STATE OF NEW YORK
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5319
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 1, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- 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 length of the term of office and imposing
term limits for members of the legislature
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-four 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-four and
13 in subsequent years shall hold their offices for four years.
14 No person elected to office in the senate in the year two thousand
15 twenty-four and in subsequent years shall serve as a member of the
16 senate for more than three consecutive four year terms. No person
17 elected to office in the assembly in the year two thousand twenty-four
18 and in subsequent years shall serve as a member of the assembly for more
19 than three consecutive four year terms. Any partial term of office held
20 as a member of the legislature prior to the election to a consecutive
21 four year term shall not be used to calculate any term limitation
22 imposed pursuant to this paragraph.
23 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments
24 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
25 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
26 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
27 published three months previous to the time of such election.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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