Title EXC, Executive

§ 151. Definitions. As used in this article, the term "municipalities"\nshall include public corporations as defined in subdivision one of\nsection sixty-six of the general construction law and special districts\nas defined in subdivision sixteen of section one hundred two of th…

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

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

§ 155. Office of fire prevention and control; creation; state fire\nadministrator; employees. There is hereby created in the division of\nhomeland security and emergency services an office of fire prevention\nand control. The head of such office shall be the state fire\nadminist…

§ 155-a. Definitions. When used in this article:\n 1. "Districts" shall mean fire districts created pursuant to article\neleven of the town law.\n 2. "Fire companies" shall mean fire companies governed by the\nnot-for-profit corporation law.\n 3. "Municipal corporations" shall m…

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

§ 156-a. Establishment of a specialized hazardous materials emergency\nresponse training program. 1. The state fire administrator shall\nestablish a specialized hazardous materials emergency response training\nprogram for individuals responsible for providing emergency response\…

§ 156-b. Permanent marking indicating location of fire hydrants. A\nmunicipality or fire district may mark the location of any fire hydrant\nwithin its jurisdiction by means of a reflective delineator of a uniform\ntype and color approved by the office of fire prevention and con…

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

§ 156-d. Thermal imaging camera grant program. 1. Subject to available\nappropriation, there is hereby established in the office of fire\nprevention and control a thermal imaging camera grant program, under\nwhich grants shall be made available to fire organizations for the\npur…

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

§ 156-f. Evacuation drills. Except as may be otherwise provided in\nrules and regulations promulgated by the department of state pursuant to\narticle eighteen of this chapter, in any building owned or leased in\nwhole by the state or any agency thereof, an evacuation drill shall…

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

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

§ 157. Granting authority. The division of homeland security and\nemergency services by and through the commissioner of the division of\nhomeland security and emergency services or his duly authorized officers\nand employees, shall administer, carry out and approve grants of fun…

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

§ 159. Advisory council for fire prevention and control. 1. There is\nhereby created within the division of homeland security and emergency\nservices an advisory council for fire prevention and control for the\npurpose of advising the commissioner and the state fire administrato…

§ 159-a. Inclusion on the fallen firefighters memorial. In the case of\na death of a firefighter, regardless of whether such death occurred\nbefore, on, or after the effective date of this section, that results\nfrom services performed in the line of duty, as determined by an\na…

§ 159-c-1. Training; live fire conditions. 1. In the training of\nfirefighters under live fire conditions no person or persons shall play\nthe role of a victim.\n 2. For purposes of this section, a live fire condition is any\nunconfined open flame or device that can propagate fi…

§ 159-d. Training for fire chiefs. The state fire administrator may\nconduct the training and education required for fire chiefs pursuant to\nsubdivision seven of section fifty-eight-a of the civil service law and\nsection two hundred four-dd of the general municipal law with su…

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

§ 159-f. Functions, powers and duties of the secretary. The secretary\nor his duly authorized officers or employees, shall have the following\nfunctions, powers and duties:\n 1. To act as the official agent of the state for the purpose of\nadministering, carrying out and otherwi…

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

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

§ 159-i. Distribution of funds. At least ninety percent of the\ncommunity services block grant funds received by the state shall be\ndistributed pursuant to a contract by the secretary to eligible entities\nas defined in subdivision one of section one hundred fifty-nine-e of\nth…

§ 159-k. Monitoring and evaluation. 1. The secretary shall monitor and\nevaluate the use of community services block grant funds made available\npursuant to this article by the recipients of such funds in order to\nevaluate the performance of such recipients. Evaluations shall i…

§ 159-l. Decertification and reduction of entity shares. 1. Any\neligible entity that received funding in the previous federal fiscal\nyear through a community services block grant made under this article\nshall not have its funding terminated under this article or reduced\nbelo…

§ 159-m. Designation and redesignation of eligible entities in\nunserved areas. 1. Qualified organization in or near area. (a) In\ngeneral. If any geographic area of the state is not, or ceases to be,\nserved by an eligible entity under this article, and if the governor\ndecides…

§ 159-n. Report of the secretary. The secretary of state shall report\nto the governor and the legislature by March fifteenth of each year on\nthe administration of the community services block grant program. The\nreport shall include, but not be limited to, the results of the\n…

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

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

§ 160-a. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms\nshall mean:\n 1. "Analysis" is a study of real estate or real property other than\nestimating value.\n 2. "Appraisal" or "real estate appraisal" means an analysis, opinion\nor conclusion relating to the nature, q…

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

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

§ 160-aaaa. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Appraisal" or "real estate appraisal" means an analysis, opinion\nor conclusion relating to the nature, quality, value or utility of\nspecified interests in, or aspect…

§ 160-b. Use of the title "state certified real estate appraiser" or\n"state licensed real estate appraiser" or "state licensed real estate\nappraiser assistant". 1. Only a person certified under this article\nshall use the title "state certified real estate appraiser" or licens…

§ 160-bb. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or\npart of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or\ninvalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operat…

§ 160-bbb. Independent livery driver benefit fund. 1. There is hereby\ncreated a not-for-profit corporation to be known as the New York\nindependent livery driver benefit fund. To the extent that the\nprovisions of the not-for-profit corporation law do not conflict with\nthe pro…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 160-ddd. Use of the fund. Moneys deposited into the fund shall be\nused to provide benefits under the workers' compensation law, by\npurchase of a policy from the state insurance fund, or from a carrier\nlicensed to write workers' compensation insurance to the extent\npermitte…

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

§ 160-e. Powers of the department. The department shall have the\nfollowing powers and duties:\n 1. To receive applications for certification and licensing;\n 2. To establish the administrative procedures for processing\napplications for certification and licensing;\n 3. To appr…

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

§ 160-eee. Regulations. The chair of the workers' compensation board\nmay promulgate regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of\nthis article.\n