N.Y. Municipal Home Rule Law 57 – Effectiveness of certain acts of the legislature
§ 57. Effectiveness of certain acts of the legislature. 1. A state statute of the year nineteen hundred sixty-three which, in form, amends or repeals or purports to amend or repeal any provision or provisions of the city home rule law, village home rule law, Article 6-a of the county law or sections fifty-one-a through fifty-one-f of the town law, as in force immediately prior to January first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, shall be deemed and construed as an amendment or repeal, in whole or in part, as the case may be, of the corresponding provision or provisions of such law, article or sections, as contained in this chapter.
Terms Used In N.Y. Municipal Home Rule Law 57
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
2. A state statute of the year nineteen hundred sixty-three which adds, or purports to add a new section, subdivision or other provision of law to the city home rule law, village home rule law, Article 6-a of the county law or sections fifty-one-a through fifty-one-f of the town law, as in force immediately prior to January first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, shall be deemed and construed as having been added to this chapter and shall be given full effect according to its context as if the same had been added expressly and in terms to this chapter and shall be deemed and construed to have been inserted in this chapter in the appropriate position in regard to and as modifying the effect of the corresponding provision or provisions of this chapter.