STATE OF NEW YORK
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6470
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to term limits
for elected office
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1138 of the New York city charter, as amended by
2 local law number 51 of the city of New York for the year 2008, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 § 1138. Term Limits. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
5 contained in this charter, no person shall be eligible to be elected to
6 or serve in the office of mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough
7 president or council member if that person had previously held such
8 office for [three] two or more full consecutive terms, unless one full
9 term or more has elapsed since that person last held such office;
10 provided, however, that in calculating the number of consecutive terms a
11 person has served, only terms commencing on or after January 1, 1994
12 shall be counted.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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