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2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6 - Department of State › 135-A - Notary Public or Commissioner of Deeds; Acting Without Appointment; Fraud in Office.

§ 135-a. Notary  public  or  commissioner  of  deeds;  acting  without
  appointment; fraud in office. 1. Any person who holds himself out to the
  public as being entitled to act as a notary public  or  commissioner  of
  deeds,  or who assumes, uses or advertises the title of notary public or
  commissioner of deeds, or equivalent terms in any language,  in  such  a
  manner  as  to  convey  the  impression  that  he  is a notary public or
  commissioner of deeds without having  first  been  appointed  as  notary
  public or commissioner of deeds, or
2.  A  notary  public or commissioner of deeds, who in the exercise of
  the powers, or in the performance of the duties  of  such  office  shall
  practice  any fraud or deceit, the punishment for which is not otherwise
  provided for by this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6 - Department of State › 135-B - Advertising by Notaries Public.

§  135-b.  Advertising  by  notaries public. 1. The provisions of this
  section shall not apply to attorneys-at-law, admitted to practice in the
  state of New York.
2. A notary public who advertises his or  her  services  as  a  notary
  public   in   a  language  other  than  English  shall  post  with  such
  advertisement a notice in such other language the  following  statement:
  "I  am  not  an attorney licensed to practice law and may not give legal
  advice about immigration or any other legal matter or  accept  fees  for
  legal advice."
3.  A  notary  public shall not use terms in a foreign language in any
  advertisement for his or her services as a notary public  that  mean  or
  imply  that the notary public is an attorney licensed to practice in the
  state of New York or in any  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States.  The
  secretary  shall  designate by rule or regulation the terms in a foreign
  language that shall be deemed to mean or imply that a notary  public  is
  licensed  to  practice law in the state of New York and the use of which
  shall be prohibited by notary publics who are subject to this section.
4. For purposes  of  this  section,  "advertisement"  shall  mean  and
  include  material  designed  to give notice of or to promote or describe
  the services offered by a notary public for  profit  and  shall  include
  business  cards,  brochures, and notices, whether in print or electronic
  form.
5. Any person who violates any provision of this section or  any  rule
  or  regulation  promulgated  by  the  secretary  may be liable for civil
  penalty of up to one  thousand  dollars.  The  secretary  of  state  may
  suspend a notary public upon a second violation of any of the provisions
  of  this section and may remove from office a notary public upon a third
  violation of any of the provisions of this section,  provided  that  the
  notary  public shall have been served with a copy of the charges against
  him or her and been given an opportunity to be heard. The civil  penalty
  provided  for  by  this  subdivision  shall  be recoverable in an action
  instituted by the attorney general on his or her own  initiative  or  at
  the request of the secretary.
6.  The  secretary  may promulgate rules and regulations governing the
  provisions of this section, including the size and  type  of  statements
  that a notary public is required by this section to post.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6 - Department of State › 136 - Notarial Fees.

§ 136. Notarial  fees.  A  notary  public  shall  be  entitled  to the
  following fees:
1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying  the  same
  when  required,  except  where another fee is specifically prescribed by
  statute, two dollars.
2. For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of  execution
  of  a  written  instrument,  by  one  person,  two  dollars, and by each
  additional person, two dollars, for swearing each witness  thereto,  two
  dollars.
3.  For  electronic  notarial  services,  established  in  section one
  hundred thirty-five-c of this chapter, a fee set through  regulation  by
  the secretary of state.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6 - Department of State › 137 - Statement as to Authority of Notaries Public.

§ 137. Statement  as  to  authority  of notaries public. In exercising
  powers pursuant to this article, a notary public,  in  addition  to  the
  venue  of  the  act  and  signature  of such notary public, shall print,
  typewrite, stamp, or affix  by  electronic  means  where  performing  an
  electronic   notarial   act  in  conformity  with  section  one  hundred
  thirty-five-c of the executive law, beneath  their  signature  in  black
  ink,  the  notary  public's  name, the words "Notary Public State of New
  York," the name of the county in which  such  notary  public  originally
  qualified,  and  the  expiration date of such notary public's commission
  and, in addition, wherever required, a notary public shall also  include
  the  name  of  any  county  in which such notary public's certificate of
  official  character  is  filed,  using  the  words  "Certificate   filed
  ..........  County." A notary public who is duly licensed as an attorney
  and counsellor at law in this state may substitute the  words  "Attorney
  and  Counsellor  at  Law" for the words "Notary Public." A notary public
  who has qualified or who has filed a certificate of  official  character
  in  the  office  of the clerk in a county or counties within the city of
  New York must  also  affix  to  each  instrument  such  notary  public's
  official  number  or  numbers  in black ink, as assigned by the clerk or
  clerks of such county or counties at the time such notary  qualified  in
  such  county  or counties and, if the instrument is to be recorded in an
  office of the register of the city of New York in any county within such
  city and the notary has been given a number or numbers by such  register
  or  his predecessors in any county or counties, when the notary public's
  autographed signature and  certificate  are  filed  in  such  office  or
  offices  pursuant  to  this  chapter, the notary public shall also affix
  such number or numbers. No official act of such notary public  shall  be
  held  invalid on account of the failure to comply with these provisions.
  If any notary public shall willfully fail to  comply  with  any  of  the
  provisions  of  this  section,  the  notary  public  shall be subject to
  disciplinary action by the secretary of state. In all the courts  within
  this state the certificate of a notary public, over the signature of the
  notary  public,  shall  be received as presumptive evidence of the facts
  contained in such certificate; provided, that any person interested as a
  party to a suit may contradict, by other evidence, the certificate of  a
  notary public.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6 - Department of State › 138 - Powers of Notaries Public or Other Officers Who Are Stockholders, Directors, Officers or Employees of a Corporation.

§ 138. Powers   of   notaries   public   or  other  officers  who  are
  stockholders, directors, officers  or  employees  of  a  corporation.  A
  notary  public,  justice  of  the  supreme court, a judge, clerk, deputy
  clerk, or special deputy clerk of  a  court,  an  official  examiner  of
  title,  or  the  mayor  or  recorder  of a city, a justice of the peace,
  surrogate, special surrogate, special county judge, or  commissioner  of
  deeds,  who  is  a  stockholder,  director,  officer  or  employee  of a
  corporation may take the acknowledgment or  proof  of  any  party  to  a
  written  instrument executed to or by such corporation, or administer an
  oath to any other stockholder, director, officer, employee or  agent  of
  such  corporation, and such notary public may protest for non-acceptance
  or non-payment, bills of  exchange,  drafts,  checks,  notes  and  other
  negotiable instruments owned or held for collection by such corporation;
  but  none  of  the officers above named shall take the acknowledgment or
  proof of a written instrument by or to a corporation of which  he  is  a
  stockholder,  director, officer or employee, if such officer taking such
  acknowledgment or proof be a party  executing  such  instrument,  either
  individually  or  as  representative  of  such  corporation, nor shall a
  notary public protest any  negotiable  instruments  owned  or  held  for
  collection  by such corporation, if such notary public be individually a
  party to such instrument, or have a financial interest in the subject of
  same. All such acknowledgments or proofs of deeds,  mortgages  or  other
  written  instruments,  relating to real property heretofore taken before
  any of the officers aforesaid are confirmed.  This act shall not  affect
  any action or legal proceeding now pending.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6 - Department of State › 141 - Commissioners of Deeds in Other States, Territories and Foreign Countries.

§ 141. Commissioners of deeds in other states, territories and foreign
  countries.  The  secretary  of state may, in his discretion, appoint and
  commission in any other  state,  territory  or  dependency,  or  in  any
  foreign  country,  such number of commissioners of deeds as he may think
  proper, each of whom shall be  a  resident  of  or  have  his  place  of
  business   in   the   city,  county,  municipality  or  other  political
  subdivision from which chosen, and shall hold office  for  the  term  of
  four  years,  unless  such  appointment  shall  be sooner revoked by the
  secretary of state, who shall have power to revoke the  same.  A  person
  applying  for  appointment as a commissioner of deeds shall state in his
  application  the  city,  county,   municipality   or   other   political
  subdivision for which he desires to be appointed, and shall enclose with
  his  application  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  which  sum,  if a
  commission shall be granted, shall be paid by  the  secretary  of  state
  into  the  state  treasury, and if such commission shall not be granted,
  then the same shall be returned to the person  making  the  application.
  Each commissioner, before performing any of the duties or exercising any
  of  the  powers  of  his  office,  shall take the constitutional oath of
  office, if appointed for a city or  county  within  the  United  States,
  before  a  justice of the peace or some other magistrate in such city or
  county; and if for a territory or dependency, before a judge of a  court
  of  record  in  such  territory  or  dependency;  and  if  for  a  city,
  municipality or other political subdivision in a foreign country, before
  a person authorized by the laws of this state to administer an  oath  in
  such  country,  or  before a clerk or judge of a court of record in such
  foreign country; and shall cause to be  prepared  an  official  seal  on
  which  shall  be  designated his name, the words, "commissioner of deeds
  for the state of New York," and the name of the city or county, and  the
  state,  country,  municipality or other political subdivision from which
  appointed, and shall file a clear impression of such seal,  his  written
  signature  and  his  oath  certified  by  the officer before whom it was
  taken, in the office of the department of state. The secretary of  state
  upon  receipt  of  such impression, signature and oath, shall forward to
  such commissioner instructions and forms, and a copy of the  appropriate
  sections of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6 - Department of State › 142-A - Validity of Acts of Notaries Public and Commissioners of Deeds Notwithstanding Certain Defects.

§ 142-a. Validity  of  acts  of  notaries  public and commissioners of
deeds  notwithstanding  certain  defects.  1.  Except  as  provided   in
subdivision  three  of this section, the official certificates and other
acts heretofore or hereafter made or performed of  notaries  public  and
commissioners  of deeds heretofore or hereafter and prior to the time of
their acts appointed  or  commissioned  as  such  shall  not  be  deemed
invalid,  impaired  or  in  any  manner defective, so far as they may be
affected, impaired or questioned  by  reason  of  defects  described  in
subdivision two of this section.
2. This section shall apply to the following defects:
(a)  ineligibility of the notary public or commissioner of deeds to be
appointed or commissioned as such;
(b) misnomer or misspelling  of  name  or  other  error  made  in  his
appointment or commission;
(c)  omission of the notary public or commissioner of deeds to take or
file his official oath or otherwise qualify;
(d) expiration of his term, commission or appointment;
(e) vacating of his office by change of his residence,  by  acceptance
of another public office, or by other action on his part;
(f)  the fact that the action was taken outside the jurisdiction where
the notary public or commissioner of deeds was authorized to act.
3. No person shall be entitled to assert the effect of this section to
overcome a defect described in subdivision two if he knew of the  defect
or  if  the  defect  was  apparent on the face of the certificate of the
notary public or commissioner of  deeds;  provided  however,  that  this
subdivision  shall not apply after the expiration of six months from the
date of the act of the notary public or commissioner of deeds.
4. After the expiration of six months from the date  of  the  official
certificate  or  other act of the commissioner of deeds, subdivision one
of this section shall be applicable to a defect consisting  in  omission
of the certificate of a commissioner of deeds to state the date on which
and  the  place  in  which an act was done, or consisting of an error in
such statement.
5. This section does not relieve any notary public or commissioner  of
deeds  from  criminal liability imposed by reason of his act, or enlarge
the actual authority of any such officer, nor limit any other statute or
rule of  law  by  reason  of  which  the  act  of  a  notary  public  or
commissioner  of  deeds,  or  the  record thereof, is valid or is deemed
valid in any case.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6 - Department of State › 143 - Fees of Such Commissioners.

§ 143. Fees  of  such  commissioners.  The  fees of such commissioners
  shall be as follows:
1. If appointed for another state, territory  or  dependency,  not  to
  exceed  four  times  the  amount  allowed  by  the  laws  of such state,
  territory or dependency for like services, and not to exceed in any case
  one  dollar  for  taking  the  proof  or  acknowledgment  of  a  written
  instrument, or administering an oath;
2.  If  appointed  for  Great Britain or Ireland, for administering or
  certifying an oath, one shilling sterling, and for taking the  proof  or
  acknowledgment  of  a  written  instrument,  or  for  certifying  to the
  existence or correctness of a copy of a patent, record or document, four
  shillings sterling;
3.  If  appointed  for  France  or  any  other  foreign  country,  for
  administering   and  certifying  an  oath,  one  franc  and  twenty-five
  centimes, and for taking  the  proof  or  acknowledgment  of  a  written
  instrument,  or for certifying to the existence or correctness of a copy
  of a patent, record or document, five francs.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6 - Department of State › 144 - Saving Clause.

§ 144. Saving  clause.  In  case  it be judicially determined that any
  phrase, clause, part, paragraph or section of any of the  provisions  of
  sections  one  hundred  thirty,  one  hundred  thirty-one,  one  hundred
  thirty-two, one  hundred  thirty-three,  one  hundred  thirty-five,  one
  hundred   thirty-six,   one   hundred   thirty-seven   and  one  hundred
  thirty-eight   is   unconstitutional   or   otherwise   invalid,    such
  determination  shall  not affect the validity or effect of the remaining
  provisions of the  aforementioned  sections.    All  persons  heretofore
  appointed  and still holding office as notaries public shall continue in
  such office after the effective date of  this  article,  with  the  same
  powers  and  duties  as herein provided until the expiration of the term
  for which they were appointed.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6 - Department of State › 144-A - Eligible Professions for the Purchase, Sale, and Use of Body Armor.

§  144-a. Eligible professions for the purchase, sale, and use of body
  armor. The secretary of state  in  consultation  with  the  division  of
  criminal  justice  services,  the  division  of  homeland  security  and
  emergency  services,  the  department  of  corrections   and   community
  supervision, the division of the state police, and the office of general
  services  shall  promulgate  rules and regulations to establish criteria
  for eligible professions requiring the use of body armor, as  such  term
  is  defined  in subdivision two of section 270.20 of the penal law. Such
  professions shall include those in  which  the  duties  may  expose  the
  individual to serious physical injury that may be prevented or mitigated
  by  the  wearing  of  body  armor. Such rules and regulations shall also
  include a process by which an individual or entity may request that  the
  profession  in  which  they  engage  be  added  to  the list of eligible
  professions, a process  by  which  the  department  shall  approve  such
  professions, and a process by which individuals and entities may present
  proof of engagement in eligible professions when purchasing body armor.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-A - State Register › 145 - Definitions.

§ 145. Definitions. As used in this article, unless another meaning is
  clearly apparent in the language or context:
1.  The  term  "agency"  shall  mean  any  department,  board, bureau,
  commission, division, office,  council,  committee  or  officer  of  the
  state,  a public benefit corporation or public authority at least one of
  whose members is appointed by the governor.
2. The term "public corporation" shall mean and  include  a  municipal
  corporation,  a  district  corporation,  or  public  benefit corporation
  except a public benefit corporation at least one  of  whose  members  is
  appointed by the governor.
3.   The   term  "person"  shall  mean  any  individual,  partnership,
  corporation, association, or  public  or  private  organization  of  any
  character, other than an agency or public corporation.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-A - State Register › 147 - Schedule of Publication.

§ 147. Schedule  of  publication.  1.  The  department  of state shall
publish a regular issue of the state register at least once a  week  and
special  issues  as  directed by statute or as deemed appropriate by the
secretary of state.
2. The department of state may  publish  special  issues  which  shall
include  information  and  notices  required to be published pursuant to
section fourteen hundred two of the abandoned  property  law,  at  times
specified by such section.
3.  The  department of state shall publish, quarterly, a special issue
which shall:
(a) contain an index of all notices published in  the  state  register
pursuant  to  article  two  of  the  state  administrative procedure act
between January first of the year of publication and the state  register
issue immediately preceding publication of this special issue;
(b)  cite  each  notice  in  the  index  by  the identification number
described in subdivision three of section one hundred forty-nine of this
article and for each such  notice  cited,  the  index  shall  include  a
description  of  the  subject  and  purpose  of  the  rule,  the date of
publication of the notice, and a symbol denoting whether the notice  was
for  (i)  a  proposed  rule making, (ii) an adoption, (iii) an emergency
adoption, (iv) an expiration, (v)  a  revised  rule  making  or  (vi)  a
withdrawal; and
(c)  arrange  notice  citations  by  agency  in alphabetical order and
present consecutively all such  citations  relating  to  a  single  rule
making.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-B - Services to Localities › 150 - Legislative Findings.

§ 150. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares
  that:
1.  Strong  local  government  has been a major positive factor in the
  political, economic and social development of the state;
2. The future welfare of the state depends in  large  measure  on  the
  effectiveness  of  local  government  and  of its relationships to state
  government;
3. Population shifts and other economic and social trends have brought
  new problems to local government;
4. The  state  has  the  responsibility  toward  local  government  to
  coordinate  state  services  and  information  for  the benefit of local
  government, to assist in the solution of its problems, and otherwise  to
  help  local  government  in  making  itself  as  strong and effective as
  possible;
5. The need for a more  rational  planning  process  requires  a  high
  degree of local, state and interstate cooperation;
6.  The  need for a single state agency to review and comment on local
  planning efforts of statewide significance, state  agency  planning  and
  interstate planning commission programs is recognized;
7.  A common data base developed by the official state planning agency
  in conjunction with planning efforts at  all  levels  of  government  is
  essential to effective planning; and
8.  State  planning  and  development policies should promote planning
  programs among state agencies and  between  levels  of  government  that
  maximize environmental and economic benefits to the localities.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-B - Services to Localities › 151 - Definitions.

§ 151. Definitions. As used in this article, the term "municipalities"
  shall  include  public  corporations  as  defined  in subdivision one of
  section sixty-six of the general construction law and special  districts
  as defined in subdivision sixteen of section one hundred two of the real
  property tax law.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-C - Office of Fire Prevention and Control › 155 - Office of Fire Prevention and Control; Creation; State Fire Administrator; Employees.

§ 155. Office  of  fire  prevention  and control; creation; state fire
  administrator; employees. There is hereby created  in  the  division  of
  homeland  security  and  emergency services an office of fire prevention
  and  control.  The  head  of  such  office  shall  be  the  state   fire
  administrator,  who  shall  be  appointed by the governor and shall hold
  office during the pleasure of the governor. He shall receive  an  annual
  salary  to  be  fixed  by  the  commissioner of the division of homeland
  security  and  emergency  services  within  the  amount   available   by
  appropriation.  He  shall  also be entitled to receive reimbursement for
  expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him in the performance  of
  his duties within the amount available by appropriation.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-C - Office of Fire Prevention and Control › 155-A - Definitions.

§ 155-a. Definitions. When used in this article:
1.  "Districts"  shall mean fire districts created pursuant to article
  eleven of the town law.
2.  "Fire  companies"  shall  mean  fire  companies  governed  by  the
  not-for-profit corporation law.
3.  "Municipal  corporations"  shall  mean  a  county,  city, town and
  village.
4. "Municipalities" shall mean municipal corporations.
5. "Sprinkler system" shall mean a system of piping and  appurtenances
  designed  and  installed in accordance with generally accepted standards
  so that heat from a fire will automatically cause water to be discharged
  over the fire area to extinguish it or prevent its further spread.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-C - Office of Fire Prevention and Control › 156-A - Establishment of a Specialized Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Training Program.

§ 156-a. Establishment  of a specialized hazardous materials emergency
response  training  program.  1.  The  state  fire  administrator  shall
establish  a specialized hazardous materials emergency response training
program for individuals responsible  for  providing  emergency  response
recovery  following incidents involving hazardous materials as such term
is  defined  in  regulations  promulgated   by   the   commissioner   of
transportation pursuant to section fourteen-f of the transportation law.
The  state fire administrator shall inform all fire companies, municipal
corporations and districts, including agencies and  departments  thereof
and  all firefighters, both paid and volunteer, and related officers and
employees and police officers of the implementation and availability  of
the  hazardous  materials emergency response training program and shall,
subject to the availability of an appropriation, conduct  such  training
with  sufficient  frequency  to  assure  adequate  response to incidents
involving hazardous  materials  and  protection  of  responders  in  all
geographic areas of the state.
2.  The state fire administrator shall prescribe the curriculum of the
hazardous materials emergency response  training  program,  which  shall
include, but shall not be limited to:
(a)  hands-on  training,  including  information in regard to leak and
spill  control,  product  neutralization,  pickup  and  disposal,   fire
control,  decontamination  procedures  and  use  and application of foam
agents;
(b) hazard assessment with emphasis on incident scene decision-making,
including: potential threat to public safety and  need  for  evacuation,
calculation of the effect of weather on certain chemicals and evaluation
of  the  result  of  chemical exposures to air, water, soil, vegetation,
lives and property and impact on the personal safety of those working in
the accident area;
(c) calibration and use of emergency equipment;
(d)  chemical  and  biological  properties  of  various   classes   of
chemicals, for example, flammables, oxidizers, corrosives, poisons; and
(e) weapons of mass destruction and response to terrorism.
3.  The  state fire administrator is hereby directed to issue a report
to the governor, speaker of the assembly,  temporary  president  of  the
senate,  chairman  of  the  assembly  transportation  committee  and the
chairman of the senate transportation committee by February fifteenth of
each year on the operations of the program set forth in this section.
4. The state  fire  administrator  shall  promulgate  such  rules  and
regulations  as  are  necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions of this
section.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-C - Office of Fire Prevention and Control › 156-B - Permanent Marking Indicating Location of Fire Hydrants.

§ 156-b. Permanent  marking  indicating  location  of fire hydrants. A
  municipality or fire district may mark the location of any fire  hydrant
  within its jurisdiction by means of a reflective delineator of a uniform
  type and color approved by the office of fire prevention and control.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-C - Office of Fire Prevention and Control › 156-D - Thermal Imaging Camera Grant Program.

§ 156-d. Thermal imaging camera grant program. 1. Subject to available
  appropriation,  there  is  hereby  established  in  the  office  of fire
  prevention and control a thermal imaging  camera  grant  program,  under
  which  grants  shall  be  made  available  to fire organizations for the
  purchase of one thermal imaging camera each or for reimbursement to such
  fire organizations for public funds, other than state or federal  funds,
  that  have  been  expended  by such fire organizations on or after April
  first, two thousand for  the  purchase  of  a  thermal  imaging  camera,
  provided,  however,  no  reimbursement,  when combined with any required
  match, shall exceed the office of general services  contract  price  per
  camera.  Such  grants  shall  be made available upon application by such
  fire organizations.  Fire  organizations  that  are  without  a  thermal
  imaging camera shall receive priority from the office of fire prevention
  and control for grants made pursuant to this section. The office of fire
  prevention  and  control may require, pursuant to such uniform standards
  as such office  may  prescribe,  that  applicants  for  such  grants  or
  reimbursement  provide  matching  funds of up to, but not more than, the
  amount awarded; provided, however, that a fire  organization  having  an
  annual  operating  budget  of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or less
  shall not be required to provide matching  funds.  The  office  of  fire
  prevention  and  control  shall promulgate such rules and regulations as
  are necessary to advance the purposes of this section. Such  regulations
  shall  establish,  among other things, training requirements for the use
  of thermal imaging cameras by fire organizations.
2. As used in this section, "fire organizations" means a board of fire
  commissioners, which operates a fire department  pursuant  to  the  town
  law,  a  fire  department  established  pursuant  to  the village law or
  general city law or a fire company  located  within  a  fire  protection
  district pursuant to the town law.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-C - Office of Fire Prevention and Control › 156-F - Evacuation Drills.

§  156-f.  Evacuation  drills.  Except as may be otherwise provided in
  rules and regulations promulgated by the department of state pursuant to
  article eighteen of this chapter, in any building  owned  or  leased  in
  whole  by  the state or any agency thereof, an evacuation drill shall be
  conducted at least twice each year in which all of the occupants of  the
  buildings  shall  participate simultaneously and which shall conduct all
  such occupants to a place of safety. In New York city,  the  state  fire
  administrator shall make rules, regulations and special orders necessary
  and suitable to each situation, as appropriate.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-C - Office of Fire Prevention and Control › 157 - Granting Authority.

§ 157. Granting  authority.  The  division  of  homeland  security and
  emergency services by and through the commissioner of  the  division  of
  homeland security and emergency services or his duly authorized officers
  and  employees,  shall administer, carry out and approve grants of funds
  from moneys allocated and appropriated therefor, for  authorized  arson,
  fire  prevention  and  control  expenditures as defined herein, that are
  conducted by municipal corporations. "Authorized arson, fire  prevention
  and  control  expenditures"  shall mean those expenditures utilized by a
  municipal corporation for  fire  or  arson  prevention,  fire  or  arson
  investigation  and  arson prosecution. No expenditure which has not been
  specifically designated by the local legislative body  for  arson,  fire
  prevention and control and approved by the office of fire prevention and
  control  pursuant  to rules and regulations promulgated thereby shall be
  considered  an  "authorized   arson,   fire   prevention   and   control
  expenditure."  The  division of homeland security and emergency services
  shall adopt, amend and rescind such rules, regulations and guidelines as
  may be necessary for the performance of its functions, powers and duties
  under this section. The division  of  homeland  security  and  emergency
  services   shall   allocate   grants   under   this  article  among  the
  municipalities whose applications have been approved in such a manner as
  will most nearly provide an equitable distribution of the  grants  among
  municipalities,  taking  into consideration such factors as the level of
  suspected arson activity, population and population  density,  the  need
  for  state funding to carry out local programs, and the potential of the
  municipalities to effectively employ such grants.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-C - Office of Fire Prevention and Control › 159-A - Inclusion on the Fallen Firefighters Memorial.

§ 159-a. Inclusion on the fallen firefighters memorial. In the case of
  a  death  of  a  firefighter,  regardless of whether such death occurred
  before, on, or after the effective date of this  section,  that  results
  from  services  performed  in  the  line  of  duty,  as determined by an
  authoritative  agency  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the  workers'
  compensation  board, the federal Department of Justice, or the office of
  fire prevention and control, the  name  of  that  firefighter  shall  be
  inscribed  upon  the  New York state fallen firefighters memorial on the
  Capitol Mall in  Albany.  The  fallen  firefighters  memorial  selection
  committee  shall  amend  its  election  criteria  so  that  it is not in
  conflict with the provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-C - Office of Fire Prevention and Control › 159-C-1 - Training; Live Fire Conditions.

§  159-c-1.  Training;  live  fire  conditions.  1. In the training of
  firefighters under live fire conditions no person or persons shall  play
  the role of a victim.
2.  For  purposes  of  this  section,  a  live  fire  condition is any
  unconfined open flame or device that can propagate fire to a building, a
  training tower, an acquired structure or other combustible material.
3. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil  penalty
  not  to  exceed  one  thousand  dollars  paid for by the fire department
  conducting such training.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-C - Office of Fire Prevention and Control › 159-D - Training for Fire Chiefs.

§  159-d.  Training  for fire chiefs. The state fire administrator may
  conduct the training and education required for fire chiefs pursuant  to
  subdivision  seven of section fifty-eight-a of the civil service law and
  section two hundred four-dd of the general municipal law with sufficient
  frequency to enable individuals to satisfy the necessary  qualifications
  for  a  fire  chief pursuant to such section. To the extent practicable,
  such training and education may be  made  available  in  all  geographic
  regions  of  the state. Such regions may be determined by the state fire
  administrator.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-D - Community Services Block Grant Program › 159-F - Functions, Powers and Duties of the Secretary.

§ 159-f.  Functions, powers and duties of the secretary. The secretary
  or his duly authorized officers or employees, shall have  the  following
  functions, powers and duties:
1.  To  act  as  the  official  agent  of the state for the purpose of
  administering, carrying out and otherwise cooperating with  the  federal
  government in connection with the federal community services block grant
  act of 1981, as amended;
2.  To  allocate federal community services block grant funds pursuant
  to contracts with recipients of such funds in  the  manner  required  by
  federal law and regulation;
3. To assist the governor in applying for the state's allocation under
  the   federal   community   services  block  grant  act,  including  the
  fulfillment of any planning requirements;
4. To cooperate with the legislature in conducting  hearings  required
  by the federal community services block grant act; and
5.  To  monitor  and  evaluate  the use of funds received by the state
  pursuant to the federal community services block grant act.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-D - Community Services Block Grant Program › 159-I - Distribution of Funds.

§  159-i.  Distribution  of  funds.  At  least  ninety  percent of the
  community services block grant funds received  by  the  state  shall  be
  distributed pursuant to a contract by the secretary to eligible entities
  as  defined  in  subdivision  one of section one hundred fifty-nine-e of
  this article.    Each  such  eligible  entity  shall  receive  the  same
  proportion of community services block grant funds as was the proportion
  of funds received in the immediately preceding federal fiscal year under
  the  federal  community  services block grant program as compared to the
  total amount received by all eligible entities in the state,  under  the
  federal community services block grant program.
The  secretary  shall, pursuant to section one hundred fifty-nine-h of
  this article, retain  not  more  than  five  percent  of  the  community
  services block grant funds for administration at the state level.
The  remainder of the community services block grant funds received by
  the state shall be distributed pursuant to a contract by  the  secretary
  in  the  following  order  of preference: a sum of up to one-half of one
  percent of the community services block  grant  funds  received  by  the
  state  to  Indian  tribes  and  tribal  organizations as defined in this
  article, on the basis of need; and  to  community  based  organizations.
  Such  remainder funds received by eligible entities will not be included
  in determining the proportion of funds received by any  such  entity  in
  the   immediately  preceding  federal  fiscal  year  under  the  federal
  community services block grant program.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-D - Community Services Block Grant Program › 159-K - Monitoring and Evaluation.

§ 159-k. Monitoring and evaluation. 1. The secretary shall monitor and
evaluate  the use of community services block grant funds made available
pursuant to this article by the recipients of such  funds  in  order  to
evaluate  the performance of such recipients. Evaluations shall include,
but not be limited to:
(a)  determining  the  effectiveness  of  recipients'   administrative
operations,  organizational  structure,  planning  and programming, self
evaluation, and general decision making; and
(b) reviewing the recipients' compliance with federal  and  state  law
and regulation.
2.   For   purposes  of  evaluations  conducted  under  this  section,
recipients shall make available to the secretary, or any duly authorized
officer or employee of the  department,  appropriate  books,  documents,
papers  and  records for examination, copying or mechanical reproduction
on or off the premises  of  the  recipient  upon  a  reasonable  request
therefor.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-D - Community Services Block Grant Program › 159-M - Designation and Redesignation of Eligible Entities in Unserved Areas.

§  159-m.  Designation  and  redesignation  of  eligible  entities  in
unserved areas. 1. Qualified  organization  in  or  near  area.  (a)  In
general.  If  any  geographic area of the state is not, or ceases to be,
served by an eligible entity under this article,  and  if  the  governor
decides  to serve such area, the governor may solicit applications from,
and designate as an eligible entity
(1) a private nonprofit organization (which may  include  an  eligible
entity)  that  is  geographically  located in the unserved area, that is
capable of providing a broad range of  services  designed  to  eliminate
poverty  and foster self-sufficiency, and that meets the requirements of
this article; and
(2) a private nonprofit eligible entity that is geographically located
in an area contiguous to or within reasonable proximity of the  unserved
area  and  that  is  already  providing related services in the unserved
area.
(b) Requirement. In order to serve as  the  eligible  entity  for  the
area,  an  entity described in subparagraph two of paragraph (a) of this
subdivision shall agree to add additional members to the  board  of  the
entity to ensure adequate representation
(1)  in  each  of the three required categories described in paragraph
(a) of subdivision two of  section  one  hundred  fifty-nine-e  of  this
article,  by  members  that  reside  in  the  community comprised by the
unserved area; and
(2) in the category described in subparagraph two of paragraph (a)  of
subdivision  two of section one hundred fifty-nine-e of this article, by
members that reside in the neighborhood to be served.
2. Special consideration. In  designating  an  eligible  entity  under
subdivision   one   of  this  section,  the  governor  shall  grant  the
designation to an organization of demonstrated effectiveness in  meeting
the  goals  and  purposes  of  this  article  and  may give priority, in
granting the  designation,  to  eligible  entities  that  are  providing
related  services  in  the  unserved  area,  consistent  with  the needs
identified by a community-needs assessment.
3. No qualified organization in or near area. If no private, nonprofit
organization  is  identified  or  determined  to  be   qualified   under
subdivision  one  of  this  section  to  serve  the  unserved area as an
eligible entity the governor  may  designate  an  appropriate  political
subdivision of the state to serve as an eligible entity for the area. In
order  to  serve  as  the  eligible  entity for that area, the political
subdivision shall have a tripartite board or other mechanism as required
in section one hundred fifty-nine-e of this article.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-D - Community Services Block Grant Program › 159-N - Report of the Secretary.

§ 159-n.  Report of the secretary. The secretary of state shall report
  to the governor and the legislature by March fifteenth of each  year  on
  the  administration  of  the community services block grant program. The
  report shall include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the  results  of  the
  monitoring  and  evaluation of recipients of funds under the program and
  any recommendation for  changes  which  the  secretary  of  state  deems
  necessary for the effective administration of the program.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-E - State Certified and Licensed Real Estate Appraisers › 160-A - Definitions.

§ 160-a. Definitions.  As  used  in  this  article the following terms
shall mean:
1. "Analysis" is a study of real estate or real  property  other  than
estimating value.
2.  "Appraisal"  or "real estate appraisal" means an analysis, opinion
or conclusion relating to the  nature,  quality,  value  or  utility  of
specified  interests  in,  or  aspects  of,  identified  real estate. An
appraisal may be classified by subject matter into either a valuation or
an analysis.
3. "Appraisal report" means any written communication of an appraisal.
4. "Board" means the state board of real estate appraisal  established
pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  one  hundred sixty-c of this
article.
5. (a) "Certified appraisal" or "certified appraisal report" means  an
appraisal or appraisal report given or signed and certified as such by a
certified  real  estate  appraiser.  When  identifying  an  appraisal or
appraisal  report  as  "certified",  the  state  certified  real  estate
appraiser must indicate which type of certification is held. A certified
appraisal or appraisal report represents to the public that it meets the
appraisal standards defined in this article.
(b)  "Licensed  appraisal"  or  "licensed  appraisal  report" means an
appraisal or appraisal report given or signed and authenticated as  such
by  a licensed real estate appraiser. A licensing appraisal or appraisal
report represents to the public that it meets the appraisal standards as
prescribed by the board.
6. (a) "State certified real estate  appraiser"  means  a  person  who
develops and communicates real estate appraisal and who holds a current,
valid certificate issued to him or her for either general or residential
real estate under the provisions of this article.
(b) "State licensed real estate appraiser" means a person who develops
and  communicates real property appraisals and who holds a current valid
license issued to him or her for residential  real  property  under  the
provisions of this article.
(c)  "State  licensed  real estate appraiser assistant" means a person
who assists and is supervised by a state certified real estate appraiser
and who holds a current valid license issued to him  or  her  under  the
provisions of this article.
7. "Department" shall mean the department of state.
8."Real estate" means an identified parcel or tract of land, including
improvements, if any.
9.  "Real  property" means one or more defined interests, benefits and
rights inherent in the ownership of real estate.
10. "Valuation" is an estimate of the value of  real  estate  or  real
property.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 6-E - State Certified and Licensed Real Estate Appraisers › 160-B - Use of the Title "State Certified Real Estate Appraiser" or "State Licensed Real Estate Appraiser" or "State Licensed Real Estate Appraiser Assistant.

§ 160-b. Use  of  the title "state certified real estate appraiser" or
  "state licensed real estate appraiser" or "state  licensed  real  estate
  appraiser  assistant".  1.  Only  a  person certified under this article
  shall use the title "state certified real estate appraiser" or  licensed
  under  this  article  shall  use  the  title "state licensed real estate
  appraiser" or "state licensed real estate appraiser assistant" or assume
  that title or any title, designation or abbreviation  likely  to  create
  the  impression  of  certification  or  license  by this state as a real
  estate appraiser or real  estate  appraiser  assistant.  After  December
  thirty-first,   nineteen  hundred  ninety-one,  only  a  person  who  is
  certified or licensed pursuant to this article shall describe  or  refer
  to  any  appraisal  or  other  evaluation of real estate located in this
  state by the term "certified" or "licensed".
2. Nothing in this article shall preclude a person who is not a  state
  certified  or  licensed  real estate appraiser or a licensed real estate
  appraiser assistant from appraising real estate for compensation.