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NY State Tech L § 302 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STT - State Technology Article 3 - Electronic Signatures and Records Act 302 - Definitions.

§ 302. Definitions. For the purpose of this article:1.  "Electronic"  shall  mean  of  or  relating  to  technology having   electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless,  optical,  electromagnetic,  or   similar capabilities.2.  "Electronic  record"  shall  mean information, evidencing any act,   transaction, occurrence, event, or other activity, produced or stored by   electronic means and capable of being  accurately  reproduced  in  forms   perceptible by human sensory capabilities.3.  "Electronic  signature" shall mean an electronic sound, symbol, or   process, attached to or logically associated with an  electronic  record   and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.4.  "Person"  shall mean a natural person, corporation, trust, estate,   partnership, incorporated or unincorporated  association  or  any  other   legal  entity,  and  also includes any department, agency, authority, or   instrumentality of the state or its political subdivisions.5. "Governmental entity"  shall  mean  any  state  department,  board,   bureau,   division,  commission,  committee,  public  authority,  public   benefit corporation, council, office, or other  governmental  entity  or   officer  of  the  state  having  statewide  authority,  except the state   legislature, and any political subdivision of the state.
NY State Tech L § 303 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STT - State Technology Article 3 - Electronic Signatures and Records Act 303 - Electronic Facilitator.

§ 303. Electronic facilitator. 1. The office of information technology services  shall  be  the  electronic  facilitator  and  administer  this article. In addition to the authority, duties and  responsibilities  set forth  in  article one of this chapter, the electronic facilitator shall have the authority, duties and responsibilities granted in this article.   2. The electronic facilitator  shall  have  the  following  functions, powers, and duties:  (a) To promulgate rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of  this  article.  In  developing rules and regulations, the electronic facilitator shall seek the advice of the  attorney  general,  the  state comptroller, the director of budget, government and private entities and individuals as the electronic facilitator deems appropriate.  (b)  To cooperate with government and private entities and individuals in order to  assist  in  the  development  and  implementation  of  this article.  (c) To develop guidelines for the improvement of business and commerce by electronic means. Such guidelines shall identify preferred technology standards   relating   to   security,  confidentiality  and  privacy  of electronic signatures and electronic records.
NY State Tech L § 304 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STT - State Technology Article 3 - Electronic Signatures and Records Act 304 - Use of Electronic Signatures.

§  304.  Use  of  electronic signatures. 1. The electronic facilitator   shall establish rules and regulations governing the  use  of  electronic   signatures  and  authentication.  The  electronic  facilitator shall not   establish rules or regulations that seek to apportion fault or impose or   limit liability relating to the use of electronic signatures.2. In  accordance  with  this  section  unless  specifically  provided   otherwise  by  law,  an  electronic signature may be used by a person in   lieu of a signature affixed by hand. The use of an electronic  signature   shall  have  the  same  validity  and  effect  as the use of a signature   affixed by hand.
NY State Tech L § 305 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STT - State Technology Article 3 - Electronic Signatures and Records Act 305 - Use of Electronic Records.

§  305.  Use  of  electronic  records. 1. In accordance with rules and   regulations  promulgated  by  the  electronic  facilitator,   government   entities  are  authorized  and  empowered  to  produce, receive, accept,   acquire, record, file, transmit, forward, and store information  by  use   of  electronic  means.  If  any  such  government entity uses electronic   records, it must also ensure that anyone who uses the services  of  such   government  entity may obtain access to records as permitted by statute,   and receive copies of such records in paper form in accordance with fees   prescribed by statute. No person shall be required to submit or file any   record electronically to  any  government  entity  except  as  otherwise   provided  by  law.  Government  entities  that obtain, store, or utilize   electronic records shall not refuse to accept hard copy,  non-electronic   forms,  reports,  and  other  paper  documents  for submission or filing   except as otherwise provided by law.2. A government entity shall have  the  authority  to  dispose  of  or   destroy  a  record in accordance with the arts and cultural affairs law,   regardless of format or media.3. An electronic record shall have the same force and effect as  those   records not produced by electronic means.4.   The  director  shall  study  how  electronic  documents  and  the   mechanisms and processes for obtaining access to and reading  electronic   data  can  be created, maintained, exchanged, and preserved by the state   in a manner that  encourages  appropriate  government  control,  access,   choice,   interoperability,  and  vendor  neutrality.  The  study  shall   consider, but not be limited  to,  the  policies  of  other  states  and   nations,  management  guidelines  for  state archives as they pertain to   electronic documents, public access, expected storage life of electronic   documents, costs of implementation,  and  savings.  The  director  shall   solicit  comments  regarding  the  creation,  maintenance, exchange, and   preservation of electronic documents by  the  state  from  stakeholders,   including  but  not limited to, the office of the state comptroller, the   office of the attorney  general,  the  state  archives,  and  the  state   historian.  The director shall also solicit comments from members of the   public. The director shall report findings and  recommendations  to  the   governor,  the  speaker  of the assembly, and the temporary president of   the senate on or before January fifteenth, two thousand eight.
NY State Tech L § 306 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STT - State Technology Article 3 - Electronic Signatures and Records Act 306 - Admissibility Into Evidence.

§ 306. Admissibility  into evidence. In any legal proceeding where the   provisions of the civil  practice  law  and  rules  are  applicable,  an   electronic  record or electronic signature may be admitted into evidence   pursuant to the provisions of article forty-five of the  civil  practice   law  and  rules including, but not limited to section four thousand five   hundred thirty-nine of such law and rules.
NY State Tech L § 307 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STT - State Technology Article 3 - Electronic Signatures and Records Act 307 - Exceptions.

§ 307. Exceptions. This article shall not apply:1.  To  any  document providing for the disposition of an individual's   person or property upon death or incompetence, or appointing a fiduciary   of an individual's person or property,  including,  without  limitation,   wills, trusts, decisions consenting to orders not to resuscitate, powers   of  attorney  and  health  care  proxies,  with  the  exception  of: (a)   contractual beneficiary designations; (b) the  registration  of  making,   amending,  or  revoking  an  anatomical  gift  under section forty-three   hundred ten of the public  health  law;  and  (c)  documents  and  forms   authorizing or accepting funeral, cemetery and cremation services.2.  To  any  negotiable  instruments  and  other  instruments of title   wherein possession of the instrument is deemed to confer  title,  unless   an  electronic  version of such record is created, stored or transferred   pursuant to this article in a manner that allows for  the  existence  of   only  one  unique,  identifiable and unalterable version which cannot be   copied except in a form that is readily identifiable as a copy.3.  To  any  other  document  that  the  electronic  facilitator   has   specifically  excepted,  pursuant  to  the  rules and regulations of the   electronic facilitator, from the application of this article.
NY State Tech L § 308 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STT - State Technology Article 3 - Electronic Signatures and Records Act 308 - Personal Privacy Protection.

§ 308. Personal privacy protection. 1. Any information reported to the   electronic  facilitator  by  a  government entity in connection with the   authorization of an electronic signature shall continue to  be  withheld   from  public  disclosure  if  such  information was withheld from public   disclosure by  such  government  entity.  Electronic  records  shall  be   considered  and  treated  as  any  other records for the purposes of the   freedom of information law as set forth in article  six  of  the  public   officers  law  and  the  personal privacy protection law as set forth in   article six-A of the public officers law.2. A person or an entity that acts as an authenticator  of  electronic   signatures  shall not disclose to a third party any personal information   reported to it by the electronic signatory other  than  the  information   necessary  to  authenticate  the signature unless the disclosure is made   pursuant to a court order or statute, or if the information or  data  is   used  solely for statistical purposes in aggregate form. For purposes of   this section, "personal information" shall mean data that  identifies  a   specific  person,  including but not limited to home and work addresses,   telephone number, e-mail address,  social  security  number,  birthdate,   gender, marital status, mother's maiden name, and health data.
NY State Tech L § 309 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STT - State Technology Article 3 - Electronic Signatures and Records Act 309 - Use of Electronic Records and Signatures to Be Voluntary.

§ 309. Use  of  electronic  records  and  signatures  to be voluntary.   Nothing in this article shall require any entity or  person  to  use  an   electronic  record  or an electronic signature unless otherwise provided   by law.
NY Stat Loc Govt L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SLG - Statute of Local Governments Article 1 - Short Title; Legislative Intent; Definitions 1 - Short Title.

§ 1. Short  title.  This chapter shall be known, cited and referred to   as the "statute of local governments."
NY Stat Loc Govt L § 2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SLG - Statute of Local Governments Article 1 - Short Title; Legislative Intent; Definitions 2 - Legislative Intent.

§ 2. Legislative    intent.   In   providing   for   effective   local   self-government and intergovernmental  cooperation  which  the  bill  of   rights  for  local  governments  in  article  nine  of  the constitution   declares to be purposes of the people of the state of New  York,  it  is   the  intention  of  the  legislature by the enactment of this chapter to   provide a statute of local governments and to grant  powers  therein  to   local  governments  pursuant  to  paragraph  one  of  subdivision (b) of   section two of article nine of the constitution. Powers granted to local   governments in this  statute  of  local  governments  may  be  repealed,   diminished,  impaired or suspended only by the enactment of a statute by   the legislature with the approval of the governor at its regular session   in one calendar year and the re-enactment and approval of  such  statute   in the following calendar year.
NY Stat Loc Govt L § 3 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SLG - Statute of Local Governments Article 1 - Short Title; Legislative Intent; Definitions 3 - Definitions.

§ 3. Definitions.  As  used  in this chapter the following terms shall   mean or include:1.  "Chief  executive  officer."  The  elective  or  appointive  chief   executive  officer,  if  there  be one, or otherwise the chairman of the   board of supervisors, in the case of a county, the mayor in the case  of   a city or village or the supervisor in the case of a town.2. "Local government." A county, city, town or village.
NY Stat Loc Govt L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SLG - Statute of Local Governments Article 2 - Grants of Powers to Local Governments 10 - Grants of Powers to Local Governments.

§ 10. Grants  of  powers  to  local  governments.  Except as otherwise   specifically provided in this section, each  of  the  following  powers,   which shall include but not be limited to those of local legislation and   administration,  is  hereby granted to each local government which shall   at all times be subject to such purposes, standards  and  procedures  as   the   legislature  may  have  heretofore  prescribed  or  may  hereafter   prescribe:1. The power to adopt, amend and repeal  ordinances,  resolutions  and   rules  and  regulations  in  the  exercise  of its functions, powers and   duties.2. The power to acquire real and personal  property  or  any  interest   therein   for  its  purposes,  and  to  construct,  reconstruct,  equip,   maintain, repair and operate the same for such purposes.3. The power to acquire,  establish,  construct,  reconstruct,  equip,   maintain,  repair  and  operate recreational facilities on park or other   lands, including but not limited to self-supporting, self-sustaining  or   revenue-producing recreational facilities.4.  The  power  to  dispose  of  its  real or personal property or any   interest therein when no longer required for its purposes,  except  that   this  power  shall  not  be  applicable  to inalienable real or personal   property or any inalienable interest therein.5. The power to fix,  levy,  impose,  collect  and  administer  rents,   charges,  rates and fees, penalties and rates of interest thereon, liens   on local property in connection therewith and charges thereon.6. In the case of a city, village, or town with respect  to  the  area   thereof  outside  the  village  or villages therein, the power to adopt,   amend and repeal zoning regulations.7. The power to perform comprehensive or other planning work  relating   to its jurisdiction.
NY Stat Loc Govt L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SLG - Statute of Local Governments Article 2 - Grants of Powers to Local Governments 11 - Reservation of Power by Legislature.

§ 11. Reservation  of  power  by  legislature.  The legislature hereby   excludes from the scope of the grants of powers to local governments  in   this statute and reserves to itself the right and power to enact any law   described  in  this  section  notwithstanding  the fact that it repeals,   diminishes, impairs or suspends a power granted to  one  or  more  local   governments in this statute:1.  Any  law  relating to the defense or protection of the state or to   the continuity of state or local governmental operations during  periods   of emergency caused by enemy attack, actual or imminent, or by disaster.2.  Any law enacted as provided by paragraph two of subdivision (b) of   section two of article nine  of  the  constitution  on  request  of  the   legislative  body  of  each affected local government, on request of the   chief executive officer of each affected local government  concurred  in   by  its legislative body or, except in the case of the city of New York,   on certificate of necessity from the governor.3. Any law amending an alternative form of county government which  is   subject  to  referendum  pursuant  to  paragraph one or paragraph two of   subdivision (h) of section one of article nine of the constitution.4. Any law relating to a matter other than the  property,  affairs  or   government of a local government.5.  Any  law  authorizing the voluntary transfer of a power by a local   government to another local government or other governmental agency.6. Any law authorizing the voluntary exercise of a power  by  a  local   government  in  cooperation  with  another  local  government  or  other   governmental agency.
NY Stat Loc Govt L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SLG - Statute of Local Governments Article 2 - Grants of Powers to Local Governments 12 - Effective Date Provisions of Bills Requiring Re-Enactment and Approval.

§ 12. Effective  date  provisions  of bills requiring re-enactment and   approval. 1. Where a bill introduced in the legislature would  have  the   effect  of  repealing,  diminishing,  impairing  or  suspending  a power   granted  by  this  statute  of  local  governments  and  thus  would  be   ineffective  unless  re-enacted  and  approved in the following calendar   year as provided by paragraph one of subdivision (b) of section  two  of   article  nine  of the constitution, the effective date provision thereof   shall read  substantially  as  follows:  "This  act  shall  take  effect   (specify  effective  date  in  event  of re-enactment by legislature and   approval by governor  in  next  calendar  year),  provided  that  it  is   approved by the governor in accordance with paragraph one of subdivision   (b) of section two of article nine of the constitution and provided that   it  is re-enacted by the legislature and approved by the governor in the   next calendar year in accordance with such paragraph."2.  Where  a  statute  enacted  in  one  year  is  introduced  in  the   legislature   in   the  next  calendar  year  for  re-enactment  by  the   legislature and approval thereafter by the governor in  accordance  with   paragraph  one  of subdivision (b) of section two of article nine of the   constitution, the effective date provision thereof shall  refer  to  the   enactment   in  the  previous  year  and  shall,  in  addition,  provide   substantially as follows:  "This act shall take effect  (set  forth  the   effective  date),  provided  that  it  is  approved  by  the governor in   accordance with paragraph one of  subdivision  (b)  of  section  two  of   article nine of the constitution."
NY Stat Loc Govt L § 13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SLG - Statute of Local Governments Article 2 - Grants of Powers to Local Governments 13 - Publication of Statutes Requiring Re-Enactment and Approval.

§ 13. Publication  of  statutes  requiring  re-enactment and approval.   Whenever the governor shall approve a statute enacted in accordance with   subdivision one of section twelve of this chapter it shall be  deposited   with  the secretary of state in accordance with section forty-two of the   legislative law and shall be published and indexed in a separate part of   the printed volume of the session laws for such year in the same  manner   as  a concurrent resolution of the legislature proposing an amendment to   the constitution.
NY Stat Loc Govt L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SLG - Statute of Local Governments Article 3 - Construction; Effective Date 20 - Construction.

§ 20. Construction.  1.  Where a power granted by this statute relates   to the property, affairs  or  government  of  a  local  government,  its   inclusion  herein  shall not be deemed to imply that the legislature has   construed such power  as  not  relating  to  the  property,  affairs  or   government of such local government or as restricting the powers of such   local  government  in relation to its property, affairs or government to   those powers included herein.2. Nothing in this statute shall operate to restrict the meaning of or   diminish or impair any power  granted  to  a  local  government  by  the   constitution  or  by  any  other law; nor shall the failure to include a   power of a local government in this  statute  operate  to  restrict  the   meaning of or diminish or impair such power.3.  No  power  granted  in  this  statute  shall  be  deemed repealed,   diminished, impaired or suspended by the enactment of any subsequent act   of the legislature, unless such act shall be enacted and  re-enacted  as   prescribed in paragraph one of subdivision (b) of section two of article   nine  of  the constitution and section twelve of this statute and unless   such act shall contain a specific reference to this statute.4. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this statute   shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be  invalid,   such  judgment  shall  not  affect,  impair  or invalidate the remainder   thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,   paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the  controversy   in which such judgment shall have been rendered.5.  Powers  granted  to  local  governments  by  this statute shall be   liberally construed.6. This chapter shall not affect or  impair  section  sixteen  hundred   seven  of  chapter  eight  hundred  seventy-nine of the laws of nineteen   hundred thirty-six.
NY Stat Loc Govt L § 21 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SLG - Statute of Local Governments Article 3 - Construction; Effective Date 21 - Time of Taking Effect; Reservation of Power to Amend.

§ 21. Time  of  taking effect; reservation of power to amend. 1.  This   statute shall take effect July first, nineteen hundred sixty-five.2. This statute is hereby enacted subject to the reservation  that  it   or  any  part thereof shall be subject to amendment or revision prior to   its effective date notwithstanding  the  fact  that  such  amendment  or   revision repeals, diminishes, impairs or suspends a power granted herein   to one or more local governments.
NY Tax L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TAX - Tax Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Miscellaneous 1 - Short Title.

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Tax Law."
NY Tax L § 3 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TAX - Tax Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Miscellaneous 3 - Exemption From Certain Taxes Granted to Certain Corporations Engaged in the Operation of Vessels in Foreign Commerce.

§  3.  Exemption  from  certain  taxes granted to certain corporations   engaged  in  the  operation  of  vessels  in   foreign   commerce.   All   corporations  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the state of New York,   exclusively engaged in the operation of vessels in foreign commerce, are   exempted from all taxation in this state, for state and local  purposes,   upon their capital stock, franchises and earnings.
NY Tax L § 4 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TAX - Tax Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Miscellaneous 4 - Exemption From Certain Excise and Sales Taxes Granted to the United Nations.

§  4.  Exemption  from  certain  excise and sales taxes granted to the   United Nations. Excise and sales taxes imposed by  the  state  upon  the   sale  of  tangible personal property shall not be exacted or required to   be paid by the United Nations upon and  with  respect  to  any  sale  of   tangible  personal  property  hereafter  made,  provided the property is   acquired for the official use of the United Nations; and the  provisions   of any law now in force or hereafter enacted imposing any such tax shall   not  apply to sales of tangible personal property to the United Nations.   The  state  tax  commission  shall  make  such  reasonable   rules   and   regulations  as  may  be  necessary to give full force and effect to the   provisions of this section.
NY Tax L § 6 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TAX - Tax Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Miscellaneous 6 - Filing of Warrants in the Department of State.

§ 6. Filing of warrants in the department of state. Wherever under the   provisions  of  this  chapter  a  warrant is required to be filed in the   department of state in order to create a lien on personal property  such   requirement shall be satisfied if there is filed a record of the fact of   the  issuance  of  such warrant, including the name of the person on the   basis of whose tax liability the  warrant  is  issued,  the  last  known   address  of such person, and the amount of such tax liability, including   penalties and interest. No fee shall be required to  be  paid  for  such   filing  of  such  warrant  or  such  record.  The  term  "filed" in such   provisions shall mean presentation  to  the  department  of  state,  for   filing, of such warrant or such record.