S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2010
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 18, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, AMEDORE, CARLUCCI, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, HELMING,
JACOBS, O'MARA, ORTT, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, SERINO -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Investigations and Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to limiting the amount
of time any member of the legislature may serve as temporary president
of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority leader of the senate,
majority leader of the assembly, minority leader of the senate, minor-
ity leader of the assembly or chairman of a legislative committee
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 two new sections
5-b and 5-c to read as follows:
§ 5-B. LIMITATION ON TENURE OF TEMPORARY PRESIDENT, SPEAKER AND MINOR-
ITY LEADERS. NO MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL HOLD THE OFFICE OF
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, MAJORITY
LEADER OF THE SENATE, MAJORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY, MINORITY LEADER
OF THE SENATE OR MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY FOR MORE THAN EIGHT
YEARS.
§ 5-C. LIMITATION ON TENURE OF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. NO
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF ANY SINGLE LEGISLA-
TIVE COMMITTEE FOR MORE THAN EIGHT CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06958-01-9