Provisions
XII.2 of 1924 • Passage of special city laws by Legislature prohibited.
APPROVED
The Text
The Legislature shall not pass any law relating to the property, affairs or government of cities, which shall be special or local either in its terms or in its effect, but shall act in relation to the property, affairs or government of any city only by general laws which shall in terms and in effect apply alike to all cities except on message from the governor declaring that an emergency exists and the concurrent action of two-thirds of the members of each house of the Legislature.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1924
• In Article XII: Cities and Villages
• Has 86 words
• Was proposed by the Legislature
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 2 of 1923
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1923-XII.2
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