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N.Y. Town Law § 342: When to take effect

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  2. Article 19. Laws Repealed; Temporary Provisions and Saving Clause

§ 342. When to take effect. The provisions of sections one hundred

eighty-six and three hundred forty-one of this chapter shall take effect

June first, nineteen hundred thirty-three. The provisions of sections

one hundred ten to one hundred twenty-one, inclusive, of this chapter so

far as the same pertain to the preparation of preliminary and annual

estimates and public hearings thereon, the adoption of the annual

estimate, annual appropriations, the levy of taxes for the year nineteen

hundred thirty-four and the issuance and sale of bonds or certificates

of indebtedness, pursuant to section one hundred twenty-one, shall take

effect August fifteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-three in every town

containing a population of ten thousand or more as shown by the

decennial federal census of nineteen hundred thirty, excepting towns in

the counties of Broome and Suffolk, in every town which shall have

determined by any method prescribed in subdivision one of section three

hundred forty-one of this chapter that such town is to be in the first

class, excepting, however, towns in the county of Ontario and the towns

to which the provisions of article six-a of the former town law repealed

by this act, shall apply prior to August fifteenth, nineteen hundred

thirty-three. The provisions of sections one hundred ninety to two

hundred two, inclusive, and two hundred twenty to two hundred forty-six,

inclusive, of this chapter shall take effect immediately. In all other

respects this chapter shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred

thirty-four.

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