Assembly Bill A5661

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Repeals certain provisions regarding adoption of new or revised city charter proposed by charter commission which limit submission of questions to city's electors

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2023-A5661 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
Municipal Home Rule Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §36 sub 5 ¶¶(e), (f) & (g), Munic Home R L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6019
2011-2012: A2065
2013-2014: A5347
2015-2016: A3839
2017-2018: A3124
2019-2020: A1453
2021-2022: A23

2023-A5661 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Repeals certain provisions regarding the adoption of a new or revised city charter proposed by a charter commission which limit the submission of questions to a city's qualified electors; eliminates the rule that provides that whenever a city charter commission puts a proposal on the local ballot, all other local referendum proposals are barred from the ballot.

2023-A5661 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   5661
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMONE, GLICK, DINOWITZ, COLTON, WEPRIN, CARROLL
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once  and  referred  to
   the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to repeal paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of subdivision 5 of section
   36  of  the  municipal  home  rule law, relating to limitations on the
   submitting of a question to the qualified  electors  of  a  city  when
   there is a question submitted by a charter commission
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of subdivision 5 of section  36
 of the municipal home rule law are REPEALED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   REPEAL  NOTE.--Paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of subdivision 5 of section
 36 of the municipal home rule law proposed to be repealed  by  this  act
 provides  limitations  including prohibition on submission by local law,
 ordinance, resolution or petition of a question to the  qualified  elec-
 tors of a city when any question is submitted by a charter commission.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07932-01-3

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