New York Amendment 5, Enactment of Special or Local Laws Amendment (1945)

New York Amendment 5
Election date November 6, 1945
Topic Local government organization
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 6, 1945. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported permitting two-thirds of the members of a county governing body to request enactment of special or local laws by the legislature without approval of county executive officer.

A "no" vote opposed permitting two-thirds of the members of a county governing body to request enactment of special or local laws by the legislature without approval of county executive officer.

Election results

New York Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		608,296	71.19%
No		246,141	28.81%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment to subdivision b of section one of article nine of the constitution, in relation to requests from the governing body of a county for the enactment of a special or local law, 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

1945 Measures

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• 1945 legislative sessions

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