Bill Text: NY A05661 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Repeals certain provisions regarding the adoption of a new or revised city charter proposed by a charter commission which limit the submission of questions to a city's qualified electors; eliminates the rule that provides that whenever a city charter commission puts a proposal on the local ballot, all other local referendum proposals are barred from the ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to cities [A05661 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A05661-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5661 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE, GLICK, DINOWITZ, COLTON, WEPRIN, CARROLL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to repeal paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of subdivision 5 of section 36 of the municipal home rule law, relating to limitations on the submitting of a question to the qualified electors of a city when there is a question submitted by a charter commission The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of subdivision 5 of section 36 2 of the municipal home rule law are REPEALED. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. REPEAL NOTE.--Paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of subdivision 5 of section 36 of the municipal home rule law proposed to be repealed by this act provides limitations including prohibition on submission by local law, ordinance, resolution or petition of a question to the qualified elec- tors of a city when any question is submitted by a charter commission. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07932-01-3