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Provisions

XIII.9 of 1939 • Political year and legislative term.

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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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