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Jun 24, 2010 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8342
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S8342 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §73-c, Pub Off L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S3458
2009-S8342 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S8342 TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE: This bill would provide for the submission to the voters of whether there should be a constitutional convention for a limited call on reform issues, and amend the public officers law to provide limitations and ethical requirements for delegates to a constitutional convention. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of this bill would provide that pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of article XIX of the New York state constitution, a question would be submitted to and decided by the voters as to whether there should be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same for the sole and limited purposes of reform. Such convention would be limited to:
2009-S8342 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8342 I N S E N A T E June 24, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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. S 3. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section 73-c to read as follows: S 73-C. DELEGATES TO STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. ALL PERSONS SEEKING ELECTION AS A DELEGATE TO A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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