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                                   6357
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO, BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO,
   FRIEND, LEMONDES, MANKTELOW, McDONOUGH, MILLER, MORINELLO, RA, REILLY,
   TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BARCLAY,  DiPIETRO,  HAWLEY,
   SMITH,  WALSH  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
   mental 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:
   §  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] THEIR hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in [his or
 her] THE GOVERNOR'S opinion necessitate an immediate  vote  thereon,  in
 which  case  it  must  nevertheless  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  CONSTITU-
 TION,  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 imme-
 diately 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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ic format by electronic means, and it is available for  review  in  such
 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.
   § 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.