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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