§ 34. Definitions. The words and phrases used in this article shall have the following meanings:
a. "House" means the senate or assembly of the state of New York.
b. "Initiating house" means the house wherein a request is filed with the secretary or clerk, as the case may be, under the provisions of subdivision a of section thirty-five of this article.
c. "Petition" means a document distributed by the secretary or clerk of the initiating house to the members thereof transmitting the request of a member or members of such house for the convening of an extraordinary session.
d. "Receiving house" means the house to which is transmitted a certified copy of a petition timely executed by two-thirds of the members of the initiating house.
e. "Concurring petition" means a document distributed by the secretary or clerk of the receiving house to the members thereof upon receipt from the clerk or secretary of the initiating house of a certified copy of a petition timely executed by two-thirds of the members of the initiating house duly requesting the convening of an extraordinary session. A concurring petition shall transmit such request in language identical to that contained in such certified copy.
f. "Joint petition" means a document distributed jointly by the secretary and clerk to the members of both houses, transmitting the joint written request of at least one member of each house for the convening of an extraordinary session.
g. "Perfected concurring petition" means a concurring petition timely executed by two-thirds of the members of the receiving house.
h. "Perfected joint petition" means a joint petition timely executed by two-thirds of the members of each house.
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