Assembly Bill A8501

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Imposes term limits of no more than four terms for members of the legislature

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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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2019-A8501 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 3 §2, Constn

2019-A8501 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes term limits of no more than four four year terms for members of the legislature.

2019-A8501 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8501
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in
   relation to imposing term limits for members of the legislature

   Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of article
 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   § 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 for two 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 for two years.
   NO PERSON ELECTED TO OFFICE IN THE SENATE IN  THE  YEAR  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY AND IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS SHALL SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE FOR
 MORE  THAN  FOUR  FOUR  YEAR  TERMS.  NO PERSON ELECTED TO OFFICE IN THE
 ASSEMBLY IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND IN SUBSEQUENT  YEARS  SHALL
 SERVE  AS  A  MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY FOR MORE THAN FOUR FOUR YEAR TERMS.
 ANY PARTIAL TERM OF OFFICE HELD AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE PRIOR  TO
 THE ELECTION TO A FOUR YEAR TERM SHALL NOT BE USED TO CALCULATE ANY TERM
 LIMITATION IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. 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 members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
 conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
 published 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.
                                                            LBD89132-01-9

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