Bill Text: NY A01453 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Repeals certain provisions regarding the adoption of a new or revised city charter proposed by a charter commission which limit the submission of questions to a city's qualified electors; eliminates the rule that provides that whenever a city charter commission puts a proposal on the local ballot, all other local referendum proposals are barred from the ballot.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to cities [A01453 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01453-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1453
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED,  GLICK, DINOWITZ, COLTON, WEPRIN,
          CARROLL, D'URSO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, PERRY,  RODRI-
          GUEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT to repeal paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of subdivision 5 of section
          36  of  the  municipal  home  rule law, relating to limitations on the
          submitting of a question to the qualified  electors  of  a  city  when
          there is a question submitted by a charter commission
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of subdivision 5 of section  36
     2  of the municipal home rule law are REPEALED.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
          REPEAL  NOTE.--Paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of subdivision 5 of section
        36 of the municipal home rule law proposed to be repealed  by  this  act
        provides  limitations  including prohibition on submission by local law,
        ordinance, resolution or petition of a question to the  qualified  elec-
        tors of a city when any question is submitted by a charter commission.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03441-01-9
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