Bill Text: NY A04647 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 4647 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 42-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-15 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A04647 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04647-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4647--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JOHNS,  KOLB,  BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, GOODELL,
         WALTER, KATZ, McKEVITT, SALADINO, CROUCH, McDONOUGH, TEDISCO, BARCLAY,
         CERETTO, TENNEY, GIGLIO, GRAF, RAIA, FINCH,  RA,  PALMESANO,  WOZNIAK,
         DiPIETRO,  MURRAY,  CORWIN  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BORELLI,
         BROOK-KRASNY, CURRAN, DUPREY, FITZPATRICK, GARBARINO, LALOR,  LUPINAC-
         CI, McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO, OAKS, STEC -- read once and referred to the
         Committee  on  Governmental  Operations  -- committee discharged, bill
         amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
         tee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative  law, in relation to entitling each
         member of the legislature to bring one statewide piece of  legislation
         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 "single
    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 STATEWIDE BILL DURING EACH TWO-YEAR TERM.
    6  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 STATEWIDE 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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