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New York Amendment 8, Limitation on Real Estate Taxes Amendment (1949)
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| Topic Property taxes and Tax and revenue administration |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
New York Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 8, 1949. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported maintaining the 2% tax limit but change it to be based on full property value, extend this limit to all local governments, give certain small school districts an exclusion for specific taxes, and require revenue from public improvements to be used first to cover operating and debt obligations. |
A "no" vote opposed maintaining the 2% tax limit but change it to be based on full property value, extend this limit to all local governments, give certain small school districts an exclusion for specific taxes, and require revenue from public improvements to be used first to cover operating and debt obligations. |
Election results
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New York Amendment 8 |
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1,364,859 | 69.36% | ||
| No | 602,855 | 30.64% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the proposed amendment of article eight, sections ten and eleven, of the constitution, and the addition of the proposed new section ten-a thereto, in relation to the limitation upon the amount of taxes which may be levied with respect to real estate by municipalities, 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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