Article IV.
Legislative Department

Section 12. Biennial Meetings; Length of Session; Special Sessions; Length of Adjournments

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Biennial Meetings; Length of Session; Special Sessions; Length of Adjournments

The legislature shall meet at the seat of government in regular session in each biennium at the times prescribed by law for not exceeding a total of 120 legislative days. The legislature shall not meet in regular session, nor in any adjournment thereof, after the first Monday following the third Saturday in May of any year. After meeting at a time prescribed by law, the legislature may adjourn to another time. "Legislative day" shall be defined by law. A special session of the legislature may be called by the governor on extraordinary occasions. Neither house during a session of the legislature shall adjourn for more than three days (Sundays excepted) nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be assembled without the consent of the other house.

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1858 Article IV. Section 6

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1861 Article IV. Section 1

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1878 Article IV. Section 1

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1888 Article IV. Section 1

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1962 Article IV. Section 1

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1972 Article IV. Section 1

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