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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Assembly Bill A5760
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BROWN K
Current 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
2023-A5760 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Comptroller
2023-A5760 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5760 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT in relation to establishing a separate states working group to conduct a study on Long Island statehood; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. There is hereby established within the office of the state comptroller a working group to be known as the "separate states working group". The working group shall conduct a study examining dividing New York into separate states by having the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, hereinafter referred to as "Long Island", become a separate state. Such study shall include, but not be limited to: (a) a cost benefit analysis of separating New York into two separate states, including, but not limited to, economic opportunity for both areas; (b) the legal ramifications of separating New York into two separate states; (c) the general up-front cost associated with separating New York into two separate states, exclusive of the long-term economic ramifications, including, but not limited to the cost of creating two new state govern- ments, the separation of the physical and organizational infrastructure, and the cost of settling land disputes; (d) the constitutional steps necessary to separate New York into two separate states; and (e) any constitutional precedents in the United States for dividing a state into two separate states. § 2. The working group shall consist of the following: (a) the state comptroller and his or her designee; (b) one member appointed by the comptroller; (c) the attorney general and his or her designee; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08617-01-3
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