Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Feb 25, 2013 |
referred to cities |
Assembly Bill A5381
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRENNAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Michael Benedetto
Marcos Crespo
Michael DenDekker
Deborah Glick
multi-Sponsors
William Colton
Richard Gottfried
Felix Ortiz
2013-A5381 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A5381 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5381 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 25, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, BENEDETTO, CRESPO, DenDEKKER, CASTRO, GLICK, GIBSON, BARRON, PERRY, MILLER, ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, GOTTFRIED, MAISEL, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to charter revision commissions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 36 of the municipal home rule law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows: 4-A. IF A COMMISSION IS CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AFTER THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY OF ANY YEAR, SUCH COMMISSION MAY NOT PLACE ANY PROPOSALS ON THE BALLOT UNTIL THE SUBSEQUENT CALENDAR YEAR FOLLOWING ITS CREATION; PROVIDED, THAT SUCH COMMISSION, WITH APPROVAL OF THE LEGISLA- TIVE BODY, MAY PLACE A PROPOSAL ON THE BALLOT IN THE YEAR IT WAS CREATED, REGARDLESS OF THE DATE SUCH COMMISSION WAS CREATED. PRIOR TO THE CONSIDERATION OF ANY PROPOSALS BY THE COMMISSION, SUCH COMMISSION SHALL HOLD ONE OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE PUBLIC OPIN- ION REGARDING WHAT REVISIONS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CHARTER. FOLLOWING A DETERMINATION BY THE COMMISSION REGARDING WHICH PROPOSED CHANGES SHALL BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT FOR CONSIDERATION BY ELECTORS, SUCH COMMISSION SHALL HOLD ONE OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE PUBLIC OPINION REGARDING SUCH PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS FOR SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THE CHARTER RECOMMENDED BY SUCH COMMISSION SHALL, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE, BE SEPARATELY IDENTIFIED ON THE BALLOT FOR SEPARATE VOTER CONSIDERATION. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2013, and shall apply to any charter revision commission coming into existence on or after January 1, 2013; provided that any charter revision commission that is in existence prior to January 1, 2013 and which is not in compliance with the provisions of this act is hereby terminated, and no proposed new charter or amendment offered by such commission shall be put to vote nor take effect.
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