Bill Text: NY S00618 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the length of the term of office of members of the legislature to four years and imposes term limits for members of the legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-13 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00618 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S00618-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 618 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BOYLE, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in relation to increasing the length of the term of office and imposing term limits for members of the legislature 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 2 of arti- 2 cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 3 § 2. The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter 4 provided. The senators [elected in the year one thousand eight hundred5and ninety-five shall hold their offices for three years, and their6successors] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided, 7 that senators elected in the year two thousand twenty and in subsequent 8 years shall hold their offices for four years. The assembly shall 9 consist of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly members [elected10in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, and their11successors,] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided, 12 that assembly members elected in the year two thousand twenty and in 13 subsequent years shall hold their offices for four years. 14 No person elected to office in the senate in the year two thousand 15 twenty and in subsequent years shall serve as a member of the senate for 16 more than three consecutive four year terms. No person elected to office 17 in the assembly in the year two thousand twenty and in subsequent years 18 shall serve as a member of the assembly for more than three consecutive 19 four year terms. Any partial term of office held as a member of the 20 legislature prior to the election to a consecutive four year term shall 21 not be used to calculate any term limitation imposed pursuant to this 22 paragraph. 23 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments 24 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 25 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 26 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 27 published three months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD89047-01-9