New York A 5202: Provides counsel appointed in the supreme court or surrogate's court for certain family matters shall be compensated in the same manner as certain law guardians

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A05202 Summary:

BILL NOA05202 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrabenec

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 4 §1, add Art 4 §1-a, Art 5 §1-a, Constn

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Establishes an electoral voting system for electing the governor, lieutenant-governor, comptroller and attorney general.

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BILL NOA05202 

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02/12/2025referred to election law

02/14/2025to attorney-general for opinion

03/06/2025opinion referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to election law

01/08/2026to attorney-general for opinion

01/30/2026opinion referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5202

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Election Law

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing an amendment to article 4 and article 5 of the constitution,
 in relation to establishing an electoral college system for electing
 the governor, lieutenant-governor, comptroller and attorney general

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of article
 2 4 of the constitution be amended and a new section 1-a is added to read
 3 as follows:
 4 Section 1. (a) The executive power shall be vested in the governor,
 5 who shall hold office for four years; the lieutenant-governor shall be
 6 chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The governor and lieu-
 7 tenant-governor shall be chosen at the general election held in the year
 8 nineteen hundred thirty-eight, and each fourth year thereafter. They
 9 shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote
 10 applicable to both offices, and the legislature by law shall provide for
 11 making such choice in such manner. The respective persons having the
 12 [highest number] majority of electoral votes cast jointly for them for
 13 governor and lieutenant-governor respectively shall be elected.
 14 (b) In the event a majority of electoral votes are not for a single
 15 person for the governor or lieutenant-governor, another election shall
 16 be held until a person receives a majority of electoral votes or ten
 17 elections have occurred, whichever comes first. If no one has achieved
 18 a majority of electoral votes after ten elections, the respective person
 19 having the highest number of votes cast jointly for them for governor or
 20 lieutenant-governor respectively shall be elected.
 21 § 1-a. (a) Electoral votes for the governor and lieutenant-governor
 22 shall be distributed as follows:
 23 (i) Each county within the state shall be assigned one electoral vote;
 24 and
 25 (ii) Each county shall be assigned one additional electoral vote for
 26 each fifty thousand legal residents of the county.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89062-01-5

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 1 (b) Electoral votes shall be cast for the governor and lieutenant-gov-
 2 ernor on the first Friday in December in Albany by representatives from
 3 each county based on the respective persons having the largest number of
 4 votes cast jointly for them for governor and lieutenant-governor respec-
 5 tively from such county.
 6 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That article 5 of the constitu-
 7 tion be amended by adding a new section 1-a to read as follows:
 8 § 1-a. (a) The comptroller and attorney general shall be chosen by the
 9 casting by each voter of a vote for each office. The respective persons
 10 having the majority of electoral votes cast for them for comptroller and
 11 attorney general respectively shall be elected.
 12 (b) Electoral votes for the comptroller and attorney general shall be
 13 distributed as follows:
 14 (i) Each county within the state shall be assigned one electoral vote;
 15 and
 16 (ii) Each county shall be assigned one additional electoral vote for
 17 each fifty thousand legal residents of the county.
 18 (c) Electoral votes shall be cast for the comptroller and attorney
 19 general on the first Friday in December in Albany b