As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
a. "Domestic partners" shall mean persons who have a registered domestic partnership, which shall include any partnership registered pursuant to this chapter, any partnership registered in accordance with executive order number 123, dated August 7, 1989, and any partnership registered in accordance with executive order number 48, dated January 7, 1993, and persons who are members of a marriage that is not recognized by the state of New York, domestic partnership, or civil union, lawfully entered into in another jurisdiction. Nothing in this code shall affect a partnership that has been registered pursuant to either such executive order and has not been terminated in accordance with such executive orders or this chapter.
b. "Registry of domestic partnerships" shall mean the registry maintained by the city clerk pursuant to this chapter, and shall include all domestic partnerships registered by the city clerk pursuant to executive order number 48, dated January 7, 1993, and all domestic partnerships registered with the former department of personnel pursuant to executive order number 123, dated August 7, 1989. Within ten days of the effective date of the local law that added this definition, the department of citywide administrative services shall transfer to the city clerk the records of domestic partnerships registered with the former department of personnel.
c. "Affidavit of domestic partnership" shall mean an affidavit prepared by the office of the city clerk in accordance with rules adopted by the city clerk.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1998/027 and .