Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limit the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4509
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 9, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in
relation to increasing the terms of office of members of the legisla-
ture to four years
1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 2 of arti-
2 cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
3 § 2. The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter
4 provided. The senators [elected in the year one thousand eight hundred
5 and ninety-five shall hold their offices for three years, and their
6 successors] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided,
7 that senators elected in the year two thousand twenty-six and in subse-
8 quent years shall hold their offices for four years. The assembly shall
9 consist of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly members [elected
10 in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, and their
11 successors,] shall be [chosen] elected for terms of two years; provided,
12 that assembly members elected in the year two thousand twenty-six and in
13 subsequent years shall hold their offices for four years.
14 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
15 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
16 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
17 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
18 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.
LBD89090-01-3
