New York § 127 Construction

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§ 127 — Construction

New York § 127

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Title 3Miscellaneous

Art. 8Assembly and Senate Districts of the State

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§ 127. Construction.

a.This article shall be liberally construed to\neffectuate the purposes thereof and to apportion and district this state\nin compliance with the requirements of law and shall supersede any\ninconsistent provision of law including but not limited to section three\nof chapter seventeen of the laws of two thousand twelve.\n b. It is intended that this article and the districts described\ntherein completely encompass all the area within the state. It is\nfurther intended that the apportionment and districting provided for in\nthis article result in the creation of districts which are substantially\nequal in population and contain all inhabitants in this state, based on\nthe Federal Census of two thousand twenty, as adjusted pursuant to the\nprovisions of part XX of cha

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§ 127. Construction. a. This article shall be liberally construed to\neffectuate the purposes thereof and to apportion and district this state\nin compliance with the requirements of law and shall supersede any\ninconsistent provision of law including but not limited to section three\nof chapter seventeen of the laws of two thousand twelve.\n b. It is intended that this article and the districts described\ntherein completely encompass all the area within the state. It is\nfurther intended that the apportionment and districting provided for in\nthis article result in the creation of districts which are substantially\nequal in population and contain all inhabitants in this state, based on\nthe Federal Census of two thousand twenty, as adjusted pursuant to the\nprovisions of part XX of chapter fifty-seven of the laws of two thousand\nten, as amended. It is also intended that no district shall include any\nof the area included within the description of any other district.\n c. The apportionment of assembly districts and senate districts shall\nbe deemed to be separate from each other. The invalidity of the\ndistricts contained in one title of this article shall not affect or\nrequire the redistricting provided by the other title of this article\nwhen the provisions of such other title have been found to be valid by a\ncourt of competent jurisdiction.\n