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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. KATZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CORWIN,
         DiPIETRO, FINCH, GIGLIO,  HAWLEY,  LALOR,  TENNEY  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to terms of legislative
         committee chairs
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 5-a of the legislative law is amended by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    3    4.  ANY MEMBER OF EITHER HOUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE SERVING AS A COMMIT-
    4  TEE CHAIR OF ANY COMMITTEE AS ENUMERATED IN THE SCHEDULE  SET  FORTH  IN
    5  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT SERVE IN SUCH CAPACITY AS THE
    6  CHAIR FOR A TERM LONGER THAN FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    8  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03382-01-5