Provisions
X.6 of 1847 • Political year and legislative term; opening of legislature.
APPROVED
The Text
The political year and legislative term shall begin on the first day of January, and the legislature shall, every year, assemble on the first Tuesday in January, unless a different day shall be appointed by law.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article X:
• Has 36 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1846
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1822-I.14
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