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Assembly Bill A3273

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limiting the terms of office

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2013-A3273 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 3 ยง2, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6919
2015-2016: A5697
2017-2018: A6463
2019-2020: A4433
2021-2022: A5596
2023-2024: A5408
2025-2026: A2386

2013-A3273 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limiting the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.

2013-A3273 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  3273

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RABBITT, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  CROUCH, McLAUGHLIN -- 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 increasing the terms of office of members of the legisla-
  ture to four years and limiting the terms of office as a member of the
  legislature any person may serve

  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] ELECTED for TERMS OF two years;  PROVIDED,
THAT  SENATORS  ELECTED  IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN AND IN SUBSE-
QUENT YEARS 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] ELECTED for TERMS OF two years; PROVIDED,
THAT  ASSEMBLY  MEMBERS ELECTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN AND IN
SUBSEQUENT YEARS SHALL HOLD THEIR OFFICES FOR FOUR YEARS.
  NO PERSON SHALL SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE  LEGISLATURE  FOR  MORE  THAN
THREE CONSECUTIVE FOUR-YEAR TERMS, WHETHER SUCH SERVICE IS AS A SENATOR,
ASSEMBLY  MEMBER,  OR  CONSECUTIVE  TERMS  AS  A SENATOR AND AN ASSEMBLY
MEMBER; PROVIDED THAT ANY PARTIAL TERM OF OFFICE HELD AS A MEMBER OF THE
LEGISLATURE PRIOR TO THE ELECTION TO A CONSECUTIVE FOUR-YEAR TERM  SHALL
NOT  BE  USED  TO CALCULATE ANY TERM LIMITATION IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS
PARAGRAPH.
  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

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