Section 78. Certification of members, officers and employees

On or before
  the tenth day after  any  member,  officer  or  employee  commences  the
  performance  of his duties as such, he shall file, with the secretary of
  the senate, if a member, officer or employee of that house, or with  the
  clerk  of  the assembly, if a member, officer or employee of that house,
  or with the secretary of state if an officer  or  employee  of  a  state
  agency,  a  certificate  acknowledging  receipt  of  a  copy of sections
  seventy-three, seventy-three-a, seventy-four, seventy-five, seventy-six,
  seventy-seven and seventy-eight of this chapter together with such other
  material as the secretary of the senate, the clerk of  the  assembly  or
  the secretary of state may prepare related thereto, that he has read the
  same  and  undertakes  to conform to the provisions, purposes and intent
  thereof and to the norms of conduct for members, officers and  employees
  of the legislature and state agencies.