NY Legis L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 22 - Custody of Legislative Papers and Documents.

§ 22. Custody  of  legislative  papers and documents. The secretary or   clerk of each house, as the case may be, shall take charge of  and  keep   on  file  all  legislative papers and documents of such house, and those   presented to it; and shall cause all such papers and  documents  in  his   charge  to  be so classified and arranged that they can be easily found.   As used in this section, "legislative papers and documents" means: bills   and amendments  thereto;  fiscal  notes;  introducers'  bill  memoranda;   resolutions and amendments thereto; and index records; messages received   from  the  governor  or  the  other  house of the legislature; home rule   messages; legislative notification of the proposed adoption of rules  by   a state agency; members' code of ethics statements; transcripts, minutes   or  journal records of public sessions, including meetings of committees   and subcommittees and public hearings, with the records of attendance of   members thereat and records of any votes taken; final reports and formal   opinions  submitted  to  the   legislature;   and   final   reports   or   recommendations  and  minority  or  dissenting  reports  and opinions of   members of committees, subcommittees, or commissions of the legislature.No such paper or document shall be withdrawn from the files of  either   house, whether the same be in charge of the regents of the university or   the  secretary  or  clerk  of  such house, except that such secretary or   clerk, or a deputy appointed by him, shall have access to the papers and   documents of such house in charge of the  regents  for  the  purpose  of   taking  copies. Any person may obtain a certified copy of any such paper   or document in such files by applying to the secretary or clerk or  such   deputy  in  charge thereof and paying to such secretary, clerk or deputy   such fees as are prescribed pursuant to the  provisions  of  the  public   officers  law.    Either  house may, by resolution, order title deeds or   original documents accompanying any petition  to  be  delivered  to  the   persons  entitled  thereto.  The journals of proceedings and legislative   papers and documents of each house, heretofore published and now in  the   custody of its secretary or clerk, and such papers and documents of each   house hereafter published and kept in custody of its secretary or clerk,   shall  be  deemed  for  all  purposes to be the original journals of the   proceedings and the original papers and documents  of  such  house.  The   journal clerk of each house shall compare a printed volume or volumes of   its  journal  of  proceedings hereafter published under the direction of   the secretary or clerk of such house with the original  manuscript  copy   thereof,  and  having noted in such printed volume or volumes each error   contained therein, shall attach thereto a certificate,  under  his  hand   and  official  seal,  that  each such printed volume, as corrected, is a   correct transcript of the text of  such  original  manuscript  copy.  He   shall thereupon deposit such printed volume or volumes, so corrected and   certified,  in  the custody of the secretary or clerk of such house, and   the same shall thereupon become and be deemed for all purposes to be the   original journal or journals of proceedings of such house; and the same,   or a copy certified by the secretary or clerk, or journal clerk  may  be   read  in  evidence.  The  manuscript copy of the journal prepared by the   journal clerk shall be kept continuously in the custody of the secretary   or clerk until the journal shall have been printed, compared,  corrected   and certified in the form and manner provided herein, thereafter, in the   discretion  of  the  secretary  or  clerk,  such manuscript copy and the   original copies of introduced bills and resolutions  may  be  destroyed.   The  secretary  or  clerk shall cause a duplicate or typewritten copy of   said manuscript copy of each day's journal to be prepared and  furnished   to the printer for his use in printing the journal.