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State of New York. New York State Constitution
New York State Constitution
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THE CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I BILL OF RIGHTS
[Rights, privileges and franchise secured; power of legislature to dispense with primary elections in certain cases]
[Trial by jury; how waived]
[Freedom of worship; religious liberty]
[Habeas corpus]
[Bail; fines; punishments; detention of witnesses]
[Grand jury; protection of certain enumerated rights; duty of public officers to sign waiver of immunity and give testimony; penalty for refusal]
[Compensation for taking private property; private roads; drainage of agricultural lands]
[Freedom of speech and press; criminal prosecutions for libel]
[Right to assemble and petition; divorce; lotteries; pool-selling and gambling; laws to prevent; pari-mutual betting on horse races permitted; games of chance, bingo or lotto authorized under certain restrictions]
[Ownership of lands, yellowtail tenures and escheat]
[Equal protection of laws; discrimination in civil rights prohibited]
[Security against unreasonable searches, seizures and interceptions]
[Common law and acts of the colonial and state legislatures]
[Damages for injuries causing death]
[Labor not a commodity; hours and wages in public work; right to organize and bargain collectively]
[Workers’ compensation]
ARTICLE II SUFFRAGE
[Qualifications of voters]
[Absentee voting]
[Persons excluded from the right of suffrage]
[Certain occupations and conditions not to affect residence]
[Registration and election laws to be passed]
[Permanent registration]
[Manner of voting; identification of voters]
[Bi-partisan registration and election boards]
[Presidential elections; special voting procedures authorized]
ARTICLE III LEGISLATURE [Legislative power]
[Number and terms of senators and assemblymen]
[Senate districts[15]]
[Readjustments and reapportionments; when federal census to control]
[Apportionment of assemblymen; creation of assembly districts]
[Definition of inhabitants]
[Compensation, allowances and traveling expenses of members]
[Qualifications of members; prohibitions on certain civil appoint¬ments; acceptance to vacate seat]
[Time of elections of members]
[Powers of each house]
[Journals; open sessions; adjournments]
[Members not to be questioned for speeches]
[Bills may originate in either house; may be amended by the other]
[Enacting clause of bills; no law to be enacted except by bill]
[Private or local bills to embrace only one subject, expressed in title]
[Existing law not to be made applicable by reference]
[Cases in which private or local bills shall not be passed]
[Extraordinary sessions of the legislature; power to convene on legislative initiative]
[Private claims not to be audited by legislature; claims barred by lapse of time]
[Two-thirds bills]
[Certain sections not to apply to bills recommended by certain commissioners or public agencies]
[Tax laws to state tax and object distinctly; definition of income for income tax purposes by reference to federal laws authorized]
[When yeas and nays necessary; three-fifths to constitute quorum]
[Prison labor; contract system abolished]
[Emergency governmental operations; legislature to provide for]
ARTICLE IV EXECUTIVE
[Executive power; election and terms of governor and lieutenant-governor]
[Qualifications of governor and lieutenant-governor]
[Powers and duties of governor; compensation]
[Reprieves, commutations and pardons; powers and duties of governor relating to grants of]
[When lieutenant-governor to act as governor]
[Duties and compensation of lieutenant-governor; succession to the governorship]
[Action by governor on legislative bills; reconsideration after veto]
[Departmental rules and regulations; filing; publication]
ARTICLE V OFFICERS AND CIVIL DEPARTMENTS
[Comptroller and attorney-general; payment of state moneys without audit void]
[Civil departments in the state government]
[Assignment of functions]
[Department heads]
[certain offices abolished]
[Civil service appointments and promotions; veterans' credits]
[Membership in retirement systems; benefits not to be diminished nor impaired]
ARTICLE VI JUDICIARY[54]
[Unified court system; organization; process]
[Court of appeals; organization; designations; vacancies, how filled; commission on judicial nomination]
[Court of appeals; jurisdiction]
[Judicial departments; appellate divisions, how constituted; governor to designate justices; temporary assignments; jurisdiction]
[Judicial districts; how constituted; supreme court[55].]
[Commission on judicial conduct; composition; organization and procedure; review by court of appeals; discipline of judges or justices]
[Removal of judges]
[Court for trial of impeachments; judgment]
[Judges and justices; compensation; retirement]
ARTICLE VII STATE FINANCES
[Estimates by departments, the legislature and the judiciary of needed appropriations; hearings]
[Executive budget]
[Budget bills; appearances before legislature]
[Action on budget bills by legislature; effect thereof]
[Restrictions on consideration of other appropriations]
[Restrictions on content of appropriation bills]
[Appropriation bills]
[Gift or loan of state credit or money prohibited; exceptions for enumerated purposes]
[Short term state debts in anticipation of taxes, revenues and proceeds of sale of authorized bonds]
[State debts on account of invasion, insurrection, war and forest fires]
[State debts generally; manner of contracting; referendum]
[State debts generally; how paid; contribution to sinking funds; restrictions on use of bond proceeds]
[Refund of state debts]
[State debt for elimination of railroad crossings at grade; expenses; how borne; construction and reconstruction of state highways and parkways]
[Sinking funds; how kept and invested; income therefrom and application thereof]
[Payment of state debts; when comptroller to pay without appropriation]
[Authorizing the legislature to establish a fund or funds for tax revenue stabilization reserves; regulating payments thereto and withdrawals therefrom]
[Bonus on account of service of certain veterans in World War II]
[State debt for expansion of state university]
ARTICLE VIII LOCAL FINANCES
[Gift or loan of property or credit of local subdivisions prohibited; exceptions for enumerated purposes]
[Restrictions on indebtedness of local subdivisions; contracting and payment of local indebtedness; exceptions]
[Local indebtedness for water supply, sewage and drainage facilities and purposes; allocations and exclusions of indebtedness]
[Restrictions on creation and indebtedness of certain corporations]
[Limitations on local indebtedness]
[Ascertainment of debt-incurring power of counties, cities, towns and villages; certain indebtedness to be excluded]
[Debt-incurring power of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse; certain additional indebtedness to be excluded]
ARTICLE IX LOCAL GOVERNMENTS[66]
[Bill of rights for local governments.]
[Powers and duties of legislature; home rule powers of local govern¬ments; statute of local governments.]
[Existing laws to remain applicable; construction; definitions.]
ARTICLE X CORPORATIONS
[Corporations; formation of]
[Dues of corporations]
[Savings bank charters; savings and loan association charters; special charters not to be granted]
[Corporations; definition; right to sue and be sued]
[Public corporations; restrictions on creation and powers; accounts; obligations of]
[Liability of state for payment of bonds of public corporation to construct state thruways; use of state canal lands and properties]
[Liability of state for obligations of the port of New York authority for railroad commuter cars; limitations]
[Liability of state on bonds of a public corporation to finance new industrial or manufacturing plants in depressed areas]
ARTICLE XI EDUCATION
[Common schools]
[Regents of the University]
[Use of public property or money in aid of denominational schools prohibited; transportation of children authorized]
ARTICLE XII[80] DEFENSE
[Defense; militia]
ARTICLE XIII PUBLIC OFFICERS
[Oath of office; no other test for public office]
[Duration of term of office]
[Vacancies in office; how filled; boards of education]
[Political year and legislative term]
[Removal from office for misconduct]
[When office to be deemed vacant; legislature may declare]
[Compensation of officers]
[Election and term of city and certain county officers]
[Law enforcement and other officers]
[Employees of, and contractors for, the state and local govern¬ments; wages, hours and other provisions to be regulated by legislature]
ARTICLE XIV CONSERVATION
[Forest preserve to be forever kept wild; authorized uses and exceptions]
[Reservoirs]
[Forest and wild life conservation; use or disposition of certain lands authorized]
[Protection of natural resources; development of agricultural lands]
[Violations of article; how restrained]
ARTICLE XV CANALS
[Disposition of canals and canal properties prohibited]
[Prohibition inapplicable to lands and properties no longer useful; disposition authorized]
[Contracts for work and materials; special revenue fund]
[Lease or transfer to federal government of barge canal system authorized]
ARTICLE XVI[100] TAXATION
[Power of taxation; exemptions from taxation]
[Assessments for taxation purposes]
[Situs of intangible personal property; taxation of]
[Certain corporations not to be discriminated against]
[Compensation of public officers and employees subject to taxation]
[Public improvements or services; contract of indebtedness; creation of public corporations]
ARTICLE XVII SOCIAL WELFARE
[Public relief and care]
[State board of social welfare; powers and duties]
[Public health]
[Care and treatment of persons suffering from mental disorder or defect; visitation of institutions for]
[Institutions for detention of criminals; probation; parole; state commission of correction]
[Visitation and inspection]
[Loans for hospital construction]
ARTICLE XVIII[110] HOUSING
[Housing and nursing home accommodations for persons of low income; slum clearance]
[Idem; powers of legislature in aid of]
[Article VII to apply to state debts under this article, with certain exceptions; amortization of state debts; capital and periodic subsidies]
[Powers of cities, towns and villages to contract indebtedness in aid of low rent housing and slum clearance projects; restrictions thereon]
[Liability for certain loans made by the state to certain public corporations]
[Loans and subsidies; restrictions on and preference in occupancy of projects]
[Liability arising from guarantees to be deemed indebtedness; method of computing]
[Excess condemnation]
[Acquisition of property for purposes of article]
[Power of legislature; construction of article]
ARTICLE XIX AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION
[Amendments to constitution; how proposed, voted upon and ratified; failure of attorney-general to render opinion not to affect validity]
[Future constitutional conventions; how called; election of delegates; compensation; quorum; submission of amendments; officers; employees; rules; vacancies]
[Amendments simultaneously submitted by convention and legislature]
ARTICLE XX WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT
[Time of taking effect]
Signature
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