Bill Text: NY A04651 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Imposes term limits for members of the assembly and senate of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-15 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A04651 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4651
                              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, CORWIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         CERETTO -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
         Operations
       AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to imposing term limits
         for members of the assembly and senate of the state of New York
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section  2-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  2-A.  LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS. MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT
    4  SERVE MORE THAN SIX TWO-YEAR TERMS IN EITHER THE SENATE OR THE ASSEMBLY.
    5  IN NO EVENT  MAY A LEGISLATOR SERVE MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS IN EITHER THE
    6  SENATE OR ASSEMBLY.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06533-01-5