Bill Text: NY S00544 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that members of the legislature shall not serve more than five two year terms in either house; regardless of terms, service is limited to ten years in each house and no more than twenty years of service, in the aggregate, as a state legislator.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S00544 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S00544-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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544
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to term limits for
legislators
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 S 2-A. LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS. ANY INDIVIDUAL MAY SERVE A MAXIMUM OF
4 FIVE TWO-YEAR TERMS FOR THE STATE ASSEMBLY. ANY INDIVIDUAL MAY SERVE A
5 MAXIMUM OF FIVE TWO-YEAR TERMS FOR THE STATE SENATE. NO PERSON SHALL
6 SERVE MORE THAN TEN YEARS IN EACH HOUSE. NO PERSON SHALL HAVE MORE THAN
7 TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE, IN THE AGGREGATE, AS A STATE LEGISLATOR.
8 S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015; only terms commenced
9 on or after such date shall be counted toward an individual's years of
10 service.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02443-01-3
