Provisions
III.2 proposed for 1916 • Senate, number of — Assembly, number of.
REJECTED
The Text
The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter provided. They shall be chosen for two years. The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members, who shall be chosen for one year.
A Few Facts
• Has 35 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 5 of 1915
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1916
• Been in Article III: Legislature
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-III.2
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