Bill Text: NY S02002 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the length of the term of office to four years for members of the legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-01 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02002 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02002-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2002

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 16, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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 length of the term of office 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    §  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 twenty-two and in subse-
     8  quent years shall hold their offices for four years. The assembly  shall
     9  consist  of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly members [elected
    10  in the year one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  thirty-eight,  and  their
    11  successors,] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided,
    12  that assembly members elected in the year two thousand twenty-two and in
    13  subsequent years shall hold their offices for four years.
    14    §  2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments
    15  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    16  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    17  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    18  published three months previous to the time of such election.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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