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Assembly Bill A7368

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Constitutional amendment to increase the length of the term of senate members to four years and imposing term limits on all members of the legislature to twelve years

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2013-A7368 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2013-A7368 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the length of the term of senate members to four years and imposes term limits on all members of the legislature to twelve years in either house or sixteen years total.

2013-A7368 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7368

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LALOR -- 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  senate
  and limiting the terms of office of members of the legislature

  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 two years.
  NO PERSON ELECTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN AND IN  SUBSEQUENT
YEARS  SHALL  SERVE  IN  THE SENATE FOR MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS OR IN THE
ASSEMBLY FOR MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS; NOR  SHALL  A  PERSON  SERVE  AS  A
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR MORE THAN A TOTAL OF SIXTEEN YEARS, WHETH-
ER  SUCH  SERVICE IS AS A SENATOR, ASSEMBLY MEMBER, OR CONSECUTIVE TERMS
AS A SENATOR AND AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER, UNLESS THEY ARE SERVING A  TERM  TO
WHICH THEY WERE ELECTED BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF THE SIXTEENTH YEAR.
  S 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the provisions of the fore-
going  amendments  shall  apply only to terms of office commencing after
such amendments shall have been adopted pursuant to section 1 of article
19 of the constitution.
  S 3. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendments 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 three months previous to the time of such election.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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