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                                  4665

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BARCLAY, BORELLI, GIGLIO,  KATZ,  MALLIOTAKIS,  McDONOUGH,  MONTESANO,
  RAIA,  SALADINO,  TENNEY,  WALTER  --  read  once  and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of  the  constitution,
  in relation to the procedure for voting increases in the rate of state
  taxes

  Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 14 of article
3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  S  14.  No  bill  shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have
been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its  final  form,  at
least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or
her  hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his or her opin-
ion necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must  never-
theless  be upon the desks of the members in final form, not necessarily
printed, before its  final  passage;  nor  shall  any  bill,  EXCEPT  AS
PROVIDED  HEREIN,  be  passed or become a law, except by the assent of a
majority of the members elected to each branch of the  legislature;  NOR
SHALL  ANY  BILL  WHICH INCREASES, EXTENDS, IMPOSES, OR REVIVES ANY TAX,
FEE, ASSESSMENT, SURCHARGE OR ANY OTHER SUCH LEVY OR COLLECTION,  EXCEPT
ANY  BILL WHICH RESULTS FROM THE PASSAGE OF A HOME RULE MESSAGE PURSUANT
TO SECTION TWO OF ARTICLE NINE OF THIS CONSTITUTION, BE PASSED OR BECOME
A LAW, EXCEPT BY THE ASSENT OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH
BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE VOTING SEPARATELY; and upon the  last  reading
of  a bill, no amendment thereof shall be allowed, and the question upon
its final passage shall be taken immediately thereafter,  and  the  ayes
and nays entered on the journal.
  For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and
upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electron-
ic  format  by  electronic means, and it is available for review in such

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

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format at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section  "elec-
tronic  means"  means  any method of transmission of information between
computers or other machines designed for  the  purpose  of  sending  and
receiving   such  transmissions  and  which:  allows  the  recipient  to
reproduce  the  information  transmitted  in  a   tangible   medium   of
expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to
be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.
  S  2. Resolved (if the Senate 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.