Section 71-1705. Rules and regulations of the department; evidence

The  rules  and  regulations of the department promulgated pursuant to
  the provisions of this chapter listed in section 71-1701, and of  titles
  17 through 21 inclusive of this article, or the statutes from which they
  were  derived,  may be read in evidence from the official compilation of
  codes, rules and regulations of the state of  New  York,  or  supplement
  thereto.  To  entitle  any copy of the said rules and regulations, other
  than those in the official compilation or supplement thereto, to be read
  in evidence there shall be contained in the  same  book  or  pamphlet  a
  printed  certificate  of  the  Secretary  of  State  that such copy is a
  correct transcript of the text of the  said  rules  and  regulations  as
  published  in the official compilation or supplement thereto. For such a
  certificate the secretary of state shall collect such a fee as he  shall
  deem just and reasonable.