Title EXC, Executive

§ 1. This chapter shall be known as the "Executive Law."\n

§ 100. Central state registry of armored car guards. 1. The secretary\nof state shall maintain a computerized registry of all individuals who\napply for a registration card or have been issued a registration card as\nan armored car guard pursuant to the provisions of article eig…

§ 100-a. Information on state agencies pertaining to persons subjected\nto section seventy-three-a of the public officers law and who hold\npolicy-making positions. 1. As used in this section "agency" means:\n (a) any state department, board, bureau, division, council, committee…

§ 1000. Interpretation. 1. The provisions of this chapter in so far\nas they are substantially the same as the existing law on July first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-one, shall be construed as a continuation of the\nprovisions of the former executive law and not as a new enactment.…

§ 1001. Saving clause. 1. Any act of the legislature of the year\nnineteen hundred fifty-one which, in form, amends or repeals or purports\nto amend or repeal any provision or provisions of the former executive\nlaw shall be legally effective notwithstanding the repeal of such f…

§ 1002. Laws repealed. Chapter twenty-three of the laws of nineteen\nhundred nine, entitled "An act in relation to executive officers,\nconstituting chapter eighteen of the consolidated laws, " and all acts\namendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, constituting the executive…

§ 1003. Time of taking effect. This act shall take effect July first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-one.\n

§ 101. Accessibility, rules and regulations. 1. The secretary of\nstate, in consultation with any other state agency he or she deems\nnecessary, shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to\nremove the word "handicapped" from any signs or other means of\ncommunication…

§ 101-a. Legislative notification of the proposed adoption, amendment,\nsuspension or repeal of agency rules.\n 1. Definitions. As used in this section,\n a. "Agency" means any state board, bureau, commission, department,\nauthority, division, or officer authorized by law to mak…

§ 101-b. Application by municipal corporations for the suspension of\ncertain rules.\n 1. Definitions. As used in this section,\n a. "Agency" means any state board, bureau, commission, department,\ndivision or officer authorized by law to adopt rules.\n b. "Rule" means the whole…

§ 102. Filing and publication of codes, rules and regulations. 1. a.\nNo code, rule or regulation shall become effective until it is filed\nwith the secretary of state, unless a later date is required by statute\nor is specified by such code, rule or regulation.\n b. Each depart…

§ 103. Future editions and supplements of official compilations. 1.\nIn any year the secretary of state may, whenever he shall believe that\nthe public interest will be served thereby, cause a new edition of such\nofficial compilation or any volume thereof to be published, which…

§ 104. Departmental cooperation. The secretary of state may advise\nwith the several departments, boards, bureaus, officers, authorities,\ncommissions and other agencies of the state which are authorized by\nstatute to issue codes, rules or regulations, to the end that the same\…

§ 104-a. Departmental cooperation regarding water quality. The\nsecretary of state shall cooperate with the environmental facilities\ncorporation to establish methods to facilitate loans to eligible\nborrowers and to develop educational materials for eligible borrowers\nabout th…

§ 105. Changes in codes, rules or regulations. Changes in any code,\nrule or regulation except such as relates solely to the organization or\ninternal management of a department, board, bureau, authority,\ncommission or other agency of the state shall be made by a department,\nb…

§ 106. Proof of codes, rules and regulations. Any code, rule or\nregulation of the state of New York may be read in evidence from the\nofficial compilation or supplement thereto. To entitle any copy of a\ncode, rule or regulation published, other than those published in such\nof…

§ 106-a. Internet access to the New York code, rules and regulations.\nThe department of state shall post or maintain a link on its website to\nan unofficial version of the New York codes, rules, and regulations,\nwhich shall be provided at no cost to the end users. All state ag…

§ 107. Intergovernmental agreements. 1. The secretary of state shall\ncompile and keep current a list of all interstate compacts and other\nintergovernmental agreements between or among states, subdivisions of\nthis state and other states, or between this state or any subdivisio…

§ 108. Address confidentiality program. There is created in the\noffice of the secretary of state a program to be known as the "address\nconfidentiality program" to protect victims of domestic violence,\nvictims of human trafficking, victims of kidnapping, victims of a sexual\no…

§ 109. Registration of certain service providers. 1. For purposes of\nthis section:\n (a) "Client" shall mean a person or entity who in the preceding\ncalendar year retained or hired the political consultant relating to\nmatters before any state or local government agency, autho…

§ 11. Indian settlement agreements. 1. Oneida settlement agreement.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, upon filing with the\nsecretary of state, the settlement agreement executed between the\ngovernor, the counties of Oneida and Madison, and the Oneida Nation of\nNew Y…

§ 110. Administration of certain monies. The secretary or their\ndesignee shall administer monies collected pursuant to section 2-202 of\nthe village law and appropriations available for the operations of the\nvillage incorporation commission established pursuant to section 2-26…

§ 12. Tribal-state compact. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the\nstate, through the governor, may execute a tribal-state compact with the\nSeneca Nation of Indians pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of\n1988 (P.L. 100-497; 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2721 and 18 U.S.C. §§ 116…

§ 130. Appointment of notaries public. 1. The secretary of state may\nappoint and commission as many notaries public for the state of New York\nas in his or her judgment may be deemed best, whose jurisdiction shall\nbe co-extensive with the boundaries of the state. The appointme…

§ 131. Procedure of appointment; fees and commissions; fee payment\nmethods. 1. New appointment. (a) Applicants for a notary public\ncommission shall submit to the secretary of state with their\napplication, the oath of office, duly executed before any person\nauthorized to admi…

§ 132. Certificates of official character of notaries public. The\nsecretary of state or the county clerk of the county in which the\ncommission of a notary public is filed may certify to the official\ncharacter of such notary public and any notary public may file their\nautogra…

§ 133. Certification of notarial signatures. The county clerk of a\ncounty in whose office any notary public has qualified or has filed\ntheir autograph signature and a certificate of official character,\nshall, when so requested and upon payment of a fee of three dollars,\naffi…

§ 134. Signature and seal of county clerk. The signature and seal of a\ncounty clerk, upon a certificate of official character of a notary\npublic or the signature of a county clerk upon a certificate of\nauthentication of the signature and acts of a notary public or\ncommission…

§ 135. Powers and duties; in general; of notaries public who are\nattorneys at law. Every notary public duly qualified is hereby\nauthorized and empowered within and throughout the state to administer\noaths and affirmations, to take affidavits and depositions, to receive\nand c…

§ 135-a. Notary public or commissioner of deeds; acting without\nappointment; fraud in office. 1. Any person who holds himself out to the\npublic as being entitled to act as a notary public or commissioner of\ndeeds, or who assumes, uses or advertises the title of notary public …

§ 135-b. Advertising by notaries public. 1. The provisions of this\nsection shall not apply to attorneys-at-law, admitted to practice in the\nstate of New York.\n 2. A notary public who advertises his or her services as a notary\npublic in a language other than English shall pos…

§ 135-c. Electronic notarization. 1. Definitions. (a) "Communication\ntechnology" means an electronic device or process that: (i) allows a\nnotary public and a remotely located individual to communicate with each\nother simultaneously by sight and sound; and (ii) when necessary …

§ 136. Notarial fees. A notary public shall be entitled to the\nfollowing fees:\n 1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying the same\nwhen required, except where another fee is specifically prescribed by\nstatute, two dollars.\n 2. For taking and certifying the…

§ 137. Statement as to authority of notaries public. In exercising\npowers pursuant to this article, a notary public, in addition to the\nvenue of the act and signature of such notary public, shall print,\ntypewrite, stamp, or affix by electronic means where performing an\nelect…

§ 138. Powers of notaries public or other officers who are\nstockholders, directors, officers or employees of a corporation. A\nnotary public, justice of the supreme court, a judge, clerk, deputy\nclerk, or special deputy clerk of a court, an official examiner of\ntitle, or the …

§ 139. Commissioners of deeds within the state. 1. Commissioners of\ndeeds in the cities of this state shall be appointed by the common\ncouncils of such cities respectively, and shall hold office for the term\nof two years from the date of their appointment, and until others ar…

§ 140. Commissioners of deeds in the city of New York. 1. The council\nof the city of New York is hereby authorized and is empowered to appoint\ncommissioners of deeds in such city from time to time, who shall hold\ntheir offices for two years from the date of their appointment.…

§ 141. Commissioners of deeds in other states, territories and foreign\ncountries. The secretary of state may, in his discretion, appoint and\ncommission in any other state, territory or dependency, or in any\nforeign country, such number of commissioners of deeds as he may thin…

§ 142. Powers of such commissioners. Every such commissioner shall\nhave authority, within the city, county, municipality or other political\nsubdivision for which he is appointed, and in the manner in which such\nacts are performed by authorized officers within the state:\n 1. …

§ 142-a. Validity of acts of notaries public and commissioners of\ndeeds notwithstanding certain defects. 1. Except as provided in\nsubdivision three of this section, the official certificates and other\nacts heretofore or hereafter made or performed of notaries public and\ncomm…

§ 143. Fees of such commissioners. The fees of such commissioners\nshall be as follows:\n 1. If appointed for another state, territory or dependency, not to\nexceed four times the amount allowed by the laws of such state,\nterritory or dependency for like services, and not to ex…

§ 144. Saving clause. In case it be judicially determined that any\nphrase, clause, part, paragraph or section of any of the provisions of\nsections one hundred thirty, one hundred thirty-one, one hundred\nthirty-two, one hundred thirty-three, one hundred thirty-five, one\nhundr…

§ 144-a. Eligible professions for the purchase, sale, and use of body\narmor. The secretary of state in consultation with the division of\ncriminal justice services, the division of homeland security and\nemergency services, the department of corrections and community\nsupervisi…

§ 145. Definitions. As used in this article, unless another meaning is\nclearly apparent in the language or context:\n 1. The term "agency" shall mean any department, board, bureau,\ncommission, division, office, council, committee or officer of the\nstate, a public benefit corp…

§ 146. Publication of certain public notices. 1. The department of\nstate shall publish, pursuant to the schedule in section one hundred\nforty-seven of this article, and post on its internet website a\npublication to be known as the state register, in which shall be\npublished …

§ 147. Schedule of publication. 1. The department of state shall\npublish a regular issue of the state register at least once a week and\nspecial issues as directed by statute or as deemed appropriate by the\nsecretary of state.\n 2. The department of state may publish special i…

§ 148. Distribution and fees. 1. a. The department of state shall mail\nor otherwise deliver a copy of each issue of the state register to the\noffice of the clerk of every county, to every library designated by the\ncommissioner of education, and upon written request, to the of…

§ 149. Format of state register. 1. The printed version of the state\nregister shall be an eight and one-half by eleven inch booklet with\nthree holes punched in the left hand margin to make such register\nsuitable for storage in an eight and one-half by eleven inch loose-leaf\n…

§ 15. Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons.\nThe governor has power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons,\nafter conviction, for all offenses, except treason and cases of\nimpeachment, upon such conditions, and with such restrictions and\nlimita…

§ 150. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares\nthat:\n 1. Strong local government has been a major positive factor in the\npolitical, economic and social development of the state;\n 2. The future welfare of the state depends in large measure on the\neffe…