Provisions
IX.1 proposed for 1916 • State credit not to be loaned.
REJECTED
The Text
The credit of the state shall not in any manner be given or loaned to or in aid of any individual, association, or corporation.
A Few Facts
• Has 24 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 4 of 1915
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1916
• Been in Article IX: State debts
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-VII.1
Credits
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