STATE OF NEW YORK
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10039
IN ASSEMBLY
June 10, 2014
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Steck) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Education
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 4 of article 8 of the constitution, in
relation to increasing the limitation on indebtedness that may be
incurred by certain school districts
1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the opening paragraph
2 of subdivision (h) of section 4 of article 8 of the constitution be
3 amended to read as follows:
4 any school district which is coterminous with, or partly within, or
5 wholly within, a city having less than one hundred twenty-five thousand
6 inhabitants according to the latest federal census, for education
7 purposes, [five] ten per centum; provided, however, that such limitation
8 may be increased in relation to indebtedness for specified objects or
9 purposes with (1) the approving vote of sixty per centum or more of the
10 duly qualified voters of such school district voting on a proposition
11 therefor submitted at a general or special election, (2) the consent of
12 The Regents of the University of the State of New York and (3) the
13 consent of the state comptroller. The legislature shall prescribe by law
14 the qualifications for voting at any such election.
15 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
16 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
17 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
18 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
19 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD89136-01-4
