Bill Text: NY A05697 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limit the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-15 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A05697 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05697-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5697
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 3, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRABENEC  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         LAWRENCE -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Governmental
         Operations
                   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 Senate concur), That section 2 of  article
    2  3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
    3    S  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 SIXTEEN AND IN SUBSEQUENT
    8  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  SIXTEEN  AND  IN
   13  SUBSEQUENT YEARS SHALL HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR FOUR YEARS.
   14    S  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
   15  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 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.
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