Assembly Bill A9188

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to decreasing the number of legislators

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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-A9188 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 3 ยง2, Constn

2009-A9188 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to decreasing the number of legislators to 40 members of the senate and 100 members of the assembly.

2009-A9188 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9188 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9188

                       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

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing amendments to section 2 of article 3 of the  constitution,  in
  relation to the membership of the senate and assembly

  Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of article
3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  S 2. The senate shall consist of  [fifty]  FORTY  members,  except  as
hereinafter  provided.  The  senators  elected  in the year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five shall hold their offices for three  years,
and  their  successors shall be chosen for two years. The assembly shall
consist of one hundred [and fifty] members. The assembly members elected
in the year one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  thirty-eight,  and  their
successors, shall be chosen for two years.
  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.
                                                           LBD89134-01-9

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