Bill Text: NY S02029 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the constitution to prohibit an immediate vote from being called by the governor or acting governor on any budget bills.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-01 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02029 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02029-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2029

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 16, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- 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  prohibiting  the  governor from issuing a message of
          necessity for budget related bills

     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, provided, however, such immediate
    11  vote shall not be permitted for  budget  bills  or  appropriation  bills
    12  relating  thereto;  nor shall any bill be passed or become a law, except
    13  by the assent of a majority of the members elected to each branch of the
    14  legislature; and upon the last reading of a bill, no  amendment  thereof
    15  shall be allowed, and the question upon its final passage shall be taken
    16  immediately thereafter, and the ayes and nays entered on the journal.
    17    For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and
    18  upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electron-
    19  ic  format  by  electronic means, and it is available for review in such
    20  format at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section  "elec-
    21  tronic  means"  means  any method of transmission of information between
    22  computers or other machines designed for  the  purpose  of  sending  and
    23  receiving   such  transmissions  and  which:  allows  the  recipient  to
    24  reproduce  the  information  transmitted  in  a   tangible   medium   of
    25  expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to
    26  be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89054-01-1
        S. 2029                             2

     1    §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
     2  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
     3  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
     4  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
     5  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.