Assembly Bill A8236

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the number of terms a person may serve as governor

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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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2021-A8236 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Add Art 4 §2-a, Constn

2021-A8236 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits the number of terms a person may serve as governor to no more than two terms.

2021-A8236 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8236
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing  an amendment to article 4 of the constitution, in relation to
   the number of terms a person may serve as governor
 
   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur),  That  article  4  of  the
 constitution be amended by adding a new section 2-a to read as follows:
   §  2-A.  NO PERSON SHALL BE ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR MORE
 THAN TWICE, AND NO PERSON WHO HAS HELD THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR, OR  ACTED
 AS  GOVERNOR,  FOR  MORE  THAN  TWO  YEARS OF A TERM TO WHICH SOME OTHER
 PERSON WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR SHALL BE ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVER-
 NOR MORE THAN ONCE; PROVIDED THAT THIS SECTION SHALL NOT  APPLY  TO  ANY
 PERSON  HOLDING  THE  OFFICE OF GOVERNOR WHEN THIS SECTION TAKES EFFECT,
 AND SHALL NOT PREVENT ANY PERSON WHO MAY BE HOLDING THE OFFICE OF GOVER-
 NOR, OR ACTING AS GOVERNOR DURING THE TERM  WITHIN  WHICH  THIS  SECTION
 BECOMES  OPERATIVE  FROM  HOLDING  THE  OFFICE  OF GOVERNOR OR ACTING AS
 GOVERNOR DURING THE REMAINDER OF SUCH TERM.
   § 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.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89152-01-1

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