Bill Text: NY S01661 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the labor of persons under eighteen years of age.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION [S01661 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01661-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1661
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 15, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
        ratifying the proposed amendment  to  the  Constitution  of  the  United
          States relating to the labor of persons under eighteen years of age
     1    WHEREAS,  at  the  first  session  of the sixty-eighth Congress it was
     2  resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
     3  of America in Congress Assembled (two-thirds of  each  house  concurring
     4  therein),  that the following article be proposed as an amendment to the
     5  Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to  all  intents
     6  and  purposes  as  a  part of the said Constitution when ratified by the
     7  Legislatures of three-fourths of the several states, viz.:
     8                                   ARTICLE
     9    Section 1. The Congress shall have the power to limit,  regulate,  and
    10  prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age.
    11    Section 2. The power of the several States is unimpaired by this arti-
    12  cle  except  that  the operation of State laws shall be suspended to the
    13  extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the Congress.
    14    Now, therefore, be it
    15    Resolved, That the legislature of the State of New  York  does  hereby
    16  ratify  the  above recited proposed amendment to the Constitution of the
    17  United States; and be it further,
    18    Resolved, That the Secretary of  State  be  requested  to  transmit  a
    19  certified  copy  of  this  concurrent resolution to the Administrator of
    20  General Services of the United States of America.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89046-01-9
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