New York Amendment 3, Reforestation Program Amendment (1931)
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New York Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 3, 1931. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported providing for increasing annual amounts for the purchase and reforestation of lands outside of Adirondack and Catskill Parks. |
A "no" vote opposed providing for increasing annual amounts for the purchase and reforestation of lands outside of Adirondack and Catskill Parks. |
Election results
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778,192 | 58.39% | ||
| No | 554,550 | 41.61% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the proposed amendment to article seven of the constitution directing the legislature to appropriate in increasing annual amounts, starting with one million dollars in nineteen hundred thirty-two and increasing annually by the sum of two hundred thousand dollars in each of the next five years and for each of the five years immediately following the sixth year a sum equal to that appropriated for the sixth year, for the purchase and reforestation of lands outside the Adirondack and Catskill Parks and for the establishment of forest tree nurseries, with power in the state to cut and sell the trees, timber, forest products and other materials thereon, be approved? | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New York Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the New York State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 126 votes in the New York State Assembly and 32 votes in the New York State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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