Provisions
III.20 of 1939 • Two-thirds bills.
APPROVED
The Text
The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature shall be requisite to every bill appropriating the public moneys or property for local or private purposes.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article III: Legislature
• Has 31 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1895-III.20
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