Provides that members of the legislature shall not serve more than five two-year terms in either house; regardless of terms, service is limited to ten years in each house and no more than twenty years of service, in the aggregate, as a state legislator.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1540--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations and
Government Operations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to term limits for
legislators
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 2-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 2-a. Legislative term limits. Any individual may serve a maximum of
4 five two-year terms for the state assembly. Any individual may serve a
5 maximum of five two-year terms for the state senate. No person shall
6 serve more than ten years in each house. No person shall have more than
7 twenty years of service, in the aggregate, as a state legislator.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022; only terms commenced
9 on or after such date shall be counted toward an individual's years of
10 service.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02005-02-0
