Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A9817

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Expands the terms of senators and assembly members to four years and limits the number of terms the members of the senate and the assembly may serve to three terms

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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

2011-A9817 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2011-A9817 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the terms of senators and assembly members to four years and limits the number of terms the members of the senate and the assembly may serve to three terms.

2011-A9817 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9817

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 13, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BURLING, BLANKENBUSH, SAYWARD, McLAUGHLIN, CORWIN
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 3 of the constitution, in
  relation  to  expanding  the terms of senators and assembly members to
  four years and limiting the number of terms the members of the  senate
  and the assembly may serve to three terms

  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 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; PROVIDED THAT SENATORS ELECTED
IN  THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS, SHALL HOLD
THEIR OFFICES FOR FOUR 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; PROVIDED THAT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ELECTED IN THE YEAR TWO  THOU-
SAND  AND  FOURTEEN,  AND THEIR SUCCESSORS, SHALL HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR
FOUR YEARS. NO MEMBER OF THE SENATE OR THE  ASSEMBLY  SHALL  SERVE  MORE
THAN THREE TERMS.
  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.
                                                           LBD89151-01-2

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.