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 of state shall maintain a computerized registry of all individuals who apply for a registration card or have been issued a registration card as an armored car guard pursuant to the provisions of article eight-…

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

§ 1000. Interpretation. 1. The provisions of this chapter in so far as they are substantially the same as the existing law on July first, nineteen hundred fifty-one, shall be construed as a continuation of the provisions of the former executive law and not as a new enactment. 2.…

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

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 Laws repealed.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

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

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

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

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

§ 102. Filing and publication of codes, rules and regulations. 1. a. No code, rule or regulation shall become effective until it is filed with the secretary of state, unless a later date is required by statute or is specified by such code, rule or regulation. b. Each department,…

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

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

§ 104-a. Departmental cooperation regarding water quality. The secretary of state shall cooperate with the environmental facilities corporation to establish methods to facilitate loans to eligible borrowers and to develop educational materials for eligible borrowers about the lo…

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

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

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

§ 107. Intergovernmental agreements. 1. The secretary of state shall compile and keep current a list of all interstate compacts and other intergovernmental agreements between or among states, subdivisions of this state and other states, or between this state or any subdivision t…

§ 108. Address confidentiality program. There is created in the office of the secretary of state a program to be known as the "address confidentiality program" to protect victims of domestic violence, victims of human trafficking, victims of kidnapping, victims of a sexual offen…

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

§ 11. Indian settlement agreements. 1. Oneida settlement agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon filing with the secretary of state, the settlement agreement executed between the governor, the counties of Oneida and Madison, and the Oneida Nation of New York …

§ 110. Administration of certain monies. The secretary or their designee shall administer monies collected pursuant to section 2-202 of the village law and appropriations available for the operations of the village incorporation commission established pursuant to section 2-260 o…

§ 12. Tribal-state compact. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the state, through the governor, may execute a tribal-state compact with the Seneca Nation of Indians pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-497; 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2721 and 18 U.S.C. §§ 1166-1…

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

§ 131. Procedure of appointment; fees and commissions; fee payment methods. 1. New appointment. (a) Applicants for a notary public commission shall submit to the secretary of state with their application, the oath of office, duly executed before any person authorized to administ…

§ 132. Certificates of official character of notaries public. The secretary of state or the county clerk of the county in which the commission of a notary public is filed may certify to the official character of such notary public and any notary public may file their autograph s…

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

§ 134. Signature and seal of county clerk. The signature and seal of a county clerk, upon a certificate of official character of a notary public or the signature of a county clerk upon a certificate of authentication of the signature and acts of a notary public or commissioner o…

§ 135. Powers and duties; in general; of notaries public who are attorneys at law. Every notary public duly qualified is hereby authorized and empowered within and throughout the state to administer oaths and affirmations, to take affidavits and depositions, to receive and certi…

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

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

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

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

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

§ 138. Powers of notaries public or other officers who are stockholders, directors, officers or employees of a corporation. A notary public, justice of the supreme court, a judge, clerk, deputy clerk, or special deputy clerk of a court, an official examiner of title, or the mayo…

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

§ 140. Commissioners of deeds in the city of New York. 1. The council of the city of New York is hereby authorized and is empowered to appoint commissioners of deeds in such city from time to time, who shall hold their offices for two years from the date of their appointment. 2.…

§ 141. Commissioners of deeds in other states, territories and foreign countries. The secretary of state may, in his discretion, appoint and commission in any other state, territory or dependency, or in any foreign country, such number of commissioners of deeds as he may think p…

§ 142. Powers of such commissioners. Every such commissioner shall have authority, within the city, county, municipality or other political subdivision for which he is appointed, and in the manner in which such acts are performed by authorized officers within the state: 1. To ta…

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

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

§ 144. Saving clause. In case it be judicially determined that any phrase, clause, part, paragraph or section of any of the provisions of sections one hundred thirty, one hundred thirty-one, one hundred thirty-two, one hundred thirty-three, one hundred thirty-five, one hundred t…

§ 144-a. Eligible professions for the purchase, sale, and use of body armor. The secretary of state in consultation with the division of criminal justice services, the division of homeland security and emergency services, the department of corrections and community supervision, …

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

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

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

§ 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 register shall be an eight and one-half by eleven inch booklet with three holes punched in the left hand margin to make such register suitable for storage in an eight and one-half by eleven inch loose-leaf bind…

§ 15. Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons. The governor has power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, after conviction, for all offenses, except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions, and with such restrictions and limitation…

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