Bill Text: NY S03125 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to increasing term limits and limiting the number of terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-15 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S03125 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S03125-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3125
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 19, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, AVELLA -- 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 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in
          relation to increasing the terms of office of members of the  legisla-
          ture  and  limiting the terms of office as a member of the legislature
          any person may serve
     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 2 of  arti-
     2  cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    §  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  six 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    No person shall serve as a senator for more than three consecutive six
    15  year terms, provided that any senator who leaves his or her service as a
    16  senator  for at least one term, shall be eligible to serve an additional
    17  three consecutive six year terms.
    18    No person shall serve as a member of the assembly for more  than  four
    19  consecutive  four  year  terms, provided that any member of the assembly
    20  who leaves his or her office for at least one term, shall be eligible to
    21  serve an additional four consecutive four year terms.
    22    § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That  the  provisions  of  the
    23  foregoing  amendments  shall  apply  only to terms of offices commencing
    24  after such amendments shall have been adopted pursuant to section  1  of
    25  article 19 of the constitution.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89067-01-7
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     1    §  3. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments
     2  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
     3  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
     4  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
     5  published three months previous to the time of such election.