Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 15, 2016 |
held for consideration in governmental operations |
Feb 05, 2016 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 13, 2016 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to governmental operations |
Jul 27, 2015 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jun 12, 2015 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jun 11, 2015 |
print number 5905a |
Jun 11, 2015 |
amend and recommit to governmental operations |
Apr 08, 2015 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Mar 10, 2015 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Mar 06, 2015 |
referred to governmental operations |
Assembly Bill A5905A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CROUCH
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
Bill Amendments
2015-A5905 - Details
2015-A5905 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5905 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 6, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to sections 2 and 4 of article 3 of the constitu- tion, in relation to Senate apportionment 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] SIXTY-TWO 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 for two 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 for two years. S 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That subdivisions (d) and (e) of section 4 of article 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: (d) [The ratio for apportioning senators shall always be obtained by dividing the number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, by fifty, and the senate shall always be composed of fifty members, except that if any county having three or more senators at the time of any apportionment shall be entitled on such ratio to an additional senator or senators, such additional senator or senators shall be given to such county in addition to the fifty senators, and the whole number of senators shall be increased to that extent. The senate districts, including the present ones, as existing imme- diately before the enactment of a law readjusting or altering the senate districts, shall continue to be the senate districts of the state until the expirations of the terms of the senators then in office, except for the purpose of an election of senators for full terms beginning at such expirations, and for the formation of assembly districts.] ONE SENATOR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89076-01-5
co-Sponsors
Claudia Tenney
Christopher Friend
2015-A5905A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A5905A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5905--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 6, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to sections 2 and 4 of article 3 of the constitu- tion, in relation to Senate apportionment 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] SIXTY-TWO 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 for two 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 for two years. S 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 4 of article 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: S 4. (a) Except as herein otherwise provided, the federal census taken in the year nineteen hundred thirty and each federal census taken decen- nially thereafter shall be controlling as to the number of inhabitants in the state or any part thereof for the purposes of the apportionment of members of assembly and readjustment or alteration of [senate and] assembly districts next occurring, in so far as such census and the tabulation thereof purport to give the information necessary therefor. The legislature, by law, shall provide for the making and tabulation by state authorities of an enumeration of the inhabitants of the entire state to be used for such purposes, instead of a federal census, if the taking of a federal census in any tenth year from the year nineteen hundred thirty be omitted or if the federal census fails to show the number of aliens or Indians not taxed. If a federal census, though giving the requisite information as to the state at large, fails to give the information as to any civil or territorial divisions which is EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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