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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 9']

New York State Assembly | Rules New York State
9Transmittal of bills to the Governor
Section 1. Contents. Title.
The title of every bill shall briefly state the subject thereof.	The title of every bill amending or repealing any provision of a
consolidated law shall refer to such law.	The title of every bill amending or repealing any unconsolidated
have no short title, the title of such bill shall state the chapter num-
ber, year of enactment and the complete title of the original bill or a
short summary of the provisions to which the law relates.	If such bill is amending or repealing a proposed provision of law
the provisions to which the amendatory bill relates.	Bill sections.
City Civil Court Act, the New York City Criminal Court Act, or the Char-
ter of the City of Buffalo, or any part thereof shall refer to such law,
act, charter or code.	In any bill, each section proposing an amendment to or the repeal
or the complete title of the original bill.	If such section amends or repeals a proposed provision of law con-
tained in a bill that has not been enacted into law, each section shall
to be amended or repealed, with suffix, if there be one.	If the portion of the law proposed to be amended has been added,
amending the same, as the case may be.	Body.
introduction, and if reprinted, must, in the body of the bill have:	All new matter to be added to or inserted in existing law under-
scored;	All matter to be eliminated by amendment from existing law printed
in its proper place in the bill enclosed in black-faced brackets;	The word "repealed," when any existing law or part thereof is pro-
posed to be repealed, printed in boldface type; and	Whenever it is proposed to amend only a part of a word in existing
underscored.	Whenever a bill is amended by eliminating proposed new matter,
such new matter shall be omitted in the reprint of the bill.	Explanatory note.
of such bill.	Nonconforming bills.
bill introduced is not drawn or printed in accordance with the pro-
visions of this Rule, the Speaker may, in his or her discretion, direct
be restored to the place it held when such direction was given.	Introducer's memorandum.
of its provisions, a statement of its fiscal impact on the state, a
statement of its impact on the regulation of businesses and individuals
and a statement as to whether the bill imposes or changes any fine, term
of imprisonment, forfeiture of rights or other penal sanction, together
with the nature of such imposition or change in a format and length to
be prescribed by the Speaker. Whenever a bill is amended by its sponsor,
it shall be the duty of the sponsor to file an amended memorandum set-
ting forth the same material as required in the original memorandum. In
addition, whenever a bill is reported by a committee as amended, it
shall be the duty of the committee to submit an amended memorandum.	§ 2. Introduction. Every bill introduced in the House shall be in duplicate and accompanied by the introducer's memorandum in quadruplicate. Such bill shall
be presented by the introducer to the Index Clerk and delivered by the
Index Clerk to the Office of Assembly Revision for the purposes set
forth in subdivision a of section eight of this Rule. Thereafter, such
bill shall be referred to a standing committee, other than the Committee
on Rules, by the Speaker, assigned a number, printed and placed on the
desks of the members. The Index Clerk shall, on the day of its introduction, cause such bill to be transmitted to the printer. A copy of each
bill shall be available for public inspection in the Office of Assembly
Revision. The Office of Assembly Revision shall maintain a photocopy
machine for use by the public to copy any such bill at a per page price
to be established by the Speaker pursuant to the "Freedom of Information
Law".	On or after November fifteenth of a calendar year, a member and
to a committee, but shall not be deemed introduced until the commencement of such legislative session.	Each time a bill is amended and reprinted, a letter of the alphabet, starting with "A", shall be added to its number.	All bills, whether introduced in the House or communicated by message from the Senate, or by the Governor pursuant to Article VII of the
time.	No bill shall be introduced in the House except in one of the following modes:
by a member;	by a report of a standing committee;	by order of the House;	by message from the Senate; and	by the Governor under Article VII of the Constitution.	Any Assembly bill introduced in the regular legislative session
Any Assembly bill which in the first year of the term of the
Assembly was passed by the Assembly and did not become law, was not
vetoed, or was substituted by a Senate bill which did not become law or
which was not vetoed, shall be deemed to be reintroduced for the second
year of such term and shall be ordered to the order of third reading,
any such bill which in such first year required a home rule mes-
sage for passage shall be referred to the committee to which such bill
was originally referred;
Legislative Bill Drafting Commission, the bill drafter assigned to pre-
pare such legislation shall determine if a similar bill has already been
notify the member of such fact and inform him that subdivision b of sec-
tion three of this Rule permits a member to become a multi-sponsor of a
§ 3. Multi-sponsorship. a. Any number of members of the Assembly may join in the multi-sponsorship of a bill. When a bill is first introduced and before it is printed, the names of all multi-sponsors shall appear on the printed bill upon the following conditions:
Multi-sponsors shall file a written request to act as such with
the Index Clerk of the Assembly on forms provided. The request so filed
shall indicate that the first name appearing on the bill shall be deemed
the introducer and all others deemed multi-sponsors.
§ 4. Final day. a. The final day for the unlimited introduction of
§ 5. Resolutions. Original resolutions, concurrent or otherwise other than privileged
bear the name of the introducer and shall be referred to a standing com-
mittee for consideration and report. No such resolution may be intro-
duced unless copies thereof first shall have been furnished to the
each member's desk prior to such vote.
resolutions in memorium or honorific in nature.
§ 6. Amendments. No amendment to a bill may be offered unless the member proposing
the amendment delivers three copies of the bill with the proposed amend-
ment correctly marked thereon and six copies of the detailed description
the desk of each member of the House. When there is more than one amend-
ment to a bill and one of such amendments is adopted, any of the other
same, be debated and voted upon immediately after such adoption, pro-
vided, however, that such other amendments are offered to those pro-
visions of the bill not changed by the adopted amendment and are con-
sistent with the provisions of the adopted amendment.
If a motion to amend prevails, the Clerk of the Assembly shall dis-
tribute copies of the bill with the amendment correctly marked thereon
§ 7. Reading of bills. a. Every bill shall receive three separate
before the motion to order them to a third reading is entertained. One-
half hour shall be allowed for such debate, but no person shall speak
reading unless otherwise ordered pursuant to subdivision b of this sec-
tion or pursuant to paragraph one of subdivision b of section ten of
duty of the Speaker to proclaim such request and determine if such con-
sent will be granted.
request of the introducer, whereupon all further action on such bill	shall be suspended, although it retains its place on the Calendar. Other
introducing it or by the Majority or Minority Leader as a regular amend-
ment to the bill.
§ 9. Transmittal of bills to the Governor. All Assembly bills passed