{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-municipal-home-rule-59","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Municipal Home Rule § 59","heading":"Time of taking effect","body":"§ 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\ngovernments, shall have been approved and ratified by the people at the\ngeneral election to be held in the year nineteen hundred sixty-three.","path":["Municipal Home Rule","Article 6. Legislative Intent; Construction; Effective Date"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/MHR/59","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"9305b2ac95f13369fff6690704abe35f58fd2c69cb1a4c97ff1abc0e759eed81","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-municipal-home-rule-58","next":"us-ny/n.y.-mental-hygiene-law-1.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}