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?"