Title EXC, Executive

§ 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 r…

§ 152. General functions, powers and duties. The department of state, by and through the secretary of state or duly authorized officers or employees, shall have the following functions, powers and duties: 1. To assist the governor in coordinating the activities and services of t…

§ 153. Specific powers, functions and duties. The department of state shall have the following specific powers, functions and duties: 1. (a) To act as the official state planning agency for all of the purposes of sections seven hundred one and seven hundred three of the federal …

§ 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 administrato…

§ 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 co…

§ 156. Functions, powers and duties of the office. The office of fire prevention and control, by and through the state fire administrator or his duly authorized officer or employee, shall be empowered to: 1. Advise and assist in coordinating and strengthening the activities, pro…

§ 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 rec…

§ 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 contro…

§ 156-c. Fire safety standards for cigarettes. 1. a. When used in this section, the word "cigarette" shall mean any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco or of any other substance, irrespective of size or shape and whether or not such tobacco or substance is flavore…

§ 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 purchas…

§ 156-e. College fire safety. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the office of fire prevention and control of the division of homeland security and emergency services, by and through the state fire administrator or their duly authorized officers and em…

§ 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…

§ 156-g. Establishment of teams for urban search and rescue, specialty rescue and incident support. 1. Authorization to establish urban search and rescue task force teams, specialty rescue teams, and incident support teams. The commissioner of the division of homeland security a…

§ 156-h. Registration and fees for manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of sparkling devices. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the term: (a) "Distributor" means any person or entity engaged in the business of selling sparkling devices to wholesalers, s…

§ 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 …

§ 158. Firefighting training. 1. For the purpose of this section, the term fire fighter shall mean a member of a fire department whose duties include fire service as defined in paragraph d of subdivision eleven of section three hundred two of the retirement and social security l…

§ 159. Advisory council for fire prevention and control. 1. There is hereby created within the division of homeland security and emergency services an advisory council for fire prevention and control for the purpose of advising the commissioner and the state fire administrator w…

§ 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 autho…

§ 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…

§ 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 suffi…

§ 159-e. Definitions. When used in this article: 1. "Eligible entity" shall mean any organization (a) officially designated as a community action agency or a community action program under the provisions of section two hundred ten of the economic opportunity act of 1964 for fisc…

§ 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 co…

§ 159-g. Rules and regulations. The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.

§ 159-h. Limitation of administrative costs. Not more than five percent of the community services block grant funds received by the state shall be retained for administration at the state level.

§ 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 a…

§ 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 incl…

§ 159-l. Decertification and reduction of entity shares. 1. Any eligible entity that received funding in the previous federal fiscal year through a community services block grant made under this article shall not have its funding terminated under this article or reduced below th…

§ 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 …

§ 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 moni…

§ 16. His power; in respect to convictions for treason; duty of the legislature, in such cases. He may also suspend the execution of the sentence, upon a conviction for treason, until the case can be reported to the legislature, at its next meeting, when the legislature must eit…

§ 160. Application. This article applies to the profession of real estate appraisers and the use of the titles "state certified real estate appraiser" and "state licensed real estate appraiser".

§ 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,…

§ 160-aa. Transitional licensing. Consistent with the intent and purpose of this article, and without the disapproval of the appraisal subcommittee of the federal financial institutions examination council, the board may prescribe requirements for transitional licenses which sha…

§ 160-aaa. Definitions. For the purposes of this article: 1. "Independent livery driver" means a livery driver that is dispatched by an independent livery base. 2. "Annualized basis" means the product of the number of livery drivers affiliated with a dispatching livery base and …

§ 160-aaaa. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "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,…

§ 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 …

§ 160-bb. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this article shall 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…

§ 160-bbb. Independent livery driver benefit fund. 1. There is hereby created a not-for-profit corporation to be known as the New York independent livery driver benefit fund. To the extent that the provisions of the not-for-profit corporation law do not conflict with the provisi…

§ 160-bbbb. Registration required. It shall be unlawful for a person to, directly or indirectly, engage or attempt to engage in business as an appraisal management company, or to advertise or hold oneself out as engaging in or conducting business as an appraisal management compa…

§ 160-c. State board of real estate appraisal. 1. There is hereby established within the department of state a state board of real estate appraisal which shall consist of nine members, three of whom shall be public members and six of whom shall be real estate appraisers, who sha…

§ 160-cc. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Black car operator" means the registered owner of a for-hire vehicle, or a driver designated by such registered owner to operate the registered owner's for-hire vehicle as the registered owner's authorized designee, whose injur…

§ 160-ccc. Contributions to the fund. Each independent livery base shall be assessed an annual payment to the fund, to be set by the board of directors no later than January first of each calendar year or such other date as the board of directors may set consistent with, and as …

§ 160-cccc. Exemptions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to any person that exclusively employs appraisers for the performance of appraisals or to any appraisal management company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a financial institution, which is regulated by t…

§ 160-d. Powers of the board. 1. The board shall adopt rules and regulations in aid or furtherance of this article and shall have the following powers and duties: a. To define, with respect to each category of state certified real estate appraisers, state licensed real estate ap…

§ 160-dd. New York black car operators' injury compensation fund, inc. There is hereby created a not-for-profit corporation to be known as the New York black car operators' injury compensation fund, inc. To the extent that the provisions of the not-for-profit corporation law do …

§ 160-ddd. Use of the fund. Moneys deposited into the fund shall be used to provide benefits under the workers' compensation law, by purchase of a policy from the state insurance fund, or from a carrier licensed to write workers' compensation insurance to the extent permitted by…

§ 160-dddd. Forms. An applicant for a certificate of registration as an appraisal management company shall submit an application on such forms as prescribed by the department.

§ 160-e. Powers of the department. The department shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To receive applications for certification and licensing; 2. To establish the administrative procedures for processing applications for certification and licensing; 3. To approve or d…

§ 160-ee. Supervision of central dispatch facilities. A central dispatch facility shall, with respect to the provisions of this article, be subject to the supervision and oversight of the department and the local licensing authority, if any, as provided in this article.

§ 160-eee. Regulations. The chair of the workers' compensation board may promulgate regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this article.