New York Statutes

New York Statutes consists of both the consolidated and unconsolidated laws of New York state.

Most New York statutory laws are codified in two annotated sets of books: McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York Annotated (also known as "McKinney's") and New York Consolidated Laws Service (also known as "CLS").^[1] Searchable versions of these statutes are also available online: they are McKinney's on Westlaw, CLS on Lexis, and on Loislaw.^[1] An unannotated, free online version of the New York Code is also available courtesy of the New York State Assembly.^[1][2] Commercial versions of the consolidated laws are available from Looseleaf Law Publications, VersusLaw, Lawprobe, the National Law Library, and LexisNexis's Gould's New York Consolidated Laws. ^[1]

Unconsolidiated laws are uncodified, typically due to their local nature, but are otherwise legally binding.^[1] McKinney's has volumes for those Unconsolidiated laws.^[1] Some, but not all, unconsolidated laws are available at the New York State Assembly website.^[2]

Statutes passed each year are called "Chapter laws".^[1][3][4] Current and past laws are also available at the New York Legislative Service.^[1][5]

Proposed laws, or "bills", are available from the Assembly website,^[3] or the New York Legislative Service.^[5] The Assembly website keeps a legislative meeting calendar,^[6] as well as a hearing calendar.^[7] While over 10,000 bills are proposed each year in the legislature, they only pass about 1,000 new laws annually.

Some compilations, such as McKinney's,^[1] and the Assembly website,^[2] also have the New York State Constitution available in their books or website.

Unique features

The New York Legislature has a tradition of drafting statutes so that they cross-reference each other by writing out numbers as words and describing Laws in lower case. Whereas other states might refer to, say, "Penal Code section 187," New York would refer to "section one hundred eighty-seven of the penal law."^{[citation needed]}

In addition, the New York Legislature has asserted no position over whether the Civil Practice Law and Rules are a statute, a set of rules promulgated by the courts, or both.^{[citation needed]} Many other states have maintained a clear distinction between civil procedure statutes enacted by the legislature and court-promulgated rules.

Specific laws

• Alcohol
• Disability benefits
• Divorce
• Drunk driving
• Gun laws
• Energy
• Human rights
• Hunting
• Point system
• Libby Zion law

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Andrew Zimmerman, Zimmerman's Research Guide (2009), found at Zimmerman's Research Guide on the Lexis-Nexis website. Accessed November 5, 2009.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Bills and Laws on the Official NYS Assembly website. Accessed November 5, 2009.
3. ^ ^{a b} Official NYS Assembly website. Accessed November 5, 2009.
4. ^ Menu for Legislative Session Information for each Year at the Official NYS Assembly website. Accessed November 5, 2009.
5. ^ ^{a b} New York Legislative Service website. Accessed November 5, 2009.
6. ^ Calendar at the Official NYS Assembly website. Accessed November 5, 2009.
7. ^ Hearing Calendar at the Official NYS Assembly website. Accessed November 5, 2009.

External links

• McKinney's at the West - Thomson website