New York State Constitution - Article XX - When to Take Effect

​ARTICLE XX WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT
 
§1. Time of taking effect. 

​[Time of taking effect] Section 1. 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. (Formerly §1 of Art. 15. Renumbered and amended by Constitutional Convention of 1938 and approved by vote of the people November 8, 1938.)