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.
N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law § 71-1705