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Assembly Bill A8477

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limiting the total number of years a member of the legislature may serve

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2021-A8477 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 3 §2, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5237
2017-2018: A6702
2019-2020: A5683
2023-2024: A2394

2021-A8477 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limiting the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.

2021-A8477 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8477
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. J. M. GIGLIO -- 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
 
   Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of article
 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   § 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] TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO shall hold  their  offices  for
 [three]  TWO  years, and their successors shall be chosen for [two] FOUR
 years PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NO SENATOR SHALL SERVE  FOR  MORE  THAN  TWELVE
 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] TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO,  shall  [be
 chosen for] HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR two years, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS SHALL
 BE  CHOSEN  FOR  FOUR  YEARS PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NO ASSEMBLY MEMBER SHALL
 SERVE FOR MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS.    NO  PERSON  SHALL  HAVE  MORE  THAN
 SIXTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE, IN THE AGGREGATE, AS A STATE LEGISLATOR.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD89162-01-1

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