Provisions
III.21 proposed for 1870 • Political year and legislative term; opening of legislature.
REJECTED
The Text
The political year and legislative term shall begin on the first day of January.
A Few Facts
• Has 14 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1869
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• Been in Article III:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-X.6
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