Month: September 2011

  • Bill Requests — Making and keeping the five allowed by rule

    Bill Requests — Making and keeping the five allowed by rule

    by Patti Dahlberg

    Each member of the Colorado General Assembly is allowed five bill requests (Joint Rule 24(b)(1)(A)).  These five bill requests are in addition to any appropriation, committee-approved, or sunset bills that a legislator may choose to carry.  Seems pretty simple — every legislator gets five bills?

    If only it were so . . . there are a few rules legislators need to follow in order to make and keep their five bill requests.

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  • The Legislature’s Role in the Review of Administrative Rules

    by Chuck Brackney

    The approach of fall brings a number of signals that the seasons are changing.  Leaves turning bright colors, colder temperatures, and the return of football are just some of these.  Around the Office of Legislative Legal Services (OLLS), though, the advent of autumn means that rule review season is in full swing.

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  • The Director’s Welcome

    by Dan Cartin, Director of the Office of Legislative Legal Services

    Welcome to Colorado LegiSource, the on-line blog of the Office of Legislative Legal Services or, as we are also known, the “OLLS” or just “the drafting office.”  Our blog is a web-based resource that will utilize the writing skills of the OLLS’ nonpartisan attorneys and legal staff to periodically post useful, legislatively related information during the session and interim for members of the General Assembly.

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