New York Constitution
Article VIII - Local Finances
- Section 1 - Gift or loan of property or credit of local subdivisions prohibited; exceptions for enumerated purposes
- Section 2 - Restrictions on indebtedness of local subdivisions; contracting and payment of local indebtedness; exceptions
- Section 2-a - Local indebtedness for water supply, sewage and drainage facilities and purposes; allocations and exclusions of indebtedness
- Section 3 - Restrictions on creation and indebtedness of certain corporations
- Section 4 - Limitations on local indebtedness
- Section 5 - Ascertainment of debt-incurring power of counties, cities, towns and villages; certain indebtedness to be excluded
- Section 6 - Debt-incurring power of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse; certain additional indebtedness to be excluded
- Section 7 - Debt-incurring power of New York city; certain additional indebtedness to be excluded
- Section 7-a - Debt-incurring power of New York city; certain indebtedness for railroads and transit purposes to be excluded
- Section 8 - Indebtedness not to be invalidated by operation of this article
- Section 9 - When debt-incurring power of certain counties shall cease
- Section 10 - Limitations on amount to be raised by real estate taxes for local purposes; exceptions
- Section 10-a - Application and use of revenues: certain public improvements
- Section 11 - Taxes for certain capital expenditures to be excluded from tax limitation
- Section 12 - Powers of local governments to be restricted; further limitations on contracting local indebtedness authorized
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