Barton v. Lavine

Memorandum. The amendment to the Social Security Act in issue here (Public Law 92-603; 86 US Stat 1462, 1492), is plainly effective as of January 1, 1973. It would have been appropriate to resort to legislative history for clarification were the effective date ambiguous upon the face of the statute. "January 1, 1973” could scarcely be more unambiguous. We decline the invitation to sit as a committee on revision. (Cf. Matter Taylor v Sise, 33 NY2d 357, 363; Matter of Roosevelt Raceway v Monaghan, 9 NY2d 293, 304; Meltzer v Koenigsberg, 302 NY 523, 525.)

If we conclude that "1973” means…