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Assembly Bill A9819

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to term limits for elected members of the legislature

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2011-A9819 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง2-a, Leg L

2011-A9819 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to term limits for elected members of the legislature.

2011-A9819 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9819

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 13, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. D. MILLER, GOODELL, BLANKENBUSH, McLAUGHLIN --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in  relation  to  term  limits  for
  elected members of the legislature

  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  2-a
to read as follows:
  S 2-A. LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS. MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE SHALL
NOT  SERVE  MORE  THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS OF FOUR YEARS IN EITHER THE
SENATE OR THE ASSEMBLY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing a regularly scheduled general election for senate and assembly seats
and shall apply to offices in the legislature which commence on or after
such effective date.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14343-02-2

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