§ 60. Official seals of court of appeals, governor and state departments, divisions and bureaus. 1. Each of the civil departments in the state government shall have an official seal. In addition to the divisions or bureaus required by law to have an official seal, any division or bureau of any department shall have such […]
§ 61. Investigations by state officers. Every state officer, in any proceeding held before him, or in any investigation held by him for the purpose of making inquiry as to the official conduct of any subordinate officer or employee, shall have the power to issue subpoenas for and require the attendance of witnesses and the […]
§ 62. Business in public offices on public holidays. 1. Holidays and half holidays shall be considered as Sunday for all purposes relating to the transaction of business in the public offices of each county. On all other days and half days, excepting Sundays, such offices shall be kept open for the transaction of business. […]
§ 62-a. Leave of absence for certain appointive state officers; temporary vacancy. A person holding a state office by appointment of the governor, or of the governor by and with the consent of the senate, may be granted by the governor, on the application of such person, a leave of absence from such office, without […]
§ 63. Leave of absence for veterans on Memorial day and Veterans’ day. It shall be the duty of the head of every public department and of every court of the state of New York, of every superintendent or foreman on the public works of said state, of the county officers of the several counties […]
§ 64. Payment of expenses of public officers. Every public officer who is not allowed any compensation for his services shall be paid his actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of his official duties.
§ 64-a. Patent policy. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred thirty-five of the civil service law, the participation in royalty or other arrangements may be extended or the payment of additional compensation may be made to an employee of a state department or of an agency, in addition to such employee’s definite salary […]
§ 66. Interchangeable use of gender neutral and gender specific titles of public offices. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, local law, charter, code or ordinance, a public officer may, in official documents or otherwise, refer to the name of her or his public office: (a) by its official title as specified in the statute, […]
§ 66-a. Accident reports kept by police authorities to be open to the inspection of persons interested. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, general, special or local, or any limitation contained in the provision of any city charter, all reports and records of any accident, kept or maintained by the state police or by […]
§ 67. Fees of public officers. 1. Each public officer upon whom a duty is expressly imposed by law, must execute the same without fee or reward, except where a fee or other compensation therefor is expressly allowed by law. 2. An officer or other person, to whom a fee or other compensation is allowed […]
§ 67-a. Fees for certification or exemplification. Whenever there shall be presented to any public officer for certification or exemplification, a previously prepared legibly typewritten or printed copy of any document, paper, book or record in such officer’s custody, the fees in such case, for certification or exemplification, shall be at the rate of three […]
§ 68. Allowance of additional fees and expenses. Where an officer or other person is required, in the course of a duty imposed upon him by law, to take an oath, to acknowledge an instrument, to cause an instrument to be filed or recorded, or to transmit a paper to another officer, he is entitled, […]
§ 68-a. Fees for oath or acknowledgment. Any officer, authorized to perform the services specified in this section, and to receive fees therefor, is entitled to the following fees: 1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying the same when required, except where another fee is specially prescribed by statute, two dollars. 2. For […]
§ 69. Fee for administering certain official oaths prohibited. An officer is not entitled to a fee, for administering the oath of office to a member of the legislature, to any military officer, to an inspector of election, clerk of the poll, or to any other public officer or public employee.
§ 69-a. Interest to be paid and collected on all deposits of public moneys amounting to one thousand dollars or more. Within twenty days of the taking effect of this section, interest shall be required to be paid, if not already so provided by law, on all deposits of public moneys amounting to one thousand […]
§ 70. Accounting for fees. Where a public officer is required, by law, to keep an account of, or to pay over, the fees or other moneys, received by him for official services, he must include therein all sums, received by him, to which he was entitled, by reason of any act, performed by him […]
§ 70-a. Fees to be paid by public officers for public advertisements. The charge for the publication of concurrent resolutions, proposed constitutional amendments, propositions or questions to be submitted to the voters of the state, tax sales and official notices required to be published by state boards, commissions or officers in newspapers of the state, […]
§ 70-b. Certificate on printed copies of laws. 1. A published or printed copy of a law shall be entitled to be read into evidence if it is: (a) Contained in a book or pamphlet published under the direction of the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly pursuant to the provisions […]
§ 71. Vacations for employees of the state. The executive officers of every public department, bureau, commission, or board of the state are authorized and empowered to grant to every employee under their supervision, who shall have been in such employ for at least one year, a vacation of not less than two weeks in […]
§ 72. Notices and reports of claims, suits or causes of action to be given to the attorney-general. 1. Every officer, clerk, agent or employee of any department of the state government, who shall have knowledge of any accident or injury to the person or property of any person or corporation, on account of which […]
