Section 60 Research bureau; quarters; gathering of information; custody of records - Massachusetts Statutes

Section 60. The bureau shall be provided with quarters in the state house or elsewhere at a location convenient to the general court and shall, upon request, be furnished with such information and records by all departments, divisions, agencies and political subdivisions of the commonwealth as are not deemed to be confidential and are required by it for the proper conduct of its duties. Every special committee or commission and every joint committee sitting during the recess of the general court which is established by the general court or by either branch thereof to make a study or investigation in connection with proposed legislation shall, if no other provision is made and in the absence of a vote to the contrary by such committee or commission, within ninety days after the final date for filing its report turn over to the bureau all the papers, records and material acquired during the existence of the committee or commission. The bureau shall turn over to the state library such papers, records and material which it deems to merit preservation and shall destroy the remainder.