Bill Text: NY S07150 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to redistricting of congressional, senate and assembly districts; amends provisions directing plans to be submitted by the independent redistricting commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-11-24 - APPROVAL MEMO.46 [S07150 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S07150-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7150 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 2, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend chapter 17 of the laws of 2012 amending the legislative law relating to redistricting of congressional, senate and assembly districts, in relation to the submission of a plan for redistricting of congressional, senate and assembly districts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 17 of the laws of 2012 amending the 2 legislative law relating to redistricting of congressional, senate and 3 assembly districts, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 4. (a) The independent redistricting commission established pursuant 5 to section 5-b of article 3 of the constitution shall submit to the 6 legislature such plan and the implementing legislation therefore on or 7 before January first or as soon as practicable thereafter but no later 8 than January fifteenth in the year ending in two beginning in two thou- 9 sand twenty-two. Within ten days of the plan's submission or within ten 10 days after January first in a year ending in two, whichever is later, 11 the implementing legislation shall be voted upon without amendment by 12 the senate or the assembly. If approved by the first house voting upon 13 it, such legislation shall be delivered to the other house immediately 14 to be voted upon, without amendment, within five days from delivery. If 15 approved by both houses such legislation shall be presented to the 16 governor for action within three days. If the commission does not vote 17 on any redistricting plan or plans, for any reason, by the date required 18 for submission of such plan, the commission shall submit to the legisla- 19 ture all plans in its possession, both completed and in draft form, and 20 the data upon which such plans are based. 21 (b) If either house shall fail to approve the legislation implementing 22 the first redistricting plan, or the governor shall veto such legis- 23 lation and the legislature shall fail to override such veto within ten EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08015-02-1S. 7150 2 1 days of such veto, each house or the governor, if he or she vetoes it, 2 shall notify the commission that such legislation has been disapproved 3 within three days of such disapproval. Within fifteen days of such 4 notification and in no case later than February twenty-eighth of a year 5 ending in two, the redistricting commission shall prepare and submit to 6 the legislature a second redistricting plan and the necessary implement- 7 ing legislation for such plan. Within ten days of its submission such 8 legislation shall be voted upon, without amendment, by the senate or 9 assembly and, if approved by the first house voting upon it, such legis- 10 lation shall be delivered to the other house immediately to be voted 11 upon without amendment, within five days from delivery. If approved by 12 both houses, such legislation shall be presented to the governor for 13 action within three days. 14 (c) If either house shall fail to approve the legislation implementing 15 the second redistricting plan, or the governor shall veto such legis- 16 lation and the legislature shall fail to override such veto within ten 17 days of such veto, or if the commission does not vote on any redistrict- 18 ing plan or plans, for any reason, by the date required for submission 19 of such plan and the commission submitted to the legislature pursuant to 20 subdivision (a) of this section all plans in its possession, both 21 completed and in draft form, and the data upon which such plans are 22 based, each house shall introduce such implementing legislation with any 23 amendments each house deems necessary. If approved by both houses, such 24 legislation shall be presented to the governor for action within three 25 days. 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
