Bill Text: NY S02943 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Limits the use of messages of necessity to situations involving a state of emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-01 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02943 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S02943-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2943 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SERINO, GALLIVAN -- 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 limiting the use of messages of necessity 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 to respond to a state disaster 9 emergency, as defined by paragraph b of subdivision two of section twen- 10 ty of the executive law in which case it must nevertheless be upon the 11 desks of the members in final form, not necessarily printed, before its 12 final passage; nor shall any bill be passed or become a law, except by 13 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. LBD89073-01-1S. 2943 2 1 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred 2 to the first regular legislative session convening after the next 3 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform- 4 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3 5 months previous to the time of such election.
