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Constitution of the State of New York Art. XX § 1. [Time of taking effect]

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

This constitution shall be in force from and including the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine, except as herein otherwise provided.

DONE in Convention at the Capitol in the city of Albany, the twenty-fifth day of August, in the year one thousand nine hundred thirty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-third.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto subscribed our names.

FREDERICK E. CRANE,
President and Delegate-at-Large.

U.H. Boyden,

Secretary.

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