Bill Text: NY A06236 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-13 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A06236 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06236-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6236--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 19, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. JOHNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       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, 2015.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09623-02-3