Title EXC, Executive

§ 412. Definitions. As used in this article, 1. "Office" shall mean the office of children and family services established in the department of family assistance by chapter four hundred thirty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-seven. 2. "Commissioner" shall mean the com…

§ 419. Rules and regulations. The office may adopt, amend or rescind all rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article, including the objective that state aid hereunder shall be granted uniformly throughout the state, having regard for varying condi…

§ 42. Supervision of money paid into court. The comptroller shall have power, at any time, to examine the books, papers, records and accounts of any public office or officer of the state, or of any subdivision of the state in anywise relating to moneys or securities paid into co…

§ 420. State aid. 1. a. (1) Each municipality operating a youth development program approved by the office of children and family services shall be eligible for one hundred percent state reimbursement of its qualified expenditures, subject to available appropriations and exclusi…

§ 421. Withholding state aid. The office may authorize or require the comptroller to withhold the payment of state aid to any municipality in the event such municipality alters or discontinues without the approval of the office the operation of a plan approved by the office, or …

§ 422. Youth bureaus. 1. a. Any city, town or village desiring to establish a local youth bureau may apply to the municipality which such city, town or village is located within, for approval of its plans. The application shall be in writing, specifying the nature of the program…

§ 423. Grants; raising and paying over of local funds. 1. The office, with the approval of the governor, may accept as agent of the state any gift or grant for any of the purposes of this article. Any moneys so received may be expended by the office to effectuate any of the purp…

§ 424. Report and recommendations. The office shall make an annual report to the governor and legislature which shall include its recommendations and program with respect to the provisions of this article.

§ 425. Interpretation. This article shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purpose.

§ 426. Constitutionality. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this article 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 …

§ 43. Examiners. 1. Whenever the comptroller may deem it necessary to enable him to perform the duties imposed upon him by law with regard to the inspection, examination and audit of the fiscal affairs of the state or of the several officers, departments, institutions, public co…

§ 430. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the bingo control law.

§ 431. Purpose of article. The purpose of this article is to implement section nine of article one of the state constitution, as amended by vote of the people at the general election in November, nineteen hundred fifty-seven. The legislature hereby declares that the raising of f…

§ 432. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Control commission" or "commission" shall mean the New York state gaming commission created pursuant to section one hundred two of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breedin…

§ 434. Utilization of other agency assistance. To effectuate the purposes of this article, the governor may authorize any department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state or of or in any political subdivision thereof to provide such facilities, assistance a…

§ 435. Powers and duties of the commission. 1. The commission shall have the power and it shall be its duty to: (a) Supervise the administration of the bingo licensing law and adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations governing the issuance and amendment of licenses thereund…

§ 436. Hearings; immunity. 1. A hearing upon any investigation or review authorized by this article or by article fourteen-h of the general municipal law may be conducted by two or more members of the commission or by a hearing officer duly designated by the commission, as the c…

§ 437. Place of investigations and hearings; witnesses; books and documents. The commission may conduct investigations and hearings within or without the state and shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books, records, documents and other evide…

§ 438. Privilege against self-incrimination. The willful refusal to answer a material question or the assertion of privilege against self-incrimination during a hearing upon any investigation or review authorized by this article or by article fourteen-h of the general municipal …

§ 439. Filing and availability of rules and regulations. A copy of every rule and regulation adopted and promulgated by the commission shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state before it shall become effective and copies thereof shall be made available to the variou…

§ 439-a. Municipality to file copies of local laws and ordinances; reports. Each municipality in which the bingo licensing law shall be adopted shall file with the commission a copy of each local law or ordinance enacted pursuant thereto within ten days after the same has been a…

§ 44. Records and data in aid of audit; destruction of certain papers. 1. Where powers and duties of the comptroller relate to moneys, funds or securities of the state, or to state appropriations, or to funds and securities administered under state supervision, or to obligations…

§ 45. Authority to represent the state as owner of abutting property. Whenever by law owners of property abutting upon a street or highway, or any number or percentage thereof, are authorized to petition or otherwise initiate any proceeding respecting the use, occupation or impr…

§ 450. State council on developmental disabilities. 1. There is hereby established, within the executive department, a state council on developmental disabilities, to perform those duties and functions required by the federal developmental disabilities services and facilities co…

§ 46. Office of welfare inspector general. 1. There is hereby created in the department of audit and control an office of welfare inspector general. The head of the office shall be the welfare inspector general, who shall be appointed by the comptroller, by and with the advice a…

§ 47. Organization of offices; officers and employees. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the welfare inspector general may, from time to time, subject to the approval of the state comptroller, create, abolish, transfer and consolidate divisions, bureaus and o…

§ 48. General functions, powers and duties of office of welfare inspector general. The office of welfare inspector general, by and through the welfare inspector general, or his duly authorized deputy, director, assistant, officer or employee, shall have the following functions, …

§ 480. Declaration of purpose. The legislature finds and determines that: 1. The public perception of the state's rural regions has been characterized by inaccurate awareness or understanding; therefore many existing laws, regulations, policies and programs have not completely a…

§ 481. Definitions. When used in this article: 1. "Office" means the state office of rural affairs created by this article. 2. "Director" means the chief administrative officer of the state office of rural affairs. 3. "State agency" means any department, office, council, or agen…

§ 482. State office of rural affairs. 1. There is hereby created in the executive department an office of rural affairs. The head of the office shall be the director of rural affairs who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, and who shall…

§ 483. General functions, powers and duties. The state office of rural affairs by and through the director or his duly authorized officers and employees, shall have the following functions, powers and duties: 1. To serve as a clearinghouse and provide comprehensive information r…

§ 484. Assistance of other state agencies. To effectuate the purposes of this article, the director may request and shall be entitled to receive from any state agency, and the same are authorized to provide, such assistance, service, facilities, and data as will enable the offic…

§ 485. Functions, powers and duties of other departments and state agencies. Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed to derogate or detract in any way from the functions, powers, or duties prescribed by law of any other department of the state or to interrupt or preclu…

§ 486. Comprehensive grant information. 1. The office shall request such specific information as the director determines to be necessary concerning assistance programs and grants administered by federal, state and local agencies, individuals and corporations designed to enhance …

§ 487. Implementation of services. 1. Services rendered by this office shall be made available without charge, provided that nothing contained herein shall relieve an applicant of any part of existing fees or charges established for the review and approval of grant applications …

§ 488. Participation of federal and local agencies, individuals and corporations. 1. Federal and local agencies, individuals and corporations involved in the administration of a program grant or technical assistance effort for rural development and revitalization, shall be encou…

§ 489. Temporary assignment or permanent transfer of personnel. The director, in consultation with the head of the state agency involved and with the approval of the director of the budget, may provide for the temporary or permanent assignment or transfer of officers and employe…

§ 49. Cooperation and assistance of other agencies. The office of welfare inspector general may request from any department, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state and its political subdivisions, and the same are authorized and directed to provide, such cooperati…

§ 490. Reports to the governor and the legislature. The office shall hereafter make an annual report, to be received on or before February first, to the governor and the legislature concerning the assistance activities undertaken by the office, recommendations for legislative pr…

§ 491. Contract authority. The office is hereby empowered to enter into any agreement or contract with any private or public agencies, corporations or individuals necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of this article.

§ 5. Executive records. The governor shall cause to be kept in the executive chamber or in the appropriate state office: 1. Journals of the daily transactions of his office. 2. Registers, containing classified statements of such transactions. 3. Separate registers containing cla…

§ 50. Referral of evidence. 1. Upon the discovery of evidence of the commission of a crime by any person, the welfare inspector general shall refer such evidence to the district attorney of the county in which the alleged crime occurred, for the appropriate action of such distri…

§ 500. Office of children and family services; commissioner. 1. There is hereby continued in the department of family assistance an autonomous office of children and family services. The head of such office shall be the commissioner of children and family services, who shall be …

§ 501. General functions, powers and duties of division. The division for youth shall have the following functions, powers and duties: 1. To develop policies and plans for improving the administration of division facilities and the delivery of services therein. 2. To establish, …

§ 501-a. Actions against persons designated foster parents of the division; defense and indemnification. The provisions of section seventeen of the public officers law shall apply to persons designated foster parents whose duties involve the care, treatment or supervision of per…

§ 501-b. Intervention as of right; notice. The division for youth, pursuant to paragraph one of subdivision (a) of section ten hundred twelve of the civil practice law and rules, shall be permitted to intervene in any action involving an appeal from a decision of any Court of th…

§ 501-c. Confidentiality. 1.(a) Records or files of youths kept by the division for youth shall be deemed confidential and shall be safeguarded from coming to the knowledge of and from inspection or examination by any person other than one authorized to receive such knowledge or…

§ 501-d. Grants or gifts. The director of the division for youth, with the approval of the governor, may accept as agent of the state any grant, including federal grants, or any gift for any of the purposes of this article. Any moneys so received may be expended by the division …

* § 501-e. Interstate compact for juveniles. The interstate compact for juveniles is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in a form substantially as follows: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES ARTICLE I PURPOSE The compa…

* § 501-f. Commissioner for the interstate compact for juveniles. Pursuant to subdivision B of article III of section five hundred one-e of this article, the commissioner shall be appointed by the governor in consultation with the state council established pursuant to article IX…