Bill Text: NY S06138 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to eligibility requirements to run for the office of president of the United States; upon declaration of intention to run for the office of president of the United States, an individual who is currently holding office at the state or local level must thereafter resign such state or local office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-13 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S06138 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06138-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6138 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 the constitution, in relation to eligibility to run for president of the United States 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the constitution be 2 amended by adding a new article XIII-A to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE XIII-A 4 RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE 5 Section 1. No individual currently serving in an office of the state 6 or local government representing the state of New York may concurrently 7 run for the office of president of the United States. Such individual 8 may first declare the intention to run for the office of president of 9 the United States; provided that upon such declaration such individual 10 must thereafter resign his or her official position. For purposes of 11 this section the terms "office of the state or local government" shall 12 include, but not be limited to: governor, lieutenant governor, comp- 13 troller, attorney general, members of the state legislature, and local 14 and state officers. 15 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment 16 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 17 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 18 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 19 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD89137-05-9