Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a)
The Legislative Reference Bureau is a service agency of the Illinois General
Assembly.
b) It is charged by
statute:
1) to establish in the State Capitol
a reference bureau in which would be collected such laws, reports, books,
periodicals and other printed or written matter as may aid the members of the
General Assembly in the performance of their official duties;
2) to digest and index all bills, resolutions
and amendments introduced in the General Assembly and furnish copies of the
digest and index to members of the General Assembly each week during its
session;
3) to afford to any member
of the General Assembly, upon request, such legal assistance and information as
may be practicable in the preparation of bills, resolutions and amendments for
introduction into the General Assembly;
4) to recommend the revision, simplification
and rearrangement of existing statutory law and the elimination from such law
of obsolete, superseded, duplicated and unconstitutional statutes or parts of
statutes and to propose legislation to revise the existing statutory law to
conform to any reorganization of the executive branch which takes effect
pursuant to an executive order of the Governor under Section 11 of Article V of
the Illinois Constitution of 1970;
5) to create a computer memory system
containing the Illinois Revised Statutes and to revise the data base
periodically to keep it current and to provide information from that system for
the members and agencies of the General Assembly and the Attorney General;
and
6) to review all reported
decisions of the Federal courts, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Illinois
Appellate Court which affect the interpretation of the Illinois Constitution
and statutes and report the results of its research to the General Assembly
each year, recommending technical corrections in the statutes to comply with
decisions and pointing out where substantive issues arise.
c) The Bureau is not charged with the
provision of any services directly to members of the public but the Legislative
Synopsis and Digest prepared by the Bureau for the General Assembly is
available to the public by subscription for the statutory fee.
d) The Legislative Reference Bureau consists
of and is governed by a board of 12 members of the General Assembly.
e) The Board appoints an executive secretary
and two deputy secretaries who administer the operations of the Bureau under
the direction of the Board.
f) The
executive secretary is the Freedom of Information Officer.
g) The office of the Bureau is in Room 112 in
the State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois 62706. Its phone number is (217)
782-6625. The Bureau's regular office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, state holidays excepted.
