Requires the assent of a two-thirds majority of the members elected to each branch of the legislature prior to the immediate vote on any legislation which has not aged for three days; establishes further provisions relating to message of necessity legislation.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1601
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BORELLI
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of the constitution,
in relation to requiring the assent of a two-thirds majority of the
members elected to each branch of the legislature prior to the immedi-
ate vote on any legislation which has not aged for three days
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, provided that a majority of two-
13 thirds of the members in each branch of the legislature shall be
14 required in the case of an immediate vote; and upon the last reading of
15 a bill, no amendment thereof shall be allowed, and the question upon its
16 final passage shall be taken immediately thereafter, and the ayes and
17 nays entered on the journal. Any bill which is passed following a
18 message of necessity shall expire no later than two years from the date
19 it becomes effective. No such bill or extension of the provisions there-
20 of may be subject to a second message of necessity.
21 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing be referred
22 to the first regular legislative session convening after the next
23 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
24 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
25 months previous to the time of such election.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD89024-01-5
