N.Y. Legislative Law § 44: Printing of session laws

§ 44. Printing of session laws. The temporary president of the senate

and the speaker of the assembly or a person or persons designated by

each legislative leader shall annually cause the session laws to be

printed in a bound volume or volumes as soon as possible after the

adjournment of the legislature. Each such law shall be printed in the

same form as the official copy of the bill which became such law except

that line numbers, the printed number of the bill and explanatory matter

shall be omitted. There shall be inserted immediately under the title of

the law, a statement to the effect that it became a law upon the

properly specified date, with or without the approval of the governor,

or notwithstanding his objections, as the case may be, and adding the

words "passed by a majority vote," "passed by a two-thirds vote," or

"passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present," and if passed

on a message required by the constitution, that fact also shall be

stated, and, if the certificate so specifies, the applicable portion of

the constitution shall be identified, in accordance with the

certificates appended to the original bill. In the case of an

appropriation law passed pursuant to the provisions of sections three

and four of article seven of the constitution the statement in addition

to the other matter prescribed in this section shall also be to the

effect that part of it became a law upon a properly specified date by

the action of both houses of the legislature and that part of it became

a law upon a properly specified date with or without the approval of the

governor, or notwithstanding his objections, as the case may be. Such

statement shall be presumptive evidence that the original law was

certified by the presiding officer of each house accordingly.

The temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly

shall determine the price at which copies of such session laws shall be

made available to the public. Such copies may be made available in

paperback editions.

The legislature may appropriate such state moneys as may be necessary

to secure the printing of the session laws in accordance with the

provisions of this section.