Provisions
III.24 proposed for 1916 • Bill imposing tax, manner of passing.
REJECTED
The Text
Every law which imposes, continues, or revives a tax shall distinctly state the tax and the object to which it is to be applied, and it shall not be sufficient to refer to any other law to fix such tax or object.
A Few Facts
• Has 42 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 4 of 1915
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1916
• Been in Article III: Legislature
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-III.24
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