Bill Text: NY A02485 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that any bill which provides revenue to the state in a non-recurring manner shall pass by a two-thirds majority in order to become law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-14 - held for consideration in ways and means [A02485 Detail]
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2485
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 16, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of the constitution,
in relation to the procedure for voting non-recurring revenue items
taxes
1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 14 of article
2 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
3 S 14. No bill shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have
4 been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its final form, at
5 least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
6 the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or
7 her hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his or her opin-
8 ion necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must never-
9 theless be upon the desks of the members in final form, not necessarily
10 printed, before its final passage; nor shall any bill, EXCEPT AS
11 PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, be passed or become a law, except by the
12 assent of a majority of the members elected to each branch of the legis-
13 lature; NOR SHALL ANY BILL WHICH PROVIDES REVENUE TO THE STATE OR ANY
14 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF IN A MANNER THAT IS NON-RECURRING, BE
15 PASSED OR BECOME A LAW, EXCEPT BY THE ASSENT OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE
16 MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE VOTING SEPARATELY; and
17 upon the last reading of a bill, no amendment thereof shall be allowed,
18 and the question upon its final passage shall be taken immediately ther-
19 eafter, and the ayes and nays entered on the journal.
20 S 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
21 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
22 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
23 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
24 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.
LBD89027-01-5
