or  other  open flame while he is dispensing flammable liquids at   retail sale from bulk storage.3. No person engaged in the retail sale of kerosene shall deliver  any   such  liquid  from bulk storage into portable containers of five gallons   capacity or less unless  the  container  is  of  sound  metal  or  other   unbreakable  material  construction, has a tight closure with screwed or   spring cover, is fitted with a spout or so designed  that  the  contents   can be poured without spilling, and is clearly and conspicuously labeled   as containing kerosene.4.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply to the sale,   purchase or delivery of bona fide commercial packs of household products   sold in the original sealed container as put up  for  package,  sale  or   distribution  by the manufacturer or packager, including but not limited   to packs of medicinals, beverages or food.5. The provisions of this section shall not apply in cities  having  a   population of one million or more.6. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a   civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each violation.
NY Gen Bus L § 320 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 20 - Gas 320 - Standard of Purity.

§  320.  Standard  of  purity.  The  gas  furnished or supplied by any   corporation, association, partnership or  person  in  any  city  of  the   second  class shall be free from sulphuretted hydrogen, to be determined   by exposing for thirty seconds a slip  of  white  paper  saturated  with   acetate  of  lead  to a jet of gas flowing about five feet per hour, and   each one hundred cubic feet shall not contain more than  ten  grains  of   ammonia nor twenty grains of sulphur.
NY Gen Bus L § 321 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 20 - Gas 321 - Standard of Illuminating Power.

§  321. Standard of illuminating power. The maximum illuminating power   required and minimum illuminating power permitted of gas so furnished or   supplied in any such city shall be as follows: If a  coal  gas,  sixteen   candles;  if  a  mixed  coal  and  water gas, eighteen candles; and if a   carburetted water gas, twenty candles.  A  candle  shall  mean  a  sperm   candle,  six  to  a pound, burning at the rate of one hundred and twenty   grains of spermaceti per hour. The test for illuminating power shall  be   made with gas obtained from a service pipe or main located at a distance   of  not less than one mile nor more than one and one-half miles from any   distributing holder, using, for coal gas and mixed coal  and  water  gas   containing  more  than  fifty per centum of coal gas an F Argand burner,   and for mixed coal and water gas containing fifty per centum and less of   coal gas and for carburetted water gas a number seven  slit  union  Bray   burner, on a basis of consumption of five cubic feet of gas per hour.
NY Gen Bus L § 322 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 20 - Gas 322 - Standard of Pressure.

§  322. Standard of pressure. The minimum pressure of gas so furnished   or supplied which shall be permitted in any service  main  in  any  such   city  shall  be sufficient to balance a column of water one and one-half   inches in height. The maximum  pressure  therein  allowed  shall  be  an   amount  sufficient  to balance a column of water three and three-fourths   inches in height, plus  an  allowance  at  the  rate  of  one  inch  for   variation  of  each  one  hundred  feet  of  increase in altitude in the   distributing system between the holder and  the  point  of  consumption,   except that no maximum pressure shall be prescribed in service mains the   pressure  of  gas from which is regulated by service governors, supplied   and maintained without charge to consumers.
NY Gen Bus L § 322-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 20 - Gas 322-B - Explosives and Combustibles.

§  322-b.  Explosives and combustibles. 1. A person who makes or keeps   gunpowder,  nitro-glycerine,  or  any  other  explosive  or  combustible   material,  within  a  city or village, or carries such materials through   the streets thereof, in a quantity or manner prohibited  by  law  or  by   ordinance of the city or village, is guilty of a misdemeanor.2.  A  person  who  manufactures gunpowder, dynamite, nitro-glycerine,   liquid or compressed air or gases, except acetylene gas and other  gases   used  for  illuminating  purposes,  naptha,  gasoline,  benzine  or  any   explosive articles or compounds, or manufactures  ammunition,  fireworks   or  other  articles  of  which  such substances are component parts in a   cellar, room, or apartment  of  a  tenement  or  dwelling-house  or  any   building  occupied in whole or in part by persons or families for living   purposes, is guilty of a misdemeanor.3. And a person who, by the careless, negligent, or  unauthorized  use   or  management  of  gunpowder  or other explosive substances, injures or   occasions the injury of the person or property of another, is guilty  of   a misdemeanor.4.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall knowingly present, attempt to   present, or cause to  be  presented  or  offered  for  shipment  to  any   railroad,  steamboat,  steamship,  express  or  other company engaged as   common carrier of  passengers  or  freight,  dynamite,  nitro-glycerine,   powder  or other explosives dangerous to life or limb, without revealing   the true nature of said explosives or substance so offered or  attempted   to  be offered to the company or carrier to which it shall be presented,   shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.5. Any person who, while engaged in the unauthorized  distillation  of   any  liquid  containing  methyl  or  ethyl  alcohol,  causes injuries or   occasions the injury of the person or property of another by  reason  of   such distillation is guilty of a misdemeanor.Nothing  in  this  section contained shall be construed to prohibit or   forbid the manufacture and sale of sodawater, seltzer-water, ginger ale,   carbonic or mineral water or the charging with liquid carbonic acid  gas   of such waters or ordinary waters, or of beer, wines, ales or other malt   and  vinous beverages in such cellar, room or apartment of a tenement or   dwelling-house, or any building occupied in whole or in part by  persons   or families for living purposes.
NY Gen Bus L § 322-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 20 - Gas 322-C - Gas Space Heating Appliances to Be Equipped With Back Draft Diverters and Automatic Shutoff Devices.

§  322-c.  Gas space heating appliances to be equipped with back draft   diverters and automatic  shutoff  devices.  On  and  after  July  first,   nineteen  hundred  sixty-five  it  shall  be  unlawful to manufacture or   assemble, or to sell or offer for sale, or to install, use  or  maintain   in  any  building  used  or  occupied  as a residence, any space heating   appliance  using  natural  and/or  manufactured  gas  fuel  unless  such   appliance  is  equipped  with  (a)  a  back draft diverter with vents of   sufficient capacity to permit the discharge  of  combustion  gases  away   from the burning gas, except where such appliance (i) is provided with a   sealed  combustion  chamber  directly  vented to the outside, or (ii) is   listed by an accredited third party agency as an unvented  appliance  in   compliance with American National Standard Z21.11.2 and meets or exceeds   standards  established  by  rules and regulations promulgated, and which   may be periodically amended, by the department of health and approved by   the state  fire  prevention  and  building  code  council,  and  (b)  an   automatic  shutoff  device  to  prevent  the flow of gas if the flame or   pilot light, thereof is extinguished; provided,  however,  that  nothing   contained  herein  shall  be  construed  as  repealing  or in any manner   limiting,  restricting  or  diminishing  any  power  conferred  by   any   provision  of  law  upon  any city having a population of one million or   more, or any body, agency or officer thereof, to enact  or  adopt  local   laws,  ordinances,  other  local  enactments  or  rules  or  regulations   relating in any manner to gas space heating appliances, so long as  such   local  laws,  ordinances,  enactments, rules or regulations in so far as   the same relate to the subject matter of  this  section,  are  not  less   restrictive  than  the  provisions of this section.   A violation of the   provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 323 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 20 - Gas 323 - Penalty.

§  323.  Penalty. A violation of any of the provisions of this article   shall constitute a misdemeanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 324 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 20-A - Petroleum Well Casings and Pipes 324 - Definitions.

§  324. Definitions. The following terms, whenever used or referred to   in this article, shall have the following meanings:1. "Petroleum" shall mean oil or petroleum of any kind and in any form   including, but not limited to, oil,  petroleum,  fuel  oil,  crude  oil,   petroleum  mixed  with  one  or  more  other  substances,  gasoline  and   kerosene.2. "Petroleum well casings and pipes" shall mean  those  well  casings   and  pipes  which  were  at any time used to convey or transport therein   petroleum.3. "Consumer" shall mean a person who purchases well casings and pipes   for personal, family or household purposes.
NY Gen Bus L § 325 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 20-A - Petroleum Well Casings and Pipes 325 - Prohibiting the Use of Petroleum Well Casings and Pipes for Transporting Potable Water.

§  325.  Prohibiting  the  use of petroleum well casings and pipes for   transporting potable water. No person shall construct a water well which   is to be used to convey  or  transport  a  potable  water  supply  using   petroleum well casings and pipes.
NY Gen Bus L § 326 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 20-A - Petroleum Well Casings and Pipes 326 - Private Right of Action.

§  326.  Private right of action. A consumer injured by a violation of   this section may bring an action to recover  damages.  Judgment  may  be   entered  for  three  times  the actual damages suffered by a consumer or   five hundred dollars, whichever is  greater.  A  court  may  also  award   attorneys' fees to a prevailing plaintiff consumer.
NY Gen Bus L § 327 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 20-A - Petroleum Well Casings and Pipes 327 - Violations.

§  327.  Violations.  1.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any of the   provisions of this article shall be subject to a civil  penalty  not  to   exceed one thousand dollars.2.   Upon  any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  article,  an   application may be made by the attorney  general  in  the  name  of  the   people  of  the  state  of  New  York  to  a  court  or  justice  having   jurisdiction to issue an injunction and upon notice to the defendant  of   not  less  than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of the   violation. If it shall appear  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  court  or   justice  that the defendant has violated this section, an injunction may   be issued by the court or justice, enjoining and restraining any further   violation, without requiring proof that any person has,  in  fact,  been   injured  or  damaged thereby. In any such proceeding, the court may make   allowances to the attorney general  as  provided  in  paragraph  six  of   subdivision  (a)  of  section  eight thousand three hundred three of the   civil practice law and rules, and direct restitution.In connection  with  an  application  made  under  this  section,  the   attorney general is authorized to take proof and to make a determination   of  the  relevant  facts  and  to issue subpoenas in accordance with the   civil practice law and rules.
NY Gen Bus L § 330 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 21 - Publications 330 - Publication of Owner's Name.

§  330.  Publication  of owner's name. 1. Every newspaper, magazine or   other periodically printed publication published in  this  state,  shall   publish  in every copy of every issue, upon the editorial page or in one   of the first four pages of the publication, the full name and address of   the owner, owners, proprietor or proprietors of such publication; and if   said publication shall be owned or published by a corporation, then  the   name  of  the  corporation  and  the  address  of its principal place of   business shall be published, together with the full names and  addresses   of  the  president,  secretary  and  treasurer  thereof; and if the said   publication shall be  owned  or  published  by  a  partnership,  limited   partnership, or an unincorporated joint stock association, then the full   names  and  addresses  of the partners, or officers and managers of said   partnership,   limited   partnership   or   unincorporated   joint-stock   association  shall  be  published  in  like  manner.  The representative   capacities of those named shall be indicated in like manner.2. Every publication  printed  or  reprinted  after  September  first,   nineteen  hundred  sixty-three  which is so composed or illustrated as a   whole as to be devoted to  the  description  or  portrayal  of  bondage,   sadism,  masochism  or other sexual perversion or to the exploitation of   sex or nudity and published  in  this  state  shall  conspicuously  have   imprinted  on  the  cover, title, or copyright page or at the end of the   publication the true name and address of the publisher or printer.
NY Gen Bus L § 331 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 21 - Publications 331 - Penalty for Failing to Publish.

§  331.  Penalty  for  failing to publish. 1. Any person, partnership,   limited   partnership,   unincorporated   joint-stock   association   or   corporation  publishing in the state of New York, a newspaper, magazine,   book, pamphlet or any other  periodical  or  printed  publication  which   omits,  fails  or  neglects to carry out the provisions of the preceding   section shall be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  for  each  issue  of  such   publication  over  which  such  neglect or failure so to do extends; and   upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars   nor more than five hundred dollars.2. Whenever such publications are  discovered  and  the  identity  and   address  of  neither  the  owner,  the  proprietor, the publisher or the   printer appears as required by this article and  cannot  be  ascertained   after  reasonable diligence, then upon a verified application of a peace   officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, or of any police officer   showing such circumstances, a magistrate, may issue an  order  directing   that such publications be seized and destroyed by such officer.
NY Gen Bus L § 332 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 21 - Publications 332 - Penalty for False Statement.

§  332.  Penalty for false statement. Any person, partnership, limited   partnership,  unincorporated  joint-stock  association  or   corporation   causing  or  knowingly  permitting his, their or its name or names to be   published in such manner as to indicate or denote that he, they or it is   or are the publisher or publishers of a publication such as specified in   section three hundred and thirty of this  article,  and  not  indicating   truly,  shall  be  liable  to  the  same extent as the real publisher or   publishers would be in any suit for damages involving  such  publication   in  the subject-matter thereof brought against such person, partnership,   limited   partnership,   unincorporated   joint-stock   association   or   corporation  as the publisher or publishers, or as the alleged publisher   or publishers of such publication.
NY Gen Bus L § 333 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 21 - Publications 333 - Contracts With Sunday Papers.

§  333.  Contracts  with Sunday papers. All contracts or agreements of   any nature made with the publishers or proprietors of any  paper  dated,   published  or  issued  on  the  first day of the week shall be as valid,   legal and binding, as contracts made with newspapers dated or  published   on any other day of the week.
NY Gen Bus L § 334 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 21 - Publications 334 - Misrepresentation of Circulation of Newspapers or Periodicals.

§  334. Misrepresentation of circulation of newspapers or periodicals.   Every proprietor or publisher of any newspaper or periodicals who  shall   wilfully  or knowingly misrepresent the circulation of such newspaper or   periodical for the purpose of securing advertising  or  other  patronage   shall be deemed guilty of a misdemanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 335 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 21 - Publications 335 - Inserting Unauthorized Advertisement in Newspapers and Magazines.

§   335.   Inserting  unauthorized  advertisement  in  newspapers  and   magazines. Any person who, with intent to profit, directly or indirectly   thereby, places or causes or produces an advertisement to be  placed  in   or  affixes  or causes the same to be affixed to a newspaper without the   consent  of  the  publisher  of  said  newspaper;  or  who  directly  or   indirectly places or causes or procures an advertisement to be placed in   or  affixes or causes the same to be affixed to a magazine or periodical   without the consent of the publisher of such magazine or periodical, and   in a way calculated to lead the readers thereof  to  believe  that  such   advertisement   was  circulated  by  such  publisher,  is  guilty  of  a   misdemeanor.The placing of an advertisement,  notice,  circular,  pamphlet,  card,   hand  bill,  printed  notice of any kind in or the affixing thereof to a   newspaper, magazine, or periodical  is  presumptive  evidence  that  the   person  or  persons  or  corporation or corporations whose name or names   appear thereon as proprietor, advertiser, vendor, or exhibitor, or whose   goods, wares, and merchandise are advertised therein, caused or procured   the same to be so placed or affixed with intent to profit thereby.
NY Gen Bus L § 336 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 21 - Publications 336 - Telephone Directory to Contain Certain Notice.

§  336.  Telephone  directory  to  contain  certain  notice.  1. Every   telephone directory hereafter distributed to the members of the  general   public  in  this state or in any portion thereof which lists the calling   numbers of telephones of any telephone exchange located  in  this  state   shall  contain  a  notice  which  explains  the  offense  of "unlawfully   refusing to yield a party line" provided for  in  the  penal  law,  such   notice to be printed in type which is not smaller than any other type on   the  same  page and to be preceded by the word "warning" printed in type   at least as large as the largest type on the same page:  provided,  that   the  provisions  of  this  section  shall not apply to those directories   distributed solely for business advertising purposes, commonly known  as   classified  directories,  nor  to  any  telephone  directory  heretofore   distributed to the general  public.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation   providing   telephone   service   which  distributes  or  causes  to  be   distributed in this state copies  of  a  telephone  directory  which  is   subject  to  the provisions of this subdivision and which do not contain   the notice herein provided for shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.2. Every telephone directory hereafter distributed by or on behalf  of   a person, firm or corporation providing telephone service to the members   of  the  general  public  in  this state or in any portion thereof which   lists the calling numbers  of  telephones,  of  any  telephone  exchange   located  in  this  state  shall  contain  a  notice,  in  clear, concise   language, which will direct the consumer to call the business office for   information pertaining to the costs of all available  local  residential   telephone services. The notice shall include the telephone number of the   local business office.3.  Every telephone directory hereafter distributed by or on behalf of   a person, firm or corporation providing telephone service to the members   of the general public in this state or  in  any  portion  thereof  which   lists  the  calling  numbers  of  telephones,  of any telephone exchange   located in this  state,  shall  contain  a  notice,  in  clear,  concise   language  in a prominent place in such directory, informing the consumer   of all available local residential telephone services.
NY Gen Bus L § 336-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 21 - Publications 336-A - Telephone Corporation; Coin Operated Telephones Implementation of System to Call an Operator Without Use of Coins; Rules and Regulations of Public Ser

§    336-a.    Telephone   corporation;   coin   operated   telephones   implementation of system to call an operator without use of coins; rules   and  regulations  of  public  service  commission.  1.   All   telephone   corporations  doing  business  in  this  state  and  providing  coin pay   telephones shall implement a system whereby calls may  be  made  to  the   operator without charge and without requiring the insertion of any coins   into   such   pay  telephone  pursuant  to  the  rules  and  regulations   promulgated by the public service commission in the manner provided  for   in subdivision two of this section.2.   The  public  service  commission  shall  establish,  by  rule  or   regulation, the effective date for implementing the system  mandated  in   subdivision  one  of  this  section.  Such  rules  and regulations shall   further provide for the method and manner of implementing  such  system.   Such  rules and regulations shall be promulgated not later than one year   next succeeding the effective date of this section. Notwithstanding  the   immediately  preceding  sentence,  the  public  service commission shall   forward copies of the final draft of such rules and regulations  to  the   governor  and  the  legislature,  at  least forty-five days prior to the   proposed effective date of such rules and regulations. In no event shall   such forwarding be made later than the two hundred seventieth  day  next   succeeding the effective date of this section.