Bill Text: NY A08230 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the procedure for voting increases in the rate of state taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-01 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A08230 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A08230-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8230
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 7, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of the constitution,
in relation to the procedure for voting increases in the rate of state
taxes
1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 14 of article
2 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
3 S 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; nor shall any bill, EXCEPT AS
11 PROVIDED HEREIN, be passed or become a law, except by the assent of a
12 majority of the members elected to each branch of the legislature; NOR
13 SHALL ANY BILL WHICH INCREASES, EXTENDS, IMPOSES, OR REVIVES ANY TAX,
14 FEE, ASSESSMENT, SURCHARGE OR ANY OTHER SUCH LEVY OR COLLECTION, EXCEPT
15 ANY BILL WHICH RESULTS FROM THE PASSAGE OF A HOME RULE MESSAGE PURSUANT
16 TO SECTION TWO OF ARTICLE NINE OF THIS CONSTITUTION, BE PASSED OR BECOME
17 A LAW, EXCEPT BY THE ASSENT OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH
18 BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE VOTING SEPARATELY; and upon the last reading
19 of a bill, no amendment thereof shall be allowed, and the question upon
20 its final passage shall be taken immediately thereafter, and the ayes
21 and nays entered on the journal.
22 S 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
23 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
24 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
25 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
26 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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