New York Amendment 4, Sinking Fund Bonds Amendment (1985)

New York Amendment 4
Election date November 5, 1985
Topic Bond issues and County and municipal governance
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 5, 1985. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported authorizing municipalities and school districts to issue sinking fund bonds to finance their debt.

A “no” vote opposed authorizing municipalities and school districts to issue sinking fund bonds to finance their debt.

Election results

New York Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,049,473	54.24%
No		885,424	45.76%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment to Section 2 of Article VIII of the Constitution, adding a new paragraph to authorize counties, cities, towns, villages or school districts to finance indebtedness by the issuance of sinking fund bonds, be approved?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

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

1985 Measures

• 1985 Measures
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1985 legislative sessions

New York

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• New York ballot measure laws

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External links

• New York Constitutional Amendments