Bill Text: NY S06138 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to eligibility requirements to run for the office of president of the United States; upon declaration of intention to run for the office of president of the United States, an individual who is currently holding office at the state or local level must thereafter resign such state or local office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-13 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S06138 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06138-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6138

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to the constitution, in relation  to  eligibility
          to run for president of the United States

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the constitution be
     2  amended by adding a new article XIII-A to read as follows:

     3                               ARTICLE XIII-A
     4                          RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

     5    Section  1.  No individual currently serving in an office of the state
     6  or local government representing the state of New York may  concurrently
     7  run  for  the  office of president of the United States. Such individual
     8  may first declare the intention to run for the office  of  president  of
     9  the  United  States; provided that upon such declaration such individual
    10  must thereafter resign his or her official  position.  For  purposes  of
    11  this  section  the terms "office of the state or local government" shall
    12  include, but not be limited to:  governor,  lieutenant  governor,  comp-
    13  troller,  attorney  general, members of the state legislature, and local
    14  and state officers.
    15    § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the  foregoing  amendment
    16  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    17  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    18  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    19  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.
                                                                   LBD89137-05-9