Assembly Bill A1571

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Limits the time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader

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  • 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

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2013-A1571 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง5-b, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5631
2011-2012: A4816
2015-2016: A4662
2017-2018: A5914
2019-2020: A4126
2021-2022: A5009
2023-2024: A2998

2013-A1571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits the time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader to 4 consecutive two year terms.

2013-A1571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1571

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, CORWIN, CROUCH, GIGLIO, MONTESANO, McLAUGH-
  LIN  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, DUPREY, TENNEY -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to limiting the  amount
  of time a legislator may serve as a legislative leader

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section  5-b
to read as follows:
  S  5-B. LIMITS ON TIME A LEGISLATOR MAY SERVE AS A LEGISLATIVE LEADER.
NO MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE MAY BE ELECTED  TO  SERVE  MORE  THAN  FOUR
CONSECUTIVE  TWO  YEAR  TERMS  AS THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,
MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, MINORITY  LEADER
OF THE ASSEMBLY OR THE CHAIRPERSON OF ANY SENATE OR ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03335-01-3

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