N.Y. Legislative Law § 72: Purposes of commission

§ 72. Purposes of commission. It shall be the duty of the law revision

commission:

1. To examine the common law and statutes of the state and current

judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects and

anachronisms in the law and recommending needed reforms.

2. To receive and consider proposed changes in the law recommended by

the American law institute, the commissioners for the promotion of

uniformity of legislation in the United States, any bar association or

other learned bodies.

3. To receive and consider suggestions from judges, justices, public

officials, lawyers and the public generally as to defects and

anachronisms in the law.

4. To recommend, from time to time, such changes in the law as it

deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules

of law, and to bring the law of this state, civil and criminal, into

harmony with modern conditions.

5. To report its proceedings annually to the legislature on or before

February first, and, if it deems advisable, to accompany its report with

proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations.