Bill Text: NY A04433 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limit the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A04433 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04433-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          4433
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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-two and in subse-
     8  quent years shall hold their offices for four years. The assembly  shall
     9  consist  of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly members [elected
    10  in the year one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  thirty-eight,  and  their
    11  successors,] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided,
    12  that assembly members elected in the year two thousand twenty-two and in
    13  subsequent years shall hold their offices for four years.
    14    §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
    15  referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
    16  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    17  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    18  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89091-02-9
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