{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-const.-art.-iii-16","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Const. art. III, § 16","heading":"Existing law not to be made applicable by reference","body":"§ 16. No act shall be passed which shall provide that any existing\nlaw, or any part thereof, shall be made or deemed a part of said act, or\nwhich shall enact that any existing law, or part thereof, shall be\napplicable, except by inserting it in such act.","path":["Constitution","Article III. Legislature"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CNS/A3S16","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"6fab0b0c2614e7312568a8d325309ed6e41f5b57b5688d40dd6b2ecc10f5bc92","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-const.-art.-iii-15","next":"us-ny/n.y.-const.-art.-iii-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}