Provisions
VII.5 of 1939 • Restrictions on consideration of other appropriations.
APPROVED
The Text
Neither house of the legislature shall consider any other bill making an appropriation until all the appropriation bills submitted by the governor shall have been finally acted on by both houses, except on message from the governor certifying to the necessity of the immediate passage of such a bill.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article VII: State Finances
• Has 49 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1928-IV-A.4
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