Laws of New York

This article is about the publication of the acts of the New York State Legislature. Not to be confused with the law of New York.

Laws of the State of New York

Laws of New York of the first seven sessions of the state legislature, 1777–1801
Publisher	Legislative Bill Drafting Commission
ISSN	0892-287X
OCLC	1644271

Laws of the State of New York are the session laws of the New York State Legislature published as an annual periodical, i.e., "chapter laws", bills that become law (bearing the governor's signature or just certifications of passage) which have been assigned a chapter number in the office of the legislative secretary to the governor, and printed in chronological order (by chapter number).^[1][2][3] Laws are usually cited in the form of "Chapter X of the Laws of YYYY" or "L. YYYY, c. X", where X is the chapter number and YYYY is the year.

Laws of New York is published by the Legislative Bill Drafting Commission (LBDC).^[4][5] The New York Secretary of State is also responsible for publishing local laws as a supplement to Laws of New York, but they have not done so in recent years.^[6][7][8] The permanent laws of a general nature are codified in Consolidated Laws of New York.^[9][10]

See also

• Law of New York
• Consolidated Laws of New York
• United States Statutes at Large

References

1. Gibson & Manz 2004, pp. 29–30.
2. Gibson & Manz 2004, p. 46-48.
3. "New York Research In-Depth". Georgetown Law. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
4. Kallos, Ben (9 June 2014). "Set the Law Free, Say Council Members Lander, Vacca, Kallos: Legislation to Put Law Online for Free Instead of Behind Paid Subscriptions" (Press release). Retrieved 12 June 2014.
5. Legislative Law §§ 24–25
6. Gibson & Manz 2004, p. 261.
7. NYSDOS 1998, p. 19.
8. NYSDOS 1998, p. 22.
9. Gibson & Manz 2004, p. 30.
10. Gibson & Manz 2004, pp. 56–57.

• Gibson, Ellen M.; Manz, William H. (2004). Gibson's New York Legal Research Guide (PDF) (3rd ed.). Wm. S. Hein Publishing. ISBN 1-57588-728-2. LCCN 2004042477. OCLC 54455036.
• Adopting Local Laws in New York State (PDF). James A. Coon Local Government Technical Series. New York State Department of State. May 1998.

External links

• Chapter laws from the Legislative Bill Drafting Commission