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S00057 Summary:

BILL NO	S00057
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	BOYLE
COSPNSR	AMEDORE, FUNKE, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, O'MARA, SERINO
MLTSPNSR
Amd Art 3 S2, Constn
Increases the length of the term of office of members of the legislature to four years and imposes term limits for members of the legislature.

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S00057 Actions:

BILL NO	S00057
01/07/2015	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
01/16/2015	TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
02/05/2015	OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
01/06/2016	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
03/14/2016	TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
04/06/2016	OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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S00057 Memo:

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S00057 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           57
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- 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 length of the term of office  and  imposing
          term limits for members of the legislature
 
     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 eighteen  and  in  subse-
     8  quent  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 eighteen  and  in
    13  subsequent years shall hold their offices for four years.
    14    No  person  elected  to  office in the senate in the year two thousand
    15  eighteen and in subsequent years shall serve as a member of  the  senate
    16  for  more  than  three consecutive four year terms. No person elected to
    17  office in the assembly in the year two thousand eighteen and  in  subse-
    18  quent  years shall serve as a member of the assembly for more than three
    19  consecutive four year terms. Any partial term of office held as a member
    20  of the legislature prior to the election to a consecutive four year term
    21  shall not be used to calculate any term limitation imposed  pursuant  to
    22  this paragraph.
    23    §  2. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments
    24  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    25  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    26  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    27  published three months previous to the time of such election.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89025-01-5

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