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a. As used in this section, the term "city council employees" shall include all duly sworn members of the city council as well as all salaried employees who comprise the staff of the city council on a full-time or part-time basis.
b. Pursuant to the authorization contained in group nineteen of subdivision one of section three of the state workers' compensation law, the coverage of the workers' compensation law is extended to cover all city council employees.
Council Members shall be represented by the corporation counsel and indemnified by the city pursuant to Section 50-k of the General Municipal Law, subject to the conditions contained therein, for actions undertaken in the performance of their constituent responsibilities.
Each of the following officers or employees in the office of the city clerk shall execute a bond to the city, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the comptroller, in the penal sum as follows: city clerk, twenty thousand dollars; city clerk's cashier, and assistant cashier, three thousand dollars each; deputy city clerk, borough of Brooklyn, five thousand dollars; deputy city clerks, boroughs of the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island, one thousand dollars each.
Immediately after the adjournment of each meeting of the council, the city clerk shall prepare a brief extract, omitting technical and formal details, of all resolutions and local laws introduced or passed, all recommendations of committees, all final proceedings and full copies of all messages from the mayor and all reports of city agencies. The city clerk shall forthwith transmit the same for publication in the City Record to the director thereof.
The city clerk shall collect the following fees:
1. For a copy of any book, account, record or paper other than a marriage record filed in the city clerk's office, one dollar for each photocopy;
2. For a certification of any book, account, record, or paper other than a marriage record filed in the city clerk's office, fifty cents and five cents in addition for each folio in excess of five;
3. For each bond filed in the city clerk's office, twenty-five cents;
4. For filing of all other papers, required by law to be filed in the city clerk's office nine dollars;
5. For a certificate of appointment of a commissioner of deeds, fifty cents;
6. For a certified extract from any marriage record file in the city clerk's office, ten dollars;
7. For any certifications furnished by the city clerk, one dollar for each such certification;
8. For certification of marriage status to be used by applicant in foreign jurisdictions fifteen dollars;
9. In any instance where the personal hand signature of the city clerk or his or her first deputy is requested, ten dollars;
10. For filing an application for correcting a marriage record, pursuant to section twenty of the domestic relations law, forty dollars, which shall include a photostatic copy of the existing marriage record and the issuance of a new amended certificate. Such fee shall not be returned in the event of the application is rejected for insufficiency or other pertinent reason. Upon denial of such application, ten dollars shall be refunded;
11. For solemnization of marriage pursuant to section eleven-a of the domestic relations law, twenty-five dollars;
12. For issuance of a certificate of marriage registration pursuant to section fourteen-a of the domestic relations law, ten dollars.
13. For issuance of a second or subsequent certificate of marriage registration or a photograph, microphotograph or photocopy of the original marriage license pursuant to section fourteen-a of the domestic relations law, ten dollars.
14. For persons registering to perform marriage ceremonies with the clerk of the city of New York pursuant to section 11-b of the domestic relations law, fifteen dollars.
a. The city clerk shall prominently post the following information on the section(s) of the city clerk's website, or any successor website maintained by or on behalf of the city clerk or a successor officer, relating to marriage, domestic partnerships or other similar subjects: (i) a list of all domestic and international jurisdictions that perform same sex marriages; and (ii) the following text: "Lawfully married individuals, including individuals in same sex marriages, are entitled to more New York State rights and benefits than those registered as domestic partners here in New York City. If an individual lawfully enters into a same sex marriage in a jurisdiction outside New York, they are entitled to most of the New York State rights and benefits available to people lawfully married in New York. If you are considering entering into a marriage in one of the jurisdictions listed above, it is recommended that you contact that jurisdiction beforehand in order to learn about any applicable marriage requirements or restrictions."
b. All information required to be made available on the internet pursuant to this local law shall also be prominently displayed and distributed free of charge in hard copy at the marriage bureau in the city clerk's office.
c. The obligations of the city clerk under this section shall be continuing and the city clerk shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that all information provided pursuant to this section is accurate and current and shall update such information as appropriate.
The notice prescribed in subdivision five of section twenty of the municipal home rule law shall be published in the City Record and in such daily newspaper or newspapers, published in the city of New York, as shall be selected by the mayor for that purpose.
a. Short title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Young Adult Voter Registration Act."
b. Registration of voters. Each public or private high school within the city shall make available during the school year to seniors such materials as may be published by the board of elections relating to voter registration and, where appropriate, shall provide applications for registration and enrollment, and may assist in the execution of such applications.
c. Registration of graduating seniors. The department of education of the city of New York shall provide a postage paid board of elections of the city of New York voter registration form to each graduating student who receives a high school diploma, including but not limited to a Regents, local, general equivalency or Individualized Education Program diploma. The department shall deliver such voter registration form to each graduating student at the same time and in the same manner as it delivers diplomas to each such student.
d. Forms to be available at school. The department of education of the city of New York shall ensure that postage paid board of elections voter registration forms are available in the main or central office of each high school under the jurisdiction of the department for students who wish to obtain one. The department shall also ensure that each such high school provides adequate notice to its students of the availability of such forms in its main or central office.
e. Sufficient quantity of forms. The department shall request from the board of elections of the city of New York a sufficient quantity of voter registration forms to meet the requirements of this subdivision.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2004/034.
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