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Article III, § 16 — Existing law not to be made applicable by reference

New York Const. art. III, § 16

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N.Y. Const. art. III, § 16.

Full Text

No act shall be passed which shall provide that any existing law, or any part thereof, shall be made or deemed a part of said act, or which shall enact that any existing law, or part thereof, shall be applicable, except by inserting it in such act.

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History

(Formerly §17. Renumbered by Constitutional Convention of 1938 and approved by vote of the people November 8, 1938.)

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