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Senate Bill S6356

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and prohibiting legislators from receiving outside income from active employment

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2015-S6356 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 3 §2, add §6-a, Constn
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S2056

2015-S6356 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and prohibiting legislators from receiving outside income from active employment.

2015-S6356 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6356 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6356

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

            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 prohibiting legislators from receiving outside
  income from active employment

  Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur),  That section 2 of arti-
cle 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] TWO thousand [eight
hundred and ninety-five] EIGHTEEN, AND  THEIR  SUCCESSORS,  shall  [hold
their  offices]  BE CHOSEN for [three] FOUR 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] TWO thousand [nine hundred and thirty-eight] EIGHTEEN,  and  their
successors, shall be chosen for [two] FOUR years.
  S  2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That article 3 of the consti-
tution be amended by adding a new section 6-a to read as follows:
  S 6-A. PROHIBITION ON OUTSIDE INCOME FROM ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT.   MEMBERS
OF  THE  SENATE OR ASSEMBLY SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM RECEIVING ANY ADDI-
TIONAL INCOME DERIVED FROM OUTSIDE ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT AS DEFINED BY LAW.
  S 3. Resolved (if the Assembly 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
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD89115-01-6

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