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Senate Bill S6195

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the term of office for governor and limiting the governor to one term in office

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2009-S6195 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 4 ยง1, Constn

2009-S6195 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the term of office for governor and limiting the governor to one term in office.

2009-S6195 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6195 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6195

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                           September 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 4 of the constitution, in
  relation to increasing the term of office for  governor  and  limiting
  the governor to one term in office

  Section  1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti-
cle 4 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  Section 1. The executive power shall be vested in  the  governor,  who
shall hold office for [four] SIX years; the lieutenant-governor shall be
chosen  at  the same time, and for the same term. The governor and lieu-
tenant-governor shall be chosen at the general election held in the year
nineteen hundred thirty-eight, and each fourth year  thereafter.    They
shall  be  chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote
applicable to both offices, and the legislature by law shall provide for
making such choice in such manner. The  respective  persons  having  the
highest  number of votes cast jointly for them for governor and lieuten-
ant-governor respectively shall be elected.   NO PERSON SHALL  HOLD  THE
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR FOR MORE THAN ONE TERM.
  S  2.  Resolved  (if  the Assembly concur), That the provisions of the
foregoing amendments shall apply only to  terms  of  offices  commencing
after  such  amendments shall have been adopted pursuant to section 1 of
article 19 of the constitution.
  S 3. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing  amendments
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 three months previous to the time of such election.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD89163-01-9

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