N.Y. New York State Printing and Public Documents Law § 11: Responsibilities of the New York state library

§ 11. Responsibilities of the New York state library. 1. It shall be

the responsibility of the state library to serve as the central

repository for the distribution of all public documents. In accordance

with this responsibility the state library shall establish a public

documents distribution system consisting of depository libraries

throughout New York state which shall be known as the "New York state

document depository system" and shall be responsible for the maintenance

and distribution of documents within this depository system.

2. The state library, in consultation with state agencies, shall

develop a list specifying which public documents are core documents. The

total number of core documents shall not exceed twenty-five. The list of

core documents shall form the basis of the New York state documents

reference center, documents depository and documents research library

collections.

3. The gifts and exchange division of the state library is designated

as the center for the collection of public documents for distribution

throughout the depository system.