S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1288
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
AN ACT to provide for the submission to the people of a proposition or
question to convene a constitutional convention
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of article XIX of
2 the New York state constitution, the question "Shall there be a conven-
3 tion to revise the constitution and amend the same for the sole and
4 limited purposes of providing for a process of choosing a lieutenant
5 governor in the event of a vacancy in such office and for achieving real
6 property tax law reform?" shall be submitted to and decided by the
7 people of the state at the general election to be held in the next
8 succeeding November after the effective date of this act.
9 S 2. If the question stated in section one of this act is answered in
10 the affirmative by a majority of all votes cast for and against it,
11 decided in favor of a convention for such purpose, the procedures and
12 provisions of section 2 of article XIX of the constitution shall apply
13 and be implemented, except that such convention shall only consider and
14 submit amendments to the constitution for the sole and limited purposes
15 of providing for a process of choosing a lieutenant governor in the
16 event of a vacancy in such office and for achieving real property tax
17 law reform.
18 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the
19 provisions of section two of this act shall not take effect unless and
20 until the question proposed in section one of this act shall have been
21 submitted to the people at the general election to be held in the next
22 succeeding November after the effective date of this act, and shall have
23 received a majority of all votes cast for and against it at such
24 election. Upon approval by the people, section two of this act shall
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 take effect immediately. The ballots to be furnished for the use of the
2 voters upon the submission of section one of this act shall be in the
3 form prescribed by the election law, and the proposition or question to
4 be submitted shall be printed in the following form: "Shall there be a
5 convention to revise the constitution and amend the same for the sole
6 and limited purposes of providing for a process of choosing a lieutenant
7 governor in the event of a vacancy in such office and for achieving real
8 property tax law reform?"