Provisions
IX.14 of 1939 • Annexation of territory of cities.
APPROVED
The Text
No territory shall be annexed to any city until the people of the territory proposed to be annexed shall have consented to such annexation by majority vote on a referendum called for that purpose.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article IX: Local Governments
• Has 34 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1928-XII.8
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