§ 25-416 Existing districts.

Any special improvement or assessment districts, or any business improvement districts established pursuant to article two-B of the general city law, or any districts having filed an application with the state comptroller as provided in such article prior to the effective date of chapter two hundred eight-two of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-nine, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter but shall not be required to comply with any provisions of this chapter which are contrary to or more restrictive than those under which the district was established or proposed to be established as evidenced by an application filed with the state comptroller prior to the effective date of chapter two hundred eight-two of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-nine. Any reference to article two-B of the general city law or any section thereof in any state or local law, plan or agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to article nineteen-A of the general municipal law, or the appropriate provision of such article.

Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1990/082.

§ 25-417 Severability.

If any provision of any section of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be confined in its operation to the controversy in which it was rendered and shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any provisions of any section of this chapter or the application of any part thereof to any other person or circumstance and to this end the provisions of each section of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable.

Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1990/082.