Provisions
III.9 of 1964 • Powers of each house
APPROVED
The Text
A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business. Each house shall determine the rules of its own proceedings, and be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members; shall choose its own officers; and the senate shall choose a temporary president and the assembly shall choose a speaker.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1964
• In Article III: Legislature
• Has 56 words
• Was proposed by the Legislature
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 2 of 1963
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1847-III.9
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