Bill Text: NY A03584 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the manner of submission of proposed charter revision proposals by a charter revision commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to cities [A03584 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03584-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3584
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BRENNAN, BENEDETTO, CRESPO, DenDEKKER, GLICK,
         PERRY, MILLER, ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. COLTON, GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Cities
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  municipal home rule law, in relation to charter
         revision commissions
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  36  of the municipal home rule law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
    3    4-A.  IF A COMMISSION IS CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  AFTER  THE
    4  FIFTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY OF ANY YEAR, SUCH COMMISSION MAY NOT PLACE ANY
    5  PROPOSALS ON THE BALLOT UNTIL THE SUBSEQUENT CALENDAR YEAR FOLLOWING ITS
    6  CREATION;  PROVIDED, THAT SUCH COMMISSION, WITH APPROVAL OF THE LEGISLA-
    7  TIVE BODY, MAY PLACE A PROPOSAL  ON  THE  BALLOT  IN  THE  YEAR  IT  WAS
    8  CREATED,  REGARDLESS  OF  THE DATE SUCH COMMISSION WAS CREATED. PRIOR TO
    9  THE CONSIDERATION OF ANY PROPOSALS BY THE  COMMISSION,  SUCH  COMMISSION
   10  SHALL  HOLD ONE OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE PUBLIC OPIN-
   11  ION REGARDING WHAT REVISIONS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PROPOSED CHANGES TO
   12  THE CHARTER. FOLLOWING A DETERMINATION BY THE COMMISSION REGARDING WHICH
   13  PROPOSED CHANGES SHALL BE PLACED ON  THE  BALLOT  FOR  CONSIDERATION  BY
   14  ELECTORS,  SUCH  COMMISSION  SHALL  HOLD  ONE OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN
   15  ORDER TO ACQUIRE PUBLIC OPINION REGARDING SUCH PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS  FOR
   16  SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THE CHARTER RECOMMENDED BY SUCH COMMISSION SHALL, TO
   17  THE  MAXIMUM  EXTENT PRACTICABLE, BE SEPARATELY IDENTIFIED ON THE BALLOT
   18  FOR SEPARATE VOTER CONSIDERATION.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  be  deemed  to
   20  have  been  in  full  force and effect on and after January 1, 2015, and
   21  shall apply to any charter revision commission coming into existence  on
   22  or  after January 1, 2015; provided that any charter revision commission
   23  that is in existence prior to January  1,  2015  and  which  is  not  in
   24  compliance  with the provisions of this act is hereby terminated, and no
   25  proposed new charter or amendment offered by such  commission  shall  be
   26  put to vote nor take effect.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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