New York Amendment 7, State Park Land Amendment (1973)

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New York Amendment 7

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Election date

November 6, 1973

Topic
Parks, land, and natural area conservation
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment		Origin

State legislature


New York Amendment 7 was on theballot as alegislatively referred constitutional amendment inNew York onNovember 6, 1973. It wasapproved.

A"yes"votesupported providing for an increase in the size of land in the Adirondack and Catskill parks. 

A"no"voteopposed providing for an increase in the size of land in the Adirondack and Catskill parks. 


Election results

New York Amendment 7

ResultVotesPercentage

ApprovedYes

1,751,10257.68%
No1,284,58542.32%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 7 was as follows:

“Shall the proposed amendment to subdivision two of section three of article fourteen of the Constitution in relation to increasing the size of parcels of forest preserve land, outside of the Adirondack and Catskill parks, which the legislature may dedicate for the practice of forest or wildlife conservation or authorize the use thereof for public recreational or other state purposes for the sale, exchange or other purposes or the sale, exchange or other disposition thereof, from not more than ten contiguous acres entirely separated from any other portion of the forest preserve to not more than one hundred contiguous acres so separated, 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 theNew York State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 126 votes in theNew York State Assembly and 32 votes in theNew York State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

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