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NY Bus Corp L § 1708 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BSC - Business Corporation Article 17 - Benefit Corporations 1708 - Annual Benefit Report.

§ 1708. Annual benefit report.  (a)  A  benefit corporation must deliver to each shareholder an annual benefit report including:  (1) a narrative description of:  (A) the process and rationale for selecting the third  party  standard used to prepare the benefit report;  (B)  the  ways in which the benefit corporation pursued general public benefit during the year and the extent to which general  public  benefit was created;  (C)  the  ways  in  which the benefit corporation pursued any specific public benefit that the certificate of incorporation states  it  is  the purpose  of  the  benefit  corporation to create and the extent to which that specific public benefit was created; and  (D) any circumstances that have hindered the creation by  the  benefit corporation of general or specific public benefit;  (2)  an  assessment  of  the  performance  of the benefit corporation, relative to its  general  public  benefit  purpose  assessed  against  a third-party  standard  applied consistently with any application of that standard in prior benefit reports or accompanied by  an  explanation  of the  reasons  for  any  inconsistent  application  and,  if  applicable, assessment of the performance of the benefit  corporation,  relative  to its specific public benefit purpose or purposes;  (3)  the  compensation paid by the benefit corporation during the year to each director in that capacity; and  (4) the name of each person that owns beneficially or of  record  five percent or more of the outstanding shares of the benefit corporation.  (b)  The  benefit  report  must  be  sent annually to each shareholder within one hundred twenty days following the end of the fiscal  year  of the benefit corporation. Delivery of a benefit report to shareholders is in  addition  to  any  other  requirement to deliver an annual report to shareholders.  (c) A benefit corporation must post its most recent benefit report  on the  public portion of its website, if any, except that the compensation paid to directors and any financial or proprietary information  included in the benefit report may be omitted from the benefit report as posted.  (d)   Concurrently   with  the  delivery  of  the  benefit  report  to shareholders pursuant to paragraph (b)  of  this  section,  the  benefit corporation  must deliver a copy of the benefit report to the department for filing, except that the  compensation  paid  to  directors  and  any financial  or proprietary information included in the benefit report may be omitted from the benefit report as filed under this section.  (e) The annual benefit report  shall  be  in  addition  to  all  other reporting requirements under this chapter.
NY Bus Corp L § 1709 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BSC - Business Corporation Article 17 - Benefit Corporations 1709 - Conspicuous Language on the Face of Certificates.

§ 1709. Conspicuous language on the face of certificates.All  certificates  representing  shares of a benefit corporation shall   contain, in addition to any other statements required  by  the  business   corporation  law,  the following conspicuous language on the face of the   certificate:"This  entity  is  a  benefit  corporation  organized  under   article   seventeen of the New York business corporation law."
NY Bus Corp L § 2001 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BSC - Business Corporation Article 20 - Effective Date 2001 - Effective Date.

§ 2001. Effective date.This   act   shall  take  effect  September  first,  nineteen  hundred   sixty-three.
NY Canal L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions 1 - Short Title.

Section  1.  Short  title.   This chapter shall be known as the "Canal   Law."
NY Canal L § 5 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 1-A - Transfer to Power Authority of the State of New York 5 - Transfer of Powers and Duties Relating to Canals and Canal Lands to the Power Authority of the State of New York.

§  5. Transfer of powers and duties relating to canals and canal lands   to the power authority of the state of New York. The powers  and  duties   of  the thruway authority relating to the New York state canal system as   set forth in articles one through and including fourteen, except article   seven, of this chapter, and except properties in use  on  the  effective   date  of  this  article  in  support  of  highway maintenance, equipment   management  and  traffic  signal  operations  of   the   department   of   transportation,   heretofore   transferred   by   the   commissioner  of   transportation to the thruway authority, are hereby transferred  to  and   merged  with the authority, to be exercised by the authority directly or   through the canal corporation on behalf of the people of  the  state  of   New  York. In addition, the commissioner of transportation and the chair   of the authority or his or her designee may, in their discretion,  enter   into  an  agreement  or agreements transferring the powers and duties of   the commissioner of transportation relating to any or all of the bridges   and highways as set forth in  article  seven  of  this  chapter,  to  be   exercised  by the authority directly or through the canal corporation on   behalf of the people of the state of New York, and, as determined to  be   feasible  and advisable by the authority's trustees, shall enter into an   agreement or agreements directly or through the  canal  corporation  for   the  financing,  construction, reconstruction or improvement of lift and   movable bridges on the canal system. Such powers shall be in addition to   other powers enumerated in title one  of  article  five  of  the  public   authorities  law.  All of the provisions of title one of article five of   such law which are not inconsistent with this chapter shall apply to the   actions and duties of  the  authority  pursuant  to  this  chapter.  The   authority  shall  be deemed to be the state in exercising the powers and   duties transferred pursuant to this section but for no other purposes.
NY Canal L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 2 - Powers of the Canal Corporation 11 - Adopt-a-Trail Program.

§  11.  Adopt-a-trail  program.  1.  The  corporation  may develop and implement an adopt-a-trail program, the purposes  of  which  may  be  to reduce  and  remove  litter and debris and to enhance the appearance and maintenance of the canalway trail and  related  facilities,  as  needed. Such program may include, but not be limited to:  (a)   coordinating   the   services  of  volunteers  and/or  volunteer organizations (i) to reduce the amount of litter and debris on  sections of   the  canalway  trail;  and  (ii)  to  enhance  the  appearance  and maintenance of the canalway trail through activities that  may  include, but  not be limited to, brush clearing, lawn maintenance, tree trimming, plantings, installation, repair and/or replacement of  benches,  kiosks, picnic   tables   and   shelters;  and  (iii)  to  enhance  recreational opportunities; and  (b) providing and installing signs identifying those volunteers and/or volunteer organizations adopting particular  sections  of  the  canalway trail.   2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the corporation, authority,  and commission, including any members, officers or employees thereof, shall not be liable for damages suffered by any persons  and/or organizations   resulting   from  any  actions  or  activities  of  such volunteers and/or volunteer organizations.
NY Canal L § 21 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 3 - Canal Engineering 21 - Preparation Contract, Plans and Estimates.

§ 21. Preparation contract, plans and estimates. The corporation shall   make surveys and prepare plans and specifications for work in connection   with  the  improvement,  maintenance or repair of the canal system to be   performed under contract. It shall ascertain with all practical accuracy   the quantity and quality of all materials to be used and all other items   of work to be included  in  the  contract  and  shall  make  a  detailed   estimate  of  the  cost  of  the  same. The quantities contained in such   estimate shall be used in determining the cost of the work according  to   the different proposals received.
NY Canal L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 3 - Canal Engineering 22 - Supervision of Contracts.

§  22.  Supervision  of  contracts.  The corporation shall provide for   field supervision over improvement, maintenance or repair  work  on  the   canal  system  that is done under contract. The corporation shall assign   such engineers, inspectors and other engineering  employees  as  may  be   necessary  for  control  over  the execution of the work embraced in the   contract. Such corporation shall cause the preparation and  approval  of   the  estimates  of  the work accomplished, materials delivered, or other   items embodied in the contract and the  certificate  of  the  amount  of   payment  which  may  be  due  under  the  terms of the contract or legal   modifications of the same. Upon  the  completion  of  any  contract  the   corporation shall cause the preparation and approval of a certificate of   acceptance, stating that the work has been well and faithfully performed   in  accordance  with  the  terms  and conditions of the contract and all   legal modifications thereof.
NY Canal L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 3 - Canal Engineering 23 - Record of Measurements.

§  23.  Record  of  measurements.  The corporation shall require every   engineer employed on canal engineering to enter in permanent field books   a complete record of all surveys, field  measurements  and  construction   notes.  These  books  shall  be  filed  in  the corporation and shall be   available for public inspection under such conditions as the corporation   may establish.
NY Canal L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 3 - Canal Engineering 24 - Making and Recording Maps.

§  24.  Making  and recording maps. There shall be kept on file in the   office of the corporation complete maps of every canal now or  hereafter   to be built on which the boundaries of every parcel of land to which the   state  shall  have a separate title shall be designated and the names of   the former  owner  and  date  of  each  title  entered.  All  such  maps   heretofore  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  transportation  or  the   corporation, or certified by such commissioner, corporation  or  by  the   state  engineer  or hereafter approved by the corporation to be correct,   shall be presumptive evidence of the truth of the facts  therein  stated   and  of the ownership by the state of the lands therein described. Every   such map when completed shall be approved and certified to as correct by   the corporation. The original of said map shall be filed in  the  office   of  the  corporation  and  copies  thereof  duly signed and certified as   aforesaid shall be filed in the office of the department of  state.  Any   such  maps  filed  in  the office of the clerk of a county in which such   lands are located or in the office in such county where conveyances  are   required  by law to be recorded shall constitute evidence to all persons   of the state's title to and ownership in said  lands.  A  transcript  of   such maps certified as correct by the officer with whom such map or maps   shall be filed, shall be received as presumptive evidence of the state's   title  to  the canal lands as of the date designated on such maps in all   judicial or legal proceedings.
NY Canal L § 25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 3 - Canal Engineering 25 - Making and Recording of "Blue Line" Maps.

§  25.  Making  and recording of "Blue Line" maps. The commissioner of   transportation shall cause the preparation of maps of the Erie,  Oswego,   Champlain  and the Cayuga and Seneca canals as they existed prior to and   independent of lands appropriated for barge canal purposes  and  of  all   lands  belonging  to  the state adjacent thereto or connected therewith,   and there shall be designated on such maps the boundaries of  the  lands   to  which the state holds title, and so far as possible the names of the   owners of the  adjoining  lands.  Every  map  when  completed  shall  be   approved   and   certified   to   as  correct  by  the  commissioner  of   transportation and be certified to as correct by the chief engineer. The   original of said map shall be filed in the office of the corporation and   copies thereof, duly signed and certified as aforesaid, shall  be  filed   in  the  office  of  the department of state. Each of said maps so filed   shall be regarded as an original copy. A blue or  white  print  copy  of   such  map  or  portion  of such map or maps as related or applies to any   particular county of the state shall be transmitted to and filed in  the   office  of  the  clerk  of  such county, or in the office in such county   wherein conveyances are required by law to be recorded and  such  filing   shall  constitute  a  notice  to all persons of the state's title to and   ownership of said lands. A transcript of such maps certified as  correct   by  the  officer  with  whom  such  map  or maps shall be filed shall be   received as presumptive evidence of the state's title to the canal lands   as of the date  designated  on  such  maps  in  all  judicial  or  legal   proceedings.
NY Canal L § 31 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 4 - Canal Contracts 31 - Patented Materials or Articles.

§ 31. Patented materials or articles. In the improvement, maintenance,   or  repair  of  the canal system, no patented material or article or any   other material  or  article  shall  be  specified,  contracted  for,  or   purchased,  except  under  such circumstances that there can be fair and   reasonable opportunity for competition, the conditions to secure  which,   shall be prescribed by the corporation.
NY Canal L § 32 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 4 - Canal Contracts 32 - Performance of Contracts.

§  32. Performance of contracts. The performance of every contract for   the improvement, maintenance or repair of  the  canal  system  shall  be   under  the  supervision  and control of the corporation, and it shall be   its duty to see that every such contract is performed in accordance with   the provisions of the contract and with  the  plans  and  specifications   forming a part thereof. If the corporation shall determine that the work   upon  any  contract  for  the  improvement, maintenance or repair of the   canal system is not being performed according to the contract or for the   best interest of the state, including the corporation, the execution  of   the  work  by  the  contractor  may  be  temporarily  suspended  by  the   corporation, who may then proceed with the work under its own  direction   in  such  manner  as will accord with the contract specifications and be   for the best interest of the state including the corporation,; or it may   terminate the contractor's employment under the contract while it is  in   progress,  and  thereupon,  proceed  with the work, in affirmance of the   contract, by contract negotiated or publicly let, by the use of its  own   forces,  by  calling  upon the surety to complete the work in accordance   with the plans and specifications  or  by  a  combination  of  any  such   methods;  or  it  may  cancel the contract and readvertise and relet the   work as provided in section thirty of this article. Any  excess  in  the   cost  of  completing  the  contract  beyond  the  price for which it was   originally awarded shall be  charged  to  and  paid  by  the  contractor   failing  to  perform  the work or by such contractor's surety. Where the   estimate for the completion of a cancelled contract is in excess of  the   balance  of  the  amount originally set aside by the state including the   corporation, to provide for the improvement, maintenance  or  repair  of   the  canal system, or a part thereof, together with any amount otherwise   provided, the corporation is authorized to  set  aside  from  any  funds   available  for  the  improvement,  maintenance  or  repair  of the canal   system, or a part thereof, an additional sum equal to such excess and to   pay such excess in the first instance, pending recovery of  excess  cost   from  the defaulting contractor and surety, as provided in this section.   Every contract for the improvement, maintenance or repair of  the  canal   system, or a part thereof, shall reserve to the corporation the right to   suspend  or  cancel  the contract as above provided, and to complete the   work thereunder by contract negotiated or publicly let or by the use  of   its  own  forces,  or  affirm the contract and thereupon to complete the   work thereunder according to any of the methods above  provided  as  the   corporation may determine.
NY Canal L § 33 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 4 - Canal Contracts 33 - Acceptance of Work.

§  33.  Acceptance  of  work.  Upon the completion of the improvement,   maintenance or repair of any part of the canal system under  a  contract   let,  as  provided in this article, the corporation shall cause the same   to be inspected, and upon the filing in the office of the corporation of   a certificate stating  that  the  work  has  been  well  and  faithfully   performed,  in  accordance with the terms of the contract, and all legal   modifications  thereof,  the  work  shall   be   deemed   accepted   and   certificates for final payment on the contract executed.
NY Canal L § 34 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 4 - Canal Contracts 34 - Exemption of Materials or Equipment From Execution.

§  34.  Exemption  of  materials  or  equipment  from  execution.  All   materials or equipment furnished  or  partly  procured  on  a  defaulted   contract  with  the corporation, shall be exempt from execution, but the   corporation shall pay the moneys due for such material or  equipment  to   any  judgment  creditor  of  the  contractor  under whose execution such   materials or equipment might otherwise have been sold, on production  to   it  of  due  proof  that such execution would have so attached, and such   payments shall be valid payments on the contract.
NY Canal L § 35 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 4 - Canal Contracts 35 - Certain Federal Aid Improvements.

§ 35. Certain federal aid improvements.  This article shall not impair   nor affect provisions of chapter six hundred eighty-eight of the laws of   nineteen  hundred thirty-four which authorize and direct compliance with   the  federal  laws,  rules,  regulations  and  conditions  which  govern   contracts  and  expenditures  for  the  canal improvements authorized or   prosecuted by or under such chapter, with financial aid from the federal   government; and this article shall apply to  such  improvements  and  to   contracts  therefor  only  in  so  far  as  it  is  consistent with such   provisions.
NY Canal L § 41 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 5 - Acquisition of Property for the Canal System 41 - Acquisition of Cemeteries.

§  41.  Acquisition  of  cemeteries.  Whenever  in the judgment of the   corporation, it is necessary for the purposes of improving,  maintaining   or  repairing  the canal system, to appropriate any property occupied by   graves, burial places, cemeteries or other places of interment of  human   remains,  the corporation may acquire such property in the manner and by   the method prescribed by this article. It shall cause the removal of all   such remains to any other cemetery or burial place, whether  private  or   public,  as the board of trustees or governing body of such burial place   or burial ground shall designate. All  removals  and  transportation  of   such  human  remains  shall be done in accordance with the provisions of   the public health law. Whenever any person or persons  legally  entitled   to  direct  as  to the disposition of any human remains exhumed or to be   exhumed from any cemetery, burial place or graves  as  herein  provided,   desires  to  remove  the  same  for  reinterment  to  any burial plot or   cemetery not within  the  same  county  from  which  such  remains  were   exhumed,  such  person  or  persons  so entitled to designate such other   burial place or plot shall be permitted to remove such  exhumed  remains   from  such  county subject to the written consent of the corporation and   provisions of the public health law, but no portion of  the  expense  of   such  transportation  or  burial in another county shall be borne by the   state or the corporation.
NY Canal L § 42 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 5 - Acquisition of Property for the Canal System 42 - Removal of Encroachments.

§ 42. Removal of encroachments. The corporation is authorized to cause   to  be  removed  from canal property any building, part of a building or   structure erected, placed, maintained or otherwise occupying such  canal   property,  if,  in  its  opinion,  the  removal  is  necessary  for  the   improvement, use, maintenance, control, management, repair or  operation   of  the  canal  system.  It  shall  be  the duty of any person owning or   maintaining such a building, part of a building or structure  to  remove   the  same  within  thirty  days from the service by the corporation upon   said person of a notice ordering its removal. Upon the  failure  of  the   person  so  ordered  to  remove  the  building,  part  of  a building or   structure, the corporation may, without liability on  the  part  of  the   state  or the corporation, take whatever action it may deem necessary to   cause the removal. Service of the order of removal must be  personal  if   the  person  to  be  served  can  be  found  within  the  state.  If the   corporation shall not be able to serve such notice or cause the same  to   be  served on the said person within the state after making a reasonable   effort so to do, service may be made by attaching  such  notice  to  the   said building, part of a building or structure.