N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 414: Construction

§ 414. Construction. a. An act of the legislature of the year

nineteen hundred sixty-six or nineteen hundred sixty-seven which, in

form, amends or repeals or purports to amend or repeal any provision or

provisions of article two of this chapter, as in force and effect

immediately prior to April first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, shall be

deemed and construed as an amendment or repeal, as the case may be, of

the corresponding provision or provisions of this article.

b. An act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred sixty-six or

nineteen hundred sixty-seven which adds, or purports to add a new

section, subdivision or other provision of law to article two of this

chapter, as in force immediately prior to April first, nineteen hundred

sixty-seven, shall, except to the extent that the provisions of such act

are inconsistent with the provisions of this article, be deemed and

construed as having been added to this article and shall be given full

effect according to its context as if the same had been added expressly

and in terms to this article, and shall be deemed and construed to have

been inserted in this article in the appropriate position in regard to

and as modifying the effect of the corresponding provision or provisions

of this article.