Senate Bill S4594

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires two-thirds vote of legislature for any change in tax rates, budget bills and appropriations

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4594 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5187
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 3 §14, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8230
2013-2014: A4774
2015-2016: A4665
2017-2018: A4669
2019-2020: S7564, A3538
2021-2022: S2294, A5788

2023-S4594 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires approval by 2/3 vote of membership of the senate and assembly voting separately to increase or decrease any tax rate, impose a new state tax, extend or delete existing state tax.

2023-S4594 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4594 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4594
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PALUMBO, OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             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 increases in the rate of state
   taxes

   Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 14 of arti-
 cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   §  14.  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 opin-
 ion necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must  never-
 theless  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 INCREASES, EXTENDS, IMPOSES, OR REVIVES ANY TAX,
 FEE, ASSESSMENT, SURCHARGE OR ANY OTHER SUCH LEVY OR COLLECTION,  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.
   For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and
 upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electron-
 ic  format  by  electronic means, and it is available for review in such
 format at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section  "elec-
 tronic  means"  means  any method of transmission of information between
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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