Assembly Bill A9187

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Limits the amount of time any member of the legislature may serve as a legislative leader

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A9187 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §5-b, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6192

2009-A9187 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits the amount of time any member of the legislature may serve as a legislative leader; precludes a member serving as speaker of the assembly from becoming temporary president of the senate immediately thereafter.

2009-A9187 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9187 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9187

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            October 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. QUINN -- 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 a legislative lead-
  er

  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 a new section  5-b
to read as follows:
  S  5-B.  LIMITATION ON TENURE OF LEGISLATORS TO SERVE AS A LEGISLATIVE
LEADER. 1. NO MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE MAY BE  ELECTED  TO  SERVE  MORE
THAN SIX YEARS AS THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, MINORITY LEADER
OF  THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY
OR THE CHAIRPERSON OF ANY SENATE OR ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE.
  2. ANY MEMBER HAVING SERVED AS THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY  SHALL  NOT
BE  ELECTED  TO  SERVE  AS  THE  MAJORITY LEADER IN THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING SUCH MEMBER'S TENURE AS SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11319-01-9

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