Bill Text: NY A00858 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - opinion referred to judiciary [A00858 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00858-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           858

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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  [two]  terms  of  four  years
     7  provided,  however,  no senator shall serve for more than sixteen years.
     8  The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members. The  assem-
     9  bly  members  [elected in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-
    10  eight, and their successors,] shall be [chosen] elected for [two]  terms
    11  of four years provided, however, no assembly member shall serve for more
    12  than  sixteen  years.  This  section  shall  operate  prospectively with
    13  respect to the first election of senators and assembly members next held
    14  after the amendments to this section are approved and  ratified  by  the
    15  people and come into effect.
    16    § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendments be
    17  referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
    18  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    19  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    20  published for 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.
                                                                   LBD89019-01-1