Section 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    No such paper or document shall be withdrawn from the files of  either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.