§ 4. Title and body of bill. The title of every bill shall briefly\nstate the subject thereof. The title of every bill amending or repealing\nany provision of a consolidated law shall refer to such law. The title\nof every bill amending or repealing any unconsolidated law shall refer\nto such law by its short title, if it has one; if it has no short title,\nthe title of such bill shall state the chapter number, year of enactment\nand the complete title of the original bill or a short summary of the\nprovisions to which the law relates. If such bill is amending or\nrepealing a proposed provision of law contained in a bill that has not\nbeen enacted into law, the title shall state the number of the bill\ncontaining the proposed provision of law to be amended or repealed, with\nsuffix, if there be one, and the subject of the provisions to which the\namendatory bill relates. No private or local bill may be passed which\nshall embrace more than one subject which shall be expressed in the\ntitle.\n a. 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. In any bill, each section proposing an\namendment to or the repeal of an unconsolidated law having a short\ntitle, or any part thereof, shall refer to such law by its chapter\nnumber and year of enactment and its short title. If an unconsolidated\nlaw shall have no short title, each section shall state the chapter\nnumber and year of enactment of such law, and a short summary of the\nprovisions to which the law relates or the complete title of the\noriginal bill. If such section amends or repeals a proposed provision of\nlaw contained 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into law, each section\nshall state the number of the bill containing such proposed provisions\nof law to be amended or repealed, with suffix, if there be one. If the\nportion of the law proposed to be amended has been added, renumbered or\namended since the original enactment or last general revision of the law\nof which it is a part, such section shall also state the chapter number\nand year of the last act adding, renumbering or amending the same, as\nthe case may be. There shall be appended at the end of every bill which\nproposes the repeal or extension of any existing law, or part thereof,\nmerely by reference thereto, without setting forth the text thereof, an\nexplanatory note which shall briefly and concisely state the subject\nmatter of the law, or part thereof, proposed to be repealed or extended,\nunless such subject matter is stated in the title of such bill. The\nRevision Clerk of the Senate shall return any bill to the Senator\nintroducing the same when it is called to his or her attention that the\nprovisions of this section, or of section one of this Rule, have not\nbeen complied with, or when any copy of a bill is illegible or\nincomplete.\n b. Every bill when introduced, and every amendment thereafter made to\nsuch bill amending existing law, must have all new matter underscored,\nand all matter eliminated by amendment from existing law must appear in\nits proper place enclosed in brackets. In the printed bill such new\nmatter shall be underscored and all matter eliminated by amendment from\nexisting law shall be enclosed in black-faced brackets. When any\nexisting law or part thereof is proposed to be repealed by a bill, the\nword "repealed" as it appears in such bill shall be
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