STATE OF NEW YORK
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1819
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES, JAFFEE, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. FINCH, KOLB, MOLINARO, SAYWARD -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of the constitution,
in relation to eliminating the use of messages of necessity for appro-
priations bills
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 § 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 be passed or
11 become a law, except by the assent of a majority of the members elected
12 to each branch of the legislature; and upon the last reading of a bill,
13 no amendment thereof shall be allowed, and the question upon its final
14 passage shall be taken immediately thereafter, and the ayes and nays
15 entered on the journal. The governor may not issue a message of neces-
16 sity for appropriations bills, except where immediate passage is neces-
17 sary to address or avert an extreme fiscal crisis. Any such message of
18 necessity must be accepted by an affirmative vote of a majority of all
19 members of each house of the legislature. Appropriations bills shall not
20 be passed unless they are placed upon the desks of the members, in their
21 final form, though not necessarily printed, at least three calendar days
22 prior to voting.
23 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
24 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 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.
LBD89056-01-1
