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2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 170-B*2 - Racial References Contained in State and Municipal Forms.

* §  170-b.  Racial references contained in state and municipal forms.
  No form or preprinted document utilized by  a  state  agency  or  public
  authority or by a municipality shall use the term "oriental" to identify
  or  denote  persons  of  Asian or Pacific Islander heritage. Any form or
  preprinted document utilizing such term shall be amended no  later  than
  January  first, two thousand ten to replace the term "oriental" with the
  term "Asian" or to otherwise refer to such persons as  being  Asian  and
  Pacific  Islander  persons  having  origins  in  any  of  the  Far  East
  countries, South East Asia,  the  Indian  subcontinent  or  the  Pacific
  Islands.
* NB There are 2 § 170-b's
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 170-D - Disclosure of Disabled Tenants' Rights.

§ 170-d. Disclosure of disabled tenants' rights. The division of human
  rights  shall  promulgate  regulations  requiring every housing provider
  under subdivisions two-a and five of section two hundred  ninety-six  of
  this  chapter, to provide notice to all tenants and prospective tenants,
  in writing, within thirty days of the effective date of  their  tenancy,
  or  thirty  days  from  the  effective  date of this section for current
  tenants,  of  their  rights  to  request  reasonable  modifications  and
  accommodations pursuant to subparagraphs one, two and three of paragraph
  d of subdivision two-a of section two hundred ninety-six of this chapter
  and  subdivision  eighteen  of  section  two  hundred ninety-six of this
  chapter.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 170-E - Disclosure of Lawful Source of Income Rights to Prospective Tenants.

* § 170-e. Disclosure of lawful source of income rights to prospective
  tenants.  The  division  of  human  rights  shall promulgate regulations
  requiring any state, county, municipal  or  other  governmental  entity,
  including  but  not  limited  to  the  division of housing and community
  renewal, or any agency or instrumentality of such  an  entity,  and  any
  public  or private non-profit entity authorized to administer any public
  housing program or  assistance,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the
  section  eight  housing  choice  voucher  program,  or any other form of
  housing assistance, payment, subsidy or credit, regardless of whether or
  not such assistance, payment, subsidy or credit is  paid  or  attributed
  directly  to a landlord, to ensure that individuals who have applied for
  and are eligible to receive such assistance, payment, subsidy or  credit
  are  informed,  in writing, of their rights and remedies available under
  law, with regard to lawful source of income discrimination  pursuant  to
  this section.
* NB There are 2 § 170-e's
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 170-F - Website Accessibility; Contractors and Vendors.

§   170-f.   Website  accessibility;  contractors  and  vendors.  Each
  contractor, subcontractor, vendor, consultant, or other person providing
  services pursuant to a state contract shall be required to  conform  any
  website  provided by such contractor, subcontractor, vendor, consultant,
  or person in relation to and for the purpose of the  provision  of  such
  services  to  the  most current version of the Web Content Accessibility
  Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium  for  accessibility,
  or any successor standards.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 170-G - Collection of Demographic Information; Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression.

§ 170-g. Collection of demographic information; sexual orientation and
  gender  expression.  1.  Every  state  agency, board, or commission that
  directly or by contract collects demographic data as to the ancestry  or
  ethnic  origin  of  residents of the state of New York shall use, to the
  extent practicable, separate collection categories and  tabulations  for
  sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
2.  The  term  "gender  identity  or expression" means having or being
  perceived as having a gender identity, self-image, appearance,  behavior
  or   expression   whether  or  not  that  gender  identity,  self-image,
  appearance, behavior or expression is different from that  traditionally
  associated with the sex assigned to that person at birth.
3.  The data collected pursuant to the different collection categories
  and tabulations described in subdivision one of this  section  shall  be
  included  in  every  demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of
  residents of the state of New  York  by  the  state  agency,  board,  or
  commission published or released on or after July first, in the calendar
  year  following  the  effective  date of this section. The data shall be
  made available to the public in accordance with state and  federal  law,
  except  for  personal  identifying  information,  which  shall be deemed
  confidential, by posting the data  on  the  internet  web  site  of  the
  agency,  board,  or  commission on or before July first, in the calendar
  year  following  the  effective  date  of  this  section,  and  annually
  thereafter. This subdivision shall not be construed to prevent any other
  state  agency, board, or commission from posting data collected pursuant
  to subdivision  one  of  this  section  on  the  agency's,  board's,  or
  commission's  internet  web  site,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by this
  section. A state agency, board, or commission that  cannot  comply  with
  the  requirements  of this section shall, at least sixty days before the
  applicable deadline, post publicly on its web site  a  written  progress
  report  that  describes with specificity the steps the agency, board, or
  commission has taken to comply with this section, the  impediments  that
  prevented  compliance,  the  efforts undertaken by the agency, board, or
  commission to come into  compliance,  and  an  estimated  timeframe  for
  compliance.  The  written  report shall be updated every six months from
  the date of the original posting.
4.  Guidance  shall  be  issued  for  state  agencies,   boards,   and
  commissions  in  their  compliance  with  the  requirements set forth in
  subdivision three of this section.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes › 172-C - Non-Resident Charitable Organizations; Designation of Secretary of State as Agent for Service of Process; Service of Process.

§ 172-c. Non-resident   charitable   organizations;   designation   of
  secretary of state as agent for service of process; service of  process.
  1.  Any  charitable  organization having its principal place of business
  without the state or organized under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of
  another or foreign state and which solicits contributions from people in
  this  state, shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the secretary
  of state as its agent upon whom may be  served  any  summons,  subpoena,
  subpoena   duces  tecum,  other  process  or  notice  directed  to  such
  charitable organization, or any partner, principal, officer, trustee  or
  director  thereof,  in  any action or proceeding brought by the attorney
  general or any other party under the provisions  of  this  article.  Any
  such charitable organization may file with the secretary of state of the
  state  of  New  York a designation, duly acknowledged in accordance with
  procedures for such filing with  the  secretary  of  state,  irrevocably
  appointing  the  secretary of state as its agent upon whom may be served
  any such process; provided, however, that a designation filed  with  the
  secretary  of state pursuant to section three hundred fifty-two-a of the
  general  business  law  or  section  thirteen  hundred   four   of   the
  not-for-profit corporation law shall serve also as such designation.
2.  Service  of such process upon the secretary of state shall be made
  by personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of  state  or
  any person authorized by the secretary of state to accept such service a
  copy  thereof  at  the  office of the department of state in the city of
  Albany, and such service  shall  be  sufficient  service  provided  that
  notice  of such service and a copy of such process are forthwith sent by
  the attorney general or any other party to such charitable  organization
  by  certified  mail  with return receipt requested, at its office as set
  forth in the registration form required to be filed  with  the  attorney
  general  pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two of this article, or
  in default of the filing of such form, at the last address known to  the
  attorney  general  or  any other party. Service of such process shall be
  complete upon the receipt by the attorney general or any other party  of
  a  return  receipt  purporting to be signed by the addressee or a person
  qualified to receive its certified mail, in accordance  with  the  rules
  and customs of the post office department, or, if acceptance was refused
  by the addressee or its agent, ten days after the return to the attorney
  general  or any other party of a notation by the postal authorities that
  receipt thereof was refused.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes › 173-B - Professional Solicitor.

§ 173-b. Professional  solicitor.  1. Registration required. No person
  shall act as a professional solicitor in the employ  of  a  professional
  fund  raiser  required  to  register  pursuant  to  section  one hundred
  seventy-three of this article before he or she has registered  with  the
  attorney  general  or  after  the  expiration  or  cancellation  of such
  registration or any renewal thereof.  Application  for  registration  or
  re-registration  shall  be  in  writing  and  signed under penalties for
  perjury in the form prescribed by the  attorney  general  and  shall  be
  accompanied  by a fee in the sum of eighty dollars. Such registration or
  re-registration when effected  shall  be  for  a  period  of  one  year,
  expiring one year from the date of such registration or re-registration,
  and  may be renewed upon written application, signed under penalties for
  perjury, in the form prescribed by the attorney general and the  payment
  of   the  fee  prescribed  herein,  for  additional  one  year  periods.
  Applications for registration and re-registration, when filed  with  the
  attorney  general,  shall  become  public  records  in the office of the
  attorney general.
2.  Limitations  upon  professional  solicitors  for  law  enforcement
  support  organizations.  No  person  or  professional  solicitor, in the
  course  of  soliciting  or  collecting  funds  on  behalf  of  any   law
  enforcement support organization, shall engage in any acts prohibited by
  subdivision  seventeen  of  section  one  hundred  seventy-two-d of this
  article, or by paragraph (h) of subdivision two of section  one  hundred
  seventy-five  of  this  article,  provided,  however,  that  no criminal
  liability shall attach to any law enforcement  support  organization  or
  its  officers  because  of  the activities of any professional solicitor
  employed on behalf of such organization.
3. Violations. Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of this
  section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes › 174 - Solicitation by Unregistered Charitable Organizations, Professional Fund-Raisers or Commercial Co-Venturers a Fraud Upon the People of the State.

§ 174. Solicitation    by   unregistered   charitable   organizations,
  professional fund-raisers or commercial co-venturers a  fraud  upon  the
  people  of  the  state.  1.  No charitable organization shall employ any
  professional fund raiser or commercial co-venturer unless and until such
  fund raiser or commercial co-venturer is  registered  pursuant  to  this
  article. Any such contract of employment shall be voidable at the option
  of the charitable organization.
2.  No  professional fund raiser or commercial co-venturer shall enter
  into any contract or raise any funds for any organization required to be
  registered pursuant to this article unless such charitable  organization
  actually so registered.
3.  No  professional  fund raiser required to be registered under this
  article shall employ any professional solicitor who is not registered in
  accordance with this article.
4. In addition to all other remedies  provided  by  law  the  attorney
  general may bring an action to enjoin the violation of the provisions of
  this  section.  The attorney general may give notice of at least fifteen
  days in writing by registered or certified  mail  to  the  organization,
  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  hereof,  requiring that
  registration  be  accomplished  or  that  the  solicitation   funds   be
  immediately   terminated.   The   failure   to  immediately  discontinue
  solicitation or to register in accordance with the  provisions  of  this
  article within fifteen days of service of such notice shall be deemed to
  be a continuing fraud upon the people of the state of New York.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes › 174-C - Sales Advertised to Benefit a Charitable Organization.

§ 174-c. Sales  advertised  to  benefit a charitable organization. All
  advertising, of every kind and nature, that a sale of  goods,  services,
  entertainment  or  any  other  thing  of value will benefit a charitable
  organization shall set forth the anticipated portion of the sales price,
  anticipated percentage of the gross proceeds, anticipated dollar  amount
  per   purchase,   or  other  consideration  or  benefit  the  charitable
  organization is to receive.  Provided,  however,  that  advertising  for
  sales  by  a charitable organization that has not used the services of a
  professional fund raiser or commercial co-venturer in any  way  for  the
  sale shall not be subject to the requirement of this section.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes › 174-D - Unauthorized Use of Names When Soliciting or Collecting Contributions.

§ 174-d. Unauthorized  use  of  names  when  soliciting  or collecting
  contributions.
1. No person shall, for the purpose of soliciting  contributions  from
  persons  in this state, use the name of any other person, except that of
  an officer, director or trustee of the charitable organization by or for
  which contributions are solicited, without the written consent  of  such
  other person.
2.  A  person  shall be deemed to have used the name of another person
  for the purpose of soliciting contributions if such latter person's name
  is listed on any stationery, advertisement, brochure  or  correspondence
  in  or  by  which  a  contribution  is  solicited  by  or on behalf of a
  charitable organization  or  his  name  is  listed  or  referred  to  in
  connection  with a request for a contribution as one who has contributed
  to, sponsored or endorsed the charitable organization or its activities.
3. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the publication  of
  names  of  contributors  without their written consents, in an annual or
  other periodic report  issued  by  a  charitable  organization  for  the
  purpose  of reporting on its operations and affairs to its membership or
  for the purpose of reporting contributions to contributors.
4. A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes › 175-A - Application of Article.

§ 175-a. Application  of  article. This article shall not be construed
  to limit or restrict the exercise of the powers or  the  performance  of
  the  duties  of  the  attorney  general  or district attorney which they
  otherwise  are  authorized  to  exercise  or  perform  under  any  other
  provision of law.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes › 175-B - Municipal Option.

§ 175-b. Municipal  option. Nothing contained in this article shall be
  construed to prevent any municipality  from  adopting  or  enacting  any
  local   law,   ordinance   or   regulation   imposing  more  restrictive
  requirements for the solicitation of contributions for  law  enforcement
  support organizations, provided, however, that nothing permitted by this
  section  shall  be construed to modify or be inconsistent with the legal
  standards in  this  article  that  are  applicable  to  individuals  and
  organizations  other  than  law  enforcement  support  organizations and
  professional fund raisers and solicitors which are employed by such  law
  enforcement  support  organizations even when such other individuals and
  organizations act jointly and together with such law enforcement support
  organizations.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes › 176 - Advisory Council.

§ 176. Advisory   council.   The   advisory   council   on   charities
  registration is continued. It shall advise the attorney general and make
  recommendations with respect to the operation and administration of this
  article with  the  objective  of  assuring  maximum  simplicity  in  the
  conformance  of  charitable  organizations  with  the provisions of this
  article. The council shall consist of not fewer than five nor more  than
  ten  members.  The  members  of the advisory council now in office shall
  continue to hold office for the remainder of the  terms  to  which  they
  were  appointed and thereafter until their successors are appointed. The
  attorney general shall designate the chairman of  the  council  and  may
  appoint  additional and successor members and fix their terms of office.
  The members shall serve without compensation but shall be allowed  their
  actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the performance of their
  duties hereunder.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 8 - Division of Budget › 180 - Division of the Budget; Director; General Duties.

§ 180. Division  of the budget; director; general duties.  The head of
  the division of the budget shall be the director of the budget who shall
  be appointed by the governor and hold office  during  his  pleasure.  He
  shall  receive  a  salary  to be fixed by the governor within the amount
  appropriated therefor. It shall be the  duty  of  the  director  of  the
  budget  to  assist the governor in his duties under the constitution and
  laws of the state respecting the  formulation  of  the  budget  and  the
  correlating and revising of estimates and requests for appropriations of
  the  civil  departments,  and  also to assist the governor in his duties
  respecting  the  investigation,  supervision  and  coordination  of  the
  expenditures  and  other  fiscal  operations  of  such  department.  The
  director, subject to rules prescribed by the governor, may  appoint  and
  fix  the  compensation  of  subordinates  and  employees of the division
  within the amounts appropriated therefor.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 8 - Division of Budget › 182 - Diversion of Funds Dedicated to Public Transportation Systems to the General Fund of the State or to Any Other Purpose, Is Prohibited.

§  182.  Diversion of funds dedicated to public transportation systems
to the general fund of the state or to any other purpose, is prohibited.
1.  For the purposes of this section, the  term  "public  transportation
system"  shall  mean  any  public  benefit  corporation  constituting  a
transportation authority which provides or contracts for  the  provision
of, under joint support arrangements, mass transportation services, or a
subsidiary  thereof,  or  any county or city which provides or contracts
for the provision of, pursuant to section one hundred nineteen-r of  the
general municipal law, mass transportation services.
2.  The  director  of  the  budget  shall be prohibited from diverting
revenues derived from taxes and fees paid by the public  into  any  fund
created  by  law  including, but not limited to sections eighty-eight-a,
eighty-nine-c and ninety-two-ff of the state  finance  law  and  chapter
twenty-five  of the laws of two thousand nine for the purpose of funding
public transportation systems into the general fund of the state or into
any other fund  maintained  for  the  support  of  another  governmental
purpose.  No diversion of funds can occur contrary to this section by an
administrative act of the director of the budget or any other person  in
the executive branch.
3. If any diversion of funds occurs by passage of legislation during a
regular or extraordinary session of the legislature, the director of the
budget shall create and include with the budget or legislation diverting
funds,  a  diversion  impact statement which shall include the following
information:
(a) The amount of the diversion from dedicated mass transit funds;
(b) The amount diverted from each fund;
(c) The amount diverted expressed as current monthly transit fares;
(d) The cumulative amount of diversion  from  dedicated  mass  transit
funds during the preceding five years;
(e) The date or dates when the diversion is to occur; and
(f) A detailed estimate of the impact of diversion from dedicated mass
transit  funds  will  have  on the level of public transportation system
service, maintenance, security, and the current capital program.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 8 - Division of Budget › 183 - Diversion of Funds Dedicated to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to the General Fund of the State Is Prohibited.

§   183.   Diversion  of  funds  dedicated  to  the  Niagara  frontier
  transportation authority to the general fund of the state is prohibited.
  The director shall be prohibited from diverting  revenues  derived  from
  taxes  and  fees  paid  by  the  public  into  any  fund  created by law
  including, but not limited to section ninety-nine-h of the state finance
  law, as amended by chapter seven hundred forty-seven of the laws of  two
  thousand   six,   for  the  purpose  of  funding  the  Niagara  frontier
  transportation authority and any of its subsidiaries  into  the  general
  fund  of  the state or into any other fund maintained for the support of
  another governmental purpose. No diversion of funds can  occur  contrary
  to  this  section  by an administrative act of the director or any other
  person in the executive branch unless the  governor  declares  a  fiscal
  emergency, and communicates such emergency to the temporary president of
  the  senate  and  speaker of the assembly, and a statute is enacted into
  law authorizing a diversion that would otherwise be prohibited  by  this
  section.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 9 - Division of Military and Naval Affairs › 190 - Division of Military and Naval Affairs.

§ 190. Division  of military and naval affairs. 1. Notwithstanding the
  provisions of any other law, the head of the division  of  military  and
  naval  affairs  shall  be the adjutant general who shall be appointed by
  the governor and who, except when any one of such officers shall  be  in
  the active service of the United States, shall be the commanding general
  of  the  New York army national guard, the commander of the New York air
  national guard or the commanding officer of the New York naval  militia.
  The  governor  may exercise and perform his functions, powers and duties
  as commander-in-chief of the militia of the state in whole  or  in  part
  through such division.
2.  The  division  of  military  and  naval  affairs shall include the
  organized militia; the state reserve list; the state retired  list;  all
  offices,   headquarters,  units,  forces,  commands,  arsenals,  depots,
  armories, bureaus, agencies, bases, camps, ranges,  and  other  military
  (including   air)   and   naval   activities,  property,  installations,
  structures, facilities and functions  of  the  state  and  all  military
  (including  air),  naval  and  civilian  personnel who may be serving or
  employed therein.
3. The organization of the present office of the  chief  of  staff  is
  continued  as  part  of  the division of military and naval affairs. The
  powers and duties of such  office  and  the  bureaus  thereof  shall  be
  exercised  and performed under the supervision, direction and control of
  the chief of staff, subject to the approval of the adjutant general.
4. The adjutant general is  hereby  authorized  to  create,  organize,
  reorganize,   convert,   inactivate   or  disband  such  other  offices,
  headquarters, commands, bureaus and agencies for the performance of  the
  functions  of  the  division as he may deem necessary, within the amount
  appropriated therefor.
5. The adjutant general, in conjunction with the department of  state,
  shall  establish and maintain on the division's website a public listing
  of all approved not-for-profit  corporations  soliciting  funds  for  or
  otherwise  benefiting  the  armed  forces of the United States or of any
  foreign country, or their auxiliaries, or of this or any other state  or
  territory.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10 - Office of General Services › 200 - Office of General Services.

§ 200. Office  of general services.  There is hereby created an office
  of general services in the executive department. The head of the  office
  of  general  services  shall be the commissioner of general services. He
  shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of
  the senate and hold office during the pleasure of the governor. He shall
  receive a  salary  to  be  fixed  by  the  governor  within  the  amount
  appropriated  therefor.   Such commissioner, subject to rules prescribed
  by the governor, may establish such bureaus or divisions in  the  office
  of  general  services  as  he  may  deem  necessary and may appoint such
  deputies, directors, assistants and other employees as may be needed for
  the performance of his duties and may prescribe their powers and  duties
  and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor. Such
  office  may  have  an office seal. The principal office of the office of
  general services shall be in the city of Albany, and branch offices  may
  be  established  by direction of the governor, subject to appropriations
  for their maintenance.
Such commissioner may adopt, amend or rescind  rules  and  regulations
  relating  to the discharge of his functions, powers and duties and those
  of the  office  of  general  services  as  prescribed  by  law.  Nothing
  contained  herein shall limit or impair compliance with the requirements
  of section one hundred  sixty-three  of  the  state  finance  law,  with
  respect  to  rules  promulgated  by  the  commissioner  pursuant to such
  section.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10 - Office of General Services › 202 - General Duties.

§ 202. General  duties.  The  office of general services shall provide
  coordinated services in support of state departments and agencies,  and,
  as    specified,    authorities,   municipalities   and   not-for-profit
  organizations, hereafter for the purposes of this section referred to as
  agencies. Such support  services  shall  (i)  serve  to  conserve  state
  resources,  (ii) benefit multiple agencies, and (iii) be consistent with
  the needs and  interests  of  the  agencies  receiving  those  services.
  Support  services  may  be  delivered  directly by the office of general
  services or by other means which ensure the cost effectiveness of  those
  services.  The  commissioner  of  general  services may recommend to the
  governor new services which could be offered by the  office  of  general
  services,  and  that  would  reduce  state  or  local  expenditures  and
  facilitate the mission of agencies currently receiving  or  which  could
  receive such services.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10 - Office of General Services › 203-A - Additional Duties of the Commissioner Regarding Flood Related Losses.

§ 203-a. Additional duties of the commissioner regarding flood related
  losses.  In  accordance  with  44  CFR  75.11  of  the  code  of federal
  regulations, in the event that state-owned structures and their contents
  are damaged as the result of flood related losses, flood,  and/or  flood
  related  hazards  occurring in areas identified by the federal insurance
  administrator as A, AO, AH,  A1-30,  AE,  AR,  AR/A1-30,  AR/AE,  AR/AO,
  AR/AH,  AR/A, A99, M, V, VO, V1-30, VE, and E Zones, the commissioner of
  general services shall pay  an  amount  not  less  than  the  limits  of
  coverage  that  would  be  applicable if such state-owned structures and
  their contents had been covered by standard flood insurance policies, as
  defined in 44 CFR 59.1, for the repair, restoration, or  replacement  of
  such state-owned structures and contents, and shall maintain and update,
  not  less  frequently  than  annually,  an  inventory of all state-owned
  structures and their contents within such zones.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209 - Definitions.

§ 209. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
  have the following meaning unless otherwise specified:
1.  "Office"  shall  mean  the  New  York  state  office  of  science,
  technology and academic research.
2. "Advisory council" shall mean the advisory council of the New  York
  state office of science, technology, and academic research.
3.  "Executive  director" shall mean the executive director of the New
  York state office of science, technology, and academic research.
4. "Research development program" shall mean the  program  established
  by  section  two hundred nine-p of this article to encourage and enhance
  the economic development role  of  academic  institutions  in  New  York
  state.    Such program shall include, but not be limited to, the faculty
  development program,  the  capital  facilities  program,  the  incentive
  program, and the centers for advanced technology development program.
5.  "Primary host institution" shall mean, in a case where two or more
  institutions form a partnership or consortium of research entities,  one
  institution  must  be  designated  the  institution through which awards
  shall be administered.
6. "Life sciences" shall mean those science  disciplines  relating  to
  the study of living organisms and vital processes.
7.  "Enabling sciences" shall mean those science disciplines which may
  be directly applied to life science research, including but not  limited
  to,   engineering,   material   science,  chemistry,  computer  science,
  electronics, physics, bioinfomatics, nanotechnologies  and  applications
  of microelectronics and micro-electromechanical devices.
8.  "Project sponsor" shall mean any public, not-for-profit private or
  academic research institution or any subsidiary thereof located  in  the
  state  of  New  York.  A  project  sponsor  may include a not-for-profit
  corporation created on behalf of a  public,  not-for-profit  private  or
  academic research institution.
9.  "Construction"  shall  mean the erection, acquisition, alteration,
  reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, equipping,  enlargement  or
  extension   of  a  life  sciences  and/or  enabling  sciences  facility,
  including land acquisition and the  engineering,  architectural,  legal,
  fiscal  and  economic  investigations, studies, surveys, designs, plans,
  drawings, specifications, procedures and other  actions  relating  to  a
  life science or enabling science facility.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-D - Transfer of Powers of Science and Technology Foundations.

§  209-d.  Transfer  of  powers of science and technology foundations.
  Except as otherwise provided in  section  two  hundred  nine-f  of  this
  article,   the  functions  and  powers  possessed  by  and  all  of  the
  obligations and duties of  the  science  and  technology  foundation  as
  established  pursuant  to  article  ten-A  of the public authorities law
  shall be transferred and assigned to, assumed by and devolved  upon  the
  office.  Such  transfer  shall occur no later than January thirty-first,
  two thousand, provided, however, that such transfer may occur  prior  to
  January   thirty-first,   two  thousand  pursuant  to  a  memorandum  of
  understanding executed by the chairman of  the  science  and  technology
  foundation  and the executive director of the office, and provided that,
  in the event that it is impractical to effectuate such  transfer  on  or
  before  January  thirty-first,  two  thousand,  the  chairperson  of the
  science and technology foundation and  the  executive  director  of  the
  office may upon notification to the governor, temporary president of the
  senate,  and speaker of the assembly on or before January fifteenth, two
  thousand,  execute  a  memorandum  of  understanding   to   govern   the
  expeditious transfer required pursuant to this section.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-E - Abolition of Science and Technology Foundation.

§  209-e.  Abolition  of  science  and technology foundation. Upon the
  transfer pursuant to section two hundred nine-d of this article  of  the
  functions  and powers possessed by and all of the obligations and duties
  of the science and technology  foundation  as  established  pursuant  to
  article  ten-A  of the public authorities law to the office, the science
  and technology foundation shall be abolished,  and  sections  thirty-one
  hundred,  thirty-one  hundred  three  and thirty-one hundred nine of the
  public authorities law shall be repealed.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-G - Transfer of Assets and Liabilities.

§  209-g.  Transfer  of  assets  and  liabilities.  Upon  the transfer
  pursuant to section two hundred nine-d of this article of the  functions
  and  powers  possessed  by  and all of the obligations and duties of the
  science and technology foundation as  established  pursuant  to  article
  ten-A  of  the  public  authorities  law  to the office as prescribed by
  section two hundred nine-d of this article, except as otherwise provided
  in  section  two  hundred  nine-f  of  this  article,  all  assets   and
  liabilities   of  the  science  and  technology  foundation  are  hereby
  transferred to and assumed by the office.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-H - Continuity of Authority.

§  209-h.  Continuity  of  authority.  Upon  the  transfer pursuant to
  section two hundred nine-d of this article of the functions  and  powers
  possessed  by  and  all of the obligations and duties of the science and
  technology foundation as established pursuant to article  ten-A  of  the
  public  authorities  law  to  the  office  as  prescribed by section two
  hundred nine-d of this article, except as otherwise provided in  section
  two hundred nine-f of this article, for the purpose of succession to all
  functions,  powers, duties and obligations of the science and technology
  foundation, the office shall  be  deemed  and  held  to  constitute  the
  continuation of such authority and not a different agency or authority.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-I - Transfer of Records.

§  209-i.  Transfer  of records. Upon the transfer pursuant to section
  two hundred nine-d of this article of the functions and powers possessed
  by and all of the obligations and duties of the science  and  technology
  foundation  as  established  pursuant  to  article  ten-A  of the public
  authorities law to the office  as  prescribed  by  section  two  hundred
  nine-d  of  this  article,  except  as otherwise provided in section two
  hundred nine-f of this article, all books, papers, records and  property
  pertaining to the science and technology foundation shall be transferred
  to and maintained by the office.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-J - Completion of Unfinished Business.

§ 209-j. Completion of unfinished business. Upon the transfer pursuant
  to  section  two  hundred  nine-d  of  this article of the functions and
  powers possessed by and all of the obligations and duties of the science
  and technology foundation as established pursuant to  article  ten-A  of
  the  public  authorities  law to the office as prescribed by section two
  hundred nine-d of this article, except as otherwise provided in  section
  two  hundred  nine-f  of  this  article,  any  business  or other matter
  undertaken  or  commenced  by  the  science  and  technology  foundation
  pertaining  to  or connected with the functions, powers, obligations and
  duties so transferred and assigned to the office  may  be  conducted  or
  completed by the executive director of the office.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-K - Terms Occurring in Laws, Contracts or Other Documents.

§  209-k.  Terms occurring in laws, contracts or other documents. Upon
  the transfer pursuant to section two hundred nine-d of this  article  of
  the  functions  and  powers  possessed by and all of the obligations and
  duties of the science and technology foundation as established  pursuant
  to  article  ten-A  of  the  public  authorities  law  to  the office as
  prescribed by section two hundred nine-d  of  this  article,  except  as
  otherwise  provided  in  section  two  hundred  nine-f  of this article,
  whenever the science  and  technology  foundation  and  the  chairperson
  thereof,  the  functions,  powers,  obligations  and duties of which are
  transferred to the office are referred to  or  designated  in  any  law,
  contract  or  document  pertaining to the functions, powers, obligations
  and duties transferred and  assigned  pursuant  to  this  article,  such
  reference  or designation shall be deemed to refer to the office and its
  executive director.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-L - Existing Rights and Remedies Preserved.

§  209-l.  Existing  rights  and remedies preserved. Upon the transfer
  pursuant to section two hundred nine-d of this article of the  functions
  and  powers  possessed  by  and all of the obligations and duties of the
  science and technology foundation as  established  pursuant  to  article
  ten-A  of  the  public  authorities  law  to the office as prescribed by
  section two hundred nine-d of this article, except as otherwise provided
  in section two hundred nine-f of this  article,  no  existing  right  or
  remedy  of  the  state, including the science and technology foundation,
  shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of this article.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-M - Pending Actions and Proceedings.

§  209-m.  Pending actions and proceedings. Upon the transfer pursuant
  to section two hundred nine-d of  this  article  of  the  functions  and
  powers possessed by and all of the obligations and duties of the science
  and  technology  foundation  as established pursuant to article ten-A of
  the public authorities law to the office as prescribed  by  section  two
  hundred  nine-d of this article, except as otherwise provided in section
  two hundred nine-f of this article, no action or proceeding  pending  on
  the  effective  date  of this article, brought by or against the science
  and technology foundation or chairperson thereof shall  be  affected  by
  any  provision  of  this  article,  but  the  same  may be prosecuted or
  defended in the name of the executive director of  the  office.  In  all
  such actions and proceedings, the office, upon application to the court,
  shall be substituted as a party.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-N - Continuance of Rules and Regulations.

§  209-n.  Continuance  of  rules  and  regulations. Upon the transfer
  pursuant to section two hundred nine-d of this article of the  functions
  and  powers  possessed  by  and all of the obligations and duties of the
  science and technology foundation as  established  pursuant  to  article
  ten-A  of  the  public  authorities  law  to the office as prescribed by
  section two hundred nine-d of this article, except as otherwise provided
  in section two hundred nine-f of this article, all  rules,  regulations,
  acts,  determinations  and  decisions  of  the  science  and  technology
  foundation, pertaining to the functions transferred and assigned by this
  article to the office in force at the time of such transfer, assignment,
  assumption or devolution shall continue in force and  effect  as  rules,
  regulations, acts, determinations and decisions of the office until duly
  modified or repealed.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-O - Transfer of Appropriations Heretofore Made to the Science and Technology Foundation.

§ 209-o. Transfer of appropriations heretofore made to the science and
  technology foundation. Upon the transfer pursuant to section two hundred
  nine-d  of this article of the functions and powers possessed by and all
  of the obligations and duties of the science and  technology  foundation
  as  established  pursuant to article ten-A of the public authorities law
  to the office as prescribed  by  section  two  hundred  nine-d  of  this
  article,  except  as otherwise provided in section two hundred nine-f of
  this article, all appropriations and reappropriations which  shall  have
  been  made  available as of the date of such transfer to the science and
  technology foundation or segregated pursuant to law, to  the  extent  of
  remaining unexpended or unencumbered balances thereof, whether allocated
  or   unallocated   and   whether  obligated  or  unobligated,  shall  be
  transferred to and made available for use and expenditure by the  office
  for   the   same   purposes   for   which   originally  appropriated  or
  reappropriated and shall be payable on vouchers certified or approved by
  the commissioner of taxation and finance, on audit and  warrant  of  the
  comptroller.  Payments  of liabilities for expenses of personal service,
  maintenance and operation which shall have been incurred as of the  date
  of  such  transfer  by  the  science  and technology foundation, and for
  liabilities incurred and to be incurred in completing its affairs  shall
  also be made on vouchers certified or approved by the executive director
  of the office, on audit and warrant of the comptroller.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-S - James D. Watson Investigator Program.

§  209-s. James D. Watson investigator program. 1. The James D. Watson
  investigator program is hereby created to  recognize  outstanding  early
  career  scientists  who  demonstrate the potential for leadership at the
  frontiers  of  knowledge  in  the  life  sciences  and  demonstrate   an
  entrepreneurial  spirit  to help foster economic development in New York
  state into the future.
2. This program shall be administered by the executive director. Funds
  shall be awarded  to  the  institution  at  which  the  investigator  is
  employed on behalf of the recipient.
3.  Within  available  funds,  each  award  granted under the James D.
  Watson investigator program shall equal  two  hundred  thousand  dollars
  over  a two year period. Selection of such awards shall be made pursuant
  to an application process to be conducted no more  than  once  annually.
  Eligible   recipients  of  such  awards  shall  include  researchers  at
  academic,  public,  or  not-for-profit  private  research   institutions
  located  within  New  York  state. Such awards shall be provided for the
  purpose of supporting the research activities  of  such  researcher  not
  otherwise supported by the research institution. Such awards may be used
  for the salaries of such investigators, the salaries of support research
  personnel and for the purchase of equipment used directly in the pursuit
  of  research  not  otherwise  provided  by  the research program at such
  institution.
4. Eligible applicants for grants issued under this program  shall  be
  full-time  staff  members  who  are  United  States  citizens  or  legal
  permanent residents, have been awarded their doctoral degrees, and  have
  less  than  five  years  of post-doctoral experience, and are conducting
  research in the life sciences or in enabling sciences as defined in this
  article. All applicants must demonstrate expertise in the life  sciences
  or  in  the  enabling science discipline as stated in their application.
  Preference shall be given to researchers who demonstrate  a  willingness
  and   ability  to  develop  their  research  into  economic  development
  opportunities in New York state.
5. No academic, public, or not-for-profit private research institution
  shall receive more than one award per year. No more than three-fifths of
  available awards in any year shall be granted to  employees  of  public,
  not-for-profit,  private  or  academic  research institutions within the
  metropolitan commuter transportation district.