Provisions
III.12 proposed for 1870 • Enacting clause.
REJECTED
The Text
The enacting clause of bills shall be “The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows,” and no law shall be enacted except by bill.
A Few Facts
• Has 33 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1869
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• Been in Article III:
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-III.14
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