Bill Text: NY A08500 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the length of the term of office to four years for members of the legislature.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - opinion referred to judiciary [A08500 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08500-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8500

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 7, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO -- 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 length of the term of office for members of
          the legislature

     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 and in  subsequent
     8  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  and  in
    13  subsequent years shall hold their offices for four years.
    14    § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendments 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 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.
                                                                   LBD89112-02-9