Bill Text: NY A04651 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Imposes term limits for members of the assembly and senate of New York.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-15 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A04651 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A04651-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4651--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOHNS, CORWIN, TEDISCO, McLAUGHLIN, TENNEY, DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CERETTO, McKEVITT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to imposing term limits for members of the assembly and senate of the state of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 2-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 2-a. Legislative term limits. Members of the legislature shall not 4 serve more than six two-year terms in either the senate or the assembly. 5 In no event may a legislator serve more than twelve years in either the 6 senate or assembly. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06533-03-6
