2006 New York Code - Cases in which private or local bills shall not be passed.


 
    § 17. The legislature shall not pass a private or local bill in any of
  the following cases:
    Changing the names of persons.
    Laying   out,  opening,  altering,  working  or  discontinuing  roads,
  highways or alleys, or for draining swamps or other low lands.  Locating
  or changing county seats.
    Providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases.
    Incorporating villages.
    Providing for election of members of boards of supervisors.
    Selecting, drawing, summoning or empaneling grand or petit jurors.
    Regulating the rate of interest on money.
    The  opening  and  conducting  of  elections  or designating places of
  voting.
    Creating, increasing or decreasing fees, percentages or allowances  of
  public  officers, during the term for which said officers are elected or
  appointed.
    Granting to any corporation, association or individual  the  right  to
  lay down railroad tracks.
    Granting  to  any  private  corporation, association or individual any
  exclusive privilege, immunity or franchise whatever.
    Granting to any person, association, firm or corporation, an exemption
  from taxation on real or personal property.
    Providing for the building of bridges, except over the waters  forming
  a  part  of  the  boundaries  of the state, by other than a municipal or
  other public corporation or a public agency of the state.


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