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Section 1. Contents.\n a. Title.\n (1) The title of every bill shall briefly state the subject thereof.\n (2) The title of every bill amending or repealing any provision of a\nconsolidated law shall refer to such law.\n (3) The title of every bill amending or repealing any unconsolidated\nlaw shall refer to such law by its short title, if it have one; if it\nhave no short title, the title of such bill shall state the chapter\nnumber, year of enactment and the complete title of the original bill or\na short summary of the provisions to which the law relates.\n (4) If such bill is amending or repealing a proposed provision of law\ncontained in a bill that has not been enacted into law, the title shall\nstate the number of the bill containing the proposed provision of law to\nbe amended or repealed, with suffix, if there be one, and the subject of\nthe provisions to which the amendatory bill relates.\n b. Bill sections.\n (1) In any bill, each section proposing an amendment to or the repeal\nof: (i) any consolidated law, or any part thereof; or (ii) the Family\nCourt Act, the Court of Claims Act, the Uniform District Court Act, the\nUniform Justice Court Act, the Uniform City Court Act, the New York City\nCharter, the Administrative Code of the City of New York, the New York\nCity Civil Court Act, the New York City Criminal Court Act, or the\nCharter of the City of Buffalo, or any part thereof shall refer to such\nlaw, act, charter or code.\n (2) In any bill, each section proposing an amendment to or the repeal\nof an unconsolidated law having a short title, or any part thereof,\nshall refer to such law by its chapter number and year of enactment and\nits short title. If an unconsolidated law shall have no short title,\neach section shall state the chapter number and year of enactment of\nsuch law and a short summary of the provisions to which the law relates\nor the complete title of the original bill.\n (3) If such section amends or repeals a proposed provision of law\ncontained in a bill that has not been enacted into law, each section\nshall state the number of the bill containing such proposed provisions\nof law to be amended or repealed, with suffix, if there be one.\n (4) If the portion of the law proposed to be amended has been added,\nrenumbered or amended since the original enactment or last general\nrevision of the law of which it is a part, such section shall also state\nthe chapter number and year of the last act adding, renumbering or\namending the same, as the case may be.\n c. Body.\n (1) Every bill amending, adding to or repealing existing law, upon its\nintroduction, and if reprinted, must, in the body of the bill have:\n (a) All new matter to be added to or inserted in existing law\nunderscored;\n (b) All matter to be eliminated by amendment from existing law printed\nin its proper place in the bill enclosed in black-faced brackets;\n (c) The word "repealed," when any existing law or part thereof is\nproposed to be repealed, printed in boldface type; and\n (d) Whenever it is proposed to amend only a part of a word in existing\nlaw, the whole of such word shall be printed in its proper place\nenclosed in black-faced brackets and the whole word as proposed shall be\nunderscored.\n (2) Whenever a bill is amended by eliminating proposed new matter,\nsuch new matter shall be omitted in the reprint of the bill.\n d. Explanatory note.\n There shall be appended at the end of every bill introduced in the\nAssembly, which proposes the repeal or extension of any existing law, or\npart thereof, merely by reference thereto, without setting forth the\ntext thereof, an explanatory note which shall briefly and concisely\nstate the subject matter of the law, or part thereof, proposed to be\nrepealed or extended, unless such subject matter is stated in the title\nof such bill.\n e. Nonconforming bills.\n Whenever it shall be called to the attention of the Speaker that any\nbill introduced is not drawn or printed in accordance with the\nprovisions of this Rule, the Speaker may, in his or her discretion,\ndirect the Index Clerk to cause such bill to be immediately amended and\nreprinted so as to comply therewith, and when reprinted said bill shall\nbe restored to the place it held when such direction was given.\n f. Introducer's memorandum.\n There shall be appended to every bill introduced in the Assembly, an\nintroducer's memorandum setting forth the purpose of the bill, a summary\nof its provisions, a statement of its fiscal impact on the state, a\nstatement of its impact on the regulation of businesses and individuals\nand a statement as to whether the bill imposes or changes any fine, term\nof imprisonment, forfeiture of rights or other penal sanction, together\nwith the nature of such imposition or change in a format and length to\nbe prescribed by the Speaker. Whenever a bill is amended by its sponsor,\nit shall be the duty of the sponsor to file an amended memorandum\nsetting forth the same material as required in the original memorandum.\nIn addition, whenever a bill is reported by a committee as amended, it\nshall be the duty of the committee to submit an amended memorandum.\n