Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S736

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor shall be filled for the remainder of the term by appointment of the governor

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

co-Sponsors

2009-S736 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7879
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 4 §6, Constn
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6389

2009-S736 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor shall be filled for the remainder of the term by appointment of the governor, within thirty days of such removal, death, resignation or ascension.

2009-S736 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S736 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   736

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. DILAN, AUBERTINE, FOLEY, ONORATO, PARKER, SAMPSON --
  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Judiciary

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to article 4 of the constitution, in relation  to
  the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor

  Section  1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 6 of arti-
cle 4 of the constitution be amended by adding a new fourth undesignated
paragraph to read as follows:
  IN CASE OF THE REMOVAL OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR ALONE FROM OFFICE OR
OF HIS OR HER DEATH, RESIGNATION OR ASCENSION TO GOVERNOR, THE OFFICE OF
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR SHALL BE FILLED FOR THE REMAINDER  OF  THE  TERM  BY
APPOINTMENT  OF THE GOVERNOR, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF SUCH REMOVAL, DEATH,
RESIGNATION, OR ASCENSION.
  S 2. Resolved (if the Assembly 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.
                                                           LBD89013-03-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.