Provisions
III.2 of 2002 • Number and terms of senators and assemblymen
APPROVED
The Text
The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter provided. The senators elected in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five shall hold their offices for three years, and their successors shall be chosen for two years. The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members. The assembly members elected in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, and their successors, shall be chosen for two years.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 2002
• In Article III: Legislature
• Has 71 words
• Was proposed by the Legislature
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 2001
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
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