Limits the tenure of the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority leader of the senate, minority leader of the senate, majority leader of the assembly and minority leader of the assembly to 8 years; limits the tenure of the chairman of any single legislative committee to 8 consecutive years.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2722--D
Cal. No. 6
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 28, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, AMEDORE, BONACIC, CARLUCCI, CROCI, DeFRAN-
CISCO, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, LARKIN, LATIMER, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, O'MARA,
ORTT, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations
and Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules
-- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retain-
ing its place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to the
Committee on Investigations and Government Operations in accordance
with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged and said bill
committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported favorably from said
committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered
to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third read-
ing, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order
of third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its
place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to limiting the amount
of time any member of the legislature may serve as temporary president
of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority leader of the senate,
majority leader of the assembly, minority leader of the senate, minor-
ity leader of the assembly or chairman of a legislative committee
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding two new sections
2 5-b and 5-c to read as follows:
3 § 5-b. Limitation on tenure of temporary president, speaker and minor-
4 ity leaders. No member of the legislature shall hold the office of
5 temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority
6 leader of the senate, majority leader of the assembly, minority leader
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 of the senate or minority leader of the assembly for more than eight
2 years.
3 § 5-c. Limitation on tenure of legislative committee chairman. No
4 member of the legislature shall be the chairman of any single legisla-
5 tive committee for more than eight consecutive years.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
