S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 25, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. KOON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to limiting the amount
of time any member of the legislature may serve as temporary president
of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate,
minority leader of the assembly or chairman of a legislative committee
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding two new sections
5-b and 5-c to read as follows:
S 5-B. LIMITATION ON TENURE OF TEMPORARY PRESIDENT, SPEAKER AND MINOR-
ITY LEADERS. NO MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL HOLD THE OFFICE OF
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, MINORITY
LEADER OF THE SENATE OR MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY FOR MORE THAN
EIGHT YEARS.
S 5-C. LIMITATION ON TENURE OF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. NO
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF ANY SINGLE LEGISLA-
TIVE COMMITTEE, EXCEPT THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS.
S 2. This act shall take effect only in the event that the amendments
to the constitution proposed in "CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND
ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 4 of the consti-
tution, in relation to term limits for the office of governor; and
proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 5 of the constitution, in
relation to term limits for the offices of comptroller and attorney-gen-
eral" have been enacted pursuant to section 1 of article 19 of the
constitution. Upon such enactment, this act shall take effect on the
first of January next succeeding the enactment of such constitutional
amendments, and shall apply to offices in the legislature which commence
on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08077-01-9