Provisions
XI.1 proposed for 1916 • Corporations, how created.
REJECTED
The Text
Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section may be altered from time to time or repealed.
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 XI: Corporations; municipal debts; boards and commissions
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-VIII.1
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