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Assembly Bill A4651A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Imposes term limits for members of the assembly and senate of New York

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2015-A4651 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3808
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2-a, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6236
2017-2018: A4219, S887
2019-2020: A8799, S1093
2021-2022: S5918
2023-2024: S5324
2025-2026: S3306

2015-A4651 - Summary

Imposes term limits for members of the assembly and senate of New York.

2015-A4651 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4651

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. JOHNS, CORWIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  CERETTO -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
  Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to imposing term limits
  for members of the assembly and senate of the state of New York

  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 LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT
SERVE MORE THAN SIX TWO-YEAR TERMS IN EITHER THE SENATE OR THE ASSEMBLY.
IN NO EVENT  MAY A LEGISLATOR SERVE MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS IN EITHER THE
SENATE OR ASSEMBLY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06533-01-5

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2015-A4651A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3808
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2-a, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6236
2017-2018: A4219, S887
2019-2020: A8799, S1093
2021-2022: S5918
2023-2024: S5324
2025-2026: S3306

2015-A4651A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes term limits for members of the assembly and senate of New York.

2015-A4651A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4651--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JOHNS,  CORWIN, TEDISCO, McLAUGHLIN, TENNEY,
  DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CERETTO, McKEVITT  --  read
  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on Governmental Operations --
  recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in  accordance
  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to imposing term limits
  for members of the assembly and senate of the state of New York

  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 LEGISLATURE  SHALL  NOT
SERVE MORE THAN SIX TWO-YEAR TERMS IN EITHER THE SENATE OR THE ASSEMBLY.
IN NO EVENT  MAY A LEGISLATOR SERVE MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS IN EITHER THE
SENATE OR ASSEMBLY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06533-03-6

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