Assembly Bill A3855

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases terms of members of legislature commencing with election in 2014 to four years

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2009-A3855 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 3 ยง2, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2504
2013-2014: A2991
2015-2016: A4930

2009-A3855 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases terms of members of legislature commencing with election in 2014 to four years.

2009-A3855 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3855

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CLARK, J. RIVERA, ZEBROWSKI, GREENE, ERRIGO,
  MILLER, JEFFRIES, COOK, KOON, PERALTA, ROBINSON, CAMARA, FINCH, TOBAC-
  CO -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  BENJAMIN,  BOYLAND,  CROUCH,
  DelMONTE,  MAISEL,  RABBITT,  REILLY,  SAYWARD, TOWNS -- read once and
  referred 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

  Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of article
3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  S 2. The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as  hereinafter
provided.  The  senators [elected in the year one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-five shall hold their offices  for  three  years,  and  their
successors]  shall be [chosen] ELECTED for TERMS OF two years; PROVIDED,
THAT SENATORS ELECTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN  AND  IN  SUBSE-
QUENT  YEARS SHALL HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR FOUR YEARS. The assembly shall
consist of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly members  [elected
in  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and thirty-eight, and their
successors,] shall be [chosen] ELECTED for TERMS OF two years; PROVIDED,
THAT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ELECTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN  AND  IN
SUBSEQUENT YEARS SHALL HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR FOUR YEARS.
  S 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the provisions of the fore-
going  amendments  shall  apply only to terms of office commencing after
such amendments shall have been adopted pursuant to section 1 of article
19 of the constitution.
  S 3. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendments be
referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
next succeeding general election of the members of the assembly, and, in
conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
published for 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.
                                                           LBD89080-01-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.