Provisions
XV.1 proposed for 1916 • Organization of cities and villages.
REJECTED
The Text
It shall be the duty of the legislature by general laws to provide for the organization of new cities in such manner as shall secure to them the exercise of the powers granted to cities in this article. Except as to cities having more than one hundred thousand population, it shall be the duty of the legislature to restrict the powers of taxation and assessment so as to prevent abuses in taxation and assessments by any city or incorporated village.
A Few Facts
• Has 80 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 XV: Cities and Villages
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1906-XII.1
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