New York § 497 - 497Amendment and repeal of local laws and ordinances
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 497 — 497Amendment and repeal of local laws and ordinances, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 497. 497Amendment and repeal of local laws and ordinances
§ 497. Amendment and repeal of local laws and ordinances. Any such local law or ordinance may be amended, from time to time, or repealed by the common council or other local legislative body of the municipality which enacted it and such amendment or repeal, as the case may be, may be made effective and operative not earlier than thirty days following the date of enactment of the local law or ordinance effecting such amendment or repeal, as the case may be; and the approval of a majority of the electors of such municipality shall not be a condition prerequisite to the taking effect of such local law or ordinance.
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