Bill Text: NY A00544 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years; provided that in all legislative terms that commence immediately following a decennial census year, the terms shall be two years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - opinion referred to judiciary [A00544 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00544-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           544
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations
                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
        proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in
          relation to increasing the terms of office of members of the  legisla-
          ture to four years
     1    Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of article
     2  3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    § 2. The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as  hereinafter
     4  provided.  The  senators [elected in the year one thousand eight hundred
     5  and ninety-five shall hold their offices  for  three  years,  and  their
     6  successors]  shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided,
     7  that senators elected in the year two thousand twenty-one and in  subse-
     8  quent  years  thereafter  shall  hold  their  offices  for  four  years;
     9  provided, further, that in all legislative  terms  that  commence  imme-
    10  diately  following a decennial census year, the term shall be two years.
    11  The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members. The  assem-
    12  bly  members  [elected in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-
    13  eight, and their successors,] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two
    14  years; provided, that assembly members elected in the year two  thousand
    15  twenty-one  and  in subsequent years thereafter shall hold their offices
    16  for four years; provided, further, that in all  legislative  terms  that
    17  commence  immediately  following a decennial census year, the term shall
    18  be two years.
    19    § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the provisions of the fore-
    20  going amendments shall apply only to terms of  office  commencing  after
    21  such amendments shall have been adopted pursuant to section 1 of article
    22  19 of the constitution.
    23    § 3. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendments be
    24  referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
    25  next succeeding general election of the members of the assembly, and, in
    26  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    27  published for three months previous to the time of such election.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89023-01-9