Section 256.54. State library — law library.

  1.  The state library includes but is not limited to the library support network, the specialized library services unit, and the state data center. The law library shall be under the direction of the specialized library services unit.

  2.  The law library shall be administered by a law librarian appointed by the state librarian subject to chapter 8A, subchapter IV, who shall do all of the following:

  a.  Operate the law library which shall be maintained in the state capitol or in rooms convenient to the state supreme court and which shall be available for free use by the residents of Iowa under rules the commission adopts.

  b.  Maintain, as an integral part of the law library, reports of various boards and agencies, copies of bills, journals, other information relating to current or proposed legislation, and copies of the Iowa administrative bulletin and Iowa administrative code and any publications incorporated by reference in the bulletin or code.

  c.  Arrange to make exchanges of all printed material published by the states and the government of the United States.

  d.  Perform other duties imposed by law or by the rules of the commission.

93 Acts, ch 48, §21

; 95 Acts, ch 14, §2

; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §224, 225

; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §319 – 321

; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §55, 56, 106