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NY Gen City L § 35-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 3 - Enacted Without a Hdg 35-A - Limitation of Time for Revocation of Permit.

§ 35-a. Limitation  of  time  for  revocation  of permit. An action or   proceeding to revoke a building permit on the ground that  the  building   erected  pursuant  thereto stands wholly or partly within the bed of any   street or highway shown on the official map or plan of a  city  must  be   commenced  within  fifteen  years  from the time of the issuance of such   permit; but if at the time this act  takes  effect  more  than  fourteen   years  have  elapsed  since  the  time of the issuance of the permit, an   action or proceeding to  revoke  the  permit  on  such  ground  must  be   commenced  within  one  year  from the time this act takes effect. If no   action or proceeding is commenced within the time  limited,  the  permit   shall  be  deemed  as  valid  as  if  it had been issued pursuant to the   provisions of section thirty-five of this chapter.
NY Gen City L § 38 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 3 - Enacted Without a Hdg 38 - Court Review.

§ 38. Court  review.  Any  person  or  persons,  jointly  or severally   aggrieved by any decision of the planning board concerning such plat  or   the  changing  of  the  zoning regulations of such land, or any officer,   department, board or bureau of the city, may  obtain  a  review  in  the   manner  provided  by  the  civil  practice  law  and  rules provided the   proceeding is commenced within thirty  days  after  the  filing  of  the   decision in the office of the city clerk.Commencement  of  the  proceeding  shall  stay  proceedings  upon  the   decision appealed from.The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may  modify  the   decision brought up for review.Costs shall not be allowed against the planning board, unless it shall   appear  to the court that it acted with gross negligence or in bad faith   or with malice in making the decision appealed from.All issues in any proceeding under this section shall have  preference   over all other civil actions and proceedings.
NY Gen City L § 39 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 3 - Enacted Without a Hdg 39 - Separability Clause.

§ 39. Separability clause. If any part or provision of this article or   the  application  thereof  to  any  person  or  circumstance be adjudged   invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment  shall  be   confined in its operation to the part, provision or application directly   involved  in  the  controversy  in  which  such judgment shall have been   rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of   this  article  or  the  application  thereof   to   other   persons   or   circumstances  and  the  legislature  hereby declares that it would have   enacted this article or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such   provision or application thereof been apparent.
NY Gen City L § 40 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 40 - Definitions.

§ 40. Definitions.  When used in this article, the words "employing or   master plumber" shall mean a person having a regular place  of  business   and  who,  by  himself  or  journeymen  plumbers in his employ, performs   plumbing work.
NY Gen City L § 40-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 40-A - Examining Boards of Plumbers in Cities.

§ 40-a. Examining  boards  of  plumbers in cities. The existing boards   for the examination of plumbers in cities of this  state  are  continued   and  each  shall be known as the examining board of plumbers. Such board   in each city shall continue to consist of five persons to  be  appointed   by  the  mayor, of whom two shall be employing or master plumbers of not   less than ten years' experience in the business  of  plumbing,  and  one   shall  be a journeyman plumber of like experience, and the other members   of such board shall be the chief inspector of plumbing and  drainage  of   such  city,  or officer performing the duties of such inspector, and the   chief engineer having charge of sewers in such city, but in the event of   there being no such officers in such city, then any two  other  officers   having charge or supervision of the plumbing, drainage or sewerage, whom   the  mayor  shall  designate  or appoint, or two members of the board of   health of such city having like duties or acting in like capacities.
NY Gen City L § 41 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 41 - Term of Office; Vacancies.

§ 41. Term  of office; vacancies. The term of office of each member of   such board shall be three years, from the first day of January following   his appointment. Vacancies occurring by expiration of a  term  shall  be   filled  by  the  mayor  for  a  full  term. Vacancies by death, removal,   inability to act, resignation or removal from the  city  of  any  member   shall  be  filled  by him for the unexpired term. The chief inspector of   plumbing and drainage and the  engineer  in  charge  of  sewers  or  the   officers  holding  equivalent  positions  or  acting  in like capacities   designated or appointed by the mayor as herein  provided,  shall  be  ex   officio  members  of  such examining board, and when they shall cease to   hold their offices by reason  or  on  account  of  which  they  were  so   designated  or  appointed,  their  successors shall act on the examining   board in their stead.
NY Gen City L § 42 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 42 - Compensation of Members of Board.

§ 42. Compensation  of  members  of  board.  The master and journeymen   plumbers  serving  as  members  of  such  board   shall   receive   such   compensation  for  their services as shall be determined by the board of   estimate and apportionment or other similar body authorized  by  law  to   fix and determine the compensation of city officers and employees.
NY Gen City L § 43 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 43 - Qualifications.

§  43. Qualifications. All members of such board shall be citizens and   actual residents of the cities in which they are  appointed,  except  in   the  city  of  Niagara  Falls  where  such members shall be citizens and   actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated, the city of   Middletown where such  members  shall  either  be  citizens  and  actual   residents  of the county wherein the city is situated or anywhere within   a twenty-five mile radius of such city within this state, and except  in   the  city  of  Corning  where  such members shall be citizens and actual   residents of the county wherein the city is situated or in  an  abutting   or  adjacent  county,  and  except  in  the city of Rochester where such   members shall be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the   city is situated, and except in the city of Watertown where such members   shall be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is   situated. Provided however, in any city with a population of  less  than   twenty-five  thousand,  or  in  any city which has less than four master   plumbers, such members may  be  residents  of  the  county  or  counties   wherein the city is situated.
NY Gen City L § 44 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 44 - Powers and Duties.

§ 44. Powers  and  duties.  The  several  examining boards of plumbers   shall have power and it shall be their duty:1. To meet at stated intervals in their respective cities; they  shall   also meet whenever the board of health of such city or the mayor thereof   shall in writing request them so to do.2.  To  have  jurisdiction over and to examine all persons desiring or   intending to engage in the trade, business or  calling  of  plumbing  as   employing  plumbers  in  the city in which such board shall be appointed   with the  power  of  examining  persons  applying  for  certificates  of   competency  as  such  employing  or  master plumbers or as inspectors of   plumbing, to determine their fitness and qualifications  for  conducting   the  business of master plumbers or to act as inspector of plumbing, and   to issue certificates of competency to all such persons who  shall  have   passed  a  satisfactory examination before such board and shall be by it   determined to be qualified for conducting the business as  employing  or   master plumbers or competent to act as inspectors of plumbing.3.  To  formulate in conjunction with the local board of health of the   city or an officer, board or body performing the duties of  a  board  of   health  a  code of rules regulating the work of plumbing and drainage in   such city, including the materials, workmanship and manner of  executing   such  work  and from time to time to add to, amend or alter the same, or   in their discretion to adopt the standard plumbing code  recommended  by   the state department of health.4. To charge and collect from each person applying for examination the   sum  of  ten  dollars  for  each examination made by such board, and all   moneys so collected shall be paid over  by  the  board  monthly  to  the   chamberlain  or  treasurer  of  such  city  in which such board shall be   appointed.
NY Gen City L § 45 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 45 - Examinations; Conducting Business Without Certificate Prohibited.

§ 45. Examinations;    conducting    business    without   certificate   prohibited. A  person  desiring  or  intending  to  conduct  the  trade,   business  or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state   as employing or master plumber,  shall  be  required  to  submit  to  an   examination before such examining board of plumbers as to his experience   and qualifications for such trade, business or calling, and it shall not   be  lawful in any city of this state for a person to conduct such trade,   business or calling, unless he shall have first obtained  a  certificate   of  competency  from  such  board  of  the  city in which he conducts or   proposes to conduct such business.
NY Gen City L § 45-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 45-A - Corporations May Conduct Business.

§ 45-a. Corporations  may  conduct  business.  A  domestic corporation   desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business  or  calling  of  a   plumber  or  of plumbing in a city of this state, as employing or master   plumber, may do so provided one or more  officers  of  such  corporation   separately  or  aggregately actually hold and own at least fifty-one per   centum of the issued and outstanding capital stock of said  corporation,   and  provided  that each of such officers holding such percentage of the   stock is the holder of a certificate of competency of such board of  the   city  in  which  it  conducts  or  proposes  to conduct such business as   provided in section forty-five. In  case  one  or  more  officers  of  a   corporation  engaged  in  such business shall die, being the holder of a   certificate of competency, the corporation  may  continue  the  business   during  the  time  necessarily  required  for  the administration of the   estate of such deceased  officer,  not  exceeding  two  years  from  the   granting of letters, provided one or more officers of the corporation is   the  holder  of  a certificate of competency and together with the legal   representatives of such deceased officer or officers, actually owns  and   holds  at  least  fifty-one  per  centum  of  the issued and outstanding   capital stock of the said corporation. Each and  every  member  of  said   corporation  holding  a  certificate of competency shall comply with all   the rules and regulations applicable to master or employing plumbers  in   the  locality  in  which  the  corporation  is engaged in business. Such   corporation shall register as provided  in  section  forty-six  of  this   chapter.
NY Gen City L § 45-B-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 45-B*2 - Further Requirements Relating to the Business of Plumbing.

* § 45-b. Further  requirements  relating to the business of plumbing.   1.  No person otherwise qualified shall engage in the trade, business or   calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state as employing   or master plumber until he has first procured from the board  of  health   or the examining board of plumbers if so designated by local law in such   city  a  metal  plate or sign appropriately lettered or marked "licensed   plumber;" such plate or sign to be conspicuously posted in the window of   the place  where  such  business  is  conducted.  Any  person  retiring,   abandoning  or  not  actually engaged in such trade, business or calling   hereinbefore mentioned, shall surrender to the board of  health  or  the   examining  board  of  plumbers if so designated by local law of the city   such metal plate or sign and shall  not  again  engage  in  such  trade,   business  or  calling until he has again procured a metal sign as herein   provided.2. Within thirty days after this section takes effect,  the  board  of   health  or the examining board of plumbers if so designated by local law   in every city of this state shall prepare  metal  plates  or  signs,  at   least fourteen inches wide and not less than twenty-two inches in length   appropriately  lettered  or marked "licensed plumber," the lines of each   letter to be four inches long and five-eighths of  an  inch  wide;  such   plate  or  sign  shall,  on some part thereof, contain an identification   number, which number together with the name and location of the place of   business of the person to whom issued shall be recorded in the office of   such board of health or the examining board of plumbers if so designated   by local law. Every person now actually engaged or about  to  engage  in   the  trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing as employing   or master plumber, who has otherwise complied with the provisions of law   relating to the conduct of  such  business  upon  the  payment  of  five   dollars  to the board of health or the examining board of plumbers if so   designated by local law of such city shall have issued to him a sign  or   plate  hereinbefore described. Any person to whom such plate or sign has   been issued who shall loan, rent, sell or transfer the same  to  another   person  whether  such  person  be entitled to receive a similar plate or   sign or not, or otherwise  wilfully  violates  the  provisions  of  this   section  shall  be  guilty  of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not   exceeding fifty dollars for the first offense, and  not  less  than  one   hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  five hundred dollars for a subsequent   offense,  and  in  addition  thereto  shall  forfeit  his  license   and   certificate of qualifications.The provisions of this section shall apply to all cities of the state,   excluding the city of New York.* NB There are 2 § 45-b's
NY Gen City L § 46 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 46 - Registration; When Required.

§ 46. Registration;  when  required. Every employing or master plumber   carrying on his trade, business or calling in any  city  of  this  state   shall register his name and address at the office of the board of health   or  the examining board of plumbers if so designated by local law of the   city in which he shall conduct such business, under such  rules  as  the   respective boards of health or the local board of examining plumbers, in   conjunction  with  the  board  of  health  of  each  of the cities shall   prescribe, and thereupon he shall be entitled to receive  a  certificate   of  such  registration, provided, however, that such employing or master   plumber shall at the time of  applying  for  such  registration  hold  a   certificate of competency from an examining board of plumbers.
NY Gen City L § 47 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 47 - Cancellation of Registration; Notice.

§ 47. Cancellation  of  registration; notice. Such registration may be   cancelled by such board of health or the examining board of plumbers  if   so  designated by local law for a violation of the rules and regulations   for the plumbing and drainage of such city  duly  adopted  and  enforced   therein,  after  a  hearing  had  before  such  board  of  health or the   examining board of plumbers if so designated by local  law  and  upon  a   prior  notice  of not less than ten days stating the ground of complaint   and served on the person charged with the violation, but such revocation   shall not be operative  unless  concurred  in  by  the  local  board  of   examiners.  It  shall not be lawful for any person to engage in or carry   on the trade, business or calling of an employing or master  plumber  in   any  of the cities of this state, unless his name and address shall have   been registered in the city in which he  carries  on  or  conducts  such   business.
NY Gen City L § 48 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 48 - Inspectors; Qualifications; Notice.

§ 48. Inspectors; qualifications; notice. The local board of health or   an  official  or board designated by local law of such city, as the case   may be shall detail, designate or appoint an inspector or inspectors  of   plumbing,  subject,  however,  to  the provisions or limitations of law,   regulating the appointment of such inspectors by such board of health or   an official  or  board  designated  by  local  law  of  such  city.  All   inspectors  of  plumbing who are detailed, designated or appointed shall   be practical plumbers and shall not be engaged directly or indirectly in   the business of plumbing, during the period of their  appointment.  They   shall  be  citizens  and  actual residents of the city in which they are   appointed; except in the cities of  Cortland  and  Corning,  where  such   inspectors  shall  be  citizens  and  actual  residents of the county or   counties wherein the city is situated, or in  an  abutting  or  adjacent   county;  except in the city of Watertown, where such inspectors shall be   citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated   except in the  city  of  Middletown,  where  such  inspectors  shall  be   citizens  and  actual  residents  of  the  county  wherein  the  city is   situated, or within a twenty-five mile radius of the city of  Middletown   as  long  as  such  inspectors are citizens and actual residents of this   state; except in the city of Jamestown, where such inspectors  shall  be   citizens  and  actual  residents  of  the  county  wherein  the  city is   situated; except in the city of Tonawanda, where such  inspectors  shall   be  citizens  and  actual  residents  of  the county wherein the city is   situated, or in an abutting or adjacent county; except in any city  with   a  population  of  less than twenty-five thousand, where such inspectors   shall be citizens and actual residents of the county or counties wherein   the city is situated. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties   as such inspectors they shall each be required to obtain  a  certificate   of  competency  from  said  examining  board.  They shall be entitled to   receive compensation to be fixed by the officer,  board,  commission  or   department  having  power  to  fix salaries generally or, if there be no   officer, board, commission or department thereof having such  power,  by   the board of aldermen or common council.
NY Gen City L § 49 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 49 - Duties of Inspectors; Reports.

§ 49. Duties  of  inspectors;  reports. The inspector or inspectors of   plumbing appointed under the provisions of  the  preceding  sections  of   this  article,  in addition to the duties prescribed by law or ordinance   and those which may be enjoined or required by the appointing  power  of   the  city  in  which  they  shall  be appointed, shall be to inspect the   construction and alteration of all plumbing work performed in such city,   and to report  in  writing  the  results  of  such  inspection  to  such   appointing  power  of their respective cities. They shall also report in   like manner any person  engaged  in  or  carrying  on  the  business  of   employing plumber, without having the certificate hereinbefore provided.
NY Gen City L § 50 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 50 - Expiration and Renewals of Certificates and Licenses.

§ 50. Expiration  and  renewals  of  certificates  and licenses.   All   certificates  of  registration  issued  under  the  provisions  of   the   preceding   sections  of  this  article  and  all  licenses  authorizing   connections with street sewers  or  water  mains  shall  expire  on  the   thirty-first  day of December of the year in which they shall be issued,   and may be renewed within thirty days preceding  such  expiration.  Such   renewals to be for one year from the first day of January in each year.
NY Gen City L § 51 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 51 - Notice of Violation of Rules.

§ 51. Notice  of  violation  of rules. Whenever any inspector or other   person reports a  violation  of  any  such  rules  and  regulations  for   plumbing  and drainage, or a deviation from any officially approved plan   or specification for plumbing and  drainage  filed  with  any  board  or   department,  the  appointing  power  shall  first  serve a notice of the   violation  thereof  upon  the  master  plumber  doing  the  work,  if  a   registered plumber.
NY Gen City L § 52 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 52 - Notice, How Served; Proceedings When Violated Not Removed.

§ 52. Notice, how served; proceedings when violated not removed.  Such   notice  may  be  served  personally or by mail, and if by mail it may be   addressed to such master plumber at the address registered by  him,  but   the failure of a master plumber to register will relieve the official or   board  who or which appoints the plumbing inspector from the requirement   of giving notice of violation. Unless the violation  is  removed  within   three days after the day of serving or mailing such notice, exclusive of   the  day  of  serving  or  mailing,  the  official or board who or which   appoints the plumbing inspector may proceed according to law.
NY Gen City L § 53 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 53 - Plumbing and Drainage to Be Executed According to Rules.

§ 53. Plumbing  and  drainage  to be executed according to rules.  The   plumbing and drainage of all buildings, both public and private, in each   of the cities of this state, shall be performed  by  persons  authorized   under  the rules and regulations adopted by the local board of examining   plumbers, in conjunction with the  board  of  health  for  plumbing  and   drainage,  and  all  plumbing  and  drainage  work  shall be executed in   compliance  with  such  rules  and  regulations.  And  all  repairs  and   alterations  in  the  plumbing  and drainage of all buildings heretofore   constructed shall also be performed and executed in accordance with such   rules and regulations; but this section shall not be construed to repeal   any existing provision of law  requiring  plans  for  the  plumbing  and   drainage of new buildings to be filed with any local board of health and   be  previously  approved  in  writing  by  such  board  of health and be   executed in accordance therewith, except that in case  of  any  conflict   with  such  plans,  rules and regulations of the board of examiners, the   latter shall govern.