Constitution · Massachusetts

Mass. Const. amend. art. 72

Constitution
Constitution of Massachusetts
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October 2026

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[Section 1. The general court shall assemble in regular session on the first Wednesday of January in the year following the approval of this article and biennially on said Wednesday thereafter. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the general court from assembling at such other times as they shall judge necessary or when called together by the governor." Section 2. The budget required by Section 2 of Article LXIII of the amendments to the constitution shall be for the year in which the same is adopted and for the ensuing year." Section 3. All provisions of this constitution and of the amendments thereto requiring the general court to meet annually are hereby annulled."] [Annulled by Amendments, Art. LXXV.]

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