The Legislative Lawyer
-- This newsletter is published periodically. Articles cover topics of interest to legislative attorneys including drafting and language; administrative law; uniform law; and topical issues. Each issue includes "State News" describing legal services activities in the states and litigation that involves state legislatures and state government.
To submit articles for the Legislative Lawyer contact Jery Payne, Newsletter Editor at jery.payne@state.co.us Telephone: (303) 866-2157 Mail: State Capitol, Room 091, Denver, CO 80203.
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Legislative Drafting & Plain Language
Advice for Legislators: From Legislative Lawyer to Legislator (2006)
By Bruce Feustel
Is Your Bill A Bill of Attainder? (2008)
By Jack Stark
The Conservation of Ambiguity (2005)
By Jery Payne
On Loopholes (2005)
By Jerry Payne
Drafting Errors (2005)
By Jack Stark
The Drafting Critique (2003)
By: Jery Payne, Colorado
Shall or Must? (2003)
By Jack Stark
Plain Language and Accurate Language (2003)
By Jack Stark
A Test Case (2005)
By Jack Stark
(Conceptions about drafting and the strategies one uses influence the way that a drafter thinks about the drafts being produced.)
Term Limits
When Does the Term Limits Clock Begin to Run in Louisiana?
BY JERRY G. JONES
Colorado’s Legislative Term Limits — Good Reform or Goofy Idea?* (2004)
By John A. Straayer, Colorado State University
Jennie Bowser, National Conference of State Legislatures
Administrative Law
Centralized Administrative Law Judge Panels (2003)
By Bob Boerner, NCSL
Administrative Rule Review: The Role of the Colorado General Assembly (2005)
By Charles P. Brackney, Colorado
Constitutions
The Place of State Legislatures Under State Constitutions (2004)
Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center of State Constitutional Studies
Uniform Law Commission
Uniform Law Commission: What’s New & What’s Ahead? (2008)
By Michael Kerr, Legislative Director and Legal Counsel, ULC
NCCUSL: What’s New & What’s Ahead (2006)
By John M. McCabe
NCCUSL Begins Active Legislative Year Over 130 Uniform Acts Already Introduced (2005)
By John M. McCabe, Legislative Director and Legal Counsel, NCCUSL
NCCUSL Anticipates Broad Legislative Activity In 2004
By John M. McCabe, Legislative Director and Legal Counsel, NCCUSL
NCCUSL Gears Up For Legislative Action On Uniform Acts In 2003
By John M. McCabe, Legislative Director and Legal Counsel, NCCUSL
Budgets
Colorado's Budget War: The Power to Appropriate and Administer the Public Fisc (2007)
By Edward T. Ramey
Gay Marriage
Gay Marriage in Massachusetts (2004)
Louis Rizoli, Massachusetts
Health
Health Reform in Massachusetts (2006)
By Christie L. Hagar
Immigration
10,363,732 Immigrants — The Melting Pot At Full Boil (2004)
By Julie Hoerner, Colorado
Redistricting
A Nonpartisan Approach to Redistricting (2002)
By Ed Cook, IA
For more information:
contact Kae Warnock, NCSL Liaison to the Legal Services Staff Section. Phone: 303/856-1553
E-mail: lsss-info@ncsl.org
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