Senate Bill S3458

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Proposes to convene a constitutional convention, provides for qualifications for delegates to a constitutional convention

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2011-S3458 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Add §73-c, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S8342

2011-S3458 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Proposes to convene a constitutional convention, provides for qualifications for delegates to a constitutional convention.

2011-S3458 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S3458 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3458

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 23, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. GRIFFO, GRISANTI, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to provide for the submission to the people of a  proposition  or
  question  to  convene  a  constitutional  convention; and to amend the
  public officers law, in relation to requirements for  delegates  to  a
  constitutional convention

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of article  XIX  of
the  New York state constitution, the question "Shall there be a conven-
tion to revise the constitution and amend the  same  for  the  sole  and
limited  purposes  of  providing for reform of the state budget process,
creating a real property tax cap, providing state mandate and regulatory
relief, limiting state  debt  and  expenditures,  authorizing  statewide
initiative  and  referendum,  and  establishing term limits, recall, and
rules of succession for all state elected officers?" shall be  submitted
to  and decided by the people of the state at the general election to be
held in the next succeeding November after the effective  date  of  this
act.
  S  2. If the question stated in section one of this act is answered in
the affirmative by a majority of all votes  cast  for  and  against  it,
decided in favor of a convention for such sole and limited purposes, the
procedures  and  provisions  of section 2 of article XIX of the New York
state constitution shall apply and  be  implemented,  except  that  such
convention shall only consider and submit amendments to the constitution
for  the  sole and limited purposes of providing for reform of the state
budget process, creating  a  real  property  tax  cap,  providing  state
mandate  and  regulatory  relief,  limiting state debt and expenditures,
authorizing statewide initiative and referendum, and  establishing  term
limits, recall, and rules of succession for all state elected officers.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05963-01-1

              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.