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Feb 09, 2010 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 12, 2010 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to judiciary |
Feb 13, 2009 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 21, 2009 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 12, 2009 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S642
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S642 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Art 9 ยง1, Constn
2009-S642 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S642 TITLE OF BILL : CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to subdivision (d) of section 1 of article 9 of the constitution, in relation to the powers of local government PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purposes of this bill is to allow municipalities to annex other municipalities without approval from the affected municipalities' legislatures. Note that this bill does not remove the requirement 'of the people, if any, of the territory proposed to be annexed to pass a referendum allowing for the annexation to take place. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : This bill amends Article IX; Section 1 (d) of the State Constitution. JUSTIFICATION : Municipal borders, often established more than a century ago, are becoming less relevant and more costly to maintain as New Yorkers live increasingly mobile lives. Residents often live and pay taxes in one place, yet work someplace else and shop throughout the region. Yet, while modern transportation and telecommunication technologies render old boundaries virtually meaningless in the day-to-day lives of New Yorkers, multiple often duplicative government layers have driven the
2009-S642 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 642 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 12, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- 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 subdivision (d) of section 1 of article 9 of the constitution, in relation to the powers of local government Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That subdivision (d) of section 1 of article 9 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: (d) No local government or any part of the territory thereof shall be annexed to another until the people, if any, of the territory proposed to be annexed shall have consented thereto by majority vote on a refer- endum [and until the governing board of each local government, the area of which is affected, shall have consented thereto upon the basis of a determination that the annexation is in the over-all public interest. The consent of the governing board of a county shall be required only where a boundary of the county is affected. On or before July first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, the legislature shall provide, where such consent of a governing board is not granted, for adjudication and deter- mination, on the law and the facts, in a proceeding initiated in the supreme court, of the issue of whether the annexation is in the over-all public interest]. S 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 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. LBD89062-01-9
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