Bill Text: NY S01558 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years; provided that in all legislative terms that commence immediately following a decennial census year, the terms shall be two years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-15 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S01558 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01558-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1558
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens. AVELLA, KRUEGER -- 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 terms of office of members of the  legisla-
          ture to four years
     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 hundred
     5  and ninety-five shall hold their offices  for  three  years,  and  their
     6  successors]  shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided,
     7  that senators elected in the year two thousand nineteen  and  in  subse-
     8  quent  years  thereafter  shall  hold  their  offices  for  four  years;
     9  provided, further, that in all legislative  terms  that  commence  imme-
    10  diately  following a decennial census year, the term shall be two years.
    11  The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members. The  assem-
    12  bly  members  [elected in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-
    13  eight, and their successors,] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two
    14  years; provided, that assembly members elected in the year two  thousand
    15  nineteen and in subsequent years thereafter shall hold their offices for
    16  four  years;  provided,  further,  that  in  all  legislative terms that
    17  commence immediately following a decennial census year, the  term  shall
    18  be two years.
    19    §  2.  Resolved  (if  the Assembly concur), That the provisions of the
    20  foregoing amendments shall apply only  to  terms  of  office  commencing
    21  after  such  amendments shall have been adopted pursuant to section 1 of
    22  article 19 of the constitution.
    23    § 3. 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 the members of the assembly, and, in
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
     2  published for three months previous to the time of such election.