Assembly Bill A7575

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to a local law adopted by a town and subject to a referendum on petition

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A7575 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6675
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Municipal Home Rule Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24, Munic Home R L

2021-A7575 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a local law adopted by a town and subject to a referendum on petition shall be conducted as a permissive referendum.

2021-A7575 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7575
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to local laws
   adopted by towns subject to referendum on petition
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 24 of the municipal home rule law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C. A LOCAL LAW ADOPTED BY A TOWN AND SUBJECT TO A REFERENDUM ON  PETI-
 TION  AS  PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION OR IN ANY OTHER STATE STATUTE, IF NOT
 ALSO SUBJECT TO A MANDATORY REFERENDUM SHALL BE CONDUCTED AS  A  PERMIS-
 SIVE REFERENDUM AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE TOWN LAW AND COMPLI-
 ANCE  WITH SUCH ARTICLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS CHAP-
 TER FOR ALL PURPOSES.
   § 2. Severability. If any provision of this  act  or  the  application
 thereof  shall  for  any  reason  be  adjudged by any court of competent
 jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,  impair,  or
 invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its oper-
 ation  to  the provision thereof directly involved in the controversy in
 which such judgment shall have been rendered.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11245-01-1

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