Provisions
XVIII.9 of 1939 • Acquisition of property for purposes of article.
APPROVED
The Text
Subject to any limitation imposed by the legislature, the state, or any city, town, village or public corporation, may acquire by purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise, such property as it may deem ultimately necessary or proper to effectuate the purposes of this article, or any of them, although temporarily not required for such purposes.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article XVIII: Housing
• Has 55 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 4 of 1938
• Is a new addition
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