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New York Amendment 5, Real Estate Taxes and School Districts Amendment (1985)
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| Topic Property taxes and Public education funding |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
New York Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 5, 1985. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported repealing the special real-estate tax limit on smaller school districts. |
A “no” vote opposed repealing the special real-estate tax limit on smaller school districts. |
Election results
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New York Amendment 5 |
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994,490 | 50.31% | ||
| No | 982,430 | 49.69% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the proposed repeal of subdivision (e) of Section 10 of Article VIII of the Constitution, and its limitations on the amount to be raised by real estate taxes for school district purposes by school districts which are coterminous with or partly within or wholly within a city having fewer than 125,000 inhabitants, and the referring of subdivision (f), 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.
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