Provisions
III.13 of 1939 • Enacting clause of bills; no law to be enacted except by bill.
APPROVED
The Text
The enacting clause of all 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
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article III: Legislature
• Has 34 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.14
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