Illinois Legislative Research Unit
The Illinois Legislative Research Unit is a nonpartisan legislative research service agency that is dedicated to serving the legislators and staff of the Illinois General Assembly.
Mission statement
The statutory duty of the Legislative Research Unit (LRU): "is collect information concerning the government and general welfare of the state, examine the effects of constitutional provisions and previously enacted statutes, consider important issues of public policy and questions of state-wide interest, and perform research and provide information as may be requested by members of the General Assembly."[1]
Governance
The Legislative Research Unit is governed by a twelve person board which is made up of six members of the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois State Senate.[2]
Services offered
Federal agencies
When assistance is needed between communicating between state and federal agencies, the Illinois Legislative Research Unit tracks all grant funding applied for and assist in any case work on behalf of the state.[3]
Legislative research
The Legislative Research Unit is responsible for producing all legislative research on request by members of the Illinois General Assembly.[3]
Initiative process
The Illinois Legislative Research Unit must conduct research on any constitutional amendment or a statewide question of public policy presented to the voters of Illinois.[3]
State board and commission tracking
Whenever someone is nominated to a state board or commission, the Legislative Research Unit is required to track and ask from whomever made the nomination to send a report to the LRU.[3]
History
The Illinois Legislative Research Unit was first formed in 1937.[1]
See also
- State legislative research service bureaus
- Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability
- Illinois State Senate
- Illinois House of Representatives
External links
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