NY Real Prop Tax L § 2002 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 20 - Construction; Laws Repealed; Effective Date 2002 - Saving Clause.

§  2002.  Saving  clause.  1.  An  act of the legislature of the years nineteen hundred fifty-eight or nineteen hundred fifty-nine, which  (a) Repeals or purports to repeal any provision  of  law  codified  or amended  by  this chapter, shall be legally effective and the provisions of law so codified or amended by this chapter be  deemed  to  have  been repealed accordingly by such act of the legislature.  (b) Amends or purports to amend any provision of law codified, amended or  repealed by this chapter, shall be legally effective and controlling and  (1) in the case of a provision of law  codified  or  amended  by  this chapter,  such act also shall be construed as a further amendment of the corresponding provision as so codified or amended by  this  chapter  and such  corresponding provision shall be deemed and construed to have been further amended as though the same had been expressly and  in  terms  so amended, or  (2)  in  the case of a provision of law repealed by this chapter, such repealer by this chapter shall not take effect  and  such  amendment  by such  act  of  the  legislature  shall  be  deemed to amend this chapter accordingly, given full effect according to its context as if  the  same had  expressly  and  in  terms  amended  this chapter, and be deemed and construed to have been inserted in this chapter in juxtaposition to and, where  appropriate,  as  modifying  the  effect  of  the   corresponding provision or provisions of this chapter.  (c)  Adds  or  purports  to  add  any  provision  of  law  relating to assessment or taxation of real property to the tax  law,  the  education law,  the  village law or any other consolidated or general law shall be legally effective and also shall be construed as having  been  added  to this  chapter, given full effect according to its context as if the same had been added expressly and in terms to this chapter, and be deemed and construed to have been inserted in this chapter in juxtaposition to and, where  appropriate,  as  modifying  the  effect  of  the   corresponding provision or provisions of this chapter.   2. This chapter shall not revive any provision of law which shall have terminated or expired before the time this chapter takes effect or which would  otherwise  have  terminated  or  expired,  nor shall this chapter extend the effective period of any provision of law beyond the time when it would otherwise terminate or expire.   3. The repeal of sections five-b, five-c, five-f, five-g and five-h of the tax law by this chapter shall not affect or impair the  validity  or operation  of any local law, ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to any such section. For the purposes of actions or proceedings  which  may or  have been taken or rights which may or have been granted or obtained thereunder, such sections of the tax law and such local laws, ordinances or resolutions shall continue in force and effect as fully  and  to  the same extent as if such sections of the tax law had not been so repealed.   4. Notwithstanding the repeal of section twenty-two of the tax law and subdivision  one  of  section thirty-five hundred seven of the education law by  this  chapter,  all  lands  acquired  by  the  state  after  the nineteenth  day of April, nineteen hundred fifty for state park purposes in the town of Gallatin, Columbia county, exclusive of the  improvements erected  thereon  by the state, shall be subject to taxation and special ad valorem levies until May first, nineteen hundred sixty, and while any bonds of union free school district number one of the towns of Dannemora and Saranac, Clinton county, issued prior to the year  nineteen  hundred thirty-three remain unpaid, any improvements not erected by the state on lands owned by it on April twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred thirty-three, which lands were privately owned and formed part of the taxable property  of  such  district  at  the time of such bond issue, shall be subject to taxation for school purposes.   5.  The  repeal by this chapter of subdivision six, six-a and seven of section two of the tax law and the last two sentences of  section  three of   such  law  and  the  re-enactment  of  the  provisions  thereof  in subdivisions twelve and seventeen of section one  hundred  two  of  this chapter  are  intended  to  effectuate  a  continuation and restatement, without change in substance or effect, of the provisions  of  such  laws and  the  classification  of  any  property as real property or personal property, as the  case  may  be,  shall  not  be  broadened,  increased, discontinued,  diminished,  affected  or  impaired  by  reason  of  such re-enactment.   6. The repeal by this chapter of section four of the tax law,  section fifteen  hundred  two  of the education law, section five of the general municipal law and chapter  four  hundred  twenty-nine  of  the  laws  of nineteen  hundred  eleven and the re-enactment of the provisions thereof in  article  four  of  this  chapter  are  intended  to   effectuate   a continuation  and restatement, without change in substance or effect, of the provisions of such laws and no exemption heretofore granted shall be broadened, increased,  discontinued,  diminished  or  impaired,  or  new exemption granted or authorized by reason of such re-enactment.   7.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of sections five hundred six, five hundred sixteen, nine hundred twenty or twelve hundred eighteen of  this chapter  which  require  newspaper  publication  or  posting  of certain notices on the sign-board maintained at the entrance of  the  office  of the  town  clerk,  any notice given on or before October first, nineteen hundred sixty-one, shall be deemed valid and  in  full  compliance  with such requirements if given pursuant to the law as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this chapter.   8.  The use of the term "commissioner" in this chapter shall in no way extend or  be  construed  to  extend  the  existence  of  the  temporary commission  created  by  chapter  three hundred forty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred forty-nine, as amended, nor shall this  chapter  affect or  impair  any  right, power or duty of any state department or agency, upon the expiration of the existence of such  temporary  commission,  to exercise  and  discharge the rights, powers and duties of such temporary commission.