Bill Text: NY A05489 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits a currently elected state official from running for state or federal office and currently elected federal officials from running for state office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-20 - enacting clause stricken [A05489 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05489-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5489
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 12, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
        proposing an amendment to the constitution, in relation  to  eligibility
          to run for public office
     1    Section  1.  RESOLVED (if the Senate concur), That the constitution be
     2  amended by adding a new article XX to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE XX
     4                          RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE
     5    Section 1. No currently elected state official may run for any  office
     6  of the state or federal government concurrently and no currently elected
     7  federal official may run for any office of the state concurrently. Where
     8  a  currently  elected  public official resigns his or her official posi-
     9  tion, such individual may thereafter run for another  state  or  federal
    10  official position. For purposes of this section the terms "office of the
    11  state  or federal government" and "official position" shall include, but
    12  shall not be limited to:    the  governor,  lieutenant  governor,  comp-
    13  troller,  attorney general, members of the state legislature, members of
    14  the United States congress, state and federal officers,  the  president,
    15  and vice president.
    16    §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
    17  referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
    18  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    19  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    20  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.
                                                                   LBD89106-01-9