§ 44. Printing of session laws. The temporary president of the senate\nand the speaker of the assembly or a person or persons designated by\neach legislative leader shall annually cause the session laws to be\nprinted in a bound volume or volumes as soon as possible after the\nadjournment of the legislature. Each such law shall be printed in the\nsame form as the official copy of the bill which became such law except\nthat line numbers, the printed number of the bill and explanatory matter\nshall be omitted. There shall be inserted immediately under the title of\nthe law, a statement to the effect that it became a law upon the\nproperly specified date, with or without the approval of the governor,\nor notwithstanding his objections, as the case may be, and adding the\nwords "passed by a
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§ 44. Printing of session laws. The temporary president of the senate\nand the speaker of the assembly or a person or persons designated by\neach legislative leader shall annually cause the session laws to be\nprinted in a bound volume or volumes as soon as possible after the\nadjournment of the legislature. Each such law shall be printed in the\nsame form as the official copy of the bill which became such law except\nthat line numbers, the printed number of the bill and explanatory matter\nshall be omitted. There shall be inserted immediately under the title of\nthe law, a statement to the effect that it became a law upon the\nproperly specified date, with or without the approval of the governor,\nor notwithstanding his objections, as the case may be, and adding the\nwords "passed by a majority vote," "passed by a two-thirds vote," or\n"passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present," and if passed\non a message required by the constitution, that fact also shall be\nstated, and, if the certificate so specifies, the applicable portion of\nthe constitution shall be identified, in accordance with the\ncertificates appended to the original bill. In the case of an\nappropriation law passed pursuant to the provisions of sections three\nand four of article seven of the constitution the statement in addition\nto the other matter prescribed in this section shall also be to the\neffect that part of it became a law upon a properly specified date by\nthe action of both houses of the legislature and that part of it became\na law upon a properly specified date with or without the approval of the\ngovernor, or notwithstanding his objections, as the case may be. Such\nstatement shall be presumptive evidence that the original law was\ncertified by the presiding officer of each house accordingly.\n The temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly\nshall determine the price at which copies of such session laws shall be\nmade available to the public. Such copies may be made available in\npaperback editions.\n The legislature may appropriate such state moneys as may be necessary\nto secure the printing of the session laws in accordance with the\nprovisions of this section.\n