Title GBS, General Business

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "General Business\nLaw."\n

§ 10. Prosecutions for conducting business on Sunday by certain\npersons.\n Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be a sufficient\ndefense to a prosecution pursuant to this article, for conducting any\ntrade or business or public selling or offering for sale of an…

§ 100. Issue of duplicate bill of lading not so marked. Any officer,\nagent or servant of a common carrier, who with intent to defraud issues\nor aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable bill of lading\nfor goods, other than goods to be transported to any place in th…

§ 1000. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Amateur" means any\nparticipant in a combative sport authorized pursuant to this article who\nis not receiving or competing for, and who has never received or\ncompeted for, any purse, money, prize, pecuniary gain, or other thing…

§ 1001. Combative sports authorized. Combative sports conducted under\nthe supervision of the commission, under the supervision of an\nauthorized sanctioning entity, or as provided for in section one\nthousand twenty-one of this article, are hereby authorized. Authorized\ncombat…

§ 1002. Combative sports prohibited. 1. The conduct of combative\nsports outside the supervision of the commission or an authorized\nsanctioning entity is prohibited.\n 2. A person advances a prohibited combative sport when, acting other\nthan as a spectator, he or she engages i…

§ 1003. State athletic commission. 1. The state athletic commission,\nas named by chapter nine hundred twelve of the laws of nineteen hundred\ntwenty, as amended by chapter six hundred three of the laws of nineteen\nhundred eighty-one, is continued as a division of the departmen…

§ 1004. Jurisdiction of the commission. The commission shall have and\nis hereby vested with the sole direction, management, control and\njurisdiction over:\n 1. all authorized combative sports;\n 2. all licenses or permits granted by the commission to any and all\npersons or en…

§ 1005. Officers and employees of the commission. The secretary of\nstate may appoint, and at his or her pleasure remove, an executive\ndirector, deputies, officers, inspectors, physicians and any such other\nemployees as may be necessary to administer the provisions of this\nar…

§ 1006. Sanctioning entities. 1. The commission shall promulgate\nregulations establishing a process by which entities may be recognized\nand approved by the commission as authorized sanctioning entities for a\nperiod of time to be established by the commission, during which the…

§ 1007. Licenses; general provisions. 1. Except as otherwise provided\nin sections one thousand six, one thousand eleven, and one thousand\nseventeen of this article, with respect to all authorized professional\ncombative sports in this state, all corporations, entities, persons…

§ 1008. Licenses; judges. 1. Except as otherwise provided in sections\none thousand six and one thousand seventeen of this article, only a\nperson licensed by the commission, as a combative sports judge, may\njudge an authorized professional combative sport within the state.\nJu…

§ 1009. Licenses; entities. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in\nsections one thousand six and one thousand seventeen of this article,\nonly entities licensed by the commission may conduct an authorized\nprofessional combative sport within the state. The commission may, in\ni…

§ 101. Negotiation of bill of lading for goods subject to security\ninterest or lien. Any person who ships goods to which he has not title,\nor which are subject to a security interest, or upon which there is a\nlien, and who takes for such goods a negotiable bill of lading whic…

§ 1010. Licenses; professionals. 1. Except as otherwise provided in\nsections one thousand six, one thousand eleven and one thousand\nseventeen of this article, only persons licensed by the commission shall\ncompete in authorized professional combative sports.\n 2. Any professio…

§ 1011. Temporary working permits. The commission may issue temporary\nworking permits to professionals, their managers, trainers and seconds.\nA temporary working permit shall authorize the employment of the holder\nof such permit to engage in a single authorized professional c…

§ 1012. Temporary training facilities. The commission in its judgment\nmay exempt from licensing under this article any training facility\nproviding contact sparring established and maintained on a temporary\nbasis for the purpose of preparing professionals for a specific\nautho…

§ 1013. Medical advisory board. 1. The medical advisory board created\npursuant to chapter nine hundred twelve of the laws of nineteen hundred\ntwenty, and subsequent amendments thereto is hereby continued without\ninterruption. It shall remain a division of the state athletic\n…

§ 1014. Regulation of authorized professional combative sports. The\ncommission shall promulgate regulations governing the conduct of\nauthorized professional combative sports that:\n 1. establish parameters and limitations on weights and classes of\nprofessionals;\n 2. establis…

§ 1015. Conduct of authorized professional combative sports. 1. All\nbuildings or structures used or intended to be used for conducting\nauthorized professional combative sports shall be properly ventilated\nand provided with fire exits and fire escapes, and in all manner confor…

§ 1016. Required filings. 1. The organization that promotes, sanctions\nor otherwise participates in the proposition, selection, or arrangement\nof one or more professionals for a contest must file with the commission\na written statement executed under penalty of perjury statin…

§ 1017. Professional wrestling; promoters. 1. For the purposes of this\narticle, "professional wrestling" shall mean an activity in which\nparticipants struggle hand-in-hand primarily for the purpose of\nproviding entertainment to spectators and which does not comprise a bona\nf…

§ 1018. Prohibited conduct. 1. No corporation or person shall have,\neither directly or indirectly, any financial interest in a professional\nboxer competing on premises owned or leased by the corporation or\nperson, or in which such corporation or person is otherwise interested…

§ 1019. Penalties. 1. A person who knowingly advances or profits from\na prohibited combative sport shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor,\nand shall be guilty of a class E felony if he or she has been convicted\nin the previous five years of violating this subdivision.\n 2. …

§ 102. Negotiation of bill of lading when goods are not in common\ncarrier's possession. Any person who with intent to deceive negotiates\nor transfers for value a bill of lading knowing that any or all of the\ngoods which by the terms of such bill of lading appear to have been\…

§ 1020. Subpoenas by commission; oaths. The commission shall have\nauthority to issue, under the hand of its chairperson, and the seal of\nthe commission, subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses before the\ncommission. A subpoena issued under this section shall be regulated by…

§ 1021. Exceptions. The provisions of this article except as provided\nin subdivision twelve of section one thousand fifteen of this article\nshall not be construed to apply to any sparring or boxing contest or\nexhibition conducted under the supervision or the control of the Ne…

§ 1022. Disposition of receipts. All receipts of the commission shall\nbe paid into the state treasury, provided, however, that receipts from\nthe tax imposed by article nineteen of the tax law shall be deposited as\nprovided by section one hundred seventy-one-a of the tax law.\…

§ 103. Inducing common carrier to issue bill of lading when goods have\nnot been received. Any person who with intent to defraud secures the\nissue by a common carrier of a bill of lading knowing that at the time\nof such issue, any or all of the goods described in such bill of …

§ 104. Issue of a non-negotiable bill of lading not so marked. Any\nperson who with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a\nnon-negotiable bill of lading without the words "not negotiable" placed\nplainly upon the face thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n

§ 105. Issue of warehouse receipt for goods not received. A\nwarehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who\nissues or aids in issuing a warehouse receipt knowing that the goods for\nwhich such warehouse receipt is issued have not been actually received\nb…

§ 106. Issue of warehouse receipt containing false statement. A\nwarehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who\nfraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a warehouse receipts\nfor goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guil…

§ 107. Issue of duplicate warehouse receipt not so marked. A\nwarehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who\nissues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable warehouse\nreceipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable warehouse receipt for…

§ 108. Issue for warehouseman's goods of warehouse receipts which do\nnot state the fact. Where there are deposited with or held by a\nwarehouseman goods of which he is owner, either solely or jointly or in\ncommon with others, such warehouseman, or any of his officers, agents o…

§ 109. Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable warehouse\nreceipt. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a\nwarehouseman who delivers goods out of the possession of such\nwarehouseman, knowing that a negotiable warehouse receipt the\nnegotiation of which wou…

§ 11. Serving civil process on Sunday. All service or execution of\nlegal process, of any kind whatever, on the first day of the week is\nprohibited, except in criminal proceedings or where service or execution\nis specially authorized by statute. Service or execution of any pro…

§ 110. Negotiation of warehouse receipt for goods subject to security\ninterest or lien. Any person who deposits with a warehouseman goods to\nwhich he has no title, or which are subject to a security interest, or\nupon which there is a lien, and who takes for such goods a negot…

§ 1100. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following\ndefinitions apply:\n 1. "Actioned" means a social media company, that due to a suspected or\nconfirmed violation of the terms of service, has taken some form of\naction, including, but not limited to, removal, dem…

§ 1101. Required disclosure of terms of service. 1. A social media\ncompany shall post terms of service for each social media platform owned\nor operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all\nusers of the social media platform of the existence and content…

§ 1102. Terms of service report. 1. On a semiannual basis in\naccordance with subdivision two of this section, a social media company\nshall submit to the attorney general a terms of service report. The\nterms of service report shall include, for each social media platform\nowne…

§ 1103. Violations and remedies. 1. (a) A social media company that\nviolates the provisions of this article shall be liable for a civil\npenalty not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars per violation per day,\nand may be enjoined in any court of competent jurisdiction.\n (b) A so…

§ 1104. Application. This article shall not apply to a social media\ncompany that generated less than one hundred million dollars in gross\nrevenue during the preceding calendar year or to an internet-based\nservice or application for which interactions between users are limited…

§ 111. Issue of non-negotiable warehouse receipt not so marked. Any\nperson who with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a\nnon-negotiable warehouse receipt without the words "not negotiable"\nplaced plainly upon the face thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n

§ 115. Company defined. The term "company," as used in this article,\nincludes all corporations, whether created under the laws of this state,\nor of the United States, or of those of any other state or nation.\n

§ 116. Redemption of unused passage tickets. Every person who shall\nhave purchased a passage ticket from an authorized agent of a railroad\ncompany, which shall not have been used, or shall have been used only in\npart, may, within thirty days after the date of the sale of said…

§ 117. Advertising as agent, without written authorization; false or\nmisleading information.\n No person issuing, selling or offering to sell any passage ticket or\nany instrument giving or purporting to give any right, either absolutely\nor upon any condition or contingency, t…

§ 118. Issuance of order or other instrument securing passage by\nvessel from foreign port to this state; what to contain. No person\nagreeing to furnish or secure for any other person, for a consideration,\npassage by vessel from any foreign port to any port in this state shall…

§ 119. Punishment for violation of two preceding sections. Any person\nviolating any of the provisions of the two preceding sections shall be\nguilty of a misdemeanor.\n

§ 12. Forfeiture of commodities exposed for sale on Sunday. In\naddition to the penalty imposed by section four, all property and\ncommodities exposed for sale on the first day of the week in violation\nof the provisions of this article shall be forfeited. Upon conviction of\nth…

§ 120. Street railroad or omnibus transfer tickets not to be given\naway or sold. No transfer ticket or written or printed instrument\ngiving, or purporting to give, the right of transfer to any person from\na public conveyance operated upon one line or route of a street surface…