§ 523 — Saving clause

§ 523. Saving clause. 1. Any urban renewal program commenced or\nundertaken prior to the effective date of this article, in accordance\nwith and pursuant to, any provision of the general municipal law, or\nother law in force immediately prior to the effective date of this\narticle, shall in no manner be impaired or affected by the enactment of\nthis article or the repeal of the applicable sections of the general\nmunicipal law. As to such urban renewal programs so commenced or\nundertaken, the provisions of any such law may be deemed continued\nthereunder until the completion of such program or programs. Nothing\nherein contained, however, shall prevent a municipality, having so\ncommenced or undertaken an urban renewal program prior to the effective\ndate of this article, from exercising any of the rights or powers\ngranted in this article in conjunction with or substitution of the\nrights and powers of such municipality under any law in force\nimmediately prior to the effective date of this article, until the\ncompletion of such program.\n 2. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, resolution, contract or\nother document relating to any right, power or duty of the state or of a\nmunicipality and which applied at the time the state or municipality\nexercised such power or right or performed such duty shall continue to\napply notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of this article.\n 3. An act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred sixty-one\nwhich in form amends or repeals or purports to amend or repeal any\nprovision or provisions of section seventy-two-k, seventy-two-l,\nseventy-two-m, seventy-two-n, or seventy-two-o of the general municipal\nlaw as in force at the time this act shall take effect shall be deemed\nand construed as an amendment or repeal, as the case may be, of the\ncorresponding provision or provisions of such sections or law, as\ncontained in this article.\n 4. An act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred sixty-one,\nwhich adds or purports to add a new section, subdivision or other\nprovision of law to sections seventy-two-k, seventy-two-l,\nseventy-two-m, seventy-two-n or seventy-two-o of the general municipal\nlaw as in force at the time this act shall take effect shall be deemed\nand construed as having been added to this act and shall be given full\neffect according to its context as if the same had been added expressly\nand in terms to this act and shall be deemed and construed to have been\ninserted in this act in the appropriate position in regard to and as\nmodifying the effect of the corresponding provision or provisions of\nthis article.\n 5. Reference in any general, special or local law, county, city or\nvillage charter or other special form of government, ordinance,\nresolution, rule, regulation or document or in any act of the\nlegislature of the year nineteen hundred sixty-one to sections\nseventy-two-k, seventy-two-l, seventy-two-m, seventy-two-n or\nseventy-two-o of the general municipal law as in force at the time this\nact shall take effect shall be deemed and construed to refer to the\ncorresponding provision of this article and shall be given full effect\naccording to its terms as thereof specifically referring to such\ncorresponding section or other provision of this article.\n