New York Amendment 6, Employee Benefits Tax Exemptions Amendment (1975)
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| Topic Income taxes and Public employee retirement funds |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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New York Amendment 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 4, 1975. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing municipalities (excluding New York City) with less than 125,000 inhabitants to exclude taxes on employee contributions to their pension, retirement, and social security liabilities. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing municipalities (excluding New York City) with less than 125,000 inhabitants to exclude taxes on employee contributions to their pension, retirement, and social security liabilities. |
Election results
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New York Amendment 6 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,133,553 | 39.58% | ||
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1,730,389 | 60.42% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the proposed amendments to Article VIII, Section 11, subdivision (b) of the Constitution, in relation to excluding taxes required for the cost of employer's contribution for pension, retirement and social security liabilities from the Article VIII, Section 10 tax limitations of any county, city (other than the city of New York), village or certain school districts, 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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