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Code · New York · Constitution · Judiciary

§ 37. Effective date of article.

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§ 37. This article shall become a part of the constitution on the
first day of January next after the approval and ratification of this
amendment by the people but its provisions shall not become operative
until the first day of September next thereafter which date shall be
deemed the effective date of this article.
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