New York A 10155: Relates to the procedure for voting increases in the rate of state taxes

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A10155 Summary:

BILL NOA10155 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00711

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SPONSORMcDonough

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 3 §14, Art 9 §2, Constn

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Provides that no bill which increases, extends, imposes or revives any tax, fee, assessment, surcharge or any other such levy or collection, 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; makes an exception for any bill which results from the passage of a home rule message.

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BILL NOA10155 

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02/12/2026referred to governmental operations

02/24/2026to attorney-general for opinion

03/19/2026opinion referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10155

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Operations

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing amendments to section 14 of article 3 and section 2 of article
 9 of the constitution, in relation to the procedure for voting
 increases in the rate of state taxes

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 14 of article
 2 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 3 § 14. No bill shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have
 4 been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its final form, at
 5 least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
 6 the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under [his
 7 or her] hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in [his or her]
 8 such governor or acting governor's opinion necessitate an immediate vote
 9 thereon, in which case it must nevertheless be upon the desks of the
 10 members in final form, not necessarily printed, before its final
 11 passage; nor shall any bill, except as provided in this section, be
 12 passed or become a law, except by the assent of a majority of the
 13 members elected to each branch of the legislature; nor shall any bill
 14 which increases, extends, imposes, or revives any tax, fee, assessment,
 15 surcharge or any other such levy or collection, except any bill which
 16 results from the passage of a home rule message pursuant to section two
 17 of article nine of this constitution, be passed or become a law, except
 18 by the assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the
 19 legislature voting separately; and upon the last reading of a bill, no
 20 amendment thereof shall be allowed, and the question upon its final
 21 passage shall be taken immediately thereafter, and the ayes and nays
 22 entered on the journal.
 23 For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and
 24 upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electron-
 25 ic format by electronic means, and it is available for review in such
 26 format at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section "elec-
 27 tronic means" means any method of transmission of information between
 28 computers or other machines designed for the purpose of sending and
 29 receiving such transmissions and which: allows the recipient to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89005-01-5

 A. 10155 2

 1 reproduce the information transmitted in a tangible medium of
 2 expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to
 3 be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.
 4 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the opening paragraph of
 5 paragraph (c) of section 2 of article 9 of the constitution be amended
 6 to read as follows:
 7 In addition to powers granted in the statute of local governments or
 8 any other law, (i) every local government shall have power to adopt and
 9 amend local laws not inconsistent with the provisions of this constitu-
 10 tion or any general law relating to its property, affairs or government,
 11 provided, however, any local law that increases, extends, imposes, or
 12 revives any tax for which