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Assembly Bill A6346

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a bill shall be brought to the floor and voted upon by both houses upon the filing of a petition requesting such a vote

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2009-A6346 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Add Art 3 ยง14-a, Constn

2009-A6346 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a bill shall be brought to the floor and voted upon by both houses of the legislature upon the filing of a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters requesting such bill be voted upon.

2009-A6346 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6346

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GORDON, SCHROEDER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. ALFANO, BACALLES, BARCLAY, CONTE, CROUCH, KOLB, McDONOUGH,  MOLINA-
  RO,  RAIA,  SAYWARD,  THIELE,  WALKER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Judiciary

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing amendments to article 3 of the constitution,  in  relation  to
  providing  the  electors  with the power of legislative initiative and
  redress

  Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur),  That  article  3  of  the
constitution be amended by adding a new section 14-a to read as follows:
  S 14-A. LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE AND REDRESS.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
SECTION OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE CONTRARY, A BILL THAT HAS BEEN INTRO-
DUCED  IN BOTH BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR
AND VOTED UPON IN BOTH BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE UPON THE FILING  WITH
THE  SECRETARY  OF STATE A PETITION, SIGNED BY REGISTERED VOTERS IN THIS
STATE NO LESS IN NUMBER THAN FIVE PERCENT OF THE VOTES  FOR  ALL  CANDI-
DATES  FOR  GOVERNOR AT THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION, REQUESTING THAT
SUCH BILL BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR AND VOTED UPON IN BOTH BRANCHES OF THE
LEGISLATURE.  AT LEAST ONE-HALF OF THE SIGNATURES SHALL BE  FROM  REGIS-
TERED VOTERS RESIDING OUTSIDE OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION
OR  MORE.    SUCH PETITION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE NO
LATER THAN THE FIRST TUESDAY IN MAY OF THE SECOND YEAR OF  THE  TERM  OF
THE  LEGISLATURE,  SHALL  INDICATE  BOTH  THE SENATE BILL NUMBER AND THE
ASSEMBLY BILL  NUMBER,  AND  SHALL  BEAR  THE  SIGNATURE  AND  RESIDENCE
ADDRESS, INCLUDING COUNTY, OF EACH SIGNATORY. UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH PETI-
TION,  THE  SECRETARY  OF  STATE SHALL WITHIN TEN DAYS EITHER REJECT THE
PETITION FOR FAILURE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION OR  TRANS-
MIT  SUCH  PETITION  TO BOTH BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE, WHERE THE BILL
SHALL BE BROUGHT TO A VOTE BEFORE THE LAST DAY OF REGULAR SESSION OF THE
SECOND YEAR OF THE TERM OF THE  LEGISLATURE.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION
SHALL NEGATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE BILL SHALL BE PRINTED AND UPON THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD89079-01-9

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