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2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 2 - Oil Spill Cleanup and Removal; Licenses › 177 - Emergency Oil Spill Control Network.

§ 177. Emergency  oil spill control network. 1. The commissioner shall
establish  an  emergency  oil  spill  control  network  which  shall  be
comprised of available equipment from appropriate town, county and state
highway  departments.    Such  network  shall  be employed to provide an
immediate response to a discharge on any of the  waters  of  the  state.
Furthermore,  such  network  shall  be  employed in conjunction with the
cleanup operations of the owner or  operator,  the  department  and  any
federal agency.
2.  The commissioner shall make an inventory of all equipment in town,
county,  and  state  highway  departments  that  would  be  capable   of
participating in discharge cleanup operations.
3.  The  commissioner shall have the power to deploy such equipment to
participate in a discharge cleanup operation at his  discretion  and  to
reimburse  such  town,  county, and state highway departments for use of
such equipment from the fund.
4. The commissioner may request and shall receive from any other state
agency such assistance and data as will enable  him  to  carry  out  his
responsibilities pursuant to this section.
5.  (a)  The commissioner shall issue a catalogue designed to expedite
responses to discharges of petroleum.
(b) The catalogue shall contain the following information, broken down
by geographical area:
(i) a listing of state stand-by contractors, their equipment and spill
response capabilities;
(ii) a listing of state-owned equipment which could  be  used  in  the
event of a major discharge of petroleum;
(iii)  a  listing  of  companies  and  organizations  that  have spill
response equipment available for sale, lease or loan; and
(iv) a listing of organizations which are involved in the cleanup  and
rehabilitation of birds and wildlife.
(c)  The  catalogue  shall  be  updated  as  deemed appropriate by the
commissioner.
(d) The commissioner shall notify the chief executive officer  of  all
counties  which  border  on  any navigable waters of the state or on the
marine and coastal district,  as  defined  in  section  13-0303  of  the
environmental  conservation  law,  of the availability of the catalogue.
This catalogue shall be distributed upon request at  a  maximum  fee  of
twenty-five cents per page. Any such fee shall be deposited into the New
York  environmental  protection  and spill compensation fund established
pursuant to section one hundred seventy-nine of this article.
6. The commissioner may institute a program to educate local officials
on  procedures  to  follow  in  reporting  and   responding   to   spill
emergencies.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 2 - Oil Spill Cleanup and Removal; Licenses › 177-A - Emergency Oil Spill Relocation Network.

§ 177-a. Emergency  oil spill relocation network. 1.  The commissioner
  shall establish an emergency oil spill relocation network which shall be
  headed by the commissioner of health and comprised  of  the  appropriate
  services from county and state health departments.
2.  Such network shall be employed to provide an immediate response to
  a discharge in any area of the state where the public health may  be  at
  risk.  Further,  such  network shall be employed in conjunction with the
  cleanup operations of the owner  or  operator,  the  department  or  any
  federal agency.
3.  The  commissioner  of  health  shall be first notified whenever an
  application is made for emergency oil spill relocation.
4. The commissioner of health shall have  the  power  to  deploy  such
  resources at his discretion to the state and local health departments to
  make  an  assessment of the possible health risks to persons residing in
  the area of the spill site.
5. The commissioner of health shall determine the actual and necessary
  costs of the relocation of individuals who, in his opinion, are  exposed
  to  health  risks as a result of the discharge and certify the amount of
  such costs to the administrator. The certification by  the  commissioner
  of health shall be for a period of relocation not exceeding thirty days,
  provided that the commissioner upon a further assessment of the possible
  health  risks  in  the area of the spill site may extend such relocation
  for successive thirty day periods. The certification by the commissioner
  of health shall not be admissible in any civil action in a court of  law
  in  regard  to  the  issue  of  damages to the individuals certified for
  relocation pursuant to this section.
6.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law  to  the   contrary   the
  certification  of  individuals  for  relocation and its associated costs
  shall be an issue restricted to consideration as cleanup cost and  shall
  not  be  a determination of liability, nor shall it be admissible in any
  civil action in a court of law in regard to the issue of damages to  the
  individuals certified for relocation pursuant to this section.
7.  The  commissioner of health may request and shall receive from the
  department and any other state agency such assistance and data  as  will
  enable him to carry out his responsibilities pursuant to this section.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 2 - Oil Spill Cleanup and Removal; Licenses › 177-B - Habitat Protection Plan.

§ 177-b. Habitat  protection  plan. The commissioner may require every
  major facility which engages in the transfer of petroleum to  file  with
  the department a habitat protection plan as a condition of issuance of a
  license  pursuant  to  section one hundred seventy-four of this article.
  Such plan shall provide protection from the potential adverse impact  of
  any discharge on the habitat of threatened or endangered species and the
  mitigation  of  potential  damage to wetlands in reasonable proximity to
  the facility.  Such plan shall contain provisions for the rehabilitation
  of animals damaged by the discharge of petroleum.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 2 - Oil Spill Cleanup and Removal; Licenses › 178 - Right to Enter and Inspect.

§ 178. Right to enter and inspect. The department is hereby authorized
  to  enter  and  inspect  any  property  or  premises  for the purpose of
  inspecting facilities  and  investigating  either  actual  or  suspected
  sources  of  discharges  or  violation  of  this  article or any rule or
  regulation promulgated pursuant  to  this  article.  The  department  is
  further  authorized  to enter on property or premises in order to assist
  in the cleanup or removal of the discharge. Any information relating  to
  secret processes or methods of manufacture shall be kept confidential.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 179 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund.

§ 179. New  York environmental protection and spill compensation fund.
1.  The New York environmental protection and spill compensation fund is
hereby established as a nonlapsing, revolving fund in the department  of
audit and control to carry out the purposes of this article.
2.  Two  separate  accounts  are  hereby  established  within the fund
established by subdivision one of this section:
(a) An account which shall be  credited  with  all  license  fees  and
penalties  collected  pursuant  to  paragraph (b) of subdivision one and
paragraph (a) of subdivision four of section one hundred seventy-four of
this article except as provided in section one hundred seventy-nine-a of
this article,  the  portion  of  the  surcharge  collected  pursuant  to
paragraph (d) of subdivision four of section one hundred seventy-four of
this   article,   penalties  collected  pursuant  to  paragraph  (b)  of
subdivision four of section one hundred seventy-four-a of this  article,
money  collected  pursuant  to  section one hundred eighty-seven of this
article,  all  penalties  collected  pursuant  to  section  one  hundred
ninety-two  of this article, and registration fees collected pursuant to
subdivision two of section 17-1009  of  the  environmental  conservation
law.
(b)  An  account which shall be credited with all surcharges collected
pursuant to paragraph (c)  of  subdivision  one  and  paragraph  (b)  of
subdivision four of section one hundred seventy-four of this article. In
addition,  such  account  shall  be credited with funds from the account
established by paragraph (a) of this subdivision in an amount  equal  to
two  and  three-quarters  cents  multiplied  by the number of barrels of
petroleum subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) of subdivision four
of section one hundred seventy-four  of  this  article.  The  amount  so
credited  shall  not  exceed  the amount equal to two and three-quarters
cents multiplied by the number of barrels which would have been  subject
to  the  provisions  of  such paragraph (d) during the state fiscal year
ending March thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine.
Interest received on moneys in each  account  in  the  fund  shall  be
credited to that account, respectively.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 179-A - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Remediation Account.

§  179-a.  New  York  environmental  protection  and spill remediation
  account. 1. There is hereby created an account within the  miscellaneous
  capital  projects  fund, the New York environmental protection and spill
  remediation account. The New York  environmental  protection  and  spill
  remediation  account shall consist of license fees received by the state
  pursuant to section one hundred seventy-four  of  this  article,  in  an
  amount equal to expenditures made from this account.
2.  These  moneys,  after appropriation by the legislature, and within
  the amounts set forth and for the several purposes specified,  shall  be
  available  to reimburse the department of environmental conservation for
  expenditures associated with the purposes of costs incurred  under  this
  article,  including  cleanup  and removal of petroleum spills, and other
  capital, investigation, maintenance and remediation costs.
3. All payments made from the New York  environmental  protection  and
  spill  remediation  account  shall  be  made  by  the administrator upon
  certification by the commissioner.
4. Spending pursuant to this section shall be included in  the  annual
  report required by section one hundred ninety-six of this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 180 - Administrator of the Fund.

§ 180. Administrator  of the fund. The state comptroller shall appoint
  and supervise an administrator of the fund. The administrator  shall  be
  the  chief executive of the fund and shall have the following powers and
  duties:
1. To represent the state in meetings with the alleged discharger  and
  claimants  concerning  liability  for  the  discharge  and amount of the
  claims;
2. To determine if hearings are needed  to  settle  particular  claims
  filed by injured persons;
3. To convene hearings;
4. To certify the amount of claims and names of claimants to the state
  comptroller;
5.  To  disburse  moneys  from  the fund for cleanup and removal costs
  pursuant to a certification of claims by the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 181-A - Environmental Lien.

§ 181-a. Environmental  lien.  1.  The  fund shall have a lien for the
costs incurred by the fund for the cleanup and removal  of  a  discharge
and  for  the  payment  of  claims  for direct and indirect damages as a
result of a discharge upon such real property located within the state:
(a) owned by a person liable to the fund for such costs under  section
one   hundred   eighty-one  of  this  part  at  the  time  a  notice  of
environmental lien is filed; and
(b) upon which the discharge occurred.
2. An environmental lien shall attach when:
(a) cleanup and removal costs and damage costs  are  incurred  by  the
fund;
(b) the person referred to in subdivision one of this section fails to
pay such costs within ninety days after a written demand therefor by the
administrator  is mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested; and
(c) a notice of environmental lien is filed as provided in section one
hundred eighty-one-c of this part; provided, however, that a copy of the
notice of environmental lien is  served  upon  the  owner  of  the  real
property  subject  to  the environmental lien within thirty days of such
filing in accordance with the provisions of section eleven of  the  lien
law.
3.  An  environmental  lien  shall  continue against the real property
until:
(a)  the  claim  or  judgment  against  the  person  referred  to   in
subdivision one of this section for cleanup and removal costs and damage
costs is satisfied or becomes unenforceable;
(b)  the  lien  is  released  by  the  administrator  pursuant to this
subdivision;
(c) the lien is discharged by payment of moneys into court; or
(d) the lien is otherwise vacated by court order.
Upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing, except where the lien  is
vacated  by  court order, the administrator shall execute the release of
an environmental lien and file the release as provided  in  section  one
hundred  eighty-one-c  of  this  part.  The administrator may release an
environmental lien where:
(i) a legally enforceable agreement satisfactory to the  administrator
has been executed relating to cleanup and removal costs and damage costs
or  reimbursing the fund for cleanup and removal costs and damage costs;
or
(ii) the attachment  or  enforcement  of  the  environmental  lien  is
determined by the administrator not to be in the public interest.
4. An environmental lien is subject to the rights of any other person,
including  an  owner,  purchaser,  holder  of  a  mortgage  or  security
interest, or judgment lien creditor, whose interest is perfected  before
a  lien  notice  has  been  filed  as  provided  in  section one hundred
eighty-one-c of this part.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 181-B - Environmental Lien Notice; Contents.

§ 181-b. Environmental    lien   notice;   contents.   A   notice   of
  environmental lien must state:
1. That the lienor is the New York environmental protection and  spill
  compensation fund;
2.  The  name  of  the  record owner of the real property on which the
  environmental lien has attached;
3. The real property subject to the lien, with a  description  thereof
  sufficient for identification;
4. That the real property described in the notice is the property upon
  which a discharge occurred and that cleanup and removal costs and damage
  costs have been incurred by the lienor as a result of such discharge;
5.  That the owner is potentially liable for cleanup and removal costs
  and damage costs pursuant to section  one  hundred  eighty-one  of  this
  part; and
6.  That  an  environmental  lien  has  attached to the described real
  property.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 181-C - Filing of Notice of Environmental Lien; Filing of Release.

§ 181-c. Filing of notice of environmental lien; filing of release. 1.
  A  notice of environmental lien shall be filed within six years from the
  time a disbursement is made by the fund for cleanup  and  removal  costs
  and  damage  costs  incurred  by  the  fund in the clerk's office of the
  county where the property is situated. If such property is  situated  in
  two or more counties, the notice of environmental lien shall be filed in
  the  office  of  the clerk of each of such counties.  The notice of lien
  shall be indexed by the county clerk in accordance with  the  provisions
  of section ten of the lien law.
2.  A  release  of an environmental lien shall be filed in the clerk's
  office of each county where the notice of environmental lien  was  filed
  and shall be indexed in the manner prescribed for indexing environmental
  liens.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 181-D - Enforcement of Environmental Lien.

§ 181-d. Enforcement  of environmental lien. An environmental lien may
  be  enforced  against  the  property  specified   in   the   notice   of
  environmental  lien,  and  an  environmental  lien  may  be  vacated  or
  discharged, as prescribed in article three of the  lien  law;  provided,
  however,  that  nothing  in this article or in article three of the lien
  law shall affect the right of the fund to bring  an  action  to  recover
  cleanup  and  removal  costs  and damage costs under section one hundred
  eighty-one, one hundred eighty-seven, one hundred  eighty-eight  or  one
  hundred ninety of this part.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 181-E - Amounts Received to Satisfy Lien.

§ 181-e. Amounts  received  to  satisfy  lien. Amounts received by the
  administrator to satisfy all or part of an environmental lien  shall  be
  deposited  in  the  state  treasury  and  credited  to the environmental
  protection and spill compensation fund.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 182 - Claims Against the Fund.

§ 182. Claims  against  the  fund.  Claims  shall  be  filed  with the
  administrator not later than three years after the date of discovery  of
  damage  nor  later  than  ten years after the date of the incident which
  caused the damage. The administrator shall prescribe  appropriate  forms
  and  procedures  for  such  claims,  which  shall  include  a  provision
  requiring the claimant to make a sworn verification of the claim to  the
  best  of  his  knowledge. Any person who knowingly gives or causes to be
  given any false information as a  part  of  any  such  claim  shall,  in
  addition  to  any  other  penalties  herein  or elsewhere prescribed, be
  guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a  fine  of  up  to  one  thousand
  dollars  or  up to one year imprisonment. Upon receipt of any claim, the
  administrator shall as soon as practicable inform all  affected  parties
  of the claim.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 183 - Settlements.

§ 183. Settlements.  The  administrator  shall  attempt to promote and
  arrange a settlement between the claimant and the person responsible for
  the discharge. If the source of the  discharge  can  be  determined  and
  liability is conceded, the claimant and the alleged discharger may agree
  to  a  settlement  which shall be final and binding upon the parties and
  which will waive all recourse against the fund.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 184 - Settlements When Source of Discharge Is Unknown.

§ 184. Settlements  when source of discharge is unknown. If the source
  of the discharge is unknown or cannot be determined,  the  claimant  and
  the  administrator  shall  attempt  to arrange a settlement of any claim
  against the fund.  The administrator is authorized to enter and  certify
  payment  of  such  settlement  subject  to  such  proof  and  procedures
  contained in regulations promulgated by the administrator.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 187 - Reimbursements of Moneys to Fund.

§ 187. Reimbursements  of  moneys  to  fund.  The  administrator shall
  recover to the fund moneys disbursed for the following purposes:
1. Costs incurred by  the  fund  in  the  cleanup  and  removal  of  a
  discharge when the person responsible for causing a discharge has failed
  to promptly clean up and remove the discharge to the satisfaction of the
  department;
2.  Costs incurred by the fund in the payment of claims for direct and
  indirect damages, as defined in section one hundred eighty-one  of  this
  article; and
3. All penalties assessed pursuant to this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 188 - Subrogation of Rights.

§ 188. Subrogation  of rights. Payment of any cleanup costs or damages
  by the fund arising from a single incident shall be conditioned upon the
  administrator acquiring by subrogation all rights  of  the  claimant  to
  recovery  of  such  costs  or  damages  from  the  discharger  or  other
  responsible party. The administrator shall then seek  satisfaction  from
  the  discharger  or  other responsible party in the supreme court if the
  discharger or other responsible party does not reimburse  the  fund.  In
  any  such  suit, except as provided by section one hundred eighty-one of
  this article,  the  administrator  need  prove  only  that  an  unlawful
  discharge  occurred  which  was  the responsibility of the discharger or
  other responsible party. The  administrator  is  hereby  authorized  and
  empowered  to  compromise  and  settle  the  amount  sought for cost and
  damages from the discharger or other responsible party and  any  penalty
  arising under this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 189 - Awards Exceeding Current Balance.

§ 189. Awards  exceeding  current balance. In the event that the total
  awards for a specific occurrence exceed the current balance of the fund,
  the immediate award shall be paid on a prorated basis, and all claimants
  paid  on  a  prorated  basis  shall  be  paid  as  determined   by   the
  administrator, a pro rata share of all moneys received by the fund until
  the  total  amount  of  the  proven  damages  is paid to the claimant or
  claimants. The administrator may also provide through regulation to  fix
  the priority for the payment of claims based on extreme hardship.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 190 - Claims Against Insurers.

§ 190. Claims  against  insurers.  Any claims for costs of cleanup and
  removal, civil penalties or damages by  the  state  and  any  claim  for
  damages by any injured person, may be brought directly against the bond,
  the  insurer,  or  any  other  person  providing  evidence  of financial
  responsibility.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation › 190-A - Application of Article.

§ 190-a. Application  of  article. For purposes of cleanup and removal
  of any public or private ground water supply system  contaminated  by  a
  discharge occurring either before or after the effective date of article
  twelve  of  this  chapter,  all relevant provisions of article twelve of
  this chapter shall apply.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 4 - Miscellaneous › 191 - Joint Rules and Regulations.

§ 191. Joint  rules  and  regulations.  The commissioner and the state
  comptroller are authorized to adopt, amend,  repeal,  and  enforce  such
  rules  and  regulations  pursuant  to the state administrative procedure
  act, as they may deem necessary  to  accomplish  the  purposes  of  this
  article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 4 - Miscellaneous › 192 - Enforcement of Article; Penalties.

§ 192. Enforcement  of  article;  penalties.  Any person who knowingly
  gives or causes to be given any false information as a part  of,  or  in
  response  to,  any  claim  made pursuant to this article for cleanup and
  removal costs, direct or indirect damages resulting from a discharge, or
  who otherwise violates any of the provisions of this article or any rule
  promulgated thereunder or who fails to comply with any duty  created  by
  this  article  shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty-five
  thousand dollars for each offense in a court of competent  jurisdiction.
  If  the  violation  is  of  a continuing nature each day during which it
  continues shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct offense.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 4 - Miscellaneous › 193 - Availability of Additional Remedies.

§ 193. Availability  of  additional  remedies. Nothing in this article
  shall be deemed to preclude the pursuit of any other civil or injunctive
  remedy by any person. The remedies  provided  in  this  article  are  in
  addition  to  those provided by existing statutory or common law, but no
  person who receives compensation for  damages  or  cleanup  and  removal
  costs  pursuant  to any other state or federal law shall be permitted to
  receive compensation for the same damages or cleanup and  removal  costs
  under this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 4 - Miscellaneous › 194 - Severability.

§ 194. Severability. If any section, subdivision, provision, clause or
  portion  of  this  article  is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by a
  court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this article shall not
  be affected thereby.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 4 - Miscellaneous › 196 - Reports.

§ 196. Reports.  The  commissioner and the administrator shall make an
  annual report to the legislature and the governor which  shall  describe
  the  quality  and quantity of spills of petroleum, the costs and damages
  paid by and recovered  for  the  fund,  and  moneys  spent  pursuant  to
  subdivision  three  of  section  one  hundred eighty-six of this article
  including amounts spent for oil spill prevention and training activities
  conducted, and equipment purchased, and the economic  and  environmental
  impact on the state as a result of the administration of this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 4 - Miscellaneous › 197 - Effect of Federal Legislation.

§ 197. Effect  of  federal  legislation. If the United States congress
  enacts legislation providing compensation in the event of a discharge of
  petroleum,  the  commissioner  shall  determine  to  what  degree   that
  legislation  provides the needed protection for our citizens, businesses
  and environment and shall make the appropriate  recommendations  to  the
  legislature for amendments to this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Provisions; Saving Clause; Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect › 201 - Disposition of Fees and Penalties.

§ 201. Disposition  of fees and penalties. 1. On the first day of each
  month or within ten days thereafter, all fines and  penalties  collected
  for  violations  of  this chapter, except for violations of article six,
  under judgment of any town or village court or justice  or  pursuant  to
  compromise,  shall  be  paid  over  by  such  court  or  justice  to the
  comptroller of the  state,  with  a  statement  accompanying  the  same,
  setting  forth  the  action  or  proceeding  in  which  such moneys were
  collected, the name and residence of the defendant, the  nature  of  the
  offense, and the fine or penalty imposed.
2.  All  fines  and penalties, except for violations of article six of
  this chapter,  collected  for  violations  of  this  chapter  by  courts
  operating  pursuant to section thirty-nine of the judiciary law shall be
  paid to the state commissioner of taxation  and  finance  on  a  monthly
  basis no later than ten days after the last day of each month.
3.  All  fines and penalties imposed for violations of article four of
  this chapter under judgment of any town or village court or  justice  or
  pursuant  to  compromise which are paid over by such court or justice to
  the comptroller shall be deposited by the comptroller into the  "I  love
  NY  waterways"  boating  safety  fund  established  pursuant  to section
  ninety-seven-nn of the state finance law.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Provisions; Saving Clause; Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect › 202 - Application and Saving Clause.

§ 202. Application and saving clause. Any work or proceeding initiated
  under  any  existing law which is repealed through the enactment of this
  chapter shall be continued legally to  its  termination  and  conclusion
  subject  to  the  provisions  of  and  in  accordance with the procedure
  prescribed by such law.  It is the intent that  upon  the  enactment  of
  this  chapter into law all proceedings undertaken thereafter relative to
  the navigable waters of the state, as defined in this chapter, shall  be
  administered  under  the authority of and by the provisions contained in
  this chapter. Upon all waters where the United States  authorities  have
  established active control of navigation, any part of this chapter which
  is  contrary to or in conflict with the United States navigation law, or
  with  regulations  issued  pursuant   thereto,   shall   be   considered
  inoperative  and  the  pertinent  part  of  the  United  States  law  or
  regulation shall apply. It is the intent upon enactment of this  chapter
  that no provision hereof shall affect or impair in any manner whatsoever
  any provision of chapter two hundred eighty-five of the laws of nineteen
  hundred  forty.  If  any  clause,  sentence,  paragraph  or part of this
  chapter shall, for any reason be adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent
  jurisdiction  to  be  invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or
  invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its  operation
  to the clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof, directly involved in
  the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. Nothing
  contained  in  this  chapter  shall be construed to abridge the terms of
  office of the board of commissioners of pilots in the city of New  York;
  nor to limit or restrict the powers of such board under article six, nor
  to  confer  a  power  or  impose  a  duty upon the commissioner relating
  thereto.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Provisions; Saving Clause; Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect › 203 - Laws Repealed.

§ 203. Laws  repealed.  Chapter  forty-two  of  the  laws  of nineteen
  hundred nine, entitled "An  act  relating  to  navigation,  constituting
  chapter  thirty-seven of the consolidated laws," and chapter two hundred
  and ninety-two of the laws of nineteen hundred forty, entitled  "An  act
  relating  to navigation on and use of the waters of Lake Placid" and all
  acts and parts of acts amendatory of or  supplemental  to  any  of  such
  chapters or sections and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the
  provisions  of  this  chapter are hereby repealed. The repeal of chapter
  forty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred nine as amended,  and  chapter
  two  hundred  and ninety-two of the laws of nineteen hundred forty shall
  not operate or be construed to terminate any license  heretofore  issued
  thereunder  or  affect  the rights of any person holding such a license;
  nor shall such repeal affect any action or proceeding now pending in any
  court, or any act done  or  right  accruing,  accrued  or  acquired,  or
  penalty,  forfeiture  or punishment inflicted pursuant to such chapters,
  or either of them, prior to the date this act takes effect; but the same
  may be asserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted as fully and  to  the
  same extent as if this act had not been passed, or such chapters had not
  been repealed.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 13 - Miscellaneous Provisions; Saving Clause; Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect › 204 - When to Take Effect.

§ 204. When  to  take  effect.  This act shall take effect July first,
  nineteen hundred forty-one, except section  seventy-one  thereof,  which
  section shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred forty-two.
2023 New York Laws › PPD - New York State Printing and Public Documents › Article 2 - General Provisions › 2 - Classification.

§  2.  Classification.   The public printing is hereby classified into
  two principal parts.  The first part shall be known as  the  legislative
  printing.  The  second  part  shall be known as the department printing,
  which shall include all printing for the various  offices,  institutions
  and  departments  of  the  state,  other than legislative, classified as
  department printing by the commissioner of general services, pursuant to
  this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PPD - New York State Printing and Public Documents › Article 2 - General Provisions › 3-A - Assistance in Locating Missing Children.

§  3-a.  Assistance  in  locating missing children. Every state agency
  shall consult with the missing and exploited children  clearinghouse  on
  means  by  which  public  printing including stationery, newsletters and
  other written or electronic printings may  be  used  to  assist  in  the
  location   of  missing  children  in  conformance  with  the  guidelines
  prescribed in section eight hundred thirty-seven-f of the executive law.
2023 New York Laws › PPD - New York State Printing and Public Documents › Article 2 - General Provisions › 4 - Legislative Printing.

§  4.  Legislative  printing.  1.  The  legislative  printing shall be
further divided into two sub-parts to be known as  legislative  printing
for the legislature and legislative printing for the executive.
2.  Legislative printing for the legislature shall include, but not be
limited to or restricted to the printing, publication and binding of the
following:
(a) bills of the legislature;
(b) amended bills of the legislature;
(c) journals;
(d) session laws;
(e) state of New York legislative digest; and
(f) other legislative documents as may be ordered by  the  legislature
through the commissioner.
Prior  to  the  advertisement  for  bids for any of the foregoing, the
commissioner shall give timely written notice to the temporary president
of the senate and the speaker of the assembly or a legislative  employee
designated  by  them,  apprising  them  of  the date of such prospective
advertisement and the date by which he must be in receipt of their joint
requirements of the terms, conditions and specifications to be contained
in the bid specifications and  any  contract  let  thereon.  Such  joint
requirements  may be developed in consultation with the commissioner and
reliance upon his expert advice.
3. Legislative printing for the executive shall include,  but  not  be
limited  or  restricted  to the printing, publication and binding of the
following:
(a) bills of appropriation in support of government submitted  by  the
governor;
(b) executive budget;
(c) messages from the governor; and
(d) other documents as may be included in the bid proposal.
The   commissioner   shall   prescribe   the   terms,  conditions  and
specifications to  be  contained  in  the  bid  specifications  and  any
contract let thereon for the legislative printing for the executive.
4.  The contract for legislative printing may provide for the printing
of additional copies of bills for sale to persons,  firms,  corporations
or associations requesting the same. Such price shall not exceed the per
page  price  fixed  for  additional copies ordered by the legislature by
resolution for its own use.
5.  In  consultation  with  the   missing   and   exploited   children
clearinghouse,  the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the
assembly  shall  prescribe  procedures  in  which   printing   including
stationery, newsletters and other written or electronic printings may be
used  to  assist in the location of missing children in conformance with
the guidelines prescribed in section eight hundred thirty-seven-f of the
executive law.
2023 New York Laws › PPD - New York State Printing and Public Documents › Article 2 - General Provisions › 8 - Right to Annul Contracts.

§  8. Right to annul contracts. Upon the failure or non-performance of
  the terms of any of the contracts awarded pursuant to  this  chapter  on
  the  part of the contractors with the state, the commissioner of general
  services or the state agency may annul the contract in which default  is
  made  and the comptroller shall withhold payment from the contractor for
  all work performed thereunder until the damage to  the  state  shall  be
  ascertained  by  proper  adjudication,  and  the commissioner of general
  services or the state agency, may relet the contract for the balance  of
  the  uncompleted  term  of  a  contract  so annulled or abrogated in the
  manner prescribed in the provisions of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PPD - New York State Printing and Public Documents › Article 2 - General Provisions › 9 - Complaints Against Contractor.

§ 9. Complaints against contractor. Complaints for violation of any of
  the  terms  of a contract on the part of the contractor, or contractors,
  for state printing shall be made to the commissioner, who shall  and  is
  hereby empowered and directed, in his discretion, to take such action as
  will afford the necessary and proper relief.
2023 New York Laws › PPD - New York State Printing and Public Documents › Article 3 - State Publications Distribution › 10 - Definitions.

§ 10. Definitions. As used in this article:
1.  The  term  "state agency" shall mean any state office, department,
  division, board, bureau, commission or corporation,  provided,  however,
  it  shall  not  include  the  New  York  state legislature or any of its
  standing,  special,  select  and  joint  committees,  subcommittees  and
  legislative commissions.
2. The term "corporation" shall mean every public authority and public
  benefit  corporation  a majority of the governing board members of which
  are either appointed by the governor or serve as members  by  virtue  of
  their  service  as  an  officer of a state department, division, agency,
  board or bureau, or combination thereof.
3. The term "public document" shall mean any final  annual,  biennial,
  regular,  statutorily mandated or other report, study or multi-year plan
  issued by a state agency in multiple copies, which has been  distributed
  to  the  public,  except  items  issued  strictly  for administrative or
  operational purposes, inter-agency and intra-agency memoranda, drafts of
  reports, public service  announcements,  written  opinions  rendered  in
  cases  determined  in  the  court of appeals, appellate divisions of the
  supreme court or any other court of record and any public  documents  or
  portions  thereof  that  are  compiled  for law enforcement purposes and
  which, if disclosed, would interfere with law enforcement investigations
  or judicial proceedings, deprive a person of the right to a  fair  trial
  or  impartial  adjudication,  identify a confidential source or disclose
  confidential information relating to a criminal investigation or  reveal
  criminal  investigative  techniques  or  procedures,  other than routine
  techniques and procedures. Under no circumstances shall a document  that
  is required by law to remain confidential be deemed a public document.
4.  The  term  "core  documents" shall mean those public documents for
  which library users have the most significant and frequent need.
2023 New York Laws › PPD - New York State Printing and Public Documents › Article 3 - State Publications Distribution › 11 - Responsibilities of the New York State Library.

§  11. Responsibilities of the New York state library.  1. It shall be
  the responsibility  of  the  state  library  to  serve  as  the  central
  repository  for  the distribution of all public documents. In accordance
  with this responsibility the state  library  shall  establish  a  public
  documents   distribution   system  consisting  of  depository  libraries
  throughout New York state which shall be known as the  "New  York  state
  document depository system" and shall be responsible for the maintenance
  and distribution of documents within this depository system.
2.  The  state  library,  in  consultation  with state agencies, shall
  develop a list specifying which public documents are core documents. The
  total number of core documents shall not exceed twenty-five. The list of
  core documents shall form the basis of  the  New  York  state  documents
  reference  center,  documents  depository and documents research library
  collections.
3. The gifts and exchange division of the state library is  designated
  as  the  center  for the collection of public documents for distribution
  throughout the depository system.
2023 New York Laws › PPD - New York State Printing and Public Documents › Article 3 - State Publications Distribution › 13 - Responsibilities of the Gifts and Exchange Division of the State Library.

§ 13. Responsibilities of the gifts and exchange division of the state
  library.   The gifts and exchange division of the state library shall be
  responsible for:
1. Listing the public documents received  from  state  agencies  in  a
  monthly and annual checklist of government publications; and
2.  Incorporating  the  listing of all public documents into a central
  catalogue; and
3. Issuing an annual reminder to the  public  information  officer  of
  each  state  agency regarding their responsibilities pursuant to section
  twelve of this article.
2023 New York Laws › PPD - New York State Printing and Public Documents › Article 3 - State Publications Distribution › 14 - Responsibilities of the Legislative Library.

§  14.  Responsibilities  of  the legislative library. It shall be the
  responsibility of the legislative library, as such library is  described
  in section seven-a of the legislative law to:
1. incorporate the listing of all public documents received from state
  agencies into a central catalog; and
2.  issue an annual reminder to the public information officer of each
  state agency regarding their responsibilities pursuant to section twelve
  of this article.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Application; Certificates; Miscellaneous › 105 - Certificates; Corrections.

§ 105. Certificates; corrections.
(a)   Corrections   prior  to  filing  by  department  of  state.  Any
certificate or other  instrument  relating  to  a  domestic  or  foreign
corporation  submitted to the department of state under this chapter may
be corrected with respect to any typographical, or similar  non-material
error  apparent  on  the face of the certificate or instrument, prior to
the filing of such certificate or instrument by the department of state.
Such correction shall be  effected  by  the  department  of  state  upon
authorization in writing by the incorporator in a form acceptable to the
department.  Such  authorization  may  be  delivered  by mail or sent by
electronic mail to the department.
(b) Corrections following  incorporation.  Any  certificate  or  other
instrument  relating  to  a domestic or foreign corporation filed by the
department of state under this chapter may be corrected with respect  to
any  typographical or similar non-material error apparent on the face or
defect in the execution thereof including the deletion of any matter not
permitted to be stated therein. A certificate, entitled "Certificate  of
correction  of..........  (correct  title  of  certificate  and  name of
corporation)" shall be signed and delivered to the department  of  state
by  mail  or  electronic  mail.  It  shall  set  forth  the  name of the
corporation, the date the certificate to be corrected was filed  by  the
department  of  state,  the provision in the certificate as corrected or
eliminated and if the execution was defective, the proper execution. The
filing of the certificate by the department of state shall not alter the
effective time of the instrument being corrected, which shall remain  as
its original effective time, and shall not affect any right or liability
accrued or incurred before such filing.
(c)  A  corporate  name  may  not  be  changed or corrected under this
section other than to correct any typographical or similar  non-material
error.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Application; Certificates; Miscellaneous › 106 - Certificates as Evidence.

§ 106. Certificates as evidence.
(a)    Any  certificate or other instrument filed by the department of
state relating to a  domestic  or  foreign  corporation  and  containing
statements of fact required or permitted by law to be contained therein,
shall  be  received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as
prima facie evidence  of  such  facts  and  of  the  execution  of  such
instrument.
(b)    Whenever by the laws of any jurisdiction other than this state,
any certificate by any officer in such jurisdiction or  a  copy  of  any
instrument  certified or exemplified by any such officer may be received
as prima facie evidence of the incorporation, existence or  capacity  of
any  foreign  corporation incorporated in such jurisdiction, or claiming
so to be, such certificate  when  exemplified,  or  such  copy  of  such
instrument  when  exemplified  shall  be  received in all courts, public
offices and official bodies of this state, as prima facie evidence  with
the  same  force as in such jurisdiction.  Such certificate or certified
copy of such instrument shall be so received, without being exemplified,
if it is certified by the secretary of state, or official performing the
equivalent function as to corporate records, of such jurisdiction.