Provisions
VIII.9 of 1895 • Credit or money of the State not to be given or loaned.
APPROVED
The Text
Neither the credit nor the money of the State shall be given or loaned to or in aid of any association, corporation, or private undertaking. This section shall not, however, prevent the Legislature from making such provision for the education and support of the blind, the deaf and dumb, and juvenile delinquents, as to it may seem proper. Nor shall it apply to any fund or property now held, or which may hereafter be held, by the State for educational purposes.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1895
• In Article VIII: Corporations and Charities
• Has 81 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1894
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1875-VIII.10
Credits
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