Is a subsequently enacted statute for a special purpose deemed to take precedence over a statute which is general in scope and application?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Temporary State Study Commission v. Greenidge, 334 N.Y.S.2d 659, 70 Misc.2d 710 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1972):
'under familiar rules of statutory construction * * * a subsequently enacted statute for a special purpose, must be deemed to take precedence over a statute which is general in scope and application.' (Martinis v. Supreme Court, 15 N.Y.2d 240, 249, 258 N.Y.S.2d 65, 69, 206 N.E.2d 165, 168.)
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