Title MHR, Municipal Home Rule

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known, cited and referred to\nas the "municipal home rule law."\n

§ 10. General powers of local governments to adopt and amend local\nlaws. 1. In addition to powers granted in the constitution, the statute\nof local governments or in any other law,\n (i) every local government shall have power to adopt and amend local\nlaws not inconsistent wi…

§ 11. Restrictions on the adoption of local laws. 1. Notwithstanding\nany provision of this chapter, the legislative body shall not be deemed\nauthorized by this chapter to adopt a local law which supersedes a state\nstatute, if such local law:\n a. Removes or raises any limitat…

§ 2. Definitions. As used in this chapter the following terms shall\nmean or include:\n 1. "Charter." A state statute or a local law which establishes or\ncontinues a specific county, city or village as a municipal corporation\nor body politic and includes the fundamental provis…

§ 20. Procedure for adoption of local laws by legislative body. 1. No\nlocal law shall be passed except by at least the majority affirmative\nvote of the total voting power of the legislative body. On the final\npassage of a local law the question shall be taken by ayes and noes…

§ 21. Approval of local laws by elective chief executive officer.\nEvery local law shall be certified by the clerk after its passage by\nsuch body and shall be presented to the elective chief executive\nofficer, if any, for approval by him. If such officer approves it, he\nshall…

§ 22. Effect of local laws on acts of legislature or prior local laws\nor ordinances. 1. In adopting a local law changing or superseding any\nprovision of a state statute or of a prior local law or ordinance, the\nlegislative body shall specify the chapter or local law or ordina…

§ 23. Local laws subject to mandatory referendum. 1. A local law\nsubject to mandatory referendum as provided in this section or in any\nother state statute, shall be submitted for the approval of the electors\nat a general election of state or local government officers in such\…

§ 24. Local laws subject to referendum on petition. 1. a. A local law\nadopted by a county, city or town and subject to referendum on petition\nas provided in this section or in any other state statute, if not also\nsubject to mandatory referendum, shall not take effect until at…

§ 25. Propositions for the submission of local laws. A proposition for\nthe submission of a local law to the approval of the electors pursuant\nto this chapter shall contain the title of such local law. The clerk,\nwith the advice of the corporation counsel, municipal attorney o…

§ 26. Reconsideration of local law before submission to referendum. At\nany time prior to the election at which a local law adopted by a\nlegislative body is to be submitted to the electors for approval because\nit is subject to mandatory or permissive referendum, the legislativ…

§ 27. Filing and publication of local laws. 1. Within twenty days\nafter a local law shall finally have been adopted, the clerk, or other\nofficer designated by the legislative body, shall file one certified\ncopy thereof in the office of such clerk except that in the case of a\…

§ 28. Law applicable to conduct of elections at which ballot questions\nare submitted to all the voters of a city. The provisions of the\nelection law or any other law relating to the submission of questions at\ngeneral elections, so far as the same are applicable and not\nincon…

§ 30. Short title. This part shall be known and may be cited and\nreferred to as the "county charter law."\n

§ 31. Application. This part shall apply to each county of the state\nexcept a county in the city of New York.\n

§ 32. Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms\nshall mean and include:\n 1. "Board of supervisors." The board of supervisors or other elective\ngoverning body of a county.\n 2. "Charter law." A local law providing, amending or repealing a\ncounty charter,…

§ 33. Power to adopt, amend and repeal county charters. 1. Subject to\nrestrictions in the constitution, in this article or in any other\napplicable law, the board of supervisors of any county as defined in\nsection thirty-two of this article and including but not limited to a\n…

§ 33-a. Transfer of functions or duties of local governments and\ndistricts. 1. Subject to restrictions in the constitution, in this\narticle or in any other applicable law, the board of supervisors of any\ncounty may, by local law, transfer functions or duties of the county or\…

§ 34. Limitations and restrictions. 1. The legislature hereby imposes\nthe following limitations on the powers of counties to prepare, adopt\nand amend county charters and charter laws.\n 2. Except in accordance with or consistent with laws enacted by the\nlegislature, a county …

§ 35. Legislative intent; construction. 1. It is the intention of the\nlegislature by this county charter law to provide for carrying into\neffect the provisions of paragraph (h) of subdivision one of article\nnine of the constitution and, pursuant to the direction contained\nth…

§ 35-a. County websites. Any county operating under a county charter\nas defined in section thirty-two of this part which maintains a website\nshall use a ".gov" domain name for such website.\n

§ 36. Provisions for adoption of new or revised city charter proposed\nby a charter commission. 1. A local law providing a new or revised city\ncharter also may be adopted in any city pursuant to the provisions of\nthis section.\n 2. The legislative body may adopt a local law pr…

§ 37. Provisions for adoption of city charter amendments or new city\ncharters initiated by petition. 1. A local law amending a city charter\n(however extensively) or providing a new city charter, also may be\nadopted in accordance with the provisions of this section.\n 2. Quali…

§ 38. Provisions for obtaining state reimbursement for county and city\ncharter creation and revision.\n 1. Legislative Findings and Purpose. The Legislature finds that\ndevelopment of modernized county and city government is necessary and\ndesirable to effectuate state purposes…

§ 40. Requests of local governments for enactment of special laws\nrelating to their property, affairs or government. The elective or\nappointive chief executive officer, if there be one, or otherwise the\nchairman of the board of supervisors, in the case of a county, the mayor\…

§ 50. Legislative intent. 1. It is the intention of the legislature by\nthis chapter to provide for carrying into effect provisions of article\nnine of the constitution and the statute of local governments and to\nenable local governments to adopt and amend local laws for the pu…

§ 51. Liberal construction. This chapter shall be liberally construed.\nThe powers herein granted shall be in addition to all other powers\ngranted to local governments by other provisions of law. A permissive\nprocedure authorized by this chapter shall not be deemed to be exclu…

§ 52. Judicial notice. Courts shall take judicial notice of all local\nlaws and of rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.\n

§ 53. No repeal by implication. It is not intended by this chapter to\nrepeal by implication any existing provision of law and no law shall be\ndeemed repealed thereby unless expressly provided for therein.\n

§ 54. Grants of specific powers not restrictive. A grant of a specific\npower by this chapter to one or more local governments shall not operate\nto restrict the meaning of a general grant of power by this chapter to\nthe same or any other local government or to exclude other po…

§ 55. Effect of unconstitutionality in part. If any clause, sentence,\nparagraph, section or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any\ncourt of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not\naffect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be\nc…

§ 56. Existing charters and other laws continued. 1. All existing\nvalid provisions of laws, charters and local laws not specifically\nrepealed by this chapter shall continue in force until lawfully\nrepealed, amended, modified or superseded.\n 2. A reference in any law, ordinan…

§ 57. Effectiveness of certain acts of the legislature. 1. A state\nstatute of the year nineteen hundred sixty-three which, in form, amends\nor repeals or purports to amend or repeal any provision or provisions of\nthe city home rule law, village home rule law, article six or ar…

§ 58. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto\nannexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.\n

§ 59. Time of taking effect. This chapter shall take effect January\nfirst, nineteen hundred sixty-four, in the event that the amendment of\nthe constitution of the state of New York proposing a new article nine,\nin relation to a bill of rights and home rule powers for local\ng…