Bill Text: NY A04662 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Limits the time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader to 4 consecutive two year terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-15 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A04662 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04662-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4662
                              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. KOLB, CORWIN, CROUCH, GIGLIO, MONTESANO, McLAUGH-
         LIN,  HAWLEY,  FITZPATRICK, MALLIOTAKIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
         A. BARCLAY, DUPREY, TENNEY -- read once and referred to the  Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to limiting the amount
         of time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader
         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 5-b
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 5-B. LIMITS ON TIME A LEGISLATOR MAY SERVE AS A LEGISLATIVE  LEADER.
    4  NO  MEMBER  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  MAY BE ELECTED TO SERVE MORE THAN FOUR
    5  CONSECUTIVE TWO YEAR TERMS AS THE TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,
    6  MINORITY  LEADER OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, MINORITY LEADER
    7  OF THE ASSEMBLY OR THE CHAIRPERSON OF ANY SENATE OR ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    9  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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