§ 214 — Designation of newspapers; official publications

§ 214. Designation of newspapers; official publications. 1.\nConcurrent resolutions, election notices and official canvass. The\nmembers of the county legislative body, whether such body be denominated\nboard of supervisors, county legislature or otherwise, or, in the city\nof New York, of the council of such city representing respectively each\nof the two principal political parties into which the people of the\nstate are divided, shall designate annually the newspaper published\nwithin the county to publish the concurrent resolutions of the\nlegislature. Such designation shall be in writing and signed by a\nmajority of the members representing each of said political parties. In\nmaking such designation, consideration shall be given to the newspapers\nadvocating the principles of such political party, the support of its\nnominees and the extent of the circulation in the county. However the\nfact that a newspaper is an independent newspaper not advocating the\nprinciples of any political party shall not disqualify it from\nconsideration. If there be but one newspaper published in the county,\nsuch newspaper shall be designated. The designation shall be filed with\nthe clerk of the county legislative body or, in the city of New York,\nwith the clerk of the council of such city, who shall not later than\nJanuary tenth cause notice of the name and address of such newspaper or\nnewspapers to be forwarded to the secretary of state. In like manner\nthe members of the county legislative body or, in the city of New York,\nof the council of such city representing each of the two principal\npolitical parties into which the people of the state are divided, shall\ndesignate the newspaper published within the county to publish the\nelection notices issued by the secretary of state and the newspaper to\npublish the official canvass. In the event of a failure so to designate\nin any year, or if either of such political parties has no\nrepresentatives among the body or, in the city of New York, council\nmembership, the last newspaper designated by the members of such party\nshall be deemed duly designated.\n 2. Local laws and notices. The board of supervisors shall annually\ndesignate at least two newspapers published within the county as\nofficial newspapers for the publication of all local laws, notices and\nother matters required by law to be published. In such designations\nconsideration shall be given to those newspapers advocating the\nprinciples of the two major political parties into which the people of\nthe state are divided and their general circulation throughout the\ncounty. However the fact that a newspaper is an independent newspaper\nand not advocating the principles of any political party shall not\ndisqualify it from consideration. If there be but one newspaper having\ncirculation in the county, that newspaper shall be designated. Except as\notherwise provided by law, the clerk of the board shall cause a true\ncopy of each local law to be published in such official newspapers at\nleast once a week for two successive weeks, the first publication of\nwhich shall be had within ten days after such local law has become\neffective; provided, however, that any local law which is subject to a\npermissive referendum shall be published in such official newspapers at\nleast once a week for two successive weeks, the first publication of\nwhich shall be had within ten days after such local law is adopted.\nLegalizing acts shall be published as provided in section two hundred\ntwenty-seven. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent the designation\nof additional newspapers for any publication and such designation shall\nbe deemed an official newspaper for the particular publication.\n 3. Erie county. The provisions herein requiring the designation of\nofficial newspapers for the publication of election notices and official\ncanvass shall not apply to the county of Erie.\n