Bill Text: NY S00943 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Imposes term limits of three consecutive terms or twelve years for members of the legislature.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-06 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00943 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00943-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          943
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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 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    S  2. The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter
    4  provided. The senators elected in the year one  thousand  eight  hundred
    5  and  ninety-five  shall  hold  their  offices for three years, and their
    6  successors shall be chosen for two years. The assembly shall consist  of
    7  one  hundred and fifty members. The assembly members elected in the year
    8  one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, and their successors,  shall
    9  be chosen for two years.
   10    NO PERSON ELECTED TO OFFICE IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND IN SUBSEQUENT
   11  YEARS  SHALL  SERVE  AS  A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR MORE THAN THREE
   12  CONSECUTIVE TERMS OR FOR TWELVE YEARS, WHICHEVER IS LONGER, WHETHER SUCH
   13  SERVICE IS AS A SENATOR, ASSEMBLY MEMBER,  OR  CONSECUTIVE  TERMS  AS  A
   14  SENATOR AND AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER; PROVIDED THAT ANY PARTIAL TERM OF OFFICE
   15  HELD  AS  A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE PRIOR TO THE ELECTION TO A CONSEC-
   16  UTIVE FULL TERM SHALL NOT BE  USED  TO  CALCULATE  ANY  TERM  LIMITATION
   17  IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   18    S  2.  Resolved  (if  the Assembly concur), That the provisions of the
   19  foregoing amendments shall apply only  to  terms  of  office  commencing
   20  after  such  amendments shall have been adopted pursuant to section 1 of
   21  article 19 of the constitution.
   22    S 3. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing  amendments
   23  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
   24  next succeeding general election of the members of the assembly, and, in
   25  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
   26  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.
                                                                  LBD89002-01-5