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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2016
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Introduced  by  M. of A. TEDISCO, BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, BUTLER, CROUCH,
  DiPIETRO, HAWLEY, JOHNS, LAWRENCE, LUPINACCI, MALLIOTAKIS,  McDONOUGH,
  McLAUGHLIN,  KOLB,  MONTESANO,  MURRAY,  PALMESANO,  RA, RAIA, TENNEY,
  WALTER, WOZNIAK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BARCLAY,  GOODELL,
  KEARNS,  LOPEZ, SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to bills with a thresh-
  old level of co-sponsorship

  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 33-a
to read as follows:
  S  33-A.  BILLS WITH A THRESHOLD LEVEL OF CO-SPONSORSHIP.  1. ANY BILL
INTRODUCED IN THE ASSEMBLY SHALL, UPON BEING CO-SPONSORED BY SEVENTY-SIX
OR MORE MEMBERS, BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE  TO  BE
TAKEN THEREON DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN WHICH IT WAS INTRODUCED.
  2. ANY BILL INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE SHALL, UPON BEING CO-SPONSORED BY
THIRTY-TWO  OR  MORE MEMBERS, BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE FOR A
VOTE TO BE TAKEN THEREON DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN WHICH IT  WAS
INTRODUCED.
  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.
A                                                          LBD13309-02-5