New York Municipal Home Rule Law Article 6 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT; CONSTRUCTION; EFFECTIVE DATE

  • 50 - Legislative Intent.
    1. It is the intention of the legislature by this chapter to provide for carrying into effect provisions of article nine of the constitution and...
  • 51 - Liberal Construction.
    This chapter shall be liberally construed. The powers herein granted shall be in addition to all other powers granted to local governments by other provisions...
  • 52 - Judicial Notice.
    Courts shall take judicial notice of all local laws and of rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
  • 53 - No Repeal by Implication.
    It is not intended by this chapter to repeal by implication any existing provision of law and no law shall be deemed repealed thereby unless...
  • 54 - Grants of Specific Powers Not Restrictive.
    A grant of a specific power by this chapter to one or more local governments shall not operate to restrict the meaning of a general...
  • 55 - Effect of Unconstitutionality in Part.
    If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment...
  • 56 - Existing Charters and Other Laws Continued.
    1. All existing valid provisions of laws, charters and local laws not specifically repealed by this chapter shall continue in force until lawfully repealed, amended,...
  • 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...
  • 58 - Laws Repealed.
    Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.
  • 59 - Time of Taking Effect.
    This chapter shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, in the event that the amendment of the constitution of the state of New York...

Last modified: February 3, 2019