{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-3-4","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Senate Rules Rule 3, § 4","heading":"No title","body":"§ 4. He or she shall appoint, in conjunction with the Speaker  of  the\nAssembly   and  the  Legislative  Librarian,  an  Assistant  Legislative\nLibrarian, to have charge and custody of all legislative  documents,  as\ndefined  in  this  section,  who  shall  be  responsible for collecting,\nnumbering, indexing and retaining the same in the Legislative Library in\nan area designated for such use by the Legislative Librarian.  At  least\ntwo  copies  of  all such documents shall be kept in such library at all\ntimes and made available to Members of the Legislature  and  legislative\nemployees for public inspection and duplication during library hours.\n  The  function  of  the Legislative Library is to serve the information\nand research needs of Members of the Legislature and  legislative  staff\nas  defined  by the Legislative Law. The services provided shall include\nprofessional reference, access to standard commercial  online  databases\nand  the  availability  of  records  of  the  Library's  holding  on the\nLegislative Retrieval System (LRS). The  Library  is  charged  with  the\ncollection and custody of all Legislative and State documents as defined\nby  this  section.  Access  to  the  collection shall be provided by the\nLegislative Library State Documents (LLSD) database  on  LRS.  Documents\nmay  be  retained  in  paper,  microform, laser disk or any other medium\napproved for archiving documents.\n  To effectuate the purposes of this section, the Assistant  Legislative\nLibrarian  in  charge  of  legislative  documents  may  request from any\ncommittee, commission, task force or office of the Legislature, and  the\nsame  are  authorized  to provide, such assistance, services and data as\nwill enable such librarian to carry out his or her duties as  prescribed\nin this section.\n  For purposes of this section, the term legislative document shall mean\nand  include the Rules of the Senate, the Rules of the Assembly, reports\nof  the  Legislature  and  reports  of  every   legislative   committee,\nsubcommittee,  task  force  or  other adjunct of the Legislature and all\nreports and documents required by law or regulation to be  submitted  to\nthe  Legislature  by  any department, board, bureau, commission or other\nagency of the State.\n  The provisions of this section and paragraph ten of subdivision  c  of\nsection  one  of  Rule  I  of the Assembly are intended to result in the\nappointment of a single Assistant Legislative Librarian  to  serve  both\nHouses of the Legislature.","path":["Senate Rules","Rule 3. The Temporary President"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CMS/R3S4","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"191d464ee9cfbd7d73ec5ca38d6cd3ab9f67c5e335b61ce403e75881c5668dbc","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-3-3","next":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-3-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}