(a) The Secretary of the State shall deliver copies of the revised statutes, of each supplement to the general statutes and of each revised volume thereof and of each volume of the public acts and special acts to the State Library for its general purposes and for exchange with other states and libraries, and copies of the revised statutes, of each supplement, of each revised volume and of each volume of the public acts, and such additional number of each as the Judicial Department certifies as necessary, for the use of any of the state-maintained courts, and copies of each volume of the special acts to the Judicial Department for distribution to state-maintained courts, and, to the several departments, agencies and institutions of the executive branch of the state government, as many copies of the revised statutes, of each supplement, of each revised volume and of each of the volumes of public acts and special acts as they require for the performance of their duties.

(b) The Secretary shall send free of charge one copy of the revised statutes, of each supplement to the general statutes, of each revised volume thereof and of each of the volumes of public acts and special acts to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Secretary of the State, Attorney General, Comptroller, Adjutant General, each town clerk, and, upon request, to each probate court, the police department of each municipality having a regularly organized police force, each assistant to the Attorney General, and each county law library; and the Secretary shall, upon the member’s request, supply free of charge (1) one copy of the revised statutes to each member of the General Assembly at the first session in which such member serves as a member, and (2) at each session in which such member serves, one copy of each revised volume thereof and of each supplement not previously supplied to such member, such distribution of the statutes and supplements to be made not later than thirty days after the election or reelection of such member, and (3) following each session at which such member serves, one volume of each of the public acts and special acts passed at such session. The Secretary shall supply free of charge to the clerks of the House and Senate, each, one copy of the revised statutes, of each revised volume thereof, of each supplement and one volume of each of the public acts and special acts for use in the clerks’ office.