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Assembly Bill A4969

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides a constitutional right of the people to direct petition and response whereby the legislature must act on a direct petition and response from the electorate

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2009-A4969 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Ren Art 20 to be Art 21, add Art 20, Constn

2009-A4969 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a constitutional right of the people to direct petition and response whereby the legislature must act on a direct petition and response from the electorate.

2009-A4969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4969

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRODSKY, HOYT, GALEF -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Judiciary

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing  an amendment to the constitution, in relation to direct peti-
  tion and response

  Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That  article  20  of  the
constitution  be  renumbered article 21 and a new article 20 be added to
read as follows:
                               ARTICLE XX
                       DIRECT PETITION AND RESPONSE
  SECTION 1.  THE PEOPLE RESERVE TO THEMSELVES  THE  POWER  TO  DIRECTLY
PETITION  THE  LEGISLATURE, CALLED THE DIRECT PETITION AND RESPONSE, AND
TO REQUIRE THE LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE A DIRECT AND  IMMEDIATE  RESPONSE.
TO INVOKE THE DIRECT PETITION AND RESPONSE, PETITIONS SIGNED BY A NUMBER
OF REGISTERED ELECTORS, NOT LESS THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTE CAST
FOR  ALL  CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AT THE LAST PRECEDING GENERAL ELECTION
AT WHICH A GOVERNOR WAS ELECTED SHALL BE REQUIRED.  ANY  LAW  OR  POLICY
PROPOSED  BY  DIRECT  PETITION  AND  RESPONSE SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE
LEGISLATURE AND MUST EITHER BE ENACTED OR REJECTED IN WHOLE  OR  AMENDED
BY THE LEGISLATURE WITHIN FORTY SESSION DAYS FROM THE TIME SUCH PETITION
IS  RECEIVED  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE.   IN THE EVENT OF THE FAILURE OF THE
LEGISLATURE TO SO ACT WITHIN SAID PERIOD, NEITHER HOUSE OF THE  LEGISLA-
TURE  SHALL  CONSIDER  ANY  OTHER  BILL  UNTIL  SUCH DIRECT PETITION AND
RESPONSE SHALL HAVE BEEN FINALLY ACTED ON BY BOTH HOUSES,  NOTWITHSTAND-
ING A MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR CERTIFYING TO THE NECESSITY OF THE IMME-
DIATE PASSAGE OF SUCH A BILL.  THE LEGISLATURE MAY REJECT ANY MEASURE SO
PROPOSED BY DIRECT PETITION AND RESPONSE AND PROPOSE A DIFFERENT MEASURE
UPON THE SAME SUBJECT BY A YEA AND NAY VOTE UPON SEPARATE ROLL CALLS. IF
THE DIRECT PETITION AND RESPONSE OR A PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE UPON THE SAME
SUBJECT RECEIVES THE ASSENT OF A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH
BRANCH  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE,  SUCH  DIRECT  PETITION  AND RESPONSE OR A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD89100-01-9
              

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