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                                   6800
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of  the  constitution,
   in  relation  to  the  procedure  for voting on bills concerning local
   governments

   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the opening paragraph
 of section 14 of article 3 of the constitution be  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   No  bill  shall  be  passed  or become a law unless it shall have been
 printed and upon the desks of the members, in its final form,  at  least
 three  calendar  legislative days prior to its final passage, unless the
 governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or her
 hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his  or  her  opinion
 necessitate  an  immediate vote thereon, in which case it must neverthe-
 less be upon the desks of the members in  final  form,  not  necessarily
 printed,  before  its  final  passage;  nor  shall  any  bill, EXCEPT AS
 PROVIDED HEREIN, be passed or become a law, except by the  assent  of  a
 majority  of  the members elected to each branch of the legislature; NOR
 SHALL ANY BILL WHICH SEEKS TO AMEND, WITHDRAW, OR  OVERRIDE  THE  POWERS
 GRANTED  TO  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTS  IN  THE  STATUTE  OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
 INCLUDING CONTROL OVER LAND USE AND/OR ZONING, ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  NEW
 YORK  CONSOLIDATED  LAW  BY  THE LEGISLATURE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINE OF
 THIS CONSTITUTION AND, EXCEPT ANY BILL WHICH RESULTS FROM THE PASSAGE OF
 A HOME RULE MESSAGE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO  OF  ARTICLE  NINE  OF  THIS
 CONSTITUTION,  BE  PASSED  OR BECOME A LAW, EXCEPT BY THE ASSENT OF TWO-
 THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH BRANCH OF THE  LEGISLATURE  VOTING
 SEPARATELY;  and  upon  the last reading of a bill, no amendment thereof
 shall be allowed, and the question upon its final passage shall be taken
 immediately thereafter, and the ayes and nays entered on the journal.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment  be
 referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 A. 6800                             2
 
 next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
 conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
 published for three months previous to the time of such election.