Kansas Legislature Research Department
The Kansas Legislature Research Department is a nonpartisan, all-purpose legislative research service bureau serving the members and staff of the Kansas Legislature.
Governance
The Legislative Research Department is led by a director who hires and oversees a staff of researchers, analysts and other staff who conduct the day to day operations of the department.[1]
Services offered
Committee staffing
The Legislative Research Department staffs all standing and special committees in the Kansas Legislature.[2]
Fiscal analysis
The Legislative Research Department does all fiscal analysis for Kansas Legislators. All appropriations bills are researched by the LRD.[3]
Legislative research
All requests for research by legislators are handled by the LRD. All requests are confidential and exempt from the Kansas Open Records Act.[4]
History
The Legislative Research Department was first formed on an act of the Kansas Legislature in 1934.[5]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kansas Legislative Research Department, "Staff Listing," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Legislative Research Department, "About Us," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Legislative Research Department, "Appropriations," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Legislative Research Department, "Services Available to Individual Legislators," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Legislature, "Kansas Legislature Research Department," accessed July 2, 2014
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