Bill Text: NY A05237 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to increasing the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limiting the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-05 - opinion referred to judiciary [A05237 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05237-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5237
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
                   CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
       proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in
         relation  to increasing the terms of office of members of the legisla-
         ture to four years and limiting the terms of office as a member of the
         legislature any person may serve
    1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of  article
    2  3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
    3    S  2. The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter
    4  provided. The senators elected in the year [one thousand  eight  hundred
    5  and  ninety-five]  TWO  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN  shall  hold their offices for
    6  [three] TWO years, and their successors shall be chosen for  [two]  FOUR
    7  years  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  NO  SENATOR SHALL SERVE FOR MORE THAN TWELVE
    8  YEARS.  The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members. The
    9  assembly members elected in the year  [one  thousand  nine  hundred  and
   10  thirty-eight,  and  their  successors]  TWO  THOUSAND SIXTEEN, shall [be
   11  chosen for] HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR two years, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS SHALL
   12  BE CHOSEN FOR FOUR YEARS PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  NO  ASSEMBLY  MEMBER  SHALL
   13  SERVE  FOR  MORE  THAN  TWELVE  YEARS.    NO PERSON SHALL HAVE MORE THAN
   14  SIXTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE, IN THE AGGREGATE, AS A STATE LEGISLATOR.
   15    S 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment  be
   16  referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
   17  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
   18  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
   19  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD89019-01-5