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STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLES XIX, 1, XIII, 9-PRoPosEr TIONAL AMENDMENT-APPROVAL BY SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATURE.

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A proposed constitutional amendment, whether initially approved at the first or second session of the previous Legislature, must be referred to the first regular session of the next succeeding Legislature and can be considered for approval for the second time only at such session.

Your office has requested my opinion interpreting Article XIX, 1, of the State Constitution with respect to the second approval of a proposed constitutional amendment by the Legislature. Specifically the following question is posed: "If a constitutional amendment is approved at the second session of one legislature, can the same amendment be submitted for the second time at the second session of the next legislature and skip the first session of the next legislature?" The pertinent part of the cited section of the Constitution provides that a proposed amendment, after having been agreed to by a majority of the members of each of the two houses, shall be "referred to the next regular session convening after the succeeding general election of members of the assembly * * *; and if in such legislative session, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit each proposed amendment or amendments to the people for approval in such manner and at such times as the legislature shall prescribe; * * *:" Article XIII, 9, provides that "the legislature shall, every year, assemble on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January. " It is quite clear that the regular annual meetings of the Legislature constitute separate and distinct sessions and, therefore, it must follow that the "next regular session convening after the succeeding general election of members of the assembly" is the session which commences on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January following such general election. It is my opinion that a proposed constitutional amendment, whether initially approved at the first or second session of the previous Legislature, must be referred to the first regular session of the next succeeding Legislature and can be considered for approval for the second time only at such session. Dated: March 4, 1959
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

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S. CONST., ART.I, SEC. 8, CL. 17-AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, ART.7.

The land which comprised the former Camp Shanks Military Reservation in the Town of Orangetown, in the County of Rockland, is now and always has been under the political jurisdiction of the State of New York, and the Dog Licensing Law of this State (Agriculture and Markets Law, Article 7) is applicable to that portion of the former reservation still owned by the United States but utilized for housing units for personnel of a Guided Misile Battalion of the United States Army and to the members of such battalion.

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