Sec. 2-23. Copies of bills, resolutions, calendars, journals and other legislative publications. Furnishing of publications to public and municipalities.
Sec. 2-23. Copies of bills, resolutions, calendars, journals and other legislative
publications. Furnishing of publications to public and municipalities. The Joint
Committee on Legislative Management shall provide by contract, purchase or lease a
process for the reproduction of copies of each bill and each resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution and other substantive resolutions introduced in both
houses, the calendars and journals of both houses and other legislative publications, in
number sufficient to supply the needs of the legislature and the public. Such reproduction
shall be under the supervision of the clerks of the Senate and the House. To carry out
the provisions of this section, said committee is authorized to hire necessary personnel
and acquire supplies and equipment. The Joint Committee on Legislative Management
shall set aside in a building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee
on Legislative Management a room for use as a legislative bill room for distribution of
copies under the supervision of the clerks of the Senate and House. The clerks of the
Senate and House shall, during each session of the General Assembly, keep copies of
all bills and resolutions reproduced as above provided, in such room, for the convenience
of the members of the legislature and the public. A file of such bills and resolutions
and the records of hearings of committees and the proceedings of each house, suitably
indexed, shall be kept in the State Library for public inspection, and the clerks of the
Senate and House shall furnish copies of such bills and resolutions for this purpose. The
State Librarian is authorized to hire not more than two additional employees and to
secure supplies and equipment necessary to make said index. Copies of bills and resolutions printed after favorable report by a committee or the amendment on the third reading,
i.e., files, not needed by members of the General Assembly or for other official use shall
be delivered to the legislative bill room for distribution. After adjournment of the General
Assembly, distribution of such bills, resolutions and files shall be made from the office
of the clerks. To carry out the provisions of this section, said clerks are authorized to
hire additional employees for distribution of such copies. The public may obtain copies
of bills, resolutions, journals, bulletins, legislative indexes and other legislative publications by calling for the same at the State Capitol or the Legislative Office Building,
provided the clerks may, in their discretion, limit the number of copies to be furnished
to any one person and may, with the approval of the committee, fix reasonable charges
for furnishing copies in quantities which the clerks believe cannot be furnished free of
charge without undue expense to the state. The clerks shall, at the request of the chief
executive officer of any town, city or borough, send by first class mail one copy of each
legislative bulletin and of the legislative record index to such office of such municipality
as such chief executive officer shall designate. Copies of engrossed bills and resolutions
shall be distributed from the Legislative Commissioners' Office.
(1949 Rev., S. 18; 1953, 1955, S. 7d; November, 1955, S. N1; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 1, S. 4; 4, S. 1; 1961, P.A.
113; P.A. 73-394; P.A. 78-237, S. 1, 5; P.A. 79-631, S. 25, 111; P.A. 84-48, S. 4, 17; P.A. 89-82, S. 2, 11; P.A. 90-17, S.
1, 4.)
History: 1959 acts added provision specifying method by which the public may obtain copies of bills, resolutions
journals, etc.; 1961 act provided for distribution of engrossed bills and resolutions by legislative commissioners rather
than from legislative bill room during session and from clerks' office thereafter; P.A. 73-394 replaced reference to public
works commissioner with "joint committee on legislative management" and required clerks to send copies of bulletin and
legislative record index to town offices upon request; P.A. 78-237 transferred duties of comptroller under section to the
joint committee on legislative management; P.A. 79-631 amended section to include resolutions proposing constitutional
amendments and other substantive resolutions and provided that required reproduction of bills and resolutions be supervised
by house and senate clerks; P.A. 84-48 provided the bill room shall be in a building under the supervision and control of
the joint committee on legislative management rather than in state capitol; P.A. 89-82 provided for furnishing of legislative
publications at legislative office building; P.A. 90-17 deleted provision requiring bill and resolution reproduction process
to be by photo-offset and added provision requiring legislative management committee to provide process for reproduction
of copies of calendars, journals and other legislative publications; (Revisor's note: In 1995 the phrase "office of the
legislative commissioners" was replaced editorially by the Revisors with "Legislative Commissioners' Office" to conform
section with Sec. 2-54).
See Sec. 11-2.