(1) On the first legislative day or as soon thereafter as the speaker shall have been elected, it shall be the duty of the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives each to appoint a printing committee for his body whose duties shall be, in addition to its duties prescribed by the rules of said bodies respectively, to immediately meet in joint session and to provide for the publication of the journals of the two (2) houses of the legislature. Said committee shall determine the form of the journals to be used, the size of the type, the number to be distributed to each member of the legislature and the method of distribution, the number of journals to be made available for sale through the secretary of state’s office, and the manner in which the journals are to be bound for the permanent copies of the journal. All costs incurred in publishing the journals shall be a proper charge against the legislative fund [legislative account], unless an appropriation for such purpose has been made.
(2) The joint printing committee of the senate and house of representatives shall exist to print, publish, and distribute the session laws. The joint printing committee will consist of the printing committees of each house. The chairmen of the respective judiciary and rules committees, or their designee, will chair their house’s printing committee and cochair the joint printing committee.
(3) Prior to the final adjournment of a regular legislative session, the joint printing committee must meet and determine the proper method of printing and preserving the session laws of that legislative session. The joint printing committee must give consideration to the cost, accessibility, and preservation of the session laws. The joint printing committee will provide sufficient physical copies of session laws.
(4) The published session laws must include the bills, concurrent resolutions, joint resolutions, petitions and memorials enacted or adopted during the legislative session. In addition, the session laws must include amendments to the constitution adopted at the preceding general election, and bills, concurrent resolutions, joint resolutions, and memorials enacted or adopted during an intervening extraordinary session of the legislature. The published session laws must include a title page, a table of contents, certificate pages, tables of amended and repealed statutes, an index of contents, and a list of each member of the senate and house of representatives.