Legislation

§ 4. Title and body of bill. 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 law shall refer
to such law by its short title, if it has one; if it has no short title,
the title of such bill shall state the chapter number, 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 contained in a bill that has not
been enacted into law, the title shall state the number of the bill
containing the proposed provision of law to be amended or repealed, with
suffix, if there be one, and the subject of the provisions to which the
amendatory bill relates. No private or local bill may be passed which
shall embrace more than one subject which shall be expressed in the
title.

a. In any bill, each section proposing an amendment to or the repeal
of: (i) any consolidated law, or any part thereof; or (ii) the Family
Court Act, the Court of Claims Act, the Uniform District Court Act, the
Uniform Justice Court Act, the Uniform City Court Act, the New York City
Charter, the Administrative Code of the City of New York, the New York
City Civil Court Act, the New York City Criminal Court Act, or the
Charter 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 of an unconsolidated law having a short
title, or any part thereof, shall refer to such law by its chapter
number and year of enactment and its short title. If an unconsolidated
law shall have no short title, each section shall state the chapter
number and year of enactment of such law, and a short summary of the
provisions to which the law relates or the complete title of the
original bill. If such section amends or repeals a proposed provision of
law contained in a bill that has not been enacted into law, each section
shall state the number of the bill containing such proposed provisions
of law to be amended or repealed, with suffix, if there be one. If the
portion of the law proposed to be amended has been added, renumbered or
amended since the original enactment or last general revision of the law
of which it is a part, such section shall also state the chapter number
and year of the last act adding, renumbering or amending the same, as
the case may be. There shall be appended at the end of every bill which
proposes the repeal or extension of any existing law, or part thereof,
merely by reference thereto, without setting forth the text thereof, an
explanatory note which shall briefly and concisely state the subject
matter of the law, or part thereof, proposed to be repealed or extended,
unless such subject matter is stated in the title of such bill. The
Revision Clerk of the Senate shall return any bill to the Senator
introducing the same when it is called to his or her attention that the
provisions of this section, or of section one of this Rule, have not
been complied with, or when any copy of a bill is illegible or
incomplete.

b. Every bill when introduced, and every amendment thereafter made to
such bill amending existing law, must have all new matter underscored,
and all matter eliminated by amendment from existing law must appear in
its proper place enclosed in brackets. In the printed bill such new
matter shall be underscored and all matter eliminated by amendment from
existing law shall be enclosed in black-faced brackets. When any
existing law or part thereof is proposed to be repealed by a bill, the
word "repealed" as it appears in such bill shall be printed in
bold-faced type. When a printed bill is amended by eliminating new
matter from such bill, the same shall be omitted in the reprint of the
original. When amendments are offered to a printed bill, the proposed
changes, indicating page and line numbers, shall be listed on four
detail sheets and the same changes shall be incorporated and marked on
two copies of the bill; provided, however, that no amendment shall be
allowed to any bill which is not germane to the original object or
purpose thereof. Furthermore, when a printed bill is amended the
accompanying introducer's memorandum, required pursuant to section one
of this Rule, shall also be amended to reflect any changes. It shall be
the duty of the Secretary to direct the Revision Clerk to cause any bill
appearing on the calendar and not complying with this section to be
immediately amended and printed so as to comply with the same.