Bill Text: NY S01093 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Imposes term limits for members of the assembly and senate of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S01093 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01093-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1093
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  AMEDORE, FUNKE, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
          gations and Government Operations
        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, 2022.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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