N.Y. County Law § 670: Application of article

§ 670. Application of article. 1. The provisions of this article

insofar as they are (a) in conflict with or in limitation of a provision

of any alternative form of county government heretofore or hereafter

adopted by a county pursuant to section one of article nine of the

constitution, or any administrative code, county government law, county

charter or civil divisions act enacted by the legislature and applicable

to such county as now in force or hereafter amended, or (b) in conflict

with any local law heretofore or hereafter adopted by any county under

an optional or alternative form of county government, or (c) in conflict

with any special act of the legislature applicable to a county, or (d)

in conflict with or limitation of a county charter or charter law

adopted pursuant to article four of the municipal home rule law

constituting the county charter law, or an administrative code or local

law of a county which has adopted a county charter pursuant to such

article, as now in force or as hereafter amended, shall not be

applicable to such county.

2. In the exercise of its power to enact local laws, and in addition

to any such power conferred by article two or article four of the

municipal home rule law or other applicable law, the board of

supervisors or other elective governing body of any county, other than a

county wholly included within a city, may adopt and make applicable to

such county, or to its officer performing the functions of a medical

examiner, by whatever name designated, any provision of this article

which is inapplicable to such county under the provisions of subdivision

one of this section, provided that such power shall be exercised in the

manner and subject to any veto, referendum or other requirement provided

by applicable law.