Bill Text: NY S01086 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the assent of a two-thirds majority of the members elected to each branch of the legislature prior to the immediate vote on any legislation which has not aged for three days; establishes further provisions relating to message of necessity legislation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [S01086 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S01086-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1086 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 8, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MARCHIONE, GALLIVAN, SEWARD -- 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 14 of article 3 of the constitution, in relation to requiring the assent of a two-thirds majority of the members elected to each branch of the legislature prior to the immedi- ate vote on any legislation which has not aged for three days 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 14 of arti- 2 cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 3 § 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 be passed or 11 become a law, except by the assent of a majority of the members elected 12 to each branch of the legislature, provided that a majority of two- 13 thirds of the members in each branch of the legislature shall be 14 required in the case of an immediate vote; and upon the last reading of 15 a bill, no amendment thereof shall be allowed, and the question upon its 16 final passage shall be taken immediately thereafter, and the ayes and 17 nays entered on the journal. Any bill which is passed following a 18 message of necessity shall expire no later than two years from the date 19 it becomes effective. No such bill or extension of the provisions there- 20 of may be subject to a second message of necessity. 21 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred 22 to the first regular legislative session convening after the next 23 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform- 24 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3 25 months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD89024-01-5
