Bill Text: NY A05914 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Limits the time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader to 4 consecutive two year terms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-06 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A05914 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A05914-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5914 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 17, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, CROUCH, GIGLIO, MONTESANO, McLAUGHLIN, HAWLEY, FITZPATRICK, MALLIOTAKIS, BRABENEC, GOODELL, LUPINACCI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY -- 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 § 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 § 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. LBD08089-01-7
