New York Amendment 4, Power and Duties of the Comptroller Amendment (1955)

New York Amendment 4
Election date November 8, 1955
Topic Tax and revenue administration
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 8, 1955. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing legislature to assign comptroller powers to assess taxation and assessment of real estate.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing legislature to assign comptroller powers to assess taxation and assessment of real estate.

Election results

New York Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,077,914	53.98%
No		918,978	46.02%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment of article five, section one of the constitution, in relation to the powers and duties of the comptroller respecting the taxation and assessment of real estate, 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.

See also

1955 Measures

• 1955 Measures
• Tax and revenue administration on the ballot
• 1955 legislative sessions

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