§ 342. When to take effect. The provisions of sections one hundred
eighty-six and three hundred forty-one of this chapter shall take effect
June first, nineteen hundred thirty-three. The provisions of sections
one hundred ten to one hundred twenty-one, inclusive, of this chapter so
far as the same pertain to the preparation of preliminary and annual
estimates and public hearings thereon, the adoption of the annual
estimate, annual appropriations, the levy of taxes for the year nineteen
hundred thirty-four and the issuance and sale of bonds or certificates
of indebtedness, pursuant to section one hundred twenty-one, shall take
effect August fifteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-three in every town
containing a population of ten thousand or more as shown by the
decennial federal census of nineteen hundred thirty, excepting towns in
the counties of Broome and Suffolk, in every town which shall have
determined by any method prescribed in subdivision one of section three
hundred forty-one of this chapter that such town is to be in the first
class, excepting, however, towns in the county of Ontario and the towns
to which the provisions of article six-a of the former town law repealed
by this act, shall apply prior to August fifteenth, nineteen hundred
thirty-three. The provisions of sections one hundred ninety to two
hundred two, inclusive, and two hundred twenty to two hundred forty-six,
inclusive, of this chapter shall take effect immediately. In all other
respects this chapter shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred
thirty-four.