Provisions
VIII.9 of 1939 • When debt-incurring power of certain counties shall cease.
APPROVED
The Text
Whenever the boundaries of any city are the same as those of a county, or when any city includes within its boundaries more than one county, the power of any county wholly included within such city to contract indebtedness shall cease, but the indebtedness of such county shall not, for the purposes of this article, be included as a part of the city indebtedness.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article VIII: Local Finances
• Has 64 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1928-VIII.10
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