Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to governmental operations |
Feb 25, 2009 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Feb 04, 2009 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 30, 2009 |
referred to governmental operations |
Assembly Bill A4145
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CAMARA
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A4145 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S21
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Art 3 §2, Art 4 §1, Art 5 §1, Constn
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
A4302, S4250
2013-2014: S2202
2015-2016: S4352
2009-A4145 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4145 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA, BALL, KOLB, BACALLES, SAYWARD -- 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 increasing the terms of office of members of the legisla- ture to four years and limiting the terms of office as a member of the legislature any person may serve; proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 4 of the constitution, in relation to limiting the terms of office as governor or lieutenant governor any person may serve; and proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 5 of the constitution, in relation to limiting the terms of office as comptroller or attor- ney-general any person may serve Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of article 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: S 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] ELECTED for TERMS OF two years; PROVIDED, THAT SENATORS ELECTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TEN AND IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS SHALL HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR FOUR 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] ELECTED for TERMS OF two years; PROVIDED, THAT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ELECTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TEN AND IN SUBSE- QUENT YEARS SHALL HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR FOUR YEARS. NO PERSON SHALL SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE FOUR YEAR TERMS, WHETHER SUCH SERVICE IS AS A SENATOR, ASSEMBLY MEMBER, OR CONSECUTIVE TERMS AS A SENATOR AND AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER; PROVIDED THAT ANY PARTIAL TERM OF OFFICE HELD AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE PRIOR TO THE ELECTION TO A CONSECUTIVE FOUR YEAR TERM SHALL NOT BE USED TO CALCULATE ANY TERM LIMITATION IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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