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                                   3277
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF, DINOWITZ, ORTIZ, CAHILL, LUPARDO, JAFFEE,
   MAGNARELLI, GUNTHER, KAVANAGH,  CUSICK,  PAULIN,  McDONALD,  BUCHWALD,
   WOERNER,  MAYER,  STECK, RICHARDSON, ABINANTI, SKARTADOS, BLAKE, RAIA,
   SEPULVEDA, HAWLEY,  GIGLIO,  MURRAY,  LUPINACCI,  BRABENEC,  JOHNS  --
   Multi-Sponsored  by -- M.  of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, COLTON, CROUCH,
   FINCH, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, HIKIND, KOLB,  LIFTON,  MAGEE,  McDONOUGH,
   McKEVITT, OAKS, PALMESANO, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, RA, ROSENTHAL, SALA-
   DINO,  SIMON, STEC, THIELE, TITONE, WRIGHT, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to  the  continuity  of
   legislative sessions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds  that  while  New
 York  and  most  other states operate on two-year legislative calendars,
 only the legislature of the state  of  New  York  interrupts  procedural
 continuity  of  legislation  during  the two-year session. This practice
 commonly requires the reconsideration  and  readoption  of  hundreds  of
 bills  during  the  second  year  which  were  previously considered and
 adopted during the first year.  The  legislature  determines  that  this
 practice  is  usually  unnecessary  and  expends time and taxpayer money
 which could be better spent addressing other important legislative busi-
 ness. The legislature therefore declares  its  intent  to  preserve  the
 procedural  continuity  of  all  bills  within  the biennial legislative
 session.
   § 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new  section  42-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  42-A. CONTINUITY OF LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS. 1. UPON PASSAGE OF A BILL
 BY ONE HOUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE, SUCH BILL SHALL AUTOMATICALLY  BE  SENT
 TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE IN THE OTHER HOUSE FOR ACTION ON SUCH BILL,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02414-01-7
              

 A. 3277                             2
 
 WHERE THAT HOUSE MAY ACT ON THE BILL AT ANY TIME DURING THE REMAINDER OF
 THE BIENNIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
   2.  NO BILL REPORTED BY A STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE OR ASSEMBLY
 SHALL BE REFERRED BACK TO THAT COMMITTEE UNLESS  SUCH  BILL  SHALL  HAVE
 BEEN AMENDED.
   3.  EVERY BILL WHICH SHALL HAVE REACHED THE ORDER OF THIRD READING BUT
 WHICH SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN ACTED ON BY THE HOUSE BEFORE THE  END  OF  THE
 FIRST  YEAR OF THE TWO-YEAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION SHALL MAINTAIN ITS PLACE
 ON THE ORDER OF THIRD READING UNTIL THE HOUSE SHALL ACT ON SUCH BILL  OR
 UNTIL THE END OF THE TWO-YEAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION UNLESS SUCH BILL SHALL
 HAVE  BEEN  AMENDED,  IN  WHICH CASE SUCH BILL MAY BE REFERRED BACK TO A
 STANDING COMMITTEE FOR RECONSIDERATION.
   4. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO  BUDGET  BILLS
 INTRODUCED   BY   THE   GOVERNOR   PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  SEVEN  OF  THE
 CONSTITUTION, BILLS REQUIRING A HOME RULE MESSAGE FROM ONE OR MORE LOCAL
 GOVERNMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINE  OF  THE  CONSTITUTION,  CONCURRENT
 RESOLUTIONS  TO  AMEND  THE CONSTITUTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINETEEN OF
 THE CONSTITUTION OR BILLS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FIFTY  OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a  law;  provided,  that  the
 senate  and assembly shall, by concurrent resolution, adopt rules neces-
 sary to implement this act within twenty days after such act shall  have
 become a law.