Section 42. Deposit of laws and concurrent resolutions with legislative leaders and secretary of state  


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  • 1. The governor, upon  approval  of  any
      bill  or  part thereof or if the bill be one as to which all or any part
      becomes  law  immediately  upon  its  passage  by  both  houses  of  the
      legislature  pursuant  to  article  seven of the constitution, shall, in
      either event, assign a chapter number  to  such  bill  and  deposit  the
      original  thereof  with  the secretary of state and a certified official
      copy thereof with the temporary president of the senate and the  speaker
      of  the  assembly.  Both  the  original  and  certified  copy shall have
      appended thereto the certificate of the presiding officer of each  house
      and the chapter number assigned by the governor.
        2.   Every   concurrent   resolution   proposing   amendments  to  the
      constitution of  the  state  and  concurrent  resolutions  proposing  or
      ratifying  amendments  to the constitution of the United States shall be
      deposited with the secretary of state upon passage, with the certificate
      of the presiding officer of each house appended thereto.  The  secretary
      of  state  shall  forthwith upon any such deposit endorse upon each such
      concurrent resolution his certificate of the day, month and year it  was
      filed  in  his  office,  and  his  certificate  to  such effect shall be
      presumptive evidence thereof. A certified  official  copy  thereof  with
      such  certificate  appended  thereto shall be delivered to the temporary
      president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.