N.Y. Const. art. XIX, § 2: Future constitutional conventions; how called; election of delegates; compensation; quorum; submission of amendments; officers; employees; rules; vacancies

§ 2. At the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred

fifty-seven, and every twentieth year thereafter, and also at such times

as the legislature may by law provide, the question "Shall there be a

convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?" shall be

submitted to and decided by the electors of the state; and in case a

majority of the electors voting thereon shall decide in favor of a

convention for such purpose, the electors of every senate district of

the state, as then organized, shall elect three delegates at the next

ensuing general election, and the electors of the state voting at the

same election shall elect fifteen delegates-at-large. The delegates so

elected shall convene at the capitol on the first Tuesday of April next

ensuing after their election, and shall continue their session until the

business of such convention shall have been completed. Every delegate

shall receive for his or her services the same compensation as shall

then be annually payable to the members of the assembly and be

reimbursed for actual traveling expenses, while the convention is in

session, to the extent that a member of the assembly would then be

entitled thereto in the case of a session of the legislature. A majority

of the convention shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of

business, and no amendment to the constitution shall be submitted for

approval to the electors as hereinafter provided, unless by the assent

of a majority of all the delegates elected to the convention, the ayes

and noes being entered on the journal to be kept. The convention shall

have the power to appoint such officers, employees and assistants as it

may deem necessary, and fix their compensation and to provide for the

printing of its documents, journal, proceedings and other expenses of

said convention. The convention shall determine the rules of its own

proceedings, choose its own officers, and be the judge of the election,

returns and qualifications of its members. In case of a vacancy, by

death, resignation or other cause, of any district delegate elected to

the convention, such vacancy shall be filled by a vote of the remaining

delegates representing the district in which such vacancy occurs. If

such vacancy occurs in the office of a delegate-at-large, such vacancy

shall be filled by a vote of the remaining delegates-at-large. Any

proposed constitution or constitutional amendment which shall have been

adopted by such convention, shall be submitted to a vote of the electors

of the state at the time and in the manner provided by such convention,

at an election which shall be held not less than six weeks after the

adjournment of such convention. Upon the approval of such constitution

or constitutional amendments, in the manner provided in the last

preceding section, such constitution or constitutional amendment, shall

go into effect on the first day of January next after such approval.