Bill Text: NY A02747 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Entitles members to bring one substantive piece of legislation to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 33-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-13 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A02747 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02747-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2747
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 17, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. JOHNS, BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, GOODELL, WALTER, RA,
         KATZ, McKEVITT, SALADINO, CROUCH, McDONOUGH, TEDISCO, BARCLAY,  CERET-
         TO,  REILICH,  TENNEY,  GIGLIO, GRAF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         DUPREY, McLAUGHLIN -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative  law, in relation to entitling each
         member of the legislature to bring one  substantive  piece  of  legis-
         lation  of  his or her choosing to the floor for a vote without a home
         rule message and committee review during each two-year term
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "sensible
    2  opportunity for legislative equality (SOLE) act".
    3    S 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new  section  33-a  to
    4  read as follows:
    5    S  33-A.    ENTITLEMENT  TO  ONE SUBSTANTIVE BILL DURING EACH TWO-YEAR
    6  TERM.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, DURING  EACH
    7  TWO-YEAR  TERM OF THE LEGISLATURE, EACH MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO HAVE
    8  AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIVE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, OF HIS OR  HER  CHOOSING,
    9  EXCLUSIVE  OF  ANY  BILL  ACCOMPANIED BY A HOME RULE MESSAGE, DISCHARGED
   10  FROM COMMITTEE AND BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE. A MEMBER  MAY  BRING
   11  SUCH  BILL  TO  THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE BY FILING A WRITTEN NOTICE WITH THE
   12  CLERK OF SENATE DESK OPERATIONS OR THE INDEX CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY ON  A
   13  FORM PROVIDED BY SUCH CLERK.
   14    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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