Provisions
IX.7 proposed for 1916 • Improvement of highways.
REJECTED
The Text
Debts hereafter authorized for the improvement of highways shall be created only in the manner provided in section four of this article. No provision of this article shall be deemed to impair or affect the validity of any debt of the state heretofore contracted or any right or obligation heretofore created between the state and any of its civil divisions.
A Few Facts
• Has 60 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
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1906-VII.12
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