Massachusetts Constitution > Amendments > Article XLVI > § 5

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Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.

This amendment shall not take effect until the October first next succeeding its ratification and adoption by the people. [See Amendments, Arts. XLVIII, The Initiative, Sec. 2., LXII, XCV, section 1 and CIII.]

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