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§ 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.\n