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New York Proposal 1, Transportation and Infrastructure Bond Measure (1983)
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| Topic Bond issues and Public transportation |
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| Type Bond issue |
Origin |
New York Proposal 1 was on the ballot as a bond issue in New York on November 8, 1983. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported authorizing $1.25 billion in state bonds to renew and improve transportation infrastructure. |
A “no” vote opposed authorizing $1.25 billion in state bonds to renew and improve transportation infrastructure. |
Election results
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1,720,559 | 53.07% | ||
| No | 1,521,386 | 46.93% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposal 1 was as follows:
| “ | To promote and assure the preservation, renewal and improvement of the state’s vital transportation systems, facilities and equipment for the benefit of the inhabitants of the state, shall section one of chapter eight hundred thirty‐six of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-three, enacting and constituting the “REBUILD NEW YORK THROUGH TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL ACT OF 1983,” authorizing the creation of state debt in the amount of one billion two hundred fifty million dollars ($1,250,000,000) for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, reconditioning and preservation of transportation systems and facilities, including the acquisition of equipment, be approved? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
According to Section 11 of Article VII of the New York Constitution, the state's general obligation bonds require voter approval, except for certain short-term debts; debts to "repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the state in war;" and debts to suppress wildfires.
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the New York State Legislature to place a bond issue 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. Bonds require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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