Bill Text: NY A06284 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a 2/3 vote in both houses for a revenue bill to pass.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-19 - held for consideration in ways and means [A06284 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06284-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6284
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 11, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  D. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Ways and Means
                   CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
       proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of  the  constitution,
         in  relation  to  the procedure for voting non-recurring revenue items
         taxes
    1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 14 of article
    2  3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
    3    S 14. No bill shall be passed or become a law  unless  it  shall  have
    4  been  printed  and  upon the desks of the members, in its final form, at
    5  least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
    6  the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or
    7  her hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his or her  opin-
    8  ion  necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must never-
    9  theless be upon the desks of the members in final form, not  necessarily
   10  printed,  before  its  final  passage;  nor  shall  any  bill, EXCEPT AS
   11  PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, be passed or  become  a  law,  except  by  the
   12  assent of a majority of the members elected to each branch of the legis-
   13  lature;  NOR  SHALL  ANY BILL WHICH PROVIDES REVENUE TO THE STATE OR ANY
   14  POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF BE PASSED OR BECOME A LAW, EXCEPT  BY  THE
   15  ASSENT OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH BRANCH OF THE LEGIS-
   16  LATURE VOTING SEPARATELY; and upon the last reading of a bill, no amend-
   17  ment  thereof  shall be allowed, and the question upon its final passage
   18  shall be taken immediately thereafter, and the ayes and nays entered  on
   19  the journal.
   20    S  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
   21  referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
   22  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
   23  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
   24  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.
                                                                  LBD89114-01-1