Sec. 4. (a) The supervision of the preparation, indexing, and printing of the session laws of each session of the general assembly and the Indiana Code, including any supplements to the Indiana Code, shall be the duty of the legislative council.

     (b) The legislative council or its designee shall determine the number of paper format and electronic format copies of the session laws, adopted joint resolutions, and the Indiana Code that are prepared and the persons to whom paper format or electronic format copies are distributed. The legislative council or its designee shall provide at least one (1) paper format or one (1) electronic format copy of the session laws, adopted joint resolutions, and the Indiana Code to each public library located in Indiana that participates in the federal depository library program. If the distribution policies adopted by the legislative council or its designee provide for distribution of the session laws, adopted joint resolutions, or the Indiana Code to state elected officials, state governmental agencies, public libraries, or, upon request, to official agencies in other states, one (1) paper format or one (1) electronic format copy shall be provided to a recipient without charge. The legislative council or its designee may impose a uniform charge for other distributed copies.

     (c) For all legislative sessions beginning after November 20, 2017, the legislative services agency shall provide public access to the session laws, adopted joint resolutions, and the Indiana Code on the general assembly’s Internet web site. The session laws, adopted joint resolutions, and the Indiana Code may be viewed and copied from the Internet without charge.

Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.18, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.4, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.7, SEC.2; Acts 1980, P.L.1, SEC.1; Acts 1982, P.L.8, SEC.1; P.L.9-1997, SEC.1; P.L.72-2018, SEC.7.