A05603 Summary:
BILL NO | A05603 |
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SAME AS | No same as |
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SPONSOR | Cahill |
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Add Art 3 S5-b, Constn | |
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Provides for the establishment of state legislative districts by a nonpartisan commission, having no members of the legislature, pursuant to law; makes the commission's final apportionment subject to legislative approval. |
A05603 Actions:
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02/23/2011 | referred to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/04/2012 | referred to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/18/2012 | to attorney-general for opinion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/16/2012 | opinion referred to judiciary |
A05603 Floor Votes:
There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
Go to topA05603 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5603 2011-2012 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 23, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to article 3 of the constitution, in relation to nonpartisan establishment of state legislative districts 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That article 3 of the 2 constitution be amended by adding a new section 5-b to read as follows: 3 § 5-b. A nonpartisan commission comprised of qualified individuals, 4 that shall consist of members that are not elected to the senate or 5 assembly, shall apportion senate and assembly districts according to 6 population and geographical guidelines and requirements contained in 7 this article and other applicable law. The legislature shall appoint 8 members to the commission. The commission's final apportionment bounda- 9 ries shall be subject to legislative approval. The legislature shall 10 enact such laws as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this 11 section. 12 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be 13 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 14 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 15 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 16 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. LBD89102-01-1