N.Y. Legislative Law § 40: Certificate of presiding officer

§ 40. Certificate of presiding officer. Upon the passage by either

house of the legislature of a bill, concurrent resolution proposing

amendments to the state constitution, or concurrent resolution proposing

or ratifying amendments to the constitution of the United States, the

presiding or other officer designated by the rules of such house shall

append to such bill or resolution a certificate, to be signed by him,

which shall disclose the date of its passage in such house, and whether

passed by the votes of a majority of all the members elected to such

house or of two-thirds thereof, or of a majority of such members,

three-fifths thereof being present. In addition, if any such bill has

been passed on a message required by the constitution, that fact also

shall be stated, and if the message so specifies, the applicable portion

of the constitution shall be identified. Upon the passage of a bill as

to which a part becomes law immediately and a part requires further

action by the governor, two copies shall be certified as above provided,

one of which, upon final passage by both houses, shall be transmitted to

the governor and the other to the secretary of state. No bills shall be

deemed to have so passed unless certified in the manner provided by this

section, which certificate to such effect shall be conclusive evidence

thereof.