Provisions
III.2 of 1895 • Senate, number of — Assembly, number of.
APPROVED
The Text
The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter provided. The senators elected in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five shall hold their offices for three years, and their successors shall be chosen for two years. The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members, who shall be chosen for one year.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1895
• In Article III: The Legislature
• Has 56 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 2 of 1894
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1847-III.2
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