Sec. 2-24b. Racial and ethnic impact statement required for certain bills and amendments.

      Sec. 2-24b. Racial and ethnic impact statement required for certain bills and amendments. (a) Beginning with the session of the General Assembly commencing on January 7, 2009, a racial and ethnic impact statement shall be prepared with respect to certain bills and amendments that could, if passed, increase or decrease the pretrial or sentenced population of the correctional facilities in this state.

      (b) Not later than January 1, 2009, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly on judiciary shall make recommendations for a provision to be included in the joint rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate concerning the procedure for the preparation of such racial and ethnic impact statements, the content of such statements and the types of bills and amendments with respect to which such statements should be prepared.

      (P.A. 08-143, S. 5.)

      History: P.A. 08-143 effective June 5, 2008.