§ 34. Definitions. The words and phrases used in this article shall
have the following meanings:

a. "House" means the senate or assembly of the state of New York.

b. "Initiating house" means the house wherein a request is filed with
the secretary or clerk, as the case may be, under the provisions of
subdivision a of section thirty-five of this article.

c. "Petition" means a document distributed by the secretary or clerk
of the initiating house to the members thereof transmitting the request
of a member or members of such house for the convening of an
extraordinary session.

d. "Receiving house" means the house to which is transmitted a
certified copy of a petition timely executed by two-thirds of the
members of the initiating house.

e. "Concurring petition" means a document distributed by the secretary
or clerk of the receiving house to the members thereof upon receipt from
the clerk or secretary of the initiating house of a certified copy of a
petition timely executed by two-thirds of the members of the initiating
house duly requesting the convening of an extraordinary session. A
concurring petition shall transmit such request in language identical to
that contained in such certified copy.

f. "Joint petition" means a document distributed jointly by the
secretary and clerk to the members of both houses, transmitting the
joint written request of at least one member of each house for the
convening of an extraordinary session.

g. "Perfected concurring petition" means a concurring petition timely
executed by two-thirds of the members of the receiving house.

h. "Perfected joint petition" means a joint petition timely executed
by two-thirds of the members of each house.