Ballot Questions
2001
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change I.1, I.3, I.6, I.8, I.9, I.11, I.17, I.18, II.3, II.4, II.6, II.9, III.2, III.6, III.14, IV.1, IV.2, IV.3, IV.4, IV.5, IV.6, IV.7, V.1, V.6, VI.2, VI.3, VI.4, VI.20, VI.22, VI.23, VI.24, VI.25, VI.26, VI.27, VI.28, VI.35, VII.1, VII.2, VII.3, VII.4, VII.8, VII.15, IX.1, IX.2, XIII.3, XIII.7, XIII.13, XVI.5, XVI.6, XVII.4, XIX.1, XIX.2
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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55.80% |
983,858 New Yorkers voted Yes |
NO |
44.20% |
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779,437 New Yorkers voted No |
1,763,295 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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Note: When voters approved of provisions, the new changes take effect on January 1st of the year after the question's appearance on the ballot
VII.8 proposed for 2002
Article VII: State Finances • Section 8: Gift or loan of state credit or money prohibited; exceptions for enumerated purposes
1. The money of the state shall not be given or loaned to or in aid of any private corporation or association, or private undertaking; nor shall the credit of the state be given or loaned to or in aid of any individual, or public or private corporation or association, or private undertaking, but the foregoing provisions shall not apply…
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Article VII: State Finances • Section 15: Sinking funds; how kept and invested; income therefrom and application thereof
The sinking funds provided for the payment of interest and the extinguishment of the principal of the debts of the state heretofore contracted shall be continued; they shall be separately kept and safely invested, and neither of them shall be appropriated or used in any manner other than for such payment and extinguishment as hereinafter provided. The comptroller shall each…
Read moreIX.1 proposed for 2002
Article IX: Local Governments • Section 1: Bill of rights for local governments.
Effective local self-government and intergovernmental cooperation are purposes of the people of the state. In furtherance thereof, local governments shall have the following rights, powers, privileges and immunities in addition to those granted by other provisions of this constitution: (a) Every local government, except a county wholly included within a city, shall have a legislative body elective by the people…
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Article IX: Local Governments • Section 2: Powers and duties of legislature; home rule powers of local governments; statute of local governments.
(a) The legislature shall provide for the creation and organization of local governments in such manner as shall secure to them the rights, powers, privileges and immunities granted to them by this constitution. (b) Subject to the bill of rights of local governments and other applicable provisions of this constitution, the legislature: (1) Shall enact, and may from time to…
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Article XIII: Public Officers • Section 3: Vacancies in office; how filled; boards of education
The legislature shall provide for filling vacancies in office, and in case of elective officers, no person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold his or her office by virtue of such appointment longer than the commencement of the political year next succeeding the first annual election after the happening of the vacancy; provided, however, that nothing contained in this…
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Article XIII: Public Officers • Section 7: Compensation of officers
Each of the state officers named in this constitution shall, during his or her continuance in office, receive a compensation, to be fixed by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he or she shall have been elected or appointed; nor shall he or she receive to his or her use any fees or…
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Article XIII: Public Officers • Section 13: Law enforcement and other officers
(a) Except in counties in the city of New York and except as authorized in section one of article nine of this constitution, registers in counties having registers shall be chosen by the electors of the respective counties once in every three years and whenever the occurring of vacancies shall require; the sheriff and the clerk of each county shall…
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Article XVI: Taxation • Section 5: Compensation of public officers and employees subject to taxation
All salaries, wages and other compensation, except pensions, paid to officers and employees of the state and its subdivisions and agencies shall be subject to taxation.
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Article XVI: Taxation • Section 6: Public improvements or services; contract of indebtedness; creation of public corporations
Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other article of this constitution to the contrary, the legislature may by law authorize a county, city, town or village, or combination thereof acting together, to undertake the development of public improvements or services, including the acquisition of land, for the purpose of redevelopment of economically unproductive, blighted or deteriorated areas and, in…
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Article XVII: Social Welfare • Section 4: Care and treatment of persons suffering from mental disorder or defect; visitation of institutions for
The care and treatment of persons suffering from mental disorder or defect and the protection of the mental health of the inhabitants of the state may be provided by state and local authorities and in such manner as the legislature may from time to time determine. The head of the department of mental hygiene shall visit and inspect, or cause…
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Article XIX: Amendments to Constitution • Section 1: Amendments to constitution; how proposed, voted upon and ratified; failure of attorney-general to render opinion not to affect validity
Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly whereupon such amendment or amendments shall be referred to the attorney-general whose duty it shall be within twenty days thereafter to render an opinion in writing to the senate and assembly as to the effect of such amendment or amendments upon other provisions of the…
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Article XIX: Amendments to Constitution • Section 2: Future constitutional conventions; how called; election of delegates; compensation; quorum; submission of amendments; officers; employees; rules; vacancies
At the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred fifty-seven, and every twentieth year thereafter, and also at such times as the legislature may by law provide, the question “Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?” shall be submitted to and decided by the electors of the state; and in case…
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