N.Y. Municipal Home Rule Law Section 55
Effect of unconstitutionality in part

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.

Source: Section 55 — Effect of unconstitutionality in part, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/MHR/55 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Sep. 23, 2023).

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Legislative intent 51
Liberal construction 52
Judicial notice 53
No repeal by implication 54
Grants of specific powers not restrictive 55
Effect of unconstitutionality in part 56
Existing charters and other laws continued 57
Effectiveness of certain acts of the legislature 58
Laws repealed 59
Time of taking effect

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Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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N.Y. Municipal Home Rule Law Section 55 Effect of unconstitutionality in part

N.Y. Municipal Home Rule Law Section 55
Effect of unconstitutionality in part