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Available through the New York State Legislative Information Service. Includes New York City Charter and Code (links are under Miscellaneous).

Building, Energy Conservation, Existing Building, Fire, Fuel Gas, Mechanical, Plumbing, Property Maintenance and Residential codes from the International Code Council.

Bill text and status, sponsor memos, and floor votes beginning with the 1995 legislative session.

GPO Access searchable version of the current (2006) U.S. Code. Includes links to 1994 and 2000 versions.

Downloadable version from the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.

Law Library of Congress guide to the U.S. Constitution, includes texts and commentaries, historical texts, documents that influenced the writing of the Constitution, and other legal guides.

Law Library of Congress guide to the legislative process and Congress, includes overview, procedural manuals, Congressional Record, and other Congressional reports and publications.

Current and historical legislative information, including Congressional bill summaries and status, the Congressional Record, presidential nominations, treaties, and research guides.

GPO Access site, contains the text of public and private laws enacted from the 104th Congress (1995-1996) to the present. Beginning with the 110th Congress (2007-2008), the laws are digitally signed and certified.

Subscription service with some free content, including many municipalities in Westchester. Also includes minutes from local government meetings.

From the Seattle Public Library, links to city and county codes from all 50 states.

Pace University's MLRC has an extensive collection of Westchester municipal codes in print.

Subscription service for municipal codes in all 50 states, with some free content, including the White Plains municipal code.

Part of the public access portal to the laws of NYC http://24.97.137.100/nyc/

1968 Building Code, integrates revisions from local laws.

Part of the public access portal for the laws of NYC.

From e-codes, searchable and browsable.

Historical document provided by Louisiana State University.

From Cornell's LII, provides links to statutes, constitutions, and case law for all 50 states.

Pace Law Library guide includes links to websites to state legislatures and state legislative history.

Public safety and administrative codes from Public.Resource.org.

From Reed Construction, building codes for all 50 states.

From Cornell's LII, provides breakdown of state statutes by commonly used topics.