New York State Chapter Laws

Introduction

A bill passed by the New York State Assembly and Senate and signed by the governor is issued as a slip law. Slip laws in New York State are called chapter laws. Chapter laws contain the text of the law as it was signed by the Governor. Because chapter laws are bound in chronological order by date of the Governor's signature, they are not arranged by subject. Subject access to New York State laws is available by using either McKinneys Consolidated Code of New York, or Consolidated Laws Service.

If one is researching by subject area, the best approach is to use either McKinneys or Consolidated Laws Service. Both of these sources are arranged by subject and contain the law in effect as of the date of publication of the volume. The historical notes at the end of the relevant code section will provide a list of chapter laws that created and/or modified the text of the law. An advance legislative service provides access to newly enacted chapter laws between revisions of these sets.

If you are trying to determine the legislative intent behind the passage of a chapter law, please check the following guide: New York Bill Jackets.

Chapter laws for New York State are available in print, online and on microform. A citation to a chapter law follows:

• Year = 2005
• Source = Laws of New York
• page number = 54

Sources of Chapter Laws

The text of chapter laws can be found in the following sources:

• CLS, New York Consolidated Laws Service, Session Laws
  1976-
  US/N7 002.5 N47
  Monthly advance legislative service pamphlets issued as part of CLS Consolidated Laws Service at US/N7 003.5 N5 1976 provide the text of newly enacted chapter laws.

• General Laws of the State of New York
  1911 - 1949
  US/N4 002.5 N4

• Laws of the Colony of New York
  1692 - 1776
  US/N7 002.5 N4
  Also Microfiche Koren AV Center

• Laws of the State of New York
  1777-
  US/N7 002.5 N4
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• McKinney's Session Laws of New York
  1951-
  US/N4 002.5 N46
  Monthly advanced legislative service pamphlets issued as part of McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York Annotated at US/N7 003.5 N4 provide the text of newly enacted chapter laws.

Online Source for New York Chapter Laws

• New York State Legislative Bill Drafting Commission: Contains chapter laws for the current session of the New York State Legislature