Provisions
XIII.9 of 1939 • Political year and legislative term.
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 Wednesday after the first Monday in January.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article XIII: Public Officers
• Has 31 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:
◦ 1895-X.6
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