N.Y. Legislative Law § 41: Evidence of when bill becomes a law

§ 41. Evidence of when bill becomes a law. If a bill becomes a law by

the approval of the governor, the certificate of the governor shall be

the evidence of the time when the bill becomes a law. If appropriations

for the legislature or judiciary or separate items added to a bill by

the legislature pursuant to article seven of the constitution become

part of law previously enacted by the passage of the bill therefor by

both houses of the legislature as provided in such article of the

constitution, the certificate of the governor shall be evidence of the

time when such appropriations and added items become part of such law.

If a bill becomes a law by the failure of the governor to sign it or to

return it to the house where it originated without his approval within

the time required by the constitution, or if, under article seven of the

constitution, a bill containing two or more appropriations becomes a law

immediately as to all or as to part of the bill, upon the passage

thereof by both houses of the legislature and without further action by

the governor, the certificate of the secretary of state of the time when

the bill was filed in his office shall be evidence of the time when the

bill, or the part thereof not requiring further action by the governor,

became a law.