2012 New York Consolidated Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 27 - (450 - 455) Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect.
452 - Pending actions or proceedings.

 
    § 452. Pending  actions or proceedings.  This chapter shall not affect
  pending actions or proceedings brought by or against the  department  of
  agriculture  and  markets  or  the  department of farms and markets, the
  commissioner of agriculture and markets or the commissioner of farms and
  markets, the department of agriculture, the commissioner of agriculture,
  the department of foods and  markets,  the  commissioner  of  foods  and
  markets,  the  state  superintendent  of weights and measures, the state
  commissioner of health, or any other officer, person or corporation,  or
  by or in behalf of the people of the state, under or in pursuance of any
  of  the  provisions of the laws which are to be enforced or carried into
  effect under the provisions of this chapter by the department,  but  the
  same  may  be prosecuted or defended in the same manner and for the same
  purpose by the department, or by the proper officer or party, under  the
  provisions of this chapter. Any investigation, examination or proceeding
  undertaken, commenced or instituted by the department of agriculture and
  markets  or  the  department  of  farms and markets, the commissioner of
  agriculture and markets or the commissioner of farms  and  markets,  the
  department   of   agriculture,  the  commissioner  of  agriculture,  the
  department of foods and markets, the commissioner of foods and  markets,
  the state superintendent of weights and measures, the state commissioner
  of  health, or any other officer, under the provisions of the laws which
  are to be enforced or carried into effect as provided in this chapter by
  the department, may be conducted or continued to a  final  determination
  by  the  department,  commissioner,  or  other  proper  officer  of such
  department, in the same manner and under the same terms  and  conditions
  as though this chapter had not been passed.