§ 41. Evidence of when bill becomes a law. If a bill becomes a law by
the approval of the governor, the certificate of the governor shall be
the evidence of the time when the bill becomes a law. If appropriations
for the legislature or judiciary or separate items added to a bill by
the legislature pursuant to article seven of the constitution become
part of law previously enacted by the passage of the bill therefor by
both houses of the legislature as provided in such article of the
constitution, the certificate of the governor shall be evidence of the
time when such appropriations and added items become part of such law.
If a bill becomes a law by the failure of the governor to sign it or to
return it to the house where it originated without his approval within
the time required by the constitution, or if, under article seven of the
constitution, a bill containing two or more appropriations becomes a law
immediately as to all or as to part of the bill, upon the passage
thereof by both houses of the legislature and without further action by
the governor, the certificate of the secretary of state of the time when
the bill was filed in his office shall be evidence of the time when the
bill, or the part thereof not requiring further action by the governor,
became a law.