Removes constitutional provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state.
The bill proposes an amendment to the New York State Constitution, removing the provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the governor is absent from the state. It also removes the provision that the lieutenant-governor shall act as governor when the lieutenant-governor is absent from the state and when the temporary president of the senate is absent from the state. The temporary president of the senate will act as governor in the absence of both the governor and lieutenant-governor.
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