N.Y. Executive Law § 149 – Format of state register

1. The printed version of the state register shall be an eight and one-half by eleven inch booklet with three holes punched in the left hand margin to make such register suitable for storage in an eight and one-half by eleven inch loose-leaf binder.
2. Each regular issue of the state register shall contain:
1. (a) a table of contents;
2. (b) a table which includes a general description of the identification number system, the alphanumeric abbreviation assigned to each agency and the symbol to denote the various types of notices pursuant to article two of the state administrative procedure act;
3. (c) a complete list of all public hearings to be conducted for which a notice of proposed rule making has been published therein or in any previous issue of the state register. Such list shall include (i) the agency which will conduct the public hearing; (ii) the date, time, place and subject of such public hearing; and (iii) the identification number for the proposed rule making which is the subject of such public hearing;
4. (d) a presentation of notices, required by article two of the state administrative procedure act and not already published in the state register, in a sequence that provides by agency (i) notices of emergency adoption, (ii) notices of adoption, (iii) notices of expiration, (iv) notices of withdrawal, (v) notices of proposed rule making for which a public hearing is scheduled, (vi) notices of proposed rule making for which no hearing is scheduled and (vii) notices of revised rule making;
5. (e) an action pending index, in tabular form, by agency in alphabetical order, which shall identify all previously noticed proposed rules for which the secretary of state has not published a notice of expiration, of adoption or of withdrawal, and, with respect to a rule defined in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section one hundred two of the state administrative procedure act, for which the secretary of state has not published a notice of adoption or withdrawal for one year after the publication of the proposed rule making notice or two years if such notice has been renewed by the agency. Such action pending index shall include a description of the subject and purpose of the proposed rule and the identification number described in paragraph (a) of subdivision three of this section.
3. With respect to notices published in the state register pursuant to article two of the state administrative procedure act: (a) each notice of proposed rule making shall be identified in the state register by an identification number which shall include a separate alphanumeric abbreviation to identify the agency, the issue number and year of publication of the state register, a consecutive number assigned by the secretary of state to such notice, and a symbol denoting that the notice is for a proposed rule making;
(b) each notice of expiration, revised rule making, withdrawal, adoption or emergency adoption shall be identified by the identification number assigned to the notice of proposed rule making to which it corresponds, followed by a symbol denoting that such notice is for an expiration, withdrawal, adoption or emergency adoption;
(c) if a notice of emergency adoption does not correspond to a prior notice of proposed rule making, such notice of emergency adoption shall be assigned an identification number in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subdivision, except that the symbol shall denote that the notice is for an emergency adoption.
4. To the extent practicable, every version of the state register transmitted by electronic means shall substantially comply with the provisions of this section.