Provisions
III.2 proposed for 1928 • Senate, number of — Assembly, number of.
REJECTED
The Text
The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter provided. The senators elected in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six shall hold their offices for two years, and their successors shall be chosen for four years. The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members. The members of assembly elected in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven shall hold their office for one year, and their successors shall be chosen for two years.
A Few Facts
• Has 79 words
• Was proposed by the Legislature
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 6 of 1927
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1928
• Been in Article III: Legislature
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-III.2
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