Amendments to constitution; how proposed, voted upon and ratified; failure of attorney-general to render opinion not to affect validity

ARTICLE XIX\n Amendments to Constitution\n Section 1. Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be\nproposed in the senate and assembly whereupon such amendment or\namendments shall be referred to the attorney-general whose duty it shall\nbe within twenty days thereafter to render an opinion in writing to the\nsenate and assembly as to the effect of such amendment or amendments\nupon other provisions of the constitution. Upon receiving such opinion,\nif the amendment or amendments as proposed or as amended shall be agreed\nto by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such\nproposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, and\nthe ayes and noes taken thereon, and referred to the next regular\nlegislative session convening after the succeeding general election of\nmembers of the assembly, and shall be published for three months\nprevious to the time of making such choice; and if in such legislative\nsession, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a\nmajority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the\nduty of the legislature to submit each proposed amendment or amendments\nto the people for approval in such manner and at such times as the\nlegislature shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify\nsuch amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors voting\nthereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the\nconstitution on the first day of January next after such approval.\nNeither the failure of the attorney-general to render an opinion\nconcerning such a proposed amendment nor his or her failure to do so\ntimely shall affect th* validity of such proposed amendment or\nlegislative action thereon.\n *So in original. ("th" should be "the".)\n