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BILL NUMBER:S1096
Title of bill
An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to the continuity of legislative sessions
Purpose or general idea of bill
This legislation will provide for continuity of legislative sessions by allowing bills that have been acted upon to retain their place on the calendar until acted upon by the house or until the end of the two-year legislative session.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill sets forth the legislative intent.
Section 2 of the bill amends the legislative law by adding a new section 42-a comprised of 4 sections: section 42-a 1 of the bill states that upon passage of a bill by one house of the legislature it shall be sent to the appropriate committee in the other house where that house may act on the bill at any time during the remaining biennial legislation session; section 42-a 2 states that no bill reported by a standing committee shall be referred back to that committee; section 42-a 3 states that every bill that has reached the order of third reading shall maintain its place on order of third reading until the house acts upon the bill or until the end of the two-year legislative session; section 42-a 4 states that the provisions of the bill will not apply to Article 7 budget bills, bills requiring a home rule message or concurrent resolutions to amend the constitution.
Section 3 of the bill sets forth an effective date on the first day of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that the senate and assembly shall, by concurrent resolution, adopt rules necessary to implement this act within twenty days after such act shall have become a law.
Justification
As stated in the legislative intent of the bill, New York is the only state that has a two-year legislative calendar which is procedurally interrupted at its midterm. The procedural interruption is caused when the legislature requires reconsideration and adoption of hundreds of bills previously adopted during the first year.
This practice is unnecessarily burdensome in the use of time and resources and serves no legitimate purpose other than situations involving Article 7 budget bills, bills requiring a home rule message or concurrent resolutions to amend the constitution.
Therefore, it is a reasonable measure to allow bills that have previously been acted upon, other than those excluded from application of the bill, to be allowed to retain their place on the calendar until acted upon by the house or until the end of the two-year legislative session.
Prior legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
To Be Determined.
Effective date
This act shall take on the first day of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that the senate and assembly shall, by concurrent resolution, adopt rules necessary to implement this act within twenty days after such act shall have become a law.
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