Terms Used In New York Laws > General Business > Article 8-C - Training and Registration of Armored Car Guards

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Applicant: means an individual who has filed an application with the department for a registration card. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Armored car carrier: has the meaning ascribed to that term by subdivision six of section eighty-nine-bbb of this chapter. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Armored car guard: means an individual employed by an armored car carrier to provide armored car services and who carries a firearm or is authorized by the employer to access a firearm when providing armored car services, and who holds a conditional letter of authority or a valid registration card issued by the department pursuant to the provisions of this article. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Armored car services: has the meaning ascribed to that term by subdivision seven or section eighty-nine-bbb of this chapter. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the department of state. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Division: means the division of criminal justice services. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
• Holder: means an individual who has been issued a conditional letter of authority or a registration card by the department. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Peace officer: has the meaning ascribed to that term by subdivision thirty-three of § 1. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Police officer: has the meaning ascribed to that term by subdivision thirty-four of § 1. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Qualified firearms instructor: means an individual who holds a certificate as a firearms instructor from an association or organization recognized by the division. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Qualified firearms training course: means a minimum forty-seven hour firearms training course for armored car guards that is specific and germane to the armored car carrier industry, recognized by the division in consultation with the armored car carrier industry. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Registration card: means a photographic identification card issued by the department signifying that the holder has been certified by the department to perform armored car services in the employ of an armored car carrier and to carry firearms in connection therewith. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Secretary: means the secretary of state. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Serious offense: has the meaning ascribed to that term by subdivision thirteen of section eighty-nine-f of this chapter. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.