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                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEFFRIES,  JAFFEE, KAVANAGH, BALL, FIELDS --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. FINCH, KOLB, MOLINARO, SAYWARD -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of  the  constitution,
  in relation to eliminating the use of messages of necessity for appro-
  priations bills

  Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 14 of article
3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  S  14.  No  bill  shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have
been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its  final  form,  at
least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or
her  hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his or her opin-
ion necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must  never-
theless  be upon the desks of the members in final form, not necessarily
printed, before its final passage; nor  shall  any  bill  be  passed  or
become  a law, except by the assent of a majority of the members elected
to each branch of the legislature; and upon the last reading of a  bill,
no  amendment  thereof shall be allowed, and the question upon its final
passage shall be taken immediately thereafter, and  the  ayes  and  nays
entered  on the journal.  THE GOVERNOR MAY NOT ISSUE A MESSAGE OF NECES-
SITY FOR APPROPRIATIONS BILLS, EXCEPT WHERE IMMEDIATE PASSAGE IS  NECES-
SARY  TO  ADDRESS OR AVERT AN EXTREME FISCAL CRISIS. ANY SUCH MESSAGE OF
NECESSITY MUST BE ACCEPTED BY AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF A MAJORITY  OF  ALL
MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE. APPROPRIATIONS BILLS SHALL NOT
BE PASSED UNLESS THEY ARE PLACED UPON THE DESKS OF THE MEMBERS, IN THEIR
FINAL FORM, THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY PRINTED, AT LEAST THREE CALENDAR DAYS
PRIOR TO VOTING.
  S  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.
                                                           LBD89055-01-9