11. Restrictions on the adoption of local laws. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the legislative body shall not be deemed authorized by this chapter to adopt a local law which supersedes a state statute, if such local law:
a. Removes or raises any limitation of law on the amount in which the local government may become indebted, or on the amount which may be raised in any one fiscal year by tax for any or all purposes of such local government provided, however, that if the total bonded indebtedness of any city operating under the provisions of the second class cities law is evidenced only by serial bonds payable in annual installments, any such city may adopt a local law which shall provide that the provisions of section seventy-two of the second class cities law shall not be operative or applicable as to such city.
b. Removes a restriction of law relating to the issuance of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness.
c. Applies to or affects the maintenance, support or administration of the educational system in such local government, or a teachers' pension or retirement system therein.
d. Except in the case of an alternative form of county government, changes the number or term of office of the members of the county board of supervisors chosen as such in a city or town.
e. Applies to or affects the courts as required or provided by article six of the constitution.
f. Applies to or affects any provision of paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section 8-100 of the election law, the labor law, sections two, three and four of chapter one thousand eleven of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-eight, entitled "An act in relation to the maximum hours of labor of certain municipal and fire district firemen and the holidays of firemen and policemen, repealing certain sections of the labor law relating thereto, and to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation thereto," as amended, the volunteer firemen's benefit law, or the workmen's compensation law or changes any provision of the multiple residence law or the multiple dwelling law, except that in a city of one million persons or more, the provisions of local law for the enforcement of the housing code which is not less restrictive than the multiple dwelling law may be applied in the enforcement of the multiple dwelling law.
g. Applies to or affects powers of the state comptroller in relation to auditing or examining municipal accounts or prescribing forms of municipal accounting or in relation to approval or disapproval of establishment or extension of fire districts or special districts.
h. Applies to or affects any provision of law providing for regulation or elimination of railroad crossings at grade or terminal facilities within the local government.
i. Relates to the judicial review of dismissals from the civil service or, in the case of a county, changes a provision of law relating to the membership of its civil service commission or to the terms of office of the members of such commission or of the personnel officer administering the provisions of the civil service law.
j. In the case of a city, transfers to abutting property owners its liability for failure to maintain its sidewalks and gutters in a reasonably safe condition.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the legislative body of a county, city or village shall not be authorized by this chapter to adopt any local law which:
a. Amends the charter of the county, city or village, as the case may be, contrary to any provisions of such charter regulating its own amendment. This provision shall not abridge the right of the people of a county, city or village to amend their charter or approve a proposed new charter, where such amendment or proposed new charter is subject to a mandatory referendum.
b. The legislative body is by provision of the charter prohibited to adopt.
3. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, any local law adopted by a town board shall be effective and operative only in that portion of such town outside of any village or villages therein except in a case where the power of such town board extends to and includes the area of the town within any such village or villages.
Last modified: February 3, 2019