Title GMU, General Municipal

§ 980-q. Severability. If any provision of any section of this article\nor the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be\nadjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such order or\njudgment shall be confined in its operation to the controversy in wh…

§ 99. Regulation of open wells, cesspools, basins or sumps. The\ngoverning board of any city, town or village may by local law, ordinance\nor resolution regulate the construction, maintenance or use of open\nwells, cesspools, cisterns, re-charging basins, catch basins or sumps\n…

§ 99-a. Use of municipally operated dumping ground by another\nmunicipality. One municipality may contract with any other municipality\nfor the use of a municipally operated public dump or dumping ground on\nsuch terms as may be agreed upon.\n

§ 99-b. Receipts for money received; records of money disbursed by\ncheck. 1. Every public officer or employee who shall receive payment of\nmoney for or on behalf of any municipality, school district, public\ncorporation or political subdivision of which he is an officer or\nem…

§ 99-c. Agreements for joint building inspectors by municipal\ncorporations. It shall be lawful for two or more municipal corporations\nto engage jointly one building inspector and make an agreement\nspecifying how such inspector shall be paid for his services.\n

§ 99-d. Planning for future capital improvements. 1. Notwithstanding\nthe provisions of any general, special or local law, the governing board\nor other appropriate authority of a municipal corporation, school\ndistrict or district corporation may authorize the preparation of\ns…

§ 99-e. 1. Operation, improvement and maintenance of parks.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law, or\nof any charter, ordinance, rule or regulation, any county, except a\ncounty wholly included within a city and except a county operating under\nan…

§ 99-f. Comprehensive sewer and water studies. 1. Any municipal\ncorporation may apply for and expend state aid for comprehensive studies\nand reports, designate an appropriate official, department, bureau, or\nagency therefor and to administer such studies, and contract for the…

§ 99-g. Capital program. 1. Any municipal corporation, by resolution\nor ordinance of the governing board, may undertake the planning and\nexecution of a capital program in accordance with the provisions of this\nsection.\n 2. A capital program shall be a plan of capital project…

§ 99-h. Participation in federal programs. 1. As used in this section\nthe term "municipal corporation" shall mean a county, city, town,\nvillage, school district, or board of cooperative educational services\nof this state or a board of higher education in a city having a\npopu…

§ 99-i. Participation in programs to promote progress and scholarship\nin the humanities and the arts. 1. As used in this section, the\nfollowing terms shall mean and include:\n a. "Municipal corporation". A county, city, town, village, or school\ndistrict of the state, or a boa…

§ 99-j. Control of aquatic plant growth. Every municipal corporation\nis, and any two or more municipal corporations jointly are, hereby\nauthorized and empowered to take such action as may be required to adopt\nplans and specifications and enter into a contract or contracts, or…

§ 99-k. Fees to jurors or witnesses. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, no fees are payable to a juror or witness for his\nservice or attendance in a local criminal court, except that the\ngoverning board of any city, town of the first class or village of the\nfirst cl…

§ 99-l. Fees in criminal actions and other proceedings. 1. Towns and\nvillages, for their own respective benefits shall be entitled to receive\nfor the services of the town court and the village court in criminal\nactions and other proceedings:\n (a) For all services in each cas…

§ 99-m. Cash bail and partially secured bail bond; fee for deposit of\nmoney. 1. When, pursuant to the provisions of title P of the criminal\nprocedure law or the provisions of the family court act, a sum of money\ndeposited in connection with a cash bail or a partially secured …

§ 99-n. Transfer and lease of ferry boats and buses. 1. As used in\nthis section the term "municipality" shall mean a county, city, town or\nvillage.\n 2. Notwithstanding any other law, general, special or local, a\nmunicipality, acting through its chief executive officer and it…

§ 99-o. Transfer and lease of mass commuting vehicles by the county of\nSuffolk. 1. As used in this section the term "county" shall mean the\ncounty of Suffolk. The term "mass commuting vehicle" means any bus,\nsubway car, rail car, locomotive, or similar equipment used or to be…

§ 99-p. Municipality, district corporation or school district as\nreciprocal insurer. Any county, town, city, village, district\ncorporation (as defined in paragraph three of section 2.00 of the local\nfinance law), or school district and board of cooperative educational\nservic…

§ 99-q. Facilities for the unified court system. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any general, special or local law, charter or ordinance to\nthe contrary, a municipality which is a political subdivision specified\nin paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section thirty-nine of …

§ 99-r. Contracts for services. Notwithstanding any other provisions\nof law to the contrary, the governing board of any municipal corporation\nmay enter into agreements and/or contracts with any state agency\nincluding any department, board, bureau, commission, division, office…

§ 99-s. Transfer and sale of delinquent real estate tax receivables.\n1. A city with a population of one million or more, acting through its\nfinance commissioner, collector of taxes or other officer responsible\nfor the collection of real estate taxes, may sell or transfer any\…

§ 99-t. Contracts with banks or trust companies for the collection of\nwater or sewer user fees, charges, rates or rentals, or certain special\nassessments. 1. Notwithstanding any general, special or local law to the\ncontrary, a municipal corporation having the responsibility f…

§ 99-u. Municipal cooperation agreements for counties. The county\nlegislative body in any county may:\n 1. enter into municipal cooperation agreements, as provided in article\nfive-G of this chapter, with one or more other counties for the creation\nof a task force to determine…

§ 99-v. Veterans services; display of events. Each county, city, town\nor village may adopt a local law to provide a bulletin board to be\nconspicuously displayed in such county, city, town or village building\nholding its local legislative body or municipal offices. Such bullet…

§ 99-w. Land for monument erection. 1. The following terms whenever\nused or referred to in this section shall have the following meanings\nunless a different meaning clearly appears in the context:\n (a) "military action or period of war" means the American Revolution;\nAmerica…

§ 99-x. Prohibit symbols of hate. 1. A municipality shall not sell or\ndisplay any symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible personal\nproperty, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a\nbook, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an educational o…

§ 99-y. Internet access and communications. The governing body of any\ncounty, city, town or village is hereby authorized and empowered to\nestablish, construct, and maintain broadband and related\ntelecommunications infrastructure, or to contract for the construction\nand maint…

§ 99-z. Municipal officers or employees prohibited from displaying\npolitical advertisements on public property. 1. For purposes of this\nsection, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Municipal officer or employee" shall have the same meaning as\ndefined…

§ 990. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "Municipal theme districts act".\n

§ 990-a. Statement of legislative findings and declaration. Across the\nnation municipal theme districts have arisen to construct, renovate and\ngeographically coordinate areas of a municipality into a common area for\nart, entertainment, education, culture or business. These ar…

§ 990-b. Definitions. As used in this article:\n (a) "Municipal theme district" shall mean a geographic area designated\nby a county, city, town or village, pursuant to section nine hundred\nninety-d of this article, to be a theme district for the purpose of\npromoting, advancin…

§ 990-c. Criteria for municipal theme district designation. Any\ncounty, city, town or village may designate, pursuant to section nine\nhundred ninety-d of this article, a theme district for the purpose of\npromoting, advancing or coordinating an approved theme. A theme district…

§ 990-d. Designation of municipal theme districts. Upon the\napplication of a resident or business owner within a proposed theme\ndistrict, any county, city, town or village may by resolution or local\nlaw designate a theme district for the purpose of promoting, advancing\nor co…

§ 990-e. Municipal theme district development plan. An application for\nthe designation of a municipal theme district made pursuant to section\nnine hundred ninety-d of this article shall contain a municipal theme\ndistrict development plan. Such municipal theme district develop…

§ 990-f. Administration of municipal theme districts. The municipal\ntheme district shall be administered by a seven person theme district\nboard appointed by the county, city, town or village designating the\ndistrict. The members of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the…

§ 990-g. Termination or revision of municipal theme district. A\nmunicipal theme district may be terminated or revised by the county,\ncity, town or village designating the district.\n

§ 995-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this article: 1.\n"Cybersecurity incident" means an event occurring on or conducted\nthrough a computer network that actually or imminently jeopardizes the\nintegrity, confidentiality, or availability of computers, information or\ncommun…

§ 995-b. Reporting of cybersecurity incidents. 1. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law to the contrary, all municipal corporations and\npublic authorities shall report cybersecurity incidents and when\napplicable, the demand of a ransom payment, to the commissioner of the…

§ 995-c. Notice and explanation of ransom payment. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law to the contrary, each municipal corporation or\npublic authority shall, in the event of a ransom payment made in\nconnection with a cybersecurity incident involving the municipal\ncorp…

§ 996. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Immigration authority" has the same meaning as such term is\ndefined in section three hundred nineteen of the executive law.\n 2. "Immigration enforcement" has the sam…

§ 996-a. Restriction on use of municipal government resources for\nimmigration enforcement. 1. No municipal government employee shall use\nthe resources of such municipal government including, but not limited\nto, time spent while on duty or any property or facilities owned or\n…